"So...has anything strange happened recently?" Tang Long, the golden leopard, asked seriously.
Shuai Zixuan doesn’t know how to answer this question. He works two days and rests one day. What strange things could happen?
"I wonder what Tangtou wants to ask?" Shuai Zixuan asked.
Ever since Tang Long announced the reform plan, which changed from monthly payment to blacksmiths' purchase after they finished their work, Shuai Zixuan felt that being dragged here by Tang Long was a complete waste of time. He could almost hear the coins slipping from his hands one by one.
The sound of falling to the ground.
Without thinking, Tang Long found Zhang Wuguan's acquaintance and stuffed it into Shuai Zixuan's hand: "I have something to ask you in detail. These five Guan will be considered as your hard work... enough for you to stop working for a few days."
"Tangtou...how do you say this? I, Shuai Zixuan, am also a person who relies on his ability to earn a living." Shuai Zixuan said righteously, while he stuffed the five-guan jiaozi into his sleeve, coughed and said: "Tangtou
Just ask if you have any questions, I still have to go to work."
"Don't tell anyone what I asked you." When Tang Long saw Shuai Zixuan taking the money, he pulled him aside and whispered in an empty room: "No matter who asks, don't tell anyone."
Shuai Zixuan suddenly felt that something was not right. He said he wanted to ask if there was anything strange. This question was also very strange. Why was he going behind everyone's back and not allowed to tell anyone?
Shuai Zixuan is considered an old employee in Shanzhai. He has seen a lot of things and immediately picked up some flavor.
Tang Long thought for a while and asked: "More than ten days ago, did you receive an order for iron arrows?"
Shuai Zixuan's ears rang, and his heart beat wildly. It turned out that Tang Long's dodge was related to that incident!
"No." Shuai Zixuan's eyes were a little wandering: "Tangtou, you see, we are too lazy, so we just do simple knives and iron arrows with high technical content..."
Tang Long, the golden leopard, is not very old, but he has seen a lot of such things in the army and listened to his father talk about it a lot. How could he not hear something wrong with Shuai Zixuan's words?
"Don't play tricks on me." Tang Long frowned and said, "I am also a blacksmith, so I know how difficult this job is."
Shuai Zixuan saw that he couldn't hide it, so he smiled bitterly and said: "Of course there is no order, but we have a man named Mao here who is a first-class expert in making iron arrows."
"Go out and look for him to see me." Tang Long frowned. As Ximen Qing had guessed, this arrow was made by Liangshan.
"No one is on the mountain." Shuai Zixuan spread his hands and said: "Work stopped more than ten days ago, and the man named Mao was secretly starting the furnace alone. I went up to the latrine to say hello, and then I saw him starting work. To be transferred.
When I came back, I said I was going down the mountain to visit relatives, but I haven’t come back yet.”
"Not here? Going down the mountain to visit relatives?" Tang Long frowned again: "Do you know where he is from?"
Shuai Zixuan smiled bitterly and said: "Others don't know, but I know. That person surnamed Mao is from Zhang County, not far away from Shouzhang. He is a single man and his parents died young. Where did he get his relatives from?"
"I understand." Tang Long relaxed after receiving the news: "You go out and I ask you this matter as if it never happened. Do you understand?"
"Young man, I understand." Shuai Zixuan's heart was beating wildly, but when he heard that Tang Long stopped asking any more questions, he breathed a sigh of relief, bowed and left.
"etc!"
Tang Long's sudden shout made Shuai Zixuan tremble all over. He stopped and turned around and said, "What other instructions does Tangtou have?"
"Did you hire the village prostitute?"
"I'm just an acquaintance." Shuai Zixuan put on a smile: "Would you like to call Tangtou to relax? Although that girl is older, she is living well..."
"Stop talking nonsense!" Tang Long shouted: "What's the point of having a village girl here? Send her down the mountain early! If the big boss sees it..."
"No problem! No problem!" Shuai Zixuan was so frightened that his forehead sweated: "Young man, let's do it now!"
"Go!" Tang Long snorted heavily from his nose.
Shuai Zixuan was pissed off. Tang Long stood in the room and thought for a moment. He had successfully taken over the blacksmith shop. At least he didn't disappoint Brother Ximen. He just waited for a boy to come over to deliver food and spread the news.
If things were as Ximen Qing guessed, I'm afraid that the man surnamed Mao would have been thrown into a pond to feed the fish, or buried in some unknown place.
This line...is still broken.
After these blacksmiths became more comfortable with the use, they started to make hook-and-scythe guns and equipped them for the Blood Blowing Guards.
Having said that, Tang Long, the golden leopard, really couldn't understand why Ximen Qing knew that he could hook and sickle?
-------------------- Let's add to the fun." Jiyu Song Jiang shook his head and sighed that the banquet was not well prepared.
