Chapter 023: Courtship Ritual
Xuanyuan Jue got up, straightened his robe, and said leisurely: "Then dance the song "Mandarin Duck"."
As soon as these words came out, everyone's emotions were aroused, and someone immediately recommended themselves: "I'll play the music." ”
The sound is rhythmic, the jade is pretentious, the wide sleeves are lightly raised, and the four seats are shocked.
This kind of chic and uninhibited, breezy and moon-like Xuanyuan Jue is something they have never seen.
When he danced, he jumped to Yan Yuqing's desk, poured himself a bottle of wine, and handed it to Yan Yuqing.
The people present were frightened and looked at each other.
This is a courtship ritual in ancient times!
Some people here have already thought of the song "Mandarin Ducks": Mandarin Ducks are flying, and Bi Zhiluo is Luozhi. Isn't it ironic that someone wants to break up a lover?
Xuanyuan Jue saw Yan Yuqing stunned there, approached closely, and whispered in her ear, "Are you waiting for me to feed you?" ”
Yan Yuqing glanced at him in horror, Xuanyuan Jue's eyes were evil and bewitching, mixed with stubbornness and firmness.
When Xuanyuan Jue raised his hand and was about to feed her, Yan Yuqing neatly grabbed the wine bottle and drank it all.
Xuanyuan Jue left the case satisfied.
Qingzhu tugged at Yan Yuqing's sleeve and exclaimed softly: "Girl, you drank the prince's wine." ”
Yan Yuqing looked at Qingzhu in confusion, not knowing why.
"He's dancing." Qingzhu looked at Yan Yuqing, who had not fully recovered his senses, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, what is going on.
Yan Yuqing seemed to wake up from a dream, and his eyes shot towards Xuanyuan Jue.
A good trick for a beautiful man, using it just right, made her drink the glass of wine in a trance.
Xuanyuan Jue felt her fierce gaze, and looked back and smiled at her dotingly, his eyes were full of tenderness and sweetness.
Seeing that, Yan Yuqing froze again.
Seeing this, Xuanyuan Jue couldn't help laughing. It's really fun to tease her.
The moon is on the tip, and the sunset hangs in the west. A gorgeous Ugin curly-edged carriage and a plain carriage drove side by side towards King Yun's mansion, all the way unimpeded.
In the past few days, Yan Yuqing has been worried about the location of the smelting steel knife, and it is not easy to choose a wide place and not easy to be noticed.
Suddenly, she remembered that the royal hunting ground was located on the outskirts of Beijing, vast and sparsely populated, secret and safe. And the royal family only came here once or twice a year in the autumn to hold a hunting tournament, which was suitable for them to smelt steel knives.
After Yan Yuqing silently showed Yan Dian the secret technique, he lit the red candle next to him and burned it.
Yan Dian was worried on the side: "Won't anyone really find out?" ”
Yan Yuqing comforted: "The hunting ground can only be entered when the prince speaks, and he guards the handle, the place is wide, and it takes about two or three hours to walk down in a circle, and it is difficult to be discovered." ”
After the two discussed, Yan Dian picked a knowledgeable master among the enthusiastic Hui people, saying that he wanted to prepare a drawing of the steel knife style first.
Steel? The masters in the Yan clan have never seen it, and they have heard that there are such treasures when it comes to sharpening iron like clay.
Everyone seemed to be in high spirits, and Yan Dian was also very happy.
Yan Xuan and Yan Dian took turns to supervise the production day and night, and after about half a month, a steel knife shaped like a crescent moon and with a face like a mirror was made.
"I've tried, and it's so sharp and so hard. An ordinary sword can be cut off by it in a few strokes. Yan Dian brandished the knife and was a little excited when he said it.
Yan Yuqing smiled and asked, "How many have you made?" ”
"Dozens."
"Then you take a handful first, and I'll give Yin Feng and the prince a handful here. There are also the tribes of the Yan and Cui families and the prince's private soldiers. Oh, by the way, I have to give Xiao Yan and Old Man Xiao a handful each. ”
Looking at Yan Yuqing, who was also excited, Yan Xuan and Yan Dian looked at each other and smiled.
This steel knife has indeed subverted their perception of weapons. As soon as this knife appears, I am afraid that it will shock the entire capital.
As she spoke, a little girl's voice came from outside the house: "Sister Qing'er, the golden shopkeeper asked me to ask you, when are we leaving?" ”
When Yan Yuqing heard this, his eyes lit up: "It's Biluo, I'll come out immediately." ”
"I'll go out first, I'll give this knife to Yin Feng to try first. Let them do the rest quickly, if there are not enough people, they can draw some people from the ministry who are quick to get started, and be sure to complete the knives of the two provinces within a month. ”
After Yan Yuqing finished speaking, he walked out of the house with a smoke.
The streets of the capital are like flowing water, calves are like dragons, and a lively scene of flowers.
Yan Yuqing looked back and asked the shopkeeper Jin: "Is the news reliable?" Is there really a batch of tourmaline coming to Beijing and Hong Kong today? ”
The golden shopkeeper took two steps forward and said: "I'm also afraid of empty joy, and I specially sent someone to ask Xiaoyuan, he is familiar with it, and when he asked, he said that it was true." The nobles of the capital are gathered together today. ”
Merely......
Too many people are more likely to cause chaos, especially Yan Yuqing offended the powerful Zheng and Lu families a few days ago, if they meet today, I don't know if they can be good.
