I use my daughter's body to cut down the rivers and lakes

Chapter 297 Scabbard

Tao Zhili was startled when he saw the fierce wind from the opponent's palm. He instantly realized that Master Sun was going to kill him. However, Master Sun's palm was incredibly fast and was in front of him in the blink of an eye. If it moved forward three inches, it would hit Tao Zhili's heart.

Fortunately, Tao Zhili was no good-for-nothing. He stopped in a flash and lowered his shoulders to avoid Master Sun's palm that was aimed at his heart, but he still took a solid blow on his shoulder.

With the help of the opponent's palm power, Tao Zhili endured the pain and fled backwards. When he raised his eyes, he saw that Master Sun's eyes were now fierce and he was chasing him at an extremely fast speed, with his arms stretched straight on both sides of his body, ready to strike at any time, obviously not intending to let him go.

The group of young men in fine clothes on the deck, seeing the two men fighting, also became panicked for a moment, but these people were all good at drinking and having fun, and the gorgeous weapons around their waists were just decorations. If they really encountered a situation like this, apart from shouting a few words like "Stop fighting, you two", the rest could only stay away to avoid being injured by mistake.

On the other hand, Tao Zhili, who had just gained a firm foothold, exchanged several moves with Master Sun who was chasing him. Finally, the two of them fought with their swords and palms, and were both knocked back by the recoil.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Tao Zhili finally stabilized his body, and then raised his sword to point at Master Sun: "I don't know how I, Tao Zhili, offended Master Sun, and caused you to kill me on such a beautiful night!"

After saying that, Tao Zhili couldn't help but glance sideways at another pleasure boat on the river not far away. His master Qing Zhuke was gathering with his friends on this pleasure boat, and among them was Mr. Sun's uncle, the Governor of Jiangnan, Sun Jiyun.

Young Master Sun noticed the change in Tao Zhili's gaze and couldn't help but glance towards the pleasure boat. His face suddenly became a little gloomy, and then he shook his long sleeves and turned back to the crowd.

Seeing Master Sun stop on his own initiative, Tao Zhili secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Then the pain in his shoulder came like a tide. Tao Zhili also knew that this was not a place to stay for long, so he swept his eyes towards the river and happened to find a small boat that picked up passengers not far away. He then jumped and landed on the boat.

"Boatman, please take me to that pleasure boat." Tao Zhili pointed at the pleasure boat where his master was and said to the boatman, while throwing a piece of silver to him.

The boatman, who was originally frightened by Tao Zhili's sudden boarding, suddenly felt something in his hand. He lowered his head and saw clearly in the light of the pleasure boat that the object in his hand was an ingot of white silver. The fear in his heart was instantly swept away, and when he looked up again, his face was full of smiles.

"Sir, please sit down first. I'll take you there right away!"

Master Sun and his party also saw Tao Zhili leap onto the small boat. When the boat turned and headed towards the pleasure boat not far away, Master Sun's face gradually became gloomy.

Someone beside him whispered, "Mr. Sun, is Tao Zhili going to file a complaint?"

As soon as the voice fell, someone said disdainfully: "If you can't beat him, you go to complain to your elders. Do you deserve to be called a gangster?"

They seemed to have forgotten that it was Master Sun who had spoken out the first provocation.

"Brother Shaoyun's uncle is the governor. Even the leaders of the major sects in the martial arts world have to give him some face. This Qingzhu guest is just a gangster from a small place. I think he wouldn't dare to do anything..."

The person who was speaking spoke lower and lower. He had originally intended to comfort Sun Shaoyun, but in the end he didn't even believe what he said.

Finally, someone whispered, "Don't forget, Tao Zhili has a cousin..."

After these words were spoken, Sun Shaoyun's gloomy eyes trembled noticeably.

Sun Shaoyun spent the whole night in trepidation. At dawn, he ordered the captain to approach the pleasure boat where his uncle was. After hesitating for a while at the edge of the deck, he jumped onto the opposite pleasure boat.

After asking the guard, he found out that except for his uncle, all the guests from last night had left in the late night.

