Chapter 112: Coming out on top

After Ye Anian finished speaking, he walked straight to the last table and stood there.

　　The man carrying the gong was stunned for a moment and thought that this year was really interesting. Not only did people from Anxing County participate, but now another one volunteered.

　　and...

　　He looked at Ye Anyian up and down, and couldn't help but marvel in his heart, this little brother was really good-looking.

　　"Everyone is here, let's start!"

　　"That's right, Manager Cui, hurry up and start shouting!"

　　The shouts from the crowd brought Manager Cui back from his thoughts.

　　"Ahem," he knocked on the gong and shouted loudly: "The game begins! Half an hour!"

　　After saying that, he lit the incense stick on the high table behind him and stepped aside.

　　The incident happened suddenly, and Jiang Zhu didn't react until now.

Just now, without paying attention, I actually asked Ye Anyian to come up and join in the fun.

　　However, he looked at the man standing behind the table with skillful movements and serious expression, and sighed.

　　Forget it, it's just a competition, as long as Ye Anyian is happy.

　　At this time, Ye Anyian didn't know what he was thinking, and his attention was entirely on the big carrot in front of him.

　　Moreover, he didn't care at all about the topic Cui Guanshi just talked about, he only followed his own thoughts.

　　First, cut off the head and tail of the radish, and peel the upper part. Ye Anian cut the radish into the prototype of a ship in just a few clicks.

　　The onlookers were in an uproar, and for a while they were a little confused as to what the relationship between Ye Anian's carving and today's topic was.

　　Looking at the other four people, the first one is a tall and thin man, wearing a sky blue gown, with his sleeves rolled up high. He has cut the radish into several sections, and he is cutting the corners with his forehand, but he does not see the carvings. What is it.

　　The second person is a short and fat cook. He has made rapid progress and has already carved several white peonies.

　　The third person, also a cook, was cutting radish into thin slices and was carving words.

　　Looking at the fourth person, the one next to Ye Anyian, he was still thinking hard and just peeled the radish.

　　No matter what happened to the other four people, Ye Anyian's hands moved so fast that the knife almost danced, dazzling everyone who saw it.

　　When he finished carving the last knife, a beautifully carved jade dragon boat appeared in front of everyone.

　　The dragon boat carvings were lifelike, the dragon head was mighty and domineering, the lines of the dragon horns were smooth and majestic, the dragon eyes were sparkling, the dragon beards were delicate and silky, and even each dragon scale was carefully carved, so thin that it was almost transparent.

　　Manager Cui and the onlookers were dumbfounded, and almost no one paid attention to the works of the remaining four people.

　　At this moment, Ye Anyian put down the knife in his hand and walked to the person next to him.

　　Seeing that the peeled radish in his hand had not been carved twice, he walked over and took it: "Borrow it."

　　"Hey? What are you doing!"

　　The man immediately gave up and tried to snatch it back.

　　Manager Cui quickly stepped forward to stop him: "Calm down, you two. Give the carrot to this little brother first, and I'll get you a new one."

　　"Why?" The man was still unconvinced, "I've already carved half of the carving, isn't he cheating?!"

　　Cui Guanshi said that with his level, he might not even look down on the thing you carved.

　　But he still had a polite smile on his face: "Don't be angry, I can give you a grace period of half a stick of incense, right?"

　　"No! He obviously stole my carrot!" The man refused.

　　Manager Cui was in trouble, and Ye Anyian returned the carrot to him: "Bring me a new one."

"Okay!" Manager Cui was overjoyed and hurriedly asked the waiter to bring him the carrots.

　　The boy quickly brought another large fresh white radish to Ye Anyian.

　　Ye Anyian said nothing and continued to carve.

　　Jiang Zhu stood in the crowd, feeling very helpless. This time he was afraid that the limelight would be too great.

　　The game below was in full swing, and at this moment in the private room on the second floor facing the window, Fang Jinyuan was leaning against the window with a wine glass in his hand and looking down.

　　Next to him stood Ye Ansong holding a wine bottle, and not far behind him sat the slightly tipsy Liu Zhuo at the table.

　　"What a coincidence." Ye Ansong stared at the familiar figure downstairs and said, "Although my brother did not agree to the proposal to cooperate with you, today he appeared at the carving banquet in Qedenglou. I have to say , This is the fate between him and you, sir."

