Chapter 176: The first step to strengthen yourself
"Qiaoyi, you..." Only halfway through his words, Xu Zizhen felt as if his throat was blocked by something and he could no longer speak.
Kou Qiaoyi lowered his head and said in a low voice: "Qiaoyi knows the master's thoughts. The war is imminent. The master will not sit back and watch the people of Lanzhou suffer, but... But Qiaoyi is also worried about the master, so he sewed this leather armor, but Qiaoyi
I'm stupid, so I don't know if this armor is of any use."
Xu Zizhen felt sour, quickly took a deep breath, and said with a smile: "It's useful, of course it's useful. With your leather armor, I'll be fine!" At this point, he suddenly grabbed Kou Qiaoyi's little hand and softly said
He said, "That's wrong. I should say that as long as you are here, nothing will happen to me, because I have decided to take care of you for the rest of my life!"
Kou Qiaoyi had never heard such thoughtful words before, and his little face suddenly turned red with embarrassment. He lowered his head and did not dare to raise it. He whispered in a low voice like a mosquito: "Qiaoyi should take care of the young master, so how could he?"
The reason why the young master takes care of Qiaoyi..."
Xu Zizhen chuckled: "That's impossible to say. What if you see a handsome scholar or something in the future and leave me behind as a rough guy!"
Kou Qiaoyi was so anxious that she shook her head and said, "No, no, no, Qiaoyi will never leave the young master in this life..." Just as she was about to finish her words, she saw Xu Zizhen looking at her with a smile, and then she realized that Xu Zizhen was there again.
After teasing her, she suddenly felt anxious and shy, and she felt awkward and didn't know what to say.
Xu Zizhen suddenly said seriously: "No matter whether you will leave me in the future or not, you still have to listen to me now." Before he finished speaking, he suddenly leaned over and hugged Kou Qiaoyi in his arms. Kou Qiaoyi couldn't be prepared, ah!
A cry came out.
"Don't do anything now, go to bed quickly!" Xu Zizhen said as he carried Kou Qiaoyi to the bed and gently put him down. Kou Qiaoyi was about to struggle, but Xu Zizhen glared and said, "Don't move, go to sleep.
!" As he spoke, he took off Kou Qiaoyi's shoes and placed them beside the bed, and carefully tucked the quilt tightly for her.
Kou Qiaoyi's cheeks were red, but he finally didn't get up again. He just lay there obediently, staring at Xu Zizhen motionlessly with his big eyes.
Xu Zizhen deliberately kept a straight face: "I won't climb up while you're asleep. Go to sleep quickly." After saying that, he sat on the edge of the bed and looked at Kou Qiaoyi.
Kou Qiaoyi wanted to say something, but as soon as she opened her mouth, Xu Zizhen glared at her. She had to stick out her tongue and closed her eyes obediently. Maybe it was because she was too tired, and soon she fell into a deep sleep.
As he fell asleep, a faint sound of breathing gradually came from his nose.
Xu Zizhen watched quietly for a while, until he confirmed that Kou Qiaoyi was really asleep, then he quietly left the bed, blew out the oil lamp for her, walked outside the house and gently closed the door.
The weather was very good tonight. A bright moon hung high in the night sky. Xu Zizhen didn't feel sleepy at all. He looked around and walked straight to a stone table in the garden and sat down. He put his head on one hand and stared blankly at the moon.
bright moon.
The ghost finally died, and he was beaten to death in an almost cruel way, but he was not happy at all. Although the revenge was avenged, Li Meng could never come back after all.
In addition, Shui Liuli's words today puzzled him. He hadn't seen Rong Xi for a long time, and he still clearly remembered that it was such a moonlit night when he first met Rong Xi. At that time, he still regarded Rong Xi as
I met a female snitch and wondered about it for several days.
When Xu Zizhen came to this dynasty, he had already met many women, some of whom had secret feelings for him or made him interested. But if he could say who he cared about most, it would probably be the missing Mo Li.
Apart from his son, Rong Xi was the only one, or to a certain extent, he even cared about Rong Xi more than he cared about Mo Lier.
This mysterious female thief had worried him for a long time. Although he had never even seen her true face, Xu Zizhen always felt that he and Rong Xi had a mysterious bond.
"Rong Xi, Rong Xi, who are you?" Xu Zizhen looked at the bright moon and murmured to himself. The cold wind was biting, but he still sat so quietly, as if he didn't realize it.
Xu Zizhen never slept until the sky turned white, then he stood up. After thinking about it, he walked into the house and picked up a box of silver, and then quietly walked out of the house. This night he thought about
Many, not only Li Meng and Rong Xi, he also thought of Li Luoyan in the Xixia Palace, a woman who was soft on the outside but strong on the inside.
There are many dangers in the Xixia Palace, and Li Luoyan's life is in danger at any time, but Xu Zizhen can't find a better way to help her for a while. The only feasible way is to defeat the 100,000 troops as soon as possible, so as to disrupt the forces in Xixia
The Xiao family covers the sky, but in the final analysis, whether this method is effective or not, he actually has no idea at all.
In troubled times, only strengthening one's own strength is the only way out!
Xu Zizhen has no ambitions, but he knows very well what will happen these days, so for himself, his brothers, friends, and his woman, he has to do this. The formation of the Five Hundred Divine Machine Battalion is his first step.
It was still dark, and there were almost no pedestrians on the street. Xu Zizhen quickly arrived at the door of Tang Kee Iron Shop with the wind at his feet. The door was closed as usual. He went up and smashed the door without thinking. There was always someone there until he smashed it.
After more than ten knocks, someone answered: "Who is it? Are you knocking in such a hurry so early in the morning? Are you rushing to buy a shovel to dig the grave?"
As the words fell, the door finally opened, revealing a face full of displeasure. Xu Zizhen suddenly laughed out loud: "Xiao Jin? Why are you here?"
The person who opened the door was none other than Jin Yuxi, the young catcher from the Suzhou government office. He didn't expect that the person who broke down the door was actually Xu Zizhen. He was stunned and said happily: "Brother Xu, why is it you? You didn't say anything even if I told you.
, causing me to talk nonsense inside the door."
"It's okay, even if I dig the grave, it will be for those Xixia soldiers." Xu Zizhen said as he walked in, "You haven't told me yet, why are you here?"
Jin Yuxi led him inside, scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "I told Mr. Wen that the fire gun is a domineering thing. I thought it was quite new, so I wanted to learn something from it."
Xu Zizhen said with a smile: "If you come to learn blacksmithing as a pretty boy, you are not afraid that your face will become pockmarked like Uncle Tang? You are not afraid that you will not be able to marry a wife in the future."
A voice suddenly sounded from the side: "Who told you that I don't have a wife?"
Xu Zizhen was startled. He turned around and saw that it was Tang Lun. He was holding a pot of millet porridge in his hand. It was steaming and fragrant. He couldn't help but ask: "Why did you cook it yourself? No."
Have you arranged a few starters for you?"
Tang Lun pouted towards the yard: "We are all busy, but now I am the most idle one." As he said that, he led Xu Zizhen inside, crossed the yard and entered a spacious room.
As soon as the door curtain was opened, Xu Zizhen was startled by the sight in front of him. There were two long tables side by side in the room. The tables were covered with coarse cloth, and glowing firecrackers were neatly arranged on the table.