"Adult"

As soon as Lu Haoshan appeared in the side hall, Zhao Gongchang and Dashan hurriedly saluted.

"What's wrong with you? Thief? Lu Haoshan pointed at the two and said with a look of surprise.

I haven't seen each other for more than a month, the two of them are black and dirty, and there are still a lot of torn clothes on their bodies, like refugees, especially Zhao Gongchang, who has a scruffy beard, a person who originally loved to be clean, suddenly had a feeling of wind and frost, as if the whole person has changed.

Zhao Gongchang immediately responded: "Back to the adult's words, in order to carry out the adult's task, I dare not slack off, and I have been looking for Xu Xiang's whereabouts, so the image is a little worse, and it is a shame for the adult, but fortunately, I am not dishonored." ”

"Don't talk about the image or anything, the most important thing is to be able to do the right thing, let's talk about what's going on." Hearing the four words of Xing Bu Dishonor, Lu Haoshan was already relieved, for him, as long as someone finds it, it will work.

As the saying goes, the three armies are easy to obtain, and one will be hard to find, and it is the same for top craftsmen, like ordinary blacksmiths, it can be said that they can grab a handful, but it is really not easy to think of a skilled person who can build firearms, Lu Haoshan can say that he is eager to see through Xu Xiang in Ji Hong's mouth.

Zhao Gongchang responded, and then 1510 talked about the search for people, after getting Lu Haoshan's order, the two picked five team members to form a seven-person team, and quickly marched to Gongchang Mansion in Shaanxi, because Hong Chengchou and others were able to suppress the bandits, most of the bandits have been driven to Shanxi, so it took only seven days for the group to find the Ordnance Bureau, I wanted to use the lure first, let the craftsman follow the people together, but if it didn't work, I tied people back and said, Zhao Gongchang prepared the Tibetan carriage, But the plan couldn't catch up with the change, so Xu Xiang's family took advantage of the chaos to run away when Zhao Sheng passed by.

This is not difficult to understand, military households and artisan households are at the bottom. Being exploited, no matter how good your craftsmanship is, you are still inferior, you can't eat well, you can't live well, and you're looked down upon all day long, can you not run if you have the chance?

Xu Xiang's run can make Zhao Gongchang and others miserable, they can run, but Zhao Gongchang and others have a task in their bodies, and there is no way. can only be a group of two, like looking for a needle in a haystack to find it separately, that Xu Xiang ran away when Zhao Sheng passed by with a lamp, and the group looked for them one by one along the places where Zhao Sheng passed, fortunately, this time everyone brought a lot of money, which was originally used to fight when encountering difficulties, but now it is good, it is used to find people, every place. I spent money to find local officials or ruffians, and sent them to find them, and the hard work paid off, and I searched for half a month. Finally found Xu Xiang living on the streets.

Lu Haoshan frowned and said, "Count the days, then you should have come back a long time ago, why did you only come back now?" If you don't come back, the officials are ready to send someone to inquire about your whereabouts. ”

"My lord" Zhao Gongchang said with a wry smile: "This Xu Xiang has been found." However, his son was separated when he was chased by officers and soldiers, and the old man was very stubborn, and he could not find his son alive or dead and refused to leave. Saying that he wants to see people in life and corpses in death, he has no choice but to help him find his son, fortunately, our people are smart, when we find his son, the water in the pot is boiling, and the knife is on his neck, and half an hour later, it is estimated that I can only go back to see him with a pot of human flesh. ”

After a pause, Zhao Gongchang shook his head as if talking to himself: "It's terrible, those people actually eat human flesh, this, this is simply not a human being, I have seen a lot of such tragic tragedies along the way, miserable, too miserable." ”

Lu Haoshan sighed when he heard this, and he didn't know what to say, there were a lot of cannibalistic incidents in China, when the five Hu chaos in China, the Hu people lacked military food, tied people one by one, rushed forward, fed on people, and called it "two-legged sheep", the Tang Dynasty Anshi Rebellion, the troops of the guards Zhang Xun and Xu Yuan, were surrounded by An Lushan's army in Yayang, and began to eat the people after eating the grain, and later even their concubines were killed and shared with the soldiers, the Tang Dynasty Zhaozong Tianfu two years (era 902), Fengxiang City was surrounded by Zhu Quanzhong, Human flesh was openly sold in the city. The price of human flesh is not as good as dog meat, dog meat is 500 yuan per catty, human flesh is only 100 yuan per catty, Gaozong Shaoxing of the Song Dynasty for three years (epoch - 133), Hangzhou also has a scene of eating human flesh, and at the same time there is a name: thin men and women are called "burning fire"; The girl is called "the next soup sheep", the child is called "and the bones are rotten", in the first year of Chongzhen, Shaanxi has been rumored to sell human flesh, Yi Zi cannibalism, is now the Ming Dynasty general Zu Dashou, is also a cannibalistic demon king, guarding in the lonely city of Jinzhou and Houjin against each other, first eat the people in the city, after eating is the old, weak, sick and disabled in the army do not let go, it sounds a little appalling.

Of course, the matter of Zu Dashou has not happened yet, and there are glorious and heavy histories.

Dashan finally found an opportunity to speak, and echoed: "Fortunately, Xu Xiang's father and son are separated, otherwise, they ran to Shanxi, and it is estimated that it will be more difficult for us to find it." ”

Zhao Gongchang has experienced a lot of life and death, and quickly put his feelings down, and said a little embarrassedly: "My lord, Xu Xiang refused to be separated from his family, so we brought his family back with us." ”

"It's nothing, it's good to bring it back, with his family here, then he can work for us with peace of mind, right, what about people?"

