Deshou smiled and nodded, Hu Wei gave him all the reward money, but for himself he didn't get any oil and water, he never believed it in his heart, and even more disagreed: "You are just an errand runner, you can change anyone, I am the real hero." But I thought about it in my heart, and I would never say it, so I followed his words and said: "Yes, yes, let's get promoted, you get promoted, and I will get rich." ”

He didn't know that Hu Wei and Luo Jin were Shen Shiyun's henchmen, specializing in handling various confidential matters on her behalf, although the relationship was the closest, but after completing the arduous task, he would listen to her praise a few words at most, but the reward was half-penny. Just as relatives do not need to use money to do things with their hearts, it is also tacit, on the contrary, the more alienated they are, the more thank-you gifts are given when they entrust them.

Hu Weiyu's anger did not subside, and he scolded: "What kind of official are you promoted? Which eye of yours saw that I was promoted? Your upper and lower lips touch like this, it is a bird's use? It can only be useful if the emperor speaks." Deshou said: "Don't look at the old brother fiddling with miniature carvings all day long, he is not an ordinary craftsman." Speaking in front of the emperor still has some weight. I will say a few kind words for you, and the emperor will be happy, and he will decree that you will be promoted. ”

Hu Weishan can also see from the fact that the emperor accepted his proposal to send puppets, and he said strangely: "Your status by the emperor's side is not low, will he reward you less?

Deshou said: "The money of the big customers should be earned, and the money of the small customers should also be earned. Hu Wei heard that he was able to say that he regarded money as his life so reasonably, funny and helpless, and sighed: "Look at your small appearance, you know that you can't do big things when you see it." ”

Deshou said: "Brother Hu, you do great things, as long as I have money to earn, I am willing to work as a dog and horse." He was bent on currying favor with Hu Wei and said, "Brother, I'll show you some good things." He walked to the inner room, turned a copper bowl on the corner cabinet three times to the left, and then three times to the right, and after a loud sound, the cabinet automatically moved away, revealing a dark room.

Hu Wei was slightly curious, and followed in, only to see that the room was full of flat and neat shelves, arranged in a trapezoidal shape, and the shelves were full of various woodcut micro-carvings. Deshou introduced: "These are my collections, and they are my most proud miniature carving works. ”

Hu Wei said: "It's very good, it's amazing." Deshou was overjoyed and said: "I know, or you have a vision...... Hu Wei smiled bitterly: "No, I said that your miniature carvings are really amazing, just show me, there is the value of those silver tickets." Deshou reflexively clutched the silver ticket in his arms and laughed.

In all fairness, in addition to being greedy for money, Deshou has impeccable miniature carving skills, with a wide variety of shelves, wood carved tables and chairs, wood carved dolls, and wood carved houses all delicate and realistic, which makes people dazzled. Hu Wei picked up a big wood carving tree and said with a smile: "This is a peach blossom tree." Visit every day, and the peach blossoms will arrive. ”

Deshou said: "Brother Hu, don't make fun of ......" Before the words were finished, a crisp female voice outside the room shouted: "Deshou, Deshou, are you there?" Hu Wei didn't expect to say it casually, it really worked, he burst out with laughter, and slowly squatted down against the wall, constantly pounding the ground. Deshou's face was a little unbearable, so he went to pull Hu Wei.

The girl shouted again: "Deshou, you come out!"

Hu Wei held back a smile desperately, and said intermittently: "Deshou, you ...... You go and ...... Don't get me wrong...... Hey...... A great marriage...... Haha......" Deshou was also moved and advised: "Okay, then you stay here, don't break out and make trouble." Those wood carvings can only be seen, not touched. Hu Wei said: "A bunch of wooden people, you ...... Let me touch me...... Ha ha...... Don't touch. Deshou nodded, and gently patted the head of a puppet on the outermost side of the shelf three times, and the cabinet automatically moved away, and as soon as Deshou walked out, the cabinet moved back to block the dark room.

