Outside the Anding Gate in the north of the Forbidden City, there is a unique blacksmith shop, the owner of the shop is surnamed Jin Buhuan, known as the gold blacksmith, who is "not confused" and has no heirs under his knees. This Jin Buhuan had been to a private school for half a year and knew a few words, so his shop was not like other blacksmith shops, only the shop had no signboard, he named his shop "Metalworking Iron Workshop", and made a big plaque, hanging on the low lintel.

Of course, to say that his shop is different is not to refer to the sign. The gold blacksmith has a unique craft. This person is studious and willing to use his brain, as long as the customer comes to the door, no matter what strange things he asks him to create, he never refuses, he has to rack his brains to figure it out, until he is willing to give up as the customer wishes. Therefore, his "metalworking iron workshop" is well-known and well-known among women and children in the capital. Of course, business is also extraordinarily prosperous.

At dusk that day, the blacksmith removed the coke from the oven, extinguished the fire, collected the finished knives, spatula, door knockers, bubble nails and other finished products one by one, locked the door with an iron lock, and returned to his home not far from the shop. His wife, Wen, had already prepared the meal, and in order to save the lamps and candles, she put it on a dilapidated "Taishi chair" in front of the door with the backrest sawed off, and took advantage of the afterglow of the sunset to eat dinner for the family (that is, the husband and wife).

Liu poured a full cup of wine for her husband, and the gold blacksmith picked up the wine cup and was about to drink it, when he suddenly heard a voice in his ear:

"Master Jin, excuse me. ”

The blacksmith turned his head to see a young man with clear eyebrows standing five feet away beside him, holding an object wrapped in old cloth. He is Chen Wenqi, who has not returned to Beijing for a short time and has not yet reinstated.

"This son, are you looking for me?" the gold blacksmith put down the wine cup in his hand, got up and walked over to Chen Wenqi, and asked politely.

Chen Wenqi nodded and replied, "I came here." In fact, this is a polite sentence, before this, Chen Wenqi visited almost all the blacksmith shops in the capital.

"What is Childe looking for me?"

Chen Wenqi looked at the food on his "table" and said embarrassedly: "Master Jin, please eat first." Let's take a walk around and talk later. ”

The blacksmith thought for a moment and said, "It's okay, I'll finish soon." After that, he walked back to the "table", took the wine cup and drank it all, put the wine jug handed over by Liu Shi back on the "table", quickly stripped off a bowl of rice, and asked Liu to take away the dishes and chopsticks, find a rag to wipe the "table" clean, and invite the guests to take a seat.

"I'm sorry to disturb you. Chen Wenqi apologized again.

"It doesn't matter. What do you have to say?" asked the blacksmith briskly.

Chen Wenqi did not answer immediately, he untied the cloth strip in his hand, revealing a missing saber.

"Embroidered spring knife?" Before Chen Wenqi could speak, the gold blacksmith whispered.

When Chen Wenqi heard this, he was secretly happy in his heart: "I finally found it", but he was silent on the surface, and asked in a flat tone as much as possible: "Master Jin has seen the embroidered spring knife before?"

The blacksmith noticed his gaffe, and hurriedly shook his head in denial: "No...... Haven't seen it. ”

The demeanor of the gold blacksmith proves that his guesses are not far from ten. Chen Wenqi had the bottom in his heart, and said to him unhurriedly: "That person doesn't allow Master Jin to mention this matter to others, right?" Seeing that the gold blacksmith wanted to speak, Chen Wenqi waved his hand and said, "Master Jin doesn't need to be in a hurry to justify, please listen to what he says." Who is that person's surname, maybe Master Jin really doesn't know, but what is the identity of that person, Master Jin must be able to guess it, right?" Chen Wenqi paused, seeing that the gold blacksmith did not squeak, and knew that he knew the identity of that person by default, so he continued: "Master Jin already knows that the 'Embroidered Spring Knife' is a waist knife specially matched by Jinyiwei. There is a rule for this brocade guard, but the waist knife worn by the general and the wrestler is only replaced and not repaired. Think about it, why doesn't that person just change the knife and ask you to fix it?"

