Li Qiufeng didn't have much luggage with him, and the most important thing was Liu Feiyan's ashes. He was afraid that the ashes altar would break, and when he left the capital, he put the ashes into a cloth bag and carefully put them in the backpack, so that outsiders would never be able to see it. After he returned to the house, he saw that the subordinates of Zhang's Mansion had put the luggage they had retrieved neatly on the bed, so he checked it and found that there was no loss of luggage. Li Qiufeng thought to himself, no wonder everyone wants to be rich and powerful. A rich man like Zhang Shi only needs to give an order, and someone will handle things properly. It is the pursuit of wealth and nobility for everyone, but it is also human nature.

Until noon, Zhang Shi still did not return home. The housekeeper brought a few subordinates to bring food to Li Qiufeng, scalded a pot of wine, and then withdrew. While drinking and eating, Li Qiufeng secretly thought in his heart that there would definitely be risks on the way to the sea this time, and he had to find a suitable steel knife to put by his side. When he left Shuzhong, the master wanted to give him a Pu Yuan knife left by Zhao Yun. It's just that this knife is too sharp, and once it is unsheathed, it will cut off people's limbs at the light and hurt people's lives at the worst. Later, he went to the capital from Shuzhong, and then went south to Ningbo, because he was worried that he would be caught and entangled by the government, so he did not buy a self-defense steel knife. Last night, I fought with a group of martial artists in the courtyard, and when I saw that these people were holding swords and weapons in their hands, I thought that I should be able to buy swords in Ningbo City. Ask the butler where you can get a steel knife to use later.

When he had finished eating, a servant came into the house to clean up the dishes and chopsticks. Li Qiufeng asked him to invite the housekeeper, saying that he had something to discuss. The servant agreed, put the dishes and chopsticks in the food box, and then took his leave. After only a cup of tea, the housekeeper hurried to Li Qiufeng's house and said, "What does Uncle Zhu command?"

Li Qiufeng said: "I am a person who practices martial arts, and I have to practice martial arts every day. This time I came to Ningbo to do business, thinking that I would be able to go back in a few days, because I did not carry self-defense weapons. It's just that Zhang Yuanwai wants me to help him do things now, and he can't go back for a while. I would like to ask my brother if there is a shop selling swords in Ningbo......"

Li Qiufeng looked at the housekeeper as he spoke. His voice fell, but he heard the butler smile, and said: "Uncle Zhu, this sword is a taboo thing, how can any shop dare to sell it? But if this matter is changed to someone else, naturally there is no way." But for our Zhang Mansion, there is no difficulty. I don't know if Uncle Zhu wants to buy a knife or a sword?"

Li Qiufeng said: "I want to buy a knife in the next place." After he finished speaking, he told the butler the size, shape, and weight of the steel knife he usually used. The housekeeper took it to heart and repeated it again, and after Li Qiufeng confirmed that it was correct, he said with a smile: "Since Uncle Zhu ordered it, the villain will do it immediately, and the discipline adult is satisfied." ”

After the housekeeper left, Li Qiufeng paced a few steps in the house, thinking about how to deal with Zhang Shi, Qin Laowu, Hu Shopkeeper and others on the boat. These two groups of people have their own ghosts, and they are both scheming people, so they must not be careless, and the less they face each other, the better. After arriving in Fusang Country, he patted his ass and left, never wanting to deal with these people again.

He was thinking about it when he heard footsteps in the courtyard. Li Qiufeng stopped, listened intently, and walked straight to his house with footsteps. After a while, the footsteps came to the door, and then someone knocked on the door twice, and then only heard Zhang Shi say, "Is Brother Zhu here?"

Li Qiufeng hurriedly walked to the door and opened the door, but saw Zhang Shi standing in front of the door with a smile. He hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Zhang Yuan is invited." ”

Zhang Shi pointed his right hand into the house and motioned to enter the house to speak. Li Qiufeng turned sideways and let Zhang Shi into the house, but saw the housekeeper standing in front of the door with a long wooden box. He was stunned, secretly thinking that the housekeeper had promised to buy a knife for himself, why did he come back so quickly?

When he was thinking about it, he heard Zhang Shi say in the room: "Bring the things in and show them to Brother Zhu." ”

The housekeeper respectfully agreed, and confessed to Li Qiufeng again, and then walked into the house with the wooden box. Li Qiufeng closed the door and turned to the table. But when he saw that the butler had placed the wooden box on the table, he took two steps back and stood with his hands down.

