He was born as a blacksmith, but he dominated the world

Chapter 36: Once a Teenager (Second Update)
After a few apprentices, some younger blacksmiths couldn't help it either.

More and more people came over and vented their anger on the sacks.

The corner of Zhao Yankui's eye twitched as he watched. How much anger must these people be suppressing on a daily basis?

He imagined himself being covered by a sack and couldn't help but shudder.

"Alright, alright. If you keep fighting someone will die!" Jiang Lin shouted loudly, and finally gave a hard kick to pull the others away.

The blacksmith and his apprentices were still considerate and quickly dispersed.

Jiang Lin untied the sack and found the eunuch inside had been beaten to a pulp, his body was covered in bruises and his face was covered in blood, looking quite horrifying.

Jiang Lin helped him up, pretending to be frightened, and said, "Eunuch, are you okay? Just now, a group of bad guys came from nowhere and beat you up without any reason. Fortunately, we drove them away."

"You, you guys..." The eunuch opened his mouth, but could no longer utter a complete sentence. Most of his upper and lower rows of teeth had fallen out.

He is not a fool, so he naturally understands that there are no sudden bad guys, it's just you blacksmiths who did it!
But he didn't dare to say it. This group of people dared to beat him up with sacks. If he said anything harsh again, he might not be able to leave the South Blacksmith Camp.

"Don't be afraid, eunuch. I will take you out." Jiang Lin said, and then forcibly dragged the eunuch away.

Qi the blacksmith came over and whispered to Zhao Yankui, "It's really fucking refreshing! I didn't expect Jiang Lin to be such a treacherous guy, but will this really work?"

Zhao Yankui snorted and said, "He didn't see who did it. Could he really dare to send people to kill everyone in the Southern Blacksmith Camp?"

Qi the blacksmith still understood the principle that the law does not hold everyone responsible.

"But what if he only targets you and Jiang Lin?" Blacksmith Qi asked with a worried look on his face.

Zhao Yankui's face was gloomy, and he said: "Jiang Lin said it well, if an enemy comes, we will fight him with our generals, and if water comes, we will block it with earth. Even an ant will bite if it is cornered!"

Blacksmith Qi looked at him, not knowing what to say. In the end, he could only sigh and say, "It's a pity for Jiang Lin's talent. The Southern Blacksmith Camp finally produced a talented young man."

Zhao Yankui had the same idea. He would rather die than see Jiang Lin die early.

But the people in the palace have too many insidious and vicious tricks, and I am just a blacksmith, what can I do?

Thinking of this, Zhao Yankui couldn't help but regret not beating the eunuch a few more times.

At this time, Jiang Lin had already helped the eunuch to the dining tent, and Old Man Wei followed behind.

At this point, Jiang Lin simply let go.

The eunuch's legs were weak and he could hardly walk. No one supported him and he fell to the ground.

"you……"

Jiang Lin was a head taller than the eunuch, and now he was no longer as thin as he was half a month ago, and had gradually taken on a sturdy build.

He stared at the eunuch, looking down at him, and said in a low voice: "Eunuch is injured, so you'd better be careful when you walk. If you can't kill all the people from the Southern Blacksmith Camp in one go, you'd better not leave the palace at will."

The eunuch's eyes were wide open with anger. How dare a little blacksmith's apprentice threaten him!
Jiang Lin wasn't afraid of the other person's eyes at all. Who was he trying to scare by squinting his eyes?

He continued, "I guess you don't know yet, Master Zhao Yankui and I have accepted a job from the Nanling Camp to forge a batch of weapons. If something happens to us, the Nanling Camp may not trouble Eunuch Ming, but can you stop them?"

"In addition, Lord Liao Mingxu, the lieutenant general of the Nanling camp, thinks highly of me and has recruited me to join the army. If you really push me to the limit, I will join the border army. I will risk my life at that time and I will always be able to do something."

Originally, Old Man Wei followed over and wanted to say something, but when he heard this, he stopped.

Jiang Lin's words were naturally partly true and partly false.

