The shabby thatched hut in the innermost part of the first alley in the downtown area of Hanzhong City is Chen Laohu's home, and it was noon, and Chen Laohu was lying on the only wooden bed in the house tossing and turning and couldn't sleep.

Chen Laohu's family originally had a few acres of thin fields, and he didn't have to worry about taking care of food and drink, but since the death of his parents, the idle Chen Laohu didn't bother to take care of it, and he fooled around with a few idle fools in the city all day long, and the fields were also deserted.

Later, he met Pu San, who was also idle, and the two were tired of each other, Chen Laohu knew that Pu San's father was the famous craftsman Pu Yuan, and he didn't worry about eating and drinking with Pu San, so he flattered Pu San even more.

But just a few days after eating and drinking, Pu San, the God of Wealth, was actually robbed by robbers, and Chen Laohu always felt that there was something strange in this, so he hurriedly sent other splashes to find out the news.

"Brother Tiger, open the door quickly, there is a letter! Open the door! The crowd hurriedly ran over and banged vigorously on the dilapidated door of Chen Laohu's house.

"Here, don't knock on him, my mother knocks, the door is about to break, and you still knock so hard!" Chen Laohu casually picked up a coarse cloth shirt and walked out of the house while scolding while wearing it, and when he opened the door, he saw the panicked crowd and scolded angrily: "Didn't you let you keep an eye on the movements of the Pu San family, this he and his mother came to the funeral at noon!" ”

The crowd was stunned by Chen Laohu's scolding, and one of them hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Chen Laohu excitedly and said: "Brother Tiger, we heard some news, so we came here, if there is no news, we don't dare to come over and disturb your sleep!" ”

"Yes, yes! We've got news. The crowd hurriedly complied.

"Oh? There's news! Chen Laohu's heart was shocked, and he hurriedly urged: "Tell me quickly, what have you heard!" ”

The crowd didn't dare to hide it, and told Chen Laohu what they had seen these days.

It turned out that when Pu Yuan and Xiaoru came out of the Taishou Mansion that day, Chen Laohu felt that Pu San was robbed a little strange.

His son was kidnapped and went to the Taishou Mansion, but he acted like he was nothing, Chen Laohu always felt that this matter was like Pu Yuan and Wei Yan had discussed.

However, the Taishou Mansion is heavily guarded, and it is not for them to casually probe these little splashes, and if they don't make trouble, they are afraid that their own lives will be hit, so Chen Laohu had to order the crowd to monitor Pu Yuan's every move to see if they can find clues about Pu San from inside.

"Brother Tiger, the brothers don't eat or drink, after day and night of strict surveillance, they finally discovered that something is indeed wrong with Pu Yuan recently!"

"Don't talk nonsense, mother, tell me quickly, what did you find out!" Chen Laohu looked at the crowd who invited merit, and his face was full of disdain.

At this time, the splashy who had just answered leaned in front of Chen Laohu's ear and whispered: "We found that Pu Yuan and General Wei Yan have been running to the blacksmith shop mysteriously these days, and they stay all day. ”

"What does this have to do with Pusan! Didn't Lao Tzu ask you to go to Pu Yuan to find out the news of Pu San, what does it matter if he Pu Yuan ran to the blacksmith shop and followed! When Chen Laohu heard that there was no clue about Pu San at all, he couldn't help but shout angrily.

"Huh? Wrong! After Chen Laohu scolded, he seemed to think of something again, and hurriedly stared at the crowd and asked, "You said that Pu Yuan and Wei Yan did not continue to look for Pu San but stayed in the blacksmith shop every day?" ”

"Yes, Brother Hu, the brothers are not lazy this time, they don't dare to blink their eyes and stare at Pu Yuan's every move, I didn't just find out the news, so I hurried to report to you."

Chen Laohu ignored the poor-mouthed crowd of splashers, and pondered with his chin in his hand, it is said that Pu San was arrested, they should hurry up and find it! But now it's like it's all right, and it's starting to strike iron, there must be something going on here!

Thinking of this, Chen Laohu settled down and said to the crowd in front of him: "Go!" Let's go to Puyuan's blacksmith shop! ”

The crowd hurriedly took Chen Laohu and walked towards Puyuan's blacksmith shop.

It was noon, and there were not too many pedestrians in front of Puyuan's blacksmith shop, and in the shade of the alley diagonally opposite the blacksmith's shop, Chen Laohu and Zhong Popi were squatting here and staring closely at the pedestrians entering and exiting the blacksmith's shop.

"Brother Tiger, Pu Yuan usually comes at this time after lunch." Splashy whispered to Chen Laohu in front of him.

