On this day, it was February 14, and it had been eleven days since Zhao Yingqi came to Xuanfu, because he was going to meet Prime Minister Wang Hezhi tomorrow, and Liu Yilin, who came to find him, took him into the city to buy a suit and buy some gifts for the first meeting.

After entering the city, Zhao Yingqi followed Liu Yilin around a few times, although he said that he was buying things for him, but in fact, Liu Yilin also bought a lot for himself, and used the silver ticket of Qunfang Pavilion, in her words, after Zhao Yingqi ransomed her, there was no such cheap to make.

Zhao Yingqi smiled bitterly, it turned out that this was the last wave of wool.

Several people walk to the copper and iron lane, the copper and iron lane is one of the 16 squares of Xuanfu, the name of the square is called the copper and iron lane, there are many blacksmith shops, weapons shops, and iron and steel firms in the middle.

Entering the copper and iron alley, I heard the sound of striking iron, smelled pieces of charcoal fire, and many blacksmith shops and furnaces seemed to make the temperature of the copper and iron alley rise a lot.

On a stone bridge in the distance, many people gathered together, not knowing what they were pointing.

Liu Yilin, who likes to join in the fun, hurriedly pulled Zhao Yingqi and was about to step forward to take a look.

As I got closer, I kept hearing people saying, "What a good knife" and "This knife is so beautiful."

I finally squeezed in, only to find out that it was Zuo Jin sitting on the stone fence by the bridge and selling knives.

Zuo Jin held a straight knife with a ring head, just a simple wooden handle and wooden sheath, and the decoration on it was also very simple, that is, it was wrapped and wound with a layer of black cowhide, and a straw mark was tied to the top knife ring.

Leaning against his feet was a sign that read:

Pattern steel, cut iron like mud, blow hair and break hair, volley silk, as a price of thousands of runs, those who have a fate to get, those who have no fate roll, welcome to challenge, where there is a broken blade, pay three thousand.

There were already three or four severed swords on the ground next to them, and if you looked closely, they were also good weapons that shone with cold light. The fracture is either smooth as a face, which is cut by a sharp blade; Either it's rough hair, which is not tough enough and is broken.

There were also a lot of copper coins scattered next to it, and some ignorant children wanted to pick up one or two to buy candy to eat, but they were all quickly pulled away by their parents.

Because there are many furnace fire sources in Tongtie Lane, which is easy to cause fires, the Xuanfu government decree specially ordered that many springs in the city be gathered in Tongtie Lane before leading out of the city, and then go around twice in Tongtie Lane, and then lead out from the water gate to the moat.

The upstream of these springs is mostly the living water source of the people in the city, and the work of striking iron and casting copper is indispensable to quench with water, so the banks of the Jin River in the copper and iron alley are mostly some large-scale blacksmith shops or very famous knife craftsmen.

Zuo Jin made such a thing of selling knives here, which was very common in this copper and iron alley, but setting up such a sign attracted hatred.

The swordsmith is no different from the martial arts, as the saying goes, there is no first, there is no second, the arrogant words on the brand of Zuojin inevitably make the famous craftsmen and masters who are based in the copper and iron alleys of Xuanfu look at it, and they have taken out their proud works to compete with him, but they were defeated one by one and cut off their swords.

Zuo Jin was also very arrogant to buy their knives for the price of kitchen knives, but thirty or forty yuan was thrown on the ground by the knifesmiths.

Like the martial arts gambling fight, the swordsmith competes in skills, and it is customary to lose the broken knife and stay.

But Zuo Jin said: It is not easy for the masters to forge such a kitchen knife, and now they cut the wrong thing, it is broken, it is not the fault of the masters, these thirty or fifty Wen Xi workmanship, it should be bought.

In this way, it immediately spread in the copper and iron alley, the Xuanfu is very open, and there are many master swordsmiths from all over the world in the copper and iron alley, and many high-spirited people have come to compete with Zuo Jin one by one.

However, after Zuo Jin cut off three or four fine swords in a row, many people hesitated.

