honey with flowers

【Embroidered Thief】

The shopkeeper looked up and smiled again.

It seems that today he likes to laugh very much, because there are many times when he can’t laugh. In his long life, he often holds the carving knife in his hand and carves on the mud ball one by one, keeping his eyes on it for almost a moment. He also refuses to relax—compared with the work in hand, the guests have become secondary.

Clay figurines are usually made by kneading, and very few people choose to use clay to carve.

Jade, stone, wood, or gold and silver are all more expensive than clay to make, and the selling price will be higher, but some people like to do it rashly - if the heart is already happy, it doesn't matter if you earn more or less.

……

There was a few noises in the distance, the crowd suddenly separated on both sides, the cold moon rose into the sky, and a group of carriages came from the opposite side on the bright and straight road.The speed of the carriage is neither fast nor slow, and it is in line with the pace of the dart head - this is a group of well-trained dart runners, and often a dart bureau with the ability to train subordinate dart heads to such rules must be a very powerful one. Escort.

The head of the body is strong and strong, but his body is already old, because the other escorts are still in good spirits, but his face is pale and tired.

However, no one dared to underestimate him, because he had three scars on his face.

There are not many people with three scars on their faces, and there are also many people who are dart guards, but there is only one scar-faced dart guard man with a 27-jin heavy iron sword on his back who can make a name for himself. Friends on the Internet can give a point of face——Chang Mantian, the deputy head of the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau.

The scar-faced man patrolled the carriage behind him with a cold face, did he raise his head to look at the crowd around him, his eyes turned and stopped on the two people in front of the clay figurine booth, his eyebrows raised happily, his eyes that looked ordinary and cloudy It suddenly became brighter, laughed loudly, and said warmly: "Why is the seventh son here?"

Chang Mantian naturally recognized Huamanlou.

The Hua family is a very wealthy family, and it is also the only merchant that can do business with the emperor. As the seventh son of the Hua family, Hua Manlou was within the range of Chang Mantian's acquaintance long ago, but he heard that the seventh son of the Hua family was blind. He also seldom shows up in the shops of the Hua family, so he used to only see Hua Manlou from a distance at Master Hua's birthday banquet. Once you break in, you don't have the slightest affection, and no one will take care of you.

"President Chang." Hua Manlou turned around and nodded to Chang Mantian with the same smile.

Chang Mantian was startled and said, "How does Seventh Young Master know that I am Chang Mantian?"

"Hua heard someone shouting 'Zhenyuan Yangwei' in the distance before, and heard that this time the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau has received a very important escort, and the person who wants to send the escort is the well-known head of Chang Zong." Hua Hua Man Lou smiled slightly, "What's more, Chief Escort Chang has a 27-jin iron sword, which will inevitably rub against his clothes and make noises along the way—Hua can barely tell that Escort Chang's clothing is a new one from Jinxiu Pavilion. A batch of blue cloth, this list was ordered by people in your house a few years ago."

Zhenyuan Yangwei, the 27-jin iron sword, and the belongings of the clothes, the three clues can be analyzed in a short time to be completely different from the facts.

Chang Mantian stopped talking, but took another deep look at Huamanlou with his eyes.Thinking about the 30 years since he entered the arena, he has seen as many young masters as Guo Jiangzhiqing, but this is the first time he has seen such a humble young man who is obviously strong but never shown in the arena. How did the Hua family have their current status? And wealth, just look at the temperament of the Hua family children below.

He sighed for a while, cupped his hands and said, "Seventh Young Master is really good at hearing. In the past, I only heard about how mysterious Lu Xiaofeng's consonant finger is, but I don't know that Seventh Young Master also hides his secrets. This skill of "hearing the sound to distinguish the position" is afraid that the world can't understand it." There are very few masters who have achieved it." What he praised in his mouth was Huamanlou's kung fu, but in his heart he was admiring the other party's intelligence.

Jinxiu Pavilion is an property of the Hua family. As the young owner of Huamanlou, it is not difficult to know the order of Changfu.

It's just that even if it's a family property, you can say it casually, but it's not as simple as it seems.

He turned his eyes sideways, and saw a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl in white clothes leaning intimately with Hua Manlou, but this girl was dressed in white clothes and black hair, her eyes were black and bright, and her temperament was as cold as if she had met her eyes once. Ximen Chuuxue, if the opponent was not a woman, people would think it was a swordsman from some family.

Chang Mantian also smiled and nodded at her, "I wonder if this girl is..."

"It's Hua's fiancée, the family urged me, this time the two of us are going back to see the elder." Hua Manlou took Xiao Longnv's hand, and the store on the other side handed over the carved clay figurines.

The little dragon girl's white jade-like fingers carefully supported the two clay figurines. There was a bright orange lantern hanging in front of the clay figurine booth. The faint light shone on the palm of her hand. I saw that the girl doll looked very cute, and her hair style and appearance were similar to that of the little dragon girl. Second, the male doll is a miniature version of Huamanlou, and even the folding fan around his waist is clearly outlined—but the movements of the two are the picture of embracing and standing just now. The combination of aura is graceful ambiguous.

Chang Mantian couldn't help but follow his eyes, coughed dryly, and couldn't help laughing: "It turns out that the seventh son is actually playing with his fiancée, so Chang won't bother her... But when the seventh son gets married, don't worry about it." Don't forget to ask Chang to have a wedding wine with him."

"Definitely." Hua Manlou affirmed.

