carved heart

Chapter 50: The Return of Lord Hou (3)
Jiang Man was almost choked to death, and he said dumbfounded: "Shaodong, if you can be a flower picker, I have already picked a hundred and eighty girl."

"Don't mention it to Miss Jiang, just take some medicine and you'll be fine in a few days."

Jiang Man was speechless again: "Miss Yin looks exquisite and small, but I didn't expect such a strong force. If the girl was beaten, I'm afraid she would faint."

But Shangguan Shixin smiled and said: "I don't have much strength, how can I carve the core? I can also protect myself, killing two birds with one stone."

That's right, the girl hasn't married yet, and she has already defended it everywhere. He can already predict what it will be like when their young master marries Miss Yin in the future.

At this time, Jiang Man said again: "Young Dong's family, the nobles from the upper reaches of Suijiang came from Yongping. Originally, they were heavily guarded, but I watched them outside for a long time and did not find out why. Until later, the Young Dong's family, you guess I saw who?"

Shangguan Shi said: "Don't be too close."

Jiang Man then said: "I met Eunuch Deng, and I happened to hear Eunuch Deng's entourage mentioning Yongping, so I knew that it was the nobleman of Yongping who made the package. As for who it is, I don't know. It's really strange, Eunuch Deng I stayed in nuclear science for seven or eight days, and I didn’t know what news I heard today, so I ran out.”

Shangguan Shixin said, "It's Marquis Mu Yang."

Jiang Man was even more surprised: "Young master, how do you know that it's the Marquis?"

Shangguan Shixin's usual gentle expression gradually faded away.

Although the Shangguan family is a family of nuclear carvings, they have been in business for many years and can occupy a pivotal position in Suizhou. In addition to being escorted by the current emperor, they also include the cloth and rice industries in Suizhou.When Shangguanren presented the palace satin to the imperial court, Shangguanren forced his son to take care of it, so Shangguan Shixin was particularly impressed.At that time, Suizhou produced five bolts of Huanhua brocade satin, which were very popular with concubines, but there were only five pieces of cloth for so many concubines, so it was impossible for everyone to have them.It was precisely because of these five huanhua brocades that the current emperor was annoyed for a while, and when he finally got annoyed, all of them failed, so they all rewarded Mu Yanghou.

This is a trivial matter. Shangguan Shixin also learned about it from his father, and only the Shangguan family knew the uniqueness of the five huanhua brocades. The master who dyed the cloth passed away due to illness.

He had personally touched and seen the five Huanhua brocades a few years ago, tonight he recognized the clothes on A Yin's body as one of the five Huanhua brocades almost at first sight.

After Ah Yin returned to Tinghe Garden, Jiang Xuan still didn't rest. Seeing that Ah Yin came back in a new dress, she couldn't help asking: "Why did my sister change into a new dress? The material is really good," she touched and said : "So soft."

Ah Yin said: "I accidentally fell into the water, so I changed my clothes."

Jiang Xuan nodded, and said: "This dress is estimated to cost no less than ten taels of silver in the shop. Lord Hou treats my sister very caringly."

Ah Yin smiled and said, "You just said that Ziye is fine not long ago."

Jiang Xuan blushed and said, "But... but now I also think that Master Hou is very good."

Ah Yin asked: "What did Yanshen tell you?" She knew that Yanshen was an eloquent person, especially good at saying beautiful words.Jiang Xuan then told her the deep words one by one, and when Ah Yin heard this, the corners of her mouth trembled uncommonly.

...Shen Changtang is really omnipotent, hitting a snake to hit seven inches, and he subdued Ah Xuan as soon as he made a move.

The seventeen nuclear carving technicians in the field of nuclear science are all outstanding, and Ah Yin has been looking forward to meeting them and witnessing their superb nuclear carving skills.Yuan Hong and Ah Yin said that if they wanted to truly integrate into nuclear science, they had to be one of the seventeen others.

After hearing this, Ah Yin studied hard even more.

After coming to Suizhou, she saw a wider world, fought with Lu Lan, visited nuclear sculptures of nuclear science, and even got along with Shangguan Shixin. She often saw herself in it when she heard him talk about nuclear sculptures. Insufficient nuclear carving in the past.

A true master of nuclear carving should not spend a single knife, worth a fortune, and the charm of nuclear carving will emerge spontaneously.

In this respect, Ah Yin thinks he is still far behind.

After a while, Ah Yin finally got the notification.

