A week has passed in the blink of an eye, and this time has been calm, however, Meng Zitao has a faint bad premonition in his heart, as if it is the calm before the storm, and in the near future, something bad will happen.

With a shadow in his heart, Meng Zitao hurriedly made preparations to deal with it, but there is only a thousand days to be a thief, there is no reason to prevent thieves for a thousand days, and now he doesn't know what will happen, no matter how he prevents it, there will always be loopholes.

In this case, Meng Hongchang and Xiaoyun started their trip, originally Meng Zitao planned to let them leave later, but their intuition was not easy to take out, and Meng Zitao did not feel that Meng Hongchang was in danger, so he just told them to pay attention to safety when they arrived in Egypt.

On the third day of Meng Hongchang's trip, Meng Zitao received a notice from Zhang Jingqiang.

Meng Zitao parked the car at the door of a club in Lingshi, and when he got out of the car, he saw Zhang Jingqiang walking towards him.

Meng Zitao looked at the time and said with a smile: "Why is it so early?"

"I've only been there for a while. Zhang Jingqiang looked at the things in Meng Zitao's hand: "Did you bring the things?"

"Do you need to talk about this?" Meng Zitao smiled, "You seem to be a little nervous." ”

"What's there to be nervous about. Zhang Jingqiang paused: "It's just that guy likes to make small moves, will he make some moths out again this time." ”

Meng Zitao patted Zhang Jingqiang's shoulder and said with a smile: "Brother Zhang, don't worry, there will definitely be no problems today." ”

As the cultivation of the Nine Dragons Technique deepened day by day, Meng Zitao could feel that his sixth sense was getting stronger and stronger, and until now he didn't feel that anything would go wrong today, at least a ninety percent chance of winning.

"Then I'm relieved. ”

The two talked and laughed and walked into the clubhouse, because the other party had not yet come, they asked for a private room first, drank tea and waited for a while.

After more than ten minutes, a middle-aged man walked in with an old man and two stout bodyguards.

Zhang Jingqiang looked at the middle-aged man, and a sneer appeared on his face: "What time is it? I thought you wouldn't dare to come!"

Meng Zitao recognized this middle-aged man, his name was Ji Xichang, a native of Jinling, but he started a business in Ling City, and there were two companies under his name, which were in competition with Zhang Jingqiang's company.

Ji Xichang said lightly: "Don't use the heart of a villain to spend the belly of a gentleman." ”

Zhang Jingqiang smiled: "Yes, I am a villain, unlike someone, who has always called himself a gentleman, but he often does some things like chickens and dogs." ”

Ji Xichang shot back: "I only know the benefits of my tongue all day long, what can this kind of person do?"

The two of them argued word by word, and they didn't mean to stop at all, but Meng Zitao took the time to stop it: "Two of you, let's do the right thing." ”

Zhang Jingqiang snorted coldly at Ji Xichang: "Just talk about not practicing fancy shows, I want to see how good your things can be." ”

Ji Xichang waved his hand, and a bodyguard next to him walked up and put a rectangular brocade box of eighty or ninety centimeters on the table.

"What about yours?"

"You have bad eyes, you can't see such a big box here?" Zhang Jingqiang didn't forget to stab him back.

Ji Xichang said: "Then open it and let everyone see it." ”

"Wait!" Zhang Jingqiang stopped his movements and said, "How will we compare them later?

"If you want to compare, then compare both!"

"Good!"

Ji Xichang opened the box, only to see that there was a bronze sword with a length of more than 60 centimeters inside, the sword body section is diamond-shaped, the middle ridge is lined, the two are oblique arcs, and the double blades are arc-shaped in the near front court, and then gather into a front. The body of the sword is covered with "<" shaped ornaments, and the blade is as sharp as new.

In addition, there are two bird seal characters under the sword grid, and Meng Zitao identified it, and it was clearly the word "King Kong", which was not the Feijing Sword that Zhang Jingqiang said before.

Meng Zitao was a little surprised, could it be that this sword is the "King Kong Sword" in the legend of King Yue's Eight Swords?

Zhang Jingqiang also opened the box, and after Ji Xi saw it, he laughed: "I thought it was nothing, but it was just a dagger." ”

Zhang Jingqiang scoffed: "Do you know the name of this dagger?

Ji Xichang inquired about the old man next to him and said, "Ou Zhizi's hand, or did Cao Pi make it work? If it's Cao Pi's hand, I think you might as well admit defeat and go back early." ”

Zhang Jingqiang snorted coldly: "Don't be ashamed, what is this sword of yours?"

"The Vajra Sword in the Eight Swords of King Yue!" Ji Xichang said proudly: "If you don't know what the Vajra Sword is, let Director Meng teach you." ”

Zhang Jingqiang looked at Meng Zitao, and Meng Zitao explained briefly to him.

"Can you afford to buy the King Kong Sword?" Zhang Jingqiang couldn't know Ji Xichang better, originally a "Feijing" sword surprised him, but he didn't expect it to be a more precious "King Kong Sword", and the first thought that popped up in his heart was to doubt the authenticity of the bronze sword.

