carved heart

Chapter 26
She was just opposite, she was so embarrassed that she wanted to dig a hole and get in.Originally, there was nothing wrong with Mu Yanghou's concealed rhetoric, but Shangguan Shixin was also there.A few days ago, she had just given him the lotus pond moonlight nuclei as a gift from a bosom friend, but now that Mu Yanghou said, she became the one who just gave away the nuclei!
The gift of bosom friend suddenly became insignificant, not even worthy of the Three Immortals Opera Toad Nucleus he gave her.

A Yin was so ashamed that his ears turned red, he didn't dare to look at Shangguan Shixin just now.

"Sister." Jiang Xuan called out worriedly, as if she wanted to say something.

Ah Yin squeezed her palm, lowered his voice and said: "There are many people here."

Jiang Xuan understood.

Ah Yin said again: "The Fighting Nuclear Conference is about to start, don't stay in the shed, you go and stay with Fan Haohe. Don't worry, I'm fine, the most important Fighting Nuclear Conference right now."

Not long after Jiang Xuan left, the gong sounded, reverberating through the mountains, and the first round of the fighting nuclear conference was about to begin.

The morning before yesterday, all those who had invitations went to the Tianling Inn to carve their own wooden signs.At first Ah Yin didn't know what the wooden sign was used for, but now he knows.There are one hundred empty tables in the arena, and there is a wooden sign on each empty table.

One hundred tables, neatly arranged in ten rows.

Ah Yin's wooden sign is in the sixth place in the third row.

After taking his seat, Ah Yin quietly waited for the question.For her in the first round, she had a very good chance of winning.Others need blueprints for carving nuclei, but she doesn't. After 12 years of hard work and hard work, she has already become familiar with nuclei carving. She has a knife and a peach pit, which is enough.

"Hey."

Ah Yin looked sideways, and there was a young gentleman sitting next door, he was fair-born, he looked like a fool, he put his head on his hands, and said with a smile: "I heard that you don't need blueprints for carving cores? No need? How did you practice it?"

A Yin said calmly: "During the fighting nuclear conference, the contestants are not allowed to talk."

"Don't be so rigid, look, the people in the sixth row haven't sat down yet, so it's not an official start. My surname is Zhou, and I'm the sixth in my family. I'm called Liu Liulang. Your surname is Yin, and I'll call you Miss Yin from now on. There are a total of 100 technicians, and you and I are sitting next to each other, which is considered fate, right? Maybe we will still be opponents in the third round."

As soon as Ah Yin raised his eyes, he suddenly saw Mu Yanghou's gaze in front of him, and swallowed back what he wanted to say.

Seeing that Ah Yin was so indifferent, Saturday Lang felt bored and sat down awkwardly.

After another half a cup of tea, all the nuclear carvers took their positions. The organizer Luo Yuan picked up the red silk mallet and struck it on a huge gong. ——

"The first round of the Fighting Nuclear Conference has officially begun!"

A nuclear engraver stood up and slowly unfolded a scroll.

The nuclear carver looked to be in his sixties, but his voice was full of vigor, and all the hundred people present could hear him clearly.

"The topic of the first round is the white-haired old man."

As soon as the scroll was closed, the palms of the hands were tilted slightly. In front of the venue, two children moved pineapple wood chairs, and a white-haired old man leaned on a cane and sat down tremblingly.

Another child placed the clepsydra on a conspicuous tall wooden table, reminding the nuclear carvers present that time is limited.

The expressions of all the people present were different, and most of them looked surprised and disappointed. They did not expect that the topic was completely different from what they had imagined.Everyone knew how the first round was going to be. After getting the invitation, they stayed behind closed doors to study the speed of knife skills. They also practiced many nuclei carvings suitable for quick carving in advance, such as eighteen arhats, and flat peaches. Some even learned from A Yin. , Carve the same core carving day after day, so as to achieve the purpose of not needing drawings.

But I never expected that the first question to be carved was not the common nuclear carving, but a new thing to be carved on the spot.

Liu Liulang didn't expect it either, but despite the difficulties, he had no choice but to attack at this time!He immediately opened the wooden box prepared by the conference, which contained files, awls, knives, peach pits and blueprints.He took out the drawing, compared it with the white-haired old man, and began to draw.

Most of the nuclear carving technicians around also reacted and began to paint.

