Ma Da Niu smiled and beckoned a person to come over, in his early fifties, one-eyed and flat-nosed, his appearance was not good, he kept shrinking to the side, and he didn't let go of a fart, he was really an honest person.

"This one is from the same school as me, but his craftsmanship is a hundred times better than mine. He re-operated the hammer and personally forged a weapon for Deputy Envoy Xu, senior brother, don't get it soon. Ma Da Niu introduced. The man answered, ran to the weapon rack, and picked up a package from the ground.

"Good stuff!" Yang Yan didn't know what it was, so he praised it first.

The man opened the cloth wrapped around the outside, revealing a knife, and Yang Yan grabbed it again: "Good knife!" ”

"Damn, can you say it after reading it?" Xu Wei scolded with a smile. After all, laugh and laugh, this knife is not a good knife, just looking at the appearance is quite bluffing. The blade of the knife is four feet long, five inches wide, the back of the knife is two fingers thick, the edge is extremely thin, and the head of the knife is rolled up in an arc, decorated with a beast's head wrapping. At the junction with the handle of the knife, it is the same beast's head swallow, the handle is one foot long, and the back is followed by a long bottle. The knife is five feet long, halfway between a long and a short soldier, making it ideal for slashing. Xu Wei took the knife and felt that the weight was quite heavy, and it should be used with both hands.

Ma Da Niu asked the senior brother to introduce him, but the man smiled honestly and didn't say a word. The former shook his head and said, "This knife is not a military standard, it is called a fierce knife, and it cannot be used by those who are not powerful." Blowing, chopping copper and iron, the knife edge is not rolled. ”

When Xu Wei heard this, he smiled and said, "There should be one more, killing people without seeing blood, right?" "In the Water Margin, Yang Zhi sold knives and said that treasure knives have three benefits, and the third point is that there is no blood in killing.

Ma Da Niu was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "There is no blood in the killing, it is something that was added when it was quenched." Deputy Envoy Xu is an upright man, how dare I, a senior brother, make a mistake? Although his words are vague, it is not difficult to understand that the so-called "adding things" should refer to quenching poison.

The four of them all had weapons in hand, and Yang Yan and the other three couldn't wait to run out and practice on the wheat field. Xu Wei instructed several blacksmiths to hurry up and rest the batch of old equipment allocated by the Daimyo's Mansion, and Ma Daniu and others even claimed that it was. As he was talking, a person ran into the shed, surnamed Zhou Mingji, and his brother Zhou Xiong was the same head. The father of his two brothers was a hunter in Xujiazhuang, and when he was growing a child, he hunted a bear and named his eldest son Zhou Xiong. When he gave birth to his second son, he was unlucky and only shot a pheasant, so he named his second son Zhou Ji. The village man in the countryside is not particular, and the cheaper the name, the easier it is to raise, but no one cares. After being promoted to the capital, Xu Wei really felt that it was not like words, so he asked his father's opinion and changed his name to Zhou Ji. Sixteen years old, heroic and powerful.

Zhou Ji rushed into the shed and said loudly: "Deputy Envoy Xu, someone has joined the army!" ”

When Xu Wei heard this, he was overjoyed and hurriedly ran out. On the edge of the wheat field, there were twenty or thirty men with raw faces, watching the drill of the sergeants and pawns in the field. Xu Wei rushed up, and Zhou Ji said to one of them: "This is the commander of our Jingsui Township Yong Battalion. ”

The man was about thirty, only five feet tall, extremely thin, with yellowish beard, and a pair of small eyes that could hardly be opened. When he saw Xu Wei, he looked up and down, and bowed: "I've seen my lord!" We are waiting to join the army, and we are willing to die for the adults! When the twenty or thirty men saw it, they fell to their knees.

Xu Wei didn't scream, and asked loudly, "Where are you waiting from?" Why did you join the army? ”

"I came from Gaotang County, and I heard that the adults recruited troops to buy knives, and they were ordered to suppress the thieves, so I came to defect, in order to kill the enemy and serve the country!" The five short men knelt on the ground and replied loudly.

