Tan Jin told everyone about the past that changed the fate of his life.

Tan Jin's father is a military general and likes knives, so Tan Jin also likes knives since he was a child, and he collects them everywhere when he grows up. But although he loved knives, he didn't get addicted to them or love knives like his life, until one day, he accidentally got a scimitar, and everything changed.

When Tan Jin was on a westward journey, he passed by a small forest and saw that there was a fight inside, and many men in black besieged a woman, so he sent his entourage to rescue her. The woman seemed to be wounded and gradually losing her strength. Seeing that the officers and soldiers came to help, the men in black hurriedly ran away, but the strange thing was that the woman also ran away.

This made Tan Jin a little puzzled, but who could figure out the affairs of the people in the rivers and lakes, he didn't pursue it, and wanted to leave, but found that there was a knife on the ground.

It was a very unique scimitar, the blade of which resembled a crescent moon, and the simple black leather case was darkly carved with intricate patterns. The handle is of the upper somber wood, which complements the leather of the scabbard.

Tan Jin pulled the knife out of the scabbard with force, and he felt a burst of red light dazzling, and he was startled......

One of his subordinates saw it and asked, "Is this knife rusty?" ”

In fact, when you look at it, you do feel that the knife has rusted. This scimitar has a strange shape, the crescent shape has no point, and the blade is rusty red, like rust but the surface of the blade is abnormally smooth. Tan Jin recognized at a glance that this was a treasure knife, and this knife was not cut off, but itself was forged into a half-crescent shape, and it was a guillotine knife.

The guillotine is not usually used for combat, but is a gift or commemorative decorative knife, which does not have a tip to indicate that it does not represent killing. It stands to reason that the severed sword bean will not be sharpened, but this knife is not only sharp, but also very sharp.

Tan Jin didn't know who dropped the knife, and after waiting for a while, no one would come to pick it up, so he took it away first.

is still the same sentence, the original Tan Jin, although he loves knives like his life, is not an insatiable and unprincipled person, he has been waiting for the owner of the knife to come to receive the knife, and also sent someone to wait near the forest.

But as time passed, the owner of the knife did not come, and Tan Jin himself also underwent some changes.

The original Tan Jin was gentle and elegant, but in the past few days, I don't know if Lu Dao has not rested well or is not accustomed to the water and soil, in short, he has become a little fierce, and he is not as kind as before.

Tan Jin sometimes feels that he has a problem, gradually becomes violent, greedy, and always has nightmares. In addition, as long as he sees the knife, he doesn't have any ability to resist, and always wants to take it for himself, as if the kind of love he has for has suddenly gone to the extreme, so there is that time to enter the palace and steal the knife.

Later, Tan Jin felt that there might really be something wrong, and at this time, Yang Caisheng came to steal the knife.

Tan Jin was seriously injured that time, and Yang Caisheng was indeed caught at that time, but escaped that night.

However, the matter has been reported, Tan Jin was afraid that the emperor would think that he was trying to exonerate himself and fabricate the facts.

After Tan Jin recovered from his injuries, he received a light sentence, and he returned to his ancestral house to recuperate.

However, after a few days of purification, Tan Jin unexpectedly found that his "illness" had cured. From that day on, he was not as greedy for things as knives as before, and seemed to have returned to normal, that is, from this day on, Tan Jin understood that all his problems were caused by the guillotine knife, which was a demon knife that could make people fall into the devil's path.

Tan Jin began to consult a large number of ancient books, trying to find some information about the guillotine.

During his investigation, he discovered a knife called the Blood Knife. This knife is rusty red or blood-red all over, and it is said to have demonic powers...... It is forged from hematite buried deep in the ground. After that, Tan Jin began to search everywhere, and eventually found a similar hematite in Knife and Axe Town.

In fact, how did you calm down the incident later? Tan Jin's method was simple, asking the villagers to throw back the ore deposits and the swords that had been forged, and bury them in the mud. And the master who forged the sword, in the future, put on a thick cotton jacket and a mask when forging to avoid contact with the sword, and it didn't take long for the others to heal.

Tan Jin never left here, changed his name and surname to live there, just to find the truth about this mineral deposit.

