The news that the little emperor is going to be established will definitely be announced to the world, if Helian Chen came tonight to specially inform King Tai'an that this matter was instructed by the little emperor, then it is obviously a superfluous move.

Therefore, this must be Helian Chen's private decision.

And the king of Taean never seemed to have any intention of sending himself to the palace......

Could it be that King Tai'an had already stood in line and chose Helian Chen?

Chu Xiaoxiang twisted his eyebrows, just don't think about it, take one step at a time, it's a big deal to fight a bloody road, and wander the world from then on.

"Zhuohua, go out with me tomorrow."

The blacksmith shop she asked Zhuohua to inquire about already had news, and she would go for a trip tomorrow.

Without the weapons at her disposal, she always has no sense of security.

As soon as Tao Yao heard that Zhuo Hua could follow Chu Xiaoxiang out of the house, she immediately jumped to her feet.

"What about the slaves!"

Chu Xiaoxiang glanced at her a little helplessly, "You take care of the flowers and plants at the door for me, as well as the weeds and wildflowers in the yard, and ask someone to clean them up." I'll check it out when I get home tomorrow. ”

Tao Yao pouted, her eyes full of unhappiness.

"The slave obeys."

Chu Xiaoxiang looked at her aggrieved little appearance and smiled silently.

The blacksmith shop is located in the east of the city, and the palace of Tai'an is close to the west of the city, and it takes nearly an hour to go back and forth.

"County ...... Miss, it was in the alley ahead, but the slave maid heard that the blacksmith had a strange temper, and ordinary people asked him to make things eight times out of ten times but refused, and the asking price was very high. ”

"Have you brought enough silver?"

"The slave maid did as you commanded, and brought all the silver taels on hand."

Luoxia Courtyard's monthly money has been saved all these years, although she is not in the house, but the housekeeper Zhao Bo is thinking about her, and he didn't let those people deduct her share.

As the years went on, and there were more broken silver, the steward exchanged the silver taels for silver bills and kept them, so they did not have much cash on hand, but there was no shortage of money.

Chu Xiaoxiang has probably seen it, and those silver taels are thirty taels.

The blacksmith shop in front of you looks like a regular blacksmith shop from the outside, but if you look closely, you can see some special utensils.

Of course, the molds used to make special tools have also fallen a layer of dust.

"Is anyone there?"

The door was closed, Zhuohua stepped forward and knocked, but no one answered.

Chu Xiaoxiang noticed that the door was not locked from the outside, so there must be someone in the house.

She told Zhuohua to step back and knocked on the door herself.

"Old man, the closed door of the blue sky and daytime, this is not a reason! I've heard that you're the best in the city, but I've got a problem for you, and I wonder if you can solve it. ”

It took a long time before there was finally movement in the house.

"You little girl is tricky!"

The dilapidated wooden door opened, and an old man with white hair stepped out.

His skin was dark, and the wrinkles on his face were layered, and the deepest part could probably hold a piece of paper.

"Old man, I came here this time to ask you to fight a dagger for me."

When the old blacksmith heard this, his face immediately darkened.

"Dagger? You're humiliating me! ”

"Don't worry, old man, you continue to listen to my request." Chu Xiaoxiang stopped the old blacksmith who was about to walk back, and then spread out a sketch in front of him, "The style and requirements have been written on it, old man, please take a look." ”

The old blacksmith had never seen a sketch like this before, and he couldn't help but be interested, and went up to study it.

"What does that mean?"

Chu Xiaoxiang glanced at it and explained, "The handle of the dagger is three inches long, and the blade is four inches long, so there can be a slight difference, but the length of the entire dagger cannot exceed eight inches. ”

The old blacksmith stroked his beard, and his gaze rested on the other part of the drawing.

Chu Xiaoxiang didn't wait for him to ask, and explained the special design of the knife body in advance.

This dagger was her favorite in her previous life, and she also found someone to customize, but the technology in this era is limited, and the finished product must be quite different.

"Interesting, interesting!" After hearing this, the old blacksmith sighed twice, and then he turned his back again, and a pair of cloudy eyes shone faintly, "I can make this dagger for you, but you have to leave this drawing method behind." ”

Chu Xiaoxiang was stunned, but quickly figured it out.

Her drawing technique is a product of modernity, and there was no such concise sketch in ancient times.

"It's a deal."

Although the old blacksmith exempted her from the craftsman's fee, she had to pay for the materials herself, as she had to use the best materials to build the dagger.

The blacksmith's asking price was very high, a full hundred taels of silver, but it was also a great value for money, after all, in this era of backward smelting technology, good ore was hard to come by.

"Miss, do you really want to buy a dagger for a hundred taels?"

On the way back, Zhuohua was still distressed about the silver.

That's a hundred taels! Ordinary people may not be able to save a tael of silver in their lifetime, but the county lord of her family spent a hundred taels to buy a dagger!

Chu Xiaoxiang just wanted to comfort her, but her keen sense of hearing made her fall into a state of first-level alert almost as a conditioned reflex.

She pulled Zhuohua into the alley on the left-hand side and silenced her.

There are usually no people in this area, but today it is even more sparsely populated, and she has discovered this problem since they came.

After waiting quietly for a while, Chu Xiaoxiang thought that he was fine, and was about to relax his vigilance, but at this moment, the sound of swords colliding suddenly sounded.

Zhuohua was taken aback, "Miss, what can I do about this?" ”

Chu Xiaoxiang asked Zhuohua to continue to hide here, "Don't make a sound, I'll go and see the situation." ”

Zhuohua didn't worry about her, but Chu Xiaoxiang's look made her stunned, and she obediently hid in the corner.

The sound of the fight was right at the mouth of the alley ahead, blocking their path, so she had to explore.

As soon as he glanced out at the corner of the wall, Chu Xiaoxiang slowly frowned.

Why is it him again?

Not far away, Helian Chen and his men, the lightly armored man that day, were surrounded by a group of black-clothed people.

Chu Xiaoxiang cursed in his heart, rushed forward and picked up the sword in the hand of a man in black who was already dead, and turned over and joined the battle.

Her combat effectiveness is extremely high, especially her individual combat ability, even if the long sword is not very easy to use, it is still an existence that cannot be ignored.

With her joining, the battle situation suddenly changed, and the man in black, who had the upper hand by virtue of his numerical superiority, immediately lost the upper hand.

Seeing that the situation was not right, the man in black in the lead immediately ordered a retreat, leaving them with no chance of survival.

"Your Highness, they're all dead."

Huo Zhao inspected the black-clothed man lying on the ground and shook his head at Helian Chen.

Helian Chen didn't say anything, put away his sword, and looked at Chu Xiaoxiang.

"Thank you Lord for your help."

Chu Xiaoxiang's expression remained unchanged, and his face still had the anger on his face when he was on a killing spree.

She threw the sword in her hand aside, turned around, and saluted Helian Chen, "His Royal Highness King Xiang is fine, Yongning will retire." ”

After that, she wanted to leave with Zhuohua.

But before she raised her footsteps, she was stopped by Helian Chen.

"The county lord stays."