Tiejiang Chen looked at Li Changting with a blank look on his face. People come and go in the blacksmith shop every day. He has received countless swordsmen over the years, and he has long forgotten their specific faces.
However, it would be too rude to just say that I don't remember.
Thinking of this, Tiejiang Chen scratched his head and suddenly said: "Are you... the one who bought the sword last time?"
"Yeah!"
Li Changting's smile grew brighter, "It's hard to be a blacksmith, you still remember me, my surname is Li."
Chen Tiejiang smiled guiltily, "Brother Li."
"Boss Xiang, I feel the cold, so I can't come out."
Li Changting took the things from Blacksmith Chen's hand and placed them by the door. He shouted to the backyard, "Jian Jue, someone is giving you a gift. Take the things in first."
Xiang Jianjue walked out with a puzzled look on his face and was a little confused when he saw the situation at the door.
Fengfeng's eyes suddenly brightened when she saw Xiang Jianjue.
This brother is so handsome!
When Tiejiang Chen saw another new face, his eyes immediately showed a hint of vigilance, and his voice deepened: "Where is Boss Xiang?"
Xiang Jianjue suddenly heard this and didn't know how to answer for a moment.
The master lives here in seclusion and seems to get along well with these mortals. He must not expose the relationship between master and disciple.
But besides "Master", how else can he address Master without being disrespectful?
Xiang Jianjue looked troubled, but in Chen Tiejiang's eyes, he looked even more suspicious.
His face turned cold, and he pulled Fengfeng back, "You two..."
"Boss Chen."
Suddenly a voice came from the back room, interrupting Tiejiang Chen, "Jianjue is my younger brother. He comes from my hometown. Ahem... He is introverted and not very good at dealing with others. Don't be surprised."
As soon as these words came out, Tiejiang Chen's expression immediately improved and he became happy again: "It turns out that you are Boss Xiang's brother. Why didn't you tell me before? It almost caused a misunderstanding. I'm really sorry."
Xiang Jianjue's mind was buzzing at the word "brother" from his master, and he subconsciously replied "It doesn't matter."
Seeing his stunned look, Chen Tiejiang just thought he was not used to it and didn't care. He turned to look at Li Changting and asked, "Brother Li, how did you and Brother Jianjue get acquainted?" "
Before Li Changting could answer, he heard a clear girl's voice suddenly say: "I understand, Uncle Li, you are Uncle Luo's distant relative, right?"
What relative?
Li Changting was stunned for a moment, then saw Tiejiang Chen also laughing: "It's you, I heard Sister Wang mentioned that you came here to see the effect of the repair of the calligraphy workshop, right?"
Li Changting's eyes flashed slightly.
The blacksmith obviously misunderstood something, but that's fine. The "distant relative" is closer than the identity he made up, so it's better to make a mistake.
Thinking of this, he immediately smiled and nodded: "Yes."
"I didn't expect that Brother Li is not only good at repairing houses, but also a swordsman who travels around the world."
Tiejiang Chen praised him, but his eyes shone slightly, as if he had guessed something extraordinary.
Li Changting naturally noticed something strange in Chen Tiejiang's eyes, but he was too lazy to care about it. He just followed the flow and said, "Speaking of swords, I have something to ask you. I wonder if you can bother me for a couple of days?"
"Stay at my house?"
Tiejiang Chen looked confused. Luo Hai was next door. Why didn't this man named Li live with his relatives?
Confused, Chen Tiejiang still didn't have the nerve to ask, so he nodded directly and said, "Brother Li, if you don't mind it, you can live wherever you want."
"Thank you, blacksmith brother."
Li Changting was overjoyed and followed Tiejiang Chen happily. Before leaving, he did not forget to take a provocative look at the cat nest.
After everyone left, Wang Tuo immediately jumped from the cat's nest onto Jian Jue's shoulder and yelled: "Jian Jue, this Li Changting looks like a despicable, shameless and shameless rogue. If you dare to run away with him, I will kill you immediately, uncle." I’ll break up with you!”
Xiang Jianjue laughed dumbly, "Master has been so kind to me, so how could I betray his trust?"
"That's pretty much it."
Wang Tuo nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "But if this guy really teaches you swordsmanship, don't refuse. Don't take advantage of him, you bastard."
Xiang Jianjue couldn't help laughing, "I understand, uncle."
But when Li Changting followed Tiejiang Chen back home, Fengfeng quickly cleared out a guest room.
The guest room was simple, but it was clean. Li Changting was quite satisfied and stayed there, not forgetting to pay Chen Tiejiang money.
Blacksmith Chen naturally refused to accept it, and turned around and took Fengfeng to work in the blacksmith shop ahead.
"Dad, why did you take him in?"
Fengfeng held the bellows with one hand and couldn't help but raise her head and said, "I think Brother Jianjue doesn't like him very much."
Tiejiang Chen immediately laughed: "That boy is indeed your Aunt Shi's younger brother. He really saves a good skin."
Fengfeng immediately blushed slightly and said angrily: "Daddy!"
"Hahaha, dad won't talk anymore."
Tiejiang Chen stopped laughing and said seriously: "I took him in for your Aunt Shen's sake.
This man has piercing eyes and a powerful figure. He has also made a special trip to escort your aunt and brother here. He is either a bodyguard or a domestic servant. "
"Escort?"
Fengfeng blinked, "Does the escort even take care of house repairs?"
"Can't tell."
