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"Boy, in front of me, in fact, you should not be called humble!" Mai Tiezhu glanced at Li Xu again, and said with a sigh.

This sentence was a bit abrupt, not only Li Xu was a little confused, but Qian Shixiong and Meng Jincha, who came to the banquet together, were also a little confused. Tonight's banquet was not large, there were only four of them, so the scene was a little embarrassing for a while.

The beauties dancing below also felt the change in the atmosphere, the dance steps slowed down, and the sleeve flowers brought by the rotation of the body were also scattered. With a wave of his hand, the beauties stopped spinning, gave a salute, and walked backwards.

"Maybe I should praise the song and dance!" Li Xu thought to himself. But what the singing and dancing just now, he couldn't give an exact evaluation. Those who are qualified to summon the dancing girl into the account to accompany the wine are at least high-ranking officials of the fifth rank or above in the army. With a brigade like him, even women are not allowed to be brought into the barracks, let alone dancing girls.

"You fought Shixiong that day, and the arrow on his helmet was indeed ingenious!" Mai Tie Rods drank another glass of wine, and whispered as if remembering something.

"It was General Qian who let me first, otherwise, I wouldn't have had a chance to draw my bow at all!" Li Xu accompanied the old general and replied modestly.

It seems that being in the limelight is not necessarily a good thing, at least in today's situation. In recent days, the news of his martial arts competition with Qian Shixiong has been spread all over the army. Everyone said that there was a marksman in the grain army who could penetrate Yang in a hundred steps, and while admiring his archery skills, there was often a bit of regret in his tone.

"But it's not the arrows that are more ingenious, it's the knives you deal with the lance!" Mai Tiezhu drank it dry again, his face gradually turned ruddy, his eyes widened, and he asked in a low voice: "This is the second reason why I am looking for you, can Zhong Jian tell me, who taught you those few knives?" ”

Hearing this, Qian Shixiong and Meng Jincha sat up straight at the same time. Li Xu was forced to be in a hurry by Qian Shixiong's long lance that day, and no one paid attention to what tricks he used on his scimitar. At this moment, when the old general mentioned it, the two suddenly realized that those few calls were not arbitrary, but more like a set of mature swordsmanship, and it was only because of Li Xu's lack of experience in battle that he failed to exert his due power.

"It was taught by the coppersmith master of the Su Si Department when he traveled outside the Sai Chamber. He seems to have the surname Wang, but he didn't tell his juniors his name! Li Xu saw Mai Tiezhu asking about his teacher, and explained carefully according to the rhetoric emphasized by Liu Hongji and others.

"Is it surnamed Wang, he said it himself? Is there anyone else around? Where is the Susibu? Mai Tie Staff put down the wine cup abruptly and asked very eagerly.

"The Susibu is a small tribe of the Xia tribe, between the weak Luoshui and the Taimi River, and has no fixed residence. Now it is sheltered by the Turks. The master said that his surname was Wang, and that he made a living by making bronze and swords. There is a daughter and two sons. Li Xu thought about it, and in his answer, he tried to expand the scope of the Su Si Department to the entire area of activity of the Xia tribe.

"Don't worry, your master and I are not enemies. Even if it is, many years have passed, and I don't have the strength to look for him on the grassland! "The wheat iron rod seems to remember many memories of the past, and his eyes are as deep as two pools of late autumn.

"The old general knows the coppersmith master?" Li Xu asked in surprise.

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be him. Except for him, no one will run to the grassland to live in seclusion. Mai Tiezhu nodded and said, "He also beat your long knife, is his legs and feet still neat?" How much alcohol can you drink? ”

"It was the master who beat him. He is now in a very strong body, and he has no problem drinking three or five leather bags of mare's milk wine. That wine is stronger than rice wine, and it's easy to get on the hook after drinking! ”

"There are no outsiders here, can you tell us more about meeting him?" Mai Tie Staff seemed to be very interested in the matter of the coppersmith, and persistently asked.