The goldsmith shook his head, indicating that he did not know.

This shows that the man has a demon in his heart. Master Jin, it's not sensational, you've been involved in a shocking case. ”

When the blacksmith heard this, he stood up and hurriedly said, "What is the earth-shattering case? The villain is just a craftsman who strikes iron, and he has never done anything bad?"

Chen Wenqi took advantage of the situation and said solemnly: "A year ago, this person sneaked into the Juyong Guannanguan Inn, intending to assassinate Qin Cha and commit the crime of rebellion. Master Jin first mended the saber for him, and now he covers up the truth for him, so wouldn't he become his accomplice in annihilating the evidence of the crime?"

The gold blacksmith's knees weakened, and he knelt down to the dust with a "poof", and said in a crying voice: "The villain is wronged." ”

"Whether you are wronged or not, it depends on the facts. Tell me, how did you recognize the embroidered spring knife?"

“......”

"What, Master Jin can't remember or is he deliberately hiding it?" Chen Wenqi said in an accentuated tone.

The gold blacksmith pondered for a long time, gritted his teeth and said, "The villain is not hiding it, but he has never seen this knife. ”

"Is it? Then why did Master Jin know that it was an 'embroidered spring knife' when he saw it?" Chen Wenqi sneered.

"Villain...... The villain listens to rumors, and some people ...... I have seen embroidered spring knives before. The goldsmith said with a stumbling voice.

"Rumors? Someone has seen it? Master Jin still remembers who saw this knife?"

"This ...... After a long time, the villain has long forgotten. "The gold blacksmith simply came to death without proof.

"Forgot? But Master Jin still remembers the appearance of the embroidered spring knife very clearly. I guess it's a professional habit, right?"

The gold blacksmith didn't know that Chen Wenqi was teasing in his words, so he hurriedly nodded and said, "That's right, the villain has always been very attentive to ironware. ”

"Well, since Master Jin has never seen this knife, I can't force you to admit it, right? But I want to remind you that if it is found out that what Master Jin said is untrue in the future, it will be suspected of harboring a traitor. Master Jin should think clearly, and come back in a few days to listen to Master Jin's letter. Farewell!" Chen Wenqi finished speaking, took the broken knife and turned to leave.

Seeing Chen Wenqi walking away, the gold blacksmith's wife Wen Shi hurriedly ran out of the house, dragged the gold blacksmith into the back room, and whispered: "That son said that you have been involved in a shocking case, why didn't you tell him the truth?"

The goldsmith sighed and said, "Let me tell you the truth. The masked man warned me not to mention anything about mending his sword to anyone, and not even to you, or he would ...... "The blacksmith kept silent for fear of frightening his wife."

"What is he going to do? Say, he's going to kill people in a hurry?"

Seeing his wife's questioning, the blacksmith panicked and wanted to hear his wife's idea, so he said, "If you tell anyone, he will kill us both." ”

"Huh?" Wen shook his body a few times when he heard this, and suddenly fainted. Seeing this, the gold blacksmith hurriedly supported his wife, and shouted again and again: "Wife, wake up, wake up." ”

After a long time, Wen sighed before waking up.

"Wife, are you alright?"

Wen whimpered and said, "It's okay? Let's not say it, don't look at the very kind appearance of the boy just now, I'm afraid he won't have to give up. This time, the two of us are Zhu Bajie looking in the mirror - they are not people inside and out. ”

"What can he do if he doesn't do it, and he can still take me and torture me if I don't speak?" said the goldsmith to himself.

