After meeting with tonight's qualified candidates, everyone was asked out and could go home first.

Only Gu Shun, Steward Qu and Xiao Hui were left in the room.

Gu Shun went straight to the point and made a direct arrangement: "Steward Qu, don't disclose your appointment as the chief steward for the time being, and when the two stores complete the merger of the new organizational structure, I will officially announce it to the public." ”

"I understand that I will keep this news until the change is completely completed."

Immediately afterwards, Gu Shun shifted his gaze to Xiao Hui, "I heard that this child was picked up by Steward Qu from Huiji County, what is going on?" ”

"It all started ten years ago, not long after I became the steward of Junze's pawnshop.

At that time, Longquan was rich in Longquan swords, and I, as Junze's steward, went to Longquan Town on behalf of Junze to meet a customer, who was in the middle of the road and wanted to give us a Longquan sword that had been passed down from his family for a long time, and take money to pay off his debts.

Because I was afraid that the sword would be robbed on the road, I went to Longquan myself to talk to him.

After everything was negotiated, before I could leave, I heard that the Xiao family in Longquan was ambushed by the whole clan because of their private possession of important criminals and attempted rebellion.

However, I heard from the locals that the secret possession of the important criminal was just an excuse, and in fact, the Great Qi Imperial Court wanted the Xiao family to hand over the technology of forging the Longquan sword.

But who knew that the head of the Xiao family swore to die, and died in the fire with the inheritance of sword-making, which made the officials of the Great Qi Dynasty angry, and then ordered the Xiao family to be exterminated. ”

When he said this, Gu Shun deliberately glanced at Xiao Hui, although he couldn't speak, but his palms were unconsciously clenched, his palms were unconsciously clenched, and the energy that inadvertently flowed out of his body was blood-red, thunderbolt and domineering.

Steward Qu continued: "I only heard about it at the time, and I didn't care about it, and when I returned to Jiangnan City, I saw a woman wearing a maid's costume holding a child on the side of the road on the road.

Out of kindness I carried them into the carriage, and on the way the maid woke up, took the child in her arms and kowtowed desperately, begging me not to kill them.

I explained my identity, and the maid put her mind at ease, and then she entrusted the child to me, saying that this child was the only flesh and blood of the Xiao family, and it was the head of the Xiao family who had a premonition that the Xiao family was about to be in trouble, and sent someone to secretly escort him out to escape.

As a result, after the Xiao family was slaughtered, the Great Qi Dynasty still knew the news and sent people to chase them, and the Xiao family guards who were responsible for escorting them moved the tiger away from the mountain, leading away the Xianbei people's pursuers, so that they survived.

She had taken the poison when she was escaping, and her days were running out, and after entrusting him to me in order to keep the Xiao family's only remaining flesh and blood alive, she swallowed her breath.

Later, I took the child back to Jiangnan City and became incognito as Xiao Hui, who was actually the only survivor of the Xiao family in Longquan.

It's just that this kid has been mute since they first met, and I suspect that he has also taken poison, as long as he is poisoned and dumb, even if the Xianbei people know his identity, they will not do anything with him.

Later, I tried to find Lang Zhong to give the child all kinds of medicines, hoping to cure his throat, but I took all the medicines that could be used, but it was not good. ”

Listening to Steward Qu's experience about Xiao Hui, Gu Shun also sighed with embarrassment.

The Xiao family of Longquan used to be a sword-casting family that shocked the entire Han Dynasty, and the most famous Longquan sword in history was made by Ou Yezi in Longquan, and it was one of the ten famous swords in the world.

It is rumored that Ou Yezi in order to cast the Longquan sword, actually chiseled the Ci Mountain, and led the stream water in the mountain to the seven pools of the Big Dipper next to the sword-casting furnace.

After the birth of the Longquan sword, looking down on the sword body, as if climbing to the top of the mountain to look at the abyss, the ethereal and deep seems to have a giant dragon lying down, so it is called the Longyuan sword, and later in commemoration of the sword casting into the spring, it was changed to the Longquan sword.

