Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Dawn of the Dawn

Yuehua stepped into the elegant room, and there was a curling fragrance of tea on her face, lingering, if there was nothing. A purple-robed majestic man is sitting upright behind the screen in the elegant room to make tea, separated by a sandalwood splash ink screen, unable to see the eyebrows and eyes, but you can see a figure in the shadow, which seems to be extremely beautiful and burly.

He heard a few people come in, looking out sideways, Yuehua felt that his gaze was as cold as ice for no reason, without the slightest temperature, which was very different from the burning torch of the person who was just peeping.

The shopkeeper had already walked to a wall and slowly pulled open the dust veil covering it, Yuehua only felt that there was a sudden light in front of her, and she couldn't take her eyes off it, and she couldn't take her eyes off it.

No wonder Shao Ziqing was so persistent, and made a special trip to pull himself over, with an imperative momentum. This painting "Hundred Birds and Phoenix" can be described as beautiful and ingenious, especially the king of birds in the center, which is colorful, brilliant and brilliant. Those little birds are also delicate and ready to come out. If it really succeeds and gives it to the Queen Mother, this intention will definitely take the lead!

The shopkeeper was amazed when he saw Yuehua, and his face was a little proud: "If you want to be a big country in Chang'an, I'm afraid I can't find a second embroidery like my Nanzhao." ”

People who practice martial arts have martial arts idiots, and people who love paintings have painting addicts, but anyone who is good at the same and obsessed with the same thing will have an unconcealable paranoia about this fine product, and Yuehua is the same. She hated to stand on tiptoe and leap into the embroidery, to become one of the birds, a flower and a flower, full of obsession.

The shopkeeper became more and more proud: "This is the treasure of my Nanzhao, it is a carefully selected twenty embroidery girls with bright eyes and bright hearts day and night, and the embroidery made in turn is priceless and rare in the world." My envoy to Nanzhao plans to dedicate it on the birthday of the Empress Dowager, and invite many people of insight in Chang'an to taste it. ”

Shao Ziqing glanced at Yuehua in embarrassment, and Yuehua understood what he meant. Shao Ziqing is the first bachelor in Chang'an, he prides himself on being well-informed, but today he is difficult here, if he really meets in the court in the future, wouldn't it be embarrassing and damage the majesty of the Chang'an Dynasty?

Yuehua turned around and smiled at the shopkeeper, her eyes clear.

"If the shopkeeper is not afraid of the queen mother's guilt, he will offer this embroidery."

Shao Ziqing and the shopkeeper were stunned, and the person behind the screen also put down the tea cup in his hand, as if he was listening attentively.

"What do you mean?"

"If Yuehua's guess is correct, the embroidery thread used in this embroidery is made of bird feathers and twisted into extremely fine and tough gold silk. The sixteen strands of golden silk were made into a hair thick, and the feathers were selected to be the lightest and most lustrous and luminous fluff, and plucked alive from the bird's body, and each part was extremely picky with the slightest detail, and not a single trace could be wrong, and a bird produced a maximum of twenty-eight feathers, and then embroidered them with the finest embroidery needle. ”

The shopkeeper didn't speak, and he was a little dumbfounded.

"Embroidery with peacock bird feathers has been recorded in my Chang'an hundreds of years ago, and the color of the embroidery gradually changes, and it is full of color, like a dream. It was all the rage, an inch of gold, and many profit-seekers rushed into the mountains to catch it, causing the number of peacocks to drop sharply at that time, and the wailing was all over the field. My Emperor Chang'an was merciful and unbearable, so he issued a ban order, ordering that birds should no longer be wantonly captured, and peacock feathers should be embroidered, which was supported by all the people.

This "Hundred Birds and Phoenix" does not say how many peacocks the phoenix of the king of birds has killed, just the inconspicuous birds, but also the cuckoo cuckoo crying blood, the hundred birds crying, I am afraid that countless creatures have been killed to achieve this gorgeous and bloody "Purgatory Map".

Today's Empress Dowager is compassionate and compassionate, merciful and benevolent, the popular point cui craftsmanship in Chang'an is ingenious, beautiful, her old man is still because it is stained with the blood of the jade bird and ordered to replace it with blue silk, if you see this embroidery, you say, how can she feel at ease on this birthday? ”

Yuehua's words were eloquent, and there was no exaggeration, and the shopkeeper was sweating profusely when he heard it, and he was afraid. The words of dedication that Shicai said were just to ridicule the meaning of no one in Chang'an, but if it really spread to the palace, it would inevitably cause trouble for himself.

He greeted Yuehua with a look of trepidation: "Thank you for this girl's order, I am very grateful." ”

The corners of Yuehua's lips smiled slightly, looking at the shopkeeper, quite domineering: "Nanzhao and Chang'an were originally a family, although Nanzhao does have tie-dyeing techniques quite prestigious, but the shopkeeper forgot that this dyeing technique was originally spread from Chang'an to Nanzhao, not to mention the ingenuity of picking mulberry and raising silkworms, drawing silk and weaving, and embroidery." There is really no need for the shopkeeper to ridicule me that there is no one in Chang'an, this is a suspicion that the son is ugly and the mother is ugly. ”

The shopkeeper didn't expect Yuehua to seem gentle and peaceful, and he would say such aggressive words, and he couldn't argue at all. Nanzhao's current Zampu Zhong wants to be attached to Tubo, and has a bad heart, and passers-by know that Yuehua is satirizing Nanzhao by "the son is ugly".