"They say that a woman has long hair and short knowledge, but I think you are worse than a woman. That boy seems to be also from the government, he wants to arrest you, what can you do? Even if he doesn't arrest you, he will come to you twice in three days to ask, do you still want to live?" Speaking of this, Wen Shi seemed to suddenly remember something, stretched out his hand and patted his head, and said in horror: "Oh no, if he comes to you twice in three days, the masked man will definitely panic in his heart, and maybe he will kill people." ”

When the gold blacksmith heard what his wife said, his face turned pale and he said in a panic: "Very likely, very likely." What should I do? What should I do?" for a moment, like a headless fly, he was in a hurry in the house.

"Look at this situation, whether you say it or not, the masked man will kill us, so it's better to tell that son, maybe he can save our lives." ”

"No, you can't. I'm afraid the masked man is already secretly watching us, and once we speak, I'm afraid that before we finish speaking, he will kill both of us. The goldsmith shook his head.

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, what do you say?" Wen asked disappointedly.

"Hide, stay away to avoid trouble. ”

Wen's eyes lit up, and he said approvingly: "Yes, we can't afford to hide if we can't afford to provoke it?" My third aunt-in-law has a cousin's house in Quzhou County, Guangping Prefecture, so we went there to hide, and I don't believe they can find it. ”

The gold blacksmith had an idea at this time, he pursed his lips, and said: "I also said just now that I have a short vision, you are the bitter tail with long hair, and when the official family catches a criminal, the first thing that comes to mind is the relationship between relatives and friends." If you want to hide, you can only hide in a place where it has nothing to do with it. Anyway, with the craftsmanship in hand, where can we starve to death?"

Wen clapped his hands and said: "In the end, it is the master's knowledge." It's up to you, let's leave overnight. Then he spread out a sheet, wrapped up a change of clothes, and pulled the gold blacksmith to go out.

"Wait. The two of us went to the shop and took some of the things that were striking iron. ”

"What else can I bring? The anvil is dead and heavy, and the bellows are not heavy and big, what else can I carry?"

"You ruined mother-in-law, if you have gold or silver, do you bring it? The anvil bellows are not easy to carry, so you can't bring some, hammers, tongs, shovels, and the like? The blacksmith whispered.

Wen heard that he was reasonable, and he didn't dare to argue, so he had to say: "If you are reasonable, let's go." ”

The husband and wife covered the door, each carried a frame, and walked towards the "metalworking iron workshop" not far away.

At this time, a black shadow flashed behind the Jin family's house, looked at the backs of the two and smiled silently, turned around and fled in the direction of the Forbidden City.

At the second watch, the husband and wife carried a bamboo basket, panting back to the house, just pushed open the door, suddenly a fire flashed, and the lights and candles in the room had been lit.

The two of them suddenly felt frightened, and when they looked at it, a masked man in black was sitting in the room, and the fire sickle in his hand had not yet been extinguished.

"You...... Why are you here?"

The black-clothed masked man didn't answer and asked, "Have they looked for you?"

Although the blacksmith did not know who "they" were, he knew what the masked man was asking, and he did not dare to hide it at the moment, and replied, "I have found it, in the evening." ”

"What did you say?"

"The little one didn't say anything. ”

"Didn't say anything?" the masked man seemed unconvinced, and then asked, "What did they ask you?"

"The man brought a knife — oh, exactly like yours — and asked me if I had ever seen a knife like this. ”

"And what do you say?"

"I said I hadn't seen it. The gold blacksmith concealed that he had lost the section called the embroidered spring knife.

"And then?"

The masked man is obviously to master every detail.

And then ...... And then he was gone. ”

"It's as simple as that?"

"It's as simple as that. The blacksmith didn't believe it, and was afraid that the masked would be suspicious, and added, "By the way, he said that he would come back in a few days." After speaking, he secretly glanced at the masked man to see how he reacted.

The masked man was silent for a moment, and then said to the blacksmith, as if to say to himself, "They didn't ask for anything, so naturally they still want to come." ”

"Good man, please relax, let him ask as many times as he wants, the little one will never talk about it. The gold blacksmith assured the masked man.

