Chapter 53: Between Gains and Losses

A knife is a good knife, and even a little carpenter, who has little to no knowledge of weapons, can feel it.

As soon as the tattered wooden sheath is detached, the sound of the blade coming out of the sheath, and the snow light from the blade, can make people deeply realize that this knife definitely has a history, a story, and a certain number of years.

Otherwise, it would not have been able to have such an effect, and people would feel inexplicably chilled at a glance.

A knife or sword, such a weapon, is not always better the older.

Limited by the limitations of the production process, many cold weapons, swords and strong knives recorded in ancient books, are far less powerful than modern crafts in terms of toughness, hardness and sharpness.

A cold weapon from Germany or the Orient can almost completely win because of the steel with a good carbon mouth or the forging method.

Why?

Isn't it because of the progress of materials?

But there is an exception to this type of cold weapon, that is, it has had one or several powerful owners, and it has been nurtured for an unknown number of years with blood, spirit and bearing, so that it has a different quality.

At that time, it was no longer cold metal, but seemed to have a unique life, and even had its own will and character.

It's just like yesterday when the little carpenter saw the "demon slayer" flying sword used by Li Jincian in Qingcheng Mountain.

As soon as the long sword came out, the group of demons retreated.

The little carpenter took the knife in his hand and waved it a few times, feeling that the blade was heavy, and the weight was just right, whether it was length, weight or arc, it was very conducive to chopping.

And he held the dirty-looking hilt of the knife, as if it was connected to it, and inexplicably there was a feeling of blood connection, which was very strange, and made him have a complex emotion that he was reluctant to let go.

It's weird.

The little carpenter looked at Long Chen, and Long Chen smiled proudly, "How?" The gift that the faucet gave you, are you still satisfied? ”

The little carpenter nodded: "Not only satisfied, but flattered." ”

Chen Long said: "What about this knife, the name is Hanxue, and the knife shape is embroidered spring - you know the embroidered spring knife, right?" ”

The little carpenter shook his head and said that he had never heard of it, so what was the matter?

Chen Long laughed, rubbed his nose, and said: "Actually, I don't understand, it's all said by the dragon, I'll give you a sample - what about this embroidered spring knife, it is the Ming Dynasty brocade guard, the concept of the Imperial Forest Army saber, the shape of the comprehensive characteristics of the Oriental imported into our country during the Kanhe period, and later, it is biased towards the Ming Dynasty local special customized Ministry of Waist Knife...... Of course, the dragon head said, this handsome, is the late Ming Dynasty masterpiece, you don't look at it a few dirt, but that is its owner intentional...... Brother Ganmo, do you know who its owner is? ”

The little carpenter shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said How do I know?

Chen Long accepted the trick and said with some envy: "Legend has it that the owner of this knife is Tian Jianong, the pacification envoy of Jinyiwei in the late Ming Dynasty. ”

He saw that the little carpenter was confused, and continued to explain: "This person is the top swordsman in the rivers and lakes in the late Ming Dynasty, and was called 'knife madness' by the opponent Dongchang, which is really good, and then Li Zicheng led the army into the customs, he took a family out of the city, and killed more than 100 people in a row, including many masters in Li Zicheng's army; This knife, many people are staring at it, but the dragon head learned that you use a knife, and the knife skills are good, so he specially asked me to send it to you to express my gratitude......

Although the little carpenter was quite moved, he still subconsciously shirked it, saying that I was not from the rivers and lakes, and it was not convenient to hold a knife, otherwise......

Chen Long saw that he had the intention of prevarication, and immediately became anxious: "Brother, I am old, so I call you brother-the dragon head is considering your difficulties, so he reluctantly cut his love, and specially chose this one, if you don't want it, I will take it back, won't I be punished?" ”

The little carpenter saw that he was in a hurry, so he changed his words and thanked him.

Chen Long was happy, patted the little carpenter on the shoulder, and said that our relationship does not have to be so polite.

He chatted with the little carpenter for a while, then got up and said, "The new leader of the dragon head is at the helm, and our subordinates are also too busy to hit the back heels, so I'll go firstβ€”remember, if there's anything, go directly to Qianmen Street to find me, you know?" ”

The little carpenter sent him downstairs, sent him out the door, and said goodbye with his fists.

After watching Chen Long leave, the little carpenter went upstairs and returned to the room, and saw that the knife was gone, he was a little surprised, looked left and right, and walked into the room, but saw that the knife fell on Jiang Lao's second-hand who was sitting at the head of the bed.

Jiang Lao Er was drawing a knife, observing the blade, and saw the little carpenter walk in and hurriedly returned to the sheath.

He said in a panic, "It's not me...... It was a tiger in my mouth, and I couldn't help but take a look......"

