"Have you finally made it?" Tang Long, the golden leopard who was about to be cooked by the stove, gently picked up the things in the water with his tongs, strode outside and looked at the sun carefully.
Sure enough, this time the requirements on the drawing were finally met.
Tang Long glanced at the drawings on the table with complicated emotions. During this period, he kept thinking about it. The drawings had long been turned to pieces. Fortunately, Tang Long had already memorized them in his mind.
I don't know where Ximen Qing got this drawing from, but looking at the ugly words on it, Tang Long believed that it was Ximen Qing's own ingenuity. Especially when he caught Xiao Tianqing at home and asked secretly
After asking, it turned out to be Ximen Qing's handiwork.
Until now, Tang Long still couldn't figure out what this strange thing was used for. In terms of shape, it was completely different. However, Ximen Qing had high hopes for this thing and specifically ordered it to be made of fine iron.
You say they are iron chopsticks, but they are a bit short, and there is only one. What can they be used for?
If you think it's a dart, the shape is completely wrong, and it's still edged on one side.
You say it is a pocket knife for self-defense, but the handle is too long, and the blade is super thin and short.
If it is used to stab someone, even a fat one will not be able to pierce through it. Such a thin blade needs to be sharpened. If you use a little more force, or if it hits something hard, the blade will curl or even break.
Tang Long muttered in his mouth, found a whetstone and began to grind it slowly...
Ximen Qing's requirements are very strict. It must be able to penetrate the five layers of rice paper. That is to say, put a stack of rice paper on the table and use the knife to cut through the five layers of rice paper.
Does this make sense?
If Ximen Qing hadn't said it before, if he didn't make this thing for a day, he wouldn't go to Tokyo for a day. In fact, Tang Long just wanted to hit him casually and fool him.
When Ximen Qing said this, Tang Long's heart had already flown to the capital, where he had a cousin who was the instructor of the 800,000-strong Golden Spear Squadron of the Forbidden Army.
Tang Long sharpened the knife unwillingly. How could he know that this thing was actually a scalpel from the era before Ximen Qing traveled through time.
As a medical student, Ximen Qing feels that it would be more at ease to have a scalpel with him. Although Ximen Qing cannot say when the scalpel will come in handy, it is always right to be prepared for a rainy day.
If one day we really need to perform a minor surgical operation that transcends the times, without a scalpel, it will be difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without straw. As for the medical alcohol used for disinfection, Ximen Qing has asked shopkeeper Xiao Liu to prepare some.
I bought a few glass bottles and asked Xueer to keep them.
Three days later, Ximen Qing and Wu Song were riding horses, with Xueer and Pan Jinlian sitting in a carriage behind them, An Daoquan and Juzi in the other carriage, plus two large carriages, a book boy, a painting boy and other ten people.
Several servants and maids, including Drum Flea Shi Qian and Golden Leopard Tang Long, were at the rear. The group left Qinghe County in a mighty manner and headed towards Daming Mansion.
The night before, Ximen Qing and Wu Song had their last drink with Zhu Zhixian. Zhu Zhixian, who was like an old fox, also shed a few tears in loneliness, but thought that Ximen Qing's winery had not been moved, which meant that
Jingyang Chunhui would always supply it, so the old fox felt a little more at ease.
You must know that Zhu Zhixian is too lazy to spend money to buy wine because he is used to it.
Ximen Qing also told shopkeeper Fu that he would continue to allocate medicinal materials to Zhu Zhixian on a regular basis and would not cut off the supply. This made Zhuzhixian extremely happy and praised his good brother Ximen repeatedly.
In fact, what makes Zhu Zhixian the most happy is that Ximen Qing and Wu Song have gone to the capital, so they can try to help him and Taiwei Zhu get along. After all, going to Tokyo to become an official is Zhu Zhixian's life goal.
Ximen Qing had the idea of opening the first liquor store in the Northern Song Dynasty. If he had this way, he could use Zhu Meng, that is, Zhu Taiwei, as his back-up. He could save a lot of trouble by hugging his thighs. Although Ximen Qing was captured by the Imperial City
The company recruited him, but he was still confused as to what type of work he was going to do.
So Ximen Qing plans to take it one step at a time, with one hand in the officialdom and the other in the shopping mall. He must be tough on both hands. Besides the wine shop, Ximen Qing also has some other business avenues ready to test the waters.
In the past few days, Xiao Tianqing insisted on lifting the thirty-six-pound iron shield ten times a day, each group twenty times. Now she has initially achieved some results, and she can slowly put the iron shield on her arm.
Dance barely a few times.
After doing these exercises, Xiao Tianqing was surprised to find that the whole world became lighter. Using a pair of chopsticks to eat was like picking up two toothpicks. When she helped load the car this morning, she moved the big box effortlessly.
Come and move.
At this moment, Xiao Tianqing could vaguely feel the feeling of lifting weight with ease as mentioned by Wu Song. The hand holding the whip didn't feel sore even after holding it up for a long time, and the driving movements should be effortless.
The iron shield that Xiao Tianqing had always carried with him was placed under his feet at the moment. This down-to-earth feeling made Xiao Tianqing feel at ease.
Wu Song saw all these changes and was pleased that he had found a good apprentice. The most important thing in martial arts training was perseverance. Although Xiao Tianqing's foundation was a bit weak, he performed exceptionally well in this aspect.
