[Seven Five + Sword Three] White jade dyed bright yellow

After returning from the empty island, Ye Shulan continued to devote herself to the great cause of sword casting without stopping. Although she was a little shy about the marriage that Bai Yutang said, once she devoted herself to the sword casting, she would not care about other things. up.

Quenching is almost the last step in sword casting, and it is also the most critical step. Scrap iron and sharp weapons are really just one step away here.Not only does she have to completely determine the shape of the sword during this period, but she also has to choose the best temperature and quenching agent. The former is easy to say, but the latter... After all, there are no thermometers in this era, so she can only rely on her feelings. If it is not set properly, cracks will appear in the iron material, and all the previous efforts will be wasted. When she first learned how to forge swords, she destroyed countless iron materials in this step.

This time, Ye Shulan was very caring, she basically stayed alone in the Sword Cottage—Ye Yang purposely built a small wooden cabin next to the Sword Cottage for her to rest, and the daily meals were brought in on time.

Bai Yutang naturally wanted to enter the Jianlu to accompany her, but Ye Shulan was worried that if he affected her mind, even if her hands shook, she might fail to quench, so she unceremoniously pushed her out, so the little lolis did not dare Come here, for fear of disturbing her.

In this way, more than a month passed.

Estimating the time, he carefully pulled the sword blank out of the oil, and then quickly plunged it into the cold water beside him. The clear but not harsh "Zi La" sound came to his ears, and the rosy sword blank quickly faded from the heat. Ye Shulan The corner of his mouth raised, he pulled out the sword blank, looked at the sunlight, and almost jumped up happily.

At this time, Ye Yang's faint voice came from the door: "Successful?"

Ye Shulan turned her head and saw that Ye Yang was sitting on the threshold of Jian Hut, with two little loli sitting on both sides, rubbing her eyes and looking up from his knees, while Xiao Zhengming looked at her with bright eyes .

"Not so far!" Ye Shulan waved the sword in her hand, grabbed the tool bag beside her, and sat down on the threshold holding the sword.He took out the whetstone from the bag, and began to polish the sword blank by the sunlight. While doing it, he explained to Xiao Zhengming next to him: "Look, the surface of the sword blank that has just been quenched is still relatively rough, so it needs to be scraped again. Think about it."

Xiao Zhengming nodded along with the two little princesses, and watched carefully with his cheeks resting on his cheeks—in fact, this matter should have been boring, but Ye Shulan did it seriously, and everyone looked at it carefully, so they didn't find it boring.

What Ye Shulan built for Xiao Zhengming was an epee, more than five feet long, with blunt edges on both sides and a rounded tip with a gentle arc.

Because the sword is heavy and big, Ye Shulan spent a lot of time thinking about it bit by bit, and wiped off the powder on the sword with a cloth, and then the whole picture of the epee was fully revealed: the appearance was black, and it was dusty before being polished. Yes, the color is extremely dull, after being polished, it reveals the shallow mesh-like fine lines unique to meteorites, and there is a faint red light in the black, which is low-key and simple but thick and majestic.

Ye Shulan took out the wrong stones, glazed turquoise stones and various metal filaments from the bag, and then inserted them into the grooves of the sword body bit by bit. Soon, the gold and silver threads shone with dazzling light, and the crystal clear glazed brilliance In circulation, the blue and emerald green turquoise is full of vitality, low-key and simple becomes noble and graceful, golden and bright, which complements the yellow clothes of Tibetan Sword Villa.

Ye Yang was slightly taken aback.

The two little girls clapped their hands: "So beautiful and handsome!"

Xiao Zhengming's eyes were burning.

Wiping the sword with a white cloth again, Ye Shulan handed the epee to Xiao Zhengming: "There should be one more step to sharpen the blade... But firstly, your swordsmanship has not yet been achieved, and secondly, you didn't use the sword to hurt people Well, simply, this step is omitted, and it will also prevent your father from worrying about you and hurting others and himself."

Xiao Zhengming nodded obediently, reached out to take the epee, hugged it in his arms, and put his face on the sword. Although he didn't say anything, he was obviously very happy in his heart.

