It is impossible to punish adults

Chapter 535 Not a Barbarian
Mu Liuyun and Yuan Mu didn't think he was being rude, seeing the old craftsman holding the face fragments of the god statue carefully, they didn't bother him, they just stood quietly, waiting for the results of his inspection.

I saw the old craftsman holding the face fragment of the god statue that was bigger than the face, frowning and looking at the unbroken eyebrows, eyes and half of the nose. After looking around, he stretched out his hand to use it. He rubbed his rough fingers, rubbed the color on it, and looked at his fingers again.

"You two are the lords of the Criminal Division?" He looked at it for a long time, looked up and saw Yuan Mu and Mu Liuyun waiting at the side, and quickly bowed to them, "This statue is indeed not our master and apprentice. The ones made, whether it’s the craftsmanship or the coloring techniques, are all different from ours! If the two adults don’t believe it, come to our workshop to check it out!
Although we are not a great workshop, we are handed down from generation to generation, so the craftsmanship has been passed down. Although the appearance of this statue is not very different from ours at first glance, when we made statues, we learned from my master's master. That generation has always paid attention to a full heaven, the forehead of the statue should not be too flat but not too high, and it should be wide but not convex.

The two adults can take a look at this statue, the forehead is round and convex, it is definitely not something we made!

The same goes for coloring. Our school has a unique dye that has been passed down from generation to generation from the ancestors. It can make the colors painted on the statues as bright as new for many years. Let alone rubbing with hands, it is exposed to the sun and rain. , and will not fall off easily.

But I rubbed this statue with my hands casually, you two, look, my hands are stained with color!

A long time ago, we took money from a rich man in this village and made a mountain god statue for him. After the mountain god statue was completed, the rich man himself took it away. After that, we didn’t ask anything again. Why? It will be replaced by someone secretly, how come some dead people will appear again, we don't know about this at all, please be aware of it, my lord! "

"Master, don't worry about being afraid. I just want to ask you a few questions." Yuan Mu nodded to him, indicating that he should not be nervous. "The statue looks like this, but the rich man asked you to make it specially? It is different from the statues elsewhere. What is the difference?"

The old craftsman shook his head: "There is nothing special about the god statue customized by the rich household. It is the most common mountain god statue. Most of the god statues in this area are like that. These things have been passed down from generation to generation. How can anyone dare to look casually?" Replaced!

Not to mention that those of us who make god statues also fear gods in our hearts, even if we put aside what we think, other people can't let you change the appearance of god statues as you like, and make a mess! "

Yuan Mu nodded, expressing his approval of the old craftsman's words: "Then you may see what are the characteristics of the craftsmanship of this statue? Is it different from the craftsmanship in your area? For example, does it have the characteristics of a foreign race?"

The old craftsman shook his head: "No, when I was young, I also traveled around with my master, and my master wanted to see if there were any more powerful production methods elsewhere, so that we could also learn and learn from each other.

Back then, I really followed Master to see how the barbarians made statues. They are different from us. They don’t like to use clay sculptures and then paint them with colors. , looks much more sinister.

Although I don’t know the origin of this idol, why did we replace the one we made, but judging from the appearance of the drawing, it is definitely not a layman’s craftsmanship. It should also be made by a craftsman who made a statue. It's not outstanding, it's just rough. Looking at the craftsmanship, I'm afraid it's almost the same as my disciple who just started. "

"That's right, this statue is not a clay figurine. Don't look at the roughness of the statue, it can't be made by any layman! No one can do it in three to five years." The middle-aged man The craftsman also hurriedly said on the side.

"Can you tell how long ago this statue was made?" Mu Liuyun asked them eagerly.

The middle-aged craftsman shook his head: "We may not be able to tell how long ago it was made, but this mud tire is wet on the inside and dry on the outside, the soil inside is still a little soft, and the outside is hard and crispy, no wonder there are many small cracks on the top. , this idol is obviously baked with fire to make the surface dry and hard, so it won't last long at all, so let's just fool around for a while!"

The old craftsman looked at the shattered mud on the ground, and sighed again and again: "We also heard that this mountain temple is full of incense, and there are rumors about how effective it is here. , with the spiritual energy, I was very happy, I never thought...that such a thing would happen..."

"Are there any other artisans who make statues in your area?" Mu Liuyun asked again, "Especially the kind of young artisans who, as you said, may have young apprentices or young disciples who have not yet graduated. of."

The old craftsman shook his head: "That's not true. There are only two groups of god statues in Shezhou. The mud here is good, and the mud from other places can't make such statues. There is another place that is not a clay statue. .

It is said that every line is like a mountain, we can't do the craftsmanship of their group, and their group can't do clay sculpture. "

The middle-aged craftsman seemed to have thought of something, and his expression became a little strange.

Mu Liuyun noticed his expression, and immediately asked him, "Did you think of someone?"

The middle-aged craftsman subconsciously backed away a little bit to the other side, and said with a look of embarrassment: "Actually... I don't know if it has anything to do with this... It's just that I took in a young apprentice before and studied with us for two years. After more than a year, I found it bothering and tired, and I always found excuses to lie and run down the mountain to hang out with a group of idle, ignorant dogs.

At the beginning, the child was born in hardship, and the first group of younger brothers and sisters in the family, only his father worked hard to make money outside. That was begging me, saying that I would accept his son as an apprentice and teach him some skills, so that he could at least make more money than him in the future Make it easier, I think that child is not very smart, I didn't want to accept him at first, but I really couldn't stand his father's pleading, so I let go.

Later, he lied and fooled around so many times, I really couldn't control it, so I said that if you always behave like this, go home, I don't want you as an apprentice, I have taken you for more than two years, I can be regarded as a kindness to your father An explanation, worthy of his entreaty!
As a result, the dog, upon hearing this, immediately ran to pack his bags, went down the mountain overnight, and never came back to look for us again. "

(End of this chapter)