The heavens begin from practicing swords in the palace

Zhao Sansan was silent, and took out several ingots of gold from the package on his back.

Xue Zhu asked: "Where do you come from?"

Zhao Shijiu said: "The Nameless Island in the East China Sea!"

Xue Zhu said: "I guess, you all came to me to make swords?"

Zhao Shijiu said: "Exactly!"

Xue Zhu stretched out his hands, only to see that the thumbs and index fingers of his hands were gone, only six fingers remained.

Zhao Qiudao: "The power to forge a sword depends entirely on your thumb and forefinger. Unfortunately, you can no longer forge a sword yourself."

Xue Zhu smiled wryly: "So, everyone, please go back!"

Zhao Qiu shook his head and said, "Unfortunately, I didn't ask you to forge swords!"

Xue Zhu looked at the several ingots of gold in front of him, with a puzzled look on his face, he said, "Didn't you come to ask me to make swords?"

Zhao Qiudao: "Your hand must have been chopped off by Fengbeard!"

Xue Zhu said: "Your Excellency knows things like a god."

Zhao Qiu sighed: "In the past, your master Ou Yezi cast three swords for the king of Chu. One was called Longyuan, the other was called Tai'a, and the third was called Gongbu. The work cloth was found in the king's tomb. After returning to Wu, Wu Zixu heard Feng Huzi's name, so he asked someone to send the sword to Chu State to give him, saying that this is your master's legacy, and Feng Huzi should bear it!"

"How do you know such secrets? Where is your Excellency?"

Zhao Qiu smiled slightly, but did not answer, and continued, "Wu Zixu gave Feng Huzi the Gongbu sword, saying that he admired your master and had nothing else to ask for. After Feng Huzi got the sword, he was grateful, so he went to thank him face to face. Wu Zixu treated Feng Huzi as the guest of honor and set up a house for Feng Huzi, and the reception was very polite. Unfortunately, Wu Zixu only wanted Feng Huzi to work for him. In the past, he asked Zhuan Zhuan to assassinate Wang Liao with the same means."

Xue Zhu sighed: "Senior Brother Feng doesn't understand Wu Zixu's methods. After being treated so favorably by him, I feel sorry for him. I ask again and again, what is the use of myself. But Wu Zixu always said: "Your Excellency drove past Wu in vain. You are a guest of the state of Wu. How dare you work for your honor?' Afterwards, Wu Zixu refused to let Senior Brother Feng forge a sword. But one day later, Wu Zixu came to the hotel to chat with Senior Brother Feng again, talking about Wu’s struggle for hegemony with the Qi and Jin countries in the north, Wu Shi’s bravery, When he gained the upper hand, it was because his chariot fighting skills were inferior. If he fought with unarmed soldiers, the swords and halberds he used were not sharp enough. Senior Brother Feng talked with him about the method of forging swords and halberds. It turned out that what Wu Zixu wanted to forge, It is not a sword with two swords, but a sharp sword with thousands of mouths. Master Feng followed Wu Zixu to the sword-making room on Mogan Mountain, and saw more than a thousand swordsmiths making swords. I didn't see perfection, so Brother Feng dialed it one by one, and Wu Jian was sharper than other countries."

Zhao Qiudao: "After one year of casting, your brother Feng Shi was overworked and exhausted, so he mentioned your name to Wu Zixu. Wu Zixu then prepared a gift and asked Feng Huzi to call you to the country of Wu to help Feng Huzi Forging a sword. You know the feud between Wu and Yue, and you are worried that Wu Guo cast a sharp sword and use it to kill you and Yue people, so you can’t do it. So, he cut off four of your fingers and taught you to become a useless person from now on!"

"exactly!"

Zhao Qiu sighed: "Then, you should know the purpose of my coming here today, right?"

Xue Zhu looked shocked, and said: "You want me to teach those ordinary swordsmiths for you like Brother Fengbeard?"

Zhao Qiudao: "Longyuan, Tai'a, Gongbu, Ganjiang, and Moxie are famous swords, although they are powerful, they cannot be mass-produced after all!"

Xue Zhu asked: "Who is your Excellency?"

Zhao Qiu raised his eyes to the sky, sighed, and said, "In today's chaotic world, wars are raging, and I am just a person who wants to end the wars! Will Mr. Xue help me?"

Xue Zhu said: "My hands are useless now, I only wish to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests of my hometown, and never care about worldly affairs!"

Zhao Qiu shook his head and said, "However, I am born to be useful. You have the method of casting swords, and the world of mortals is rolling around, enveloping everything, how can you stay out of it?"

After finishing speaking, Zhao Qiu's hand flickered, and a piece of thin ice sank into Xue Zhu's carotid artery.

Immediately, Xue Zhu's whole body was itchy, like ten thousand insects devouring his heart, and he howled on the ground repeatedly. He kept scratching with his hands, and there were already many bloodstains.

"Give him an antidote!"

Zhao Shijiu took out a pill from his sleeve and took it for Xue Zhu, and the itching disappeared immediately.

Zhao Qiu looked at Zhao Sansan and said, "San San, you take him back to Wuming Island!"

"Yes! Adoptive father!"