"Three, please come in." The short old man led Chu Haoge and the three of them into this dirty blacksmith shop, there was a small door on the right hand side opposite the main entrance, which led to the backyard, which was much cleaner than this messy shop, at least there were no ironware thrown everywhere.

Chu Haoge and the three of them followed the short old man into the blacksmith shop only a few steps away, Chu Haoge now finally knew why the short old man came out so slowly, Chu Haoge and the others were far more flexible than this short old man, and they were almost tripped by the iron on the ground several times, especially Chu Haoge, walking in front of the three, was almost cut by the sharp weapons made on the ground.

The three of them followed the short old man step by step, I have to say, maybe this short old man is very familiar with this place, so his speed is much faster than the three of them, at least he knows where there is something and where to stay.

When I came to the backyard of the blacksmith shop, the light was finally sufficient, and it was no longer like the dim horror of the house, two or three steps away from the left hand side of the yard was a stone table, which seemed to be used for eating or drinking tea in the open air, and there was not much dust on it, and it seemed that it was either wiped or used often.

The old man led them to the stone table, which was not very large, but had four square seats, and the old man invited them to sit down, very politely, as if he were entertaining distinguished guests.

After the three of them sat down, Chu Haoge also put the wine jar in his hand on the ground, and he couldn't hold it all the time, right?

The short old man shouted twice at the house on the other side of the courtyard: "Little Aoi! Aoi-chan! The voice was very harsh, and it seemed that his voice was not very good, but the voice was not small, and it was very disproportionate to his old appearance.

As soon as the short old man's words fell, a girl of twelve or thirteen years old ran out of the yard, and her hair was a little messy, probably without long combing, and there were some small sesame-like spots on her face.

When the girl came out and saw Chu Haoge and the others, she was stunned at first, and wondered why these brothers and sisters came to her house.

When the little old man saw the little girl, his eyes were full of joy, as if a friend was showing off the treasures he had treasured for many years, and said in a very proud tone: "Three, this is my granddaughter, Xiaokui. After speaking, Chu Haoge and the three of them said hello to the girl, and they knew each other, and the short old man continued to say to the little girl: "Xiaokui, you go to make some side dishes." He looked at Chu Haoge and the three of them with a smile, as if he was showing off his granddaughter's ability to cook.

"Hmm" Xiaokui nodded, glanced at the three of them, and felt inexplicably a little kind when he looked at Jiuli Qiantaro, and was about to leave, when the short old man sat on the stone bench and said, "Wait a minute, bring the bowl first, grandpa has two sips today." ”

When Xiaokui ran to the kitchen, Chu Haoge said: "Old man, we are here to ...... this time" Before the words were finished, the short old man coughed twice and said, "Let's not talk about this first, drink first, drink." As she spoke, the girl Xiaokui had already brought over four bowls, which seemed to have been freshly cleaned, and there were still traces of water.

Xiao Kui was in front of four people, one person put one, and then ran away, it should be to go to the kitchen to cook food for a few people, before leaving, he whispered next to the short old man: "Grandpa, drink less" The short old man heard her words, with a smile on his face, and his face was twisted together, and he hurriedly agreed, it seemed that he listened to Xiao Kui's words very much.

Waiting for Xiao Kui to leave the stone table, the old man got up and squatted on the ground, and lifted the altar of daughter red that Chu Haoge had just put on the ground with one hand.

"Hiss" Seeing this, the three of them couldn't help but gasp, and their faces suddenly became wonderful. It was Chu Haoge who brought this jar of wine over just now, so he naturally knew its weight, and it was difficult for him to lift this jar of wine with one hand even when he was in the prime of life, that is, thanks to Chu Haoge's training by the stars, he had such strength, if it was an ordinary person, he would definitely have to carry half of his body with two hands to barely lift it.

The short old man didn't seem to see the expressions of the three people, so he took care of himself and lifted the jar of good wine, and gave each of the three people half a bowl, and then, like a child stealing food, glanced at the direction where Xiao Kui left, and saw that there was no movement there, so he poured himself a full bowl.

The three of them all thought it was funny to see him like this, but they didn't show it, and the short old man sat down and smiled as if nothing happened, and said a few polite words to the three of them, and introduced each other.

