The sky was getting dark, the wind was blowing outside, and the temperature in the northwest and other places began to cool down. The generals who had been sent on missions by Qilin had all returned, and the Hou Mansion was suddenly very lively.

Diao Chan personally supervised the preparation of sumptuous dishes, which were filled with dazzling dishes. Lu Bu was sitting in the hall, with two low tables, and Marquis Wen and his wife each had a seat.

The first seat on the left is Qilin's seat, followed by Chen Gong's seat. Under Chen Gong's seat is Zhang Kong's case, which was specially prepared for Jia Xu.

On the right are the seats of the three generals Gao Shun, Zhang Liao and Gan Ning.

Diao Chan entered the hall wearing a gold-embroidered black brocade robe. Immediately, the hall was filled with brilliance, and everyone's eyes lit up. Diao Chan sat down at the table. Seeing that Lu Bu's face was not very good, she smiled and said, "All the generals are back. It's been hard work these days.

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Several people were obedient and did not move their chopsticks.

Lu Bu said in a deep voice: "Where is the military advisor? Where did Gan Xingba go?"

Chen Gong smiled and said: "In my house, Tiefang just delivered the stove, and Qilin asked me to go ahead. I guess he forgot."

Zhang Liao said: "Go and urge him now."

Lu Bu hummed and said, "Go and summon the general. If Gan Ning doesn't come, that's all."

Zhang Liao got up and left the house, while Chen Gong and Gao Shun chatted casually about trivial travel matters. Diao Chan covered her mouth and laughed.

After a while, Zhang Liao turned around and said: "The military advisor and General Gan were together. General Gan was blowing the bellows and the military advisor was refining the ore. He said that there was no need to wait for them and that I would just ask my lord to drink first."

Diao Chan's beautiful eyes rolled around, and she said warmly: "In that case, you are welcome, generals." Diao Chan rolled up her sleeves, served Lu Bu some food, and picked up the glass, about to make a toast.

Lu Bu was silent for a moment, but suddenly became angry: "What do you mean! Go there again and ask him to come over right away!"

Diao Chan: "..."

All the generals were confused and didn't know why Lu Bu was so angry. Lu Bu's men had never paid much attention to rules and etiquette, and were used to beating and scolding. It was also common for someone to be absent from the previous dinner.

Gao Shun saw that something was not right, so he had to attend in person and said: "I will go at the end."

Lu Bu kept his face gloomy, Gao Shun went to look around, and Qilin and Gan Ning both came.

"Ge Lao Tzu drops -" the voice from Ganning came first before the people from Ganning arrived.

"There are no rules!" Lu Bu said angrily.

Gan Ning was startled and did not dare to say anything. He hurriedly sat down behind the case. Qilin's face was filled with ashes, as black as if he had come out of a charcoal kiln. He said, "I told you I was busy. What do you call me?"

Diao Chan's skin was as white as jade and she smiled sweetly. She said happily, "If the military advisor doesn't come, the Marquis will not be able to eat."

Qilin was dirty and felt ashamed of himself. He wiped his face with his sleeve and said, "Let's all eat now."

Lu Bu then snorted dissatisfied and raised his glass: "This is the wine brewed by the Marquis and the military advisor. Let's all have a try."

The generals couldn't help but secretly laugh in their hearts. They each raised their glasses and drank. In an instant, everyone's expressions were moved.

Gan Ning said, "What did you put in there? None of the old cellars in Sichuan have this aroma of wine."

Gao Shun said: "What kind of wine is this?! Is it the fine wine that I smelled in front of the cellar just now?!"

Qilin smiled casually and said: "My lord said that the mixed steaming should be changed to clear roasting, and the residue should be removed by distillation. This wine is purer and has a strong temper. Everyone should pay attention to control and don't drink too much, especially my lord. Be careful.

liver."

Lu Bu: "Who do you call a darling?"

The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. Qilin waved his hand with a black line on his head.

Lu Bu thought about the nickname "Little Heart" for a long time and became happy again. He said, "That's right. Thirty jars of wine will be steamed to make twelve jars. Later, each person will share a jar and take it home to drink."

Qilin said: "We still need a fractionation process. We'll add more next time we brew. Thank you for your hard work. I'll help you brothers clean up the dust."

Several people hurriedly responded, saying they didn't dare to praise him, just to be loyal to the Lord, and the atmosphere at the table became warm again.

After three rounds of drinking, Qilin only drank half a glass and stopped pouring. Lu Bu couldn't help but persuade him. With a drunken face, he looked outside the courtyard and said, "Winter is coming soon. In a few days, we have to go hunt for something to eat on the grassland. Which one of you?"

Go with me?"

Chen Gong nodded and said: "I can't go. Soldiers have to be sent to collect firewood for the winter in the city. People's houses have to be inspected. Any leaks or damage must be repaired. This is a major event and cannot be delayed."

Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, and Gan Ning all had their own affairs. Shaoqing Qilin said casually: "When I determine the location of the mine, I will accompany Feng first."

Gao Shun smiled and said: "You stay in the city every day, but you are the busiest. You should go out for a walk to relax."

The fire pit in the hall was heating up, and it was very warm. After a while, Lu Bu suddenly said, "Do you still have two chickens?"

Qilin looked up halfway through his meal.

Qilin: "..."

Lu Bu: "?"