Jiang Xuan happily chose clothes for Ah Yin, looked at them and said, "Sister, I have inquired about it. Mr. Yuan's family is good at carving nuclei of figures, especially eyes, which are so lifelike. I heard that he once sculpted nuclei of an old man. , the buyer put it on the bedside table, and for some reason, he was frightened into nightmares every night. There is also Mr. Lan, who is especially good at fine nuclei carvings, the smaller the more brilliant." As she spoke, she seemed to think of something, and she pouted , pointing to the opposite door: "Miss Lin has been practicing nuclear carving since she was a child, and it has been 12 years since she was a child. She has never carved other things, and specializes in mountain and river nuclear carving."

Ah Yin was slightly taken aback.

"Mountain and River Core Carving?"

Jiang Xuan nodded, and said: "I heard from Big Brother Jiang that it is like the nuclear sculpture that my sister carved in the third round of the Fighting Nuclear Conference." Nut carvings, who can compare to grandfather? The nuclei carvings given by my grandfather every year on my sister's birthday are called masterpieces. The great rivers and mountains are as small as an inch."

Speaking of which, Jiang Xuan was a little greedy.

Ah Yin gave her the key and said, "It's at the bedside."

Jiang Xuan shook her head quickly, and said: "Hey, I don't want to look at it. Grandfather's nuclear carving is too high. Every time I look at it, I feel that the nuclear carvings I carved are rotten. It's too shocking."

Ah Yin laughed at her: "Only by fighting can there be progress."

"My mentality is not as good as that of my sister. If I get hit, I don't want to carve the core again. My sister hastened to change clothes, and I don't know what problems will arise in the nuclear department. Go there early, maybe you can prepare early." She took out a set of raccoons. Hua Jin asked, "Sister, will you wear the clothes that Marquis Mu Yang gave you?"

Ah Yin shot her a look and said, "It's too ostentatious."

"Then I threw it away?"

Ah Yin scolded her again.

Jiang Xuan begged for mercy: "My sister is wrong! How dare my sister throw it away casually! I will lock it up and put it on when my sister sees Lord Hou next time."

Jiang Xuan did not come along.

She couldn't get in because she was going to nuclear science, so she stayed in the house.

When Ah Yin left the room, it happened that Lin He, who was opposite him, also came out.With the lessons learned from the past, Ah Yin no longer put his hot face on his cold butt, nodded slightly and walked outside Tinghe Garden.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she reached the door, Lin He stopped her.

She looked up in surprise.

Lin He looked her up and down without opening her mouth, just staring at her with burning eyes.

Ah Yin smiled and asked: "Ms. Lin, good morning, do you want to go to nuclear school together?"

She frowned, didn't say a word, and walked around A Yin with big strides, and quickly disappeared into the sun.Ah Yin was not annoyed at all, and slowly paced over with the small wooden box of the nuclear carving utensils.The battle with the remaining three nuclear candidates came quite suddenly, and she only got the news from her master last night.

Ah Yin is just a test.

The more anxious she was, the more she could calm down.

After showing the token to the guard at the gate, and checking the small wooden box, Ah Yin entered the Nuclear Science Center.Walking along the path, we soon arrived at the main hall.Ah Yin thought that she came early, after all, it was half an hour earlier, but she did not expect that in the main hall, besides her, the remaining three nuclear carving artists had already arrived.

Yuan Bei greeted her with a smile.

Ah Yin also returned a smile, and sat down directly beside him.

"Junior Junior Sister, don't be merciful today, a battle will determine the outcome."

Ah Yin said with a smile: "I have long been looking forward to competing with my senior brother, and I will go all out to live up to what I have learned all these years."

Yuan Bei clicked his tongue and said: "Little junior sister mentions the nuclear carving, and the whole person seems to have changed. It always feels like...like..." He clapped his hands and said: "Yes, it is the young master."

These words attracted Lin He's attention, Yuan Bei kept silent, pointed outside after a while, and said: "Hey, Cao Cao will be here just as I said."

Ah Yin took a look, and Shangguan Shixin really came.

She was a little uncomfortable for a while, since the night of Qixi Festival, she never saw Shangguan Shixin again, she thought about making a call but was rejected by herself.When I saw it today, my heart skipped a beat, but I didn't know where to look.

Yuan Bei stood up and said: "Young master, come here, please sit down."

Shangguan Shixin glanced at Ah Yin, and when he looked away, he said to Yuan Bei: "I won't sit down, I'm going to leave later." As he spoke, he glanced at Lin He and said, "Ah He, go back and change your clothes. , I’m going to Lantau Island today.”

