carved heart

Chapter 21 Mountains and Flowing Water (3)
It's not that she doesn't know what Mu Yanghou wants not to dismiss, but she really doesn't want to see him.

Besides, Mu Yanghou was full of bad water, so he served him once every two months, but he asked her for it again the next day. To put it bluntly, Ah Yin felt that Lord Hou was very similar to a pug dog he raised when he was a child. , When it comes to the estrus period, when it catches something, it rubs hard, screaming non-stop, which is annoying.

But right now there is no movement there, maybe she went back to Yongping, and she was happy to be quiet.

After another two days, there was still no movement from Mu Yanghou's side, and Ah Yin became more courageous. He chose a sunny morning, and in the afterglow of the morning sun, he took Jiang Xuan and Tiger Eye and hired a carriage. , headed for Hediao Town.

Yu Fu and Huyan sat side by side outside the car, while Ah Yin and Jiang Xuan sat inside.

Jiang Xuan looked left and right, and said, "Horse carts are always more comfortable than ox carts."

Ah Yin said: "That's right, the money has also doubled. But it doesn't matter, we have money now. After a while, I will tell my mother that I have added a carriage to the family, and it will be convenient for travel." Thinking of something, Ah Yin called Tiger's Eye outside, "When we get to Hediao Town, please trouble Big Brother Hu to call Fan Xiaolang outside, so our carriage won't go in."

She has something to ask Fan Haohe.

After the news of fighting with Luo Jiaohe in Hediao Town spread, many people probably recognized her face. It's good to have Fan Haohe around on weekdays, but if she appeared in Hediao Town, I'm afraid it would cause trouble.It was the first time she came back to Hediao Town, she was not deeply involved in the world, and she didn't think well enough about things. Sometimes when she thought about it, she felt sorry for Ma Dahe, who sold the nuclear carvings, so she sent someone to find Ma Dahe, but unfortunately there was no news.

In a blink of an eye, he arrived at Hediao Town.

Huyan called out Fan Haohe, and Ah Yin got out of the carriage at a remote place.

"Why did the girl come here in person? Someone send a message, and I will go to Gongcheng immediately, so that the girl will not be exhausted."

Ah Yin said with a smile: "Gongcheng is not far from Hediao Town, so it's a long journey here. I haven't thanked you personally for what happened last time. I have something to ask you for advice when I come here."

Fan Haohe hurriedly said: "I don't dare to ask for advice. If I, Fan Haohe, know, I will know everything."

Ah Yin came to Fan Haohe because of Luo Yuan's invitation.

I have also inquired about it before, and it is true that it is hard to find a hundred gold.She was still considering whether to go to the Douhe conference. At that time, she was worried that Gongcheng had many acquaintances and was easy to be exposed, but now this problem does not exist anymore.If she wanted to go, her family would definitely not stop her, and according to the current situation, they might wait eagerly for her to make a move.

But the invitation was torn up, and she couldn't go to Suizhou to ask Luo Yuan for another one.

Originally, Luo Jiao was incompatible with her, but now she is still the bride of the Xie family, no matter how you look at it, it is not suitable to deal with her, and her elder brother should be avoided.

But it was the Fighting Nuclear Conference, and she wanted to go.

Nuclei carving has an inexplicable attraction to her, and she can feel a kind of excitement permeating from her bones when carving nuclei.

It was just an excuse when she said at home that she bought an invitation post with 55 taels.

She asked: "Do you know where I can still buy invitations for next month's Fighting Nuclear Conference?"

Fan Haohe shook his head and said: "Girl, you don't know something. I felt something was wrong when the invitation was posted before. There is something wrong here." He looked around and lowered his voice: "I guess this is the Luo family. People who want to participate in the Douhe Conference, not to mention Gongcheng, can find 99 out of 55 people in Hediao Town alone, and invitations are not available to everyone. Many people overwhelmed their invitations. A few days ago, it was 80 taels, but today it’s [-] taels.”

Hearing this, Ah Yin couldn't help being speechless: "It's all become delicious."

"That's why I said that the Luo family has a dark heart. In my opinion, it might be worth 100 taels in two days. If 100 taels is exchanged for an invitation card, wouldn't that be bankrupt?"

Ah Yin said with a smile: "Luo Gongcao jumped into the dragon's gate with the nuclear carving, and lost his family and property in exchange for such an opportunity, probably many people are willing."