For a while, the audience was silent, except for the rustling of rice paper.

Shangguan Shixin in the shed smiled and said, "Who wrote the title? It's interesting."

Luo Yuan said: "Speaking of which, it was my brother-in-law's idea. In order to prevent leaking the question, it was decided last night." Xie Shaohuai heard the words, and for the sake of performance, he went out to thank Shangguan Shixin, and when he came back, he didn't Standing at the original position, he approached Mu Yanghou without any trace.

He cleared his throat and showed off his knowledge: "The first step in carving a core is to draw a picture. Only with a picture can you carve a core accurately. The core carving technicians present today are very familiar with writing, and it will be difficult to win the championship. Divide up and down."

Shangguan Shixin took a look at Xie Shaohuai, and said: "As long as a good core carving can be produced, there are no steps to carve the core."

Xie Shaohuai said: "Shaodong's family is right, and Shaohuai has been taught. Shaohuai also heard that the Yin family who are present now don't use blueprints for carving cores, and use six knives..." The words came to an abrupt end, and his heart thumped Jumping, did he read it right?That Lord Hou glanced at him?Xie Shaohuai swallowed his saliva, and said again: "The nuclear carving has already taken shape, our Gongcheng is full of talented people."

Luo Jiao said angrily, "It's just a blind cat meeting a dead mouse."

Xie Shaohuai was dissatisfied with Luo Jiao's words about A Yin, and gave her a glare.Not to be outdone, Luo Jiao said again: "What's wrong with what I said? If you don't believe me, look, she is still in a daze on the field. Some people have already started to carve cores."

Liu Liulang's drawing speed was extremely fast. When others only drew half of the drawing, he had already drawn the appearance of the white-haired old man on the blueprint, took out the file and peach pit, and began to carve the pit.Ah Yin still stared at the white-haired old man intently, seemingly lost in thought.

After Liu Liulang smoothed the skin of the peach pit with a file, he sneaked a glance at Ah Yin.

She is still observing the white-haired old man.

At this time, most of the nuclei carving technicians around had already taken out their files and started carving nuclei. Slowly, the white-haired old man on the blueprint could finish with a few strokes.Liu Liulang felt weird, if she didn't start, it might be too late.

The time for the first round is one hour, and the time for grinding and polishing is included.If it's an ordinary arhat, it's not bad to be able to carve three or four in an hour. After all, the comparison is hand speed, and arhats are often carved.This time, the white-haired old man is a new nuclear carving, and it is difficult to get started. If he can carve one in an hour, he is considered a master.

Thinking of this, Liu Liulang didn't dare to waste any more time and focused on carving the core.

When the audience began to pick up files, Ah Yin was still staring at the white-haired old man.

She was not in a hurry at all, as if she had entered a state of ecstasy, and was not affected by the people around her at all.

In order to carve well and quickly within an hour, Ah Yin is looking for the trick.

Carving a white-haired old man is not much different from carving an arhat.

Among the arhats, there are also old people, and the most important thing to carve a living person is the combination of five sense organs.The topic is the old man with white hair, so the focus must be on the old man.The stooped back, cloudy eyes, and white eyebrows belong to the old man, and the white-haired old man in front of him has a thick and dignified face, which is quite similar to Venerable Rahula, one of the eighteen arhats. His eyebrows are very similar to the long-browed Arhat Ashiduo Venerable.

She began to close her eyes and meditate.

The face of Venerable Rahula, the eyebrows of Venerable Ashido, the slightly sunken nose, the serious lips...

The facial features arranged quickly and gradually merged into her heart, forming a vivid pattern.

Luo Jiao sneered and said: "Eighteen Arhats' six-knife unique skill is just a coincidence, now it's not a familiar nuclear carving, she doesn't even know how to use a knife!" Seeing that Ah Yin didn't move, she felt more and more embarrassed, she deserved Yin's joke .

Luo Yuan opened his mouth, indicating that the nobleman is still ahead.

Luo Jiao restrained herself a little.

Luo Yuan didn't care much about the Douhe on the field, what he was more worried about now was why Mu Yanghou came to the Douhe conference.It's a pity that after much deliberation, I couldn't guess it.Looking at Mu Yanghou again, he looked indifferent, his eyes were scattered, and he didn't know what he was looking at.

