"Thanks, you're such a nice guy. ”

Hong Chen smiled at the other party friendly, and in the bleak autumn wind, there was finally a trace of warmth.

The little merchant also smiled: "Little brother, I know at a glance that you are new to Tianjing, how about going with me to the small restaurant next to you to have a cup of warm tea?"

If Hong Chen had just come out of Taoyuan, he would have happily agreed to such an invitation, but at this moment, he was a little wary in his heart: I don't know him, why is he so enthusiastic? You're busy with business. "After that, I will go around the merchant and move forward.

Unexpectedly, the little man carried the burden and stopped in front again: "Little brother, you have no place to go, what are you anxious about? Forget it, it doesn't matter if you guard against me, but I still have to warn you about something." ”

"What's the matter?"

"Since you are from the rivers and lakes, you don't walk around in Tianjing. Elsewhere, the emperor is far away, and it is not a big deal to violate the ban with martial arts, but Tianjing is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, once he does something out of the ordinary, it is called a winged and difficult to escape. I have walked around Tianjing Street for many years, and I have seen many ambitious young heroes and heroes, all of whom want to do something earth-shattering, but they didn't even enter the imperial city, so they took their lives. ”

Hong Chen arched his hand: "Thank you for the reminder." ”

"No thanks. If there is fate, when we meet again, you must not refuse me to invite you to tea. ”

The little merchant walked briskly with his burden, and went as suddenly as he came.

Hong Chen secretly remembered the appearance of this merchant, only to say that he must not be a simple person. I wandered on the street for a while, looking for a cool breeze in a place where there were few people, and waited until my depressed mood was relieved a lot, and then I walked in the direction of Su's house.

Before arriving at the gate of the Su family, Hong Chen saw a carriage stopped in front of the Su family, and was curious: "Could it be that Hu Yinyin is here again?"

Entering the courtyard, Hong Chen saw two people sitting in the main room who had never seen before, both wearing gray cloth clothes, and bowing their hands to Su Liangjing with a pleading face. And Su Liangjing said with a blushing face: "Impossible, I won't give you a weapon, you can find another family!"

The two of them were fat and thin, and the fat man said: "Master Su, we have listened to our brother's words, and we know that you are the only master in Tianjing who is willing to cast troops for us, if you want to drive us away, where else can we go!"

The thin man also said: "Master Su, not only will we not lose you a tael of silver, but we will also double it for you." The weapons forged in the blacksmith shop could not stand up to use. And ordinary blacksmiths can't make as delicate a secret weapon as you. You have beaten my brothers before, and they all said that you are a great good man, and now why you refuse to beat us?"

Su Liangjing was obviously angry, and his voice was several degrees higher than before: "I just don't want to do your business anymore, I have already cast enough of those before, what do you want? Get out quickly, don't stay at my house." ”

Old Man Su walked out of the back room, knocked his cane on the ground heavily, and opened his mouth to scold: "Liangjing, the person who came is a guest, have you done this business? In the future, these two guests will spread your attitude, I think there is anyone else in Tianjing who is rarely looking for you! Why don't you go to the house to make up for sleep? Wait for me to beat you?" Then he looked at the fat man and the thin man with a smile, and said: "Two guests, Liangjing has been tired for the past few days, and he stayed up all night last night, and his mood is more irritable, so don't care." I asked the old woman to make a pot of Nanyue rockberry tea for the two of you, and you will drink the clear fire before leaving, and come back another day to talk to Liangjing. ”

Su Liangjing turned his head and went back to the house. Aunt Su went to the kitchen to make tea. Old Man Su beckoned the fat and thin two to sit down, and then caught a glimpse of Hong Chen in the courtyard, and said, "Guest, you can also come and drink some tea." This Nanyue rockberry tea is quite different from ordinary tea, the entrance is slightly bitter, the aftertaste is endless, and it is the most good for the throat and throat. ”

Hong Chen went into the main room and sat down, and asked, "Uncle Su, where is my companion?" Old Man Su said, "Your companion took Xiao Bao'er and Xiao Bao'er to go shopping." Hong Chen regretted slightly, he threw his face and went out at that time, Ji Cha must have felt uncomfortable, but thinking of Ji Cha's inappropriate jokes, his heart hardened a little: It must be that I am too good at talking on weekdays, so he is unscrupulous, and he doesn't take my views and thoughts seriously, and this time I have to be tough with him to the end.

