When the autumn wind blows, the fallen leaves are flying.
The weather is getting colder, but the blacksmith shop's business is still booming.
Clang clang clang!
King Wei's upper body was naked, and the hammer seemed to be slowly hitting the kitchen knife.
But with every blow, the blade was deformed a little, and after being smashed all the way, it turned out to be extremely smooth, no worse than the polished one.
King Wei was focused on nothing else, and his whole body was immersed in this rhythm.
Clang clang clang!
Sister Huang came out carrying a bamboo basket, "Husband, I'm going to buy groceries."
King Wei stopped slowly, raised his head and glanced at her, "Yeah!"
"What do you want to eat?"
Business is good, and Sister Huang has been doing her grocery shopping in a great way recently. "The weather is cold, and mutton is the most beautiful to eat in autumn. Can I make you some yokan?"
"good."
Sister Huang left the blacksmith shop.
"Sister, I'm going to buy groceries!"
"Yes! Go buy groceries!"
"Your business is so good, are you going to buy mutton?"
"It's just ordinary. How dare you eat mutton every day?"
"Your Li Er not only has to forge iron but also beat you every day. How hard is it? If you don't buy mutton to make up for it, be careful of losing money!"
"My husband is very strong!"
Li Han came in quietly and leaned lazily against the door, crossing his arms and saying, "I greet you like this every time I go out. She is so interested every time. Is that interesting?"
King Wei was forging iron and said: "Every day when you wake up, the maids will ask, has the husband woke up? The husband drinks tea, the husband poops... Do you think it's interesting?"
Even in the middle of the court, you will meet with such and such a man and such and such a wolf. Do you find it interesting?
The monarch and his ministers are facing each other, your majesty is wise, and your ministers are hardworking... Do you find it interesting?"
Li Han smiled and asked, "Why are you feeling a little irritable today?"
"I don't know why." King Wei kept holding on, "Maybe it's the weather!"
"Weather? Yesterday you beat up an official from the Ministry of Household Affairs. Yang Songcheng's people are impeaching you! They say you are very angry."
Li Han was very curious, "Could it be that he was holding it back?"
King Wei nodded, but Li Han was stunned, "Where are the women in your house?"
"They were all driven away."
"you!"
Li Han felt that he could not see through King Wei more and more, "What are you trying to do by forging iron here?"
A prince, and a prince who is participating in the fight for the legitimate son, spends his days not planning how to seize the legitimate son, or how to give his half-brother a blow, but working here forging iron.
The key is that this blacksmith shop is still my mother-in-law's property... Look at the signboard outside. It is said that when they moved, Huang Damei said she wanted to bring the signboard to Chang'an.
"At the beginning, I just wanted to find something to do." King Wei said calmly, "I used to have a lot of things on my mind, which were tumbling in my mind every day, and I became more and more restless.
Later, when I struck iron, I hammered down one hammer after another. Each hammer seemed to hit those troublesome things.
Gradually, I lost my anxiety and became calm."
"You're actually enlightened." Li Han marveled, "By the way, that woman..."
"That is my king's wife!"
"Okay! Your wife." Li Han had no choice but to say, "That woman is a little cautious! She didn't even think of changing her sign. You look a bit like a bride-in-law."
King Wei said indifferently: "Just marry someone else!"
Li Han: "If I didn't see you often, I would definitely think that you have been replaced."
King Wei had no time to discuss this topic with him, so he continued to blacksmith.
"By the way, the news just came, Liao Jin has not come forward for a long time."
"That means Zitai controls Northern Xinjiang."
"Well! I'm afraid the palace is going to have a headache."
"You're gloating!"
"Aren't you?"
"Too."
Sister Huang bought groceries and found a medical clinic.
There were several doctors in the medical center doing consultations. There was not much business in the morning. Two of them were napping and one was reading. When he saw Sister Huang, he said lazily: "Here we come."
Sister Huang put the vegetable basket aside, covered it with a cloth, then sat down, "Sir, I have been feeling unwell lately."
"Say it!" The doctor put down the book and looked at her skin color first.
"Slave's menstruation has not come..."
"Um?"
The doctor motioned her to put her hand on the pulse pillow, put her hand on it, and asked.
After a long while, the doctor let go of his hand and cupped his hand. "Congratulations!"
