Back in the house, Lao Liu Tou used a tape measure to re-measure the "Long Love Sword". Read the latest chapter, please lock that after the rust is removed, the sword is 1o2 cm long, the blade is 71 cm long, and the width is only 2.9 cm.

Under the strong light of iodine-tungsten lamp, Zhang Guozhong took a magnifying glass to identify it for two hours, and generally understood the seal characters engraved on the blade of the sword, it turned out that these words were really not decorations, but the real life experience of the sword, at the hilt of the sword, Zhang Guozhong also found two seal characters surrounded by auspicious dragon patterns: Qingtai, which seems to be the real name of this sword.

The inscription engraved on the sword body is as follows:

In the summer of the eleventh year of Taizu Hongwu, I offered the sword of the fairy dew cui in the Xiaoyao Cave of Dahong Mountain, Shengyue, sealed the widow, gave three hundred gold, two thousand silver, and gave the name "Broken Thought", all admired in the imperial history Feng Youlin, and beheaded Gong Xue because of Yanzhou.

In the autumn of the second year of Yongle, the Holy Emperor sent Yuan Zhanzhong to grant me the job of casting the sword, which must be used by the prince, and the man who made the blade since ancient times, and took the holy order as the great yao, I know the weight of this responsibility, and will be the sword of the fairy dew in the Xiaoyao Cave to repay the holy grace.

However, the Xiaoyao Cave Immortal Dew is really a godsend, the moon of the collection is not satisfied, and the sword beard Immortal Dew is twenty Hu, and I should cast a sword in three years to repay the Holy Grace. In the autumn of the third year of Yongle, I felt pain, and the doctor said: No more. I mourn, not sad death, sad husband death and holy grace is not reached, want to find Feng Youlin to restore the truth of the saint in order to seek holy forgiveness, my wife Yang Mengshi heard it and said: It is better to cast a young blade in it, and then make up for its inch of saint What is it? Then take the fairy dew fifteen Hu cui young sword as the base, and then make up for it, see this article, is my fate, is to confidant also

Roughly speaking:

In the summer of the twenty-first year of Hongwu (1378 AD), I used the dew in the Dahong Mountain * Xiaoyao Cave to extract a divine sword and dedicated it to the emperor, the emperor was very happy, and gave me a (seven-grade) official position, and gave me three hundred taels of gold and two thousand taels of silver, and gave this sword the name "Broken Thought", the imperial history Feng Youlin took (Broken Nian Sword) and beheaded (corrupt official) Gong Xueyou in Yanzhou.

In the autumn of the second year of Yongle (14o4 AD), the emperor sent Yuan Zhanzhong to find me and sent me an errand to forge a sword, (this sword) will be used for the crown prince's accession to the throne.

However, the dew of Xiaoyao Cave is a gift from God, and it takes less than one Hu to collect a month, and it takes twenty Hu to extract a sword, so I am ready to spend three years casting a sword to repay the emperor's kindness. (After hearing the news) I cried a lot, not afraid of death, but afraid that I would not be able to complete the emperor's entrustment, I wanted to find the imperial history Feng Youlin, tell the emperor the actual situation, in order to ask the emperor for forgiveness, my wife Yang Mengshi (after listening to my thoughts) said, it is better to cast a small size (sword) as the basis, and wait for you to die (by me) for you to make up the size, how about it? After that, I extracted a (slightly smaller one) sword with fifteen dews of dew, and the person who saw this (inscription) must be someone with whom I am destined, and must be my confidant

"According to what I said above, this long-term love sword...... No, it should be the Qingtai sword, it is indeed two swords in one mile and one outside, and this one inside is the true level of Yang Guyun's sword-casting" Zhang Guozhong picked up the sword and nodded, as if he had taken a big advantage, this is good, he lost a sword in vain, and he became a confidant with the ancient sword-casting master.

"It seems that this Yang Guyun is quite confident in her daughter-in-law's level?" Lao Liu turned off the iodine-tungsten lamp and stroked his two-handed, "Guozhong, according to the sword engraved, this Yang Guyun also cast a sword called 'Broken Thoughts', and there is also the imperial history who used this sword to kill corrupt officials?" ”

"Yes......" Zhang Guozhong at this time obviously fell in love with this sword.

"You said that thing in the cave, could it be the Gong Xueyou who was cut by the 'Broken Mind' sword?" Lao Liu's eyes rolled around, "Because these two swords are cast by Yang Guyun, they will be afraid of the house and the black, and even this sword is also afraid?" ”

"This ...... It's unlikely......" Zhang Guozhong frowned, "Senior brother, do you use your own brain to think about this possibility?" ”

"It's unlikely...... old Liu Tou himself is happy, and there doesn't seem to be such a "knowledgeable" grievance in the world.

