The days are repeated every day, going up, retreating, going home to make up for sleep; Then go up, and then retreat...... Such a boring life, I don't know how those ministers survived.

Qian Jin began to be inexplicably irritable, but he didn't even dare to complain, if people knew that he was neglecting the government, he was afraid that someone would jump out and attack. I don't know why Emperor Gaozu set such a rule, all ministers only have three days off a year: the first day of the Lunar New Year, Chongyang, and Emperor Gaozu's birthday.

It's the end of August in the blink of an eye.

After retiring from the dynasty on this day, the emperor read all the pieces in the imperial study, and seemed to have some experience, so he was ready to go to the queen mother to show off.

Qian Jin was secretly happy in his heart. In the usual situation, there was nothing to do with him. The other servants of the Son of Heaven and some of the officials who accompanied them also breathed a sigh of relief, but there was a resentful look on their faces.

When the emperor walked away, Qian Jin Shi Shiran walked out of the door of the imperial study. Jin Duo glanced at him at the door, and Qian Jin realized that he slowed down.

Waiting for the other officials to walk away, Qian Jin hugged his fists and smiled: "Brother Jin, do you have any advice?" ”

Jin Duo was of medium stature, with dark skin, and a short, thin beard all over his face. Qian Jin was confident that his strength was not weak, but he suffered a secret loss when he fought with him on the night of his night out of Juyongguan. I saw Jin Duo smile and said, "Qian Shi said, are you free tonight?" ”

Qian Jin remembered that he wanted to borrow his Wind Thunder Knife last time, and his uncle had shown favor to him a few days ago. The left and right are all people around the emperor, and it doesn't hurt to make friends. So he thought about it and said: "I have always wanted to invite Brother Jin to drink, it is better to choose a day than to hit the sun, why don't I be the east tonight, how many of our brothers will drink?" ”

"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey." Jin Duo is a good wine person, last time Qian Jin sent a batch of wine into the palace, he found an opportunity to ask the emperor for a pot, and after drinking it, he still felt that it was not enjoyable. Since Qian Jin wants to be the east tonight, it must be with his own good wine. Thinking of this, he was about to come out.

Qian Jin saw his expression and understood in his heart that he was drinking insects, so he proposed: "How about making an appointment with Chunfeng Tower in the outer city?" By the way, I would like to let you taste the newly made sake from my house. ”

"It's just according to the money servant." Jin Duo was overjoyed, and after a while, he seemed to remember something again, only to hear him say: "I still have a small hair, I wonder if I can bring it with me tonight?" ”

"Well said. Brother Kim's friend is my friend. ”

Qian Jin and Jin Duo agreed to meet and went out of Chengtianmen. When passing through Qianmen Street, he went to Chunfeng Building to book a private room with a heavenly name, and asked the shopkeeper to prepare some good dishes. The people in the capital have a good face, if they wait, Jin Duo will feel that he is shabby to him, but he is not beautiful.

Coming out of Chunfeng Building, Qian Jin went back to the courtyard directly, told his family that he was not at home for dinner, and instructed Ding Wei to prepare 30 catties of good wine and set up two carriages in case of emergency. After being busy with these, Qian Jin went directly back to the room to make up for sleep.

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At the time of the unitary hour, the sun has set, and the streets and alleys of the capital have begun to be lively.

At this time, Qian Jin had already rushed to the private room of Chunfeng Building, waiting for Jin Duo and them to come to the door. The shopkeeper saw that he was waiting alone, so he put on a pot of tea and some freshly fried soybeans, and said some words before leaving.

Qian Jin was bored alone, so he began to think about the next rhetoric.

Jin Wuwei and Jin Yiwei both belong to the emperor's direct pro-army on the 12 guards, the division of the duty of defending the imperial city, usually the same as Jin Yiwei, responsible for the emperor's travel, honor guard and other errands. Originally, Jin Wuwei's status was the same as that of Jin Yiwei, and they were both the emperor's pro-army. Later, the royal family reused the Jinyi Guard and gave it the job of investigating officials, and for a time the Jinyi Guard's reputation rose and became an institution that changed the color of officials in the capital and all over the country.

Like the local guards, the rank of the Kingo Guard generals is hereditary. The selection of the emperor's guards first depends on their background, and almost all the ancestors of the guards have followed Emperor Gaozu to fight the world. The second is to test the school martial arts. Looking at Jin Duo's appearance, he is only sixteen or seventeen years old, but he can become a guard by the emperor's side, presumably his family background is not small, and his own martial arts are not bad.

While he was thinking about it, there were two knocks at the door. Qian Jin got up and opened the door, and four people came outside, the first of whom was Jin Duo. There was also a military attache in a green robe next to him, about twenty years old, with rough eyebrows and eyes, and a calm demeanor; Looking at the patch on his official uniform embroidered with a bear, he should be a five-grade official. The green-robed officer was followed by two colonels.

"Qian Shi said, I've been waiting for a long time." Jin Duo first clenched his fists and said, and then said to the green-robed official: "This is my hair small, the Hongmen of the Jinyi Guard. ”

Qian Jin thought in his heart: This Hong Qianhu has the same official position as himself in the army, but he is a thousand households of Jinyi Guard, and he is a thousand households of foreign guards, of course this status is different. So he smiled and saluted, and said, "Hong Qianhu, look up for a long time." With that, he stepped aside and let Jin Duo and the others enter.

