Duan Yu and Ba Tianshi lay on the wall and observed for about half an hour, during which the green-robed man stared at the blacksmith in the workshop to forge swords in addition to drinking water, until the newly arrived four carts of ore all entered the furnace, and the green-robed man explained a few words to a few stewards, and then left the workshop and walked towards a hut opposite.

Duan Yu and Ba Tianshi glanced at each other, and tacitly went down the wall.

The man in the green robe opened the door as usual and wanted to go to bed, but suddenly his neck and intercostal space were numb, and his hands and feet could not move.

The green-robed man realized that he had been dumbly pointed by a master in the martial arts.

Immediately afterwards, he felt his feet off the ground, but he was carried into the hut by the martial arts master.

The hut was darkened and the door was closed.

This master is naturally Duan Yu, he and Ba Tianshi can see that the man in the green robe seems to be the person in charge of the sword casting workshop, and when he is alone, he conveniently clicks on his acupoint.

Duan Yu suppressed his voice and said, "I have a few questions for you, if you want to live, just nod, if you don't want to answer, shake your head, I don't mind sending you to see Hades." ”

Duan Yu has deep internal strength, and he can see the outline of the green-robed man clearly in the dark, seeing that the green-robed man nodded, Duan Yu nodded on his neck, untied his dumb hole, and asked, "Tell me your name first?" ”

"Xue Candle"

Duan Yu's heart moved, and he remembered this person.

Xue Zhu is not well-known in the history books, and one of the most famous things is to evaluate the world's swords in front of Goujian, the king of Yue.

But Xue Candle's master is the famous originator of sword casting - Ou Yezi, Ou Yezi's daughter is Mo Yezi, and his son-in-law is a cadre, and the cadre Mo Ye and his wife are also sword casting masters that have been passed down through the ages.

And Xue Zhu is naturally also a sword maker.

Duan Yu knew that when interrogating people, it was best to ask some simple questions first, so that the interrogated person lowered his vigilance, and then asked the key questions, and the interrogated person would feel that since he had already answered so many questions, he would feel that it was not worth it if he was killed if he didn't answer the last question.

So Duan Yu asked again, "Why do you only have six fingers?" ”

Sure enough, Xue Zhu pondered for a moment and answered the question: "Those four fingers were cut off by my senior brother's beard. ”

"Since it's a senior brother, why did he cut off your fingers?"

"Senior Brother Feng was treated as a guest by Wu Zixu, the doctor of Wu Guo, and was willing to forge a sword for Wu Guo. After a year of sword casting, Senior Brother Feng was not energetic, so he came to invite me to forge the sword with him. Wu and Yue are feuds, and my heart is towards Yue Guo, so I refused Senior Brother Feng's invitation, and persuaded Senior Brother Feng not to go to Wu again. Senior Brother Feng cut off my index finger and thumb while I was sleeping, so that I could no longer forge swords for Yue Guo. ”

Duan Yu knew this allusion, and when he saw that he had told such a secret thing, he knew that this Xue Zhu would no longer hide it, and then asked, "When did you start instructing those people to forge swords here?" Who asked you to forge a sword? ”

Xue Candle said: "A year ago, the king of Yue invited me to cast a sword, and I told him that he could no longer cast a sword without his index finger and thumb, so he ordered me to guide the craftsmen of Yue to cast a sword. ”

"Where did you get the iron ore used to forge swords over the years?"

Xue Zhu was silent for a while and said, "Your Excellency is a native of Dali?" ”

Duan Yu didn't expect that through this question, Xue Zhu guessed that he was from Dali.

But he didn't answer the question, but said coldly: "Now I'm asking you a question, you don't need to ask more." ”

"I have long advised the king that the state of Wu has not been destroyed, and it cannot be provoked by Dali. But the king is vengeful and has lost his normal heart. Xue Zhu sighed, and said a little depressedly: "In the past, the ore used in this sword-casting workshop was quarried from an iron mine in the south of Huiji City, and the quality of that mine can only be regarded as medium-class, but with my guidance on the method of sword casting, it can be cast into a high-grade sword." Half a month ago, a mysterious man in black came to the palace, and the day after the man in black arrived, the king ordered someone to mine a mine on the border of Dali, which was of high quality and the sword forged was sharper and tougher. Lord Fan and Master Wen and I persuaded the king not to rush forward, the state of Wu was not destroyed, and there should be no more disputes with Dali. The king did not listen to our advice, insisted on going his own way, and said that he was not afraid of people from Dali. ”

Duan Yu pondered for a moment and asked, "The Fan and Wen you are talking about are Fan Li and Wen?" Who is the man in black? ”

Xue Zhu nodded and said: "A year ago, it was Lord Fan Li who personally picked me up in Huiji City, Lord Fan Li repeatedly advised the king not to mine the mines of Dali Kingdom, and the king used to obey Lord Fan's words, but I don't know what kind of ecstasy soup the man in black poured into the king, and the king didn't even listen to Lord Fan's words. As for that, he was always covered in a black scarf, and probably no one had ever seen his face except the king. ”

