When the demon looked at the ancient books, he had many doubts:

1: A sword with a name is definitely a good sword. Standard weapons have no name, and general goods and mass goods certainly have no names. The sword with its name left in ancient books must be a good sword, and ancient swords are all used in a sword box, without a scabbard. Why did ancient swords use a sword box instead of a scabbard? The sword box and the scabbard are two different things, the sword box is to wrap the whole sword inside, and the scabbard is just to wrap the blade inside. The sword case is not easy to carry and easy to use, and the scabbard hangs from the waist, which is easy to carry and use. The ancients didn't understand? Impossible! Two pieces of bamboo could be used to make a scabbard. It's really weird? Famous swords are meant to be hidden from you? What can't be exposed to the public's eyes?

The demon believes: "Famous swords are precious, they should be carefully preserved, and they should not be constantly exposed to the air, and the general weapons worn on the body are not so particular, and they can be used, so it is okay to wrap the blade with a scabbard for easy use and not to hurt people." In a word, ordinary goods can be drawn frequently. ”

2: The famous weapons in ancient books have the most swords, the few daggers, and almost no other types of weapons. Swords have the function of stabbing, cutting, and chopping, but stabbing is inferior to spear and halberd weapons, and chopping is inferior to knives, let alone axe weapons. The demon sneered at the view of the sword to express his noble status, Lao Tzu just wants to carry the spirit hammer on his body, what can you do.

The demon thinks: "The ancients did not require the shape of weapons, or did it come from habit?"

3: In ancient books, the production materials of famous swords are brushed aside, not that they can't tell what materials are made, whether they are made of bronze or iron, and the naked eye can find the difference. And basically do not explain the shape of the famous sword; very few books describe the shape of the famous sword, and the words used to describe it are very few, basically just a brushstroke; but the characteristics of the famous sword are described with a lot of pen and ink.

Judging from the current evaluation criteria, the raw materials of the sword are the same, the production process is the same, and the post-processing process is the same, and there is no difference between the sword, at most the shape or appearance is different. The current evaluation standard does not describe the sword by its characteristics, but describes the sword by sharpness, toughness, and hardness.

The standard for evaluating a good sword, why is there such a big difference between ancient and modern?

Modern people simply do not understand the difference between this sword and that sword in terms of characteristics.

"Liezi Tang Wen": "Kong Zhou said: 'I have three swords; One is said to contain light, invisible and invisible, and the luck does not know what it touches, and it is boundless, and the thing is not aware of the object. The second is said to be a shadow, the taste of the cool friend, when the sun and the evening are dusk, the north is observed, if there is something in the light flame, there is no form. Its touch is also, whispering, passing through things but not seeing. Three night exercises, the day sees the shadow but does not see the light, and the night sees the square but does not see the form. Its touch is also, passing by abruptly, with the passing and merging, feeling sick but not bloody.'"

These three swords don't talk about materials, shapes, and only about characteristics.

The name of the sword contains light. Characteristics: invisible and invisible, unaware of what it touches, boundless, and unaware of things.

The name of the sword is inherited. Characteristics: The taste of the cool friend, the day and the evening are there, the north is observed, and if there is something left, there is no form. Its touch is also, whispering, passing through things but not seeing.

The sword name is practiced. Characteristics: The shadow is not visible in the daytime, and the square is invisible in the night. Its touch is also, passing by abruptly, with the passing and merging, feeling sick but not bloody.

4: As a senior casting and forging master, the casting and forging skills mastered have been mature and stable. It can't take years to forge a few swords, where does that time go? Find raw materials, find the environment for casting and forging, and the materials can't be melted?

Wu Yue Chunqiu (the fourth in the inner biography of Helu): The cadres will make swords, come to the iron essence of the five mountains, and the golden Ying of Liuhe. Waiting for the heavens and serving the earth, yin and yang are the same light, the gods are watching, the weather is falling, and the essence of gold and iron is not lost, so the cadres do not know the reason. Mo Ye said: "The son is good as a sword to the king, so that the son can be a sword, and it will not be successful in March, what does it mean?" The cadre said: "I don't know the reason." Mo Ye said: "The transformation of the husband's divine object must be made by people, and now the master is a sword, and then he can become a man?" The cadre said: "In the past, my master made smelting, gold and iron and the like were not sold, and the husband and wife were put into the smelting furnace, and then they became things." In the present generations, that is, the mountain is smelted, the hemp is clothed, and then the gold is cast in the mountain. Now I am the one who does not change the sword, and he is a god?" Moye said: "The teacher knows that the body is made into things, why is it difficult for me!" So he cut off the hair and claws of his wife, and threw them into the furnace, so that three hundred boys, girls, and men were filled with charcoal, and gold and iron were wet. Then it became a sword, Yang said Ganjiang, Yin said Moye, Yang made turtle text, and Yin made Manli.