While worrying, the golden shopkeeper shuttled through Beijing and Hong Kong with a slightly bloated body, so that he could barely be bumped into.
"Why are there so many people today?" Yan Yuqing tiptoed and looked ahead, crowded with people.
Not far away, Xiao Yuan was wearing a coarse cloth robe and standing in the crowd.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way." A few of the tribes with long swords and driving the crowd also walked towards this side. followed by a swaggering Lang Jun holding a folding fan.
The man half covered his face, his sword eyebrows rose, and his narrow phoenix eyes turned around, and he saw Yan Yuqing in the crowd, frowning and looking at this side.
Isn't this Zheng Jian, not staying at home, what are you doing here? Yan Yuqing thought, quickly withdrew his eyes, turned around and walked quickly towards Xiaoyuan.
I saw Xiao Yuan looking at a big vermilion ship, slowly approaching this side. The huge gold-lacquered carved beast on the bow of the ship, its eyes blazing into the distance, seemed to be patrolling for the people on the ship. On the side of the ship, a flat boat with a water hanging like a leaf, connected end to end, there are dozens of them.
Yan Yuqing was dumbfounded, this ship is really big! It was more than three times larger than what she had seen before.
When the ship slowly docked, many ships that had been parked in Beijing Port sailed out, and the entire port was almost occupied by this ship.
The crowd that was originally surging scattered in all directions, walked to the side of the boat to pull ropes and set up boards, a busy scene.
Yan Yuqing walked to Xiaoyuan's side, looked at the big boat that had stopped and said, "Where did this boat come from?" Tourmaline is here? ”
After Xiao Yuan gave Yan Yuqing a salute to his side, Fang Dao heard that it was the ship of the Beiliang Shi family. ”
The Beiliang Shi family, a mysterious and ancient family.
It is rumored that the Shi family has been in business for generations, and the industry is everywhere he can go, and he never participates in the struggle for political power in various places, and is a low-key and introverted family.
They had already made a noise before coming to the capital this time, and this time they brought many top-quality colored gemstones such as tourmaline, topaz, emerald, colored sapphire, spinel, etc. Among them, tourmaline is the most. I heard that there is a watermelon tourmaline as big as a basin, and it will be available this time.
Yan Yuqing stood there looking forward to it, and there were other people around him who came patiently waiting.
The long gold-lacquered pedal "clicked" lightly on the shore, and a man dressed in a dansha gilt costume with a very beautiful appearance was surrounded by a group of beautiful women, like a fairy man.
When he stood on the flat ground, he looked around, the corners of his lips slightly raised, and took out a blue-faceted oval gem from a bag of colored tourmaline beads and placed it in his palm.
The gemstone is blue and clear in the sun, deep and clean, without a trace of impurities. It's a rare item.
The man's thin lips opened lightly, and his voice was as clear as jade: "Who knows what this is?" ”
"Sapphire" Zheng Jian's folding fan tapped.
The man's phoenix eyes flickered, smiled coincidentally, and shook his head.
"Topaz" has a little girl's jade finger, her chin is slightly raised, and she said proudly.
The man smiled and continued to shake his head.
There was a lot of chattering around them.
"Blue spinel?"
Still not.
Yan Yuqing was a little anxious, what are you doing here? Hurry up to the boat and see the gems.
As soon as Yan Yuqing's words came out, he received eyes from all directions, looking, suspicious, sneering, and shocked.
One of the warm and warm eyes sprinkled on her, and Yan Yuqing looked at her, it was the man in gorgeous clothes just now. He walked to Yan Yuqing's side with a smile and said, "Congratulations girl, all products in the audience today can enjoy a half-price discount." ”
As soon as these words came out, they caused bursts of screams.
"There are fewer and fewer people who know the goods, and I hope the girl can pick what she likes today." As he spoke, the man took out a jade-colored pink-purple medallion from his cuff, with a chic "stone" engraved on it, and the back was deeply carved with Feng Fei Jiutian. The phoenix carving is lifelike, and even the feathers on the tail are distinct, which is really a rarity.
"It's the first time I've seen such a beautiful Shujulai." Yan Yuqing cheered in surprise, and the hand holding the medallion was cautious, lest it be broken.
The man nodded to Yan Yuqing with satisfaction and said, "The girl has a wide range of knowledge of colored gems at a young age, and she will become a great weapon in the future." My name is Shi Yan, and I am the steward of the ship Shifu, and you can come to me if you have anything on the ship. ”
After speaking, he led everyone to board the big vermilion boat.
At this time, someone asked with low curiosity: "What is Shujulai, I don't seem to have heard of it?" ”
The eyes of the people around him also showed confusion.
Another person said: "That girl is so powerful, she can break so many rare gems at a young age." ”
Some squires and officials, seeing her dignified and delicate appearance and extraordinary knowledge, began to inquire about her surname, and even faintly wanted to propose marriage.
Some other people began to pay attention to Shi Yan, and whispered to the people around them: "Such a fairy-like person is actually just the steward of the ship Shifu!" ”
"What kind of place is that Shifu, it is a legend in the business world! With such a steward, it is not enough to think about it. Another insider replied.
Suddenly, someone in front of him turned around, looked at Yan Yuqing and said dissatisfiedly: "I don't know what shit luck this girl had, but she actually won Shi Yan's favor." The greedy and jealous eyes swirled right on her.
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