Chapter 244: Sediment
Li Jingshan sneered, "Ordinary people remember the general appearance of an object when they look at it, let alone the works you handle with your own hands." Forgot? Do you need some external help to help you remember? ”
Ma Qianxun sighed, knowing that none of the people present were easy to fool, so he had to admit, "I still vaguely remember some." ”
As soon as the words fell, Ye Qing held a pen and paper in front of him.
Ma Qianxun picked up the pen slowly, raised his head and met Ruan Mingyu's cold eyes, secretly shuddered, and had to draw obediently.
I have to say that the person who can be like the shopkeeper of Jingbao Pavilion has two brushes. Li Jingshan watched from the side, and saw that Ma Qianxun's drawings were neatly shaped, and the brushstrokes were clear and smooth, and he was indeed a qualified craftsman. And he was decisive and quick, drawing the artwork in less than a quarter of an hour.
Ma Qianxun let out a sigh of relief and handed the artwork to Li Jingshan, "Probably this is the pattern." ”
Li Jingshan didn't answer, "What about the specifications?" ”
Ma Qianxun was stunned. Retract your hand and obediently mark the size. He was still lucky and deliberately wrote a few numbers wrong. Unexpectedly, Li Jingshan took it, took a few closer looks, changed the wrong numbers one by one, looked up and sneered, "I don't know if Master Ma is a noble person who forgot things, or is he deliberately trying to test us?" ”
Ma Qianxun fell to his knees, and shouted "Don't dare", he originally thought that only Ye Qing in this room was a master of jewelry skills, even if he played a little trick, as long as he didn't break it, he would probably be able to get through the tricks. However, seeing that the young grandmother saw through his tricks with casual eyes, he knew that he could only admit it today.
In fact, he didn't know that when Li Jingshan checked the file of his father's old case, although there were no drawings on it, the approximate height, dimensions and weight were recorded, and it was not difficult to guess the actual specifications based on these data and the drawings drawn by Ma Qianxun. After comparing the information of the two, they finally restored the drawings of the Golden Buddha of that year.
Li Jingshan took the drawings and showed Ruan Mingyu a look, and nodded slightly. Ruan Mingyu raised his eyes and looked at Ma Qianxun, and said coldly: "Master Ma, about all the details of this Golden Buddha, you'd better go through it carefully, I can still save your life." Otherwise, you are a substitute for a royal case, and you are still dead in vain. ”
Ma Qianxun was so frightened that his knees weakened, he tilted to the side, knelt on the floor, and said with a forced smile, "Young master, don't be joking, I just said a few words that were disrespectful to the royal family." Where is the big case? I can't afford such a heavy flail in my head. ”
"You think we lied to you?"
Ruan Mingyu picked the corners of his mouth, "Your work is very useful, and in the end, it was really sent to the palace." Moreover, the Tribute Buddha, who also pretended to be pure gold, was sent to the saint," he took two steps forward, leaned over slightly in front of Ma Qianxun, and his voice was low and cold, "You say, how many heads do you have enough to cut off for such a crime of bullying the king?" ”
Ma Qianxun finally couldn't hold it anymore, his body was crooked and sat on the ground, grinning, but it was more ugly than crying, "Young master, young master, don't scare me." How can that? I'm all! Really, it's all bragging! The little ones will never dare again! ”
"?" Ruan Mingyu sneered, "There is a victim of the destruction of the family because of the golden Buddha who you 'blow' nonsense." Do you dare to say that this is nonsense? ”
Ma Qianxun looked around in a panic, his eyes swept over the people present one by one, and he quickly understood that the person who was implicated should be talking about Li Jingshan. He threw himself at Li Jingshan's feet and kowtowed like crazy, "Auntie spare your life, spare your life." It has nothing to do with me, I don't know anything! ”
Li Jingshan also had cold eyebrows, and said lightly: "It has nothing to do with it, it's not up to you to decide." You explain the whole incident in detail, and if it is true as you say, you are also being taken advantage of, and we can intercede for you. Otherwise...... You know, what are the consequences of the crime of deceit! ”
"Definitely, definitely!" Ma Qianxun hurriedly answered, and quickly rolled his eyes, "That's it, it's ten years...... Maybe eleven years ago, when I was still in Yuecheng, someone took a drawing and a box of gold and asked me to build a golden Buddha. When I did the math, I found that there was not enough gold at all. The man smiled and said, "If there is enough gold, why should we look for you?" ”
"I knew they wanted me to melt other metals into the gold to make up what I lacked." Ma Qianxun said with a look of pride, "I dare to say that no one in the entire southern region can beat me for this kind of metal fusion work!" ”
"How did you make up for that shortfall?"
"Add brass." Ma Qianxun blurted out, realized something, and hurriedly made up for it: "I didn't know it was a fraud at the time, I just thought that the person who came didn't have enough money and wanted to save face." At that time, he was also given a discount on handicraft money. ”
"And then?" Ruan Mingyu interrupted him coldly.
"Later, later......" Ma Qianxun said with a dodging eye, "I found that he had extremely high requirements for the quality of workmanship, so he raised his wages again." ”
"Ruan Mo, slap mouth!"