Ye Shulan smiled, then looked around, a little strange: "Where's Tangtang?"

Ye Yang was looking at his son lovingly, and the two little lolitas rushed to reply: "Brother Bai is going to Xiangyang, it seems that there is something in Xiangyang..."

Xiangyang?Ye Shulan frowned upon hearing the name, and while preparing to go to the cabin next to her to change her clothes, she wondered—could it have something to do with King Xiangyang?

Only then did Ye Yang come back to his senses, and added: "Fifth Bai said he would come back after finishing his work, so don't worry. Oh, he seems to have left a letter in your room before he left..."

Ye Shulan didn't bother to change her clothes as soon as she heard it, or she simply went back to her room to change, and directly performed lightness kung fu, jumped up the wall, and disappeared among the buildings after several jumps.

She didn't come back for more than a month, and the room was still the same as before. Regardless of the maids who saluted after seeing her, Ye Shulan went straight back to the back room, and saw that there was indeed a letter on the table at a glance.

After hastily dismantling it, I found out that floods in Hongze Lake were frequent this year, and Zhao Zhen promoted Yan Chasan to be a police patrol, and went south to inspect the floods and manage the people's situation in the river.Mr. Bao also sent Mr. Gongsun Zhan Zhao to accompany him—Gongsun was knowledgeable and wise, and he had a little method for water control, and Zhan Zhao accompanied him as a guard.It's just that as soon as they arrived near Xiangyang, they received many complaints against the King of Xiangyang.Yan Chasan was too busy to control the water, but Zhan Zhao found out that the key to defeating King Xiangyang was to obtain the secret letter of alliance from the tallest skyscraper in Xiangyang Palace.But the eight-diagram copper network array arranged by the tower is densely covered, Zhan Zhao is not good at this method, so he urgently asks Bai Yutang to help.

Zhan Zhao sent a letter to invite, and Ye Shulan hated the King of Xiangyang very much, even though he knew that Ye Shulan was going to leave the customs soon, he still left for Xiangyang in advance.

At the end of the letter, Bai Yutang said that the trip would take half a month or ten days at most, and let her wait in Hangzhou with peace of mind.

"Hmph, don't worry about waiting in Hangzhou and think I will go to Xiangyang! You are so beautiful..." Ye Shulan muttered, while resealing the letter in her hand.

Although she was a little bit disappointed at Bai Yutang's leaving without saying goodbye, it was nothing. Anyway, there would be less than a month at most, so she just waited.While Ye Shulan was thinking, she was about to put the envelope in the drawer, but when she opened it, a little yellow fluffy thing jumped onto her body with a "cheep -" and subconsciously caught it, and couldn't help but Laughed—it turned out to be a fluffy chicken Xiaomeng!

But why is it in the drawer?Ye Shulan put down the letter in her hand, and looked carefully at the chicken Xiaomeng in her hand, only to realize that it was a mechanism chicken, a bit like Tangmen's mechanism pig, but it was not so flexible, it could only simply jump and call two The sound "chijiji".The material is wood, and there is a layer of yellow fleece on the outside. It really looks like a chicken Xiaomeng, or a chicken Xiaomeng that won't become a big rooster.

Ye Shulan happily put Ji Xiaomeng into her arms, then looked in the drawer, and sure enough, she saw a vertical piece of wood inside, with a few chic words carved with a knife - "a late birthday gift".

The corners of Ye Shulan's lips curled up uncontrollably.

So on the day when Ye Shulan successfully finished casting the sword, Ye Yang and the three little ghosts watched in surprise as Ye Shulan ate two more bowls of rice——Bai Wuye, come back quickly, your fiancée is about to become a mess!

In other words, is this person tired of casting swords, or did he turn sadness into appetite because he didn't see Bai Yutang?

In fact, Bai Yutang's letter to Ye Shulan was too simple, and many things were not explained in detail.

