Chapter 5: The New Sword and Ink Blade

"But I don't know if these two metals are sold in the city?" asked Liu Xu.

"There is no one in the city, but I have it. The stocky man said.

"You have here!?" Liu Xu looked stunned, not quite convinced.

The man entered the house and reappeared a moment later with two wooden boxes in his arms.

Liu Xu took it and opened it to see that Mo Jin and Xuanmu Jingjin were not suspicious.

"What is the price of these two pieces of metal?" asked Liu Xu Shi Ran.

"One gold and a thousand taels of silver, but nothing is forged!" replied the man.

"How much silver is the total amount of silver?"

"It's hard to say! You pay a deposit of 2,000 taels first, and if the sword is broken, you don't take a penny, if the sword is in excellent condition, you don't care. The stocky man said.

"Okay, when are you going to get the sword?"

"The sword will be completed in four days. The man assured.

"But I still have one more thing to ask. ”

"You start with that. The short and fat man looked at Liu Xu with a slight change in his gaze.

"With a new sword scabbard, I want to set up a dark pavilion. Liu Xu said.

"I don't know what's in it?"

"A strand of black hair. Liu Xu took out his hair from his arms.

Shi Ran, a middle-aged man, smiled and replied, "It's a trivial matter. ”

"It's a deposit. Liu Xu took four silver tickets and handed them over.

The man took it and agreed to take the sword in four days.

When he returned to the inn that day, Liu Xu was depressed for a while.

Because he suddenly found that the silver taels on his body were not enough.

On weekdays, a meal, even if the table is full of wine and meat, it will not cost two taels of silver.

But today he reforged a sword, and it cost two thousand taels.

And that's just the deposit.

The silver ticket that Yue Jinghong gave him was long gone.

He had to find some way to make money.

Just as he was full of ambition, the notice on the wall caught his eye.

Liu Xu didn't look at anything else, but he saw two hundred taels of silver.

Immediately came the interest.

With some joy, he perused it.

Learns that this is a bounty notice from the government and arrests a thief named Scud.

Liu Xu walked along the wall again, and saw more notices.

and even more, the bounty is five hundred.

He can't do other ways to make money, but this one is suitable, so he made up his mind and planned more.

In the afternoon of the same day, Liu Xu entered the pear orchard and ordered three pots of tea.

Sixty taels of silver were spent.

Evening business is approaching.

He was at the West Chambers Bridge and met a man.

The two met in a narrow way.

Liu Xu smiled and took out the notice from his arms, he was afraid of recognizing the wrong person.

"You are the hairy thief He Chun?" asked Liu Xu holding the notice.

The word Scud, because he was called a Flying Thief late at night.

The young man on the other side immediately became angry.

Who walks on the road does not have a three-point temperament?

Therefore, he took action on the spot.

His light skills were extraordinary, and he was already close to the front of the bounce, and at the same time a strong punch slammed into Liu Xu.

But Liu Xu did not move.

When the fist came, he was able to take a false step.

Then his steps turned, and he threw his back foot and kicked towards He Chun's door.

As soon as the connoisseur makes a move, he will know if there is one!

He Chun was taken aback, this kick came out, he knew that he was not an opponent.

Therefore, he immediately turned over to dodge, and at the same time retreated.

He can't do kung fu in boxing, but he is confident in his legs and feet.

If he runs, he thinks that there are few people in the world who can stop him.

But he was wrong.

Compared with speed, he is not as good as Liu Xu.

When he kicked on his back, Liu Xu's hand had already moved.

He combined his two fingers, as fast as he could, and pointed at the other's chest.

There is true qi in the two fingers, and if it is in the body, it will be hit hard.

He Chun didn't dare to underestimate him.

He turned around, trying to dodge.

But it didn't work.

I can hide from my chest, but I can't hide from my shoulder.

Liu Xu's finger suddenly hit the other party's shoulder.

The pressure on his shoulders made He Chun shocked.

Because the force is too heavy.

In an instant, he was knocked over and fell to the ground.

This man is too strong.

The next moment, Liu Xu was a little funny, he took out the hemp rope, trapped the person's hands, and then pinched the young man's face, and took the notice again.

He was afraid of being wrong.

Otherwise, two hundred taels of silver will be in the soup.

Trapping the man, he led the rope to the next location.

It's also a place of tranquility.

It's just a dry house.

Liu Xu knocked on the door.

The knocking action and the sound produced are a little weird, because the house is a dry house, and the door is a rotten door, so there is no need to knock.

But someone came and knocked, indicating that he knew that there was someone inside.

When the man inside woke up, he slept very lightly, because he was a fugitive, and he hardly slept at night.

After three knocks, Liu Xu led He Chun in.

He tied the man to a dead tree and pulled out the notice.

Xu is a bit of a notice, he flipped through it for a long time before he found it.

Then he looked up at the man opposite.

"Not bad!" he said.

The scene was comical at one point.

"I've killed seventeen people. "That's human.

"Hmm. Liu Xu nodded, his expression unconcerned.

The next moment, the somewhat unkempt looking man on the opposite side made a move.

In the dim darkness of the night, he drew a bright knife.

The beard has not been shaved for a long time, and the robe has not been changed for a long time, but he wipes this knife every day.

In an instant, the knife came, and the wind was fierce, hitting people's faces cold.

Liu Xu moved, and the ghost shadow flew away, which was very different.

A knife fell, and the two did not touch, because Liu Xu was no longer under the knife.

And behind the man.

A knife missed, drew the knife and came again, facing Liu Xu behind him.

Liu Xu stepped up, dodging, and at the same time attacked with a punch.

This punch is domineering and unmistakable.

The man holding the knife couldn't react in time, and blocked it with a flat knife in both hands.

