Chapter 62: False alarm
When Tang Long shook the two axes, one was twenty pounds at least, but when he still said it was light, it could be seen that the big black man was extremely powerful. However, if this axe is added with iron, it will become thicker and larger, and the shape will not be beautiful. Tang Long thought of the recipe for the "mysterious metal".
He had in his luggage a ready-made enhanced version of the alloy material he had refined before, which was much heavier than iron, so he melted the blades of the two axes, mixed them with alloy materials, and continued to temper them, and stepped up the production of two new plate axes.
After quenching, cooling, polishing, and re-installing the wooden handle, but seeing these two plate axes, the axe body is as black as carbon, and the blade is as white as silver.
When Tang Long tried to chop a piece of firewood with a board axe, it was as if he had cut a piece of rice cake, and the blade of the axe was not rolled, which was really powerful. I played with it in my hand for a long time, and I admired it again.
The next day, the big black man came to the shop early in the morning, and before his feet were fully entered, he shouted for an axe. Tang Long pointed to the big black man with a red cloth package on the counter. The big black man said to himself: "But you have made so many mysteries! ”
When the red cloth was untied, it was not much different from the shape of yesterday's plate axe, and when the black man picked it up suspiciously, it did increase a lot of weight compared to yesterday, but it was also a weapon in hand.
Tang Long smiled silently, put a few pieces of solid wood on a stake for chopping wood, and motioned for the customer to try out the new weapon.
The big black man understood that when he slashed the board axe, he had not yet used his brute strength, but he even split the wood and the stake to the end, as if he had cut a piece of lotus root.
The big black man was inexplicably excited, pinned the axe to his belt behind him, grabbed Tang Long's hand, and said: "This little brother, I Tie Niu doesn't know the means of the little brother, and yesterday I collided with the shopkeeper and the little brother, so take care of my reckless temper!" ”
Tang Long and the boss hurriedly returned the salute.
The big black man chattered again: "I was originally from this Yishui County, called Li Kui, because I was born recklessly, everyone called me 'Black Whirlwind' Li Kui." Now he is a prisoner in Jiangzhou, but he also drinks wine and eats meat, and he is as happy as a fairy. It's just that my wife is still in my hometown here, so I took leave and came home to visit, but I didn't know that I was in a hurry on the road and lost my blade, so I came here to disturb. Now these two axes are much better than the two before me. What a joy! ”
Tang Long smiled: "The eldest brother is satisfied, and the younger brother is also relieved." ”
Li Kui asked, "I don't know the name of the little brother?" I will meet people in the future, and I will praise your little brother, your means! ”
Tang Long said: "The younger brother's surname is Tang Minglong, a person from Yan'an Mansion, because he likes to strike iron, he takes the four seas as his home and hone his skills. It is a privilege to see my eldest brother here today. ”
Li Kui was overjoyed, and he was about to go to the wine shop with Tang Long to drink. The boss was also grateful to Tang Long for solving a big problem, so he pushed the boat and let him go.
In the wine shop, all the diners shouted five and drank six, guessing the boxing order, so lively!
Li Kui is a local and orders many special dishes and delicious dishes. is also a wine man, and Tang Long drank a few big bowls to celebrate their meeting here.
This Yizhou is located in the Lunan region and is rich in yellow beef and mutton. This beef and mutton is stewed in miso soup or boiled in soup and grits, which is extremely delicious. Li Kui also ordered several beef and mutton dishes, sauce big bones, cooked beef, lamb scorpions, white sheep soup, red stewed mutton, and did not let himself go, grabbing a big bite with his hands while eating, and praised "delicious" and "delicious" while eating.
Tang Long knew that this good man had such a personality, and he didn't care, and he also tore the meat and chewed it casually.
When eating the sauce and eating the meat on the whole beef bone, Li Kui smiled mysteriously and said, "Introduce a special way to eat to Brother Tang!" ”
As he spoke, he used his left hand to stand on the table of the big cow bone, and with his right hand he pulled out a plate axe, but he gently swiped it from top to bottom, only to see that the big bone was split in half in response, but the incision was neat and smooth, as if polished.
Li Kui praised the axe again, but handed half of the cow bone to Tang Long.
When Tang Long came to see it, it turned out that the bone marrow in the cow bones was crystal clear, like agate, which was really attractive. When I looked at Li Kui again, I saw that as soon as he raised his head and sent it, he poured the bone marrow of the cow big bone into his mouth, closed his eyes and tasted it, as if it was extremely delicious. So I learned to eat it like this, but I felt that the beef bone marrow had already absorbed the miso soup, which was rich and chewy, salty and sweet, and it was indeed a supreme delicacy!
When he just wanted to praise Li Kui's recommendation, he saw a green light in his field of vision, although it was only a moment, he felt as if he had seen it somewhere.
So when the probe looked away, he saw a diner across three tables, with a chain hanging from his waist, and the green outline and small green words of the chain seemed to be exactly the same as the "mysterious metal fragment" in his hand!
Tang Long was shocked, and let Li Kui eat and drink first, but he walked straight to the person dressed as a scholar.
He hugged his hands and sang to the people around the table, but directly took out the sharp dagger like an artifact he had made.
