Chapter Ninety-Six: The Ancient Town of Mokou Zuo's Iron Tools
"Le Daxia, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for us to offend the government like this, right?" Granny Meng held the window tightly in the carriage, and supported the mercy of the sky with one hand. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Le Lai drove the carriage and waved the whip and shouted: "Don't worry. "Over this mountain, at the mouth of the border town over there, I know a man in the rivers and lakes, who is righteous and makes friends with heroes from all walks of life. Everything will be fine with him. Min Tian covered his chest, his lips turned white and said, "What about Sister Wushuang?" Le Lai laughed: "You have already entered Beijing with my brother Asi, right?" After saying this, Le Lai muttered to himself in confusion: "It's strange to say, you went out together that day, I don't know why Concubine Shuniang prepared her own carriage and sent a letter to General Asi to set off immediately." Granny Meng replied casually: "That's still a big life, otherwise there will be a fire, this lady's concubine is a precious life, and Governor Yin's family can't afford to pay for it." Le Lai was silent and continued to wave his horsewhip. Granny Meng comforted: "You are Sister Wushuang, I'm afraid you have already entered Beijing at this time." You don't have to worry about her, you take care of yourself. ”
Seeing that the carriage was slowly stopping, Granny Meng walked to the front and asked, "Have you arrived?" Le Lai pointed to the stone village in front of her and said, "This is it, but I don't know if the eldest brother of the Zuo family is still there, and I have only had a relationship with him." Granny Meng saw that this ancient village had been built for a long time, and the folk customs were simple, and there were many children chasing chickens and ducks at the entrance of the village, and some women were shaking buds on their houses. Le Lai also sighed: "A rare and pure place." Granny Meng also agreed: "That's true, there is no disturbance from the rivers and lakes outside, and I am happy to have an acre of land here." Min Tian weakly lifted the curtain and looked out of the window: "Where is this?" Granny Meng hurriedly pulled the window curtain: "Your body is weak, don't be frightened." The three of them walked around a few streets and alleys in the town, and finally walked to a shop called 'Zuo's Iron Shop', Le Lai pointed to the door plaque and said: "This is it!" Saying that, swaggering into the inner hall, I saw a big man in the hall wearing cloth clothes and bare shoulders, who was holding a hammer to smash the freshly burned iron, Le Lai shouted happily: "Brother Zuo!" This Zuo also looked back suddenly, and saw Le Lai coming with a smile, he dropped the hammer and iron tools in his hand and immediately hugged Le Lai:" Brother Le, why do you have time to come to my poor country?" Le Lai pointed to Min Tian and Granny Meng beside him and said, "These two are close friends of Mr. Materia Medica, and they have to take this rugged path to get out of the customs because of some trouble on the road. Zuo pointed to Mintian and asked, "What's wrong with this little brother?" Le Lai said: "It's just that I felt cold on the road, so I don't care." Seeing that there were guests at home, Zuo put down the work in his hand and said: "I'm a rough man, and I don't usually prepare to eat at home, so Brother Le waited for me to go to the wine shop to get a pot of good wine and weigh a few catties of loose beef." As he spoke, he threw his turban on the table and went to the door.