Qilin screamed: "It's over! I forgot to pull!" After saying that, he rushed out of the hospital with chopsticks in his mouth. Lu Bu shouted: "Confused, what are you doing again? Come back!"

Qilin ignored Lu Bu and rummaged under the stable for a long time, saying: "Where is my chicken——?!"

Lu Bu said: "Come back, come back!" After saying that, he crossed his long legs and hooked up a black wooden box from the side of the case. There was a chirping inside, and a chicken poked its head out. Lu Bu broke off some more cake crumbs and popped them into the box. There were two

The chicks shrank in and fought to peck.

Qilin breathed a sigh of relief and stepped forward to check it worriedly, saying, "I haven't eaten for ten days. Isn't he starving to death?"

Lu Bu couldn't laugh or cry: "You think this chicken is made of iron! I help you feed it. I wanted to ask you if you want to keep it. If you don't, I will throw it away."

Qilin smiled, stuck out his tongue, and returned to his seat to eat. Everyone was laughing so hard that they were spitting out wine.

Qilin said: "Some of them belong to Wenyuan, and some of them belong to me."

Lu Bu joked: "Keep Wenyuan and pluck all your hair and stew it."

"No! You dare to touch it and try it!" Qilin swung his hair and made the generals laugh until their stomachs ached.

At nightfall, the banquet broke up. Everyone was drunk and went back to their homes to rest. Lu Bu stood in the backyard for a while wearing his outer robe. When Qilin was not seen, he walked towards Chen Gong's mansion.

Two soldiers were blowing the bellows in the Chen Palace courtyard. Qilin looked at an oil lamp and carefully observed the melt in the pottery bowl. There was a layer of black chips floating on the molten iron, like lava.

"Turn around and light the lamp." Qilin ordered: "You guys don't pull the bellows hard enough, please work harder. Haven't you had dinner?"

The soldier was sweating profusely, and Qilin said: "Forget it, call a martial artist to see if Zhang Liao is asleep."

"I'll do it." Lu Bu was nearly half awake from the wine. He squatted forward and drove away the two soldiers.

Qilin said: "Take it easy, don't stuff the bellows handle into the furnace..."

Lu Bu took off his coat and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I used to help my uncle pull this thing when I was in Jiuyuan."

Qilin used the tongs to pick up several pieces of ore one after another, placed them in the furnace, and said: "These pieces are connected, come on, come on."

Lu Bu's muscles were tangled, and the veins on the back of his hands were swollen. With a deep cry, he pushed the wind box violently, and then pulled it back hard. A three-foot-high green flame leaped out of the furnace and burst out.

"My lord is mighty!" Qilin said with a smile.

Lu Bu seemed to have endless strength. Qilin sat outside the door and looked at Lu Bu seriously.

In front of the fire, he was like the ancient Zhu Rong reborn.

His forehead was covered with sweat, dripping down his thin, heroic profile, from his neck to his strong chest, and his muscles were full of god-like strength and beauty.

His broad shoulders, muscular back were like a majestic mountain, and his deep eyes reflected the blazing fire.

The whole courtyard was desolate and the ore was in a mess, just like a ruins under the moon. There were only a shirtless Lu Bu and Qilin who was looking at him in trance.

Time travels backwards in the wind of the desert, and the flames in the furnace create the world. He is the handsome God of Creation who forges everything. He is confident, domineering, brutal, and handsome. It makes people hold their breath unconsciously.

"Okay?" Lu Bu said.

At that moment, there seemed to be an inexplicable emotion surging in Qilin's heart, followed by a vague throbbing pain.

"Why is it that after ancient mythical beasts and artifacts acquire cultivation levels, their first goal is to turn into humans?"

"Because people are rich in emotions, as a human being, the journey we take in the world is so colorful that it is difficult to describe it in just one sentence."

"Love is born in your mind. However, when you miss someone, it will directly tug at your heart, making it aching, and the taste is wonderful and indescribable. My disciple, since you have become a human being, you should forget your own

Original body. Use human eyes to observe, restrain all magical skills, and use human hands to touch thousands of other people like you in the world."

"Xiao Hei?" Lu Bu asked suspiciously.

Qilin came back to his senses and said with a smile: "Why did you suddenly call me Xiaohei... It's okay. I was just thinking about what Master Tai said and got distracted. Let me take a look, okay?"

Qilin took out the empty pottery bowl, took the iron slurry from the furnace, and looked at the light.

"Hot it, handle carefully." Lu Bu said.

Qilin nodded, and Lu Bu said, "Whatever you do, I'll do it."

Sparks burst out in the bowl and gradually became silent. Lu Bu used an iron drill to poke open the surface and pull out the condensation.

Qilin took a homemade small scale and used two taels of small silver ingots as weights on one side. He first weighed the layer of skin on the molten iron, and then weighed the molten iron in the bowl.

Lu Bu said: "Your master also calls you Xiao Hei, right? It was all taught by your great master?"

Qilin smiled and said: "Martial arts were taught by Master, and side subjects were taught by Grand Master. He knows everything and is proficient in everything."

Lu Bu said indifferently: "You have probably never done heavy work before."

Qilin said leisurely: "Never, the heaviest job is to help Grand Master cook..."

Lu Bu: "Looking at your thin skin and tender flesh, you must be quite popular."
To be continued...