Hu stopped laughing, put his ear on the cabinet, and said in his heart: "I don't go out to disturb you, just listen to the sweet words outside here, it won't hinder your good things, and it's not a trick." ”

A man's voice said coldly, "Hello, Mr. Deshou. Deshou said respectfully: "Weichen see the prince, the prince is auspicious." The girl said, "Hey, what the hell are you doing in the room?" I screamed several times, why did you get out?" The prince said, "Don't make noise, shout in the palace, what kind of system do you become?" The girl replied sullenly.

Hu Weixin said: "This girl has a pungent personality, and she is very docile to the prince, but these two have a very familiar accent, I don't know who it is?" and heard Deshou say: "Weichen was sleepy during the day and took a nap in the room, I don't know what the prince had to say?" The prince said: "Mr. is polite." This king is here today because he has asked for help from my husband, but I don't know if I can do it. Although it was a consultative tone, the words were full of majestic commands.

Deshou is good at observing words and feelings, but how can he not hear it, and immediately said: "The prince sent Weichen to do things, that is to look up to Weichen, Weichen went to the soup and fire, and he did not give up." As for this ......" he casually mentioned the remuneration during his conversation with Hu Wei, but he didn't dare to be so bold with the prince, but he signaled with flashing eyes. The prince nodded and said, "As long as things are done, the benefits to you will never be less." Deshou was overjoyed and said, "Thank you Prince Yu, thank you Prince Yu." The prince snorted, glanced at the girl beside him, and said, "Meng Lin, you come and tell him." ”

Outside Deshou is because the big customers come to the door, and the heart is pounding with joy. Hu Wei in the dark room was also surprised and delighted, he was suspicious of the identity of the two at first, but he was uncertain, and when he heard the title of Deshou, he no longer had any doubts in his heart, and secretly thought: "I'll just say, such a willful girl, it's really the demon witch." Prince Yu is really with her, this is not the credit sent to the door? Niangniang is really like a god, must have thought that the prince would come to find Deshou, so I asked me to give him a reward, and I want to give me this credit silently. In an instant, I admired Shen Shiyun's foresight and foresight.

Chu Menglin walked up a few steps and said, "Deshou, I heard that your miniature carving skills are very good, aren't you?" Of course, his skills are recognized as good in the palace, but if he admits it, he seems to be arrogant in front of the prince; if he humbly claims that his skills are not good, the prince said that he has something to ask for, it must be related to miniature carving, but it is a deliberate shirk and refuses to do things. The other party asked, but it was even more disrespectful not to answer, so he had to compromise and said: "Thank you girl for the compliment, and I will accept the love of my friends in the palace." ”

Chu Menglin said: "Hmph, who praised you? Your skills may or may not be good, and you didn't answer." I'm not going to talk to you, but if you were asked to carve a picture on a piece of wood, would you be able to do it?"

Deshou thought about what kind of difficult task it was, but he didn't expect it to be such a trivial matter, and carving words on wood chips was the foundation for him when he first learned to carve. A little incredulous, he asked, "It's that simple?" Chu Menglin said: "You old fool, let me ask you two questions, you always answer what you don't ask, what is this?" took out a stack of paper from his sleeve and said, "You engrave the pictures on the paper on the wood, and then engrave the numbers in the lower right corner in order, can you do it or not?"

