Mo Jiangnan followed the lewd-looking man into the dark room, and when he gradually got used to the dim light in the room, he was able to look around carefully. The most conspicuous thing in the room is a bed, the quilt on the bed is not folded, there are messy clothes and socks, and all kinds of food bags are thrown indiscriminately, next to the bed is an assembled simple wardrobe, a very rustic wooden table and two chairs, but there is nothing placed on the table.

This was a temporary rented residence, Mo Jiangnan immediately concluded.

The lewd man who lived here met Mo Jiangnan in the antique market, and because of his obscene appearance, no one patronized his small stall, and he only put some extremely ordinary swords and porcelain. Mo Jiangnan also found him entirely because of his little hobby of collecting swords, and he couldn't see any good things from his stall, but he said that there were still many ordinary products that he couldn't bring out at home, and he brought them because he didn't know the goods.

So Mo Jiangnan came here.

The lewd man opened the only window, and Mo Jiangnan, who had just adapted to the darkness, was squinted by the light.

"Here, here."

The lewd man pointed to the other side of the bed, and Mo Jiangnan fixed his eyes to see that there was a large piece of linen on the not wide ground on the side of the bed, and the linen sheet was full of rusted swords and spear heads, as well as some porcelain and copper coins.

Mo Jiangnan has a certain amount of research on ancient swords, which is due to his own hobby of collecting and the ancestral forging skills of his family. The large pile of dust and rust in front of him made him feel a little surprised in his heart, this is a thing from several dynasties, it seems that the lewd man is not a collector or a reseller in such a pile, it can't be a gold-touching captain, right?

"Look at this."

The lewd man picked out a Tang knife with a sheath, Mo Jiangnan glanced at him and held the Tang knife in his hand.

The Tang sword was developed on the basis of the Han Dynasty's "ring head sword", which was the original form of the Japanese samurai sword, and the Tang sword was transmitted to Japan together with its forging technology, achieving the reputation of the Japanese sword in later generations. Mo Jiangnan has a Tang knife hidden in his own house, but it is not very well preserved, so he is also a little interested in this one.

Mo Jiangnan first carefully observed the scabbard, and his solemn and serious expression made the lewd man embarrassed to speak again. After checking it, Mo Jiangnan held the scabbard close to the handle with his left hand, and with a slight force on the gauntlet with his thumb, the knife was pulled out. After completely pulling out the knife, Mo Jiangnan took out a handkerchief from his trouser pocket, used it to pad the knife strip, held it in both hands, and began to hold his breath in the light.

The lewd man didn't look at the knife, just looked at Mo Jiangnan's expression.

The blade is about sixty centimeters long, in good condition, and the rust is not very serious, but it has been polished indiscriminately, so compared to the other swords in this pile of weapons, it is also full of majesty, with an attractive metallic luster. Mo Jiangnan is also extremely satisfied in his heart, this one is better than the one at home, if the price is right, he wants to take it for himself.

"How much?" Returning the knife to the sheath, Mo Jiangnan pretended to ask casually.

"Two thousand." The lewd man hesitated and said.

Mo Jiangnan nodded slightly, the price was not expensive, but he still began to think quickly about how to bargain, but when he glanced at the pile of weapons, his eyes lit up, and this essence light was fleeting, and he quickly hid it.

As soon as he stretched out his hand, Mo Jiangnan picked up a sword strip from the pile of weapons, this sword strip with a blade length of about 60 centimeters is not very conspicuous, and its surface is covered with a gray oxide layer similar to rust, but it is only a gray layer, I believe that after a little polishing and processing, it can show its brilliance, and the condition is also very intact.

However, it was not these that attracted Mo Jiangnan, but the fine and clear sword patterns on the sword bar.

Patterned steel is made of two or more kinds of steel with different carbon content repeatedly folded and forged, which has both good toughness and high hardness, flexibility is not easy to break, and high hardness can be sharp and indestructible. This is a once-lost ancient Chinese forging technique, from which almost all legendary blades are derived, and the combination of a variety of different characteristics of steel shows a unique pattern, even without considering the performance of the sword itself, its ornamentation is also pleasing to the eye.

But almost all ancient Chinese swords will have lines, and the reason why this one can attract Mo Jiangnan is because its lines are so clear that they can be clearly seen even if they are covered by this oxide layer. Its texture is fine and smooth, evenly distributed, like pine wood as fresh and natural antique, rare is so clear, this is the real pattern steel, absolutely a top grade.

Mo Jiangnan glanced at the rust layer on the surface and knew that this sword was not fake, and it couldn't be like this without a certain number of years.

I rummaged through the pile of weapons again, although the quality of other ancient blades was not as good as this one, but they were definitely authentic goods, all of them had a certain history, and they were also very rare in this market where fakes were rampant. Mo Jiangnan couldn't help but regret in his heart, if he was a little richer, he would definitely cover all these things, and he was confident that he could get a very cheap price in the hands of this obscene man. However, he clearly realized that he was just a small researcher in the research institute, and he was still an assistant after graduating for a few years, and his low salary basically fulfilled his hobby.

"Two thousand?"

Mo Jiangnan pretended to be careless and put down the top-grade patterned sword, frowned and began to hold the Tang knife again, and said to the lewd man for a long time: "I have a bit of a loss to buy this for two thousand, can you give me another one?" I'll pick among these piles. ”

The lewd man looked at Mo Jiangnan, glanced at the pile of "scrap iron" again, and then nodded in agreement.

