In the past few days, Zhao Zheng has been staying at the Hui Chūn Medical Center to recuperate, and has only left once during this period. That time, he lied that he was going to get bergamot, and took a carriage to the compound where Eyeliner lived, and asked Eyeliner to send a letter to the Hongchen Inn with a carrier pigeon, explaining that he would stay for a few days, but did not mention that he was injured, let alone that he had seen Hua Xiangrong.

Taking the opportunity of this outing, Zhao Zheng took out the four bergamot plants in the "flower garden" and returned to the medical hall to hand them over to Lin Jiyuan. Lin Jiyuan began to refine the Hui Chūn Dan on the same day, which greatly reduced the time it took to open the door to see a doctor.

Since Zhao Zheng had to change his medicine every few days, and because he wanted to learn alchemy from Lin Jiyuan, he had been living in the Hui Chūn Medical Center.

Among these rìzi, Lin Zhong'er took the initiative to wait for Zhao Zheng's diet and daily life because she liked Zhao Zheng, cared for Zhao Zheng, and often cooked some jīng delicacies for Zhao Zheng.

Zhao Zheng didn't care at first, only thought that Lin Zhong'er would be like this because he was injured, but after a long time, he gradually realized that something was wrong. He found that Lin Zhong'er's eyes were obviously ambiguous when he looked at him, and he would blush when he said a few words, these performances were really intriguing. Although he is not a veteran of the love scene, he can also see that Lin Zhong'er is interested in him.

Of course, Zhao Zheng was very happy in his heart about this matter, but he had no feelings for Lin Zhong'er and would not accept Lin Zhong'er's admiration. Since you don't plan to develop with each other, you shouldn't tug at each other's heartstrings. In line with this principle, Zhao Zheng deliberately distanced himself from Lin Zhong'er in the following years, even if he spoke, he was polite, and he stopped at the point, and never said more than half a word.

Zhao Zheng's approach was very appropriate, but it didn't make much difference, Lin Zhong'er was still as good to him as ever, visiting him every day as usual, cooking him one and three meals, and asking him what he liked to eat at each meal. After a long time, Zhao Zheng was inevitably a little moved in his heart, a virtuous and honest girl like Lin Zhonger was very suitable to marry as a wife. However, feelings have always been wonderful, and the most suitable may not be the favorite, and the favorite may not be suitable for marrying as a wife.

After the wound was basically healed, Zhao Zheng expressed his intention to Lin Jiyuan, and purchased a lot of cheap medicinal materials from Lin Jiyuan, ready to keep them for later learning alchemy. Since Hui Chūn Dan was still being refined, Zhao Zheng couldn't take it away for the time being, so he could only come here again in the future.

Zhao Zheng deliberately picked the time to cook at noon and leave, at this time Lin Zhong'er was still busy cooking, and he didn't know anything about Zhao Zheng's departure.

After Zhao Zheng walked away, Lin Zhong'er walked to the door of the ward with a dinner plate and knocked on the door a few times. On the plate in her hand, there are four dishes, one meat, one soup and two vegetarian dishes, each of which has been cooked with great effort, and the aroma is appetizing.

"Zhao Gongzi, the meal is ready." Lin Zhong'er whispered into the house, but there was no movement inside.

"Zhong'er, stop shouting. His wounds had healed, he had just said goodbye to me and gone home. Lin Jiyuan stood not far behind Lin Zhong'er, stroked his white beard and said.

"Zhao Gongzi is gone?" Lin Zhong'er turned around in surprise, and the plate in his hand almost fell to the ground.

"This is the medical hall, since his injuries are healed, of course he should go."

"Having said that, but he ......" Lin Zhong'er said half of her words, but she couldn't say any more, she couldn't find half a reason to keep her sweetheart here.

"Zhao Zheng is a young man who is not bad, young and promising, generous, clear in his work, and has no bad intentions. It's a pity that his family background is too bad, he is an orphan, and his only relative is only a righteous sister. His righteous sister lives a dissolute life, misbehaves, and often deals with people in the rivers and lakes, she is a ** person, and her reputation in Qibao County is extremely poor. He has such a righteous sister, it is inevitable that he will be affected by some influences, and he is not a good candidate to entrust for life. Lin Jiyuan commented on Zhao Zheng, hoping to dispel Lin Zhong'er's idea of liking Zhao Zheng.

"Grandpa, what are you doing all of a sudden?" Lin Zhong'er was a little puzzled and a little puzzled.

"I'm saying this to tell you he's not a good husband." Lin Jiyuan said bluntly. He understands the truth of constantly rejecting it, so he wants to directly cut off his granddaughter's thoughts about Zhao Zheng, so as not to let his granddaughter lose her soul every day.

