Dragon Pattern Roll Set

The name of the largest inn in Daofu Town is Xiangmanlou, and it seems that the roast duck in it is very famous.

Zhan Zhao and the fourth son came all the way, talking and laughing, exchanging their experiences on eating roast duck.Don't look down on the little fourth son, but he has a lot of research on food, and because Gongsun loves him so much, he always finds ways to get him some delicious food, so he can be regarded as a gourmet at a young age.Not to mention Zhan Zhao, food is one of his great hobbies in life.

The atmosphere between the two was quite good, and they were both a little hungry. Xing hurried to the gate of Xiangmanlou, but felt something strange.

Where is the difference?It's not about blood and blood, but... There is no one in the huge inn, but outside there are a few guys and passers-by who are watching curiously.

This is unreasonable, this time is just right for dinner, so there should be a lot of people eating.

Zhan Zhao moved behind a man who looked like a buddy, and watched curiously with him, and the fourth son also looked.

But there was no one on the first floor, and I didn't know what they were looking at.

The guy felt that there was someone behind him, turned his face, and saw Zhan Zhao and Xiao Sizi had two faces, one big and one small, but both had big eyes.

"What are you looking at?" Zhan Zhao asked the buddy in puzzlement, "Isn't Xiangmanlou doing business?"

"I did..." The guy nodded silly.

Zhan Zhao and the fourth son looked at each other, and went upstairs together to find Bai Yutang and Zhao Pu.

"Ugh!"

The clerk stopped Zhan Zhao, "Master, don't go in with a baby in your arms, there are warriors fighting inside."

Zhan Zhao was taken aback, "Who is fighting?"

"It's scary, it can fly!" The man said vividly, "The tables and chairs upstairs are all lying on the ground, there is a man in black and a man in white."

Zhan Zhao and the fourth son looked at each other—wasn't Zhao Pu and Bai Yutang fighting?

Zhan Zhaoxin said that this is okay?Instead of taking the stairs, he jumped up to the second floor and shouted, "Peace is the most important thing!"

……

On the second floor, except for the table in the middle, the surrounding tables and chairs were indeed lying on the ground. Zhan Zhao is an expert, so they collapsed due to the internal force.

However, there was no tense scene. The table in the middle was still intact. Beside the table, Zhao Pu and Bai Yutang were sitting opposite each other, each holding a wine glass, and they turned their faces to look at Zhan Zhao on the railing of the balcony on the second floor.

Beside them, Ouyang was holding chopsticks, Ziying was holding a rice bowl, Zhe Ying was holding a spoon, all three looked at Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao blinked—wasn't there a fight?

"Exhibition."

Zhan Zhao turned his face away, and saw the fourth son poking his shoulder, "The slippers are about to fall off!"

Zhan Zhao looked down and saw that the wooden slipper on the fourth son's foot was "hanging by a thread", he quickly reached out to grab it, jumped into the railing, put the slipper on the fourth son, and when he reached the table, he was puzzled. "The guy downstairs said you were fighting!"

Both Bai Yutang and Zhao Pu were stunned, and after looking at each other, they seemed to understand.

Ouyang was happy, "There is no fight, they know knives."

Bai Yutang poured Zhan Zhao a glass of wine and told him to sit down.

Zhan Zhao sat down and put the fourth son aside, Ziying dragged the fourth son over and fed him, liking the appearance of a child very much.

Zhan Zhao understands that both Zhao Pu and Bai Yutang use knives, and Yun Zhongdao and Xin Tinghou should both be monsters in knives. When they meet each other, they may discuss how to make friends with knives, which seems to be something they do together. .Seeing that the second floor was almost completely destroyed, Zhan Zhao was dissatisfied, "You two remember to lose money."

Zhao Pu smiled, "Naturally."

After drinking a glass of wine, Zhan Zhao saw that Zhao Pu and Bai Yutang seemed to be getting along pretty well, so he felt relieved and asked Zhao Pu, "What are you asking Bai Yutang for?"

"Brother Zhan, have you ever heard of Sword Demon?" Zhao Pu asked.