The two sentences of "come to the iron essence of the five mountains, the gold of the Liuhe" and "the transformation of the husband and the gods, and the people must become" indicate that the raw material for making the sword should be iron ore, but there are many kinds of iron ore, and it is not specified that it is one. It also uses the meaning of "the transformation of the gods", which means that this material is not common iron ore.

"The essence of gold and iron is not sold" encounters the difficulty that raw materials cannot be melted.

"In the past, my master made smelting, gold and iron were not sold, and both husband and wife went into the smelting furnace" This is the solution.

"So he cut off his wife's hair and claws and threw it into the furnace" There are two explanations. The first explanation is that the god's wife cut off her hair and nails and threw them into the smelter, and here the hair and nails of the god's wife Mo Ye are invested. The second explanation is that the god's wife trims the hair and nails on her body, that is, after tidying herself, she throws herself into the smelter, and here it is the god's wife who throws herself into the smelter. The demon thought to himself, "The second interpretation needs to be more contextual. ”

The places where the demon is confused are:

1: The combined weight of the 2 swords of the cadre and Mo Xie will not exceed 10 catties. Even if it's made of 50 pounds of raw materials. It is impossible for any mining area to mine only 50 catties of raw ore. What kind of ore is this raw material so rare?

2: "Husband and wife enter the furnace and then become a substance": Some people say that it is because human fat burning can increase the temperature of the furnace, and some people say that it is because the human body contains certain impurities that can reduce the temperature at which iron melts. The demon didn't believe these nonsense. At that time, human life was not valuable, and if you wanted to sacrifice, you could choose two boys and girls, if you wanted fat, you could choose two fat people, and if you wanted human impurities, you could go to the cell and choose a few death row prisoners. It was not easy to forge a sword for the king, and it was not easy to have a few boys and girls and death row prisoners, so that they could throw their husbands and wives into the furnace together, leaving their parents, children and disciples to grieve alone.

3: "In the past, my master made smelting, gold and iron were not sold, and both husband and wife entered the smelting furnace, and then became things"; Mo Xie's parents were put into the smelting furnace, and then the sword was formed. It shows that someone took over the forging of the molten alloy liquid into a sword, who this person is, it is not specified, it may be Mo Xie or Mo Ye's brother. And the forging skills of this person who took over are not bad, and they will not be inferior to Mo Xie's parents, and Mo Xie's parents will rest assured that the sacrificial furnace will not only melt the alloy liquid that will be melted into a waste sword.

These doubts can only be left for later. The demon thought to himself. The demon suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "Could it be .....?"

"The Book of Jin: The Biography of Zhang Hua":

