Chirp chirp.

Standing in the courtyard, there was a faint sound of insects in the distance, and with the faint words behind the door, it became more and more dark and silent around him.

This season, even in the south of the Yangtze River, there will be no insects and cicadas in the courtyard, but in such a special place as this West Desert Green Forest Town, there is still a scene of midsummer night.

Xu Wen stood in the garden, listening attentively to the sounds around him, and his mood was very calm.

Lian Tianqing walked to a corner when he entered the courtyard, bent down, didn't know what he was groping, and after a while, he straightened up, threw a stone to Xu Wen, pointed to the other side and said, "Go there, carve something for me to see." ”

"What is it?" Xu Wen was stunned for a moment, but did not react.

"Whatever. Lian Tianqing led him and walked straight to that side.

It was a separate house from the wing, and the style was different from the usual one in Greenwood, as if it had been newly built.

Lian Tianqing opened the door and went in, and picked up the candlesticks inside one by one.

In vain, the light was magnificent, and the white light filled the surroundings, and it felt like it had suddenly come to daylight.

Xu Wen stood at the door, looked around in surprise, and immediately saw some hidden scheming inside.

The staggered placement of the candlesticks, the reflective copper mirrors hanging on the walls to form corners, and the layout of the house itself allow all the light to be directed towards the center of the house, so that it can be used to work at night.

Obviously, this is the studio that Lian Tianqing arranged for herself!

It's funny...... It's so ingenious......

Xu Wen looked at it for a long time, and kept seeing all kinds of ingenious details, and his heart became more and more admired.

"Go ahead. Lian Tianqing pointed to the convergence point of light, in the center of the house, there was a wooden plank, on which all kinds of tools were hung neatly, unlike the old woodyard, which was dominated by woodworking tools, and there were many other categories.

Xu Wen walked over and accurately found the point of construction.

It is obviously also specially arranged here, and all the tools needed can be reached at hand, and there is no need to get up at all, which is extremely convenient.

He sat down and couldn't help but glance up again.

The bright candlelight reflected through the bronze mirror converged here, but it was not dazzling at all, but very soft. The most rare thing is that Lian Tianqing has made a special design, which has a bit of a modern shadowless lamp, no matter where you are facing, no matter how you move, there will be no shadow cast to block the view.

"It's wonderful. Xu Wen finally couldn't help but speak out and praised again.

Then, he turned his attention back to the stone that Lian Tianqing had just thrown at him.

It was a piece of granite, with a texture very similar to the one he had carved during his election campaign.

Xu Wen rubbed his hand on it and asked, "What are you carving?"

"Whatever. Lian Tianqing said.

Whatever, that's going to test his current craft......

Xu Wen held the stone, his fingers unconsciously caressed, and finally took the tool next to him and began to move.

When I was in the clay field before, the river was rushing not far away, the sound of the water flowing, and the people around me were busy.

Now here, the surroundings are silent, and after entering the house, even the faint sound of insects and insects has completely disappeared, and the whole world seems to be the only one left...... Oh, by the way, and the Master who was standing in the doorway watching him.

But whether it was there or here, it seemed to be the same for Xu Wen, he quickly immersed himself, everything around him disappeared, and only this stone and the tool in his hand were left in his eyes.

What to carve?

Xu Wen's mood calmed down, and the first thing that came to his mind was the group of Nanyue craftsmen who were being whipped.

This incident brought him a great shock.

Should this group be flogged?

Absolutely. They wounded the miserable Fengchun people and robbed them of their things, and the crime was clear, and they should be punished according to the law.

But why would they do it?

In modern times, Xu Wen does not like to delve into the past of criminals, thinking that it is to exonerate criminals. Most of the time, the media is doing this to grab a gimmick to divert attention.

But in this matter, he was not so sure.

It's not that I want to boast, but what would this matter have become if he hadn't intervened?

The group of Nanyue craftsmen will inevitably have their arms cut off and disappear forever, becoming a small victim of the ruling officials to balance the contradictions in front of them.

And those who are in spring, will they benefit from this?

No, they will only be perfunctory, sent away, and continue their previous suffering and despair, and even the materials that have been taken away may not be returned.

The craftsmen of Nanyue will commit crimes because they really can't survive, and the people of Fengchun will become victims because they can't survive anymore.

This world is such a world, and in the face of absolute suffering and predicament, justice and punishment seem to be bleak.

Xu Wen tried his best to make the outcome of this matter a little better, but he knew very well that all he could do was the way it was now, just calming the current situation, but what about the farther future?

Could such a thing be an isolated case?

Fundamentally, such a thing happens because this era is too backward and materials are too scarce, so that many contradictions are naturally magnified.

Coming to the Western Desert from the bustling Jiangnan, Xu Wen seemed to have come out of the cage and saw a whole new world.

How to carve?

Xu Wen learned the content of Qin Lianying's codex, and Meng Ping taught the Meng family twenty-four carving workers by hand. In the process of running for the chief officer, he saw the wall carved by Liu Wange's master and apprentice, and saw Li Quanzhong's peaceful and almost authentic stone carving skills, and he had a lot of insights.

It stands to reason that the time he spent learning these is too short, and his learning is a bit miscellaneous, even if he is talented, it will be difficult to integrate in a short period of time.

But at this time, he looked at the stone in front of him, thinking about what he was going to carve, and his emotions were a little agitated, and he didn't have time to think about things like craftsmanship at all, but he just wanted to express the picture he was thinking about wholeheartedly.

In this mood, everything becomes natural.

How to behave here, what knife technique to use there, all these things do not need to be considered, and they naturally appear.

The candlelight is bright, almost never flickering, the sound of the chisel is crisp and rhythmic, and the stone chips are flying and falling in all directions.

The shapes on the granite gradually took shape, the faces of pain but joy, the distorted but trying to straighten the posture, obviously suffering from flogging, but feeling a glimmer of life, but also feeling lost for the further future......

Lian Tianqing looked at Xu Wen, looking at the gradually forming works under his hands, his eyes were a little shocked.

I don't know how long it took, he looked away from the stone statue and turned to look at Xu Wen, as if he had seen his apprentice for the first time.

Then, he looked up at the window, where he could see a bright moon, bright and clear, as cold as ever.

His ice-solid face seemed to be a little confused, and he seemed to have some enlightenment.