At this moment, Shen Changtang turned his face slightly, and communicated with Shangguan Shi: "Which nuclear carving artist does the Shaodong family like?"

Shangguan Shixin, who was named, said with a smile: "Now is the first round. The competition is speed, and everything is unknown." Speaking out is afraid that it will cause trouble for her.

Shen Changtang raised his chin slightly.

"How about that one?"

Shangguan Shi said: "It's far away, and the official letter can't be seen clearly."

"Really?" He slowly elongated his voice, and said, "If you can't see things clearly, the young master should not be impulsive." When he said this, everyone present were a little confused.Especially Luo Yuan, thought that Shen Changtang was warning him, and couldn't help but panic.

Shangguan Shixin smiled slightly.

"Hou Ye is right." He drank his tea with his head bowed, a pair of eyes without a smile reflected in the blue tea soup.

Luo Jiao couldn't understand what was going on between the big shots, her whole mind was on A Yin, and if A Yin didn't make an embarrassment today, she would definitely be unhappy.Looking at the funnel again, the time for a stick of incense has passed, and there is still more than half an hour left.

Ah Yin suddenly opened his eyes.

The eyes that were calm just now seemed to be shining like stars.

There is an old man in his heart.

A peach pit in one hand and an awl knife in the other.

Eyes, nose, mouth, ears, six cuts!

The once stunning six-knife unique skill reappears!Her hands were as soft as bones, and when she held the awl, it was like a gust of wind, making the core chips like snow, flying one after another.The nuclear carving technicians near Ah Yin, on the left and right, couldn't help but stop the files in their hands, and made exclamation sounds, causing the surrounding nuclear carving technicians to also look up.

"This... this hand speed..."

"It's...so scary..."

"Is that human being?"

"Is she really carving cores?"

Ah Yin acted as if she had never heard of it. At this time, she only saw the peach pit, only the awl, and only the white-haired old man engraved in her heart. Everything around her no longer existed. In the world, there were only her and the nuclear carving, and the nuclear carving and her.

Shangguan Shixin was the first time to see Ah Yin carving a nucleus, what amazed him was not her hand speed, but the appearance of her carving nucleus.

In all fairness, she is a gentle beauty like water, like a mountain brook, with gurgling water, it is refreshing for anyone who sees her.But as soon as she held the peach pit and the pit carving utensils, she was full of vitality, as if the whole mountain was amazing because of the stream.

Such a nuclear carving artist has the stars of the world in his eyes.

Shen Changtang suddenly asked, "When will the first round end?"

"Going back to Lord Hou, there is still half an hour." Seeing Shen Changtang standing up, Luo Yuan said again: "Master Hou is about to leave? I will send you off..." Before he could say the last two words, Shen Changtang said again: " When does the second round start?"

Luo Yuan said, "After noon."

"Benhou will come back at noon." He said, and left the venue with a group of followers.

Half an hour later, the first round ended.

Ah Yin sculpted four white-haired old man nuclei, and won the championship in the first round without any surprise.She went back to rest in the shed, Jiang Xuan and Fan Haohe came over.Fan Haohe exclaimed in amazement: "The words can't express my mood at the moment!"

Jiang Xuan said proudly: "My sister's level of nuclear carving is more than enough to call Juezi."

Ah Yin took the tea that Jiang Xuan handed over, drank half a cup, and then said with a smile: "Ah Xuan is the sister who sees 'Beauty' in her eyes, she agrees with everything I carve."

Jiang Xuan said with a smile: "But my sister is telling the truth."

With the first round, there were more eyes sizing up Ah Yin, and some people wanted to come and talk to him, but with tiger eyes and tiger fists under his control, few really dared to come over.Jiang Xuan added: "There is still an hour and a half before the start of the second round, sister might as well go back to the carriage and take a rest."

"Alright."

The carriage stopped a little far away.

Ah Yin came late, and the space for the carriage was already full, so Ah Yin had no choice but to ask the driver to hear the carriage under a tree a little farther away.Jiang Xuan had something to say to Ah Yin, and specifically asked Fan Haohe to follow him from a distance.

"Sister, just now..."

Ah Yin knew what she wanted to say, and said: "Don't worry, Lord Hou should just come to have a look. It took a long time to carve the core, how could he be patient? Right now, the first round is not over yet, so he left. About Just came to join in the fun."

