Coming out of Qixia Palace, I soon arrived at Guanyao Mountain in Shangyuan County.

Along the way, large and small caves are lined up in a row. There are brick kilns for firing city bricks, as well as porcelain kilns for firing civil porcelain, which are inferior to kilns that burn fine porcelain in terms of materials and requirements for kilns.

There is a kiln village nearby, and it is these potters who live together, and some of their ancestors have relied on this craft for generations.

But the kiln soil dug this year contains too much water, which has a great impact on them. Some kilns have been shut down, and some have added burning pits for drying, barely making ends meet.

Unlike the depression of the kiln field in front, Yin Si's official kiln is in full swing. Because they have a batch of porcelain to come out of the kiln today, which is a big deal in the kiln, not to mention, they have to sacrifice to the sky before opening the kiln today.

The idle potters in the neighborhood all came to see the excitement.

"Look! People from the government are coming! Master Yin has a big face, after all, he is the in-law of Houfu......"

"I heard that this batch of porcelain is of high standard and is a tribute."

"It's not a tribute, it's a gift to foreign envoys when all nations worship! If it burns out, it's miserable, and it's going to be used in September. ”

Hua Qiao and Can'er got out of the car from a distance, crowded among these melon-eating people to watch the excitement. The two of them were short, and they were wearing the clothes of a small servant, and no one paid attention to them.

"They lost a lot of money on the kilns they burned down this year, right?"

"Why not? My owner didn't dare to open a kiln, and would rather lose some carbon money. It's okay to burn out defective products, but burn out waste products, that's really a loss to grandma's house. ”

"It's just that the Yin family has money and can afford to lose it."

The two who spoke laughed like fools of a joke.

Can'er suddenly tugged at Hua Qiao's clothes and whispered, "Auntie...... Young master, look at that sacrifice is so terrifying. ”

Hua Qiao followed her eyes, this little girl's eyes were really sharp, and she saw the sacrifices placed under a shed far away, a big black mass, looking like a black pig.

Hu Yanjin and the others had already entered the kiln, but they were stopped by a kiln manager in charge: "This lord, our master has already sent a message, saying that he is rushing to the mountain, and you can search the kiln, but it is best to wait for our master to come." Opening a kiln today is a big deal, and if something goes wrong, you may not be able to afford it. ”

Lin Longfeng still wanted to come forward to theorize, but was stopped by Hu Yanjin.

"Wait, what's the matter? See what tricks they can play. Wan Zhutou, call the person you stalked last night, and we'll ask about the situation. ”

Over there, Hu Yanjin was waiting for Yin Si to arrive, and over there, Hua Qiao took Can'er, and when everyone was watching the official and the kiln head talk, they quietly slipped into the shed behind to see those tributes.

Hu Yanjin's eyes never left Hua Qiao, of course he saw those two sneaky figures. It was just a simple shed, unsheltered from all sides, and it was easy for people to see them as they passed.

He poked Lin Longfeng with his elbow: "You can go over and quarrel." ”

Lin Longfeng was inexplicable: "Didn't you just say wait?" If you want to quarrel at the beginning, wouldn't it be very unmomentum now? ”

Hu Yanjin's chin raised slightly, and now Lin Longfeng also saw the buckwheat. He cleared his throat and whispered, "I'll let you see how the first handle of the dome quarrel is without wind and waves." ”

"Yaotou, this official has been waiting for a half tea time, we have so many people here today, are you planning to leave us on the mountain to eat?" Lin Longfeng raised his throat, and sure enough, he attracted the attention of all the people who ate melon seeds.

The first to quarrel? Self-assessed, right? Hu Yanjin almost didn't laugh.

Hua Qiao heard the movement, looked up at the commotion, and just saw Hu Yanjin also looking at her from a distance, she immediately understood that they were covering themselves.

"Girl, these buckets are full of powder, and there is no one."

In addition to the black pig in the shed, there were several large wooden barrels, and the buckwheat asked Can'er to open it to see if there was anything hidden in it.

"Go find a stick and poke it down to see if there's anything hidden in the powder." The buckwheat also opened two buckets, both of which were powdered for porcelain embryos, and when I grabbed a little and smelled it, there was no suspicious smell.

Can'er quickly found a bamboo pole to come over, and the two of them used bamboo poles to insert buckets and buckets. The powder is not fluffy, such a big bucket, it is not easy to insert the bamboo pole to the end, the master and servant are working hard, and suddenly someone next to them shouted:

"What people! Dare to rummage through my things! ”

Hu Yanjin had already rushed to the front and protected in front of the buckwheat. There is a lot of powder sticking to both of the buckwheat's faces, and it's too late to deny it.

"It's you again!" The curtain of the car was opened, and it was Yin Si who was sitting inside, and the little guy helped him get out of the car, it seemed that his injuries yesterday were not serious.

He looked Hua Qiao up and down without smiling: "Have you taken a fancy to Uncle Ben?" Three times and twice pestered. It's okay, Uncle Ben's backyard doesn't have you much! ”

"Yin Si, this girl is the official's person, what she has done, she has her own official to bear. Now that you're here, we'll start searching at once, and we'll start with your buckets. Wan Zhutou, what are you waiting for? Hu Yanjin said coldly.

With a wave of his hand, the two officials took the bamboo stick in Can'er's hand, and then stabbed it. The rest of the servants also dispersed and looked around Yin Si's kiln.

Yin Si didn't panic, he took a cane, walked to Hu Yanjin with one limp leg, looked up at him and said, "Hu Yan...... My lord, right? If you can't find anything today, you won't be able to eat and walk around! ”

Hu Yanjin was also surprised by his composure: Could it be that those nine people have been dealt with without leaving a trace? Make him so confident?

I saw Yin Si bypassing Hu Yanjin and walking up to Hua Qiao, with a cheap smile on his face: "Little lady...... Oh no! It's supposed to be a big girl, right? Is it bad to wear powder at home and wear flowers? Why are you running around with men? Is it because your man can't afford to support you? ”

As soon as Hu Yanjin turned around, he kicked his crutches, Yin Si's center of gravity was unstable, and he rolled to the ground: "You! You dare to kick me? ”

"This time it's a crutch, if you dare to use foul language again, Lord Ben will kick people!" Hu Yanjin was afraid that he couldn't help beating people, so he pulled up the buckwheat and was about to go out.

The two servants hurriedly went over to help Yin Si on the ground, and the kiln head also ran over and asked: "Master, the auspicious time is coming, look at this ......"

Yin Si shouted angrily: "When the auspicious time comes, why don't you set up the altar quickly?" Can these yamen dogs stop me from sacrificing to the gods?! ”

In fact, the altar had already been set up, and he almost carried the black pig out of the shed, and the kiln head hurriedly commanded two men to carry the black pig.

The black pig is not big, looking for a boar that has not been in heat, the pig's front and rear hooves are tied with hemp rope, and the two men take a penny and put it in the hemp rope, lift it and go out. When they pass by the buckwheat beside them,

Hua Qiao suddenly shook off Hu Yanjin's hand and pulled her, pointed at the pig and said loudly:

"Wait!"