Tan Jin told everyone about the past that changed the fate of his life.
Tan Jin's father is a military general and likes knives, so Tan Jin also likes knives since he was a child, and he collects them everywhere when he grows up.
But although he loved knives, he didn't get addicted to them or love knives like his life, until one day, he accidentally got a scimitar, and everything changed.
When Tan Jin was on a westward journey, he passed by a small forest and saw that there was a fight inside, and many men in black besieged a woman, so he sent his entourage to rescue her.
The woman seemed to be wounded and gradually losing her strength.
Seeing that the officers and soldiers came to help, the men in black hurriedly ran away, but the strange thing was that the woman also ran away.
This made Tan Jin a little puzzled, but who could figure out the affairs of the people in the rivers and lakes, he didn't pursue it, and wanted to leave, but found that there was a knife on the ground.
It was a very unique scimitar, the blade of which resembled a crescent moon, and the simple black leather case was darkly carved with intricate patterns.
The handle is of the upper somber wood, which complements the leather of the scabbard.
Tan Jin pulled the knife out of the scabbard with force, and felt a burst of red light dazzling, and was startled One of his subordinates saw it and asked, "Is this knife rusty?"
In fact, when you look at it, you do feel that the knife has rusted.
This scimitar has a strange shape, the crescent shape has no point, and the blade is rusty red, like rust but the surface of the blade is abnormally smooth.
Tan Jin recognized at a glance that this was a treasure knife, and this knife was not cut off, but itself was forged into a half-crescent shape, and it was a guillotine knife.
The guillotine is not usually used for combat, but is a gift or commemorative decorative knife, which does not have a tip to indicate that it does not represent killing.
It stands to reason that the severed sword bean will not be sharpened, but this knife is not only sharp, but also very sharp.
Tan Jin didn't know who dropped the knife, and after waiting for a while, no one would come to pick it up, so he took it away first. is still the same sentence, the original Tan Jin, although he loves knives like his life, is not an insatiable and unprincipled person, he has been waiting for the owner of the knife to come to receive the knife, and also sent someone to wait near the forest.
But as time passed, the owner of the knife did not come, and Tan Jin himself also underwent some changes.
The original Tan Jin was gentle and elegant, but I don't know if he didn't rest well or didn't adapt to the soil and water these days, in short, he became a little fierce, not as kind as before.
Tan Jin sometimes feels that he has a problem, gradually becomes violent, greedy, and always has nightmares.
In addition, as long as he sees the knife, he doesn't have any ability to resist, and always wants to take it for himself, as if the kind of love he has for has suddenly gone to the extreme, so there is that time to enter the palace and steal the knife.
Later, Tan Jin felt that there might really be something wrong, and at this time, Yang Caisheng came to steal the knife.
Tan Jin was seriously injured that time, and Yang Caisheng was indeed caught at that time, but escaped that night.
However, the matter has been reported, Tan Jin was afraid that the emperor would think that he was trying to exonerate himself and fabricate the facts.
After Tan Jin recovered from his injuries, he received a light sentence, and he returned to his ancestral house to recuperate.
However, after a few days of purification, Tan Jin unexpectedly found that his "illness" had cured.
From that day on, he was not as greedy for things as knives as before, and seemed to have returned to normal, that is, from this day on, Tan Jin understood that all his problems were caused by the guillotine knife, which was a demon knife that could make people fall into the devil's path.
Tan Jin began to consult a large number of ancient books, trying to find some information about the guillotine.
During his investigation, he discovered a knife called the Blood Knife.
This knife is rusty red or blood-red in color, and it is said that it has demonic powers, and it is forged from hematite buried deep underground.
After that, Tan Jin began to search everywhere, and eventually found a similar hematite in Knife and Axe Town.
In fact, how did he quell the incident later, Tan Jin's method was very simple, let the villagers throw back the ore deposits and the swords that had been forged, and bury them in mud.
And the master who forged the sword, in the future, put on a thick cotton jacket and a mask when forging to avoid contact with the sword, and it didn't take long for the others to heal.
Tan Jin never left here, changed his name and surname to live there, just to find the truth about this mineral deposit.
