technical type

The invitation card for the Sword Discussion Club was sent by Kong Xian, a very unique invitation card, a small copper sword that is no longer than the palm of your hand, with two sides on the top, one side is the word Lun Jian Hui, and the other is time The location, because the carrier is a sword, it looks like a battle post.

Ji Mo looked at the bronze sword in his hand repeatedly, and he could see that it was exquisite and beautiful enough, without a sharpened edge, like a child's toy, the kind that could be played with freely in his hand without hurting his hand.

"This is the work of the following disciples, and it can be regarded as letting them practice their hands. Is it okay for the younger brother to look at it?"

Kong Xian was not in a hurry to leave. After sending the invitation, he went around the sword casting room, and he didn't show any surprise when he looked at the three shaft furnaces.

The Kong family also has a lot of shaft furnaces, otherwise so many people would have to wait in line for a furnace?

"Quite impressive."

Ji Mo saw such a small sword for the first time, and thought it was pretty and fun, so he enjoyed it for a while longer. From the above, he couldn't see any dazzling skills, which also showed that Master Kong devoted himself to him. In addition to more Adjust the formula, and other technical things have been taught to him.

"Little brother is really dishonest. This level of skill can barely be read, and there is still some practice." Kong Xian smiled and turned around, saw the thread-bound notebook on the table, and saw that it was made by himself. There are also some surprises, such a place where the fire is roasting is not a good place to put books.

Ji Mo noticed his gaze, smiled a little embarrassedly, and quickly stepped forward to collect the notebook and said, "My handwriting is not good, I made my brother laugh at me."

For the sake of shorthand, the characters on the notebook are all the simplified characters that Ji Mo is most impressed with, not the font at this time. In the eyes of outsiders, it is probably the same as the dog crawling characters. The cursive script of the simplified characters must be able to fly on paper.

Kong Xian smiled, without any intention of ridicule, and said with relief: "My handwriting is not good, and I don't like these things since I was born. If I ask me to hold a pen, I might as well swing a hammer. People like us don't need to write. What a good word, go out with a good sword, how much reputation will not be heard, there is no need to work hard on it."

Ji Mo doesn't quite agree with this reasoning. Knowledge is always useful, and writing can also cultivate one's self-cultivation. In ancient times, a good handwriting is face and a business card. How could it be useless, but he also knows that the other party is mainly for When I explained what I said, it may not be serious, so I didn't really refute anything, just smiled and let it go.

When I came here, Kong Xian originally said that he wanted to see Aunt Ji, but Aunt Ji refused to see her, so Ji Mo led Kong Xian around the garden like a little master, and talked for a while, but it was mostly embarrassing, Kong Xian said When the garden was good, Ji Mo didn't know what to say. It wasn't his own garden. If he wanted to praise it, it would be like flattering the Liu family. Sweeping the conversation.

It wasn't until the topic turned to casting swords that Ji Mo felt more at ease. Kong Xian found out, and said with a smile: "No wonder father always said that he has taken in a good apprentice. It turns out that the little master is good at forging swords. His talent is so enviable." !"

"I should be envious of senior brother. Senior brother has a good father, and he must have forged more famous swords than me. The future can be expected."

Ji Mo was telling the truth, Master Kong can be so good to himself, wouldn't he be more attentive to his son?With a family in the back as support, the road ahead can at least be wider.

"That's right, that's right." Kong Xian admitted the words bluntly, said a few more words with a smile, then bid farewell to Ji Mo, and reminded him to attend the meeting on time.

Aunt Ji paid more attention to this matter than Ji Mo, and asked the maid to prepare new clothes for Ji Mo early on. On such an occasion, Ji Mo can also wear some toga and sleeves to show off the demeanor of the family, but he is used to simple attire, yes It was so uncomfortable, Ji Mo refused, and still chose the narrow sleeves.

"If they point out at that time, I can also follow to the fireside to have a closer look, which is always more convenient."

The wide sleeves can be dragged on the ground, not to mention the burden, if you run to the fireside and the sleeves are caught by sparks, it will take a while to find out, which is really inconvenient.

"Then, let's just set this up. I was also hesitant."

Aunt Ji asked the maid to get another set of dark purple, but she had prepared two sets from the beginning.

For Aunt Ji's thorough preparations, Ji Mo was thoughtful, and this showed that he attached importance to it, so he couldn't help but asked again: "Won't Auntie come with me?"

"No, just go. From now on, you will be the face of the Ji family."

Aunt Ji pulled Ji Mo's belt and asked him to turn around to see if the back was suitable. There was a mirror in front of Ji Mo, and it was not so clear, but it still allowed her to see his face over Ji Mo's shoulder, so that he couldn't help himself. Dare to look at the face, why go out to scare people?

If you ask why you survived the fire back then, you should be humiliated.

