"My father, Ou Yezi, is a sword maker in the Yue Kingdom, and at first he only cast bronze swords, and he opened the mountain of red violets, and broke out of the tin; And the stream of Ruoye dried up and dried up copper, and cast three big swords and two small swords: one is called Zhanlu; The second is Chunjun; The third is to defeat evil; Fourth, it is called fish intestines; Five Juque ......"

Zhao Wuxian looked at the tattooed Wu girl in her thirties in the hall, she was really the famous Mo Xie!

In this era, this woman's reputation was far inferior to that of her father Ou Yezi and her husband's cadre, but the story of Mo Ye, a cadre in later generations, became a legend and spread widely, so Zhao Wuxian only heard of it.

While listening to Mo Ye tell his story, he asked, "Since you are from Yue, why did you bring the sword to the Wu Kingdom?" ”

Mo Ye said in a blunt Central Plains dialect: "Wu Yue battled, the Wu army conquered the Five Lakes area, wantonly plundered the craftsmen, my family had to follow them to the north, except for Chunjun and Juque who stayed in Yue, the other three were brought to Wu by my father." Because of his fame, he was honored by the king of Wu as a guest of honor, and became the swordsmith of the royal family, and it was at this time that he accepted my husband as an apprentice. ”

Talking about her husband, there was a rare smile on her cold and stiff face, but it was fleeting.

Wu Xian asked, "Zhuzhu stabbed Wu Wang with the Fish Intestine Sword, does this have anything to do with you?" ”

Mo Xie shook his head and denied it: "The fish intestine sword was said to be an ominous sword by Xue Candle, the sword man, saying that it was unreasonable and unacceptable, and the subordinate killed the king, and the son killed the father, so the king of Yue did not dare to use it, and instead gave it to the king of Wu, and the king of Wu gave it to the prince of light, and finally fulfilled the prophecy...... However, my family's trip to Wu and Chu is related to the death of Wang Yuan. ”

"Oh? Let's hear about it. ”

"The prince of Wu has no way. He killed the king's officials to stand on his own, and then killed a thousand people to martyr his daughter. The Wu people are grieving, and my father and my husband are very favored by the king. I don't like it either. So under the recommendation of the swordsman Feng Huzi of the Chu State, he carried the Zhan Lu sword into Chu...... Chu State Ling Yin also fabricated rumors that Zhan Lu would enter Chu, that the Chu State would prosper, and that the Wu State would perish, and the Chu people believed it to be true. ”

With a smile, Chu State Ling Yin Zichang didn't think about how to consolidate his defense, but he worked these crooked ways, and he deserved to be beaten by the Wu army and almost lost the country. He touched the iron blade that Mo Xie had forged in the past few months and asked, "The skill of smelting iron and forging swords was pioneered by Ou Yezi in the Chu State?" ”

Mo Xie said: "Yes." After entering Chu, my father and husband saw that there were many iron mountains in Chu State, so they began to try to smelt iron and forge swords. They chiseled Cishan, drained its stream, took Tieying, and made three iron swords: one called Longyuan, the second said Tai'a, and the third said Gongbu, all of which were famous swords of Wu Chu at that time, and their performance was better than that of copper swords. ”

"In that case, you should be highly respected in the Chu State. Why did you ......" He swept his gaze over Mo Ye, and then fell on the young man who was kneeling behind her for more than ten steps. He is only six or seven years old, and he should be the son of Gan Jiang and Mo Xie, named Meijian Chi. It is indeed the strange name of Chu Yue's people.

"Why did you end up with this orphan and widow going into exile again?"

"The general doesn't know anything......" A trace of anger flashed between Mo Ye's eyebrows.

"After my father's death, the court of Chu was dim and the decrees were impermanent. Meritorious service is not rewarded. Yin Zichang was insatiable, not only coveting the BMW of the Tang Kingdom. The beauty of Cai is in the name of the king of Chu. I want my wife to continue forging iron swords for the Chu State. ”

"However, this skill can only be mastered by my father, and my husband has not yet studied it thoroughly, so it was not possible in March, and the swords that came out were not as good as those three. Under Zichang's slander, the young and vigorous King Chu was furious, and once again ordered my husband to recast for a period of one year, and if he couldn't get it again, he would die! ”

Mo Xie remembered the hard days full of fireworks and the smell of sweat: "My husband picked the iron essence of the five mountains and the gold and ying of the six hesmelts, and many smelting ended in failure. The time was close to the deadline given by the king of Chu, and I still did not succeed in a sword, and I suddenly remembered what my father said before, so I cut off my hair and cut my claws, threw it into the furnace, and let three hundred children, girls and men drum and fill charcoal, and the gold and iron were melted, and the best steel was obtained. So they were forged into swords, the yang sword was called the cadre, and the yin sword was called the Mo evil ......"