Ximen Qing didn't care. He already had Wu Song guarding him, so why did he need the little Tianqing who didn't have all his hair? He was riding on the horse and chatting with Wu Song, but he was thinking more about his own things.
business plan.
It would take at least more than a month to walk from Qinghe County to Tokyo City. Although Ximen Qing and Wu Song were riding horses, the whole team still had to walk slowly. But in the end it became a bit boring, and the horse riding time
It’s been a long time, and it’s extremely uncomfortable. Ximen Qing misses the days when there were planes and trains, and even long-distance buses would do.
In the absence of the magic fortune teller Jiang Jing, an old martial artist, Wu Song completely acted as the team leader. He identified the roads and arranged accommodation. Wu Song made all the arrangements. Wu Song had just walked this road, so he was relatively familiar with it.
This was a depressing journey for seven or eight days. Wu Song said, "We are almost at Daming Mansion ahead." Ximen Qing, who was drowsy on horseback, suddenly became energetic.
Ximen Qing’s knowledge of Daming Palace is that besides the Jade Unicorn Lu Junyi and the Prodigal Son Yan Qing in Water Margin, the only thing Ximen Qing knows about Daming Palace is the Daming Palace sesame oil.
"Second brother, do you know how much distance there is?" Ximen Qing looked at the sun that was already heading west and asked, "Can we make it to the city in time?"
"It's about fourteen or five miles away." Wu Song estimated, shook his head and said: "If my brother rides a horse, he can catch up, but this large group of carriages and horses... I have no choice but to stop outside the city tonight. If
I was in a hurry and missed the inn. When I arrived at Daming Mansion, it was closed and locked, which was not a good thing."
"Second brother, what you said makes sense." Ximen Qing nodded: "In that case, it's better to walk over slowly."
After walking about another two or three miles, there was a large forest next to it. It was so dark that it made Shen panic. Ximen Qing was about to urge his horse forward to continue on the road, but by chance, two cries came from inside the forest.
Ximen Qing couldn't help but listen attentively.
"It's windy in the forest, so it's not unusual for it to make some noise." Wu Song also heard it and didn't care: "Besides, there are also some strong men who hide in it deliberately. When they see merchants passing by, they imitate women and shout for help, coaxing the merchants to come forward.
Go and watch, and then take advantage of it to make money and kill people."
"There are too many things like this in the world, brother, don't worry about it. How can there be someone waiting to rescue you just as we are passing by?"
Wu Song didn't believe it, but Ximen Qing had some ideas. Wasn't Lin Chong almost killed by a man in the Wild Boar Forest? Xue Ba and Dong Chao had almost become professional actors.
"Second brother, even if there are three or five thieves, are you still afraid?" Ximen Qing made a calculation in his mind and still wanted to go and have a look, so he teased Wu Song with his words.
Take Brother's pig's feet halo as an example. If you encounter a hero in trouble, if he is rescued, then you have to accept it! There is no harm in having more younger brothers!
Wu Song glanced at Ximen Qing, thinking that he was just curious and wanted to go and have a look, so he had no choice but to say: "Don't say three or five thieves, even if there are thirty or fifty, they are not enough brothers for me."
Three punches and two kicks. Since my brother is interested, let’s go and have a look.”
Seeing that Wu Song agreed, Ximen Qing signaled for the team to stop. Wu Song held a whistle stick in his hand, jumped off the horse, said hello to Tang Long, the last member of the team, and the two went into the forest.
The light inside the forest was much darker than outside, but there were still cries from time to time, and there seemed to be two people talking. Wu Song heard the sound and identified the position, and led Ximen Qing around three times and two times, and turned around several big trees.
, he saw two people hugging each other and crying under a big tree in front of him, and there were two corpses next to them. Ximen Qing's sharp eyes saw a small arrow shaft on each corpse, and he didn't know it was these two people.
Which one of them did it.
Wu Song frowned when he saw it. He leaned down and pointed at the two discarded eyebrow-length sticks beside him, and whispered: "Brother, look at these sticks, which are half black and half red. They are the water and fire sticks in the yamen. There is something wrong with this."
Ah... both of them are businessmen, look at the clothes on their bodies..."
Ximen Qing followed the example of a cat and leaned down to take a look. Sure enough, one of the two men was about thirty or forty years old, with a lot of blood on his body and cut ropes next to him, while the other was only about twenty years old and had a lot of blood on his back.
A pair of small crossbows were holding a middle-aged man and crying bitterly.
This scene looks very familiar. Could it be that the two guys lying dead on the ground were professional sidekicks Xue Ba and Dong Chao? These two guys died under Yan Qing's arrows.
So, the young man carrying the crossbow is Yan Qing, and the middle-aged man is the famous Lu Yuanwai of Daming Mansion, Yu Qilin Lu Junyi!
Ximen Qing was thinking about how to bring this pair of masters and servants under his command. He accidentally stepped on a dead branch and broke it with a slight "snap" sound.
"Who dares to peep!" Yan Qing was still crying just now. When her ears twitched, she turned around and protected Lu Junyi behind her. The crossbow on her back was held flat in her hand without knowing when, strung and pointed.
The directions of Ximen Qing and Wu Song: "Friends over there, please come out and meet us!"