carved heart

Chapter 15: Serving the Emperor (3)
It was only nearly a month since the last time, and that nobleman fell ill every two months, so today I think I will not belittle her.But if you don't underestimate her, why do you still want to see her?

A Yin followed Yan Shen and left with anxiety.

The grandfather who beat up Ayin taught her to be calm when encountering problems, so that she can think of the way out of things.But she never taught Ah Yin, if one day she meets a powerful person, what will she do if she calms down?
But if you are not calm, there is no way out.

"arrive."

As the carriage stopped, Ah Yin originally thought it would be the Tianling Inn from last time, but unexpectedly it was at the foot of Taoshan Mountain.

The winding stone ladder coils around the mountain, under the shade of peach trees, there is a shadow of dark blue on the pavilion halfway up the mountain.Although it was far away, Ah Yin just glanced at him and felt lingering fear in his heart, so he quickly lowered his head.

Yan Shen sent Ah Yin up the mountain, and when he was still more than ten steps away from the Wujiao Pavilion, Fang said: "Master Hou is just ahead." The implication is that he will not move forward.

Yan Shen said again: "Master Hou is precious, if you hurt Lord Hou, take care of your family's life."

When Ah Yin heard this, he felt it was funny.

She is just a weak woman, and the brute force bestowed by the gods cannot be used in front of his master Hou. The lives of the whole family depend on the noble man's thought, but now the villain is the first to sue.It's just that Yan Shen protects the Lord like this, but Ah Yin has a good impression.

Under the power, it is probably difficult for everyone to live.

She didn't say much, she just walked up the stone ladder with a bow.

She has been to the gazebo on Taoshan Mountain several times, and she is either happy or worried.When I was happy, it was because I loved Xiaolang from the Xie family at the beginning, and when I met him, I naturally cheered. When I was worried, it was because the third girl from the Luo family invited me warmly, but I didn't know that there were many dangers. There was never a time when I was so helpless like today.

Even if she turns around a thousand times, even if she is exquisite, even if her mind is as calm as water, she can't compete with the powerful and powerful Yongping who covers the sky with one hand.

As the gazebo approached, Ah Yin lost his mind.

It rained heavily in Gongcheng last night, and the rain curtain was like a waterfall. Although the sun came out this morning, the stone steps on Taoshan Mountain were still wet.A Yin was afraid that this nobleman would belittle her again on a sudden whim, so he simply bowed to the ground on a puddle of water, and the mud and water climbed up her pipa sleeves and apricot skirt.

"Get up."

"Thank you, Lord Marquis." She was obsequious, and she was really afraid of this nobleman in her heart.

After the rain, Taoshan has a strange fragrance. The girl under the pavilion is wearing a peach red embroidered twig pattern blouse, an apricot-colored skirt with the same pattern, and her head is slightly drooping. A pool of water as big as a copper basin reflects her pretending to be calm. eyes.

The green mountains are so green after bearing the rain and dew, and even the half of her pink neck that is exposed seems to be stained with the vitality after the rain, so vivid and moving, so soft, as if his blood-drinking whip can decapitate place.

But there is such a yellow-haired girl who has a pair of magical hands that can turn ordinary peach pits into everything, and a weird brute force that can kill criminals with her hands, and a wonderful mouth that can untie him. Half body pain.

A Yin bowed her head for a long time, and the nobleman in the pavilion did not speak for a long time, which made her feel even more uneasy.

The reflection on the water mark blinked a little frequently.

Shen Changtang suddenly said: "Your eyesight is really bad."

As soon as these words came out, Ah Yin's blinking stopped instantly, and she was a little dazed, her heart turned a thousand times, she still didn't understand how Mu Yanghou's evaluation of her came to be, she was extremely puzzled, and the pavilion Shen Changtang said slowly again: "Xie Shaohuai is timid and fearless, he has no opinion, Yin, what do you like about him?"

Ah Yin's heart fluttered, and he didn't know what the nobleman meant when he mentioned Xie Shaohuai, so he could only say: "Xie's young man has a pure heart and soft ears, but it's all a thing of the past, Ah Yin has long forgotten it."

"Forgetful?" Shen Changtang murmured, and suddenly said: "It's okay not to forget. This Marquis broke up the couple Xie Shaohuai and Luo Shi, and asked Xie Shaohuai to follow you and serve you. If you want him to roll away, he will roll away." .”

Ah Yin was really frightened and raised his head suddenly.

It doesn't matter if you don't raise your head, once you raise your head, you can really see Shen Changtang's appearance clearly, your heart beating, and you lower your head hastily.