When the two colonels entered the door, Qian Jin looked at one of them with a familiar face. Just as he was about to ask, the junior colonel spoke first: "Qian Shi said that in Xia Li Bin, I had the honor to meet with Zunjia a few months ago. ”

Qian Jinluo thought about it for a while, and remembered that he and Jin Taiming got lost when they went to the official department a few months ago, which was the road pointed out by this Li Bin and Li Qi envoy, so he smiled and said: "It turned out to be Li Qi Envoy, I didn't thank you last time, and I just came here today to have a glass of wine." ”

Originally, Hong Menda and Li Bin were purely at the mercy of the call. When he saw that Qian Jin and Li Bin were acquainted, a look of surprise flashed on his face, but he didn't say anything.

Qian Jin ushered the four of them to the table. Today he is the proprietor, so naturally he will sit in the first place; Jin Duo was familiar with him, so he humbly sat first on the right, and Hong Menda sat first on the left. Li Bin and another junior colonel stood respectfully behind Hong Menda.

"Li Qi, and that brother, sit down and eat." Qian Jin shouted at Li Bin and another colonel.

Li Bin was a little surprised when he heard that Qian Jin wanted to sit down and drink by himself. These low-level soldiers rarely have the opportunity to eat at the same table with their superiors; Moreover, sometimes when he accompanied Hong Menda out to eat, the host politely called him to the table, which was not taken seriously. So he glanced at Hongmenda with some fear.

Hong Menda glanced at Li Bin casually and said, "Since the Qian servant is polite, you can also sit down and have a drink." ”

The two of them then sat down in the lower part of the house.

Qian Jin saw all this in his eyes, but he didn't say anything. He got up and fetched a jug of wine and poured a full glass for Hongmenda and Jinduo. When he walked to Li Bin's side, Qian Jin patted him on the shoulder, looked at the flag envoy who came with him and said, "Li Qi envoy, don't you introduce this brother to me?"

The flag envoy next to him immediately got up and said, "Don't dare, don't dare...... Qian Shi said that the small name is Mu Qing. ”

Qian Jin smiled and motioned for him to sit down, and poured wine for the two of them. After returning to the main seat, Qian Jin raised his glass and saluted: "Brother Jin, Hong Qianhu, and two flag envoys, I have not been in Beijing for a long time, please take care of one or two in the future." ”

Everyone said a few polite words, and then they craned their necks and drank all the wine in the cup.

Jin Duo had drunk this kind of wine before, so he had been mentally prepared. Hong Menda, Li Bin, and Mu Qing felt that this wine was different from what they usually drank, although the entrance was soft, but after the wine entered the throat, it felt like a line of fire went straight into the stomach. After smacking for a while, everyone praised: "Good wine." ”

"I told Brother Hong a long time ago that the wine of the Qian waiter is not ordinary." Jin Duo laughed from the side.

"That's true. It's stronger than a burnt knife, but it feels soft in the mouth. What kind of wine is this? Hong Menda praised again and again.

Qian Jin casually used "Liu Lang wine" to deal with the past, filled everyone's wine glasses again, and after a while, he had already drunk three rounds. At this time, Jin Duo relieved his cravings a little, looked at Qian Jin with a blank eye, and said, "Brother, did you bring the knife?" ”

"How dare you forget what Brother Jin remembers." After that, Qian Jin took off the wind and thunder knife from his waist and rested it on the table, raising his hand to signal that everyone could watch at will.

Jin Duo couldn't hold back the knife with the sheath in his hand, and slowly pulled out the blade, and a snow-bright sword light flashed on the roof.

"Good knives."

"Good knives."

Jin and Hong both praised at the same time, their eyes seemed to be glued to the knife. After Jin Duo played with it for a while, Hong Menda couldn't wait to go over, and stroked the knife with his sleeve from time to time.

After the tea, Qian Jin saw that the eagerness in the eyes of the two of them was even worse, so he coughed and reminded: "The knife is naturally a good knife, and Your Majesty has praised it so." "Since he dared to take out the treasure knife today, he naturally understood the truth of his guilt. Now that he has brought the emperor out, if someone with a heart wants to take the sword, he must first ask the emperor if he is willing.

"Forgive this thousand households, this knife is slender, not like what I made by Chen Guo. Could it be that the knife can't be done? Hong Menda asked puzzled. Others also looked at Qian Jin and waited for clarification.

"Could it be that Hong Qianhu thinks that only the Japanese can make such a treasure sword?" Qian Jin said with a smile: "Don't hide it from you, this knife is made by my Chen Guo blacksmith." It's just that when I built it, I made some improvements based on the shape of the seedlings. ”

Everyone showed the same expressions, and their eyes were still looking at the wind and thunder knife.

"They don't have to be so rare. When I return to Guanhai City, I'll send a few more to you. Qian Jin said when he saw this. He was naturally reluctant to give away the Wind Thunder Knife, but with Chen Guo's craftsmanship, it was not difficult to create a war knife with similar performance as the Wind Thunder Knife. For example, the cutter made by this steel-filled method (1) can also sharpen iron like clay.

When everyone got his promise, they couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Note: (1) Steel filling method: wrought iron strips are rolled into a ball, poured with pig iron water in the middle, and then repeatedly forged.