Chapter 24: The Blacksmith in the Thatched House

In the early morning, the autumn fog is like smoke. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The white and humid dense fog shrouds the sky and the earth, for the people of the city, the fog and the smoke are difficult to distinguish, in this remote mountain village alone, the fog is the fog, with the coolness of autumn, with the sweetness of falling from the sky, falling on those yellowed dead grass or dead wood, there will still be a sigh of "dew like a pearl"!

Dense fog, rickety figures.

Walking slowly in the thick fog, step by step, walking extremely seriously, dragging a snakeskin bag behind the rickety figure, making a rustling sound.

The figure walked towards the mountain village in the fog.

Before he entered the village, he heard the cries of the cattle, the crisp cries of the sheep, the heavy roar of the oxen, and of course, the sound of "ho ho".

It was the sound of striking iron.

As he got closer, he heard the sound of red-hot iron being put into the cold water, and the bellows moving.

The autumn fog was thick, and the iron man looked up at the old man who walked over, and continued to beat the piece of iron in his hand.

In late autumn, the morning fog was very thick and the morning breeze was very cold, but the man who struck iron still opened his mind and showed a brute muscle.

"Good means, but unfortunately not good iron."

The old man who was scavenging found a section of the earthen wall and sat down. The earthen wall had collapsed because it had not been repaired for a long time, or for some reason, and only half-man-high adobe stood alone.

The old man did not care about the damp dirt on it, and sat down casually.

The man who struck the iron still waved the hammer in his hand and struck the piece of iron in his hand.

The sound of "boom" spread far through the fog.

The old man didn't speak, but looked at the man who was striking iron.

The man striking the iron waved it a few times, and put the iron into the water urn next to him with a fire clip, and there was a loud sound, and the water vapor rose and merged with the mist.

"Still failed."

The man who struck the iron threw aside the fire clip in his hand and the scrap iron, picked up the towel on the wooden shelf next to the iron stove, and wiped his sweat.

"I think it's better for you to chop wood."

The old scavenger sat on the half-earthen wall and said with a slight contempt.

The man who struck the iron didn't feel sarcastic, and said with a smile: "That's illegal, and now it's all charcoal, and no firewood is needed." ”

"But the axe for chopping wood is still there, isn't it?"

The old man said, his eyes looked at the door of the thatched house, where there was an axe, it looked like it had been a long time, but because of the reason that it was often inspected, it was a little quaint in the old, and it could even feel that the edge was still the same.

The man who struck the iron smiled: "It's just easy to use, I threw it too quickly in the previous life, and it's still good to hold it tightly in this life, after all, it's good to have things or people, it's still good to be old." ”

"Haha..."

Laughter came from the fog, and the old man who was scavenging laughed a few times.

The man striking iron sat down on a stool next to him, picked up the old white porcelain jar on the table, and drank water.

"Isn't it funny, not everyone is lucky to have it again after losing, and I consider myself lucky that when I wake up, it is there for me."

"In other words, when you finally escaped, you were actually looking for this axe that you had abandoned for many years."

The old man's eyes were squinted, and he couldn't see the emotion, but the fog was flowing around him, and ordinary people couldn't see it, but the man who struck the iron could feel it.

"Are you scared?"

After the blacksmith's words, the old man's eyes opened again, as if it was just a process of closing and opening his eyes.

"That year, what did you see by the stream in the mountains of Shezhou?"

The man who struck the iron laughed self-deprecatingly and said, "I saw myself wearing a flat crown and a dragon robe, do you believe it?" ”

The old man pondered for a moment, very solemnly, and even said a little seriously: "Believe it, and don't believe it." "Water Margin" I'm sure you've also read it, so in general, the things described in this book are very detailed, and even many things are right, so the question is, how did the person who wrote the book know such a detailed story? Did the person who wrote the book expect that we would wake up again after a thousand years, did they deliberately change something in the book, or did they deliberately hide something we don't know, after all, the real masters of lying are all nine true and one false, but that one false will kill people. ”

Wu Liangfeng is no longer present, if he is present, he will definitely applaud Cai Jing, worthy of being a demon wisdom star, and he guessed the story he heard from the two old men in a few simple sentences.

