Chapter 34: Xia Keming
The convoy walked very fast on the road, and when it was almost dark, they came to Lanzhu City, which is a medium-sized city more than four hundred miles away from Shengtian City, much smaller than Shengtian City, but it is also very prosperous. Although it was already a little dark, the streets were still bustling with people. Xiao Rui said goodbye and left the team and found a small hotel to stay. I went to the hall to have a bite to eat, went back to my room, closed the door, sat down on the bed, and took out the two storage rings.
Xiao Rui opened Gu Yuefeng's storage ring first, the volume of this storage ring was similar to the ring Xiao Rui got from the killer, there were only some simple belongings in it, and some gold coins, it seemed that he was not very rich. Xiao Rui only picked up a few useful things and put them in his storage ring along with the ring, and put the others aside, ready to throw them away. Then he opened the old man's storage ring, and the space in this ring was very large, more than ten times larger than Xiao Rui's original one. There are a lot of things inside, but what makes Xiao Rui a little strange is that most of these things are some stones, metals, and even gold coins, but there is a cloth bag at the very back of the ring. Xiao Rui took out the cloth bag, slowly opened it, and found that there were several books inside. Because "Qinglong Jue" made Xiao Rui almost go mad and was absorbed by the essence that burst his body to death, and later Saladin's mother and son taught the exercises, Xiao Rui is not very enthusiastic about the exercises now, and when he saw that there were a few books in the cloth bag, he didn't take it to heart. I took out a book and flipped through it, there were many patterns drawn in it, and there were some annotations next to it.
Xiao Rui glanced at what seemed to be a book about ores for a few moments, and put it aside. But at this time, he killed the old man, and Daozun, who had been sleeping since prompting Xiao Rui to search his body, spoke: "Boy, take a good look at these books, this old guy turned out to be a master of the ancient family's forging, and this time he went out to find ore." When I came back, I passed by there and saw that you killed the people of the Gu family, so I found you, but I didn't expect to be killed by us, and I picked up a big bargain. There are a few pieces of ore and metal in his ring that you just saw to reshape my body, hahaha, God help me! The most important thing is that you have to study the knowledge in those books. In the future, when you reshape my body, you will need forging technology, but you can't go to someone else. Because if someone with a bad heart sees the true strength of my body, I'm afraid that I will covet it and snatch it. ”
Xiao Rui then knew that the good things that Daozun said originally meant these books, but he suddenly thought of a question: "How do you know this, isn't the old man dead, how can you know so many things about him?" It's like Mother Saladin who entered the depths of your sea of consciousness and then knew that I existed. ”
Xiao Rui was relieved, picked up the book and looked through it carefully, and sure enough, one of the books was about forging, and the other books were some books on how to distinguish ores and how to distinguish various metals. Xiao Rui first carefully looked at the book of forging, which was very detailed, from the introduction to forging, what matters to pay attention to, to forging some simple weapons, forging protective gear, and all the way to the most difficult forging high-level weapons. Xiao Rui saw that in the forging process, forging equipment is required, and the most basic thing is the forging furnace. But I rummaged through the old man's ring and found it too. Dao Zun said: "This old guy seems to be looking for something to forge a high-level weapon when he goes out this time, and he doesn't have a forging furnace with him. However, you can go and buy a general one, familiarize yourself with how to forge first, and then change to a better one when your forging skills improve. Xiao Rui nodded in agreement, then packed up his things, washed and lay down to rest, walked in the wild for several days, and encountered the interception of the ancient family, he was already physically and mentally exhausted, and now he finally relaxed, so he soon fell asleep.
When he woke up the next morning, Xiao Rui felt refreshed, had breakfast, and asked the store where there was a forge. I left the room, settled the bill, and walked to the store. Now that the sky was just bright, there were not many pedestrians on the street, and soon Xiao Rui came to the front of a shop. At this time, the guys of this shop had just opened the door, and some were sprinkling water on the floor to sweep the floor, and some were wiping tables and counters. Seeing Xiao Rui come in, a young man immediately put down his work and greeted him.
"This guest officer, what do you need? The goods in this store are absolutely good quality and cheap, all of them are of guaranteed quality, the price is fair, and the children are not bullied!" Xiao Rui looked around and saw several forging furnaces placed in one place. These forging furnaces are about 1.5 meters high, about 1 meter in diameter, with three legs underneath, supporting a gourd-shaped hearth, and on top is a chimney with a closed mouth, only the thickness of a calf. The forge was black, like a rough iron cast. The guy saw Xiao Rui's eyes staring at the forging furnace, and immediately walked to the forging furnace: "Guest officer, you are really good eyesight, the forging furnace in our shop is famous within a radius of hundreds of miles, and many forging masters come to our shop to buy forging furnaces." You see these forging furnaces, all of them are from the handiwork of famous artists. Definitely let you buy it without regrets!Which one do you like?Do we deliver it to your door or do you pull it yourself?" The young man's enthusiasm made Xiao Rui a little overwhelmed. And he doesn't know the market of this forging furnace, and he doesn't know what kind of forging furnace is easy to use. was hesitating, and suddenly heard someone shouting at the door: "Hey, you don't have long eyes, where are you splashing water!" Xiao Rui turned around when he heard the sound, and saw a young man at the door, wearing a gray shirt on his upper body, a belt around his waist, a pair of dark trousers on his lower body, leggings on his calves, and a pair of soft boots with thin soles under his feet. The young man was looking down at the boots on his feet, and then he shouted, "Ah! my boots, my boots are soiled by you, and you have to pay for them." As he spoke, the young man raised his head and shouted at the guy who had just sprinkled water and swept the floor. At this time, Xiao Rui also saw the appearance of this person clearly. The young man's face was very ordinary, and his facial features were upright, the kind that would be difficult to find if he was thrown into a pile of people. It's just that his eyes are bright and his lips are slightly thin.