Tao Zhili naturally left with his master Qing Zhuke, and according to the guards' description, Qing Zhuke was still talking and laughing with his uncle when the two left. Tao Zhili did not show anything unusual, and even the guards did not notice that Tao Zhili was injured.

Although Sun Shaoyun was a little confused, he still felt relieved, so he took the initiative to come to the door of his uncle's resting room, ready to wait for his uncle to get up and then report to him what happened last night.

As a result, just as he stood at the door, his uncle's lazy voice came from the room: "But Shaoyun?"

Sun Shaoyun's heart trembled, and he quickly bowed and replied: "Uncle, it's me."

"come in."

Sun Shaoyun pushed the door open and saw his uncle sitting on the bed with his upper body half naked. Next to him was a young woman wearing only underwear, fixing his hair.

Sun Shaoyun quickly lowered his head and dared not look directly at him.

"Did you injure Tao Zhili last night?" Sun Shaoyun heard his uncle's voice. He felt his heart rise to his throat, and then he replied in a deep voice, "Yes!"

The room fell into deathly silence.

A moment later, Sun Shaoyun heard footsteps slowly approaching him, and then a pair of black boots appeared in his sight.

"The court is in need of talents right now. Although Qingzhuke is not well-known, he was considered the leader of a sect back then. Tao Zhili is his last disciple. I only praised him to win his support."

Then Sun Shaoyun felt someone patting his shoulders twice.

Then the pair of boots in his sight bypassed him and walked past him. Not long after, he heard his uncle sigh from behind: "Prepare a generous gift when you go back, and take it to Changle Street to apologize in person."

After hearing these words, Sun Shaoyun finally felt relieved.

Then he slowly raised his head and saw the beautiful woman beside the bed looking at him with a beautiful smile, with nothing covering her except a green undergarment.

Looking at the other person's skin as white as jade, Sun Shaoyun suddenly felt a little hot in his abdomen, but when he thought that this woman was his uncle's person, Sun Shaoyun's face instantly became gloomy, and then he turned around and walked out.

……

While Sun Shaoyun was returning home to prepare gifts, Liu Qi was strolling in the market.

After getting off the pleasure boat, Zhou Mi and Tao Zhiyan seemed to still feel a little unsatisfied, so they made an appointment to go to Tianyin Pavilion together with Yang Yiyi.

Liu Qi and Liu Shijiu had no interest in music, so they went to the market instead. Liu Shijiu naturally lingered in the major clothing shops and jewelry stores, and soon spent hundreds of taels of silver.

A typical spendthrift woman!
Liu Qi looked at Liu Shijiu, who was happily taking out silver from an exquisite purse, and couldn't help shaking his head.

As for clothes, it's enough as long as they can be worn. Most of the exquisite clothes that Tao prepared for her were gathered dust in the closet. Liu Qi only wore a few sets of simple clothes with simple styles and patterns on a daily basis.

It was not like she had not thought about giving the clothes that she no longer wore to Liu Shijiu, but every time Liu Qi mentioned it, Liu Shijiu would refuse with an unexpected look on his face.

Those clothes were not cheap stuff. They were made by the best embroiderers hired by Tao family and using the best fabrics. But Liu Nineteen didn't appreciate it!

Then Liu Qi saw that Liu Shijiu had changed into the newly bought clothes and was spinning around in circles with joy on his face under the praises of the shopkeeper. Then he stood on tiptoe and looked at Liu Qi at the door of the shop.

Liu Qi looked at Nineteen's slightly smug eyes, cursed "you're sick" in his heart, and then silently withdrew his gaze.

No matter how you look at it, the clothes sold in these ready-made clothing shops are far inferior to what Tao prepared for Liu Qi, whether in terms of fabrics, styles or workmanship.

After leaving the store, Liu Qi caught a glimpse of Liu Nineteen's happy expression and whispered, "Isn't this exactly the same as the one my family made for me a few days ago?"

The styles are roughly the same, but the one Nineteen is wearing is a bit rough in details, not to mention the material used.

Moreover, when Tao sent someone to deliver the dress to Liu Qi, Liu Nineteen happened to be beside him, so Liu Qi offered to give the dress to Liu Nineteen. However, Liu Nineteen, who had been full of envy just now, immediately refused after hearing this.

