The outcome has long been decided, and those who want face should keep their works silently and leave quietly. How can there be a reason to take the initiative to send them to make people slap in the face? Is this Lin Xiu Niang too conceited or is she crazy? As we all know, double-sided embroidery is the most profound and unique stitching technique among all embroidery techniques. If you can master it, other embroidery techniques are simply not worth mentioning. Meng Sineng applied double-sided embroidery to such a masterful degree that even Lin Dan, who was proficient in various needle techniques, was by no means her opponent.
Xiu Niang who was present knew this, so she looked at Lin Dan with some pity. Some people want to persuade her to retreat in spite of difficulties, some people want to persuade her not to be brave, and some people want to persuade her to accept her failure calmly. But there are still many officials sitting in the hall, and even if they have a full stomach to say, they dare not open their mouths at this time.
Meng Zhong covered his lips with a low smile, his eyes showing contempt.
Li Xiudian frowned and glanced at Lin Dan, then looked at Du Rusong, who was standing not far away, watching him tenderly, feeling a little unhappy, "In that case, Lin Xiuniang lifted the black cloth, let's open our eyes." He said sarcastically.
Lin Dan complied with the promise, and then lifted the black cloth.
"This, this is the legendary five-color peacock?!" Master Qian shouted.
The rest of the adults even forgot to drink the hot tea in their hands, and they all showed jaw-dropping expressions.
I saw a half-zhang-high screen embroidered with a life-size five-colored peacock standing on a branch. Its gorgeous tail feathers spread out naturally, and its slender neck was slightly deflected, revealing dazzling eyes. The tail feathers looked green at first, and then looked red again. From another angle, they actually rendered a touch of orange, a touch of purple, and a touch of blue. All colors change like a streamer, gorgeous to the extreme, and gorgeous to the extreme. The feathers on its body are stacked one on top of the other, one on top of the other, and it is not messy at all. What's even better is that its eyes are still shining with stars, as if it can come alive in a blink of an eye, and then twists its neck, shakes its tail feathers, and flies into the sky.
Everyone was stunned by this vivid and aura embroidered painting, and they were speechless for a long time.
"Hmph, no matter how gorgeous it is, this is just an ordinary single-sided embroidery, and it is difficult to compare with Miss Meng in embroidery skills." Li Xiudian put down the teacup heavily and said coldly.
"Yes, yes, we are looking for the embroidered lady with the best embroidery skills, not the embroidered lady with the best painting skills." Several officials came back to their senses and quickly agreed.
Lin Dan didn't say a word, and silently turned the embroidered screen around.
Everyone stood up suddenly, gasping for breath in horror.
The old embroidered lady exclaimed before, "This is actually another double-sided embroidery, and it is still a double-sided embroidery of the same color and different colors! It's amazing, today is really amazing!"
It turned out that on the back of this piece of fabric, there was actually a picture of a peacock embroidered, with the exact same posture and size, but the color of the feathers was pure white, like snow, but faintly shimmered with five-color shimmers. If the previous picture of the peacock is a gorgeous beauty and a bewitching beauty, then the latter picture is a quiet beauty and a holy beauty, both of which are so eye-catching and shocking.
Against this extreme beauty, Meng Si's "The Handmaid's Dressing in the Mirror" appears so ordinary and bleak.
The officials went back and forth to check the two embroidery works, and already had the answer in their hearts. Mr. Qian slowly spread his palms and said slowly: "Okay, the number one embroidery lady in Zhejiang Province is indeed well-deserved! The place for this queen embroidery lady..."
"Wait a minute!" Meng Zhong slammed the teacup on the table and said sternly, "This double-sided embroidery is a stunt of my Meng family's family. How could it be learned by Miss Lin? As far as I know, Miss Lin's ancestors were Are you a horse thief? Miss Lin, if you can't give me an explanation today, I will sue you for stealing and plagiarism!"
In Jiangsu and Zhejiang, embroidery skills come from family inheritance and are highly valued by locals. Whose ancestors passed on embroidery skills, they usually only teach them to their daughter-in-law, not to their daughter. Because the daughter will get married sooner or later, it may lead to the failure of the family's stunts, and the daughter-in-law is her own family, and she can pass it on from generation to generation after learning it. Under the influence of this ethos, embroiderers in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are very disgusted with those who steal embroidery skills from other people's homes. If they report to the government, they will definitely go to jail.
The Meng family has always been a weaving family, and what Meng Zhong said is easy to win people's trust, and then looking at Meng Si's aggrieved expression, the credibility is much improved. On the other hand, Lin Dan, a little girl from a horse thief, where did she learn such stunts
An official immediately slapped the table and asked sternly: "Lin Xiu Niang, why don't you recruit it? How did you learn the Meng family's embroidery skills?"
Du Rusong took a step forward and sneered: "This lord is so powerful, he even pinned the charge on Miss Lin's head without checking it. The ancient book has recorded the source of the double-sided embroidery, and it has clearly stated that it belongs to the Meng family. The stunt? If not, how can the Meng family prove that they are orthodox, not acquired by chance? If they have this stunt long ago, why has it been passed down from five or six generations and no one has used it? Such doubts remain to be investigated Ming, how can you arbitrarily decide the case!"
As his voice fell, the soldiers guarding outside came in in unison and put their hands on the hilt of the knife, as if they were about to kill if they disagreed.
Today's Du Rusong has already been promoted to the deputy admiral of the Navy, and he has no doubts in the army. Even Admiral Xu has to retreat three feet from him. How can he be a sesame petite from the Department of Internal Affairs to compete? Even if Li Ran came in person, Du Rusong didn't have to give him face at all.
