Chapter Twenty-Three: Buying a Sword

Chuxiang Street is still relatively lively on a sunny day. The chain bridge connects to Xiangchu Street, and next to it is a small wharf, where a lot of fishing boats and cargo ships are parked. There are many shops on both sides of the street, selling fishing gear, agricultural tools, coal, porcelain, etc., one after another, and finally you will pass the tea shop and currency gate.

Xie Jiang and the others quickly found a blacksmith shop, and there were a few swords hanging at the door. You Xiyun came out after looking at it, but it was Xie Jiang and Lu He who were touching around those swords.

"What's the matter, you want to fight a sword?" asked a middle-aged man inside.

"Yes, master, how do you sell the sword here?" asked Lu He.

"You can bring iron and stone here, and I will help you fight it, one tael of silver, and you can also buy this beaten sword, five taels of silver. Be careful, it's sharp, put it away. The shopkeeper saw the two boys each holding a sword and gesturing.

"It's too expensive, can it be less?" Lu He asked slowly.

"Which of you wants to buy a sword?" The shopkeeper saw You Xiyun follow in and went out again, and he was also afraid of losing a customer.

"I'm going to buy it. ”

"You, this is a sword, not a child's wooden stick," the shopkeeper despised Lu He, seeing that he was carrying a long stick.

"What eyes are you! gone, don't buy it," Lu He was very angry and pulled Xie Jiang outside. Xie Jiang also looked at these swords, and felt that they were very ordinary, so he followed them out.

"Why didn't you buy it?" You Xiyun asked.

"The sword here is too ugly, let's go to the city and take a look," Lu He said angrily.

The three of them came to Shangsanjiu Street in a leisurely manner, and saw the Furong Building in the distance.

"Shall we go to the Furong Building to have a look?" Lu He came up with another idea.

"Don't do it, let's go find a blacksmith shop, what do you say, Second Brother You?"

"Okay, look at the shop. ”

There is a shop in front, a big 'sword' word hangs outside, a big lacquered wood signboard is horizontal on the door, on which it reads 'Pujia Sword Shop', and when you get closer, it is a weapon shop, with swords, guns, swords and sticks, and some weapons that Xie Jiang has never seen. A slightly chubby man with a hood on his head and a round-necked robe saw the three of them entering the store and immediately greeted them.

"Miss, lose, do the three sons want to take a look at the sword?"

"Yes, how did you know we were going to see the sword," You Xiyun was a little strange.

"Hahaha, the contemptible surname is Pu, you can call me Pugong, dare to ask Gongzi's surname?"

"Under the surname You, this Xie Jiang, this Lu He," You Xiyun was stunned when he suddenly saw this person so polite.

"Can this sword brought by You Gongzi make people look at it?" This man surnamed Pu is very sensitive, and it is estimated that as soon as they came in, they aimed at the You Dragon Sword on You Xiyun's back.

"Under the family heirloom sword, it is inconvenient for outsiders to see. "You Xiyun has been out for so long, and he is also a little vigilant.

"That boy is here to buy a sword?"

"No, it was the two of them who came to see the sword. ”

When the man surnamed Pu saw Xie Jiang and Lu He's dress, his heart was half cold, and then he looked at their age, so he had to say: "Look slowly, call me if you need to." But he walked next to You Xiyun, still thinking about the You Dragon Sword. turned Xie Jiang and the two of them upside down, so many weapons can be seen casually, where can they find such a good thing!

After the two of them rummaged for a long time, their minds fell on the few swords hanging in the store, especially the price that made a few of them gasp. The cheapest sword in it cost five hundred taels of silver. Look carefully at this sword scabbard wrapped with python skin, the head of the sheath is inlaid with gold, a piece of flying jade is hung on the sword spike, the head of the sword is Songyun, the sword is drawn out of the sheath, there is the sound of the dragon's groan, the sword body is snow-white and bright, and there is an inscription 'Longquan' on it, and You Xiyun has seen it.

"Be careful, don't move, let me come!" the man surnamed Pu hurriedly ran over. "Two young masters, look at it, why did you move this sword, this is a sword that sharpens iron like clay, not a toy for you to play with, what if you hurt someone? Don't move, I'll take it." ”

"What kind of sword is this, so expensive?"

"Have you heard of 'Longquan', this is the Longquan sword cast by the fourteenth generation of the Pu family in Jingzhou, and the price of five hundred taels of silver is already very cheap. ”

"And how many are there over here?" Lu He pointed to the more expensive swords in the back.

"You don't have to do it, just look at it. This is a sword built by the generations of the Pu family, but it is the treasure of my store. ”

"This sword was actually sold for two thousand taels, what a robbery!" Lu He saw that the sword was similar to other swords.

"If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense, you look at my brand 'Pujia Sword Shop', my swords here are all real swords cast by the Pu family in Jingzhou, this one is even more amazing, but our old lady cast it. ”

"Is the Jingzhou Pu family specialized in making swords?" Xie Jiang asked casually.

"You guys!" this Boss Pu was very surprised, and then Ma Shan turned his face, "Get out, my sword will not be sold to you!" It seemed that he had been seriously insulted, and several of them were scolded.

The three men were kicked out, some of them a little angry.

"What are you dragging, I won't buy it yet, master!" Lu He was a little angry. It was You Xiyun who laughed.

"Hehe, don't say that people are angry, people have a point!"

"Are their swords famous?" Xie Jiang's face was hot.

"The sword cast by the Pu family in Jingzhou is indeed very famous in the rivers and lakes, and its momentum is only comparable to the Ruan family in the north. I heard that the ancestors of the Pu family were specially cast swords for Zhuge Kongming, and after the fall of Shu, the descendants of the Pu family no longer cast swords, and made iron tools for a living, but the art of casting has been handed down. After the change of dynasty, a descendant of the Pu family reopened the sword casting valley, and the Pu family sword began to circulate in the rivers and lakes, many sects in the rivers and lakes used his sword, and many martial arts swordsmen hoped to have a Pu family sword, especially the sword cast by the descendants of the Pu family was even more coveted. ”

"That's amazing!"

"What if the sword is powerful, you always have to be strong in martial arts," Lu He raised the stick on his shoulder and said to Xie Jiang angrily.

"If you can have a very powerful weapon, you can also be more powerful when you compete with others. ”

"Then his expensive sword is very powerful?"

"That's not it, I can't see the sword," You Xiyun was a little embarrassed at this time, "But there are indeed a few of their swords on the famous sword directory of the rivers and lakes." ”

Xie Jiang really wanted to go back and have a look, but they didn't seem to have any intention of going back, so he didn't want to bring it up, so he had to come and see it later, but the sword was too expensive. At this moment, a girl dressed as a maid in front of them called them out on the street.

"Hey, you guys, over here. ”

"What a delicate girl!"