After listening to Tan Jin's narration, everyone roughly understood the truth of the matter back then, although Yang Caisheng's stubble was a little incomprehensible, but the matter of the border hematite seemed to be solved.
"I asked Lao He to bury all those iron mines, as well as those knives," Ouyang asked Zhao Pu.
Zhao Pu touched his chin, "Didn't those swords and ores all be transported away, but the condition has not been alleviated?"
"Is the hematite you are talking about a type of medicine mine?"
Gongsun suddenly asked.
Zhao Pu and others looked at each other, "medicine mine" "Actually, it's not that complicated, what kind of demon knife."
Gongsun told everyone, "This kind of mine is actually called a medicine mine, most of them are buried deep underground, and the soil on the ground is accumulated layer by layer.
It may be that many years ago, some poisonous herbs grew on a certain layer of soil, and then after they were buried underground, the herbs changed, just like boiled medicines, and the medicinal properties penetrated into the ground with rainwater, submerged the top of the ore, and over time the ore became poisonous.
Many years later, in the process of stone quenching and forging, people were poisoned due to the different medicinal properties, and thus became irritable. ” When they heard this, they all felt justified.
"This is also common, as if there is a river that flows through a village all year round, and the villagers grew up drinking the river water, and they have been fine.
Suddenly, one day there was a landslide in the upper reaches of the water, and some of the poisonous plant residues buried in the ground were sprayed out and fell into the river.
Gongsun said, smiling slightly, "I think what caused the ore to turn red may be an herb that creates illusions."
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There is something called Lotano grass, the rhizome and branches of this herb are fiery red, which can be used to dye or paint, and the water will turn red when soaked in water.
Lodane grass is actually a very common herb, which has a wide range of uses, such as not sleeping well at night, it can be used to calm the nerves in small amounts, and it can also be used to relieve pain.
The only bad thing is that this thing is slightly toxic, and when taken in large quantities, it will produce hallucinations, which can make people very manic and even fatal.
Ochre Shadow thought for a moment, "Lord Wang, those brothers who led people to dig for ore did say that they dug up the ground and found a lot of rotten bushes, which were black in color. ” "Any flower or plant buried in the ground for a long time will be like this."
Gongsun took out a piece of paper to prescribe medicine as he spoke, "There are classifications of medicines in the world, and the same type of illness and the same type of discomfort can usually be treated with the same type of antidote.
The method of curing the phantom herb is very simple, it is the same prescription as the sobering medicine, and the dosage is larger. ” "That's all right," Zhao Pu didn't seem to believe it.
Gongsun opened two prescriptions, and asked Zhao Pu to cook a large number of sobering pills in the barracks, and no soldier came to a bowl, and then boiled vinegar in the barracks and smoked it everywhere, it was too sick, so he put it directly into the vinegar port and boiled it, and it would be good to sweat all over.
Gongsun also mentioned that when Tan Jin and those forging masters were able to successfully escape from danger, it was directly related to wearing a padded jacket and sweating through.
"Oh," everyone in the room nodded in realization, "I see." ” The little fourth son also nodded, nodding, daddy is capable.
Pang Ji saw that Bao Zheng's two white eyes were almost green, so he smiled and asked him, "Old Bao, talent?"
"Uh-huh" Bao Zheng nodded vigorously, "It's just a genius" After that, Zhao Pu hurriedly sent people back to the barracks to prepare hangover medicine and vinegar.
Bao Zheng and Pang Ji continued to study the case.
Everyone was busy, but Bai Yutang didn't know how to start, Yang Caisheng's body still had no clues, and now it was found out that the human head was fake, and the woman who didn't know whether it was a good person or a spy also died, and the more things were investigated, the more confused things became.
Sitting in the courtyard of the yamen, Bai Yutang shook his head slightly with the teacup, and heard a long sigh beside him.
Bai Yutang turned his face and saw Zhan Zhao squatting on the chair beside him, holding his chin with both hands, sighing.
"When did you come over" Bai Yutang was surprised, this Zhan Zhao was really like a cat, and he walked without a sound.
"Your Yang Caisheng has no clues, and my glimmer of hope for the broken knife door case has also been shattered by Gongsun."