Ji Xichang said with a cold face: "The dog's eyes look down on people, besides, can't I pick up the leak?"

Zhang Jingqiang pointed at Ji Xichang and smiled: "Pick up the leak? This is the funniest joke I've heard this year, you will pick up the leak, and the sows will go up the tree." ”

Ji Xichang said: "It's still a sentence, don't take advantage of your tongue, you don't believe me, I still don't believe you! ”

"Okay, I'll see what you can say later!" Zhang Jingqiang agreed, he had a lot of confidence in Meng Zitao, believing that he would definitely be the final victor, not to mention, he had just received a hint from Meng Zitao, he would definitely win, and he was even more confident.

Meng Zitao smiled politely at Ji Xichang, and then picked up the bronze sword and looked at it.

The origin of copper swords is very early, and archaeological excavations have proved that as early as the middle and late Shang Dynasty, merchants have mastered the technology of casting copper swords, but the early copper sword body is very narrow and the lethality is still very weak.

The popularity of the bronze sword was about to be in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and the martial arts were called "the way of technical attack". Because the sword is the general of a hundred soldiers, the ancients believed that the sword has the virtue of a gentleman, so the person who wears the sword is a gentleman; at the same time, swordsmanship is a compulsory course for the nobles, and it is also monopolized by the nobles.

In the late Warring States period, due to frequent wars, in order to improve the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, the number and craftsmanship of sword casting were increasing, which gave rise to the famous Wuyue bronze sword.

The shape of this copper sword is similar to the bronze sword unearthed in the Wuyue area, from the sword body, it is as cold as autumn water, elegant and generous, and the sword grid is decorated with the animal face pattern inlaid with turquoise, which can be said to be a collection of the practicality and ornamentality of the bronze sword of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

This bronze sword fully embodies the reputation of "the admiration of a gentleman", and the patina on the sword body also looks natural, and the inscription on the sword body is equally natural, not like it was engraved later.

At this time, Zhang Jing couldn't wait to ask, "Zitao, is there a problem with this sword?"

Meng Zitao smiled: "This bronze sword is remarkable......

Before he could continue, he heard Ji Xichang laugh: "Zhang Jingqiang, I see how you still fight with me!"

Zhang Jingqiang was also stunned after hearing Meng Zitao's words, but he immediately reacted and sneered: "Ji Xichang, can you not be too happy, what people say is that this bronze sword is remarkable, do you admit that this is a 'King Kong Sword'?"

"What! You said this is not the Vajra Sword!" Ji Xichang glared at Meng Zitao, as if he was about to eat people.

Meng Zitao said bluntly: "This is indeed not a vajra sword, and it is 108,000 miles away. ”

The old man brought by Ji Xichang was the appraisal expert he invited, and he was not convinced when he heard this: "Why is it not the Vajra Sword? I don't see a trace of unnature!"

"Yes, everywhere this bronze sword is presented, it is very natural, and no modern counterfeiting techniques are used. ”

Meng Zitao looked at Ji Xichang and the others, who were a little unclear: "But there is one thing you have to figure out, the ancients also forged bronze swords, especially in the Song Dynasty, when antiquity was prevalent." ”

"You mean to say that this sword is from the Song Dynasty?" the old man frowned, a little less confident.

"There is no basis for words!" Ji Xichang said.

Meng Zitao smiled slightly: "This sword actually has one of the biggest flaws, it lacks a kind of craftsmanship of bronze swords in the Warring States Period. If you have seen a real bronze sword from the Warring States period, you will see the unique phenomenon of 'one reflection in the middle'. ”

"This phenomenon intuitively means that the blade of the bronze sword will appear in a reflective state under the reflection of light, and when you flip the sword, you will find that the bright section will become darker and the dark section will become lighter. When you touch it with your hands, you can't feel anything special about the two joints. This special phenomenon is actually made by the ancient people's miraculous polishing process, and it cannot be imitated in modern times. ”

After listening to Meng Zitao's explanation, everyone looked at the bronze sword again and found that the blade did not have this phenomenon.

Ji Xichang looked at the old man, and saw a look of shame on his face, knowing that there was indeed something wrong with his bronze sword, and the anger in his heart was needless to say.

"Ji Xichang, what else do you have to say?" Zhang Jingqiang said gloatingly.

"This is a real sword, so there's nothing to say. Ji Xichang's dead duck has a hard mouth, and he holds on to the last bit of face.

Zhang Jingqiang sneered: "I knew that people like you don't know how to talk at all." Alright, my lord has a lot of them, you can get out of here. ”

"You said my sword is not good, how good can yours be?" Ji Xichang temporarily diverted everyone's attention.

Zhang Jingqiang said to the old man, "Master Huang, do you think this dagger is good?"

The old man said: "This dagger is indeed good in terms of craftsmanship and is also very sharp, but to prove that it is indeed a dragon scale cast by Cao Pi's people, we still need to find some information." ”

Zhang Jingqiang scoffed: "Hehe, I know that those who are close to Zhu are red, and those who are close to ink are black, don't eat this bowl of rice if you don't have that ability, can't you even see that the material used in this dagger is extraordinary?"