It took Shi Ming a lot of time to go down the mountain, and it was already dark for a long time when he returned to the village.

The lights of the iron shop were not on, but Shi Ming saw a figure leaning against the door of the iron shop from a distance by the moonlight, and he knew in his heart that he couldn't run away after a few falls.

"Third uncle!" Shi Ming stood at the entrance of the village and exhaled, seeing that the figure was motionless, he hurriedly ran over, "Third uncle, the moon is so round today~"

"Today, it's fifteen. The person at the door looked at Shi Ming: "Where have you been?"

"Third uncle, today in the forest, I picked up most of the baskets of coals. Shi Ming saw that the third uncle was not angry, and hurriedly took off the back basket, "These can make the stove prosperous for a while." ”

"By the way, third uncle, I also picked up a few pieces of iron in the mountains. Shi Ming half-knelt in front of the back basket, found two pieces of iron that he had dug up, and knocked it hard, buzzing, "This thing is sinking, maybe it's fine iron." ”

The third uncle took a piece from Shi Ming's hand, "How can there be fine iron in this mountain forest, you can steal other people's things." ”

"Third uncle, I dug this thing out of the soil, you can see that there is a lot of soil stuck to it, and this shape doesn't look like it's made. Shi Ming stood up, "Don't worry, third uncle, we will starve to death, and we will not do the business of stealing chickens and dogs." ”

The third uncle glanced at the iron in his hand, weighed it and threw it into the back basket, "There is still rice in the pot, and it is hot by yourself." ”

"Oh. Watching the third uncle's back gradually fade away, Shi Ming felt a burst of joy in his heart, it seems that sometimes drinking is not a bad thing.

Shi Ming touched his deflated stomach, quickly picked up the back basket, and returned to the iron shop.

Li Weizhou is the Fengche captain of the Wu'an Army.

As a lieutenant, he was mainly responsible for managing the new soldiers.

Unlike the lieutenants stationed at the pass, Captain Fengche can carry his head on his shoulders safely.

Li Weizhou is a side of the Li family in Wu'an, and this official position was obtained with the help of his father.

Li Weizhou is tall and burly, very similar to Jizhou people, and his appearance is a little vicious, and those new soldiers are often bluffed by Li Weizhou's appearance.

At the end of this month, Li Weizhou rushed from Wu'an Mansion to Jielingkou on the northern front with a group of recruits.

Jielingkou is one of the five major passes of Luo Qingshan, and it is the easternmost pass of Luo Qingshan.

On the official road leading to Jielingkou, the nearest village to the pass is Shi Ming's village.

And a group of recruits led by Li Weizhou happened to rest in the village today.

Li Weizhou ordered a batch of weapons in the third uncle's iron shop, although there were not many, but he could get some oil and water from them and use them to subsidize his family. Although Li Weizhou is reluctant to do this kind of thing, his wife and children have to live. In the world, people will always be limited everywhere and cannot do what they want.

The third uncle is rushing to make the last few weapons today.

This is a big order, and the owner of the iron shop has always been interested in the list in the army, and wants to use it to build a good relationship with the army, so the price is very low.

After all, although the village is not big, the village is located next to the official road, and the personnel are chaotic and have no background, which is untenable.

The third uncle had just finished forging a knife, and the fire in the furnace had dimmed a little.

The third uncle shoveled the coal pile by the stove into it, and stabbed it indiscriminately with an iron rod, and the fire broke up again, reflecting the indifferent face even redder.

The third uncle looked at the coal pile by the stove and suddenly remembered something. He left for the kitchen.

Shi Ming wanted to go and see it again the next day, and pick up more coal by the way. But it suddenly snowed heavily at night, and for more than ten days, the snow in the mountains had accumulated so thick that the people in the village did not dare to rush into the mountains.

In the past two days, the heavy snow has fallen a lot, but there are still scattered snowflakes, the whole sky is foggy, and the sun does not seem to be able to dissolve, only a faint light.

Shi Ming's back basket was idle like this, and the coal in it had been used up for half a month to cook on the fire, but the iron was still sitting in the back basket.

The third uncle directly took the back basket to the stove, and the iron in the back basket was much heavier than ordinary pig iron.

The third uncle took out a crucible with pliers, put the iron in it and put it back in the furnace.

Pulling the bellows, the fire was blazing, and the iron in the crucible slowly melted into red molten iron.

The third uncle saw that there were no impurities in the crucible, and estimated in his heart that this should be fine iron, but I don't know why, this piece of iron is much heavier than the one that has been touched.

After casting it into an iron billet, the third uncle beat it.

The swords of Qingzhou are all modeled after the ancient Tang Dynasty.

The blade is narrow, straight, and has no arc, and the handle and the blade are one, and many strips of cloth are generally wound around the handle, but the handguard is created separately.

The shape of the sword and the sword are similar, except that the blade is slightly wider and the blade is split on both sides.

In winter, it gets dark very quickly, and after the third uncle has forged, the sky has completely darkened.

The third uncle forged the iron billet into a Qingzhou-style knife.

The blade of the knife is sharp, and it does not have a bright silver color like other knives, and the blade of this knife is still black.

Wrapped around the strips of cloth, this knife is much heavier than the previously forged knives.

Reflecting the light of the furnace, the blade was not smooth, but only glowed red.

The third uncle looked at it for a while, couldn't help waving it a few times, and sighed a good knife.

The third uncle's expression suddenly fell into contemplation, dull for a moment, and his index finger was bubbling with yellow vitality, exuding a golden glow against the backdrop of the furnace light.

The finger swiped lightly on the blade, and the blood from the fingertips smeared on the blade with vitality.

