A knife in love

Chapter 1206

Li Qiufeng turned his head and saw shopkeepers Song and Luo surrounded by shopkeeper Yin, asking him how much fake medicine was mixed with the medicinal materials he sold to them.

Shopkeeper Luo's eyes were as wide as copper bells, and he roared angrily: "Last year in the Qingming Dynasty, the Liang family's old shop came to the door and said that the Schisandra chinensis I sold to them had eaten people to death, and I paid 800 taels of silver to escape from prison. Disaster. My surname is Yin, I bought those schisandra from your store! Have you tampered with the medicinal materials?!"

Shopkeeper Song even rolled up his sleeves, and said angrily, "If it wasn't for Lao Bai's reminder, I would have been kept in the dark. The medicinal materials I bought from you in the past two years cost a total of five or six thousand taels." Money, but I have lost a lot of money. Think about it carefully, the medicinal materials you gave me are not enough to weigh! If you don’t explain this clearly, I will beat you to death!”

Shopkeeper Yin had a splitting headache, how could he even think about arguing with shopkeepers Song and Luo?Just seeing the menacing appearance of the two, shopkeeper Hu and shopkeeper Ji sneered again, not only did not step forward to persuade them, but also looked at themselves very viciously.Shopkeeper Bai even looked gloating, standing aside to watch the excitement triumphantly, wishing Shopkeeper Song would beat himself up with a fist.Shopkeeper Yin was flustered and said in a trembling voice: "Brother Song and Brother Luo, why bother to get angry when you have something to discuss? You two must not listen to the villain's instigation. If you hurt your peace, it will be bad."

Xiao Dong saw that everyone was making a scene, so he frowned, and said in a deep voice: "All shopkeepers are wealthy businessmen, why should you hurt your peace for 800 taels of silver? As long as we can complete the business this time, everyone We must at least double our wealth! Now is the critical moment, so stop arguing about these trivial matters. If you still want to do this business, you should let go of your prejudices, think about how to repair the ship, and go to Fuso."

Although shopkeepers Song and Luo were dissatisfied, they did not dare to offend Xiao Dong, so they could only hold back their anger and glared at shopkeeper Yin viciously.Shopkeeper Song turned to Shopkeeper Hu and the others and said, "Old Hu, Lao Ji, I still have half a jug of good wine and a pack of ham, let's have a drink together and get rid of this bad breath!"

Shopkeeper Hu and the others nodded one after another, and followed Shopkeeper Song down to the cabin.After a while, only shopkeeper Yin was left standing on the deck.He looked at Xiao Dong, Zhang Shi and Li Qiufeng, with embarrassment on his face, and he forced a smile, but it was uglier than crying.He cupped his hands to Xiao Dong, and said in a low voice: "Thank you, Lord Xiao, for your righteous words. The villain is hurting so much, go to rest first, please forgive me."

Xiao Dong nodded, and shopkeeper Yin turned around and walked quickly to the cabin.But in a panic, he stumbled on the deck and almost fell to the ground.He stumbled and took the first few steps, managed to stabilize his body, and then hurriedly walked down the cabin.

Seeing shopkeeper Yin's appearance like this, Li Qiufeng and others knew that he was ashamed because he was exposed by shopkeeper Song and others, and he had no face to face everyone, so they hurried back to the cabin.Everyone thought in their hearts that this person could steal a lot of rice by stealing chickens, but he is very thick-skinned, and he will be back to normal again tomorrow morning.

After the figure of shopkeeper Yin disappeared at the entrance of the cabin, Xiao Dong said to Li Qiufeng: "Mr. Zhu, we will go to Motian Ridge to fetch wood at night, so we need to get all our energy. Mr. Zhu should go back to the cabin." Rest and recharge your spirits. After the boatman returns, we will make a plan and go ashore as soon as it gets dark."

Li Qiufeng said: "Lord Xiao is right, but I have one more thing to do. The Wangjiazhuang is so weird, that Wang Yuanwai must be a powerful person. Therefore, to go to Motianling tonight, one must be prepared. I want to find a knife for self-defense, and I plan to ask a boatman brother to go ashore, find a blacksmith shop, and make a knife for use."

Xiao Dong was startled, and just about to speak, Zhang Shi slapped his thigh, and said regretfully: "Brother Zhu, before we set off, I wanted to give you a treasured sword, but you refused to accept it. Alas, now that the situation is approaching, we are holding our feet together." , even if there is a blacksmith shop in the city, how can you forge a knife in one afternoon?"

