refining sword

Chapter 43
"I think it's not that simple. I'm afraid there is some conspiracy behind it." He said after a moment of indulgence.

"Anyway, the Sun Family Chamber of Commerce is completely over this time. The Sun family members who came from Fengjing these days have successively sold off all the assets in Yuejing, and even some shady businesses have been eaten away. It's clean." Yan Zi said.

Hearing this, Tie Jian suddenly felt a little sighed. The destruction of a medium-sized chamber of commerce was so fast, but when he thought that their Tie family was not the same, you were the prefect of a prefecture, with a heavy army in hand, but they were killed overnight. Doomsday.Thinking of this, he couldn't help but worry about the whereabouts of his father, Tieshu, the prefect of Tanzhou;

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little helpless.

Since the last time he learned about his father from Hu Wei and others, he tried to pass the news to the capital of Jin through the Chamber of Commerce, but he never responded.

"Brother Tie, what are you thinking about?" Yan Zi asked when he saw that he was suddenly stunned.

Tie Jian smiled back, shook his head, and said nothing.

"There is one more thing, there is news from the Gongzao Division, saying that the affairs of Master Situ have been completed. In recent days, you can go to see him on another day and ask him to teach swordsmanship. However, remember to ask before you go. Submit the prayer one day in advance." Yan Zi didn't care and said with a smile.

"It's very good at this time, and I'm thinking about when I can get Master Situ's guidance." Tie Jian listened with joy on his face.

"Hey, good things have come together recently..." Little Abacus also said with a smile.

At this moment, Tie Jian suddenly flipped his wrist, black light flashed on the ground, and a black iron block the size of a bucket appeared.

"This is?" Yan Zi was slightly taken aback, wondering.

"This is the essence of iron mother I extracted from that meteorite. I kept a small part of it myself, and the other half is for the Chamber of Commerce." Tie Jian pointed to the iron block and said.

In fact, in these days of retreat, in addition to consolidating his cultivation, he is refining the essence of this iron mother.

The size of the meteorite obtained originally is not small, but it contains a lot of impurities, so it must be divided into multiple smelting, and the heat provided by the general earth fire is not enough, even after adding fire essence powder, refining The efficiency is also very low.

He had no choice but to use different fires to refine it.

But just smelting the layer of stone skin wrapped outside the meteorite, the consumption has already made him a little overwhelmed, not to mention that there are so many black spar to refine.

It is precisely because of this that he was able to leave the customs until today.

After Yan Zi hesitated for a while, she stroked her palm and collected the iron mother essence.

From a personal point of view, she does not want these iron mother essences, but hopes to give them all to Tie Jian.

But from the perspective of the president of the Yan's Chamber of Commerce, she must accept this thing. After all, this is an object that can be used as a treasure of the town store, and it is very important to enhance the strength of the Chamber of Commerce.

"Miss Yan, please send me a greeting card to the Gongzao Division for me tomorrow. I want to see Master Situ as soon as possible." Tie Jian's mouth twitched slightly and said with a smile.

"Okay." Yan Zi pulled back her black hair on her temples, full of amorous feelings.

Tie Jian was actually very sleepy after the continuous refining for several days. After talking to Yan Zi and the others, he returned to his residence and went to rest.

This sleep lasted for a day and a night, and I didn't wake up until the evening of the next day.

Not long after waking up, he was taken to the banquet hall by Abacus and held a banquet with Yan Zi and the others.

During the banquet, Tie Jian learned that there was a message from the Gongzao Division, saying that he could go to see Situ Hao tomorrow, but the location was not in the Gongzao Division, but in a private garden dedicated to Master Situ outside the city. .

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The next morning.

Tie Jian boarded the prepared carriage, took the prayers prepared by the Yan Zi Gang, and slowly headed out of the city.

The east gate of Yuejing, named Yongle Gate, still has many houses and buildings within a few miles of the city. Although its prosperity is not comparable to some major business districts in the city, it is far better than some local prefectures.

This is because there is a river called "Lintao" five miles away from Yongle Gate. Its water area is very wide, and a large area along the coast is a river beach and wetlands overgrown with reeds. The scenery is particularly beautiful. Build a garden here.

Over time, this has become a residential area for officials and businessmen's private residences, and Situ Hao's private garden is here.

Speaking of Situ Hao's Bieyuan, it is also quite famous in the entire Yuejing.

It was decreed by His Majesty the Emperor himself, and the Ministry of Household ordered it to be built next to the river, filling the soil to make land, and encircling the river as a lake. A small half of the buildings extend into the waters, and a garden garden of the same size as the imperial palace was created. private garden.

However, according to legend, Situ Hao thought that this would be a waste of money and labor, so he seldom came to live here. Even if he came here occasionally, most of them only lived in a secluded attic in the other garden.

Tie Jian rode the carriage along the official road outside the city, and finally stopped in front of an incomparably large vermilion gate. After Tie Jian put all the things he brought into the storage bracelet, he opened the sedan curtain and jumped out of the car. down.

He looked up at the majestic and huge gatehouse, secretly admired it in his heart, and told the coachman to wait at the gate, while he walked towards the gate.

