Dragon Pattern Roll Set

Tan Jin told everyone about the past event that changed his life.

Tan Jin's father is a military general who likes knives, so Tan Jin also likes knives since he was a child, and he collected them everywhere when he grew up.But although he loved knives, he was not addicted to knives, until one day, he accidentally got a machete, and everything changed from then on.

When Tan Jin was traveling west, he passed a small forest and saw people fighting inside, and many men in black besieged a woman, so he sent his followers to rescue her.The woman seemed to be injured and was gradually dying.Seeing the officers and soldiers coming to help, those men in black ran away quickly, but what was strange was that the woman also ran away.

This made Tan Jin a little puzzled, but no one could figure out the affairs of the Jianghu people, so he didn't pursue it. He wanted to leave, but found a knife on the ground.

It was a scimitar with a very unique style, the blade was like a crescent moon, and the quaint black leather case was engraved with complicated patterns.The hilt is a high-quality dark wood, which complements the leather of the scabbard.

Tan Jin pulled the knife out of the scabbard forcefully, and felt a burst of red light, and was startled...

One of his subordinates saw it and asked, "Is this knife rusty?"

In fact, at first glance, there is indeed a feeling that this knife has rusted.This scimitar has a weird shape, a crescent shape but no tip, and the blade is rusty red, like rust, but the surface of the blade is abnormally smooth.Tan Jin recognized at a glance that it was a precious knife, and the knife was not cut off, but was forged into a half crescent shape itself, it was a guillotine.

The guillotine is usually not used for combat, but a decorative knife for gifts or souvenirs. This kind of knife does not have a point, in order to indicate that it does not represent killing.It is reasonable to say that the decapitated knife bean cannot sharpen, but this knife is not only sharpened, but also very sharp.

Tan Jin didn't know who left the knife. After waiting for a while, no one came to pick it up, so he took it away first.

Still the same sentence, the original Tan Jin, although he loves swords like his life, is not a greedy and unprincipled person. He has been waiting for the owner of the sword to come to pick up the sword, and even sent someone to wait near the forest.

But as time passed day by day, the owner of the knife did not come, and Tan Jin himself had some changes.

Originally Tan Jin was gentle and refined, but in the past few days, I don't know whether he has not had a good rest or he is not acclimatized. In short, he has become a bit fierce and not as friendly as before.

Tan Jin sometimes feels that there is a problem with himself, gradually becoming violent, greedy, and always having nightmares.In addition, as soon as he sees a knife, he doesn't have any ability to resist. He always wants to take it for himself. It seems that his love for it has suddenly gone to the extreme. That's why he entered the palace to steal the knife. things.

Later, Tan Jin felt that there might be something wrong with him. At this moment, Yang Caisheng came to steal the knife.

Tan Jin was seriously injured that time. Yang Caisheng was indeed caught at that time, but he escaped that night.

However, this matter has been reported, and Tan Jinsheng was afraid that the emperor would think that he was fabricating facts in order to get rid of the crime. In desperation, his friend from the military department asked someone to get a prisoner who was going to be dispatched to the border to pretend to be Yang Caisheng. Later, Yang Caisheng was assigned by tattooing.

After Tan Jin recovered from his injuries, he was given a light sentence, and he retired to his ancestral home to recuperate.

However, after a few days of quiet life, Tan Jin unexpectedly found that his "disease" had recovered.From that day on, he was not so greedy for things like knives as before, and he seemed to have returned to normal, that is, from this day on, Tan Jin understood that all his problems were caused by that guillotine, which was a A demon sword that can make people fall into the devil's way.

Tan Jin began to consult a large number of ancient books, trying to find out some information about the guillotine.

During the investigation, he discovered that there was a kind of knife called a blood knife.This kind of knife is rust-red or blood-red, and it is said to have demonic power... It is forged from hematite ore buried deep in the ground.After that, Tan Jin began to search around, and finally found a similar hematite ore in Daofu Town.

In fact, how did the incident subside?Tan Jin's method is very simple, let the villagers throw back the mines and the swords that have been forged, and bury them with mud.And the master who forged the sword, later put on a thick padded jacket and a mask during the forging to avoid contact with the sword. It didn't take long for the others to heal.

