Wanfu, the Reborn Empress

Chapter 478
Gu Yanxi put his hands behind his back, and was not in a hurry to answer the dumb master's question, but walked around the yard with a relaxed expression, and after admiring the scenery in the courtyard, he spoke to the dumb master slowly, saying: " Dumb master, I know that my appearance disturbs your purity, it is my fault, I apologize to you here; but dumb master, you have to believe me, how can I, a weak woman, do things that hurt you? I really came to you to make a whip for my friend, you see, I even prepared the raw materials for making the whip."

As he said that, Gu Yanxi patted the small bamboo basket that Luo Mei held in his arms, and continued to smile and say to the dumb master: "As for you asking me how I found you, this question is not difficult, because you really told me You are the dumb master."

"Nonsense!" The dumb master looked angrily at the little girl who was talking nonsense in front of him: "Is it possible that the old man doesn't know what the old man said to you? Little girl, the old man advises you to tell the truth to the old man. Otherwise, don’t blame the old man for really kicking you out.”

"Don't, don't, don't! Dumb master, we can discuss everything, don't you think so?" Gu Yanxi hurriedly made a gesture of comforting the dumb master, with a smile still in his clear eyes, and said: " Dumb master, you see you are so old, why are you still so irritable? When you didn’t recognize your identity just now, you were willing to say a few more words to me. Don't you think you're going too far by scaring people with your face?"

"Hmph!" The dumb master turned his head away, so as not to accept Gu Yanxi's tricks.

Gu Yanxi smiled and took another step forward, saying: "Master dumb, you really misunderstood me, I really didn't lie to you, it was you who told me your identity; it's just that you didn't tell me what you said, but It was your hands that told me."

Hearing Gu Yanxi's answer, the dumb master immediately stretched out his hands to examine his fingers, and found nothing wrong; he had looked at these hands for decades, every joint, every inch of flesh and blood It was all very clear, how could such a pair of hands reveal his identity?

Looking at the dumb face of the dumb master, Gu Yanxi continued: "As far as I know, craftsmen in the world usually have a common problem, that is, they cherish their hands very much; for them, their hands are their life. The most important thing, because they rely on their hands to make a living, and they also rely on their hands to secure themselves. For artists, if they don't have their hands, their life will be gloomy. They lose the most important thing in life. Maybe you feel that the future is bright? This is a common problem that ordinary craftsmen have, and true masters will naturally have it."

As he said that, Gu Yanxi looked at the dumb master's hands, "Master dumb, your hands are old, but you haven't noticed that your hands have well-proportioned joints and plump fingertips. It looks like you have carefully and carefully crafted them in private. The person who can do this is not an ordinary person can do it. Secondly, master dumb, your real identity is the master of weapon casting. Because the master of weapon casting needs to polish various weapons by the furnace all the year round, so your hands There must be thick calluses at the tiger's mouth, and these calluses will get in the way after time. Therefore, weapon masters usually take a very sharp knife to gently peel off the calluses at the tiger's mouth in their spare time. My own work needs. Although you have not appeared in front of the furnace for many years, dumb master, you have always maintained the habit of repairing the calluses on the tiger's mouth. Look at your tiger's mouth now, the skin exposed is faint The flesh is red, which forms a strong contrast with other places, and it seems that the calluses have been repaired not long ago. In summary, I began to doubt the true identity of you, dumb master, should it be reasonable?!"

Looking at Gu Yanxi's smiling eyes, the dumb master looked at his hands again; especially when he saw the position of the tiger's mouth of his hands, seeing that it was exactly as Gu Yanxi described, he breathed a sigh of relief and accepted his fate. I closed my eyes; I didn't expect it!It surprised me that!He has lived incognito for so many years, and even his neighbors have not noticed his true identity. Unexpectedly, today, a little girl who met him for the first time would see through him; is this a trick of fate, or is it an arrangement? ? !
Gu Yanxi looked at the dejected look on the dumb master's face, and knew that he believed his own words, so he continued to work hard, and continued: "Master dumb, you don't have to be so discouraged, as I said, I came to you just to invite you Go out of the mountain and create a unique long whip for my friend. As long as you agree to this matter, I guarantee that you will never reveal your whereabouts. If possible, I am willing to meet any request you make. how?"

The dumb master laughed at himself, and raised his eyes to look at Gu Yanxi; under the bright sunlight, the delicate girl in front of him was like a butterfly fluttering among flowers, standing briskly in front of her, looking at her with a smile on her face. Looking at him, basking in the sunshine enjoying himself.

Gu Yanxi's dazzling appearance formed a sharp contrast with the dumb master's dejected look. Looking at the smiling Gu Yanxi, the dumb master was not in such a good mood as this little girl, and said: "Everyone in the world is greedy. Are you different from others? What promises! What promises! What swears! These are all bullshit! If I promise you to make a unique whip for you, then you will ask me to forge a long sword for you, When the long sword is made, you will make other requests..., just like this, more and more, and the desire will be raised; in the end, you will even forget what you promised me , On the contrary, if I dare to refuse to violate your request at that time, you will definitely do everything possible to get me to agree, even at the expense of torturing and hurting me."

As he said that, the ironic smile on Master Mute's face grew bigger and bigger, and he looked at Gu Yanxi with disdain in his eyes: "Little girl, I have seen people like you a lot these years, they are as eloquent as you, There will even be temptations that people can't refuse, but when you choose to believe and take the first step, you will know that these people in front of you are not worthy of being called human beings at all, and they are all greedy and unsatisfactory Animals, in order to achieve their own goals, they are the ones who use any means to speak."

(End of this chapter)