Chapter 0080: A Chance Encounter on the Mountain Road
"Oh my God!"
Lu Yi suddenly lost his temper, he stared at the Jiasha Xuantie in front of him, trembling with excitement, his eyes flashed with indescribable brilliance, he trembled and slowly touched the Xuantie, touched it, and retracted violently like an electric shock.
Lu Xuan stared at this piece of Gasha Xuaniron for a long time, his voice became choked, and he couldn't help but burst into tears.
"If you can touch it, even if I die now, I won't regret it!"
Zhang Xuan felt very strange in his heart, he remembered the old monk who saw Tang Seng's robe in Journey to the West, is this old craftsman surnamed Lu also ......
Luo Cheng asked cautiously on the side, "Can the third master refine it?" β
"Of course I can!"
Lu Yi hurriedly took out a small box from a large box beside him, he opened it carefully, and inside was a two-inch-long knife, dark red, Zhang Xuan recognized it at a glance, the knife was made of Gasha Xuaniron.
Lu Yi trembled his voice and gently stroked the knife as if caressing the skin of the woman he loved.
"This piece of Gasha Iron is what I bought in exchange for five years of freedom, it is my life, and Gasha Iron is also the life of all blacksmiths, you give it to me!"
He looked at Jang Hyun pleadingly, his eyes unblinking, and his gaze became unusually shining.
"How do you forge it?" Jang Hyun asked calmly.
"To forge it, you have to melt it first, remove impurities, and then"
"And how do you melt it?" Zhang Xuan looked at Lu Yi.
"Temperature! Very high temperatures. β
Lu Yi said nervously: "You can't use firewood, you need to use charcoal, the best charcoal in Yan'an County, I have it here, but in the end, this piece of Gasha Xuan Iron may be left."
Lu Yi was very nervous, and his gaze at Zhang Xuan turned into pleading.
Zhang Xuan understood what he meant, so he smiled faintly: "As you said just now, I can't move the one hundred and fifty catties of halberds, I plan to make about one hundred and forty catties of Fang Tian painting halberds, if there is a little bit left, then I will give it to you." β
"And what am I going to give you?"
Lu Yi hurriedly stood up, 'Wow! Turning over a large box, dozens of swords rolled out of it, "These are my proud works, Childe just choose!" β
Lu Yi was so excited that his voice changed, and he was afraid that Zhang Xuan would regret it.
"No need, if you can build a halberd for me, you will already be rewarded."
Zhang Xuan pointed to the Gasha Xuantie on the table and smiled, "Isn't it?" β
"How's that going to workβ"
Lu Yi swallowed his saliva, he suddenly thought of something, and quickly stood up and took down the knife from the wall, and carefully placed it on the table, "This is the Lu family's knife that I built for my family, it took three years, but I can make another one, this one for Gongzi." β
Zhang Xuan picked up the knife, it was a heavy knife, the knife shape was extremely smooth, it had the advantage of cutting gold and breaking jade, it weighed at least seventeen or eighteen catties, he felt a little heavy, but as his strength increased, this knife must be suitable for him.
But this is Lu's knife, how can he be embarrassed to accept it, he looked at Lu Yi again, Lu Yi looked at him earnestly, Zhang Xuan glanced at Luo Cheng again, Luo Cheng nodded, signaling that he could accept it.
Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, "It's a pity that a scabbard is missing!" β
"There are scabbards, so many!"
Lu Yi ran to the back room, took out a bunch of scabbards, with gorgeous gold silk tassels, some inlaid with precious stones, Zhang Xuan picked up a half-old sharkskin scabbard and inserted the horizontal knife into it.
The two got up to say goodbye, and Lu Yi personally sent him out of the gate and said to Zhang Hong: "Childe, from today onwards, I will retreat and build, according to Childe's pattern, I can complete it in three months at the earliest, and half a year at the latest." β
"Okay, I'll pick it up in half a year, and I'm tired of my seniors."
Zhang Xuan saluted him, and Luo Cheng walked out of the gate, the two rode a horse for more than a dozen steps, Luo Cheng laughed in a low voice: "Seeing that he is so infatuated, I thought he would cut off at least half of it for himself." β
Zhang Xuan smiled, "I was a little worried at first, but then I didn't think it would. β
"Why?"
