Warm spring enters Hou's door

Chapter 135 Sacrificial Knife
"I didn't expect that the princess would keep this hand." Holding the letter, Gu Caiwei sighed.

Du Junqing also nodded. "With this, it will be easier for us to act."

Gu Caiwei laughed when she heard it. "I still remember the last time, the princess offered to hand over her mine to us, but we refused it sternly. But now that she brings up the old matter again, we just agreed? It doesn't seem very good to be so contradictory. !"

"What's wrong? The past was the past, and the present is the present." Du Juan said firmly.

Gu Caiwei stuck out her tongue. "Yes. And now we really need her help. With this letter as a backing, we don't have to worry about what we want to do!
Saying so, the tense hearts of the two of them relaxed a lot.

They hurriedly took the time to rest, and then got up early the next morning, and the group went to the mine together.

The situation in the mine is even more serious than what the previous letter said.Walking along the way, I saw that they had passed through countless mountain streams before, and the originally clear streams have now all turned black, especially the small river used for iron mines. The bottom of the pebbles!
Seeing this scene, not to mention Du Juanqing's face became gloomy, Gu Caiwei's heart was also heavy.

"Master Hou, you are here!" Seeing Du Juanqing's arrival, people from the Ministry of Household and Military Department hurried forward to greet him.

In view of the fact that the situation at the iron mine has stabilized, the two servants of the Ministry of War and Accounting Department have gone back to Luoyang last year, leaving only a few people here to look after them.Although Du Juanqing hadn't come for two years, they still remembered Du Juanqing's prestige, so when they saw him coming, they hurried forward to complain as if they had grasped at straws.

From their voices in a few words, Du Juanqing and Gu Caiwei have already figured out the situation in front of them.Then, they also made sure - the surname Wu clearly did it on purpose!
"Then after seeing them do such a thing, didn't you take any action?" Du Juan asked in a deep voice.

"We took it! As soon as we found that the water flow was changing color, we immediately sent people to find out the reason, and then we found it in Yangxin County. We immediately went there and reminded them not to discharge the sewage directly. They He readily agreed, and blamed himself for a long time, saying that it was indeed their problem, and they immediately went to catch the culprit and quickly resolved the matter. As a result..."

"What's the result?" Du Juanqing asked again.

Even knowing the ending, he still insisted on asking the end.

The people in the household department had to answer honestly: "As a result, we haven't heard any news from there after we came back. On the contrary, the color of the river is getting darker and darker. We went to find them again, but they stopped us directly. Outside, ignore us! If we say a few more words, they will send people to beat us and drive us away!"

A coldness flashed in Du Juan's eyes.

"So, instead of going to them again, you turned around and wrote to Benhou for help?"

The person in the Ministry of Finance felt his back go cold for no reason, and he quickly shrank his neck and stopped talking.

When the people from the Ministry of War saw this, he had no choice but to say brazenly: "Forgive me, Lord Hou, but we are so soft-spoken. King Xin'an and his people don't take us seriously at all, so there is nothing we can do! We don't have Hou Lord, what can we do with your resourcefulness? We can only ask you to come back and help."

Du Juan snorted coldly, then turned around and left.

Seeing this, the people from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Finance were excited again, but they didn't dare to take a breath.

In fact, Du Juanqing didn't go anywhere else, but took the time to swim up and down the mine again.

To be honest, although they have not been here for the past two years, the mine has been operating pretty well.Rock mining, iron smelting, and weapon transport, each department performs its own duties, and it is now very systematic.

Especially as the weapons produced in Yongxing County were sent to all parts of the country, not only Du Junqing's reputation spread to the whole world, swordsmiths all over the world also heard about the good iron mines in Yongxing County, and the marquis of Changning. The favorable conditions for the masters of swordsmiths, plus the fact that Fufengzi Ou Shenzi is also here... Masters of swordsmiths from all over the world rushed here one after another. sword room.

However, due to the pollution of the water source, the blacksmith room is now very lonely, and the sound of tinkling can hardly be heard.

But the folks who mine ore on the mountain and transport the ore down are still busy back and forth.

