Gu Ci and his brothers, who had a lot of fun in Guanhaiju, arrived home near dinner, and after eating and washing, they were sent to sleep. Because Gu Yao and Ren He will definitely be in the palace tomorrow, Mrs. Ren is still sick, and there are three girls in the Dingguo Mansion, Yuyi and a few brothers are inconvenient to come to the door, so they can only let Gu Ci pick up the big beam to send the festival gift alone!

Early the next morning, Gu Ci was a little apprehensive, this time in addition to the full guard of honor, he also brought Mother Hu and Gan Tang, Ganlu, Gan Ming, and Ah Yue.

Gu Xi quietly comforted her when she sent her out: "Good sister is not afraid, you can say goodbye after entering the door and delivering things, brother will take you to Dongshi for lunch, and go shopping by the way." ”

"Don't you have to help your mother entertain guests?"

"How important is the guest! The second brother will take twelve at home, and the third brother and I will accompany you. ”

"Okay!" Gu Ci hugged Gu Xi and kissed him, and couldn't wait to set off.

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The three sisters of the Ren family were already waiting for Gu Ci at the Hanging Flower Gate, and as soon as the soft sedan chair fell, they saw a fluffy pink and purple fat dumpling rolling out of the sedan chair, and the three of them liked it so much that they forgot to salute for the first time. When he wanted to bow down again, he was stopped by Hu's mother.

The eldest Ren Saiyuan is twelve years old, with a goose egg face, long eyebrows and sideburns, clear eyes, and a tall figure that walks like the wind. She simply squatted down and talked to Gu Ci, "Ah Luan wants to go to Xiangxuehai to see the flowers, or go to my house to drink tea?" ”

Ren Wenhui, who is two years younger, said with a smile: "It's the first time Ah Luan comes, why do you have to go to your grandmother's house to say hello first?" Big sister, don't get in the way. She is also quite tall, with a small square face, a thin nose and thin lips, and sideburns like a crow, and her gestures are already very girlish.

Ren Shushen is only one year older than Gu Ci, and she is still a cute Lori with red lips and white teeth, and she also complained: "That's it, eldest sister, you are not afraid of cold in King Kong's body, but Ah Luan wears a lot, and she must not be cold." ”

"You are ......" Ren Saiyuan turned around and was about to drink to Ren Shushen, when a maid behind her poked her in the shoulder and choked the conversation. Ahem, come, Luan, go to Grandmother's first, and play in our yard later. ”

Gu Ci said that my sister is not afraid of wearing too much cold, but she is already fat......

Mrs. Ren is very old, she was frozen before the holiday, and she is recuperating in bed. Afraid of being sick, he served tea to Gu Ci in the side hall and sent her to the alfalfa garden where the three sisters lived.

The alfalfa garden is a small second courtyard, Ren Saiyuan lives in the main room, and the two younger sisters live in the east and west wings.

Gu Ci thought that everyone's beautiful boudoir was the pink and gorgeous and delicate and elegant style of her Yin Wuju, but she didn't expect that Ren Saiyuan's house was so simple that there were only furniture and blue-colored curtain cushions, and there were no extra wall decorations and pendants, and even the screen was a simple piece of water-rippled marble.

There was even a three-foot-long Qingfeng sword and an arm-long crossbow in the Xinuan Pavilion.

The big sister of the Ren family is really a woman!

Gu Ci's eyes looked at Ren Saiyuan with admiration, and looked at the sword crossbow.

Ren Nuxia was very calm, but Ren Wenhui quipped: "Eldest sister, few people can still feel happy when they come to your house." Ah Luan also likes to dance with knives and sticks? ”

"I can't learn, soft-footed shrimp is a ......," Gu Ci, who was destined to be a soft girl, said regretfully.

Ren Shushen also regretted it, "I started to stand on the pile, and I thought that the two of us are about the same age, and there are many masters in your family, maybe we can practice swords together." ”

"You are so happy!" I'm so envious......

"It's hard work to boil up the muscles and bones, our sisters are from the family, maybe we can apply what we have learned in the future, Ah Luan is a golden branch and jade leaf, one foot and eight heels, it doesn't hurt if you don't learn." Ren Saiyuan said lightly.

"Yiduo doesn't press down...... Besides, 'what people have is not as good as what they have', and it is hard to learn anything. ”

"There is ambition in this statement." Ren Wenhui said with a smile, "At the beginning, I was able to persevere, but I was just thinking about going out shopping without bringing fifty nursing homes. ”

“…… Is that possible? My third brother's kung fu is so good, he still has to follow twenty people when he goes out. ”

Ren Wenhui disagreed, "Oh, boys only look face-saving when they go out with a lot of people, and besides, they run horses and hunt, polo and bow, and it's not fun to have fewer people." Let's go to a rouge gouache shop and bring fifty big men, like talking? ”

Ren Shushen answered, "That's it, I want to buy a sugar gourd, and when the stall vendor saw this group of people, he ran like a fire...... It's fast, and I don't want any stalls. ”

"I haven't even thought about these ......" Gu Ci realized that when she went to Guanhaiju yesterday, she didn't know where her nearly 100 guards were placed and how to solve the problem of eating.