"I'll call tomorrow to ask about the origin of this sword......" Zhang Guozhong stroked the two seal carvings of the sword hilt "Qingtai" with his fingers, "In the legend of the Eight Immortals Demon Town, Zhao Jinzhou was finally suppressed by the Eight Immortals Array, if the things in the cave are really Zhao Jinzhou, then this sword is related to Zhao Jinzhou......"

"Makes sense...... Old Liu Tou nodded, but he didn't expect the clues of the whole thing to be concentrated on a sword, "Guozhong, you put me here first, and I'll give you one"

The time of the night is fleeting, the next day, the first thing Zhang Guozhong got up was to call the Fuzhen Temple, after learning the news of the sword "sword in the sword", the old Taoist of Chenguang was also surprised, according to the memories of the Taoist of Chenguang, this sword does not seem to be the master himself, but from the master's generation, theoretically this does not conform to the rules of Wudang Mountain, but as a disciple has no right and no need to ask the master about this kind of thing, maybe the master feels sorry for the apprentice is not a decent guy, make an exception, So no one took this kind of thing to heart, at the end of the call, Chenguang Daoist promised to try his best to inquire about the origin of this sword in Wudang Mountain, and repeatedly emphasized that we must take a look at the appearance of the sword after removing the rust, it seems that this Chenguang Lao Dao was excited to give the sword to Zhang Guozhong, and at this time he also regretted it.

Hanging up the phone, Zhang Guozhong drove to Lao Liu Tou's house, and was taken aback as soon as he entered the door, only to see that it was not Lao Liu Tou who was fiddling with the Qingtai sword in the main hall, but Qin Ge, standing behind Qin Ge, it turned out to be the big hand Liu who had not been seen for many days, compared to the image of the medicine picker in Gansu back then, the big hand Liu at this moment actually left a shiny little deviation, at first glance it looked like a local boss who got rich overnight.

"Mr. Qin? Brother Liu? Zhang Guozhong's eyes widened.

"Sun Ting arranged for him to come and help us" Qin Ge pointed at the big hand Liu, "We just got off the plane in Beijing yesterday, and we originally wanted to stay in Beijing for a night, but we received a call from Mr. Liu saying that there was a crucial clue here, and we rushed over overnight......" As he spoke, Qin Ge raised his eyes and squinted at the old Liu Tou, who was polishing the "sword handle" with sandpaper on the side, as if he had seen through the deception.

"I didn't let him ......come," Lao Liu Tou took the freshly made sword handle and looked at it vigorously, "If you bring the sword over, you will make a fool of it" Saying this, Lao Liu Tou got up and pulled the sword from Qin Ge's hand, and put the freshly made sword handle on the hilt, "Guozhong, see if it is suitable?" ”

I held the sword with the handle of the sword with my hand, and the feeling was really extraordinary, I didn't expect that my precious brother still had such a hand, only one night of hard work, and really made a wooden hilt for this reborn sword, and I don't know where this old boy got the high-grade "Huanghuali *" wood in the middle of the night.

"Zhang Zhangjiao, I heard that this is Zhu Yunwen's sword?" Qin Ge raised his eyes and stared at Zhang Guozhong.

"This ...... Who do you listen to? Zhang Guozhong frowned.

"Who else?" Qin Ge looked at Old Liu Tou expressionlessly.

"I didn't say it, I just said maybe" Old Liu Tou glared at his face with a straight face, "Maybe, understand?" maybe!”

Actually, that's it...... This matter can't be said to be impossible...... "Zhang Guozhong wanted to play a round, "I went to Wudang Mountain to visit the Chenguang Daoist, and I heard an allusion to Wudang Mountain's 'Eight Immortals and Demons'......"

"These Mr. Liu have told me......" Qin Ge interrupted Zhang Guozhong, stood up and slapped his back with his hand, "Although Mr. Liu is joking, I think this joke is not unreasonable."

"Who was kidding you?" Old Liu Tou looked indifferent, "I call it analysis"

"Oh good, good, analyze, analyze...... I wonder if Zhang Zhangjiao would like to listen to my analysis? ”

"I would like to hear Mr. Qin's high opinion"

"Maoshan Shu believes that people's grievances after death are due to some wishes that have not been fulfilled during their lifetime, isn't that so?" Zhang Guozhong nodded, it seems that this Qin Ge has not studied Maoshan Technique since he worked with Zhang Guozhong's old Liu Tou.

"According to the content engraved on this sword, what do you think Yang Guyun's greatest wish is?" Qin Ge asked.

"Of course, this sword is called a royal item," Zhang Guozhong nodded.