The Longquan sword refined by Ou Yezi is rumored to be hidden in the lost arsenal of the Great Han Dynasty.

However, it was precisely because that sword was so famous that the place where it was smelted was changed to Longquan, which was rich in Longquan swords.

Longquan Town is famous for its sword, and it is also prosperous because of its sword, and there are more than 20 large and small sword-casting workshops in the whole town, but only the Longquan sword smelted by the Xiao family can be called a sword.

It is rumored that the Xiao family has the technology left by Ou Yezi when he smelted the Longquan sword, and the ancestors of the Xiao family were once Ou Yezi's apprentices, so the Longquan sword made can be called the best in the sword, and each one is expensive.

Gu Shun had seen two Longquan swords smelted and cast by the Xiao family in the Gu family's treasury, it was known for its toughness and sharpness, it could cut through an inch-thick iron plate at once, and the armor worn by those soldiers would also cut through effortlessly, and the blade would not cause losses.

Secondly, the Longquan sword is the most different from other swords, although it is made of pig iron, but it is both rigid and soft, a qualified Longquan sword can even be rolled into a circle like a spring, like a belt in the waist, softer and silkier than the soft sword, but when it is untied, the Longquan sword will return to a straight and tough appearance.

And in order to achieve this effect, it is necessary to use the seven-eyed spring water left by Ou Yezi in Longquan Town. In addition, a special quenching technique is also required, which is too rigid and easy to break, too soft and not stiff, and this smelting technology is only possible for the Xiao family at that time to make the most perfect Longquan sword in terms of quality and quality.

In addition, the Longquan sword refined by the Xiao family also has the characteristics of cold light, exquisite ornamentation, complicated craftsmanship, and sharpening iron like clay, and for a long time, it has become a royal craftsman family exclusively for royal use.

At that time, the important ministers around the emperor even left "Longquan is as colorful as frost and snow, and the good work is amazing." The fine light is dark and green and snake-colored, and the article is covered with green turtle scales. Non-direct friendship rangers, but also close to heroes. Although it is useless to bury it in the dust, it can still be angry at night. The famous story of the ages.

The emperor of the Han Dynasty even regarded it as a sword of Shang Fang, wearing the Longquan sword to disobey military orders, first cut and then play. It is also an important ritual vessel among the items rewarded by the royal marquis every year.

Such a rare treasure naturally attracts the coveting and coveting of countless people, the various sword-casting workshops in Longquan Town, as well as the sword sects and villas and gangs in the world have spent a lot of money to imitate them, but unfortunately the imitation Longquan swords are all tangible and godless, and they cannot be compared with the Longquan swords cast by the Xiao family.

When the Han court was still there, the Xiao family could still be protected by the court, and the family's power gradually grew, and its momentum in Longquan was like the sky.

It's a pity that after the fall of the Han Dynasty, the Xiao family lost its biggest protective umbrella, and with Xianbei's entry into the Central Plains and the establishment of Daqi, the Xiao family became a fish on the chopping board, and received special attention from the Xianbei people.

In order to get the secret of the Xiao family's casting of the Longquan sword, the Xianbei people used both soft and hard, coercion and temptation, and forced the Xiao family to hand over the method of casting the sword.

The Xiao family swore to die, and finally ended up with the fate of being wiped out.

And Xiao Hui is probably the only survivor of the entire Xiao family, the orphan of the Xiao family.

Gu Shun turned around, patted Xiao Hui's shoulder and said, "Do you want revenge?" ”

Xiao Hui shook his head hesitantly and hesitantly, his face looking very struggling and painful.

However, through mind reading, Gu Shun found that his heart had long been covered by countless hatreds at this moment, and this kind of person who quietly hid his heart layer by layer, as long as he cultivated it a little, would become the fastest sword in Gu Shun's hand.

And the luck he has is also incomparably strong, which also indicates that his future prospects are limitless.