"If you really want an invitation, you can't do anything. Do you know why the Nuclear Fighting Conference is in full swing? At first it was proposed by Luo Gongcao. Before that, there was no such precedent in Gongcheng. I also thought it was a good idea, so I held it together with Luo Gongcao, the Luo family has the qualifications to invite people, and so does the master from Suizhou."

A Yin was startled, and asked: "The master in Suizhou?"

Only then did Fan Haohe think of the girl in front of him, who didn't know a lot of common sense necessary for nuclear carving, and explained: "Does the Shangguan family know?"

"Well, I know, the Shangguan family in Suizhou is a nuclear carving family, and Taoshan outside Gongcheng is the site of the Shangguan family."

"Yes, it's the master. The nuclear carving technicians in Suizhou don't think much of our nuclear carving town, especially those from the Shangguan family. You may not know that the Shangguan family was given by the emperors of the three dynasties. The only decent one, I heard that those high-ranking officials in Yongping respected the Shangguan family. The craftsman was born, and he was able to do this. The Shangguan family is the only one in the world. Our Hediao Town can’t get up without the support of the Shangguan family. The huge stone at the door was inscribed by the Shaodong family of Shangguan's family."

Ah Yin remembered that when he first came to Hediao Town, he was full of praise for the words on the boulder. It turned out that it belonged to the master in Suizhou.

"Come with me, I will talk to you as we walk."

A Yin put on the veiled hat, and instructed Jiang Xuan again, Fang and Fan Haohe walked into Hediao Town.The sun was quite high, and people came and went on the street, but no one paid attention to her.Fan Haohe said as he walked: "The Fang Bo who is in charge of leasing the stalls in the town is from Shangguan's family. He has an invitation card in his hand. Everyone in Hediao Town knows it, but not many people type that invitation card." Idea. Fang Bo doesn’t want money, but just one thing.”

"What?" Ah Yin's curiosity was hooked.

"Fang Bo has a nuclear carving, seven of which are damaged. It is almost impossible to see what the original nuclear carving is. Fang Boyan can get invitations as long as someone who can restore it. Since the day he let the word go, people have tried it every day, but it is a pity. I returned frustrated, and now there are not many people to challenge. I see that you are a bit of a genius in nuclei carving, and you may be able to win Fang Bo's favor."

There is a mansion at the intersection of North and South Streets.

Fan Haohe went to talk to the guard boy and came over after a while.He sighed, and regretfully said: "Unfortunately, the master from Suizhou came today, and Fang Bo closed the door to see no visitors. Fortunately, there are still ten days before the Douhe Conference, so there is still time."

Ah Yin asked, "Is he inside?"

"Yes."

Hearing this, Ah Yin couldn't help but yearn for it. To be able to carve such a good handwriting, presumably the attainments of nuclear carving are also extraordinary. I really hope to witness it with my own eyes one day.Fan Haohe said that when Uncle Fang saw a visitor, he would send her a message immediately.Ah Yin glanced at the mansion again, Fang and Fan Haohe said goodbye.

Ah Yin walked back, and when she was about to leave Hediao Town, Chen Dou appeared in front of her unexpectedly.

"Girl, Master Hou is at the inn ahead."

A Yin's spine felt chills for a while.

It's time to come.

Chen Dou led her to the inn, and Ah Yin became more frightened as she got closer. It was the inn she had stayed in Hediao Town before, and even the last room was the one she had lived in before.Mu Yanghou started spying on her every move so early?

The ubiquity of Mu Yanghou made her panic.

She felt that she was a bird in his palm, just like Sun Xingzhe, being suppressed under the Five Fingers Mountain of Tathagata Buddha, unable to break free, unable to escape, but she didn't know who was Tang Xuanzang who rescued her.

Fortunately, Ah Yin has always been a person who is easy to think about, otherwise he would have been sick for many years at home.She suppressed her emotions, straightened her clothes, and followed Chen Dou's footsteps through the corridor.

Yan Shen guarded the outside of the upper room, seeing Ah Yin, his thoughts turned a thousand times, the last time Master Hou kissed her was vivid in his memory, and he always felt that Ah Yin was an extremely incredible girl.But I also know that my Lord Hou is caring, and he no longer has the thoughts of embarrassing her before, slightly lowered his head, and said: "Master Hou is inside."

Said, pushed open the door, turned sideways.

