Starting boy Ma Kongqun

Chapter 238 Cold Dew Knife

After Han Zhang sat down, he cupped his hands towards Liu Qing and said: "Han only has this evil son in his lap. If anything goes wrong, the descendants of my Han family will be cut off. After death, I will not be able to see my ancestors." The nephew of the matchmaker only said that he was doing his best to be a friend, but to my Han family, it was nothing less than a huge favor. This time I took the liberty to come to the house just to express my gratitude to the Dragon Matchmaker for his great kindness - Yutang, and he did not even present the gift of thanks! "

Upon hearing this, Han Yutang immediately stepped forward with the long brocade box in his hands, bowed deeply in front of Ma Ji, and then presented the brocade box with both hands.

Before Liu Qing and Ma Ji could refuse, Han Zhang spoke up first: "Han knew that the dragon matchmaker was a gentleman and showed kindness without expecting anything in return, so he would never dare to use mere yellow and white things to defile him. It shows Dragon Matchmaker’s noble aspirations. Dragon Matchmaker might as well take a look at this gift before making a decision.”

Ma Ji thought of something he heard Han Qi say when chatting with him before, and thought in his heart: "Is this old man so willing to spend money?"

Then he reached out his hand to open the lid of the brocade box, and his eyes were immediately attracted by the contents of the box.

It was a long knife that was more than three feet long from end to end.

Because it is straight and without arcs, and it is hidden in a sheath, most people would mistake it for a long sword, but experts like Ma Ji would certainly not mistake it.

This knife is in the style of a horizontal knife from the Tang Dynasty. The white shark skin scabbard is wrapped with red gold cloud patterns at the beginning, end and middle. The knife grid is in the shape of gold and Ruyi. The white sandalwood handle is long and can be held with both hands. The end is also wrapped in red gold. , in the shape of a red bird with spread wings. Although the blade is hidden deep in the sheath, there is a cold and murderous aura faintly revealed.

On the upper side of the scabbard, there are two seal characters made of gold thread: "Cold Dew."

Seeing that Ma Ji couldn't look away from the sword, Han Qi said with some pride: "Jun man, this 'Hanlu' sword is an heirloom of my Han family. It was made by Zhang Yajiu, a famous craftsman in the Tang Dynasty. It is very powerful in cutting gold, cutting jade, and cutting grass in the wind. Moreover, its material is special, and the blade generates water vapor on its own, so it can be used without a drop of blood. My father heard about your heroic deeds in killing bandits with one sword, handsome man, so he said, "The sword is given to heroes." ’, I hope to use this sword to enhance the reputation of this handsome man, and I hope you will accept it without hesitation!”

Han Zhang sighed: "I received the imperial edict to revive the imperial court a few days ago. I will soon go north to assume the post of prefect of Taiyuan. Both Zhuojing and Yutang will go with me."

"Yes!" Ma Ji agreed, took the brocade box from Han Qi who was winking at him, turned to Han Zhang and saluted solemnly, "My nephew, thank you uncle for this generous gift."

Nowadays, Gu Yong has been appointed to the important position of academic administration in charge of education in a province, Han Zhang has also been appointed as the prefect of Taiyuan and other major prefectures, and the mountain chief Du Heng has probably received the order to re-employ him. From this point of view, it should be the central government of the DPRK. The situation has changed somewhat.

When these thoughts flashed through Ma Ji's mind, Han Zhang said sternly: "The first is to thank him for saving his life, and the second is to leave a farewell memorial for a close friend, and add the sentence 'I dare not say goodbye to the elder's gift'. Dragon Matchmaker should know what to do." ”

Han Zhang saw that he clearly loved the sword very much, but he could restrain his desires and choose to refuse. He admired him even more in his heart and said with a smile: "My dear nephew, don't rush to refuse. This sword is not only a thank you gift, but also a gift from Yutang." Farewell."