After that, Chu Haoge and the three of them had a general understanding of this short old man, the old man said that his name was "Mei Youren" was originally a craftsman in the capital, and later left the capital due to some changes, and went to Luoyang, he was penniless and met the 'black iron hand' at that time, just like that, he taught the black iron hand to make iron, and the 'black iron hand' also respected him very much, and the two of them were better than father and son in terms of master and apprentice.

"Ugh." Old man Mei sighed, took a sip of the wine in the bowl, and praised "Ah, good wine" and continued the words just now: "Xiaokui is also his daughter......" said, he looked sad: "Originally, with his iron-striking skills, he also made a lot of money, and I was a matchmaker more than ten years ago to marry a daughter-in-law, and then there was Xiaokui." He looked at the direction where Xiao Kui was, his eyes were full of doting, and Chu Haoge and the three of them knew that this Xiao Kui was actually not Old Man Mei's own granddaughter.

"Then why did he still get a gambling disease?" This is asked by Murong Xiaoyan, she has always asked questions when she has them, never caring about the occasion and place, if she is in a private school, she is definitely a good student.

"......" As soon as Murong Xiaoyan's words came out, Old Man Mei suddenly lost his voice, and the wine bowl that he had just raised to take a sip of was slowly put down, looking a little gloomy, as if he had been scarred.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Murong Xiaoyan hurriedly apologized and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I seem to have said the wrong thing." As he spoke, he raised the wine bowl in front of him and said to Old Man Mei, "I'll punish myself with a glass." As he spoke, he didn't care whether he was holding a bowl or a cup in his hand, so he tilted his neck and poured it down.

"Huh? Wait for ......" Old man Mei couldn't help but feel a pain in his flesh when he saw that this little girl was going to dry up in one bite, and hurriedly wanted to stop it, but Murong Xiaoyan was too fast this time, and he poured it down directly, leaving behind the sound of "ah" A glass of wine rushed to his throat.

Old Man Mei's face twitched, and he looked at Murong Xiaoyan's wine bowl with great distress, the folds were all wrinkled together, and he got up helplessly and lifted the jar of wine with one hand, and was about to pour it for Murong Xiaoyan.

When Chu Haoge saw this, he hurriedly went up and prepared to take over the wine jar, and he couldn't always let the old man pour wine for them young people, wouldn't that be too ignorant of etiquette, but before his hand touched the wine jar, he was beaten aside by Old Man Mei's other hand, as if he was afraid that Chu Haoge would pour out a little more when he came to pour the wine.

Chu Haoge was a little embarrassed by him like this, so he had to sit down and stop helping, Old Man Mei only poured half a bowl of Murong Xiaoyan this time, and said, "Is this a good wine...... You should drink it slowly and taste it slowly. ”

After pouring the wine, Old Man Mei sat down again, and at this time, the little girl Xiaokui had already come up with two plates of side dishes, put them on the table, and left without interjecting.

Most of the dishes made by Xiaokui are greens, there is little meat, and the meat seems to be decorated on the whole plate, but when you smell the fragrance of the vegetables, you feel that the taste must not be bad, which makes people very appetizing.

Waiting for Xiaokui to leave, Old Man Mei said, "There are no delicious dishes at home, so let's take a look at the three generals." As he spoke, he picked up the chopsticks and motioned for the three of them to move the chopsticks.

Chu Haoge and the three of them sandwiched a piece decently, the dishes were very delicious, Murong Xiaoyan was about to show his appearance, and Chu Haoge next to him dragged her fiercely and gave her a look, Murong Xiaoyan then remembered, now that he was in the middle of business, he hurriedly put down his chopsticks, afraid that he couldn't help but take two more bites to eat, but his eyes were still staring at the two plates of dishes.

"Hmm, where did you just go?" Old man Mei seemed to be talking to himself, and as if he was asking himself again, he thought about it for a while and said, "Yes, gambling disease." ”

Speaking of this, even if Old Man Mei had good wine, it was difficult for him to show his face, so he sighed helplessly and said: "Alas, it's really a trick, just a year ago, Xiaokui's mother went to her grandmother's village outside the city to run for relatives, and she never came back. With that, he wiped his eyes twice with his hand, and his hands became a little wet.

"Later, when a merchant went out of the city, he retrieved her body, which was bitten to death by wild beasts."

"Since then, my unsuccessful apprentice has consciously lost the meaning of life, at first looking for death and life, and no longer helping people to strike iron, and then he was introduced by a market gangster, he went to the casino, where he found a sense of excitement, and it was out of control, and all his belongings were ruined by him."

