Chapter 8: Danger
Lin Long has always been focused on doing things, and found embroidery interesting, so he embroidered patiently and learned all the embroidery methods in the book, making Lilac look at her every day, and her eyes were starry.
The lady is so good, the lady is amazing!
She couldn't understand any of the faint embroidery, but the lady actually learned a lot.
Looking at Lilac's shocked and sighing appearance, Lin Long felt funny, where did she have such a god, and her good embroidery was just because of the foundation of her previous life.
In her previous life, although she rarely used needlework, she loved the art of the mechanism, many woodcuts and iron tools were her own hands, and the structure of the mechanism was extremely fine, and the slightest mistake could not be made, so she also created a pair of skillful hands, no matter what she did, she learned quickly, and did it delicately and meticulously.
"Lady." Lilac ran over and begged, "Lady, you can help the maid draw a new pattern." "These officials of the county government have little maids of Lilac's age at home, who are young and clever enough to help the family do some work.
Although the lilac is not good at retreating from embroidery, but other embroidery is the best among the crowd, the embroidery is exquisite and meticulous, and it is most praised by the county lieutenant.
But in the past few days, a little girl has come to the county Cheng family, and her hands are extremely skillful. Lilac thought to herself that she was not inferior to anything, but she was just a step worse in terms of new tricks. This can't be helped, who let her come from a big local family.
County Cheng Chen Yong is the second son of the local clan Chen family, don't look at him in the position of half a grade lower than Father Lin, but in this Qi County, the Chen family is definitely one of the best, and the so-called strong dragon can't overpower the head snake.
Fortunately, the Chen family is also a family of knowledge, Father Lin is tactful, the two get along well, and the two families also have a lot of contacts.
Chen Sanniang, the niece of Chen Yong, was born on the same day, the same month, and Lin Long, with a gentle and gentle temperament, and got along well with Lin Long, and often came to play.
The Chen family has embroidery shops all over the Great Zhou Dynasty, and this new little girl was transferred from the embroidery shop and accompanied by Chen Sanniang.
Ding Xiang is still young and doesn't understand this, but Lin Long can see that this is the dowry girl prepared by the Chen family's wife for Chen Sanniang, mainly responsible for needlework.
There is also competition between girls, before the little girl came, Lilac was the only one in embroidery, proud of the others, who expected to suddenly kill a Cheng bite gold, snatch away the glory that belongs to her, where can Lilac endure.
Lin Long was amused, nodding his clove forehead: "You little girl, why are you so competitive?" ”
Lilac Zhenzhen said: "The maid is also fighting for the lady, why should Chen Sanniang's girl embroidery be better than yours." ”
Hearing this, Lin Long frowned.
Lilac knew that she was speechless, and lowered her head in silence.
Lin Long has always been accommodating in trivial matters, and it doesn't hurt to spoil a little girl, but when it comes to issues of principle, there can be no ambiguity.
In the past few days, seeing her tolerant and smiling, Lilac has lost her former sense of proportion, and she has done all these things with her master as a starting point. In the future, she will become more and more bold, wouldn't she be unscrupulous in her name.
Obviously, she is competitive, but she wants to pull it on Lin Long. If the small things are not handled well, it is easy to make a big trouble, in case Chen Sanniang mistakenly thinks that Lin Long is competing with her, wouldn't it ruin the friendship between the two families.
"Go down, I don't want to see you these days, let Lin Shuo come and wait." Lin Long spoke lightly, his expression was still calm, but the words he said were merciless.
"Lady." Lilac couldn't hold back and cried, "Lin Shuo is clumsy, where to serve a good lady, lady ......"
Lin Long interrupted, turned his head to look at her quietly, and asked softly, "What I said doesn't work, does it?" ”
Lilac was shocked, didn't dare to ask again, wiped away her tears, and quietly retreated.
Lin Long was pushed into the house by Lin Shuo, and then Lin Shuo awkwardly clubbed to the side, a little at a loss. In life, she has never served a lady, and she does most rough work on weekdays, such as lighting a fire in the kitchen, washing clothes, etc., and rarely does fine work.
"Does the lady drink tea?" After holding it for a long time, Lin Shuo finally spoke.
