Chapter 26, Crafting the Sword Case
"Ah" Chu Haoge screamed in pain when he pinched him, and Murong Xiaoyan next to him stood up with a "Teng", staring at Old Man Mei with unkind eyes, and entered a state of alert with all his heart, and went over to fight Old Man Mei if the situation was wrong.
Although Jiuli Qiantaro was not as big as Murong Xiaoyan's reaction, she was also staring at Old Man Mei with solemn eyes, if Old Man Mei had any actions that were unfavorable to Chu Haoge, she would also step forward to help.
As a result, the atmosphere in the entire courtyard became eerie, as if there was a confrontation.
"Grandpa, grandpa." At this time, Xiao Kui, who was in the house, probably heard the sound of the bowl breaking, and ran out in a panic, looking very concerned about this old man Mei, her voice was very immature: "Grandpa, why are you ......" I thought that my grandfather was bullied by three outsiders, and Xiao Kui, who was about to fight hard when he ran out, saw his grandfather grabbing Chu Haoge, Chu Haoge looked in pain, and Xiao Kui's words were halfway through and never said it again.
"Ahem." Seeing that the situation was wrong, Old Man Mei seemed to have just reacted from the shock, realized the gaffe just now, and hurriedly let go of Chu Haoge, and said apologetically to Chu Haoge and the others: "I'm sorry, it's the first time the old man has seen such a treasure, and he is a little out of shape, forgive me." Then he smiled affectionately at Xiao Kui, who ran out in a hurry, and said, "Grandpa is fine, Xiao Kui is obedient, go back to the house." Although his words were soft and full of love for Xiao Kui, there was noncommittal in his tone, which made people feel the urge to listen to him.
Xiao Kui stepped forward to clean up the broken wine bowl, her movements were very quick, and she seemed to be doing housework a lot.
Until Xiao Kui returned to the house, the three of ......them looked at Old Man Mei, their eyes were mixed with a little puzzlement, the reaction of this Old Man Mei just now was definitely not the reaction of a so-called craftsman when he saw the magic weapon, it was simply too radical, not to mention that he just asked "Where did this come from" obviously has a lot to do with this sword.
Old man Mei smiled, he had already recovered his indifference, and his appearance was not as good as just now, he just took the star and stroked it twice, and then slashed it twice, nodded and praised: "Well, this sword is good, and there is really sword qi wandering in it." With that, he handed Xing Meng to Chu Haoge and asked, "Where did you buy this sword?" ”
At this time, the more calm the old man Mei was, the more the three of them felt that something was wrong with him, because the contrast was too great from just now, but after all, Chu Haoge and the others asked for help from this old man, and it was not easy to ask, which would make everyone embarrassed, plus this old man was moody and had a perverse personality, if it was not good, I was afraid that the three of them would be thrown out again.
Old man Mei asked him where he bought this sword, obviously asking about the origin of this sword, and it was followed by what he didn't answer just now, how could Chu Haoge not see it, but he consciously told this old man that it was okay, after all, it was not an unsightly way, so he smiled at Old Man Mei and said: "This sword is called Xingmang, and it was left to me by my father." ”
"Your surname is Chu? Ga ......" This sentence was blurted out by Old Man Mei, and he regretted it as soon as he asked half a sentence, and the old man took a hard breath, and Chu Haoge was also stunned when he asked like this.
"How do you know my surname is Chu?" Chu Haoge looked at Old Man Mei with some doubts, a hint of surprise flashed in Chu Haoge's eyes, he took a step forward and asked Old Man Mei, "Do you know my father?" "Do you know where my father is now?"
This series of questions, Old Man Mei asked a little big, he may want to slap his two mouths fiercely now, this mouth is too fast, and he directly said this to the bald, but he can't mess with his face, and said with a smile at Chu Haoge: "Young Master Chu, you are joking, it shouldn't be a secret that the weapon used by General Chu is called 'Xingmang'." He said with an obscure expression on his face and said, "How can I, a bad old man, know the princely general. ”
The three of them looked at Old Man Mei, and knew that this Old Man Mei must have hidden a lot of things, but this old man didn't say it, and they couldn't open his mouth and force him to say it, Chu Haoge had no choice but to dig deeper, with a disappointed expression on his face, he thought that he could get information about his father just now, but the greater the so-called hope, the greater the disappointment, Chu Haoge's heart flew into the blue sky like a cloud, and was thrown to the bottom of the valley again.
"Master Mei, can you help with the sword box?" This is what Murong Xiaoyan asked, and it is also what she is most concerned about now, compared to Chu Haoge's safety, the general Chu who has never met has much to do with it, at most it is an idea of implication, I hope he is okay.
