When Lord Wei heard this, he immediately became angry, and even the big black mole on his face trembled: "Presumptuous! At the moment of the emperor's order, how can you say that if you don't bomb it, you won't blow it up? Let me ask you, if you don't blow up this rockery, will you have a way to transport enough lake rocks thousands of miles away? If you delay the repair of the garden, you and I are worried about our lives, hurry up, don't talk nonsense! ”

In the final analysis, Lord Wei still protects Xin'er from the bottom of his heart, and talents are always rare. Otherwise, based on Xin'er's words just now, if someone with a heart misinterprets it and slanders Hong Xin'er for insulting the court and disregarding human life, he will be guilty of a big crime if he has no reason.

Hong Xin'er, who was angry for a while, didn't realize that she was careful all day, but she almost suffered a catastrophe because she had just told the truth, so she still knelt on the ground and refused to get up.

The manufacture of gunpowder in Daxing is considered to be developed, and it is divided into five grades according to the power of gunpowder. The last level is just to make a firecracker for children, but there are often things that break the eyeballs. And this mountain is used to extract stones, using the highest grade of gunpowder, known as "ten thousand mountains broken". If it weren't for the family heirloom gunpowder workshop, it would be difficult to grasp the slightest difference in dosage, and if you are not careful, you will overdose, but it is difficult to notice. The depth of the lead burial is also very particular. Tuhong once taught Xin'er that he had to build a mausoleum and open a mountain before he could use this gunpowder. Hong Xin'er already felt that it was very inappropriate to blow up the mountain and take stones, and she was powerless to stop it. Now that there is another death, she regrets it, where will she get up?

Although Lord Wei was angry with her, he always felt that it was inappropriate for Xin'er to kneel on the ground. I had to persuade again: "Master Tu, you hurry up and go to the next rockery with me." ”

"No, please forgive Linglong's sin!"

"You, you, you..." Lord Wei was so angry with Xin'er that he stretched out his hand and pointed at Xin'er and trembled.

I saw Xin'er bite her lower lip heavily, raised her head and said, "Lord Wei, if Linglong has a way not to use the big pile of stones and mountains, just a few embellishments, can you stop today's bombing of the mountain?" ”

"If you have a way, why didn't you say it earlier, and put it off until now?"

Xin'er froze: "It's just that this method is the old system of the previous dynasty, and my dynasty rarely uses this method." Therefore, I did not dare to say more. ”

"How?" Master Wei withdrew his hand, and the big mole trembled a little: "You can tell me about it." ”

"This method is based on the earth, and the stones are used to support the mountains, and the soil is piled up..."

"Lord Tu, what are you talking about..."Lord Wei interrupted Xin'er's words: "Stone wrapped in soil? ”

Hearing the "stone covering soil", everyone present was stunned. At that time, Tuhong once led a group of craftsmen to study the craft of stone cladding, and tried their best, but in the end it was not successful. Although several craftsmen are young, they have heard the master speak about this difficult matter, and Wu Mingzhe and Mu Hanqing have heard of this for a long time. But Mu Hanqing knew in his heart that even if he used stones to cover soil, all their lake stones were far from enough.

Mu Hanqing, who didn't want to say much, still couldn't help but explore the gardening skills, and asked: "The soil master, even if it is the method of covering the soil with stones, the remaining lake stones in the imperial garden are not enough." You say that, how can I wait for myself to deal with myself? ”

"I've thought about it." Hong Xin'er said quietly: "The stone is covered with soil, and the stone is still not enough." But—" Xin'er paused, as if thinking about something else: "But do you know that what I want to do is to insert stones into the soil." ”

When they heard this, they pricked up their ears.

"Oh? The old man has only heard of soil and stone, stone and soil, what is stone insertion? Master Wei asked everyone's doubts.

"My father once said that the soil is the flesh of the mountain, the stone is the bone of the mountain, the grass, the flowers and vines are the tendons of the mountain. If we first use the mound of earth to create the shape of the mountain, and then insert the lake stones in specific places to resist the soil clods and slide down, and then decorate the exposed soil with connected flowers and trees, it will be firm, and the mountain shape will be twisted and turned, and the greenery will be abundant. Hong Xin'er spoke, but this method is not the old practice of the previous dynasty, and no one has used it, but Tuhong has taught Xin'er. Now, in order to save other craftsmen from bad luck, Xin'er has no choice but to fight.