There are six gates standing under the gatehouse. The two ceremony gates in the center and the two utility gates on the west side are tightly closed. Only the two gates on the east side are open to the outside, and in front of the gate stands an old man in Tsing Yi who looks like a manager.

Tie Jian stepped forward, and after reporting his name, he asked the old man to pass it on on his behalf.

However, the old man waved his hand and said that there was no need to pass the information. His master had already instructed him that if Tie Jian came, he would just take him to the attic to meet him.After speaking, he turned around and took the lead to lead the way for Tie Jian
Tie Jian followed behind the old man and walked into the depths of the courtyard.

The entire front yard of Biyuan has many buildings, pavilions, pavilions, and halls, all hidden in the woods.

The overall layout is still in the style of an ordinary mansion. Although it is more complicated, it is in line with the secular regulations. Tie Jian does not think it is very luxurious.

But when he arrived at the backyard of the Bieyuan, he saw that everywhere he looked were planted rare flowers and trees that would never be seen in other places. Peacocks, white cranes, spirit mice and many other auspicious animals were scattered among the forests. It looks very harmonious and natural.

There are also many jagged and strange rocks scattered here and there, each of which seems to be a treasure in the eyes of everyone in the garden.

Not far away, there is a large and wide lake with vast smoke and waves, and large reeds cover it, which looks hazy, like a fairyland.

Adjacent to the lake, there stands a vermilion three-story attic, which looks a little lonely against the backdrop of the lake.

Taking Tie Jian not far from the front of the building, the old man in Tsing Yi cupped his fists and saluted him, and said, "My master is in the building over there. Master Tie can go there on his own, and the old slave will bring him here."

After saying that, he turned around and walked back along the original road.

Looking at his back, Tie Jian was a little puzzled. In this huge garden, there were very few servants. Except for the steward, he only saw a few people along the way.

However, when he thought of the rumors that Situ Hao rarely came here, he was relieved.

"Tie Jian, the sword refiner of the Yan's Chamber of Commerce, has come to see Master Situ." After Tie Jian regained his concentration, he walked slowly to the attic, knocked on the door lightly, and then said aloud.

With his voice, no one in the building responded, but suddenly there was a sound of iron falling to the ground.

Tie Jian was extremely sensitive to this sound, and immediately realized that it was the sound of a sword falling. He pondered for a moment, pushed open the building door, and rushed in.

As soon as the door was opened, there was no one inside, but there was a bloody smell blowing towards the face.

Tie Jian froze in his heart, twisted his wrist, and immediately a snow-white long sword appeared in his palm.

He held a sword in one hand and took out a cyan talisman in the other hand. After showing his body, he stepped on the wooden ladder in the building and rushed to the second floor.

As soon as he reached the second floor, his eyes widened suddenly, only to see Situ Hao collapsed behind the desk, covered in blood, and he was struggling to raise a hand, pointing to the top behind him.

Tie Jian was suddenly startled, and subconsciously turned around to look.

But just as he twisted his neck for half a minute, he felt a cold air blowing towards the back of his head. The sword guard is in front of him.

However, when he saw the face of the person behind him who attacked him clearly, he suddenly turned pale with shock.

"Situ Ran, what are you doing?" Tie Jian shouted angrily.

The man standing in front of him, with a chubby figure and round cheeks, was wearing a vermilion brocade robe embroidered with money lines. Wasn't it Situ Hao's son, Situ Ran?
Situ Ran, who looked like a rich man, just chuckled dryly, but didn't speak.

"He, he...not...not my son..." Situ Hao struggled and said with difficulty.

Hearing this, Tie Jian stabilized his mind, and then he noticed that the blood-red long sword in Situ Ran's hand seemed familiar.

He suddenly came to his senses, and asked sharply: "You are Qiu Batian? No... who are you?" The sword was not exactly the Youlin Blood Sword.

"Hey, who am I, needless to say, it's naturally the one who came to find you." Situ Ran laughed dryly and said in a very feminine tone.

"Are you from Ning Chen?" Tie Jian's heart skipped a beat, staring at the other party and asked gloomily.

"Just relying on him, he also wants to drive me? It's a big joke, hahaha..." Situ Ran sneered.

However, his laughter didn't fall, and it stopped abruptly, but Tie Jian's figure flashed, and he suddenly jumped in front of him, and swept a sword across his chest.

Situ Ran's expression changed suddenly, the bloody long sword in his hand flashed, and with a "dang", he blocked his long sword away.

At the same time, a blood-stained aura wound up along the snow-white long sword and came straight to Tie Jian's palm.

Seeing this, Tie Jian was slightly startled, and he shot a ball of fire with his left hand forward, and his body stepped back. With a sound of "Zheng", he inserted the snow-white long sword into the ground, and with a flick of his fingertips, he shot out a golden fire. , enveloped it.

For some unknown reason, the fireball technique "Situ Ran" couldn't dodge, and was hit in the chest all at once.

The snow-white long sword is ice in nature, and it is one of the top-grade dharma swords that Tie Jian refined during his retreat some time ago. Only then did the blood-stained air burn into a plume of black smoke.

"Use you, use your... Burning Heaven Sword..." Situ Hao reminded again.

(End of this chapter)