Chapter Thirty-Four: The Reclusive Warrior
Xuanyuan Mingyu was slashed.
He didn't expect Xu Xiaodi to be so stupid! What kind of hero is a clumsy little guy?
However, Xuanyuan Mingyu did not complain, after all, Xiaodi saved himself out of good intentions, and wanted to comfort him and said: "Don't cry, I know that you didn't mean it." Unfortunately, my shoulder hurt so much that I gasped and couldn't speak for a while.
Xu Xiaodi was frightened, and saw that Xuanyuan Mingyu's shoulder wound couldn't stop bleeding out, oozing out from the cracks of the fingers he helped him cover the wounds, so he jumped off the table crying, ran to the blacksmithing workshop in the rain, and went to his father to help stop the bleeding.
Blacksmith Xu was concentrating on completing the task assigned by the second child of the Ren Mansion, because the thunderstorm was very loud, he didn't hear the movement on the other side of the hall, and saw that a shackle was about to be built, and saw his son running in.
Little Flute sobbed and ran up and tugged at Daddy's sleeve, muttering, "Daddy, come quickly, follow me back to the hall." ”
Blacksmith Xu was extremely calm when encountering the situation, and promised: "Wait a minute, Dad, this is good." He picked up the red-hot iron shackles with iron tongs and threw them into the iron basin filled with cold water next to him, and heard a "hiss" sound and a puff of white smoke came out.
Blacksmith Xu no longer paid attention to the iron shackles, let it cool down slowly, turned around and took his son's hand, and said, "Let's go, don't be afraid." ”
Xiaodi was held by his father's hand, and his heart was much more settled, and he said: "Dad, I didn't mean to, the axe in the firewood shed is too sharp." ”
"What did you do with that axe?" Blacksmith Xu couldn't help but be secretly surprised when he heard his son mention the axe.
Because the axe in the demolition shed was a weapon used by Blacksmith Xu when he used to roam the rivers and lakes. Later, he took his son to this three-way area and lived in seclusion in Moli Town, and this axe became a wood-splitting tool with overkill.
Xiaodi didn't know that his father had martial arts, and he usually only saw his father striking iron, cooking, and doing housework.
Blacksmith Xu has lived in obscurity for several years, using his identity as an iron striker to cover up his origin as a swordsman, and never mentioning his heroic deeds of traveling south and north in the past.
However, Xiaodi's body flows with the same blood as his father, and he longs to become a hero in the future at a young age. Blacksmith Xu knows his son's wishes well, I don't know if his son is happy or sad if he continues to develop like this?
The blacksmith workshop was only twenty meters away from the hall, and the door was wide open, and the small oil lamp lit in the hall was blown by the wind, and the small flames swayed, reflecting the figure of a young man hanging from the door frame.
Blacksmith Xu pulled his son back in the rain, dodged into the house, and found that there was no one from Ren Mansion present in the house, and asked in surprise: "How many masters of Ren Mansion are there?" ”
"The two of them went drinking. Dad, leave them alone, this little brother's shoulder was scratched by me with an axe, what now? Hurry up and help him stop the bleeding, shall we? ”
Seeing that there were no outsiders in the hall, Blacksmith Xu felt much more at ease, his eyes burst out with a sudden flash of essence, glanced at Xuanyuan Mingyu, hesitated for a moment, and asked his son:
"Xiaodi, why do you want to hack him to death? You don't know this person, and it's not right to kill innocents indiscriminately. ”
Xiaodi saw that his father had misunderstood, and hurriedly explained: "No, Dad, I want to cut the chains to save him, I want to be a hero, help the poor and help the poor." ”
Blacksmith Xu nodded secretly, and appreciated his son's chivalrous pride very much, but the reason why he brought his son to Mo Lizhen to live in seclusion was to avoid the pursuit of the enemy.
"Xiaodi, have you thought about it? Do you really want to save this teenager? You don't know his identity and where he came from, isn't it a bit reckless to save him out of thin air? Just now, the people in Renfu said that he was a thief, so we should be careful. ”
Xiao Di is so big, he has never been determined to do one thing, and now, he has decided that he must save this little brother!
"Yes, Dad, I'm going to save him!"
Blacksmith Xu nodded, and when he heard his son's decisive words, he felt that he had been in seclusion for so many years, and it was boring to spend his whole life in such a mess, so it was better to reappear in the rivers and lakes and be happy with revenge.
Probably because Blacksmith Xu was unwilling to act like a wreck who could not be saved in front of his son, he made up his mind and said:
"Okay, dad save him. But first, ask where he came from! For what kind of people in Renfu treated him like a great enemy, calling him a thief, and also dispatched three heroes in the seven heroes of Renfu to escort him, and did not hesitate to spend silver to make him shackles, afraid that he would escape and want to lock him up, is it worth it? ”
"Oh, Dad, you're right, it's best if you can ask."
