Chapter 53: Unfortunately the dagger is too blunt
"What else can you do?" Lu Qiongshuang put the hairpin on and handed it to Jiang Xue, saying, "You can use it for self-defense or cutting fruit or trimming your nails. In short, you can make the best use of it and have it ready for emergencies."
"Did you pick this?" Jiang Xue raised her eyebrows.
Lu Qiongshuang nodded, put her smiling face close to her, and said, "Do you like it, cousin?"
Jiang Xue looked into her eyes, lowered her voice, and asked, "Who asked you to give this to me?"
Lu Qiongshuang was a little surprised. He stood up straight, scratched his head, and said, "What are you talking about, cousin? I bought this! I bought it! A full two hundred and fifty taels of silver! It's expensive!"
Jiang Xue said nothing, just stared at her.
Lu Qiongshuang felt a little scared by being looked at, so he had to say: "Okay! Okay! This is not what I want to buy, it's from the owner of Jiyan Tower--"
Jiang Xue frowned and asked, "Ji Yan?"
Lu Qiongshuang nodded like a chick pecking at rice.
"He asked you to buy me a dagger for no reason? And you bought it for no reason?" Jiang Xue sneered and said, "Lu Qiongshuang, don't treat your cousin as a fool."
"Oh my..." Lu Qiongshuang looked at Jiang Xue's impatient face, his eyes rolled around, he squatted beside Jiang Xue, and reached out to massage her legs.
Lu Qiongshuang said earnestly: "This matter was caused by me..."
Jiang Xue glared at her in feigned anger.
"I've taken a fancy to a piece of material in that building..." Lu Qiongshuang hesitated.
"What ingredients?" Jiang Xue picked up the teacup.
"I really didn't expect that there would be a piece of Ice Black Iron in Wanbao Tower!" Lu Qiongshuang said exaggeratedly, "Ice Black Iron! Cousin, you may not know this because you are not in the martial arts world. It is very rare. Weapons made of it can cut iron silently and jade like mud. My master only has one piece, but she said she gave it to my immortal senior brother a few years ago."
"Since you like it, why don't you just buy it from him?" Jiang Xue asked.
"That thing is not something that an ordinary craftsman can deal with. He has a large number of top-level strange weapons, most of which are made by famous and skilled craftsmen he is familiar with." Lu Qiongshuang said.
"You want him to help you forge weapons?"
Lu Qiongshuang nodded and said, "Yes, I wanted to customize weapons with him."
"After all this talk, what does this have to do with this dagger?" Jiang Xue asked impatiently.
"Ji Yan actually asked me for five thousand taels!!!" Lu Qiongshuang was like an eggplant hit by frost, and stammered: "I don't have that much money..."
"so what?"
"Ji Yan found this hairpin like he was presenting a treasure," she took the hairpin and said, "He gave me an idea."
"What's the idea?"
"He said that although the material of this hairpin is ordinary, the craftsman's ingenuity is extraordinary. It can be used as a hairpin in normal times and can save lives at critical moments. He reluctantly sold it to me for 250 taels of silver and asked me to give it to you."
"Give it to me?" Jiang Xue's eyelids jumped. "Give it to me for what?"
"My cousin is rich... I'm giving this to you, and you lend me money..." Lu Qiongshuang's voice became lower and lower as he spoke.
Jiang Xue frowned, her expression becoming increasingly gloomy.
Lu Qiongshuang said to herself: "But cousin, I really think this hairpin is worth it. I bought it for you. Even if you don't lend me money, I am willing to do so."
Jiang Xue just said coldly: "Have you not thought about it yet, how did Ji Yan know that I could take out five thousand taels to lend you at once?"
Lu Qiongshuang was stunned.
Jiang Xue said in a deep voice: "Five thousand taels of silver, even if you are a noble lady, who can say that you can take it out? We are Jiang San and Jiang Si, and we are just friends introduced by Su Yu. How can he be so sure that I have it?"
