Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Forester
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A good knife deserves a good knifeman!
A good knife maker deserves a good knife!
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Just by glancing at it, the one named Lin Shisan could conclude that the knife that the strong man took out at this moment was a weapon that any swordsman longed to have. He could also see that the moment the strong man pulled out the knife, his moves were smooth, and the connoisseur could see at a glance that this was a master who often used knives!
He stared at the knife with reluctance to sit there in silence.....
Until the owner of the pawnshop knocked on the table and asked, "Do you still sell it?" ”
The strong man respectfully put the knife on the table, and a trace of cunning flashed in the boss's eyes, and he wanted to pick up the knife, but he couldn't hold it at all. Although he couldn't take it, there was more surprise in the boss's eyes: it was really a good thing!
Then he pretended to be calm and said: "This knife is a few years old, and it is not too valuable!" At most, 10,000! ”
"You can see clearly that this is a horse chopping knife handed down from the Tang Dynasty!" The strong man pointed to the knife and said, "How can it be worth 10,000?" ”
The pawnshop owner smiled treacherously and said, "Metal and the like have always been worthless in our business!" Your knife is a killing weapon, how many people will buy a killing weapon to go home? Giving you 10,000 is already a high price! ”
Seeing the strong man's reluctant look, the pawnshop owner asked urgently, "Do you sell it or not?" If you don't sell it, take it away! ”
"Sell ......" the strong man gritted his teeth: "Sell!" ”
"Okay, then sign!"
Just when the pawnshop owner lined up the bill and handed it to the strong man, he suddenly stretched out two fingers from out of nowhere, and instantly held the bill in his hand.
The pawnshop owner and the strong man looked over anxiously, only to see a young man take the bill in his hand, and look at it with a disdainful smile.
When the strong man saw the young man, wasn't he the guy who had been with the girl all the way just now?
I saw him snatch the bill away, sneered, and tore the bill to shreds without saying a word.
The pawnshop owner was anxious at the time: "You! You! What are you doing? ”
The young man smiled and said to the strong man, "I'm willing to pay ten times the price for your knife, how about it?" ”
With a word, the pawnshop owner realized what the young man was going to do!
Snorted coldly: "It's actually here to smash the field!" If you ask for it tenfold, you will take it. ”
After saying that, he wanted to throw the knife off the table, but he couldn't hold it at all.
The young man smiled, picked up the knife on the table with one hand, and then carefully observed the saber from the head to the hilt.
Then he said: "The horse chopping sword was first derived from the horse chopping sword, which is a weapon with a long handle equipped with a knife body, and its appearance can be traced back to the Western Han Dynasty. At that time, in order to defend against cavalry, a new type of weapon called the "horse sword" was developed with a long handle attached to a large, double-edged sword. This double-edged slashing sword, over time, its appearance has changed a lot, and by the Tang Dynasty, it was the same as what we see now. The style of this knife is a two-handed extended version of my country's knife, and when you hold it in your hand, you will feel like you are on the dusty battlefield, slashing the galloping horse, and the feeling of being heroic ......."
The pawnshop owner saw that this young man was also an expert, and quickly stopped: "Asking you to buy a knife is not about history!" ”
The young man smiled and said to the strong man: "I just said that this knife is 100,000, but now I have weighed it, and I feel that the price is less, and I am willing to increase it three times!" How about 400,000 to buy you this knife? ”
When he said this, the pawnshop owner's face turned green!
He saw that the young man had come here on purpose to stir up trouble, and it was impossible to be reasonable!
When he turned around, he went inside and called someone.
Most of them are hired thugs or something.
The strong man sighed: "I continue to use money, you use so much money to buy this knife, I am naturally willing, but you offended them......"
"In this world, I am not afraid to offend anyone!" The young man smiled, and then took out a card and handed it to the strong man: "There are 300,000 in it, how about I give the next 100,000 to my brother in the future?" The premise is that if Brother Tai can be trusted? ”
The strong man didn't take the card: "100,000 is enough, you don't need so much!" ”
The young man smiled and said: "After talking about 400,000, there will be no less!" It's better to go to my residence with me, I have something to ask for from my brother, if brother is willing to help, I will double the price! ”
Doubled?
