At the moment, the streets are slightly depressed. From time to time, a group of heavily armed soldiers passed by Mu Qing, and some people stepped forward to interrogate.

This was the first shock caused by the "bloody city lord's mansion" last night. Mu Qing estimated that after getting the news, the general of Pingnan would come with the army as soon as possible.

However, what if you rush here? Can you still suspect the head of the Xu family?

More than 170 people were slaughtered overnight, which was obviously not something that Xu Jiaban could do. What's more, there are four master guards around the "Little Yama".

Mu Qing took a big step and walked all the way.

His destination was clear – the largest blacksmith in the city.

After asking for directions a few times, Mu Qing stood in front of a blacksmith shop called "Sun Laotie". This blacksmith shop is really not small, there are as many as seventeen or eighteen young men alone, and there is a clanging sound from the backyard.

According to passers-by, this "Sun Lao Tie" blacksmith shop is a century-old shop, which not only sells farm tools and kitchen knives used in daily life, but also supplies battle armor and blades to officials. Although the business volume is not large, it can be said to be the best among the folk blacksmith shops.

Mu Qing stepped in, a young man came up, glanced at Mu Qing, who was wearing an old cotton robe, wrapped in a turban and covering most of his face, seemed to be a little suspicious, but he was only stunned for a moment, and then said: "Guest officer, what do you want? The small shop has all kinds of ironware, scissors, wood knives, kitchen knives, sickles, axes, hoes, and bronze!

Mu Qing smiled faintly and said, "I want to find a blade." ”

The young man raised his eyebrows slightly, and said, "It turns out that the guest officer is a ranger, and he is clumsy...... The quality is absolutely high, it can't be said to be as sharp as clay, but it's not comparable to ordinary weapons, but the price is ......"

Mu Qing took out a silver ingot with ten taels from his arms, and smiled at the young man.

The young man immediately smiled and said, "Please go to the back hall with the little one." As he spoke, he took Mu Qing to the back hall.

The silver in this hand was taken by Mu Qing after chasing the purple-clothed girl last night, and then returned to the City Lord's Mansion to get it. He found the vault guarded by Ma Cheng, which contained four boxes of gold and silver, Mu Qing found a large tablecloth and wrapped it, and brought him a roll of bread.

However, so much gold and silver could not be carried with him, and Mu Qing didn't need too much, so he only took away ten ingots of silver, a total of one hundred taels. The rest were thrown into the courtyards of each house along the road.

This silver base is stamped, and these in Mu Qing's hand were rubbed by his thumb, and they became whiteboards.

Mu Qing was not ready to give the silver to Xu to work overtime, not because he was stingy, but because he knew that the husband was innocent and guilty. Xu Jiaban is now peaceful, so it's better not to have side effects.

Moreover, Mu Qing also knows that everyone has evil ghosts in their hearts, and once this evil ghost is released, people will change. Not everyone can do it.

......

The room where the weapons are placed is very spacious. Swords, guns, swords, halberds, axes, hooks and forks are complete. These mortal blades naturally couldn't get into Mu Qing's eyes, but there was still foreplay, so he stepped forward and picked up a big gun of rosewood, turned it upside down, and said, "It's too light." ”

He picked up another iron rod, waved it slightly, and said, "It's too light!"

He pulled out a nine-foot steel fork again, and still said, "Light!"

Finally, he picked up a pair of copper hammers the size of watermelons, turned them around a few times in his hand, and said, "It's still light!"

The young man on the side became more and more stunned, and when he saw Mu Qing looking at him, he said: "This guest officer, this is still light on the copper hammer? This is the heaviest weapon in the store." Each one weighs thirty-six pounds!"

Mu Qing smiled and said, "Little brother doesn't know, I was born with brute strength since I was a child, and these blades in your store ...... It's a bit lighter!"

Mu Qing put on a sad face, thought for a while, and said, "These blades are all homemade by your store, right?"

"Yes, it's all played by a few masters, and we, the apprentices, are okay with kitchen knives and hoes!"

"So...... You must have the materials in your store, right?"

"Yes, the iron and copper ingots in our store are all smelted and brought from several large mines outside the city. ”

Mu Qing's eyes rolled slightly: "This iron ingot...... How many do you have, and may be restocked soon?"

