Great Song Pirate

Chapter 258 Master (To)

Xu Yi also saw that the old man's hands had thick joints and were covered with calluses and scars. Although he was old, his arms still looked very strong and powerful, covered with veins, like the withered roots of an old tree. Then he knew that he was an old craftsman who has been blacksmithing for many years, so he didn't dare to underestimate this old man, so after passing the knife, he stopped talking and stood quietly by the side.

Holding the knife, the old man carefully looked at the scabbard and the weapon part of Broken Wolf. After his emotions gradually stabilized, he took a deep breath and pressed the spring lightly, and Broken Wolf made a crisp sound like a click. There was a sound, and then a section of the blade popped out. Although it was in a dark room, this section of the blade still flashed like a flash of lightning, which made people feel dazzling. Wolf, after the severed wolf was unsheathed, it seemed as if a bright light was suddenly lit in the dark room, making the room much brighter.

The old blacksmith's eyes were full of tenderness, and he gently held the blade with his hands lovingly, as if seeing his beloved son reunited after a long absence, his eyes were full of love, he held the broken wolf and watched it repeatedly, It was only after confirming that it was not injured that he let out a long sigh, and gently put the broken wolf back into the scabbard, but he was reluctant to return the broken wolf to Xu Yi. He held it in his hand and kept looking at Xu Yi. Suddenly asked: "Does the strong man know the origin of this knife?"

Xu Yi didn't speak all the time, and watched the expression of the old blacksmith carefully. Hearing his question, he replied with a slight smile: "I got this knife from someone else. I have only been with me for two years. I only know He used to be used by a Korean. As for its origin, I really don’t know, but after seeing you today, master, I seem to feel that this knife is at least related to you, master. Please tell me clearly, master !" Now Xu Yi put away all his contempt, treated the old blacksmith with a very respectful attitude, and called himself a junior.

The old blacksmith was a little surprised at Xu Yi's respect for him. He knew what virtues he had now, but this young man in fine clothes was able to let go of his airs because of this knife and give him a junior salute, which surprised him. Yes, and the social status of craftsmen has been very low since ancient times. No matter how powerful a craftsman is, he must depend on officials or rich people to survive, or to be valuable. This young man can treat him like this, which makes him feel a little touched , so he gritted his teeth, and reluctantly returned the broken wolf in his hand to Xu Yi, and said: "I can see that the young master is a person who loves knives, and he has maintained this knife very well. Now I can rest assured." Less! In the future, I hope that you can continue to treat this knife well, and I will be content with it!" But he did not answer Xu Yi's question, but told Xu Yi to treat this knife well.

Xu Yi respectfully took over the broken wolf, but he didn't intend to leave at all. He was full of curiosity about the mysterious old blacksmith in front of him. How could he know the name of his knife, and he seemed to have some interest in this knife? What about such deep feelings?Without understanding this point, Xu Yi would not leave no matter what he said, so he held Broken Wolf in his hand and watched it carefully. The shape of this sword itself is the shape of Song Dao, and it is a development of Tang Dao. So at the beginning it was thought that this knife was made by Koryo craftsmen, because both Koryo and Fusang people absorbed a lot of various cultures and technologies from China, including weapons. After the Tang Dynasty, the Japanese people moved towards a self-developed and perfected weaponry. Road, later generations developed a unique weapon, which is the Japanese sword with a strong taste of Tang swords. However, Goryeo is close to the land of China, but has always imitated Chinese weapons. It has no own characteristics in shape and structure, and their Korean characters There are also many men, so Xu Yi thought that this knife would come from the hands of the Koreans, but now judging from the attitude of the old blacksmith, it seems that it is not what he imagined. deep origin.

"The master hasn't answered the junior's question yet. The junior wants to know the origin of this knife. I used to think that the knife was made by a Korean craftsman, but now it seems that things are not what the junior thinks!" Xu Yi continued. asked.

After listening to Xu Yi's words, the old blacksmith showed a look of disdain, and said with a snort, "I can tell you, this knife was made by the people of Song Dynasty, Korean people? Can they also make such a knife? snort!"

Xu Yi saw that he was very disdainful of the craftsmanship of the Korean craftsmen, but he still didn't know how such a precious sword flowed into Korea, so he asked persistently: "Yes! Now it seems that I was wrong at the beginning. I wondered when such a brilliant craftsman came out of such a Korean. Now I know that he was really made by our Song people! But now I wonder why such a precious sword fell into the hands of the Koreans? "

The old man heard that he praised this knife so much, and asked why this knife was popular in Korea, his face suddenly showed a trace of anger, so he said angrily: "Isn't someone giving this knife to the people of Korea? It's simply Let this knife be covered with dust! It's better now, it has finally returned to the hands of our Song people! Anyway, it makes me feel better!"

