Du Chengfeng took the blood-stained long sword with an expressionless face.

In front of himself, he stabbed his subordinates to death with a sword, is this planning to give himself a dismount? Or is it simply a psychopath?

Du Chengfeng didn't know very well, but he didn't care too much, although as a peace-loving person who just wanted to live a peaceful life, he was not very happy to see this kind of killing scene, but compared to when he slashed and killed more than 200 Hu people, this scene was still a little too small.

"Find someone to come and clean it up, the smell is too strong."

casually commanded Yang Xuan, and Du Chengfeng put the sword on the grinding stone and sharpened it.

Clear water sprinkled on the blade, and it was not only blood that flowed down the blade, but also those long pasts.

Although this sword has only killed one person, Du Chengfeng is still keenly aware of the experience of this sword.

Unlike other blades, this sword has a luxurious origin, and skilled blacksmiths have used the finest steel to create this seemingly slender but extremely strong sword, and the hilt decorated with gold and silver is carved by several carvers who have been slewing tirelessly, and when the brass swallow is put into the sharkskin sheath, anyone will say that it is a wonderful sword.

And such a good sword was forged hundreds at once.

It is hard to imagine that such a delicate sword would be made as a mass-produced product, but soon, Du Chengfeng also knew the reason - it turned out that this batch of swords was used by the Dachen court to reward new officials, and because the court was divided into two classes, it was called the class sword.

To put it bluntly, this is a batch of honor guard swords, which are mainly used as decoration.

Although the Da Chen Dynasty established the country with martial arts, and men all had a tradition of wearing swords, most of the time, these nobles who wore swords did not have much chance to draw their swords. After all, even if there is any danger, there are soldiers under them who go up to fight, and how can it be the turn of the nobles to draw their swords and make a move-so many nobles simply replace the blades with wood chips, which is more lightweight, but does not lose the heroism of the sword.

But the grinder, surnamed Wang, was an exception.

Just because, he has already received an order to be sent to Jizhou.

The grinder surnamed Wang is named Wang Gaocheng, who studied under Ruan Shantao, the great sage of Yanzhou, at a young age, he was recommended to the imperial court by Ruan Shantao in a letter - a good age, and he is about to eat well, this Wang Gaocheng is the time when the spring breeze is proud, but who would have thought that when the imperial court sent an official document, the one sent to him was actually to go to the border of Jizhou to accompany the army.

It was at this time that Wang Gaocheng knew that the reason why his teacher lived in seclusion in Yanzhou was because he offended too many people in the court back then.

But at this time, it is too late to say anything, the military order is like a mountain, and it is a dead end for him to dare to disobey, so Wang Gaocheng can only go back to Yanzhou to see if the teacher who sent him into the fire pit can think of a way.

But what greeted Wang Gaocheng was a scolding from the old man.

"As a scholar, you don't want to be angry and try to repay the country's kindness, and you dare to come to me to ask?"

Two slaps in the face, Wang Gaocheng realized that his respected teacher was afraid that he was not afraid of reading and reading demons, but felt that reading was not for high-ranking officials to sit and be suave, but to go where there was danger to serve the country - and the Jizhou border is undoubtedly the most dangerous place, and this hellish order was personally pointed out by him, the respected teacher.

What else can he say in the face of such a good teacher?

So Wang Gaocheng could only pack his luggage and go to northern Xinjiang.

Although Wang Gaocheng, who is a scholar, still has a wide robe and big sleeves, and looks like a celebrity, for the sake of safety, he does not dare to replace the blade with wood anymore - after all, in addition to being a grinder, that military order also gives him another identity.

That is, as a prison army, he secretly stared at the every move of Liu Dudu, the commander of Jibei.

There is nothing the court can do about this kind of thing for the border army, if the border army is too weak, the steppe people will come, and no one in the court can sleep well. But if the border army is too strong...... I'm afraid no one in the court can sleep well. Therefore, there has always been a tradition of sending grinders to the court as the second control of the border army in addition to the grain and grass supply system.

In a sense, the importance of this position is even comparable to that of the logistics chief, after all, for the front-line sergeants, the blade in the hand is as important as the food in the bowl. If you can't eat, you don't have the strength to eat, and if you can't hold the sword, you can't kill even if you have the strength. Put the grinder who is committed to the court on the frontier, that is, to reassure the civil and military classes in the court.

However, Wang Gaocheng, as a party to the case, has no way to be calm.

The border is dangerous, the north is bitterly cold, Wang Gaocheng only feels that he is no different from those sinners who have been assassinated, fortunately, Liu Dudu is still a good talker, and even read the sage book for a few years, and he is a famous man on weekdays, and he is indescribably chic and romantic - and this set is also what Wang Gaocheng likes, and the two sides soon have a common language, and they went in and out for a while, and they slept on their feet, and they became friends who had nothing to say.

Of course, Wang Gaocheng still remembered his task in his heart, but no matter how he looked at it, this Liu Dudu was as ambitious as him. At present, what he needs to worry about is not what threat Liu Dudu will pose to the imperial court, but whether this loosely armed Jizhou can withstand the attack of the grassland people.