The masked man shook his head slightly and said, "People's hearts are like iron, and official laws are like furnaces." Now that they've found you, there's always a way to get you to speak. ”

The gold blacksmith was afraid that the masked man would kill him, so he patted his chest and swore again: "Although the good man can rest assured, the little one would rather die than reveal half a point." What's more, we ...... that the goldsmith wanted to say that his husband and wife were going to leave the country, but he was worried that the masked man would not follow, so he kept silent.

The masked man glanced at the package on the bed and said, "Are you going to run away and hide?" Alas, the whole world is not the king's land, where can you hide?"

The masked man said that he had broken his plan, and the golden blacksmith was faintly uneasy in his heart, and muttered: "How can a good man be relieved if he wants to be small?"

The masked man smiled "hehe", put the thing wrapped in the cloth in his hand on the table, and said sadly, "Unless you two can't speak." ”

The blacksmith is not stupid or stupid, how can he not understand the meaning of the masked man's words? Who else but the dead "cannot speak"? Even if he is mute, he can "speak" with nodding, shaking his head, and even with gestures.

The goldsmith's knees weakened, and he fell to his knees with a "poof", crying and begging: "The heroes are merciful." As long as you don't kill me, whatever you want me to do is up to you. After speaking, he knocked on the ground with his head, and there was a sound of "dong dong".

The masked man stood up and wandered around the room, seemingly indecided. Seeing that the masked man was hesitant and expecting that there was still a glimmer of life, the gold blacksmith pointed to the day of the oath and the god of gambling and issued a curse, pandering in every possible way, hoping to impress the masked man to change his mind.

The masked man stopped, looked at the blacksmith on the ground, and sighed, "I have always been soft-hearted. You also helped me a lot last year, and at this time, I really can't bear to repay virtue with resentment. But I can't just give you my life just because of your words, can I? If you break the 'guarantee', I will kill you without guilt." Do you write or not?"

"I write, I write. The gold blacksmith hurriedly got up from the ground, and with the "skills" of half a year of private school, he took the paper and pen in the masked man's hand (the masked man had already planned carefully), and wrote crookedly that he would not reveal the repair of the saber to anyone.

The gold blacksmith respectfully sent the "guarantee" to the masked man, and asked with relief, "Now the good man can rest assured, right?"

The masked man took the "guarantee" and was about to speak, when suddenly the door was kicked open with a "bang", and then he heard a loud shout: "Bold Jin Buhuan, dare to lie and bully officials and shelter traitors, do you know that you have committed a great crime of extermination?"

The gold blacksmith turned around and saw that a Jinyi Wei general (Mu Bin) wearing a flying fish suit was standing majestically in the room, and behind him, there were two military academies, wearing unicorn suits, probably of a high grade.

The main function of the Jinyi Guard is to "drive the guards and patrol and arrest", and can arrest anyone from the emperor's relatives to the commoners in the market. Therefore, everywhere Jinyiwei went, everyone was afraid to hear it.

As soon as the gold blacksmith saw Jinyiwei coming to the house, he was immediately frightened, and his knee, which had been numb from kneeling, had not yet recovered, and he continued to play his "role" with a "poof".

"Jin Buhuan, the evidence of your masked man's saber repair is conclusive, do you dare to hide it?" Mu Bin took the "guarantee" in the masked man's hand and raised it in front of the golden blacksmith.

The blacksmith's mind was in turmoil, but he soon came to his senses: this masked man was not another masked man.

He pointed to the masked man in front of him and said incorrectly: "You...... You are...... You're not ......."

The masked man laughed loudly, took off the black clothes on his body, untied the black scarf on his face, and said slightly apologetically: "There are many offenses below, Master Jin is not strange." ”

The blacksmith was dumbfounded, this person was none other than the son who had left in the evening.

Chen Wenqi went and returned, heard the conversation between the gold blacksmith and his wife, and realized that the suspect had covered up Xingzang and came to him to mend the sword. I wanted to expose it on the spot, but I was afraid that the gold blacksmith would deny it without evidence, so I rushed to Jinyiwei to ask Mu Bin for a night clothes, and pretended to be a masked man and staged a live drama with the gold blacksmith.