The little carpenter had never seen him so flustered, and couldn't help laughing: "Look at it, what are you panicking about?" ”

Jiang Lao Er put the knife on the side of the bed with the sheath and didn't move anymore, while the little carpenter picked it up and said again: "What are you panicking about?" ”

Jiang Lao Er lowered his head and said: "A knife or sword, to its owner, is like a wife, I shouldn't ...... it."

The little carpenter didn't wait for him to finish, then waved his hand and interrupted: "That's because you have such a tendony rectum, so I think so." I'm not a person from the rivers and lakes, but a carpenter who builds a house and makes furniture, so I don't have this taboo - okay, you see it, I don't know how to do it, you can help me tell me, how about this knife? ”

Jiang Lao Er saw that the little carpenter was really angry, but he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The knife is a good knife." ”

His words were like gold, which made the little carpenter angry: "Of course I know that it is a good knife, do you need to say this?" Can you say something professional? ”

Jiang Lao Er licked his lips and said that the origin of this knife, the person said it should not be bad, I will tell you about its benefits - in fact, it is also simple, it is fast, sharp and fast, ordinary people's weapons, if the material is average, and you use one strength, the strength is concentrated, just one knife, you can break the opponent's blade and turn the situation around; And even if the opponent's weapon is tough, your knife is not afraid of collision, because in the blade, there is a kind of "Qi field" to maintain it, so that its structure is stable, and it is difficult to be suddenly destroyed......

Hearing this killer professional Jiang Lao Er slowly say, the little carpenter knew that Cheng Wuye really gave him a big gift.

Something that can make Jiang Laoer, a "killer with no feelings", show envy, is naturally a good product.

The only visible drawback to it at the moment is that it is too dazzling.

As soon as the knife comes out of its sheath, it is like a torch suddenly shining in the dark night, which is too attractive to attention.

Of course, this shortcoming is a matter of opinion, and the wise are wise, and who will see the score.

The little carpenter took the knife, glared at the tiger-skinned fat cat at the bedside, and then returned to the living room, and looked at the knife back and forth, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it.

Men, for such things, just like women are for jewelry, it is difficult to have immunity.

He originally didn't want to accept Cheng Wuye's gift, because he had already made up his mind not to have any more intersections with this big man who made him unable to see clearly, but at this moment, he had a knife in his hand, but he couldn't help but comfort himself: "I helped him testify, there is no merit and hard work, this knife is what I deserve......"

After indulging in it for a long time, the little carpenter suddenly remembered that Cheng Wuye was really powerful, but his insight into people's hearts had reached such a point.

Terrible......

But what's the name of this knife? Oh, Long Chen said it's called Hanxue, a very good name.

It's so fragrant.

In this world, people always have some hobbies, some people love money, some people love painting, some people hold three-inch golden lotus and long legs, can play for a year, and the little carpenter holds this knife, and the mysteries of suppressing the Qianling knife method come to mind, swaying in the mind, and unconsciously, a long time has passed.

When he came back to his senses, he found that the room was empty, and then he remembered one thing - Gu Baiguo, who ran to buy medicine in the morning, has not come back yet.

Thinking of this, the little carpenter was a little panicked, he walked to the balcony, looked outside for a while, and finally made a decision, ran to the bedroom, and told Jiang Lao Er that he was going out to find someone.

Jiang Lao Er didn't look cold to the little carpenter, but he really had no resistance to a harmless little girl like Gu Baiguo.

He was also worried about Gu Baiguo, and hurriedly urged the little carpenter to leave.

The little carpenter took the things with him, thought about it, took the cloth again, wrapped the newly-acquired long knife, and tied it to his back, and then took the tiger-skinned fat cat downstairs and inquired about the location of the drugstore near the waiter.

The waiter told the little carpenter the addresses of the four apothecaries, two of which were closer, and two of which were farther apart.

The little carpenter first went to the nearest pharmacy, which was actually close to Chaotianmen.

When he came to the door, he asked the guy, but the guy still remembered Gu Baiguo, saying that such a little girl did come in the morning, but she was very picky, only chose a few herbs, and the others were not satisfied, and then left.

The supply object of this pharmacy is the hard labor of a big stick in Chaotianmen, and those people have money to take medicine, which is already very good, as for the quality, there is naturally no guarantee.

The little carpenter went to another nearby house, and the feedback he got was also there, so he chose two herbs and left.

He then went to another house, which was far away, and walked for half an hour, and when he arrived, they said that they had not seen it.

When he arrived at the last one, it was already evening, and the shopkeeper told him that such a little girl had indeed come and that the medicine had been caught, but it seemed that he had met someone when he went out, and there was an argument.

He didn't know what happened next.

Dispute?

The little carpenter panicked a little and began to ask everywhere, but there was no news.

He kept looking around, and finally someone told him that the little girl had been taken away by force.

As for where he went, the man did not know.

What the author said: Little Buddha said: I heard that there is Jiageng at noon, as for whether it is a rumor, I don't know, why don't you come and take a look at it then?