The fat man and I walked to the Red Star Antique Market, and along the way we found that the atmosphere on the street was very strange, the shops were crowded with people, and the shops that usually had withered business turned out to be as prosperous as flowing water.

I turned to the fat man and said, "Go back!" ”

The fat man asked me a little puzzled, "What's wrong?" ”

Thinking of this, I turned around and walked back, and said to the fat man as I walked: "Our operation this time is an unknown destination, an unknown enemy, an unknown mission, or be careful, try to keep a low profile and not reveal your identity, do you know if you shoot the first bird?" ”

The fat man nodded knowingly, and the two of us had no choice but to return in vain.

Back at the Strange Residence, I went straight to the old man's secret room, and after entering the secret room, I looked around and suddenly felt a little strange. However, he couldn't say what was wrong, so he had to start rummaging through the boxes and cabinets to find a weapon at hand.

There are a lot of things stored in the master's secret room, and there are a lot of weapons, but most of them are antiques, and they are useless, not to mention that they are used for self-defense, and they may fall off when they touch it. I looked left and right, but I couldn't find the weapon I was looking for.

At this moment, I suddenly remembered something, so I went to the innermost part of the secret room, crouched down, and pressed hard in a corner, and a drawer popped out from under the wall, and I took out a square wooden box with iron pieces embedded in it, and gently removed the bolt from the wooden box. Carefully take out the contents of the box and take a closer look.

It's a crossbow, but it's not the same as a normal archery. This crossbow is only slightly larger than the palm of an adult's hand. However, it can fire three arrows in a row at the same time. Moreover, it can not only fire arrows, but also other hidden weapons, such as an iron pipe filled with poison in the hollow inside, or a hidden sword used by women in ancient times for self-defense, anyway, as long as it is slender and sharp, it can be fired. And it's very powerful, firing at close range, and it can shoot directly through the three people who are close together.

Hold a bow and crossbow. I remembered Master's gunpowder projectile, as long as the shape of the projectile was slightly changed, it would definitely not be a problem to fire an arrow that could burn with a crossbow. But there is no time to find a blacksmith to make it. I'll have to wait until next time.

Take a closer look at the bow and crossbow. Seeing that it is made of fine iron, it is also gilded with gold, and it is decorated with some wind and thunder patterns, but it is not clear which dynasty and which generation it is made, but it is definitely matched by nobles.

Come to think of it. I caressed the bow and crossbow with my hand, but when I thought that this was also something that the old man cherished very much. couldn't help but shiver, hurriedly saw that the bow and crossbow were wrapped and put in his arms, and secretly swore in his heart that this time he would definitely protect this bow and crossbow, and he must not lose his wife and break his army again.

However, in reality, it often backfires.

As soon as I stepped out of the secret room, I saw the fat man standing outside, as if waiting for me. I hurriedly closed the chamber and asked him, "What's wrong?" ”

The fat man replied, "The old man has sent someone and is waiting in the front yard." ”

I stuffed my bow into my backpack and walked with the fat man to the front yard. I laughed at the sight of someone, it was Xiao Liuzi, who I hadn't seen since the last time I gave him a mission to lurk as a spy. I smiled and said to him, "Little Liuzi, I haven't seen you for a long time, don't come here unharmed?" ”

Xiao Liuzi was drinking the tea poured by Tianyu, and when he saw me coming, he hurriedly stood up and saluted and said, "Master Wen, how are you doing lately?" ”

As soon as I sat down, I said to him, "Yes, very good, I walked around the ghost gate several times." ”

After listening to this, Xiao Liuzi smiled and said: "Master Wen and Fat Ye are both people who do great things, and it is naturally inevitable that they will be born and die, but you two are both big people who are blessed with great fortune, so you can naturally be blessed by misfortune, and there will be no problems." ”

I said in my heart: Xiao Liuzi, this baby is sweet and can pat on the back, and the smart and clever baby is pleasing to people. I smiled and said to him, "What message did your fifth master send you?" ”

Xiao Liuzi reversed the normal state of laughter, first looked around with a stern expression, then lowered his voice, and replied mysteriously: "Time: At three o'clock in the morning the day after tomorrow, I will come to the other place to pick up the three of them." Location: Wood kiln. ”

After hearing this, the fat man immediately asked in surprise, "That's all?" ”

Xiao Liuzi nodded, the fat man and I looked at each other, and said in my heart: Do you want to be so mysterious?

But we didn't know at this time that the seemingly simple and mysterious message had become our talisman.

Xiao Liuzi said that the fifth master confessed these words, and asked him to convey them as they were, and after the message was conveyed, Xiao Liuzi said that there were many things in the store, and he got up and said goodbye.

After sending Xiao Liuzi away, the fat man immediately asked me: "Lao Zheng, do you understand, what do you mean?" ”

I explained to him, "At three o'clock in the morning the day after tomorrow, they will come to pick us up, and we just need to pack up our things and wait for them at the antique shop." ”

The fat man sat down in a chair and said to me, "I know, I'm asking you what the latter sentence means?" ”

Actually, after listening to Xiao Liuzi, I was also full of doubts in my heart, what did this location "firewood kiln" mean, I didn't understand for a while. I clearly said that I would go to Kunlun Mountain, but now I have changed the location temporarily. However, if you think about it carefully, you feel that it is not right, it is impossible for the north and the south to agree on changing the location at will, so what is going on? Are the two in the same place?

