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Luo Ping was very surprised, there were two things that he didn't expect, one was that he just played the jade inlaid sword with the mentality of giving it a try, but someone really knew the goods;

"Luo Ping thanked Gongzi! I don't know Gongzi's surname?" Luo Ping asked.

"My surname is Su, and my single name starts with a word. Su Qi said, "When I saw the sword you forged, I knew that you were a swordsmith with great ideas, but why did you fall into such a field?"

A hint of gloom flashed in Luo Ping's eyes, and he sighed and said, "This is a long story. My ancestor was originally a swordsmith in the old Zhao Land, although he was not as good as a super-first-class swordsmith like Master Ouye, but he was far from being able to compare with those ordinary blacksmiths. My mother passed away early, and my father supported the family by himself, and he also forged several divine weapons, and he was also well-known among cultivators. ”

"When the Jin State invaded Yan, a large number of troops were recruited in Zhaodi, and my father was introduced, so he joined the army as a cultivator, wanting to mix some military merits and bare the lintel. But I didn't expect that the Jin army was defeated, and the Zhao land was also occupied by the Yan army, my father died in the chaos, and the Yan army wantonly arrested the Zhao people as slaves, so I was taken captive and sold to the slave market in Zhaowu City. ”

Su Qi was surprised and said, "What? I heard that General Murong has always been extremely strict in governing the army, how can there be such a thing as arresting civilians as slaves?"

Luo Ping gritted his teeth and said: "At first, I thought it was the great general Murong Yue who set up troops to capture slaves, and later talked to other people in the slave market, and then I knew that the people who were arrested were General Xu Lun's subordinates!"

Su Qi frowned: "General Xu Lun, he set troops to capture slaves, could it be that General Murong doesn't know?"

Luo Ping said: "Su Gongzi doesn't know. The Yan Kingdom has become a habit of keeping slaves, so it is common to catch a few civilians from the looted territory and go back to be slaves after the victory. The government and the opposition of the Yan Kingdom all knew it, but no one said it. Although it sounds bad to catch slaves, it enriches the slave market, secondly, it allows those soldiers who have made military merits and conquer the land and plundered the city to make a quick profit, and thirdly, it also prosperss commerce and trade, killing three birds with one stone, so this unhealthy trend has been repeatedly prohibited. ”

Although Su Qi knew that slavery in the Yan Kingdom was deep-rooted, he didn't expect that there would be such a thing, and he couldn't help but be shocked.

Luo Ping sighed and continued: "Hey, after so many years, I have already seen it, although I have always had a grudge against this General Xu Lun, but he is a border army general with heavy troops, but I am a swordsmith, and there is no ethereal matter of revenge. What's more, he can't blame him alone for the incident of arson and slave capture, so he slowly accepted this reality. ”

"Later, I was favored by the shopkeeper Hao in the slave market, and when he heard that I was a descendant of a swordsmith, he bought me and asked me to learn swordsmithing from Fan Long. Shopkeeper Hao naturally has some careful thoughts of his own, he wants to train me to become a sword-forging master like Fan Long, so that I can leave Fan Long behind and collect more money in the future. After all, Fan Long and he are in partnership, and the money earned will be shared together, and I am his slave, and all the money earned belongs to him. ”

"But I didn't expect Fan Long to have an eye on it, he knew the intention of the shopkeeper Hao, so he didn't teach me the real sword-casting method at all, just asked me to give him a hand, do some dirty work, but declared to the shopkeeper Hao that he has been teaching everything, but I am not talented enough, I can't learn it at all. ”

"Shopkeeper Hao was skeptical, so he privately asked me to cast a sword, saying that it was to test my learning results. I have a unique sword-forging method inherited from my family, and I have secretly learned Fan Long's sword-forging method for a long time, but I have already planned it in my heart. I deliberately cast this jade-inlaid sword, just to deceive the shopkeeper Hao, and at the same time, I also wanted to find out if there was anyone who really knew the goods. ”

Su Qi knew that there were so many past events in this, and couldn't help but sigh: "I heard that Master Fan Long is Ou Yezi's apprentice, I thought that his character would not be bad, but I didn't expect him to be such a philistine." ”

Luo Ping said: "If he is not a philistine, how can he run out to deceive the world and steal his name after learning half of it? In my opinion, he didn't even learn a third of Master Ouye's sword-forging skills, but he used the name of Master Ouyee everywhere to deceive, hum." ”

"Why are you being locked up here?" asked Su Qi.

"I am a slave bought by the shopkeeper Hao, and I have learned the method of forging swords, and he expects me to replace Fan Long's position in the future to make money by forging swords for him, of course he is afraid that I will run away. Although the person at the door looked obscene, he was also a second-realm cultivator, and he guarded me every step of the way on weekdays, and he couldn't escape at all. Luo Ping said.

"I see. Su nodded at the beginning, "If I directly take the money to redeem myself for you, I am afraid that it will arouse his suspicion, and I will inevitably be blackmailed fiercely." It's not that I can't afford this money, it's just that I was cheated by such a profiteer, and I always feel a little unhappy in my heart. So you have to do it like a way to do both. ”

Luo Ping was overjoyed: "Is Su Gongzi really willing to redeem himself for me?" ”

"It's just that you're going to have to suffer a little. Su Qi hesitated.

"It's okay!" Luo Ping hurriedly said, "As long as you can get out of here, what's the point of suffering a little." ”

Su nodded and explained in a low voice.

The janitor was still counting the money when he suddenly heard a quarrel coming from inside the house.

"You still don't admit it? The belt of this scabbard is of inferior quality at all, and I'm afraid it won't be long before there will be cracks! I gave ten gold! Ten gold, did you swallow it all!"

"Get out! Lao Tzu's things have always been like this, you can buy them if you like them, if you don't buy them, you can pull them down, and if you have a fart, let go of the shopkeeper Hao, what is the noise in me!"

"Are you still reasonable? Are you yelling, believe it or not that I broke your dog's leg?"

"You're a great cultivator, I'll kill a cultivator today!"

What followed was the sound of ping-pong smashing. The janitor was so frightened that he jumped up, hurriedly ran to the door, pushed the door and saw that Su Qi's left shirt had been torn open with a big gap, and he was panting and looking very angry. Luo Ping, on the other hand, was lying on the ground by the wall not far away, motionless. The bookcases and broken cabinets in the house were all smashed, and it was a mess.

The janitor shrank his head in fright, and hurriedly asked, "Young Master Su, what's going on?"

Su Qi's face was pale, and he still looked angry: "This bastard, there is a problem with the scabbard made for me, I came to ask him, and he still argued with me, we fought, and if we were not careful, we sent him flying." ”

The janitor hurriedly ran to Luo Ping to help him up, only to see that there was blood on the corner of his mouth, and he was a little panicked at the moment. Shopkeeper Hao once told him that Luo Ping must not have anything to do, but he didn't expect this boy to hurt him as soon as he made a move, how can he explain to Shopkeeper Hao?

"I don't think he's dead yet!" Su Qi said, drawing his sword out of its sheath and making a gesture to stab.