Yuwen Chengchao said lightly: "You see it? ”

"This is no ordinary knife." Fat Fish took the big knife: "It will not take more than three years to forge it." He looked at Zhang Shubao and asked in a cold voice, "Where did your weapons come from?" ”

Zhang Shubao was stunned for a moment, but still replied: "It's all ..... It's all made by Ding Zixiu, and I don't know the specific way of coming. ”

"You're really useless." Yuwen Chengchao sighed: "The left one doesn't know, the right one doesn't know, you just said that if it's useless, then turn your face and don't recognize people, the second master, should I turn my face with you now?" ”

Zhang Shubao's face changed immediately, and he said hurriedly: "Eldest prince, these weapons are indeed repaired by Ding Zi, and there are still a lot of them in the knife store, villain..... The villain can take you to see it. ”

Yuwen Chengchao and Fat Yu glanced at each other and asked, "Where is the knife storehouse?" ”

"It's in the cave in the back." Zhang Shubao said: "The villain is ..... now I'll take you there now. ”

Yuwen Cheng glanced at Qin Xiao, Qin Xiao understood what he meant, put away the blade, and pulled up Zhang Shubao, Zhang Shubao raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat on his face, walked to the back, pushed the door out, several people followed, walked forward for a while, turned into a mountain path, walked for a while, and a cave appeared in front of him, the gate was locked, and the fat fish stepped forward to cut the door lock and kicked the gate open.

Qin Xiao raised his foot and kicked Zhang Shubao's buttocks, and said, "You go in first!" ”

It was pitch black inside, and I didn't know what the situation was, so it would not be wrong to let Zhang Shubao go in first to explore the way.

Fat Yu saw that there was a torch on the edge of the cave, but he didn't light the fire, took the fire fold, led the torch, held it in his hand, followed Zhang Shubao, and several other people followed the fish in.

Under the firelight, I only walked seven or eight steps forward, and I saw that it was very empty, and against the wall, there were dozens of large wooden boxes.

Yuwen Chengchao stepped forward with a knife and pried open one of the boxes, the fat fish approached with a torch, the box was covered with a layer of hay, Yuwen Chengchao lifted the hay, only to see that there were full of knives below.

Pry open several chests in a row, and in addition to the broadsword, there are many spear tips, which only need to be attached to the spear shaft, and they can be turned into spears in an instant.

Qin Xiao saw it in his eyes, and he also felt shocked.

Xiling implemented a knife hunting order many years ago, and the people were not allowed to hide the blades privately, otherwise they would be punished for the crime of treason.

Even if it is an iron tool for farming, the local government will strictly manage it, and the reason for this is that the Xiling Gate Valve is indeed worried about the circulation of local knives, if the people are in trouble, there are weapons in hand, it is likely to cause drastic changes.

The ore for forging weapons in Xiling is in the hands of the gate valve, even the blacksmith shop for forging iron tools and the ironsmith shop for selling agricultural tools are strictly registered in the government, and the control of knives is even stricter than that in the customs.

Even if they have weapons in their hands, most of them are looted farm tools and iron tools, axes, hoes, sickles, and even if there are some big knives and spears, they are also weapons that were secretly hidden by the people during the war, and most of them have been confiscated.

There are dozens of boxes of blades in this cave, there are nearly a thousand big knives, and there are thousands of spear tips, in terms of quantity, in Xiling, a place with extremely strict control over weapons, it is simply shocking.

Although Qin Xiao did not have weapons

I know too deeply, but I can see at a glance that these big knives are very sharp, and they can never be weapons that have been lost to the people for many years, but can only be new tools forged in recent years.

Yuwen Chengchao's face was already very dignified at this time.

"Eldest son, it seems that things are more serious than we expected." Fat Yu also frowned: "To create so many weapons, you need a lot of ore, and it is impossible to be silent, Ding Zixiu does not have the ability to forge it himself." ”

Yuwen Chengchao bowed slightly, stared at Zhang Shubao and asked, "How long have you known Ding Zixiu?" ”

"Actually, I only met a year ago." Zhang Shubao smiled bitterly: "I was just a down-and-out literati, that time I had a difficulty, I just met Ding Zixiu, he was generous, helped me out of the siege, I thought he was a bold person, and after chatting with him for a long time, I knew that he was a king of the mountains." He advised me to go up the mountain with me, eat and drink without worry, but I had no way to go at that time, so I had no choice but to follow him up the mountain. At that time, he was not on this side of Jigong Gorge, hiding on another mountain, and at that time he only had forty or fifty people in his hands, but he already had a lot of weapons in his hands. ”

"The longest of these weapons is not more than three years." Fat Fish said: "Are there any weapons sent later?" ”

"Yes." Zhang Shubao said: "Ding Zixiu secretly recruited the people, and the number of people gradually increased, he chose Jigong Gorge to settle down, and felt that it was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it was a good place." It has been less than a year since we moved here, and in the middle of it, Ding Zixiu brought in two weapons, each time there were more than ten boxes, and I privately asked his subordinates who brought weapons with him, and wanted to know where the weapons came from. ”

"Where did it come from?" Yuwen Chengchao immediately asked.