Tan Jin never left here, changed his name and surname to live here, just to find out the truth about this mine.

After listening to Tan Jin's narration, everyone roughly understood the truth of what happened back then. Although Yang Caisheng's incident was a bit confusing, it seemed that the hematite mine at the border could be resolved.

"I asked Lao He to bury those iron mines, and those knives?" Ouyang asked Zhao Pu.

Zhao Pu rubbed his chin, "...haven't all those swords and ores been transported away? But the condition has not eased..."

"Is the hematite you're talking about a kind of medicine mine?" Gongsun asked suddenly.

Zhao Pu and others looked at each other, "Medical mine?"

"Actually, it's not that complicated. It's a ghost sword." Gongsun told everyone, "This kind of mine is actually called a medicine mine. Most of them are buried deep underground. The soil on the ground is accumulated layer by layer. Maybe many years ago, once On a certain layer of soil, some poisonous herbs grew. After being buried underground, the herbs changed, just like boiled medicine. The medicinal properties penetrated into the ground with the rainwater, submerged on the ore, and the ore was preserved over time. They are all poisonous. Many years later, when people used stones for forging, they were poisoned due to different medicinal properties, and thus became irritable."

After hearing this, everyone felt reasonable.

"This is also common, as if there is a river flowing through a village all year round. The villagers have grown up drinking the river water and have been fine. Suddenly one day a landslide occurred upstream of the water, and some poisonous plant residues buried in the ground were sprayed. After coming out and falling into the river, the villagers at the bottom of the mountain were poisoned to varying degrees after drinking the water." Gongsun said, smiling slightly, "I think that the ore turned red may be a kind of herbal medicine that creates hallucinations. There is something called Luodan grass. The rhizomes, branches and leaves of this herb are fiery red. They can be used for dyeing or painting. As long as they are soaked in water, the water will turn red. Luodan grass is actually pretty A common herbal medicine with a wide range of uses. For example, if you can't sleep well at night, you can use a small amount to soothe the nerves and relieve pain. The only downside is that this thing is slightly toxic. Very frenzied, even fatal."

Zhe Ying thought for a while, "My lord, those brothers who took people to dig the ore did say that when they dug the ground, they found a lot of rotten bushes, which were black in color."

"This will happen to any flower or plant that has been buried in the ground for a long time." Gongsun said as he took out a piece of paper to write a prescription, "There are different types of medicines in the world, and the same type of disease and the same type of discomfort can usually be treated with the same type of antidote. Come to treat it. The method of treating illusion-making herbs is very simple, it is the same prescription as the hangover medicine, the dosage is just bigger."

"Is this all right?" Zhao Pu didn't seem to believe it.

Gongsun Shuahua prescribed two prescriptions, and asked Zhao Pu to cook a large amount of hangover medicine in the barracks. No soldier would bring a bowl, and then boil vinegar in the barracks to smoke everywhere. Cook it and sweat it out.Gongsun also mentioned that the fact that Tan Jin and those forging masters were able to escape from danger was directly related to wearing cotton jackets and sweating.

"Oh..." Everyone in the room nodded suddenly, "So that's the truth."

The fourth son also nodded and nodded, dad is capable.

Seeing that Bao Zheng's white eyes were turning green, Pang Ji smiled and asked him, "Old Bao, you're talented!"

"Yeah!" Bao Zheng nodded vigorously, "He is simply a genius!"

After that, Zhao Pu hurriedly sent people back to the barracks to prepare anti-alcoholic medicine and burning vinegar.

Bao Zheng and Pang Ji continued to study the case.

Everyone was busy, but Bai Yutang didn't know what to do. Yang Caisheng's body still had no clues, and now it was found that the head was fake, and the woman who didn't know whether she was a good person or a spy was also dead. The more I check, the more confused I become.

Sitting in the courtyard of the yamen, Bai Yutang held his teacup and shook his head slightly, when he heard a long sigh from beside him, "Alas...".

Bai Yutang turned his face away, and saw Zhan Zhao squatting on the chair beside him, his chin resting on his hands, sighing.

"When did you come here?" Bai Yutang was surprised, this Zhan Zhao was really like a cat, walking without making a sound.