Which rich man is this young man, who actually doesn't care about money so much?
Speaking from the heart, the strong man was naturally reluctant to sell this knife.
Since the young man was invited, he went to the inn with the young man..... When I arrived in the room, I saw the little girl who had just helped, and the two girls who had just taken a photo.
"This big brother, meet again!" The girl smiled and waved at the strong man.
The strong man nodded: "Thank you for the help of the girl just now!" ”
"Your skills are so good, you don't need me to do it at all!" The girl smiled.
The young man walked into the room, took out a new card and handed it to the strong man: "There are a million in it!" The card does not have a password! ”
The strong man hurriedly said: "I took the money, and I will return the excess to you, brother!" If you don't believe me, come with me! ”
"You don't have to pay back the rest!" The young man said, "As long as you help me do this, I will return your knife to you!" ”
"What?"
When the young man didn't give the strong man much thought, he turned around and went to a girl with a knife and took her Tang knife..... Give it to the strong man: "Please help me see the origin of this knife!" ”
The strong man pulled out the knife, and he was shocked at that time: "The silver Tang knife is rare in the world!" Among weapons, the hardness of sterling silver is far less than that of steel. The silver in this Tang knife seems to be a kind of secret system! After speaking, with a wave of his hand, a sword qi flew around twice and disappeared! ”
When the three girls saw it, they were amazed in their hearts: this strong man's true qi was so finely mastered.
The strong man held the Tang knife in his arms, thought for a moment, and then lowered his body and smelled the smell on the knife: "How can there be a cold breath on this?" ”
Lansha stood up and said, "I've killed quite a few vampires with this knife!" ”
"Is it a vampire of the West?" After the strong man heard this, he immediately thought of something: "Tang knives were first produced in the Tang Dynasty...... As a weapon that can be used as a martial art, can go to the battlefield, and can be used as a ceremonial weapon, it is extremely popular. At that time, the Tang Dynasty was at its peak, and when all countries came to the court, the imperial court inevitably returned the favor. Most of the Tang knives made of Mithril were given back to various countries at that time, and as for the origin, I can't tell you what the origin is! ”
The chopping knife and money were handed over to the strong man.....
The strong man knew that Lin Shisan had another purpose, but what was his purpose?
"I need you to do me a favor!" Lin 13 said: "Don't kill, don't set fire!" ”
"Don't kill? Don't set fire? The strong man asked, "What do you want me to do?" Can you make so much money? ”
"Come with me to protect someone!" Lin Shisan said.
"Who?"
"Then I'll have to let me know what you're here for?"
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Lin 13 and the strong man said one by one.
The strong man is a hearty man, and his affairs are not unseemly.
It turned out that the purpose of his trip was related to Guan Wuliang!
The general reason is that the place where the strong man lives is a relatively secluded small mountain village, and the villagers originally had no quarrel with the world, until one day Guan Wuliang brought people to the village to look for sword refiners in the village! The so-called sword refiner is a profession that has been inherited for a long time, but has been broken. It is said that it has existed since the Three Kingdoms period. Puyuan pioneered quenching technology to make steel knives strong and elastic. He once selected stainless steel and cold iron for Zhuge Liang to cast three thousand knives, and in order to be sharp, he ordered people to travel thousands of miles to the Shujiang River to get water and quench the knife. The water taker accidentally overturned the water a little, and had no choice but to replenish the water on the way, and Pu Yuan saw through it at a glance, and ordered someone to take the Shujiang River water quenching knife again. The knife is made, and the iron is sharpened like clay, and it is known as the "magic knife".
And the originator of the inheritance of the sword refining family is Pu Yuan......
And all the situations in the village where the strong man in front of him is the descendants of the sword refiners, although there are quite a few of them, but ..... With the changes of time and history, the inheritance of the sword refiner has long been gradually lost.
The village has become no different from an ordinary village, working normally and living a normal life.
I don't know when a high-ranking person in the county or city where the village is located heard that there was an antique treasure in the mountains near the village and planned to steal it.