After being cleaned up, Ji Mo took Baishi and went out. Juque was already at Master Kong’s place, and he had no preparations here. Aunt Ji suggested that he take Feihong to make an appearance, but Ji Mo refused. It's a sword given to Aunt Ji, so there's no need to take it there and let others see it again.

"Auntie trust me, I will definitely forge better swords in the future, worthy of the reputation of the Ji family."

"Okay, Auntie believes you."

Watching Ji Mo leave, the wheels of the ox cart turned, and the sound of rolling the road was low. Aunt Ji was watching at the second gate, but she hadn't reached the gate. Hearing the sound go away, she turned her head and saw Liu Zhongjun. When they met in the sun, her first reaction was to raise her hands to cover her face, but she restrained herself, she just lowered her head and clung to the rosary.

"Mo'er's (cast) sword is very good. In the future, he will definitely become a great swordsmith."

Liu Zhongjun's words were full of relief, and when he looked at Aunt Ji again, his eyes were on her hair, which already had gray hairs, which is a detail that is difficult to notice under candlelight, but under the sunlight, it is so fine. , together with that kind of ugliness, also lacks the soft light modification.

"...Don't worry about the sword meeting..."

Liu Zhongjun's last sentence was like this, but Aunt Ji couldn't hear it in her heart. It wasn't until the figure left that she put on a straight face and walked back quickly as if she was extremely disgusted.

At the Sword Discussion Meeting, several people invited by Master Kong were full of praise for Ju Que. Even some of them were reticent, but they also said "yes", which made Ji Mo feel more fulfilled and at the same time It's funny to be worried before coming here. These great swordsmiths are all masters, with a generous heart and a bit of an elder style. How can they have their own thoughts being made things difficult or questioned?

As soon as he let go, he was about to focus on the useless human sacrifice. Ji Mo suppressed his joy, swallowed the words that came to his lips, and listened carefully to their sword-making skills. He frowned slightly as he listened.

The flamboyant sword-making amateurs sound passable, but Ji Mo, who has learned seriously from Master Kong, quickly heard that most of them are perfunctory, and the reason is nothing more than the self-preservation of the broom. This makes the previous praise even more hypocritical up.

The person who came today is not the head of the family, but also a famous nephew in the family. They are all older than Ji Mo and have more experience than him. They say that he is more than enough. Save face.

A sword discussion meeting, everyone drank tea and snacks, sat in the garden commenting on Juque, and talked about famous swords in the past, so uncomfortable.After finally waiting for the end of the Sword Discussion Meeting and sending everyone away, Ji Mo was called aside by Master Kong to talk about it.

Master Kong had seen his doubts a long time ago, and made a few points. One is that the sword-making family is becoming less and less valuable nowadays.

If we talk about the root cause, it probably originated from the Ji family, who would rather be a prostitute than make swords for the Liu family, which really offended the emperor to death, and when the emperor was angry, no one could bear the death of the Ji family, and other sword-making families He was angered, followed by punishment, and the newcomers promoted by the emperor seized the fame. The newcomers brought chaos, broke the monopoly of the family, and the reputation of the swordsmith family was not as popular as before.

The more unpopular he is, the more stubborn he is, he refuses to let go of the glorious past and accept the reality, and even more unwilling to reveal a little bit of sword-making skills, so as not to make newcomers cheaper and increase competitors.

The second sentence is "You are still Liu's nephew."

This sentence is much more powerful than the first sentence. Now that the Liu family is in the world, Liu Zhongjun is also a nobleman of the royal family, his nephew, how dare these people be rude?It is also good to be able to ease the relationship with the Liu family and the emperor with this attitude. To put it bluntly, it is a gesture of goodwill.

However, there is also a lot of vigilance in this kind of show of favor. If they leak their own sword-making skills and let the Liu family use it to train newcomers, wouldn't they be at a loss?

Even if Ji Mo bears the surname of "Ji", he is an orphan of an old family, and he is indeed a "newcomer" when he enters the ranks of swordsmiths at this age. Who knows if the Liu family deliberately left such a person to train them to deal with them?

Before retiring, the feeling of seeing the successor staring at him is the feeling of those swordsmiths.

Ji Mo's overall view is very good. As early as after hearing Aunt Ji's recounting of the past, he would know where he was probably. The one surnamed Ji, even if he wasn't burned to death, was the one who shouldn't have lived.

Uncle Liu must be credited with acquiescing that he learned how to forge swords. It is not ruled out that he was trying to get the secret of the Ji family's sword-making skills. However, a sword is better than thousands of swords. There is no need to worry so much about a technology. There is not only one Ji family in the world who is a family of swordsmiths. There are so many choices, and people can't be suffocated.

"I see. Master, don't worry. It's nothing. It's enough to have Master's guidance." Ji Mo said sensiblely.

Master Kong looked at it and sighed in his heart, this is not a good time.He patted Ji Mo on the shoulder and asked Kong Xian to send him back, but Ji Mo declined and took Baishi away by himself.