The room is bright and transparent, and the silhouette of the sun can still be seen with the windows closed, sparsely reflected on the bluestone bricks.It wasn't pitch black, and she was a little relieved.She lowered her eyes and saluted.

The door behind him slowly closed.

With a "squeak", her heart beat for no reason.

"Get up, don't be too polite." There was a sound of rustling pages, "You don't have to sit tight." Hearing this, Ah Yin said "Yes", and Fang slowly raised his eyes.The inn in Hediao Town is not bad, the price of the upper room is not low, and it has everything you need.

In front of a yellow pear wood desk, there were books half arm's height piled up on it, and there were miscellaneous things further away. A Yin didn't look at it much, closed his eyes, and sat down at the round table not far from the desk, feeling overwhelmed. A little chug.

This is the first time to see Mu Yanghou like this, he is not aggressive at the beginning of his mouth, let alone sarcastic, but he doesn't know what he wants to do.

If he didn't speak, she didn't dare to speak first, her eyes looked around in the upper room, after looking at the patterns on the window rails, at the teacups on the round table, after carefully looking at everything, she looked at the clepsydra, also It's just a cup of tea.

Shen Changtang was very quiet, except for the slight noise when turning pages, he did not speak at other times.

Ah Yin couldn't help but cast his eyes on him.

Today he was wearing a black ink round neck brocade robe covered with a layer of heavenly scented tulle, which slightly diffused the thickness of Daiqing. The narrow sleeves were slightly rolled up, revealing a smooth wrist, adding a bit of casualness.A Yin looked at it, and then moved up a little bit, thinking that God really favored this Lord Hou, not only bestowing great power, but also a good skin, let him take all the good things.

His eyes slowly moved up again, and he met his pair of red phoenix eyes unexpectedly, his heart jumped again, he hurriedly avoided, pretending to look at the screen behind him.

The hand holding the book paused, and Shen Changtang smiled slightly.

There are a lot of things going on recently, the things on Yongping are the same as those on Xue Pian'er, and the things on Suizhou are also a lot.Humanity says that he is the incomparably honorable Marquis Mu Yang, who can cover the sky with one hand and make officials frightened by the news, but he doesn't know how heavy the burden is and how heavy the grace is.

There are too many things to do, and there is no time to take care of her.

But I haven't seen her for a few days, but I want to see her a little bit, and ask what the meaning of the two nuclear carvings is.Originally, he planned to settle accounts with her after dealing with the things in hand, so he arrested the person first, but she was not far away, which distracted him a little.

His eyes were very restless, he looked left and right, and finally looked at him unscrupulously.Call her bold, sometimes she is very timid; call her timid, it is not right, filial piety prevails, and after he instigates her a little bit, she dares to pinch his father.

The book was written in black and white, and it was very clear. As soon as she came in, the progress slowed down a lot.

He simply put down the book.

The voice is deep.

"come over."

Ah Yin is an experienced person, every time Shen Changtang said the word "come here", he would definitely ask for a kiss next.She was a little hesitant, and felt that she couldn't always be so obedient. She clearly agreed to her, as long as she would take care of her, but now he doesn't look like he needs a servant?

She tentatively said, "Master Hou, what's wrong?"

After all, Ah Yin is still young, and he can still bluff by pretending in front of others, but Mu Yanghou has been the emperor's companion since he was six years old, and he has been struggling in the court for more than [-] years. , Shen Changtang could clearly see her cautious thoughts.

"Move Zhang Gudun."

Ah Yin did as he did, and Gu Dun landed in front of the desk.

Shen Changtang was dissatisfied, and said, "Why are you so far away? Benhou Lord won't eat you." Lifting his palm, he pointed directly at a place.Ah Yin took a look and saw that it was on the right side of the desk, still some distance away from him.It was done properly, and as soon as he sat down, that look came over: "Can you grind ink?"

"……meeting."

Shen Changtang picked up the book again, and read it like an old monk in meditation.

It's just that her eyes didn't wander around, and she rubbed the ink obediently, but the words in the book still couldn't be read.She was not far from him, and she had a special smell on her body, not incense or daughter's fragrance. Shen Changtang's eyes flashed, and he had a little impression, it was nuclear fragrance.

A Yin's hand rubbing the ink was a little stiff.

Out of the corner of her eye, she caught Shen Changtang's vague gaze, which really made her feel uncomfortable.