Ximen Qing smiled and said: "I handed the letter to Dean Dai this morning, no matter what." The wine on this mountain has somehow become tasteless."
Everyone laughed. Song Jiang looked at Wu Song at the banquet and said, "Brother, I haven't seen you for many days since we parted ways in Henghai County! Come on, come on, don't be too drunk to finish this bowl!"
Although Wu Song suspected that Song Jiang had done something wrong, he still took the wine bowl and drank it down as he remembered his past friendship.
"Okay, okay, now you have the spirit of a tiger-fighting hero!" Song Jiang's eyebrows danced: "Brother Tianwang, brother Ximen Qingxian, let's go one too!"
"Okay!" Chao Gai and Ximen Qing both picked it up and drank a bowl.
The atmosphere at the banquet seemed to be very harmonious for a while. Wu Yong, the wise man, also raised his bowl frequently. Gongsun Sheng, with Fan Rui as a coolie, also came over to intervene and drank faster than anyone else.
"I haven't had anything to drink for several days, so I have to make up for it!"
Gongsun Sheng said fiercely, without any awareness of being a monk. He stretched out his hand and tore a cooked goose, took the goose leg and gnawed it.
Ximen Qing smiled and was about to tease Gongsun Sheng a few words, when the painting boy came into the courtyard and said a few words in Ximen Qing's ear.
Ximen Qing's expression did not change, he stood up and said goodbye: "My wife is a little sick, I'm sorry I can't stay with you for a long time."
When this reason was thrown out, even Song Jiang had nothing to say. Chao Gai even asked a few questions with concern. Ximen Qing smiled and said: "It's nothing serious. Dr. An is checking your pulse. I'll go over and take a look."
After Ximen Qing left Wu Song to sit here, he left everyone and followed the painting boy out.
After returning to his yard, Ximen Qing called the painting boy to the main room, closed the door and asked, "Is it possible that there is news from Brother Tang Long?"
Hua Tong'er nodded and said: "Sir, when I went to deliver the meal at noon, Master Tang gave me a few special instructions, so I went to King Chao Tianwang's courtyard to report the news as the master originally told me."
"If there is any news, please tell me." Ximen Qing did not expect that the golden leopard Tang Long had only been here all morning, and news came back. He was surprised and happy: "Tell me more carefully, don't drag anything down."
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Hua Tong'er thought for a while and said, "Master Tang said that a blacksmith named Mao made a batch of iron arrows over there, but then he disappeared and said he went down the mountain to visit relatives."
"Well." Ximen Qing nodded and said, "As expected...you go down first."
As expected, it was almost as he had guessed. The man named Mao must have died long ago, and he must not be found or confronted.
Although this line was broken, it actually verified my idea.
Song Jiang, the fat man, and Wu Yong, the wise star, really used good tricks!
Ximen Qing thought for a while and asked Shi Qian to ask: "Third brother, do you still remember the old guest you saw at Fahua Temple?"
"Remember, of course I remember!" Shi Qian chuckled and said, "As the saying goes: in the eyes of a thief, you can't pull it out. I will never forget the look of that old customer until I die."
"Very good." Ximen Qing nodded and said, "Accompany Xue'er to Xiao Li Guang Hua Rong's place. You can play with Hua Yuerong openly, but secretly you can see if Hua Rong is a regular visitor from Fahua Temple.
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"This is a simple matter." Shi Qian touched his beard and said, "I'll be there right away."
Ximen Qing said: "Don't be careless. Just check secretly to see if they are the same person. Don't alert the snake."
On the drum, Shi Qian made an OK gesture. Ever since Ximen Qing taught them this gesture, everyone couldn't help but like it: "Oh!"
Soon Shi Qian found Xue'er in a daze in the very unexpected tent in the corner of the yard.
Shi Qian, a flea on the drum, has always wanted to teach Xue'er some of his favorite tricks, but Xue'er has been too lazy to learn. Shi Qian has no choice but to play with Xue'er from time to time.
Shi Qian has a lot of messy gadgets on his body, so Xueer also likes them very much.
But seeing Shi Qian today, Xueer didn't have a good face.
Xueer was very depressed and the consequences were serious.
We had made an appointment with Hua Yuerong to come over to play, but it was already afternoon and Hua Yuerong still hadn't shown up. Xueer simply went into the tent after lunch and was sulking alone.
Finally, someone got in, but it wasn't Hua Yuerong, but Shi Qian.
"What are you doing here!"
Xue'er has always been a good girl, and everyone in the family liked it. Shi Qian didn't care, hehe said: "The scenery outside is nice, why don't sister Xue'er go out for a walk?"
"Why are we going?" Xue'er rolled her eyes and said, "I'm waiting for someone!"
"I know who you are waiting for." Shi Qian touched his beard and smiled mysteriously: "Since she didn't come, why not go and look for her at her house?"