Chapter 60: Searching for a Knife in the Black Market (Part II)
"It's here! That's the black market armory. ”
Liang Wu pointed to a few shops opposite, which were full of all kinds of dazzling swords, guns, swords, halberds, all kinds of bows and crossbows, as well as all kinds of leather armor, and even sold chain mail.
These are all things that are strictly forbidden by the imperial court, but now they are openly sold.
Liang Wu whispered to Guo Song: "I saw that there was no shop in the middle, the shopkeeper's name is Li Ande, he is a Sogdian Anguo, his eyes are very poisonous, and he is cunning like a ghost, but he often has good things in his hands, by the way, the big man in the iron shop just now was his slave." ”
Guo Song saw the shopkeeper, with a thin face, dark skin, hooked nose, blue eyes, and an octagonal hat, which looked really different from the Han people.
The Sogdians, like the Jews, were known for their ability to do business, but the Jews were the shopkeepers, while the Sogdians were long-distance merchants, and the thousand-year-long Silk Road was mainly based on the Sogdians.
Li Ande can speak fluent Chinese, he knows Liang Wu, and he smiled from afar: "The martial arts meeting is about to start, how can you do it without a weapon at hand, Liang Gongzi, I recommend a sword to you." ”
Liang Wu took Guo Song forward and said with a smile: "I don't lack weapons, but my friend wants to buy a good knife with weight, and An Ye won't let us down!" ”
"When has I, Ender, ever let a guest down?"
Li Ande glanced at Guo Song casually, a very strange young man, he didn't take it to heart, and continued to recommend weapons to Liang Wu.
"There are many kinds of knives, Datang, Western Regions, long and short, I have them, it depends on what you like?"
Suddenly, his body shook violently, as if he had missed something just now, and when he turned his head, Li Ande's gaze was firmly fixed on the wooden sword behind Guo Song, and an undisguised blazing light suddenly burst out in his eyes.
Liang Wu followed Li Ande's gaze and found that he was staring at Guo Song's wooden sword, so he smiled at Guo Song in a low voice: "He seems to be very interested in your wooden sword, and honestly, does your iron and wood sword hide any secrets?" ”
Guo Song also knew that his wooden sword came from the Western Arab region and was a trophy captured by Gao Xianzhi in the Battle of Talas, but what secrets it hid, the master couldn't say, only that it might be a sacrificial vessel.
Guo Song shook his head, "It's just an ordinary ironwood sword, what secrets will there be, you better let him take out the knife first and show it to us!" ”
Li Ande didn't seem to hear what Guo Song was saying, he stared at the Persian line on the hilt of the sword, and muttered to himself: "That's it, Ahuramaz God!" I finally ran into it again. ”
Li Ande's eyes became fanatical, and he pointed at Guo Song and said, "I know where you come from, you came down from Kongtong Mountain, right?" Your master is a Muzhen person, and he actually passed on this ironwood sword to you! ”
Guo Song's heart moved, remembering what his master had said, he almost sold this ironwood sword to a Sogdian from Zhangye, could it be this person?
The master also told him that the Sogdian probably knew the secret of the wooden sword.
One of Master's last words was that he hoped that he could find out the origin of this thousand-year-old ironwood sword.
Providence!
Li Ande seemed more eager than Guo Song, he immediately took out a knife from the box, the scabbard was also inlaid with gems, he put the knife in front of Guo Song, "This is a horizontal knife made of Uzi steel in Damascus, weighing twenty-five catties, built by a famous craftsman in the capital, I will exchange this knife for your ironwood sword, how about it?" ”
Guo Song smiled faintly, "This is my master's relic, do you think I will exchange it for you?" The wooden sword will not be replaced, but I can consider buying your sword. ”
Li Ande hurriedly waved his hand, "No! No! I don't sell the sword, only exchange your wooden sword, your iron and wood sword I wanted to buy twenty years ago, but the price and Mu Zhenren did not negotiate, and then he did not sell it, which made me regret it for twenty years, you must sell it to me, I will add another three hundred taels of silver, how about it, a precious iron horizontal knife plus three hundred taels of silver, this price is very sincere. ”
Guo Song knew in his heart that the Sogdian merchants, who had always been known for their miserliness, were willing to pay three hundred taels of silver, so it must not be a vulgar thing, and at this time, Guo Song was even more eager to find out its origin.
