Chapter 50: Ivory Carving
During the day, it should be shaded by willows, but at night, you can only see long willow swaying slightly in the night wind, like a monster with a cape. There was a light smoke rising from the burning branches, with a choking smell, and occasionally small insects buzzed by, and they came around the flames without knowing whether they were alive or dead, and after a while, another batch of burned people flew over.
The moonlight was like water, shining on Shi Er's body, and the black night clothes reflected a faint light. Linglong took a closer look, and saw that his clothes today were different from the previous two times, the black cloth was mixed with gold thread, and he didn't know how many people who didn't know how to live and die would use this material to make a night robe and wear it on his body.
She wanted to remind him that it was dangerous and could easily expose the target. But seeing Shi Er holding Kuroko's head, a person and a horse looking like Sauvignon Blanc, she didn't bother to say anything.
From childhood to adulthood, the master has been teaching her that doing her job is a luxury. For a thief, he has been running around all his life, for a living, and for a dream of money that will never be extinguished. Whether it's for people or other things, there is not much time to pay for feelings.
In her previous life, her master Mary Qin did just that, and so did Linglong.
She and the master are the same, they have no relatives, no lovers, not even a dog.
"Hey, you're done comforting, I admit that I was negligent today, but fortunately, Kuroko's injury is not serious, and I will pay attention to it in the future." Although Linglong was reluctant, she still took the initiative to admit her mistake, and today she was indeed negligent.
Shi Er didn't seem to hear it, and whispered to Kuroko again, then turned around and picked up the big bag from the ground.
The branches were about to burn, so Linglong found a bunch of dry branches on the ground and lit a bonfire, and the surroundings immediately became clear.
Shi Er glanced at her and couldn't help but sneer, you little rabbit cub is really thick-skinned, and when he saw that he was going to share the spoils, he immediately came to his senses.
Linglong didn't think there was anything wrong, in this life, she was the descendant of Jin Shilin, the living god of wealth, and of course what flowed in her body was the blood of the Jin family's mercenary and money-seeing.
The bonfire was lit, and Linglong sat in front of the fire, holding her chin and looking at the big pocket beside Shi Er, her bright eyes did not blink, for fear of missing the good things that Shi Er touched out of his pocket.
Shi Er snorted coldly and said, "For your sake of kicking that old man at the time, I will give you a piece today." ”
It turned out that when the old man swept the horse's legs with a stick, Shi Er had already arrived, and at that time, Linglong did not care about the ring knife that slashed at him, but went to save the sunspot first.
Linglong also snorted coldly from him, and said, "Since you have seen it all, you can't just share it with me." You can't blame me for today's actions, as soon as we entered the city, we were targeted by these three people, and you didn't even notice it. I'm a child, you're not. ”
The human skin mask on Shi Er's face didn't show any expression, but Linglong guessed that he must have blushed because his hand that was untying his pocket paused for a moment.
"Forget it, it's me who has gone away, I thought you had two hits, but I didn't expect to embroider the legs with fists, it's all the kung fu of the three-legged cat." Shi Er said that he had already opened his pocket, and unlike before, this time he took out the contents one by one and put them on the ground.
Hearing him ridicule herself like this, Linglong wanted to refute, but when she saw what Shi Er took out, the whole person was fascinated, and she didn't care if Shi Er's dog spit out ivory or not.
What Shi Er took out was ivory, a very exquisite ivory carving.
This is a complete set of thirty-six ivory carvings, all of which are flat reliefs, with different expressions of the characters and lifelike.
Linglong sighed: "It turns out that this thing really exists." ”
She had seen this set of ivory carvings, but they were only in ancient books, and what she saw were only pictures drawn by later generations, not real objects. It is rumored that this set of things has long been lost, just like the legendary He's Bi, just a legendary thing, and no one will ever see the true face again.
"You know this?" Shi Er looked at Linglong, this little thing has some vision, does it really know?
Linglong stretched out his hand and gently stroked the lines of the ivory carving, and said proudly: "This is thirty-six tricks, it is rumored that it took Wu Xuanzi ten years to carve it, but some people say that this is not carved by Wu Xuanzi, because when he got these thirty-six superb ivory, his hands were already useless." ”
After Linglong finished speaking, he raised his head, like a proud little peacock, and looked at Shi Er proudly.
Shi Er stared at her in surprise, as if in disbelief, and after a long while, he said: "How do you know about such a secret thing, who is your master, just relying on Qin Kongkong to do things, how can you know about this?" ”
"Okay, you finally believe that I'm not that Qin Kongkong's disciple." Linglong smiled and winked mischievously at Shi Er.
"You didn't just steal these thirty-six things, how do you divide them?" It's priceless, and if you separate the whole set, it's worth a lot less.
"You have a lot of appetite, and you still want to share these thirty-six plans with me, dream!" Shi Er gritted his teeth, he really had never seen such a greedy child.
Linglong thought to herself that you are really stingy enough, since you didn't plan to give it to me, then take it out to show off what to do, don't you just want me to praise you for your ability, you can even steal such a good thing, hmph, I won't praise you!
Seeing that she didn't refute or speak, Shi Er was a little bored, Linglong guessed correctly, there is no one in this world who steals things like him, not for wealth and not for fame, there is no other.
All he wants is a few words of praise from a knowledgeable person.
But this little thing is a boiled duck - with a hard mouth!
He was helpless and continued to grope in his big pocket, of course he wouldn't just take these thirty-six tricks.
This time, he took out two jade cups, Linglong picked them up and took a closer look, and said: "The toys in the palace of the Han Dynasty are worth a few silvers, and they belong to me." ”
Shi Er snatched the jade cup from his hand, and Linglong didn't expect his hand to be so fast.
"Why, you won't even give me this, you're too stingy."
Shi Er smiled coldly, his fake face was red by the bonfire, and he looked very weird: "You tell me first, how did you learn that Wu Xuanzi's hand was abolished, you name it, this jade cup belongs to you, and all the other things in my pocket belong to you!" ”
I see!
Linglong, I had to tell the truth: "This is a long story, to start with my last life, one day I went to a scholar's house to steal a calligraphy and painting, and saw that he also had a book that was also a good thing, so I came easily, well, it is the book that says that Wu Xuanzi's hand was abolished." ”
Shi Er was happy and was happy. He had seen many liars, and it was the first time he had encountered someone who told a lie so sincerely.