"You're young and weak, and you can't go out and walk around often, so naturally you haven't felt it yet." Ren Shushen touched Gu Ci's hair head with some pity.

"I'll pay attention to going out in the future." Gu Ci attached great importance to this issue, then thought for a while and added, "I will also try to bring female guards." "It's too disturbing to take a group of big men to the women's market.

Ren Saiyuan's eyes lit up when he heard this, "You have a female guard?" Close-fitting maid or knife-wielding? ”

"Uh...... I don't know very well......" Gu Ci didn't notice what the female guards next to Luan's car looked like, "They were dressed like male guards, closest to my car. I don't know if I have a knife, but Ah Yue next to me carries a weapon with him. ”

"It's this maid, her skills should be very good," Ren Saiyuan glanced at Ah Yue, "Why don't we find a time to ask for advice?" ”

Ren Wenhui immediately poured cold water on her, "There will be a fight at the beginning of the New Year, eldest sister, don't involve Shifang, they can't see the lanterns, and they will be punished for standing on the pile." ”

Ren Saiyuan and Ah Yue suddenly looked at each other with pity.

"What kind of weapon does Ah Yue use?" Ren Shushen asked curiously.

"It's also a sword, it's called 'Gongfu', but it's beautiful!" Every time Gu Ci thought of 'Gongbu', she couldn't bear to look at the 'sword' given to her by Uncle Qing! The fathers are really partial daughters!

The three sisters of the Ren family said in unison: "Can you take a look!?" ”

Ah Yue glanced at Gu Ci, Gu Ci's jaw was headed, she showed the sword, Ren Saiyuan's eyes lit up when he saw it, he turned around and pulled out the Qingfeng sword on the wall, stretched out his fingers and flicked it, the sword head snorted, the blade was like autumn frost and dazzling like a clear wave, which was not inferior to Gongfu!

"Wow! Your sword is so beautiful! "Gu Ci felt that his adjectives for famous swords were really barren and pitiful, and he could only say 'beautiful' and 'good-looking'!

Ren Saiyuan said proudly, "The name of this sword is 'Buguang', which was cast by the ancestors, and is called 'Four Swords of Autumn Water' along with 'Dingguang', 'Hanguang', and 'Streamer'!" ”

“…… This, so powerful! Ling Zu is really comparable to Ou Yezi! Gu Ci began to circle around the sword with his eyes shining again, but Gan Tang had the foresight to resolutely tug on her sleeve to ensure safety.

Ren Wenhui smiled and said, "Ah Luan has a good reputation, grandfather will definitely like you more when he hears you say this." ”

Ren Shushen also asked in surprise: "Ah Luan didn't know that our ancestors were iron-struck?" ”

"Uh...... I don't know, no one told me...... "Gu Ci is a little worried, did she say the wrong thing?"

Ren Saiyuan said nonchalantly: "The Ren family was originally a blacksmith in Beiguancheng, and after the incident with Taizong, he led the Weapons Division for a period of time, and now my father is still in charge of the Arsenal Division. ”

Shinong industry and commerce, blacksmiths belong to the craftsman class, only higher than the merchants, and the status of the Gu family is much lower.

"Ji Zhongsangong also strikes iron, which does not prevent him from becoming a generation of masters. The merit of Ling Zu lies in the border pass of Sheji, which is not inferior to "Guangling San"! ”

This is just as sophisticated and technologically sophisticated as the experts in nuclear weapons! Gu Ci despised the ignorance of the ancients!

Ren Saiyuan smiled, opened a cabinet next to him, took out a few sour pear wooden boxes, and opened them one by one on the piano table, inside were different sizes of hidden arrows, hidden crossbows and hidden swords.

Now Gu Ci has turned more energetic!

But she didn't dare to reach out and touch it, Gu Ao had educated her, all the weapons with years and origins had seen blood, and they had a fierce aura, and her little tender claws could be cut even if they were close to the bowstring.

Ren Saiyuan looked at Gu Ci obediently clenching his fists a little farther away, only stretched his neck to look at the weapons that had been pulped, and looked at the weapons with a look of joy, so he intimately picked it up and showed her closely, "This sleeve crossbow is a five-shot plum blossom crossbow, and it can only be used when it is about twenty or thirty yards close; The small sword is in the shape of a 'streamer', and it can be ejected, but it is not strong enough to hurt people......"

"What a clever work!" Gu Ci was amazed.

These things were so delicately made that the smallest crossbow could fit into her sleeve. She also paid the most attention to this little crossbow.

"This arrow can only shoot one shot? Do you have to use matching arrows for different bows and crossbows? Can't shoot anything like a slingshot? ”

"Ouch, Luan, you're too faceless!" Ren Wenhui looked at the eldest sister with a smile and said, "Everything else is made by the Arsenal Division, so you just stare at the small crossbow made by your Xiao family's Gongqiao Pavilion." ”

"The Xiao family?!"

Gu Ci was surprised! Master still has a shop for such weapons?!

