Chapter 6: The Old Man
On the third day, I went up to Langya Mountain with the old man and went to visit Zen Master Zhiyong, and Xie Shence finally met this famous monk.
Gray long curved eyebrows, beardless jaw, a little hunchbacked, not as ruddy as a big man or crane hair in martial arts novels, and there are already several age spots on both cheeks, it is estimated that he is also in his sixties, and his figure is not tall, an authentic little old man, without any aura, he will not say more than half a word to people, but he will not make people feel cold when he speaks.
Well, it's still very friendly, so it shouldn't be too difficult to get along with.
After some introduction, Mr. Wang went out to see a few ginkgo trees in the temple surrounded by two people, leaving Xie Shence alone with the old monk.
The old Zen master still half-lowered his eyes, his fingers played with the rosary, and he spoke first, saying without being salty or light: "You will live in this temple in the future, you can have one day off every half month, one homework test at the end of every month, and one big test in March, if you can't complete it three times, you will go down the mountain." ”
When Brother Xie heard it, something was wrong, didn't the old man teach me personally? Why are you an old monk, and the old man has become a shopkeeper? And listen to what you mean, let the little second master and me live in the temple, let me be a little kid in front of a group of large light bulbs all day long, and I won't die of boredom.
The most important thing is that there is no meat and no chick on the mountain, how can I live, let the little second master? I'm a man who wants to grow to 1.87 meters, and I won't grow tall if I eat vegetables all day. Besides, although I'm still young, the pretty girl can only look at it and can't eat it, but it's better to see it than nothing, you let me live in the monk's nest, and you can't suffocate me out of my illness?! No, I'm going to ask.
"That, master, Mr. Wang said that he taught the homework, uh, didn't he explain it to you?" Brother Xiao Xie asked cautiously.
"Lord Wang has already made it clear to the poor monk that the poor monk is responsible for all your academic homework, and he is only taking the school exam. Although the poor monks can't do all your homework, they will still send disciples to supervise, so don't be lazy. "The old monk is still not salty.
"That, master, dare to ask what kind of studies are taught?"
"The art of Qihuang, Feng Shui Kanyu, hundreds of classics, Buddhist classics, you need to study hard."
When Brother Xiao Xie heard this, he suddenly couldn't sit still, what? You're going to teach me this? Let me learn medicine? Although the master is not here for vacation, it is not for a group of monks for you! Don't do it! It's a big deal to go back to Jindu!
"Master, with all due respect to the boy's bluntness, although the boy is young, he was born in a famous family, his father and ancestors are all Jin ministers, the boy is determined to be the Great Jin, or the prancing horse whip to fight on the battlefield, or reach the center, play the world, the boy often thinks about serving the country, the man does not ask for the horse leather shroud to return, but also needs the title of the gold list, how can the Huang and Feng Shui serve the country? If the master thinks that the kid's qualifications are dull and unteachable, the kid should retire and dare not disturb the master's purity. ”
"Oh? You don't want to study here? The old man's voice sounded outside the door. How many people are looking forward to begging for the master to teach but not to get it, Xie family child, you can tell me, why don't you want to study with the master here? ”
"I came here to strengthen my body, not to write poetry. And God is here because he wants to learn some real skills to serve his family and country. , I am a dignified man, I will be a marquis in the future, how can I use this precious time on this green lantern ancient Buddha! ”
"Humph! What a fallacy! Old Man Wang blew his beard and glared, "Do you know that on the frontier, swords and soldiers are dangerous and diseases are rampant?" If you don't know the medical theory, you can hardly guarantee that you will not fall into the root of the disease by relying on some Qiu Ba, and a hand of medical skills may save your life, or save the robe. If you don't know the public opinion, how do you know geography? How to choose a site to set up camp? How to attack and defend according to the terrain? As for the hundred classics, the civil and official court played the rule of the world, all of which came out of this. The ancient books of Buddhism, in order to remove the karma in the heart, can most reassure people's minds. Boy, with a good conscience, did you come to feed the dogs? ”
"Then you need to teach me some more punches and kicks!" Brother Xiao Xie blushed with shame when he heard the words of the old man of the Wang family, but he still had a hard mouth.
"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, wait for the poor monk to see your body and bones, and then teach some fists and feet." When Brother Xiao Xie heard this, he couldn't help but feel secretly ashamed, the old monk ignored his disrespect just now, but gave it down the stairs in time, so that the image of the old monk in Brother Xie's heart rose slightly.
"The old man will also transfer people from the army to guide you in martial arts, and you can also put forward your own if you need it. The old man also knows that you will not be used to eating the food in the temple, so he will have someone give it to you, and he will often come to check your homework. Xie Xiaoer, what else do you have to say?
"Where's the girl? What about the girl? Why don't you mention the girl?! Little Brother Xie roared in his heart. Although he was unhappy, he said apologetically, "The kid knows, thank you grandpa." The right person is rude, and I hope that the master will forgive the sin. ”
"Hmph, ignorant child." The old man of the Wang family obviously didn't buy it. However, the old monk squinted his eyes and said, "It's okay, it's okay." ”
After eating a simple meal in the temple, Brother Xiao Xie ate most of the bowl of rice in one go. Although the appearance of this vegetable fried is mediocre, the taste is excellent, and it is fresh and delicious. Especially a bowl of cabbage, crisp and refreshing, was almost contracted by Brother Xiao Xie alone, without the slightest scruple of Old Man Wang's resentful eyes.
