Chapter 49: Wednesday's Fear of the Sword (Part II)

It is said that the second shopkeeper listened to Niu Gao's words and was very surprised: "Ladies and gentlemen, how can you guess that our surname is Zhou?" ”

"It was my eldest brother Yue who guessed it, he looked at the couplet on the wall and said to us that your surname is Zhou." Niu Gao continued.

"Brother Yue is really extraordinary, and I admire him so much. Our name is Wednesday Wei, this sword is the heirloom of our Zhou family, please take a look at the goods. Wednesday said.

Yue Fei picked up the sword and looked at the scabbard first, it was antique, the lines were clear, and the workmanship was excellent. Then he slowly pulled out the blade of the sword, and just pulled out three or four inches, only to feel that the cold was pressing, and the cold light was dazzling. I took a closer look and was amazed.

"Sure enough, it's a good sword, Mr. Zhou, please take it back! Although I envy the sword, I can't win the love of others. This is your Zhou family's heirloom, I can't ask for it. Yue Fei inserted the sword into the scabbard and placed it on the table.

"Since Brother Yue likes it, why don't you ask the price? Don't you like it? Wednesday asked, stunned.

"Mr. Zhou wants to make fun of it, this is an heirloom of your mansion, and it is priceless, how dare you think about it?" Yue Fei said.

"Why don't you sit down and talk?" Wednesday asked.

"Don't bother, the sword has been watched, and the wish has been made, and it is time for us to leave." Yue Fei said and left.

"Brother Yue, please stay, since you know the goods, you haven't asked for advice, how can you do it? You may as well sit down, we have something to discuss. Wednesday said.

Yue Fei had no choice but to sit down, and the brothers also sat down to drink tea.

"My ancestors have been martial artists for three generations, so I left this sword. Now that our ancestors have practiced literature for three generations, this sword has no practical use for us. When my grandfather died, he left his last words, 'If anyone knows this sword in the future, he can give it to him without taking a penny.' Since my brother knows this sword, he must know its origin. If the elder brother can tell the origin of this sword, he is its owner. Wednesday said.

"When I saw this sword, it was suspected to be a Longquan sword, and I was afraid that I was wrong to laugh and be generous. Since Mr. asked, he had no choice but to say it, if he said it wrong, don't laugh" Yue Fei thought about it and said.

"Brother, it's okay to say, I'm listening." Wednesday sat upright, looking focused.