When Jiang Xuan heard it, she was relieved a little, and said again: "Hey, why is the husband not here?"

Ah Yin said: "The sun is very bright in the morning, maybe I went somewhere to enjoy the cool air."

Jiang Xuan smiled and said: "That's right, sister, why don't you close your eyes and rest for a while in the carriage, there will be a second round in the afternoon. There is also the wolfberry cake made by my wife in the carriage, sister can eat some if you are hungry."

Ah Yin said "hmm" and stepped on the carriage.

The carriage she bought was not big and could only accommodate two people. It had windows but no doors, and was only covered by a thick curtain.When she reached into the curtain with one hand, a cold touch hit her and squeezed her palm tightly.

She subconsciously wanted to shake it off, but she couldn't.

...Brute force cannot be used.

There is only one situation when she can't use brute force, and that is when God tells her that it can't endanger her life.

"Sister? Why are you standing still?"

She said: "I... I suddenly remembered something, Ah Xuan, you go to the venue to see, your father should still be there. Tell your father to stop talking nonsense, so as not to cause trouble. You know it too, father When you get proud, you run the camel with your mouth full."

"Okay! Sister, rest well, I'll come back later. I'll let Fan Xiaolang guard..."

Tightening his palms, Ah Yin said calmly, "Let Fan Haohe keep watch at a distance, I can't sleep if someone gets close."

Jiang Xuan responded again, and then left.

The place is remote and quiet, and the wind blows dry the cold sweat on Ah Yin's forehead.She didn't struggle, and said calmly: "Who are you?"

The man in the carriage seemed to be very interested in her palm, and he didn't reply, rubbing his thumb over her palm, repeatedly, seductive for no reason.She blushed and said, "No matter why you came here, if you want money, you can take it. I will let my people leave, and I promise not to say anything."

Now that the fighting nuclear conference is in full swing, Ah Yin doesn't want to make trouble, and it is better to have one thing less than one more thing.

Besides, Ah Yin knew that Chen Dou had been following her carriage, and that he was able to enter her carriage quietly without disturbing Chen Dou.

The man still didn't make a sound, didn't make a statement, and kept rubbing her palm as if it were a plaything.

Ah Yin was annoyed, and said: "If your Excellency is unwilling to cooperate, don't blame me for being rude. There are many officers and soldiers here, and there are Shangguan families here, if you are presumptuous..." Before he finished speaking, there was a slap on his palm Pull up hard.

She staggered, fell into the carriage, and fell into a cold embrace.

The man hugged her, lowered his eyes slightly, still playing with her palm, and said expressionlessly: "You would rather carry Shangguan Shixin's name than Benhou's name, in your heart, Benhou is not as good as Shangguanshi Do you believe it?"

Ah Yin froze.

She didn't need to look up to know who that person was.She really opened her eyes, first she opened her eyes and told nonsense, and then she appeared in her carriage for no reason, doing this kind of business of stealing incense and jade.How thick-skinned!

"Huh? Don't talk?" As if thinking of something, he said blankly again: "Oh, I think you have misunderstood Benhou, and Benhou is very patient."

As soon as these words came out, Ah Yin felt extremely ashamed.

He, he, he not only steals incense and jade, but also eavesdrops on the corners!He actually listened to everything she had just said to Ah Xuan!
Little by little, the ears of the person in his arms were bright red, and his clean face was like white jade.Slightly drooping eyebrows and long eyelashes like butterfly wings fluttered tremblingly, casting a shadow under the eyes.Slowly moving down, there is a straight and small bridge of nose, and slightly dry lips.Yue Mo had just been exposed to the sun for a long time, and white skin appeared on his lips.

He was absorbed in watching, and when he came back to his senses, his fingertips were already on her lips.

Ah Yin froze again.

Shen Changtang had no intention of belittling her, but seeing her evasive and fearful appearance, he felt a little angry for no reason, and pressed her slightly broken lips with his fingers viciously, causing her to frown.

"Why didn't you answer my question? Didn't you speak very eloquently just now?"

Ah Yin said: "Master Hou left early, and Ah Yin had no choice but to mention the name of Shangguan's family..." She finally realized what this Lord Hou was fussing about, and added: "If Lord Hou did not leave early, Ah Yin must be the first to raise the prestige of Lord Hou, so as to scare others!"

(End of this chapter)