The drizzle was still falling outside the wonton shop, and the rain clouds in the sky were still hovering persistently, as if they had no intention of letting this small town go.
The three men who were stopped by Chen Mo took a look at this young man. He was fairly well-dressed, and he was carrying a short weapon with a strip of cloth on his back. The handle was probably a knife.
"Young man, haven't you ever heard of the Ou Family Tosaikai? You look like a newbie who has just entered the world. My brother would advise you to study hard."
"It was interesting to hear you talk just now. It's like reading a book. Traveling thousands of miles is not as good as reading thousands of books." Chen Mo replied calmly.
"You're a very interesting young man. A scholar has to look like a charlatan and go to a place full of killings. It doesn't matter if I tell you."
As he spoke, the man told Chen Mo the direction of the District's Sword House, and then left with a few companions in the drizzle.
"I said, young man, you are young and think about swords and swords all day long. It is not good to read more books. Don't listen to others who say that the world is good and wonderful. It sounds carefree, but in fact it is just for your own laziness.
Excuse, you have seen those few just now, they have nothing to do at this age, look at me, I have no worries about food and clothing, I have a family and children. In order to prevent them from bringing up my children, I let them go to the city.
I'm studying." The landlady thought to herself, maybe it wasn't out of good intentions, she just said a few more words because someone was listening to him.
"I'm full." Yan Yu gently put the bowl of soup back on the table. "Aunt, don't talk about him. He may not even listen to what I say."
Chen Mo put the money on the table, Yan Yu also carried his small bamboo basket, said goodbye to the kind-hearted landlady, and left here.
It was Chen Mo who was still holding the umbrella. Yan Yu's little hand grabbed Chen Mo's arm and walked towards the distance of Qingshi Street step by step.
.....
After leaving the town, we headed north. The Tozai that those people were talking about was located in the north of the town. The journey was quite far, more than 120 miles. With the strength of the two of us and the unfavorable weather, it would take a long time.
Two days' time.
Opening of the furnace, famous sword meeting, and martial arts competition.
These three words were what Chen Mo heard most. Opening a furnace means that this knife studio is a place where knives are made, and it is also very famous. If this is the case, then the knives they produce there should be very good. This is correct.
It was what Chen Mo needed. He had been to many knifesmith shops along the way, but the knives there were too ordinary. The only one he could use easily was the one he had in his hand when he was a soldier.
Among the knives that were accidentally picked up and used later, only those used by Jin Yi were slightly more durable. The other knives would soon become scrap metal in Chen Mo's hands.
Therefore, this place called Touzai is worth a visit. Since it is a good knife, then see if you can find one and buy one. As for those famous swords, I don’t have the ability to buy them, but it’s good to open your eyes.
As for the Famous Swordsmen Club, according to Chen Mo's guess, it should be those who wear swords and love them. It's like a beauty competition between women. According to Chen Mo, using swords to compete in beauty is simply idle time, and masters disdain it.
It is a boring act only for those who do it for the sake of vanity.
As for the competition, Chen Mo was still somewhat interested. Since it was a sword competition, there should be many swordsmen. If possible, Chen Mo would like to go on stage and fight. It doesn't matter if he can't. Let's see if he can learn a few tricks secretly.
good.
In short, there are no advantages or disadvantages to going there, so why not go there? Dao Tu Temple is also in that direction anyway, so just drop by.
"Chen Mo, my feet are so heavy." Yan Yu said unhappily. Walking on such a rainy day was too torturous. After walking for a long time, his shoes were covered with a thick layer of mud. After it rubbed off, it came back again.
, I repeated this over and over again, without even thinking about it anymore.
Chen Mo looked up at the sky. He couldn't see the sun, but it was also a lot darker. It wasn't going to rain heavily, but it was getting dark. At this time, they were already some distance away from the town. If they turned back, it would take a lot of time.
I don’t want to go back and walk the same route, but it’s not easy to camp in the wild in such weather, it’s very wet.
Chen Mo gave the oil umbrella to Yan Yu, took out a piece of clothing from her bamboo box and covered her head. Then while packing the oil umbrella, he said, "Clean the mud."
"Yeah." Yan Yu nodded happily. He knew what Chen Mo was going to do next.
Chen Mo placed the oil umbrella next to the bamboo box and squatted in front of her. Yan Yu lay down happily, his feet finally freed.
"I just said that the horse should have been kept at that time." She refused to take the prince's things at first, but now she regrets it and just puts the blame on Chen Mo.
