carved heart

Chapter 43 Suizhou apprenticeship (2)
Knowing that he is a fake Chen Dou, Ah Yin wanted to know his background.If you know, maybe you can help Mu Yanghou.Fortunately, although this fake Chen Dou was agile, he looked down upon the sisters.

After Ah Yin discovered this, he was very happy.

What kind of person is the easiest to defeat?It is a person who underestimates the enemy.The more underestimated the enemy, the easier his weaknesses will be exposed.Soon, Ah Yin discovered another point, this fake Chen Dou was defenseless against Ah Xuan.It was probably Ah Xuan's enthusiasm that made him let down his vigilance.

At the same time, Ah Yin is also asking Fan Haohe to inquire about all kinds of crimes in Suizhou.

Fan Haohe said that recently there was a small thief in Suizhou, who was very skilled. He carried out theft when the moon was dark and the wind was high. In just half a month, he had already stolen many treasures from rich and noble families, which made the prefect Li negative very headache. The yamen arrested him for half a month, but he still didn't catch him, and he didn't even see what the little thief looked like.

Ah Yin quietly said to Jiang Xuan: "Go and buy some jars of spirits tomorrow, and then give them to Chen Dou."

Jiang Xuan was puzzled, and asked: "He has evil intentions, why does my sister buy him a drink? There is a lot of money for spirits." A Yin said: "You can buy the best spirits."

When Jiang Xuan heard this, she couldn't help being overjoyed, and asked, "Could it be that my sister has figured out a way to deal with the fake Chen Dou?"

Ah Yin nodded.

Jiang Xuan said again: "What does my sister want to do?"

Ah Yin said: "Come here with your ears." She whispered a few words in Ah Xuan's ear, and Ah Xuan nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.A Yin finally instructed: "The last step is a bit dangerous, I will let Fan Haohe do it."

Jiang Xuan nodded again.

False Chen Dou really wasn't wary of Ah Xuan. He ate too much food from Ah Xuan before, but now Ah Xuan bought strong wine for Huyanhuquan.

After he drank one jar, Axuan took out two more jars, and whispered to the false Chen Dou, "It was originally hidden for Fan Jiaxiaolang to drink, but he doesn't like strong alcohol. If you like it, you can give it to me." You, ah, I remembered, there is still half a jar of Tiger Fist left, I will bring it to you too."

After drinking three and a half jars, fake Chen Dou passed out.

Li negative is a little worried recently, the thief who has been caught for half a month has not been caught yet.

Just when he was full of melancholy, someone suddenly came to report to the official, saying that he had seen the little thief!Just got drunk in an inn!Li Negative's eyes widened when he heard this, he is such a thief, it's fine to steal, but now he dares to get drunk under his nose!Isn't he flouting his authority?Are you mocking his incompetence for nearly half a month?

Li negative immediately ordered the people from the yamen to arrest him.

When the man brought it back, the smell of alcohol was so strong that Li Negative wanted to gag.He kicked the thief's body over and asked his followers to search him. Unexpectedly, Zhen Bao didn't find any of them, but instead found a letter.

Li negative took it apart to have a look.

... terrified.

It was actually a letter about how to conspire to kill Mu Yanghou!Originally, stealing things was just a trivial matter, but it involved the life of Lord Yongping, and the matter suddenly became serious!
Li negative hurriedly asked people to put the thief in prison, fearing that he would escape, so he put on shackles.

He was carrying the paper-thin letterhead, and his heart was really heavy.

Early the next morning, Ah Yin sent Fan Haohe to Shangguan's house.In less than an hour, Yuan Hong sent a carriage to pick up Ah Yin.And at this hour, Ah Yin had already moved out of the inn room, and asked Fan Haohe to find a house in Suizhou, planning to buy a small courtyard.

Afterwards, Ah Yincai and Jiang Xuan boarded the carriage sent by Yuan Hong.

Compared to the first time she came back to Suizhou, Jiang Xuan never even opened the car curtain this time, she asked in a low voice: "Sister, has the fake Chen Dou really been arrested?"

Ah Yin comforted her, patted her on the shoulder, and said softly, "Didn't you see it with your own eyes last night? The officers and soldiers took away the fake Chen Dou. If I didn't expect him, he would be searched. Prefect Li will definitely see him." The envelope on his body will also be opened to look at it. If it is just ordinary theft, it will be almost half a year in prison. But if the lives of court officials are involved, Prefect Li will definitely treat it seriously."

