Qin Baichuan's evaluation is not low, but Old Man Chu has no modest meaning, nodded thoughtfully, and said: "Brother Qin is right, the old man's attainments in these institutions should be the same as Brother Qin's crisscrossing shopping malls, only others can't think of it, no old man can't do it!" ”

If Old Man Chu said this plainly, Qin Baichuan would also think that he was bragging, but with the facts in front of him, where would Qin Baichuan still have any doubts? took the palm-sized honeycomb from the old man's hand, and found another hidden weapon that fell to the ground, Qin Baichuan carefully examined it.

This honeycomb is all carved from solid wood, much smaller than the normal honeycomb, there are more than a dozen holes as thick as two fingers around the honeycomb, these holes are all leaning forward, facing one direction, from the appearance of the doorway.

The main body of the fallen hidden weapon is also wooden, carefully carved into the shape of a bee, the size is only about two centimeters, the real lethality is the four wings of the carpenter bee, with Qin Baichuan's understanding, the four wings are all sharp "blades", when stuffed into the hive, the wings can be retracted into the hollow bee body, but after the mechanism is opened, the four wings instantly pop up and vibrate and rotate at high speed, which is impossible to prevent.

"Old Man Chu, what is the name of this?" The key to activating the hidden weapon is actually still here in the honeycomb, Qin Baichuan didn't understand it after studying it for a long time, and couldn't help but speak.

"How can I say this for a while? Inside is a machine bracket firing device, the use of which is a springstick formed by many times of quenching and polishing, each hole has a trigger device, just use this thin wire to pull the bracket, the spring ejection, naturally formed such an effect. Old Man Chu was not interested in answering this question, even if he said it in detail, Qin Baichuan couldn't understand this kind of professional thing: "To put it simply, the structure of the honeycomb is similar to your fox silver ring, but it is a little more complicated." ”

"Old man Chu, this 'bee' seems to be a little smaller, can it really hurt people?" Closing the "wings" of the hidden weapon, it was probably only the size of two jujube cores, Qin Baichuan was a little puzzled.

"Do you want to stand there and let the old man try?" Old Man Chu noticed that Qin Baichuan's words were full of contempt, he felt as if he had been insulted, and snorted: "Look at the holes in the honeycomb, they are all tilted at different angles, and when they shoot out from bottom to top, they just form a huge circle in the upper half of the human body, and the wings of the bees are made of cold iron, do you say they can hurt people?" ”

Old Man Chu glanced at Qin Baichuan: "There are a total of eighteen hidden weapons, only one of them needs to cut the throat, there is no gift of life, if the old man is more vicious, and the snake venom that seals the throat with blood is quenched on the hidden weapon, there is no need to break the throat, just a little skin can kill people, this is not as simple as hurting people!" ”

"Awesome!" Qin Baichuan gave a thumbs up decisively and praised: "The old man is worthy of being a scholar of the Ministry of Industry, and he is indeed a skilled craftsman...... It's just that I don't know if this hive was made by the old man when he was the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, or after Gangneung? ”

"Twenty years ago, I started my research when I was still a scholar in the Ministry of Industry, and it was successful after I arrived in Gangneung." Being praised by Qin Baichuan like this, the old man Chu turned his anger into joy, and said: "At the beginning of the new dynasty that year, I had just served as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, because I was unhappy with someone, I kicked down the hornet's nest on the tree in a fit of anger, and a group of hornets stung me and the person to the head of the mouse, and after returning home, the old man had a flash of inspiration, and drew a sketch of this honeycomb. ”

Speaking of these old events, Old Man Chu had memories in his eyes.

"Then I don't understand...... Since this honeycomb is a killing weapon, why don't you promote it nationwide, old man? Didn't Da Song have more than 100,000 soldiers? When the time comes, each person will bring one and rush over to fight with the barbarians, it will not be a big victory, why should they end up with a land reparation? Qin Baichuan licked his lips, if the young man of the Bliss Army had such a thing, what could the head of the Tan Sect and the others do even if their martial arts were against the sky, Lao Tzu sent thousands of bees to sting you to death.

"Little Brother Qin, you really dare to say it!" Old Man Chu took the honeycomb in his hand and continued to move forward with Qin Baichuan: "Although Dazhen and Dayin are barbarians, they have mastered the art of iron casting in the early years, Dazhen has an iron horse called the Kidnapping Horse, and even people and horses are wearing heavy armor, although this bee is ruthless, how can it penetrate the thick armor?" ”

"Even if it can be used on the battlefield, but have you thought about it, this honeycomb seems inconspicuous, but just the sketch I studied it repeatedly for five months, and it took five years to start building, more than 700 experiments, and more than 1,300 revisions, so that it has the current appearance." Old Man Chu stroked the beehive and sighed: "Later, I was busy making a living, but I left it out in the cold, and I have built seven ...... intermittently over the years I'm afraid that this craft will eventually be brought into the coffin by me. ”

Old Man Chu had a lonely look on his face, things are good things, but it is difficult to achieve mass production, let alone promote and apply, I have to say that it is a sadness. Old Man Chu also told Qin Baichuan that the mechanism of this hive is too flexible, if it is carried on the body, as long as you pay less attention, it is very likely to be triggered, and the dark equipment in the hive has a certain blindness, and if you do not operate it properly, you are afraid that you will hurt yourself.