　　"Um..."

　　Fang Jinyuan picked up the wine glass and took a sip, but his eyes were glued to Ye Anyian, unable to move away: "He can make a Rubik's Cube, and his carving is so good, he is a wonderful person."

　　"Then if he wins later, how about asking the shopkeeper to invite someone up to see him?"

　　"Very good!" Fang Jinyuan was very satisfied.

　　The two of them were leaning against the window, engrossed in the conversation, while Liu Zhuo, who was sitting at the table, stared at the backs of the two of them with a mocking look on his face.

　　The incense on the high table was quickly burned out, and when the time came, Manager Cui came forward to check on the works completed by the five people.

　　The shape of the first tall man's carving is a moon cake with a branch of osmanthus carved on it and the word "reunion" engraved on it. The carving is very exquisite and fits the theme very well.

　　Manager Cui sighed in admiration and went to look at the second one.

　　The plate in front of the second fat cook is full of flowers. Peonies, rhododendrons, sweet-scented osmanthus, chrysanthemums, more than a dozen flowers clustered together are quite vivid.

　　Manager Cui looked at his plate of flowers, then looked up at the full moon in the sky, and nodded, which seemed to fit the title.

　　The third cook carved flowers and characters, and they were hollowed out. Although they were flat carvings, they were considered attentive, but compared with the previous two, they looked worse.

　　As for the fourth person, he cut a big round ball and put a few picked osmanthus flowers on it to fool around, which was eye-opening.

　　Manager Cui shook his head repeatedly, walked up to the last table, and came to Ye Anian.

　　There were two things on the table in front of Ye Annian, which were totally different from today's theme.

　　The dragon boat that was carved earlier, and the "white jade" Guanyin carved from radish.

　　The Guanyin is about the size of a palm, but the carvings are very exquisite. It has a kind face and kind eyes, and the texture of its hair and clothes are particularly clear.

　　Manager Cui stood in front of his desk and looked at it for a while, dumbfounded without saying a word.

　　When the onlookers saw this, they immediately started to boo.

　　"Guanshi Cui, who won?"

　　"Yes, you should be quick to evaluate and criticize!"

　　Manager Cui frowned at the urging and couldn't make up his mind for a moment.

　　He has been hosting this carving banquet for several years, and he has never seen such a superb carver.

　　It's just that the thing he carved has nothing to do with his current theme, which is wind, horse and cow. As far as the carving skills are concerned, he can certainly win, but with the theme in front, I'm afraid it will be difficult to handle.

He hesitated for a while, then turned and said to everyone: "Everyone! Please wait a moment. There is a master at this carving banquet today. I will make a decision after discussing with my shopkeeper!"

　　After saying that, he turned around and entered Queden Tower.

　　At this time, Jiang Zhu, who was among the crowd of onlookers, stared at Ye Anyian not far away with his peach blossom eyes.

　　Behind him, a young man in dark shorts stood close to him, pretending to be watching the excitement while talking to him in a low voice.

　　But it's not Zi Mo whom I haven't seen for a long time.

　　"Master, I have investigated everything you asked me to investigate. The person standing next to Ye Ansong in the private room on the second floor is the magistrate of Anxing County, Fang Jinyuan."

　　"Tell me about it." Jiang Zhu squinted his eyes and watched Ye Anyian twirling a knife with his fingers.

　　"This Fang Jinyuan is over fifty this year. He has been a county magistrate for more than 20 years and has never made any outstanding achievements. He has always been in vain. However, he is very good at flattering horses and writing ink. With Sichuan The prefect also has some friendship."

　　"You old man," Jiang Zhu sneered, "His family must be quite wealthy."

　　"Um..." Zi Mo wiped the sweat from his forehead, "His mansion is indeed magnificent, and it is more elegant than some prefects in prefectures. Moreover, it is said that he loves beauty, especially men. It has harmed many good people."

　　"Tsk, he took bribes, violated the law, and robbed a civilian man. Isn't this a sure thing to catch immediately? If you have nothing to do, check him more and find out his background."

　　"Yes." Zimo responded.

