Zhe Jinchun

Chapter 10

In her previous life, Qin Su had escaped several crises by relying on this skill.But that was all in the State of Zhao, and now she is imitating official documents from the State of Chen. This is the first time in the two lifetimes combined, so it is inevitable that she is a little unfamiliar.

Lu Yin finished writing soon, Qin Su wrote a total of two sheets, and spread them aside to dry, only to be dyed tomorrow.She plans to keep the remaining two blank and dye them together tomorrow, in case they are useful in the future.

Looking at the fine-grained paper and the large-grained vertical-ribbed paper left in the box, Qin Su thought about it and cut them all out.These two specifications of paper correspond to different official ranks. As long as it is dyed into cork paper, it is the official document paper used by Chen Guo officials.

After finishing this, she picked up the ink stick and began to grind the ink.

This time she ground the ink very thickly, and then picked a roll of thin white cotton paper from the box, opened it and flattened it, and began to draft for the seal.

It's been a long time since I've done this, and now that I'm back to the old art, Qin Su wrote several drafts before she's satisfied.After writing the printed text, put the paper back on the printed stone, and lightly brush with a small brush dipped in water.This paper is extremely thin, and the reverse characters were printed in a short time.

The manuscript has been completed, and the next step is to engrave it.All the counties in Chen State made their seals in Yin, so Qin Su also used the method of Yin engraving.

Time passed bit by bit, the shadow of the sun slanted to the west, and a few faint cloud shadows were reflected on the white wall. The light and shadow layered into the window, and changed into a light blue again.

Qin Su straightened up and stretched indecently.

All four official seals have been engraved, and this afternoon was not in vain.

She put down the carving knife, rested her chin on one hand, and stared at the setting sun by the window in a daze.

The setting sun was so light that it was almost gone, gently closing her eyebrows and eyes, there was a kind of extraordinarily clean, like a sketch of line drawing and dot dyeing, just need to be supplemented with thick colors, it can become a volume of gorgeous and beautiful.

However, this Mi Yan did not arrive for a long time, this Qi Luo fell to the ground empty-handed, and the drawing just stopped there, just before it reached the ground, making people reluctant to move their eyes away, and also unable to bear to take a closer look.

Qin Su regained consciousness, thought over her plan carefully, and after confirming that there was nothing wrong with it, she got up again, packed her things in the book case, took a small copper lock to lock it, and then I went to the corner yard and took the jug of wine I bought in the morning back to the house.

As soon as she entered, she closed the door again, not knowing what she was busy with in the room.

A Tuo and his wife didn't ask too many questions, they just went about their work silently.

Qin Su saw it and was very satisfied.

After living in the palace for a long time, I know what kind of servants are really useful, and they are like Uncle Fu and Ah Tuo.Those who are clever and like to figure out the master's mind are often the most prone to bad things and the easiest to be bribed.

Before dinner, Qin Su finally opened the door. She solemnly called Uncle Fu and told him to go to the city office to report A Dou as a fugitive slave tomorrow morning.

"She took some of my most valuable jewelry and left." Qin Suyu said angrily, her eyebrows raised.

"Girl, do you want to report to the mansion?" Uncle Fu asked.

A Dou's body deed is not in the hands of Qin Su, but in the hands of her aunt Lin, even if she becomes a fugitive slave, it is reasonable to report a letter to the housekeeper's wife of the Qin family.

Qin Su thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "Don't be in a hurry. Tomorrow, you should report to the officials first, and then go to the head of the village to tell you about it." After a pause, he took another piece of broken silver and handed it to Uncle Fu: "City I’m afraid the department will need some money, do you think it’s enough?”

Uncle Fu bowed to accept it, weighed it with his hand, nodded and said: "That's enough." Then he asked: "What do you want the girl to do?"

Qin Su lowered her eyes and pondered for a moment, then asked: "Is there a family in the west of Zhuangzi, where there are only two grandparents, the old woman speaks with a southern accent, and the grandson's name is Cheng?"