After going down the mountain, Xie Shence asked the old man to help him make a few knives, but the old man simply transferred a master craftsman directly from the Huai Army, saying that he had been in the Huai Army for 30 years, and was known as the left hammer and left craftsman who was half of the Huai knives out of his left hand.
Old man Zuo is less than fifty years old, and at first glance, Brother Xie looks at least ten years older, with a rickety back, cloudy eyes, gray and sparse hair, thick calluses and scalded hands and arms, making his whole person look extremely incongruous.
Although it was uncomfortable to look at, Brother Xiao Xie didn't dare to have a little underestimate in his heart, half of the Huai knife was from his handwriting, and the method of striking iron was definitely not bad.
Half of the swords, that is, 50,000, and they are sabers of heavy infantry, and there is also a Modao army with a number of about 2,000.
Listening to Old Man Wang, the forty pounds of Da Mo knife flute was changed to a handle of fifteen pounds by the old man in front of him, and it was more reasonable and more lethal, Xiao Xie couldn't help but be speechless.
Of course, Brother Xiao Xie knows what the Modao Army is, it is an extremely elite class of troops that the Tang Dynasty uses to ride on foot, and it is also like thunder for the Modao to be a weapon that cannot be used by people who are not long and powerful, and the so-called Modao is like a wall to advance, and the legend that it blocks all the Mi is also fascinated for a long time. And the Mo knife was really chicken ribs at the beginning, forty catties of a handle, plus thirty catties of heavy infantry armor, ordinary soldiers could not use it at all, and the promotion of the Mo knife and the expansion of the Mo knife army were attributed to Zuo Dajiang and his master.
The cattle who developed the Mo knife skills to the peak and made the Northwest Army of the Great Jin Dynasty red-eyed, it is said that he also refused the high-paying "employment" of the Sima family. This kind of person, no matter what, is always very temperamental.
Facing the old man in front of him now, Xie Shence took out a few drawings, did not deliberately observe the old man's expression, and lowered his head to fiddle with a dagger given to him by Xie Shenwei.
The dagger was less than a foot long, with a simple shape and a sense of vicissitudes of history. The handle is dark black, and at first glance, you can tell that you have been full of blood. Double-edged, there is a blood groove, as thin as paper, the blade is faintly glowing with blue light, there is a chill when you start, and the blade is engraved with the inscription "Hanru". It is said that it is the collection of an imperial uncle of the former Great Chu Dynasty, after the death of the Great Chu, after several tosses, it was obtained by Xie Yi, the left pioneer of the Northwest Battalion at that time, and later as a first birthday gift of Xie Shenwei, since then people have not left the knife. Later, he gave it to Xie Shence outside the Jindu City.
With his eyes closed, his fingers caressed the knife inscription, and the corners of Xie Shence's mouth were gentle.
Sure enough, after a few breaths, Old Man Zuo's breathing sound was significantly heavier, and when Xie Shence looked at him again, Old Man Zuo's originally cloudy eyes glared at Xie Shence and said, "Where did this drawing come from?" ”
Hehe, no matter how good your old man is, you have to sing and conquer in front of my modern knowledge. Xie Shence said slowly, "How sure is Zuo Lao that he will make these gadgets?" ”
"Little doll, no one dares to call myself the first in the Huai Army! Give me three months! No! Two and a half months! I'll be able to punch these knives as requested. However, these knives are specially designed to kill, too cruel and evil, and detrimental to yin morality, little doll, this drawing is really from you? ”
"Naturally not, this is what I obtained from the Xie family's sealed treasury, and it has nothing to do with my Xie family, and it has never been circulated." I was familiar with this set of nonsense in my previous life, and Brother Xiao Xie blurted out.
No one in this world knows better than him the domineering cruelty of the Tiger Tooth Whaling Fork and the Nepalese Dog's Leg, as for the Dongying Taidao, the current group of dwarves has not evolved to that extent, and the Taidao is the only one, and there is no other semicolon.
Since the old man also saw the biggest "advantage" of these knives, and it showed that it was detrimental to yin morality, then Xiao Xie Ge could not let the Xie family suffer the retribution in the underworld, although Xiao Xie Ge did not believe in ghosts and gods, nor did he believe in retribution, but he still had great awe for cause and effect, if there was really cause and effect, then Xie Shence was willing to bear it alone. Cause and effect, I didn't believe in it in my previous life, so isn't there a time travel. I still don't believe it, but it's always right to be careful.
The production of the knife is not difficult, the difficult thing is the material of the knife body, Xiao Xie Ge once watched the video of the production process of the Japanese knife, the knife family has never been handmade, the selected steel is extremely harsh, a top Japanese knife from iron smelting to use in the middle of the half a year, pure manual brings the ultimate of the knife, the reason why a famous knife can be inherited for hundreds of years is not accidental. Famous swords such as the Onimaru, the Long Boat, and the Juyi Script Zezong that Xiao Xie was obsessed with in his previous life are all the best that can stand the test of war and time.
Therefore, Brother Xiao Xie didn't think that a few knives could be made in less than three months, thought about it, and said with a smile, "Don't ask for fast, be sure to ask for the extreme, in a year, if you can't do it, I will change people." ”
The old man's withered face on the left hammer turned red instantly, and even his hands burst into veins, and his eyes were red, "One year!" One day less, I'll chop off my left hand with a sledgehammer! If I can't hit a first-class famous sword, I won't hold a hammer with a hammer on my left! ”
Watching the old man Zuo rush out of the door with a menacing attitude, the smile on the corner of Xiao Xie's mouth was even stronger, hehe, the agitation method or something, it is the most useful.