After hearing this, Xu Wei sneered: "Kill the enemy and serve the country? Really? Where to fight, where to go back. ”

When the man heard this, he raised his head, and when he saw Xu Wei's expression, he sneered and said, "The adult's eyes are like a torch, and the villain will make it clear." Just because when I was in the Tang Dynasty in the past, I heard that there was a good man in Xia Jin, surnamed Xu Mingwei, ranked ninth, skilled in martial arts, and righteous. Recently, I heard that Xu Jiu was made an official by the imperial court, and he is recruiting people who dare to fight to clear the countryside and suppress thieves. Therefore, I led more than 30 people from the township to come to defect, trying to have three meals and clothing, and receive money on a monthly basis. ”

Xu Wei glanced at him and said with a smile: "Beheading one level, the reward is not fake, do you have the ability to receive it?" ”

The man hesitated slightly, jumped up from the ground, and took out two short knives from his sleeve as if by magic. When the soldiers around Xu Wei saw it, they greeted them with long and short weapons, and shouted in unison: "Presumptuous! What do you want to do? ”

Xu Wei raised his hand, the soldier retreated, and the man held the knife and slashed at Xu Wei, and immediately played it. I saw that although he was short, he was extremely flexible, and he jumped without touching the ground. The pair of short knives, flying up and down, are urgent and steady, and their moves are all killers. Later, I was in a hurry, and I couldn't see his face clearly. The onlookers were amazed and couldn't help but shout hello!

After playing for a while, he put away the short knife, but his face was not red, his breath was not panting, and his eyes were small and bright. He bowed to Xu Wei again and said: "If the adult can afford it, he will accept us, and I will lead the horse and the stirrup to follow the adult!" ”

When Xu Wei was playing with the knife, his eyes lit up, and when he heard him say this, he ordered him to get up and praised: "Good! Sure enough, there are some skills! I will accept you, but there is a little preface, when I enter my Jingsui camp, I will eat a lot of you, wear a lot of you, and I will not deduct a penny from the military salary and reward. Whoever dares to violate discipline and fight unfavorably will blame the lack of military law! Dozens of men gossiped and didn't even dare to say it. Xu Wei rewarded them again and ordered Zhou Ji to lead them to report for duty, register them in the register, and join the team.

I was about to go to a few sect leaders to discuss things, when I suddenly heard a person outside the venue shouting: "Ninth brother! ”

Looking for prestige, there was an official standing outside the field, followed by several heavily armed sergeants, it was Xu Sheng!

Xu Wei strode forward and shouted, "Fourth brother! When did you come back? "Since the day of Xia Jin's farewell, Xu Sheng returned to the Daimyo Mansion to resume his life, and the two brothers have not seen each other for nearly a month.

Xu Sheng put his arm on his brother's shoulder, looked at it carefully, and was really relieved in his heart, touching the scene, and said sadly: "It's out, it's out, my ninth brother is finally out." "His mother died early, his father fought all his life, his temperament was eccentric, he was an elder brother, and he loved this younger brother very much, even if he was bad and muddy, after all, he was a fellow mother, a brother of flesh and blood. Before her death, her mother repeatedly instructed her to take care of Jiulang. Over the years, he has never been reluctant to slap and scold, God is pitiful, his younger brother is now trouble-free, he is out of breath, and his mother has a spirit in the sky, so he should also smile.

Seeing his brother's sad appearance, Xu Wei was really moved in his heart, and said with a smile: "Fourth brother Xia Jin has meritorious service in defending the city, and after he goes back, there must be a reward from above, right?" ”

"With the light of the ninth brother, I was promoted to Doctor Wuyi." Xu Sheng laughed. Doctor Wuyi, the twenty-second rank of the fifty-third rank of military attachés, is the seventh rank. Although Xu Wei is an eighth-rank official rank, only one rank short of his brother, his Xiuwulang's military rank is ranked forty-fourth, a full half.

"The recruitment of soldiers in the forbidden army is based on tall stature and outstanding arm strength, you are good, do the opposite, what are you doing with people with five short statures?" Xu Sheng asked with a smile again.

Xu Wei didn't say anything, and said casually: "How can my township Yongying battalion compare with your forbidden army?" Indiscriminate filling, indiscriminate filling. The two brothers talked for a while, and Xu Sheng dragged Xu Wei to the house, saying that the family would be reunited while the third sister came back. Later, let the Hun family make a few good dishes and have a drink.

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The first update is coming, brothers, tickets, no one is missing from the collection!