While waiting for the tea, Old Man Su asked the fat and thin two again: "Two guests, where did you make a fortune? What kind of weapons do you want to cast this time when you come to find a good scene?"

The thin man replied without a smile: "We took care of people's homes, and by the way, we accompanied people to practice martial arts, and we came to Master Su to fight two good steel knives." The steel knife made by an ordinary blacksmith was curled in a short time. Master Su played it, but it could be used three times or four times or even more, and it was sharper. Many brothers said that Master Su was good, so we recognized him, and we had to ask him to build a blade. ”

At this time, the fat man saw that Hong Chen had the Sun and Moon Peerless Knife hanging from his waist, and asked with a smile: "Friend, you are also a guest of Master Su, are these two knives made by Master Su?" Hong Chen shook his head and said, "No." I'm here with my companion, Master Tosu, crafting other weapons. The fat man said again: "When you get to Master Su's door, you don't ask him to fight the knife again, I think your knife is a rare treasure knife." Can you pull it out and open my eyes?"

Hong Chen knew that the sun and moon had obvious characteristics, as long as he pulled it out, even if he didn't use his internal strength to make his sword body shine, many people in the rivers and lakes would recognize it, and he wouldn't draw his knife, so he shook his head and said: "It's just two unsightly blunt knives, there is no need to take them out to show ugliness." The fat man squinted and looked at Hong Chen, and said, "Friend, do you sell these two knives?" I will pay three hundred taels of silver. ”

Hong Chen refused: "Don't sell it." The fat man said, "It's not a total of three hundred taels, it's a handful of three hundred taels, which adds up to six hundred taels!" Hong Chen still replied: "Not for sale." The fat man's voice raised: "No problem, five hundred taels and one handful, two handfuls of a total of one thousand taels of silver are not sold?"

"Not for sale. Hong Chen frowned and said, "I won't sell it for any amount of money." ”

The fat man said: "Friend, your two knives are treasure knives at first glance, tell me a price, we will not treat you badly." ”

"I'm not trying to bargain with you, I just don't want to sell. ”

Hong Chen continued to refuse. The fat man opened his mouth to say something more, but the thin man interrupted him and said: "This friend said that he would not sell it for any amount of money, which means that the two knives may be of great significance to him. The fat man was silent.

At this time, Aunt Su boiled the tea and brought it to the table with the cup, and Old Man Su poured the tea himself. Hong Chen and the fat man and the thin man each drank a cup of tea, and they felt slightly bitter in their mouths, which was not much different from other teas, and there was no obvious sweetness after drinking. Old Man Su poured a glass of white water for each of the three of them, and made a "please" gesture: "The beauty of this tea is only known when you drink another glass of water." ”

Hong Chen took a sip of the cup, his eyes widening suddenly. Looking at the fat and thin two again, they all have the same expression. Usually drink tasteless and tasteless white water at most a little clear, but at this time the taste in the mouth is as sweet as honey, swallowing it, the whole throat is filled with a faint sweetness.

Old Man Su seemed to be quite complacent about having such a rare tea, and couldn't stop laughing: "People who drink this tea for the first time will probably be amazed by this miraculous effect." The thin man nodded: "This tea is indeed rare." I once ate a small red fruit in Xiliang, and the taste was unremarkable, but after eating other sour fruits, it became unusually sweet, and I thought what I had in common. Old Man Su nodded and said, "The fruit is not easy to preserve, but the tea can be put down for many years." I still have a little stock of this kind of rockberry tea at home, if the three of you like it, I will sell it half and give it away, and give you some whole. ”

The fat man laughed: "Hahaha, the old man is really a trader, he didn't say a few words, he just wanted us to buy your tea!" The thin man still had a serious face: "But this tea is really rare, let's buy a little more and go back and give it to the brothers to taste." Old Man Su turned around and went to the back room to get the jar of tea.

At this time, a woman's voice suddenly sounded in the courtyard: "Brother Su, Brother Su is not there, Brother Su, are you back?" Hong Chen sounded familiar, and looked into the courtyard, sure enough, it was Hu Yinyin, who had been here yesterday.

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