Chapter 120 Toys

Stone Niu steered the carriage smoothly, crossed a long path, and soon entered a flat road. At this time, there were not many officials and carts, so Stone Niu drove the carriage faster and faster.

The three carriages behind also kept chasing, but soon showed the level of the driver, and the three carriages were far behind.

Shi Niu didn't seem to know it, and he was still driving fast, enjoying this long-lost feeling. Fortunately, Qiu Tong, who was careful, found out and stopped him. Shi Niu said embarrassedly: "I haven't driven for a long time. If you are not careful, I will drive slowly in the future."

Shi Niu slowed down, and the carriage behind caught up. Sister Qin in the carriage frowned and said, "Shi Niu, it's right to hurry up, but you must ensure the safety of the owner, like you , doesn’t the owner have no one to protect him?”

Shi Niu didn't like to listen to these words, and said: "If you meet the enemy, how can you rely on the people behind to see it? Don't you still have to rely on us to contribute?"

Sister Qin said with a smile: "I know it's difficult to talk to people like you. In this arena, there is not only force, but also brains. The ancients said that it is easy to hide the spear and difficult to guard against it. It is better to be careful."

Shi Niu also had a little fear and admiration for Sister Qin, so he stopped talking, but carefully controlled the speed of the carriage so that the carriage behind would not have to chase after her.

Not long after the car dealership, it was already far away from Pingyang City. There were fewer pedestrians and more vehicles on the official road.

There are mostly fields beside the road, and villages appear in the field of vision from time to time.

The sun is high, the earth is shining, and it is another fine weather with clear skies.

It seemed that the mood was high, and while driving the carriage, Stone Niu sang the song "Sister, you are the bow of the boat, and brother, I will go ashore..."

Stone Niu's voice was as high-pitched as his figure, and everyone in the four carriages could hear it, and they couldn't help but feel admiration for him. They didn't expect such a rude man to have such tenderness, and the eyes of several female disciples also showed Out of tenderness.

It's a pity that it didn't take long before the stone cow's tail was exposed. This stone cow can only know this song. I can't help eating delicious food every day, let alone those simple songs?

When it was time to stay overnight, everyone except Shi Niu felt like foaming at the mouth.

For a long-distance journey, the most important thing is to arrange food and accommodation. Fortunately, this road was walked by Qiutong some time ago. Long before leaving the village, everyone has already discussed the walking route, rest, tipping and accommodation places. , just follow the plan.

The place where the group stayed that night was an inn in a small town. Although it was an inn, it was much better than the place Zhang Xiaohua used to live in.

The people from Huanxi Villa booked the only small courtyard of the inn, making the chubby owner of the inn squint his eyes with a smile. Everyone was busy, lest they offend the rare VIP.

Unfortunately, as soon as the people of the villa entered the small courtyard, two disciples guarded the courtyard gate and prohibited others from entering or leaving. Even the owner of the inn was blocked from the door, and everyone's food was bought in the town by special personnel. It made the boss who was guarding the door very distressed. This was a lot of income. However, after thinking about it again, the silver taels they gave for staying in the store far exceeded my psychological price, so I quickly gave up the idea of ​​complaining.

Although it was late, the people in the villa really had real skills. They bought a lot of things from the town and came back in a short time. The chef who followed them arranged the fire. It was not long before they made two or three tables of food. Zhang Xiaohua is not a servant in the villa, but she can't go to the hall to eat with Ouyan and others in a comfortable way, so she simply ate with everyone in the hut.

After dinner, lanterns have been lit everywhere in the small courtyard. The courtyard is not small, and there are many rooms. Zhang Xiaohua and He Tianshu can actually live in one room. When Zhang Xiaohua turned on the lamp and was about to read a book, He Tianshu stopped him,

Said: "Zhang Xiaohua, do you want to go out with me?"

Zhang Xiaohua was stunned, and said: "It's so late, why don't you go to bed early, why go out?"

He Tianshu smiled and said, "Of course there is a reason, are you going?"

Zhang Xiaohua frowned, and suddenly thought of Ma Jing, does Captain He also have such a habit?

