Chapter 15: The Iron Cloak
Zhou Cai was alone and walked towards his house. It wasn't a long way to go, and he hadn't finished walking for a long time.
Today's incident completely overturned his original plan, he wanted to buy Mrs. Hu's teahouse and hand it over to the family to operate, with her reputation accumulated over the years, the business will definitely be very good, so that he can make money while lying in bed, and he can also take the opportunity to envelop Cai Ergou (the head of the splash).
Killing two birds with one stone, this plan is simply perfect, and he can't help but give himself a big thumbs up!
But I never expected that what I saw was about to come to pass, but a little evil star ran out halfway, and I actually knocked over several of my "battle-hardened" brothers with a big effort!
And the weight of this kid is also the only one he has seen in his life.
He also invested a lot of money in these people, and invited a few people to eat and drink when he had nothing to do on weekdays, and he also played a lot of prestige by relying on them. But from now on, there is no need to think about such beautiful things anymore.
What's worse is that he has to pay the old woman 500 yuan. At that time, in order to leave early, he promised happily, but now he is a little blind, and he can't find so much money after rummaging through his pockets inside and out.
There was really no way, so he could only go home and ask his wife for it. As for the debt, this thought only flashed through his mind for a moment, and he threw it away. Although he didn't want to admit it, he was really afraid of the child.
His instincts told him that what the kid had threatened him was true. If he doesn't lose money, he'll really break his hands and feet!
But in this way, there is still a problem that needs to be solved - forcibly seizing the teahouse of Mrs. Hu, which he has not yet told his family!
He originally wanted to surprise his father and mother when it was done. Now it seems that there may be surprise, and the joy must be gone. That's why he's hesitant to move forward on his doorstep.
But no matter how long the delay could not solve the problem, Zhou Cai finally gritted his teeth and walked into the house, looking sad like a martyr who was about to die bravely.
Half an hour later.
A rough and piercing cry like killing a pig came from the Zhouji shop: "'Bang', little rabbit, what are you talking about, five hundred yuan ......"
Passers-by subconsciously frowned, far away from this store, not knowing what kind of crazy the famous shrew in the street was.
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In Zhou Ji's store, Zhou Cai's mother, who is also the actual owner of this store, Zhou Wu, was pointing at her son with her fat finger at this time, covering her chest with her other hand, and she was speechless for a while. The bed was on his knees with a clear red mark on the left side of his face, apparently just been slapped in the face.
Zhou Wu was in a good mood this morning, and her husband had been at home with him for the past few days, and he didn't go out to knock on the widow's door. Unexpectedly, his son ran home and gave himself bad news. She never thought that if she didn't pay attention, this evil obstacle would make a big thing.
The son said that he wanted to take down the old immortal teahouse, okay! She didn't object, but look at this thing, and in the end, it was disturbed by a stinky child. Not to mention nothing, but to pay money to the other party at home, it is simply a scarred eye dreaming of marrying Xi Shi - I want to be beautiful!
This matter is not over, Zhou Wu secretly gritted her teeth, she dressed up briefly, and went out to her sister's house.
Behind her, Zhou Cai, who was kneeling on the ground, looked at his mother's back and opened his mouth, but said nothing. He knew that his mother had gone out to find his aunt. My sister married the county lieutenant as a concubine, which has always been her proudest thing.
He wanted to remind his mother to be careful of the child, but he also knew that his mother would not care.
Yes, a child, even if he can fight very well, how can he still dare to beat the county lieutenant!
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On the other hand, Cheng Kun successfully helped Fan Gang take revenge, and indirectly helped Aunt Hu solve the trouble, and by the way, he also moved his muscles and bones, and he was in a good mood for a while.
Fan Gang now admires Cheng Kun and says to Cheng Kun: "Xiao Kun, I still owe you a meal, I invite you to Cuihua Building, this is the best restaurant in Xinfeng City." ”
Cheng Kun shook his head and refused: "Don't be so expensive, didn't you invite me to eat Aunt Hu's buns, that's enough." Wait, I'm going to see my future master. ”
Fan Gang had already heard Cheng Kun say that he entered the city this time to learn martial arts, and knew that this was a big deal. I want to thank Xiao Kun for making a move, and there will be more opportunities in the future, so I won't say more.
The two separated, Fan Gang still had to help his father deliver meat, and Cheng Kun returned home, today was the day he and his father agreed to go to apprenticeship, and he couldn't wait.
When Cheng Zhen saw his son, he didn't say any nonsense, and directly led him towards the west of the city, introducing as he went: "The master I found for you is surnamed Tang and named Zhong." In his early years, he joined the Dingshan Army, served as a personal soldier under General Peng, and made meritorious contributions on the battlefield to be a captain. It's a pity that this guy has a lazy personality and is full of untimeliness, and later offended people, and his achievements were erased, but fortunately, General Peng came forward to save him, so he quit the army and returned to Xinfeng City to open an arms shop. ”
Cheng Kun listened, and gradually sketched in his heart the image of a master who was born poor but had arrogant bones, offended the powerful and finally retired to his hometown.