Fortunately, like this who likes to talk about Xuan Liu Dudu, the grassland people in the north are also some bastards, although there are some conflicts on weekdays, but it is only the level of horse thieves and plundering, this kind of thing is simply common, not to mention the frontier, even in the hinterland of Dachen, those bandits and road bandits, don't they rob?

So just keep waiting, after all, Liu Dudu has already said that as long as he is willing to stay in Jibei for some time, he will definitely ask the imperial court to find a noble seat for him to concentrate on studying the books of sages.

The so-called reciprocating the peach, Liu Dudu treats him like this, and he naturally has to leave something for the other party.

For example, Liu Qingyun's long knife with a broken horse.

With Wang Gaocheng's eyes, it can be seen at a glance that this long knife, which is forged from the ancient broken horse sword, must have come from the hands of a former court craftsman, after all, only the craftsman there can master the real size of the weapon. In addition, he had already heard that this knife had been polished by his ghost-seeing master, Yanzhou Ruan Shantao, which meant that this knife had read the sage book.

A knife that has read the books of sages is just worthy of a humble gentleman like Liu Dudu.

So this time, Wang Gao is bound to win.

Although the knife is said to have been bought by a folk grinder, it doesn't matter to Wang Gaocheng. Strictly speaking, the grinders in the entire Jizhou are under his jurisdiction, and it is naturally okay for him to come over and get a knife.

It's just that the homeless man named Du Chengfeng is really a little annoying, obviously he and Liu Dudu have deigned to come to a place like Yangjiabao, but they don't know how to send the knife up, and even say that they saw the Hu people from the sharpening of the knife...... How can it be? Isn't this kind of thing to sharpen the knife to suppress evil spirits with the scriptures of the sages? Does this homeless person really sharpen his knives?

"Since you said that you have this ability, then you should look at what this sword has gone through?"

As he spoke, Wang Gaocheng pulled out the sword at his waist and threw it directly to the other party.

It was at this time that Wang Gaocheng was glad that he did not replace the blade with any wood because the steel sword was too heavy, otherwise it would really give the homeless a reason to shirk.

He wanted to see how this homeless man dared to tell such a big lie in front of the two noble scholars.

"So, Liu Dudu, I'm obviously doing this for your good."

Looking at the long sword nailed to his neck, Wang Gaocheng's words were suffocated back into his throat by blood foam.

"I'm doing it for your good, why do you want to kill me?"

……

Du Chengfeng, who had finished sharpening his sword, was speechless for a long time.

Why did you kill him, hasn't this surnamed Wang come back to his senses? As soon as this Wang Gao Chenggang entered Jizhou, this Liu Dudu was afraid that he was not acting for him, and even Du Chengfeng, who was a bystander, had already realized that this Liu Dudu was afraid that he wanted to kill this idiot a long time ago.

As a grinding master with the army, he talked about the mystery all day long, and finally felt that Jizhou's military equipment was abandoned because Liu Dudu had no ambitions, didn't this Wang Gaocheng know how many days he spent sharpening knives after coming to Jizhou?

pretended to flatter and wanted not to be constrained, but in the end he ushered in a working father who didn't work, if he thought about it from another perspective, Du Chengfeng was afraid that he also wanted to give this Wang Chenggao a few knives.

However, this experience of sharpening the sword also allowed Du Chengfeng to get another important information.

That is the Liu Dudu in front of him, but he is not as wasteful as he thought before.

"It's a pity for your friend, he still wants to give you the knife until he dies."

Turning the hilt of the sword, Du Chengfeng returned the sharpened sword.

Although the sword is good, he doesn't need this kind of thing that is only used to decorate bravery.

"Is this what he thought before he died? That's a shame indeed. ”

Taking the long sword, Liu Dudu shook his head slightly.

"I thought he was sent by some noble person in the court to trouble me, after all, they have always thought that we frontier warriors are rude and unaware of the teachings of sages...... Forget it, let's go back and say that he died in a battle with Hu Ren, so that his family can also have a share of glory. ”

Saying this, Liu Dudu turned his head to look at Du Chengfeng.

"But the problem is, although this Wang Chenggao is dead, someone still has to be responsible for the equipment in the army, you see......"

"No, no."

Du Chengfeng immediately refused.

If before he polished the Ban Sword, he only vaguely felt that he was not a person from this Liu Dudu, then now, he didn't want to agree to the other party's solicitation - just because he had vaguely noticed that this Liu Dudu was carrying a feeling that he was very familiar with.

Yes, it's very familiar, he has felt a similar feeling in that swordsman Cui Yuan, and even in that Yang Sanlang, he has vaguely felt it.

So he wouldn't go to the other party's account to listen to the order anyway.

Even if you want to chop this Liu Dudu alive on the spot.

"No, no, no, I'm not talking about letting you come to the army camp, after all, you've already refused once."

Hearing Du Chengfeng's refusal, Liu Dudu didn't care, but continued to speak.

"I mean, are you willing to assist the Governor's Office in preparing ordnance as a folk craftsman?"

"This ......"

This time, Du Chengfeng understood.

Assisting the Governor's Office in the preparation of ordnance in a private capacity can also be called outsourcing.

This time, Du Chengfeng no longer had a reason to refuse.

After all, this Liu Dudu gave too much.