Liu Qing, who was on the side, saw that the other party had reached this point in his conversation, and walked up the stairs to his son at the right time: "Ji, since this is the elder's kindness and kindness, you don't have to refuse it."

Ma Ji said in surprise: "Yutang is leaving Hangzhou?"

Ma Ji took one last deep look at the sword, and then controlled himself with great perseverance to close the brocade box. He took a step back and turned to Han Zhang, cupping his hands and saying, "This sword is priceless. My nephew will never dare to accept it!"

Ma Ji had heard that the Korean member in front of him was the second in high school, the newly appointed academician Gu Yong was the top scorer in the same subject, and Du Heng, the headmaster of "Wansong Academy", was the top scorer. All three of them were deeply impressed by the Emperor Long'an who had just ascended the throne. Li Hui had great faith and saw a bright future, but something unexpected happened later. In short, Han Zhang and Du Heng resigned and returned home. Although Gu Yong stayed in the court, he wasted no time for many years.

Han Qi was the most troubled and said hurriedly: "Won't you try this precious sword, handsome man?"

Ma Ji rolled his eyes at him, opened the brocade box again, took out the long knife with its sheath with his left hand, and handed the brocade box to Ruomei beside him.

He turned to Han Qi and stood still, smiling and said: "Yutang wanted to see me test the knife, so he pulled out a hair and threw it over." Han Qi excitedly pulled out a hair from his temples and threw it gently into the air.

Then he only saw another flash of white light in front of his eyes. When he looked again, he saw that the long sword in Ma Ji's left hand had been unsheathed. He was holding it with his right hand and raising it to his eyes to look at the blade, which was as bright as autumn water and as cold as ice and snow. His face was full of admiration and joy.

"Just fine?" Han Qi looked blank.

Ma Ji's eyes were still fixed on the knife, and he pointed to the ground casually.

Han Qi lowered his head to take a closer look, and immediately made a discovery. He hurriedly bent down and picked up the hair. What he held in his hand was two strands - it turned out that the hair had been evenly divided into two parts from head to tail by Ma Ji's knife. .

At this moment, everyone else in the hall also understood what had happened, and they were all surprised and confused for a moment.

What they admired was Ma Ji's swordsmanship, but what Ma Ji admired was the sharpness of this "Cold Dew" sword.

He only used his skill to control the direction and angle of the sword just now. He relied entirely on the sharpness of the sword to cut through the hair.

If we only talk about its sharpness, this "Han Dew" should be as good as the "Cicada Wing Sword" used in the previous life.

Then Ma Ji sheathed the sword, put it back into the brocade box, turned to Han Zhang and asked, "May I ask when my uncle will take office?"

Han Zhang said: "I need to make some arrangements at home, and Yutang also needs to go to Gu Weiqi's Wangjiang Tower meeting. The departure date is roughly five days later."

Ma Ji said: "My nephew will definitely go to see off his uncle, aunt and Yutang."

Han Zhang added: "Yesterday I rushed Yutang to the academy because I didn't want him to waste the past few days before leaving. But after what happened last night, I was afraid that he would not be in the mood to study for a while, so I simply sent someone to call Du Junping. I said hello and will stay at home for the next few days."

Ma Ji stole a glance at Han Qi, who was standing behind his father, and saw that his brows and eyes were filled with joy, and thought that this guy was a blessing in disguise.

Han Zhang wanted to clean up what happened last night and prepare for a long trip with his family, so he did not stay at Ma's house for long, and then stood up to leave.

Ma Ji and his mother finished breakfast and dinner together, then packed up and headed to the academy again.

In the middle of the journey, he went to find a famous old cobbler in the city and asked him to make a custom-made leather cover for the "Demon Refining Pot". He also installed a wooden stopper on the spout, which was more decorative and concealing than actual.

When he left the city and reached a secluded place, he put the "Cold Dew" sword hanging on his waist into the "Demon Refining Pot" and easily came to "Wansong Academy" with empty hands.

(End of this chapter)