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Hu Xiaoer and I appeared under the big willow tree.

As Aunt Gua said, tonight is the first day of the opening of the Sword Market, and the long road under the tree is full of stalls. Most of the stalls are swords, knives, daggers, and the like. These cold utensils are shining brightly in the enthusiastic hawking of the vendors and in the infiltration of the moonlight, waiting to be inquired by someone who is destined to come to the door.

The weather in Qingquan Mountain is extremely hot and dry during the day, but at this time it is much calmer, accompanied by the cool breeze under the trees, which is very comfortable. Most of the owners of the stalls are a man and a woman, probably husband and wife, and the division of labor is also very interesting. The woman was in charge of introducing her belongings to the visitors at the front, and the man sat in the back, occasionally bringing out large weapons for display, and both of them had a soft air on their faces, and the sale in front of the stall was quickly facilitated.

I think that the ancestor of the sword market is too good at choosing the time, everyone is busy during the day, how can he do business well?

Of course, in the sword market, in addition to Hu Xiaoer and me, there are also many outsiders in front of each stall. Later, I learned that many people had heard of the rules of Qingquan Mountain, which saved time and worry from the suffering of heat and dryness, and most of the clans or gangs sent people to fight the sword overnight on the first day of the opening of the sword market. There are very few individual customers like me and Hu Xiaoer.

Speaking of which, Hu Xiaoer and I have been shopping in the sword market for a while, but we haven't picked a satisfactory sword. At the moment, he and I were crouching in front of a stall that happened to have no hostess, and the stall owner was a thin young man.

I asked Hu Xiaoer, "How is it?"

Hu Xiaoer raised his eyes to look at me, then looked at the thin monkey-like stall owner in front of him who was smiling and moaning, and said honestly: "It's not good." ”

The corners of the thin monkey's mouth glanced at it for a moment, but the eyebrows quickly lit up again. I glanced at him secretly, puffed out my cheeks and continued to listen to Hu Xiaoer.

"Look at this," he said, pointing to one of the jade-headed swords, "the sword body has a fine and flat pattern, and the tip of the sword is embellished with jasper, which not only looks magnificent, but also complements the jade on the hilt." It's just—"

Hu Xiaoer stopped, hooked two fingers and struck at the jade-headed sword.

"Ding—"

The sword body trembled for a moment before it calmed down.

He said: "Listen, this voice is not crisp enough, it is more than sharp, I am afraid that the condensed sword qi is also turbid and cannot exert its maximum power." The gold and jade of the jade-headed sword turned into a burden. ”

I nodded in agreement, and the skinny monkey's face sank a little.

"Look at this one again," Hu Xiaoer pointed to another short sword, "The appearance of the sword, the lines are smooth, smooth and transparent, and there is even a faint cold air, it seems to be a good sword to kill." ”

As he spoke, he suddenly reached out to the sharpest point of the short sword.

I exclaimed, and before I could stop it, I saw that his fingers had already stroked it.

"Hu Xiaoer, what are you doing?"

No, he rubbed back and forth a few times, but there were no injuries on his hands, and there was no blood on the tip of the sword.

Hu Xiaoer flicked his fingers, shrugged his shoulders at me and said, "Those who use short swords are quick to shoot, and the most taboo is to be slow with swords." This one, like the other, is also useless. ”

I sighed and nodded, and the thin monkey sat on the small bench in front of me and couldn't laugh anymore. Thinking that it was better to leave some thin noodles for others, I was about to pull Hu Xiaoer away, when I heard him continue to comment with great interest:

"Eh, Woman, and this one, it's dull when you look at the sword, no!"

"That big knife is too bulky, no!"

"Why is there a small opening here? It's not good, it's not good!"

"Well, this one seems to be pretty good, it's just ...... It's too light, the texture is not good......" Hu Xiaoer tossed the dagger in the palm of his hand, and was about to put it down when he saw the thin monkey approaching, staring at him with a pair of red eyes.

With a "plop", the dagger fell to the stall, Hu Xiaoer hurriedly took a few steps back, covered his chest and said, "What are you doing, what I said is the truth." ”

It's because every sentence is reasonable, that's why it's ......

I saw that the thin monkey blinked at Hu Xiaoer a few times, regained his expression after exhaling, and squeezed out a smile at us very reluctantly.

"Hehe, you two, it's the first time you've come to Sword City, right?"

Hu Xiaoer and I both got goosebumps, looked at each other, and became alert.

"Don't be nervous, don't be nervous. The thin monkey smiled even more happily, "This first-time guest is a little nitpicky, we all know how to do business!"

Hu Xiaoer and I both laughed out loud.

The thin monkey didn't seem to mind at all, and he raised his eyes and said, "Then, you two, are you here to buy a sword? or are you here to find a master to fight a sword?"

I learned the accent here and said, "If you come to fight the sword, you don't want to go to the sword market first." ”

"Turn around, turn around! We don't have any weapons in this sword market, long and short, iron, silver, and brass...... There are also big knives and daggers, as long as you want to buy them, they are all here!" The thin monkey was talking energetically, and when he saw that Hu Xiaoer's empty hands and I suddenly wilted, he whispered, "However, it seems that there is nothing to gain from watching the two of them turn down......

I bowed my head slightly, and said to him quite implicitly: "I always feel a little worse when I look at it." ”

Hu Xiaoer "cut", this time he unceremoniously pointed to the weapons on the ground and said: "It's all like these, it's useless, what we want to fight is a really good sword!"

The skinny monkey's eyes widened again, as if he was about to be angry at him. In just a moment, he lowered his face and muttered to himself in frustration: "Alas, who doesn't want to be useful at the same time." But the good material for forging swords on Qingquan Mountain is getting less and less day by day, I'm afraid it's ......"

The voice became quieter and quieter, as if he had missed something, and after the thin monkey reacted, he shook his head again and again and refused to continue, and his eyes were embarrassed. It should be related to their own secrets in Qingquan Mountain, and Hu Xiaoer and I don't want to ask too much, so while he lowered his head and pondered, the two of us got up and left.

"Eh, you two wait!"

The skinny monkey stopped us again, and his face was anxious. He scratched the back of his head and said, "I still have a sword here, do you want to take a look?"

After hearing this, Hu Xiaoer and I squatted in front of the stall again.

Seeing this, he scratched his head more and more embarrassedly, and twisted it, "Then, that is a sword I forged myself......"

"Then who made these?" Hu Xiaoer asked him, pointing to the stall.

"Yes, it was cast by my father," the thin monkey blushed, "he wasn't feeling well today, so he didn't come to the Sword Market to set up a stall." ”

Hu Xiaoer let out a thoughtful "oh", then crossed his hands and stopped talking.

"Two, do you want to see it?" the thin monkey's expression panicked.

"Let's see. I smiled at him.