Sister Huang was startled, then covered her face with her hands and choked up.
The doctor smelled the smell of mutton, and his smile became more sincere, "We will have a baby next year."
Sister Huang gave her money, but it was not as much as the doctor had imagined. The doctor couldn't help but curse that someone who could afford mutton would be so picky and picky.
She carried the vegetable basket and returned to the alley.
"Sister, what did you buy?"
Sister Huang was a little confused, "It's nothing."
When she arrived outside the blacksmith shop, she looked at King Wei intently.
King Wei had keen senses and raised his eyes, "Sister."
Sister Huang looked wrong and walked in.
"Husband, I have never been pregnant. You must be dissatisfied, right?"
King Wei was startled.
He has a son, but that son has some brain problems. After they divorced, he was taken away by his ex-wife. Nowadays, people occasionally come to send messages saying that the child is fine.
Every time she went to the palace to see her mother, Concubine Shu would mention the child and ask him to take in some concubines so that he could give birth to a strong son as soon as possible.
Without a son, even the King of Yue could not muster the energy to fight with him.
If you don’t even have a son, why are you fighting?
He shook his head, "It's my problem."
Sister Huang cried, and King Wei sighed: "I already said it was my fault, why are you crying? Have I ever told a lie?"
King Wei may seem indifferent, but he has never been angry with Sister Huang. He is much better than those men who appear to be gentle, but secretly yell at, or even get in touch with, their women.
But there is a problem. King Wei hates seeing women cry the most. King Wei said this when the two got married, we have something to talk about, so don't cry. If you cry, I will be upset.
This kind of mentality is actually a sign of being overwhelmed.
It doesn't match his cold appearance at all.
Appearance and temperament are often very different from the real personality.
Huang Damei was still crying. King Wei was upset and his hands became heavier.
Boom!
Half of the knife blank flew out, and with a sigh, it passed over the head of an old man who was watching the fun, and took away a bunch of hair.
The old man looked blankly at the gray hair hanging down from both sides, "What a beautiful hair I have!"
Sister Huang looked up with a proud look on her face, "I'm pregnant!"
King Wei waved the hammer dullly.
Boom!
The sound is muffled and not loud.
The anvil slowly cracked a gap.
The anvil that could be regarded as a family heirloom was destroyed by him with just one hammer.
Sister Huang sniffed, "I'm pregnant, it's true! I just went to see a doctor. I was worried that something was wrong, so I went to see another one. I spent five kilograms of mutton and they said I was pregnant. Some women said that I was like this
The fetus is a daughter, and she has the secret method to turn her daughter into a son..."
King Wei raised his head, with murderous intent in his eyes.
"I gave her a slap." Huang Damei said angrily: "Having children is God's will. How can she be ordered by a mortal? She is so beautiful! Husband, don't you think so? Husband?! Husband!
!”
King Wei nodded, "Yeah!"
"Why aren't you happy?"
"Rejoice, joy is bad."
"They say we should be careful when we're pregnant. It's best to sacrifice something to the gods so that the gods can protect our children from being harmed by those evil heretics. Husband, don't you agree?"
Sister Huang asked.
King Wei nodded, "Yes! It's time to offer sacrifices."
Sister Huang said: "Then let me buy a pig head!"
King Wei shook his head, "Just rest, I'll come."
My husband is so considerate... Sister Huang felt sweet in her heart, "I want to buy the Yang family's pig meat. Their pig heads are big, and they are dedicated to the gods and are happy."
"Yeah! I'll get it." King Wei threw the hammer away, "From today on, you can rest."
"Then who will take care of the house? Besides, which family has women who are pregnant and resting? They are all working! They don't rest until they are about to give birth. OK, OK, I will rest."
Sister Huang happily went to the backyard, saying she wanted to tell her father the good news.
King Wei cooked lunch and dinner.
Before going to bed, Sister Huang was still beeping, "Husband, remember to buy pig heads! I want big ones!"
"I know, just go to sleep!"
"What about you?"
"It's a little hot, I'll go out for a walk."
"Come back early."
"Know."
King Wei left the bedroom and closed the door behind his back.
He stood outside the bedroom, listening to the breathing inside becoming more even and calm.
The moonlight is like water, slightly cold.