Le Lai picked up the weapons on the table and looked at them one by one, and said repeatedly: "What a good guy! I didn't expect to see each other in just a few years, and this Zuo brother also relied on his unique skills to earn a living." Granny Meng hesitated a little in her eyes, first helped Min Tian to the table and sat down, and carefully looked at the weapons placed in the room, including short swords and spears, and each weapon was printed with the word 'left' on the handle or handle of the gun. Le Lai smiled and took the short sword in Granny Meng's hand and said: "These weapons are the same size, it seems that he has taken a big business!" Granny Meng asked: "Looking at the peace in the village, where did the chaos come from? Why did he make these weapons with his surname engraved on them?" Le Lai also felt strange, so he took out a small dart hidden in his sleeve and handed it to Granny Meng: "Please see that this delicate dart is also from Brother Zuo's hand, but there is nothing engraved on it." Granny Meng put down her weapon and turned around to help Min Tian and was about to leave, and Le Lai followed to the door. Suddenly bumped into Zuo's who had just come back from drinking, Zuo asked, "Mother-in-law, where are you going in a hurry?" Le Lai smiled and took the wine and food in Zuo's hand: "Mother-in-law is going to the car to get some clothes for Brother Mintian." When Zuo heard this, he quickly glared at his eyebrows and said: "If my brother thinks that this stove is not prosperous, even if you add charcoal fire, you will be kept warm here." ”
Granny Meng saw that it was really difficult to get out in front of her, so she had to take one step at a time, go to the car and get a thick cloak and put it on Min Tian, and then helped him to the house and sat down. At this time, Zuo had already set up the wine and food, waved his hand and said: "Mother-in-law and Brother Mintian don't have to be polite, just eat, Brother Le's friends are my friends, and there are not so many rules in my place." Le Lai walked to the door, closed the door and said, "Brother Mintian is afraid of this cold wind, so I will close the door first." Zuo smiled and wiped the wine bowl with his clothes, and filled the wine jug with it: "Little brother first salute my mother-in-law and Brother Le, you have come from afar and I don't have good wine and good food to entertain here, I hope you don't be surprised." Le Lai patted Zuo's shoulder and said, "Brother Zuo, where are you talking, I have always regarded you as a brother." Let's do this bowl first, and my mother-in-law can't drink alcohol, so I'll drink it for the time being. Zuo hurriedly held the wine bowl and said, "Since they are all my own brothers, I won't see you." Just treat this place as your own home, I'll bring you a few quilts for a while, and at night the kang will be let for your mother-in-law and Brother Mintian to sleep on, and you and I will lay on the ground. Le Lai laughed out loud: "Okay! ”
Seeing that the last drop of wine in this wine jug was dried, Zuo was about to go out to sell wine again, but was dragged back by Le Lai: "You and my brother have drunk to their heart's content today, and we will drink it again another day, but my brother has something to ask you." Zuo sat on the ground with swaying steps and pointed at Le Lai and said, "Although the elder brother asks, the younger brother knows everything." Le Laidao tilted his head and asked: "I saw that your kid liked Mei Aoxue in Meiling a few years ago, why didn't I see you marry back for a long time?" Speaking of this, as if inserting a knife into Zuo's heart, Zuo beat his chest and pointed to the weapons in the room and said: "Look! These weapons were prepared by her father, if I can't build a good weapon, I won't agree to my marriage with Gu Niang." Le Lai grabbed a short sword casually and looked at it: "No wonder there is your engraved 'left' character on each hilt." Zuo laughed: "Brother Le, it is better to say that I married his eldest lady of Meiling, but it is better to say that I am an inverted door." Since then, there have been no Zuo's weapons on the rivers and lakes, only Meiling forging iron shop. ”
Le Lai was very sympathetic to the rugged man in front of him, although he did not blink his eyes because of the bleeding from his severed head, but because the Aoxue girl in Meiling cried dry tears. Granny Meng covered her mouth and wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, Le Lai interrupted: "Brother, don't panic first, brother help you find a way." Why does Meiling need so many weapons now?" Zuo patted his ass and got up, walked to Le Lai's side, leaned into his ear and covered his hand and muttered quietly: "This Meiling has been very strange recently, the snow-capped mountains have melted, the trees have sprouted, and even the endless spring at the foot of Changbai Mountain, which has not been melted all year round, is now a clear spring, and moss can be seen at the bottom of the spring. Later, I heard from the hunters who were hunting in the mountains that they had recently seen a strange ginseng plant in the mountains, and only one person saw it in the mountains in the middle of the night when he walked on the mountain road, and I heard that this ginseng has a red gem on its head, which can illuminate all dark places at night, and as long as the ginseng passes, the ice and snow will melt and everything will recover. Later, when the owner of Meiling Village heard the news, he sent people to block the entire Meiling, and also sent many masters in the rivers and lakes to catch this little spiritual object, but they found nothing. When Granny Meng heard such a description, she already knew in her heart that the things that the owner of Mei Zhuang was looking for were also the medicine that the senior brother of Compassion was looking for.