After the two of them finished forging themselves, someone came over, put away the weapon, marked it, and informed Lu An that there would be someone to inform him in the afternoon if he could enter the next competition, and now he could leave first.

After that, Lu An and Xia Luo swaggered out of the square under everyone's gaze.

The four of them met outside, and they understood and said: "Let you not be in the limelight, you two are good, show us jokes, and finally come out like this, it seems that it is difficult for others not to remember the two of you." ”

Lu An shrugged his shoulders and said that he didn't want to do this, Xia Luo didn't care, Old Man Yao didn't understand what he said at all, he kept praising Xia Luo, calm and calm, quite his demeanor back then.

The four of them went straight back to the blacksmith shop, and as soon as Lu An sat down, he understood that he began to nag again, "Alas, how does it feel to be famous?"

Lu An replied disappreciatively: "It's not that I haven't been famous, when I was in Saibei City before, although I was the youngest, I was the biggest, and the head on my head was worth hundreds of taels." ”

Xia Luo was excited, coughed and said: "Famous is not as famous, forging a sword is not as good as a knife, they are not my opponents, Lu An is the first, I am the second." ”

Old man Yao retorted, "Be the first." ”

Knowing this, he glanced at him.

Lu An always felt that the reaction was a bit big, although he showed his hand, he would not be so disgusted, so he asked, "Is there anything bad?"

nodded clearly and replied: "It can't be said to be a bad thing, basically this threshold of our family may be stepped on dozens of times in the afternoon, and secondly, Mu Xiu Yulin, there will always be some strange things happening." ”

"Oh, is it?" Lu An was a little incredulous.

"Look at it, and you'll know when the union people come. "Clearly.

"In this way, it just so happens that there is nowhere to send the strength recently, and someone sent it to the door, and I can't ask for it. Lu An moved his muscles.

Old man Yao also nodded unconsciously, and then took Xia Luo back to himself, Xia Luo didn't want to leave before, and he was almost jumped by a brain, so he could only follow back obediently.

I understood and looked at the two who left with a strange look.

Seeing that only he was left with himself and understood, Lu An opened his mouth and asked, "Master, has it been peaceful again recently?"

Knowing tilted his head and asked, "When has the craftsman city been peaceful?"

Lu An was stunned for a moment, he didn't know what to do, it seemed that this was indeed the case, although he had only been here for a year, but strange things had indeed existed throughout the year, and they had never stopped, and within a few days, some people would be dispatched in the city lord's mansion, tossing for a while, but it was not very related to himself.

Seeing that Lu An didn't reply, he continued to understand: "Compared with before, it seems to be a little better, but in fact, it is not peaceful, and it can even be said to be more chaotic, just take this craftsman union as an example, it has always been living with its back to the craftsman city in the past, but now it is different." ”

"What's the difference?" Lu An asked.

Clearly rubbing his fingers, he said: " It's not a matter of money, the development of the trade union has ushered in a peak in the past ten years, almost monopolizing the entire northern border, and even the other four places have their figures, and then relying on a craftsman city, they feel that they are not enough to eat, so now they are divided into two factions, one wants to continue to develop like this, and the other wants to stand on their own and become the same existence as the six pavilions, but this is a big thing, they have been tossing internally in the past few years, but they have never been able to unify, and they have almost fought several times, or Wu Xie came forward to adjust the situation to stabilize the situation, otherwise the craftsman city would not be what it is now。 ”

Lu An suddenly realized that there was such a thing, "The city lord came forward to adjust?"

"Well, whoever has a hard fist will listen to whomever he wants, but in the next two years, Tian Man became the president, and it has only been a little better in the past two years, at least it looks good on the surface. "Clearly.

"Then this President Tian is a bit powerful, could it be that he is also a powerful grandmaster?" Lu An said.

"It's true that it's a grandmaster, but it's always an ordinary grandmaster, it's not powerful, but it's really powerful in terms of sleekness, and I can smooth out such a broken gear, at least I can't, I always thought that this fat man could wrestle his wrist with the sick Bai Yu, and the two are insidious goods that belong to the same kind. Explained clearly.

"Isn't it okay to say that Uncle Bai? Lu An replied.