After listening to Tan Jin's narration, everyone roughly understood the truth of the matter back then, although Yang Caisheng's stubble was a little incomprehensible, but the matter of the border hematite seemed to be solved.

"I asked Lao He to bury all those iron mines, and those knives?" Ouyang asked Zhao Pu.

Zhao Pu touched his chin, "...... Didn't all the swords and ore go? But the condition did not lessen......"

"Is the hematite you are talking about, a kind of medicine mine?" Gongsun asked suddenly.

Zhao Pu and the others looked at each other, "Medicine mine? ”

"Actually, it's not that complicated, what kind of demon knife." Gongsun told everyone, "This kind of mine is actually called a medicine mine, most of them are buried deep underground, and the soil on the ground is accumulated layer by layer. It may be that many years ago, some poisonous herbs grew on a certain layer of soil, and then after they were buried underground, the herbs changed, just like boiled medicines, and the medicinal properties penetrated into the ground with rainwater, submerged the top of the ore, and over time the ore became poisonous. Many years later, in the process of stone quenching and forging, people were poisoned due to the different medicinal properties, and thus became irritable. ”

When they heard this, they all felt justified.

"This is also common, as if there is a river that flows through a village all the year round, and the villagers have grown up drinking the river water, and they have never had trouble. Suddenly, one day there was a landslide in the upper reaches of the water, and some of the poisonous plant residues buried in the ground were sprayed out and fell into the river. Gongsun said, smiling slightly, "I think what caused the ore to turn red may be an herb that creates illusions." There is something called Lotano grass, the rhizome and branches of this herb are fiery red, which can be used to dye or paint, and the water will turn red when soaked in water. Lodane grass is actually a very common herb, which has a wide range of uses, such as not sleeping well at night, it can be used to calm the nerves in small amounts, and it can also be used to relieve pain. The only bad thing is that this thing is slightly toxic, and when taken in large quantities, it will produce hallucinations, which can make people very manic and even fatal.

Ochre Shadow thought for a moment, "Lord Wang, those brothers who led people to dig for ore did say that they dug up the ground and found a lot of rotten bushes, which were black in color. ”

"Any flower or plant buried in the ground for a long time will be like this." Gongsun took out a piece of paper to prescribe medicine as he spoke, "There are classifications of medicines in the world, and the same type of illness and the same type of discomfort can usually be treated with the same type of antidote. The method of curing the phantom herb is very simple, it is the same prescription as the sobering medicine, and the dosage is larger. ”

"Is this all right?" Zhao Pu didn't seem to believe it.

Gongsun opened two prescriptions, and asked Zhao Pu to cook a large number of sobering pills in the barracks, and no soldier came to a bowl, and then boiled vinegar in the barracks and smoked it everywhere, it was too sick, so he put it directly into the vinegar port and boiled it, and it would be good to sweat all over. Gongsun also mentioned that when Tan Jin and those forging masters were able to successfully escape from danger, it was directly related to wearing a padded jacket and sweating through.

"Oh......" everyone in the room nodded in realization, "I see." ”

The little fourth son also nodded, nodding, daddy is capable.

Pang Ji saw that Bao Zheng's two white eyes were almost green, so he smiled and asked him, "Old Bao, talent!" ”

"Uh-huh!" Bao Zheng nodded vigorously, "It's a genius!" ”

After that, Zhao Pu hurriedly sent people back to the barracks to prepare hangover medicine and vinegar.

Bao Zheng and Pang Ji continued to study the case.

Everyone was busy, but Bai Yutang didn't know how to do it, Yang Caisheng's body still had no clues, and now it was found out that the human head was fake, and the woman who didn't know whether Lu Dao was a good person or a spy was also dead, and the more he investigated, the more confused things became.

Sitting in the courtyard of the yamen, Bai Yutang held the teacup and shook his head slightly, and heard a long sigh of "sigh......" beside him.

Bai Yutang turned his face and saw Zhan Zhao squatting on the chair beside him, holding his chin with both hands, sighing.

"When did you come here?" Bai Yutang was surprised, this Zhan Zhao was really like a cat, and he didn't make a sound when he walked.

"Your Yang Caisheng has no clues, and my glimmer of hope for the broken knife door case has also been shattered by Gongsun." Zhan Zhao shook his head.