Ren Shushen also said curiously: "You don't know this? ”

"I don't know what's going on out there......"

"The Xiao family is stationed in Andong City near the sea, Gongqiao Pavilion was originally a carpenter and a shipbuilder, this little crossbow was originally made by their family for children, but I saw that it was special, and the firmware was very tight, so I bought it to change strings and arrows, so that it could be used as a sleeve crossbow." Ren Saiyuan explained to her in detail.

"What kind of special law?"

"I broke a few to figure it out, and you can see this little raised tenon is screwed in a spiral, not with rivets or deeds. Just screw it out and get it in, and it's not so tight. I've shown it to my grandfather, and he's been working on this these days, so I can't say that it will be of great use, and when the time comes, you'll have to give us face. Ren Saiyuan said with a smile.

"This was originally on the lid of a cup, but I didn't expect it to be able to be used like this." Gu Ci knew in his heart that replacing the pointed screws with metal could completely solve this problem, but he didn't know if the current metallurgical conditions could do it.

"What cup lid has threads?" Several people looked at her curiously.

Gu Ci thought for a while, and beckoned Ganlu to go and get the unused screw-cap water cups, since the family said that they used it well, they had a few on the carriage, and even every guard had it in their bags.

After giving the water cup to the three sisters, Gu Ci explained that it was all to supervise the master to eat and drink on time, and the housekeeper tried his best to get this thing.

"It's been a long time since I've been to Gongqiao Pavilion, and I haven't even noticed such an interesting thing!" Ren Saiyuan also liked the convenience of the water cup, and specially poured tea to test whether it really didn't leak.

Ren Shushen smacked her lips in disappointment, "It's a pity that my grandmother fell ill in September, and we can't go out for a long time." ”

Ren Wenhui was much more direct, "Ah Luan, in the future, let Gongqiao Pavilion send us a few every time something new comes out, and I'll give you that sword." ”

She was referring to a two-inch-long Hidden Blade, not a famous sword, but with a dazzling blade, small and delicate, and it was evident from the old spike of the hilt that she often played with.

Gu Ci felt that his saliva was ticking, but he still refused as if he was cutting meat, "No!" A gentleman does not take the love of others! ”

Ren Saiyuan unceremoniously poked Ren Wenhui's head, "You are going to die!" Give a little bit who doesn't know how to use this!? ”

'Little Spot' felt a slight pain in the knee from the arrow......

Ren Shushen said generously, "Then Ah Luan picked it himself." ”

Gu Ci glanced at Mother Hu, and then took the small sleeve crossbow that Ren Saiyuan modified, "That's it, I'll go back and let Master study and see if I can improve it." ”

"Okay. After the New Year, we invite you to go horseback riding on the Zhuangzi! Ren Wenhui said happily.

"Can Luan ride?" Ren Shushen asked.

“…… No. My mother said I had to be taller than the tail of the rhino to learn ......."

"Lingxi is your horse?"

"The Takma that Yaye sent is almost three years old."

"Were they born to the Tuck horses in the stables?"

"Hmmm! The coat color is golden in the sun, but it's beautiful! ”

In the chatter between Gu Ci and the two sisters of the Ren family, Ren Saiyuan quietly went back to the house and changed into a set of men's clothes, and coughed: "It's not too early, I'll send Ah Luan out." Just now, someone came to report that Gu Jia Saburo and Qilang had come to pick it up. That's right, second sister and third sister, don't forget to talk to your grandmother. ”

Then Ren Saiyuan faced the complaining gaze of his two younger sisters, and Shi Shiran led Gu Ci, who was fascinated by her men's clothes, to go out.

Gu Chong and Gu Xi, who were outside the corner gate of the Dingguo Mansion, were stunned when they saw a man in a fancy costume riding on a horse and coming out with his sister's car.

Ren Saiyuan waved his hand at the two of them very freely, "Down there is a distant relative of Ren Mansion, Ren Bingxin." The old lady knew that the county lord went out alone, and specially ordered me to escort me for a ride. ”

Gu Chong and Gu Yi knew her, Gu Chong lowered his voice and said, "Miss Ren, please go back, don't be so polite." ”

"Ah Luan and I told me to go to Gongqiao Pavilion, I won't have one more meal, Gu San, you won't be so stingy."

Gu Yi looked at it, left the two of them, turned his head and got into the car to accompany his sister.

"Little sister likes to play with Miss Ren?"

"Hmmm! They're all so funny. ”

"Why do you want to go to Gongqiao Pavilion? Our satin silk pavilion and bright pavilion have a lot of new goods, don't you want to take a look? ”

"But there are a lot of people who go there during the Chinese New Year, right?" Gu Ci took out a small crossbow and showed it to Gu Xi, "Besides, I also want to see where Gongqiao Pavilion makes these things, I think this is more interesting." ”

Gu Yi doesn't care, it's good that my sister is happy. He knocked on the wall of the car and motioned for the guards to leave.

Gu Ci lifted the curtain and watched Ren Saiyuan and Gu Chong riding horses and arguing, both of them were long-bodied jade with a crown of jade, which was too CP.