The Great Wei Music Bureau

Chapter 378 The Jing Family Proposes Marriage

Last time, we talked about how Li Yi used the method of artificially making crystal as a betrothal gift and successfully persuaded the Qu family to participate in Miaojiang affairs. This time, it is time to go to the Jing family. Li Yi said before that he would prepare a betrothal gift that would match Jing Xin. What would it be? Let's read on.

Li Yi was sending his wife back to her parents' home to stay for a few days so that she could take care of her own business. He left the Qu family and flew to Mount Emei in the west. Even though the mountain was beautiful, he had no intention of looking at it. What was he doing here? Mount Emei was the main production area of ​​golden nanmu, and at that time, golden nanmu had not yet been hyped up.

At that time, agarwood was quite popular, but this thing was too rare. Even if modern technology was used to make agarwood produce fragrance, the effect was not ideal, and there was a clear difference compared with wild agarwood, so Li Yi did not place his hopes on agarwood from the beginning.

Having said that, don't think that golden nanmu is easy to find, that would be a big mistake. First of all, not just any thick nanmu tree can form golden threads; secondly, golden nanmu has a fragrance, the raw wood has a light fragrance, and only old wood that has been dead for many years has a faint fragrance.

The so-called golden nanmu does not refer to the entire trunk of a nanmu tree, but the most critical core section. Trying to drill holes in each tree to find the material is not ideal. Li Yi searched for a long time. It took him more than half an hour to fly to Mount Emei, but it took him two hours to find the wood.

Fortunately, his efforts paid off, and he finally found a nan tree with bark like fish scales and a faint fragrance. Li Yi saw that there was no one around, and there were no Xiong Da and Xiong Er, so he did the work of Bald Qiang, felling the tree and cutting the straightest and thickest part.

Li Yi planned to use this large piece of wood to make two tea tables, one large one for the Jing family as a betrothal gift, and the other small one was what he had promised Lan Ze to compensate her for. In his previous life, Li Yi worked in an advertising media company. He took over an advertisement for a solid wood furniture company and was almost blinded by the store.

He recalled the tea table with a dragon and phoenix pattern that impressed him the most. He released his talent and formed a cyclone above his head as a projector. He projected the picture in his memory onto the wood, first cutting out the rough outline, and then drawing the details with the ink fountain and the Panlong brush.

After that, it was delicate work. Although there were no professional equipment such as electric saws, grinding guns, and polishing machines, Li Yi had met two beast spirit priests in the Shaya Yuezhi tribe before. He did not mention his past with Weilin. The key point was that he learned carving techniques from Wufa.

It is a practice that uses the hammer of soul to carve jade, which can not only train spiritual power, but also strengthen mental strength. Although there are essential differences between wood carving and stone carving, the basic principles are similar.

It is said that things made by machines have no soul, but Li Yi's is very different. He really carves with his soul! After more than an hour, the carving work is completed, and the next step is polishing.

Li Yi took out a grinding stone, stretched out his hand and crushed it into powder, and then scattered it to form a whirlwind, which rolled the grinding stone powder into it and condensed it in the palm of his hand. Then the polishing machine was formed, and then it was a little bit by little, and the polishing process was done carefully. The last step was to apply raw lacquer, which also formed a whirlwind, and the spray paint was dried in one step.

After working for most of the day, Li Yi was very satisfied with the two tea tables in front of him, put them into the sack, and then flew to the Jing family on his sword. He landed outside Baidi City in Xijing, then walked into the city, first to Laurel Square. After all, he was going to propose marriage, so he couldn't be too shabby, right? He must make some noise.

Li Yi looked at the wooden plaques hanging from red ropes all over the tree, with the plaque of love between a man and a woman on it. A faint smile appeared on his face. He raised his hand to condense the energy and transformed it into a suona, and then he played the song "Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix".

This song needs no further introduction. Among the music mainly featuring suona, this song ranks second, and there is no other song that can rank first. As the music sounded, purple air gathered into mist. Li Yi waved his hand casually, and the purple air condensed into countless flying birds that landed on the laurel tree. The birds chirped, and the purple air gurgled, echoing the music.

