After walking north from the official market, passing through several long streets with several twists and turns, and asking a few passers-by, Su Qi finally found the location of Liantang Lane. It was a stone-paved alley with so narrow passages that even the most nimble carriage could not return through it.

Su Qi had long known that the neighborhood of this street was full of poor people's residences, so it was not too strange. It's just that the scenery in this alley made Su Qi a little stunned.

The alleys are flanked by stone walls that are high enough to shade the low houses on either side, and the already narrow alleys are even deeper and narrower against the stone walls on both sides, like a deep canyon.

At the mouth of the alley, there were two large elm trees, with lush branches, and the branches of the forked trees shaded the entrance so tightly that not even the slightest sunlight could shine in, and the whole alley became dark. If a passer-by passes by for the first time, most of them will not see where this alley is.

It was almost autumn, and the leaves of the elm trees began to fall one after another, and the leaves were still mainly green, interspersed with a few yellow leaves. These fallen leaves are scattered at the mouth of the alley, and no one has cleaned them, and they look very desolate and dilapidated.

It seems that there are very few people in this alley.

Su Qi walked along the streets and alleys, and found that most of the courtyard doors were locked, and he didn't know if there were any residents. Soon, Su Qi saw the stone lions mentioned by the shopkeeper Hao, but these two stone lions were really a little miserable, one had broken his entire right claw, and the other had lost half of his head, and the dust had accumulated on them, and they were indescribably broken.

Behind the stone lion is a dark, iron-clad wooden door that looks sturdy, the only problem being that it resembles a prison cell. Su got up and went to the door, grabbed the knocker and knocked lightly.

The knocker slammed against the black tin wooden door, making two low, muffled sounds. But the sound was soon silenced, and there was still a dead silence behind the door, and there was no movement.

Su Qi frowned, slapped the door hard, and shouted as he patted: "Someone!

After a while, a crack opened in the door. A thief-eyed face peeked out of the crack in the door, and looked Su Qi up and down. Perhaps because he felt that Su Qi was dressed decently, he didn't close the door immediately, but asked a little impatiently, "What's the matter?"

Su Qi was stunned, he didn't expect this swordsmith apprentice to look so obscene. But on second thought, maybe this was his butler.

"I'm here to find the swordsmith Luo Ping, but he lives here?" asked Su Qi.

The gatekeeper's pair of small eyes with thief eyebrows and rat eyes turned slightly, looked at Su Qi, and then said: "He is in the house, what are you looking for him? If you forge a sword, go to the Divine Weapon Pavilion, there is no business here." ”

"Oh, I just heard that he was a little unwell, so he came to visit. Su Qi said.

"Visit?" the janitor bared his teeth, "You didn't even mention melons and fruit gifts in your hand, what kind of visit is it?" Ten old knife coins, let you in." ”

Su Qi almost didn't believe his ears, came to such a bad alley, and saw that an ordinary sword-forging apprentice actually had to pay a tip of ten old sword coins?

Su Qi frowned and asked, "Who are you?" Why didn't Luo Ping come out and speak by himself?"

"Yo, little boy, it's not too old, but it's not a small temper. Let me tell you, Luo Ping is a slave bought by my master, and seeing how talented he is in ironmaking, this is why Master Fan Long taught him the method of forging swords. This Luo Ping's life is my master's, and I am here, so I naturally look at him, afraid that he will run away. You say, you want to see him, should you ask me to be accommodating?" the janitor smiled triumphantly, showing a mouthful of yellow teeth.

Su frowned slightly, and thought: What kind of dog are you, and you dare to talk to me like this? But after thinking about it again, it is better for me to keep a low profile, if the shopkeeper Hao knows that he values Luo Ping so much, I am afraid that it will add a lot of trouble to redeem Luo Ping in the future.

Thinking of this, Su Qi smiled, took out ten old knife coins from the money bag and handed them over: "I see, I'm tired." ”

The janitor smiled, he just wanted to blackmail casually, but he didn't expect Su Qi to pay obediently. After accepting the ten old knife coins, the janitor's attitude was obviously much better, and he opened the door and welcomed Su Qi in.

"Childe is really generous, the little one just now was offended, forgive me. The janitor pointed to a dilapidated house in the courtyard and whispered a little mysteriously, "Although this kid is poor, his temper is a little stubborn, and when Niu Jin comes up, my master can't do anything about him." If there is any quarrel in a moment, you shout, and I will come at once. ”

"Don't worry, I'm in control. ”

Su Qi answered and walked into the courtyard. The courtyard is also extremely small, with a patio in the center, which is dark and steep, and it is no different from the laneway. The eaves on both sides are very wide, so the courtyard does not see sunlight all year round, and it smells of mildew.

Coming to the dilapidated house in the middle, Su Qi knocked lightly on the door.

"Didn't you say don't bother me, get out!" was impatient in his voice.

"Isn't it welcome for the gold lord to come to the door?" Su Qi smiled.

"Huh?" the people inside the door were a little surprised, and after a while, the door opened. A young man who looked to be twenty-seven or eighteen years old stood behind the door, looking Su up and down. He was wearing dirty, old cloth clothes, patches stacked on top of each other, and there were many holes that had not been repaired. The muscles are strong, the lines are well-defined, and the skin is black and red, probably because of the long hours of iron striking by the furnace. The facial features are quite upright, the mouth is straight and wide, and there is a pair of black pupils in the tiger's eyes, which looks quite energetic.

"Are you Luo Ping?" asked Su Qi.

"I'm Luo Ping, who are you?" the young man asked.

Su Qi didn't speak, just raised the jade-inlaid sword in his hand and shook it in front of him.

Luo Ping's eyes lit up, and just as he was about to speak, Su Qi made a "silence" gesture: "Go in and say." ”

Luo Ping nodded, dodged Su Qi into the house, and then closed the door. The janitor was still playing with the ten old knife coins, and he hesitated for a while whether to buy wine or go to the flower building.

The room was cold and damp, only a worn-out long case, with old straw mats on both sides, and Su Qi sat down on the old straw mat next to the long case. Luo Ping walked around the house twice, and finally took two broken bowls and poured two large bowls of white water.

"There is no alcohol at home, please forgive me. Luo Ping said with some embarrassment.

Su Qi smiled: "It's okay." With that, he held up the broken bowl and took a sip without hesitation.

"When I saw you with the jade sword by your side for a moment, I knew that you were a true person. It's a joke that he is not like the shopkeeper of Hao, who has eyes and no beads, and can still be the shopkeeper of the weapons shop. Luo Ping said angrily.

"If Shopkeeper Hao knows the goods, how can it be my turn to come to you?" Su Qi smiled slightly.

"So, is Childe really here to save me from fire and water?" Luo Ping said in surprise, "I have a unique knowledge of sword casting, but unfortunately no one can understand it, if I can cast a sword for Childe, it will not be in vain to cast a sword!"