"Yang Caisheng on your side has no clues, and Gongsun smashed the glimmer of hope on my side in the case of killing the family." Zhan Zhao shook his head.

"What do you mean?"

"Originally, I just need to find a master with fast sword skills." Zhan Zhao looked up at the sky, "But now the trouble is coming, everyone may be a murderer, no matter whether they are masters or low hands."

Bai Yutang didn't quite understand what Zhan Zhao said.

Zhan Zhao shook his head and told him, "Gongsun said that the people who broke the Daomen were beheaded after they were collectively poisoned, and many of them were already dead when they were beheaded. "

Bai Yutang frowned.

"Speaking of which, the watchman who was at the watch said that he saw a white shadow coming out of the mansion in the dark that day. Dao Xingfeng and the others suspected that the murderer was you. Could it be some enemy of yours who framed him?"

Bai Yutang thought for a while, "Unexpected."

"Hmm..." Zhan Zhao continued to think about the case while resting his chin.

Bai Yutang looked at the sky, and it was almost dawn after tossing all night, so he got up, "I'm going back."

"Isn't it dawn when we go back to the inn so late? Let's stay in a guest room, anyway, so many guest rooms are empty."

Bai Yutang thought about it, and decided it was okay, so he went to the guest room to stay.

Unable to sleep in the middle of the night, Bai Yutang lay on the bed with his face up, took out Yang Caisheng's crooked handwritten letter and read it. If the legend about Yang Caisheng back then was a lie, why didn't he come out to clarify?Is he dead now or not?Could it be that such a sincere letter was forged?

I was lying down when I heard three beeps of "Tuk Tuk Tuk", almost someone knocked on the door.

Bai Yutang was puzzled, who was it in the middle of the night, "Who?"

"Aren't you asleep?" Zhan Zhao's voice came from outside the door, "I found an empty grain drying field at the back. Zhao Pu and the others went to barbecue and drink. I'm going to go even if I can't sleep. Are you going?"

Bai Yutang thought for a while, turned over and got up to open the door.

Under the moonlight, Zhan Zhao was holding a wine jar, looking at himself with a smile.

Bai Yutang felt that he was no longer sleepy, and he didn't want to think about Yang Caisheng's troubles anymore. He nodded to Zhan Zhao, and went out to the grain drying field behind the yamen.

It seems that many people can't sleep today, and at night, almost everyone is there, even Grand Master Pang and Lord Bao are drinking, and Tan Jin is also there, the three of them seem to be reminiscing about the old days.

Zhao Pu was sitting on the haystack, with his fourth son lying on his knees laughing and laughing with him, and Gongsun and Ouyang were chatting and drinking with him below.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang went over to find two wooden stakes for chopping firewood and sat down.

Gongsun was in front of them, so he turned around and asked Bai Yutang, "Have you found any clues about Yang Caisheng?"

Bai Yutang shook his head, "I don't even know if he is alive or dead right now."

"If Yang Caisheng kept the guillotine, he might be in trouble." Gongsun said seriously, "The person who forged this knife seems to have ulterior motives. He deliberately forged a knife that would make people lose their minds, but it would not cause instant wind or death. Demon Sword."

"If Yang Caisheng was still alive and kept that knife, what might he have become?" Bai Yutang asked Gongsun.

"It's hard to say, maybe the wind demon is dead, maybe it's dead, or maybe..."

Zhan Zhao also looked up at him, "Maybe?"

"Maybe it becomes another person with a completely different personality." As he said, Gongsun took out a drawing from his sleeve and showed it to Bai Yutang, "This is a re-guessed weapon pattern based on the wound, because it is different from the station. It is different from cutting and cutting, and cutting on lying people is exactly the opposite of the previous inference, the weapon should be thick and short."

"Thick and short?" Zhan Zhao wondered, "Axe?"

Bai Yutang opened the drawing paper, Zhan Zhao took a closer look, and both of them were subconsciously taken aback—it turned out that Gongsun drew a machete, and the tip of the knife was broken.

"Guillotine!"