Later, he was directly reported by the villagers and informed the state of an ancient tomb in the mountain. Because of this, the high-ranking people began to hold a grudge against the strong man and their village...... Not long afterward, he said that the location of the village was an ancient tomb group, and produced forged evidence, which was used as a reason to forcibly relocate the people of a village. The villagers were naturally reluctant to leave the village where they had lived for many years, and the conflict occurred, after the people led by the strong man's younger brother drove away the demolition team, not long after, the high-level did not know what relationship to find Guan Wuliang, Guan Wuliang led people to fight with the brothers of the strong man's village, and they were defeated!
Originally, I thought that they had suffered many losses and that it was time to give up.
As a result, it didn't take long for the strong man's brother and others to be arrested by the government, saying that they were deliberately murdered! Only then did I know that one of the people Guan Wuliang brought at that time didn't know why he became seriously injured after he went back!
The strong man said to Lin 13 emphatically: "Everyone in our village was present, and it was true that because of the conflict at that time, some people were slightly injured, but it was definitely not to the extent of serious injuries!" ”
Lin 13 asked, "So, you came here this time for your brother, to seek revenge from the alliance leader?" ”
The strong man nodded: "That's right!" Although my brother and I are not biological brothers, we have grown up in a village and have long been in love! I heard that the alliance leader Lion Tie Zhan's birthday banquet invited a lot of people, so I wanted to take this opportunity to come here, directly face the alliance leader, and beg him to help our village redress this matter......"
After finishing speaking, the strong man felt ashamed: "Actually, it's really ...... to bother the alliance leader because of this little thing."
"What's this?" Zhao Wenjun got up and said: "Since he has become the leader of the alliance, as long as there are grievances in this world, no matter how big or small, he has to be responsible!" What a big and small difference! ”
When Lin Shisan heard Zhao Wenjun's words, he was also shocked, and continued to listen to Zhao Wenjun's angry look and said, "If you want me to say it!" Big brother, tell me! I'll help you out! ”
"How are you going to solve it?" Lin 13 asked.
"Hit!" Zhaowenjun said: "This kind of person, he is unreasonable, what reason should we talk to him, didn't you slander me and beat you to a serious injury?" I'm going to really hurt you! ”
Things in this world should be so simple?
But it's not that simple.....
Lin 13 directly told the strong man: "I have a way to help you redress your grievances, provided that you have to help me!" ”
He didn't directly tell the strong man that the purpose of his trip was actually to protect the alliance leader! After all, there are many people...... This is another secret activity!
Regarding Lin Shisan's secrecy, the strong man didn't ask much.
As for what the strong man's name was, Lin Shisan smiled after learning about it again...... Can tell him.
The strong man does not have a specific name, but he has a title on the rivers and lakes: Fourteen Knife Wanderer!
Unlike the Damen sect, the wanderer is a swordsman, and the word "wandering" tells no one who knows him: he is not a person who is fixed in one place.
Therefore, he was not present when there was an accident in his village, otherwise he would probably be the one who was arrested and imprisoned at that time.
"Is Fourteen Knife Wanderers powerful?" Zhao Wenjun asked Lin 13 after the strong man left, and Lin 13 replied: "I heard that it is very powerful!" With fourteen treasure knives on his body, he is a powerful swordsman, without a name, and he is called an old knife in the rivers and lakes. ”
"And if that's the case?" Zhao Wenjun was puzzled: "Then why was he bullied to such an extent?" ”
Lin Shisan sneered: "Because there is no background!" In this society with the eyes of power, it is difficult for people without background to get along. Even if his strength was as strong as that of a fourteen-knife wanderer, as a result, there was not even a small light, and he had to bow his head and endure it when he saw it! Who made the master of the family the leader of the alliance! ”
"Oh?" Zhao Wenjun said: "I don't think so, the three of us are also children in the big background family, ICE's dad or Lucifer?" Why don't we go around harming people? It can only be said that his teacher did not teach well, and he can't complain about the background and not the background! Girl, I believe that everyone is equal in this world, as long as you work hard! ”
"Do you really think so?" Lin 13 asked.
Zhao Wenjun nodded affirmatively: "Yes!" Don't you agree? ”
Lin Shisan just smiled and didn't finish.
