Outside the blacksmith shop, the early wind blew withered trees. Inside the blacksmith shop, the firewood was burning and sparks were rising.
Hearing Liu Yi's voice, the man who was vigorously adding firewood immediately stood up, grinned, and said with a flattering smile, "This official, Xiaoren Chai Ling, is the manager of this blacksmith shop. What do you need, the official?" 33
Liu Yi deliberately made a serious face and asked, "Can the store's craftsmanship be authentic?"
Chai Ling laughed loudly, patted his chest, and said smugly, "Sir, you are joking. I have been running this shop for decades, and all the farm tools from villages in ten miles and eighty miles are from the small shop. So far, it has never received a single bad review! Sir If you have business, just leave it to a small business to handle it. The quality and quantity will be guaranteed, and you will not be deceived. If you have a fake, you will pay ten for it! I don’t know, sir, what do you want to do?"
Liu Yi walked around the small blacksmith shop a few times and picked up a hoe. He looked straight and spoke coldly, "Then, let's make a sharp knife that can kill deserters in front of the battle!"
Chai Ling's face suddenly turned pale, and he panicked for a moment, but he immediately came back to his senses and stood silently, with sweat stains on his eyebrows.
Liu Yi was very perceptive and grasped the details, thinking: Hey, this is the right person!
Chai Ling is worthy of being a man who has experienced life and death in battle. After a few breaths, he immediately came back to his senses and continued to flatter, "The official is joking. If you want to buy some farm tools, I can entertain you in this small shop. If If you want to make weapons, you'd better go to Yangle City and find some big shops. Small shops have never done this kind of business. If the things you make are not to your liking, won't you waste your time?"
Liu Yi sneered in his heart and deliberately lengthened his voice, "Huh? I'll spend a hundred gold to buy a saber. For you, this is a hugely profitable business. As for whether it suits your appetite, that's not your concern. "
Chai Ling pretended to be surprised and approached Liu Yi, as silently as a quiver, "My lord, this saber is a forbidden object of the Celestial Empire. We brothers are like frogs in a well. We have never forged a sword before. If the sword is blunt and breaks the majesty of your Majesty, the younger one will." Isn’t it a heinous crime?”
Chai Ling's acting skills are excellent. If Liu Yi hadn't known the details of Chai Ling in advance through Su Daoyun, Chai Ling's eloquent tongue and wonderful rhetoric would have dazzled people.
Liu Yi heard this and snorted coldly. He casually pulled out a willow branch from the willow tree beside him. He turned and nodded at the man at the door of the wine shop, then nodded at the three people in the room. He sneered, "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. I can use the four of you first." How about sacrificing a head to a knife, and if the knife is fast and sharp enough, I will pay you three times the reward?"
"Oh, sir, please don't embarrass me! We are farm men. We open a blacksmith shop in our spare time just to support our family. How can we dare to forge human weapons that kill people?"
Chai Ling had a bitter look on his face and said, "If we untouchables have offended you in any way, you will explain the reason and punish us, but please don't push us hard!"
Chai Ling's gloomy look made Qiao Miaoqing and Wang Dali, who were standing behind Liu Yi, unable to help laughing. The two of them suppressed their laughter and almost suffered internal injuries.
Liu Yi knew very well how to cook soup over slow fire. His heart was as calm as water, but there was a look of contempt on his face, and he sarcastically said, "Haha! Jishan has high aspirations, and the Xiang River is pregnant with the source of purity. Could it be that the red pine is pregnant with a fox mouse?"
Liu Yi was smiling, and a chill emanated from his whole body. This was the first time even Qiao Miaoqing had seen this look, and the little girl couldn't help but break into a cold sweat.
Chai Ling seemed unmoved and asked with a sad face, "What are you talking about? My lord, we are just ordinary people. In daily life, we don't even dare to cut down a tree owned by the officials. How can we do this?" What do you think of the fox and mouse?"