If it was born on a woman, it would be a pair of eyes that bewitch all living beings and prevent the king from going to court early, but it happened to be born on a man. A pair of slender red phoenix eyes are like mist separated by mountains, hazy and elusive.Only then did he hastily raise his head, unexpectedly giving birth to a glimpse of astonishment for no reason.

"It's never a good thing to tear apart...to tear apart a marriage."

"Oh?" The nobleman dragged his tone and said, "Do you want Luo Jiao to come and serve you together?"

A Yin really couldn't figure out Shen Changtang's train of thought, she gritted her teeth and said, "A Yin is dull, I don't understand the meaning of Lord Hou."

"You don't want to go to Yongping with Benhou, it's just because you can't bear to thank Shaohuai. A small county magistrate's son, Benhou can ask for it for you. As for Luo Jiao, I'll give it to you. You are in her hands No matter how much you have suffered, you can take your revenge and go back."

Ah Yin was startled.

How could she have anything to do with Xie Shaohuai if she didn't want to go to Yongping!
But the nobleman's tone of playing with the common people made Ah Yin terrified. Now she is still useful to Mu Yanghou. If she is useless in the future, will she be given away as a gift?Beside these dignitaries, companions are like companions to tigers.

How can she go?How dare you go?
She knelt down and said: "Master Hou's great kindness, Ah Yin will never forget it, it's just that Ah Yin doesn't want to go to Yongping, and has absolutely nothing to do with Mr. Xie's family, or the three girls of Luojiao! Ah Yin was born in Gongcheng, My heart is attached to my homeland, so I don’t want to leave.”

This time Shen Changtang knew that Ah Yin really didn't want to go to Yongping with him, he was born to be the favored child of heaven, he had never been rejected one after another, and he was a little sullen.

Over and over again, I simply don't know what is good and what is bad.

It was also at this moment that Yan Mo hurried over and whispered a few words in Shen Changtang's ear.

After Shen Changtang heard this, he was silent for a long while.

As soon as Yan Mo left, the sun began to rain patter under the blue sky, Shen Changtang said: "Get up."

After Ah Yin got up, he still didn't move.

Shen Changtang said again: "It's raining, don't stand outside, come in and sit." While speaking, a little boy had already hung thin curtains around the gazebo.Ah Yin hesitated for a while, then lowered his head and went in.Shen Changtang said again: "Sit."

A Yin suddenly remembered that night in the Tianling Inn, Mu Yanghou also said something, and it didn't take long to belittle her.

As if sensing her thoughts, Shen Changtang sneered and said, "This Marquis looks so hungry?"

"A Yin dare not."

There is a round stone table and four stone benches in the gazebo, all of which are covered with soft cushions of Sichuan brocade with flowers.

Ah Yin picked a stone bench opposite Zhang Chen's long hall and sat down.

As soon as he sat down, Shen Changtang asked again: "Have you used the Qianjin ointment given to you?"

Ah Yin replied truthfully: "Return to Lord Hou's words, use it, thank you Lord Hou for the reward."

Seeing her cautiousness, Shen Changtang sighed: "Are you really so afraid of Benhou?" Seeing that Ah Yin opened his mouth, he said again: "You don't need to do that, Benhou asked you, you really don't want to go to Yongping with Benhou? As long as the answer is yes or no, don't come up with falsehood."

Ah Yin dared not speak.

This nobleman's temper is really complicated and confusing. He was obviously sullen just now, but now he suddenly calmed down. She couldn't figure out the ups and downs in the process.

Shen Changtang narrowed his eyes, knowing that she didn't want to, so he stopped forcing her, and called Xiao Tong to come in and make tea.

Inject a Wang Chengbi into the teacup.

Shen Changtang sniffed the tea soup lightly, and said in a slow voice: "This Marquis has never forced others to make things difficult. If you don't want to, this Marquis will not look for you again." Ah Yin was overjoyed, and said gratefully: "Master Hou is broad-minded and doesn't care about Ah Yin. , Ah Yin is very grateful, and in the future I will..."

Shen Changtang interrupted.

"It's just." After a pause, Ah Yin's heart was hung in his throat again, "Lao Shizi Zhang Weng Ji Weng, don't think about it again in the future. Chen Dou, send Yin Shi back."

"Yes."

Chen Dou sent Ah Yin away, the sun and rain stopped, and Xiao Tong pulled back the thin curtain.Yan Mo and Yan Shenhou were outside, seeing their master Hou sitting a little dull, they felt a little funny.It's really pitiful. I never thought that a girl could be forced to marry an old man voluntarily.