Uncle Fu thought for a while, then bowed and said, "Yes, the old woman's surname is Zhou, and Ah Cheng is eight years old. Her family is not well-off. A few days ago, Ah Cheng fell ill, and it cost a lot of money to see a doctor. Her grandparents are the only ones in the family. Sun and Sun depend on each other for life."

Qin Su pondered for a while, then beckoned to Uncle Fu, handed him another piece of silver, and whispered a few words to him.

Uncle Fu promised and waited for a while, seeing that Qin Su had no more orders, he retreated silently.

From the beginning to the end, he didn't even have a look of doubt about the extra silver in Qin Su's hand.

It was dark soon.

Qin Su went to bed early, and the lights in the corner courtyard and the side room were also turned off one by one.Before reaching Xuzheng, the whole courtyard gradually quieted down in the dark and fell into a deep sleep.

At the dawn of time, Qin Su slowly opened his eyes.

It's so quiet that you can't even hear the wind.The window paper reflected a pale light, vague and gloomy.

She turned over and got out of bed, put on her clothes by the faint moonlight, and went out of the room in the dark without holding a candle, and came to the vegetable cellar next to the corner courtyard.

People in Yizhou like to eat kimchi, and almost every family has a vegetable cellar for pickled vegetables, and the more barren the land, the larger the vegetable cellar.I think that the kimchi will not go bad if left for a long time, and the cellar also has the function of storage. Poor people have built it.

The Qin family's vegetable cellar was also very well built. There were seven steps going down behind the door. Lime was placed at the four corners of the vegetable cellar to remove moisture. Ventilation holes were dug at the other end so that people would not feel stuffy inside.

Qin Su gently opened the cellar door.

The night breeze carried the faint moonlight, sprinkled the stone steps, and the air was filled with a very faint aroma of wine, mixed with some sweet and greasy cake aroma.

Qin Su held her breath and paused for a moment.

A small copper candlestick was placed at the end of the stone steps. The faint fire light dispelled the darkness, and a group of people lying down next to it could be vaguely seen.

She quietly looked at the group of figures on the ground, as if hesitating and watching.

The figure was motionless, as if he had fallen asleep, but he couldn't hear the sound of breathing.

There was a very shallow smile on Qin Su's face.

She turned around and gently closed the door, her skirt moved like clouds, and she fluttered down the steps without making a sound.When she reached the bottom of the steps, she bent down and picked up the candlestick on the ground, and shone around.

Wherever the candlelight reaches, there are scattered vegetable jars and oil urns, as well as several sacks of rice noodles, and about seven or eight steps further in, there is a pile of bricks and tiles half a person's height, and an upside-down wooden ladder

Last year, the house leaked. In order to save the money of hiring someone, Uncle Fu repaired the roof with Ah Tuo. These bricks and tiles were left over from that time. The ashes, obviously no one has set foot in it for a long time.

Holding the candle, Qin Su took two steps forward, and was slightly relieved to make sure that no one had touched the bricks and tiles.

In her memory, Ah Tuo and the others rarely went to the vegetable cellar, but she would only feel at ease after seeing it with her own eyes.

She turned around and came to the group of figures, squatted down, and carefully photographed the dead body.

This face, as well as this body, have appeared in her dreams countless times. It is sticky, hot, and cloudy, like wet clothes on a rainy day, firmly attached to the person, unable to shake off. , can't hide, can't move away, it makes people want to scrape off the skin...

The candle in his hand flickered suddenly, maybe it was caused by the wind from the air hole, Qin Su's face was reflected by the candle, cloudy or sunny.

The sticky, almost maddening feeling dissipated in the cool wind.

She lowered her eyes slowly.

Zheng Da, her "adulterate husband" in her previous life, has died at this moment.

　Thank you Muliyuan for the peace talisman.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)