Deshou said again and again: "It can be done, it can be done." How many dimensions do you need for each piece of wood?Is it still the same as this paper?" Chu Menglin rolled her eyes and said, "I asked you to carve wood chips because they were too big to carry. We want to be able to hold it in the palm of our hands, within the limits of what we can see clearly, and of course the smaller the better. ”

Deshou said: "Yes, Weichen understands. I don't know how long it will take for the girl to pick it up? Please give a clear time, and Wechen will complete it as scheduled. Chu Menglin said: "Don't be so troublesome, you start work immediately, we will watch from the side, and take it on the spot when you are done." Both the goods are cleared, and both sides save trouble. ”

Deshou was dumbfounded and said, "This ...... I'm afraid this is a bit embarrassing......" He also saw that the girl had sharp teeth and a sharp mouth, and it was not easy to discuss, so before she could answer, he first said to Duoduo: "Lord Wang, this is not very appropriate, when Weichen is working, there has never been a precedent for others to watch." Otherwise, I will be uncomfortable and difficult to perform, and the effect of the work will be substandard. Besides, Weichen is slow, don't delay the time of the prince......"

Duoduo sat down in a Taishi chair, put his arms on the side of the chair, and said lightly: "It's okay, there is a way to 'work slowly and carefully'." How can you be hindered when you are engraving, without squinting, with your ears listening, and when you are idle and there is nothing outside?"

Deshou smiled and said, "This ...... It is the highest state of work to really devote oneself to oneself and turn a blind eye to things outside one's body, and Wechen asked himself...... "Duoduo said, "What are you asking yourself?" Deshou was intimidated by his majesty, swallowed the "not yet reached such a state" that had reached his mouth, and changed his words: "I am already there." This is a temporary and rigid statement, and whether the words are appropriate or not is not considered for the time being.

Chu Menglin smiled: "You are really not modest. That's good, what's the problem?" Deshou said, "Yes...... Be...... There is no ......" staggered to the side to pick up wood chips on the shelf, and secretly cursed Hu Wei for what he said "peach blossom luck". His most satisfying works are treasured in the dark room, and the ordinary carving tools are placed in the temple, so there is no need to use the mechanism, and fortunately, Hu Wei escaped by luck.

Chu Menglin saw that his small table was full of half-carved miniature sculptures, and waved his hand very actively to make room for him. Deshou cried with a sad face, that is, he drove the ducks to the shelves, and he had to do nothing when it came to the end, so he had to pick up the carving knife tremblingly. He usually feels that miniature carving is fun, and he carves a few in his spare time, and others ask him to carve, and he has never regarded it as a job, but is regarded as an elegant handicraft. But this time I felt very different, every movement, every expression, there were two cold eyes staring at me, and all my actions were like acting on the stage. Therefore, I dare not have any superfluous expressions: I dare not frown when I am meditating, I dare not smile when I am happy, I dare not make any superfluous movements: I dare not wipe the beads of sweat on my forehead, I dare not blink when the pain stings in my eyes, I dare not scratch when my back is itchy, and my eyes only look at the wood chips in front of me, and I almost stick to the tip of my nose. I had to raise my head in a hurry, accidentally raised my gaze, and when I saw Duoduo's gaze, I was so frightened that I hurriedly lowered my head, and by accident, the blade cut a big hole in the thumb of my left hand, and I didn't dare to wrap the wound, I didn't dare to let the blood drip on the wood chips, and I didn't dare to stain the official uniform on my body, so I had to wipe it on the table, and paint a blood mark, and I didn't dare to gasp for air, and I didn't dare to show the pain.

Chu Menglin saw his face flat on the side, expressionless, stiff as a piece of wood, and he didn't even care if he cut his hand, where could he understand his torment, it was only an extremely interesting thing. After a burst of laughter, the fun waned, and he picked up a small puppet that swept to the corner of the table and fiddled with it, twisting his head and twisting his arm. smiled: "You don't carve well, I'll dress him up." "Pick up another carving knife on the table and carve it on the puppet's arm, wanting to carve a pair of armor and make him a general. However, no matter how exquisite the miniature carving technique is, the strength must be mastered appropriately, Chu Menglin casually cut off the arm of the little puppet.

As soon as Deshou saw her fiddling with the puppet, he couldn't help but peek straight away, and his heart was pinched, and when the little puppet's arm fell, it was really more heartbreaking than his own arm being cut off, and he wanted to scold her for putting it down, but he didn't dare.