As it turned out, Yan Xu's worries were completely redundant.

In the twilight, when Yue Qianqiu took the son of the eldest princess of Dongyang to re-set foot in the hot smelter, the old smelter ...... To be precise, it should be a strict smelting supervisor, and he is still in the smelting field at this moment.

In this official smelting field, where people come and go during the day, there are about four-fifths of the people who are missing at this moment, but the old man with gray hair and beard walks leisurely like a lion king inspecting the territory. Walking in this environment full of peculiar smells and dust, he showed a bit of the majesty of a warrior.

Seeing that Yan Xu actually came with Yue Qianqiu, he raised his eyebrows disapprerovingly, and then asked lightly: "Why, before the money was sent, the person who asked the teacher for the crime came?" ”

"Where is Xingshi asking for guilt, didn't I just know my uncle's whereabouts from Qianqiu, so I came to see you?" Yan Xu, who has a good temper and sometimes a bad temper, is very bad most of the time, but at this moment he is smiling brightly, "I think the Mo knife you gave me at the beginning is really useful......"

"Less!" Yan Da interrupted Yan Xu's words angrily, and when he saw Yue Qianqiu holding hands behind Yan Xu and watching the lively posture, he said stupidly, "I want to be coaxed by your master at the beginning, why everyone has the same surname, it might as well recognize you as a nephew." If I knew that you were special, I would have agreed! You kid coaxed me once, and today you choked me again! ”

"Chiaki?" Yan Xu turned his head and glanced at his apprentice, and when he saw that Yue Qianqiu was smiling badly, he had to cough, "Qianqiu is still young in the end, he is competitive, and sometimes he will inevitably make his temperament when he speaks, but he has the best heart, stronger than my master." If he offends you, uncle, I will make amends for you on his behalf......"

"Alright, alright!"

Yan Da interrupted Yan Xu's rambling again, and then said impatiently: "Your apprentice knows that I am very happy to stay in this place, even if the imperial court really wants to give me a higher official position, I am too lazy to go, let alone move the place, you don't have to worry about me running away." If it's okay, take your apprentice and get out quickly, I don't want to let go of his five hundred taels of gold! Hmph, it's much more generous than your master used to be! ”

"What five hundred taels of gold?" Yan Xu was completely confused, and when he found that Yue Qianqiu was smiling and tilting his head, he immediately realized, and his eyes staring at Yan Da couldn't help but be full of incredulity, "Uncle, are you short of money?" But I begged you to build a weapon that time, and promised a reward of 3,000 taels of silver, but you still refused to ......."

"Nonsense, where did you get your money? Did you earn any of that penny yourself? Yan Da sneered, "If it weren't for the fact that your apprentice has some ability, he was able to blackmail so much money from the hands of the Beiyan people, and now he is generous enough to take out weapons for himself, I wouldn't be too lazy to take on this kind of unchallenging work!" ”

Yan Xu finally drooped his head completely. But this time, he heard Yue Qianqiu behind him.

"I don't like to hear what my predecessors say! My master is the son of the eldest princess of Dongyang, and he is from a noble background, but this is not his own choice! He did not commit adultery, second, he did not bully men and women, and third, he did not bully others...... On the contrary, he still devoted himself to practicing martial arts, and was saddened by the rampant treachery and mediocrity, and refused to join the crowd, is it because he did not farm and become an industrial businessman, so he branded him and said that he was not good? ”

Yue Qianqiu strode to Yan Xu's side, held his head high and said: "Besides, the master has been painstakingly and lonely for many years, and finally pulled the two cruel and unscrupulous dog officials of the Criminal Department off the horse, rebuilt the Xuandao Hall, and moved the mountain for the martial arts sect in the world, and even more fearless and dangerous to send an envoy to Beiyan, you still look down on a noble son like him who has ideals and abilities, so who can you look down on?" ”

Yan Xu always knew that the apprentice was intimate, but the apprentice actually argued with Yan Da for himself, he was surprised and ashamed. He really didn't want Yue Qianqiu to offend a senior he admired so much, so he hurriedly reached out and grabbed his apprentice's arm, and said in a deep voice: "Qianqiu, don't talk like this to Mr. Yan Da, he is your ancestor's best friend......

"So what, seniors can't be unreasonable!"

Yue Qianqiu refused to bow his head at all, and looked directly into Mr. Yan Da's eyes without dodging: "It's wrong for the rich to look down on the poor, but it's even more wrong for the poor to hate the rich and hate!" Poor but not cheap, rich but not arrogant; The poor do not hate the rich, and the rich do not bully the poor. The world is also the same! This is what my grandfather said, and although it is not a sage's word, I have always felt that it makes sense! ”

Mr. Yan Da looked at Yue Qianqiu motionlessly, and only after a long time did he smile bitterly and said: "I have lived on a dog all my life, and I was taught a lesson by you at such a young age!" That's it, I shouldn't have made insulting remarks to your master just now, I apologize! ”

Yan Xu almost didn't pop his eyes out. Of course, he had a very poisonous mouth when he was young and frivolous, but it depended on who he was. For Master Yun, who taught him martial arts and made him no longer physically weak, he was respectful and obedient, so whether it was because Mr. Yan Da was a person respected by Master Yun, or because he was a descendant of Baigongtang in the past, and he had a very clever forging skill, he always replaced him with courtesy in front of the other party, and never showed a rebellious and rebellious side.