Xiao Dong nodded, and said in his mouth: "Zhang Yuanwai is right. It will take at least ten days to make a good knife. We have to do things at night. Now I entrust someone to make a steel knife. I'm afraid it will be too late."

When he said this, he paused for a while, glanced at Li Qiufeng, and then continued: "Mr. Zhu has deep internal strength. Even if he doesn't use a sword, the enemy will be difficult to fight against him. Therefore, you can go to Motian without a sword tonight." Ling, even if there are enemies attacking, it is not difficult to disperse the enemies with the long sword in Xiao's hand and the young master's fist."

Li Qiufeng smiled slightly, and said: "Lord Xiao, Yuanwai Zhang, although both are well-informed heroes, I'm afraid they don't know much about the methods of the blacksmith shop. According to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, private individuals are not allowed to forge weapons. But blacksmiths are greedy for huge profits, how can they not forge swords in private? Some blacksmith shops receive business for making swords. It is not uncommon for the employer to disappear suddenly after the crafting is completed. Therefore, almost every blacksmith shop has a private collection of swords and weapons I asked the boatman to forge a steel knife and spent ten taels of silver. I only said that the knife had to be made before dark. As Mr. Xiao and Zhang Yuanwai said, it is absolutely impossible to forge a steel knife in one afternoon. It’s possible. But blacksmiths are greedy for money, so they will definitely sell their hidden swords. Hehe.”

Xiao Dong and Zhang Shi were startled when they heard what Li Qiufeng said.Li Qiufeng was afraid that the two of them would become suspicious, so he continued: "I heard these from my brothers who were traveling with me when I was selling Shu brocade. I think there is nothing wrong with it. If I can't buy it, I have no choice but to walk with Lord Xiao with my bare hands. .”

Although Xiao Dong and Zhang Shi were suspicious in their hearts, they couldn't say anything more, after a few words of politeness, they went back to the cabin to rest.Li Qiufeng called a boatman, handed him ten taels of silver, and asked him to find a blacksmith in the city, and only said that he wanted to make a steel knife.He also gave him detailed instructions on how to deal with the blacksmith, and finally gave the boatman five denarii as his reward.The boatman was overjoyed when he got five qian, and got off the boat without saying a word and went to work.Seeing his figure disappear at the east end of the pier, Li Qiufeng walked back to the cabin, ate a wheat cake, sat cross-legged to practice Qi, and after a while, he was out of his mind.

After he walked his true energy around in his body, he slowly opened his eyes.All I could hear was the commotion in the opposite cabin, the sounds of punching and laughing.Presumably, shopkeepers Hu, Song and others are drinking and chatting, and they might even scold shopkeeper Yin a few words.Li Qiufeng quietly opened the hatch and walked straight to the deck.

It was already afternoon, the sun was falling on the body, and it was very warm and comfortable.A boatman was sitting on the bow, looking towards the shore.Seeing Li Qiufeng coming out, he hurriedly stood up and stepped aside respectfully.Li Qiufeng cupped his hands to him, and said in his mouth, "Qin Fifth Brother hasn't come back yet?"

The boatman said with a smile: "Fifth Master hasn't come back yet. He has been away for more than two hours, and he will probably be back soon."

Li Qiufeng nodded, standing on the bow of the boat and looking towards the pier.I saw that there were not many people on the shore, and there were three or four idlers sitting on the shore gossiping and laughing from time to time.Li Qiufeng thought to himself, although these people are poor, they are happy here every day, how happy they are?Shopkeeper Hu and others have a lot of money. They have to be careful not only of the government, but also of their companions. They are worried every day. It's really not as comfortable as these idlers.

When he was thinking about it, he suddenly saw the boatman whom he entrusted to buy the knife hurriedly coming from a distance, carrying a long calico bundle in his hand.Li Qiufeng was stunned, and hurriedly grabbed the planks on the deck and set them on the shore.The boatman standing next to him also came to help, and after the two of them set up the boat, the boatman happened to walk to the shore.

After the boatman boarded the boat, he handed the cloth bag to Li Qiufeng, and said with a smile: "My lord, you are really good at predicting things! The villain found two blacksmith shops, and the first one was said to be impossible to build. The second one The owner of the shop also said that it could not be done, but I said to give him ten taels of silver to let him think of a way. Then the boss dragged me to the back room, and sneakily took out a knife, saying that it was two years ago. A customer asked him to make it. It’s just that after the customer paid the deposit, he didn’t come to pick up the knife on the agreed day. Now two years have passed, and the customer has not shown up, and he probably won’t want the knife again. It's a pity to keep this knife, so it's better to sell it to me. Hehe, I bought this knife back. Young master, let's see if it suits you."

(End of this chapter)