Zhang Xiaohua persuaded: "Captain He, you've been walking for a day, aren't you tired? It's better to rest early, and besides, those places are said to be dirty, it's better to go less."

He Tianshu was taken aback for a moment, then raised his eyebrows and laughed, and poked a chestnut on Zhang Xiaohua's head, and said, "You kid, you know a lot. It is said that a scholar has a lot of eyes, which is really good. Before you can read Zhang Xiaohua doesn't know about this."

Zhang Xiaohua covered her head, and said aggrievedly: "So what if you know, it's better than you going there."

He Tianshu smiled and said, "Where do you want to go? I think it's still early in the sky. The ancients said it's good to never leave your hands and mouth. Can you practice boxing today? Let's go out to loosen our muscles and bones."

Only then did Zhang Xiaohua understand what He Tianshu meant, and she was even more embarrassed, saying: "I'd better not go, how long has it been? I still want to go to bed early."

He Tianshu said: "Zhang Xiaohua, when you talk about the time to practice kung fu, you don't understand. The best time to practice kung fu is the four hours of Ziwu Maoyou. Zishi is the time when yin and yang alternate. It is the most suitable time to practice internal skills. , although you don't know how to practice internal strength, even practicing boxing is very beneficial. Forget it, you can go or not."

Zhang Xiaohua hesitated for a moment and said: "Captain He, I went to bed early, and I didn't seem to be late. Well, anyway, I didn't practice boxing at noon or evening today, so I'll go with you."

So He Tianshu came out with Zhang Xiaohua, some disciples outside the small courtyard were on guard, He Tianshu told them, and then he left the small courtyard.

As soon as he left the small courtyard, he ran into the chubby shop owner. When he saw someone coming out of the small courtyard, the fat boss greeted him with a smile on his face. When he heard that He Tianshu wanted to find a place with woods, he was taken aback and thought about it for a long time. Only then pointed out the location, and even asked a shop assistant to take them there.

Naturally, He Tianshu didn't want others to follow him, so he rejected the fat boss's kindness, and left the inn with Zhang Xiaohua. Zhang Xiaohua didn't remember the way very much, he basically didn't hear what the shop owner said just now, and he didn't have to worry about such things as Captain He was leading the way.

But it didn't take long for Zhang Xiaohua to feel that something was wrong. Every time He Tianshu walked to the street, he hesitated before taking a step. Zhang Xiaohua wondered if He Tianshu had lost his way.

Sure enough, after walking a few more streets, He Tianshu stopped, turned around and asked Zhang Xiaohua, "Are we going the right way?"

Zhang Xiaohua rolled her eyes and said, "You were the one leading the way, right? I know that. Besides, I'm a born road idiot. I can't remember from the medicine field to the gate of the villa, let alone this strange person. place."

He Tianshu smiled wryly and said, "I'm so excited to ask someone for directions."

But now it was getting darker, and there were few people on the road, no one knew where He Tianshu was going, it was pitch black, where could one go to find out?

He Tianshu looked around, pointed to a small lantern in front of him, and said: "Let's go, go there and have a look, just ask anyone, if you can't, go back to the inn."

Zhang Xiaohua naturally had no objection, and followed He Tianshu to the lantern.

When he got to the bright light, he realized that it was actually a small weapon shop, and it was still open at such a late hour, which made He Tianshu feel strange.

He Tianshu walked into the shop, although it was not dark inside, there was only one oil lamp, and he didn't look carefully, but as soon as he entered the shop, he could smell the smell of alcohol, and when he looked again, a blacksmith dressed up The person lying on the desk was fast asleep.

The two suddenly realized that it was not the owner who was hardworking, but that he went to bed too early and forgot to close the door.

There are a lot of swords and other things in the store, which must have been made by the blacksmith. He Tianshu didn't hurry up to wake up the master, and picked up a steel knife with great interest to look at it. In fact, there is nothing strange about it. Just like scholars, when they encounter a bookstore on the street, they usually go in to have a look, but whether they will buy books or not, it is inevitable to look for a few books. The same is true for people who practice martial arts. Appreciation is not enough, this is not arty, presumably it is the same sex of people.