Chen Mo didn't bother to argue with her. Fortunately, his injuries were almost healed, and it wasn't difficult to carry her on his back. He could have carried Jiang Nu on his back to escape at night, and it was no different this time.
After a long night, Chen Mo finally found an isolated small farmhouse. After carefully knocking on the door, he embarrassedly woke the person up and gave him some money, and finally found a place to stay.
I ate some dry food I brought with me and spent the night in the empty farmhouse.
...
At dawn the next day, the two said goodbye to the couple at the farmhouse and continued on the road. The rain for several days finally stopped, but the rain for so many days made the road muddy and impossible to dry for a while.
Chen Mo took Yan Yu's small bamboo box to make her walk easier.
After only half a day's journey, Chen Mo encountered three waves of people, all going in the same direction. There were people from the world in simple clothes, as well as people from wealthy families in silk and brocade clothes.
Chen Mo and Yan Yu both narrowly avoided those people who either intentionally or unintentionally trampled on the mud splashes caused by the puddles when passing by them.
"Why are these people so unqualified? Is this road opened by their family?" Yan Yu, who once again escaped the "danger", cursed angrily. Now, whenever he hears the slightest movement from the road,
They were all like frightened birds, their reactions were faster than Chen Mo's.
Chen Mo didn't do anything. He just pulled her back to the road after the carriage and horse passed by and continued moving forward.
"Chen Mo, aren't you angry?" Yan Yu asked. In her impression, although Chen Mo was indifferent, she had seen him smile and be happy, but she rarely saw him with negative emotions.
That restaurant was the only time she saw Chen Mo looking a little angry.
"Why are you angry?" Chen Mo asked.
"Forget it, I don't want to discuss this with you anymore." Yan Yu gave up and simply said. "If anyone who doesn't have eyesight still behaves like this, I will stone him to death."
"I won't stop you."
Sure enough, not long after, Yan Yu, who was impatient from the anger he had made earlier and the mud on the road, heard the sound of horse hooves coming from behind again, so he picked up stones everywhere on the ground, hid with Chen Mo on the roadside, and killed the enemy.
You have to ensure your own safety first.
The sound of horse hooves was not as urgent as the previous waves of people, which made Yan Yu suddenly feel embarrassed to do anything, but he already had the stone in his hand, so he could just pretend.
A group of older middle-aged people passing by this time, unlike the previous waves, were all young and energetic young people. Not only did they trample on the puddles wantonly, but they also made strange screams of excitement.
When the group was about to pass by the two people, they slowed down and looked at the pair of masters and servants who were studying abroad, especially the little girl who was holding a stone and looking at her with eager eyes. One of them smiled and said: "Little girl, you look so good."
It's pretty cool, why do you want to commit road robbery?"
"Hey, I'm talking about that scholar, do you want to sell this maid? I can offer you a pretty good price, enough for you to go to a good academy to study." Another companion looked at the little girl carefully and felt that she was quite pretty.
If she dresses up, she will definitely look better, and she will be the wife of her youngest son.
Yan Yu, who didn't want to go with them at first, heard this man's rude words, and the anger that had just disappeared was ignited again, and he smashed the stone in his hand. However, with that force, he could barely reach the man who made the rude words.
, was caught lightly by the man.
"You are the maid, your whole family is maid."
"Oh, you're such a fierce girl, how can you be suitable to follow a weak scholar with a personality like yours? You'd better be my daughter-in-law." After saying that, the man took out a bag of silver from his waist and weighed it in his hand. "
This is more than a dozen taels of silver, enough to replace several servants for you. I want this girl."
"Lao Kui, stop making trouble. How old is your youngest son? He's so anxious to find a wife. Let's go." The leading man said calmly, stopping his companion from trying to buy her by force, and then quickened his pace.
The man did not dare to refute his elder brother's words. He put away his money bag, said "drive" and followed the footsteps.
The group of people stayed away from the pair of master and servant, and the man who wanted to buy the girl asked: "Boss, what did you do just now? Don't I want to buy that maid? I didn't rob her."
"Your family has prepared several daughters-in-law. Be careful of spoiling your precious little son." The leading brother said lightly, but in fact, he had seen the hands of the young man carrying the bamboo book box quietly before.
He put it on the hilt of the knife on his waist. If it was just like this, he wouldn't take it seriously, but the look in that person's eyes made him a little uncomfortable, or in other words, fearful. Although he was looking at this group of people,
But they were not in his eyes at all. To put it bluntly, the young man didn't notice them at all.
"Let's go."
"I thought they were good people, but in the end they were almost the same as those before." Yan Yu looked at their retreating figures, patted the mud in his hands, and continued to follow Chen Mo.