Chapter 88.

After saying this, Ye Frost picked up the meat bun and gnawed on it fiercely as if he was letting off steam.

Hearing this, Zhou An revealed a dazed expression.

No wonder Ye Frost was so demoralized.

This time, Ye Frost had come to Settlement County in order to cooperate with the Zhen Gui Si to solve the big trouble this time.

The trouble had already been resolved, so Ye Frost would not continue to stay for long.

“What, you still can’t let go of me?” Zhou An ate a mouthful of buns and said with a smile.

Ye Frost glared at Zhou An, “Who can’t spare you, I was just thinking that I haven’t finished all the delicious food in Anding County.”

Zhou An almost didn’t spit out the porridge in his mouth.

“When you go to another place, won’t you still be able to dress up and eat like this?”

Ye Frost took another bite of the bun and shook her head, “It’s not the same.”

Exactly where it was different, she couldn’t say.

Zhou An waved his hand, “Come on, come on, how is it different? You’ll still be eating and drinking furiously when the time comes.”

Ye Frost glared at Zhou An again.

This guy, why is he so angry?

Is this called binge eating and drinking?

This is called savoring food.

While thinking, Ye Frost took the bun as Zhou An and bit into it fiercely.

Zhou An also ate a lot at this time, put down the spoon and said, “Tomorrow, I’ll give you a ride?”

Ye Frost nodded, “Okay, just treat me to a big meal tomorrow morning.”

Mentioning this, the first thing Ye Frost thought of was eating.

“Tomorrow morning, on that specialty street, I’ll fill you up.” Zhou An laughed.

“But it has to be earlier, I still have to order.”

The two didn’t say anything else, and after eating, Zhou An headed to the Yamen.

At this time, the yamen was already cloudy, and not a single constable was talking.

Of course Zhou An knew what was going on, but he wasn’t clear on the details.

It didn’t matter if he wasn’t clear on the details, someone else was.

Zhou An pulled Yu Hang and asked, “Old Yu, what happened?”

Yu Hang did not even look at the book at this moment, looked around and whispered, “You don’t know? County Magistrate Chen died, and seems to be the culprit for killing the children of Qingliu Village, the Zhen Gui Si has posted a list, and the people all know about it.”

Zhou An frowned slightly.

He hadn’t heard about it when he arrived, perhaps because the news hadn’t traveled so quickly.

But what the Zhen Gui Si did this time was out of his expectation.

He had thought that he would think of a different reason, after all, if this matter was told, it would not be honorable enough for the face of the Great Chu Kingdom.

But he really didn’t expect the Zhen Gui Si to be so rigid.

Yu Hunter understood Zhou An’s character as a person, and also knew what Zhou An was thinking, and said meaningfully, “Old Zhou, you didn’t think that the Zhen Gui Si was going to hide it, did you?”

Zhou An nodded, indeed he thought so.

Yu Hang hooked Zhou An’s shoulder and said, “You’re overthinking it, think about it, a person who commits a heinous crime has to be given a good reputation after his death, how in heaven can there be such a good thing?”

“Also right.”

Zhou An instantly figured it out.

Pacifying the people, although there was a process, it could always be pacified.

The things that Magistrate Chen had done, if he were to hide them from the people, even if Magistrate Chen were to die and get a good reputation, it wouldn’t be unfair to the children who died.

This matter, Zhou An felt that it wasn’t the Zhen Gui Si that was rigid, but rather that the Emperor of the Great Chu Kingdom was very rigid.

“Come on, the new magistrate will probably be around for a while, let’s go read the book first.” Yu Hang patted Zhou An’s shoulder, found a seat, and continued to look at the book.

After things were settled, the inspections had to continue again, and when they were finished, it was time for the imperial examinations.

It seemed like quite a long time, but in fact it wasn’t.

Yu Hang had to hurry up, he didn’t want to fall off the list again.

He also waited to take this brother of his family away after he passed the exam, so that his brother would not go into those dangerous things again.

Yu Hang went to read, Zhou An also had nothing to do and continued to the kitchen, practicing the Butcher’s Knife Technique.

The entire morning passed like this, and after eating at noon, Zhou An headed towards the blacksmith store.

The Fusion Casting Method had already reached the third level, this time was a watershed, and it was necessary to find a way to engage in other ways to make a breakthrough.

He was now going to liver the Butcher’s Knife first, and then raise the Fusion Casting Method to level four, so that all of his skills would be at level four.

At that point, then he would find a way to see which one to start raising.

It didn’t take long to rush from the courthouse to the blacksmith store.

When Zhou An walked in, the fellow greeted him.

“Good morning, Lord Zhou.”

