"I heard that Master Hui Ke, the apprentice of the Bodhidharma Patriarch, is about to come to the temple, and the emperor is bathing and fasting, and he is meeting the master in the Mahavira Treasure Hall. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info" After finishing speaking, Fan hurriedly ran in the direction of the Daxiong Treasure Hall.

"Master, should we go over and have a look?" Fan Yu asked Nameless curiously.

"Why do you want to read it? How is the scripture that Master preached different from the scriptures we see in our daily lives? Alas, what was originally a good place for education has now become a place for chasing fame and fortune. Nameless shook his head, "Let them go, let's go to the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion to copy the scriptures, if the things assigned to us by the abbot are not done well when the Patriarch Nadharma arrives, isn't it our fault?"

"What the master said is very true, Ziming will follow the master to copy the scriptures. Fan Yu thought that Nameless was right, so he happily followed Nameless into the Scripture Pavilion.

At this time, He Chen was entering Tongtai Temple with the civil and military officials, and he stayed at the gate of the temple for a long time, wanting to wait for the family member who sent the letter to Fan Yuncheng to bring back the news. After more than half an hour, the Ding Fang came to He Chen out of breath: "Hui, Hui He, Lord Fan, is not in Dali Temple today, he, he went out." ”

"Went out, where did he go?" He Chen asked anxiously.

"I don't know, I just heard from a Master Huo that I went to some blacksmith shop. "That family Ding also felt a little strange, this Master Fan had nothing to do, what did he do in the blacksmith shop.

"Doesn't he know that Master Hui Ke is going to Tongtai Temple today?" He Chen was very anxious, this Master Hui Ke was the first disciple of the Bodhidharma Patriarch, if Fan Yuncheng followed the hundred officials into the temple, he would have the opportunity to meet Fan Yu, He Chen thought to himself, how can he not prioritize things.

"If you look for it again, you must find Master Fan!" He Chen ordered.

"Yes, Lord He!" the family didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly went down the mountain to find Fan Yuncheng.

In a blacksmith shop on the southern outskirts of the capital, Fan Yuncheng and Zhang Zhenyue were standing in the blacksmith shop sweating profusely, watching the blacksmith master in the shop build utensils.

Fan Yuncheng fought all the experts inside and outside the capital, and finally found this master of ironsmithing in the southern suburbs of the city. It's just that he has been here four or five times, and this master Gao only cares about his own work every time, and ignores this scholar who comes to his shop every day and asks questions.

Fan Yuncheng has read a few books on smelting these days, and he also went to Lord Ren Fang, and borrowed a lot of books on geography and minerals, and he has some confidence in this casting technique, but how to make it still needs to be observed.

The master who struck iron wiped the sweat from his forehead, picked up the bowl on the table and drank a large bowl of water, only then did he remember Fan Yuncheng who was standing aside, and he was also sweating at this time. He poured a bowl of water and handed it over, "Drink it." ”

Fan Yun took the bowl after thanking him, drank it lightly, and handed it to Zhang Zhenyue: "Zhenyue, drink the water." ”

"Hey. Zhang Zhenyue was not polite, and after taking it, he drank a fine drink, and then shouted: "This master, can you pour another bowl of water." ”

"The kettle is over there, pour it yourself. Master Gao didn't look at the bowl handed over, and began to get busy with the work at hand again.

"An ironworker, it's such a big shelf. Zhang Zhenyue couldn't help muttering.

Fan Yuncheng shook his head at him: "Don't be rude!"

Master Gao threw away the objects in his hand and walked in front of Fan Yuncheng: "I said this master, you have been here with me for a few days, and you don't say what you want to do, and you don't say that you want to leave, just soak in my blacksmith shop every day, it's a hot day outside, and there's a big stove inside, aren't you looking for guilt?"

Fan Yuncheng came to his blacksmith shop, and it was the first time he heard him take the initiative to speak to him, so he was naturally overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said, "Master Gao, I came to see with my own eyes the process of making these objects, and I don't dare to disturb Master's work." ”

Master Gao looked at him puzzled: "Do you look good when I strike iron? You have been watching it for five or six days in a row, aren't you too depressed?"

Fan Yuncheng shook his head, and Master Gao then asked, "Then don't you think it's hot here?"

"Ah---- this, the heat can be tolerated, but I have some questions, and I want to ask Master. ”

Master Gao looked at the work in his hand, nodded and said, "I don't have much work today, if you have anything to say, just ask, if you ask what you want, please leave me early, okay?"

"Thank you so much, Master! When casting copper and iron, this smelting level is the most crucial, and there are many things that I don't understand, and I hope that Master will give you detailed guidance. ”

Master Gao looked at Fan Yuncheng in front of him in confusion: "What you said was obtained from books, right?"

Fan Yuncheng nodded: "Exactly, I just saw that Master Gao doesn't have those initial ores and materials that need to be smelted here, I wonder if Master Gao can tell me that you don't have those materials, how to smelt those hoes, iron stalks, plowshares and these knives?" Fan Yuncheng talked about what he had observed over the past few days.