When the lewd man nodded, Mo Jiangnan almost couldn't help jumping up, I made a lot of money today, that sword is definitely a priceless treasure! But he still picked up the sword just now very calmly and said, "That's it, you find something to help me wrap it." ”

This is not a professional antique shop, and the only thing that lewd men use to wrap swords is old newspapers.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Mo Jiangnan flipped up in the pile of weapons again, sighing and frustrated in his heart while flipping, the most important thing is to complain about God's injustice, why not give birth to a rich family? His mother died of a terminal illness, and his father died suddenly and without warning in the blacksmithing workshop of his ancestral home, leaving him with only the ancestral house and the blacksmithing workshop in the small country town, and of course the ancestral ironsmithing, but it seemed to mean little.

Suddenly, Mo Jiangnan's eyes were attracted by something again, it was a broken sword.

The length of the broken sword was only twenty centimeters, but judging from the gauntlet and hilt, the total length of the sword was only about a foot, and there was a metal sphere structure at the end of the hilt, the size of a quail egg, like a toy, the hilt and blade were cast together, and from the rust it was a bronze sword.

A forged bronze sword?

Mo Jiangnan launched a bold imagination, the ancient use of casting methods to produce weapons should be at least traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and then the Qin Dynasty was a combination of bronze and iron, at that time the art of forging should have been very popular, so this sword may be the bronze sword of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Although the sword has been broken, if it really has such a long history, then its value is still unlimited, and the rust is not serious, even if the surface is strictly treated, if it has been more than two thousand years, the fracture should be very badly corroded, from this point of view, this is also a good sword, Mo Jiangnan, who works in the Institute of Materials, is very interested.

"Hey, brother." Mo Jiangnan took the broken bronze sword and said to the lewd man, "How about giving me this too?" ”

When the lewd man heard that Mo Jiangnan wanted to take something again, he looked over very reluctantly, and when he found that it was the broken sword, he said indifferently: "That? If you want to take it, I'm opening today, you can be considered a lucky customer, but that's all there is to it, you are not allowed to take other things, how can I say that I am also in business, right? ”

"Okay, okay." Mo Jiangnan smiled and said, "Then I wish business prosperity." ”

"Thank you for your good words, if you have any brothers who still want goods in the future, come to me, I have to sell these goods, of course, there are others besides these, you can take a look after a while, this is my phone."

"Certainly, definitely, I just don't have enough money today, otherwise I will choose a few more."

Mo Jiangnan said goodbye after a few more pleasantries, he now felt that this obscene man with a problem with his vision was so cute, and the whole world was full of bright sunshine, which made the outline of everything fade.

……

Happily returning home, Mo Jiangnan took out the paper bag from his arms with anticipation and walked into his study.

There were many shelves in the study, some of which were stacked with large reference books, but many more were filled with various swords and weapons, most of which were well maintained, but they could still be seen through some parts. The study room is very narrow, and there is not much space for computer desks and chairs, but Mo Jiangnan didn't expect to be able to get a large room, he was already very grateful to Director Hu of the institute, otherwise he would have to live in a collective dormitory.

Mo Jiangnan always felt satisfied when he looked at the collections in this room every day, every delicate blade, every flash of metal, made him excited, and he was satisfied to name his little world: Imperial Bao Zhai.

Gently put the paper bag on the table, and then opened it carefully, Mo Jiangnan's eyes immediately burst into a strange brilliance, and he admired it greedily. It was as if he were unbuttoning a girl's clothes, revealing her youthful and seductive body, whose healthy and elastic skin reflected a charming luster, but his knowledge of the girl's body was far less familiar than his own collection.

The Tang knife was taken out, it was a horizontal knife of the Tang Dynasty, he carefully admired it again, and put it in the wooden sword cabinet.

Next is the point, Mo Jiangnan adjusted his breathing a little to make it more stable, then picked up the patterned sword, grasped the Bing part of the sword bar with one hand, picked up a piece of deerskin from the table with the other, put it on the blade, and polished it in a small area.

If it is an ordinary person, the evaluation of ancient swords will stay at the aesthetic level, and experienced collectors will also pay attention to the historical age. The sword pattern on this patterned sword is indeed simple and elegant, there are not many ancient patterned steels in the world, many merchants are counterfeiting, and the sword pattern of this sword is clear and fine, and the sealed oxide layer also represents that this is a genuine product. The ancient style is somewhat similar to the bronze sword of the Spring and Autumn Period, and Mo Jiangnan has not studied much in this regard, but he also knows that it is very old.

But Mo Jiangnan's appreciation content is far more than that, how to say that he is also in a sword-forging family, he has been exposed to it since he was a child, even if he has never had forging experience, he will not be a layman, not to mention that he has already obtained the inheritance of the entire technique.

There is a big difference in the carbon content between the steel and iron materials used in the sword, and Mo Jiangnan can see it at a glance, and experienced metallurgists can do it. He has seen a lot of authentic ancient pattern swords, the difference in the carbon content of the three materials of this sword is larger than the average, which makes the difficulty of forging very huge, the larger the carbon gap, the more difficult it is to forge the two materials together, such a gap Mo Jiangnan is amazed, in his opinion, the sword is considered the best to be able to do this.

Fingers couldn't help but flick the blade, producing a crisp buzzing sound and a slight shaking.

Mo Jiangnan closed his eyes and felt it.

He was sure that the sword was extremely hard, extremely sharp and without steel in between, and still so strong.

Need!

If it is true that after more than 2,000 years, the sword itself is still not corroded, it must have been carefully treated.

Need!

The sword pattern is forged to an unusually uniform degree, and the hardness and toughness are well reflected in every place.

Need!

This must be a famous sword!

But why isn't there any writing on the sword?

Mo Jiangnan's heart was inexplicably excited, and he was about to carry out a comprehensive polishing to uncover the dusty veil of the sword.