The vitality exuded a faint light on the sword body, and the whole sword suddenly became a little more spiritual.

At the moment when the index finger was about to leave the sword body, a sudden change occurred!

The third uncle only felt a suction force from the blade of the sword coming from his fingertips, and the vitality of his whole body was uncontrollable, and he frantically surged to the blade in his hand.

Not only the vitality, but also the third uncle's blood and qi were sucked away by the knife in his hand like crazy.

In an instant, the third uncle lost his vitality and fell to the ground. The originally sturdy and burly body turned out to be like a dry corpse that had been shriveled for many years.

In a wine shop not far from the iron shop, Mr. Kong is telling the children of the village about the deeds of the sages.

A strong wave suddenly came from the iron shop.

Mr. Kong's eyes flashed slightly, and he said to the children: "There are not many peanuts, I'll go get some more." ”

Mr. Kong walked out of the house, and the figure flashed and appeared in the blacksmith's shop.

Looking at the third uncle who fell to the ground, Mr. Kong looked surprised, there was actually someone in this village who could devour the gods?! What made Mr. Kong even more shocked was that there was no second person's vitality fluctuation in this place!

Mr. Kong's face was cloudy, and at this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, Mr. Kong glanced outside the door, and instantly returned to the wine shop.

"Third brother, buddy brought you a bottle of good wine, why don't you drink two glasses. Li Weizhou opened the heavy door curtain, there was no light in the house, and by the light of the fire, he saw a figure lying on the ground, Li Weizhou was shocked, and hurried over, only to see the shriveled face of the third uncle, and he escaped a dried corpse.

The whole person instantly froze in place.

......

There were a lot of people gathered at the door of the house, all muttering, discussing the third uncle on the ground, and the bold probe poked his brain to take a look, but then quickly shrank back.

"This person has become a dried corpse. ”

"It's scary. ”

"yes, that's not going to be anything. ”

"I've heard my ancestors say that I'm afraid that this situation is sucked by the fox demon. ”

The people outside were talking about it.

There were many soldiers with immature faces in the room, all with their backs to the corpses in the room, and they didn't dare to speak loudly, but just stood dumbfounded.

Next to the corpse, only Li Weizhou and the old doctor in the village were standing.

"The old gentleman can see something. ”

"I've never seen this happen, the whole person's blood disappears out of thin air, I'm afraid this is not something that human beings can do. The old doctor, who was half-crouching next to the corpse, gasped.

"Well, this is not what evil is done. ”

"Unspeakable, unspeakable, it's better to dispose of the body earlier. The old doctor and Li Weizhou glanced at each other and turned to leave.

"Shi Ming, something has happened to your third uncle!" a young woman pushed open the door and beckoned her child over.

"What?!" Shi Ming stood up suddenly, "What's wrong with my third uncle!"

The woman did not reply, but gave a meaningful look and hurried away.

Shi Ming ran to the door of the iron shop, many people had gathered, and when the crowd saw Shi Ming, they avoided a road. Shi Ming rushed in, Li Weizhou was talking with the village chief, and some soldiers were packing up the weapons in the iron shop.

"What about the third uncle, what about my third uncle?!" The people in the room glanced at Shi Ming and were silent.

"Your third uncle, who has fallen into the demon, has already gone. The village chief looked at Shi Ming with a solemn expression.

"Impossible, where did you hide my third uncle?!" Shi Ming ran over and grabbed the village chief's clothes, "Ah?!"

"Your third uncle has been carried to the mass grave outside the village. Li Weizhou looked at Shi Ming, although he had seen a lot of life and death, he still felt a little uncomfortable.

Shi Ming ran to the mass grave, and the soldiers had already buried the third uncle.

The bulging mound of earth stood out in the white expanse.

Shi Ming stood in front of the grave, stunned for a moment, and suddenly pulled the mound of dirt like a crazy little beast.

Tears kept sliding down his face.

Shi Ming's hands were blue from the cold, and his nails had been split.

But the mound of soil became harder and harder, and Shi Ming could only scratch out a few traces. Shi Ming's mind was blank, he lay on the mound and sobbed, and fainted after a while.

Mr. Kong suddenly appeared behind Shi Ming, his face was solemn, and he saw Shi Ming lying in front of the mound without a sound, so he picked it up and took it back to the village.

Tonight, every household in the village turned off their lights early, and Mr. Kong's house was still lit, and the light of the oil lamp was flickering.

In the room sat Li Weizhou, Mr. Kong, and several old people from the village.

"No one could have imagined that this kind of thing would happen, but this kid, how is it good. An old man sighed.

Everyone looked at the child on the bed and was silent.

"These two people are not clear, and now that this is happening, there is a lot of talk in the village. It is said that these two people are obsessed with demons. The village chief sighed, "I'm afraid this kid is not having a good time in the village, and the people in the village avoid it, they are afraid that they will be contaminated, and the shopkeeper of the iron shop will definitely not let him live." I asked several shopkeepers in the village, but they didn't want to take the child in. ”

"I can take this kid in and let him help me. As soon as Mr. Kong finished speaking, the old man retorted.

"Mr. Kong, now everyone in the village is worried, and before the situation is clarified, this child will definitely not be left in the village, not to mention, I am afraid that this matter will not be clear. ”

"It's better to let him join the army, at least, he can eat a hot meal. Li Weizhou looked at Shi Ming on the bed, rubbing the handle of the saber on his waist.

"He is still young, he has not yet reached the age of service, and he went to the army, what can he do. An old man said.

"There is a shortage of manpower in the army, so you can be a man. ”

Everyone was silent, and they all seemed to acquiesce to Li Weizhou's suggestion.