Old Man Chu took Qin Baichuan through the mountains, and at the same time constantly pointed out the mechanism in the mountain, in addition to this hive, the old man Chu's other organs were also very ingenious, and even used mountains and rocks and terrain to arrange in a formation, if ordinary people accidentally entered, even without the assistance of the organs, it would be difficult to find a way out.

It was not until this time that Qin Baichuan understood why Old Man Chu would say that if Zhaoshanhe was here, he would definitely not let Tan Jiaotou secretly follow, thinking that Zhaoshanhe had already known that Old Man Chu was proficient in organ skills, not to mention that the layout here was a martial arts master, even if the gods came, they would have to return with a feather.

With the old man Chu leading the way, Qin Baichuan was in danger, and the two of them walked in the mountains for almost half an hour, and then they came to a hidden col in the middle of the mountains. Several stone houses were built in the mountain pass, obviously there were usually people stationed here, and after the old man Chu appeared with Qin Baichuan, the door of the stone house opened, and the three spirited old men walked out slowly.

The three old men looked different, but they were all wearing servant clothes similar to Chu Ding, and after they came over, they glanced at Qin Baichuan vigilantly, only to hear the old man Chu say: "This little brother is Qin Baichuan I mentioned to you, the family business of the Chu family, and the old man is ready to give it to him." ”

The expressions on the faces of the three old men softened a little, and they looked at Qin Baichuan with a scrutinizing gaze, and the old man Chu turned around and said, "Little Brother Qin, do you remember when the old man handed you the fox silver ring?" ”

"Yes." Qin Baichuan nodded and said respectfully: "The old man said at the time, you have accumulated a lot of treasures over the years, and if you don't feel at ease in the money bank, you hide them in a hidden place and are secretly guarded by a few brothers...... You also said that if the Chu family's workshop encounters a catastrophe one day, the person holding the fox silver ring will be the person of the Chu family, and when the time comes, you will be able to find the true essence of the Chu family when you get the talisman carried by the two sons......"

"That's right, Brother Qin remembers it clearly." Old Man Chu smiled and said, "These three people are all the way to Chu Ding you have seen, and they are brothers who are like old men. For the sake of the old man, these four people have been incognito in Gangneung for nearly 20 years, and they have followed the old man's surname, and they are called A, B, C, and D in turn. ”

"I've seen a few seniors in my later life." After confirming the identities of the three people, Qin Baichuan bowed and clenched his fists, with respect in his words.

"Excuse me." The tall old man in front of him was Chu Jia, and the old man spoke more straightforwardly: "Looking at your appearance, your age should be less than twenty years old, I don't quite understand why Brother Chu wants to hand over this family business to you." Boy, I can say in advance that everything here can be given to you, but if you kid dare to do something against our will, don't blame the old man for your life! ”

"Chu Jia, don't frighten the children!" Old Man Chu scolded, seeing that Qin Baichuan was a little at a loss, he smiled and said: "Little Brother Qin, Chu Jia is such a character, and the foundation of the Chu family is very important, don't take it to heart." ”

"Old man, I think what you, Brother Chujia, is right, Baichuan is still young, and he is not related to the old man, but I am afraid that I can't afford your family business." Qin Baichuan arched his hand and said with a smile: "When I was in the workshop, the old man also said that this time Qin only came for the weapons and equipment of the Bliss Army, and he didn't dare to covet the rest of the treasures. ”

"Don't?" Old Man Chu narrowed his eyes and looked at Qin Baichuan with a smile: "If you really don't want to, then the old man will take you away now, if you regret it afterwards, don't blame the old man for not giving you a chance!" ”

"This ......" Qin Baichuan's eyes shrank for a moment, and said tentatively: "Could it be that this is the ...... stored here?" Armament? The more Qin Baichuan thought about it, the more he felt that his inference was correct, Du Bo once said that when Old Man Chu came to Jiangling, he made a living by making weapons and equipment for people, how could he not have some inventory over the years?

"Hmph, you can tell the old man what it is!" Old Man Chu glanced at Qin Baichuan, and accompanied by Chu Jia and the three of them, he came to an inconspicuous boulder at the foot of the mountain.

The old man Chu took out a key from his body and inserted it into the hole in the east, and the other three people did it in turn, the stone door made a creaking sound, and a small hole as thick as an index finger appeared in the center, under the mention of the old man Chu, Qin Baichuan pressed the front of the fox silver ring in his hand, and lightly pulled the bracket, the ejected cow hair needle did not know what device was triggered, the boulder trembled violently, and under Qin Baichuan's stunned, the stone door slowly opened, revealing a black cave.

In Qin Baichuan's mind, this kind of cave does not see sunlight all year round, and when the cave door is opened, it is a damp breath after all, but what surprises him is that the smell from the cave is unpleasant, but it is not half rancid. The old man Chu ordered someone to light the pine oil torch, Chu Yi and Chu Bing stayed at the door to guard, and the old man took Chu Jia and Qin Baichuan to walk slowly inside.

This cave is not long, at best it is about a hundred meters, and when he walked out of the depressing hole, Qin Baichuan felt that his eyes suddenly opened up, Chu Jia flew up, and turned around, and the torches hanging on the stone wall were lit by Tengteng, and he saw the scene in front of him clearly by the bright firelight, Qin Baichuan almost sat on the ground: "This is ...... Arsenal? ”