(8)
The flames flickered, and the wind box slowly blew a burst of hot wind. The quenched steel was quickly thrust into the freezing water, and a sound of boiling water vapor suddenly came from the quiet blacksmith's cabin.
"Zizzizi..."
Immediately afterwards, a muscular young man with his hair tied up and his upper body shirtless began to forge the steel with a hammer to complete the shape for subsequent grinding.
It was clearly the middle of winter, but he was still sweating profusely here.
There was a strong one-armed man standing outside the door. Seeing no one around, he went in and said hello: "Mr. Bai, Ayu hasn't come back yet."
"Keep waiting, why, you still don't believe the other party at this time?" It seems that Bai Feng has not become paunchy because of the luxurious aristocratic life. On the contrary, his body is stronger than a year ago, which means that Scars bearing the glory of a warrior are also scattered all over his body.
In fact, he does insist on practicing martial arts and fencing every day. It seems that he is just for fun, but he has not neglected his martial arts. Now he has also begun to practice the skills of a blacksmith. Although he hides in the blacksmith's cabin, it is also to avoid the spy in the mansion. In the eyes of others, especially Fu Wentao, Bai Feng never rests even a day.
However, Fu Wentao still found it difficult to accept this.
"It's not that I don't believe anyone... Mr. Bai, Miss Murong has been imprisoned in Taiping Road for almost a year. I don't understand how you can act as if nothing happened?" Fu Wentao sighed, looked at the other party's back, and said: "You have changed so much this year. You are completely different from the way you were when we met in Jiangzhou."
"You haven't changed at all." Bai Feng said: "You are still so loyal and protective of the Lord, even though you and Yan'er no longer owe each other anything."
Fu Wentao felt a little unhappy and asked: "What do you mean by this?"
"If Yan'er hears you say this here, she will definitely tell you, 'Stop doing stupid things for her.'" Bai Feng suddenly put down the hammer and told Fu Wentao in frustration: "Do you think I really don't care about anything? ? The more critical the moment, the more calm you have to deal with things... Is the old injury where you broke your arm okay recently? "
After that, he picked up the forged sword embryo and went to the grindstone to continue further polishing.
Fu Wentao said: "Occasionally I still feel pain, no, sometimes it hurts so much that I can't stand up. I feel like the hand is still there. Every time an old problem occurs, I experience the process of breaking my arm again. That is really not what ordinary people can do. The pain endured.”
"So, let me advise you again." Bai Feng looked at the sparks splashing on the whetstone and said in a calm tone: "Run Wentao, are you really not going to live for yourself?"
Fu Wentao asked doubtfully: "Live for yourself? I have always done things of my own will, whether I was willing to cut off my arm to save Miss Murong, or whether I choose to follow you now..."
"No, I just hope you don't regret it." Bai Feng said: "If you keep going forward, there is really no turning back. You still have Ayu, don't you? Senior Yuan Fengzi must have asked you to take good care of Ayu before he was alive. Do you really want to give up this hard-won memory?”
Rune Tao thought silently.
After a while, Ayu returned as scheduled.
"It's done!" she said: "The big catcher let her sister go, but he arrested all the people arranged by Mr. Bai."
Bai Feng finally showed a smile at this time and replied: "Well done! As long as I control the prison, I will have a steady stream of manpower."
"Did Yuchi really become one of ours?" Fu Wentao asked, "It always feels like it's not that simple."
Bai Feng explained: "A stubborn person like Yu Chizhen will never let go of his inner beliefs easily. So far, the only thing we can do is to make the most of his weaknesses - family and friends."
"So you specifically chose today to ask Yu Chiying to do that thing. It's really..." Ayu held back his words and didn't finish the sentence, but Bai Feng consciously helped her: "Is it insidious and cunning?"
He handed over the polished sword embryo and sneered: "I never said that I was a gentleman."
"The work is pretty good, but the forging is too thin here, and the blade may curl after just two cuts. It needs to be improved." Ayu commented on the work of blacksmith apprentice Bai Feng.