"It's a really good price!" Suddenly, a young woman's voice came from behind him.
Guo Song turned around, behind him was a girl in red riding on a horse, who was fourteen or fifteen years old, with a fledgling appearance, very good-looking, heroic between her eyebrows and eyes, but maybe she was tall, and she was wearing a samurai uniform and a long sword at her waist, which always gave people a tomboy feeling.
"Duan Sanniang, it's none of your business!" Liang Wu glared at her unhappily.
It turned out that she was Duan Xiushi's daughter Duan Sanniang. Guo Song thought secretly.
Duan Sanniang obviously had a deep prejudice against Liang Wu, she raised her willow eyebrows, her pretty face was frosty, and she said coldly: "Do you still do less things to bully people?" The last time I didn't settle accounts with you about horses, but you hit the idea of a land blacksmith again, and used your power to suppress people and win people's favors, I can't get used to you bullying the weak and wealthy children. ”
Without waiting for Liang Wu to attack, Guo Song took a step forward and said lightly to Duan Sanniang: "Miss Duan, I don't care about the grievances between you and Liang Wu, but now I am the one who buys the knife, I hope the girl will not interfere." ”
Duan Sanniang's eyes narrowed, and she planned to go up and down Guo Song, and snorted lightly in her nose, "Seeing that you are extraordinary, you must not be a treacherous person, but why don't you do it, you want to be with villains!" ”
Liang Wu was furious and said viciously: "Who is the villain?" You are simply too deceitful, don't think that you are the daughter of the festival envoy and I am afraid of you, now I will not do it, see how I clean you up at the martial arts. ”
"I'm waiting for you!"
Duan Sanniang turned the horse's head and left, her voice came from afar, "Liang Xiaojian, I warn you, if you dare to bully Blacksmith Lu again, your aunt will never spare you!" ”
Guo Song saw that Liang Wu was trembling with anger, so he patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "She is deliberately looking for your fault, hate, love is deep, maybe I will drink your wedding wine in the future!" ”
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Liang Wu was so angry that he almost fainted, would he marry such a stupid woman?
"Let's go! Weapons will be bought another day. ”
Guo Song ignored Li Ande, who was looking at him from the side, and pulled Liang Wu away.
Li Ande stared at the ironwood sword behind Guo Song, and an irrepressible thought surged from his heart, he must get this ironwood sword.
Li Ande beckoned his nephew An Shan next door to step forward, and said a few words to him in his ear, An Shan was a little puzzled: "Uncle, is it worth taking this risk for an ironwood sword?" ”
"You know a!"
Li Ande glared at him, looked to both sides, and said in a low voice: "That ironwood sword is a token of alliance between the Abbasid Caliph and the ten nobles of Khorasan, I have seen a copy of it in the Golden Temple of Baghdad, and the line on the hilt of the sword is in ancient Persian, which has been lost, and it means 'no edge to stop fighting'." ”
"Could the young man's wooden sword also be a replica?"
"Impossible, the ironwood sword disappeared after the Battle of Talas, and it is said that it was obtained by the Tang Army, I saw it once in Zhangye twenty years ago, and now I see it again, what benefits do you say we will get by taking this sword to Baghdad?"
"Uncle will definitely be rewarded with hundreds of thousands of dinars, and maybe I will also be named the tax collector of Bukhara."
Speaking of which, the greed in the eyes of the uncle and nephew was fully revealed.
"Go ahead! Let Combo take action. ”
"Isn't the second uncle about to take Kang Bao back to Kangguo to collect the ransom? Isn't it a pity that he is so valuable. ”
Li Ande shook his head decisively and said: "Although Kang Bao is worth 10,000 taels of silver, it is really nothing compared to the iron and wood sword, if he wins this person, then it will be cheaper for him." ”
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