I live in Beihai Jun Nanhai [Rebirth]

It was already late at night when the transport convoy passed the junction of Qiongluan, and happened to pass by a very high cornfield at that time, and the little mute jumped out of the car window and jumped into the cornfield while the driver and soldiers were not paying attention.

However, not long after he ran into the cornfield, the soldiers discovered that he was missing, and immediately chased him around.

At that time, Shui Jing was chatting with the scarecrow in the corn field and looking at the stars. Not long after hearing the movement, he was hit by the little dumb guy who jumped out of the corn bushes.

So, he took the little mute away from the corn field, and escaped the capture of Daluan soldiers.

When he got to a place where no one was around, Shui Jing put him down and asked him why he was being chased. He stroked a few times, and Shui Jing realized that he was speechless.

But fortunately, Shui Jing is proficient in various languages ​​and characters in the world, which naturally includes sign language.

The little mute explained the reason why he ran away, and said that his family had an old house in Yaotao Town that was vacant, and he wanted to go back there.

Shui Jing took him to Yaotao Town.

After arriving in Taoyuan, the little mute wrote some things that could not be clearly expressed in sign language on paper while drawing carefully, and introduced himself to Shui Jing.

It was only then that Shui Jing knew that the Shi family was a family of craftsmen. Because they had lived in Yaotao Town, which was close to Zhong Ling, for generations, and influenced by Zhong Ling's profound knowledge in weapon forging, the skills that the Shi family was good at were also related to weapons.

The little mute's parents died early, and he learned the skills of making weapons from his grandfather.

Grandpa has never been used to the extravagant and extravagant style of the Qiong Kingdom royal family, and even more disliked the royal family's attitude of valuing playthings over weapons. If this continues, Qiong Kingdom will perish sooner or later.

On the contrary, Grandpa admired Zhong Ling's national style, which is adjacent to Yaotao Town, and believed that emphasizing weapons is the way to strengthen a country, and he was very yearning for Zhong Ling's method of forging extreme soldiers.

On the lintel outside Taoyuan, the four characters "strike jade with stone" were engraved by the little dumb grandfather. These four characters not only imply family name, but also mean "stones from other mountains can attack jade". Take Zhong Ling's strengths and make up for your own weaknesses.

A few years later, the little mute's grandfather also passed away, and after the establishment of the Magic Pavilion, he was found by the envoys sent by the royal family and brought to Qiongdu.

The little mute wrote that his grandfather's name was Shi Buzhuan, his father's name was Shi Bupo, and his father originally named him Shi Bujing, but because he was found to be a mute after birth, his grandfather said that he should simply be called Shi Bupo. Keep silent.

However, this name is not often called by people. Those who are not familiar with him are too lazy to remember the name, so they directly call him Little Mute, and those who are too familiar also call him Little Mute.

So, at that time, he said to Shuijingstroke: My benefactor can also call me a little dumb.

Shui Jing readily agreed.

Therefore, Shi Buyu called Shui Jing "benefactor" and Shui Jing called him "little dumb".

Shui Jing walked to the desk, saw two iron rod-like objects and a mess of copper wires on the desk, and asked, "What are you doing?"

Shi Buyu looked down, as if he wasn't sure what he wanted to make them, so he simply didn't answer Shui Jing's question, raised his head and stroked: "Why did the benefactor come here?"

Shui Jing sat down by the desk, and said, "I'm here to borrow something from you, and I'll ask you for a favor by the way."

Shi Buyu looked very surprised, and said with a stroke: What do you borrow?

Shui Jing put the shark bone in his hand on the case, pointed to it and said, "Lend me some tools, I'll make a sword."

Shi Buyu picked up the shark bone and looked at it carefully, and quickly recognized that it was the backbone of a giant fish in the sea. After putting it down, he gave a thumbs up to indicate: good stuff.

Shui Jing smiled, Shi Buyu moved his two iron rods and copper wires to the ground, got up and went to a huge box beside him, opened the box and took out a whole set of grinding, drilling and engraving tools, and held them in his He returned to the desk in his arms and piled them on the desk.

Shui Jing first picked out a sharpening knife with a sharpness that can break iron, and said to Shi with a smile: "I am not good at craftsmanship, the master can't just watch, you have to teach me."

Shi Buyu nodded vigorously, looking eager and excited.

Shui Jing began to peel the shark bone.

First cut it out to a rough outline, then use abrasive tools to grind it into shape, and then change chisels, drills, carving knives, and adjust the details.

Shi Buyu has been watching from the sidelines, pointing from time to time, correcting the mistakes of the water mirror, but most of the time, when the water mirror is carved or drilled, he stretches out his hand to hold the shark bone to prevent it from moving, more like a small helper .

Unknowingly, the sky was getting dark, Shi Buyu got up and lit the oil lamp in the room, brought a candlestick and put it on the table, then lay down beside the table and continued to stare at the water mirror to make a bone sword.

When the water mirror was about to be completed, it was already late at night outside, but Shi Buyu looked full of energy.

When Shui Jing finally put down the tool in his hand, Shi Buyu immediately took over the shark bone sword that had not been opened yet and looked left and right, as excited as if he was the one who finally finished the work.

Shui Jing patted the dust in his hand, smiled and said: "Don't worry, it's not over yet."

Shi Buyu held his sword and looked at him suspiciously.