There are also people sent from various places to deliver weapons, and they all sit in the house with their heads downcast.Hearing that Du Juanqing was coming, they hurriedly gathered around and asked Du Juanqing for an explanation.

"Marquis Changning, you must resolve this matter as soon as possible. The soldiers in our army are still eagerly looking forward to our sending back the new weapons! I have already told them before coming here that within half a year, everyone will be able to Use the new weapons at hand, and then we can be like Han Haijun, invincible! As a result, I have been away for four months, and I only got a few things until now? It will take two or three months on the way back, and I am destined to I broke my promise to my brothers! But the point is, it doesn’t matter if I postpone my return date a little bit, but if I even get fewer weapons than what I planned at the beginning, how should I explain to them?”

"That's right, Lord Hou. It's already autumn, and the border has started to turn cold, and it's going to snow heavily soon. If we don't get the weapons again, once the road is frozen, then these weapons won't be delivered this year! But when it comes to winter, when the Turks wantonly break through the border defenses, burn, kill and loot, the soldiers just need weapons to defend their homes and the country!"

"Isn't it? So, Lord Hou, you have to find a way to solve the matter quickly, and you can't delay it any longer! We can't afford it, and neither can the people at the border!"

……

All of them shouted louder and louder, each one was impassioned, as if the iron mines in Yongxing County were the only ones left in the world that could produce weapons.

Unexpectedly, the man became annoying and chattered, almost breaking people's heads.

Du Juanqing couldn't bear it and let out a low growl: "Shut up, all of you!"

He shouted angrily, and then a frightening coldness spread out, which shut up all these chatterers.

Du Juanqing breathed a sigh of relief: "Since the Marquis is here, it is natural to solve the matter. This matter is not only you who are anxious, but the Marquis is also anxious. However, the Marquis has already thought of a solution, but I need your help. I don't know if you would like it or not?"

"Need our help?" The group of people who were speaking generously just now all took a step back quietly when they heard this.

Du Juanqing didn't seem to notice it, and he continued: "Since you have been here for so long, you must be well aware of the cause of water pollution. Yangxin County hasn't given an explanation for a long time, and just keep on coming. Discharging sewage into the water is no longer a matter of how to deal with it, but the source must be eliminated as soon as possible, otherwise everything will be empty talk. It is impossible for you to understand this truth.”

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you. It took a long time before someone said, "Then what is the solution that Marquis Changning came up with?" "It's very simple, just force it!" Du Juan said calmly.

His tone was calm and breezy, but inexplicably made everyone present tremble.

Gu Caiwei couldn't help sticking out her tongue when she heard the words: "You have gained support, and you are starting to float!"

"That's right!" Du Juanqing nodded, with a sneer on his lips, "In the past two years, I gave in to them everywhere and filled in so many holes, but they not only didn't know how to appreciate them, but took my efforts for granted. And now, they found out that I have a closer relationship with the generals in the army, but you and Wu have only a superficial friendship. They started to realize that something was wrong, and then thought of such a way to block our communication. They are really hateful! "

"Anyway, Wu and I have nothing to talk about. Since they are looking for trouble now, I will let them see what it looks like when I, Du Juanqing, get angry! I want to let them remember it once. A lesson I will never forget for the rest of my life!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was shocked again.

"Marquis Changning, you... are you planning to confront them head-on?" Another cautious question asked.

"Otherwise? Is there any other choice right now?" Du Juan smiled lightly.

A group of people hung their heads.

Now that the Wu family is powerful, they must not want to fight face to face with the Wu family.So now hearing Du Juanqing take the initiative to speak so clearly, they all wanted to escape subconsciously.

When Du Juanqing saw this, why didn't he understand?
He immediately smiled again and said, "I've already had a falling out with those surnamed Wu, so even if I have another fight with them now, it's just another addition to our already bad relationship, I don't care. However, if you don't want to participate in it, then you should pack up and leave as soon as possible, lest you will be implicated if things start to break out, and this Marquis will not be able to help you."

Many people retreated when they heard this.