Zhan Zhao shook his head.
"What do you mean?"
"Originally, I just needed to find a master with fast sword skills."
Zhan Zhao looked at the sky, "But now that trouble is coming, everyone may be a murderer, whether they are masters or low-handed." ” Bai Yutang didn't quite understand what Zhanzhao was saying.
Zhan Zhao shook his head and told him, "Gongsun said that the people who broke the knife gate were collectively poisoned, and then they were beheaded, and many of them were already dead when they were cut off, and some people deliberately created the illusion that the master destroyed the door. ” Bai Yutang frowned.
"Speaking of which, the watchman said that he saw a white shadow coming out of the mansion in the dark light that day, and they all suspected that the murderer was you, could it be that some enemy of yours framed him" Bai Yutang thought for a moment, "I can't think of it." ” "Hmm," Zhanzhao continued to hold his chin and think about the case.
Bai Yutang looked at the sky, and it was almost dawn all night, so he got up, "I'll go back." ” "Wouldn't it be dawn to go back to the inn so late, stay in the guest room, anyway, so many rooms are empty."
Bai Yutang thought about it and thought it was okay, so he went to the guest room to stay.
Unable to sleep in the middle of the night, Bai Yutang lay on the bed with his face on his back, took out Yang Caisheng's crooked handwritten letter and looked at it, if the legends about Yang Caisheng back then were all lies, then why didn't he come out to clarify whether he was dead now or not, is it a fake was lying down, and when he heard three "tuk tuk", someone knocked on the door.
Bai Yutang was puzzled, what kind of person is the third watch in the middle of the night, "who" "You're not asleep," Zhanzhao's voice came from outside the door, "I found a dry grain floor in the back, Zhao Pu and they went to barbecue and drink, I can't sleep and I'm going to go, you can't go."
Bai Yutang thought about it, turned over and got up to open the door.
I saw that under the moonlight, Zhanzhao was holding a wine jar and looking at himself with a smile.
Bai Yutang felt that he was no longer sleepy, and he didn't want to think about Yang Caisheng's worries, nodded to Zhanzhao, and went out to the barn behind the yamen.
It seems that many people can't sleep today, and almost everyone is there at night, even Master Pang and Master Bao are drinking on the side, Tan Jin is also there, and the three of them seem to be catching up.
Zhao Pu sat on the top of the haystack, lying on his knees with the little fourth son who was laughing with him, and the grandson below was also chatting and drinking with Ouyang, I don't know what he was talking about, the Ziying and Ochre Shadow were building a bonfire barbecue.
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang went over and found two wooden stakes for chopping wood and sat down.
Gongsun was in front of them, so he turned around and asked Bai Yutang, "Have you found any clues about Yang Caisheng?"
Bai Yutang shook his head, "I don't even know if he is alive or dead now. ” "If Yang Caisheng keeps the guillotine knife, there may be trouble."
Gongsun said seriously, "The person who forged this knife seems to have ill intentions, and he intended to forge a demon knife that would cause people to lose their minds, but not to the point of immediate wind demons or death. ” "What might have become of Yang Caisheng if he was still alive and kept that knife," Bai Yutang asked Gongsun.
"It's hard to say, maybe the wind demon is dead, maybe it's dead, maybe it's dead, maybe it's true."
Zhan Zhao also raised his head to look at him, "Maybe so" "Maybe it's someone else with a completely different personality."
As he spoke, Gongsun took out a sketch from his sleeve and showed it to Bai Yutang, "This is the weapon graphic that I re-speculated based on the wound, because unlike standing and chopping, chopping a lying person is just the opposite of the previous inference, and the weapon should be thick and short." ” "Thick and short" Zhanzhao wondered, "Axe" Bai Yutang opened the drawing paper, Zhan Zhao took a closer look, and both of them were subconsciously stunned, it turned out that Gongsun had drawn a scimitar, and the tip of the knife was broken.
"Guillotine" At this time, Tan Jin, who came to deliver barbecue to Zhanzhao and them, recognized the pattern at a glance, and exclaimed in a low voice, "The shape is exactly the same." ” Zhan Zhao pointed to the undulating lines at the bottom of the blade and asked Gongsun, "Can you be sure of this?"