I slapped my thigh and screamed, it turned out that this was the case, and the mess in my brain was finally unraveled.

The fat man next to me, who had been staring at me intently and waiting for my answer, was startled by my sudden move, and accidentally choked on a sip of tea, so he said to me angrily: "Fake Sven, you have convulsions!" ”

I smiled and said to the fat man, "I figured out what was going on." It turns out that the purpose of our trip to Kunlun Mountain this time is not to fight backwards. ”

The fat man asked me puzzled, "What are you going to do then?" ”

I smiled and said, "Hunting." ”

The north-south competition chooses the destination to go to the Kunlun Mountains, which should be to find the legendary "firewood kiln", rather than to take things from the next bucket, as long as whoever finds the firewood kiln first is the winner. Since I will not enter the tomb, which is full of organs and horrors, my mood is suddenly a lot lighter, and I said: Great, this journey should be completely free of danger, and I can travel easily without scruples, which is really indescribably wonderful!

However, as soon as I thought that the bucket I was looking for was a "firewood kiln", I couldn't help but frown again.

Why the "fighting" of the north-south competition finally chose this almost legendary storage zài, it is really incomprehensible!

"Firewood kiln", as the name suggests, is a porcelain kiln for firing utensils. Whether it exists or not has been controversial and is the most controversial porcelain kiln in history. Why is a kiln for firing porcelain so controversial? This has to mention Zhou Shizong's "Chai Rong" in the Later Zhou Dynasty.

Chai Rong is "Zhou Shizong", also known as Chai Shizong. His ancestors were well-known local tycoons, but later his family fell into the middle of the road and defected to Guo Wei, who was adopted by Guo Wei as his adopted son, and then abandoned business and joined Rong. After Guo Wei raised troops, the Later Zhou Dynasty was established, Zhou Taizu died, and Chai Rong succeeded to the throne as the emperor in front of the coffin according to his will, that is, Zhou Shizong.

As soon as Chai Rong succeeded to the throne, he began to expand and grow with great vision, repairing and rectifying the capital of the country. At that time, Bianjing was rampant with illegal buildings, messy and crowded, and the streets were only two steps wide, so it was imperative to renovate. Chai Rong withstood all kinds of pressures from all sides, and the vigorous reform made the capital of the Later Zhou Dynasty have a new look, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment.

Then Chai Rong made another achievement: heavy imperial examination, dredging the river. In order to enrich the country and strengthen the people, in the same year, Chai Rong led the princes to begin the southern expedition to the north, and only 42 days after leaving the army, the soldiers were bloodless, and they collected three passes and three states, a total of 17 counties, and then returned in case of illness.

He died on June 19 of the same year at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve and was succeeded by his son Chai Zongxun at the age of seven.

At that time, it has to be mentioned that Chai Zong promoted Zhao Kuangyin, who was later the founding emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, as the school inspector, and inspected the palace in front of the palace, and used Fan Qian, Wang Pu, and Wei Renpu to be together, and it was these people who made the Later Zhou Dynasty go to extinction.

During the reign of Chai Shizong, the most significant cultural and artistic attainments were the "firewood kiln".

Legend has it that when the courtiers asked for porcelain, Chai Shizong personally approved the form and said: "The rain has broken through the sky and the clouds, and the color is the future." ”

Cao Zhao of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, "Gegu Yao. It is recorded in the "Ancient Kiln Treatise": "Firewood kiln ware, out of Zhengzhou, Henan Province, in the north. It is said that Zhou Shizong burned when the firewood was burned, so it is called the firewood kiln. Azure color, moist and delicate, with fine lines, mostly coarse loess feet, rare in modern times. ”

There are also records of collections in the Qing Palace, and the book "Imperial Poems of the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty" has four poems praising firewood kilns. Qianlong not only admired the firewood kiln utensils, but also personally slept on the "firewood kiln wishful pillow", leaving a beautiful talk of "always happy when you wake up".

The Qing Dynasty "Jingdezhen Pottery Record" said that the firewood kiln: "the fine color is different, for the crown of the kilns", and also said that the firewood kiln porcelain has not been available for a long time, and the fragments are also used as treasures, used as clothing, hat ornaments; The porcelain pieces of the firewood kiln are dazzling, like flying arrows.

Zhao Ruzhen's book "Antique Guide" of the Republic of China recorded: "There are very few firewood kilns handed down, and they can be seen in the Forbidden City. ”

The general characteristics of firewood kiln are: "blue as the sky, bright as a mirror, thin as paper, sound like chime." "The method of identification is to look at the appearance of the utensils should be: bean green, loess tire, the glaze juice is very thin, the sound of tapping the utensils is like a chime, and there is no difference between porcelain and modern porcelain.

The site of the firewood kiln is inferred to be in Zheng County, Henan Province, and Sejong is a firewood by nature, so it is called a firewood kiln.

However, the firewood kiln porcelain has not been discovered so far, and history cannot still assert whether it really existed.

And how did Zha Lao and the others choose the competition target in a place that is close to legend, which really makes me a little worried. Moreover, I have never heard of the statement that the firewood kiln is in the territory of Kunlun Mountain, who made such a bold speculation? (To be continued......)