It turned out that after the Ma Qiang incident, many letters were found from Bawangzhuang, all pointing to the crime of rebellion against King Xiangyang.Because the matter of Ma Qiang was handed over to Kaifeng Mansion for interrogation at that time, Mr. Bao immediately reported the truth to the emperor.

Zhao Zhen has always known that the King of Xiangyang is restless, but the King of Xiangyang is just a vassal king with no reputation. It's related, and it's not like fishing in troubled waters among a group of Liao people, so it's nothing to worry about.In addition, he is Zhao Zhen's uncle after all, the dynasty has always ruled the world with filial piety, and the old Zhao family's family is not very prosperous, so Zhao Zhen has always been tolerant of King Xiangyang, and at most secretly guarded.It's just that I didn't expect the other party to have made friends with many heroes and even courtiers, such as Ma Qiang's uncle Ma Chaoxian—although this is just a group of mobs, but if they really want to make trouble, it will be troublesome for the Song Dynasty. Take it seriously.

However, the King of Xiangyang is a royal relative, so it is not easy to offend. The letters of Ma Qiang alone are not enough, so Zhao Zhen did not act rashly, but took Master Bao's suggestion and sent a policeman to inspect the flood and manage it He Gong, by the way, also secretly investigated King Xiangyang further.

This investigation was even more frightening. First, thirteen water bandits gathered in Sanhuang Temple, robbing passenger ships during the day, and pretending to be water monsters at night, planning to drive away all the residents on the embankment, so as to facilitate their work.The right hand holds the Junshan River Road, and the left side guards the Black Wolf Mountain Dry Road. Both of these two places are important throats. If they are really captured by the King of Xiangyang, even if the imperial army is in the formation, they will be able to resist it. If the battle line is dragged on for a long time However, it is difficult to guarantee that the Liao Kingdom of Xixia will not take the opportunity to go south.Not to mention, the King of Xiangyang himself is also licentious and immoral, occupying the land, robbing his wife and daughter, and even robbing children into the mansion. They dared to assassinate even the officials of the imperial court who were in the same rank, and it was even worse than Bawangzhuang.

But even though Yan Chasan is an inspector, after all, his power is limited, and he cannot be easily held accountable to the emperor's uncle, the King of Xiangyang. Zhan Zhao has nothing to inquire about, and there is a letter of alliance against him in the Sky Tower of the Prince of Xiangyang's mansion. With this evidence, he can be escorted to Beijing.

However, Zhan Zhao once went to the Chongxiao Tower in the dark, and it was probably arranged according to the hexagrams of the gossip.After entering the door, there are wooden walls with different sizes.There are too many doors, twists and turns, and the direction is difficult to know, and the doors are real and fake, open and closed, and the light and shade are different. Zhan Zhao almost got lost in it after walking in.Fortunately, by chance, I met Zhihua, who had already ambushed in the palace, and brought him out dangerously.But even if it is Zhihua, after staying in the palace for so long, he only figured out the outer organs. As for the inner organs, he still hasn't understood it until now.

But if the Tower of the Sky is not broken, and the letter of alliance cannot be produced, then the King of Xiangyang cannot be brought down. Zhan Zhao suddenly remembered that Bai Yutang had studied the art of organs, so he sent a letter to invite him to come.

Ye Shulan obediently waited in Hidden Sword Villa, nothing happened anyway, and the sword house had already been opened, so she picked up two ordinary weapons in her spare time—although it was not comparable to the epee sword that gave Xiaozheng its name, it was still good for cutting iron. It was a sharp weapon like mud, and with the centuries-old reputation of the Hidden Sword Villa, it was bought by martial artists at a high price as soon as it was born.Then I have to write a letter of daily account every day, and then spend a lot of money to ask someone to hurry up and send it to Bai Yutang in Xiangyang, Hubei Province, and bring back a reply... After more than half a month, the letter that came back and forth every day on time made this rare. He came back only in the middle of the night, and this time he didn't see Fifth Master Bai, and he didn't bring back a reply letter. Instead, he brought back a piece of bad news that had been widely circulated in Xiangyang—Fifth Lord Bai, Chinchilla, died last night. Under the copper grid array of the Sky Tower.