"No, you don't." Lin Long turned his head to look out the window, and after a while, he spoke, "You go to the kitchen and have a look." ”
Kitchen?
Lin Shuo scratched his head and didn't quite understand, but he still went obediently.
When he entered the kitchen and saw Lilac crying sadly in the corner, Lin Shuo suddenly had a flash of inspiration, became smarter, and understood what the lady meant.
Lin Shuo ran to comfort Lilac clumsily, "Don't cry, don't cry." ”
"Woohoo." In the end, he is still a teenager, where can he bear it, Lilac turned around and hugged Lin Shuo's arm and cried, cried for a while, and thought of a question, "You, aren't you here, uh, taking care of the lady?" Lilac hiccups as she spoke, "Why did you run here, what should you do?"
"The lady asked me to come over." Lin Shuo said livelyly, "The lady still cares about you in her heart, don't cry all the time, be obedient, and the lady will forgive you in a few days." After speaking, Lin Shuo asked puzzledly, "Hey, what did you do wrong?" ”
"It's fine." Lilac wiped away her tears, "You go back first, I'll be fine, and I'll tell you in a few days." ”
"Hmm." Lin Shuo nodded obediently.
Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was January, and Lin Yeyun came over to find Lin Long excitedly, looking forward to it. During the month, he secretly ran to see the partridges a few times, and he was super fierce.
Once, he even borrowed a powerful partridge from a classmate in the school, this partridge is very powerful, and it can be regarded as a victorious general in the county. As a result, he brought the partridge to the Zhuangzi and put it in his own partridge pen. It didn't take half an hour for the Changsheng Partridge to be dying, and if it weren't for Chen Da's timely rescue, the Changsheng Partridge would have become food for its own partridges.
Lin Long followed Lin Yeyun to Zhuangzi, the partridge had been put into the cage by Chen Da, it seemed a little unhappy, circled around, and pecked several times. Later, I found that I couldn't get out, so I obediently lay down, as if I was recuperating, and when I saw someone coming, I just raised my eyelids, and I didn't panic.
Seeing Lin Long coming, Chen Da smiled, "Lady, this partridge is smart and powerful, and its mouth is very ruthless. ”
Lin Long smiled and nodded slightly, not as surprised as Lin Yeyun, and looked around the partridge.
Of course, it will be smart and powerful, this partridge was personally chosen by her, after the space was destroyed, although there was no elixir of strange flowers and plants, but her perception became more and more acute.
For example, this partridge, far away, she can feel the sharp and ferocious magnetic field around it.
On the same day, Chen Da selected two partridges, and she took a fancy to this one at a glance, but she still had doubts in her heart, so she brought both back.
Now, if this one is really left, the other one has long been defeated.
Taking the partridge to the county seat in a carriage, after seeing the power of the partridge, Lin Yeyun's confidence increased greatly, and he chattered endlessly along the way.
Lin Long felt annoyed, glanced at him, and successfully shut him up with a word.
She said: "The proud army will be defeated." ”
Okay, Lin Yeyun is humble, he has to be cautious, let the other party be rampant and proud, and then beat him fiercely.
After a month of brewing, the matter of fighting partridges has been noisy, of course, the common people do not pay attention to this matter, and those who have this leisure are the children of rich families and some idlers.
The idlers make a bunch of them, and they also set up bets on who can win? If Ling Shaojun wins, can he cut off Lin Niangzi's arm, after all, Lin Niangzi is the county lady.
"I also bet." Lin Yeyun secretly told Lin Long, "The odds are very high, when my brother wins, I will buy you something." ”
Lin Long raised his eyebrows and asked quietly: "How much is it, what are the odds?" ”
"Three or two." Lin Yeyun stretched out three fingers, "You know, my brother's pocket money is not much, if he wins, he will have thirty taels." ”
"Not bad." Lin Long nodded, his smile widened, and he looked a little coquettish, "Brother is so good, it just so happens that I fancy a piece of fabric, because it is too expensive, I didn't dare to open my mouth with A-Niang, and now I have these 30 taels, which is just enough." ”
"Exactly 30 taels!" Lin Yeyun was shocked, and the little sister was too ruthless, and she stole all his money at once.