"It turns out that this is the origin of the cadre Mo Evil Sword, I have heard of it, but what about after this?"

A trace of grief and indignation flashed in Mo Ye's eyes: "When the cadres forged Mo Ye's two swords, it just exceeded the deadline. I wanted my husband to offer me two swords and ask for forgiveness, but my husband would not agree. ”

"Why?"

"At that time, the state of Wu attacked Chu, and the king of Chu was suspicious of all Wu people, including our family. My husband also said that he has disobeyed Zichang many times, this traitor will not let us go, I am afraid that I will not be able to return when I enter the palace to offer the sword, one is death, and two is also death, it is better to hide the yang sword, only the yin sword, and would rather die than let the adulterer's desire succeed! ”

"I was a few months pregnant, and my husband entered the palace to offer a sword to attract the attention of outsiders, and I took the opportunity to escape from the workshop and hide in Yingdu. I learned afterwards that the king of Chu was very happy to get the Mo evil sword, but Zichang could not get the sword he longed for, and he was ashamed and angry, so he slandered the king of Chu to kill my husband, and the king of Chu allowed it, and my husband was thrown directly into the hot sword furnace by the armor, and the flesh and bones were ......"

……

There was silence in the hall.

Mo Xie had already gritted his teeth when he said this, Zhao Wuxian sighed, and even Mu Xia, who was looking at the young man in the hall, was moved. As the saying goes, talented people are easy to be jealous of God, Ou Yezi, Ganjiang, and Mo Yezi's skills are unrivaled in the world, and their iron-forging skills are a hundred years ahead of the entire era, but their life experience is so tortuous.

After the death of the cadre, the king of Chu and his son Chang Da Suo Yingdu tried to find out Mo Xie and the sword of the cadre, and she could only hide in various dark corners. It was also a loss of the road of heaven and earth, when it coincided with the entry of Wu Shi into Ying, Zichang was defeated by the Han River, and was killed by the rebels in the rout, and the king of Chu also fled the capital in a hurry. The Wu army broke the city, raped and plundered, Mo Xie was able to sneak out of Yingdu, she followed the fleeing Chu people out of the eastern border of Chu State, and buried her name incognito between Huaiyi and Qunshu.

Their family entered Chu in order to escape from King Wu, so they were also hated by Wu Guo, and Wu Chu could not run on both sides, so she opened a small shop in the remote countryside to repair copper and iron, gave birth to a son, raised him, and stayed for six years.

After that, Zhao Wuxian knew that Mo Xie's mother and son were discovered by Xing Ao, who was wandering around Qunshu and looking for an iron forger. Perhaps Mo Xie felt that he was on the verge of being arrested. Maybe it was the clever Xing Ao who used some method to persuade them to travel thousands of miles. Came to the north to vote for Zhao Wuxian.

The governance of the state of Wu was originally extremely loose, but after the great pedestrian Wu Zixu took power. Began to strictly manage the casters and forgers, and they were not allowed to go abroad. But Xing Ao has his own way, didn't he want to take Qu's private soldiers to the Song Kingdom with his husband? Private soldiers can't be without baggage, and baggage can't be transported without farmers and peasant women, so Mo Xie's mother and son disguised themselves as people who helped Wu Jun transport baggage......

The most dangerous place is the safest place, and Mo Xie was transferred to Zhao Wuxian by Xing Ao under the nose of his husband.

Zhao Wuxian was very happy in his heart, Xing Ao, who was originally just an idle chess player, entered Wu. I actually brought such a big surprise to myself!

"This son is a great contribution!" He thanked his brother-in-law in his heart.

In Zhao Wuxian's eyes, Mo Xie is no less than the scientific father who made the "two bombs and one star" in later generations, she has saved the ironwork workshop in Taoqiu for at least ten years, or even twenty years of detours, and must focus on protection, whether or not the martial arts can enter the Iron Age depends on her skills.

He said with a smile: "You assisted Taoqiu Tieguan to make malleable iron and iron weapons, and you have made great contributions. Ze Anzhi, I can let your mother and son live and work in peace and contentment in Lu country, and have fine clothes and food for a lifetime, but do you have any other requirements? ”

"I have nothing else to ......"

said. Mo Xie suddenly stood up from the mat and slowly walked behind him, and the guards on both sides of the hall hurriedly drew their swords out of their sheaths. Or hold a halberd to block it, and shout: "Bold! Still not there? ”

"Don't panic." Zhao Wuxian waved his hand. Letting the guards retreat to their original places, Mo Xie just walked over and led his young son. Untie the sword from his back and give it to Mu Xia, asking him to sacrifice it to Zhao Wuxian.