They will definitely send someone to Yongping to inform Mu Yanghou.

It's about officialdom, Ah Yin doesn't know so much, and he doesn't have the ability to stretch out such a long hand, and he doesn't want to stretch out such a long hand. As long as Mu Yanghou knows, let people check, and he will definitely know that his secret guard, Chen Dou, has already Being changed into another shell, the real Chen Dou is probably in danger.

Jiang Xuan asked: "Won't the fake Chen Dou come out again?"

Ah Yin shook his head.

Jiang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Great, I've been worrying about it for the past few days, and now I can finally feel at ease." Thinking of the real Chen Dou, Jiang Xuan couldn't help feeling emotional, and said, "It's a pity that I can't thank the real Mr. Chen."

Ah Yin said: "When Marquis Muyang finds out the news about Mr. Chen's family, if..." After a slight pause, she sighed: "I can only burn paper money for Mr. Chen's family on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year." Speaking of this, She sighed in her heart for a while, when she listened to her grandfather's speeches, she always heard the word "official circles are sinister", but now she has experienced it thoroughly, it is really taking people's lives while talking and laughing.

After getting off the carriage, a servant girl came and took Ah Yin to the courtyard where Duke Yuan lived.

The mansion of the Shangguan family in Suizhou is very large. Along the way, there are pavilions, terraces, pavilions, corridors through mountains, lakes and bamboo forests, which are arranged layer by layer. Red silk threads hang down, dotted with various nuclear carvings.

The servant girl smiled and said: "These are the nuclei carvings of our Shangguan family. The nuclei carvings under the curtain are not particular. If the carvings are good, they can be tied under the bamboo curtain. There are almost no nuclei carving skills in Shangguan's family, like us. The maidservant, who has been exposed to it a lot, knows a thing or two."

Seeing that Ah Yin was interested, the maid said again: "The really good carvings are all in nuclear science, only the apprentices of the Shangguan family's nuclear carving masters can enter."

Ah Yin nodded slightly, and looked around again, feeling faintly excited.

Suddenly, she stopped and asked, "What's next to the lake?"

The servant girl followed Ah Yin's line of sight and said with a smile: "Miss, you have really good eyesight. It is the proud work of our young master and the crown year. It took two full years to carve, and it took 580 three peach pits to carve it. Giant Maitreya Buddha."

Maitreya Buddha has long eyebrows and compassionate eyes, standing beside the lake, which has the meaning of peace of mind.

Ah Yin said, "I'll go over and have a look."

Seeing that the servant girl was not far away, she thought it would not take long, so she brought Ah Yin there.Unexpectedly, after Ah Yin stood still, he stared at the giant Maitreya Buddha dazedly, and said in amazement: "Young Master's craftsmanship is really high! How could he come up with such a method!"

Each peach core only carves a small part of Maitreya Buddha. The clever thing is that when each peach core is connected together, there is no gap at all, as if these peach cores are naturally connected together.

She couldn't help admiring Shangguan Shixin in her heart.

Such a gentle and elegant gentleman, so patient, such a pair of hands can carve such a masterpiece!

Ah Yin looked and looked, as if he couldn't get enough of seeing Maitreya Buddha from top to bottom, from left to right, and put it into his eyes carefully.The servant girl didn't expect Ah Yin to see that her feet seemed to be nailed, and she wouldn't move.

The sun was so venomous, she was obviously sweating thinly on her forehead, but she didn't seem to notice it, her eyes seemed to be glued to the carving.

Finally, the maid couldn't help but urged: "Miss Yin, Duke Yuan is still in the courtyard."

Ah Yin woke up like a dream, coughed lightly, and reluctantly glanced at the giant Maitreya Buddha core sculpture before walking towards the courtyard with the maidservants.

The courtyard was very quiet, and the maid led Ah Yin straight to the side pavilion.

Not long after, Ah Yin saw Yuan Hong.

Yuan Hong didn't exchange greetings with Ah Yin, and said bluntly: "I think Shixin told you about Lu Lan, so I won't say more. In our Shangguan family, no matter how big the family background is, we still have to look at the real nuclear carvings in the end." Ability. The eunuch of Yongping..."

Yuan Bei coughed lightly: "Father!"

Yuan Hong glared at his son: "This is my courtyard, Deng Zhong can't hear it!"

Yuan Bei said helplessly, "Eunuch Deng is still in Suizhou."