"I can't tell, a feeling."
Luo Cheng laughed, "I don't feel it, but I know he won't, he has to give me this face." β
At this time, Luo Cheng felt that someone was calling him behind him, and when he turned around, he saw a young man hurrying towards this side, "Yulang, wait a minute!" β
Luo Cheng recognized the person and said to Zhang Xuan: "It's my brother-in-law!" β
He hurriedly turned over and dismounted, greeted him and said, "Why is my brother-in-law here?" β
"I heard that you were here, so I came out of the east gate to look for you, and I almost missed it."
The young man was sweating profusely and panting, "Auntie let you pass!" β
Luo Cheng's face immediately covered with a layer of clouds, he knew what his mother was looking for him to go back to, it was a blind date, he obviously didn't like the cousin of the Lu family, but his mother just refused to let him go.
Although he was not very happy in his heart, he did not dare to disobey his mother's order, Luo Cheng had to wave his hand angrily and said: "Buddha said, if I don't go to hell, who will go to hell?" Lead the way! I'm going to hell too. β
Zhang Xuan laughed, "Is it so scary for a virtuous brother to go to see his mother?" β
"Of course it's not scary to go to see the old lady, it's scary to be the person next to her, that little girl, I'm really afraid of her."
Luo Cheng suddenly remembered that he hadn't introduced Zhang Xuan to his cousin, and hurriedly introduced him to his cousin: "This is Zhang Gongzi I told you, coming from the capital." β
The young man hurriedly bowed to Zhang Xuan, "It turned out to be Zhang Gongzi, I heard Yulang say that Gongzi helped him a lot, thank you!" β
Zhang Xuan heard Luo Cheng say that his eldest sister married Lu Qingyuan, the second son of the head of the Lu family, should be this young man, but he is very gentle, gentle, and polite, which makes Zhang Xuan feel good.
He also hurriedly returned the salute, "Second Brother Lu is polite, and Yulang has also given me a lot of help." β
Lu Qingyuan saw that although Zhang Xuan's clothes were very simple and his skin was dark, he had an extraordinary temperament, which was very different from the young people he usually saw.
He also heard Luo Cheng say that Zhang Xuan has a lot of mind and is willing to give away the world's peerless learning, which is by no means something ordinary people can do.
Although Lu Qingyuan was born in a famous family, he is an alternative among the children of famous families, with a lofty mind and admiration for the heroes of the world.
Lu Qingyuan also had the heart to make friends, so he warmly invited Zhang Xuan and said, "Since you are here, let's go into the house and sit together." β
Zhang Xuan looked at the sky, it was not early, if he agreed to be a guest, then he could only spend the night at the Lu family, which would affect his martial arts practice.
Zhang Xuan said apologetically: "Next time!" I'll definitely come next time. β
Luo Cheng understood Zhang Xuan's eagerness to rush back, so he smiled and said, "Let him go!" Otherwise, he wouldn't have had a good night's sleep tonight. β
"Alright! In a few days it will be my grandfather's birthday, and I invite you to go, and you are not allowed to refuse! β
Seeing that he was enthusiastic and sincere, Zhang Xuan readily agreed, "I will definitely go." β
"Then we'll make up our minds!"
Lu Qingyuan was overjoyed, saluted Zhang Xuan again, and hurried back to Lu Mansion with Luo Cheng.
Zhang Xuan saw that it was not early, so he urged the horse to leave Lu's Villa and galloped towards Jixian County.
Zhang Xuan ran out of more than 30 miles in one go, with a large area of woods and hills in front of him, and he needed to bypass the hills and mountains for nearly 40 miles to see Jixian County.
Looking at the sky again, it was almost dusk, Zhang Xuan was anxious, at this time Zhuojun had entered a wartime state, as soon as it was dark, the city gate was about to close, and no one could enter the city again.
Moreover, Zhang Xuan followed Luo Cheng out in a hurry, he didn't bring his carry-on bag, he had nothing else by his side except a knife, not even a penny, he couldn't enter the city, he could only sleep in the wild.