Chu Haoge and Jiuli Qiantaro wanted to ask this sentence, but they never thought of how to speak, but they were asked by Murong Xiaoyan so simply and rudely, Chu Haoge and Jiuli Qiantaro only now feel that etiquette is sometimes a real drag, it will make you can't ask what you want to ask, and you can't say what you want to say.
"Ahem" Old man Mei coughed embarrassedly, yes, these people didn't come to show him the treasure, but to ask him to help build the sword box, he had been entangled with the three of them for so long and useless, and he had long deviated from the topic.
"Ah...... Well...... I'll take a look, take a look. Old man Mei said a little embarrassed, go to get the star in Chu Hao's singer, Chu Haoge handed it to him, and he began to look at it carefully. The careful Jiuli Qiantaro found something strange, although this old man Mei seemed to be staring at this sword, sometimes even close to it, turning over and over, but his eyes were always sloppy, more like thinking about something than seriously looking at the items, and even the brows were twisted together in the end.
This appearance lasted for a long time, and Old Man Mei handed the Starlight Giant Sword to Chu Haoge again, this time looking at Chu Haoge's eyes had a strange feeling, that feeling was difficult to describe, it was a very complicated feeling.
Chu Haoge took the starlight giant sword and asked Old Man Mei, "Master Mei, how is it ......" After Chu Haoge finished saying this, his eyes just met Old Man Mei, Old Man Mei hurriedly turned his eyes away, and looked at Murong Xiaoyan and Jiuli Qiantaro very casually, seeing Jiuli Qiantaro's blazing eyes, Old Man Mei hurriedly looked away again.
"You can fight, you can fight, I've memorized its measurements." Old man Mei said, as if nothing had happened, and sat back on the stone chair, although old man Mei broke a wine bowl just now, but the empathetic Xiao Kui took advantage of the time when a few people were talking to bring him one.
Old man Mei stretched out his hand to invite the three of them to sit down, so he reached out to take the jar of wine, and poured himself a glass so easily, when he put down the jar, he saw that the traces of the wine spilled on the ground had not dried up, he shook his head and looked like a pain in his face, and said to himself: "It's a pity, it's a pity." ”
Chu Haoge: "Don't you have to leave the starlight?" The three of them were very happy when they heard that Old Man Mei said that they could fight, but when they heard what he said, they were a little strange, this old man actually said that he had watched the kung fu for a while, and he remembered the measurement of the entire Starlight Giant Sword, and couldn't help but be surprised, how could anyone have this kind of ability that surpasses human beings?
Old man Mei took a sip of wine, looked at the surprised expressions of the three of them, straightened up his thin and old body, and said, "You take this giant sword back, I will come here to get it in three days." Then he looked at the three of them, and said pointedly, "Old man, although I am older, I am not old enough to remember things, and if you don't believe me, you can go to someone else." He was a little unhappy when he said this.
"Forehead...... The three of them were taken aback by the speed of this old man Mei's face-turning, and Chu Haoge hurriedly said: "Don't dare, of course we believe in you, Master Mei." He smiled with a smile on his face, for fear of making this old man Mei unhappy again, so he gave the three of them a pick, and the three of them were busy for most of the day.
The three of them had a polite conversation with Old Man Mei, and agreed that the blacksmith shop would pick up the completed sword box three days later, and then they were ready to say goodbye to Old Man Mei.
"Thank you Master Mei for that." Chu Haoge arched his hand to him and said, "We won't bother anymore." Seeing this, Murong Xiaoyan also said goodbye to Old Man Mei in the same way, but this rather polite behavior and language always had some inexplicable joy on Murong Xiaoyan, and Jiuli Qiantaro also bowed, so he was ready to leave.
"Wait a minute." The three people who were about to leave were stopped by Old Man Mei again, Old Man Mei pointed to the wine bowl of the three people, Chu Haoge's wine bowl was drunk by him before leaving, and Murong Xiaoyan is also a person who loves wine, so naturally it is impossible to leave at all, but Jiuli Qiantaro is different, she has hardly drunk wine, from the time she came into the yard to the time she was ready to leave, she only took a few sips decently, poured half a bowl, and now it is still half a bowl.
Facing the strange expressions of the three people, Old Man Mei said: "Don't leave the wine when you leave, this is a good wine, and it can't be wasted." Saying that, he looked at Jiuli Qiantaro, Chu Haoge saw this, and was about to step forward to relieve Jiuli Qiantaro and drink it for her, but he was stopped there by Old Man Mei and said: "The wine is as good as people's hearts, how can it be drunk instead, could it be that the girl doesn't appreciate it?" As soon as he said this, Chu Haoge didn't want to step forward.
