Without much explanation, Second Master Tang walked straight to the edge of the wooden box on the liestically placed side of the room. Looking at the whole room, there was only one wooden box that looked very old.

"The last time this humble wooden chest was opened was when our brothers first opened the furnace to forge swords. ”

Second Master Tang muttered softly, and used the sleeves of his coat made of fine silk to brush away the dust that fell on the wooden box.

"Lady Kogi came over a little more. ”

Mu Sanqian moved closer as he said.

Then I found that inside the old wooden box that seemed to be randomly placed in the corner, there was also a locked box.

The light is dim, but it can still be seen that this smaller box should be made of metal casting, with clear lines and complex patterns, what will be contained in such a strong box?

Mu Sanqian couldn't help but be a little curious.

Second Master Tang took out a key out of nowhere, and the delicate copper lock hanging outside the box snapped open.

"It's—"

When the box was opened, all it contained was a dark and ugly stone.

Could this also be some kind of precious mineral?

"I can't say what this thing is, but every son of the Tang family has touched it with his own hands, and touched this stone before opening the furnace, which is the admonition left by the ancestors. ”

Second Master Tang seemed to take out the stone carefully and put it on the box, and then said quite solemnly.

"Lady Kogi is going to try it too?"

"It's not good. After all, it is a strange stone left by the ancestors of the Tang family, so if I touch it as an outsider, I will not be disrespectful to the ancestors of the Tang family?"

Mu Sanqian said very seriously.

The customs and temperament of the Central Plains people have been in Wudang for so many years, and Mu Sanqian also knows about it. Among them, the reverence for ancestors should be regarded as the top priority of the Central Plains people.

"It doesn't matter. ”

Second Master Tang was quite appreciative of Mu Sanqian's statement, and smiled at the moment.

"The ancestor didn't say that this stone can't be touched by outsiders, so Lord Xiaomu can try it with confidence. ”

"That being the case, that's offended. ”

Seeing that Second Master Tang still insisted, Mu Sanqian no longer hesitated, but at this point, he still didn't understand, touching a black and ugly stone like carbon, you can test the size of the sword-casting talent?

Mu Sanqian approached the wooden box and lightly covered his hand on the dark and ugly stone in a suspicious mood.

From the moment Mu Sanqian raised his hand to the moment he touched the ten pieces, Second Master Tang seemed to be unable to even breathe, but even he himself couldn't understand what he was expecting.

Mu Sanqian really touched the stone, and for some reason he frowned, and Second Master Tang's heart actually beat violently.

Is there a play?

Could it be that this strange stone left by the ancestors can come in handy today?

Mu Sanqian felt a little strange in his heart, the feeling of this stone to the touch was unexpectedly familiar.

It shouldn't be.

A stone is a stone, no matter what kind of stone it is, it is still a stone after all, and it is cold and cold, and even the hands are cut because of the roughness and unevenness of the surface. But Mu Sanqian did perceive another, a familiar feeling, and he had experienced that feeling before, or—by the way, wasn't this touch the black ring ruler he had received from his grandfather!

Mu Sanqian suddenly realized this.

"How's it going?

Seeing that Mu Sanqian was just frowning but didn't speak for a long time, Second Master Tang couldn't help but ask.

"It's not a special feeling, it's just a little bit of a cut. ”

Mu Sanqian thought for a moment and decided to hide his feelings about this stone.

"Yes. ”

Second Master Tang didn't look like Mu Sanqian was lying, and there was clearly something in his eyes, as if it was dim.

"Looks like I'm thinking too much about it, the old man. ”

This is the first time since meeting Mu Sanqian that Second Master Tang has called himself an "old man".

"This is something left over from our Tang family's ancestors, and it is not difficult for the second brother to do this. ”

Mu Sanqian turned around, and the man who had a meal in Xiangyang Restaurant was entering the room with a smile.

"Fourth brother, it's you. ”

When Second Master Tang saw that it was Tang Qing coming in, he wanted to introduce Master Xiaomu, after all, Tang Qing would definitely go to Tai'an in the future, and maybe he would become a colleague with this Lord Xiaomu.

"Come on, the old man will introduce to Lord Xiaomu-sama——"

"Second brother, how confused, I've met with Lord Xiaomu before. ”

"Oh yes, look at me, I'm confused. ”

Second Master Tang also remembered at this time that Tang Qing and Master Xiaomu had already met.

"I didn't expect Mr. to be the fourth master of the Tang family?"

Obviously, Mu Sanqian didn't expect that he could meet someone from the Tang family with a casual meal, or someone with a very high status in the Tang family.

"I didn't expect that the herald who made His Majesty the Emperor blue eyes today would be a young man who has not yet reached the age of twenty. ”

But where does that come from? ”

Mu Sanqian couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Master Zhang Mingjun once said that people in this world are divided into three categories, prophetic and unconscious, and unconscious.

But unfortunately, the vast majority of people in the world are unaware of it.

Mu Sanqian didn't believe that the Tang family was unconscious, but they might not be prophets.

"Let's go, my eldest brother is already waiting for you. ”

Tang Qing did not stop at this topic.

"Is it Mr. Tanglu?"

"Didn't you come to my Tang Mansion for my eldest brother?"

"Good. ”

Things twisted and turned, but I didn't expect to get the opportunity to meet Tang Lu in the end.

After retiring from the second master of Tang, Mu Sanqian and Tang Qing left for Tang Lu's single courtyard.

And when he got close to the single courtyard, Mu Sanqian felt that the scorching temperature was still higher than that of the furnace room, although there was no sound in the single courtyard, and no one was forging swords.

"My eldest brother's sword-forging obsession is a well-known thing in the clan, and before my grandfather's death, he personally set the position of the eldest brother's patriarch, all because my eldest brother's talent in sword-casting is really terrifying. But you have also seen that now my second brother is in charge of the Tang family, and the eldest brother is also happy to be idle, so he built his own furnace room in the single courtyard, and is accompanied by the fire and sword all day long. ”

"Your eldest brother, Mr. Tang Lu, has never been married so far?"

Thinking of what the second master said about forging a sword, he was lonely, and Mr. Tang Lu could be said to have no distractions, so Mu Sanqian asked rashly.

"That's right. ”

Tang Qing didn't think there was anything, the eldest brother already knew the age of the destiny of heaven, and no one would say anything with those ordinary people.

"But my eldest brother was still very popular with women when he was young, and many young ladies from big families wanted to be close to my eldest brother, but my eldest brother didn't have that mind. ”

Tang Qing said suddenly.

"Oh, yes, yes. ”

The two of them talked about interesting things about an elder when he was young, and Mu Sanqian always felt that something was weird.