Zhan Zhao was holding up his chopsticks to eat, but after hearing Zhao Pu's words, he put down the chopsticks, "So I asked him this, does it have something to do with your sudden visit to Daofu Town?"

"A little bit." Zhao Pu drank a glass of wine, and saw that the fourth son was eating and looking at the wine glass in his hand curiously, so he handed it over, "Do you want to try it?"

"Oh!" Ziying hurriedly snatched the wine glass, "You let him drink when he is only young!"

"Try it and you won't die." Zhao Pu curled his lips, "Didn't you know how to drink when you were young?"

Ziying flat mouth.

Zhao Pu teased the fourth son with a smile, "Taste a little, don't tell your father and you'll be fine."

The fourth son took the wine glass with a smile on his face, took a sip, and stuck out his tongue, "It's bitter!"

Everyone made him amused, Zhan Zhao held his wine glass and smiled, glanced at Bai Yutang beside him, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, he seemed to be in a good mood.

"That's what happened." Zhao Pu finished teasing the fourth son, and then turned around to talk about serious things with Zhan Zhao, "A strange thing happened near my military camp a while ago."

Zhan Zhao listened carefully.

"Near the fortress in the northwest, a temporary shed will be set up at this time of year." Zhao Pudao, "I will invite many master knife smiths there, on the one hand to forge some new weapons, and on the other hand to help the soldiers make the gaps or Repair the rusty knife."

Zhan Zhao nodded, basically there is no war at this time of year, repairing and stockpiling weapons is a must, so he asked, "Then what?"

"Then a strange thing happened." Zhao Pu said, "This batch of iron ore mines were transported from the west this time, and they were not good enough. Those knife smiths said that the knives they forged must be defective, so I want to find another batch of iron stones and come back in a hurry. A local guide told me that there is a hematite mine in the northwest near the edge of the desert. It’s muddy. But then this iron mine was deserted for some reason.”

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang nodded—this is indeed a good thing.

Zhao Pu seemed to be drooling when he spoke, and he tickled Zhe Ying with his fingers, meaning—you go on, I'll take a break.

While serving soup to the fourth son, Zhe Ying said, "I took people to explore, and I also brought a few blacksmiths who made knives. After several masters saw it, they said it was a high-quality hematite, so they all went to see it." After digging, we brought back a lot of good mines and wanted to make more weapons.”

Zhan Zhao sipped his soup and wondered, "This is a good thing, what does it have to do with Daofu Town?"

"The problem is that after the batch of iron ore was taken back, the knives were cast, but three knife-casting masters died."

"Why?" Zhan Zhao was surprised.

"The cause of death of the three master knife smiths is the same." Zhe Ying said, "When the knife was cast, there was no difference between day and night, and blood was shining from both eyes. gone."

When Zhan Zhao heard this, he didn't even remember to drink the soup, "Are all the three knife-wielding men like this?"

Zhe Ying nodded, "At that time, we felt that something was wrong. All the knives casting projects were suspended. I checked with the doctor. All the knives casting masters had some changes. Their temper began to be irritable, and their eyes were bloodshot and refused to rest. , like a demon."

Zhan Zhao is so smart, he understood immediately, "Could it be that there is something wrong with that batch of iron stones?"

"I thought so too at the time, so I asked several doctors to look at it." Zhao Pu shook his head, "But nothing wrong was found."

"I even invited the great dancing gods." Zi Ying carefully picked out the boneless roast duck for the fourth son and stuffed it into his mouth, saying, "What kind of wizards, great gods, and all kinds of immortals have been invited to see it." , everyone understands what's going on."

"Until later, there was an old local guide who told the legend about the evil mine." Ouyang seemed to be full, hugged the fourth son, fed him, and let Ziying eat her own.

Zhan Zhao really wanted to concentrate on listening to them talking about this bizarre thing, but seeing these famous generals holding the fourth son and taking turns feeding them like a kitten, how could they be so skillful.

"All the dolls in the military camp are free-ranging." Zhe Ying seemed to be a very careful person, saw Zhan Zhao's doubts, and helped explain, "Marshal is the king of children, and all the little devils in the military camp like to follow him We all help feed the big devil when he eats."

