Chapter 45: The Gift of the Sword

It's been a long time since I've been drinking, maybe it's because of the injury that Yi Weiyi's resistance to alcohol has decreased, and there was a big drunk yesterday evening, which made Yi Weiyi's head a little dizzy when he got up early the next morning.

At this time, the sky was already white, Yi Weiyi got up from the bed with a bone, he suddenly remembered a conversation between Zuo Mingfa and Tang Jingyao under the ancient locust tree, that earth-shattering conspiracy made him shudder, and three groups of words quickly flashed in his mind, Luo Yuemei, Xiyue League, and Lingsu Villa.

It rained in the second half of the night, and the moisture in the air increased significantly, which made the air a little heavy, the sky became very low, and the mood was painted with a gloomy color.

Yi Weiyi gently pushed open the window to see, the whole town was surrounded by gray clouds and mist, looking from afar, it was as deep as a fairyland, but he also smelled some of the smell of fireworks in the world, at this moment, he had a new idea in his heart, he decided to go to Lingsu Villa secretly in person, secretly observe Zuo Mingfa's actions, and stop him from snatching "Xuanji Tu" when necessary.

However, before that, he thought of a more urgent thing, walking the rivers and lakes, if there is no blade, it is like a person missing hands and feet, so he decided to forge a sword for himself first, as a weapon of revenge for himself.

Yi Weiyi strode out of the inn and walked on the street, compared to yesterday, there are obviously more people walking with swords in this town, and all traces suggest that there will be a bloody storm here, but these did not affect Yi Weiyi's itinerary, because his heart is now so clean that there is only one object left.

The people who were buying and selling on the street had already begun to trade, and one after another, there were more and more people on the street, and for a while, the sound of shouting, bargaining, arguing, and laughter was incessant, and the whole town became noisy.

In fact, many things in this world are like this, when the time comes, the changes will eventually change, and those who can wake up will eventually wake up, and the cause and effect of good and evil will also be like this.

Yi Weiyi walked through a long alley for a few days, and finally found a shop for striking iron, the archway made of ancient elm wood stood tall, some dilapidated and decayed, but the handwriting engraved on it was faintly legible, and it seemed to be some years. The wind and rain are blowing, and the night dew is dry, but there are still things that can't be covered up.

The fire in the stove is burning, the air is filled with the smell of burning iron filings, a strong middle-aged man is beating a piece of iron, he is forging a sword, burning, knocking, quenching, his movements are skillful, at a glance is an experienced iron hand, an old man sits by the fire and constantly adds firewood, from time to time to give guidance to the man who strikes iron.

Yi Weiyi was a little fascinated, although he had been using a long sword since he was a child, practicing swordsmanship, but he had not witnessed the forging of a sword, the old man who burned the fire noticed Yi Weiyi's coming, and hurriedly stood up from the fire, approached Yi Weiyi, and saw Yi Weiyi dressed as a chivalrous warrior, and guessed a little bit of his intention in his heart, and said to Yi Weiyi with a smile: "May I ask Childe, do you want to buy weapons?"

Yi Weiyi heard the old man's words, and his mind was withdrawn from his curiosity about forging the sword, he smiled and said politely: "Oh, old man, I want to buy a sword." ”

"Childe, please come with me. The old man said to Yi Weiyi, and after speaking, he took him to a room.

Yi Weiyi followed the old man, walked into the house and looked at it, and was amazed, it turned out that there were many wooden frames in the small room, which were full of all kinds of weapons, knives, swords, axes, axes, hooks, forks, and were placed in an orderly manner.

The old man looked at the stunned Yi Weiyi, smiled slightly, and said loudly: "Son, please choose whatever you like, take it off if you like it, take it to the counter, and pay to take it away." ”

"Thank you, old man, can I take a look?" Yi Weiyi said, the old man nodded, acquiesced to Yi Weiyi's request, and then left the house, leaving Yi Weiyi alone in the room to search.

Yi Weiyi's eyes searched the room, those strange swords made him dizzy, he had never seen such a variety of strange styles of swords, however, he was surprised to find an ancient long sword in the corner of the sword, it was a forgotten long sword, it was covered with dust, there were rust stains, Yi Weiyi curiously grabbed the long sword, swept it in his palm, and waved it a few times, it felt very good, and took it out of the hut.

Yi Weiyi walked out of the hut and put the sword on the counter, the old man had been waiting for a long time, the old man glanced at the sword that Yi Weiyi had selected and put on the counter, and said: "This sword has been in my blacksmith for several years, and no one has bought it. ”

"Fate??β€”Isn't it that people still have feelings for swords?" Yi Weiyi showed great interest in the old man's statement, and asked in surprise.

