Chapter 448: A Delaying Tactic
Chu Xia wanted to ask Zhuang Rou what was the mystery of this jade pendant, but before he could ask, Zhuang Rou, who had already taken advantage of him and got him to be a shield, got out of bed and ran away.
He felt that this kind of woman who wiped her mouth and left after eating it had a really bad conscience!
I thought that this jade pendant was actually useless, but I didn't expect that in the next few days, Zhuang Rou didn't go out again, and really stayed in the yamen honestly.
And Yang Rong didn't know where to learn that after Zhuang Rou was locked up in the yamen and couldn't get out, he led people to rush in front of the first seven and snatched the body and head back.
Although she said that she wanted Zhuang Rou's head to worship her brother, Yang Rong was not in a hurry, her head would be placed here sooner or later.
The funeral was quietly held in the health center, Zhuang Rou ate and slept every day, and did not even check the grain depot. Anyway, it is clear that they want to force the displaced people to rebel, and no matter how much money they make, it will not be enough for them to spoil it.
She went to find Chu Xia once a day and asked him if the shield was ready, which made Chu Xia so annoyed that she could only fly the pigeon and pass the book back to urge.
Today, he took out the jade pendant again, stared at it for a long time, and had a bold idea in his heart.
With this jade pendant, Zhuang Rou hadn't gone out for more than ten days, and he couldn't believe it because he was so honest.
Not to mention, the robbery of the homeless people has started to happen again, and it is the third case today. The people were so frightened that those who were wealthy in their families thought that they would not live in Hongzhou for a while, or simply go to other places to hide for a few months.
Otherwise, if you live here, you won't be able to sleep peacefully at night, and you will be robbed of everything if you are not careful.
In this case, Zhuang Rou could still stay in the yamen honestly, and Chu Xia felt that he had to make good use of this jade pendant. As long as she holds it and pretends to be Zhuang Xuewen's meaning, she can be extremely obedient.
The more he thought about it, the more excited he became, and he had already begun to figure out how to use this jade pendant.
Just when he was happy, Xiao Ran stood at the door and said, "My lord, the Xuanji Camp sent someone to send something over, and Zhuang Rou's shield has arrived." ”
"Go and call her, save me more than ten days of annoyance, my ears are about to grow calluses." Chu Xia breathed a sigh of relief, he finally came, if this shield didn't come again, he wouldn't be able to stand it.
Suddenly, Zhuang Rou's head stuck out of the window and asked excitedly, "My lord, the shield is here!" ”
As soon as Chu Xia wanted her not to hide outside her window, she watched her run out like the wind and went to the side door of the mansion to pick up her shield.
He got up and walked outside, looked at Xiao Ran and said, "You said that when she didn't go out, why was she so annoying, pestering me every day." Thinking about it, I really miss the days when she went out all day, and there is a feeling of being far away and smelly. ”
Xiao Ran looked at him expressionlessly, and he didn't dare to say the word that appeared in his mind.
"Let's go, I'll see if it's made according to the drawings I made." Chu Xia put his hands behind his back and walked out, intending to take a look.
Only then did he walk to the gate of the courtyard, and he saw Zhuang Rou running back with a shield, and his strength was growing day by day.
"My lord, this shield is very strong, but what I said is that the edges should be sharpened, and it is still so wide." Zhuang Rou carried the shield into the courtyard, pointed at it and said.
The shield was very large, and stood on the ground as high as her waist, and was two inches thick, and was made entirely of steel.
The top and bottom are pointed, and there is a circle of black edges half a palm-wide around it, and there is no pattern on the front, just a layer of red paint. The whole shield is simple but distinctive, and the incomparably bright and pure red color makes people want to take a few more looks.
Zhuang Rou touched the red and couldn't help asking, "My lord, I see that other shields have patterns, but this one doesn't, but it's better than those." ”
"Where there are patterns, it is easy for the opponent's weapon to have a support point, so that the opponent can have a chance to exert force. And this shield is smooth, and it is easy to slip away when the weapon attacks. Chu Xia stepped forward and said.
Then he turned to the back of the shield, let Zhuang Rou hold it up, pointed to a square iron trough, the finger-thick piece of iron and said, "You push this place hard and try it, be careful, don't stand on both sides of the shield." ”
Zhuang Rou held down the iron block curiously, and pushed it to the other side hard, only to click, and a row of thick serrated blades instantly rushed out around the shield, each of them was palm long, and the blade was against the silver light, which was extremely sharp.
And except for the sharpened blades around it, the rest of the place is finger thick, so it is not easy to break.
"Wow!" Zhuang Rou was very surprised, she didn't expect that the shield could be made so delicately, and it could even put a mechanism in it.
"Your Excellency, your skilled craftsman is too good to make such a shield. I really want to meet this master, he must be a knowledgeable old man. She crouched there and touched the shield, but she just jumped up and licked it.
Chu Xia grabbed her face, squeezed her face and mouth like a pig with both hands, and said word by word: "Remember, this is a picture drawn by this king. The person with the best craftsmanship in the Xuanji Camp is this king! ”
"My lord, aren't you a gentleman who doesn't know how to learn?" Zhuang Rou said vaguely, if he hadn't had to hold the shield, he would have opened his hand a long time ago.
"Humph!"
Chu Xia let go of her, stood up and stroked his hair in a chic manner, and said proudly: "It is the habit of this king, the craftsmanship of the Xuanji Camp is my preference, and the interest of this king is to make all kinds of strange and obscene objects." ”
"A small trap shield, it's hard to do a little wooden bird that doesn't automatically nod its head, you really underestimate this king."
Zhuang Rou looked at him stunned, looked at the shield in his hand again, and said indifferently: "Whatever the adults want, as long as you have this shield." There's no other mechanism, and it's really thin to put something in it. ”
Seeing that she didn't admire herself at all, Chu Xia snorted unhappily, "No, how delicate is a shield, just be strong." ”
Zhuang Rou pushed the iron back, and all the serrated blades retracted. It is completely invisible from the side, so that the horse is not afraid of inadvertently injuring yourself and the horse.
"Thank you, my lord, I will take good care of it." After saying that, she raised her shield contentedly and ran to the study where she was staying.
Chu Xia wanted to laugh a little, but it was just a shield, which made her happy like this. But that's fine, at least she doesn't have to bother herself anymore, and she can practice in the yard for a few days.
However, when he went to Qingfeng Ju to pretend to be an office, and after mixing for most of the day, he couldn't find Zhuang Rou.
Someone was sent to look around the yamen, and only then did someone say that when they saw Zhuang Zhai's horse at noon, he rode out with a shield on his back.
Chu Xia was stunned for a long time, and then she reacted, she said that she was obedient that day, and she was all pretending!
Why stay here honestly, just to wait for the shield, so I come over every day to ask if you have come. Now that she got the shield, she didn't even say a word, and even walked away with the shield and slapped her buttocks.
He patted the table and stood up, his hand inadvertently touched the jade pendant on his waist, and he was so angry that he couldn't get up in one breath, this jade pendant is useless!