King Wei entered the blacksmith shop, and the moonlight reflected the pale white inside.
There are many made things placed inside, hoes and other household iron tools are piled together, and horizontal knives are hung on the wall.
This is a rule, I don’t know when it was passed down. King Wei later learned that the horizontal sword must be hung, otherwise it will be easily deformed.
He chose a horizontal knife and opened a door.
The alley was quiet. When King Wei turned his eyes, there were dark shadows moving in several places.
He walked out and walked slowly.
Woof woof woof!
In the alley, a group of dogs barked.
Those black shadows appeared quietly and followed from a distance.
There are people from the Yang family, people from the Chunyu family, people from the King of Yue, and people from the palace.
King Wei is a variable, but he has no heirs, so he is not a big threat. Therefore, these forces just make people stare at him, look for clues, and pay attention to trends to see who is connected to King Wei.
King Wei had never been in this alley and had not been out much at night. Today's movement aroused the excitement of the secret sentries.
The two sides walked in tandem and turned several alleys.
In front are several brothels. After the lifting of the night ban, the business in the brothels increased. The brothels also responded to the needs of their customers and opened near their homes.
Music, singing, and the wanton laughter of men and women.
"The luminous cup of grape wine, if you want to drink, play the pipa immediately. Don't laugh when you are lying drunk on the battlefield. How many people have fought in ancient times."
King Wei stopped, with crowds of figures behind him.
He did not turn around and said: "I remember this poem was written by Zitai, and it talks about the heroism and tragedy on the battlefield.
Several clients went to the brothel, and the female prostitutes sang loudly, as if they had all gone to the battlefield, but in the end all their efforts were used on the female prostitutes, and everyone was happy.
It’s just that the poems are dirty!
It’s defiled people’s hearts!”
What does this mean?
Who did he talk to?
Some people in the several groups of secret sentries knew each other and looked at each other in confusion.
"You have been staring at me for a long time, but I have always ignored you. It's not that you are afraid of anything, I just think it would be fun to leave some people outside at night for mosquitoes to suck blood."
Well!
Some of those secret whistles felt something was wrong and began to retreat quietly.
King Wei turned around, "But it's autumn, and the mosquitoes are gone!"
His figure flashed and appeared in front of those secret whistles in a few moments.
"Help!"
"Join forces!"
"Don't worry, kill him!"
The light of the sword flashed, competing with the moonlight.
With every stab, someone must fall.
Later, King Wei actually used the back of his sword to chop him one by one.
If Sister Huang were here, she would definitely be surprised and say: "Husband, you look like you are forging iron!"
Yes, King Wei is just forging iron.
He used the horizontal knife as a hammer, hammering one at a time.
puff!
One person was stabbed and hit the wall. He looked down at his chest and saw the dent there in disbelief.
It was as if I had been hit hard.
"It turns out that he is practicing while forging iron!"
The last person was stopped by King Wei.
"Your Majesty, please spare this villain!"
After witnessing King Wei's clean killing, this man lost his will to resist.
"It was not a big deal originally, but there is also a happy event today."
The secret whistle was ecstatic, "Congratulations to the king, congratulations to the king."
"Thank you very much, but I want to lend you something to sacrifice to the gods."
"What is it? Your Majesty, just tell me!"
"Heads!"
The light of the knife flashed.
Later, King Wei returned home.
He was sitting in the blacksmith shop, holding the hammer in his hand and looking calmly at the cracked anvil.
"Before we got married, I discovered that I could not conceive a woman.
The king quietly sought treatment from a doctor, but the doctor was helpless until he met an old monk who said that the king was poisoned.
This kind of poison is rare and is designed to destroy people's vitality.
I was already in despair, but the old monk said that this poison attacks the fine parts of the meridians, and medicine and stone have no effect. Only by grinding the inner breath little by little to drive out the toxins soaked in the fine parts of the meridians can there be a glimmer of hope.
I practiced hard, but my progress was slow. Until I met my eldest sister.
When I held the hammer in my hand, I discovered that those meridians were actually trembling...
The poison is Yin poison, and forging iron is in the flames... It belongs to Yang.
Yang overcomes yin. I beat it with hammer after hammer, and the inner breath became more and more subtle.
Bit by bit, the evil was gradually driven out of the body. Under thousands of hammers, a glimmer of life returned."
