peach blossom

Han Tiexin and Xiao Fengling rode horses all the way to Luwei Village. After two days of rushing, they finally arrived there before dark the next day.Luwei Village is not big, and there are not many residents. They asked anyone on the street, and they found out where the blacksmith surnamed Yu was. Following the road indicated by the village name, they quickly found the blacksmith shop. There is a small shop at the east end of the village. Like all blacksmith shops, there are several kinds of iron tools in front of the shop, and a big iron flag hangs outside the door.Seeing Han Tiexin and Xiao Fengling approaching, a middle-aged man who was busy at the door stood up to greet him, and asked politely, "Are you two here to order?"

Han Tiexin replied: "We are here to get the goods."

The middle-aged man was slightly taken aback, looked at the two of them, and said with a polite smile typical of a businessman: "Oh, I'm not very good at getting goods. I really can't remember when I see the two students. What kind of goods are you two ordering, can you show me the goods ticket?"

Han Tiexin did not immediately take out the wooden sign given to him by the old man Xuegu, but asked tentatively: "Is the owner of this shop surnamed Yu?"

The middle-aged man was happy when he saw that he was not sure, and said: "It turns out that Xiongtai is here to pick up the package for someone. I said I have never seen it before. Yes, my surname is Yu, this Fangyuan There are blacksmith shops dozens of miles away, only our family has the surname Yu, you are right."

Han Tiexin nodded, exchanged glances with Xiao Fengling, took out an object wrapped in a handkerchief from his bosom, and handed it to the blacksmith surnamed Yu in front of him.

Blacksmith Yu took the handkerchief and opened it. When he saw the iron characters on the wooden sign, his complexion suddenly changed. He wrapped the wooden sign nervously again with the handkerchief, and asked softly, "Who entrusted the two young heroes to come here?" Come to pick up the goods?"

Han Tiexin said: "It's my master, old man Xuegu."

Blacksmith Yu nodded.Turning sideways and making a gesture of invitation, Han Tiexin and Xiao Fengling followed him into the blacksmith's shop. The shop was very large, and there were more than a dozen people blacksmithing and lighting the fire.Blacksmith Yu whispered a few words to one of them.Handed the wooden sign to the man, who nodded while holding the wooden sign, then turned and ran towards the back room.

After a while, the man walked out slowly with the support of an old man with white hair and chicken skin.Leaning on crutches in one hand, the old man held the wooden sign given to Han Tiexin by the old man Xuegu in the other. He walked up to the two and asked, "Did you bring this wooden sign?"

"Yes." Han Tiexin replied.

The old man asked again: "Are you the disciple of the old man Xuegu?"

Han Tiexin nodded and said: "Yes. Junior Han Tiexin sees seniors."

"It's okay...the old thing isn't dead yet?"

The old man said this very casually, with a bit of a hint of a joke. Generally, those who dare to use this kind of life and death as a joke are either deliberately provocative or a life-and-death acquaintance.Since the old man Xuegu let them come to Luwei Village to look for this person, Han Tiexin felt that it must be classified as the latter, but when he asked this question, Han Tiexin could not answer. After all, it was his master, an elder, he You can't say to your seniors, yes, you're not dead yet, you're panting.

The blacksmith surnamed Yu seemed to see the embarrassment on Han Tiexin's face, and said, "Father, it was Uncle Wang who asked him to come to us." The implication is that he is still alive and well.

"Oh, he's not dead yet." The old man said with a smile, "As expected of a body shield with internal strength, I'm almost blowing out the candle, but he's still alive."

"Father... what you said..." Blacksmith Yu frowned, "You will surely live a long life."

The old man glanced at his son and said with a smile: "Do you think I'm old, kid? How foolish? Live a hundred years? Haha, the one who lives a hundred years is bastard."

Blacksmith Yu couldn’t keep up with the old man’s words. He said that old children are old children. When people get older, they are sometimes like children. You don’t know what to say from him, so Blacksmith Yu was very upset Cleverly changed the subject and said: "Father, the two of them are here today to pick up something."

"Oh... I haven't forgotten about this." The old man nodded and said, "I did promise your master back then, and I owe him the same handy weapon."

Han Tiexin said: "So you are Senior Yu Qingyu?"

Yu Qing chuckled.Said: "Seniors and juniors, I am a blacksmith, if you want to choose a weapon, follow me."

Han Tiexin corrected: "Yes... the two of us have to choose weapons."

"Ok?"

Han Tiexin followed what the old man Xuegu taught him, and said: "After so many years, if you ask for one more item, it will be regarded as interest."

"What?" Yu Qing opened his eyes wide, even the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes became much lighter, he said dumbfoundingly, "You can say such words, it must be your master who took advantage of the advantages and suffered a lot to teach you Isn’t that right? It’s been so many years, and he’s about to blow the candle to see the King of Hades, so why is he still so unprogressive?”

Yu Qing muttered all kinds of things to ridicule the old man Xuegu, but he didn't have much opinion on the matter of taking the two weapons, and let the two of them follow behind him.Entering the back room, Yu Qing twisted a vase on the cabinet, and a secret door was opened on the wall next to the cabinet, and the two followed Yu Qing down the stairs. But they could clearly feel that the surrounding air was getting colder and colder. After walking up the stairs, Han Tiexin and Xiao Fengling's eyes suddenly lit up. On five or six weapon racks, there were weapons of different sizes and shapes. There are swords, whips and sticks, and there are also strange-shaped weapons that cannot be named at all. It is like an armory.