Liu Yi touched the Buddhist beads on his wrist, narrowed his eyes and said, "Why, the captain of the Tiger Guard, who was the most evil in the past, is now reduced to the point where he can't even tell the truth?"
As soon as he entered the blacksmith shop, Liu Yi went straight to the topic with a strong sense of threat. At this moment, he unceremoniously revealed Chai Ling's identity, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly dropped to freezing point.
Chai Ling's expression kept changing, with various emotions such as shame, anger, and surprise playing out repeatedly on his face.
Qiao Miaoqing and Wang Dali quietly clenched their weapons, wary of the three people in front of them becoming angry and suddenly attacking them.
There were thin lines of sweat on Chai Ling's forehead. He knew that the person in front of him already knew the identities of the four brothers, but he still pretended to be calm and said in surprise, "Master, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, what is there?" Where are the captains of thousands? My four brothers have never even been out of Liaoxi County in their lives. Firstly, they cannot wield a sword, and secondly, they cannot kill the enemy in battle. How can they be the materials to be captains of thousands?"
"Chai Ling, let me tell you a story. More than ten years ago, Your Majesty was so thirsty for talents that he built a golden platform high, issued edicts to seek talents, and recruited good men from all over the country, all of which were in His Majesty's pocket."
Chai Ling's face was in a daze, and the two people who were adding fuel to the fire also stopped what they were doing and listened.
Liu Yi leaned on a stove, his eyes flickering, and he recounted the past events from his mouth, "At that time, people with lofty ideals surged from all directions. In order to curb the monstrous trend of the family, the twelve internal guards of the Han Dynasty came into being, and ten Among the two guards, the first one formed is not the Changshui Guard who is responsible for assassination, nor the extremely brave Longxiang Guard, but the Huwei Guard who is good at charging into the battle with a gun."
After saying this, the three 'blacksmiths' in the house were stunned on the spot. The man drinking alone at the door of the wine shop also staggered closer and leaned at the door of the blacksmith shop. The four of them looked at Liu Yi, Qiao Miaoqing, and Wang Dali. The three of them were gradually surrounded.
Liu Yi was not distracted, and continued in a low voice, "Just because after the formation of the Huwei Guard, he must immediately go to the Western Border with his envoys to quell the alien rebellion, stabilize the diplomatic relations between the Han Dynasty and the countries in the Western Region, and ensure that the territory of Fengzhou is not lost."
"At the beginning of the formation of the Huwei Guard, a few men from Bozhou, relying on their physical strength and martial arts skills, recruited dozens of young men in their hometown to join the Huwei Guard."
Looking at the declining expressions of the four people in Chailing, Liu Yi was slightly emotional and said, "That summer, General Tao Kan commanded two Han frontier armies, one Armed Forces unit, and the entire Hu Weiwei army. He rolled up the banners of the Han family and waved his troops. A hundred thousand men, together with the Guju people who intend to rebel against the Han and become independent, will hunt the western frontier."
"The Battle of Jiangning County was the battle that made General Tao Kan famous. He assembled superior cavalry to cut off the enemy's rear. When the front army had no cavalry, the Huweiwei became the sharpest spear point on the frontal battlefield. The two formations faced each other. Round, they showed their swords to each other, and the generals of the Han army went to the bloody battle in person. The soldiers were like a spring. Under the powerful offensive of Huweiwei, the corpses of the Guju people killed were scattered all over the field, and blood flowed into rivers."
"General Tao Kan became famous in one battle, Tiger Weiwei became famous in one battle!"
Liu Yi looked around at the four people deeply, his eyes full of respect, "In this battle, those Bozhou men even broke into the Biao army. They killed the generals and captured the flag along the way, captured the only son of the Guju leader, and captured the Guju army's After the war, four Bozhou men, Chai Ling, Chai Rong, Zhang Hui, and Sang Zhi, were promoted and became captains of the Huwei Guards."
