Peach Blossom at the Bottom of the Fan

Chapter 211 Seeing Shang Wu Again
"Little lady,"

Hearing Su Mei's voice, Gu Sixiao came to his senses, followed his hand and looked towards the high platform ahead.

The high platform is located in the middle of the courtyard.

There are eight chairs on it, and only one middle-aged man was sitting on the chair before.It was the steward who received the name stickers before.But now, the steward had already stood up, bowed his body respectfully, lowered his head, and respectfully greeted the several people who were filing up on the stage.

They were joking, none of the people on stage went to see the steward, only one of them, an old man with gray hair, said a few words to the steward.

"That's Lu Ding, the president of the Fan Making Guild."

Hearing Su Mei's words, Gu Sixiao just nodded and kept her eyes fixed on the stage.

Su Mei looked over and raised her eyebrows unconsciously, "Ah, isn't that the prince?"

Because of Su Mei's words, Gu Sixiao turned her head and noticed Shang Wu who was sitting, but after just a glance, she looked at the white-bearded old man beside him.

She had seen that old man before. When she was young, he came to Gu's house. She still remembered that her father was still there at that time. Must be a master."

It was just a joke, Dad is kind and gentle, he rarely joked like that with others, but with this one, he was very casual.

"Big Fan Master Mei Linjiang!"

It was a senior fan maker that even her father and elder brother admired, and she was also her father's confidant, and her elder brother's enlightenment master. She did not expect to meet her now after a lifetime.

Turning her head away in a concealed manner, Gu Sixiao restrained her inner excitement, not revealing any flaws.

He also saw her, and when she turned her gaze away, Shang Wu was looking at her steadily.

Gu Sixiao smiled and nodded.Xindao Shangwu was invited to be a judge, probably because he has gained a reputation in the calligraphy and painting circles in Beijing!

One is that the painting is good, and the other is that he still bears the title of the son of a foreign country, which is naturally better than inviting ordinary calligraphy and painting masters to be the judges.

In fact, Shang Wu was not the only judge who came to be a judge this time. The middle-aged man with a beautiful beard beside him, although he did not wear an official uniform, the headdress on his head was not something that ordinary people can wear. The style does not look like ordinary people.

"That's Muda."

Gu Sixiao didn't realize it at first, but felt that Su Mei was a little weird when she said this, "Which adult do you think that is?"

"Lord Mu, Minister of Rites, Mu Zihua."

"Mu..." Gu Sixiao understood, "It turned out to be him." It was the girl's stepfather.

Turning her gaze, seeing Su Mei's weird expression, she curled the corners of her mouth in a somewhat wooden manner.

Maybe her seemingly indifferent behavior is really weird in Su Mei's eyes?After all, she is also a stepfather, so she shouldn't be so indifferent.

But God knows, she never thought about having anything to do with the girl's biological mother and stepfather, nor did she ever think about getting to know each other.

It would be cleaner to let that lady think her daughter is dead, right? !

Turning her head away, Gu Sixiao didn't look at Mu Zihua on the stand, but swept past the other person intentionally or unintentionally.

That man was dressed in ordinary clothes, but the people around him, even Mu Zihua, respected him very much.

Although he was far away, Gu Sixiao felt that he was not an ordinary person just by looking at the person's body and posture.

No matter how you look at it, it looks a bit like the eunuch you saw in Prince Rui's Mansion, presumably it should be the head eunuch who is in charge of purchasing small accessories.

This kind of purchasing eunuch is in charge of their affairs. In the end, who will take over the tribute fan business, this person's words are very important.

Thinking of it this way, asking him to be a judge is indeed a matter of course.

I don't know if he sensed that someone was paying attention to him, but the eunuch suddenly raised his head.

Gu Sixiao hurriedly lowered her head, her face didn't show any strangeness, but just like everyone else, she just lowered her head and waited for the judges' results.

The eight judges gathered together and leaned their heads in front of the table to examine carefully. After half a stick of incense, they all got up.No one commented, they just gave way to each other, turned around and sat aside to chat and laugh.

That President Lu walked to the front, put his hands slightly, and signaled everyone in the audience to be quiet, and waited for everyone to be quiet before saying:

"Dear colleagues, this year's Fan King Conference, there are a total of [-] fan shops in attendance, and three competitions will be held in nearly a month to determine the final winner. The top three will get the right to purchase tribute fans for a period of five years , the one who wins the leader will be awarded the honorable title of Fan King and keep the golden fan for five years..."

Lu Ding raised his hand to signal everyone to look at the golden folding fan in the glass cover behind him, and said calmly: "In the last five years, the Songjiang Gu family won the first prize, but because of an accident before the Gu family, in the past three years or so, this golden fan won the championship. , is kept by Lu Mou. Now, who will get this golden fan depends on everyone's strength."

Clenching her fists tightly, Gu Sixiao stared at the golden fan firmly.

She thought to herself that she didn't know that sister-in-law still handed over the golden fan.

When the elder brother just had an accident, people from the fan guild came to collect the golden fan. At that time, she stopped it, but it was still taken back in the end.