Jiuli Qiantaro didn't speak, looking at Old Man Mei with an indifferent face, as if he was not talking about himself by this Old Man Mei, but he didn't stop on his feet, walked to the stone table as if walking, reached out and picked up the half-bowl of unfinished daughter Hong, brushed his sleeve with one hand to cover his mouth and nose, and poured the bowl of wine into his mouth with the other.
A spicy sensation hit, although there was some sweetness, but it was still covered by the strong spicy taste, she hurriedly covered her mouth with her hand, so as not to accidentally spit out the wine she had drunk, only to see her throat move a few times, it seemed that she had swallowed this bowl of wine.
"Ahem." She was choked and coughed a few times, and her cheeks turned red all of a sudden, which seemed to be redder than Murong Xiaoyan's face when she had "close contact" with Chu Haoge.
Seeing her like this, all the folds of Old Man Mei's smile were squeezed together, and he looked at Chu Hao and said, "This kid's blessing is not shallow." ”
Murong Xiaoyan saw Jiuli Qiantaro like this, and glanced at her very gratefully, this matter had nothing to do with her at all, it was just Chu Haoge's matter, she could see that Jiuli Qiantaro was almost the first time to drink.
Murong Xiaoyan took a step forward, as if she was very dissatisfied with the difficulty of this old man Mei just now, and as if she was greedy, she stared at her daughter Hong on the ground and said, "I also think that this jar of wine can't be kept." As he spoke, he stepped forward and drank up the altar of daughter red.
"Ga" This frightened Old Man Mei, how could he have thought that this Murong Xiaoyan was also a material that could drink, so he hurriedly rushed to the front of the altar daughter Hong, stretched out his hands to hug it, as if holding some treasure: "Stay, stay" As he spoke, he shouted to Chu Haoge They hurry up, and they are no longer polite, so they blasted the three of them out.
Chu Haoge couldn't help but smile secretly when he saw this, and said in his heart: "This drunkard has to be cured by a drunkard." Thinking that he wrapped the Xingmang Sword into zongzi again, he went out of the blacksmith shop with Murong Xiaoyan and Jiuli Qianyao, and experienced a 'iron array' again.
Until he got out of the blacksmith shop, Jiuli Qiantaro walked a little swaying, swaying, as if he was about to fall down at any time, and his appearance was not much better than when Old Man Mei walked, and his eyes were also a little hazy, with an intoxicating beauty.
I really didn't feel anything when I drank just now, but this should be the strength of the wine, and the whole person is staggering, without the slightest demeanor of the usual lady.
It was another pendulum, Chu Haoge hurriedly went to help her, but just as she was about to touch Jiuli Qiantaro, Murong Xiaoyan pulled her away, dragged Chu Haoge aside, Murong Xiaoyan went to help her by herself, and said to Chu Haoge: "Don't want to take advantage of others while they are not sober." As he spoke, he pulled Jiuli Qianyao's arm to his neck and said, "Don't you understand whether men and women are intimate or not?" ”
"Ahem, heh, heh" Chu Haoge laughed dryly, not to mention, although it was not as deliberate as Murong Xiaoyan said, Chu Haoge really felt that Jiuli Qiantaro looked very beautiful, it was simply a drunken beauty, and it was also a pleasant thing to help her go back, and as soon as Murong Xiaoyan was exposed, his face was a little unbearable.
"Poof." Murong Xiaoyan laughed when he saw Chu Haoge deflated, and the ghost made the god worse.
Murong Xiaoyan's smile was not amused in Chu Haoge's eyes, Chu Haoge thought that Murong Xiaoyan was laughing at him, so he said with a smile on his face: "Men and women don't kiss, what did you want to do when you were in Chang'an." This sentence was almost muttered at the end.
"......" As soon as Murong Xiaoyan heard this, he remembered the scene where he saw Chu Haoge taking a bath in Chang'an and having his first intimate contact with him in the southern suburbs, and suddenly remembered that it was not as bad as before, everything was full of drama, as if it was destined by providence, he freed up a foot and kicked Chu Haoge, Chu Haoge dodged, Murong Xiaoyan almost fell to the ground with Jiuli Qiantaro who was swinging, and Chu Haoge was so frightened that he hurriedly went to help the two of them.
Chu Haoge glanced at Murong Xiaoyan and said, "Hey, can you do it, I'll come if you can't." As he spoke, he was going to pick up the crooked Jiuli Qiantaro.
"You want to be beautiful!" Murong Xiaoyan stared at Chu Haoge angrily, her willow eyebrows were upside down, and she snorted coldly, there was anger in her voice, but Chu Haoge, who had just made a joke, shrank her neck in fright, and she didn't dare to say anything, so she laughed twice with a "hehe" and became honest.