Liu Yi narrowed his eyes and looked at Chai Ling keenly, "Chai Ling, is what I said right?"
Chai Ling had no expression on his face and said with a dry smile, "What a coincidence, sir, there is an officer with the same name as the little one. This is really a great event to honor the ancestors. After you leave, the little one will definitely light a few sticks of incense!"
Liu Yi glanced at Chai Ling with narrowed eyes, thought for a while, and sighed, "If people abandon themselves, God will have no choice."
Liu Yi waved his hand to stop Chai Ling, who was still about to speak, and continued, "In the following years, Huweiwei was highly trusted by His Majesty, and was often entrusted with important tasks. Huweiwei was also considered successful. He has been conquering the south and north for many years, and he has never been defeated. I I think, if the emperor's twelve internal guards had been in Chang'an during the Gyeonggi Rebellion, the farce of the noble families would not have succeeded."
Chai Ling chuckled, "It was already that year under the moon, it's useless to think too much!"
Liu Yin raised his thick eyebrows and changed the topic, "As the saying goes, if the moon is waxing, it must be waning. Eleven years ago, seven thousand tiger guards from northern Xinjiang were stationed in key areas of Sunjiang County to guard against the plunder of the Qin Dynasty. Murong Huang, the southeastern general of the Qin Dynasty, had this in mind. Tao was not in Li, so he used a force of soldiers and horses as bait to sweep away the village, luring the Huwei captain Wang Bi and his three thousand Huwei guards to go deep alone. They were eventually surrounded and buried in the mountains of soldiers, and the entire army was annihilated."
Liu Yi's whole body suddenly exuded a strong chill, which was better than winter, "Chai Ling, do you still remember this?"
Chai Ling shook his head, "What the adults said has nothing to do with the villain."
The east wind was biting, and there were bursts of chill outside the door. Liu Yi noticed that the fire was gradually declining, so he picked up dry firewood and added to the fire. In this case, thousands of households should always keep in touch with each other."
"But Wang Bi, the Huwei captain, was besieged in Mingbing Mountain for three days. The four thousand Huwei guards stationed at the border showed no movement. On the fourth day, Wang Bi's entire army was wiped out, and all three thousand Huwei soldiers were fed to wild wolves. It is said that Murong Huang ordered the heads of these three thousand warriors to be cut off and hung on a century-old tree, jokingly calling it the 'Thousand Shengs Tree'. From then on, the branches and leaves of the old tree turned blood red. . Shouldn’t those four Huwei Qianhu, who once guarded the border and did not come to rescue, give an explanation to the world?"
It turned out that the commanders of the four thousand Tiger Guards stationed at the border were none other than Chai Ling, Chai Rong, Zhang Hui and Sang Zhi, who were then commanders of thousands.
Liu Yi stared at the roaring stove fire. Maybe the fireworks were too strong, but the corners of the boy's eyes couldn't help but sparkle, "After hearing this story, I was confused for a long time. I really can't think of what it is like." The fine wine can keep the four thousand commanders Chai Ling, Chai Rong, Zhang Hui and Sang Zhi stationed at the same place from returning to camp for three days."
It can be judged from Liu Yi's words that the reason why the four people did not rush to the aid of Huwei Colonel Wang Bi that day was because they drank and made trouble!
"A meal of wine was a waste of time, leaving thousands of families without men! A meal of wine was a waste of time, and four promising captains of the Huwei Guards fled in a hurry, unable to return home. Is the price of this meal of wine too high? "
Liu Yi's eyes were already red from being 'smoked', and he was sobbing a little when he spoke, "Don't those four people dream about Pao Ze who died in battle in the middle of the night?"
Chai Ling cried and laughed, "No!"
The drinking man at the door also cried and laughed, "No!"
You can wake up when you are drunk, but it is actually quite difficult to wake up when you are drunk!
Some people died, but not completely...