But that knife is not enough to see!

Whoa!

There was a tremor, and the bright steel knife actually broke.

Liu Xu's fist fell on the opponent's chest.

Xu is strength is too heavy, and with a poof, the man spurted out a mouthful of red blood, which was not gorgeous.

In just three moves, the strong man was defeated as scheduled.

Liu Xu untied the rope and tied the two together.

Take the rope and go to the next location.

He bought three pieces of news from the teahouse, but the third one was not true.

In the place of information, they kept watch all night, but no one was seen.

It's normal to think about it, and the intelligence will eventually fail.

Following.

The day dawned.

Liu Xu led the two to the front of the yafu.

The officials came to open the door of the hall, and they still rubbed their eyes, and the two big criminals were arrested.

Liu Xu received the reward and left happily.

But he didn't let him catch it, and he had to ask for a name.

Liu Xu didn't hide it, and hugged his fists to say Mei Qinghan.

He returned to the inn, rested for a few hours, and in the afternoon, he entered the pear orchard.

Listen to ventriloquism, watch performances, and drink new tea.

The next morning, he rode south.

Until forty miles out of the southern city, he happened to encounter a nest of thieves.

It was not a coincidence, he came to the cottage, and the big bandits in the village did not escape, so he met him.

There are many people on the other side, no less than dozens, but there are only two people who have a silver reward.

Combined, it is only seven hundred taels.

So he pointed to the two family members, "The others can leave, and you two stay." ”

Everyone looked at him like fools.

Then the next moment, he moved.

A punch struck, and everyone became fools.

Looks stupid.

This man is irresistible!

Everybody knows.

Because of this punch, the cottage door was blown down.

Everyone fled.

Except for the two masters.

Because he couldn't escape, he was dragged by Liu Xu's Qiang horse at this moment and entered Xijie City.

If this is the case, three or four days have passed, and Changzhou is going to commit a crime, and the people are panicking.

Because there was a young man surnamed Mei, who had a hemp rope and led a string of prisoners into the net.

The notice in front of the city wall is decreasing day by day.

It's scary to think about!

On the fourth day, Liu Xu came to Yuhuo Village in the east of the city and took the sword according to the agreement.

He had courtesy, hugged his fists and said: "Craftsman, I don't know if it becomes a sword?"

"The sword is ready, but if you want to get the sword, you still need two thousand taels of sword casting costs. The middle-aged man was not tall, and his tone was cold.

Two thousand taels?

"I have nothing to say about the deposit, but is the cost of two thousand taels of sword casting a bit high?" Liu Xu was slightly angry.

I felt that this master craftsman was deliberately tricking him.

Because they do not make money, they do not know the value of silver.

In the past few days, he has arrested dozens of people and traveled around to get 2,000 taels of silver tickets.

But this fat swordsmith asked him for a clean one mouth.

Liu Xu even had some doubts about whether he knew the amount of silver taels on his body.

But the next moment, the fat man came out of the house with a sword.

"You look at the sword first, and then you talk about the price. The man said.

Liu Xu took it, feeling slightly heavy.

The scabbard is very beautiful, the sheath is peaceful, and it is connected with the sword, blending like one.

And there is a dragon pattern, delicate and delicate, lifelike.

The most important thing is that the style is very high and does not enter the customs.

Liu Xu held the sheath in his left hand and gently drew the long sword with his right hand.

Boom!

As soon as the sword came out of its sheath, there was an immediate sound of sword groaning in the ears, loud and crisp.

Liu Xu rejoiced.

However, when the sword body withdrew inch by inch from the field of vision, Liu Xu's gaze suddenly began to change.

"This..."Liu Xu looked at the craftsman, trembling a little.

Because except for the blade, the body of the sword is completely black, as if dyed with ink.

And there is no more anger, holding it in your hand, only the right hand.

What makes a good sword in the world?

The first hand is held up, nothing else, only the right hand, only the heart, it is a good sword.

It seemed that the feeling of holding it was excellent, and Liu Xu couldn't bear to let go for a while.

After a moment, flip the sword over to the other side.

See the word Mo Feng.

"Mo Feng..."Liu Xu muttered, and for a while, his face was even more happy.

"I don't forge nameless swords. The fat craftsman said at this time.

"Okay! The word Mo Feng alone is worth the price. Liu Xu was overjoyed.

Then he rummaged through his whole body and made up two thousand taels of silver to deliver.

Almost penniless, he returned to West Street City.

But Liu Xu felt a little relieved in his heart.

for this sword answers his heart.

Mo Feng should also be Mei Qinghan.

He re-entered the pear orchard and kept watch all night before making an order.

Thinking that no one dared to commit a crime, two days later, Liu Xu rode a Qiangdi horse and carried the Mofeng sword all the way north out of Changzhou.

To the north of Changzhou, Cangzhou is Cangzhou.

One word is just a difference, and the earth is turned upside down.

Changzhou is wide, hundreds of miles of Qinchuan, and Cangzhou is lonely, full of mountains.

So the road, it's not easy to walk.

The weather was cold, and the horses were tired.

In a day, it is not more than a few dozen miles at most.

There are fewer inns along the way, and there is not a single person for dozens of miles.

Moreover, there is not much money left on his body, and he does not dare to choose a first-class room even if he lives in a hotel.

Because of this land, where to catch thieves?

After more than ten miles, the sun was twilight, and Liu Xu approached a town.

The town is called Panlong Town, and the population is gradually increasing, and it is relatively prosperous.

Liu Xu planned to rest for two days, one to rest and recuperate, and the other to get some hurrying entanglement.

Therefore, after entering the city, he found an inn to stay in, ate some satisfying food, and fell asleep.