The official was so frightened that his face was pale, his eyes flickered, his lips trembled, and he did not dare to speak for a long time.
Li Xiudian gave Meng Zhong a wink, and Meng Zhong immediately sent someone to his house to get the embroidery sheet, and opened it for everyone to read. I saw that this embroidery manual is old and yellow, the pages are loose, the title page is attached with the words of encouragement from the ancestors of the Meng family to the younger generation, and the last page is attached with the list of outstanding embroiderers of the Meng family. It can be seen that it was passed down hundreds of years ago. .
Meng Si wiped away his tears and said in a mournful voice, "Although this embroidery manual has been passed down in my family for several generations, because the needle technique is too difficult and the most crucial pages are missing, no one has learned it since. It was only when I was a child that I learned it thoroughly.” In fact, this embroidery manual was copied by Meng Zhong, and the most crucial pages were deliberately cut off so that no one could steal it. The original was secretly hidden by him somewhere, and even Meng Si didn't know the exact location.
Everyone has seen the embroidery, and they have no doubts about the Meng brothers and sisters.
"Miss Lin, what else do you have to say?" Li Xiudian sneered.
Du Rusong kept Lin Dan behind him and was about to fight, but saw her pick up the scissors and cut open his own embroidery painting and Meng Si's embroidery painting with a few clicks, and said slowly: " I have nothing to say. The needles of the two are completely different, you will know after seeing them."
To find out whether the two stitches are of the same origin, cutting the embroidery thread to check the traces of the stitches is the fastest way. There are many senior embroidered girls on the field, and with their experience and eyesight, they will never admit their mistakes.
Du Rusong immediately waved: "I beg all embroidered mothers to come and check the traces of the stitches. Of course, if Miss Meng is worried, you can also see it in person."
"Please." Lin Dan stretched out his arm and made a gesture of begging.
"Go check it out!" Seeing the two of them so calm, Li Xiudian felt a little uneasy. But the matter has come to this point, he can't bear to back down, so he can only continue to investigate.
The embroidered maidens couldn't wait any longer, and hurriedly gathered around to check them eagerly. If they can figure out the regularity of stitching, they can understand some ways of double-sided embroidery, how can they not be excited
Meng Zhongwan didn't expect Lin Dan to make this move, his face turned blue with anger, but he couldn't say the word "no". Meng Si looked at his broken works, and at the embroidery girls who were trying to steal double-sided embroidery, with a bit of hatred in his eyes. Why does Lin Dan always fight against her? It was clearly the Lin family who was sorry for the Meng family first, didn't they
The embroiderers watched for half an hour before backing away under Li Xiudian's scolding, "Have you seen enough? Are these two stitches the same?"
The well-informed old embroidered lady took a step forward and said firmly, "Qi, Young Master Li, these two needle techniques are completely different, and they are not the same."
Before Li Xiudian could speak, Meng Zhong gritted his teeth and said, "How is that possible? Could it be that there are still two types of double-sided embroidery in the world?"
Du Ruyan pushed through the crowd and stepped forward, scolding angrily: "It's okay if you are ignorant, why do you treat others as fools? I don't know where Meng Si's double-sided embroidery was stolen from, I only know my family. The light double-sided embroidery is based on the double-sided Kesi technique of Nishijin Textile. She figured it out bit by bit with her clever mind and exquisite needlework! Light is smarter than Meng Si, and does not need embroidery. Able to self-taught; Slight is better than Meng Si, and she can surpass her in embroidery skills without years of practice. What if you are not convinced? Meng Si is stupid and incompetent, and can't afford to lose. My family's light head is too damn shameless!"
Meng Zhong didn't dare to offend the Du brothers and sisters, and couldn't find anything to refute, so he looked at Meng Si and asked, "Sisi, did you see clearly? You two really have different acupuncture techniques?"
Meng Si couldn't even lift her head, and said in a low voice, "Brother, our needle techniques are indeed different." And this was not the most unbearable point for her. As Du Ruyan said, she relied on the embroidery manual to restore the double-sided embroidery, while Lin Dan can gradually understand the double-sided embroidery with only the existing Kesi technology, and he can compare the needlework. Hers is denser and lighter. Thinking a little further, she learned embroidery since she was a child, while Lin Dan was a monk halfway through. It was clear at a glance who was smarter and who was more talented.
Feeling the contemptuous glances from the embroidered mothers at him, Meng Si shrank his neck, and finally shed two tears of humiliation.
Lin Dan didn't show the slightest expression, he covered his embroidery screen with a black cloth, and said slowly, "Now that the truth is clear, we will leave first. Friends, if anyone wants to learn double-sided embroidery, come to Danyan Embroidery Village. Looking for me, the premise is that you must exchange with me a needle method handed down from your own family."
She bowed her hands, and her attitude was free and easy: "I will not stay any more for your own consideration!" In this way, she can learn more embroidery skills, and can also integrate embroidery girls in Zhejiang Province to form an industry. This is a good thing for Danyan Embroidery Village and even the development of Su Embroidery. On the contrary, if Meng Zhong wanted to regain a foothold in the weaving market in Zhejiang Province with double-sided embroidery, his dream would have been shattered, and it would be impossible.
Although Lin Dan has a light temper, he is not a lenient person. If Meng Zhong wants to frame her, then she will completely block his way.
Seeing Lin Dan's retreating back, all the Xiu Niangs started discussing in an instant, with expressions of doubt and anticipation on their faces. At this time, who would care about the quota for the embroidered maid, who would pay attention to whether Meng Si was crying again. Anyway, when she met Miss Lin, she had never won once, so she should have gotten used to it.