"What does he, whether he is a good husband or not, what does it have to do with me." Lin Zhong'er blushed and lowered her head.

"Grandpa is old, but his eyes can still see clearly. In the days when Zhao Zheng was recuperating from his injuries, you cooked for him every day, and sometimes peeked at him from a distance, which was obviously a fancy to him. Zhong'er, when you are older, it is normal for you to like other men when you are old enough to get married, but this Zhao Zheng is really not a good choice, you should forget about him. Wait until tomorrow, I will talk to the matchmaker and ask the matchmaker to give you a suitable good home. Lin Jiyuan said kindly.

"No, I don't want to get married yet, and I ask my grandfather not to look for my in-laws." Lin Zhong'er lowered her head and flatly refused. She was a shy girl, embarrassed to talk to her grandfather about this kind of marriage, so she turned around and went back to the kitchen with a dinner plate.

Lin Jiyuan looked at his granddaughter's back and sighed.

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Zhao Zheng recovered from his injury, was relaxed, and after leaving the hospital, he went home and led an old horse and rode to the blacksmith shop in the south of Qibao County.

It was as desolate as ever, and in the middle of the wasteland sat a lonely house, and in the lonely house lived a lonely man.

Zhao Zheng knocked on the door, reported his name and intentions, and then took out the fish-shaped jade pendant from his sleeve and handed it to Mu Yihe through the gap in the wall.

There was silence in the room for a moment, and then Mu Yihe's voice came out with a little joy: "Yes, this is the jade pendant I lost in the Qingfeng Forest, you brought it back, according to the previous agreement, I can make a blade for you for free." ”

"Thank you, Mr. Mu, I already showed you the picture last time, and you should already know what weapon I want to build. This time, in addition to the drawing, I also brought an extra piece of ore, hoping that you can use this ore to build this 'spring sword' for me. Zhao Zheng picked up the cloth bag in his hand, took out the black sè meteorite in it, and put it in the gap in the wall.

"Oh? You also brought a piece of ore? ”

"That's right."

"I can't see where you put it. I open the little door in the iron door, and you give me the ore, and I see it myself. Mu Yihe seemed to be interested.

Zhao Zheng walked to the front of the iron gate as he said, squatted down, Mu Yihe opened the small door on the iron door inside, and Zhao Zheng immediately handed over the meteorite the size of a watermelon.

Mu Yihe took the meteorite, closed the small door, observed it for a while, and then praised: "This stone is as black as ink, the surface is uneven, and there are obvious burn marks, it seems to be a 'meteorite' flying from the sky." This 'meteorite' is different from mortal ores, and its texture is completely different from mortal ores. Some 'meteors' are excellent materials for crafting weapons, and the weapons created are tough and sharp, rigid and soft, and of excellent quality. ”

"This 'Falling Star' was given to me by a friend, and the texture is very hard, and when I got it, I thought it should be a good material for forging a sword, so I always wanted to make it into a weapon." Zhao Zheng said outside the door.

"Ouyeel personally passed on the sword casting square, and Moye gold water with soft rigidity. If you refine it, you will know people's intentions, and you will punish the demon with a lightning. Mu Yihe chanted two lines of poetry lightly and said excitedly, "This meteorite is good, it should be able to create a divine blade." ”

Zhao Zheng reached into his sleeve, took out the sketchy drawing, and handed it through the small door, "This is the 'machine spring sword' I drew, which marks the approximate structure and size, and I hope that Mr. Mu can build it according to the design on it." I'm a layman, I don't know how to build weapons, what is drawn above is just a general meaning, and the details have to be designed by Mr. Mu yourself. For this sword, Mr. Mu can play on his own, but the length, width, and narrowness of this 'iron thorn' must be made according to the size I marked, because this size is just right for me. ”

Zhao Zheng is not good at engineering, it is impossible to design the mechanism in this sword, the drawings he drew are just a concept map, and how to make the military thorn pop out of the sword body has to be designed by Mu Yihe, an expert. In this drawing, the only important part is the size of the spur, only this cannot be easily changed, otherwise it will affect the lethality.

"The 'iron thorn' you drew is the thickness of a finger, and if something so thick is stuffed into the sword, the sword body must be made wider, so you can only make a heavy broadsword." Mu Yihe took the drawing, glanced at it and said.

"It doesn't matter if the sword is heavy or lenient." Zhao Zhengdao.

"Well, other than that, there's nothing difficult about it. Do you have any other requirements? ”

"There are no other requirements."

"In that case, I'll start working on this sword now. You give me two months, and then come here in two months to get my sword. Mu Yihe indirectly issued an eviction order.

