Chapter 64: Display of Divine Power, Sun Shaozong's "Spear Picking Up the Iron Pulley"
That day, Sun Shaozong strolled around Jia She's garden in the east wing and felt it was extremely luxurious - but when he followed Zhou Rui, the chief steward of Rongguo Mansion, into this "visiting family compound", he realized that he was inexperienced after all.
Not to mention that the scenery and furnishings were superior, the area alone was more than ten times larger than Jia She's garden!
Especially the two rockery in the middle, facing each other across a pool of clear spring, and it is estimated that they are at least forty meters high!
Sun Shaozong was still shocked, not to mention the several yamen runners, whose eyes were wide open and they had forgotten all about official business.
Zhou Rui, however, was used to seeing these exquisite things. After entering the courtyard, he called over a Jia manor servant who was acting as a supervisor and asked anxiously, "Have you seen the fourth master Qin from the third room?"
The servant pointed to the top of the opposite mountain and said, "The pavilion on Dongfu Mountain is about to be re-erected. Fourth Master Qin is probably watching from up there."
Zhou Rui looked around a few times in the direction he pointed, but probably felt that it was too far away and he was too lazy to go look for Jia Qin, so he changed the topic and asked, "Among the carpenters we hired, is there one called 'Wooden Man Zhang'?"
Sun Shaozong saw the confused look on the boy's face and added: "This wooden man Zhang was burned on his face when he was a child, so he has scars all over his face."
The overseer suddenly realized what was going on. He slapped his thigh and shouted, "Who was that? It turned out to be that stubborn donkey!"
Then, he pointed to the rockery in the distance again and said, "The pattern on the pillar was carved by him. I guess he is now on the mountain waiting for Master Qin Si to inspect it."
Zhou Rui was speechless for a moment, and could only turn around and smile bitterly at Sun Shaozong, "Second Master Sun, I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you to follow me down the mountain."
Sun Shaozong's attention was focused on the word "stubborn donkey" and he asked, "What is the origin of this word 'stubborn donkey'?"
"In fact, I can't tell where it came from."
The supervisor said, "A few days ago, Master Qin Si saw that the progress of the relief carving on the corridor was a little slow, so he detained several carpenters and asked them to stay and eat on the construction site temporarily until the relief carving was completed. But the 'wooden man Zhang' refused to agree and insisted on going home. Finally, Master Qin Si was annoyed and he was whipped before he gave in."
No wonder the woman died of hunger and cold, but it turned out that...
Sun Shaozong was silent for a while, then he raised his chin towards the rockery to the east and said, "Let's go and get him!"
So the group went around and around and arrived at the foot of the East Mountain. Just as they were about to climb up the stairs, they saw a dozen people crawling down from the top of the mountain. They included servants from the Jia Mansion in blue clothes and small hats, as well as craftsmen carrying various tools.
Zhou Rui stopped a familiar servant and asked him, only to find out that "Wooden Man Zhang" had just climbed up to a high place and looked into the distance, and had already seen a group of yamen runners coming down. He knew that he was doomed, so he simply rushed forward and held Jia Qin hostage with a carving knife, and threatened Jia Qin's life, and drove everyone down the mountain.
What you fear is bound to come true!
Zhou Rui suddenly became a little flustered, and turned to Sun Shaozong for advice: "Sun Tongpan, look at this..."
"Let's go up first. We can't see what's going on up there, so it's useless to think about it here."
Sun Shaozong, however, was a man of swift and decisive actions. He took the lead in climbing up without further ado.
Zhou Rui had no choice but to follow.
However, when the group had just climbed halfway up the mountain, they heard a noisy shouting coming from the artificial lake. Sun Shaozong looked in the direction of the sound, and was startled - he saw a colorful boat swaying on the lake, with a dozen pretty women standing on the bow, led by Wang Xifeng and Li Wan.
If Sun Shaozong had just seen a group of beauties, he wouldn't have been too surprised.