"He's by my side, and I scold him the same way! He stretches his hand too far! When he stretches it out to me, the old man peels off his skin with a file!" When Deng Zhong was mentioned, Yuan Hong became angry and flew into a rage. slapped the table.

If Deng Zhong hadn't been meddling in his own business, he would have accepted his disciples already!
At this time, A Yin said warmly: "A Yin is grateful for Yuan Gong's favor. As Yuan Gong said, the Shangguan family only looks at the real nuclear carving skills. I believe in my own ability. Whether it is Miss Lu or Miss Hai, A Yin is willing to accept it. Challenge. If the skills are not as good as others, Ah Yin has nothing to say."

Originally, Yuan Hong was still very depressed before, but after listening to Ah Yin's understanding words, the anger in his heart also disappeared. After drinking a sip of tea, the anger was completely gone, and he said with a smile: "What do you think?" It makes sense. The old lady surnamed Lu has seen it. She has some skills, but she may not be as good as you. I was about to tell you this, but I didn't expect you to say it first. Five days later, there is indeed a challenge. You and Lu Lan's core will be judged by five core sculptors from Shangguan's family."

Yuan Bei listened on the sidelines, looking at Ah Yin with more surprise.

It is not so easy to suppress his father's violent temper on weekdays.When he was a son, he often had to persuade him for a long time.But just now, Yin Shi only said a few words, and his father's violent temper was completely suppressed.

Yuan Bei looked at A Yin calmly, and suddenly felt that she was as gentle as water in her tone of voice, and couldn't help feeling a little better in her heart.

Afterwards, Yuan Hong talked to Ah Yin a few more words, and asked Yuan Bei to take her to rest.

Yuan Bei took Ah Yin to a courtyard, the courtyard was not big, there were two wing rooms in it, and an apricot tree was planted in the courtyard, it was the hot summer and it was lush.Yuan Bei didn't like Ah Yin very much before, and always thought that she had confused his father in Gongcheng, so he made him fight against Eunuch Deng.But after taking a brief look today, I felt that my father had a very good vision. Regardless of the level of nuclear carving, it was just his temper, gentle and gentle, and his way of speaking made people very comfortable.If the father can have such a disciple, his ears will be much quieter in the future.

Therefore, Yuan Bei treated Ah Yin very warmly.

"...This is your wing room, and there is a side room in it. Your younger sister can live here. The wing room opposite is Senior Sister Lin, who is the daughter of Lord Lin and his apprentice. She is one of the candidates. But girl, don't worry, although she doesn't talk much, she is very easy to get along with. She also likes to study nuclear carving on weekdays, and she basically doesn't leave the room unless she has something to do with nuclear science."

Ah Yin listened and said "thank you".

Yuan Bei touched his nose, smiled and said: "If you can be my father's apprentice, you can call me senior brother in the future."

When Ah Yin heard this, he asked, "Which nuclei carver's apprentice is Mr. Lang?"

"My master is Ma Lao."

Ah Yin smiled and said, "Mr. Cheng Lang said auspiciously."

After Yuan Bei left, Ah Yin and Jiang Xuan returned to the wing room.

The wing room was neatly tidied up, the furniture and everything were brand new, it could be seen that thought was put into it.But Jiang Xuan didn't have much interest in admiring it, so she closed the door, looked left and right, and after confirming that there was no one there, she leaned into A Yin's ear and said, "Sister, Miss Lu is really cunning! Earlier, I pretended to lure my sister to see Mr. Ma, Knowing that Mr. Ma has an apprentice, but still let my sister go to see her, isn’t this intentional to humiliate my sister? Fortunately, my sister was not fooled.” Thinking of how she thought she was a nice person before, Jiang Xuan felt blind and said angrily: "You don't know what you mean! You pretend to be a good person! Bah! Sister, you must be careful of her in the future! Such a girl is so scary, she looks like a smiling tiger, stabbing someone in the back without saying a word. It's even worse than before. Miss Luo San is still scary!"

Thinking of Luo Jiao, Jiang Xuan felt that Lu Lan was taller.

At the beginning, Luo Jiao was just unruly and arrogant, and her thoughts were written on her face. Although she was harmful, it was obvious and easy to detect.But now Lu Lan from Yongping has all her thoughts in her heart, she clearly wants to humiliate her sister, and even pretends to be adored!