"Hey, I said I said!" Ma Qianxun covered his mouth and shouted, "Later, he asked me to revise the golden Buddha many times, and it was to the point of nitpicking. ”
He saw Ruan Mingyu raise his hand to stop his subordinates, so he sighed and continued: "He has to carefully check every step, from color to carving to details...... That's the most painstaking work I've ever done. It's the pinnacle of my craft! ”
Seeing Ruan Mingyu's brows furrowing again, Ma Qianxun hurriedly continued, "When I finally delivered the goods, I unintentionally said, 'You Buddha, is this a tribute to the emperor?' So detailed. ’”
At that time, Ma Qianxun was just a casual joke, but he didn't think that the person would listen to it, looked at him for a long time, and then answered without yin or yang, "You, what do you know?" ”
Ma Qianxun was so frightened that he waved his hand again and again and reluctantly smiled, "A joke is a joke." I'll just say it casually. How can the emperor look at this thing. ”
The man examined him gloomily for a long time, threw him a heavy cloth bag, and said coldly, "Inside is the rest of the wages." Leave Yuecheng overnight. If I see you in the city tomorrow...... Not only is the money gone, but I'm afraid you won't even have your life. ”
"In this way, I ran away from home, wandered around several nearby states and counties for several years, and finally came to Taizhou."
Ma Qianxun shrugged his shoulders, spread his hands and said, "Therefore, what kind of tribute I said is really bragging." I don't know anything. ”
"Who asked you for this deal?" Li Jingshan asked.
"I haven't seen his face, and he covers his face with a hat every time." Ma Qianxun shook his head, "However, I found that he is extremely familiar with the jewelry process, and the corrections and improvements are also in place, and Bacheng is also a jeweler." ”
Li Jingshan's hand clenched hard under her sleeve. The lips were also bitten white. Ruan Mingyu gently put his arm around her shoulder and patted her twice comfortingly. It wasn't until he felt Li Jingshan's stiff shoulders relax that he let go of his hand, turned his head to Ma Qianxun and said, "I will verify the truth of your words." If there is half a lie, you will wait to enter the prison of the Criminal Department, and ask for beheading after the autumn. ”
Ma Qianxun knew that he had a big disaster this time, so he would only kneel down and kowtow, "Little sentences, I will never dare to hide anything!" Please save your little life! ”
Li Jingshan suddenly asked, "How do you know about this method of smelting alloys from gold and copper?" ”
"This, Aunt Yu, I figured it out myself." Ma Qianxun replied with a smile on his face.
"You're lying." Ye Qing interrupted coldly on the side, "Ma Dashou, your skills are good, but you are not really good at smelting. Otherwise, you won't be dismissed for not being able to complete the smelting task in the Treasure Chamber. ”
"Then, that's because I'm not good at learning...... Ma Qianxun argued anxiously.
"Where did you learn your art?" Ruan Mingyu's brows furrowed coldly, "If you have half a lie, I will immediately pull you to see the official!" ”
"I, I," Ma Qianxun was cornered today, and finally "snorted", sat on the ground, and said deflatedly, "I'll recruit you." My family has been a goldsmith since my ancestors. The recipes are from a few fragments of my family's ancestral pages. I've seen my father refine it, so I learned a little bit. It's just that when I was young, I was playful, so I only learned to refine the simplest gold and copper alloys. The sample of red gold was made when my father was alive. I can't copy it. ”
"Where's that fragment?"
Ma Qianxun took out a crumpled paper scroll from his arms, held it in his hand, and said with a blank eye, "Young master, this is my family heirloom, I will point to it in the future......"
Ruan Mingyu sneered, "You have been holding it in your arms for so long, in addition to bringing you calamity, can it feed you?" ”
Seeing that he was still clenching and refusing to let go, Ruan Mingyu snorted again, "Have you ever heard, 'The husband is not guilty, but he is guilty'." If you don't have the ability to keep him, you're not afraid of this thing becoming your talisman? ”
Ma Qianxun was like a ball that had been punctured, and he presented the paper roll in frustration.
Ruan Mingyu didn't look at it, and handed it to Li Jingshan directly. No longer paying attention to Ma Qianxun, but instructed Ruan Mo, "You take him back to the capital, watch carefully, don't let him touch anyone, and wait for me to go back and deal with it." ”
Ruan Mo nodded and pulled Ma Qianxun out. Ma Qianxun turned around and shouted as he walked, "Young master, I've recruited everything, you have to save me!" ”
Only the three people of the Treasure Pavilion were left in the room. Ruan Mingyu set his eyes on the old paper roll.
"This 'heirloom'...... Also, it's too shabby. ”
Ruan Mingyu was amazed at the shabby appearance of the "heirloom": it was just wrinkled and tattered, and it smelled of greasy sweat. The paper has long been yellowed and brittle, and the handwriting on it is blurred, and if it is not repaired, I am afraid that it will disappear completely in a few years.
Li Jingshan unfolded the scroll, but the torn scraps of paper from the three books still showed signs of burning, and the contents were incomplete. Her gaze suddenly paused, and she said in surprise, "This, this seems to be from the same place as my book "Quenching Jade and Melting Gold"!" ”
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