Such special effects naturally attracted the people of Baidi City to watch. Seeing that there were more enthusiastic Chaoyang people, Li Yi jumped onto the long sword transformed by the measuring ruler, and used purple air to condense the shape of a phoenix around the long sword. To outsiders, it looked like the phoenix was carrying him flying.

Li Yi began to play the flute while slowly flying towards the Jing family's villa. A flock of birds took off from the laurel tree and followed the phoenix to the Jing family. The magnificent scene attracted the admiration of countless people.

Before Li Yi arrived at the Jing Family's courtyard, the Jing Family had already seen the phoenix and the flock of birds in the sky. Jing Xin was delighted to see Wei Le in the sky. Jing Xuan smiled beside her and said, "Sister, shouldn't you be more reserved? Even if you know that your brother-in-law is here to propose marriage, shouldn't you be restrained and polite?"

Jing Xin said proudly: "He has made such a fuss, why should I restrain myself? When I accompanied Qu Xia back to her parents' home before, the Qu family members showed off to me. This time it's my turn!"

Li Yi's phoenix chariot slowly landed outside the gate, then it took off again with a long cry. The flock of birds flew towards the phoenix and merged into its body. As Li Yi chanted, it transformed into the poem "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix" in the air:

There is a beautiful woman. I will never forget her when I see her.

I don’t see you in a day, thinking like crazy.

Feng Fei soars, seeking phoenix from all corners of the world.

Helpless ladies, not in the East Wall.

Talk about the Qin on behalf of the heart, and talk about it.

When to see Xu Xi, comfort me to hesitate.

Wish to match virtue, hand in hand.

Don’t fly, make me perish.

Jing Xin looked at the poem in the sky with indescribable excitement. If Xiang Ying hadn't held her back, she would have almost been unable to hold back and would have rushed out of the house and thrown herself into Li Yi's arms.

Xiang Ying said unhappily, "No, why don't I see what's so good about this poem? I think it's far inferior to the poem "The Fire Phoenix Soars High, and Hundreds of Birds Follow It". Look how happy you are!"

"What do you know, a crude warrior? Just watch the fun!"

At this time, Jing Xin's parents and the elders of the Jing family were already waiting at the gate. Li Yi stepped forward and saluted, saying, "Junior Wei Le, I have come to the Jing family today to propose marriage. This is the engagement letter from heaven, the gift letter and the welcoming letter. Do I need to go through all the six ceremonies one by one?"

Jing Zhi looked at Jing's mother, who shook her head helplessly and smiled. He waved his hand and said, "Okay, stop making trouble, and let's talk about the rest behind closed doors."

Li Yi entered the mansion and sat in the main hall with the elders of the Jing family.

After some basic greetings, Jing Zhi asked, "Wei Le, my Jing family has always been low-key, why are you making such a fuss?"

"Isn't this also to make Mu Qing happy? Can you call her out now?"

Jing's mother handed the gift book to Jing Zhi, who looked at the words on her finger and asked, "Wait, what is this dragon and phoenix tea table on your gift list?"

"Since my mother-in-law wants to see it, I will take it out and show it to you elders. This tea table is a bit big, so please move back a little." After saying that, he reached into the sack.

When Li Yi took out the ten-foot-long, two-foot-wide and three-foot-high golden nanmu wood, the golden tea table was dazzling. On the left, a dragon head stretched out with its mouth wide open, a pearl in its mouth, and a dragon claw stretched out, holding another precious pearl.

The dragon's body is coiled on the outside of the tea table with its feet on auspicious clouds and its tail collected at the end; on the right, a golden phoenix is ​​flapping its wings, holding a golden and jade ruyi in its mouth, and nine phoenix feathers are hanging down to cover the end of the table. Each feather has eyes and halos, making it look lifelike.

Looking at the table again, it is also in the shape of auspicious clouds and auspicious mist. When viewed from different angles, the special water pattern presents a richer three-dimensional sense. But the majestic shape alone is nothing. The most amazing thing is Li Yi's next operation.

Li Yi first asked the servant for a bucket of water, which he then poured into the faucet and the sink on the countertop. He then asked for spices and glutinous rice paste, and kneaded them into two thumb-sized cones in front of everyone, and poked a small hole from the bottom with a bamboo stick.