She stopped suddenly, coughed lightly, and said, "A Yin added fragrance to Lord Hou's grinding of ink, thank you Lord Hou for your kindness." He looked at Shen Changtang with unclear meaning.

He smiled to himself, and said: "You have a good plan, and you just sent me away like this?"

"Hou Ye is a daughter of a thousand miles of rivers and mountains with his feet, tastes all kinds of delicacies, and sits on mountains of gold and silver. A Yin is just a frog sitting in a well. He can't see the beautiful rivers and mountains outside, and he can't present treasures that suit the nobleman's wishes."

Her body is so thin, so thin, her eyelashes flutter slightly, and the slender eyelashes cast a quivering shadow, as if when the wind blows, she will disappear with the wind.

Shen Changtang's eyes were dark, and he tapped the table with his index finger, making a dull sound.

Bullying again, I'm afraid it's too much.

"Don't stand, sit down, and stay with me for a while."

Ah Yin heard what he meant, and looked at him in surprise.He said: "This Marquis speaks volumes." A Yin hurriedly thanked her, she thought that Mu Yanghou would make excessive demands, and she was even ready for him to belittle her again, but she didn't expect that he would just say to sit with him for a while.

He said a lot, but she didn't really believe it in her heart, she sat nervously until the sun went down, and Shen Changtang raised her head from the desk.He glanced outside and said, "It's getting late, you can go back."

Ah Yin responded, and still felt unbelievable when he left.

He actually let himself go like this?
When she walked through the corridor of the inn, her footsteps were a little fluttering, and when she was about to go down the stairs, there was the sound of hurried footsteps behind her.After a while, he arrived behind Ah Yin.

"Miss Yin, please stay."

Ah Yin recognized Yan Shen's voice, his body stiffened in an instant, he turned around very slowly, and said, "I don't know what advice you have, sir?"

Yan Shen said: "I dare not take advice."

Said, handed out the same thing.

"Hou Ye said to give it to the girl as a thank-you gift for the moonlight core sculpture in the lotus pond."

A Yin looked down and saw that it was the invitation to the Douhe Conference, which is hard to find nowadays.

When Ah Yin returned to the carriage, the afterglow of the setting sun had disappeared into the sky.

Jiang Xuan smiled and said: "Did my sister get the invitation card?"

Ah Yin said: "I got it." But it was a bit hot, she really couldn't figure out Mu Yanghou's temper, and she didn't know what he meant today.Is it a slap in the face for a sweet date?Or have other meanings?
Jiang Xuan asked: "Sister, why doesn't she seem very happy? Now that the invitation is in hand, my sister will be able to participate in the Fighting Nuclear Conference! Isn't this a happy event?"

Ah Yin murmured, "It's hard to tell whether it's joy or sorrow."

Jiang Xuan didn't hear clearly, and asked, "What did sister say?"

Ah Yin originally wanted to say that she felt that Mu Yanghou treated her a little differently, unlike an ordinary servant girl, but in a blink of an eye, Mu Yanghou had never seen such a beauty before, what was his identity, and she had no idea. What is the identity, such a guess, but a bit self-confident.

She looked at the invitation card, shook her head and said, "Sister, do you want to participate in the Douhe conference?"

Jiang Xuan was taken aback, and immediately said: "Where is the nuclear carving I carved on the table, and when there are so many people, I will definitely be extremely nervous, and maybe I will make a joke. And there is only one invitation card..."

Ah Yin said: "There is still an invitation card in Hediao Town."

Jiang Xuan shook her head quickly: "No, I'll be just behind my sister."

Ah Yin is not reluctant.

Jiang Xuan said again: "Sister, will you come to Hediao Town tomorrow?"

"Waiting for Fan Xiaolang's news, there is another nuclei carving problem at Shangguan's family uncle. I am very interested. I will go to see it another day."

It was also at this time that the mansions at the intersection of the North and South Streets were lit up one by one, and the houses were brightly lit, as if it were daytime.

A young gentleman's voice came from the room.

"I came back here and brought my family doctor with me. Is Fang Bo's eye disease better? My father misses Fang Bo very much. When I came to Gongcheng, my father told me to bring the prescription with me. It’s a recipe for improving eyesight that my father has collected everywhere in the past few years.”

Fang Bo smiled and said: "The old man is getting old, and his eyes are naturally useless. The two masters have a heart."

(End of this chapter)