Mu Xia held the sword and respectfully placed it on the desk in front of Zhao Wuxian, and the linen cloth wrapped around the sword was untied one by one, revealing the true face of this sword.

For a moment, everyone in the hall was dumbfounded.

……

The swords forged by Ouyezi's faction are not only of excellent quality, but also beautiful in appearance.

As the saying goes: if you want to know the dragon abyss, look at its state, such as climbing a high mountain, such as facing the abyss; If you want to know Tai'a, look at it, towering wings, like the waves of flowing water; If you want to know the cloth, start from the text, and end at the spine, such as the beads can not be touched, and the text is endless.

The sword, with its grayish sheen, was clearly an iron sword rather than a bronze one, three and a half feet long, which was already long in this era, and was covered with crystalline tortoiseshell textures, which were the result of countless blends and forgings, and resembled the Damascus pattern steel of later generations.

And its sharpness is also the best in the world!

Its blade is like autumn frost, the cold light is shining, the blowing blade is broken, it can cut copper and cut iron, cut gold and jade, and the three-layer leather armor is like a stab to break.

This sword is less than Zhao Wuxian's former saber, and it is more than one step ahead, and it is enough to say that it is a generational difference! One is a mid-to-upper two-foot sword from the Bronze Age, and the other is a three-foot sword that has just emerged from the Iron Age! Compared to the standard iron swords that Mo Xie has forged in the past few months, it is also much better, if Zhao Wuxian guessed correctly, it is no longer an iron sword, but a carburized steel sword!

"The name of this sword is ......" Zhao Wuxian's eyes were scorching, beauties loved rouge, heroes loved swords, and when he touched this sword, he couldn't put it down.

Watching the sword enter Zhao Wuxian's hand, Mo Xie was a little reluctant in his eyes, this sword was the brainchild of his husband, after he died, it seemed to condense his soul, and whenever he couldn't hold on, he would caress it to get some comfort. But in her eyes is more resolute, hatred that she never forgets!

"General, this is the sword forged by my husband."

Although he had already guessed, Zhao Wuxian's hand still trembled slightly.

Dry sword! It turns out that this is the sword that the future generations have been looking for, but they don't know what to do!

In his previous life, he also liked to look through the photos and restoration drawings of these pre-Qin ancient swords, and he once heard a small poem that I don't know who the author is.

Jin and Wu cast bronze soldiers, and the flames were cold and frosty.

Where Jizi hung his sword, the prince looked north.

Five tyrants out of seven males, Zhanlu to fish intestines.

Tai'a who is upside down, Juque fights for madness.

The most angry is Long Yuan, and Chixiao is busy slashing snakes.

Where are the cadres? Less and only brilliant.

Where are the cadres? Dry sword, here! In the hands of Zhao Wuxian!

In this era, what hero doesn't like swords and doesn't want to have one or two "divine soldiers" in his hands? The kings of Chu have Zhanlu, Longyuan, and Gongbu; Qin Bo received Tai'a as a thank you gift for aiding Chu; King Wu has fish intestines and defeats evil; The king of Yue has Chunjun and Juque. Zhao Wuxian sent away the "Shaoyu" last year, but now he has ushered in the "cadre", and he can't help but be proud in his heart.

Mo Xie took the opportunity to say earnestly: "I, Mo Xie, want to dedicate this sword to the general!" “

"Dedicated to me?"

Zhao Wuxian could see that Mo Xie was a person with his own ideas, she must have a purpose in coming to Lu State, she had worked hard to forge a sword for him before, not to mention, and now she has dedicated a peerless sword made by a cadre with his life, what is his intention?

Thinking of this, his excitement was fleeting, he touched the cold sword body, and warned himself: "The so-called artifact is just a rare carburizing steel sword......

He calmed down, gently put the "cadre" back on the desk, and said: "I have received your kindness, but there is a saying in Zhongxia, called no merit, what do you want me to do?" ”

Mo Xie couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw that Zhao Wuxian had obtained the peerless sword, and he could still be so calm and heroic, but he couldn't control so much now.

She pulled her son and walked quickly, stopped ten steps away from Zhao Wuxian, and the two of them bowed to the ground and said, "I have only one request, although Zichang is dead, the king of Chu is still alive!" Please help my mother and son take revenge! Kill Xiong Zhen, the king of Chu! ”

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PS: The story of the cadre Mo Ye is a combination of Wu Yue Chunqiu and Sou Shen Ji's version, all for the needs of the plot

(To be continued.) )

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