Met a gambler friend on the way out, noble aura arrived

  Liu Wuzhou finished speaking, and the thick-backed knife in his hand suddenly slipped out of his grasp, flying towards Zhen Mingshu.

  The knife is spinning in mid-air.

  Everyone was staring at Zhen Ming's bitter fate, and without a doubt, if he rashly reached out to take it, he would inadvertently get his hand chopped off by the knife. This thick-backed iron knife was specially made for beheading enemies on the battlefield.

  Zhen Ming had been to the ironwork shop for some time, and the craftsmen there all knew him as a cunning fox who wouldn't get up early unless there was something in it for him, and would never fight with others without good reason.

  As expected, Zhen Ming cleverly dodged it.

  The knife narrowly brushed past him and landed smoothly on the ground, deeply embedding itself into the stone floor.

  This thick-backed knife weighs at least 50 kilograms.

  He unexpectedly praised after dodging: "Brother Liu has great arm strength!"

  Liu Wuzhou slightly furrowed his brow, the evasive action that Zhen Mingshu had just taken was precise and effortless, achieving a lightening effect without expending extra energy. At this moment, Zhen Mingshu looked like he didn't care about anything, clearly a sly and cunning little scoundrel.

  He stared at Zhen Ming for a while, then suddenly smiled and said: "I used to hear Jing De mention you, I thought it was exaggerated, but now it seems that it's not enough. As the saying goes, 'a thousand gold is easy to get, but a good general is hard to find'. With Brother Zhen joining our mining team, I believe we will be invincible."

  "Brother Liu is too kind to me."

  Liu Wuzhou looked at him with a profound meaning: "Whether or not he is promoted will be clear in ten days."

  Zhen Ming bitterly heard the words and just smiled, his eyes looking towards a woman standing behind Liu Wu.

  She was a tall and slightly plump woman, with a healthy golden complexion, possibly due to spending too much time in the sun. Her face had small freckles, and her eyebrows and eyes were somewhat similar to those of Liu Wu Zhou.

  Behind her back, she carried two strangely shaped weapons.

  "This is my sister, Liu Ermei."

  The woman looked at Zhen Mingshu with a very disdainful gaze, and said to Liu Wuzhou with an impatient face: "Brother, hurry up and take him away. Who knows if we can refine the alloy or not? Do we need to talk so much with him? I still have things to do later."

  Zhuzi stood beside Liu Ermei and asked with a smile, "I don't know if you have anything on your mind, or if there's anything I can help you with? If there's anywhere that Zhuzi can be of use, just let me know."

  "What's it to you? Mind your own business!"

  "Second sister, how can you speak to Brother Zhu like that? He's trying to help you with good intentions, yet not only do you not appreciate it, but you also hurt him with your words! Brother Zhu, don't take offense, she's been arguing with my brother-in-law for the past few days and is in a bad mood, so just ignore her."

  "Bro! Why did you tell them all this!"

  Liu Wuzhou smiled and said, "Alright, alright, I won't say anything else. Wait for your brother-in-law to come back, you can vent your anger on him, no need to take it out on the brothers of the mining village."

  Liu Ermei turned around with a huff and walked away to sulk by herself.

  It wasn't until now that she discovered the strange weapon on her back was actually two gigantic pincer scissors.

  Wei Chi Jing De approached Zhu Zi and gave him a look, hinting that he should stop provoking Liu Er Mei. Then, he walked over to Zhen Ming Ku and said: "Ming Ku brother, there are only ten days left before the deadline for the reward list. Brother Liu has high hopes for this matter because the refining of the alloy is crucial. Therefore, the location of the refining is known by only a few people, and it's highly confidential. Let's go to that place together. We can't come back until after ten days. You should prepare the necessary materials at home and we'll set off immediately."

  Zhen Ming thought for a moment, then nodded: "I need a lot of materials, some of which are quite heavy and inconvenient to bring here. Can you send a vehicle and a few people to my home to pick them up?"

  "Zhuzi, bring a few people and follow Mengku brother for a trip."

  ……

  Zhuzi stood in the courtyard of Zhenming's humble home, now holding back a bellyful of anger.

  If it weren't for Wei Chi Jingde's orders, he would have given up long ago.

  I don't know if Zhen Mingshu was intentionally bullying him, but the things piled up in his yard were not heavy, but there were a lot of them, over a hundred big and small items, all of which were materials needed for smelting alloy as said by Zhen Mingshu.

  From as big as a bucket of water to as small as a fist, each one is wrapped and sealed tightly with straw, so you can't see what's inside at all.

  Everyone else was helping, only Zhen Mingxiu stood aside with the excuse that he had an injury on his hand and couldn't do heavy work, directing others with a flurry of gestures, saying this should be handled carefully, and that was a valuable item. After much effort, they finally loaded all the usable materials from the yard onto the horse cart, and by then the sun had already set. The group finally set off in a mighty procession, hurrying to the meeting point designated by Wei Zheng and Li Jing.

  As he passed by the entrance of Zhang's house, Old Song was just coming out of the yard and saw Zhen Mingsu sitting in the carriage with his eyes closed, cultivating his spirit. He couldn't help but stare for a moment at this young man who had once made him lose face at the tofu stall, leaving a deep impression on him.

  He recognized the face with scars, a young man who had given him a hard time at the tofu stall, just a few months ago was a pale and thin, disheveled beggar, in just a short period of time, not only did he gain weight, but his body also became much stronger, and his clothes were also more refined, it was as if he had become a completely different person.

  Just as he was spacing out, a man's voice with a hint of surprise sounded beside him: "Huh, isn't this Old Song?"

  Old Song only then withdrew his gaze, looking towards the place where the voice came from. The person speaking was a man in his thirties with an eight-character beard, a pointed face and thin eyebrows, dressed elegantly, sitting in a luxurious horse-drawn carriage, poking out his head with an expression of surprise at running into an acquaintance.

  Song old man was stunned for a moment, and soon recognized this person.

  Last night at the gambling table, he was at the same table as this person, who sat across from him. Every time the other person rolled the dice, he got a good hand of cards because of this person. He became the biggest winner at that table last night, and this person is simply his lucky star.

  Old Song laughed, his wrinkles all scrunched up like dried tangerine peel, and hastily ran forward to greet him with a bow.

  That man had a smile on his face, not the slightest bit of arrogance of a wealthy person. After getting off the car, he chatted with Old Man Song in a familiar tone: "Old Brother Song's luck was really good last night, I wonder if you'll go again tonight to win another round?"

  "Go on, go on!" Old Song nodded repeatedly in response.

  "It's better to run into each other than to make an appointment, get in the car, I was just about to have dinner and then go gamble a bit to try my luck, I'll give you a ride along the way."

  "Excellent!"

  Old Song happily got into the man's carriage, and the horse-drawn vehicle quickly disappeared into the distance.

  Sitting at the back of the carriage, Zhen Ming slowly opened his eyes, looked at the luxurious carriage that was going away, and then looked at the gate of Zhang's house. The sun had just set, and Zhang seemed to still be in the doorway. He couldn't help but sigh, having such a good gambler as a husband, he didn't know how she spent her days. Little did he know, if it wasn't for running into him that night, she would have already become a spirit in the Luo River.

  He turned around and said "Call me when we arrive" to the pillar that was rushing by, then closed his eyes again.