Xiao Er was confused by Mu Qing's words, and said: "The iron ingots that our store needs for a year are only more than 1,000 catties, and I don't know how much there is left in the warehouse." What do you do with these things?"

Mu Qing smiled and said, "Don't hide it from the second brother, I have also learned a little bit of smelting, iron-making, and casting techniques before, if there are enough materials, I think...... Can you borrow the treasure land fire, and I will fight a sword myself......"

"Do you fight yourself?" Xiao Er was a little confused. And he said, "What you typed is enough?"

Mu Qing said: "The little second brother is familiar with the art of striking iron, he should know that this iron is ...... The more you quench, the more solid it becomes, the denser it is, and the heavier it is for the same size. ”

Xiao Er said: "This is nature, after repeated tempering and tempering, only then can you produce a magic weapon." But ......"

He looked around at the weapons in the room, and said: "The weapons here, although they are not tempered thousands of times, have also been tempered many times, and the impurities in them have been almost removed, and they are already fine iron!

Mu Qing said: "These...... The impurities are removed, but not cleaned. ”

Xiao Er was a little unhappy when he heard this, and he tilted his neck and said, "The guest officer doesn't look down on my utensils? ”

Mu Qing hurriedly said: "Little second brother, don't worry, I didn't mean that...... I just want to borrow ......."

As he was talking, the door creaked open, and an old man with a burly figure, half-white beard, and a fleshy face walked in, and said, "This little brother also knows how to smelt tools?"

When the little second saw the old man coming in, he called out "Master" and stepped aside.

Mu Qing looked at the old man, bowed slightly, and said, "I know a little bit about it." ”

The old man smiled slightly, and said with a deep meaning: "I am the owner of this shop, and everyone calls me Sun Laotie." Since the little brother wants to show his skills, the old man is welcome!Please!" As he spoke, Chong Muqing made a gesture of please.

I didn't expect this "Sun Laotie" to be so crisp, Mu Qing didn't twist, hugged his fists at him, and followed him to the place where the clanging sound in the backyard came from.

The blacksmithing workshop in the backyard is similar to the ordinary blacksmithing workshop, only more spacious, under a row of straw sheds, there are six large burning stoves side by side, although the weather is already very cold, but a dozen blacksmiths are only wearing a coarse cloth single coat, surrounded by the fire, each busy with their own work.

"Sun Laotie" greeted and said, "Sons, this little brother is going to try his skills and give him a place!"

Everyone was stunned, and said in their hearts: This is a blacksmith shop, not a martial arts hall, how can there be a kicking hall?

A man with arms as thick as a tree trunk glanced at Mu Qing and said with a smile: "There is really everyone who has it these days, and I haven't seen it in the hall of the blacksmith shop for a long time!"

Only then did Mu Qing understand why the "Sun Laotie" just now agreed to his proposal so readily, and his feelings were to treat him as kicking out of the gym.

So he hurriedly said: "Don't get me wrong, I really just want to borrow the treasure land and the stove to use it to fight a blade that can be used." How many materials are used in your store, I will pay according to the price. The charcoal money used is also mine. place I give rent. ”

This sentence made everyone happy.

The man said: "How much iron can you use to beat a blade, how much charcoal can you use, as long as the quality of the blade you make surpasses mine, I don't want your money!" As he spoke, he had already walked in front of Mu Qing and handed over a hammer the size of a human head in his hand.

Mu Qing took the hammer and swiped it in his hand, I don't know how many catties, in short, it was one word - "light", two words - "too light", and three words - "very light".

However, it has been barred here, and people regard themselves as "kicking the gym", and if they don't play a few times, this thing really can't be done. So Mu Qing walked to the stove, took out a fist-sized iron ingot that had been burned red in the hearth with tongs, and carefully placed it on the anvil.

As soon as he made these moves, it immediately attracted a burst of ridicule from "Sun Laotie" and others. These people are all veterans of striking iron, and when they saw Mu Qing's action, they knew that he was a layman.

Mu Qing didn't look at them either, took a deep breath, and secretly admonished herself, "Be gentle, be gentle", and picked up the hammer like the red-hot iron ingot.

Just listen to the sound of "boom", sparks splash everywhere.

"Sun Laotie" and his group of apprentices were stunned, and Mu Qing himself was also stunned......