Thinking about it, Lord Hou was also very depressed. Which of the drugged men and women in the Hou's mansion is not willing?Climbing up to the backing of Lord Hou, he was whipped every two months, and he could enjoy endless wealth and glory.But in Gongcheng, she met a stubborn and stubborn girl who wanted to marry the old man in order to avoid Lord Hou.If it spread to Yongping, it would be a big joke.

When Ah Yin returned home, he still felt that his feet were floating, and the love from heaven came so suddenly.

That Lord Hou actually said that he would never look for her again!

This is really a thousand times better than the good things she has heard in the past 20 years. Xie Lang's sweet words can't make her overjoyed in the past, but now Mu Yanghou's words make her think about it with joy. Let the tangled branches on the shirt bloom.

Jiang Xuan welcomed Ah Yin back, seeing her like this, she felt relieved.

"Sister, why are you so happy?"

A Yin pulled Jiang Xuan back to the house, and said in a low voice, "I'll talk to you when I get back." On the way, he happened to meet Second Aunt and Yin Yue.Since the last time, Second Aunt looked at A Yin with a somewhat different look, but she didn't dare to do it again, every time she saw her, she would give her a few fierce glances when there was no one around.

This time, seeing Ah Yin coming back from outside, seeing her happy face, she couldn't help but make sarcastic remarks.

"Xie Xiaolang's big wedding today, I heard it's very majestic, even the prince of Yongping came to watch the ceremony. It's a pity, some people can't even be concubines."

Ah Yin is in a great mood now, he ignored Second Aunt's provocation, and just said indifferently: "Don't worry about Second Aunt."

Jiang Xuan found it funny, after the second aunt was punished to contemplate behind closed doors, she lost her mind, she was obviously the Marquis of Yongping, not the prince.

Yin Yue pointed at her: "How dare you laugh at my mother! You..."

Before she finished speaking, the second aunt grabbed her finger. She looked left and right, but she didn't see Yin Xiuwen. Fang was relieved, and secretly gave Jiang Xuan another look, and shouted: "Don't think you have the backing of the master. not at home!"

Hearing this, Ah Yin frowned.

From childhood to adulthood, whenever my father was rarely at home, he was either indulging in gentleness or doing some bad things outside.When the grandfather was around, the father would restrain himself a little bit, and after his death no one could control him, he became even more unscrupulous.Recently, it is also because of the acceptance of the third aunt that he has settled down a lot.

Ah Yin glanced at Yin Yue, and said calmly: "Second Yiniang is also confused."

She paused and sneered, and the usually gentle and gentle person suddenly became cold, which made Second Aunt a little startled.

"Second Aunt, don't make sarcastic remarks. You are laughing at me now, but you don't know where to cry later. I am a daughter from the first wife, and I have to help Brother Hao's future in marriage. Don't say..." She stretched Tone, looked at Yin Yue slantingly again, and said meaningfully: "Sister Yue will be able to marry in a few years."

After finishing speaking, Shi Shiran turned and left.

The setting sun stretched her figure extremely long.Second Aunt was stunned on the ground, the sneer on Ah Yin's lips before he left was still floating in her mind, and it couldn't go away for a long time.It wasn't until Yin Yue pulled her hand and called "Mother" that she regained consciousness.

Slapping her forehead, Second Aunt murmured to herself.

"It's evil, when did that strange girl become so imposing?"

Yin Yue didn't hear clearly, and said, "Mother, what are you talking about?"

The second aunt said: "Yue'er, we have to make plans for ourselves."

After returning to the house.

Jiang Xuan said with a smile: "Sister Cai's glance was really powerful, and I was almost bluffed."

Ah Yin took a look in the mirror, the girl in the mirror had crooked eyebrows and eyes, her face was like a lotus, but she didn't have any aura.Jiang Xuan imitated her previous appearance, her mouth was twisted into a funny way, while holding back a smile, she learned to say: "Sister Yue will be able to marry in a few years."

Ah Yin couldn't help laughing: "You don't have the aura, tell your second aunt that she can make you crazy."

Jiang Xuan said solemnly: "Sister! I'm serious! Just now you really have momentum. If you don't believe me, you sneered at yourself in the mirror. You really bluffed me just now. I always feel that my sister has changed a bit."

A Yin looked at the mirror, his lips curled up, thinking about Second Aunt, his eyes gradually became colder.

Jiang Xuan clapped her hands and said, "That's right! That's it!"

Ah Yin stared at the mirror for a long time, and felt that the eyes were familiar, and suddenly, he shivered.Isn't this the expression Mu Yanghou sneered today?It's just that his expression is more cold, and his every move is full of natural majesty.