Lin Long shook his head, "It's 27 taels, and the remaining three taels are left for my brother to entertain, no matter what, my brother has also won money, so I can't treat my fellow disciples badly." ”
"Ah-" Lin Yeyun wailed, "I still have to lose 3 taels, this is the money I have saved for a long time, it's really boring, gambling is so boring." He muttered.
When I arrived at the place, there was already a circle of people around. Before Ling Sui passed, Lin Yeyun and Lin Long went to the nearby tea shop to wait.
An acquaintance came over, stabbed Lin Yeyun, and raised his chin to signal Lin Long.
Lin Yeyun didn't really want to introduce, his pampered sister was not for these wolves. And these wolf brothers were also very surprised, they all knew that Lin Yeyun's sister was not good at doing things, but they didn't expect to be born so beautiful, like a fairy.
With such a look, who cares if they have legs or not, they are also pleasing to the eye when they marry and put them on display.
After paying attention to Lin Long, everyone's eyes gathered on the cage in Chen Da's hand, and muttered to Lin Yeyun, "You look so wilted, okay?" ”
"Yes, you can use my Changsheng, this is a matter of the arms, and you don't have a snack as a brother."
"Don't worry." Lin Yeyun gratefully slapped his good brother's chest, looking calm.
However, the group of people around him were in a hurry, and it could really be said that the emperor was not in a hurry and the eunuchs were in a hurry. There are also some people who know about it, and they are also very worried about Lin Long, and they are gossiping.
"Ling Shaojun's partridge is said to have been transported from Jingshi, and it is even more powerful than his original one." This is the handlebar type that has transported partridges to Ling Sui.
"Lady, be careful, the Ling family's Xiaolangjun has a competitive personality and is extremely ruthless." This is a worried old man.
Father Lin has an excellent reputation in Qi County, and Ling Sui is a bully, so everyone is biased towards Lin Long.
Lin Yeyun thanked everyone for their concern instead of Lin Long, and then sat quietly in the tea shop waiting for Ling Sui.
The owner of the wine shop opposite watched the little brother and sister sitting quietly, without the slightest panic on his face, and sighed in his heart. It's true that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, they don't know how powerful Ling Sui is.
He has relatives in his family who work in the Ling family, and it is said that the Ling family's Xiaolangjun has been on the battlefield, and once stabbed three people, and was praised by today's saints for his young bravery. And Xiao Langjun is extremely favored at home, especially Mrs. Hou, who writes almost every month, asking her little grandson to go to Beijing to accompany her.
After waiting for a long time, it wasn't until the sun turned west that Ling Sui was late.
The little boy was dressed in an ink-colored beard suit, with narrow sleeves and a cinched waist, and he had completely detached himself from children's attire, standing in front of Lin Yeyun and others, completely two levels.
Looking at the handsome young man in front of him, Lin Yeyun secretly grinded his teeth, regretting that he was not dressed maturely.
As soon as Ling Sui arrived, three or five servants immediately came up and began to clean up the field, forming a circle around the spacious avenue. Ling Sui's dark eyes swept away from Lin Long's face with a faint sweep, he would be a dead man later, there was nothing to see.
"Let's get started." Ling Sui waved his hand, and immediately someone stepped forward with a cage.
Lin Yeyun's heart lifted, and together with everyone around him, his eyes all focused on the black cloth outside the cage.
Ling Sui pulled the corners of his mouth, sneered, and suddenly raised his hand and tore off the black cloth with a whoosh.
The black cloth fell, revealing the fierce and strong partridge inside.
Seeing the appearance of the partridge clearly, Lin Yeyun's face immediately turned pale, it was even bigger than his own, and everyone else was surprised that the mountain partridge was so big and fierce, it was a species that had never been seen in the local area.
The partridge's eyes are black and bright, and the black spotted feathers are all over the body, giving people the feeling of goosebumps.
This partridge ...... Lin Long frowned subconsciously, and the aura around him was actually stronger than that on Zhuangzi.
The eyebrows gradually twisted, and a trace of worry came to Lin Long's heart.