There was still a gossipy look on the fellow’s face, and Zhou An guessed that the matter of Magistrate Chen had already spread here.

For the ordinary people, perhaps they would have some sympathy for the children of Qingliu Village.

But the ordinary people are more concerned about their own food and clothing, these things will only sympathize for a while.

Entering the inner room, the clanking sound had already come out, and Zhou An saw that Blacksmith Zhao was still hammering away.

The scorching heat came out.

When Zhou An crossed into the blacksmith store, he realized that Blacksmith Zhao was beating something else.

Normally, Blacksmith Zhao was hitting new tools, but today, he was hitting long, flat shaped molds.

“Yo, Old Zhao, what you hit today seems to be different.” Zhou An looked up.

Blacksmith Zhao was still clanking and banging, and without looking back, he said, “For the children of Qingliu Village, playing a bit of spirit.”

Zhou An was ready to go and work on his own, but when he heard Blacksmith Zhao’s statement, he turned around and glanced at him in surprise.

Blacksmith Zhao continued to beat, saying, “After beating, give it to those villagers who have lost their loved ones, they will offer incense day and night, and perhaps they will be able to meet each other in their dreams from time to time.”

Zhou An laughed, “Old Zhao, you’re getting quite a bit of these godly things.”

Blacksmith Zhao paused, “Lord Zhou, your soft armor should be damaged, there is still some iron material there, so you can make another pair.”

Zhou An raised an eyebrow and did not say anything else.

This guy, even knowing that his soft armor was damaged, the source was really not small.

In fact, from the time when he first fought the equipment, Zhou An could tell.

A blacksmith who specialized in agricultural tools, but was so good at blades, it was not right to think about it.

But everyone had their own secrets, just like Zhou An, he likewise had secrets.

Secrets aren’t for prying.

To be a human, one must have a sense of boundaries, or else one would be very obnoxious.

Unless it was a top-notch face like Ye Frost, it would only lower other people’s goodwill.

Zhou An skillfully continued to build with the iron.

In a short while, the new soft armor was beaten up and replaced on his body.

Feeling the affinity brought about by the Fusion Casting Method, Zhou An then felt slightly safe.

Blacksmith Zhao’s speed was even faster than his, and by this time, he had already beaten many spirit seats.

Only when the last spirit seat had fallen into place did Blacksmith Zhao stop and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

“I thought that Your Excellency would ask me.” Blacksmith Zhao laughed nervously.

Zhou An shook his head, “It’s not like you and I have a conflict of interest, besides, who doesn’t have some secrets?”

Blacksmith Zhao was silent.

This character Zhou An had long understood.

Blacksmith Zhao was a calm and steady type of character, and usually had very few words.

However, this kind of person with few words was very down-to-earth when it came to doing things.

“Old Zhao, may I ask for advice?” Zhou An didn’t bother to continue building something else.

Blacksmith Zhao scooped a dipper of water from the water tank next to him and drank it before saying, “What is it?”

“What do you think I need to do to improve my ironworking skills?” Zhou An asked directly.

Blacksmith Zhao thought for a moment and said, “Sir if you want to improve it again, I guess you have to go towards finer.”

“Oh?” Zhou An came to be interested.

Perhaps, this was the way to follow.

Blacksmith Zhao thought for a moment, organized his words and said, “Actually, the things that Your Excellency builds all belong to large pieces, even the soft armor is actually a large piece.”

“In our line of ironworking, if you want to build a block of iron, it’s simple, but to do some dexterous work, it’s difficult.”

“It’s not too much to say that your lordship’s talent is astonishing, but if you want to go further, you’ll have to go in the direction of dexterity.”

Hearing this, Zhou An fell into deep thought.

After a while, he asked.

“The finer the beating, the better?”

Blacksmith Zhao shook his head, “It’s not like that, I’ll beat one for you.”

While saying this, Blacksmith Zhao picked up the hammer, placed the red-hot iron material on the anvil, and struck it.

A moment later, two objects were placed in front of Zhou An.

One was concave and the other was convex.

Blacksmith Zhao brought the two objects together.

Zhou An looked closely and realized that the middle was tightly closed.

If Blacksmith Zhao did not separate it, he even thought it was a whole.

“This is refinement.” Blacksmith Zhao said.

In Zhou An’s previous life, he had only seen lathes come up with things like this tightly sewn together.

To have something like the blacksmith’s take on it and beat it out was truly astonishing.

“Every piece of iron has a grain, and only by combining the grain of each piece, with the grain of the other piece can you beat out this kind.”

Blacksmith Zhao explained, “Your Excellency is a beginner, so you can make it slightly simpler by making two large iron bars, and then gradually shrinking them if the two bars can be combined.”

