Chapter 513: The Art of Forging Steel (2-in-1)
Hua Hate Liu didn't think that Dou Wenshan had been in his Dou clan for so many years but had never said his real name and surname, like the few elders in the clan mentioned by Dou Jianzhang before, most of them only knew his surname Dou, and they were a family with them, but they didn't know what it was called, even what it looked like, and where it came from.
Hua hated Liu Wuxin's words, but he revealed such an important information, if it was placed at the beginning, he couldn't say it anyway.
However, now that he said it, he didn't panic, but asked quietly, "Why did you hear you say that 'same sect'?" Could it be that he has another name? ”
"Not really." Dou Jianzhang was still full of gratitude in his heart, and when he heard that Hua Hateliu's question did not involve clan secrets, he also reciprocated, and said honestly: "The elders in our clan have not been very familiar with this adult, although he claims to be a member of the Dou clan, but because no one knows where he comes from, and he doesn't know which generation he belongs to, so ...... I'm not afraid of your jokes, we didn't think he was a member of our clan in the past, and although we didn't say bad about him, we were also indifferent to him......"
When he said this, Dou Jianzhang's face was slightly red, as if he felt a little guilty because of such an old thing, he glanced at Hua Hate Willow worriedly, but saw that Hua Hate Liu did not mean irony, but nodded solemnly.
"Sir...... Don't you think we're doing something wrong? Dou Jianzhang couldn't hold back the question in his heart, and asked Hua Hate Liu.
"Huh?" Hua hated Liu was slightly stunned, looked at Dou Jianzhang for a breath, and then reacted to what the other party asked him about, chuckled to hide the embarrassment, and explained with a chuckle: "I was just thinking about what kind of mentality this Lord Dou should have at that time...... And in my opinion, you don't need to feel guilty about anything, if you really don't know whether he is good or bad for his own clan, whether he is pretending to be a member of the clan to seek refuge, or whether he is really a member of the clan to return to his roots, it is natural for his natural attitude to be a little rusty, this is human nature, and it is beyond reproach. ”
Speaking of this, he saw that Dou Jianzhang seemed to have something to say, and raised his hand lightly to stop him: "Besides, if you were indeed indifferent to him before, but according to my guess, you have great respect for him at this time, and I think he has also done great things...... Being able to repay grievances with virtue and not being angry with others is already able to make people marvel at the virtue of this adult...... There is such a big man appearing, for the Dou family, it should be a blessing and a happy thing, although the person is no longer there, the living people should respect it, learn more from their predecessors, and spend less time regretting it! ”
"Yes, Mr. taught ......" Dou Jianzhang's face was panicked, and he hurriedly bowed to Hua Hate Liu and said: "Listen to Mr. said, the mouth suddenly opened, maybe he was obsessed before, and he didn't see this matter away, Jianzhang will take it as a warning!" ”
"Haha, you two don't need to be so polite!" Yang Jiuguan on the side couldn't stand it for a long time, and took advantage of the gap between the two of them to answer, and hurriedly interrupted, if he continued like this, he was worried that he would be humble again and again, and he didn't know when he would become a leader.
"This ceramic sword is rare, I have seen many swords in my life, but I have to admit that I have never seen this kind of ...... Sir don't talk about it? This is Yang Jiuguan's cleverness, directly interrupting the two of them naturally seemed abrupt, although Dou Jianzhang didn't say it, it was inevitable that he would be unhappy in his heart, at this time he continued to ask about the gift of the sword, although it sounded like Yang Jiuguan was interested, but when he spoke, he gave Dou Jianzhang a high hat - I have never seen such a great sword, so I want to hear about this sword - after Dou Jianzhang heard it, his heart was naturally happy.
Seeing that the two of them looked at themselves, Hua Hate Liu chuckled and said to Dou Jianzhang: "Please borrow the sword again." ”
"Please, sir!" Dou Jianzhang was overjoyed and hurriedly presented the white ceramic sword.
"This sword is called 'Zhengrong', but it is the name I gave on a whim, when it was in the hands of that Lord Dou, his sword was called 'Qiu Shuang'......"
"Autumn frost?" Hearing Hua Hate Liu mention these two words, Dou Jianzhang was shocked and couldn't help but cry out.
