"You want to find the marshal, the marshal has something to do at this time, and he doesn't want to see anyone. The official of Yuanyang Mansion stopped Chai Le and the others, "You guys go back." ”

Chai Le was displeased, took out his identity card and held it up in front of the little official, and snorted coldly: "We are the Chai family of the South China Sea, and on the orders of the head of the family, we have something important to discuss with your marshal!"

He was about to impatiently drive them away, when suddenly a big broad hand fell on his shoulder, and when he looked back, he saw a fat old man looking at him with a smile and a gray beard in the other hand. The little official hurriedly turned around and respectfully bowed to the fat old man: "Old Xue." ”

"Stand down. The old man has something to ask the two guests. The old man surnamed Xue patted the little official and sent him away. Then he stepped forward and said, "The envoy of the Chai family has arrived, and the last official has missed the distance, please forgive me." The last official Xue Ying, the character Zizhu, is the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Yuanyang Mansion, and the two of them can tell the last official if they have any needs. Yang Shuai is sick, so he can't see it, if the two insist on seeing him, the last official will lead the two to go. ”

The task assigned by the family is a big matter, and without waiting for Moya to answer, Chai Le said unceremoniously: "Okay, Your Excellency, please take us over!"

Xue Ying smiled and said, "Since Chai Gongzi wants to see him, please invite the two of you to come with the last official." "I didn't feel the slightest bit of bad emotion.

It was a room that was not bright, the windows were covered by black cloth, and there was hardly any light through, except for the light emitted by the burning tung oil lamp on the bedside table, which was not very strong, and served as a light source for the whole room. The light illuminated a haggard face, whose owner had sparse hair, bloodshot eyes, and a face so thin that even his cheekbones protruded. He wore only a thin single jacket, and lay on the bed, his brow furrowed, his eyes closed, and he looked very painful.

"Marshal, someone wants to see you. ”

Xue Ying was just outside this door, with Chai Le and Moya.

"Ahem...... Didn't you say it...... Ben Shuai didn't want to see ...... Anyone...... Is it?"

Marshal Yang's voice was painful and hoarse. Chai Le was stunned, and suddenly blamed himself: Why did you want Old Man Xue to lead the way in?

"It's from the Chai family in the South China Sea. Xue Ying said again.

Suddenly there was no sound inside. In addition to Chai Le and the others, even Xue Ying was a little nervous.

"Ahem...... Firewood...... Come on in. ”

"Whew, come in with the last officer. Xue Ying breathed a sigh of relief, gently pushed open the door and went in. Chai Le and the others also went in.

Marshal name right, surname Yang, word Pu Yuan, Yuanyang County people. The hereditary position of Marshal Yang is the sixth. It is rumored that when he was born, it rained heavily from the sky, and there seemed to be a dragon making waves. The five elements of Shengbu lack wood, so his father is also in the name of "right", and strong, there is the word Pu Yuan, Pu to make up the wood, and Yuan is the vision of the time and inherits the family.

——From "The Rise and Fall of Yuan Yang", written by the historian Xue Qing in the year of Moying Wuxu in the Huang Li

"So...... Ahem, the two of them were ordered by the head of the Chai family to make a deal with Ben Shuai, ahem?"

Chai Le bowed slightly: "Yes." I didn't expect the marshal to be so sick, but it bothered the marshal. ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say that. ”

Chai Le took out a bundle of slips, rolled up a part, and looked at it: "The head of the family hopes that your mansion can provide some military supplies, and my family is willing to exchange food and other materials." ”

Yang Quan was about to speak, Xue Ying glanced at him, and wanted to speak, but he nodded slightly in agreement. Xue Ying said: "The spies have sent a message that Rongge Mansion is going to declare war on Yuan Yang, and the date is early February. ”

This reminded Chai Le and Mo Ya of the raid on Liuhe County, and the two looked at each other, and sure enough, what the thief said was right, it was Rong Ge's ghost. Yuan Yang himself is difficult to protect, will he still trade with them? Both of them were a little suspenseful in their hearts.

Yang Quan was really silent, and after a long time, he said, "Zizhu, take the two envoys to see Elder Fang." ”

"Marshal!" Xue Ying looked at him incredulously, Yuan Yang was too difficult to protect himself, how could he trade with them, but he also knew that Yang Quan would never be untargeted, "...... Be. Two, come with the last official. ”

At this time, Ji Lin and You Feng had already arrived at the Yuanyang River in Yuanyang County.

There is a bridge on the riverside, one end of the bridge is connected to the shore on this side, while the other end is hidden by the hazy white mist rising from the river. A row of willow trees was planted on the shore, and the slender leaves on the wicker were already yellowing, and the ground was full of golden fallen leaves. The autumn water flooded the stone embankment of the great bank, but he did not dare to offend the divine power of the golden willow. The withered grass under the willows drooped weakly, unable to cover the yellow soil that nursed them.

The long curved corridor is behind the willow trees, and the tiles are scattered with fallen leaves brought by the wind and rain. Looking behind the corridor, it is full of greenery, full of evergreens, and there are also red-leaved trees in between. This long curved corridor is like a boundary between spring and autumn, separating the green onion from the golden.

At this time, only one person was still wandering in the corridor, and the setting sun stretched his shadow very long. It was a young man with a long body, neatly tied, and a handsome face, but there was always a faint sadness between his eyebrows. The back of the black clothes worn by the young man is embroidered with a golden hammer axe pattern, embroidered with gold silk, which shows that the young man's identity is unusual.

The young man stopped and looked sideways at Yuan Yangjiang. The river is calm and calm, reflecting the afterglow of the setting sun, and the row of withered yellow willows in front of the corridor is really bleak, and I can't help but sigh: "It's a pity that the wind can't afford the water and there are no waves, and the past is unbearable." This face in his early twenties was not the slightest bit green at this time, and he already looked like a weathered old man.