　　He saw Jiang Zhu glance at the fat man on the second floor who was holding a wine glass and glancing at Ye Anyian with an expression of surprise, and felt a cold sweat in his heart for Fang Jinyuan.

　　Jiang Zhu: "Okay, if you have nothing to do, just step back."

　　Zimo: "There's one more thing."

　　Jiang Zhu: "What?"

　　"Master Ye is so good-looking, good at craftsmanship, and smart." Zi Mo looked at Ye Annian and couldn't help but admire him.

　　"That's the person I picked." Jiang Zhu liked to hear this. His family was naturally the best every year.

　　"However," Zi Mo changed his subject and frowned, "Why does such a good person follow you? Master, you didn't threaten anyone, did you?"

　　"Go, go, go! This damn boy is getting more and more unruly." Jiang Zhu rolled her eyes at him, but she couldn't hold back her lips.

　　Suddenly seeing Ye Annian stop turning the knife in his hand, Jiang Zhu's heart tightened and he hit Zimo with his elbow: "Have you finished speaking? Let's leave quickly, he is coming."

　　Zimo:...

　　The master fell out too quickly.

　　Ye Annian stood and waited for a while. When the cold night wind blew, he woke up a lot and realized what he had done.

Youyou sighed, threw the knife in his hand on the table, and walked towards Jiang Zhu.

　　"Are you sober?" Jiang Zhu asked, seeing that his eyes were clearer.

　　Ye Anyian nodded: "Why didn't you stop me just now?"

　　Jiang Zhu was helpless: "I have to be able to stop him."

　　"Okay." Ye Anyian rubbed his forehead.

　　In fact, he had done this kind of thing when he was in college in his previous life, which made him famous twice in school.

　　The first time was during the orientation party for his freshman year. He drank a little and ended up balding one of the alpacas raised by the school when he went home at night. It made the headlines on the school forum. Plus, he was good-looking and became famous all of a sudden. people.

　　Finally, in my sophomore year, everyone had almost forgotten about this incident. As a result, I drank some wine at the dormitory dinner, ran into the art room, and carved a Venus statue overnight. It was a sensation in the whole school, and I also participated in the city's At the art exhibition, I took second place.

　　It's really hard to look back on the past.

　　Glancing at the things he carved on the table, Ye Anyian intuitively waited for Manager Cui to come and cause another trouble.

　　He said to Jiang Zhu, "Aren't you going to the river to find Grandma Qian and the others? Let's go?"

　　"Okay." Jiang Zhu smiled and held his hand.

　　The two of them were about to leave regardless of the noisy people around them.

　　Behind him, Manager Cui's urgent voice came: "Stay! You two, stay!"

　　"Brother Ye, the results of our carving banquet will be announced soon. Please wait a moment!"

　　Everyone said this, so the two of them couldn't leave anymore, so they had to turn back.

　　Manager Cui banged the gong twice and announced, "The winner of this year's carving banquet is: Pan Yun!"

　　"In addition, the shopkeeper admires Brother Ye's craftsmanship very much and made an exception for two first-class ones. Brother Ye and Pan Yun are tied for first place!"

　　After Cui Guanshi finished speaking, the joy on the face of the first tall and slender man faded a little.

　　He was the newcomer who was brought over from Anxing County by Fang Jinyuan to attend the carving banquet. He wanted to stand out and win Fang Jinyuan's favor, but he didn't expect to be overshadowed by a little brother halfway.

　　But the onlookers didn't know the little Jiujiu in his heart, and they all cheered when they heard the result.

　　Ye Annian was surrounded by them and felt noisy. Just as he was about to pull Jiang Zhu away, Manager Cui spoke again.

　　"The competition stage of this carving has ended, and the banquet will naturally come next. Then I will invite you two to follow me upstairs. The shopkeeper and the distinguished guests who came today are waiting on the second floor, and there will be a banquet for you two!"

After hearing this, Pan Yun set off and walked towards Manager Cui.

　　Ye Annian still stood still. Seeing Manager Cui looking towards him, he said, "I won't go up. I still have something to do, so let's go first."

　　"Hey! Don't leave in such a hurry!" Manager Cui said in a hurry, "The distinguished guest upstairs is an official from Anxing County. Why don't you go up and show your face!"