When Dashan heard this, he immediately retreated, and soon, a half-hundred, skinny old man was brought in, and as soon as he came in, he immediately knelt down and said: "The villain Xie Qianhu is a life-saving grace, and in the next life, he will repay the kindness of the adults even if he is a cow and a horse." ”

For Xu Xiang, if it weren't for Zhao Gongchang's appearance, his family would have been ruined a long time ago, either starved to death or eaten, if he was caught by the government, he would have to be beheaded, no matter what, Lu Haoshan was his great benefactor.

Lu Haoshan helped him up and said, "Master Xu doesn't have to be polite, come, if you have something to say." ”

"Master Xie." Xu Xiang's heart was bright, and he didn't wait for Lu Haoshan to speak, and took the initiative to say: "The villain knows some blacksmith skills, and the adults have a place to get the villain, just open their mouths, the villain was originally an adult." ”

He and the thousand households in front of him, there is no intersection and no in-laws, the other party sent someone to find him, and spent so much effort to bring his family here, nine times out of ten is to fancy his own craft, this is also the only thing he can get his hands on, and now he is ready to rely on this craft to eat.

If you don't work, how can you support your family?

"I heard you can repair muskets and build muskets?" The other party was straightforward, and Lu Haoshan didn't take care of it, and asked.

"Yes, although the villain does not have a high status in the arsenal, he is just a master craftsman. However, the whole process is clearly known, and if the adult does not believe it, the villain can immediately prove it to the adult. Xu Xiang said confidently.

Lu Haoshan nodded and said: "Yes, but you have worked hard all the way, don't be in such a hurry, and besides, today is the big day of the official, so let's stay here today, eat the wedding banquet, and take a good rest." I'll take you to the workshop tomorrow, Mr. Li, and arrange a guest room for Master Xu, don't be lazy. ”

Tong Guò just held hands and shook hands, Lu Haoshan found that although this Xu Xiangren was very thin, his eyes were very bright, and his upper limbs were strong and powerful, especially the big hands, which were full of thick calluses. Needless to say, it was sharpened when hammering utensils, which was in line with the characteristics of an old blacksmith, and seeing that his words and deeds were full of confidence, he should be very capable.

"Yes, Dong Weng" Li Nian on the side hurriedly responded.

Xu Xiang didn't expect the dignified thousands of households to invite him to a banquet, and he was a little flattered for a while, and hurriedly said, "Adult." The small one's shabby dress may smear the adult's face, and the small one won't be able to make up the money. ”

Money, that's a kind of talk in the place. That is, the red envelope of congratulations, Lu Haoshan had not yet spoken, and Li Nian on the side said: "My lord, Master Xu's identity is special, and it is not suitable to appear in public, so it is better to prepare a table for their whole family in the guest room, and the adult's mind has also arrived, and Master Ji does not have to worry about the impact or anything." ”

Lu Haoshan thought for a while, it is indeed the case, now that the banquet is about to start, Xu Xiang's appearance is not much different from a beggar, it should be that the money and silver are used almost the same in the later period, and they are not given clothes, this appearance is very eye-catching when it appears at the banquet, and most of the people invited to this banquet are from the army, and it is not easy to be recognized, Li Nian's method takes care of the feelings of the two parties, and when he heard the words, he nodded and said: "Okay, just do what Mr. Li said, don't use the money, just work hard in the future." ”

"Master Xie." Xu Xiang hurriedly thanked.

The firearms workshop finally found the last piece of the puzzle, Lu Haoshan was in a good mood, and comforted Xu Xiang a few words, and then led Li Nian and Zhao Gongchang to the hall.

Out of the door, Zhao Gongchang said with a smile: "Find the target person and take a concubine, the adult is a double happiness today, the villain here congratulates the adult on his early promotion to the noble son, step by step." ”

Lu Haoshan patted him on the shoulder and said, "Okay, don't say polite words, the official doesn't like this, go wash up and then go to the feast, Dashan, don't be scared, you can go too." ”

"Yes, sir."

The two were overjoyed, answered, and went to freshen up with a smile on their faces, and finally completed the task perfectly after more than a month of hard work, the satisfaction and pride are indescribable, and the most important thing is to catch up with the wedding of their own adult, which is really good, as for the reward, the two have never worried, although Lu Haoshan does not say it, but this adult is never stingy with his subordinates.

Back in the hall, naturally in accordance with the custom to worship the hall to get married, and then gather with the guests from all over the world, the kind of excitement is not one by one, stay until the evening, and with the well-dressed Lin Yuexuan turned the clouds and rain, used to be sneaky, so as not to provoke people's handles, now worship the hall, the two no longer have scruples, the newly made mahogany bed "squeak" shook to nearly three watches before it could be stopped

Although it was a newlywed Yan'er, Lu Haoshan got up early the next morning, finished breakfast accompanied by Zhao Min and Lin Yuexuan, and then took Xu Xiang to the secret workshop that had been prepared for a long time: although the person was found, Lu Haoshan had to see his craftsmanship with his own eyes to rest assured.

Hearing is false, seeing is believing.

As soon as the group entered the secret workshop, the more than ten craftsmen who were working stopped, Lu Haoshan had not yet spoken, and suddenly, two young craftsmen suddenly came over excitedly, regardless of the presence of Lu Haoshan and others, and suddenly knelt down and said: "Master, master, I didn't expect to see you here, it's great, it's great." ”

While talking, the two hugged Xu Xiang's legs tightly, and Xu Xiang, who had a calm and breezy face, also hugged the two excitedly, and the three of them hugged each other tightly.

Lu Haoshan, Li Nian and others were dumbfounded: What's going on? (To be continued......)