Shui Jing reached into his bosom, took out something and said: "But I can't do the rest, I have to ask you, the master, to do it yourself."

He put the things he took out of his arms on the table, making a series of crisp sounds.

Shi Buyu lowered his head and saw that it was a handful of round snow-white beads, each of which was shining with fluorescence, which looked extremely bright in the dark night when there was only candlelight.

Shi Buyu was startled by these beads, put down the shark bone sword in his hand, picked up a bead and looked at it carefully, and then wrote: "Ye Mingzhu?"

Shui Jing nodded.

These night pearls were found by Shui Jing diving into the bottom of the sea before leaving the isolated island in the South China Sea. Although they are not large, they have excellent luster and brightness, which perfectly meet Shui Jing's requirements.

Shi Buyu said with strokes: What does the benefactor want to use them for?

Shui Jing said: "Grind it into powder and cover the blade."

Shi Buyu seemed to feel that this idea was a bit novel, rolled his eyes and thought about it seriously, and then said with a stroke: also ensure that the powder will not be wiped off?

Shui Jing smiled and said, "Yes, can you do it?"

Shi Buyu pursed his lips and frowned, blinked his eyes and thought for a long time, then his eyes lit up, he nodded, but then he wrote: There is a way, but it will take a long time.

Shui Jing asked: "How long is a long time?"

Shi Buyu tilted his head and thought for a while, then stroked and said: About March.

Shui Jing raised her eyebrows: "So long?"

Shi Buyu nodded, and explained with gestures: To make the pearl powder not fall off, you need to boil fish maw to make a sticky substance.Not all fish maws are suitable for cooking, so it needs to be carefully selected. After the selection, soak the fish maw in warm water to soften it, then chop it and soak it again. After the fish maw turns from yellow to white, drain the water and steam it until it sticks to the teeth, and then mash it Break it into a paste, wrap it in gauze, put it in boiling water to squeeze out the juice, and then put the juice in the cellar to condense, and it can be used for sticking after it is condensed.

Shui Jing quietly watched him stroke the steps with a serious face, like a serious teacher teaching, very meticulous and rigorous.

After he finished drawing, Shui Jing gave him a thumbs up: "Amazing."

Shi Buyu immediately returned to his innocent youthful appearance, with a shy face, rubbed his neck with a smile, and said with a stroke: "It's just a little time-consuming, but it's actually not difficult. I will definitely do it for my benefactor within three months."

Shui Jing cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Then Master Lao Shi will take care of it. I'll go out and look around, and come back to pick it up after three months."

Shi Buyu nodded, and Shui Jing got up to say goodbye and left Taoyuan.

After leaving the park, it was already dawn, and Shui Jing strolled on the small town, wandering leisurely from early morning to evening.

Unknowingly, there was a light rain like silk and mist in the sky.

The mountains in the distance are hidden in the dense mist, appearing empty and quiet. There are row upon row of pavilions nearby, and the doors and windows of every house are wide open, with occasional figures passing by in the windows.

There is even a young woman painting her eyebrows in the mirror at the window, the peach branches outside the window and the beautiful faces in the window complement each other, and occasionally falling flowers fly into the window and float into the wide sleeves hanging under the woman's wrist. It just makes people feel like a dream.

Shui Jing took out the booklet from her arms, took a pen from a table in the window passing by, wrote a few lines of words in the book, and put the pen back in the window.

After drying for a while, the water mirror was folded into his arms, and he turned and headed north.

……

The north of Yaotao Town is bordered by Zhongling, and after climbing several mountains, it is within the territory of Zhongling.

Just as the little dumb grandfather said, Zhong Ling advocates military power throughout the country.

As soon as you enter the country, you can hear the sound of "ding, ding, bang, bang" from all over the town. There are large and small weapon shops all over the streets and alleys.

It is well known in all countries that the royal family of Zhong Ling mastered the secret art of forging extreme soldiers, but almost everyone mistakenly thought that the secret art was "one volume" or "one volume", and Shui Jing once thought so.

Until one day, Shui Jing accidentally overheard a conversation between the former ruler and the current ruler, that is, the prince and his son, in the Zhongling Palace. Only then did he know that the so-called "Secret Art of Extreme Soldiers" did not have any written records. , but rely on the word of mouth of each generation of Zhong Ling.

However, the forging of weapons is not carried out by the king himself, so how can the royal family ensure that the secret technique will not be passed on to the forging craftsmen?

Initially, the method they used was simple and rude-killing.

Every time a group of extreme soldiers are forged, all the people who participate in the forging will be killed, and the dead will naturally not reveal the secrets, so the secret technique can be called "secret".

But in this way, there will be fewer and fewer craftsmen who are good at forging weapons, which is tantamount to fishing in a dry marsh, and hunting in burning forests.

So, they came up with another way.

Divide the whole process of forging extreme soldiers into [-] steps, and find a group of craftsmen to carry out each step in secret.

From the beginning to the end, these eighteen groups of craftsmen did not know who else participated in the process besides their own, nor did they know how many steps there were in addition to the steps they carried out.

To solve the problem of craftsmen leaking secrets, we also need to solve the problem within the royal family. In order to ensure that the inheritance of secrets does not go wrong and avoid disputes over the heir apparent, each generation of the Zhongling royal family only has one child. A king.

However, this tradition has had an accident in this generation.

The king only planned to have one child, but the queen gave birth to a pair of twins.