Chapter 22 One sentence is worth a thousand words

Nanhua County Maoer Temple...

Sanhua Empress...

Just treat it like a human being...

Master Kong savored the meaning carefully.

People often say that no one who has lived a long time has seen ghosts. This is not wrong. Some people also say that a craftsman who reaches the extreme can reach the spiritual realm, which is also not wrong. But for people like Master Kong, there is a wealth of

Life experience and extreme craftsmanship are all accounted for. The stories about ghosts, gods and demons may seem like stories to others, but to him, more outrageous things have happened.

Master Kong understood immediately——

This customer is different from the ordinary dignitaries and celebrities who come to him to buy wood carvings with the mentality of looking for strange people to satisfy their curiosity and increase their knowledge.

This guest is very unusual.

Master Kong was not only polite but also a little respectful.

"Sir, you go into the mountains in the morning and return in the evening. The mountain road is difficult to travel. I wonder if you can eat in the meantime?"

Master Kong switched to different carving knives and polished them carefully. The wood chips fell like snow. The piece of wood gradually took shape and charm.

Song You answered respectfully and looked at the wood carving again. Just when he was about to praise her, Empress Sanhua also jumped down from the bench, got closer and looked at the wood carving for a few times, then gradually opened her eyes, and then looked at Master Kong.

She is a good model.

The calico cat turned around and left without hesitation.

"I have been born for so long that I only vaguely remember that at the invitation of Chen Daguan in the city, I carved a goshawk. It was so lifelike that the onlookers were frightened. Then the wind blew outside the house, and the eagle rose from the stool.

It fell and frightened many people. Everyone thought it came back to life, but in fact it did not." Master Kong said, shaking his head with a smile, "People in the world love to hear such stories, and they gradually spread the story to become their favorite story.

The way it sounds."

As soon as he entered the house, he looked around.

"That's it..."

I saw a room full of finished and semi-finished wood carvings. Each finished product was lifelike. What's more, even without the eyes carved on it, it was already extremely vivid, as if it would start running on its own if you weren't careful. It's really hard to imagine what it would be like to be there.

What would it look like if you carved eyes?

"Sir, you don't know. Once this dead thing looks too lifelike, you will be very frightened if you look closely."

"Come from Yidu."

It was the calico cat sitting in front of me.

"The master should not be worthy of the title, he will be ruined and old."

"Ha ha……"

"Miss Sanhua, go and ask now."

"I see."

"I don't know anything about the imperial edict. I come from Fulong Temple in Yinyang Mountain, Lingquan County. There is a tradition in the temple that every generation of disciples needs to go down to the mountain to travel, which can be as short as three to five years or as long as decades." Song You replied, "Because I am here.

I grew up practicing in the mountains since I was a child, and my understanding of worldly affairs was limited, so my master ordered me to travel down the mountains for twenty years to see the world. Now I have just arrived in Yidu."

The calico cat stood on his coiled legs, raised its head and stretched its neck to look at him, its eyes facing each other, its two faces very close to each other.

"Why didn't you speak?"

Just like this pot of chicken soup, it is nothing more than ginger slices, chicken and mushrooms. You only need to add a pinch of salt and no other seasonings. This was the way it was done thousands of years ago and it will be the way it will be thousands of years later.

"Go kill the chicken."

When I lived in Tianshui Lane, there would be watchmen in the middle of the night, there would be people shouting in the early morning to collect the evening incense, and there would be early-rising vendors selling vegetables. It might not disturb people's sleep, but it is noisy after all. And this mountain village is noisy.

There was really no sound at all from night to morning. Even if a dog barked occasionally at night, I couldn't fall asleep. The quality of my sleep was excellent.

"How did you sleep, sir?"

"You have to ask him."

Song You smiled, then paused, then looked around at the wood carvings in the room, and asked: "There are many wood carvings in the waiting room, but none of them have eyes carved yet. Why?"

Master Kong raised his head and smiled: "That's just a misinformation from the world. There is no reason why wood carvings can come alive."

"Why?"

Mr. Kong nodded, his eyes thoughtful.

A carving knife passed down from generation to generation, the wooden handle has been rubbed smooth and shiny by the palm of the hand, and the blade cuts the wood like paper. A piece of fine boxwood, the wood chips fall off under the carving knife, really like paper.

It makes people wonder why this wood is so soft and brittle.

"Great, thank you for the hospitality."

This is an irreplaceable mountain delicacy, indescribably delicious, and the highest level of hospitality in the mountains.

Wild mushrooms have unique delicacies, and each kind of mushroom is different, which cannot be replaced by industrial flavor agents of later generations. Song You often went up the mountain to pick mushrooms to eat in Taoist temples. At this time, the most recognizable ones in the pot were bamboo fungus.

Matsutake mushrooms, chicken nugget, etc., the chicken soup becomes golden and thick when cooked, the two umami flavors are mixed together, just one sip, it will be really fresh on your tongue.

"Hey!"

Just listening to the rustling sound is very healing.

This carving knife is in Master Kong's hand.

Tong'er turned around and left obediently.

"The old man always looks at me."

"Dongyang."

"Please rest early when you are waiting for the imperial edict."

Gently, crispy and itchy.

Master Kong then said to Song You and the calico cat: "It's getting late and the two guests can't go back to the city. Let's have a simple meal here. I'm lucky today. I picked up some mushrooms on the mountain and stewed them.

The tongue of the chicken can be eaten fresh, and after eating, the guest will sleep here."

"I once heard that people who are good at painting can't help but stop and draw pictures when they see the wonders of mountains and rivers. I think the same goes for people who are good at wood carving. Empress Sanhua is beautiful and spiritual, and her holes

Waiting for the imperial edict must be that he wanted to carve a wooden sculpture in the image of Empress Sanhua, but due to various reasons, he was unable to speak."

Song You nodded thoughtfully.

"Sir, please rest early."

"No trouble, no trouble."

Now I am afraid that I will meet a real hidden master.

Master Kong glanced at the calico cat, hesitated to speak, and finally stood up, bowed hands with Song You, and walked step by step into the room.

It doesn't understand why these humans only drink water and don't eat meat, but it doesn't dare to ask for fear of explaining it to them.

The cries and flapping of the old hens could be heard outside, and they soon stopped again.

"It's okay, I'm getting older and my energy is not as good as before, so I just said that I don't have enough hospitality."

Master Kong had his back to Song You, and on the bench in front of him, a calico cat sat upright. When Song You arrived, it glanced at him quickly, but otherwise it didn't look sideways.

Fulong Temple...

Song You also entered the guest room.

Song You quickly stopped it.

After Song You woke up, he looked for Sanhua Empress on the bed and found that she was no longer in the room.

Until he found Song You behind him.

Sanhua Niangniang eats a lot of meat.

"That's it."

He couldn't help but look back at the stove room. The boy was scooping water from the vat to wash the pot. He opened his mouth to speak, but had no choice but to stop.

"Appreciate further details."

"Sir, are you from Lingquan County?"

When the chicken soup was simmering, the lamp was already on.

"I once heard someone say that the wood carving skills of Kong Daizhao were at their peak. There was a wood carving that came to life in the early years. I was curious and admired this, so I came here from Yidu to visit, hoping to see this wood carving come to life.

The art of trance."

"Is there something wrong with Empress Sanhua?"

"If I'm not with you, just a trip to the mountains, a night talk with me, or this pot of fresh soup, even if it's just one thing, it's not wasted time."

Not only Song You was amazed, but Master Kong, who carved it with his own hands, was also shocked when he looked at it carefully.

Not surprisingly, a bunch of whys followed.
To be continued...