Now Xu Yi is even more sure that this knife must have a lot to do with this old blacksmith, and it might even be made by this old blacksmith himself, so he is even more reluctant to leave, and hearing his opinion, the knife has flowed to Korea. He was very dissatisfied, and it seemed that the knife fell into his hands, and he seemed not too satisfied. Xu Yi was not angry, but hurriedly said with a smile: "Yes, it is a pity that such a precious knife is in the hands of outsiders. Now that I have brought it back, it can be regarded as letting it go home, and I will treat it well!"

Seeing that Xu Yi's attitude was good, the old blacksmith also felt that what he said just now had humiliated the young man, and felt a little sorry. Finally, he found two dark benches in the room, handed one to Xu Yi, and said, "Say It's fate to come here, I don't have anything to entertain you, if you don't think it's dirty, you can just sit down for a while, let's chat, I haven't chatted with anyone for a long time!"

Of course Xu Yi didn't care if the broken bench was dirty or not, so he quickly thanked the old man and sat down, while the old man sat opposite him, chatting with each other.

"If my guess is correct, this knife should have been forged by you, master?" Xu Yi asked.

The old man rolled his eyelids and looked at Xu Yi, then looked at the broken wolf on his waist, and said, "That happened more than 20 years ago, why mention it!" this matter.

Although Xu Yi had already guessed this point, he was still quite shocked after confirming it. He couldn't figure it out. A craftsman who can forge such a precious sword is definitely a master craftsman. It's quite good, but he felt ashamed after seeing Xu Yi's knife. He said that he couldn't make such a precious knife, and such a great craftsman might not have to worry about eating and drinking anywhere, but why did this old man hang around in Gu In such a small town, with such a small blacksmith's shop, how could they still be in such a poor state?Xu Yi was amazed, let such a great craftsman stay in such a place, wouldn't it be a waste to bury the pearl in the coal pile?Why not take this old man...

So Xu Yi respected the old man's attitude again, and quickly got up and saluted deeply: "So I don't know Mount Tai, and I don't know that the person in front of me is a master. I was so disrespectful just now, master, please forgive me!"

The old man was very satisfied with Xu Yi's respect, and his expression softened a lot. He waved his hands and said, "I'm just a bad old man, you don't have to be so polite. Sit down and talk, sit down!" !"

Xu Yi then sat back on the bench and continued: "How can the master's amazing skills fall into the small place of Guzhen now?" He expressed the doubt in his heart.

There was a bit of bitterness on the old man's face, and he said with a wry smile: "I'm just a craftsman, no matter how skilled I am, what can I do? Isn't it good now? Wouldn't it be nice to be carefree?" The old man was quite open-minded, Rarely so optimistic.

Xu Yi slowly asked again: "Has the master ever thought of leaving here and going to other places?"

The old man continued to smile wryly: "Go to other places? I am just a waste who was exiled to Guzhen, where can I go? I offended the current Wang Shaozai, who would dare to accept me? It seems that this Guzhen is my burial place!"

"Wang Shaozai? Is the master talking about the Wang Shaozai who is in the court today? But I don't understand, the younger generation doesn't mean to despise the master, but thinks that you are a craftsman, so how can you offend such an important official with power over the court?" What about it? I hope the master will tell the younger generation, I don’t think there is anything to be afraid of offending a king like him! Also, after talking so much, the younger generation has not yet asked the master’s name!” Xu Yi Immediately he thought of who the old blacksmith was referring to as Wang Shaozai. It was because of his trip to Bianliang that he knew something about the current court. He also knew that this Wang Shao was one of the six thieves. That darn thing.

The old blacksmith was very surprised by Xu Yi's words. He saw that he was brought here by a county magistrate just now, and he thought that once he heard that he had offended that Wang Fu, he would definitely back away three feet and dare not touch him again. , but I didn't expect that this young man actually had a face of indifference, as if he didn't take that Wang Fu seriously at all, and he still talked to him politely, so his affection for him increased a bit.

So he said leisurely: "It is that Wang Fu. Since the strong man wants to know, then I will talk about it today. It has been many years since I said it. Since you want to know, then I will tell you. My name is Lei Tong. I used to be a craftsman in the Imperial Military Weapons Supervision Workshop, specializing in making swords and other weapons. The craftsmanship of my ancestors has been passed down to my generation for several generations, so I think I have some skills in making weapons. The broken wolf you have now was made when I was young. When I made this knife, I thought that the emperor would bestow this knife on a famous general who could protect me from the Song Dynasty, and let him hold the knife I made. The Broken Wolf will help protect the world of our Great Song Dynasty from being invaded by barbarians, so I named this knife Broken Wolf, but I never imagined that the Broken Wolf that I worked so hard to create was not given by the emperor. The general of Song was instead given to the Koreans who came to our court to pay tribute, which made me feel very regretful and angry. In a fit of anger, I stopped making such precious swords.

