Riverside ferry. When the rain has passed and the sky is clear. The sun tilted its rays from the leaping clouds.

Seven colorful rainbows appeared in the sky by the river for the first time in a long time.

Shore. A ruined ship swept away and tilted by a tornado, shaking slightly. A white horse, slightly wet with rain, looked out with its clever eyes, and then emerged from within......

In the warm sunlight, the horse shook off the excess rain, shook its head and tail, and went around in circles, feeling as if it had dried out, and then ran away with its hooves of joy......

Behind the sound of horses' hooves was the voice of the Japanese squad leader scolding the soldiers. It revolves around these topics: When was the second boat opened, when did the two beautiful women disappear, or did they flee on their own? How did they explain to the higher-ups? Will they still tell the secret story that the Japanese boat wants to cross the river and bring opium in exchange for money?

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None of the soldiers answered. At that hour, when the tornado came, the sky was raining and the rain was crackling, and no one could stand on the surface of the ship, let alone guard a well-wrapped ship...... Who knows when the clues will appear......

A kind-hearted little Japanese soldier was taken out by the squad leader, and in order to comfort the squad leader, he simply said nonsense in Japanese: "Didn't the two women suffocate to death and turn into ghosts and fly away......

The Japanese squad leader scolded angrily and gave him a loud mouth, and then he was furious, took out the pistol on his waist, and shot it into the air, and the rest of the soldiers trembled and did not dare to say more.

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Three hundred meters away. There is a blacksmith shop.

Li Zi iron shop.

This old man Li used to work in the national army, and he also made a long knife for the team to sharpen iron like clay. His weapon-making method is generally not passed on, and only two apprentices have been accepted, both of whom are descendants of Lao Li's family tree.

Later, the newly replaced officers were too young to adopt Lao Li's long knife. Moreover, they unified the weapon production with the above, so Lao Li's weapons did not seem to have an advantage, and Lao Li gradually lost his former prestige in the team, so that he was reassigned to the position of the army cook.

Where would Lao Li cook a good meal? And he didn't want to offend that small national officer named Xiao Bai. So he sent his eldest son, who knew how to cook, to cook. He continued his old business and opened an iron shop.

There are a lot of dazzling tools in the shop, and he occasionally makes some rice bowls, mirrors, and miscellaneous objects, so that he can support himself, his wife, and his youngest son.

However, in addition to crafting weapons, he is best at nailing horseshoes. Occasionally, he would go to the army to repair the hooves of the officers and cavalry, and get a small reward to come back.

Fireside. A red-hot horseshoe iron sheet was clamped between the iron tongs in his hand. Lao Li blew it, and it became more and more red. This thing is a good horseshoe.

Lao Li didn't open much today, so the old bustard sister in the Qinglou sneakily came over and bought a few rice bowls and mirrors and went back.

Yesterday, a few Japanese officers came to her house, occupied a few girls for half a night, and by the way, they broke a few rice bowls, and even got drunk like mud. Anyway, the last one was okay, and he dropped a brocade box with something like a night pearl in it. Then a few of them supported each other and threw up all the way back.

This old bustard sister can speak Japanese. Before entering the Qinglou, he was Lao Li's old friend. I heard that it was because of the defense, and the above blamed a few of their little Japanese officers. It is said that in the spring and summer, there will be several events scheduled by the riverside, so you should be well prepared in advance. But they were derelict in their duties, and two of them were demoted.

But these don't seem to have anything to do with Lao Li. He drank two sips of wine, listened to Sister Chen's rambling for a while, and then sent her away.

Sister Chen did this in the troubled times, Lao Li was only returned after learning iron art, and he was in pain when he learned that Sister Chen had been sold into the Qinglou by his opium-smoking father.

Year after year has passed, and Lao Li has married and had children. Sister Chen also became a well-known bustard in the Qinglou.

Lao Li only maintained a sales relationship with her customers, and other thoughts were long gone.

After sending away Sister Chen, Lao Li suddenly noticed that a horse that seemed to be loose from far and near not far away suddenly stopped in front of the Li Zi Iron Shop at this moment.

The horse is not ugly or handsome, but it is slightly clever. Looking at the saddle and the horse rope, it looks like a rich man's horse. Lao Li Qiqi why the rich and noble family didn't choose a high-headed horse, but such an ordinary-looking horse...... Look at the horse's little hooves, it is clear that it has not been repaired for a long time.

The horses circled him three times and did not walk. So he took pity on it, took it in for the time being, and gave it a hoof. The soldering iron just now seemed to be prepared for it in the dark.

So Lao Li moved out a small stool to calm it down, and then pulled out the original horseshoe for it. But suddenly he found that the horse's hooves seemed to be injured, and there were four hard objects in it. He pondered that it was probably a cunning businessman who had nailed the horseshoe, and he did it deliberately. If the horse is uncomfortable, the owner will spend more money to fix its hooves......

But Lao Li guessed wrong. This horse is the horse of the Jiang family, and it is the one that Jiang Cheng lost, and it is the horse that his old lady deliberately arranged for Jiang Cheng.

The tall old lady Jiang didn't like his eyes, so he chose this tailwind horse. As for the horse's hooves, the hard object is not a deceitful thing, but is designed to increase the strength of the horse. It's like exercising with a sandbag tied to your legs, and once you take it off, you can walk in the wind.

Old Man Jiang is wise and foolish, so there is such a smart descendant as Young Master Jiang Cheng. It's just that he talks on paper, and he is good at layout but not good at actual combat, and Jiang Cheng is occasionally slightly unconvinced...... The old man arranged for this horsetail to be given to him, but did not explain anything, until today Lao Li Tou took down the horseshoe of this horse one by one, and then saw that the horse's hooves were not in serious trouble, and after a while, he cut four pieces of high-quality horseshoe, beat it for a while, and then walked to the horse and nailed it a horseshoe.

The horseshoe that Lao Li himself had inexplicably branded in advance just now unexpectedly complied with the horse's hooves, is this the will of heaven......

It stood, gently treading the ground with its hooves, and no longer had the weight of a sandbag, and it felt so relaxed that it spread its hooves and circled around the neighborhood. I saw a shop near where a strong wind had passed, and it was destroyed and shattered. There was a lost money bag inside, and it immediately bit the colored rope on the bag with the horse's mouth, sent it to Lao Li Tou, and put it in his hand, as if to express his gratitude......

Lao Li came over and gently touched its mane, but suddenly saw a faint strip of cloth on the edge of the saddle embroidered with two small characters of Jiangfu. It took him a long time to see it......