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Teng Liu followed behind Chu Ci, and saw that Chu Ci was carrying a long object in his hand. The object was wrapped in red cloth, so he couldn't tell what it was.

"Brother Chu, what are you holding in your hand?"

Teng Liu walked to Chu Ci's side and asked curiously.

"Hehe..." Chu Ci chuckled, "You'll find out later."

While speaking, Chu Ci had already entered the room, and Teng Liu continued to practice boxing outside the room.

Tengshan's house is not big, and there are only two pavilions in the house. There is a stove outside, which is a place for cooking and eating, and an earth kang, where the family sleeps.

When Chu Ci entered the room, Teng Shan was sitting shirtless on a small stool outside, drinking tea from a sea bowl.

"Xiao Chu is here?"

Teng Shan raised his eyes to see Chu Ci, put down his bowl and said, "Sit down, have you eaten yet?"

Chu Ci nodded and smiled, "It's over."

Teng Shan turned his head and shouted towards the inside, "Mother, pour another bowl of tea for Xiao Chu!"

After a while, a woman walked out of the room, holding an iron pot to make a bowl of tea for Chu Ci, "Xiao Chu, this is scented tea that my aunt picked on the mountain, try it."

Chu Ci hurriedly took the tea and said with a smile, "Thank you, Auntie, just let me come."

The woman put the iron pot aside, brushed her hair and said, "Xiao Chu, chat with your uncle for a while, and my aunt will give your uncle a pair of shoes when you go back to the house."

Teng Shan poured himself a bowl of water, looked at Chu Ci and said, "Xiao Chu, are you ready to go to the strange place?"

Chu Ci said with a smile, "There is nothing to prepare. You can get food, clothing and utensils at Weiqing."

Teng Shan put down the bowl, and looked at Chu Ci solemnly, "Xiao Chu, although I have never stayed in the place of strange feelings, I know the dangers of the place!"

Raising his hand to touch the broken arm, Teng Shan said in a sighing tone, "You also know that uncle's arm was bitten off by a demon!"

"Xiao Chu, you have to remember, nothing is more important than your own safety!"

Chapter 21 The Knife Is a Good Knife

Nothing is more important than your own safety!

When these words came out of a retired soldier's mouth, Chu Ci was undoubtedly shocked.

The soldiers of the Longyan Empire are very loyal to the empire. In their eyes, wrapping corpses in horse leather and throwing blood for the country is their pursuit!

On the contrary, they didn't care about their own safety.

Although Teng Shan has retired from the Pioneer Battalion, the blood in his chest has not yet cooled down.

Now saying such things to Chu Ci is enough to prove that Teng Shan cares about Chu Ci very much.

Chu Ci looked at Teng Shan with a solemn expression, nodded and said, "Don't worry, Uncle Teng, I know it well."

Picking up the iron pot and pouring a bowl of tea for Tengshan, Chu Ci continued, "I will report to the Weiqing Department the day after tomorrow, and I will need to watch the night at that time, so I may rarely go back to the alley."

Teng Shan nodded, "Well, the Department of Strange Affairs is busy, so you don't have to worry about it at home. I will ask your aunt to clean the house for you on a regular basis."

"Then trouble aunt." Chu Ci put the long object in front of Teng Shan, and said with a smile, "I brought some things back this time, and it can be regarded as compensation for the kindness my uncle in the alley has shown me over the years."

Teng Shan was startled, then shook his head and said, "It's not for these things that uncle in the alley takes care of you."

Chu Ci nodded solemnly, "I know, but this can be regarded as a little bit of my heart."

"I have already delivered to other uncles and aunts."

Seeing this, Teng Shan didn't say anything anymore, but nodded at the object in front of him, "What is this?"

Chu Ci untied the red cloth wrapped around the object, and said aloud, "I know that Uncle Teng is not short of food and clothing, so this thing can be regarded as my gift to the six sons."

"For me?!"

A surprised voice came from outside the house.

In the next second, Teng Liu's head stuck out from outside the house, staring straight at the things in Chu Ci's hand.

"If you don't practice boxing well outside, brat, what are you listening to!"

Teng Shan stared at Teng Liu with a dark face, and Teng Liu shrank his neck in fright.

Seeing this, Chu Ci laughed, "Uncle Teng, don't scare him."

After finishing speaking, Chu Ci waved to Teng Liu who was outside the house, "Liu Zi, come in quickly!"

"Hey!" Teng Liu responded excitedly when he heard the words, and walked into the room quickly.

Sitting beside Teng Shan, Teng Liu looked expectantly at Chu Ci completely undoing the red cloth.

"It's a knife! A horizontal knife!"

After seeing clearly what was inside the red cloth, Teng Liu exclaimed in an instant.

Wrapped in the red cloth is a horizontal knife, which is a very popular style in the Longyan Empire.

The iron-wood scabbard is dark and deep in color, and looks very calm and solemn.

The handle of the knife is slightly longer, which can be held with one hand or horizontally with both hands. The surface is wrapped with fine hemp rope, which is non-slip and beautiful.

Chu Ci grabbed the scabbard with one hand and the handle with the other, and then pulled it out forcefully.

Clang!

Accompanied by the crisp sound of the knife, the long knife was unsheathed.

The knife is three feet and seven inches long, with a straight blade and a single-sided edge, sharp and glaring.