Ah Yin said: "It's okay, now that we have arrived, there is no way to retreat. We can only come to cover the water and earth."

Compared with Jiang Xuan's worries, Ah Yin is thinking more about the fighting core in a few days and the nuclear carving of Shangguan's family.This is simply the place she dreamed of. If her grandfather is in the heavenly spirit and knows that she has entered Shangguan's house, he must be happy for her.

"Is there anything I need to buy?" Shangguan Shixin asked while looking around.

A Yin smiled and said, "It's enough."

Shangguan Shi said: "If you have anything, feel free to tell me. If it is inconvenient, you can also tell my followers." He pointed to Jiang Man and said, "He is called Jiang Man."

Jiang Man said: "But according to Miss Yin's orders."

"I won't bother you in the future." She bowed and saluted slightly.

Jiang Man hurriedly said: "Girl, you're welcome." At the same time, he thought to himself, where is there room for decoration?The Shaodong family gave her the best courtyard among the nuclear carving technicians.It's quiet and quiet here, and it's the most suitable place for carving nuclei, and the wing opposite is still the childhood sweetheart of the Young Master's family, Miss Lin.

Shangguan Shixin said again: "Yuanbei should have told you that the person in the opposite wing is Mr. Lin's disciple. Her single name is a word of lotus. She is kind and gentle. I greeted her. She will take care of you when you first arrive. You. If there is any shortage, you must tell me." After a slight pause, he glanced at A Yin, and before he could speak, A Yin smiled and said: "If there is a problem related to the nuclear carving, it must be related to you discuss."

Shangguan Shixin also laughed: "A Yin is really my confidant, he even knows what I want to say."

Ah Yin teased him: "Who doesn't know that the young master's family has no core and is not happy?" Seemingly remembering something, her eyes lit up a little, and she said to Shangguan Shi: "When I came here yesterday, I saw Shi Xin and the year of the crown." I heard that there are 580 three peach pits in this masterpiece. How did Shixin come up with it? The gap between the peach pits is completely natural, and I have been looking at it for a long time, and the admiration in my heart is endless."

Speaking of this, she still couldn't stop admiring Shangguan Shixin, and praised him again and again.

Shangguan Shixin blushed rarely when he was praised, and said: "When I polished the gaps, I used piled clay and added clay while polishing. I also made a giant nuclear sculpture in nuclear science. If you like me Take you to see."

Jiang Man coughed heavily.

Young master, where is your soul?He even forgot his own rules!

Shangguan Shixin came back to his senses and said, "I'll take you to have a look after you become Uncle Yuan's apprentice."

Ayin nodded with a smile.

Shangguan Shixin said again: "Prepare well. I have seen Miss Lu's nuclei sculpture, but it is not as good as yours. You have a better chance of winning than her. I am very confident in my bosom friend. But you should not be pressured, even if you really lose to Miss Lu, we still have nuclei sculptors who have no apprentices."

A Yin pretended to be sorry and said: "If you really lose, you won't be able to see the nuclear carvings in nuclear science."

"If you really want to see him at that time, I will bring it out quietly, and I will never let you down!"

The two chatted for a while before Shangguan Shixin left.

Jiang Man laughed and said, "It's the first time I've seen the Young Master's family treat a girl so well."

Shangguan Shi said: "It's rare to meet a bosom friend in life."

Jiang Man said again: "Isn't it better to marry your bosom friend back? The master and his wife are always talking about your marriage with the young master. If the young master is willing to marry you, the wife will be so happy that she will go to the temple every day to fulfill her wish. In the past, my wife was very concerned about our future. The young lady is extremely picky, not to mention the girls in Suizhou, even the noble girls in Yongping can pick one, two, three, four. Now the lady is not picky about anything, as long as you are willing to marry the young master, you will be considered a fine carver , is a banshee, Madam must have happily agreed without even batting an eye."

Shangguan Shixin glanced at him, and said, "If you're so poor, I'll give you an appointment first."

Jiang Man suddenly fell silent.

Shangguan Shixin said again: "Bosom friend is a good girl, she can't be so abrupt, and she is not interested in me."

Interesting last sentence!Seeing the signs, Jiang Man immediately said: "Young master, how do you know that Miss Yin is not interested in you? I saw that when Miss Yin just mentioned your nuclear carving in the young master's family, her eyes lit up, and her admiration is self-evident. A girl's family loves you With a feeling of admiration, and more effort, it is the love between men and women."

(End of this chapter)