Chapter 35: The Iron Axe Laughs
A sudden thunderstorm finally subsided, and the night breeze swept across the ground with a cool blow, and the shadows of the trees swayed and rustled.
The moon in the sky showed a crooked crescent, and the moonlight was as clear as water, shining on the courtyards of Moli Town, and also illuminating the blacksmith shop.
Blacksmith Xu picked up the extremely weak Xuanyuan Mingyu and walked out of the hall, came to the courtyard, and heard a clear conversation between two people not far away, only to hear one of them say:
"Fifth brother, you don't drink well, you don't have a lot of me! How many bowls of wine have you drunk? It's a drunken cat. ”
The other seemed to have drunk a little too much, and said with a big tongue: "I'm not drunk!" No, I still know the blacksmith shop here. ”
Xu Xiaodi was deaf and clear-sighted, and heard that it was the third and fifth children of Renfu who came back, and hurriedly called the police to his father.
It's really a narrow road! How can it be so coincidental? Blacksmith Xu gritted his teeth with hatred.
Because Blacksmith Xu has lived in seclusion for so many years, he has become accustomed to being obscure and does not like to be public. At this time, he learned that the people from the Ren Mansion had returned, and the first thought that turned in his heart was to let the third prince hide first, try to avoid hard encounters, and it was best not to cause trouble.
With his mind already decided, Blacksmith Xu said to his son Xiaodi: "Quick, you and the third prince hide in the firewood shed." After saying that, he rushed to the door of the firewood shed with Xuanyuan Mingyu in his arms, put him down, and turned around to return to the blacksmithing workshop.
Xiaodi saw that the situation was serious, obeyed his father's arrangement, ran to the door of the firewood shed with a smoke, and saw Xuanyuan Mingyu sitting on the fence door unconsciously, reaching under his armpits with his hands and dragging him into the firewood shed.
The firewood shed was small, full of firewood and straw, and there was only room for two people to hide. Xuanyuan Mingyu and Xiaodi were huddled together, with little room for manoeuvre.
Xuanyuan Mingyu Shicai was dragged by the little flute, and felt like his whole body was falling apart, so painful that he frowned and shook his head, trying to sober himself up, and asked uneasily, "What about your father......?" ”
"My dad told the two of us to hide first, this firewood shed is very safe, don't worry." Xiaodi comforted.
Xuanyuan Mingyu was very worried about Blacksmith Xu, because the people who knew the Dao Ren Mansion were too domineering, and they would definitely show no mercy to those who dared to disobey orders, and he had personally experienced their vicious methods, and replied:
"No...... I'm afraid your dad will clash with them! ”
Xuanyuan Mingyu understands that the martial arts of the people in Renfu are very strong, they do not pay attention to martial arts, and they secretly attack and plot, and ordinary people can't withstand their front and back attacks. If it goes head-to-head, Blacksmith Xu will definitely suffer a big loss.
"What then? My dad doesn't know martial arts! Xiao Di got up in a hurry, grabbed Xuanyuan Mingyu's shoulder and shook it and asked.
"Oh, my shoulders ......" Xuanyuan Mingyu groaned, shrinking back in pain, dodging the little flute's grasp.
He looked down at his hands that were bound together by the Purple Gold Nebula Chain, and said, "Don't worry...... They have a weapon in my hand. ”
The purple gold nebula chain on Xuanyuan Mingyu's wrist is the weapon of the third child of Renfu. He pondered that as long as he was not discovered by them, then, if the third elder of the Ren Mansion did not have weapons in his hands, the combat strength of the two of them would be greatly weakened.
Xiaodi said "um", still feeling uneasy, pulled the chain with his hand, and asked: "Little brother, it's a pity that your wrist is tied by this thing, otherwise, if Daddy fights with them later, we can also go up and help a little?" ”
Xiaodi, this kid is careless, and he didn't realize that Xuanyuan Mingyu was seriously injured and had no strength to fight with others!
There were many holes on the top of the firewood shed, and the moonlight shone down from the holes, making Xuanyuan Mingyu's face pale as snow, and his face was sickly and precarious.
However, Xuanyuan Mingyu did not think about himself, but cared about Xiaodi's safety, shook his head and persuaded: "Xiaodi, you are still young, and being a hero will wait for you to grow up later, so don't be reckless ...... first."
The more he spoke, the quieter his voice became, his body collapsed a little, and he involuntarily fell on the straw pile beside him, lingering for a long time.
Xiao Di understood that what Xuanyuan Mingyu said made sense, and his own people couldn't help much, but because he was worried that the people in Renfu would be unfavorable to his father, he left a small gap in the fence door of the firewood shed, and squatted at the door to peek out.
After the rain, the land was covered with mud, and the third and fifth children of Ren Mansion stepped on the rain and made a sound of "let's chirp", swaggered into the courtyard of the blacksmith shop, and saw Blacksmith Xu standing at the door of the blacksmith workshop, bowing down and asking with a smile: "Where did the two masters go?" ”
Ren Fu Lao Wu was a little half drunk after drinking, and when he saw Blacksmith Xu standing there, he didn't wake up for a while, and asked, "What are you doing standing here?" ”
Blacksmith Xu pretended to be humble, nodded and replied: "The work that the second master of your mansion ordered to do just now has been done, and the little one is trying to find the master to report, but it just so happens that the second master is back." ”
"Let's take it when the work is done, just lock it up for the thief, and the two of us should rush back to Ren's mansion." The third child of Ren Mansion took over the topic and told Blacksmith Xu to finish his work quickly.