The knife in Zuo Jin's hand, when slashing other swords, the victory is very easy, the blade does not have the slightest notch or curl blade, and there are very exquisite patterns densely distributed on the knife body, silver and gray, like feathers, it is not ordinary at a glance.

There were many masters of ironsmithing present, and there was no shortage of generations of sword-casting families, but they couldn't tell what kind of steel it was, and they couldn't see what kind of forging method was used, and many people were waiting.

And Zuo Jin was holding the knife at the moment, sitting diagonally on the stone railing, his left leg was shaking, his eyes were closed, a straw pole was in his mouth, and he was humming a little song, which was very energetic.

The masters in this copper and iron alley are not angry, and they can't compare with each other, so they can only watch him here.

At this time, an onlooker shouted: "Hey, that knife seller, what are you doing here?" "It seems that this is an illiterate person.

Zuo Jin just opened his eyes and was about to let this illiterate man get out, but he saw Zhao Yingqi looking at him with a smile on the side, followed by Zhao Tong and Liu Yilin. Zhao Yingqi looked around and saw that there were already a lot of people, and there were many people dressed in ayaluo, who seemed to be not low, and felt that it was time, so he gave Zuo Jin a look.

Zuo Jin understood, stood up lazily, pulled the knife out of the sheath, and let out a melodious soft groan, this is Zhao Yingqi specially added a piece of jade to the scabbard to ensure that the appearance of the knife can bring a little BGM.

The knife was held high, and the sunlight shining on it through the sparse young leaves of the willow trees next to it, the dazzling sunlight reflected a dazzling light, only to see that the knife was five feet three inches long, the blade was four feet five feet long, the handle was seven inches long, and the steel ring at the end of the handle was an inch.

The knife is straight and the same width up and down, only at the end of the blade obliquely tightened to the point, the width of the knife is one inch and eight minutes, the back of the knife is two points thick, and the feather-like silver-gray pattern makes the reflection on the knife look extraordinarily charming.

I have to say, it's a great knife.

"The brand has been written very clearly, my treasure knife is called Luoyu, it is made of patterned steel, there is the ability to cut iron like mud, blow hair and break hair, volley silk, as a price of a thousand yuan, those who are destined to get it, those who are not destined to get out. If you are not convinced by my price, you can come up and have a try, if you lose, throw down the broken knife, receive 30 yuan and leave. Zuo Jin swung the knife from the top of his head, slashed it on a broken knife on the ground on the side, split it into two, laughed twice, and added: "If you win my treasure sword, three thousand guan will be offered!" ”

After speaking, Zuo Jin put the knife horizontally in front of him, turned his wrist around, and let the reflection on the knife shine on the faces of everyone in front of him, to show the extraordinary nature of the knife.

Of course, this trick is also taught by Zhao Yingqi, in his previous life, every time he saw the swordsman and swordsman pull out the sword and long sword in his hand in a martial arts drama, he was very handsome with a touch of cold light, so he came up with such an idea, striving for everyone to see the patterns on the knife body.

Zhao Yingqi seems that the effect of this trick is not bad, and the people around him, whether they are warriors, swordsmiths or onlookers, are whispering and pointing, but a strange idea comes to mind:

I don't know, does this count as live streaming?

Zuo Jin held the knife for a while, maybe he felt a little two, or maybe he felt a little tired, so he put the knife in the sheath again, and let out a crisp long groan.

"Eh, don't be in a hurry to put away this knife, let everyone take a look at it again." There are good things going on again.

"What's so good-looking, either buy or compare, where is so much nonsense." Zuo Jin sat down again.

As soon as he sat down, another person coaxed: "No one can compare with it now, but you can tell me why your knife is worth a thousand yuan, more expensive than gold!" "It's not more expensive than gold, but Zhao Yingqi will make him more expensive than gold.

This person is Zuo Jin's subordinate, and he was specially called to praise him.

"Hmph......" Zuo Jin laughed, grabbed the knife, tapped the wooden board next to him with the scabbard, and said, "Didn't you say that my treasure knife has three abilities." ”

"Which three can!" It's this one again.

"I can cut iron like clay, I can blow my hair and break my hair, and I can pull silk in the air!"