But immediately, I heard Du Juanqing say: "Of course, if anyone really stands on the opposite side of the Wu family and fights side by side with Benhou, after the matter is done, Benhou will give them a Mo Dao."

Oh my God!
Hearing this, the people who originally wanted to leave raised their heads in surprise.

Not to mention those who are still hesitating.As soon as they heard that they were going to be gifted with Mo Dao, they instantly forgot how difficult the Wu family was, and thought in their hearts that it was Mo Dao Mo Dao!

It should be noted that under the leadership of Du Juanqing, the swordsmiths in Yongxin County improved the Mo Dao, and it was completely finalized at the end of the previous year.The new Mo Dao was sent to the Queen, and after evaluation by Qian Niuwei and many masters, it was confirmed that it was lighter in weight and easier to use than the previous Mo Dao. Therefore, with the consent of the Empress, mass production began here .

This news has long been known to the world.As long as there are soldiers in their hands, there is no one who does not covet this batch of Mo Dao!
It's just that it takes a long time to cast Mo Dao, and the casting skills must be refined. To create a good Mo Dao, even after improvement, it will take more than a year.Therefore, the Mo Dao in Yongxing County only exists in legends, and it has not been shown to the public for a long time.

However, when they came to transport arrows and other weapons, they were also repeatedly asked by Shangfeng to come and observe the Modao here to see if the things are so good.If it is true, then you must order a batch, even if you want to grab it!

When they came here, they really saw a lot of Mo Dao that had just been cast.The master swordsmiths didn't hide it either, and readily handed over the Mo Dao to them.They became addicted to playing this game, and wished they could take this Mo Dao back now!

Take it for granted, that is impossible.Therefore, they could only have a good time, and then watched helplessly as the master swordsmiths took the Mo Dao back and gave it to the next batch of people to play with.

Because of this, they have been itching and uncomfortable in their hearts, and they have already made up their minds in their hearts - as soon as they go back, they have to explain the matter clearly to Shangfeng, and let Shangfeng send someone over to ask for this batch of new strangers. Knives, the more the merrier!
This batch of Mo Dao is really easy to use, at least after they hold it in their hands and chop it a few times, they really feel that it is much easier to use than the old ones in the military camp.

However, the output of Modao in Yongxing County is limited, and they all know that they will not have much in the end.So now, when Du Juanqing actually said that as long as they participated in the fight against Yangxin County, they would be able to give away a Mo knife!It is conceivable how tempting this is to these people.

After saying this, Du Juanqing stopped talking and just waved his hands: "Think about it carefully! This Marquis never does what is difficult for others."

Then, he took the little lady from Gu Caiwei's arms, and pulled Gu Caiwei into her arms, and the three of them went into the sword casting room together.

Although it is said that there is no water source to train iron, but these master swordsmiths are not idle.Everyone maintains their own tools in the sword-making room, and makes final adjustments to the weapons that have been built. These are also important tasks.

Du Juanqing went to meet them one by one, greeted them, and then came to Fufengzi's sword casting room.

Walking inside, they saw that Du Yi was wearing a pair of trousers, and was kneeling on the ground bare-chested, bitterly sharpening the newly made Mo Dao.

Fufengzi was sitting on the chair next to him, drinking tea while supervising his work.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Fu Fengzi just casually lifted his eyelids, then looked away, and then kicked Du Yi: "I did it wrong again! How did I teach you just now?"

"Yes, I got it!" Du Yi quickly nodded and sharpened the blade more carefully.

Du Juanqing's eyes suddenly turned cold.

Although he had long expected that his son would not have a good life under Fufengzi.However, this guy actually abused his son in such a way in front of him, which made him very unhappy.

Du Juan walked forward quickly: "Fufengzi, I have something to tell you."

"Father!"

Only then did Du Yi react, he quickly raised his head joyfully, when he saw Gu Caiwei and the little lady, his entire face began to sparkle with excitement.

But Fufengzi shouted in a low voice: "Do your job well!"

Du Yi trembled, quickly lowered his head, and obediently served the Mo Dao in his hand.