Duan Yu was silent for a moment, and said in his heart: "There are not many characters who appear in "Yue Nu Sword", but there are no people in black. ”

Immediately, he smiled contemptuously and said: "You are all black-clothed people bewitching your king, and you, Fan Li, and Wen Chong seem to have nothing to do with stealing mines, do you want to use my hand to get rid of the black-clothed man?" ”

Xue Candle's body was shocked, obviously he didn't expect Duan Yu to be able to guess his purpose, he had always been not good at words, and he didn't deny it, and said: "If Your Excellency is really a master of Dali, then the man in black is our common enemy, if it weren't for him, the king would never have ordered to mine Dali's mines." ”

Duan Yu was noncommittal about this, and asked again: "The man in black lives in Goujian's palace?" Where is the royal palace? Where is Fan Li and Wen's mansion? ”

Xue Candle said: "The king gave the man in black a mansion, which is just east of the palace. The residences of Lord Fan and Lord Wen are to the west of the palace. ”

Then Xue Zhu informed Duan Yu of the location of the palace and various mansions one by one.

Duan Yu nodded and asked, "What's so powerful about the man in black?" ”

Xue Zhu shook his head and said, "I don't know about this, neither Master Fan nor Master Wen have seen the methods of the man in black, but since he can easily win the trust of the king, there must be something unusual." ”

Duan Yu saw that Xue Zhu didn't know much about the man in black, so he asked a question that everyone who traveled through wanted to know: "Has Fan Li already sent Xi Shi to King Wu?" Have you seen what Shih Tzu looks like? ”

Thinking of the eternal beauty that has been handed down for more than 2,000 years in later generations, Duan Yu is very curious, although he feels that Xi Shi's fame is mainly because of the beauty plan, but to be selected as the implementer of the beauty plan, it must be a top beauty, since there is a chance, how can he not see this eternal beauty.

How do you know that Xue Zhu shook his head and said, "I don't know who your Excellency is talking about Xi Shi?" ”

Duan Yu was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted, the beauty plan must be kept secret, this Xue Zhu is only responsible for forging the sword, and it is normal not to know Xi Shi.

Unable to ask anything more about Xue Candle, Duan Yu said: "I won't appear in front of Gou Jian, you are a smart person, so you'd better not tell Gou Jian that someone has looked for you, otherwise he may think that you are trying to exclude the man in black." ”

Immediately, Duan Yu clicked on Xue Candle's dumb hole again before leaving the hut.

It didn't take much effort to interrogate Xue Candle this time, mainly because Xue Candle was very cooperative, but if he encountered hard stubble, he might not be able to pry his mouth open. Duan Yu couldn't help but think of a magical exercise: the Dafa of Soul Transfer. If you learn the soul transfer Dafa in the "Nine Yin True Scripture", wouldn't it be much easier to interrogate people in the future?

Ba Tianshi had been on guard outside the house, and he also heard the conversation between Duan Yu and Xue Candle. Duan Yu glanced at Ba Tianshi, and the two of them went to a corner.

Ba Tianshi was the first to speak: "Shizi, since it has been confirmed that the theft of mines was done by the Yue Imperial Court, why don't we go back to Dali and take the talisman from Your Majesty to theorize with the King of Yue?" ”

Duan Yu knew that in ancient times, exchanges between countries relied on sending envoys to each other, and the runes were the identity certificates given by the emperor to the envoys.

Shaking his head, Duan Yu said: "But I always feel that things are a little strange, Yue Country has few people, and the national strength is not as good as my Dali, why did you suddenly do something offensive to my Dali?" ”

Ba Tianshi didn't feel the strangeness in it, but as the head of Dali, he sought stability in everything, and was used to solving problems through official channels.

The two were silent for a long time, and Duan Yu pondered: "It's better to be like this, I'll continue to investigate here, you ask Li Xiu to send that thin monkey and let him find the inn closest to the north city gate in Huiji City to live, and then engrave a word on the door frame of the room where I stay, if I find out anything, I will go to him for interrogation." You will return to Dali as soon as possible, and your uncle will come here to find me again. ”

Duan Yu felt that when he hadn't crossed over, Dali and Yue Guo had not fought for decades, and there had been no disputes, so why was he restless as soon as he came to Yue Kingdom? The mysterious man in black is probably the key to the matter!

Ba Tianshi was not worried that Duan Yu would stay alone, and said: "The prince of the world still has little experience in the rivers and lakes, or Lao Ba stayed to investigate, and the son of the world returned to Dali to resume his life." ”

Duan Yu shook his head, he knew that except for the sheep herding girl Ah Qing, there should be no master in Yue Kingdom, and the danger factor was very low, and with his own skills, there were really not many people who could make him jealous.

"Uncle explained that this operation is mainly based on me, and Ba Sikong should listen to me."

Ba Tianshi had no choice but to obey the order and go out of the city to Xiushan County.