As a result, what he didn't do at the beginning, now the little apprentice has not only done it, but also hurt people tirelessly!

He was a little embarrassed and reached out to help Mr. Yan Da up, and then whispered: "Qianqiu's mouth is inherited from his grandfather, uncle, don't take it to heart." ”

"Child's Words ...... Mowgli"

Mr. Yan Da's four words had just come out, and Yue Qianqiu was not happy: "What kind of childish words? Where am I a child? ”

As soon as the words fell, his head was suppressed by the embarrassment of Yan Xu: "Fifteen and tie your hair, tie your hair and become a child, you will only be fifteen next year, where is not a child?" The younger generation should have the appearance of the younger generation, don't say a word from your uncle, you will say a word! ”

Yue Qianqiu suddenly had the urge to be pitted by the ancients to tears. At the age of fifteen, you can join the group in the next generation, and you are not even eligible for Children's Day, but at this age, fifteen to twenty years old can be regarded as a child, so it is not wrong to say that Tong Yan is not wrong!

Mr. Yan Da looked at the pair of masters and apprentices, and a smile gradually appeared on the corner of his mouth. He narrowed his eyes slightly, and the original indifference to impersonal meaning faded a lot, and then he waved his hand and said, "In short, you masters and apprentices don't need to sing duets with me." Go back and go as you want, and when I finish building here, I will naturally send the Mo knife to you. ”

Seeing that others had seen through their little tricks, Yan Xu immediately withdrew his hand. It's just that he still asked with some reluctance: "Has Mr. been in the Li Guojian all these years?" Why don't you contact me, I thought that you were wandering and living in a fixed place, and there was no news of you, so I always felt very sorry for Master. ”

"The Baigongtang is gone, either I will find a place to live and be an ordinary old man, or I will open a blacksmith shop. But I don't want to, people put such a road in front of me, put a group of craftsmen who are often oppressed by the smelter and even the adults above in front of me, what choice do I have? ”

Although he said as if he was forced to be helpless, Yue Qianqiu's wrinkles and radiant face showed satisfaction with his current life, or more accurately, satisfaction. He subconsciously asked, "Did the eldest princess recommend you here?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Yan Xuden was taken aback, but seeing Mr. Yan's default appearance, he couldn't help but feel a little unhappy. Such a big thing, his mother never told him!

But as soon as he thought so, Mr. Yan Da said as if he had a clear heart: "Since ancient times, women in the court have been repeatedly banned from interfering in politics, but your mother is an outlier, obviously able to influence the emperor, but she always has her bottom line, and she can pull down some mediocre and incompetent, treacherous and corrupt people early in the morning, but she will never act at will by subjective assumptions." Even if she recommends me......"

He paused, and then looked at Yue Qianqiu again: "She didn't take the initiative to meddle in the affairs of Li Guojian, but through the Yue Lao, who was still a scholar of the household department at that time." So, I'm grateful to her for giving me a choice, who didn't have a choice. ”

Only then did Yue Qianqiu know that it turned out that his grandfather also had a part in the placement of this Mr. Yan. Thinking of the old man who was always worried about the world, but still did his best to place talents for the country, he couldn't help but feel a sense of pride.

"So, even if you kid didn't say a lot of it before, for the sake of you being his grandson, I will build you a weapon." Speaking of this, Mr. Yan Da suddenly changed his words, "It's just that the money still can't be less." With such a stroke, the children of those craftsmen can afford to go to school, and during the Chinese New Year, each family can also add new clothes and eat bacon. ”

Yue Qianqiu took a breath gently, and for the first time felt that this old man who should have been fighting iron all his life was a little cute. He looked thoughtfully at this smelting field, which seemed a little empty at this time, and suddenly asked out loud, "Senior, have you heard of the Red Moon Palace?" ”

Although Yan Xu didn't understand why the apprentice asked Mr. Yan Da this, he himself went to Beiyan this time to see the great rivers and mountains for the first time, so he was really ashamed of the word "head" when talking about the news of the rivers and lakes. Therefore, seeing that Mr. Yan Da was a little surprised, he picked up important outlines and mentioned Xiao Qingqing and the Red Moon Palace.

Xiao Jingxian once disguised himself as the county lord in Beiyan, so he naturally didn't mention it at all.

Hearing that the county lord of Beiyan had infiltrated Dawu more than ten years ago, and had also instructed Ling Zhu'er who had gone out of the Shengong Gate, how could Mr. Yan not understand that if there were ten or eight Ling Zhu'er behind this, or even one hundred and eighty Ling Zhu'er, what would it mean. After all, in the early years, the forces represented by the criminal department of the imperial court were too cruel to the restraint of the warriors, and the Red Moon Palace was easy to recruit manpower.

He frowned and recalled the occasional news he had gotten over the years, and finally sighed and said, "I once had several old acquaintances who sent people to pass on the word to a few agents of Baigongtang, saying that there was a good place for me to play my strengths. At that time, I was already in the Li Guojian, so I didn't reply. Careless! Perhaps, the sect was expelled from the martial arts record and they were already in the Red Moon Palace! ”