At this time, Tan Jin, who came to deliver barbecue to Zhan Zhao and the others, recognized the pattern at a glance, and exclaimed in a low voice, "The shape is exactly the same."

Zhan Zhao pointed to the wavy lines at the bottom of the blade and asked Gongsun, "Are you sure about this?"

"It can be clearly seen from the knife wound!" Gongsun took the skewer and saw the fourth son running back, so he caught him and fed him, and then said, "And it's strange, this knife should be very fast, but The person who used the knife seemed to have trembling hands, and the cut was not smooth, which is why there are obvious knife marks."

Bai Yutang took out the letter, unfolded it, and handed it to Gongsun.

Gongsun stared at the letter and frowned, "It's not like shaking hands due to weakness, but more like shaking hands caused by uncontrollable emotions."

"How to tell the difference?" Bao Zheng seemed interested and walked over.

"Weak people do not have enough strength to write, and the pen will move slower and slower, but excited people will write faster and faster, so the strokes will feel thicker and thicker, and there will even be large strokes in some places. Ink spots."

Bai Yutang looked at the letter, then at the drawing drawn by Gongsun, and asked, "Could it be that Yang Caisheng was the murderer who destroyed the family?"

"This person has been hiding for so many years. If it weren't for this case, no one would have discovered it!" Pang Ji couldn't figure it out, "Why did this person bother?"

"Let's analyze briefly." Zhan Zhao seemed to have a different opinion, "Assuming that the real murderer is Yang Caisheng, then if his wife sends this letter to Tianzun, is it certain that Tianzun will send you here?"

Bai Yutang thought for a while, "It should be."

"Furthermore, pretending to destroy the Broken Knife Sect's Man Sect, creating the false impression that Bai Yutang is suspicious, will definitely attract Dao Xingfeng and the others, isn't it also certain?"

Everyone nodded.

"That is to say, the other party wants to lure you to find Tan Jin, and also lures people from the Dao League to fight against you." Zhan Zhao asked curiously, "Do you know the reason?"

Bai Yutang thought for a while, then shook his head, feeling at a loss.

"However, two accidents happened during the period." Zhan Zhao stretched out two fingers and made a tree branch shape, "One, the other party must not know that the emperor will suddenly pick up the unsolved case in Dao Fu Town, and send Lord Bao to patrol here."

Everyone nodded.

"Besides, the other party probably didn't know that Zhao Pu would come here."

Zhao Pu stroked his chin, "Except for Lao He and his few cronies, no one in the barracks knew I was here."

"So this is a variable!" Zhan Zhao said, "After we and Zhao Pu came, did anything happen that shouldn't have happened?"

Everyone frowned slightly, and said in unison, "That sneak attack!"

"I just said that this group of people are so poor at sneak attacking, it seems that they are not prepared enough to die." Ouyang frowned and pondered, "The relationship just happened to catch up, so it was impromptu."

"I think so too." Zhan Zhao nodded.

"You're quite smart." Bai Yutang clearly understood Zhan Zhao's intentions, "It's obvious that the people who brought me and the short knives here have been preparing for a long time, but such serious preparations were interrupted by a sudden intention. This matter is more important to the other party, that is to say, killing Zhao Pu is their major event... If Yang Caisheng is the murderer, does he have a grudge against Zhao Pu?"

Everyone looked at Zhao Pu.

Zhao Putting his chin on his head, he thought about it seriously, "Basically, the person who wants to kill me may not necessarily have any grudges against me, but it must be a foreign race that has wars with my Great Song Dynasty."

"Yang Caisheng is not a foreigner." Bai Yutang frowned.

"Isn't there a woman from a foreign race?" Gongsun asked, "Could it be that the woman is not dead, and the one who gave the head to your master is also a fake."

Bai Yutang was even more puzzled when he heard this, what kind of medicine was sold in this gourd.

"But there is one thing I don't understand." Zhan Zhao asked everyone, "The other party led you to find Tan Jin, but why did you secretly assassinate Tan Jin when he found out?"

……

After Zhan Zhao asked, everyone was silent, it really didn't make sense.

Just when everyone was confused, they heard someone suddenly answer, "I know!"

Everyone turned their faces in unison, and the one who raised their hands and said "know" was the fourth son.