At the same time, what surprised him even more was the other person mentioned by his father just now, General Peng. In Youzhou, find a random person, maybe he doesn't know who the saint is today, but he must know that the general of the Great Chu Town, Tiange Hou Pengyuan, this is a living legend.
Twenty-three years ago, the previous Emperor Chu Huai died suddenly, and the then crown prince Xiang Liang quickly swept away the turmoil in Kyoto, succeeded to the throne, and set the year name "Yuanwu".
At that time, the Xiongnu took advantage of the instability in the country and led the troops to attack, and Xiang Liang drove the expedition in person and broke the enemy army. In this war, Peng Yuan, as the vanguard of the army, killed the enemy without calculation, and was clothed with several wounds, which also made the world know this man with a sharp temperament for the first time.
In the time since, Peng Yuan has been sitting on the border of Youzhou, repelling every attack of the Huns, and thus becoming the protector of everyone in Youzhou.
He didn't expect that his master's background was so big, and he was even more curious about him.
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Cheng Kun followed his father through most of the city and came to the armory shop in the west of the city.
He glanced up and was a little embarrassed. Because this armory shop doesn't even have a minimum signboard, and the lighting is not very good, standing outside and looking into the store, there is a deep darkness, which makes people feel like a black store no matter how you look at it.
Cheng Zhen didn't care about what his son complained about, and directly pushed open the door and walked in.
There were still no customers in the store today, but Tang Zhong was not sleeping on a chair, but standing in front of all kinds of weapons placed in the store, playing carefully, with a focused expression. When Cheng Zhen came in, he was holding a ring-headed knife about five feet long. Cheng Zhen recognized at a glance that this was an imitation of the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow.
Seeing the two of them come in, Tang Zhong didn't care about Cheng Zhen, but set his eyes behind him, and when he saw Cheng Kun standing behind his father clearly, there was a look of understanding in his eyes.
Because he had already said it before, Cheng Zhen didn't say anything more, and said directly to Tang Zhong: "I have already brought my son over, if there is any test, you can take it out now." ”
Tang Zhong also nodded and said to Cheng Kun, "Come with me." Randomly turned around and took a few steps inside, opening a door.
Cheng Kun followed him to the back of the door, and as soon as he opened the door, a wave of heat hit his face, making him subconsciously squint his eyes. After getting used to it a little, he opened his eyes, and in front of him was a small courtyard of about 100 square meters, and in the middle of the courtyard was a blacksmith furnace, next to which was charcoal, iron ore and clean water, and the charcoal in the furnace was burning brightly, and the temperature of the whole courtyard had risen a lot.
Tang Zhong took out a forging hammer from the corner and handed it to Cheng Kun with a serious expression: "There is only one kind of kung fu I know, and that is the martial arts of my Great Chu Army, not to mention the hard work of this kung fu cultivation, and the most important physique, it is purely a waste of time for people who are not strong in physique to practice this technique." What I asked you to do is also very simple, now, you take this hammer and forge the upper blade on the stove, and hold on as long as possible. ”
Cheng Kun took the forging hammer, stood beside the iron furnace, waved his arm, and began to hit the knife embryo hard.
"Bang", "Bang", "Bang"
The sound of heavy metal clashing sounded rhythmically, and sparks burst out from time to time.
Tang Zhong stood aside, watching quietly, silently counting the number of times Cheng Kun swung the hammer in his heart. After ten times, he nodded secretly, then twenty times, thirty times......
Half an hour later, his face changed slightly.
He originally thought that as long as Cheng Kun could forge for about a quarter of an hour, he would be qualified and accept this apprentice. Because he accidentally bumped into Cheng Kun yesterday, he had already seen that Cheng Kun had a foundation in him, and it was also very suitable for his kung fu. Therefore, as long as Cheng Kun's performance is not too bad today, he will definitely accept this apprentice.
I didn't expect Cheng Kun to hold on for so long, and he didn't look like he was going to stop at all, the speed of the beating was not fast or slow, and the rhythm ran throughout, which was a bit scary.
If you ask Cheng Kun how to build weapons, he has seven tricks and six tricks - none of them. But he knew very well that what Tang San wanted was not a blacksmith apprentice, all he had to do was show his advantages. It doesn't matter if you don't know how to forge, as long as you have enough strength!
The muscles of the arm are the most used by ordinary people when swinging a hammer, and each of his hammers is full body force, the strength is stronger and more stable, not to mention, the time of muscle fatigue has also been greatly delayed, these details are hidden under his clothes, Tang San didn't understand, naturally he was surprised by Cheng Kun's performance.
After another half an hour, Cheng Kun finally stopped, because the furnace fire had been extinguished, and there was no point in forging again.
Tang Zhong stepped forward and looked at the forged knife embryo, as he expected, this knife was considered a waste, and the shape of the original knife could no longer be seen, and it had become an irregular mass of iron. But he also noticed that the volume of the iron was much smaller than before, and the color was darker, and it had been forged by Cheng Kun for an hour, and it had been "refined into steel".
He looked at Cheng Kun, was silent for a while, and said, "From today onwards, call me master." ”