Chapter 34: Offering a Knife "I order you to find the person immediately"...
Zhou Tinglan's eyelashes fluttered as he muttered, "What is this?"
Hearing Xie Zechuan's words, she looked at him and leaned forward. Xie Zechuan hurriedly caught her.
His throat moved slightly: "Lan'er, we can't now..."
Before he finished speaking, he felt a warm touch on his lips. Xie Zechuan looked at the scene in front of him with a little surprise.
Just when Zhou Tinglan was about to leave, Xie Zechuan grabbed the back of her head and kissed her back hard.
The sound of water could be heard in the silent room. The air in Zhou Tinglan's mouth was taken away by the man. Just when Zhou Tinglan was almost out of breath, Xie Zechuan finally let go of her slightly swollen lips.
Xie Zechuan looked at the woman gasping for breath in his arms, and the evil factor in his heart surged. How pitiful!
"Lan'er, do you see who I am clearly? If you don't want to..."
Unexpectedly, Zhou Tinglan kissed her again.
She bit Xie Zechuan's lips and squeezed her hands tighter in dissatisfaction, causing Xie Zechuan pain.
"Lan'er..."
"Xie Zechuan, you're dithering like a little girl! Are you capable of this? If not, I'll do it! Yunniang said that my symptoms only allow me to... do it... If that doesn't work, I can just go out and find a gigolo!"
"You dare!" Xie Zechuan's eyes burned with fire: "Lan'er, I will let you know if I can do it."
He released Zhou Tinglan's hand, placed him on top of himself, and reached out to tear it apart.
There were torn pieces of cloth scattered under the bed. Zhou Tinglan's pupils shrank slightly and his body trembled slightly.
Xie Zechuan was like a big dog biting its prey. He licked the water stains at the corners of his lips with the tip of his tongue and lowered his head again.
"Hmm..." A low moan came from Zhou Tinglan's mouth.
The two people's breathing blended together in the room. Zhou Tinglan bit her lip and pushed the man in front of her away. Her voice trembled slightly: "Oh... That's enough..."
Xie Zechuan panted softly, and there were faint water marks on his belt. He untied it and tied it around Zhou Tinglan's fair wrist.
"Lan'er, relax and sit down."
A trace of confusion flashed across Zhou Tinglan's eyes, and Xie Zechuan pulled his belt to signal her to sit down slowly.
The man's comfortable sigh and the woman's painful sob were heard in the room at the same time.
In a daze, Zhou Tinglan seemed to have had a very long dream.
In her dream, she did not travel to the Kingdom of Dazhao, but was still in the small Zhou family knife workshop. Xie Zechuan stood beside her and picked up the forging hammer on the forging table with her.
Because he was not used to the forging hammer, Xie Zechuan couldn't use his strength. She came to him, held his hand, and led him to hammer on the forging material again and again.
The recoil force of the hammer caused both of their bodies to bounce back at the same time, passing through their arms and spreading to their limbs and bones.
The temperature in the workshop gradually rose, and the blazing flames danced in the forge. She felt a little hot, gasped softly twice, and loosened her collar, which was a little tight.
"Xie Zechuan, come and try it. Just hammer it like I taught you just now."
Xie Zechuan responded, and she watched Xie Zechuan pick up the forging hammer again.
One, two, three times...
The hammer hits the forging material, making a thud-thud sound.
She picked up the forging material with pliers, turned it over, and the hammer in Xie Zechuan's hand fell.
Repeated turning and continuous hammering allow impurities in the forging material to flow out.
The hot steel made a hissing sound when it came into contact with the cold water.
The calm surface of the water was broken, ripples appeared, the water vapor boiled, spitting out gurgling bubbles, and the steam floated up and dispersed.
The iron block lay in the calm water, temporarily forgetting the thrilling collision just now.
She looked at the forging materials entering the water, frowned, and took a larger hammer from the shelf and handed it to Xie Zechuan.
"Not enough. There's not enough forging material. You take the big hammer and I'll take the small one."
The big hammer and the small hammer fell on the forging material alternately, and the sound of hammers continued to ring in the workshop. The two men forged until midnight before stopping.
The next day, when Zhou Tinglan opened her eyes again and saw red marks all over her body, she collapsed on the bed.
She was so tired. She finally understood what it felt like when the woman in the CEO's article described her body as being rolled over by a car.
The door to the wing room opened and Xie Zechuan walked in: "Lan'er, you're awake. I bought you some light porridge. Have some."
When Zhou Tinglan heard Xie Zechuan's voice, the scene of last night suddenly came to her mind. She shuddered and huddled into the quilt.
She didn't expect that Xie Zechuan, who looked pure and indifferent on weekdays, would be like a madman once he got into bed. Just thinking about her legs made her tremble even more, after all, her legs under the quilt had not yet been successfully closed.
Last night, she took a step back and was dragged back by the man, even hitting him harder.
The man kept whispering in her ear, "Do you still want to keep a lover?"
How dare she mention it again? She cried and begged for mercy, saying that she only wanted him.
Is it true that once an old monk gets to eat meat, he will eat so much that he will die of bloating?
The quilt was gently lifted, and Xie Zechuan asked worriedly, "Lan'er, are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere else?"
Zhou Tinglan curled the corners of his lips, turned around and glared at Xie Zechuan, who was grinning widely: "It's all your fault!"
Xie Zechuan pretended to be wronged: "It's all my fault, but Lan'er, it was you who held me hostage last night and wouldn't let me out."
"I'm fine, shut up!" Zhou Tinglan's face flushed and he spoke angrily.