"Huh? What's wrong? As soon as Hua Hate Liu saw his reaction, she knew that there must be a story behind this, so she hurriedly stopped and asked.
"Autumn Frost...... It is the name of this adult's favorite concubine, who just passed away last winter. Dou Jianzhang said with regret on his face: "If I tell her about this as soon as possible, I think she will be happy to pass away." ”
"Well, I see...... Hua hated Liu thoughtfully, but she was thinking in her heart: It turns out that this "Autumn Frost" is a person's name, but I laughed at the time that I still felt that these two words were too murderous......
"You just held this sword in your hand, so naturally you should also feel that it is just that this scabbard is made of ceramic, and the inside is still a sword body forged from stainless steel." Seeing that Dou Jianzhang didn't talk in detail, Hua Hate Liu didn't have the heart to continue to explore, and began to talk about this sword again.
"Can you show me?" Yang Jiuguan couldn't help but feel a little itchy in his palms, asked Hua Hate Liu for a sword, looked at it carefully, and said in surprise: "This is wonderful, wonderful!" ”
"Well, the Great Elder said that this 'wonderful', what is the wonderful?" Dou Jianzhang heard Yang Jiuguan praise the sword, and hurriedly asked.
"The scabbard of this ceramic sword is as white as snow, it must be a master who can burn it out!" Speaking of this, he didn't wait for Hua Hateliu and the others to answer, he held the hilt of the sword in his hand again, and gently pulled out the sword body by three inches, and when the cold light flashed into his eyes, his eyes also seemed to burst out with cold light, reflecting the sword.
"Hahahaha!" Yang Jiuguan laughed, looking at the two people beside him as if they were nothing, so unhappy.
"Uh...... You talk first, and then you laugh. Hua Hate Liu was inexplicable when he heard it, and couldn't help but be irritable and said, Dou Jianzhang's face was not good-looking, and everyone understood his feelings: he didn't understand his own things, and let others say all the benefits, so what did it mean?
"Don't worry, don't worry!" Yang Jiuguan waved his hand, ignoring Hua Hateliu's words, he put his hand back on the hilt of the sword, and struggled to pull out the sword body, but after pulling the sword out, the laughter stopped abruptly.
This is a broken sword, and among the three of them, only Hua Hate Liu knows about it, how can Yang Jiuguan see the subtlety of this sword, but if he doesn't wait for the sword body to be exposed, how can he know that this sword is broken?
"This ...... This is ......" Dou Jianzhang was slightly startled, and when he looked at Hua Hate Liu, he saw that his expression had not changed, so he relieved his heart - if it was because Yang Jiuguan had broken his sword as soon as he pulled it out, he didn't know whether he was going to be angry or not.
"Oops!" Yang Jiuguan was slightly stunned, staring at the broken place of the sword for a long time, and then sighed: "It's a pity!" ”
After sighing, he saw that the two people on the side were still looking at him, and said calmly: "When I looked at this sword just now, I really wanted to persuade you to give me this sword no matter what, the reason is naturally that this scabbard is wonderful and indescribable, but what I value more is this sword body." ”
"Is there anything unusual about this sword body?" Dou Jianzhang was shocked when he heard Yang Jiuguan say that he wanted to take away this sword, and almost exclaimed on the spot, but fortunately, he quickly turned around again, and heard from Yang Jiuguan's words that the other party no longer had this idea at this time, so he asked calmly.
"Well, you can't see it without a sword...... Yang Jiuguan turned to Hua Hate Liu and said, "Do you see that this steel forging technique is clever?" ”
Hua Hate Liu didn't think that this sword was so good, on the contrary, he felt that this sword was no different from the sword he had seen before, if it was good, in his opinion, it was just slightly better than the swords of Yang Jian and Hua Yuchi and others.
However, he had always overlooked a problem: the swords he had seen were not only swords here, but also swords hundreds of years later......
The reason why I feel that the sword of Yang Jian and others is not as good as Dou Wenshan's sword is because Dou Wenshan's sword is the sword of later generations; The reason why I think Dou Wenshan's sword is not very good, it is because Hua Hate Liu has seen a better sword than Dou Wenshan's sword!