As soon as the pimpling words behind him fell, I saw Pu Yuan and Wei Yan hurriedly walking into the blacksmith from the alley next to Pu Yuan's house, and Pu San's daughter-in-law Xiaoru also followed closely behind him.

"Here comes Brother Tiger, here it is"

It was the excited voice of the people behind him.

Chen slot looked at Pu Yuan vigilantly and walked towards the blacksmith shop, and did not speak, somehow, he always felt that these people now had something to do with Pu San's robbery, but what the relationship was, he couldn't say.

"Brother Tiger, what should we do now?"

"Keep watching!"

Chen Laohu replied, and began to stare closely at the blacksmith's every move

At this time, in the blacksmith shop, Pu Yuan was standing quietly in the secret room where he specialized in ironsmithing.

Pu Yuan stood in front of the blazing iron furnace with his upper body, although he had taken off his shirt, the sweat stains on Pu Yuan's body still flowed down his forehead like a stream, and before they could drip to the ground, they were quietly evaporated by the heat in the room.

Pu Yuan seemed to have become accustomed to the heat in front of him, and his thick arms casually scooped a scoop of water from the wooden barrel in front of him and poured it on himself, and a layer of mist instantly steamed on his body.

Pu Yuan didn't care about the steaming of the mist on his body, picked up a big clamp next to him, stared at the iron that was about to burn in the hot furnace, put it on the iron pier next to the stove, and held the sledgehammer with his other hand, and smashed it rhythmically on the red-hot iron.

"Whew! Throat! ”

The red iron in Pu Yuan's hand was smashed by the sledgehammer, and a mass of flat and wide iron began to gradually extend and draw, until with Pu Yuan's beating, it recently became slender, and gradually took on the shape of a knife.

At this time, the knife that had not yet been fully formed did not have the red color when it first came out of the furnace, but turned into a deep black, Pu Yuan knocked it a few more times, and then casually put it in the wooden barrel with water in front of him.

"Phew!"

The sound of fire and water clashing, accompanied by a burst of scorching steam, rose in the small secret room.

Pu Yuan waved the steam in front of him disapprovingly, and continued to use the clamp to hold the remnant knife from the barrel steadily.

Pu Yuan looked at the remnant blade that was still steaming in front of him, as if he was looking at his own relatives, stretched out his big thick hand, gently stroked the texture of the knife that had just been beaten, nodded with satisfaction, and then threw it into the blazing furnace in front of him.

After doing all this, Pu Yuan casually washed his hands in the barrel in front of him, put on his shirt, and slowly walked towards the hall outside the secret room.

"Mr. Pu Yuan, how is it!" Seeing Pu Yuan come out, Wei Yan couldn't wait to step forward and ask.

Pu Yuan just walked out of the blacksmithing room, took a deep breath of the cool air outside, smiled and nodded, and said, "I have fused iron powder and steel a few days ago, and tempered it for a few days, and after it will be shaped again, this knife will be fine!" ”

Wei Yan's face was full of gratitude, and he nodded to Pu Yuan with a smile.

"Let's go out for a cup of tea, it's going to take an hour before we can continue to get in shape." Pu Yuan said as he walked over to the desk next to him.

As soon as the two of them sat down, Xiaoru obediently walked in with tea.

Xiao Ru quietly poured tea for the two of them and stood behind Pu Yuan obediently, just looking at Wei Yan's eyes in front of him was a little hesitant, as if he wanted to say something.

Pu Yuan took a sip of tea, looked up and saw Xiao Ru's slightly hesitant eyes, nodded to her with a smile, then put down the teacup and said to Wei Yan: "General, I want to take it to Gongzi when the knife is ready, and by the way, I will also go to see my uneasy son." ”

It's been a few days since Pu San was taken away by Liu Chan, no wonder Pu Yuan was a little worried, Wei Yan thought of this, nodded slowly and said, "Okay, I'll let Du Jie and them take you there when the time comes." ”

"Then there will be General Law." After Pu Yuan finished speaking, he looked at Xiaoru reassuringly.

Since Pu San was taken away by Liu Chan to teach, Xiao Ru is very happy in her heart, who doesn't want her man to be a man who stands up to the sky, she also hopes that Pu San can quit his previous bad habits and live a good life with herself.

I saw Xiao Ru standing quietly behind Pu Yuan, hearing the conversation between the two, she lowered her head deeply, as if she was thinking about something, and then inadvertently pulled her hair up, and her quiet face was a little shy.

Seeing Pu Yuan and Wei Yan looking at her gently, Xiao Ru ran out with a red face and shame, but now she ran so lightly.

Listening to the hearty laughter of Pu Yuan and Wei Yan behind him, Xiao Ru's face turned even redder.