"Well, I'll come back in two months. Mr. Mu, you're busy, I'm leaving. Zhao Zheng got up and left, leaving the lonely and cramped blacksmith shop.

Mu Yihe has no habit of sending off guests, and has been stuffy in his house and has not come out.

Zhao Zheng arrived outside the house, untied the reins of the old horse, turned over on the horse, and hurried all the way back to the Hongchen Inn. It took him more than 20 days to go out this time, which is not a short time, and the people in the inn saw him coming back and greeted him one after another, and Song Kuaizui, who was doing a good thing, pulled him aside and chattered for a while.

When Zhao was chatting with these people, he deliberately asked about Li Zhenzhen and asked if Li Zhenzhen had returned. The people in the inn spoke in unison, and they all said that Li Zhenzhen did not come back. This is not quite right, it stands to reason that after so many days, Li Zhenzhen should be back.

Li Zhenzhen has been gone for a long time and has not returned, could it be that something happened? Or is it because you are playful that you are delayed?

Zhao Zheng thought about some reasons and was a little depressed in his heart. The reason why he is depressed is because he misses Li Zhenzhen a little, and because he needs this money to do things, but now there is no shadow of people and money. He sighed, sent the guys from the inn, climbed the stairs, and went to meet Shen Luoxia's sister.

knocked on the door a few times, and Shen Luoxia's voice came from the door, softly beckoning Zhao Zheng to enter.

Zhao Zheng pushed the door in and found that Shen Luoxia was drinking wine, her cheeks were faintly red, which was really bright and moving. He bowed his hand and greeted Shen Luoxia.

Shen Luoxia hurriedly called Zhao Zheng to her side, and said regretfully: "Little brother, it would be good if you came back a few days early, Li Zhenzhen's girl returned here two days ago to say goodbye to us." ”

"Didn't she come back? That's what the people downstairs told me. Zhao Zheng was stunned, thinking that his sister was joking with him.

"She came back, but not alone, but with her parents. Her parents are mandarin duck heroes chasing the wind, their martial arts are incredibly high, their whereabouts are ethereal, they come and go without a shadow, and ordinary people can't even see a shadow. The family entered the inn, avoided the idlers, etc., found me alone, and then thanked me for taking care of Li Zhenzhen. Their family came too suddenly, and the name of the mandarin duck chasing the wind was too big, which really surprised me. Li Zhenzhen told me the reason, it turned out that she was caught by her parents when she was in a hurry, and she had to follow her parents home, and on the way home, she came here to say goodbye to me by the way. The family was in a hurry, and after meeting with me, they left in a hurry. The whereabouts of the Mandarin Duck Chasing the Wind are not trivial, and it is inconvenient to talk nonsense everywhere, so I have been hiding it from the people in the inn and have not mentioned it. Shen Luoxia explained.

Li Zhenzhen came out of the house secretly, and when a young lady like her ran away from home, the family would naturally be very worried and try their best to find her. With the ability to chase the wind and the mandarin duck, Li Zhenzhen can't escape from the palm of their couple, so it's only a matter of time before they are found.

After Zhao Zheng heard this, he was stunned at first, then turned disappointed, and finally faintly lost a little. Li Zhenzhen ran away from home, and after being taken away by her parents this time, she will definitely be strictly disciplined, and she will never be able to step out of the house again. This difference, the two don't know what year and month they can see each other again.

Zhao Zheng was so sad that he even forgot about the silver ticket, and said with a light sigh: "There is no banquet in the world that will not be dispersed, I have long expected that sooner or later I will be separated from her." ”

"She was very worried about you, and before leaving, she gave me a letter, saying that she wanted me to hand it over to you with my own hands, and that she was not allowed to peep at it, let alone show it to outsiders. When I saw that she was solemn, I did not bother her, and kept the letter well, without opening it without permission. Shen Luoxia got up, walked to the dresser, opened the drawer, took out a white letter from the dark compartment, and handed it to Zhao Zheng.

Zhao Zheng took the letter in his hand and looked at it, the words on it were written by Li Zhenzhen, when the two of them blackmailed the three members together, it was Li Zhenzhen who wrote the blackmail letter. He pinched it with his hand, and felt that it was very thick, and it seemed that a lot of paper was stuffed, and his heart immediately jumped, reminding him of the silver ticket.

Shen Luoxia guessed that what was written in the letter must be some whispers that were inconvenient for outsiders to see, and said with a thoughtful smile: "Little brother, you go back to the house and take a look." I'm not too late to see you when you're done. ”

"Well, then I'll go back to the house first." Zhao Zheng couldn't wait for this, so he immediately took the letter back to his room, closed the door, and opened the letter.