The old man looked at Yi Weiyi, who was puzzled, still smiled slightly, and said: "Yes, the sword and the person who makes the sword have feelings, you cherish and get close to it, it will protect and obey you, you abandon and abuse it, it will hurt and stay away from you, the ten famous swords in ancient times, Shengxie, Chunjun, Zhanlu, Juque, Yugu, Tai'a, Longyuan, Gongbu, Ganjiang, Mo Evil, all have a close connection with the characters. ”

"I didn't expect there to be such a great knowledge in this sword. Seeing that Yi Weiyi was very concerned about the origin of the sword, the old man continued: "Childe came to me to look for the sword, and it is also our fate, today I will tell Childe some stories related to the sword, I wonder if Childe said that a famous sword-casting master Ou Zhizi in ancient times?"

"The younger generation is shallow, and he has been using the sword for many years, but he doesn't know Ou Yezi, it's really ashamed, and I ask the seniors to tell me. Yi Weiyi said, it was obvious that although Yi Weiyi made the sword, he knew very little about the sword.

"When Ouyezi was born, it was during the strife of the Eastern Zhou states, and Chu successively annexed forty-five countries south of the Yangtze River. The Yue Kingdom became a vassal state of King Chu Ling. Ou Yezi was willing to use his brain, he had extraordinary intelligence, he was physically strong, and he was able to work hard. He discovered the difference between copper and iron, and smelted the first iron sword: "Longyuan", creating a precedent for cold weapons in China.

A series of famous swords cast by Ou Yezi are the best in China. In the Spring and Autumn War for hegemony, it showed infinite power and breathtaking artistic charm. He once cast five swords for the king of Yue, named Zhanlu, Chunjun, Shengxie, Fish Intestine, and Juque. Later, at the invitation of Feng Hu, he went to Chu with the cadres to cast the three swords of Longyuan, Tai'a and Gongbu for the king of Chu. Each sword is a famous sword in the Central Plains. His apprentice general and daughter Mo Xie were husband and wife, and they cast the famous cadre and Mo Xie double swords, which were the first pair of male and female swords. "The old man is like a treasure, and his face is quite proud.

"The younger generation heard the seniors say this, and only then did they know that the sword used for fighting and fighting had such an extraordinary story, by the way, dare to ask the seniors, how much is this sword?" Yi Weiyi glanced at the distant sky, knowing that he had been delayed for a lot of time, and said.

"Fifty taels of silver. The old man said.

When Yi Weiyi was about to take the silver taels from his body, he found that his front was gone, he was a little anxious, and there were beads of sweat, the old man saw Yi Weiyi like this, and he understood a little in his heart, and said: "What's the matter, son, it's inconvenient on the body?"

Yi Weiyi was a little embarrassed, blushed, touched his head, and said to the old man: "Senior, I'm sorry, the silver on my body has dropped, I'll come to buy a sword tomorrow, and the junior will leave first." ”

After speaking, Yi Weiyi was about to walk out the door.

"Wait. The old man stopped Yi Weiyi who was walking out, Yi Weiyi looked back and saw that the old man's face was still a shallow smile, the old man stared at Yi Weiyi in front of him, threw the long sword on the counter to Yi Weiyi and continued: "Childe, even if it is fate, you use this sword to make one or two moves for me to see, if I think it is good, I will give you this sword." ”

Yi Weiyi caught the long sword thrown by the old man, removed the scabbard, Yi Weiyi waved the sword, the rusty and bulky sword danced flexibly in Yi Weiyi's hand, Yi Weiyi dictated all the sword moves to himself according to the master's deathbed, the sword moves were agile and elegant, unpredictable.

After reading it, the sword stopped casually, Yi Weiyi put away the sword and stood up, after the old man read it, he didn't show a lot of joy, just nodded slightly.

"The sword of the predecessors, the younger generation is ashamed, the younger generation still goes back first, he said that he will come to buy the sword again after collecting enough silver, and now he will dance the sword for the seniors, even if it is a reward for the seniors to inform the younger generations of the origin of the sword. Yi Weiyi said, turning around and leaving.

"Childe, you and I meet is fate, I will give you this sword, if Childe does not accept it, he will look down on the old man. The old man could see that Yi Weiyi cherished the sword in his hand very much, so he couldn't bear it and spoke.

Yi Weiyi no longer refused, gave a salute to the old man, and said: "The grace of the predecessor to give the sword, the younger generation will remember it in his heart, if there is a place for the younger generation in the future, the younger generation is willing to go to the soup for the seniors, and never give up." ”

After speaking, Yi Weiyi inserted the sword back into the scabbard and went out with the long sword, just like putting the blessing of the old man's gift of the sword into his heart and continuing to hurry.

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