But right now, the two young ladies of Rongguo Mansion were really too happy. They were jumping and dancing on the bow of the boat with their maids, waving their arms and screaming, just like cheerleaders on a basketball court. Where was the dignity of ladies from noble families?
Just as I was wondering which scene the two young ladies were acting in, I heard the yamen runner behind me scream as if he had seen a ghost: "Master Sun! Look what's up there!"
Sun Shaozong looked up again, but saw that at the end of the stone steps, there were several pillars as thick as buckets, stacked up there, and it seemed that they only needed a slight push...
Boom !
This is really a wish come true!
As soon as Sun Shaozong had this thought, the pillars rolled down with a rumble - now, he finally knew what those women were so excited about!
Seeing that the pillar was rolling faster and faster, smashing the railings on both sides and causing stones to fly everywhere, Zhou Rui and several yamen runners were horrified.
It was because these stone steps were artificially built, and outside the stone railings on both sides were steep cliffs, and behind them were more than a hundred stone steps. There was no time to retreat, and for a moment it could be said that there was no way to go up to heaven and no door to enter the earth!
"How to do how to do?!"
"Hurry, hurry up and think of a solution! I don't want to die here!"
"How about we hang onto the railing and hang outside, and wait for this pillar to pass..."
Boom~!
Finally someone came up with a reliable idea, but before everyone could cheer, the leading pillar jumped up more than three feet high, knocked down the stone railing next to it, and then rolled down crookedly!
Boom! Boom!
The last few pillars rolled over the broken pieces of railings, each of them alive and kicking, and at one time, no one knew how many railings were destroyed!
Seeing this scene, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, but there was no trace of blood on their faces.
Not only did the people on the steps look pale, but the women on the colorful boats were also screaming in horror.
Especially Li Wan, who was more concerned than others. Seeing that Sun Shaozong was unlikely to be spared, a ridiculous thought suddenly popped up in her mind: Could it be that I am really unlucky in marriage? Otherwise, why did the two men I cared about die young? !
Shocked and ashamed, she pinched Wang Xifeng's arm without realizing it, leaving a circle of bruises.
But Wang Xifeng didn't even bother to cry out in pain at this time. Others were just worried about the safety of Sun Shaozong and others, but she was thinking about what the consequences would be after these people died.
It would be fine for others, but Sun Shaozong was now very famous and was highly regarded by the emperor. Even Jia Yuanchun in the palace sent a letter at noon, asking everyone in the Rongguo Mansion to be on good terms with him.
If he were to die in this villa, Wang Xifeng, the chief executive of the villa, would probably be the first to bear the brunt!
Thinking of this, Wang Xifeng could not help but blame Sun Shaozong, secretly scolding him for overestimating his own abilities, putting himself in such a desperate situation, and even implicated others...
At this moment, Ping'er suddenly shouted excitedly, "Second Madam, Second Madam, look! Master Sun is probably going to... probably is going to perform a play called "The Gun on the Iron Pulley"!"
Gun picking up iron pulley?
But you also need to have an iron gun first, right?
Wang Xifeng looked up in confusion, only to see Sun Shaozong on the hillside kicking and stomping, and in the blink of an eye he had removed two stone sticks as thick as bowls from the railing, and holding one in his left and right hands, he actually walked towards the rolling logs without dodging!
Seeing the pillar in front rolling and jumping and hitting him in the chest, Sun Shaozong shouted, put two stone sticks against the middle left of the pillar, and then exerted force to lift it upward!
With a whoosh sound, the wooden pillar was lifted up about ten feet high, then rolled down the cliff on the right!
Then, Sun Shaozong did the same thing again, taking advantage of the moment when the rolling logs bounced up to knock them down to the bottom one by one!
Seeing how powerful he was, everyone present, no matter how far away they were, were dazzled!
Especially Li Wan, whose originally pale and bloodless face suddenly turned redder than fire and hot as a stove, and her curvy body was shaking like she was having the hiccups. If she hadn't been holding on to Wang Xifeng, she would have collapsed wetly on the bow of the boat.