"Yes—" Lu Qiongshuang opened his mouth and said, "Besides, Sister Su Yu is the one who is actually rich. Why didn't he let me go to Sister Su Yu for the money, but asked me to curry favor with you, my cousin?"
Jiang Xue sneered.
"He knows who you and I are."
Lu Qiongshuang was surprised and asked, "How is it possible? He is a street businessman, and we are traveling in disguise, how can he recognize us?"
Jiang Xue shook her head and said, "I don't know either. Anyway, he is definitely not just an ordinary businessman."
Lu Qiongshuang held the hairpin and looked at it for a while, then asked, "What about this one?"
"You didn't buy it for me?"
"Two hundred and fifty taels..." Lu Qiongshuang wanted to cry but had no tears.
Jiang Xue reached out and flicked her forehead, saying, "Since you like that thing, go ahead and place an order. I'll go find Xiaochun to get the banknote later."
Lu Qiongshuang asked: "Then how should I tell him? Since he knows our identities, should I introduce myself? Maybe he can give me, the prime minister's granddaughter, a discount?"
Jiang Xue rolled her eyes and said, "You go ahead and report it. When the weapons are delivered to your house, or when the news spreads, I will see if your grandfather, the prime minister, will have your legs broken."
Lu Qiongshuang lowered his head and said, "No, no."
Jiang Xue said, "Since he wants to put on a show, we will play along with him. Just think that I accepted the gift and I like it very much, and I will do the rest as I see fit. Outside, we are just the third and fourth daughters of the Jiang family."
Lu Qiongshuang nodded.
Jiang Xue took the hairpin and played with it in her palm.
The owner of Ji Yan Tower would not be so idle as to give her a weapon, and it was obviously a hidden weapon that he had put a lot of thought into.
She didn't know any martial arts, but this hidden weapon was very suitable for her to use in counterattack when she was threatened - and it was also very suitable for her current situation.
But what is he doing it for?
Could it be that he was trying to test her and wanted to use this thing to tell Jiang Xue that he knew her true identity?
Jiang Xue asked, "When he asked you to buy this for me, did he say anything else?"
"What did he say?" Lu Qiongshuang muttered, trying to recall: "Nothing more than how wonderful this hairpin is. Oh - and,"
"He said that if you think other daggers are too blunt, this one will satisfy you. He said that this dagger can be called the sharpest dagger in the world."
"But isn't this just grandma bragging about her melons? There's nothing strange about it."
Jiang Xue's body stiffened, and she immediately reached out and grabbed Lu Qiongshuang's shoulders.
"Did he really say that?"
Lu Qiongshuang was a little stunned, and said in confusion: "Yeah, what's wrong with that?"
Jiang Xue felt as if her whole body was falling into an icy pond, and her blood froze in an instant.
That year, she stabbed Xiao Qi in Qianning, but was pulled away by Jiang Yu who arrived in time.
Xiao Qi looked at Jiang Xue with a painful expression on his face. He was barely able to breathe and asked word by word, "Do you really want to kill me?"
Sixteen-year-old Jiang Xue had tears in her eyes, and there was endless hatred in her eyes. She walked to Xiao Qi, who was bleeding profusely, and whispered coldly in his ear:
"It's a pity that this dagger is too blunt."
Only Xiao Qi knew this sentence.
Why would Ji Yan say this? !
Xiao Qi, Ji Yan, what is the relationship between these two? !
Could it be that Xiao Qi is not dead!!!
Jiang Xue's fingers suddenly tightened, causing Lu Qiongshuang to feel pain.
Her eyes were red, and she asked in a serious tone, "Did Ji Yan really say that?"
Lu Qiongshuang was completely stunned. What was wrong with this?
Why does my cousin look so strange?
She half squatted, and hurriedly reached out to hold Jiang Xue's leg, and asked: "Ji Yan said that, what's wrong, cousin? Are you feeling unwell?"
Jiang Xue's eyes were bloodshot, and she felt all the blood in her body rushing to her head, but she suddenly let out a breath and fainted on the chair.
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