"Okay, I'll shut up. Lan'er, come and eat something." Xie Zechuan helped Zhou Tinglan sit up against the head of the bed and handed her a glass of warm water first.
After drinking the water, the discomfort in her body was slightly relieved. It was only then that Zhou Tinglan realized that she was wearing a white nightgown and felt very refreshed.
"What are those pajamas I'm wearing?"
Xie Zechuan blew on the porridge in the spoon and placed it next to Zhou Tinglan's lips: "I asked someone to fetch water last night and gave you a bath and a change of clothes."
Zhou Tinglan was shocked by Xie Zechuan's words and spat out the porridge in her mouth: "You... gave me a bath?"
Xie Zechuan wiped the porridge off Zhou Tinglan's lips with a handkerchief: "Yes, I washed it for you."
Zhou Tinglan felt as if something exploded in his head: "You...you can't find a girl to help me change?"
"Where in you haven't I seen before?" Xie Zechuan asked back indifferently. He continued to pick up the bowl of porridge and feed Zhou Tinglan.
The bowl of porridge was soon empty. He placed the bowl on the table not far away. Xie Zechuan climbed onto the bed and hugged Zhou Tinglan's waist.
"I slept a little late last night. Lan'er, stay with me for a while."
Zhou Tinglan suddenly remembered what happened last night when he was hung up, and he didn't know...
"Xie Zechuan, how is Yunniang now?"
Xie Zechuan snorted in dissatisfaction: "Lan'er, you can still think of other women while lying in my arms."
"Be serious, I have a question for you." Zhou Tinglan patted Xie Zechuan.
"The people down there said she's fine now." Xie Zechuan remembered what the spy had reported to him about Yunniang's actions last night.
He thought to himself that it seemed that someone in Shangjing City could no longer hold back.
"Lan'er, stop thinking about others and just think about me."
"overbearing!"
The two people on the bed hugged each other and fell into a sweet dream.
Not far from the brothel, golden glazed tiles shone in the sunlight, and wisps of green smoke rose from the Rui Nao golden beast stove.
In the imperial study, the emperor, wearing a bright yellow imperial robe, sat behind the imperial desk. He looked at the two memorials on the desk.
The one on the left was a recent memorial from Censor Lai impeaching the town's governor, and the other...
The emperor's gaze turned to the memorial on the right, which was sent by the Minister of War Yao Ningde.
The memorial stated that when the brave general was escorting the iron official who was forging the imperial sword for him back to the capital, the two of them accidentally fell off a deep cliff in the mountains and died.
The emperor felt mixed emotions. Beijiang City had just been settled down and something like this happened to the commander. If he hadn't wanted the female swordsmith in Beijiang City to forge an imperial sword for him, I'm afraid neither of them would have been in any trouble.
But now that things have happened, who should he send to take over the position of commander-in-chief of Beijiang City?
Although the Northern Frontier City has been pacified, the barracks cannot be without a commander for long.
Just when he was feeling upset, his personal eunuch came in and said that Censor Lai wanted to see him.
The emperor wondered why Censor Lai came to see him. He wondered if he was targeting someone else to impeach.
"Call him in." He waved his sleeves to signal his father-in-law to call someone in.
Censor Lai hurried in and saluted the emperor who was sitting behind the imperial desk.
After paying his respects, he excitedly asked the emperor, "Your Majesty, do you still remember the town I impeached?"
"Of course I remember." After saying this, the emperor picked up the memorial on the imperial desk and said, "The memorial you submitted a few days ago."
He paused, then threw the memorial back onto the imperial desk and asked, "Is it about that memorial that you came to see me today?"
Censor Lai bowed and said, "Your Majesty, are you joking with me? Your Majesty has a good eye for talent. The new official in this town is very honest and loves the people. He is deeply loved by the people of this town. I have come here today to report another matter to Your Majesty."
The emperor didn't care and picked up the red brush on the imperial desk to review the memorial: "What is it?"
"Your Majesty, I stumbled upon several knife shops in town with identical signs. Upon inquiring, I discovered they are operating under a joint brand."
The emperor's hands paused slightly, he put down the red brush and looked at Censor Lai.
The business model of jointly operating a brand sounds quite novel. What is it?
Then Censor Lai told the knife shop clerk in detail the information about the cooperative brand he had learned from him.
"Did you find out who proposed it?"
"I heard that she was a mountain slave girl." Censor Lai seemed to have thought of something else: "Your Majesty may not know that this woman's courage and insight impressed me greatly."
"Is this true?" The emperor was intrigued by Censor Lai's words.
"The woman from the back house who came to the county magistrate's mansion to beat the drum and file a complaint as mentioned in my memorial was the one who brought the case." After saying this, Censor Lai turned around and spoke a few words to the eunuch beside him.
"Compared to this, I believe Your Majesty would be more interested in the kitchen knives sold in the knife shop. For this reason, I specially bought a few and brought them back to Shangjing to present to Your Majesty."
Several kitchen knives were presented by my father-in-law.
Censor Lai spoke at the right moment: "These kitchen knives are a style I have never seen in the capital. They are beautifully forged, practical, sharper and more durable."
The emperor picked up the kitchen knife, looked at it one by one, and praised it profusely.
"Who forged these kitchen knives? Hurry! Bring them to me!"
Everyone in the court knew that His Majesty was fond of all kinds of knives, and the kitchen knives brought by Censor Lai were exactly what he liked.
"Could it be the cottage girl that Lord Lai Ai mentioned?"
"Exactly. However, everyone at the knife shop said she had left town and no one knew where she had gone."
The emperor immediately ordered: "Lord Lai, I command you to find this person immediately and bring her to me. I have something to tell her to do!"
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