"It can be clearly seen from the knife wound" Gongsun took the skewer of barbecue, and when he saw that the little fourth son had run back, he grabbed him and came to feed him, and continued, "And it's very strange, this knife should be fast, but the person who used the knife seems to have trembling hands, and the wound is uneven, so it will leave obvious knife marks." ” Bai Yutang took out the letter and unfolded it and handed it to Gongsun.
Gongsun stared at the letter and frowned, "It's not like it's caused by weak hands, it's more like hand shaking caused by difficulty controlling emotions." ” "How to tell" Bao Zheng also seemed to be interested and walked over.
"Weak people are not strong enough to write, and the pen will move slower and slower, but excited people will write faster and faster, so the strokes will feel thicker and thicker, and even big ink spots will appear in some places."
Bai Yutang looked at the letter, then looked at the picture drawn by Gongsun, and asked, "Could it be, the murderer who broke the knife door and destroyed the door is Yang Caisheng."
"This person has been in hiding for so many years, if it weren't for this case, no one would have found out at all" Pang Ji couldn't figure it out, "why did this person bother doing this" "Let's break it down."
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Zhan Zhao seemed to have some different opinions, "Assuming that the real murderer is really Yang Caisheng, then his daughter-in-law sent this letter to Tianzun, is it certain that Tianzun will send you over?"
Bai Yutang thought for a moment, "It should be." ” "Furthermore, pretending to extinguish the full door of the Broken Knife Gate will create the illusion that Bai Yutang is suspicious, and it will inevitably attract them to the sword, is it also certain?"
Everyone nodded.
"In other words, the other party wants to lure you to Tan Jin, and the people of the Sword Alliance are to be your enemy."
Zhan Zhao asked curiously, "Do you know the reason?"
Bai Yutang thought about it and shook his head, feeling dazed.
"But there were two accidents during this time."
Zhan Zhao stretched out two fingers and gestured to a tree branch, "One, the other party definitely didn't know that the emperor would suddenly draw the unsolved case in Sword and Axe Town, and send Lord Bao to patrol here." ” Everyone nodded.
"Besides, the other party shouldn't know that Zhao Pu will come here."
Zhao Pu touched his chin, "Except for a few of Lao He's cronies, no one in the barracks knows that I'm here." ” "So this is a variable," Zhan Zhao said, "After we came with Zhao Pu, was there anything that shouldn't have happened?"
Everyone frowned slightly, and said in unison, "That sneak attack" "I'll just say that these people are so bad at kung fu and still come to sneak attack, it seems that they are not prepared to send them to death."
Ouyang frowned and pondered, "The relationship happened to catch up, so I made a temporary decision." ” "That's what I thought, too."
Zhan Zhao nodded.
"You're pretty smart."
Bai Yutang obviously comprehended a trace of Zhanzhao, "The people who brought me and the short knives here, obviously prepared for a long time, but such serious preparations were disrupted by the temporary intention, indicating that the matter of the temporary intention is more important to the other party, that is to say, killing Zhao Pu is their big deal If Yang Caisheng is the murderer, he and Zhao Pu have a grudge" Everyone looked at Zhao Pu.
Zhao Pu held his chin and thought about it seriously, "Basically, the one who wants my life doesn't necessarily have an enmity with me, but it must be a foreign clan who has a war with my Great Song Dynasty." ” "Yang Caisheng is not a foreigner, right?"
Bai Yutang frowned.
"Isn't there still a foreign woman?"
asked Gongsun, "could it be that the woman is not dead, and the one who gave your master a head is also pretending?"
” Bai Yutang listened to it and was even more puzzled, what kind of medicine was sold in this gourd.
"But there's one thing I don't understand."
Zhan Zhao asked everyone, "The other party led you to Tan Jin, but why did you secretly assassinate Tan Jin when he found him?"
After Zhan Zhao asked, everyone was silent, it really didn't make sense.
Just when everyone was confused, they heard someone suddenly answer, "I know" Everyone brushed their faces and looked at it, and raised their hands to say "I know" it was the little fourth son
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