The old woman couldn't help crying while talking.

The old man saw that she really couldn't go on talking, so he went on to talk about what happened next.

After the Taiping Army was defeated, the officers and soldiers felt that the foreign guns and cannons of the foreign devils were still more powerful, so they hired experts to inspect the Dongfang Mountains, hoping to mine high-quality iron veins in the mountains in large quantities and transport them to Wuchang City to smelt steel.

, forged into weapons.

But before doing this, you still need to find a batch of iron ore for testing to see if the iron ore here can meet the requirements for making weapons.

Therefore, the surrounding mountain people were required to mine a large amount of iron ore in a short period of time, and then transport it to Wuchang city in batches via the Yangtze River.

The old man narrated calmly, and did not seem to think there was anything wrong with this. It seemed that obeying the requests of the officers and soldiers was always a matter of course, even if those requests were not that reasonable, and were even naked oppression.

You have also seen that in our family, all the young and middle-aged men have died in the war, and only I, a dying old man, can dig enough iron ore as required by the army.

Just when we were worried, we suddenly discovered that in our son's room, in addition to the iron sword we brought back, there were actually more than ten iron swords of similar shapes, but there was no Taiping Er on the sword body.

The characters and hilt are also rougher.

We were frightened, but there were more and more iron swords in other rooms.

So we handed over the extra iron swords and even made up for the missing parts from other families who didn't have enough iron ore.

However, something even more unbelievable happened next. All the iron ore transport ships equipped with iron swords sank in the Yangtze River. None of the officers and soldiers responsible for escorting the ships survived, and there were no iron ore transport ships equipped with iron swords.

The ore transport ships arrived at Wuchang City safely.

After the old man told this strange story, everyone was in disbelief. This was not haunted. This was simply a god coming down to earth to help the poor.

"Did those iron swords never hurt anyone else? They just ruined the transportation plan of the army?" Yao Jingli asked with certainty and pertinence, because after hearing the ending of the old man's story, he saw two more people.

After the old man was unharmed, she felt that those iron swords were more targeted.

But Jiang Qianfeng was more concerned about the present: "Are there those iron swords in other rooms?"

After collecting everyone's questions, the old man answered one by one: "Yes, I have never hurt anyone else. All the remaining iron swords are still in other rooms."

"Then can we take a look?" Bai Wuyan's curiosity was also piqued. He wanted to see what was so weird about those iron swords.

"Of course, let's go, I'll take you to have a look." Seeing that Bai Wuyan should be the one in charge among this group of people, the old woman readily agreed.

So everyone was taken to the thatched house next door, and saw that except for the beds, the entire room was covered with iron swords, dozens of them at least.

However, all the iron swords were not piled up in a messy manner. They were all placed neatly on the ground, and they even looked like they were forming a formation.

"You didn't place these iron swords like this on purpose, did you?" Bai Wuyan couldn't help but make some guesses when he saw these swords placed on the ground in such a weird way.

"No, when we found that there were more iron swords, these swords were placed here by themselves." The old woman's answer was exactly as Bai Wuyan expected.

"Then how did these iron swords come into being?" Zhai Lingxiu had been very curious since he heard about this magical thing, and now he finally asked his doubts.

At this time, the old man also came over and told everyone in detail what happened in these houses: "We don't know, there is nothing abnormal during the day, but in the second half of the night, we will hear some tinkling bells and orange trees.

There was a sound of metal colliding, and when we got up early the next morning and entered the house, we saw that there were more iron swords in the house. This thing was too weird, so we didn’t dare to come over and look at it at night.”

Unexpectedly, after Jiang Qianfeng heard this, he looked very excited and guessed: "Could these swords be made by ghosts at night?"

However, his speculation was ruthlessly extinguished by the attentive Yao Jingli: "How is it possible? Look carefully, these swords are all old. Not only do they have traces of being used, but many of the sword edges are already rusty.

There are even some with broken teeth.”

"Are the other rooms the same as this one?" Bai Wuyan suddenly discovered something. In this room, he did not see the word Taiping engraved on the sword that the old man mentioned earlier. It was the first to be brought back.

of iron sword.

Sure enough, the old man added: "There are several other rooms that are in the same situation as here, but in the room where the iron sword that was originally picked up was placed, there are no other swords."

"Take us to see it quickly." Bai Wuyan did not expect that this would be the case, and immediately made the request.

So everyone came together to the room where only the original iron sword was kept. This room was located in the second room of the east wing. It used to be the room of the old couple's second son.

In the room, I saw an exquisite long sword hanging in the middle of the wall behind the bed.

Although the long sword has no scabbard, the exposed blade is still cold and there is no trace of rust or dullness.

Bai Wuyan took the long sword off the wall. As expected, the word Taiping was engraved on the sword, but the font was not the regular script commonly used today, but the small seal script of the Qin and Han Dynasties.

This turned out to be a weapon used by ancient cultivators. As soon as Bai Wuyan made his judgment, he began to have doubts in his heart, so he turned to Yao Jingli and Zhai Lingxiu and said: "I will take this sword away, you two

The girl will rest in this room tonight, while Qian Feng and I go to sleep in the room we just looked at. I want to see what will happen there in the second half of the night."

The old man listened to Bai Wuyan's methodical arrangements and didn't say anything. After all, after understanding the whole situation, this group of people could still be so calm and calm. Maybe they are indeed not simple. It seems that they are not so simple at the moment.

There is really no better way than to rely on them.

In this way, everyone finally settled down temporarily in this farmhouse.

It was indeed temporary, because in the second half of the night, Bai Wuyan and the others really couldn't settle down at all.
Chapter completed!