The smaller it is, the harder the grain will fit.

Zhou An asked, “Old Zhao, what realm have you reached?”

Blacksmith Zhao scratched his head, “I’m probably able to make two grains of rice-sized iron fit together tightly.”

Zhou An: “……”

Good guy, by the looks of it, this guy is an expert.

With the new method, Zhou An was also much more interested.

He tried to follow Blacksmith Zhao’s words and punched two iron bars, then rejoined the two bars.

It was at this time that he realized that the gap in the middle was quite obvious, and even though it was punched extra flat, it could not be a tight fit.

Blacksmith Zhao received it in his hands and looked at it, “My lord, you shouldn’t hit it blindly, you need to look at the grain in the center.”

Zhou An received the two iron bars back and looked at them carefully.

He realized that there were indeed a lot of lines on the iron bars, and if he didn’t look at them carefully, he wouldn’t be able to see them at all.

With these things, it wasn’t that if they were smooth, then they would definitely be able to fit tightly.

“I’ll strike one first, then look at the lines on it before striking another one.” Zhou An said.

Blacksmith Zhao revealed a smile, “Your Excellency is really smart.”

Zhou An did not say any more and first built one.

Immediately after, he looked at it carefully, especially the lines on top of the iron bar.

It was then that he realized that this matter was really quite difficult.

To use a hammer and hammer out a tightly sewn grain pattern, it was simply harder than climbing up to heaven.

But the harder it was, the more challenging it was.

Zhou An took a deep breath, the iron bar from earlier came to mind, and continued to beat it with the red-hot iron material.

A few moments later, another iron bar took shape.

Zhou An tried to close it together and realized that only the top could be closed, the rest of it could not be closed.

“Divine speed! Godly speed!” When Blacksmith Zhao saw this scene, his eyes bloomed with luster.

Just now, he had only paid lip service to it, but Zhou An had actually comprehended it and built it, it was simply terrifying.

In front of Zhou An’s eyes, the latest text appeared.

[Fusion Casting Method (Hardness +2, Fusion +1) lv.3:120/40,000]

“This much?” Zhou Xin was surprised.

Afterward, he carefully thought about it, and it was actually the right situation.

With this level of concentration of his, coupled with the time consumed in between, it was quite normal for it to go up more.

But …… it was really hard.

He had already consumed a lot of energy when he had only managed to achieve a grain fit on the head.

It would be a big problem to have the entire iron bar fit.

“Continue!”

Brave Bull was not afraid of difficulties!

As long as there was progress, it was able to stir Zhou An’s interest and liver.

Soon, inside the scorching hot blacksmith store.

A certain man with a person living inside his liver clanked and swung his hammer.

Noon passed quickly.

When a person was serious, it was hard to feel the passage of time, perhaps in front of his eyes, time passed slowly, but time had long since flown by.

Zhou An put down the hammer and let out a long breath.

The air in his body slowly flowed, smoothing out the soreness in his right arm.

In front of his eyes, the latest text surfaced.

[Fusion Casting Method (Hardness +2, Fusion +1) lv.3:420/40,000]

Noon hadn’t been long, plus he had communicated with Blacksmith Zhao for a while and tried for a while, so he didn’t have to fight for much longer.

And building was a process.

With this kind of increase, Zhou An was already satisfied.

And he noticed a little difference, with the increase in proficiency, he was already able to fit one tenth of the iron bars.

And his building speed had also increased with the increase in proficiency.

“That is to say, this proficiency of mine won’t be very slow.”

Thinking about this, Zhou An watched as it was almost time, so he left the blacksmith store and walked towards the government office.

The afternoon was spent touching the fish again.

The news during the day was shocking enough, but by this time it had worn off a bit, and the worries of the constables, again, came from elsewhere.

When a county’s magistrate was gone, a new one would surely be sent, and they were worried that the new one wouldn’t quite fit in with the way things were done in Stabilized County.

To put it bluntly, they were worried that they wouldn’t be able to keep their positions.

After all, as the saying goes, a new official has three fires.

Especially Sun, the head constable, this rely on gifts to send up the head constable, now the heart is anxious.

Zhou An did not feel anything.

He lived his own life on the line, liver to the world invincible, that is the best.

It wasn’t until it was almost time for the duty to be dispersed that he was ready to go home with Yu Hang.

The two walked along the road home.

Nothing else happened on the way back.

With one less big enemy, Zhou An was happy to relax, and after returning home, he livered his sword for a while before falling into a deep sleep.

The next day, Zhou An woke up early, and after washing up, he walked towards the place specializing in specialties in Anding County.