"Actually, the juniors don't know much!" Unconsciously, the distance between Li Xu and Mai Tiezhu was shortened. After sorting out his thoughts, he roughly described his experience of learning from the coppersmith. Mai Tiezhu listened with relish, and couldn't help but ask about the details. There are many things that Li Xu didn't notice at all when he was learning martial arts, so naturally he had nothing to tell. Some things involved Li Xu's privacy, so he also answered vaguely.

"The younger generation was stupid at the time, but I didn't expect the coppersmith master to be a great sage who lived in seclusion, so I didn't even ask his name!" In the end, Li Xu concluded curtly.

"If you ask him, he won't tell you his real name. The surname is Wang, the surname is Xie, what can I do? The ambition to dominate the industry is just a dream of Nanke, and the old man is persistent! Mai Tiezhu poured himself a drink again, and his tone gradually became a little frenzy.

Qian Shixiong and Meng Jincha also accompanied them. The two of them were Mai Tiecane's henchmen, although they didn't know what the old general meant. But from the words, you can feel the deep desolation in the old man's heart.

"How long did he teach you?" After a while, McIron Staff asked again.

"About five or six months! Just practiced casually, and never taught a complete routine. Li Xu did the math and found that he couldn't remember the specific time clearly. Master Coppersmith's guidance to himself is intermittent and spontaneous. If you officially count it, you can't even say that you have learned martial arts with him.

"He created the formula that day?"

"It was the master who created the broken lance himself, but the master said that he was not sure!" Li Xu nodded and told him frankly. If it weren't for Qian Shixiong's deliberate mercy that day, he wouldn't have been able to support the third face.

"You haven't been on the battlefield, of course you can't be sure that you can use it in your hands!" Mai Tiezhu shook his head with a smile and commented.

"The lessons of the seniors are extremely good!" Li Xu bowed down to be taught. Judging from Mai Tiecane's performance today, he must have some relationship with the coppersmith master. Thinking of the legend in the army, before the demise of Nan Chen, Mai Tie Staff once served as a guard under the command of Empress Chen. Then it is not surprising that he is familiar with the two coppersmiths.

"It's not a lesson. No matter how good the tricks are, if you haven't experienced actual combat, you won't be able to grasp the essence in the end. Mai Tiezhu looked at Li Xu again, his gaze becoming more and more gentle. Do you know why your master stayed in the Susibu Division? ”

"Some say he's for a woman!" Li Xu's answer was a pun. Aunt Qing, who was usually considerate and cruel at the critical moment, appeared in front of him at the same time, "But the junior thinks that the master's stay in the Su Si Department is more likely to be for a promise!" ”

"No wonder he takes a fancy to you, you kid is indeed much smarter than he seems!" As if he appreciated this answer, he laughed and said.

Li Xu smiled lightly and took a sip of wine. The master didn't stay in the Su Si Department for the sake of the woman of the Chen family, and he was very happy to get an answer from Mai Tiezhu. In his eyes, Master Coppersmith is a hero, and he shouldn't pay so much for a woman who only has hatred in his heart.

"Your master and the two of us used to be close friends, although he was born in a rich family, I am just a thief!" Mai Tiezhu recalled for a moment, and explained briefly. "It's just that I am very rich and noble, but he has become a foreigner!"

"But the master is very happy, and the old general is also living a comfortable life!" Li Xu raised his lamp to persuade.

"Indeed, what you lack since childhood, the more you want to chase. The harder it is to get, the more you can't let it go when you get older! Dry! The rod tilted his head and turned the cup over.

"!" The two generals, Qian and Meng, happily accompanied the booze. They don't want to care about the old past behind General Mai, and they live happily with the old general, and the official promotion is real, which is enough for everyone.

The wine jar next to him was soon empty, and Mai Tiezhu clapped his hands and ordered someone to bring up a few more jars. The taste of the wine for the general is very rich, although the strength is worse than that of his uncle Zhang Baosheng's private brew, but the feeling after the mouth is more warm and soft, which is very suitable for people close to talk and drink. When the guards put down the wine jar for the third time and withdrew, Mai Tiezhu put down the cup and said, "With your skills, it is a pity to stay under the command of Tang Gong. The big war is imminent, and the grain guards have no chance to go to the battlefield at all. Even if I can share some credit later, it won't be too much ......"