However, after looking at the steel knife in his hand, He Tianshu's casual expression calmed down quite a bit. Unexpectedly, the quality of the weapon in the small shop he walked into was actually good.

Immediately, He Tianshu began to carefully select, wanting to search carefully to see if there was anything better.

Zhang Xiaohua is not interested in these things, but the street is very deserted, it's better to go inside the store, there are snoring noises, and there are people, so he just walks around to look around.

He Tianshu used the sword, so of course he chose the steel sword.

He picked from one end of the shelf to the other, but found nothing better. As far as the quality of the sword was concerned, there was nothing to say. It was pretty good, but it was still a bit worse than the sword He Tianshu used himself. It was difficult. Let him give birth to the idea of ​​pocketing. When he came to the end, he saw a dagger-like thing on the bottom of the shelf. It was too dark to see clearly, so he bent down and picked it up from the shelf. The dagger was cold and heavy in his hands for a while. , when He Tianshu held it in front of his eyes, he could see clearly that this was not a dagger that he usually saw.

Rather than saying it is a dagger, it is better to say that it is a small sword. An ordinary dagger has a wooden handle and a sharp blade in the front, but this dagger looks like a sword. The handle and blade are integrated. They are all made of one kind of metal, but the ratio between the blade and the hilt is not coordinated. The hilt is one size smaller than common swords, but the blade is much smaller than common sword blades. He Tianshu touched the blade carefully with his hand, it seemed that the blade was not sharpened, he couldn't help frowning, what is this thing?

Toys for little ones?

He raised his head and was about to wake up the shopkeeper, but he saw Zhang Xiaohua turning around boredly, then looked back at the handle of the sword that was one size smaller in his hand, and called out: "Zhang Xiaohua, come here, here you go!" Have a good look."

Zhang Xiaohua came over in response, looked at the thing He Tianshu handed over, and said strangely: "Captain He, what is this thing? It seems to be a small toy sword? But it is much bigger than the one I played with when I was young."

He Tianshu said with a smile: "It is estimated that the blacksmith was free to play with it. You can take a look. If you like it, I will buy it for you to play with."

Zhang Xiaohua didn't pick it up, and said, "I'm not a child, if you want to buy it, buy me a real sword."

He Tianshu said: "You haven't learned any sword skills, why buy a sword? Besides..."

Speaking of this, he suddenly stopped. Originally, what he wanted to say was, can you still use a sword in your hand? But when he thought that saying this would definitely hurt Zhang Xiaohua's heart, he quickly stopped talking.

Zhang Xiaohua didn't understand, and asked, "Besides, what's wrong?"

He Tianshu quickly covered it up and said, "Besides, I don't know how expensive this sword is. I'd better think about it."

Zhang Xiaohua snorted, turned around to leave, and said, "Then I don't want this toy either."

However, when he turned around, he accidentally touched a added sword, and with a "bang", the sword fell to the ground with a loud sound.

The sleeping blacksmith suddenly raised his head when he heard the voice, and shouted, "Catch the thief~"

When he saw He Tianshu holding a small sword and Zhang Xiaohua standing there, he quickly wiped away the smirk from his mouth, walked over with a smile, and said, "Excuse me, guest officer, what did you fall in love with? I was dreaming just now, sorry Feel sorry."

Zhang Xiaohua bent down, picked up the fallen sword with her left hand, held it in her hand, and said, "If you don't wake up again, we will really take this sword away."

The blacksmith said with a smile: "Look at the two magnificent appearances, how could they be such people? Just kidding."

The light in the shop was dim, but one could still see the extraordinary aura of others. The blacksmith's vision was really extraordinary.

The blacksmith saw the little sword in He Tianshu's hand, and said: "Guest officer has a unique vision. This is the treasure of our store, which has been passed down for a hundred years. Today, you immediately fell in love with it at a glance. I will bear the pain and give up. "

He Tianshu smiled and rubbed the dust on the small sword with his hand, and said, "This is the treatment of the treasure of the town store? Why don't you cover it with something. Besides, what are you using this treasure of the town shop for? Is it a dagger? Why is it not sharpened? Is it a sword? Why is it so small?"