"Plop!"

The sound of falling water from the riverside interrupted the young man's sorrow, and the young man was startled, so he stepped over the railing and hurried towards the source of the sound, fearing that someone had fallen into the water. But when he arrived there, he found that someone had fallen into the water and died, and it was clearly two little hairy children throwing pebbles at the water's edge.

He couldn't help but feel depressed, and was about to leave, but he stared at that side again, thinking: No, that voice just now clearly meant that something had fallen into the water, how could it be so loud to make a splash?

At this time, a small white beast jumped out of the water, with wet hair, and a large mandarin fish in its mouth, and the fish was "jumping around" and swaying, and the white-haired beast seemed to be aware of it, with one side of its ear and one eye looking at the young man. The young man also noticed its move, and hurriedly retreated a short distance, holding his breath.

"Xue Yao, what are you looking at?" You Feng followed the little fox's gaze, but did not find anything suspicious.

The little fox shook his head and threw the fish on Youfeng's face, ignoring his lord's scream of "ahhhhhhhh It looked over again, lowered itself, and crept forward slowly on the ground.

The fish is still so active, and it is still slapping the face with its tail when it is dumped in the face. You Feng grabbed the fish with his bare hands, threw it on the ground, wiped his face with his sleeve, and looked at Ji Lin again: "Han Fei, this damn fish will be handed over to you." ”

Ji Lin almost didn't laugh out loud, caught the fish that was about to escape back into the water, and froze the fish whole. He picked up the fish that had been frozen into ice cubes and asked You Fengdao, "Little Taoist, do you know how to deal with fish?"

"What, you don't know? Poor Dao has lived in the mountains for a long time, and all he eats is mountain elixir, and he has never touched the seafood. "Youfeng also made it difficult for the fish.

After thinking about it carefully, Ji Lin said: "I once roasted birds and animals in the mountains, I don't know if this fish can also be roasted like that." ”

"It doesn't matter if he can or not, the sky and the earth are big, and the stomach is the biggest!"

So although Ji Lin didn't know what to do, Ji Lin still knew how to remove the internal organs, and then used a dead branch to penetrate the fish, You Feng took out a talisman from his sleeve, pasted it on the fish in a circle, pinched the trick with his left hand, and began to chant a spell in his mouth.

"Haste as the law!"

The talisman burned, and the flames engulfed the fish.

The young man and the little fox looked at each other for a long time, and the young man couldn't hold back, so he said to it: "My generation has no malice, but I just heard the sound of falling into the water, and came to find out." ”

"Xue Yao!" You Feng followed the direction where the little fox had left, and came to a bush, "You ......"

......

"Oh, you are here to look for people in Yuanyang. Who do you want to seek? Maybe my generation has heard about it, and we can help you. ”

After chatting for a while, the young man and the two young men were also familiar with each other. Ji Lin originally came to Yuanyang County to find the person the antique shop owner said, and felt that this young man was extraordinary, and his intuition told him that this young man should know this person, so he told the young man his purpose.

"Master Ghost Axe, of course I know, but do you really want to see it?"

"Yes. Thinking of the antique shop owner's sharp words, Ji Lin said without thinking.

The young man hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay, let's take you to Yuanyang Mansion." However, as far as my generation knows, Master Ghost Axe has a strange temperament and is willing to play, and I wonder if I will be able to see him in person this time. ”

Why is the banner of Yuanyang Mansion a hammer and axe flag? It is because there are two divine craftsmen in Yuanyang Mansion, one is the master of the blacksmith who makes the hammer, and the other is the carpenter who makes the hand axe. One is the support of the military, and the other is the support of the people's livelihood. The two masters accepted apprentices extensively, and Master Fang was conscientious, but this ghost axe master was always idle, and the dragon could not see the end.

There are three gates in Yuanyang Mansion, which lead to three spaces, the creators of these three spaces no longer exist, but the three major spaces still remain, they are the "Bingmen", "Craftsmen" and "Medicine".

At the same time that the young man led Ji Lin and You Feng to Yuanyang Mansion, Xue Ying had already taken Chai Le and Moya to the front of the craftsman.

"Old Fang, don't come unharmed!"

"Yo, isn't this Brother Dazhu! Rare guest, rare guest! Come in and sit down. As soon as Master Fang saw that it was an old acquaintance Xue Ying, he immediately welcomed them in, "Dazhu, who are these two little babies?"

Chai Le, who is only fifteen years old, can still say, after all, in the eyes of the old man, he is a kid. But how could such a title make the twenty-something Mo Ya embarrassed? His hands were claw-shaped, and his brows were slightly furrowed, but they subsided at once.

Xue Ying smiled, stroked his beard, and said, "These two are envoys from the Chai family, who introduced us to a business, just to ask for your opinion and see if you agree." But the marshal had agreed. ”

"Then you old guy is still talking to me about!" Master Fang scolded with a smile and asked what kind of business it was.

"Well, my family wants to use food and money to buy weapons from your house. Chai Le replied.

"How much grain, how much, and what materials are you going to use to make it?" Master Fang asked again.

"The family can only produce a thousand bells of grain in total, and the materials are provided by the family. A total of 180 bows and arrows, 70 swords, and 50 swords were made. If there is a shortage of food, the family is willing to replace it with coins, I don't know what Master Fang thinks?" Chai Le read the book again and read out the list.

Master Fang calculated, and finally said, "Okay, just exchange those grains, anyway, you just need to provide materials." That's it, thirty stones of grain for one. ”

"Deal!"

(End of chapter)