When the guy saw that the young man asked him to compensate for his boots, he hurriedly smiled and said, "I'm sorry officer, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." I'm also working with my head down, but I didn't see you come in. I'll wipe your boots clean right away and make sure to get them back to their original shape. Cleaner than your original. As he spoke, he pulled a rag from his belt and was about to polish the young man's boots. The young man stopped with his hand, looked at the rag with his eyes, and said, "What do you say? You wipe it clean for me? It's cleaner than my original rag? Just use your rag? Does that mean my original boots are dirty? Your rag is cleaner than my boots?" The guy at the shop was already panicked when he heard the young man say this, and he didn't know how to answer correctly, but he just kept nodding his head to make amends.
Xiao Rui listened to the conversation between the two and could already see that the young man was deliberately looking for trouble. After all, Xiao Rui has also been doing business in Shengtian City for a long time and has seen many things. Now looking at the young man's unrelenting posture, he must have come prepared. At this time, a middle-aged man walked out of a door behind the counter, and as soon as this person came out, he attracted Xiao Rui's attention, because this person was too special, he was fat, and he was almost sideways, but the most special thing was his face, a horse face! This person was fat, but his face was extraordinary! The robe he was wearing was about to crack because of his round body. He wore a black round hat on his head, his face was ruddy, and he trembled when he walked. It seems that this person should be the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper came to the door and reprimanded the guy with a gloomy face: "Xiaoshan, how did you do it, why did you still stain the customer's boots, this month's salary will be halved, and if something like this happens, you will roll up and leave." After speaking, his face changed, and he said to the young man with a smile on his face: "This guest officer, where are you coming from, you have worked hard all the way, come and sit in first." Xiaoshan, don't go and pour a cup of tea for the guests!" he said, raising his hand, and inviting the young man to sit on the chair on the right side of the hall.
When the young man saw the shopkeeper come out to play a round, he was no longer embarrassed by the fellow, and went to the chair, turned and sat down. I just saw Xiao Rui standing in front of the forge and the other guy looking at him. Because he had to walk a long distance, Xiao Rui did not wear a robe, but also dressed in a short shirt, long pants, and soft boots. The young man glanced at Xiao Rui a few times, and without waiting for the shopkeeper to speak, he stood up directly, walked in front of Xiao Rui, stretched out his right hand and smiled at Xiao Rui: "Hello friend, get to know me, my surname is Xia, and my name is Xia Keming." I don't know what my friend is called?" Seeing that the other party's hand had been stretched out, Xiao Rui also reached out to shake him, nodded and said, "Under Xiao Rui." ”
Xia Keming saw that Xiao Rui didn't seem to be very interested in getting to know him, but he was not depressed, and still said with a smile: "Does Friend Xiao want to buy a forging furnace? However, if you buy a forging furnace, you will suffer a loss if you buy it here, and his forging furnace is very ordinary, and it won't take long. Xiao Rui listened to it, and laughed secretly in his heart: Isn't this guy clearly dismantling other people's platforms, and he dares to say this in front of other people's shopkeepers. I don't know what he is relying on.
Sure enough, the shopkeeper was still smiling just now and was ready to entertain this Xia Keming, and when he heard Xia Keming say that his own forging furnace was like it, he also prevented Xiao Rui from buying it, and his face immediately turned yin, and the length increased, and the horse's face, which was long enough, became longer. Walked quickly to Xiao Rui and the others, and said to Xia Keming: "This guest officer, where did you start with this, the things sold in our store are all from the hands of famous people, and the prices are fair, and they have always been undeceiving, how do you say that our things are average, and that this guest officer will suffer? If you don't make it clear today, then we have to have an explanation." There was already a threat in his tone. Xia Keming didn't seem to care about the shopkeeper's attitude, and still smiled: "Shopkeeper, I said that your forges are average, but there is real evidence, if I prove that your forges are indeed ordinary, then do you want to give me an explanation?"
The shopkeeper is also a long-time figure, and at this time, he has already heard that this Xia Keming came prepared and deliberately came to find fault, so he was no longer polite, and said with an angry face: "Okay, if Your Excellency can really prove it, I will give you an explanation." I just don't know how Your Excellency proves it, and what kind of statement do you want!"