And this "better" sword is not seen elsewhere, but in the Xi Dynasty after more than 400 years of peace!
According to historical records, the Shu Dynasty was not followed by the Xi Dynasty, but there was a hundred years of darkness, this period has no history left, it is the "broken dynasty" part of history, and when was Dou Wenshan a person? He is a person from the early days of the Xi Dynasty, which means that Dou Wenshan's sword is at least a hundred years later than the sword that Yang Jiuguan and others have seen, and this hundred years is likely to be the period of development of forging technology.
What's more, he himself has been nearly three hundred years away from Dou Wenshan, and during this period, forging technology will inevitably make greater or lesser progress, and it is these "progresses" that make Hua Hateliu unable to see how good the sword at this time is, nor how advanced the forging of steel reflected by Dou Wenshan's sword is.
When he realized this in his heart, Hua Hate Liu almost didn't exclaim, he had always looked at things according to his original understanding, but he rarely thought about how much difference there was between the generation he lived in and this time! At this time, Yang Jiuguan said that the technique of forging steel, if he knew the key to this, how could he wait for Yang Jiuguan to ask?
In addition to being frightened, he couldn't help but be a little afraid, this is still Yang Jiuguan asking himself, he is not an outsider, even if he really notices something, he will not have any threat to his identity if he has Yang Wu's help - but if others deduce any information that is unfavorable to him based on this, Hua Hate Liu will be helpless.
"This broken sword...... Can you leave it to me? Yang Jiuguan suddenly thought of something and asked Dou Jianzhang.
"Do you want to ......" Dou Jianzhang was able to take over the position of patriarch of the Dou clan at a young age, which was indispensable for Yang Wei's purge and Xizhou's support behind him, but at the same time, it could not be denied that he was a very smart person, Yang Jiuguan first praised this steel forging technique, and at this time he wanted to leave the broken sword behind, and his bold idea couldn't help but Dou Jianzhang's dumbfounded.
Hua Hate Liu naturally knew Yang Jiuguan's thoughts, he wanted to show this broken sword to the craftsman, if he couldn't see any way, he would naturally just be disappointed, but what if he could really find something? It can be said that this matter is really profitable for Xizhou!
"This ......"
Seeing Dou Jianzhang's hesitation, Yang Jiuguan spoke: "Three months, I will return the broken sword to you after three months." ”
"It's not impossible...... Dou Jianzhang felt that it was not difficult to lend Yang Jiuguan for research and research, and after taking the sword back, he could say that the broken part could not be found, and it would be okay to stay in Xizhou at that time...... The key is that this is Dou Wenshan's sword, he can't dispose of the relics of people who are revered by the whole clan at will, if the news leaks a little, I'm afraid that he, the patriarch, will also be the end.
"If there is a breakthrough, this technology is jointly owned by Xizhou and Xiangzhou, and it will never be hidden." Yang Jiuguan threw out the greater interest, in his opinion, since Xiangzhou is an ally of Xizhou, then if they can get along with each other on an equal footing, it should naturally be like this, in terms of the relationship of forging steel, this is the use of the Dou clan, even if it is not given, there is nothing, not to mention that although Xiangzhou is not as developed as Xizhou, there is no shortage of skilled craftsmen, at most it takes some more work, and it is not that it is impossible to see through and understand the key to this.
In this way, he is almost more like a businessman looking for a partner to share the profits in advance.
"Good!" After listening to Yang Jiuguan's words, Dou Jianzhang's eyes shone brightly, and he made up his mind almost at the same time, but after he came down, he continued to insist: "It can only be three months, within three months, I will say like the people in the clan that the broken sword part has not been found, and I am continuing to look for it somewhere, but after three months, whether it is successful or not, this broken sword has to be given to me, after all, this is a relic of my clan's same clan......"
"It's a deal!" Yang Jiuguan laughed, directly took out the broken sword in the scabbard, and said to Hua Hate Liu and Dou Jianzhang: "Without further ado, I'll go and find someone to study now, you two talk first, I'll go and go back." ”
After saying this, without waiting for Hua Hate Liu and Dou Jianzhang to react, they directly saw the broken sword hidden in their sleeves and hurriedly went out of the door, until they couldn't see his figure from the door, and the two of them reacted.