"Here's the problem" Qin Ge smiled, "I also have a little research on ancient Chinese iron smelting exhibitions, for the swordsmiths of all dynasties, the greatest glory in their lives is that the sword they cast can become the emperor's royal sword, and Yang Guyun is naturally no exception" said, Qin Ge pointed to the Qingtai sword in Zhang Guozhong's hand, "However, the first sword cast by Yang Guyun is also the one given by Zhu Yuanzhang 'Broken Nian Sword', not called the emperor's portable sword, but was given to the imperial history Feng Youlin by Zhu Yuanzhang as a Shang Fang sword, so this Yang Guyun attaches so much importance to Zhu Di's second commission, because as a swordsmith, there are not many opportunities to cast a sword for the royal family in his life, if this Qingtai sword can really be used for the crown prince's accession to the throne, as a sword given by the emperor, it will definitely be called the new emperor's sword, which also completes Yang Guyun's greatest wish in his life, so when he learned that his limit was approaching, he did not hesitate to risk the crime of bullying the monarch and let his wife complete the sword for himself, but he did not expect that although Zhu Di did not pursue Yang Guyun's wife's crime of bullying the king, but disgusted with this sword, so he gave the sword back to Yang Guyun's wife Zhang Zhangjiao, if Yang Guyun because of the 'forged sword for the emperor' wish is not fulfilled and has a resentment, the soul is not at peace, how will you live? ”

"This ......" Qin Ge said, Zhang Guozhong's heart moved, "Mr. Qin, not any unjust soul and evil ghost can live a consummation, this kind of thing can only be resolved by the law, and the remaining grievances are over the years" To put it bluntly, it is a symbolic way to do things to resolve some grievances so that they will not make waves and harm the Quartet, as for the rest of the grievances, choose a good cemetery for thousands of years and slowly disperse. You can't force the emperor to accept the sword, and you have to carry it with you every day, right?

"You old spy, I know what you want to say, do you think it was the widow who persuaded Zhu Yunwen to accept this sword, Zhu Yunwen has been the emperor for a few days, and the sword can be regarded as a 'royal use', and Yang Guyun's resentment will disappear, isn't that the case?" Lao Liu Tou accosted on the side, "If that Yanshang Daoist is really Zhu Yunwen, then the only one who knows his background can be Zhang Sanfeng alone, how can he tell such a big secret to a widow?" Do you think Zhu Yunwen's life experience can be caught by who to tell whom? ”

"I didn't say that...... Qin Ge glanced at Old Liu, "I just said maybe, maybe, understand?" maybe”

"I know that I have the ability to learn from me, and you yourself will know what to do," Lao Liu Tou looked disdainful

"Senior brother, I think Mr. Qin's analysis is reasonable" Although Lao Liu Tou was disdainful, Zhang Guozhong felt that what Qin Ge said made some sense; If that "Yanshang" Taoist is really Zhu Yunwen, you can first explain why this sword appeared in Wudang Mountain; The sword given by the emperor, if there is no special reason, Yang Meng's should have been passed down as a treasure in the era, and it is impossible to flow to Wudang, the only possibility is that Yang Guyun is haunted by the great wish, Yang Meng's only then found Wudang Mountain, which was the most famous in the circle at that time, to seek a solution, Zhang Sanfeng did a favor and gave the sword to Zhu Yunwen, theoretically speaking, it can be regarded as the "emperor's sword", and there is no need for any magic things, why not? Of course, it is impossible for Yang Mengshi to know the reason.

Secondly, this speculation can also explain why the things in the "Cold Bone Cave" are afraid of this sword, of course, the premise is that the Taoist of "Yanshang" is Zhu Yunwen himself, and that cave is really the "Cold Bone Cave", and the thing in the cave is really "Zhao Jinzhou"; In the allusion of the Eight Immortals Town Demon, the "Yanshang" Taoist is responsible for guarding the crucial part of the Eight Immortals Array, and is responsible for taking care of Zhao Jinzhou's body in the cold bone cave after the formation, if this sword is really Zhu Yunwen's sword, Zhao Jinzhou's body will of course be "afraid".

"You know Maoshan so well, you can also analyze what's going on in the cave?" Regarding Qin Ge's analysis, Lao Liu Tou was obviously a little unconvinced, "Man Chizi died, and the iron statue was dressed in the jade clothes of the Han Dynasty, what is that?" ”

"Well...... Mr. Liu, if Zhu Yunwen studied under Wudang Mountain after entering the Tao, then the things in the cave should be the things of the Wudang School, so what's the use of me knowing Maoshan Technique? Qin Ge smiled slightly.

"That's right" Hearing Qin Ge say this, Zhang Guozhong suddenly realized, even if Yan Shangdao is not Zhu Yunwen, this Niangniang Mountain is so close to Wudang Mountain, the things in the cave should also have something to do with the Wudang faction, what kind of formation is laid in the cave, ask that old Taoist in Chenguang to understand?

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Note*:

Huanghuali: also known as palmetto, hard texture, fine texture, known as "gentleman in wood", with the best growth in Hainan, so there is also a "Hainan Huanghuali" said, since the end of the last century, its market situation has become the most expensive wood on the market in an all-round way, pure Hainan Huanghuali classical furniture, Luohan bed as an example, even the price of antique products is more than one million.