"The younger brother once heard the master say: Where there is a sharp sword, the dragon can be cut off in the water, and the rhino can be cut off on the land. There are names such as Longquan, Tai'a, Baihong, Zidian, Moxie, Ganjiang, Fish Intestine, Juque, etc., each with its own origin. This sword is in the Spring and Autumn Period, the king of Chu wants to dominate the princes, and heard that there is a famous swordsmith Ouyang Yeshan in the Qili Mountain of South Korea, so he sent a messenger to bring him to the court and ordered him to cast a sword. Yeshan asked the king of Chu what kind of sword he wanted to cast, and the king of Chu said that he wanted to cast male and female swords that could fly and kill. Ye Shan knew that the King of Chu was a tyrant, and if he had such a sword, the people in the world would suffer. If you don't agree, then you will die immediately. He thought about it, and finally came up with a way to delay. 'My lord, this sword is anything but ordinary, and it will take a long time to forge it. It will take at least three years, I wonder if the king has the patience to wait. Ye Shan said deliberately. The king of Chu wanted to have such a sword, even if he waited for another three years and five years, he was also willing. So he said: 'The Lone King has limited you to three years to forge this sword, and if it doesn't succeed by then, the Lone King will punish you for the nine clans.' Yeshan had no choice but to agree. In order to let Yeshan concentrate on forging swords, the king of Chu gave Yeshan a lot of gold and silver wealth for their family to eat and drink. Yeshan brought the wealth given by the king of Chu home and gave it to his wife, and said that he knew about it. The wife was very worried when she heard this, but they were just ordinary people, how could they dare to go against the king? Yeshan said goodbye to his wife and went to the mountains alone to concentrate on sword casting. Three years have passed, and finally cast a male and female double sword, in order to make a difference without ruining the soul, Ye Shan has cast a third sword. He buried the male sword in the mountains, returned home with the female sword and the imitation male sword, and said to his wife: 'I have gone to the state of Chu to offer the sword this time, and the king of Chu is afraid that if I make such a good sword for others again, he will definitely kill me to prevent future troubles. I thought about it, and there was no return to this place anyway, so I kept an eye on it and buried the sword in the deep mountains where I forged it. As long as the two swords can't be combined, the female sword can't exert its power. If the king of Chu sees me lying to him, he will definitely be angry and kill me. If I die, I don't care, I'm afraid it will affect you. You already have a fetus in your womb, so you might as well take a break from the mountains to avoid this catastrophe. If you hear of my death, do not mourn, but live courageously for the sake of our children. When the child grows up, you can tell him about the situation, and let him take revenge on me with a sword. In this way, I am also blind under the nine springs. Ye Shan left his house and came to the state of Chu, and gave the sword to the king of Chu, the king of Chu immediately summoned hundreds of civil and military officials to watch the sword, when he saw that the male and female swords could not fly, he was furious, and immediately put Ye Shan Ling Chi to death. When Yeshan's wife heard the news, she didn't dare to grieve, and she hid in the mountains. In the deep mountains, she gave birth to a son after ten months of pregnancy, she took good care of it, and in a blink of an eye reached the age of her son's literacy. One day, the child was ridiculed by his classmates at school, calling him a 'fatherless child'. The child came home crying and crying, and kept asking for his father. When the woman saw that her son had grown up, she told him the truth. When the child heard this, he stopped crying, and begged his mother to take out the sword and look at it. The woman could not resist it, so she took out the sword from the ground. The son took the sword and thanked his mother for his nurturing kindness, and was about to go to the state of Chu to take revenge, but the woman saw that her son was eager for revenge and tried her best to dissuade her, but the son did not listen. The woman regretted that she had not kept her husband's last wish and had told her son the truth too soon. In her frustration, she hanged herself. The son was grief-stricken when he saw that his mother had also left him. He set fire to the house, cremated his mother, and then went to the state of Chu with his sword on his back. Walking to the foot of Qili Mountain, I don't know where to go? I had to sit there and cry. I cried for three days and three nights in a row, my eyes were bloody, and the tears that were left behind turned red. At this moment, a Taoist came down from the mountain, asked the reason, and sighed with emotion. 'Son, how can you take revenge at such a young age?' If you can trust me, lend you something, and I will avenge you. The Taoist said. As long as I can avenge my father, I am willing to give you whatever you want. If you want me to die, I am willing. The child said. "The poor way is that you need to go to the king of Chu, only in this way can the king of Chu believe it, and I can avenge your father and mother." When the boy heard this, he knelt down and kowtowed to the Taoist, drew his sword, and killed himself. The Taoist took the child's head and went to the king of Chu with a sword. When they came to the city gate, the officers and soldiers guarding the city did not let them in, and the Taoist laughed and cried three times. The officers and soldiers were curious and asked him why, and the Taoist said: "Laughing at the world, people don't know my treasure, crying that this treasure is difficult to meet the goods." I came to the state of Chu to offer the elixir of immortality to the king of Chu. The officers and soldiers listened to the transmission layer by layer, and finally reached the ears of the king of Chu. When the king of Chu heard this, he immediately summoned the Taoist. The Taoist sent the head up, and the king of Chu was furious when he saw it, and he was about to surrender his guilt. The Taoist said, "This human head is the head of a fairy child, and you can see it if you put it in a hot oil pot." When the king of Chu heard this, he was suspicious and ordered his subordinates to prepare an oil pot. The oil in the oil pot boiled, the Taoist threw his head into the oil pot, and the king of Chu immediately came to check, and when he looked down into the oil pot, the Taoist drew his sword, and the head of the king of Chu fell into the oil pot with a sword. When the people saw this, they rushed up to take the Taoist, and the Taoist killed himself, and his head fell into the oil pot. The three heads in the oil pot were all fried bare, and they couldn't tell that it was the king of Chu. There was no way, so everyone had to bury the three heads together. The ancients said: The Chu State has a 'three-headed tomb' that tells this story. The name of this sword is 'Zhan Lu', and Xue Rengui of the Tang Dynasty once owned this sword, but now it somehow fell into the house of Mr. I don't know if it's this sword, but please make it clear to Mr. Yue Fei stopped at this point.

Wednesday listened to this, and said with a proud smile: "Brother Yue is really powerful, and he is not bad at all. According to my grandfather's will, this sword belongs to my brother, please laugh at it. Brother Yue, how many years has this sword been buried, and now I have only met its owner, please don't shirk it, it is said that it should make contributions to the pillars of the country, and it is not in vain the last words of the ancestors. Wednesday said this, picked up the sword from the table and handed it to Yue Fei with both hands.

Yue Fei repeatedly excused himself: "Mr. is serious, how can the younger brother be deed?" How dare you take the love of others? ”

"Brother Hugh wants to resign, this is the last words of the ancestors, and I dare not disobey it." Wednesday was afraid to say that it was forced into Yue Fei's hands.

Yue Fei saw that Wednesday was so persistent, so he had no choice but to take it and pin it to his waist and thank him again and again.