"Every time they came down after dark, they arrived at the place, and there were already boxes there." Zhang Shubao explained: "The place where the box was pulled was different twice, but it was not far from Jigong Gorge, and when the box was found, no one guarded the box. After a pause, he said: "There are so many weapons in stock on the mountain, and I have always been very strange in my heart, it is not easy to get so many weapons in Xiling, and there are only so many people on the mountain, so many weapons in stock, it seems that it is ..... It doesn't seem necessary. ”

Yuwen Chengchao groaned slightly, and then said, "Crazy, you take him out." ”

Ning Zhifeng took a knife and escorted Zhang Shubao out of the cave.

"Fat fish, what do you think?" Yuwen Chengchao thought for a moment before asking.

"The stakes are high." Fat Yu said solemnly: "The eldest prince, the yīn conspiracy behind it, I'm afraid it's much more serious than we thought." Pointing to the wooden boxes piled up in front of him, he said: "The weapons here are enough to pull up a team of thousands of people, and they can provide Ding Zixiu with so many weapons, at least the people behind the scenes feel that they can control Ding Zixiu, otherwise they would not be so generous." ”

Qin Xiao said: "Eldest son, Ding Zixiu may be just the tip of the iceberg. Xiling is full of mountains, how many people are hiding in the mountains, and how many weapons are scattered and stored in Xiling, the number may be much larger than we imagined. ”

"Wang Xiao is on point." Yuwen Chengchao was solemn: "Ding Zixiu's weapons here are enough to pull up thousands of people, and there are places we don't know, once there is a riot at the same time, the consequences will ..... Disastrous! ”

Xiling Gate Valve doesn't care much about mountain bandits and horse thieves, except that these people are fighting on their own, the most important thing is

They have no source of weapons, and they don't have silver two supports, but they are just some small fish and shrimp, and one day the gate valve can pinch them to death at any time on a whim.

But Yuwen Chengchao now finds that things are not so simple.

Being able to provide so many refined weapons also proves that the people behind the scenes are strong, since they can support weapons, of course, they can also provide silver taels, with silver taels, you can recruit people, and with weapons you can riot at any time.

Ding Zixiu has the materials on hand to recruit thousands of people, this is the secret that he found here today, so there are still places that have not been discovered, and how many unknown secrets are hidden?

"The source of these weapons must be investigated." Fat Yu said solemnly: "Eldest prince, these people have stored such a number of weapons, not just to rob the house, but must be for riots. The target of their riot can only be directed at the government, to put it more clearly, at the Yuwen family. ”

Yuwen Chengchao took out a big knife from the box, and under the firelight, the big knife flashed with cold light.

"Fat fish, this is certainly not a Vedic knife." Yuwen Chengchao said suddenly.

Fat Fish nodded: "Exactly, the forging technique of the Vedic people is completely different from ours, and I am sure that this is definitely not provided by the Vedic people, and it will never be provided by the Tusun people." After a pause, he said: "The goods in and out of Kunlun Pass will be strictly inspected, even if the Wutuo people want to send weapons in, it is impossible to do it." ”

"Yes, these weapons can't come from the west." Yuwen Chengchao frowned and said, "Could it be ..... Will it come from Kannai? ”

Fat Yu groaned slightly, and then shook his head and said: "The eldest prince, smuggling weapons, etc., conspiring against each other, transporting weapons from Jiayu Pass in large quantities, who has such courage?" And how can you pass through Jiayuguan? ”

"If you can really do it, the people behind the scenes are really hand-eyed." Yuwen Chengchao sneered: "These weapons, if they don't come from outside the Guan, they don't come from within the Guan, then where do they come from?" Could it be that on the ground of Xiling, there are still people secretly providing weapons to the bandits? ”

The fat fish's lips moved slightly, but he didn't say it after all.

Qin Xiao understands that there are not many forces that have the strength to provide so many weapons in Xiling, and I am afraid that only the three major gates of Xiling can do it.

But who would dare to do such a thing?

"Eldest son, there is one thing that is very strange." Qin Xiao thought for a while before he said softly: "I don't know if you still remember what Zhang Shubao said before?" He said that Ding Zixiu knew that he did not have the strength to fight against the Yuwen family, so he secretly accumulated strength and waited for the opportunity to make another attack. ”

"That's what he said." Yuwen Chengchao nodded.

"Earlier, I thought this was a casual remark from Ding Zixiu." Qin Xiao said softly: "But there are so many weapons in stock here, and when I think about that sentence again, it should have a deep meaning." In other words, Ding Zixiu may really be waiting for the opportunity, and he feels that the opportunity will definitely come, and there will definitely be a chance to attack the Yuwen family. Looking at Yuwen Chengchao: "Is his self-confidence related to the real culprit behind the scenes who provided these weapons?" There are indeed people behind the scenes who are plotting against the Yuwen family and even the entire Xiling Gate Valve? ”

Yuwen Chengchao was thoughtful, and the fat fish also bowed slightly, but suddenly thought of something, frowned, and said: "No, if this is the case, Ding Zixiu has made a fatal mistake." ”