Tianqiaotang's mid-year exam questions are clearly prepared for the Qixi Festival. The students even speculated that the excellent works would be sent to the store for sale.

Those students with high grades naturally tried their best, hoping that their works would not only conquer the gentlemen, but also the shopkeepers. If the work can enter the Qixi store, they will also have the opportunity to take advantage of this salted fish to turn over and win a place to stay in Beijing, so as to avoid the danger of being sent home.

In the sound of cicadas,The weather is getting hotter and hotter,The air in the school park is getting drier and drier.。

"Hey, Brother Tang, what's wrong with the corner of your eye?"

While eating in the canteen, Zhuang Runqing casually asked a brother in front of him. The student, surnamed Tang, smiled awkwardly and did not respond.

There were students waiting for him to go away, and whispered to Zhuang Runqing: "You don't know? He got into a fight with Shen Gongzi over there this morning, one said that he deliberately broke the accessories, and the other said that the other party plagiarized his own ideas. Oh, Shen Gongzi wrapped his forehead around the forehead just to cover the wound on his forehead! ”

Zhuang Runqing exclaimed, "Didn't two students just get punished by Shen Jian Jian because of a quarrel the day before yesterday, and now they actually started to do it!?" ”

The student smiled and said with emotion: "The weather is hot, and everyone is easy to get angry." ”

Zhuang Runqing knew that he meant something, and he also smiled, not taking this stubble. When I was cooking, I asked for an extra mung bean soup to make the fire.

He came to the table with the food and sat down, talked to Ye Qing and the others about it, and sighed, "I didn't expect that there will be intrigue here." ”

Meng Shu was the most dust-free, and immediately sneered, "Art is the purest, even if such a person can pass the assessment, he will not be able to enter the ultimate palace of art." ”

Ye Qing said, "Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes." We're just left alone. ”

Li Jingshan remembered something, and solemnly said to everyone, "Everyone take care of your works. Also, before leaving the Heavenly Workshop, be sure to see who else is left in the workshop, and also tell other students to pay attention to it to avoid any accidents. ”

"What could happen?" Wang Minzhi asked.

Li Jingshan just remembered that there had been several accidents in the past year in which the students' works had no intentional damage, and she always felt that something was wrong. She didn't have any evidence, and she couldn't speculate, but just smiled, "Anyway, it's always good to be careful." ”

The crowd should go down. After finishing the meal, I have to go back to the workshop to catch up with the work.

However,It's only been two days.,There's still an accident in the school park.。

And it came to pass that morning, when the knowledge of the trees made the hearts of the people uneasy. Before noon, a student ran in in a panic and said loudly, "There is a burnt blue object in Zhurongfang that has burned out, you go and see if you have your own!" ”

Zhurongfang is a pyrotechnic kiln, where all kinds of jewelry that need to be fired will be carried out. And every time the furnace is opened, about ten pieces of work are fired. There is a dedicated skilled pyrotechnic management there, and there are almost no mistakes. How could the whole furnace burn out at this juncture?

Li Jingshan was startled, and when she looked up, she saw several students running out quickly, including Zhuang Runqing. She also hurriedly followed. There are still people behind him who are discussing, "Hey, Brother Yuan, it seems that you also took the work to burn, don't you go and take a look?" ”

Yuan Yu'an said, "Fortunately, I found that there were a few details that were not done well, and I took them back and didn't enter the furnace with this batch." ”

Li Jingshan's footsteps paused, but she didn't think deeply, and hurriedly rushed out.

When she arrived at Zhurongfang, Li Jingshan saw that in addition to the few students who were anxiously waiting for the furnace to be opened, Guo Xianjiu and Shen Jian Jian were all there, frowning and listening to the furnace worker explain the reason.

"I really don't know why the charcoal fire is so strong this time, a few pieces of charcoal were thrown in, and the fire was suddenly so strong that it almost went out of the stove, and when Lao Xu and I hurriedly put the fire down, it was too late."

The furnace worker is also full of grievances. He has been burning the fire for more than ten years, and it is the first time that such a big accident has occurred.

Shen Jian Jian picked up a piece of charcoal casually and threw it into an idle hearth, and sure enough, it burned, and the fire was much fiercer than usual.

"Who is responsible for this batch of charcoal?" Guo Xijiu asked in a deep voice.

"It's a little old man." An old furnace worker said, "It has always been charcoal from the stall of Zijintang, and we have cooperated with Zijintang for nearly ten years, and there has never been such a fork." ”

The employees are old employees, and the cooperative shop is an old shop, and the two gentlemen have no idea for a while. I had to say, "Go and invite the people from Zijin Hall to come over and let them see what is going on with this batch of charcoal." ”

At this time, Li Jingshan suddenly sniffed, turned her head to look at the charcoal that was still burning, and while smelling the smoke rising from the burning vigorously, she thought hard, and finally had a flash of inspiration and said loudly, "It's oil, the charcoal is drizzled with castor oil!" ”

Everyone looked at Li Jingshan in surprise. Li Jingshan pointed to the charcoal in the hearth, "This charcoal burns, and there is the smell of burning castor oil in the smoke. Smell carefully, you can smell it. ”

At this time, the furnace kiln was finally cooled and opened, and the furnace worker opened the furnace and took out the jewelry, and sure enough, all of them were burned, and the glaze on them became black, and even some small parts had been burned and deformed.

