In the Blade

Du Chengfeng knew Liu Dudu, the commander of Jizhou.

Like Liu Qingyun, the famous swordsman, Liu Dudu was just a background for people to chat. However, as a big man who commanded the entire Jizhou, Liu Dudu's status was much higher than Liu Qingyun.

This can also be seen from Liu Qingyun's life. He might talk about Liu Dudu in conversation, but he had never really met Liu Dudu in person.

In the end, no matter how famous a swordsman is, he is just a swordsman. If he wants to enter the governor's mansion, he is still far away.

But Liu Qingyun can't do it, but it doesn't mean Du Chengfeng can't do it.

After all, in the process of sharpening his sword, he has learned that this time the Hu people went south, it was not an ordinary robbery, but a full-scale war initiated by the Khan in the depths of the grassland, with the Qingyang tribe as the vanguard. These grassland warriors who survived the bitter cold in Mobei would spare no effort to seize the warm land in the south. It was at this time that the Qingyang tribe had a terrifying general like He Xiqing who had almost no shortcomings.

Undoubtedly, this was extremely important military intelligence. If this intelligence was handed over to Governor Liu, the other party might really be able to deploy troops in advance and set up an ambush to give He Xiqing and even the Qingyang tribe behind him a head-on blow.

However, although this idea was good, Du Chengfeng still felt that he would encounter many difficulties in practice.

For example, like now.

"What? You said the Hu people are coming?"

The next day, Du Chengfeng got up early and rushed all the way to the Governor's Mansion in Jizhen, but the soldiers guarding the door stopped him.

"Okay, got it. You can go back. Governor Liu will send troops to rescue you."

Obviously, the guards at the door didn't take Du Chengfeng's words seriously at all. As for the reason, it was because there was too much similar intelligence - Jizhou is located on the border, and there are grasslands to the north. There are hundreds of cases of grassland people going south to plunder every year, even if there are not a thousand. A dozen Hu people dared to run over on horseback to rob things. Anyway, they had nothing but their lives. Faced with such endless harassment, no matter how many troops the Governor's Office sent to support, they could not catch up with the speed of Hu people's looting.

It is precisely because of this that some villages in Jizhou have strong men like the Yang family. After all, if everyone does not engage in this kind of self-protection behavior, and only relies on the Governor's Office to send troops to save their lives, then when these soldiers arrive, everyone will be dead on the ground.

However, after the villages and towns under its jurisdiction built camps to protect themselves, the Governor's Office became idle. Unless there was intelligence that confirmed that the Hu army was approaching, the Governor's Office was also happy to let villages and towns like Yangjiabao organize their own resistance, so as to reduce some of the burden on the Governor's Office.

Fortunately, Du Chengfeng really brought accurate intelligence this time.

"This is the axe left by He Xixuan, the Hu general who attacked Yangjiabao not long ago, the Qingyang tribe."

While saying this, Du Chengfeng untied the coarse cloth wrapped around the axe blade.

"I am a knife sharpener, so I can get information from this axe. Take it to your grinding craftsman, and someone will understand what I am talking about."

"This..."

Just by looking at the axe, the two soldiers guarding the gate of the Governor's Office subconsciously took a half step back.

And after Du Chengfeng handed over the axe, the two guards didn't even dare to take it.

As soldiers, they have been in contact with weapons for many years, so how could they not see how dangerous this axe really means.

"Wait here, we will go in and report!"

The two soldiers rushed into the Governor's Mansion as if they were escaping, which made Du Chengfeng frown.

Originally, Du Chengfeng thought that since Governor Liu was in charge of Jizhen, which was a border town, he must be an iron-blooded general. Such a person, his soldiers would naturally not be bad - but at least from what he saw now, the two soldiers guarding the gate of the Governor's Mansion looked like servants of ordinary wealthy families, and even a mere axe could scare them away in embarrassment.

This psychological endurance is too poor, even worse than Li the Carpenter. You know, Li the Carpenter asked him last night after getting drunk if he could pour wine on this axe so that he could take it back to chop wood.

From this point of view, the Governor's Mansion may not be counted on. If the soldiers under the command of Commander Liu were all of this level, it would be hard to say whether these people would be counted as combat power after they were assembled, or whether they would be counted as the food for He Xiqing to improve his strength.

The news brought back by the two soldiers also made Du Chengfeng shake his head more and more.

Commander Liu was not in the mansion, and the grinding craftsman was the same. According to the two soldiers, they rode out early in the morning.

It was hard to say whether this was true or the two soldiers deliberately used it as an excuse to evade him, but since he knew that he could not see Commander Liu, Du Chengfeng had no interest in staying in Jizhen.

It is better to ask for help from oneself than to ask for help from others. Instead of pinning hopes on other things like Liu Qingyun and finally dying, it is better to use the methods he has learned recently to polish himself.

Although he may not necessarily win, even if he dies, he may die more heroically.

So, after leading the horse out of Jizhen, Du Chengfeng got on the horse and returned to Yangjiabao.

But when he just returned to his courtyard, Du Chengfeng suddenly saw that the old man Yang Xuan, who was in charge of the Yangjiabao, was standing at the door of his courtyard.

"What's the matter?"

Du Chengfeng turned over and got off his horse, looking puzzled.

"Did you bring me a new sword again?"

"It's not a new sword, it's an old sword... Oh, that's not right, brave man, let me talk first."

Yang Xuan hesitated for a long time, and finally pulled Du Chengfeng aside.

And Du Chengfeng also knew the whole story.

It was indeed about the old sword, that is, the broken horse long sword yesterday. Before that, after Liu Qingyun was killed by a sword in the duel, Yang Xuan almost immediately bought the broken horse long sword from Liu Qingyun's family and brought it to Du Chengfeng.

Du Chengfeng gained a weapon and the opportunity to sharpen the sword, and the Jizhou Yang family also gained Du Chengfeng's friendship. This was originally a win-win situation.

But the problem lies here.

"I just found out last night that the grinding craftsman of the Governor's Mansion also took a fancy to that Broken Horse Long Sword."

Speaking of this, the old Yang Xuan couldn't help wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.

"That's the grinding craftsman of the Governor's Mansion, this..."

"In other words, you want me to face you, right?"

Du Chengfeng immediately heard the hidden meaning between Yang Xuan's words, but he didn't feel bored.

Anyway, he has always been sharpening knives alone, and it's time to communicate with his peers. Now because of this Broken Horse Long Sword, he just has this opportunity.

"You make an appointment, I'll go talk to him."

"No need to make an appointment."

Yang Xuan smiled awkwardly and raised his hand to point to the small courtyard beside him.

"They are already here, and they are in the courtyard now."

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