Bai Feng complimented: "Master taught me well."
"In short, what should we do now?" Fu Wentao echoed: "The opportunity will not come to us for no reason."
Bai Feng said: "The Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony is the best time. Sima Tu will not be in the Nine-story Water Prison at that time, and most of the troops in the city will be concentrated on the ceremony."
"The day of worship is when we wait for the revolution!" He suddenly became excited and clenched his fists: "Even if what we do is just ants trying to shake a big tree in the eyes of those big shots, we must do it, If this happens, it will at least make the Taiping Taoists completely lose their prestige in the hearts of the people."
Fu Wentao also said: "This time, I will risk my life to save Miss Murong."
He and Bai Feng looked at each other.
"Have you made your decision, both of you?" Bai Feng said: "In order to completely end this cycle of fighting for each other, we must take the initiative this time to welcome back the Saint and rescue Yan'er!"
Fu Wentao said confidently: "No need to say any more, as long as Mr. Bai gives the order, I will arrive at the frontline battlefield immediately even if I am dragging my sick body."
"Is your arm still healed?" Ayu opened his watery eyes and murmured: "When the time comes, please let me go with you. Don't worry, I won't participate in the battle, but I want to protect you from behind. , use these strange weapons I made with my own hands!"
Having said that, Ayu looked at the weapons displayed in the arsenal, including the flute that could shoot cold arrows. They were all mechanisms made by her.
Bai Feng agreed to her request, then picked up the sword embryo and recast it according to A Yu's suggestion. At the same time, he asked A Yu and Fu Wentao to call the housekeeper Xiao Aina of the mansion.
The two understood each other and said goodbye.
Aunt Xiao came to wait outside the blacksmith's cabin alone for a long time, but did not hear Bai Feng's summons for a long time.
Not long after, the shirtless Bai Feng came out, and Aunt Xiao put a coat on him.
The two walked and talked.
"Ana Xiao, I want to ask you a favor."
Aunt Xiao asked: "What's the matter?"
"Have you felt it? There are a lot of discussions in the streets and alleys."
Xiao Aimai said: "I would like to hear the details."
"That was a strong wind, enough to overthrow everything... In the next few days, I will go out for a while and not come back. Can Auntie Xiao not tell others about this?"
Xiao Aina immediately stopped and was frightened: "Young master, what is this!? Could it be that you are really the White Snake Swordsman?"
"It doesn't matter anymore. Even if there is no White Snake Swordsman, things will eventually happen."
Xiao Aina frowned, her facial features were all crowded together, and she didn’t know whether she was happy or sad: "Master, can you please stop embarrassing this old slave? Normally, I will try my best to satisfy any request you make, but now the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven is approaching. ...Young master knows very well that this is a major matter concerning the destiny of the country!"
"I don't want to say it a second time. The lives of your whole family are in my hands. Promise me to leave one alive. After I accomplish my task, you can tell the queen the truth. No matter what is waiting for me ahead, I am willing to accept your fate...otherwise, you will be dead now."
The playboy who usually laughed and enjoyed himself to the fullest extent turned out to be so callous and ruthless. Aunt Xiao was so frightened that she collapsed to the ground. She felt like it was the first day she had met the man in front of her.
——His eyes were like those of a hawk staring at its prey.
Xiao Aimai said: "I thought I should disguise myself well..."
"I've known from the first day that these days of pretending to be crazy are just for now." Bai Feng extended a helping hand to Xiao Aina, helped her stand up, and then showed a weird smile and said: "Xiao Aina, the weather It’s cold, so be careful of rheumatism.”
Aunt Xiao knew very well that a smile hides a knife. She belatedly looked around and found that other slaves were passing by, so Bai Feng deliberately smiled to welcome them.
"If you don't say anything, I will treat you as if you have agreed." Bai Feng whispered: "Prepare your horse, I want to go out, and in the meantime I will let Akko handle all the affairs of the mansion."
Aunt Xiao said "yes" and then watched Bai Feng return to the house to change her clothes for the trip.