She was slightly startled.

It was actually imitating him for no reason.

Jiang Xuan sat at the square table embroidering handkerchiefs. After embroidering for a long time, she remembered that she was interrupted by the second aunt just now. She forgot to ask about the business, so she quickly put down the embroidered handkerchief and asked, "My sister hasn't told me what happened to be happy?" What about the matter?"

Ah Yin put down the small mirror, lit another lamp, and placed it on the square table.

"Don't save on gas, it will damage your eyes. Needlework is the most expensive." After she sat down, she said with a smile: "A happy thing happened today. The nobleman said that he would never look for me again. .”

Jiang Xuan said: "It's really something to be happy about! It's great!" At the same time, he was also happy in his heart.My sister was so happy that she even forgot what Master Hou asked her to ask about He Diao.She didn't point it out, her eyes became crescent moons with a smile: "When my sister goes to Shuzhou in the future, there will be no worries."

As soon as Jiang Xuan said it, Ah Yin sighed: "But I can't go to Shuzhou."

"What about Xiangzhou?"

"Xiangzhou is not going to be done either. Tomorrow you can go and talk to Fan Xiaolang and tell him that something happened suddenly and you can't go to Shuzhou."

Jiang Xuan also didn't want her beautiful sister to marry an old man who stepped into the coffin, so she didn't feel regretful, but rather happy.As if thinking of something, he said again: "Then... the master and madam..."

Ah Yin said: "I'm not afraid of this, there is always a way." Mu Yanghou is the big worry, now that Mu Yanghou's matter is over, other things are much simpler.

Jiang Xuan was also happy.

"I'll embroider more handkerchiefs tonight, and then hide some private money after subsidizing the family. I can also carve some nuclear carvings. Although the carvings are not as good as my sister, I should be able to get some money by asking Fan Xiaolang to sell them. My sister and I earn private money together. !"

Ayin nodded with a smile.

At night, the two sisters lighted two copper lamps, sitting on the same square table, with you at one end and mine at the other, chatting and laughing from time to time, which was very enjoyable.

Early the next morning, Jiang Xuan asked someone to bring a message to Fan Haohe, and then went to the Chinese silk shop with the patterns embroidered over the past few days.The head shopkeeper of the Huasi shop likes Jiang Xuan's embroidery very much. The patterns she embroiders are very delicate, which suits the shopkeeper's wishes very well.

So back and forth, once Jiang Xuan embroidered a new pattern, she would go to the Chinese silk shop.

If the Chinese silk shop is no longer available, she will choose another shop.

Seeing Jiang Xuan, the boy in the shop greeted Jiang Xuan very familiarly, and immediately welcomed Jiang Xuan into the shop.According to the past practice, after she sat down for half an hour, the big shopkeeper who was too busy to touch the ground would appear. After watching the embroidery samples, it was refreshing to give money with one hand and the embroidery samples with the other.

After calculating the time, Jiang Xuan thought inside and took the money to go to the pastry shop to buy some goji berry cakes for her sister later.Nuclei carving is more tiring than embroidery. My sister often doesn't like to drink water when she sits at the table. She buys some sweets, which my daughter likes, so my sister will eat more.

Jiang Xuan was thinking about what to buy after buying wolfberry cakes, when the shopkeeper came in.

Jiang Xuan was a little surprised.

She didn't even sit on the bench.

"Good morning, shopkeeper," she stood up to say hello, and asked with a smile, "is the shopkeeper busy today?"

The big shopkeeper was a middle-aged man. He looked Jiang Xuan up and down, and said with a smile: "After the prosperity of nuclear carvings, more and more people come and go in Gongcheng. When will the business not be busy? No matter how busy you are, you can't neglect Miss Jiang. The embroidery samples you sent earlier sold well. Our embroiderers here also embroider similarly to yours, but they are missing a lot of delicateness. Some customers have sharp eyes, and they can find something wrong at a glance. They all specify that Miss Jiang should embroider it yourself Yes. Ms. Jiang is really the lucky star of our Chinese silk shop," said the shopkeeper with a little more smile in his eyes, "What new tricks did you bring this time?"

Jiang Xuan quickly took it out.

"I embroidered them all recently. If the shopkeeper doesn't mind, I even embroidered some handkerchiefs."

The shopkeeper took a closer look, and said, "Paper? Let me see."

Only then did Jiang Xuan take out the handkerchief that she had embroidered before. She didn't embroider much, and she embroidered on the handkerchief only when she was interested.Huasi shops have their own supply of fabrics, and they have never liked to accept these.

(End of this chapter)