"What do you mean?"

"Originally, I just needed to find a master with fast sword skills." Zhan Zhao looked at the sky, "But now that trouble is coming, everyone may be a murderer, whether they are masters or low-handed." ”

Bai Yutang didn't quite understand what Zhanzhao was saying.

Zhan Zhao shook his head and told him, "Gongsun said that the people who broke the knife gate were collectively poisoned, and then they were beheaded, and many of them were already dead when they were cut off, and some people deliberately created the illusion that the master destroyed the door. ”

Bai Yutang frowned.

"Speaking of which, the husband who beat the guard said that he saw a white shadow coming out of the mansion in the dark light that day, and they all suspected that the murderer was you, could it be that some enemy of yours framed him?"

Bai Yutang thought for a moment, "I can't think of it." ”

"Hmm......" Zhanzhao continued to hold his chin and think about the case.

Bai Yutang looked at the sky, and it was almost dawn all night, so he got up, "I'll go back." ”

"Isn't it dawn when you go back to the inn so late? Stay in the guest room, anyway, so many rooms are empty. ”

Bai Yutang thought about it and thought it was okay, so he went to the guest room to stay.

couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, Bai Yutang lay on the bed with his back face, took out Yang Caisheng's crooked handwritten letter and looked at it, if the legends about Yang Caisheng back then were all lies, then why didn't he come out to clarify? Is he dead or not dead now? Is such a sincere letter a forgery?

was lying down, and when he heard three "tuk tuk", someone knocked on the door.

Bai Yutang was puzzled, what kind of person was the third watch in the middle of the night, "Who?" ”

"You're not asleep, are you?" Zhanzhao's voice came from outside the door, "I found a barn empty in the back, Zhao Pu and they went to barbecue and drink, I can't sleep and I'm going to go, can you go?" ”

Bai Yutang thought about it, turned over and got up to open the door.

I saw that under the moonlight, Zhanzhao was holding a wine jar and looking at himself with a smile.

Bai Yutang felt that he was no longer sleepy, and he didn't want to think about Yang Caisheng's worries, nodded to Zhanzhao, and went out to the barn behind the yamen.

It seems that many people can't sleep today, and almost everyone is there at night, even Master Pang and Master Bao are drinking on the side, Tan Jin is also there, and the three of them seem to be catching up.

Zhao Pu sat on the top of the haystack, lying on his lap with his little fourth son who was laughing with him, and Gongsun and Ouyang were chatting and drinking below, I don't know what Lu Dao was talking about, the Ziying and ochre shadows were building a bonfire to barbecue meat.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang went over and found two wooden stakes for chopping wood and sat down.

Gongsun was in front of them, so he turned around and asked Bai Yutang, "Have you found any clues about Yang Caisheng?" ”

Bai Yutang shook his head, "I don't even know if he is alive or dead now. ”

"If Yang Caisheng keeps the guillotine knife, there may be trouble." Gongsun said seriously, "The person who forged this knife seems to have ill intentions, and he intended to forge a demon knife that would cause people to lose their minds, but not to the point of immediate wind demons or death. ”

"What might have become of Yang Caisheng if he was still alive and kept that knife?" Bai Yutang asked Gongsun.

"It's hard to say, maybe the wind demon is dead, maybe it's dead, maybe it's ......"

Zhan Zhao also raised his head to look at him, "Maybe what?" ”

"Maybe it's someone else with a completely different personality." As he spoke, Gongsun took out a sketch from his sleeve and showed it to Bai Yutang, "This is the weapon graphic that I re-speculated based on the wound, because unlike standing and chopping, chopping a lying person is just the opposite of the previous inference, and the weapon should be thick and short." ”

"Thick and short?" Zhanzhao wondered, "Axe?" ”

Bai Yutang opened the drawing paper, Zhan Zhao took a closer look, and both of them were subconsciously stunned - it turned out that Gongsun had drawn a scimitar, and the tip of the knife was broken.

"Guillotine!"