"Then let's all take a look." It's a bit of a joke, but that's it, it's not professional after all.

"Then since that's the case, let's show everyone this treasure knife."

Zuo Jin pulled out the knife again, stuck it on the ground, and then picked up a broken knife from the ground, and pulled up the fallen feathers inserted in the ground, neither internal force nor chopping, just put it on the broken knife, and slashed hard, cutting off a blade.

That's not all, he picked up two pieces of broken knives from the ground, and together with the remaining broken blades in his hand, the three layers of blades were stacked together, and then he used the falling feathers to split them, only slightly using a little internal force, and cutting the three layers of blades into six.

The people around cheered.

"Everyone knows about this hair-picking and hair breaking." After speaking, Zuo Jin pulled off three hairs from his head, put them on the blade of the falling feather, and blew gently.

As soon as the hair touched the blade, it was cut off and fell down.

The people around him applauded again.

In the applause, the little brother asked again: "I haven't heard of this volley, what kind of drawing method is it?" ”

Zuo Jin put the fallen feather back to the sheath aside, took out a silk scarf from his chest, crossed two feet square, shook it in his hand, and flattened it between his hands.

"Volleying is to throw this square scarf in the air, and my falling feather treasure knife can be slashed with the tip of the knife, divided into two, only the warp is broken, and the weft is not hurt, and the thread is drawn out!" As he spoke, Zuo Jin also looked around angrily.

"Then why don't you hurry up and show the guys." There's no need to be complimented now, it was said by a fat man wearing a square hat and wearing a foreign suit next to him.

"How can it be so easy, my knife is too sharp, if you want to break the warp without hurting the weft, you must have superb knife skills, and you must be ranked in the top armor!"

"Hey, then what are you talking about, there are only seven top armor masters in my Great Wu Qianli territory, where are we going to find a head armor master for you, you are obviously bragging!" This fat man is really popular, and he doesn't need the little brother cue process.

"Hmph, this is what I mean by those who are destined to get it, and those who are not destined to get out, or the price is three thousand!" Zuo Jin picked up the treasure knife again and sat on the stone railing.

"If you don't use your ability to pull out the wires, how do we all know that your knife is worth three thousand yuan."

"Love to buy or not, Lao Tzu didn't ask you to buy it."

The onlookers are all discussing, indeed, even if they don't use this ability to pull the thread in the air, just with this ability to sharpen iron like clay and sharpen the famous swords of several masters, it is worth this price.

"If that's not the case, I won't look at this volley in the next place, a thousand times, I bought it in the next!" The fat man walked out of the crowd and stood in front of Zuojin.

"What about the money?" Zuo Jin looked the fat man up and down, and he looked like a landlord with a big belly.

"Hey, here are the three shopkeepers of Chen's firm, this money is naturally no problem." The fat man didn't care about Zuo Jin's eyes, and lit up his identity.

"If that's the case, it may be possible to get out of the bottom." Next to him was another middle-aged man with a goatee.

"Who are you?" Zuo Jin asked.

"It's a pawnshop from all over the world." The goatee bowed his hand.

"I'm selling knives, not pawns, pawns can't be sold, so don't fool me." Zuo Jin turned his head when he heard this, and he felt like he was half-hearted.

"Hehe, his pawnshop in the four seas not only does pawn things, but also sells songs, just to buy at a low price and sell at a high price with the hero." A tall man in a black and red riding uniform walked out, saw Zuo Jin's eyes looking at him, bowed, and was about to report the door, but he didn't want to be preempted by the fat man.

"The masters of your Lingrui Pavilion are dead, why don't you hurry back to mourn, and you are still calling here." The fat man is a person from Chen's firm, and his main business is steel, and he is a peer rival with the Northern Zhou Lingrui Pavilion, so he is naturally polite.

As soon as the tall man heard this, he exploded, grabbed the fat man's collar and was about to beat him, he was worthy of being a native of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and he had a strong temperament.

The scene was suddenly chaotic, and Zuo Jin shouted impatiently: "Stop!" Don't make any noise, let's talk about a way! ”