Yu Qing looked at the two people who were staring straight at him, and smiled triumphantly: "What? Are you stupid? Hehe, you can pick whatever you want, and tell me which one you like, so that Lao Wang won't think I'm an iron rooster who doesn't pluck hair. neglected his apprentice."

Han Tiexin and Xiao Fengling watched as they walked, only then did they realize where the cold air came from just now. Every blade of the weapons here is filled with a chilling air, which shows that each of them is a peerless weapon.

The two stopped in a corner of the arsenal. They stared at the pair of swords in front of them in unison. Unlike other swords, the blades of these two swords were neither steel nor iron. They were white in color, like porcelain , revealing a soft and delicate halo, a blush on the spine extends from the hilt to the tip of the sword, like a heavy color slowly smudged on the rice paper, the carving on the hilt is also ingenious, not as simple as usual Instead, it is attached with animal skin, but the entire hilt is carved into a budding flower bone, which is lifelike, as if waiting for a while, it can really bloom and bloom.

Xiao Fengling praised: "This sword is so delicate and elegant, it is almost like a handicraft. It should be taken back and hung in the room to appreciate slowly. How can you be willing to use it to kill people?"

Yu Qing laughed and said, "This sword doesn't have a fringe, so it's a martial sword."

At this time, Han Tiexin's eyes fell on the tip of the sword, and asked strangely: "Senior Yu, is this sword not well done? Why is the tip of the sword blunt?"

Yu Qing replied: "The pair of swords have already been struck, and their tips are blunt."

Xiao Fengling asked puzzled: "Swordsmanship has always been based on picking and stabbing. How can a blunt sword hurt people?"

"Haha, young man, don't be fooled by your own eyes." Yu Qing raised one of the swords with a smile, pulled out a piece of silver hair from her head, put it on her lips and blew gently, the silver hair floated to the sword with the wind. On the blunt head, it split into two halves without any pause, and fell to the ground.

Han Tiexin praised: "Good sword!"

Xiao Fengling said: "Unexpectedly, this blunt head can be so sharp."

Yu Qing laughed and said: "This is not the only thing you can't think of." After finishing speaking, he turned the sword around, pointed the hilt to the door, twisted it lightly, and the budding flower on the hilt seemed to come alive. It generally moved, and the petals bloomed distinctly. After a while, this "flower" opened. Before Han and Xiao had time to admire the ingenious workmanship, they only heard a few small jingling sounds, Dozens of silver needles as thin as a cow's hair have been nailed to the wall, and they actually flew out from the blooming petals of the flowers.

Han Tiexin and Xiao Fengling praised it, it turns out that the flower is not a decoration, but has a practical effect.

Han Tie thought to himself, no wonder the old man Xuegu asked him to come to him to ask for weapons, even if it is Zhujian Villa, it may not be able to make such an exquisite mechanism.

Regarding this pair of swords, Yu Qing seemed to have endless words to say. He blinked like a naughty child, and said to the two of them: "Today, let you open your eyes, and I will show you another fresh one."

After speaking, Yu Qing picked up another sword, and twisted the hilts of the two swords, the two flowers on the hilts were tightly closed, and then turned one of the swords, its sword The hilt is separated from the sword body, but what maintains their connection is a thread that is so thin that it is almost invisible.

Xiao Fengling wanted to reach out to touch it, but a crisp voice stopped her: "Don't touch it! It will cut off your fingers!"

Xiao Fengling and Han Tiexin turned their heads together, and the person who was speaking was a young girl who looked seven or eight years old. Seeing two such good-looking uncles staring at her, she felt a little embarrassed, twisted the corners of her clothes, and said softly After calling out "Grandpa", he ran over and plunged into Yu Qing's arms.

"Haha~" Yu Qing put his arms around the little girl, smiled and said to the two of them, "Kid, don't worry about it, it will be fine in a while. This is my little granddaughter Yu Yao, and she is the one who uses these two swords Figured it out."

Han Tiexin and Xiao Fengling looked at Yu Yao in disbelief, the little girl pierced her head deeper.

Yu Qing said with a smile: "I haven't made swords for some years. That girl showed me the map she drew that day. I thought the design of this sword was interesting, so I made it."

Xiao Fengling asked: "Does this sword have a name?"

Yu Yao raised her head slightly, and said timidly, "I call them Taoyao."

As soon as the word Taoyao came out, Han Tiexin and Xiao Fengling glanced at each other, and then smiled at each other. It seemed that it was fate that made them bond with Taoyao.

"Senior Yu..."

As soon as Han Tiexin opened his mouth, Yu Qing waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, since I promised you to pick whatever you want, I won't break my promise. Although I don't want to give up, you are also considered destined, take it."

Yu Yao handed the two swords into their hands, and said in a solemn tone that didn't match their age: "I'll give them to you."

The tone was as if he was going to marry his daughter, which made everyone laugh out loud.Han Tiexin and Xiao Fengling were worried that the "underworld" would leave Jinling after too long a delay, so they politely declined Yu Qing's invitation to stay overnight, and set off on the road again with the Taoyao they had chosen.