There is an old saying that the fox borrows the power of the tiger to bully others, and there is also the saying that the fox borrows the power of the tiger to bully others, and takes advantage of the situation to draw the tiger's skin and raise the flag.

The Nanling camp did want the master and his apprentice to forge weapons, and also wanted to use the opportunity to protect them, but no one knew whether they would really conflict with the eunuchs in the palace because of this.

Jiang Lin didn’t know, and the eunuchs naturally didn’t know either.

So after he said this, would the eunuch dare to go to the Nanling camp to question Liao Mingxu?

Not only that, they will be afraid and will not dare to act recklessly. The name of the Border Army is most useful for scaring cowards.

Looking at Jiang Lin's back, the light in Old Man Wei's cloudy eyes became brighter.

The eunuch's heart trembled when he heard this. He was not afraid of the Southern Blacksmith Camp, but he dared not provoke the border troops in the Nanling Camp.

Was this blacksmith apprentice valued by Lieutenant General Liao Mingxu?

Why haven’t you heard Shen Zhiwen say that?
Jiang Lin said calmly, "In fact, even if you don't tell me, I can roughly guess who asked you to do this. I can only say that the person who gave you the benefit is either stupid or deliberately wants to harm you. I guess he didn't say too clearly why Dong Songchang died, and he didn't mention the relationship between my master and me and the Nanling camp. Is he trying to harm you, or is he trying to harm that eunuch Ming... That's all I can say, you can decide for yourself, I won't see you off, please go back."

The eunuch's body trembled when he heard it, not because he was scared, but because he thought of some possibilities.

Shen Zhiwen only said that Dong Songchang offended the border troops of the Nanling camp and was beheaded, but he did not explain the inside story clearly.

As for Zhao Yankui and Jiang Lin, the master and disciple who took on the work at the Nanling camp, they never said a word.

This bastard wants to kill our family?
Or do you want to harm Eunuch Ming?

Could it be that Shen Zhiwen was bribed and deliberately set up the trap?

For a moment, the eunuch had a lot of thoughts in his mind.

He took a deep breath, stared at Jiang Lin for a few seconds, then turned around without saying a word and slowly left with his injured body.

Jiang Lin looked at the eunuch's back with an extremely indifferent expression.

Old Man Wei then stepped forward and said, "If we cannot kill them all, there will be endless troubles."

This is the truth that the border troops have learned from the mountains of corpses and seas of blood over the past four hundred years: as long as someone is their enemy, they must be killed without any mercy.

Jiang Lin turned around and bowed, saying, "I understand this principle, but now I am just a blacksmith apprentice, there are some things I can think of but cannot do."

"If there is a chance to do it?"

Jiang Lin's eyes were firm: "Whoever wants to kill me must die first!"

Old man Wei looked at the young man in front of him. Although he said nothing, he was filled with emotion.

If I could be so calm and composed at my age, I would not be just a centurion, let alone become disabled and depressed for half my life.

"You did a great job. I'm not as good as you." Old Man Wei sighed, turned and walked towards the dining shed, looking very lonely in the background.

However, a young boy's voice came from behind.

"When you were young and dressed in fine clothes and riding a fierce horse, could you have withstood the Jin thieves who crossed the river to the south? Although Master Wei is old, when you were young and frivolous, who would dare to look down on you?"

Old Man Wei paused for a moment, and his words were like a hammer, hitting his heart hard.

The bloody battles, high spirits, and brotherhood of the border troops in the past, all the scenes flashed through my mind.

Yes, he was young once, and there was a time when he was invincible and could do whatever he wanted.

That year, he was also a teenager.

After a moment, Master Wei said, "I am old after all..."

Even so, there was no longer such a strong sense of loneliness in his words, as if he had already understood the great principles of the world.

Just like this bustling blacksmith camp, with the clanging and clanging sounds for decades, people come and go, young people come in and old people leave.

Only the fire that seemed to be eternal was burning, recording the passing of time.

　There are three more to come

　　
　
(End of this chapter)