Liu Nineteen, who was immersed in joy at the moment, heard what Liu Qi said, and a helpless expression instantly appeared on his face. Then he turned his head to the side and muttered in a low voice: "Your mother gave it to you, I don't want it!"

Liu Qi raised his eyebrows slightly, not understanding the connection between them.

Liu Shijiu glanced sideways and saw Liu Qi's raised eyebrows. His face darkened slightly and he continued, "If I fight Jiang Jiyu on your behalf, would you be willing?" Liu Qi: "Then you are looking for death!"

Liu Nineteen was frantic and raised his voice: "I'm talking about what if!"

Liu Qi replied without any hesitation: "Of course I don't want to."

"That's it." Liu Nineteen lowered his eyes to look at the hem of his clothes, and then said in a gloomy tone, "Even if this dress is bad, I bought it with my own money!"

Liu Qi hesitated for a moment, then said: "I gave you the money."

"Liu Qi!" Liu Nineteen couldn't help but stop where he was, stamping his feet and shouting loudly.

……

Liu Qi naturally understood what Liu Shijiu wanted to say, and also knew what was in her mind, but Liu Qi felt that the matter of clothes and her appointment to fight Jiang Jiyu could not be simply confused.

Just like he likes all kinds of sweet snacks, Liu Qi doesn't care whether the snacks are bought, robbed, or given by others; whether the chef who makes the snacks is a man or a woman, or a friend or an enemy.

Anyway, what you put in your mouth is yours.

When people live in the world, as long as they do not go against their own principles, there is no need to worry too much.

Seeing that it was almost time for lunch, Liu Qi stood at the door of a shop called "Qianduanfang" with a paper bag full of snacks in his hand.

Before coming to Jiangnan, Liu Qi had heard that there were many skilled craftsmen in Jiangnan.

Jingji Dao has been through many battles with Liu Qi, and the scabbard it uses is an iron scabbard made by a blacksmith shop that Liu Qi found when he left Donghe County.

Following Liu Qi in the wind and rain every day, and not knowing whether it was because the climate in the south of the Yangtze River was too humid, Liu Qi accidentally discovered that there was rust on the scabbard.

Although Liu Qi was not a person who cared about material things, ever since she returned to the Xu family, Mrs. Tao would always buy her a few more clothes from time to time. As a result, she now had so many clothes that she needed a separate room to store them.

One should not be partial to one person over another, especially when it comes to one's own sword. So when Liu Qi found that the scabbard was rusty, he thought of changing it.

After asking around in the market, most people were full of praise for this blacksmith shop called "Qianduanfang".

Liu Qi stared at the plaque on the shop door for a while, and then found that people were gathering around him, so he said to Liu Shijiu, "Let's go", then stepped up the stairs and entered the shop.

There were not many customers in the shop, so the shopkeeper was resting his head boredly behind the counter near the door. As a result, he caught a glimpse of Liu Qi walking in, his eyes suddenly widened, and then he straightened his body in a hurry.

When Liu Qi walked in, the shopkeeper, with a big smile on his face, had already come out from behind the counter to greet her. He then asked with a smile, "Lady, are you visiting our shop to buy weapons?"

The shopkeeper caught a glimpse of the dagger at Liu Qi's waist and naturally called her "female knight".

Liu Qi turned his head and glanced at the shopkeeper, then took off the Jingji Knife from his waist, placed it in front of the shopkeeper with one hand, and then said calmly: "I want to make a scabbard."

Although the Jingji Sword was hidden in its sheath, the cold aura it exuded in Liu Qi's hand still made the shopkeeper, who was standing nearby, feel the hairs on his back stand on end. He then realized that the woman in front of him was not simple!
The shopkeeper did not dare to be careless. He restrained his smile and carefully examined the Jingji Knife in Liu Qi's hand. Then, as if he remembered something, he suddenly raised his head and looked at Liu Qi in astonishment, exclaiming: "You are Overlord Liu Qi!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the other customers who were selecting weapons in the shop as well as some apprentices and servants turned their eyes to look in Liu Qi's direction.

Liu Qi had long been accustomed to the feeling of being the center of attention, and then he said calmly, "Why, your store doesn't want to take my business?"