At the beginning, Wu Zhi was not extinguished, there was often purple gas between bullfights, and the Taoist practitioners were all strong and prosperous with Wu Fang, but Hua thought otherwise. (1) After Wu Ping, the purple qi became brighter. (2) Huawen Yuzhang Lei Huan Miao reached the latitude elephant, but to rejuvenate the stay, Ping people said: "You can find astronomy together, and know the good luck and evil in the future." (3) Because of climbing the tower and looking up, Huan said: "The servants have been observing for a long time, but there is quite a strange atmosphere between the bullfights." Hua said: "Is it He Xiangye?" Huan said: "The essence of the sword is penetrating through the ears of the sky." (4) Hua said: "The king has what he says." When I was young, someone said that I was sixty years old, and I deserved to be worn by a sword. (5) Because he asked, "In what county?" Huan said: "In Yuzhang Fengcheng." (6) Hua said: "If you want to be the ruler of the king, you can find it together, but what?" Huada is happy, that is, it is replenished as the Fengcheng order. (7) Huan to the county, digging the foundation of the prison house, more than four zhang into the ground, get a stone letter, phosgene is very, there are double swords, and engrave the inscription, one is called Longquan, one is said to be Tai'a. (8) On the eve of the night, the bullfighting was no longer breathing. (9) Huan to Nanchang West Mountain North Rock under the soil to wipe the sword, the light is bright. A large basin of water, a sword on it, and the dazzling spirit of the person who sees it. Send an envoy to send a sword and land and China, and leave a self-admiration. (10) Or Huan said: "If you get two and one free, how can Zhang Gong be deceived?" Huan said: "This dynasty will be chaotic, and Zhang Gong should suffer from it." This sword should be the ear of Xu Jun's tomb. Spiritual things should eventually be dissolved, and they will not be subdued forever. (11) Huade sword, treasure love, often sit on the side. Huayi Nanchang soil is not as good as Huayin terracotta, and Bao Huanshu said: "Looking at the sword text in detail, it is a cadre, how can Mo evil not come?" Although, born with a divine object, it should eventually be closed. "Because of the rejuvenation of a pound of Huayin soil. Huan is more to wipe the sword, and he is more shrewd. (12) Hua Xu, where the lost sword is. (13) Huan, Zihua is engaged in Zhou, holding a sword through Yanpingjin, the sword suddenly jumps out of the water at the waist, so that people have no water to take it, do not see the sword, but see the two dragons each several zhang long, Pan Ying has an article, no one is afraid of the opposite. The brilliance shone on the water, the waves boiled, and the sword was lost. (14) Hua sighed and said: "The words of the first monarch and the theory of Zhang Gong's final union are verified!" ⑮

(1) "There is often purple gas between bullfights": Dousu and Ox in the Twenty-Eight Nights. Purple Qi: Purple clouds. In ancient times, it was thought to be auspicious. It is an omen for the appearance of emperors, sages, etc.

Full sentence: There is purple gas between Dousu and Niusu, and people who can observe the celestial phenomena think: Wu is strong and prosperous, and he can't raise troops to attack Wu, only Zhang Hua thinks that this purple gas does not mean that Wu is strong, but is caused by other reasons.

(2) After the destruction of the state of Wu, the purple qi became more obvious, indicating that the purple qi had nothing to do with the strength and prosperity of the state of Wu, which proved that Zhang Hua's view was correct. (Wu will not be destroyed if he is strong)

(3) Zhang Hua invited Lei Huan, a person from Yuzhang who was proficient in celestial phenomena, to judge what this purple qi represented.

(4) Lei Huan observed for a long time and said: This purple qi is emitted by the sword.

(5) Zhang Hua remembered that when he was a child, someone who would meet him told him that he would get a sword to wear when he was sixty years old.

(6) Lei Huan said that this sword is in Yuzhang Fengcheng.

(7) Zhang Hua appointed Lei Huan as the county commander of Fengcheng, Yuzhang. (The building near the water gets the moon first, pretending to be public and private, and in the name of work, it is actually looking for a sword)

(8) Lei Huan dug the foundation of a house more than ten meters deep in Fengcheng, Yuzhang, and obtained "Shihan, phosgene is very, there are two swords, and the inscription is engraved, one is called Longquan, and the other is called Tai'a".

(9) After the sword is taken out, the purple qi between Dousu and Niusu disappears. It proves that the purple qi is indeed emitted by these two swords.

(10) After Lei Huan got the sword, he used "Nanchang Xishan Beiyan to wipe the sword," to prove that these two swords are indeed not ordinary. Give one to Zhang Hua and keep one for yourself.

(11) Lei Huan said: "Zhang Hua will die in the mutiny. "Spiritual things should eventually be dissolved, and they will not be subdued forever. "If the sword loses its owner, it will eventually disappear and will not be worn by someone other than its owner. ”

(12) Zhang Hua got the sword, and after a long time of pondering, he recognized this sword as "a cadre"; there should be Mo Xie. "Why can't Mo evil come back? Although, born with a divine thing, it should eventually be closed. "The cadre and Mo Xie will eventually meet.

(13) After Zhang Hua was killed, the cadres disappeared.

(14) Lei Huan's son, Lei Hua, lost Mo Xie in Yanpingjin. The cadres and Mo Xie will finally meet.

(15) The prophecies of Lei Huan and Zhang Hua were verified.

The demon believed: "After the cadres and Mo Ye disappeared for more than a thousand years, they disappeared again after more than ten years of reappearing in the rivers and lakes. Do these famous swords appear in the human world every once in a while and wander around? Just like cultivators, they have to go out of the deep mountains and old forests to the human world every once in a while to carry out so-called training. ”