Chapter 442 - Master Heng
x“Yes, sir!” The guard took two steps, thought of something and then turned around. “One more thing. There’s a young man outside with a sword. There are cloud patterns on the sword, and it looked like…” The guard looked up at Gongjia Heng. “Looked like your signature.”
When the guards saw the young man unsheathe his golden sword, they paid more attention. They’d been guarding the Gongjia gates for a while now so they were familiar with swords. That was why they were particularly sensitive to weapons and cloud patterns.
“Nonsense! When have I made a sword with cloud patterns?” After he arrived at King City, other than talking to the few leaders of the Gongjia family during the first few days, he had been in hibernation mode and focused on research. When had he made anything for anyone? He never sent out the swords he made either, they were all in the forging room. How could it be outside?… Eh?
That’s not right!
Gongjia Heng had a sudden realisation and almost spat his water out. “Wait wait, the kid you were talking about, how does he look like?”
How did he look like? The guard tried to recall but realised he only paid attention to the sword.
Under Heng’s gaze, he could only say, “That kid was impressive, he took Lubi’s hammer and chased after him. He looks like a tribesman and has fiery totemic patterns.”
Shao Xuan was here to visit Heng, give him some Thousand Grain Gold and request for a knife.
“Come, let’s talk in the house.” Gongjia Heng brought them to a house near the forging room. This was for meeting guests. Forging rooms were considered secret areas and outsiders must not enter.
To the Gongjia people, they would rather their house have no bedrooms but it must have a forging room. There were too many secrets inside and it was an important place. That was why they could not bring random people inside. Even the lord’s son, Ji Fang, had to sit outside even though he was here to ask for a sword.
Shao Xuan drew a knife Guang Yi had once used on a piece of white cloth. Gongjia Heng also understood what he wanted. He was told that Shao Xuan was staying in the city for a while so it was not urgent. He would forge it when he had time.
“Alright, I understand. Don’t worry, you’ll definitely be satisfied with it. I’ll fix it if you don’t like it. Right, how’s your sword? Do you need any repairs?” asked Gongjia Heng.
“Actually, I do.” Shao Xuan took out his sword. It was bent from blocking Lubi’s hammer.
“Put it here too. I’ll fix it.” Gongjia Heng offered Shao Xuan to drink with him the next day. When he was promoted to a blacksmith, many people had gifted him drinks.
“I can’t tomorrow. I’ve promised someone else I’d meet him,” said Shao Xuan.
“Who? Who’s more important than I am?” Gongjia Heng said jokingly, though there was a little pride in his eyes. He had the right to say so.
“I’m going to old Ji Ju’s place tomorrow…”
“… Go then.”
In terms of both age and ranking, he was far from Ji Ju’s rank. Although the Gongjia people were proud, they still had to recognise the achievements of Ji ‘Golden Grain’ Ju. After eating his golden grains for twenty years, Gongjia Heng was familiar with this person.
Ji Fang, who had planned to excuse himself, sat down again to listen.
But Shao Xuan did not speak much. After some small talk, he left a small animal skin pouch for Heng and left.
When he left, Ji Fang reached to take the pouch in Gongjia Heng’s hand. He suspected it was related to what Ji Ju had been hiding.
Too bad Gongjia Heng quickly hid it behind his back. “You want to see? Absolutely not!” Shao Xuan had deliberately given him ‘a look’ before he left. This was not something they could tell other people about.