Fourteen Knife Wanderer, because he was penniless, finally had the money for the house with the financial support of Lin Thirteen. And, at first, I planned to sell the knife for some money to buy a gift for the alliance leader, hoping that this matter could be resolved in a mellow manner.
Alas!
This world actually makes a person who is originally upright must also learn to bow his head and flattery, I really don't know whether people are wrong, or this world itself is wrong.
Lin 13 instructed Lao Dao that it was best to live here, because what he had to do might start at any time.....
But before he starts, he needs to wait a few more people!
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Time has passed, and it has been a thousand years.
The knife is still there.
The swordsman is still waiting.
But the town behind him had become a forest.
In the dark forest, the light can't get in, and people can't walk in.
And he kept watch at the mouth of the forest.
became the ranger of this black forest.
Waiting for the young man named Lin 13 to come back.
But he waited for many people, but he didn't see the man.
"If Your Excellency has gone the wrong way, it is still too late to turn back."
The swordsman looked at the young man in front of him.
Well.....
He's not human.
He was dressed in black with a large black trench coat over it.
The hair is a bit long, all on the back, a little unkempt, but not too messy.
He stood there, staring at the swordsman with interest:
"So, that's your story. So you're still waiting for that guy named Lin Thirteen? ”
The young man asked.
He introduced himself as Xu Lai.
It's just that it's called Xu Lai now.
He's had many names.
It so happened that he also knew a person named Lin Thirteen.
"But before I came here, I heard that he was dead. Died with a big demon king, and died a miserable death. ”
Xu Lai said.
He didn't lie to him.
That guy named Lin 13 is his friend.
The swordsman didn't doubt it either, but he chose to keep waiting:
"It's okay if someone else dies, as long as he's still around, then he'll definitely come."
Alas.
What a brainless guy!
Xu Lai stretched out his hand and stuck it in his waist, looking helplessly at the knife man in front of him.
"I want to contract here, how much do you think is the right price?"
"I've got fourteen dollars."
刀客 says:
"Whoever can take fourteen knives, this place is naturally his."
"It's easy."
Xu Lai shrugged.
The swordsman said expressionlessly, "So far, no one here has done it. ”
"I'm from the same place as you, and I'm not from here."
Xu said.
The swordsman looked at Xu Lai's eyes and changed a little.
He was silent for a moment, then spoke:
"If you can take me fourteen times, there will be a place for you in this forest."
"Simple, let's make a move!"
In a wooden box similar in size to a guqin, from a large knife to a steel needle, everything is complete. The main weapons in the box are 14 stainless steel treasure knives, ranging from large knives to small knives, which are placed in two layers; On the upper floor, there are eight handles, named Heaven, Earth, General, Law, Wisdom, Faith, Benevolence, and Courage, which are used for interrogation.
The lower level has six handles, i.e., for execution.
The first five knives: one kills disobeying orders, two kills interferes in politics and wields power, three kills corruption and perverts the law, four kills collaborators and treason, and five kills cannibalism.
The last gold-cast steel knife was named "Fengtian Chengren", which was reserved for the suicide of the executor who had failed.
These knives can be used not only individually, but also in rotational combinations, which are made up of several combinations, to give the enemy a fatal blow. There is also a button to release the knife, tap the mechanism, and the knife will be fired in unison.
There is also a stainless steel hook with a steel wire in the fourteen brocade box, which can be shot to the height of the siege and used when flying the eaves and walking the wall.
In addition to a variety of bladed weapons, there are also telescopes and other commonly used instruments in the brocade box, in short, a box in hand, escape without worry!
And it is also a status symbol, only the leader of the Jinyi Guard, Qinglong, can have this weapon. In addition, the box of the Ming Fourteen Potentials also includes a long crossbow responsible for long-distance attacks, two shots at a time, so the Ming Fourteen Potentials are a comprehensive weapon platform that takes into account tactical reconnaissance, long-distance attack, close-range combat, and rapid detachment functions, and it is inevitably complicated to operate, so it is only assigned to the Qinglong who was the commander of the Jinyi Guard in the past.
Tossed and turned many times, and reached the hands of the fourteen knives.
Now......
"It's an honor to be able to use this knife and the famous 9,000-year-old move."
"So you know me......"