Chapter 15: A City-wide Search
After sending Chang Wei away, Xu Ying and the four returned to the room, and after tonight's events, the four of them didn't have the heart to sleep.
"In this world, there are people who say that other people's silver is his in broad daylight, how can there be such a shameless person?" Xu Maocheng scolded.
"The forest is big, there are all kinds of birds, that guy didn't succeed today, maybe there is some way to retaliate against us, and there is no way to get out of the city recently, so it's better to be careful!" Xu Changzong said with a solemn face.
"Yes, you must be careful, you don't go out alone again recently, and you must bring your weapons with you!" Xu Maozu said.
"Speaking of this, Xu Ying, what's the matter with the firewood knife in your hand, it can actually cut off the long knife of the servant with one sword, even the sword when we went to the battlefield back then, it was not so exaggerated!" Lifting the weapon, Xu Maocheng immediately remembered the picture of Xu Ying cutting the long knife with a knife just now, and asked.
Although Xu Maozu and Xu Changzong didn't speak, they all turned their heads to look at Xu Ying's waist, obviously wanting to know what was going on!
Seeing that there was no way to fool the past anymore, Xu Ying simply took off the firewood knife on his waist and put it in front of the three of them, and said with a sincere face.
"Actually, I don't know what's going on, this chai knife was made by my grandfather himself, I did find that he is harder than ordinary rough iron, and it is much sharper to use, I suspect that my grandfather should have made this chai knife made of fine iron!"
"Iron?"
As soon as these words came out, Xu Maocheng and the three of them immediately gasped, they were all veterans who had retired from the battlefield, and they knew the value of fine iron better than others!
If a weapon can be refined into fine iron, not only can its sharpness and hardness be improved, but its weight can also be greatly reduced compared to crude iron.
If an army's weapons are made of rough iron instead of fine iron, its combat effectiveness can be increased by one-five.
A five-in-five battle improvement can sometimes even determine the direction of a battle, how can they not be shocked.
If this is the case, it can explain why Xu Ying was able to cut off the long knife in the hand of the official with one sword.
"I didn't expect that guy from the fourth child to be able to refine refined iron, with this ability, why didn't he say it? If this craft is passed on to Changsheng, where does he need to go to the battlefield! Xu Maozu said a little depressed, as for the fourth child in his mouth, it is naturally Xu Ying's grandfather Xu Maojiang, and Xu Changsheng is Xu Ying's father who is a centurion in the White Tiger Army!
Xu Ying: ......
Of course, he can't say that his grandfather doesn't know how to refine iron at all, these things are all made by himself, and the materials used to make the wood knife are not only fine iron, but also the blade part Xu Ying even put in some steel, which will have such a terrifying effect.
"It's not that my grandfather doesn't want to teach, when my grandfather researched the way to refine refined iron, my father had already gone to join the army!" Xu Ying said helplessly, and in the end, he could only dump everything on his deceased grandfather again.
"I see." Xu Maozu nodded, obviously agreeing with Xu Ying's reason, and then looked at Xu Ying with a solemn face.
"Then you should have mastered the craft!"
"Grandpa has already taught me, but I haven't tried it myself, so I don't know if I can refine fine iron!" Xu Ying nodded, and this time he admitted it simply.
"Just teach it, this craft is not lost! No wonder you, this kid, have self-confidence, saying that you are eighty percent sure that you are exempt from military service, it turns out that you have this skill! ”
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The four of them chatted for a while, and it wasn't until Xu Ying was so sleepy that he couldn't stand it, and they went back to their rooms to sleep.
The next day, the whole city of Lingshan County was under martial law, the four city gates were closed, and the five hundred garrisons of Lingshan County were all mobilized and began to search for fugitives throughout the city.
As long as they are given a certain amount of time, they will be able to catch those three thieves sooner or later!
Because of last night's incident, Xu Ying and the others did not leave the Fulai Inn again, I don't know if it was because of Chang Wei, they had such an unhappy quarrel with Li Quan and others last night, and even both sides made a move, and no one came to look for them.
No one is looking for trouble, Xu Ying is also happy to be idle, and in the middle, Xu Ying rented the front of the carriage to find Xu Ying, because there is no way to go out of the city for the time being, and he can only let the other party continue to wait for news.
didn't want to cause trouble, Xu Ying and the others were also happy, but the middle-aged man who lived in the Tianzi room was depressed, not only was he forcibly interrupted when he was doing a good job, but he was also robbed of silver, and then Xu Ying's group of mud-legged people dared to do it with them.
The most angry thing was that he found someone to bring a message to the county magistrate of Lingshan County, and wanted to kill Xu Ying, but what he didn't expect was that the other party ignored him!
"Made, a small Lingshan County is really upside down, when I return to the state capital, I will definitely want you to look good, if I don't peel you off, I won't believe Zhao!" The middle-aged man in Washington is named Zhao Kun, and his second uncle is Su Tai, who is the leader of the Jingzhou government department, and he is considered to be the best in Jingzhou.
In an uninhabited dilapidated house, three escaped thieves hid in it, hid all night, and couldn't sleep, and the tiredness on the faces of the three was visible to the naked eye!
"Big brother, are those guys crazy? robbed some silver, and even closed the city to carry out a city-wide search, and even used the box army stationed outside the city! The strong man's face was full of madness, he really couldn't understand, he just grabbed some silver, and didn't kill anyone, why did the government hold on to them?
"It depends on the situation, I'm afraid we have encountered hard stubble this time, it seems that the identity of that fat pig is not simple!" The middle-aged people's eyes were cloudy, and what was originally a simple robbery turned out to be like this, making them very passive.
"Big brother, you have to think of a way, if the other party searches like this, we will be found sooner or later, the official is okay, those van troops are very troublesome!" In the corner, the third person, who had never spoken, saw that his skin was as pale as paper, and when he spoke, he looked sick and weak.
"It's easy to say, now that the city is full of van troops, how can you escape?" The strong man said.
"To untie the bell, you have to tie the bell! Since these movements were made by the fat pig, it shows that his identity is not simple, if you can catch him and threaten his life, maybe it can be done! ”
"Wouldn't it be too risky?"
"Is there a more dangerous situation than the current one? Either wait to die, or fight! ”
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Time flickered, two days passed, and almost the entire Lingshan County was searched, but they failed to find the shadows of the three thieves, and the three of them seemed to disappear out of thin air.
Xu Ying and the others lived in the inn, and they were extremely anxious, they had been here for two days, not to mention the house money, the family didn't know what happened to them, and they must be anxious.
And at this time, a woman's scream suddenly came from the third floor of the inn!
"Ah...... The bandits are here again! ”