A groove of blood runs straight from the handle to the tip of the knife. This is a murder weapon!

Gudong!

Teng Liu stared intently at the long knife in Chu Ci's hand, and swallowed subconsciously.

Chu Ci turned the blade and handed the handle to Teng Shan, "Uncle Teng, what do you think of this knife?"

Teng Shan took the long saber with one hand, held it upright in front of him and looked at it carefully for a moment, then his wrist shook, and the blade began to vibrate hummingly.

After listening for a while, Teng Shan nodded in satisfaction, "Good knife!"

Looking at Chu Ci, Teng Shan said with a smile, "I bought it at Tie Zhongtang, right?"

Chu Ci nodded, "That's right, I know it's for Uncle Teng, Tie Zhongtang chose this knife himself."

"Haha..." Teng Shan laughed for a while when he heard the words, "When I joined the army, I bought a knife from him."

"That knife followed me to fight in the north and south, but killed a lot of enemies!"

"But it's a pity..." Teng Shan sighed softly, "In the war three years ago, the knife followed my arm, and all of it was destroyed!"

Chu Ci looked at Teng Liu, who was eager to try, and said with a smile, "Uncle Teng, don't worry about it, now you can count as a successor, right?"

Teng Shan looked at Teng Liu, with a smile in his eyes, and handed the long knife in his hand to Teng Liu.

"Stinky boy, why don't you hurry up and thank you Brother Chu!"

Teng Liu took the long knife carefully with both hands, and showed a big smile towards Chu Ci, "Thank you, Brother Chu!"

Chu Ci smiled and rubbed Teng Liu's head, "Okay, put it away quickly!"

"Practice the knife well, it will be your best partner in the future!"

Teng Liu put away the long knife, nodded heavily, "Yes, I know!"

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When I left Tengshan's house, it was getting late.

Chu Ci did not go to the palace, but went straight back to his home.

Lying on the bed with his clothes on, Chu Ci slightly closed his eyes.

[The value of killing monsters is 150 points, the second floor of Forging Dragon Court, which cannot be upgraded. 】

After a while, Chu Ci opened his eyes, and at the same time began to think about where to find a monster, so that he could kill it and exchange it for monster killing value.

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In the early morning, Chu Ci got up, washed up, and left Wuyi Lane after breakfast.

Today is the last day before Chu Ci reported at the Weiqing Department. It may not be easy to be so leisurely in the future, so Chu Ci plans to take a good look at the capital of the Dragon Yan Empire.

Outside Niaoyi Lane is Ping'an Street. If you walk north along Ping'an Street, you will arrive at the most prosperous street in the capital, Zhongyuan Street.

The entire Zhongyuan Street is paved with three-foot-square stone slabs. The gaps between the stone slabs are very narrow, and they are connected together like a whole.

The streets are wide enough to accommodate eight carriages abreast.

There are row upon row of shops on both sides, and there is an endless stream of pedestrians coming and going.

Chu Ci strolled along Zhongyuan Street, turning his head left and right to look around, eyes full of surprise and curiosity.

In front of a teahouse, Chu Ci suddenly stopped.

Turning his head slightly, Chu Ci listened intently to the voice coming from the second floor of the teahouse.

Chapter 22

Misty rain in Lihu in March~

Who is flirting and playing the pipa~

Wind pulls long hair Bai Meisheng~

Blossoms falling, drunken beauty with a smile~

The lonely figure on the broken bridge in the setting sun~

Looking forward to your return day and night~

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Wu Nong's soft words drifted into Chu Ci's ears from the second floor of the teahouse.

The tone is melodious and sticky, just like the gentle Jiangnan water town in the previous life.

Chu Ci stopped in front of the teahouse, quietly listening to this rare song.

"Guest officer, please drink tea~"

Seeing Chu Ci standing still, the waiter at the entrance of the teahouse greeted Chu Ci out of professional habit.

Chu Ci heard the sound and looked at the waiter, "Who is singing on the second floor?"

"Oh." The waiter hurriedly bowed and said, "Guest officer, your ears are really good."

"The girl who sang the ditty upstairs is new here, and she's so pretty!"

"If you want to listen, just go upstairs and order a pot of tea. Wouldn't it be nice to listen to it beautifully all day?"

Chu Ci chuckled, nodded and said, "Okay, bring me a pot of good tea!"

"Come on, you!"

The waiter in the shop suddenly showed a smile all over his face, "Guest officer, please go upstairs!"

After Chu Ci walked into the teahouse and turned around to go up to the second floor, the waiter shouted at the counter on the first floor, "There are distinguished guests on the second floor, a pot of top-notch beauty!"

creak!

Chu Ci walked up the wooden stairs to the second floor of the teahouse.

From a glance, most of the guests drinking tea are literati with feather fans and towels, holding teacups in their hands, shaking their heads and listening to the ditty.

Chu Ci ignored these literati, and found a corner to sit down and listen to the music quietly.

From Chuci's gaze, he happened to see the side face of the singing girl.

The skin is hydrated, the eyebrows are curved, and it has the gentle and delicate feeling of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River.

The red lips parted lightly, and Wu Nong's soft words floated into everyone's ears.

"Guest officer, your tea."

The shop waiter walked up to Chu Ci lightly, not disturbing Chu Ci's interest in listening to the music.

Snapped!