In the Blade

The next morning, Du Chengfeng was awakened by a loud noise.

Pulling Carpenter Li who ran over from the gate of the courtyard, Du Chengfeng learned that the Yangjiawubao had caught fire in the middle of the night. Some unlucky guy knocked over a lantern. Although there were no casualties, the ancestral hall dedicated to the ancestors was burned clean by the fire.

"But I remember, wasn't it raining heavily last night?"

Du Chengfeng was quite puzzled. You know, when he got up to urinate at night, he also saw the heavy rain outside.

God knows how the Yang family did it when the heavy rain could set the ancestral hall on fire.

But it has nothing to do with him. How to remedy it is the Yang family's business. And today, he has to go to the Governor's Mansion in Jizhen to do his first day of work.

That is, as an outsourcing service provider, he went there to polish all the weapons in stock.

When Du Chengfeng thought of the weapons in stock, his heart surged. You know, this is the entire stock of Jizhou, a place of four wars. Who knows what amazing technology and experience are stored in it? If all of these are included in himself...

"Calm down, calm down."

Du Chengfeng took a few deep breaths and calmed himself down.

After all, his way of sharpening the knife is quite special, and he must remain calm enough. Although the inventory of the Jizhou arsenal is good, if he is not strong enough and is infected by the evil spirit, he may not even have to wait for He Xiqing to attack. The whole Jizhou may be killed by him first.

"As for you, just continue to drink."

Looking at the heavy knife at hand, Du Chengfeng simply found a large wine jar and put the knife in it.

This is not to prevent theft. After all, looking at the whole Jizhou, I am afraid that few people can afford this knife. The real reason is that this knife has not drunk enough wine.

It will take another two or three days to soak. Du Chengfeng had a vague idea when he touched the handle of the knife. Although he didn't know what use a knife soaked in wine could have, since he had this feeling, he was willing to give it a try.

Anyway, he couldn't take this big knife out.

If he went out, he would naturally be lighter. As for self-defense, he had seventeen knives in his robe. In addition to the wrestling skills that had been integrated into his instincts, and the dragon and tiger postures that he had just learned, Du Chengfeng felt that he should not encounter any danger when he went out.

But who would have thought that he had just left Yangjiabao not far away and encountered robbers.

"Get off the horse! Hurry up! Leave everything behind!"

The oncoming spears and spears directly frightened the already timid draft horse in place and stopped moving forward.

Even Du Chengfeng on the horse was stunned.

The security in Jibei is not good. He had only felt it in the process of sharpening knives before. It was about the same as hearing about it but not seeing it. But who would have thought that on this seemingly ordinary morning, he personally experienced the real local characteristics of Jizhou for the first time.

However, after seeing the people clearly, Du Chengfeng was happy.

The robbers in front of him were pale and thin, and they looked like they had not eaten a few full meals. The leading robber was naked without even pants, and the spears in the hands of these people did not even have iron heads. They were just sharpened wooden sticks.

Of course, the reason why Du Chengfeng was happy was not because he laughed at these robbers for wearing too little.

But because he knew the leading robber.

"Weren't you a hunter before?"

Seeing that the draft horse was already trembling with fear, Du Chengfeng simply turned over and got off the horse.

"Why do you do this business?"

"You are... you!"

The leading robber was stunned for a while, and then he was furious.

"How dare you confront me! I haven't settled the score with you for stealing my pants before! Let's grab some weapons! Kill him!"

"Huh? Are you serious?"

Seeing that several robbers actually raised their spears and stabbed at him, Du Chengfeng subconsciously stepped forward and raised his hand to slap.

Several wooden spears stabbed at his chest, making a clanging sound, but they were all blocked by the blade in his robe.

On the contrary, the robber who rushed to the front was slapped on the head, and his entire head was smashed into the cavity.

Seeing that the leading companion was a head shorter in an instant, the other robbers were shocked and stunned, and even Du Chengfeng, who slapped the slap himself, was stunned for a while.

He just followed the exercise habits of the past period of time and instinctively used the stretching body method in the "Dragon Shape Big Chop". But who would have thought that the stretching of the spine could bring such a huge power?

Perhaps Liu Qingyun, who created the Dragon and Tiger Forces, really missed the most important decision.

"If we continue in this direction... huh?"

Just as Du Chengfeng was immersed in his thoughts, a sound of footsteps interrupted his train of thought.

Raising his hand and preparing to continue fighting, Du Chengfeng realized that it was the robbers who had escaped - where could they run to in the wilderness? Moreover, there was no food to eat if they ran away, and there were acquaintances who had met once inside, so Du Chengfeng would not let them go.

In the end, as a Taiping person, Du Chengfeng was kind-hearted and could not bear to see this.

So after a few tiger leaps, the robbers were strung up with ropes and tied behind the horse's buttocks.

Fortunately, such a team is not very eye-catching in Jizhen. After entering Jizhen, Du Chengfeng saw many people walking with a team like him. If there is any problem, it is that there will always be people coming up to ask him if he wants to sell the two-legged animals he is leading and how much he wants.

Du Chengfeng would naturally not do such a human trafficking, so he led these people all the way to the Governor's Mansion.

"They have all reformed and want to contribute to Jizhou."

Du Chengfeng said this to the soldiers of the Governor's Mansion.

"I heard that the Governor's Mansion is also recruiting people recently?"

"Yes! It's true! The weapons workshop is short of labor to go mining!"

Several soldiers quickly took the robbers over and escorted them all the way. I don't know where they went.

Then they counted five hundred big coins and handed them to Du Chengfeng.

"Doing good deeds and getting paid?"

Weighing the five hundred coins in his hand, Du Chengfeng suddenly felt that the customs and habits of Jizhou were not that bad.

After finding a good place for these bandits to stay with food and lodging, Du Chengfeng led his horse into the Governor's Mansion, and Governor Liu had been waiting in the main hall for a long time, looking more anxious than Du Chengfeng himself.

"What's wrong? Did something happen?"

Du Chengfeng was quite puzzled. It was normal for him to be anxious. After all, the earlier he entered the armory, the earlier he could improve his strength, but Governor Liu was anxious... He was not going to come over. Why was he so anxious after not seeing him for a day?

"I haven't had breakfast yet, so why don't we..."

"It's too late, hurry up and follow me to the armory."

In front of Du Chengfeng, Governor Liu, who was high-spirited before, now had a face as dark as ink.

"It's all because of Wang Gaocheng, that bastard, who has been doing nothing. There is a big problem in the arsenal now."

Thanks to Masked Magic Armor, Dawn of Light, Guess My Name, and reader 20201027194049573263245 for their monthly votes and recommendation votes. Thanks to book friends 20170206125010212, Hairy, Starfallz, Liunian Ruohua, Qianli Beishirakawa, and House Fighter for their monthly votes. Thanks to Nakte Xiaohuangben, Qinghuandu, Wuminghuo, Book Friend 150106134715899, Book Friend 20220917030100584, Book Friend 20200229103639189, Chen Xituan, Ling Lingling0, Paper Cutting Stone, Moon Over the Empty Mountain, Deep Sea Crab, Koufei, Book Friend 20210502124653567, Dream of Writing Books, Wutang, Passerby A Benzun, Renpin, Book Friend 20230214193917778, Reader 1292712336379830272, Book Friend 20180815083731586 for their recommendation votes.

Your encouragement and support are my motivation to move forward, thank you all.