The shopkeeper was embarrassed, and for a while, it should not be, nor should it be a rebuttal.

The purple-clothed man behind the screen had already stood up, facing the direction of Yuehua and the others, Yuehua could clearly feel the other party's cold gaze looking at him, penetrating the screen, containing thousands of indescribable tastes, as well as majestic domineering.

She felt extremely uncomfortable, like a mang on her back, her hands and feet were unnatural, and she turned her head and asked Shao Ziqing: "Is Shao Gongzi still interested in this embroidery?" ”

Shao Ziqing saw that the shopkeeper who was still domineering was deflated, and was taught a lesson by Yuehua, so he was hearty in his heart, listened to Yuehua's question, and shook his head: "Such a bloody and cruel practice, I am not ashamed of Chang'an, it's enough, it's enough, the shopkeeper cherishes himself." Thank you, Miss Yuehua, for your work. ”

Yuehua wanted to leave, thought for a moment, and then mustered up the courage: "Shao Gongzi is very kind, Yuehua still has nothing to repay, why worry about the effort?" Yuehua asked the embroidery girl in the embroidery village to rush to a snow silk brocade robe for Shao Gongzi, if you are free at this time, please deign to move to the embroidery village, Rong Yuehua expressed gratitude. ”

Shao Ziqing's eyes lit up obviously, bursting out with a little joy, and just as he was about to accept it, the person hidden behind the screen coughed lightly. Shao Ziqing glanced at the man, and he was a little embarrassed.

"This ......"

This light cough, Yuehua only felt inexplicably familiar, as if she had heard it somewhere, but she couldn't remember it for a while.

She looked at Shao Ziqing's face and understood that the person behind the screen was not a manager in the store, but was familiar with Shao Ziqing, and she didn't know why she was so mysterious, so she hid timidly, thinking that she should be avoiding herself.

She smiled, afraid that Shao Ziqing would refuse her, so she relieved herself first: "It's because I'm too anxious, think about it, maybe the brocade robe has not been embroidered at this time, and I will send someone to send it to the house another day." I have something to do today, so I will take my leave. ”

"Then I'll send the girl back, and I'll thank you another day."

"Shao Gongzi is busy with himself, this is not far from Xiuzhuang, Yuehua farewell."

Shao Ziqing wanted to keep it, opened his mouth, and should have been afraid of the person behind the screen, so he could only smile apologetically, say a few polite words, and send Yuehua out of the cloth village. When there was no one left and right, Fang was a little reluctant to greet: "Recently, the DPRK and China have been busy with affairs, and I have not been able to go to see Miss Yuehua, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

Yuehua only lowered her head and smiled, taking it as a polite remark, somewhat lonely: "Everything is fine." ”

Shao Ziqing didn't know what to say more, and was a little nostalgic: "How can Miss Yuehua see at a glance that the embroidery is embroidered by finches?" ”

"It's just a coincidence, when my father returned from the southern expedition to the south, he once brought me a gown made of feathers. My mother was impressed, but when she heard about the weaving, she didn't allow me to wear it, saying that she would condone the killing. The embroidery is so bright in color, the color gradually changes, and it is even more obtained, and there is still a glimmer of life on it, which is unbearable to witness. ”

After that, there was silence for a while, and both of them restrained themselves, as if there was an invisible barrier in between, completely devoid of the previous ease and pleasure.

Yuehua bent over and made a blessing salute, then said goodbye and turned around, and hired Ting to leave.

Shao Ziqing stood in place, just swallowed the words that slipped to his mouth again, and watched Yuehua's back disappear after turning a corner.

"Ziqing seems to be a little reluctant?" Someone behind him seemed to be teasing, but with a bit of seriousness.

Shao Ziqing hurriedly turned around, with a smile on his face: "After thinking about it for a few days, I finally fell in love with this birthday object, but it was soaked in the soup in a blink of an eye, Ziqing is afraid of how to face you?" I will be fined for the next year. ”

At the head of the door behind him, Mo Guhan was dressed in a purple brocade robe, staring at Shao Ziqing inquiringly: "You seem to have a lot of complaints about the errands I have delivered to you in the past few days?" Are you resentful in your heart that I took up your time to visit the painting boat and accompany the beautiful woman? ”

If it weren't for the street, Shao Ziqing was afraid that he would kneel down and ask for guilt, he waved his hand again and again, secretly frightened: "How dare you?" Ziqing categorically did not dare to abolish the public for personal reasons, for the sake of the people of Chang'an to live and work in peace and contentment, for the emperor's thousands of years, he went to the soup and went to the fire, and he would never give up. ”

Mo Guhan snorted softly: "Don't use your sweet words of duplicity to deceive me." ”