At first, the people at the table thought that this tall junior was an old acquaintance of someone at the table, and they all responded with their fists, but this person suddenly took out a dagger, afraid that he would harm his brother, so he jumped up and drew his weapon to protect the person who was dressed as a scholar.
Li Kui saw from a distance that Tang Long didn't know what to do to the people at the table, but he provoked a table of people to move their swords and surround him. He took out two board axes in both hands and shouted, but jumped in front of the table and came to help.
Only the scholar looked calm, he pressed his hand down to signal the people at the same table to collect their blades, and looked intently at the unusual dagger in front of him.
Tang Long saw that everyone in front of him seemed to have special skills, and in just an instant, he changed from diner mode to battle mode, and they all protected the scholar with a special chain in front of him, which showed that his status among this group of people was not low.
And when he saw that Li Kui, who had just met behind him, was about to come up to help him, he was inexplicably moved and stretched out his hand to stop him.
The diners in the wine shop saw that the people at the two tables showed their blades in an instant, and their eyes were angry, and they were tense, and they fled from the wine shop to protect themselves when they saw that a vicious fight was about to happen.
But the vicious fight did not happen, the scholar-like people persuaded his group, and Tang Long persuaded Li Kui.
At this time, everyone's eyes were on the dagger in Tang Long's hand.
I saw that he was pinching the handle of the dagger with the index finger and thumb of his right hand, the tip of the blade pointing downward, and he released two fingers above the wine table in front of everyone.
The dagger fell vertically, slamming into the table with a "poof" until it had no handle, but continued to sink down, and finally plunged through the table into the brick floor.
When the crowd at the table and the diners watching the excitement saw this scene, they made a "tsk" sound in their mouths and praised this extremely sharp dagger.
The two groups of good men who copied the guys didn't know the intention of Tang Long's move, only the person who looked like a scholar, a look of surprise flashed on his face, but he immediately regained his composure. He took out the chain from his waist, and with a flick of his hand rolled up the dagger, and when he lifted it with his hand, the dagger was pulled up by the chain, but returned to his other hand.
"Beware!" Tang Long couldn't help but remind.
The scholar dressed as a scholar naturally did not dare to slack off, and when the yellow light flew, the index and middle fingers of his left hand firmly clamped the dagger between his fingers.
Everyone shouted hello in unison, but then they all let out a "huh".
Because when they looked at the dagger and the chain, they found that they were almost the same color!
The man dressed as a scholar gave Tang Long a big salute and asked softly: "I don't know who the hero's surname is, where he comes from, and what advice do you have?" ”
When the scholar and his party saw him salute so respectfully to the tall junior in front of him, they knew that this descendant also had a great background.
Tang Long hurriedly returned the salute and said: "The little one's name is Tang Long, who used to make iron and forge steel and make blades in the old breeding and forging offices of Yan'an Mansion, and came here because of an accident, and now the blacksmith in Yishui County is a helper. ”
Li Kui said: "My baby plate axe was played in Brother Tang's shop. ”
Seeing that the big black man was talking recklessly and funny, everyone didn't dare to laugh out loud, so they had to roll their eyes and bite their lips.
The scholar-like man asked Li Kui again: "......Who is this good man?"
Li Kui was also not polite, and said proudly: "I am a local person, called Li Kui, nicknamed 'Tie Niu', I used to be an official in other places, and now I just go home to visit relatives." ”
Everyone listened to him talk in vain, and a few of them couldn't hold back their laughter.
The scholar smiled and nodded to indicate that he had received it, and continued: "The two heroes are really related. I just don't know where this dagger comes from? ”
Tang Long roughly talked about how he encountered the extraterrestrial magnet, how he got the skill of recognizing ore, and how he got the "mysterious metal". Li Kui, who was beside him, was dumbfounded when he heard this, and he spoke again and again in the middle, asking for details. It took a while to figure out the ins and outs of this.
When the scholar heard this, he seemed to be overjoyed, and said, "Creation, creation!" It turns out that the Tang Long brothers are also in the same situation as my brothers! ”
Judge, have you deduced from this chain who this scholar is really who he is? How else would you have seen through it all? This person is the Liangshan hero "Zhiduoxing" Wu Yong! That chain is naturally also his "Nebula Chain"! It turned out that Wu Yong brought a few Liangshan brothers to Yishui to run errands, and the "Nebula Chain" he carried around his waist when he was eating in this wine shop was recognized by the extraordinary eye of the "money leopard" Tang Long. So Tang Long tried the dagger on the wine table, in order to ask the owner of the chain made of the same material to recognize the mechanism in between. Unexpectedly, the brothers of Liangshan thought that Tang Long was going to pick quarrels and provoke trouble, so they protected Wu Yong and flashed their blades together. And Li Kui, the "black whirlwind" that Tang Long recently befriended, didn't know the allusion in this, and came to help with the axe, if Tang Long hadn't stopped him, a fire would have been inevitable. Fortunately, Wu Yong also saw that Tang Long's sharp dagger was not ordinary, and it was somewhat similar to his "Nebula Chain" made of "Baby Spindle", so Tang Long explained the cause and effect clearly, and then he got to know the parasitic man who was parasitic and another brave Liangshan Reserve hero!
What a false alarm!