After listening to Old Man Mei, Chu Haoge and the three of them felt that there was a big stone in their hearts, and an indescribable sense of sadness came to their hearts, it stands to reason that this matter has nothing to do with the three of them, and there should be such a big reaction, perhaps it is because of this kind of unswerving love that although there are not many words to express, they are moved.

The three ......of them were silent, like three sculptures, without any movement or sound.

Old man Mei looked at the depressed expressions of the three people, couldn't help but smile and shook his head, and said: "Alas, it's all in the past, usually, it's uncomfortable to hold it in my heart, and I can find someone to nag a few words, and my heart is a lot more relaxed." After speaking, Old Man Mei raised the wine bowl, took a big sip of wine, and said, "You can't drink to think about unhappy things, no matter how good the wine is, it will be in vain." ”

Chu Haoge and Old Man Mei began to chat again, during which Xiao Kui brought two more dishes, and it was not until most of the dishes were eaten that Chu Haoge mentioned his intention to Old Man Mei again: "Master Mei, I came this time to create a sword box that can block sword qi, and I also asked Master Mei to help." ”

This time, Old Man Mei didn't interrupt him, but after he finished speaking, he stared at Chu Haoge a little strangely and said, "In my opinion, your little baby hasn't mastered the Qi Condensation Method yet, at least you can't use sword qi proficiently, what do you want it to do." When he said this, Jiuli Qianyu frowned slightly, even Murong Xiaoyan, who was nervous, felt that this old man was not simple, not only did he know that there was a Qi Condensation Method, but he could also see at a glance that Chu Haoge had not practiced.

Chu Haoge saw that there was a door, and hurriedly continued: "Don't hide it from Master Mei, I really haven't practiced the Qi Condensation Method yet, but there happens to be a strange sword, in which the sword qi is too strong, and I have been injured by it all the year round. "The reason Chu Haoge thought of before he came, this is not much different from his real situation, the only difference is that this is not a sword qi but a grudge, but more strictly speaking, this kind of resentment is already close to some kind of evil sword qi.

Hearing Chu Haoge say this, Old Man Mei took a sip of wine, waved his hand and said, "Hey? Don't frame me, old man. He looked a little embarrassed, and said: "The way of condensing qi, if you don't condense it, you can't ignore it, the sword is a dead thing, how can it have its own sword qi?" ”

The three of them were a little unclear by what he said so profoundly, but they felt that what this short old man said made some sense, it seemed that this old man was also a hermit, Chu Haoge hurriedly said: "How can I go so far to frame the old man, I just brought that sword over." ”

As soon as Chu Haoge said this, the short old man also said: "I don't believe the old man, let the old man see and understand." After he finished speaking, the old thin body twisted twice, and he also saw the things that Chu Haoge was carrying on his back, but they were all wrapped in cloth, and he didn't care so much at first.

After Chu Haoge entered the city, he wrapped his starlight giant sword with a cloth belt, otherwise walking around the street with such a big sword on his back would cause a riot, but Chu Haoge got down the starlight giant sword wrapped in cloth like a dumpling behind him, put it on the ground, and then untied the cloth strip, and pulled it down layer by layer.

Chu Haoge was hurriedly removing the 'bandage' there, while Old Man Mei was there carefully tasting the daughter red in the wine bowl, looking very comfortable, until half an hour later, Chu Haoge took off all the strips of cloth on it, and Chu Haoge took it to Old Man Mei.

"Gah!" Old man Mei didn't pay much attention to Chu Haoge's "pulling zongzi", and then Chu Haoge took it to him, and he reacted, his eyes stared straight at the starry giant sword in Chu Hao's singer, and he took a sharp breath of cold air, as if he had seen something terrifying.

"Smack." The wine bowl in Old Man Mei's hand fell to the ground all of a sudden, and the wine spilled out with a "snap", Old Man Mei was stunned in place, his voice was a little hoarse and trembling: "This ......"

Old man Mei said, looking at Chu Haoge with a strange expression, as if he was looking at his face, staring at him carefully, looking up and down, and then as if he was looking at him, he said, "Your sword...... Where did it come from. As he spoke, the whole person bounced up from the stone bench, and grabbed Chu Haoge's shoulders with both hands very strongly, this speed was too fast, Chu Haoge didn't even react at all, and the strength was very strong, and Chu Haoge hurt when he pinched it.