The backs of his ears were reddish, but fortunately the moonlight was not very bright, and he never let the person opposite see clearly.

……

The road from Zhuguangbaoqi Pavilion to Hua's house is not too short, although Lu Xiaofeng meddles from time to time, but after all, he never encountered such a dangerous situation in Tsingyi Building.

In the summer, it began to rain continuously, sometimes two or three times a day, but today the light was bright and dazzling, and it was extremely hot.The originally damp land in the dense forest was cracked into pieces, and the sun above the head seemed to be scorching people.

Lu Xiaofeng rode his horse in front and walked along the path in the dense forest for a long time, looking back and forth at the ground, rubbed his chin thoughtfully and said: "It seems that we are going to meet some acquaintance again."

Shangguan Xue'er patted his horse's ass, and then looked aside: "Is it your acquaintance, or our acquaintance?"

"It's nothing to do with you—it's my acquaintance with Hua Manlou, and of course Miss Long'er has seen it too." Lu Xiaofeng spread his hands, "Look at the traces on the ground, it's obvious that a dart walker just passed by, it's been rainy for the past two days Lian Mian, let's stop while walking, it must be difficult to walk with darts, the front must be full of Chang Mantian."

"This is a dense forest with luxuriant trees and few people. If you hadn't been extremely confident in your kung fu, you wouldn't have dared to go this way. It seems that the leader of the escort is indeed in front of you." Hua Manlou said and listened carefully. , smiled: "There was the sound of a carriage moving not far ahead—but now they seem to have stopped suddenly."

Shangguan Xueer tilted her head: "Why did they stop?"

Hua Manlou said: "Maybe it's to stop and rest. After all, you will be tired after a long journey. Once you encounter any unexpected situation, you may not be able to maintain your best condition. But Chang Mantian has rich experience, so he probably wouldn't choose to work in such a place." Taking a rest in the dense forest—it’s a bit strange.”——he couldn’t help but wonder, once a dart runner rests, his whole body will relax, and in the dense forest, Chang Mantian would definitely not give such an order.

——Unless you encounter some fork in the road, or meet someone.

In the distance, a yellow wooden bird flew over and landed on Xiao Longnu's palm, chirping and shouting: "There are a lot of beards in front of us, they are embroidering flowers! Everyone is watching!"

"..." Xiao Longnv was taken aback for a moment, she frowned suspiciously, then turned to look at Huamanlou: "What does Cuicui mean?"

Embroidery and beards can seldom connect people. A man with a beard must be a man, but an embroiderer should be a woman. Of course, it is not ruled out that there is a woman who can embroider with a beard.

Hua Manlou was puzzled and shook his head.

Lu Xiaofeng whistled: "Let's go and have a look."

At this time, Chang Mantian did see a person, a strange person, he had a beard that covered most of his face, and he looked sloppy, but this person was carefully raising his orchid fingers, stitching stitches. The embroidery on the screen is white silk with bright red peonies embroidered on it. The exquisite craftsmanship is comparable to that of a big girl-he is a man with a strong back and waist, but the embroidered posture is very like a woman.

This is nothing, there are many strange things in the world, but it is not necessary to see every one of them.It's just that this person is blocking the middle of the road, if he doesn't move away, the dart will not be able to pass.

The sun was so strong that it made people flustered.

Chang Mantian frowned, no matter what they said, the other party seemed to be unable to hear or see, because he never moved away, always blocking the middle of the road, as if he had grown up there before.The sun was very strong, and the beard was embroidered very fast, and the peony was about to be embroidered.

Chang Mantian has been playing darts for many years, and always feels that the other party may be waiting for them on purpose——

It's just a hunch, and it's unfounded.

Chang Mantian maintained a gentle tone, dismounted and walked over, cupping his fists: "The peonies embroidered by my friend are really exquisite, I wonder if we can make way for us dart runners." They are dart runners, everyone can be friends, Even if you get angry again, you will never give others too much trouble in terms of face.

The bearded man smiled. His voice was very strange, as if it was not a real voice. It always had a strong nasal sound, like the muffled sound of drumming. It would never make people feel good. He shook his head : "Not just peonies, I will also embroider other things—such as blind men."

Chang Mantian's expression changed, and he immediately took a step back.

The bearded man shot very fast, and a pair of white and tender hands quickly picked up the shiny silver embroidery needle, and instantly the long needle and thread rushed towards the person in front of him - Chang Mantian was horrified, he couldn't even see the speed of the other person clearly , and couldn't avoid it, at this moment a whine that penetrated deep into the bone marrow rose from the heart.

But soon he found that he could still see.

The needle for embroidering the blind man disappeared, but the man who embroidered the blind man was already in someone else's hands. The needle for the bearded man had been thrown aside on a tree beside him, and he was paralyzed on the ground powerlessly—he was suddenly tapped and sealed. internal force.

"I'm not someone in the rivers and lakes who draws swords to help when the road is injustice. It's just that others are eager to talk to you, but you want to stab their eyes. What's the reason?" A cold female voice came, and the young woman in white and black hair quietly Standing quietly on the top of the tree, murderous intent burst out between her eyebrows. Behind her was a man in a robe with clear eyebrows, who never spoke from the beginning to the end.

The feet of the two of them swayed slightly with the sound of the wind, which turned out to be extremely brilliant lightness kung fu.

The author has something to say:——

The Embroidered Thief died so quickly...

Miserable Jin Jiuling...

I guess you won't be able to attend Master Hua's birthday