Zhan Zhao nodded, and gained some new understanding of the military camp——Although Zhao Pu and these generals are well-known, they don't have much airs, they are easy-going and kind, and I don't know why Gongsun seems to have a problem with them ?But Zhan Zhao also has a good impression of Gongsun. Although this scholar has a weird temper, he has a benevolent heart, and seeing how well he takes care of his fourth son, he is definitely a good man and doctor!Between the two, there must be a misunderstanding.

"Evil mine..." Bai Yutang said to himself, "Are there any evil mines?"

"It is said that the mine was discovered about a hundred years ago. At that time, many grazing tribes were active in this area. One of the tribes accidentally found this iron mine while looking for water sources, and began to mine it quietly. blade."

"That's a capital crime, right?" Zhan Zhao asked, "No matter who owned this place at that time, it is definitely a felony to open iron ore to forge weapons without permission."

"So it was discovered later, and the entire tribe was wiped out, and the mine was stained with blood." Ouyang shook his head, "But from then on, no matter whether it is a country or a tribe that mines that iron ore to forge weapons, as long as it is contaminated, one It will perish within a year."

Zhan Zhao frowned, "So evil?"

"So it's an evil mine." Ouyang nodded.

"I've been talking for a long time..." Zhan Zhao looked at Zhao Pu, "Is there anything in Daofu Town that can hold back your evil mines, evil iron, and evil weapons?"

"To appease the anger of these knives, we need the earliest knives." Zhao Pu shrugged, "So I said I'm looking for the knives."

"What is the sword demon?" Because he couldn't eat enough, the fourth son finally stopped talking and couldn't help but raised his face and asked everyone.

"The sword demon is also called the soul of the sword, or the blood of the sword." Zhan Zhao said, "Usually some lunatics make knives or swords, and they like to add other things into it, such as their own blood, or other people's blood, animal's blood, etc. Teeth, or simply use people to cast it. In order to make the knife have life, have the character of the owner or the character the owner wants."

The fourth son blinked, "Really?"

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang, and the reason why Zhao Pu asked him for verification was because he was Tianzun's apprentice.Everyone in Jianghu knows that Tianzun is a sword idiot and an expert in the study of swords. He may have some understanding of the legend of the sword demon.

"The sword demon that the marshal is looking for is the first sword that the tribal leader used his own blood to forge." Ziying thought for a while, "It is said that the sword was melted, poured into molten iron, and remade The knife is quiet."

"Which knife is in Daofu Town?" Zhan Zhao asked Zhao Pu.

Zhao Pu didn't say anything.

Zhan Zhao glanced at Bai Yutang, and raised his eyebrows slightly at him, as if asking—do you believe it?

Bai Yutang kept silent all the time, but seeing Zhan Zhao's question, he put down his wine glass, "My master said, this is nonsense."

Zhan Zhao also nodded, looking at Zhao Pu, he doesn't seem to be such a superstitious person, does he believe in such cloudy things?

Zhao Pu looked at the two of them and laughed, "Of course I don't believe it, but I have found some things."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang continued to listen.

"An incident happened in Daoax Town, that is, an iron mine was excavated in the deep mountains, and the ore produced was turned into a weapon. Before it was transported out of the town, the swordsmith and the sword carrier killed each other. "

Zhan Zhao was surprised, "How many years ago did this happen?"

Zhao Pu stretched out two fingers, "Two years ago."

"So close?" Zhan Zhao was surprised, "So many people have died so no one knows?"

"Because the master knife maker and the escort are soldiers." Zhao Pudao, "And the battle was intense at that time, so in order not to shake the morale of the army, they didn't publicize it to the outside world."

Zhan Zhao frowned, "Is it the same ore..."

"The reason why I came here is because there was a blacksmith who did not die, and it is said that he taught everyone how to deal with the remaining ore and knives. After that, things calmed down, and there was no more mischief and no one died. Also, Do you remember what the legend said?" Zhao Pu reminded.

"It is said that those who have been contaminated with these iron ores or weapons will surely perish within a year." Zhan Zhao understood.