The blacksmith was speechless when he was asked, and said embarrassingly: "Well, then I have to tell the truth. This was a hundred years ago, when my grandfather's grandfather was still alive, an old man with white beard and hair was in our shop. , Said to be the treasure of the Xian family, if you don’t believe me, weigh the weight, how heavy is it, does ordinary metal have this weight?”

He Tianshu still smiled, and said: "I'm surprised, why don't people go to the pawn shop when pawning things, why come to you? Forget it, I wanted to see the one who bought a sword, but I still didn't look at it, and said, making a gesture Put the little sword on the shelf and prepare to go out.

The blacksmith quickly stopped him and said, "Okay, guest officer, you are really good. Let me tell you the truth. This is a toy I bought from the countryside. It looks heavy. I wanted to melt it in the fire." I made a bunch of weapons, but they couldn't be melted, so I threw them there. I wanted to sell them to children, but they were too heavy. No children would like to play with them. I threw them away for many years. Sir, look at the others. Weapon, if you find a match and buy a lot, how about I give you this toy for free?"

He Tianshu curled his lips and said, "You still buy a lot? I think your shop is so remote, how many businesses can you have? And I'm alone, how many swords can I buy? However, it depends on your craftsmanship. Check it out."

After finishing speaking, he casually handed the little sword to Zhang Xiaohua. Zhang Xiaohua was holding the sword in his left hand, so he had to use his right hand to receive it. As the blacksmith said, it was quite heavy, no wonder children couldn't play with it. He casually handed the sword in his left hand to He Tianshu.

He Tianshu took the sword that Zhang Xiaohua handed over, looked at it carefully, and said, "This sword is really good. It's from the shopkeeper. What's the price?"

Seeing He Tianshu, the blacksmith said: "Guest officer, you have a good eye. This is the head of my shop..." At this point, He Tianshu frowned, and quickly changed his words, saying: "Oh, I was wrong. This is something made by my grandfather, and it has been placed here for many years. You have a good eye, so I will show you the right eye, and the price is no less than twenty taels of silver."

He Tianshu smiled and said, "Is your grandfather Ou Yezi?"

The blacksmith was taken aback, and said, "No."

He Tianshu said: "If it's Ou Yezi, let alone twenty taels, even two thousand taels, I'll buy it too. But if it's not, then the price is too expensive."

The blacksmith asked, "The guest officer thinks how much silver is appropriate?"

He Tianshu said: "Two taels are enough."

The blacksmith said angrily: "You are not sending beggars, you have no sincerity at all."

After finishing speaking, he pretended to grab the sword.

He Tianshu didn't do anything, and let him grab the sword, but the blacksmith didn't take it, he just said: "If the guest officer is sincere, you might as well add a little more."

Zhang Xiaohua was watching the two talking, feeling very bored, so she took the small sword in her hand and looked at it in front of her eyes.

Although the little sword was full of dust, it looked dark as a whole, with some faint reflections inside. Zhang Xiaohua was very surprised, so she wiped the dust off the little sword with the palm of her left hand.

However, when his left hand touched the little sword, he suddenly had a strange feeling, as if the little sword was connected with his left hand, and when he took his left hand away, the feeling disappeared immediately.

So, Zhang Xiaohua handed over the little sword from her right hand to her left hand. The moment she took it, a feeling of blood connection came from the bottom of her heart. It seemed that this little sword was her left hand, or that a little sword grew out of her left hand. , very strange, when Zhang Xiaohua brushed off the floating dust on the sword with her right hand and looked carefully, she didn't find anything, it was just dark metal, which didn't reflect any light, and occasionally she could see a trace of light from the blade of the sword. Flickering, I don't know if it's because of seeing it under the light.

However, no matter what this little sword is, whether it is a toy or a dagger, Zhang Xiaohua decided that she must have it.

At this time, the confrontation between the blacksmith and He Tianshu basically came to an end. He Tianshu said: "Well, let's not talk too much, let's give in to each other, seven taels of silver."

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