Blacksmith Xu made up his mind, walked to the square table, turned over and sat on the edge of the table, facing Xuanyuan Mingyu's face, held up his chin with one hand, brushed away a strand of messy hair hanging down from his forehead, stared at one of his slightly open eyes, and asked:
"This little brother, can you hear me? My son Xiaodi wants me to save you and help you stop the bleeding, and that's not a problem! The point is, you're going to tell me, who are you? ”
Xuanyuan Mingyu coughed lightly, stretched out the tip of his tongue and chapped his lips, due to excessive blood loss, his eyes were black, his throat seemed to be smoking, his hoarse and weak voice was almost inaudible, and he replied frankly and concisely:
"I had a head injury and I don't remember...... They said that I was the third prince of the Xuanyuan Dynasty, and my name was Xuanyuan Mingyu. ”
"Ah, are you the prince? The Xuanyuan Dynasty is not far from here? How did you get to us? Xiao Di aroused his curiosity and asked vigorously.
"Xiaodi, don't interrupt, he has just explained, he has lost his memory due to a head injury, let's save him quickly, we can't delay any longer. And what about the axe? ”
Blacksmith Xu has been wandering the rivers and lakes for many years, and his eyes are very keen, and he can almost identify whether a person is lying or not, and now he judges that what Xuanyuan Mingyu said should be the truth.
Xiaodi bent down to pick up the axe that had fallen to the ground, handed it to his father, and asked, "Is this axe okay?" I couldn't even split it just now. ”
"This axe is fine, Daddy is most worried about other things."
"What is Dad worried about?"
"This iron chain is the weapon of the fifth elder of the Ren Mansion, if you cut it, it will be a big disaster. If he asks us for compensation, we don't have the money, and it will be very troublesome. ”
Blacksmith Xu has lived in seclusion in Moli Town for many years, and the father and son make a living by striking iron, and their family can be described as poor. Therefore, he never participates in such lively activities as gambling games, one is unwilling to reveal his identity, and the other is because of the clean breeze on his sleeves, and the distress of the rich can be regarded as experienced.
"What then? Dad, is there any other way? Xiaodi also became worried.
"There is no way to get the best of both worlds, you can only break the kettle, as long as you smash the door frame of our house, you can let him down." Blacksmith Xu thought that the door frame was broken, and it could be repaired later, and it was important to save people now.
Xiaodi immediately agreed, deeply feeling that his father's courage to do things was a hundred times greater than his own.
Xuanyuan Mingyu listened to the process of Xu Blacksmith's father and son discussing the rescue of himself, and was very moved in his heart, and dissuaded: "Don't damage the door frame...... I don't have any money on me. ”
"Little brother, you don't have to worry about money, my father and I are willing to save you. In the future, when I am a hero to save others, I will not ask anyone for money. Xiaodi said heroically.
Blacksmith Xu didn't answer, and expressed his attitude with practical actions.
Blacksmith Xu took the axe, pressed the table with one hand, turned over and jumped up, stood on the square table, spread his feet, held the long handle of the axe with both hands, raised it high, and slashed it down violently, and the upper horizontal edge of the door frame was suddenly split into several pieces.
With the sawdust falling to the ground one after another, Xuanyuan Mingyu finally broke free from the shackles of the door frame! Although his two wrists were still bound together by the Purple Gold Nebula Chain, his body was finally free.
"Thank you, thank you......"
Xuanyuan Mingyu said gratefully, because he had been hung for a long time, after being rescued, his body was weak and unstable, and he threw himself forward on the square table. He knew that this freedom was not easy to come by, and it might take a long time for Blacksmith Xu to save up money to repair the broken door frame.
"No thanks, let's get out of here first, go out and hide, it is estimated that those people from the Renfu will be here soon." Blacksmith Xu said, sticking the axe into the belt on the back of his waist, "Dad, do you want to help the little brother wrap his wounds first?" Xu Xiaodi was most concerned about the fact that he had cut Xuanyuan Mingyu, looking at his bloody shoulders, he felt very guilty.
Only then did Blacksmith Xu see clearly that Xuanyuan Mingyu's axe wound was very serious, the wound was very deep, and the blood was not stopping. So, he hurriedly went to the corner cabinet and took out a long strip of cloth, and said, "Xiaodi, you hold him, Dad helps him bandage it temporarily, and then takes him to the doctor." ”
Xuanyuan Mingyu sat on the bench with his body tilted, propped his arms and elbows on the square table, a little drowsy.
Xiaodi stepped forward, grabbed Xuanyuan Mingyu's body that was about to fall forward, and watched his father wrap his shoulders around him with strips of cloth.
Blacksmith Xu bandaged Xuanyuan Mingyu's wounds, and when he saw his groggy appearance, he asked apologetically, "Can the third prince walk?" It's raining outside, the road is slippery, and I don't have a carriage at home. ”
"I can ......," Xuanyuan Mingyu replied, supported the table with his chained wrist, stood up, staggered two steps, and fell to the ground as soon as his legs went limp.
"Alas, when is this, don't be reckless with the third prince, it doesn't matter if you can't walk, I'm here." Blacksmith Xu said, and walked out of the hall with Xuanyuan Mingyu in his arms.
Blacksmith Xu came to the small courtyard with Xuanyuan Mingyu in his arms, and was just about to tell Xiaodi to extinguish the furnace in the blacksmithing workshop, when he suddenly heard the sound of someone talking not far away, and heard the footsteps of two people walking in the rain, secretly surprised.
Xiaodi's ears were sharp, and he heard that it was the third and fifth children of Renfu who were back, and exclaimed: "Oh no, Dad, the two bad guys in Renfu are back." ”