"You ......," the blacksmith knotted.

"Master Jin, although the masked man is pretending to be in Xia, what he said in Xia Shicai is not a lie. Think about it, we came to you to find out the news, the real masked man must be nervous, in order to save his life, the safest way is to kill people. And it is not feasible for you to hide your whereabouts far away, not to mention that there are the eyes and ears of the officials everywhere in the world, and you will not be able to escape for a lifetime, and you will have to live that kind of life in fear; even the masked man is very uneasy, and he must find you to kill him as soon as possible. Therefore, although I deceived you into revealing the secret, in fact, it also saved you and freed you. As long as you tell the truth, we will bring the traitor to justice, and you will have no worries. Chen Wenqi patiently enlightened the gold blacksmith.

"Jin Buhuan, if you tell me how to mend the saber for the masked man, your various concealments of your official power have never happened before, and the official will let you continue to beat your iron; if you don't say it, it will be the same crime as the traitor, and the official will have no choice but to take you to Jinyiwei. Mu Bin lost no time in pointing out the consequences of concealing the truth, so as to completely dissolve the luck psychology of the gold blacksmith.

Falling into the hands of others, the "evidence" is also in the hands of others, and the gold blacksmith can no longer deny it. Besides, this son's words are not unreasonable, only by cooperating with the government to catch the masked man can he not be frightened and leave his hometown. At this point, the goldsmith did not think much about it, and said:

The villain was confused for a while, did not tell the truth, and begged the adults to forgive him. What the adults want to know, the villains know everything, and they dare not hide it anymore. ”

"Good. Tell me more about what happened. ”

The blacksmith, anxious to clear up his relationship with the man, recounted in detail what had happened:

It was one night last year (it seems like April), I had eaten dinner, washed my hands and soaked my feet, and was about to go to bed to rest, when suddenly the door was gently pushed open. I looked up and saw a masked man in black breaking into the room, holding something wrapped in rags like a childe in his hand. I was so frightened that I nervously said to the masked man, "Raise your hand, good man, I am a poor blacksmith and have no money at home, so please go to another one." ”

The masked man snorted coldly and said in a humming voice: "Golden blacksmith, you don't have to be nervous, I don't come for money, I just want you to mend this knife for me." "Then untie the old strip of cloth and hold the knife out in front of my eyes.

When I looked at it, this knife was so strange that I had never seen it in my life. Above the knife edge, there is a notch the size of a grain of rice.

Seeing that the masked man was not robbing the house, I slowly calmed down, took the saber in the masked man's hand, and said lightly: "This is easy, but the oven has been turned off today, if you are in a hurry, as soon as the furnace is turned on tomorrow, I will repair the knife first." ”

The masked man was obviously uneasy, and asked, "How are you going to fix it?"

"Naturally, the edge of the knife is cut off, and then the blade is forged. ”

"No, it doesn't. You can see the flowing water on the blade, no matter the texture style or the length of the texture, it is amazingly consistent. Wouldn't this knife be unrecognizable if the blade was forged again?" the masked man rebuked in a stiff tone.

"So—how do you fix it?"

"Just patch the gap as it does anywhere else. ”

To be honest, I've been striking iron for decades, and I've repaired more than 100 swords, and I've never repaired them like this. I was blinded and said, "This ...... It can't be fixed. ”

When the masked man heard this, his eyes showed a fierce light, and he said viciously: "People in the capital say that the gold blacksmith 'does not fight without iron', you can take on many strange jobs, why do you ...... I don't want to open this blacksmith shop?" The implication is that if I don't fix the gap for him, I will destroy my shop.

Intimidated by him, and my usual penchant for exploring some strange workmanship, I said to him: "In this case, you can leave this knife for me to ponder for a few days, if it can be repaired, of course, it is better, if it can't be repaired, it will take the life of the villain, and there is no way." ”

The masked man thought for a moment, and finally put down the saber in his hand and said, "Okay, according to what you say, three days later, this ...... I'll come again. It's just one thing, and no one is allowed to know, including your wife. Do you understand?"