As he was making it, he said, "This is also one of the betrothal gifts in the etiquette book for the younger generation, called Huiliuxiang. You have already seen the method of making it, it is very simple, now we just need to wait for it to dry before using it.

In order not to waste your time, I will just use the words and the magic to quickly dry the incense. Backflow incense, air dry! "The words and the magic take effect, and the incense in his hand is dried.

Li Yi put the reflux incense into the beads held by the dragon's mouth and the phoenix's mouth, and lighted the incense with a snap of his fingers. The smoke floated down along the dragon's body and phoenix's wings, just like a golden dragon and a golden phoenix flying into the clouds and soaring in the sky! Finally, two streams of smoke convection formed on the water tank.

Before they could ask about the principle, they saw a stream of water gushing out of the dragon's mouth, and the water fell right into the sink. Li Yi used his talent to condense a ball of light and placed it in the orb held by the outstretched dragon claw, and a rainbow appeared on the sink.

Li Yi looked at the surprised expressions of the crowd and said with a smile: "Everyone, this is not the most magical part of this tea table."

Jing Kui exclaimed: "Isn't this the most amazing thing? What else is more amazing?"

"Let the water flow back!" Li Yi said and snapped his fingers again, and the water column sprayed by the golden dragon turned into drops, as if the golden dragon was absorbing water.

Now everyone was completely speechless and asked what was going on.

Li Yi naturally wanted to keep it a secret, and just smiled and said, "Father-in-law, do you think this betrothal gift is to your liking?"

Jing Zhi shook his head and smiled: "You! This is clearly a rare treasure, it is priceless!"

"If I pass on the craftsmanship of making this tea table to the Jing family, do you think you can guarantee that the Jing family will have no worries about food and clothing from now on?"

Jing Kui stroked the tea table and asked, "Wei Le, do you mean that you made this treasure?"

"Of course. This is also one of the betrothal gifts. Isn't it written in the gift book? The dragon and phoenix tea table and its production process. To be honest with you uncles, the betrothal gift I gave to the Qu family is the production method of crystal. Naturally, I can't favor one over the other and let our Jing family suffer a loss!"

"Wei Le! What about our Xiang family?" Xiang Ying appeared at the door and said loudly: "The betrothal gifts you gave to the Qu family and the Jing family are all such good things, you can't treat our Xiang family unfairly! Jing Xin, don't you think so!"

Jing Xin, who was hiding behind the door, was so pissed off by Xiang Ying that she secretly ran over to climb through the window, but ended up being sold out by Xiang Ying.

Just as Jing Zhi was about to blame him, Li Yi immediately bowed and dissuaded him, saying, "Father-in-law, Jing Xin and I haven't seen each other for a while. Can we talk in private for a while? I have something to discuss with you later."

Jing Zhi looked at the tea table beside him. He was eager to appreciate this rare treasure, so he said, "Then go ahead. Come back to me after you're done talking."

Li Yi bowed and thanked them, then took Xiang Ying and Jing Xin to the backyard. In the main hall, everyone in the Jing family gathered around the tea table and started talking.

On the other side, Li Yi and the other two arrived at the backyard. He said to Xiang Ying, "How do you propose? Are you jealous of the betrothal gifts I gave to the Qu and Jing families? Don't worry, the betrothal gifts for your Xiang family are equally valuable! So, go and say hello to your father first. I will go to your house to propose marriage in two days."

"Really? Then what are you going to give as a betrothal gift?"

"The time is not right yet, so I can't say! However, the laurel wood sword is one of the betrothal gifts. It is more valuable than the tea table. You know that, right?"

Xiang Ying said unhappily: "That being said, I feel that our Xiang family still suffered a loss."

"Don't worry, your family won't suffer any loss. Go back and report the news."

Xiang Ying said "oh" and turned away. After sending the electric light gun away, Li Yi was finally alone with Jing Xin. Just as he was about to kiss, hug and lift her up high, he heard a serious cough.

Jing Xin turned around and immediately pushed Li Yi away, bowing and saying, "Mother! I know I was wrong, and I won't do it again."

The person who came was no one else but Jing Xin's biological mother. Jing's previous mother was the eldest lady of the Jing family and Jing Xin's biological mother. The distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children in a large clan is still very clear.