Chapter 73: Contest

The guard was tall and mighty, and he was a head taller than the average person. He was dressed in a black guard suit with a huge long knife around his waist. Although he was tall, he walked very lightly, walking silently beside the third princess of Yunshao State, and he was a master at first glance.
The three princesses of Yunshao Kingdom wore a light red Luo skirt. The clothes of the aristocratic women of Yunshao Kingdom were very gorgeous. The light red Luo skirt was embroidered with many flowers with gold silk, and the neckline and cuffs were heavily laced. , Very graceful and luxurious. The third princess wears a lotus bud-shaped crown on her head, and her face is covered with a thin veil, which can vaguely reveal her beautiful goose-egg face, and the exposed big eyes are shining with Linghui's light.
Qin Jiu only glanced at it and knew that she was the servant girl Shang Ling'er who was riding on the side of the carriage when the envoy of the State of Yunshao entered Beijing. The real identity was Shang Chuchu, the third princess of the State of Yunshao, and Ling'er was only hers. Nickname.
Qin Jiu saw Shang Chuchu strolling under the guidance of the palace people, every move was dignified and elegant, but a pair of eyes glumped around, revealing her agile nature. She seemed to be looking for someone, and finally when the pair of cut water and clear eyes were focused in one direction, Qin Jiu followed her gaze and saw Wang Yan Su of Anling sitting in the pergola opposite.
Yan Su did not know that he was being watched. In such a lively place, he was half hanging his face, as if thinking about something, his sword eyebrows were slightly condensed, his handsome face was cold, and he was lined with a splendid gown with white clouds, so cold. .
Qin Jiu smiled, his face calm, but a hint of mockery surged in his heart.
In the past two years, Qin Jiu has also inquired a lot about Yan Su's news. He was extremely clever, and in recent years he has won many courtiers, and he has gone smoothly on the road to seizing his prodigy. In the past two years, Emperor Qing has never established Yan Min as the prince, and he has a great relationship with Yan Su. It can be seen that he originally had a high desire for power, but he was accustomed to making such a calm and upright posture.
With a sneer on the corner of Qin Jiu's lips, he looked away from Yan Su's face. At this time, a female official who followed the third princess Shang Chuchu's side attracted Qin Jiu's attention. The woman was about twenty years old. She was wearing a light blue Luo skirt, and the skirt and cuffs were embroidered with thicker silk threads. She has a clear and beautiful appearance, and her hair is combed into a cloud-like bun, revealing a domineering look, and there is a hint of sharpness in her beautiful eyes.
Qin Jiu looked at the female officer a few times and smiled faintly.
When she sent someone to Yunshao country to inquire about the temperament and appearance of the third princess Shang Chuchu, she also inquired about the first princess and second princess Shang Sisi of Yunshao country by the way. The appearance and momentum of this female official were very similar to Shang Sisi. From this point of view, the queen should be very clear about the temper of the third princess Shang Chuchu, and she was probably afraid that she would go to Yuguo to mess around, so she secretly asked the second princess Shang Sisi to follow.
The third princess, Shang Chuchu, stared at Yan Su for a while, before receiving a response, she curled her eyelashes and went to the pergola under the guidance of the palace.
The martial arts field in Mingyue Villa Garden is very large, with hundreds of steps in length and width, and the ground is covered with tender grass. There are several flowerbeds around the martial arts field, planting various precious flowers and trees. The pergola scattered around the martial arts field was full of people at this time, all of whom were countable figures in Lijing City. Those who knew each other acquainted themselves with each other and waited for the official start of the performance.
Zhang Nian, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, stepped forward and announced the rules of the contest. Everyone draws lots and drains each other's opponents, and then two duels, and finally the winner draws lots and continues the duel until the top three are finally decided.
The performance of martial arts soon began. The first match was against two young men, both of whom used swords. For a time, the sword was shining and brilliant, and the two of them fought dozens of strokes to decide the outcome.
In the second game, it was Xie Zhuochen's turn to play.
In the pergola where Qin Jiu was located, many were family members of officials from the DPRK and the Central Government. Seeing Xie Zhuochen on the stage, one of the officials was surprised and said: "Why, the second son of the Xie family is also on the stage. Do you want to be a concierge?"
Although Xie Dichen and Zhaoping princess Yan Shuixuan have reconciled, after all, they had also been a horseman. When the woman finished speaking, she glanced at a woman in a yellow shirt.
Qin Jiu squinted slightly, and glanced at the woman in the yellow shirt.
This woman is Wang Yuzhen, the daughter of the Luoyang Wang Family.
The Lijing Xie family and the Luoyang Wang family are both from the Da Yuguo family. In the generation of Xie Dichen, first Xie Dichen retired from the royal family and married Princess Zhaoping. Now, the second son Xie Zhuochen has come to fight for the princess of Yunshao Kingdom.
Although Wang Yuzhen is not the young lady who was retired by Xie Dichen, she is a member of the Wang family after all, her face changed slightly, and she said indifferently: "I'm afraid, Yunshao country's consort is not so good."