At this time, Tan Jin, who came to deliver barbecue to Zhanzhao and them, recognized the pattern at a glance, and exclaimed in a low voice, "The shape is exactly the same." ”

Zhan Zhao pointed to the undulating lines at the bottom of the blade and asked Gongsun, "Can this be determined?" ”

"It can be clearly seen from the knife wound!" Gongsun took the skewers of barbecue, and when he saw that the little fourth son had run back, he grabbed him and fed him, and continued, "And it's very strange, this knife should be fast, but the person who used the knife seems to have trembling hands, and the wound is uneven, so it will leave obvious knife marks." ”

Bai Yutang took out the letter and unfolded it and handed it to Gongsun.

Gongsun stared at the letter and frowned, "It's not like it's caused by weak hands, it's more like hand shaking caused by difficulty controlling emotions." ”

"How can you tell?" Bao Zheng also seemed to be interested and walked over.

"Weak people are not strong enough to write, and the pen will move slower and slower, but excited people will write faster and faster, so the strokes will feel thicker and thicker, and even big ink spots will appear in some places."

Bai Yutang looked at the letter, then looked at the picture drawn by Gongsun, and asked, "Could it be, the murderer of the broken knife door is Yang Caisheng?" ”

"This person has been in hiding for so many years, and if it weren't for this case, no one would have found out at all!" Pang Ji couldn't figure it out, "Why is this person doing so much?" ”

"Let's break it down." Zhan Zhao seemed to have a different opinion, "Assuming that the real murderer is really Yang Caisheng, then his daughter-in-law sent this letter to Tianzun, is it certain that Tianzun will send you over?" ”

Bai Yutang thought for a moment, "It should be." ”

"Furthermore, pretending to destroy the full door of the Broken Knife Gate will create the illusion that Bai Yutang is suspicious, and it will inevitably attract them to the sword, is it also certain?"

Everyone nodded.

"In other words, the other party wants to lure you to Tan Jin, and the people of the Sword Alliance are to be your enemy." Zhan Zhao asked curiously, "Do you know the reason for the Dao?" ”

Bai Yutang thought about it and shook his head, feeling dazed.

"But there were two accidents during this time." Zhan Zhao stretched out two fingers and gestured to the shape of a tree branch, "One, the other party must not know that the Emperor of the Dao Dao will suddenly draw the unsolved case of Sword and Axe Town, and send Lord Bao to patrol here." ”

Everyone nodded.

"Besides, the other party shouldn't know that Zhao Pu would come here."

Zhao Pu touched his chin, "Except for Lao He and a few of his cronies, no one in the barracks knows that I came here." ”

"So that's a variable!" Zhan Zhao said, "After we and Zhao Pu came, was there anything that shouldn't have happened?" ”

Everyone frowned slightly, and said in unison, "That sneak attack!" ”

"I'll just say that these people are so bad at kung fu and still come to sneak attack, it seems that they are not prepared to send them to death." Ouyang frowned and pondered, "The relationship happened to catch up, so I made a temporary decision." ”

"That's what I thought, too." Zhan Zhao nodded.

"You're pretty smart." Bai Yutang obviously comprehended a trace of Zhanzhao, "The people who brought me and the short knives here have obviously been preparing for a long time, but such serious preparations have been disrupted by the temporary intention, indicating that the matter of the temporary intention is more important to the other party, that is to say, killing Zhao Pu is their big deal...... If Yang Caisheng is the murderer, does he have a grudge against Zhao Pu? ”

Everyone looked at Zhao Pu.

Zhao Pu held his chin and thought about it seriously, "Basically, the one who wants my life doesn't necessarily have an enmity with me, but it must be a foreign clan who has a war with my Great Song Dynasty." ”

"Yang Caisheng is not a foreigner, right?" Bai Yutang frowned.

"Isn't there a foreign woman?" Gongsun asked, "Could it be that the woman is not dead, and the one who gave your master the head is also pretending." ”

Bai Yutang listened to it and was even more puzzled, what kind of medicine was sold in this gourd.

"But there's one thing I don't understand." Zhan Zhao asked everyone, "The other party led you to Tan Jin, why did you secretly assassinate Tan Jin when he found him?" ”

……

After Zhan Zhao asked, everyone was silent, it really didn't make sense.

Just when everyone was confused, they heard someone suddenly answer, "I know the way!" ”

Everyone brushed their faces and looked at it, and raised their hands to say "Zhilu Dao" - the little fourth son.