"Why did you say this when you have this method? If you had said it earlier, Xiao Zhuozi would have been fine. Mu Hanqing was a little angry.

Of course, Xin'er couldn't say that she wasn't sure about this method, so she had to say: "This method is difficult to work and is not commonly used." In the end, it's not easier than directly using lakes and rocks to pile up mountains, and I also thought that I was lucky, so I didn't say it. Xin'er's eyes were red, and she already sobbed: "Xiao Zhuozi died in vain, and my heart hurts." People say that haste makes wisdom, I..."

Lord Wei saw that Xin'er's tears were about to fall, so he hurriedly handed over the handkerchief to play a round: "The landlord, don't cry, the court is public, don't lose your identity." Get up quickly, and wipe it with a handkerchief. ”

persuaded Xin'er, and Lord Wei came to persuade Mu Hanqing again: "Master Mu, the head of the soil is a woman in the end, and it is not easy to work with you." If she had thought of the stone inserting the earth, she would have said it a long time ago, and she should not blame her more. In the future, we will have to work together in one place. ”

Lord Wei's face, Mu Hanqing still has to give it, so he won't say much. Lord Wei instructed Xin'er: "Master of the soil, today we will go back to the imperial garden first, you go back to the house to draw the rockery style, and bring it tomorrow to take a look?" ”

Hong Xin'er nodded her head and walked away with red eyes.

Lord Wei looked at Xin'er's distant figure, and sighed lightly, without saying much, it was clear that the landlord must have been sleepless all night. It is not easy to think that she is the same age as her own daughter, but she has taken on so much for her father and brother. Master Wei appreciated Xin'er a little more.

Although Mu Hanqing was also touched, he had no intention of saying more. There were only a few hours left for the day, so he took the craftsmen to stack the stones, and it was time to return home.

When he arrived at home, Mu Hanqing was still thinking about what Xin'er said about the stone insertion soil, what kind of system it was, he had never seen it. After Mu Hanqing had dinner, he went to the study and wanted to discuss a matter with Master Mu.

"What? Tujia girl wants to put stones in the soil? When Master Mu heard his son's words, his hand holding the book slipped, and the book fell directly to the ground.

"Daddy, the stone is in the ground... Is there anything wrong? ”

"It's not right, it's really inappropriate. Qing'er, you said that the Tujia girl proposed to make a rockery in order to get Lord Wei to stop blowing up the mountain and taking stones? ”

"Exactly."

"This Tujia girl, I really underestimated her." The old man picked up the book and said to Mu Hanqing: "Qing'er, do you know that the Tujia girl is fighting for her life to save people?" ”

Mu Hanqing was stunned, he never expected this matter to be so serious: "Dad, why did you say this?" Isn't this the old calendar? ”

"Soil insertion stone is a kind of rockery system that the old head of the Tujia family thought about when he was alive, but it is feasible on paper, and no one has really used it for many years, and there is no precedent to follow. The Tujia girl said that she was gambling with her head on the lives of those low-level craftsmen. Once she loses, it is unknown how she will end. I didn't expect this girl to be so righteous at such a young age, and she really got the true inheritance of the old head of the Tujia family. ”

"Dad, does that kid still need to distance herself?" Mu Hanqing listened to his father's words, and he already had respect for Xin'er and wanted to help others, but he was afraid of catching up with the family, so he wanted to ask his father for an idea.

"Son, this is a very risky matter, don't let others see that you are close to her. But you can secretly use your home learning to help her, and you can be regarded as the affection of your father and the old master of the Tujia family. The old Mu master stood up, went to the wooden shelf behind him to take the book, and handed it to Mu Hanqing: "Qing'er, you can go back and read this book, which contains the top secret method of my Mu family's flower and tree cultivation." The old head of the Tujia family is in trouble, and he feels deeply remorseful for his father, and now his daughter is about to encounter a catastrophe in order to save people. But remember, you can only help secretly, and you must distance yourself from it. ”

Mu Hanqing took the book and saw that it read "Mu's Secret Spectrum": "Father's guidance, the child must remember it in his heart, you can rest assured." ”

Nothing was said all night.

The next day, Xin'er came to the imperial garden early with two big black greens, just waiting for Lord Wei to go down to the court, and look at the system she painted yesterday.