Zhang Xuan only found out at this time that his water hyacinth had forgotten in the blacksmith shop, the weather was hot, he was sweating profusely, anxious and thirsty, he wanted to find a stream, but found that there was an old man who was farming on the side of the road in front of him.
Zhang Xuan hurriedly urged the horse to gallop up, and said from afar: "Can the old man give the junior a bowl of water?" β
The old man glanced at him, slowly poured out half a bowl of water from the crockpot, walked over and handed it to Zhang Xuan, "It's unfortunate, there is only this bowl left, you can make do with it!" β
"Thank you, sir!"
Zhang Xuan took the water bowl and drank it all, although there was only half a bowl of water, which was far from quenching his thirst, but it was still slightly better.
He returned the bowl to the old man and asked, "May I ask the old man, I am rushing to the county seat, is there a closer path here?" β
"Yes!"
The old man pointed to the west, "There is a mountain road over there, which can directly pass through this hill, which is nearly ten miles closer than taking the official road." β
Zhang Xuan was overjoyed, "Thank you!" β
He urged his horse to leave the official road and run westward, and the old man shouted from behind, "Don't worry! We don't have bandits here. β
"Thank you!"
Zhang Xuan urged the horse to run out of less than a mile, and sure enough, he saw the entrance of a mountain road, and the shade was dense, very shady, and the mountain road was not too narrow, which could accommodate a carriage to walk.
Zhang Xuan ran along the mountain road for more than ten miles, the sun finally set, the mountain road became dark, the mountain road became very narrow, the left side of the mountain road is a steep slope as high as more than ten zhang, and the other side is a dense forest, overgrown with weeds, giving people a feeling of insecurity.
At this moment, he suddenly heard someone shouting excitedly around the corner in front of him: "It's coming!" Here it comes! β
Zhang Xuan was stunned, was anyone waiting for him in front?
He reined in his horse, only to see an old man who looked like a family member running over, he saw Zhang Xuan, and looked behind him, his face was immediately full of disappointment, obviously Zhang Xuan was not the person he was waiting for.
"Second Uncle Bian, are they here?"
There was a young woman's voice in front of her, her voice was very soft and sweet, like a fresh breeze blowing in sweat, so cool and pleasant, intoxicating.
"It's not!"
The old man smiled bitterly and asked Zhang Xuan, "May I ask if the son met a man wearing a black short coat and riding a thin horse when he came?" β
Zhang Xuan shook his head, "I came all the way and didn't see anyone. β
"Strange, where has he gone?"
Zhang Xuan urged the horse forward, turned the corner, and a light carriage appeared in front of him, Zhang Xuan found the problem at a glance, the wooden wheel on the left side of the carriage had gone out of the cliff, crooked, stuck on a big rock.
There were three people around the carriage, a coachman squatting in front of the boulder with a sad face and an old family member who had just asked him, and a young woman in the carriage.
The whole carriage blocked the mountain road so tightly that even if Jang Hyun turned a blind eye, he would not be able to fly over.
"Childe, I'm sorry, the carriage broke down, and I can't let Childe go first."
Zhang Xuan turned over and dismounted, handed the reins to the old family, "Help me take it!" β
He walked quickly to the carriage, squatted down to take a closer look, and saw that the edge of the axle hole on the wheel had been cracked a little, but this was not a big problem, the carriage could barely walk, the key was that the wheel was stuck in the boulder, and it was just a turn, if it went backwards, the whole carriage could fall down the mountain, and the forward was blocked by the boulder, unable to walk.
"Either remove this boulder or lift the wagon up!" The coachman sighed, apparently he couldn't do either plan.
Zhang Xuan looked carefully, the wheel was just stuck between two stones, if he rashly lifted the carriage, I was afraid that the entire wheel would be torn off, so he could only move one of the stones away first, and then lift the carriage.
Zhang Xuan patted a few more boulders, and several boulders were deeply embedded in the soil, weighing at least a thousand catties.
"Childe, is there a way to remove them?"
A soft and sweet voice came from behind Jang Hyun, and as soon as Jang Hyun turned around, the woman in front of him made him a little stunned.
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