Zhang Shi said with a smile: "Just now, my housekeeper went out in a hurry and happened to meet me at the gate of the mansion. I heard that Brother Zhu asked him to buy a waist knife, yes or no?"

Li Qiufeng's heart sank, and he secretly wondered if he had bought a knife himself, which made Zhang Shi suspicious? Thinking of this, he hurriedly said: "Yes, I am entrusting this old man to buy a knife. It's not that there are any ulterior intentions, it's just that I think that this trip to sea will take more than a month. If you encounter pirates on the way, it is extremely dangerous. When he was learning art in Shu, the master taught a set of knife techniques, which could be used at a critical juncture. I plan to buy a knife and bring it to the ship tomorrow in case I need it. It was only when I first arrived in Ningbo City that I didn't know where to buy steel knives, so I asked this guy to help. If there is a mistake in the following, please do not blame the staff. ”

After Li Qiufeng finished speaking, he slammed to the ground. Zhang Shi hurriedly helped him up, and said, "Where did Brother Zhu come from? ”

Li Qiufeng was helped up by Zhang Shi, and when he heard him say this, he couldn't help but be stunned, and was about to speak, but he heard Zhang Shi continue: "I invited Brother Zhu to do this business together, because I took a fancy to Brother Zhu's strong martial arts. But I didn't expect that if someone wanted to be unfavorable to us, Brother Zhu would have to have a competent weapon. I just heard from the housekeeper that Brother Zhu wanted to buy a steel knife, and it happened that there was a steel knife hidden here. I want to give this knife to Brother Zhu, but I don't know if Brother Zhu likes it. ”

After Zhang Shi finished speaking, he reached out and opened the wooden box. But I saw a long black sheath knife in the wooden box, and there was nothing unusual at a glance. Zhang Shi stretched out his hand and took the long knife with the sheath in his hand, handed it to Li Qiufeng and said, "Brother Zhu, you can test whether this knife is up to it." ”

Li Qiufeng didn't take the knife, and said: "This knife is a family heirloom knife outside the staff, how dare you use it in the next? ”

Zhang Shi smiled: "Brother Zhu, you think of Zhang a little higher." Zhang's ancestor fled from Shandong to Jiangnan, and he was no different from a beggar at the beginning. It wasn't until my father worked hard for more than 20 years that he accumulated a family business. Those big families scolded us as nouveau riche, but it didn't make sense. It seems that our Zhang family is such a nouveau riche, how can there be any family heirloom knife? To be honest, this knife was inadvertently purchased from a pawnshop when Zhang went to eastern Zhejiang seven years ago to do business. I have kept it at home all these years and have never pulled it out. As the saying goes, pink is given to beautiful women, and swords are given to heroes. Brother Zhu is a young hero, and he is good at using a long knife, and this long knife should be owned by Brother Zhu. ”

Li Qiufeng shook his head, refusing to take the knife. Zhang Shi said: "Brother Zhu looked at this knife as unremarkable, he didn't like it very much, but it was also human nature. When I was in the pawnshop that day, I saw this long knife for the first time, but I didn't pay attention to it. fell in love with a pearl of the night, so he threw the knife aside and bargained with the pawnshop shopkeeper. When the shopkeeper saw that I abandoned the knife and took the beads, he shook his head again and again, sighing that I had entered the treasure mountain and returned empty-handed. At that time, I was quite annoyed and sneered at the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper did not retort, but asked the man to bring a wooden stick with a thick bowl mouth, and then drew his knife and slashed at it. There was only a soft sound, and the wooden stick was cut in two by the long knife. I was shocked. The shopkeeper was in his sixties, skinny like a monkey, and it seemed that a gust of wind could blow him down. But this bad old man was able to cut the thick wooden stick in two with a single sword, naturally with the power of this long knife. I took the long knife and pressed it heavily. I'm going to ask my man to get another thick wooden stick and swing it off. The long knife into the wood, like cutting into a piece of tofu, instantly cuts the wooden stick in two. Only then did I know that this knife was a rare weapon in the world, so I bought it for three hundred taels of silver. ”

Zhang Shi paused for a moment when he said this, and then said: "But I'm ashamed to say that I bought this knife not because I wanted to practice martial arts. It's just that I can see that this is a treasure knife, and if it is sold again, it will definitely make a sum of money. But after I bought the knife, I never found a buyer. Later, I was so busy with my business that I put the knife in the clutter and forgot about it. It wasn't until my housekeeper said that Brother Zhu bought a knife that I suddenly remembered this knife, so I brought it over, and hoped that Brother Zhu would accept it with a smile. ”