Speaking of Gu's, many people turned their heads to look at the shed where Gu Sixiao was, but she didn't seem to notice, her eyes were only on Lu Ding on the stage.

"This first round of the competition, the word 'fast' is compared! Everyone should have known it when they did it just now. In this round, fifteen fan shops will be eliminated."

As soon as these words came out, some people were dissatisfied immediately, "How can half of them be eliminated at once? It's too unfair."

"What's so unfair? Skills are not as good as others, and you have to admit if you lose." Lu Ding snorted coldly, and said lightly: "I will announce the fans who have passed this round as follows. Those who have not passed, if you want to Stay and watch the battle, you can do whatever you want. But if you have resentment and want to cause damage, don't blame Lu for not being able to tolerate him."

As soon as Lu Ding said this, the others swallowed what was on their lips.

To become the leader of a guild, one must have some skills.Although Lu's craftsmanship is not one of the best, but the network is very strong, and the relationship with the head of eunuchs is extraordinary. Although he did not get the top three in the past five years, the tribute fan in the palace still has Lu's share. This is enough to prove Lu Shi's energy.

Unless it is a last resort, no one really wants to offend Mrs. Lu.

The list was announced, and as expected, Lu's Fan Xing was the first to pass.

The names of the fan shops were read out one by one, like the Su family in Jinan, the Li family in Anhui, and the Guan family in the capital, these famous fan shops in the Great Xia Dynasty passed the test one by one.

Thinking about it, I knew it already, although it was a fluke, these fan masters all looked calm, and there was no expression of surprise at all.

There are already twelve fan shops...

Gu Sixiao clenched her hands tightly, and her breathing was a little unsteady.

"Songjiang——"

Raising her head suddenly, out of the corner of her eyes, she saw Luo Ziying's proud smile in the shed next to her, and Gu Sixiao's heart tightened a little.

"Gu Shi!"

With a sigh of relief, Gu Sixiao couldn't help smiling.

Luo Ziying turned her head to look over, with a bit of anger on her face, but she didn't speak, just clenched her fists and stared at the stage.

After reading the names of the fifteen fan shops, there was no Luo Ziying, and Luo Ziying yelled out, "It's not fair! There is something wrong with this list!"

Lu Ding, who was about to pull back, frowned and looked at Luo Ziying without speaking.

Manager Li hurried forward, "Luo Shaodong, don't talk nonsense! Even though you haven't passed the test, it doesn't mean that there is something wrong with this list. Everyone knows how well you remember. You really think you are better than Shan Xing who passed the test. ?"

Luo Ziying's face burned, but she still said loudly: "Whether other people have problems, I can't say, but this Gu family- definitely has problems!"

While talking, he pointed at Gu Sixiao, and said loudly: "Everyone knows what happened to Mrs. Gu, now a little girl suddenly appeared, and someone who claimed to be Mrs. Gu came to the meeting. Do you really believe this little girl?" Know how to make fans?! Moreover, in the game just now, the comparison was a fast word. For us, each fan master has two small workers, but she has only one small worker around, and she seems to be unable to help Let me ask, how could she do it faster than our Luo Ji?!"

When he said this, many people were really incited by him, "That's right, this little lady doesn't look like a master!"

Li Guanshi frowned, turned to look at Lu Ding, Lu Ding looked at the audience coldly, and suddenly stretched out his hand.

After following Lu Ding for a long time, Li Guanshi knew what it meant when he saw his actions.

With a cat in his body, he turned and went back to the big table in the middle of the table.

After careful identification, he picked up a tray.The tray is marked NO.30, Songjiang Gu's words.

Holding the tray, Li Guanshi did not pass it to Lu Ding, but stood by his side with his head down.

Lu Ding picked up a folding fan from the tray, pointed to the stage, and asked in a deep voice, "Luo Ziying, let me ask you, how many fans did Luo Ji make?"

"Well, I made fifteen!" Luo Ziying raised her head, feeling very proud of making this number of fans in such a short time.

"Very good, Ms. Songjiang Gu, made a total of twenty."

"Twenty?" Luo Ziying was startled, turned her head to look at Gu Sixiao, still feeling unwilling, "So what if she made twenty? The quality is not up to standard, and it's useless to make more. Just now she smoked it in a hot pot." Dry bamboo, the fan will be brittle if you do this, and it will break easily."

When he said this, the people below also shouted: "That's right, what she made must be a white fan."

Lu Ding didn't speak, but raised his hand and dropped the folding fan in his hand.

"Whether the bone is brittle, you can see for yourself, and whether the fan is white, you can all see..."

Luo Ziying subconsciously caught the fan, but before she opened it, a group of people rushed over.

"Look quickly..."

Luo Ziying pursed her lips, but her hand holding the fan trembled a little.

He has been making fans for many years, whether the bones of this fan are too brittle, whether it will break, he will know as soon as he gets it.

Taking a breath, he only hoped that this fan...

"The Ink Bamboo Picture..."

As soon as the fan was opened, someone nearby immediately exclaimed.

"This, looks like Gu Liubai's handwriting!"

(End of this chapter)