"Well, those things you said are under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and we ordinary people don't dare to use them casually. The materials I used to create these objects were also bought from the government, so I basically don't need to refine them myself---- but ----" Master Gao approached Fan Yuncheng's side and whispered, "Sometimes, I will also refine some ores here. ”

"Oh, what kind of ore can be smelted here?" Fan Yuncheng perked up when he heard this.

"It's hard to say, sometimes we can smelt some iron ore, sometimes we can smelt some copper ore, and most of the lime is also fired by ourselves----" Master Gao suddenly stopped as he spoke, and he saw a man who looked like a family man breaking into his blacksmith shop.

The family's clothes were soaked with sweat, and he was surprised when he saw Fan Yuncheng: "Lord Fan, I can be regarded as looking for you, you said that you have no news when you go out, and I am looking for it all over the capital, and these two legs are almost unable to drag." ”

Fan Yuncheng didn't expect that he would call out his name as soon as he came in, and he didn't want to expose his identity in front of the iron master here, but he couldn't hide it at this time. When Master Gao heard that this Ding opened his mouth and called him Master Fan, his big face became extremely ugly, and he couldn't imagine that this old man, who had been lying in his shop, was actually an official.

"What are you looking for ---- me?" Fan Yuncheng had to ask.

"All the officials in the court have gone to Tongtai Temple, and I heard that it is Master Huike, the eldest disciple of the Bodhidharma Patriarch, who has arrived at Tongtai Temple. Lord He wants to inform you that you should hurry up and go to Tongtai Temple. Jia Ding hurriedly said.

Fan Yuncheng suddenly remembered that his senior brother had said before that Patriarch Bodhidharma was going to come to Daliang to preach Buddhism and publicize the Diamond Sutra, the treasure of Zen Buddhism, and let him enter Tongtai Temple together so that he could go to see his youngest son Fan Yu.

More than half a load has passed, Fan Yuncheng can't wait for this day, so he put the matter down, he didn't think that he would be able to see his son today, he thought of this, he was also extremely excited, turned his head to Zhang Zhenyue and said: "You and continue to talk to Master Gao here, I will go to Tongtai Temple." ”

"My lord, I'd better go with you. Zhang Zhenyue remembered General Wei's entrustment before leaving, no matter what the situation, he must protect Fan Yuncheng.

"Okay, let's go together. Fan Yuncheng couldn't care about anything else at this time, so he pulled his legs and ran out.

Master Gao in the blacksmith shop, looking at Fan Yuncheng's figure gradually running away, hurriedly walked into the blacksmith shop, and said to the apprentice with a sledgehammer: "Hurry up and pack up the guys and let's go, it seems that this capital can't stay anymore." ”

"Master, we have only been in the capital for less than a year, why do we pack up our things and leave?" the apprentice was puzzled.

"It's a court official who hasn't left the shop for the past few days, I don't know why he's eyeing us, don't leave at this time, I'm afraid I can't leave when I want to go. ”

"But---- but Master, we are doing some small business in this capital, and we haven't done anything illegal, why are we leaving?"

Master Gao said while packing up his things: "It's not that we have something, I'm afraid that things will find us." ”

When the apprentice heard this, he was also extremely anxious, and hurriedly helped the master pack his things and prepare to leave.

At this time, Fan Yuncheng didn't know the situation of the master and apprentice in the blacksmith shop who turned around and left, and he couldn't wait to step into Tongtai Temple at this time to visit his son.

Zhang Zhenyue, who was following him, stepped in front of him with a few jumps: "Master Fan, what are we going to Tongtai Temple for?"

Fan Yuncheng's footsteps were a little hesitant, he didn't know how to tell him, he understood the eagerness of a father to see his son.

"My lord, there is one more thing I have never understood, why is the blacksmith shop so important?"

Fan Yuncheng stopped and gasped for breath: "Lord Zhang---- among the old files we have seen recently, there are ---- many mines in states and counties that have been mined privately, and --- remember this." ”

"Remember, so what?"

Fan Yuncheng wiped the sweat from his face: "Don't you think this matter is very strange? This incident has occurred in Bingzhou, Yizhou, Yongzhou and other places, and the ore is different in each place. ”

"What's the difference?" Zhang Zhenyue became more and more confused the more he listened.

"What does it mean that copper, iron, tin, lead, and other ores have been stolen?"

"yes, what's the problem?"

Fan Yuncheng paused again, he paused for a moment before saying, "If you want to forge weapons, these ores are indispensable. ”

Zhang Zhenyue was shocked in his heart: "Yes, Master Fan, these things are put together to be the materials needed for weapon casting. ”

"These things started ten years ago, and if we don't take the time to find out these things, I'm afraid that things will really be irreparable. "If you don't find out the mastermind in time, I'm afraid that there will be a catastrophe in Daliang at that time, which is what Fan Yuncheng is most worried about at this time.

"What's the matter, sir?" Zhang Zhenyue already had the answer in his heart, but he was afraid to admit that the answer in his heart, if he really said it, he was afraid that it would be----

"Of course, someone wants to rebel!" Fan Yuncheng looked at Zhang Zhenyue and preached word by word.