He ...... That's the kind of guy he is, don't be surprised. Hua Hate Liu smiled awkwardly, pointed to the sword and said to Dou Jianzhang: "Let's continue?" ”
"Oh, there's Mr. Law!" Dou Jianzhang came back to his senses and hurriedly echoed with a smile, but Hua Hate Liu could see from his expression that Dou Jianzhang's heart was no longer here at this time, but with Yang Jiuguan's departure, he also flew away together.
"The body of this sword is three feet long, and the broken part is about one foot and one inch, and the remaining length is one foot and nine ......inches," reluctantly retelling the words he heard from Xun Daweng, Hua Hate Liu chuckled, and said to Dou Jianzhang, who was still in a trance: "I wanted Dou Patriarch to stay here for a while, but at this time, it seems that you still have other arrangements, so it is better to take this sword away first, and meet in the future, if you have anything you want to ask, let's continue!" ”
"Ah...... This...... This...... Mr. Jean smiled. Dou Jianzhang's face was slightly red, and he said with embarrassment: "I can't hide it, what Elder Yang said just now really touched me a lot, Jianzhang should have explained it to you directly, but it has been dragging on, wasting a piece of Mr.'s kindness, I hope Mr. will forgive me!" ”
While speaking, Dou Jianzhang was about to bow down to Hua Hate Liu again, but Hua Hate Liu put his arm on his hand, stopped him from leaning over, and said with a smile: "You don't need to say much about the polite words, if Patriarch Dou wants to go, then go directly!" ”
"This ...... Thank you, sir! Dou Jianzhang was overjoyed, hurriedly took his sword and said "forgiveness" to Hua Hate Liu, and went out directly, thinking that he was going to inquire where Yang Jiuguan had gone, and he was going to see what the situation was.
The excitement just now only lasted for half an hour, and at this time the flower hated the willow house was deserted again, he originally wanted to lie down, but found that he couldn't sleep at all, so he had to get up and take a book to look at in the yard, and waste this spare time.
However, God obviously felt that he had slept all morning, and that he had wasted a lot of leisure time, and should not continue to waste it, and after less than half an hour, something came to the door.
The person who came was dressed in white, and it was the current Situ Living Buddha who said forgiveness, and what he came was not for anything else, just a white thing.
There is a saying among the folk that "red and white happy events", red events generally refer to the marriage of men and women, and white events refer to funerals. If it is a funeral, it must be related to only one person: Bai Sheng.
"When?" Hua hated Liu was shocked, threw down the book in his hand and asked while going out, but as soon as he walked to Yan Shu, he was directly politely stopped.
"Dude doesn't have to go." Yan Shu folded his hands and bowed in thanks: "My father was very peaceful when he left, Yan Shu thought that this must be related to the fact that he got something he wanted to know from you, and this time I came for three purposes, one is to inform my father of his death, and the other is to thank him......
"You're welcome, it turns out that I had an appointment with the general when I was in Qingcheng, and the general agreed to help me because of this...... Speaking of which, this was a transaction, and the master thanked me for making me much ashamed. Hua Hate Liu's words are the truth, at that time, in order to let Bai Sheng promise to help him kill Bai 61 Madger, he did use this matter as a bargaining weight, but what happened later exceeded his expectations, but he didn't expect to really find the reason for the tragedy by mistake - the only thing that was a little unwilling was that in the end, Bai Sheng didn't want to know who the culprit behind it was.
"This is an agreement between you and my father, and I am just expressing my own gratitude." Yan Shu chuckled on his face, and said: "The death of my father is a happy event in Yan Shu's view, the Buddha said that the cycle of rebirth, the six reincarnations, if it is his suffering, then he must suffer this suffering; If it is his blessing, he will also enjoy it...... I only ask the Buddha to see that he has been sincerely forgiving his father's sins over the years, so that his father will suffer less when he is reincarnated! ”
"That's what the master said." Hua Hate Liu nodded yes, he didn't understand the Buddha, and he didn't believe in the Buddha's theory, but if he said this, he could make his heart calm, and Hua Hate Liu respected this statement.
"And the third thing is ......"
"The third thing is that I am going to leave Xizhou City with my father." Yan Shu chuckled and said word by word.