"I dare not, I dare not!" The shopkeeper shook his head like a rattle.

Are you kidding? This is a ruthless person who dares to challenge Jiang Jiyu. Even if he had ten times the courage, he would not dare to refuse to do his business!

But the shopkeeper was also complaining in his heart at this time, thinking that this business might not be easy to do. If the scabbards he made did not satisfy this cruel and merciless tyrant, his small shop would be taken away by the other party!
The more the shopkeeper thought about it, the more he felt that he had to be extremely careful. After thinking it over, he said respectfully, "It is an honor for our shop to serve you, young lady. I will ask the best chef in the shop to make it for you!"

Liu Qi nodded slightly, indicating his satisfaction with the shopkeeper's reply, and then asked, "No need to waste time, take me to your blacksmith shop, I want the scabbard today!"

Land is very expensive in Jiangnan, so a blacksmith shop would naturally not be opened in the city.

The shopkeeper wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hand, bowed and nodded repeatedly, saying: "I will go and prepare the horse for you right away!"

So, under the guidance of the shopkeeper, Liu Qi and Liu Shijiu went out of the city again and came to a farm on the outskirts of the city.

Liu Qi dismounted from his horse and just as he reached the gate of the manor, he felt a wave of heat coming towards him through the crack of the door.

The sound of "ding ding dang dang" can be heard constantly in the village. It seems that this is the blacksmith shop of Qianduanfang.

The shopkeeper had already opened the door at this time, and the pent-up heat inside the door swept out instantly. Liu Qi's eyes condensed slightly, and then a flash of green light flashed in front of him in an instant.

The shopkeeper felt the heat around him subside instantly, and then a hint of coolness surged over his heart. He was so shocked that he stood there in a daze.

Liu Qi had already walked towards the manor, and then he saw the shopkeeper standing at the door in a daze, so he reminded him softly, "Shopkeeper, let's go."

After entering the manor, with the introduction of the shopkeeper, Liu Qi soon met the owner of the manor in a reception hall, a burly man who looked like a giant.

Boom, boom, boom!
A burly figure walked in from outside the door. With every step he took, Liu Qi could feel a slight vibration coming from the thick stone slabs underneath.

When the man stepped over the threshold and approached with big strides, a burning breath instantly filled the room.
Liu Nineteen, who was sitting next to Liu Qi, changed her expression instantly. Her right hand had already climbed onto the hilt of the knife at her waist. Just as she was about to draw the knife, a cold voice came from beside her, calming her restless true energy in an instant.

"Jiangnan is indeed a place where hidden dragons and crouching tigers are hidden. Even an ordinary blacksmith shop can have a master like you running it." Liu Qi gently shook the teacup in his hand and said in a calm tone.

As soon as the words fell, the burly figure suddenly stopped, and then a deep voice echoed in the house: "We, Qianduanfang, have never offended you."

Upon hearing this, Liu Qi raised his eyes and looked towards the man, only to see a face that was extremely inconsistent with his burly body. Apart from his slightly dark skin color, his facial features could even be described as "handsome".

The other party was only wearing a vest-style armor, and it was impossible to tell with the naked eye what material the armor was made of.

However, Liu Qi noticed that the other person's exposed skin was densely covered with flame-like tattoos, even on his neck.

As the burning aura continued to emanate from the man's body, the flames tattooed on his body began to sway slowly, as if they were burning!
Liu Qi retracted his gaze and then said calmly: "I'll make a scabbard."

Hearing this, the man couldn't help but cast a puzzled look at the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper was originally sitting on a chair next to Liu Qi. He stood up when he saw the man come in. At this time, he found that the man was looking at him, so he nodded solemnly, indicating that what Liu Qi said was true.

When the man saw the shopkeeper nod, his eyes moved slightly, and then he moved his gaze to the Jingji Knife on Liu Qi's waist.

"The Silent Sword... do you want to equip it with a scabbard?" the man asked in a deep voice.

Liu Qi nodded slightly, not surprised that the man recognized the Jingji Knife.

The man hesitated for a moment, then said slowly: "Please follow me, sir."

(End of this chapter)