"Understood, understood. ”

As soon as the masked man left, I didn't care about resting, so I turned over and over with the lamp and candle to study the "strange knife" left by the man. Because if you want to repair the gap of this knife, the texture of the flowing water is easy to do, and you can do it with some effort, but what to use to repair this gap must first figure out what material was originally used for this knife.

Based on my experience, I know that this "strange knife" is superior in terms of materials and craftsmanship, and it is obviously not a mediocre product. But what kind of materials are used, there is no way to do it for a while.

Three days later, the man arrived as scheduled, still night, still masked.

I brought the knife to the man, and said to him helplessly, "Respect this sword, the little one is powerless, please find another master." ”

When the man heard this, he was anxious, reached out and grabbed me by the collar, and roared in a fierce voice: "In this capital, apart from you Jin Buhuan, what else is 'smart'......? Use this knife to send you to your ancestors. Take your pick. ”

I pulled his hand away, took a deep breath and said, "It's not that the villain doesn't want to cultivate, it's really ......."

"Hmm, try it again?" the man threatened.

"The hero spares his life, the villain is really ...... Unless ......"

Before he finished speaking, the man's eyes lit up and he asked eagerly, "Unless anything, say." ”

"If the villain knows what material this knife is made of, he can figure out how to repair it. I said cautiously, for fear that the man would be angry.

When the man heard this, he was silent for a long time.

"If I don't know what material this knife is forged from, even if I kill me, I won't be able to repair it. I repeated.

The man let out a long breath, glared at him, and said, "If you want to know the origin of this knife, it doesn't hurt to tell you." But this matter is not only known by God and the earth, only the two of us know, if you leak half a sentence to others, I will let you and your husband go to Huangquan together. ”

"Don't dare, don't dare. The little one promised not to tell anyone about it, not even my wife. I said quickly.

The man's expression was much more relaxed, and his tone softened, and he said, "This knife is called the Embroidered Spring Knife, and it is forged with Uzi steel. This should be repaired, right?"

I have spent many years in the blacksmith's shop, and I have no ears to what is going on outside. But there is still something to see and hear about swords. When I heard that this knife was the legendary embroidered spring knife, I was shocked at the time. Since this person is holding an embroidered spring knife in his hand, then he is a person in the brocade clothes that everyone fears. Thinking that this knife would have to be repaired if it was not repaired, he said in a loud voice: "I repair, I repair." However, it will take some more time to repair it as it is. ”

"How long will it take?"

"Ten days. ”

"No, I can't. ”

I gritted my teeth and said, "Seven days at the earliest." ”

The man pondered again and again, and said, "It will be up to you for seven days." Seven days later, the ...... Either take a knife or take your life. With that, he departed like a gust of wind.

The next day, I closed the shop and tried to mend the embroidered spring knife. Since I couldn't damage the blade outside the gap, it took me six days and six nights to repair the gap the size of a grain of rice.

Speaking of this, the goldsmith said quite complacently: "It's not that the villain boasts, after the gap is repaired, it is exactly the same as the original blade and flowing water. Mix it with other embroidered spring knives, don't talk about others, even if I am there myself, I can't recognize it. ”

Chen Wenqi thought in his heart, this statement is indeed true, all the suspicious embroidered spring knives were inspected the day before yesterday, and there were no flaws. But he had great hopes for Jin Buhuan and refused to give up easily.

"According to Master Jin, this knife can't make it visible?"

The goldsmith nodded affirmatively.

Chen Wenqi untied the embroidered spring knife wrapped with strips of cloth in his hand, turned the handle of the knife upside down and pointed to the number on it and said, "Master Jin, please see, the embroidered spring knife is engraved here with a string of numbers, have you ever noticed it that day?"