Du Juanqing's eyes became colder, but Fu Fengzi smiled at him cruelly: "Why, you feel distressed when Lord Hou saw me teaching the son so unceremoniously with his own eyes? Then if I tell you, I have always been so right to you all those days ago. His, as long as he makes a mistake and gets worse every time, don't you feel more distressed?"

Du Juan stared at him coldly for a long while, and then said slowly: "It's my heartache, but he has indeed grown up a lot under your teaching, which means that you taught him well, and you didn't do it randomly. .”

"Yo?" Fu Fengzi raised his eyebrows, "It's only been two years since I saw you, Marquis of Changning, you've benefited a lot! You're not angry anymore when I provoke you so much."

Du Juanqing only hooked the corners of his mouth, then looked away from Du Yi, and asked Fu Fengzi seriously about the current situation.

Since this audacity didn't frighten him, Fu Fengzi stopped messing about.He thought for a while, and took the initiative to say to Du Juanqing: "The pollution of water sources is indeed very serious, but fortunately, it doesn't take long. If it is stopped as soon as possible, everything will be in time. So...Your Majesty, are you planning to take action?"

"Of course." Du Juan nodded.

Fufengzi's eyes sparkled for a moment. "Then I don't know what you plan to do? Are you head-to-head with the Wu family? Or just send people to surround the mountains in Yangxin County and tie up all their people?"

"You guessed right, that's indeed what I planned." Du Juanqing nodded and said.

"That's good! Since that's the case, let me recommend someone to you!" Fu Fengzi laughed.

Du Juan looked at him quietly, and saw Fu Fengzi waving to Du Yi: "Disciple, come here and bring your Mo Dao with you."

Du Yi looked dazed, but obediently came over with the Mo Dao in hand. "Master, what are your orders?"

Du Juanqing also narrowed his eyes slightly. "Fufengzi, what do you mean?"

"The person I want to recommend to you is him!" Fu Fengzi smiled, "I have trained this apprentice for more than two years, and I think he has achieved a little success. It's a pity that Yongxing County is remote, and we have been living in In this place, there is no one else who can fight against him except A Yuan. But after a long time, they have no fun playing. Well, just take advantage of this opportunity, let him practice his hands!"

Du Junqing frowned and did not speak.

Gu Caiwei's little heart couldn't help beating faster for a while, before she said: "Brother, are you going to let Ayi carry a knife into battle? How old is he!"

"Not too young, he will be 11 years old soon." Fu Fengzi said, "When I was 12 years old, I already traveled around the world with Master, and I am used to seeing bloody storms. After hearing about it, don't you still say that this is the right thing to do? Then Why do you change your attitude now that it's your child's turn?"

Uh……

Gu Caiwei paused for a moment before she realized that it was indeed the case!
The sons and daughters of the rivers and lakes, there are countless people who have traveled all over the world before the age of ten, and they are all used to this rhythm.But now it's Du Yi's turn... I don't know why, although this child is tall and strong now, Gu Caiwei always treats him as the little little Douding back then, and always feels that he is Still a kid.So now when she heard that Fufengzi wanted him to carry a knife into battle, her first reaction was to be reluctant.

But now...

She slowly turned to Du Juanqing. "Then let Ayi try it! He has practiced for so many years, it is really time to find a place to practice it."

Du Juan looked at her clearly. "Do you think it's possible?"

"It's feasible! Daddy, just let me go!" Before Gu Caiwei could speak, Du Yi, who heard them talking about this matter, couldn't help but volunteered.

A child in his teens is at the time when his blood is boiling, and now that the opportunity is right in front of him, how can he bear it?
Look at his inexplicably excited little appearance, and the strength to pick up a Modao with one hand... What else can Du Juanqing say?
He also nodded. "If you want to go, you can go."

"That's great! Thank you Father, thank you Mother, thank you Master!" Du Yi was overjoyed immediately, and quickly thanked the elders in front of him repeatedly.

Seeing him laughing so happily, the little lady also giggled.She also waved her little hand and stretched out to brother brother, wanting brother brother to hug him.