Tiejiang Chen rubbed his beard, "I guess he is the bodyguard of the Xiang family. Luo Hai next door has been guarding the empty house here for three years, so he is probably also a domestic servant."
Fengfeng suddenly realized, "It turns out he is a domestic servant. No wonder Aunt Wang
At that time, it was said that Uncle Luo was interested in Aunt Shu, but Uncle Luo was so scared. "
Tiejiang Chen didn't expect this. After what Fengfeng said, he felt that the guess in his mind was the truth. He couldn't help but praise: "Our family Fengfeng is smart!"
"Daddy too."
Li Changting was lying in the guest room. When he heard this, his face turned black.
It wasn't that he eavesdropped deliberately. The distance between the front and back yards was not far. The monk's hearing was so keen that it was difficult for him not to hear.
House servant? Guard?
Not only compared with Xiang Shu, this outrageous status also made him a head lower than Xiang Jianjue.
According to this trend, how could he behave in front of Xiang Jianjue and make him change his mind?
no!
Li Changting's eyes lit up with fighting spirit.
He wanted Xiang Jianjue to know that even in a trivial mortal game, his performance would not be worse than her master's.
"First we have to change the impression..."
Li Changting murmured to himself, his mind quickened.
In the blink of an eye, it was noon. Fengfeng had not returned from school. Widow Wang heard that there were guests and came over to help cook.
Li Changting entered the blacksmith shop with an enthusiastic look. Seeing that Blacksmith Chen was busy, he also went over to help pull the bellows.
Chen Tiejiang declined a few words. Seeing that Li Changting insisted on this, he said no more, but the smile on his face became much brighter.
"By the way, I haven't asked the blacksmith brother's name yet."
"My surname is Chen, just call me Chen Laosi."
"Brother Chen."
Li Changting clasped his fists and sighed: "To be honest, I followed Jian Jue all the way and was willing to protect Xiang's family. I just wanted to accept him as his disciple, but he didn't want to. Now that I'm with his sister, it's even harder to persuade him. Already."
"Accepting a disciple?"
Tiejiang Chen couldn't help but laugh: "You don't even know Master Jian Jue's background, how can you become your disciple?"
"Brother Chen, don't look down on me."
Li Changting smiled slightly, took off the scabbard from his back and inserted it on the ground, "Try?"
Blacksmith Chen chuckled upon seeing this: "Brother Li, I'm not bragging. I've been blacksmithing for many years and I've also learned a lot about swordsmanship. Just this thin sword of yours..."
As he spoke, Tiejiang Chen casually grabbed the hilt of the sword and tried hard, but he couldn't pull it out.
The smile on his face suddenly faltered, and then he coughed dryly: "I was careless just now, do it again!"
He held the hilt of the sword with both hands, inhaled sharply and said, "Get up!"
This pulling out has a force of three hundred kilograms, but let alone pulling it out
The sword was stuck in the scabbard on the ground without even moving.
Tiejiang Chen's face turned red from holding it in, and he couldn't hold it any longer, so he could only let go and gasp for breath.
Li Changting easily pulled out the sword with one hand and put it back on his back, smiling a little guiltily.
He is a dignified monk in the transformation stage, but now he is here to deceive a mortal. It is really embarrassing.
However, such a guilty smile now became extremely unpredictable in Chen Tiejiang's eyes.
"Brother Li, it turns out you are really a master!"
Tiejiang Chen was amazed, "If you want to sheath your sword, Young Master Jue, isn't that easy? You just need to show off your skills like today, isn't it?"
"Brother Chen, I've already exposed myself several times."
Li Changting lamented: "But he just doesn't want to. He just wants to come here to find her sister. He also says that her sister is better than me. Do you think this is possible?"
"Those who are so weak to the boss are naturally no match for you."
Tiejiang Chen said honestly and courteously: "But they come from a wealthy family. Mr. Jian Jue is well-informed. Maybe he has seen someone more powerful than you, so naturally he won't agree to you."
"Brother Chen, I'm not telling you that there are only a handful of people in the whole world who can surpass me in swordsmanship!"
Li Changting had a sad look on his face: "That boy Jian Jue is extremely talented. If time passes, his achievements here will definitely be no less than mine. If I can't coax him to get my hands on him, I'll feel uneasy!"
Tiejiang Chen also frowned, "Let me help you think about it..."
The two were chatting animatedly, but little did they know that Widow Wang had prepared lunch and came over to call them. She happened to hear the second half of Li Changting's words, and the meaning of those words immediately changed.
"If I can't coax her, I'll feel uneasy!"
"Let me help you think about it."
"Why don't you go ask Boss Xiang, maybe someone will know."
"No, Boss Xiang must have figured out what I meant and kept avoiding him."
"It's better to give it a try. Please say more nice things. The two siblings are both young, so they might agree to it out of soft-heartedness."
"..."
Widow Wang thought she heard it wrong at first, but when she heard what happened later, her heart suddenly started to burn.
She glanced at the spatula in her hand, ran back to the backyard kitchen without saying a word, changed a knife and rushed over.
A moment later, there was a loud "bang" from the door of the blacksmith shop, and Blacksmith Chen crawled out in a pee, followed by Li Changting who looked confused, causing the surrounding neighbors to rush to look.
"Sister, it's really not what you think!"
"Stop talking nonsense! Chen Laosi, I really think you have learned well in the past few years, but you are actually just pretending, and you want to trick Xiang's sister. See if I don't hack you to death!"
"Misunderstandings, all misunderstandings!"
"Li Changting, right? You're not a good person either! Look at the knife!"
