Chapter 185: Craftsman
When I woke up the next morning, my body finally stopped hurting everywhere, my head was no longer dizzy, and I couldn't remember anything, but my state was much better than the previous day.
After breakfast, I looked at Ji Ji, who was busy, and suddenly said, "I want to go to Qin Qi, can you take me there?" ”
Zuo Ji was a little surprised when he heard this, but seeing my resolute expression, he had to say: "Yes, yes, but the prince of Qin Qi is a person who sees the head of the dragon and the tail of the dragon, and his whereabouts are erratic, so he may not be where he is at this time." ”
"It's okay, let's go to his place and forget if he's not there." I say.
"Okay." Ji had no choice but to agree.
I didn't expect Qin Qi and I to live not far away, I walked for a few minutes to arrive, and my own residence is different from the delicate and exquisite atmosphere, he has a wooden door mud wall in this courtyard, and a pine tree is planted in the courtyard, which looks very rough.
When he arrived at the door, he walked up and knocked on the door a few times, but no one answered. After a few moments of hesitation, he knocked a few more times, but there was still no sound. I was about to say go back, but someone in the courtyard shouted, "Wait! ”
After waiting for a long time, someone finally came over and opened the wooden door with a squeak, and it was really Qin Period!
I saw that he was wearing a coarse cloth dress, the hem was pinned to his waist, his sleeves were rolled up high, and his hands were covered with mud, as if he was doing some kind of manual work.
When he saw that it was us, he smiled and said, "Come in, I'm busy here, you feel free." ”
I said to Kuo Ji, "You go back first, I remember the way, and I will go back in a while." ”
He guessed that I probably had something to ask Qin Qi, so he immediately nodded and said, "Then be careful." And he turned and departed.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw a low platform in the middle of the courtyard, and a low stool next to it, and Qin Qi was sitting on the stool, fiddling with something on the platform.
I walked over and took a closer look, and it turned out that the table was a small turntable, with a base underneath, a shaft in the center, and handles on both sides, and a pile of mud on it. Qin Qizheng turned the turntable with one hand, and brushed the pile of mud with the other, and the lifeless soil began to slowly show the shape of a jar. He was so focused that he had no intention of being distracted by the visitors.
"Need my help?" I asked softly, for fear of disturbing him.
He heard it, looked up at me in surprise, and then smiled, "Okay, come, help me push this handle." ”
I crouched down, reached out and tried it, and asked, "Is that so?" ”
"Yes, a little faster, a little faster, all right, keep it that way......" Now he had one free hand, and his movements were more skillful, and his hands brushed lightly over the mud, and he kept dipping his water on the mud. The clay pot swirled, slowly changing its silhouette under his hands, the mouth and body of the pot appearing one by one, and becoming more and more clear, and he tilted his head, constantly observing back and forth and continuing to adjust.
After a long time, he seemed to be satisfied with the shape of the jar, called me to stop, took a piece of cloth, sucked the water out of the jar, and then took it off the turntable and placed it on the shelf on the side. Only then did he wipe the sweat off his head with his sleeve, and said with a smug smile: "Well, this is the only one I'm satisfied with these days." ”
I've already noticed that there is a large pile of debris in one corner of this courtyard, which must be the work he didn't like earlier. Right now, I looked at the one on the shelf and nodded, "Well, it's really good!" ”
But he turned his head to look at me, and said with a bit of banter in his eyes, "I really didn't expect you to be my assistant again." ”
"How?"
"You don't think much of me doing this, haha!" He smiled heartily.
"Really...... Actually, it's good, it's amazing. "It's like the first time I've seen a work of art come into being, and it's amazing!
He washed his hands, wiped them dry, and said to me, "Come in, I guess you're looking for me." ”
Before I could say anything, he had gone into the room on his own, and I followed him inside, and found that his room was as simple and natural as the outside, with some pottery placed here and there, presumably by his own hand.
"I wanted to ask you what happened when you went out to race the horses that day." I'll get straight to the point.
He was stunned for a moment, then raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "It seems that you really don't remember anything......"
I was silent, waiting for a positive answer. Rather than trying to reminisce on your own, it's more direct to ask someone in the know.
"You actually asked everyone to go with you that day, and no one wanted to go, but no one could refuse you." "I had made an appointment to go north together to see who could reach the side of the mountain first," he said, straightening the pottery in hand, but in the middle of the process, you suddenly changed your route and went to the fork in the road alone. We called you from behind, but we didn't see you stop, and after a moment of hesitation, you were gone. ”
As he said this, I tried to find some clues in my head, but I found nothing.
"Wait left and right until you don't come back, and then we went to look for you, and we found that you had fainted on the side of the road, your head was bruised, and Red Flame was gone. Then they said, "It is possible that you fell from your horse, and that brought you back to the house." He said, looked at me again, and added, "To be honest, I still want you to tell me what happened, with your riding skills and tacit understanding with Red Flame, you can't imagine falling off your horse for no reason." ”
"Yes." I bowed my head and said nothing.
"But I think you're fine right now." Qin Qi said suddenly.
"What's a good way?" I asked curiously.
"Hey," he sighed, stood up and looked at the green pine in the courtyard and said, "The husband is not guilty, he is guilty, in this world, the more you know, the more power you have, it means more troubles, more targets, and you can't be quiet for a day, so forget about it, forget about it......"
"I see you're guilty too, so why don't you try and forget about it?" I saw his expression of seeing through the red dust and quipped.
He was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and said, "If I forgot it, who will help you solve the siege!" ”
"Speaking of which, I do have to thank you last night."
"Sensei, didn't you just be my assistant, even if you returned the favor." He laughed, "Say ...... again"
He paused, and suddenly came straight at me, his face so close to me that it startled me!
I saw him staring at me with blazing eyes and said, "You won't be like this all the time, you will remember!" ”
"You...... How do you know? I asked as I quietly moved back.
"Because you kid is the one who is disturbed and targeted, haha!"
This...... What an explanation! I looked at him smirkedly and was speechless. (To be continued.) )