He is aware of the ridicule from the outside world.
Ignore it.
The emperor asked him to participate in the heir apparent, but how could a prince with no heirs seize the heir apparent?
This is to ask him to be the shield, which was the original job of the prince.
The prince's body was still cold, and the emperor raised another son...King Wei!
King Wei swung the hammer, and the sound of breaking through the air was loud and powerful.
"Aye, Saburo, I disappoint you!"
He put down the hammer and returned to the bedroom.
The moonlight was like water, squeezing in through the cracks in the windows and doors.
On the bed, Sister Huang was sleeping soundly, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised and one hand still protecting her lower abdomen.
King Wei looked at her quietly for a long time before undressing and lying down.
Who gave the poison?
He has thought about this problem for many years, but has never come to a conclusion.
…
In the early morning, a nearby temple opened its doors, and the monk Zhike yawned and stretched.
Suddenly, his movements stopped and he stared blankly at the big tree in front of him.
A bunch of things are swinging.
"What is that?"
He walked over and looked up.
There were more than ten human heads on a rope, hanging on the tree trunk.
The morning breeze blew, and the grinning head slowly swayed, looking as if it was greeting him.
"ah!"
…
The shop diagonally opposite the blacksmith shop was bought at a high price, and some seemingly capable men started business.
King Wei's wife is pregnant!
The news was passed to the King of Yue.
"Your Majesty, if he is a son, King Wei will have the capital to seize the throne!" Zhao Dongping raised his eyebrows, "I didn't expect that! That woman turned out to be a wealthy woman!"
There are many women in Prince Wei's palace, but the heirs have been in trouble for many years. A caring person can naturally guess that there is something wrong with Prince Wei.
Therefore, King Yue and others did not regard King Wei as their real opponent from the beginning.
But things are different now.
Zhao Dongping said: "Over in Northern Xinjiang, Yang Xuan has been of great help to King Wei."
"I know." The King of Yue had just changed his clothes and was about to enter the palace.
"Recently I have heard that many women have miscarriages, which is very pitiful!"
Zhao Dongping lowered his head. "Come to think of it, that Sister Huang is also unlucky."
"Who says it isn't?"
The King of Yue went to the palace to see the emperor and made three suggestions, all of which were closely related to the current situation.
The emperor was noncommittal, "Sanlang has been very diligent recently, take care of yourself!"
The King of Yue saluted, "Yes. That's right. Aye."
"Huh?" The emperor looked at the memorial and hummed casually.
The King of Yue said: "Over in northern Xinjiang, I heard that Yang Xuan was quite rude to Liao Jin, so I thought I could send someone to help Liao Jin."
Since Liao Jin is unwilling to become an official, we will send someone over to help his reputation and establish himself step by step.
After all, those powerful men in Northern Xinjiang are eagerly looking forward to this!
He and his think tanks had thought about this idea for a long time, but they didn't bring it up until today. It was because he regarded King Wei Zhenger as his opponent.
The emperor glanced at him and said, "Here comes someone."
Han Shitou stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty."
"Sanlang is smart, I am very pleased, and I will reward you with five hundred thousand coins!"
"Yes." Han Shitou felt uneasy, thinking that if this was the case, the little master would probably cause trouble again. Sure enough, the puppet emperor's bastards are not easy to use.
The King of Yue smiled and said: "Thank you Aye, look back..."
"Your Majesty!" A chamberlain came, "Urgent report from Northern Xinjiang!"
The emperor raised his head and said, "Say!"
"In Taipei, there is an urgent report from Northern Xinjiang. Liao Jin, the governor of Northern Xinjiang, has left Northern Xinjiang with Princess Ningcheng."
Han Shitou was secretly happy and looked over inadvertently.
The smile on King Yue's face was stiff.
The emperor held the memorial in his hand and exerted force unknowingly, and the memorial was rolled into a ball...
Messy.
Just like the mood of the father and son at this moment.
After a long time, the emperor's angry shout came from the opera house, "Liao Jin mistook me!"
The King of Yue left the palace with his head lowered. He raised his head only after seeing the waiting guards.
A slap mark on the face.
The guard was horrified, "Your Majesty, who did this?"
The king of Yue smiled.
The hands behind his back were slowly clenched into fists.