"The words in the book are what I told the outside world during the rebellion. When I cleaned my hands by the stream in the mountains of Shezhou, I did see things that were inhuman, but not as I said they were. ”

Cai Jing was slightly stunned, which showed that someone was next to him at that time, and said, "What kind of look?" ”

"Why don't you come and see for yourself."

The man striking iron got up and walked to the water urn where the iron was striking and stood still.

Cai Jing hesitated, but still walked forward, walked to the water urn, glanced at it vigilantly, and was stunned.

The sun slowly rose in the early morning, and the fog was slowly dissipating, but it was still cold, and even after taking that look, Cai Jing felt that the autumn was really deep, or that he was really old, and it was a little difficult to resist the slightly cool autumn mood!

"Surprised, I used to think that the horns on my head, the crown on the crown, and the bead curtain added together were the appearance of the emperor, but it turned out that it was not, so what is it?"

"Didn't you see your empty eyes, didn't you see that you were wearing a black dragon embroidered with crimson? Don't you see that what you are holding in your hand is a tomahawk? ”

The man striking iron was stunned.

He didn't see what Cai Jing said, and he and Cai Jing saw different scenes, but the problem is that they saw the same scene!

So he walked to the tank again, looked carefully, and saw not any of them, only what he had seen before.

The same painting, but I see two appearances, so which one is real?

The man who struck the iron shook his head.

Cai Jing pondered, and sat back down on the small earthen wall from before.

"There must be something hidden in "Water Margin" that I don't know."

The man who struck the iron smiled: "Even if this book deceives the whole world, and even deceives us, what can we do, the relationship between the people of Liangshan, me, and the other two people, can it be improved, how many mortal enemies there are, this life is destined to end again." ”

"The biggest winner of this book is the people of Liangshan, isn't it?"

The man who strikes iron does not speak.

"They make enemies and kill the most."

The man striking the iron was still silent, picking up the dilapidated porcelain jar in his hand to drink, and the sound was very loud.

"You have killed the most of them."

The man who struck iron put down the porcelain jar in his hand and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, we should hate you even more, if it weren't for your control of the government, pleasing the faint king, and wantonly looting the wealth of my Jiangnan, many of our families would be ruined, and life would be worse than death." ”

Cai Jing laughed and said, "You're wrong!" Fang La! ”

"It's an unlucky name."

Cai Jing didn't care about his left and right words, and said with a smile: "If it weren't for us, you would be the emperor, and you would be able to gather so many heroes from the rivers and lakes!" ”

"But I won't be killed by you."

"Hehe, when you clean your hands, you only see horns on your head and a crown on your crown, so you dare to say that you are wearing a crown of heaven and a dragon robe, you have no ambition? Who believes! For people like you, even if there is a 200% risk, if there is a chance to reach the sky, you will do it. ”

Fang Lahaha laughed, his voice was loud, and it seemed that with his loud laughter, the autumn fog in front of him was blown away a lot.

"Since that's the case, let's tell me what you came for?"

"Work with me to kill the people of Liangshan together."

Fang La laughed and said: "Killing the people and horses of Liangshan, our family is enough, why do you need you, I also heard, last night, you besieged and killed them in Xixian, as if there were only six people on the other side, among which Zhu Wu is not able to use force, and there is also a mortal, a pure mortal in the flesh, but none of you have been killed, this kind of strength, talking about cooperation is a bit poor, it sounds more like you want to drag us into the water, or say that you want to make a profit." ”

Cai Jing laughed and looked at Fang La.

Fang La also looked at him, very casually, but there was obviously an answer in his eyes, an answer that would convince him, or waiting for Cai Jing to come up with more advantageous chips.

"The people of Da Liao and the people of Liangshan are together for the time being."

