Qinglan looked at the surroundings and lowered her voice: "It was the young lady who asked her to check." Pearls came for an afternoon trip. ”

She whispered a few words in Sheng Rujin's ear. Sheng Rujin's eyes lit up, and he immediately ordered a few words like this.

Qinglan went down quietly.

Sheng Rujin looked at the dark sky outside, with a fine cold light in his eyes. The hardships of her previous life taught her that she must endure her temperament and be the best hunter she can be......

……

Early the next morning, Sheng Rujin went to the private school and returned home after finishing his homework. When she arrived at the house, she excused herself to be unwell, so she rested in the Huanxin Garden, and no one was allowed to disturb her.

The hour is almost up. Two maid-like people quietly left the Sheng Mansion.

Sheng Rujin followed Qinglan all the way to the door of a very ordinary house in the west of the city.

Qinglan went to knock on the door. After a while, a crack opened in the wooden door, and a delicate and peugeot face poked out.

"Who are you looking for?"

Sheng Rujin looked at the girl hiding behind the door with some surprise. The girl was more iconic than she had imagined, but she was more or less familiar.

Sheng Rujin looked at it quickly and said with a smile: "Can this sister let us in and have a cup of tea?" Our sisters went out to buy things and got lost. ”

The girl saw that they were two teenage girls, and she was much less wary. She opened the door and smiled, "I don't have any tea here, but the well water is clear and sweet." ”

Sheng Rujin smiled: "Just beg for saliva to drink, thank you for this sister." ”

And the maiden welcomed them in. Sheng Rujin entered the courtyard and looked at it. This is the courtyard of an ordinary house in the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, one in and one out, with three tiled houses.

The yard is shabby, but it is very clean. It seems that the owner who lives here loves cleanliness.

Soon, the girl brought two bowls of well water. Sheng Rujin took a sip and really felt clear. However, she was not used to drinking raw water, so she took a sip and stopped trying.

The girl only noticed Sheng Rujin's appearance at this time. The more she looked, the more surprised she became, and her eyes couldn't help but look at her.

Sheng Rujin's heart floated with appreciation. This girl isn't stupid. Looks like a smart person.

She loves to deal with smart people.

Sheng Rujin said deliberately: "What does this sister do when she looks at me?" ”

The girl looked at Sheng Rujin, then at Qinglan, and asked in surprise, "This little sister looks very ...... Very rich. Whose lady is it? ”

Sheng Rujin smiled: "Why did this sister say that?" ”

The girl said, "I look at this little sister...... Oh no, it's the young lady's temperament that is very similar to the rich daughters I've seen, and it's even better. That's why it's so speculated. And this well this young lady is obviously not used to drinking. ”

Sheng Rujin nodded approvingly. She asked, "This sister is smart. Haven't asked me what my sister's name is? ”

The girl hesitated for a moment: "My name is Ling Niang." ”

Sheng Rujin nodded: "Good name." ”

Ling Niang's face was embarrassed. Sheng Rujin pretended not to see it and greeted her. Ling Niang is seventeen years old this year, and she has long passed the age of saying goodbye.

When asked, it turned out that her parents had been in poor health. Lingniang has been in charge of the poor child since she was a child, and she shared housework very early, and found all kinds of work to earn money to treat her parents.

It was not until the old lady passed away two months ago that she had no money to bury her mother, so she sold herself to a large family as a slave.

When Sheng Rujin heard this, he asked, "Ling Niang, who did you sell it to?" ”

Ling Niang hesitated and said vaguely: "You don't know this young lady, don't ask." ”

Sheng Rujin smiled and said, "But since you have sold yourself, why do you still live here?" ”

Ling Niang's eyes widened: "The housewife said that I still have to wear hot filial piety on my body, and she plans to let me stay outside for a few days before entering the house." ”

Sheng Rujin nodded: "During the period of filial piety, large families are more taboo. ”

Ling Niang asked curiously: "Which young lady is this young lady?" It's so beautiful. ”

She couldn't help but look at Sheng Rujin, and her eyes were full of amazement. Sheng Rujin's appearance is that the men are fascinated when they see it, and the women are envious and ashamed when they see it.

Lingniang has been in the countryside since she was a child, and she has never seen much of the world, so she can't help but stare at Sheng Rujin all the time.

Prosperous as Jin'an. She suddenly asked: "By the way, Lingniang, I see your ingenuity, do you know how to do embroidery?" ”

As soon as she mentioned this, Ling Niang's eyes suddenly lit up. She smiled and said, "This young lady is right, my embroidery is good." Let the lady take a look. ”

She said as she went in and took out her embroidery. The various embroidery patterns on the coarse cloth handkerchief are lifelike, like the real thing, and Ling Niang's embroidery work amazed Sheng Rujin and Qinglan.

Qinglan took a sachet and said in surprise: "Oh my God, this embroidery is amazing!" Miss, do you look at this line and split into several strands? ”

Sheng Rujin smiled: "It should be a strand split into six strands, that's why it's so thin." ”

Ling Niangqi said: "Miss, how do you know? ”

Sheng Rujin touched the lifelike colorful bird, and smiled very meaningfully: "Because I've seen it." ”

Ling Niang did not doubt him, and said: "I learned to be an embroiderer from a blind old woman in the village. She said that when she was young, she was an embroiderer in the palace all her life, and she was released from the palace when she was old and her eyes were broken. But no one knows if it's true or not. ”

"Everyone calls her Xiuniang, and there is no one with a surname. I called her mother-in-law, and on weekdays she taught me how to embroider, and I cleaned the yard and cooked some food for her. Alas, I'm in the capital now, and I don't know what happened to my mother-in-law. ”

Sheng Rujin caressed the embroidery on the coarse cloth, and his heart fluctuated.

Ling Niang didn't know, this is the most difficult and profound embroidery method of the Great Zhou Dynasty called "Thousand Silk Embroidery", the most powerful embroidery Niang can be split into twelve strands of thin thread, and the embroidery sample can almost be comparable to the real thing.

However, this embroidery method is extremely eye-consuming, and the embroiderers who have learned this method are all blind in their later years without exception. The gorgeous brocade robes embroidered with thousands of threads in the palace are all the blood and tears of the embroidered mother.

In the previous life, Sheng Rujin also had a court dress, which was embroidered by twelve embroiderers for a whole year. However, since she knew that this embroidery method consumed her eyesight, she ordered that this embroidery method was forbidden in the palace. And the embroidery bureau is not allowed to make the embroidery girl rush to work day and night.

This Ling Niang's master should be the first batch of embroidery girls in the palace. Moreover, calculating her age, she is likely to have something to do with an unsolved case......

Sheng Rujin's thoughts flashed in his heart, but he was always smiling and groaning on his face, and he was not shocked. She has a lot of patience, Ling Niang is just a small role in her previous life, a chess piece pinched in the palm of her hand by the eldest lady Zhou, and a chess piece that has been abandoned.

In her previous life, Ling Niang was deceived by the eldest lady Zhou into giving birth to Sheng Shubi, the second son of Sheng Mansion, and replaced the position of her younger brother Sheng Shuyun. A year later, he was killed by a bowl of poisoned soup from the eldest lady Zhou.

This incident was not until many years later, when Sheng Rujin returned home to save his relatives after entering the palace, and accidentally found that there were many children's clothes embroidered with thousands of silk among the old things that were cleaned up in the Sheng Mansion.

Only then did he slowly pull out Sheng Shubi's life experience, and only then did he know that there was a person named Lingniang. It's just a pity that the decision was made at that time, and everything was irretrievable.