Du Yi didn't have enough fun with her yesterday.Now seeing the limp little sister take the initiative to throw herself into his arms, he was even more excited, even disregarding the Mo Dao in his hand, and was about to reach out to take her over.Unexpectedly, a hand suddenly stretched out halfway, and snatched the little lady away.

"Master, what are you doing?" Du Yi whispered.

Fu Fengzi glanced at him coldly: "Yesterday you left the mine privately and fled for a long time. You haven't finished the punishment I gave you, and now you still want to have fun? Do you really think that my master is dead? Now, You hurry back to work for me!"

Du Yi pursed his lips, but he still squatted back obediently.

Fu Fengzi also turned his head immediately, and stretched out his fingers to pinch the little lady's cheeks, the little lady grabbed his hand and stuffed it into her mouth, biting hard!
Fu Fengzi let out a low cry, and nodded to Gu Caiwei. "You little lady has quite sharp teeth. It's fun! Interesting!"

Why should his daughter play with this man?Du Juanqing was very upset, he immediately stretched out his hand. "Give me back my daughter!"

"No!" Fu Fengzi replied confidently.

Du Juanqing almost died of anger.

When Gu Caiwei saw this, she couldn't help but a few black lines fell from her forehead.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for the two men to confront each other before Du Ren walked in.

"Master Hou, those people from the military came to you, and they said they had considered it."

"After thinking about it, just tell me the answer, why should I come forward?" Du Juan said coldly.

He is in a bad mood now, and he doesn't want to flirt with those people any more.

Du Ren also said: "Except for the two who withdrew, everyone else agreed."

This is good news.

Du Juanqing's lips curled up. "Really? That's fine."

Then, he turned back and stretched out his hand to Fufengzi: "Give me back my daughter!"

Fufengzi had no choice but to hand the little lady back into his hands.

Du Juanqing immediately turned around and left with his wife and daughter.

Ou Shenzi is next door to Fufengzi.Hearing that Fufengzi was going to send his disciples to participate in the siege of Yangxin County, he didn't want to be outdone, so he immediately sent Gu Tianyuan over as well.

Du Juanqing naturally accepted him as well.

Next, it's time to count manpower, allocate troops, and formulate strategies.

It's just... Soon, someone found something wrong: "Marquis Changning, why is there a piece missing from the left side and the right side?"

"It's not that they are missing, it's that there are still people who haven't come." Du Juanqing said.

"Really? Could it be that you also hired a helper?"

"I didn't ask for it. Someone else came to help me." Du Juan smiled calmly.

In the evening, as expected, another group of people appeared in the mine.

"I will be ordered by Princess Taiping to come here to be dispatched by Marquis Changning!"

A resounding sentence caused an uproar in the mine in an instant.

Princess Taiping!

Although they knew that Gu Caiwei had a relationship with Princess Taiping, but Princess Taiping sent someone directly to them... This matter was still far beyond their cognition.

The people in the remaining armies saw this, and a stone in their hearts finally fell to the ground—with the help of Princess Taiping, they will feel more at ease in their next work, and they can completely let go!

As for the people from the two teams who were scared off... When they find out the news afterwards, they can only regret it.

That night, the mines in Yongxing County were brightly lit, and almost everyone stayed up all night.

The same goes for Yangxin County.

They naturally knew the news of Changning Marquis Du Juanqing coming to Yongxing County immediately.Even the news that Princess Taiping sent people to support them in the evening spread to the ears of these people.

Now the mine in Yangxin County is Wu Chongcao, the youngest son of Wu Sansi.He also quickly summoned all his people: "The man surnamed Du actually joined Aunt Taiping to deal with us. However, he is just a marquis, and he is just bringing people and carrying their new weapons to scare us. Everyone Don't panic. We just need to keep ignoring them and let them run around. I can't believe what they can do!"

Having said that, he still carefully assigned his men to various parts of the mine, guarding every important place, and then he went to sleep in peace.

The autumn night was hot and dry, but fortunately the mountain was cool, so he slept well.He even had a dream, dreaming that Du Juanqing came to Yangxin County with a mighty force, surrounded them, and kept talking harshly, forcing them to swear that they would never discharge sewage directly into the river ditch. inside.But he was unyielding and refused to nod his head.