"Yes, the little ones will be sent over." Blacksmith Xu turned around and walked into the blacksmith's workshop, scooped a ladle of water from the water tank, poured it on the flame, and extinguished the stove.
Just as Blacksmith Xu was about to fish out the shackles from the basin and was about to walk out of the workshop, he suddenly heard a commotion.
"Wow wow, what about people? The thief is gone! In the quiet night, there was a sudden sound of the three ghosts of Renfu crying wolf.
"Third brother, the thief is missing, and my Purple Venus Nebula Chain is gone! , what the hell is going on? The fifth elder of Ren Mansion also shouted in surprise.
The third child of Ren Fu first suspected Blacksmith Xu, and thought: Could it be that Blacksmith Xu did it? A little blacksmith dares to compete with Ren Fu, does this not want to live?
The fifth man of Ren Mansion relied on drunkenness, bumped up angrily, scolded, scolded, grabbed Xu Blacksmith's collar, and pulled him into the courtyard.
"Let go of me, what's the matter? Are you crazy? Blacksmith Xu shouted, deciding to be patient for the time being and see the opportunity before acting.
The fifth elder of the Ren Mansion pulled the blacksmith Xu to the third brother and said, "Third brother, you come to interrogate, this old guy must know the inside story of the Dao." ”
"I don't know the way, I don't know anything, what happened?" Blacksmith Xu said, wanting to reach out and pull out the axe that was inserted in his back to carry it.
The third brother of Ren Mansion was quite calm, glanced at Blacksmith Xu, thinking that he was too old to do anything out of the way, and said to the fifth brother: "Fifth brother, let go of the blacksmith first, forgive him for not being able to do anything!" ”
The fifth child obediently pushed away Blacksmith Xu, and felt that he should hurry back to the house and ask the boss to send people to search the whole town, and asked, "Third brother, do we want to go back and report?" ”
The third child of Ren Mansion thought about the problem carefully, glanced at the courtyard, and felt that although the sparrows were small and had all the organs, this blacksmith shop had a lot of places to hide people, and said:
"Don't panic! We've lost someone, and we're going to be scolded when we go back home. I think that thief has injuries on his body, eighty percent can't run far, and we didn't find any suspicious signs on the way back just now, so it's better to search first and turn this blacksmith shop upside down. ”
Blacksmith Xu was pushed away by the fifth child of Renfu, took two steps back, pulled out the axe inserted in his back, blocked in front of the two of them, and said, "Two masters, if you want to search the shop, pass me first." ”
The place where Lao Wu was standing was closest to Blacksmith Xu, and when he heard what he said implied a taste of provocation, he was quite surprised, and mocked: "Yo! Is Lao Tzu drunk and confused? You're a little ironworker, and you also pretend to be an ant and trip an elephant to show your legs? ”
Seeing that Blacksmith Xu was holding an axe in front of him, his tone and expression changed a lot, and he felt that something was not quite right, so he asked inexplicably: "Blacksmith Xu, are you going to argue with Renfu?" ”
Blacksmith Xu swung the axe in his hand sideways and said with a smile: "Yes, I was about to call the board!" If the road is uneven, someone will step on it, and someone will take care of it! The people in your Ren Mansion are rampant, Xu Ye and I have long been displeasing to the eye. Today's thing is that you are too arrogant, that young man is so badly injured, and you still torture him, it is simply inhumane! ”
Seeing that Blacksmith Xu called himself Xu Ye for the first time, and spoke very angrily, he couldn't help but be impressed, and gave the fifth child a look, signaling that he should be more vigilant against this person, and asked softly or hard:
"Master Xu? Forget it, I'll still call you Blacksmith Xu. I can't get used to the style of our Ren Fu, you can also show a little ability, or, say your name on the rivers and lakes, and let our brothers and sons see it! ”
"You two juniors, it's no wonder you don't know this axe! Xu Ye became famous early in the rivers and lakes, and this axe has a well-known name, called Iron Axe Sanxiao. ”
"Poof, the name of Iron Axe Sanxiao is loud enough, but it's a pity that wow, our brothers don't buy it, I really haven't heard of it, so I can't scare us. Just talk about not practicing mouth tricks, old guy, why don't you first compare a move and play a majestic one? ”
The third child of Ren Mansion disagreed, the young man never took the old guy in his eyes, even if the old thing had high martial arts, he couldn't disobey the old man, and said with a playful tone.
Blacksmith Xu listened to the third man of Renfu call himself an old guy, and he was very unconvinced, feeling that he was only forty years old, and his kung fu had not been put down, and he said reluctantly: "Pay attention to your title, don't call the old guy, it is very cost-effective for you to call Xu Ye, so I will be merciful." ”
Xiaodi hid in the firewood shed, looked out through the crack in the fence door, saw that his father was unusual, felt the indescribable majesty, and rejoiced in his heart, thinking: I didn't expect my father to be so proud at the critical moment, and the title of Iron Axe Three Laughs is so cool! Could it be that this axe is Daddy's weapon?
"Okay, Xu Ye, please! It's the mule, it's the horse that comes out and slips. The third man of Ren Mansion said with his fists clenched, took out a red tassel gun on his back, and waved a spear flower in a dashing manner, flashing a little cold light.
The fifth child was drunk, he didn't want to show weakness, and with a little annoyance, he pulled his neck and shouted: "Damn! Where is the thief? Hand over my Purple Nebula Chain! Lao Tzu has no weapons in battle! ”