As soon as Lord Wei arrived, he summoned three principals to look at the painting together. Xin'er's painter, Lord Wei is trustworthy, but he didn't expect that there are five sideways rockeries on this painting, no matter which side you look at, it seems to be open from the sky, and you don't have to be picky. It's just that the amount of soil is not a decimal, and Xin'er is also thoughtful, and gives the method of digging lakes and mountains on the painting, and the silt that happens to be cleared can be used.

"The master of the soil, the drawing is good, so let's do it according to your drawing. I don't know what the owner of the wood and the owner of the house think? ”

In line with the principle that Xin'er doesn't know what to do, he should support it, and just wanted to echo it, but he didn't expect to be preempted by Mu Hanqing: "This rockery is very accomplished, and it should be made." ”

Wu Mingzhe looked at Mu Hanqing, thinking that he had just blamed Xin'er the day before yesterday, and he was like this today, why?

Wu Mingzhe, who was already full of doubts, where could he hide things past noon? Back in the garden, Ya Mingzhe arranged for the craftsmen how to deal with the silt, and then went to look for his wooden brother.

Wu Mingzhe thought that Mu Hanqing was leading people to build the Fucui Pavilion, but he pounced on it and did not see anyone. walked straight to Yu Zhuxuan, only to see his younger brother Mu fiddling with a few bamboos there, and from time to time he rolled out a smirk.

"Brother Mu, I've found you. What are you doing in this palace? The bamboo has not been burned, what are you doing with it? ”

When Mu Hanqing saw that Wu Mingzhe was coming, he hurriedly put away his smirk and replaced it with a smile that he was good at disguise: "The owner of the house, the bamboo in this Xuan is too dense, I want to move some and plant it on the newly repaired rockery, and I can also save some silver taels, what do you think?" ”

"Oh? Why is Brother Mu so concerned about the rockery painted by the soil lord this time? It's still very early to move the bamboo, and you start planning. Could it be that Brother Feimu has already thought differently about the landlord? ”

Mu Hanqing was really made out of temper by Wu Mingzhe. This man is a year older than him, how can he think about pleasing the girl in everything? But what he said also makes sense, the matter of Maozhu is still far away, why should he think about it so much in advance? Could it be that it was just his father's words last night that made him respect the Tujia girl?

Mu Hanqing realized that something was wrong, his ears were slightly red, he put away a smile, and said seriously: "Don't talk nonsense about the owner of the house, when have I dealt with the owner of the land?" I don't think anything else about her, look at this bamboo, it can pave the way for the rockery, and by the way, it can..." Mu Hanqing tried his best to organize his words: "I can also play tricks on the landlord and vent the anger she brought to me without regard for human life." ”

"Then tell me, what kind of teasing?"

"Recruiting insects?"

"Brother Mu, you can tell me more about it." Ya Mingzhe's face was full of desire to know the truth.

"The owner of the house is here with his ears."

How did Mu Hanqing know that he casually made up excuses to perfunctory things about the house, and he was just heard by Xin'er, who came here to discuss the selection of rockeries with him.

Xin'er gritted her teeth in anger, and said in her heart: You are a wrongdoer surnamed Mu, the rouge has not yet found you to reason in the previous time, and my master's death is still inconclusive, and you want to recruit insects to trick me? Today, if I don't let you take a look at the methods of our little overlord in East City, how can I, Hong Xin'er, gain a foothold?

Hong Xin'er looked around, but there was no one. She rolled up her cuffs, squatted down and touched a few upturned pebbles, and with the help of a pine tree outside the wall, she went up to the wall in three or two strokes.

Xin'er was just about to reward Mu Hanqing with a plan for Hong's serial attack, and when she touched it with her low hand, she remembered that she didn't bring a familiar slingshot at the moment.

But this only brought a moment of disappointment to Xin'er, there was no slingshot, but there was a bamboo. Xin'er took advantage of Mu Hanqing's back to bend a bamboo that grew behind Mu Hanqing. After the bamboo branch was bent, the rebound force was extremely great, and this time it hit Mu Hanqing's body, and he screamed in pain: "Ah, ah." ”

Wu Mingzhe hugged Mu Hanqing: "Brother Mu, what's wrong with you?" ”

"My back, my back was whipped by bamboo!"