Those students wanted to cry without tears. Zhuang Runqing's face was also like ashes. Not only does this mean that their hard work is in vain, but more seriously, there is not enough time for them to remake these burnt blue jewelry, and there is one less process demonstration in their finished work, which will greatly reduce the assessment score. They can basically foresee the fate of being eliminated.

Li Jingshan stepped forward and saluted the two gentlemen: "Due to an accident this time, can you forgive these students' burnt blue jewelry and postpone it for a few days?" ”

Guo Xijiu shook his head, "This assessment is not only about scoring and leveling, but also about screening good works and sending them to the Qixi store as an evaluation standard." Even if it is postponed, these works will not be able to catch up with the Tanabata sale. ”

Some students cried on the spot.

At this time, the people from Zijintang also came, and after seeing the remaining charcoal, they also said that some of it was drenched with castor oil, which caused the fire to be particularly strong and uncontrollable. They stressed that only a few of the same batch of charcoal had castor oil, which should have been poured on it later, and had nothing to do with the quality of their charcoal.

Li Jingshan witnessed the whole process from the sidelines, her hands clenched into fists in her sleeves.

Guo Xianjiu and Shen Jian Jian had to write a document at this time and report it to the Tianqiao Hall Council. Let the students go back and wait for the news first. A total of four students suffered losses this time, and three of them were still in the middle and upper grades. But no matter how they deal with it in the end, they are afraid that they will not be able to change the fact that the ranking has been greatly reduced.

They dragged their footsteps to the Heavenly Workshop, and the students were still talking.

“…… They are really unlucky, and it seems that it will be difficult to turn over. ”

"Fortunately, my work didn't follow this kiln, so I escaped, haha."

“…… Say no more. The student looked at the people who came back, and hurriedly tugged at the man's sleeve.

A flash of lightning flashed in Li Jingshan's mind, and she remembered that she had also heard Yuan Yu'an say that he was also going to follow this kiln, but it was postponed because it was not completed. Is it possible that someone deliberately staggered the fire of this kiln?!

Li Jingshan was chilled by this thought, and once again remembered Ye Qing's words, "Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes"!

The crowd gathered around and said comforting words, but no matter how comforting they were, they were just scratching their boots. Zhuang Runqing hugged his head, didn't say a word, and even his back was slightly rickety.

Ye Qing stepped forward and hugged him with open arms. After a long time, I heard Zhuang Runqing say in a hoarse voice: "I'm fine, I just want to be quiet." ”

"Okay, I'll accompany you." Ye Qing nodded. He raised his head to signal the other girls to feel at ease, and let them disperse first.

Li Jingshan and the others saw for the first time that Xiaozhuang, who was the most happy and easy-going, showed such a decadent and sad side, and their hearts were like a knife. Wang Minzhi's eyes were even redder, but there were no tears in her round eyes, only a deep and bottomless darkness.

Li Jingshan looked at the students who had been implicated, and resolutely turned around and went to Guo Saijiu's duty room......

At dinner time, several students were notified to go to the duty room. Of course, everyone swears to heaven and earth that they missed this furnace because the work was not done, the time was not in time, and the ancestors blessed it, and it was not at all an unpredictable prophet who deliberately avoided it.

Yuan Yuan came out of the duty room, his face was very ugly.

When a student saw it, he patted him and said comfortingly, "Forget it, this matter has also made Old Man Guo like a frightened bird." He asked about this matter routinely, and his brother asked several times. Don't take it to heart. Compared to those unlucky eggs, this grievance is nothing. ”

Yuan Yuan smiled reluctantly, "That's right." I didn't take it to heart. ”

He said goodbye to the student, and went directly out of Tianqiao Hall and went to a small teahouse on East Street.

"Guest, what are you doing?"

Yuan Yu'an went directly to the counter, "I'll look for you shopkeeper." ”

The shopkeeper behind the counter raised his head, and it was Fu Jinyu, who had been expelled from Tianqiao Hall earlier.

Fu Jinyu listened to him tell what happened, and smiled disappretently, "Did they get evidence to prove that you poured the castor oil?" ”

"Naturally not! I even disposed of the bottles of oil. ”

"Isn't that the end of it?" Fu Jinyu patted him on the shoulder, signaling him to feel at ease, "Those things in the past were also accidents!" As long as there is no evidence, it is all an accident, understand? ”

Fu Jinyu showed a fierce smile, "Besides, if you want to remove these stumbling blocks, how can you do it without taking some risks." ”

"But、But this time Tianqiaotang moved to investigate, and I heard that it was going to be reported to the official!" Yuan Yuan said in a panic.

"If the reporter can do anything, he can't find you either. As long as you don't mess around. ”

Fu Jinyu lowered his head and continued to dial the abacus, calculated two numbers, and saw that Yuan Yu'an was still standing in front of him uneasy, sneered disdainfully in his heart, and said to him again, "If you are really afraid, stop for a while, and wait for this limelight to pass, and then make plans." Anyway, there will be more opportunities in the future. ”

Yuan Yu'an's face turned pale and he nodded worriedly.