The two sides confronted each other for a whole day and night, but in the end Du Juanqing was defeated, lowered his posture and begged him to let them go.After all, his position as Lord Marquis can be so secure, but it all depends on this mine.If the mine can no longer cast weapons, then everything he has painstakingly managed will be ruined, and the queen will no longer protect him!

After finally waiting for the moment when Du Juanqing bowed his head and compromised, he just felt refreshed and was about to laugh out loud.Then, he woke up with a start.

Opening his eyes, seeing the gorgeous morning sun coming in from the window, he growled impatiently: "Which one doesn't have eyes, woke me up early in the morning?"

"Xiao Langjun, get up quickly! Marquis Changning has brought someone to kill him!" The servant hurriedly pulled him up from the bed.

Wu Chongcao looked displeased. "So what if he kills me? If you have the ability, let him kill all my people, and then come and kill me!"

"Xiao Langjun, that's exactly what they did!" said the servant in a trembling voice.

Wu Chongcao was stunned for a moment. "What did you say? What did they do? Tell me again!"

"Xiao Langjun, just after dawn this morning, Marquis Changning came over with someone and said bluntly that he wanted to see you. The little one told him that you were busy and didn't have time to pay attention to him, and then he said, 'Since Wu Lang You don’t have time, so the Marquis had to give him some free time’, and then, the people behind him raised their knives and started hacking directly!”

The boy thought about the situation just now, and he was still trembling all over: "The knives in their hands are so powerful! They are so long and big, and they cut people in half with the knife. Someone hurriedly raised the knife to block it. As a result, all the knives were chopped off, and people were not spared. Even the ten-year-old Xiao Langjun, they danced with the knives like a tiger, and killed all the people we arranged outside!"

Even though he didn't see that scene, Wu Chongcao was terrified when he heard what the boy said.

"It's really so powerful? Didn't you deliberately make it up to deceive me?"

"If you don't believe me, Mr. Xiaolang, you can go and see for yourself." The boy said, pulled him up again and walked out.

Wu Chongcao only had time to put on his coat and went outside.

Because he was besieged by civilian husbands last time, Wu Chonglie had a shadow.Later when Wu Chongcao came here, he learned from previous experience and lessons, and directly built the mansion on the mountain behind, and sent many people around to guard it, so that even if something happened, he could observe the movement at the bottom of the mountain as soon as possible. , and then gave orders to his subordinates to deal with these civilian husbands.

Now, with this favorable terrain, he was immediately overwhelmed by the mountains of corpses and blood at the first glance.

And in this sea of ​​blood, there are still many people holding high in their hands a big knife that is much longer than a human being. The blade reflects cold light in the morning sun, mixed with the knife tip slowly descending. The blood that flowed inexplicably made people's blood boil, but they felt cold all over.

While those people were running this way, whenever they encountered anyone who dared to confront them, they would directly slash at them.Sure enough, as the boy said, one knife at a time is like chopping melons, and the people around were scared to death, and many people dropped their weapons and ran away.

And among this group of people, the one who rushed to the front was a young man with immature eyebrows and eyes.Don't look at his tall stature, but look at his face, you can tell that he is not very old, definitely not more than 12 years old.But such a young gentleman has obviously become the leader of many people behind him, and those people followed them!

And just when he noticed this person, this person also just raised his head, so that he couldn't die and met his eyes.

Then, the little gentleman grinned at him, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.

And the big knife in his hand also swayed from side to side with his movements. Wu Chonglie looked at it from a distance, and he could find a small whirlwind on the tip of the knife as they danced.The fierce murderous aura rushed towards his face, so shocking that he could barely breathe.

"This thing... this thing is... Mo Dao!"

Wu Chong worried his heart trembled, and he blurted out.

The improved Mo Dao in Yongxing County is indeed finished, and so many have been produced!
But now, their Wu family has suddenly become the tool used to sacrifice the sword when the Mo Dao in Yongxing County was born!
(End of this chapter)