The blacksmith looked astonished, and said, "There are numbers engraved on the hilt? However, the handle of the man's knife was wrapped tightly with strips of cloth, and even if he paid attention, he couldn't see the handwriting inside. As if remembering something, the blacksmith reached out and patted his head, and said, "By the way, I found two semicircular marks on the edge of the tightly wrapped strip of cloth. The villain was still wondering at the time, how could such a good saber damage the hilt?"

"Two semicircles?" asked Mu Bin and Chen Wenqi at the same time.

"Yes, it's two semicircular notches, two identical, not like inadvertently scratched by a hard object. ”

Chen Wenqi thought about it for a while, and immediately understood what was going on. Seeing that Mu Bin was about to ask, he gently pulled his sleeve and said with a smile: "Master Mu, we will talk about these two semicircular things later." Then he turned to the goldsmith and asked:

"Master Jin, could it be that gap you patched is really seamless, not the slightest difference from other places?"

From the outside, it is. At that time, it took three days just to make the texture of the flowing water. If you can see the flaw, that person still doesn't want the villain's life?, do you want to say different——," The gold blacksmith scratched his head and thought for a long time, and finally thought of something, "Yes, it's the material." The gap was mended by the villain with full-colored silver. However, it is indistinguishable to the naked eye. The goldsmith replied.

"Silver?" Chen Wenqi's heart moved.

"Well, silver. The Uzi steel used for this embroidered spring knife is extremely hard and particularly fire-resistant, not to mention that the person is not allowed to change the blade outside the gap, even if it is not easy to smelt it. I saw it as if it were silver, and I thought of using silver to mend the gap. ”

The gold blacksmith muttered for a long time, but Chen Wenqi didn't listen to a word. He was reminiscing about a past that might make the gap visible.

Chen Wenqi didn't say more, handed the embroidered spring knife in his hand to the gold blacksmith, and said: "This knife also has a gap, please Master Jin repair it according to the original method." How long will it take?"

The goldsmith took the saber and said, "With the previous experience, the time will not be so long. Within three or five days, it will be repaired for the son. ”

Chen Wenqi frowned and asked, "If you only fill the gap and don't do the flowing water texture, is it faster?" ”

"Childe, you are right, the most difficult job is not to repair the gaps, but the texture of the flowing water, which is really time-consuming to do the same as the thickness of the other textures, the degree of bending, and the connection of the lines on the blade. If you don't do the flow, you can finish it in half a day. ”

"Okay, tomorrow evening, come down and get the knife. ”

Although Mu Bin didn't know what Chen Wenqi was going to do, he had seen Chen Wenqi fight wits with Tatar Jinong Abahai, and believed that there was a reason for doing so, so he quietly listened to their answers. Until Chen Wenqi and the gold blacksmith said goodbye, they still didn't say a word, and left the Jin family with two of his subordinates with Chen Wenqi.

"General Chen, what should we do next?" asked Mu Bin on the way back.

"Now there are human evidence, but there is still a lack of physical evidence. There are two things to do before us, first, to find the saber that had been repaired by the goldsmith, and second, to make the notched saber appear in its original form. ”

"How do you find it, how do you make it 'appear'?" asked Mu Bin puzzled.

Chen Wenqi thought for a while and said to Mu Bin: "In this way, let's divide the work: please ask Lord Mu to find all the swords numbered three and eight among the forty-eight people the day before yesterday (except for Lord Mu, naturally). ”

"Mantissa three and eight?" Mu Bin was stunned for a moment, then understood, then nodded and said, "This is very easy." I just wonder what General Chen can do to make the gap in that saber appear in its original form?"

Chen Wenqi didn't seem to want to say more, but replied vaguely: "We may be able to see tomorrow." By the way, the gold blacksmith is an important witness, from now on, please ask Lord Mu to send someone to secretly protect and strictly prevent the suspect from killing people and killing people. After speaking, he bowed his hand to Mu Bin, turned a fork in the road, and disappeared into the black curtain in a blink of an eye.