"Daofu Town has been safe and sound for two years, which means that there is a way to break it." Bai Yutang asked Zhao Pu, "You are in a hurry, is it because there is something in the army?"

Zhao Pu frowned slightly, as if he was asked about his worries.

"Has a fight started?"

Zhao Pu didn't speak, but the fourth son suddenly asked.

Everyone was slightly taken aback, looking at the fourth son.

"What did you say?" Zhao Pu stared at him.

The fourth son raised his face, "Is it true that there were no fights in the past, but recently there are fights and troubles every day? My temper has turned bad, everyone is irritable!"

Zhao Pu frowned and looked at the fourth son, "How do you know?"

Seeing that Zhao Pu suddenly became serious, the fourth son stopped talking and looked at Zhao Pu with wide eyes.

"Little four?" Zhan Zhao pulled the little four, "What do you know about iron mines?"

The fourth son shook his head, "I don't know."

"Then how do you know there are too many people fighting?" Ouyang asked seriously.

"You said that." The fourth son looked blank, "Didn't you say that the blacksmiths' eyes were red, they were sleepless, and they killed each other?"

"Yes." Zhao Pu nodded.

"It's manic disease. Daddy has treated many times." The fourth son shook his legs, "Some may be madness, epidemic disease, or poisoning. In the early stage of manic disease, the eyes are red. Then they are full of energy and sleepless, and it gets worse later on, and some even eat people, which is scary!"

Zhao Pu was pleasantly surprised, "Can your father cure this disease?"

The fourth son put on a straight face, "Daddy can cure any disease, but let him see the patient first."

Zhao Pu stroked his chin, "If that's the case...you can ask the scholar to go back and have a look."

"My lord, it's not that I didn't remind you." Ouyang Shaozheng poured cold water on Zhao Pu, "Do you remember the name of that scholar?"

Zhao Pu was stunned and scratched his head, "Is it called bamboo? Or bamboo shoots, spring bamboo shoots, winter bamboo shoots?"

Zhan Zhao looked at Zhao Pu speechlessly.

The fourth son was annoyed, "Daddy is not a bamboo shoot, daddy is called Gongsun Ce!"

"Oh... yes!" Zhao Pu nodded.

On the side, Ouyang poked again, "He still hates us!"

Zhao Pu frowned, "He basically has a sense of right and wrong, right? This is a life-threatening matter. That bookworm wouldn't be so stingy in avenging his personal revenge? Besides, I really have no hatred against him!"

"Why does your father hate him so much?" Bai Yutang asked the fourth son.

The fourth son tilted his head, puzzled, "Who does Daddy hate?"

"He." Everyone pointed at Zhao Pu together.

The fourth son raised his face and looked at Zhao Pu for a long time, frowning and holding his chin, "I didn't hear Daddy say he hates bears..."

Zhao Pu rubbed his forehead, thinking about talking to Gongsun directly.

"The top priority is, we should first find the blacksmith back then, and then find the mine, let Gongsun see what's wrong first, and then go to the military camp to prescribe the right medicine." Zhan Zhao suggested.

Zhao Pu nodded, Zhan Zhao is indeed talented, well organized!

"Where is the blacksmith? Do you have any clues?" Bai Yutang asked Zhao Pu.

Zhao Pu nodded, took out a note and handed it to Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao glanced at the paper, and then showed it to Bai Yutang—there were several addresses written on it, many of which were crossed out with cinnabar, leaving only the last three.

"Zhe Ying asked about the locations of all the blacksmiths in the town before, and we found them all, and only the last three remain." Zhao Pu said, "It's better tomorrow morning..."

"Let's go after dinner." Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao spoke in unison, looked at each other again after speaking, and said together, "Late will change..."

Zhao Pu looked at the super-synchronized two with a glass of wine in his hand, and nodded with a smile, "Very good."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang felt a little embarrassed, Zhan Zhao put away the paper and returned it to Zhao Pu.

At this time, footsteps sounded on the stairs, as if someone was coming up.

Zhan Zhao looked around, there were no seats left, and the diners who came up again probably had no place to sit, but they had finished eating, so it's better to let them go.