Fang La frowned, it stands to reason that the people of Da Liao should not be with the people of Liangshan, the first battle of the people of Liangshan was Pingliao, and the last killing of the other party's men and horses is not to mention, and later even Kyoto fell, and the emperor of Da Liao surrendered, this is almost a pain of losing the country, how can it be together again.

"Who is the person in charge of the Great Liao?"

"I'm not sure for the time being, I tried it once last time, but this person is very cautious and has only seen it once. Now with Zhu Wu and the others, it should be the "Taiyin Star" Princess Tianshou Answer, so I guess that the one who can make Princess Tianshou do such a thing, except for the emperor of Da Liao, is the commander, and the latter is more likely. ”

"The Wuyan Army..."

Fang La pondered, if Da Liao awakened such a person, and then temporarily cooperated with the people of Liangshan, it would be really difficult for him to do it here.

"That person is not simple, the way of the art of war, familiar with the heart, if he wasn't too confident in the 'Taiyi Mixed Sky Elephant Array' back then, and lost his carelessness in the middle of the night, the people of Liangshan may not be able to do their best, not to mention that he is a human being in two lives."

Fang La smiled slightly and said, "Even so, Liangshan has external forces, not to mention that there are only two of us for the time being, why should we be afraid!" ”

Cai Jing said with a smile: "If the polemic will be brave, your men and horses are indeed not much different from Liangshan, after all, they are still inferior, but in terms of wisdom, you are too lacking, with Lou Minzhong and others, you are not Liangshan's opponent at all, not to mention the Tiangang-level Zhiduoxing Wu Yong, and the local demon level Shenji military master Zhu Wu, it is difficult for you to be with the first sect." ”

Fang La picked up the water tank, took a sip, and said with a smile: "Don't you say that I forgot, you seem to have been defeated by Zhu Wu's men last night." ”

"You're wrong, I didn't lose last night, it's true that I sent out the people, but all the planning was not me, it was my student He Yu."

Fang La smiled: "It's still your failure, it's the fault of employing people, it's also a failure, Ma Tan lost the street pavilion, Zhuge Liang is not responsible?" ”

"There were two variables last night, one is the nine-patterned dragon Shi Jin, and the other is the desperate Saburo Shixiu, if it weren't for the sudden appearance of the two of them, the people in Liangshan would only be afraid that they wouldn't be able to stay."

"Can I say it's an excuse?"

"Can you understand that a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall?"

Fang Lahaha laughed and said, "Sure enough, the older you get, the more afraid of death." ”

Cai Jing said with a smile: "Know the danger and avoid it." ”

"Even so, we don't seem to need to cooperate with you, because your manpower is too weak, as for the think tank, I believe that Wang Qing will have it, Wang Qing will not, Tian Hu will also have it, Lord Cai, your conditions are not enough to make me tempted."

Cai Jing stood up, shook his head and said, "It seems that you have died once and you still haven't learned how to be a person." ”

"Is the advisor's alarmism?"

Cai Jing sighed and said, "You should take a good look at the Water Margin, and you will know how much power I have after reading it." ”

"It looks like we're going to have a hard time coming to an agreement!"

"You want to kill Liangshan's men and horses now, it's too late."

Cai Jing was still smiling, saying his opinion.

Fang La smiled: "I don't think so. ”

Cai Jing said with a smile: "Liangshan's gang is disabled, and they are still trapped in the city, at this time, they can indeed be a profitable fisherman, but it's a pity that you chose the wrong time." ”

Fang La was stunned, obviously his actions here, this person knew it.

"Then we'll see."

Cai Jing shook his head with a smile, and Fang La frowned and looked in the direction of Xixian.

PS: Fang La appeared, encircled and suppressed Zhu Wu again, the big war is imminent, can Cai Jing reach a cooperation agreement with Fang La? In front of the thatched house, Cai Jing fights for wits, Zhu Wu and others in Xixian County are desperate, the wise man knows the wise man best, see how Cai Jing analyzes Zhu Wu, analyzes the battle situation, and what arrangement does Fang La have to make him so confident?