Yun Shao State's cohort is indeed not so good, otherwise, Yan Su would not let Xie Zhuochen fight for the position of the cohort.
For some reason, Qin Jiu heard a bit of sadness from Wang Yuzhen's words, but it was only a moment away. Qin Jiu's gaze shifted to Xie Zhuochen, who was standing in the martial arts arena. When he saw his opponent, Qin Jiu couldn't help but smile.
It was durian against Xie Zhuochen.
Durian has no interest in the three princesses of Yunshao Kingdom, so naturally he has no plans to participate in this martial arts competition. He was forced to go up by Qin Jiu, and Qin Jiu told him that he didn't need to win, just let him lose to Xie Zhuochen when he was against Xie Zhuochen. Therefore, Durian agreed to play.
Unexpectedly, I met Xie Zhuochen so soon.
Qin Jiu moved his gaze to the pergola of Yunshao Country.
The pergola she was in was adjacent to the pergola of Yunshao Country, separated by only a piece of gauze. Through the translucent gauze, Qin Jiu saw Shang Chuchu leaning forward and pointed to the durian and asked something. It seems that she is not indifferent to durian.
At this time, the duel on the field began.
Durian martial arts were taught by a serious master. He didn't work hard to learn martial arts because he didn't like martial arts by nature. However, the tricks are still like that. But it's just like that. When confronted with martial arts masters like Xie Zhuochen, they can only parry, not fight back.
The two of them fought for almost ten strokes, and saw Xie Zhuochen sprang up strangely, the human sword merged into one, and he jumped from the air and stabbed towards the durian. The durian stretched out his sword, and only heard a crisp sound. The sword in Durian's hand broke into two pieces. At this moment, the durian staggered, and Xie Zhuochen's sword power remained undiminished, pointing to the durian's heart.
Qin Jiu squinted at Shang Chuchu, and saw that she had stood up from her seat for some time. Through the veil, she could not see her expression clearly, but Qin Jiu still heard the low exclamation in her mouth. Can be heard.
On the martial arts field, Durian turned pale, stretched out his broken sword, and listened to the sound of gold and iron. The weapon in his hand fell to the ground, and his whole body was flying up and falling to the ground, and the white shirt on his chest , Was stained red with blood.
The white shirt is red blood, shocking.
A palace official used to help the durian down. There was a royal doctor here in the palace. At this time, he was asked to treat the durian, and Qin Jiu hurriedly ordered the loquat to deal with it.
Obviously, Xie Zhuochen won this competition. But Xie Zhuochen, the winner who stayed in the field, didn't look good. He felt that his sword had been taken back in time, why it was still stabbed, and also let the opponent keep so much blood.
It was originally a point-to-finish game, because the blood showed a strong meaning.
"Isn't it the end? Why did you hurt someone? Xie Gongzi's martial arts is obviously higher than Qin Zhuangyuan, you don't need to be so thrilling to win? Just want to be the Yunshao country's horseman?" A woman in the pergola whispered.
"Yeah, the second son Xie looks so gentle and gentle, how can he be so cruel? Is it really crazy to want to win?" Another woman said softly.
"Qin Zhuangyuan is really pitiful, a scholar in literary examination, with that point of martial arts can be regarded as a literary and martial artist, but I don't know if this sword will kill him, that would be a pity."
Qin Jiu listened to the discussion in the pergola, a faint smile on the corner of his lips.
She looked sideways at Shang Chuchu, and saw that she was already sitting on a chair with the help of her maidservant, but her body was still stiff. Judging from Shang Chuchu’s performance, even if Xie Zhuochen won the first place in the martial arts competition, I’m afraid it is. Missed the position of the horse.
If a stranger competes with a person you know well, and that stranger almost kills the person you know, you won't sigh how outstanding his martial arts is, you will only worry about the person you know.
Durian was lying in the pergola at this time, half-deadly closing his eyes. Before the martial arts competition, he took the pills prepared by the demon girl for him, and his pulse was very slow at this time. The old doctor frowned very worried, almost frowning his pale eyebrows. He had seen the injury of the durian and felt that the wound was not deep and did not hurt the heart. He just didn't understand why so much blood was bleeding and the pulse was so weak. He said worriedly: "Zhuangyuan Lang, you have lost too much blood. The old minister prescribes some medicine for you. You must take good care of it. Your physique is different from ordinary people. You lose blood too easily. It is better not to fight in the future."
Durian nodded weakly, and ordered Cherry to take the prescription and lay on a temporary bed.
The physique is different from ordinary people, and blood loss is too easy.
Durian wanted to laugh when he thought of the words of the old doctor.
A skin of pig blood was pre-loaded on the chest, and when Xie Zhuochen stabbed him, he deliberately put his chest up, causing Xie Zhuochen to kill him. Moreover, we must wear white clothes.
If it hadn't been for Qin Jiu to tell him repeatedly, in terms of Xie Zhuochen's martial arts, he would never be injured by mistake, and he would not dare to do it.
Although he didn't understand why Qin Jiu asked him to do this, he thought it was quite fun.
At the thought of fun, durian sweats coldly.
Sure enough, it is black near Mo, he seems to be broken by the enchantress.