As soon as these words came out, the four people present were slightly surprised.

Shangguan Shixin smiled wryly and said, "I also just found out that the location of today's Douhe is on Lantau Island."

Lin He obviously didn't know the news from her father. Although the clothes she wore today were narrow-sleeved, the skirts were extraordinarily complicated, layered on top of each other, and slightly dragged on the floor. It was indeed inconvenient to go to Lantau Island.

The next thing that surprised the four of them was that before they set off, Zhang Gong also came with his newly recruited apprentice, who was Lu Lan who had previously lost the battle with A Yin.

Zhang Gong said: "The old man saw that she was quite qualified, so he accepted her as an apprentice."

That being said, the four people present all knew that Mr. Zhang was able to accept Lu Lan as his apprentice because of his relationship with Mr. Deng.Many people are quite disgusted by this kind of relationship seeking and coming in through the back door, and naturally they don't have a good look at Lu Lan.

Lu Lan didn't take it seriously, her eyes were smiling, like a flower of interpretation.

Yuan Bei was too embarrassed to ignore her.

Lin He snorted coldly from his nose.

Ah Yin heard it, glanced at Lin He, and was glared at by her again.This time, Ah Yin only felt that Miss Lin had a bit of a temper at most, but her personality was somewhat straightforward and jealous.

"Lantau Island?"

"Returning to Lord Hou, it is Lantau Island. The people in the dark pile found that Deng Zhong's people were going to Lantau Island these days, followed them for a few days, but did not find out what they were going to Lantau Island for the time being."

Shen Changtang pondered for a while, then said: "Deng Zhong has always come to Suizhou only for nuclear carving."

Yan Shen asked hesitantly: "According to Lord Hou, what will Deng Zhong obey the Holy Majesty this time?"

"The will of the dragon is unpredictable, so don't try to figure it out." He said lazily, "It's enough for Benhou to make the saber of the Holy Majesty. Where the Majesty tells the tip of the saber to point, if the red knife doesn't come out, it will hurt Benhou's face."

As if thinking of something, Shen Changtang said again: "Deng Zhong is a bit cunning, so don't take it lightly."

At this moment, Yan Mo came in and said, "Report to Lord Hou, the Shangguan family is going to fight for nuclear power on Lantau Island today." After a pause, "Miss Yin is also here."

Shen Changtang pinched the moonlight carving in the lotus pond, and the corners of his lips half-twitched into a smile.

"It's lively."

Lantau Island is the highest mountain around Suizhou, and there is a temple halfway up the mountain, which is full of incense.After the carriage of Shangguan's family stopped at the corner of Lantau Island, several nuclear carving technicians of today's Douhe could only climb up Lantau Island with their feet.

This will be mid-July, which is the hottest time.

Among the five candidates, three women and two men went up the mountain back and forth.Ah Yin has climbed many mountains before, and he walked at the front without panting all the way.Lin He is the daughter of Mr. Lin, she was pampered, she never climbed the mountain like this, but she didn't want to be the last one, so she went forward desperately.

Yuan Bei saw Lin He's thoughts and slowed down.

The mountain path has long been leveled, with stone stairs winding up one step at a time, and further away, there is also a mountain path for carriages.A carriage followed silently. There were originally two carriages, but the first one had already reached the top of the hill.Sitting in the second carriage was Shangguan Shixin.

He half opened the curtain of the car, looked at A Yin who was crawling ahead, and then gave Jiang Man a command.

When I climbed halfway up the mountain, it happened to be noon again, and the sun was scorching hot.

Shangguan Shixin got off the carriage, walked around the mountain road, handed water bottles to the five people respectively, and said, "Let's rest for a while."

Lin He took the water, and his face flushed a little more after climbing up. Just as he was about to say something, Shangguan Shixin turned around and said to Ah Yin: "Climb another hour, and you will be able to reach the top of the mountain in about ten minutes."

Ah Yin nodded.

She was used to climbing mountains before, and she didn't feel tired at this time. At most, she was sweating and a little sticky due to the scorching sun.

But along the way, she has been thinking about the topic of today's fight.

Obviously there is a carriage that can come up, but they let them climb by themselves. Could it be that they want to learn something on the way?Thinking like this, Ah Yin always felt that he had noticed something.But for a while, there was still a haze in his mind, and the light was hidden behind the haze.