But he also found out that Bai Yutang didn't eat much, and wanted to ask him if the food was not to his taste, why did this man drink all the time and not eat?

Bai Yutang also seemed to have heard the footsteps, and forgot the direction of the stairs, looked away and frowned.

At this time, Zhao Pu yelled, "Did the noodles I wanted come?"

The fourth son looked at Zhao Pu with the chicken paw in his mouth - so delicious!

Ziying grabbed his ear and whispered, "Of course the bear eats a lot!"

The fourth son blinked—it's no wonder, daddy hates the idiot and said... But even though the little guy was dumbfounded, he didn't say that, he was about to spank.

The one who walked up to the second floor was not the guy holding the face, but a man in purple.

Zhao Pu glanced back, frowned and stroked his chin—the look is familiar.

The man in purple was of course Yao Ziling. It seemed strange for him to see the mess on the second floor. He looked at Bai Yutang's table, but he didn't look at anyone else. He asked Bai Yutang first, "Did you find it?"

Bai Yutang was stunned for a moment, and Zhan Zhao also remembered that he hadn't told Bai Yutang about Tan Jin before, so he patted Bai Yutang's hand on the table, "Aren't you in a hurry to leave? I found out about Tan Jin." Yes, it’s quite long and may take a while.”

Bai Yutang nodded, leaned over to listen to Zhan Zhao's detailed explanation, and Zhan Zhao started talking to him.

"Tan Jin?" Zhao Pu raised his face and said to himself, "The name is so familiar..."

"Don't you remember?" Ouyang reminded him, "That Tan Jin from the Ministry of War."

Zhao Pu frowned, unable to remember, turned around, and saw Yao Ziling standing at the stairs, staring at the table expressionlessly.

Zhao Puxin said that his eyeballs were about to bleed, is this person hungry?Turning around, Zhe Ying winked at him.

Zhao Pu followed his gaze, and saw that Zhan Zhao was holding Bai Yutang's wrist and speaking intently.

Bai Yutang didn't move and listened carefully, there was nothing wrong with this move, but Zhao Pu could see that Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang seemed to hit it off very well. close.

Zhao Pu looked back at Yao Ziling again, and suddenly a name flashed in his head—remembering the identity of the man in purple.

Zhao Pu smiled faintly, "It's subtle."

"raging……"

At this time, the fourth son suddenly tugged at the corner of Zhao Pu's clothes.

"It's a hero." Zhao Pu corrected him, and slipped him over by the way.

"Do you have nine dragons?" The fourth son asked a strange question.

Zhao Pu thought for a while, "Yes."

"I know why Daddy hates you!" The fourth son clapped his hands.

Before Zhao Pu could speak, two shadow guards and Ouyang came over gossipingly, "Why?"

The fourth son sighed like a little adult, stood on tiptoe on the stool and stretched out his short arms to pat Zhao Pu's shoulder, "You are finished, you are the person that Daddy hates the most in this life!"

Zhao Pu felt his head buzzing -- didn't he?They have never met each other after a distance of thousands of miles, so can this also lead to hatred?

……

On the other end, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were talking halfway, and Yao Ziling came over and sat beside them, and said, "Master Zhan is quite enthusiastic."

Zhan Zhao smiled and waved his hands, "Small things."

Yao Ziling poured himself a glass of wine and drank it.

Bai Yutang looked at him - did he take the wrong cup?

Seeing Bai Yutang looking at him, Yao Ziling looked down, slightly surprised, "Your cup?"

Bai Yutang turned around and wanted to ask the clerk for another one, but the clerks were all downstairs.

"Use this." Zhan Zhao put his glass in front of his eyes, helped him pour a glass of wine, and continued talking about Tan Jin.

On the side, Ouyang and Zhe Ying silently looked at each other.

Ouyang slightly raised his eyebrows—you guessed, did Zhan Zhao do it on purpose?

Zhe Ying looked at Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang who were talking and drinking calmly, and shook his head with a smile—maybe, but Zhan Zhao is really not as good-tempered and docile as he appears on the surface, he is a cat with claws, sir provoke.