He waved his hand clearly, looking helpless.

Lu An suddenly thought of a question and asked, "What about Uncle Yao, which side is he?"

"Then you have to ask him, this old man is the most stubborn, don't look at him who is not afraid of heaven and earth, his brain is not simple, he has an abacus in his heart, he is better than anyone else, if he goes on like this, sooner or later he will be yin. He snorted and replied.

Lu An smiled, but these news are not a good thing for himself, the gods fight, the pond fish are affected, the union is infighting, the craftsman town is pressing, a huge craftsman city, how many grandmasters there are now, I can't guess the specific number of grandmasters, Guangda grandmaster himself can already be sure that there are two, Wu Xie and Yu Wenyuan, Guangguang These two people are not the union can be settled, so what is the union relying on? A union that focuses on striking iron now wants to become an existence like the Six Pavilions, so they must also have one or two top-notch combat forces like Yu Wenyuan, right? Otherwise, wouldn't it be meat on the board and be slaughtered by others?

I just understood that what I said was good is regulation, but Lu An must know that it is not so good, maybe a lot of people have died in this matter, but now Xia Luo, as a disciple who inherits the mantle of Old Man Yao, must have been involved unconsciously, but this stupid boy definitely doesn't know, headache.

Lu An unconsciously thought of another question, and asked directly: "Master, what about you, which side are you from?"

Understood and snorted, and replied: "Which side is reasonable, which side I am on, if someone doesn't drive me, I don't want to participate in this kind of messy thing, sooner or later someone will be stabbed in the back, and the one-acre and three-point land for the teacher will also be robbed, so you should become the grandmaster as soon as possible, so that you can still hold on to this one-acre and three-point land, otherwise we will really have to wander the world." ”

"Grandmaster, are you joking? I just came back alive from the Ghost Gate Pass a few days ago, and now I'm making myself a grandmaster?" Lu An said speechlessly.

"I don't know who it is, I gave two choices last time, it was a good thing to say, and now it's cowardly? "Understood," sneered.

"Ideals and reality still need to go on step by step, you have said, maybe at a certain moment, where will I die, then what can I do. Lu An retorted.

"Boy, the kung fu is average, but the mouth is getting more and more slippery. He smiled clearly.

"In general, it's just to convince people. Lu An replied, after saying this, Lu An couldn't help but think of the 1,000 taels of silver he almost lost a year ago, and he didn't know what happened to that Zhao Le now.

.........

Zhao Le, who was sitting in the carriage, couldn't help sneezing, rubbing his nose, tightening the clothes on his body, and scolding: "This ghost weather is cloudy and sunny, and I always feel cold." ”

When the coachman outside the carriage heard this, he immediately replied: "Shopkeeper Zhao, you have to pay attention to your body, my family of five is counting on you to feed you, don't have three long and two short." ”

When Zhao Le heard this, he scolded with a smile: "Old Zhu, you are really a dog who can't spit out ivory in his mouth, and he can't give birth to paparazzi in his stomach, if I sneeze, you will curse me, drive your car well, don't take it into the ditch, there are several cars following you, this time it is done, your rations are indispensable, and your family of five will have food every day, as long as you don't gamble, it will be enough for your family to eat for a year." ”

When Lao Zhu heard this, he laughed a few times and replied: "It's just a small hobby, but don't worry, Lao Zhu, I have been driving for more than ten years, and I have never brought it into the ditch, it takes 3 months for others to go from Shuyang City to Hongfu City, and I only need 2 months to walk the trail this time, you can rest assured that you can't take your big thing." ”

"Xiaodao, why haven't I heard you talk about it, you still know Xiaodao. Zhao Le asked.

"This road, I generally don't take it easily, depending on the season, now this is just right, spring and summer walking, too many weeds, the road is not easy to walk, winter walking, and easy to snow to close the mountain, now autumn is the most suitable, just right, is a bit of a mountain road, not very easy to walk. Lao Zhu explained.

When Zhao Le heard this, his heart tightened, and his hand secretly held the short knife pinned to his waist, and said quietly: "Then don't frame me, it's not good to take the trail and overturn." ”

"No, no, you can't overturn, as long as you follow me, no matter how you go, you won't overturn, I still have this confidence." Lao Zhu hurriedly said.