Therefore, when Shangguan Shixin talked to her, she was also distracted.

It wasn't until Shangguan Shixin gave her a gentle smile that she suddenly came back to her senses and said, "Thank you so much, Ziye."

Lu Lan said from the side: "Shaodong's family and Miss Yin are indeed bosom friends, and they are already familiar enough to call Biao."

As he spoke, he gave Lin He a lukewarm look.

As soon as these words came out, Yuan Bei gave Lu Lan a slightly reproachful look.Lin He stood up abruptly and asked, "When are you leaving?"

Shangguan Shi said: "Take another stick of incense."

When Lin He heard this, he walked to the other fork in the road without looking back, and only said, "I'll come back after burning a stick of incense."

Lantau Island is quite high, standing on the mountainside, you can overlook the whole Suizhou scenery.In order to see more clearly, Ah Yin climbed up a boulder and looked at Suizhou in the distance.It was noon at this time, and the sun seemed to be carrying a whole pot of sultry heat, covering Suizhou densely.

Ah Yin watched, and suddenly thought of his grandfather.

In the past, when my grandfather was still alive, he loved the scenery of mountains and rivers very much. He often stayed in the mountains for several days.At that time, she was still young, and she didn't know what her grandfather was looking at. She just felt that the same scenery was boring after a long time.It wasn't until later that she knew that the mountains and rivers were beautiful, and there were different changes at different times. If she didn't stare carefully, it would be difficult to find the subtle changes.

After touching a stick of incense, Ah Yin got off the boulder and returned to the original place.Yuan Bei, Lan Zheng, and Lu Lan were all ready to go, Ah Yin asked Yuan Bei, "Where's Ziye?" Yuan Bei said, "Young master is going to call his junior sister."

After another meeting, Shangguan Shixin came back, but Lin He was not there.

He frowned and asked, "Has Ah He come back?"

Yuan Bei shook his head and asked, "Didn't you find her?"

Shangguan Shixin nodded.

Lu Lan asked, "Could Miss Lin go up first?"

Yuan Bei said: "Impossible, according to the regulations of Douhe this time, five people must go up together." As soon as he said this, Yuan Bei gave Lu Lan a dissatisfied look again.If she hadn't provoked it, how could Junior Sister Lin have sulked herself?Now that Junior Sister Lin can't be found, they don't even think about going up the mountain.Originally, Lantau Island was high, but now it was noon, and it might not be too early to wait for them when they climbed to the top of the mountain, and they still had to fight.

Lan Zheng said, "I'll go find my junior sister."

Yuan Bei also said: "Junior Sister shouldn't be far away, I'll go to the temple to have a look."

Shangguan Shixin quickly made up his mind, and said: "Everyone go to look around, and come back here to gather after burning incense." After a slight pause, he called several nursing homes waiting on the mountain road, and asked one of them to Go up the mountain to report first, and the rest will also find Lin He together.

Seeing this, Ah Yin frowned lightly, looked thoughtfully at the direction where Lin He disappeared earlier, raised his pace, and walked towards the fork in the road.Shangguan Shixin followed and said, "Where are you going?"

Ah Yin said: "I just saw a bamboo forest next to the temple, did Ziye go to the bamboo forest to find someone?"

Shangguan Shi said: "I will go with you."

As they said that, the two ignored Lu Lan who stayed where they were, and walked straight to the bamboo forest.After walking far away, Shangguan Shixin asked: "What did you find?" Ah Yin said in a low voice: "Although Senior Sister Lin and I have only met each other a few times, judging from the past, Senior Sister Lin is not unpunctual. people."

After meeting Mu Yanghou again, a string in her mind was always tense, and she dared not relax her vigilance all the time.

She said: "Yue Mo encountered an accident."

But at this time, Lin He really encountered an accident.

She was depressed, and as soon as she walked towards the fork in the road, she came outside the temple, just in time to see someone asking for marriage.Now she can't hear the word "marriage" the most, so she turned her footsteps and entered the bamboo forest.The bamboo forest was quiet and peaceful, and the irritability and depression in her heart gradually dissipated.She counted the time, thinking that it was almost time to return, but she didn't expect to step on the ground and fall into a trap called incompetence and incompetence.

Considering herself unlucky, she yelled a few times and sat down on the ground.

She is not worried about her own safety, as soon as the incense burns, the rest of the people will definitely come to her.Finding her is only a matter of time.Thinking of this, she calmed down and began to think about today's Douhe.

(End of this chapter)