Xu Zizhen was forced to talk nonsense, but Shui Liuli looked at him more and more seriously, as if she had determined that he was the strange person who was born with psychic powers, which made Xu Zizhen really dumbfounded.
"What are these?" Shui Liuli asked, pointing to the years.
Xu Zizhen was stunned for a moment, then realized that there were no Arabic numerals these days. He secretly wiped his hands in a cold sweat. Fortunately, he didn't have to explain to this girl what AD was.
"This...oh, it's how we write the year over there. I did it for convenience, yes, convenience."
Shui Liuli nodded and asked, "You haven't told me yet what the Jingkang crisis is. Is Jingkang a person? Or is it a place name?"
Xu Zizhen felt a headache and hesitantly said: "You will understand this after some time. Even if I tell you now, you won't understand."
Seeing that Shui Liuli opened her mouth to ask something more, Xu Zizhen hurriedly changed the subject and winked mischievously: "Do you still have that little vest of yours? I forgot to ask you where you bought it last time."
Shui Liuli didn't react for a moment, but she soon understood that Xu Zizhen was talking about the obscene clothes she saw last time. When she thought of her embarrassment at that time, her face suddenly turned red.
"You...!" Shui Liuli gritted her teeth and stomped her feet, turned around and jumped out of the window, disappearing in an instant.
Xu Zizhen smiled proudly: "Young man, I don't believe you are thicker-skinned than me!" But after all, he couldn't help but think of Shui Liuli's looming breasts behind her undressed clothes at that time, and he couldn't help but have some wild thoughts.
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Early the next morning, Xu Zizhen was called by Kou Qiaoyi: "Master, someone is looking for you."
"Who is it?" Xu Zizhen woke up drowsily with two dark circles under his eyes, "It disturbs people's erotic dreams so early in the morning..."
Kou Qiaoyi blushed, but pretended not to hear, brought him wash water and clothes, and said, "That man said he was a clerk at Tang Kee Iron Shop."
Xu Zizhen suddenly lost all sleep. He got up in a hurry, put on his clothes indiscriminately, opened the door and saw that it was the young apprentice from Tang Lun's shop.
The young apprentice bowed respectfully: "Mr. Xu, our shopkeeper said that we have what you want. Please go over and have a look."
Xu Zizhen was surprised: "So fast? Did Uncle Tang not sleep for another night?"
Just as he was talking, Wen Xian and Shui Liuli came to the door. Shui Liuli obviously hadn't gotten over the emotions from last night. She gave him a hard look and turned around to leave without even saying hello. Xu Zizhen muttered sarcastically.
Said: "What's so great, isn't it just that I took a look..."
Kou Qiaoyi asked curiously: "Sir, what did you say?"
Xu Zizhen said angrily: "It's nothing, I said she was stingy...go and call Xiaomeng."
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There were two things placed in front of Tang Lun's eyes, a spear about ten feet long with a polished tip and a straight barrel, and a narrow and long Tang sword with a dark scabbard.
When Li Meng saw it, he immediately jumped over with a cheer, holding up the spear and looking at it with admiration. Xu Zizhen couldn't hold it back anymore, stretched out his hand to draw the knife, only to hear a choking sound, and a cold light flashed, and just held it like this
In my hand, I can already feel a hint of coolness passing between my brows.
Tang Lun looked haggard, his eyes were bloodshot, but he was full of joy and pride: "This is the first time I have seen this iron in my life. It is extremely hard and has strong corrosion resistance. The flying stars from the sky are really extraordinary!"
He took an iron lump the size of a watermelon from next to him, took it from Xu Zizhen and waved the knife in Xu Zizhen's hand. With a soft crack, the iron lump was easily cut in half.
Before Xu Zizhen could marvel, Tang Lun took Li Meng's gun and stabbed it at the iron lump. It penetrated most of it easily, as if he was stabbing an ordinary piece of rotten wood.
Xu Zizhen was stunned. It took him a while to come back to his senses and blurt out: "A peerless artifact!"
Li Meng's face turned red with excitement. He took the gun back with both hands and held it in his arms as if it were a precious treasure.
Xu Zizhen drew the knife and waved it in his hand a few times. The more he looked at the knife, the more satisfied he became. He could no longer suppress the impulse in his heart. He put the knife into its sheath and bowed deeply to Tang Lun: "Uncle Tang, thank you very much!"
Tang Lun waved his hand weakly: "Thank you, no need. You go ahead and let me rest for a while." At this point, he waved, and the young apprentice came over and handed a small cloth bag to Xu Zizhen.
Xu Zizhen opened it and saw a bag full of iron marbles inside, each one round and plump and the same size.
Tang Lun took out the gun from his arms and gave it back to him: "These marbles should be enough for you to use for a while. I have already made a mold for this gun. I will make a few more in a few days and call you to pick it up."
yes."
Xu Zizhen didn't know what to say, so he took the blunderbuss with great care. Tang Lun was at the end of his strength, and he didn't dare to disturb him anymore. He bowed seriously again and left the iron shop.
It was still early, and the artifact was in hand. Xu Zizhen felt that he was full of energy. He wished he could fight the Xixia army to the death right now. Li Meng obviously had the same idea. He stood beside him without saying a word, but
A pair of dark eyes looked at him from time to time.
Xu Zizhen wanted to close the door and have a look. If the Xixia people came, he would try the sword for him. But there were too many people around him today, not only Li Meng and Wen Xian, but also Kou Qiaoyi and Mo Lu.
Come on, a few pretty girls ran to close the door. Wouldn't that make the gang of old men who have not seen meat all year round envious?
While he was struggling, he saw Qian Tongzhi running over quickly. He waved and called from afar: "Xiao Xu, my uncle is looking for you."
"Looking for me?" Xu Zizhen was startled, "Are the Xixia soldiers coming back again?"
Qian Tongzhi said breathlessly: "That's not true. Let's talk about it after you go."
"Let's go!" Xu Zizhen followed without saying a word and led a group of people back to the government office.
There was silence in the inner hall. Wen Chengyan put one hand on the table and tapped his index finger lightly on the table. Shui Liuli still sat quietly with his eyebrows lowered and his eyes lowered. When he saw Xu Zizhen coming, Wen Chengyan pointed to the side: "Sit down."
Let's go." Then he glanced at Wen Xian and the others, "You guys wait outside the door first, I have something to say with Zizhen."
"Yes." Wen Xian and others withdrew knowingly. Only Wen Chengyan, Xu Zizhen and Shui Liuli were left in the inner hall. However, Wen Chengyan fell into silence again. Xu Zizhen saw that the atmosphere was not right and didn't know how to speak, so he simply
He also lowered his eyelids and looked at his hands.
After a brief silence, Wen Chengyan finally spoke. He coughed lightly and said, "Zizhen, I might as well get straight to the point. Are you... really a genius?"