"Old Zhu, how have I treated you this year?" Zhao Le suddenly asked.

"Shopkeeper, you are very good to me, you can eat and drink, you can gamble and prostitute, if it weren't for you, how would my life be so good. Lao Zhu replied.

"How's the family doing? Zhao Le asked again.

"It's okay, I can eat and sleep. Lao Zhu responded casually.

"Since you said that life can go on, then why should we take the trail, isn't it good to honestly take the official road? Could it be that you can pick up money on the trail?" Zhao Le asked urgently.

"Trail, trail, isn't it faster, save time. Lao Zhu replied in a panic.

"Oh, is it, saving time?" Zhao Le sneered.

"Yes, yes, yes, I can save a month. Old Zhu Yinghe said.

Zhao Le smiled and said nothing, although his hands were full of cold sweat, he still slowly pulled out a short knife and held it in his hand, wiped the sweat on his face, and said quietly: "What you said is also right, save time, so that you can make money and go home, see your daughter who went to private school a day earlier, and pester your flower-like wife to go to Sanfangzhai to buy a piece of sugar crisp on the way home every day, but your wife is reluctant to buy it, and only after they go home, do you dare to eat with peace of mind, for fear that she will be arrested twice?"

"Shopkeeper, where did you start talking about this? How could I not dare to eat, and who would arrest them?" replied to Lao Zhu with a weak heart.

"Where do you start? You don't know how to pay back the money you lost in the casino now, right? I thought you were a kind and righteous person, and you actually took all the money for your wife and children's meals, don't you know that she stood in front of Sanfangzhai with that expression, and now she dares to hit me with her idea? Isn't her courage too fierce? Don't worry, they will take care of them in the future. Zhao Le shouted.

"Ah, shopkeeper, I, I, I, no. Before Lao Zhu finished speaking, Zhao Le stabbed Lao Zhu in the back with a short knife in his hand, and Lao Zhu suddenly lost his breath.

Then Zhao Le pushed Lao Zhu out of the car, and then stopped the carriage by himself, the rear car felt a little strange, and they also stopped, and several other grooms and guards came over, wanting to ask, and saw Zhao Le slowly and methodically took off the blood-stained coat, wiped the blood on his face with his hands, and finally wiped the blood-stained short knife on Lao Zhu's body, put it back in the scabbard, and then raised his eyes and looked at the few people who approached.

"Is there anyone else who wants to be with him?" Zhao Le asked.

Everyone looked at this terrifying scene, and they were hesitant and did not dare to speak.

Zhao Le nodded, "That's good, this time the salary is less than a personal share, you can take a little more, well, according to the usual practice, I will add 50 taels to each of you, do you have any opinions?"

Everyone quickly shook their heads, indicating that they had no opinion, Zhao Le nodded, and pointed to someone casually, "Li Quan, do you know the road?"

Li Quan nodded.

"Then you will lead the way, and now turn around and take the official road. Zhao Le said.

Li Quan nodded again, but when he saw the carriage full of blood, he suddenly felt nauseous and vomited directly, Zhao Le glanced at Li Quan, and then said, "Hurry up and finish vomiting, and hurry up immediately." ”

Then Zhao Le still got into the carriage full of blood.

Zhao Le looked at his right hand that was trembling wildly, quickly pressed it, touched his pale face again, full of cold sweat, took a deep breath, and then stammered: "Must, want, live, live, down, go." ”

.........

Lu An finally waited for the notice of the trade union, the first level was passed, and he could participate in the second round tomorrow, and he gave Lu An a new sign with No. 3 written on it.

Knowing that he saw this number, he said directly: "Boy, do you see? You are the number 3, which means that there are 2 people in front of you who are better than you, so you can't take it lightly in the second game, and you may accidentally drop the chain." ”

Lu An nodded, he was very interested in the two people who surpassed him, and he really wanted to see who it was.

"Xiaosheng, look at me as the number 4, only 3 people are better than me, I'm really a genius, hahaha. Charlotte's wild laughter suddenly came from the other side of the street.

"I'm number 3. Lu An replied slowly.