But it was also because I was a little bit capable that I caused trouble. For some reason, the news that I could make a good knife reached the ears of Wang Fu, so he ordered someone to find me and asked me to beat his son privately. He also promised me a lot of money, but I heard that since he came to power, this person has never done anything in human affairs. I didn’t want to do things for him, and after refusing for a long time, he found out that he then let someone defile me with my personal belongings, and beat me up fifty times. Fortunately, my body was strong enough to save my life, and I was driven away later Here, let me be an official craftsman in Guzhen, and end my life!Now you always know where I come from!Since then, I have been stuck here, I have nothing to drink, and my days are free!It's just that I didn't expect that I would have a chance to meet this broken wolf that I made by myself again in this life. Since then, I'm satisfied!But I'm also very strange, but I don't know how you got this broken wolf from the Koreans? "

After hearing this, Xu Yi immediately admired Lei Tong very much. He never thought that a craftsman would have such backbone. It's the world of the Song Dynasty, and I'm afraid I can't find many, so I quickly got up and gave Lei Tong a deep salute: "Master Lei is a noble man, he is really a role model for me and other juniors, junior Xu Ning salutes you! Since Master Lei told me this kind of thing, so I will not hide it from you, Master Lei. This knife is said to be given to me by a Korean, but it is actually taken from the Korean. I will tell you , and ask Master Lei to keep it secret for me, I am afraid that Master Lei will be a little surprised when he hears it!"

After Lei Tong heard that he said that the knife was taken from the Koreans, he was a little surprised. He had never heard of any conflict between Da Song and the Koreans!Why did this young man surnamed Xu say it was taken from him?If the emperor bestowed this sword on a Goryeo envoy, then the person who can use this sword must not be an ordinary Goryeo. What's going on?And when Xu Yi told him that he would keep it secret in the future, there must be a reason for it, and his appetite was immediately whetted. He really wanted to hear the story about Mr. Xu's acquisition of the knife, so he hurriedly nodded solemnly and said: "Xu Zhuangshi don't worry, my surname Lei has no other advantages, but this mouth is still very strict, I promise you, I will never say it out, if Xu Zhuangshi believes me, just tell me about it." !"

Xu Yi nodded: "Well, I believe what Master Lei said, so I want to ask you, Master Lei first, can you see what I do?"

Lei Tong looked Xu Yi up and down again, seeing that he was dressed in casual clothes, thinking that he was accompanied by the county official to Guzhen, and the county official seemed to be very flattering to him, could this person be an official?But Xu Yi was dressed in casual clothes, and he didn't have any airs when he spoke. No matter how he looked at it, he didn't look like an official. If he wasn't an official, what did he do here in Guzhen?merchant?It doesn't look like that either, he and his subordinates look like they all have kung fu and are equipped with weapons. Is there such a businessman?After thinking about it for a long time, I still couldn't figure out what Xu Yi did, so I shook my head and said, "Excuse me, my poor eyesight, Lei really can't see what a strong man does!"

Xu Yi laughed, and went over to Lei Tong to whisper a few words in Lei Tong's ear. When Lei Tong heard it, he was shocked, his mouth opened wide, and he pointed at Xu Yi: "You...you...you are... of……"

Xu Yi nodded with a smile and said, "Exactly, I am really helpless, so I will do this job, and I ask Master Lei to keep it secret!"

This Lei Tong smiled wryly and shook his head: "I didn't think of it, I didn't think of it, I couldn't see it, I really couldn't see it! Anyway, I'm just a craftsman who was exiled. I can't handle this kind of thing. Don't worry, I won't say anything about it." That's right! Since you are doing this, how could you have a conflict with the Koreans and win this broken wolf?"

Xu Yi's bet is that Lei Tong has a strong sense of justice, so he told him his identity. Seeing that he was not frightened by it, he continued to ask him about the next thing, so he whispered the story of the battle with Pu Yinjian Things told him.

After listening to Xu Yi's words, the old Lei Tongqi's face flushed, and he slapped his thigh and stood up angrily: "These Korean children really bullied me Da Song too much! How dare you do this kind of thing to our Da Song, damn it, what a shame!" Damn it! It's not that I blame you, you shouldn't have let them go back in the first place, you should have thrown them all into the sea to feed the fish!"

Xu Yi said with a smile: "Actually, the man surnamed Pu was just ordered to do it. He didn't do anything wrong. The only blame is on their lord, and at that time many of their subordinates were from our Song Dynasty. I don't want to make so many mistakes in vain." Sha Nie, and at the beginning we were not very powerful and wanted to eat their ships, so we agreed to let them go back, but this does not mean that I let them go, it is not that I will not report, the time has not yet come, and now I have sent my hands When they went down to the sea near Koryo, they used their own methods to deal with their own bodies, how they dealt with us, now I will deal with them, and I will deal with them, and I will give us Song people a bad breath!"

After listening to Xu Yi's words, this Lei Tong calmed down a lot, looked Xu Yi up and down again, and then bowed deeply to Xu Yi: "Although Zhuangshi Xu is not a general of the imperial court, he does what he should do as a soldier. I admire you for what you have done, to be honest, just now I felt that I was sorry for bringing this broken wolf on you, but now it seems that only you are worthy of using it, please be respected by this old man!" He also saluted Xu Yi deeply.

(The 1-word chapter has arrived! I finally finished [-] words, but I am exhausted! Are you satisfied with this speed?)
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