Chapter 29: Competition
Hongyun Grand Theater is located in the bustling Goldfish Lane, along the Royal Street to the east, out of Jinhua Gate, to the Goldfish Lane, along the Goldfish Lane to the inside, to the middle of the alley, is the famous Hongyun Grand Theater.
When Cai Wei arrived, it was almost time, and the carriages were already parked in front of the theater, looking at the signs on the carriages, they were all the vehicles of the noble families in the capital, up to the first-class meritorious homes such as the Liguo Mansion and Prime Minister Ning, and down to the five or six grade Beijing officials, no matter how much silver ordinary people had, they couldn't get in at all.
It seems that the competition between Liu Xi and Jing Shizi has caused a lot of sensation in the capital!
Cai Wei got out of the car far away, walked through the horse workshops in various provinces, and entered the theater.
As soon as you enter the door, the theater is black and jade, the seats are full, there are people everywhere, many nobles are here on weekdays to sit in the box, but the box in the theater is limited, and the only few boxes are reserved for the princess or the first-class family such as the Liguo Mansion and the Prime Minister Ning Cheng's Mansion, and the rest are all sitting on the loose seats on the next floor, whispering while eating the almost sent by Xiao Er.
Cai Wei went up to the second floor, came to the private room she set, sat down, looked at the stage along the railing, Liu Xi and Jing Shizi had not yet come to the stage, the stage was singing an excerpt lively, which was a little benefit for everyone, the little student on the stage sang very hard with a sharp and false voice, but the audience didn't buy it, everyone was not in the mood to listen to him sing, they were whispering, talking about a martial arts competition!
One is the prince of the Houmen Mansion, and the other is the henchman of the queen's mother, the two people with very high status are together, and they are absolutely high and low in front of everyone's eyes, this kind of thing is indeed a gimmick, enough to provoke everyone's gossip.
Cai Wei took out a plate of chestnut cake made by herself from the space, a plate of boiled peanuts in salted water and a pot of fragrant flower tea, and ate it leisurely, she had already arrived, so she didn't have to worry about any danger to Liu Xi.
Later, when the two of them duel, if it is a fair duel, even if Liu Xi loses, she will only have regrets, and she will never help him cheat; However, if Jing Shizi cheats, she will never sit idly by, and will definitely help Liu Xi get justice back.
The little student on the stage didn't sing for long before going down, and in everyone's eager anticipation, Liu Xi finally came on stage.
Today, he wore a cyan short coat with sword sleeves, a pair of cotton pants with fat legs, and a pair of cloth shoes with soft soles under his feet.
After coming to the stage, he politely arched his hand to the audience and said: "Everyone, thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to witness this competition between me and Jing Shizi, I think you have all heard that there was some discord between Liu Xi and Jing Shizi, who is who is not Liu Xi doesn't want to say more, you also know that today Liu Xi challenged Jing Shizi, just to prove to everyone that although Liu Xi is disabled, he is not weak and can be bullied, Liu Xi never bullies others, and never allows others to bully me for no reason......
"Cut, if you don't want to be bullied, let's defeat this son first!"
Jing Shizi took his hands and walked out of the backstage, wearing a purple and gold crown with a bundle of hair on his head, a bright red sword sleeve with a hundred butterflies at first sight, a long spike palace silk tied with colorful silk knots, and a black satin foundation boots.
Although this body looks handsome and chic, it is very obstructive to fight, however, Jing Shizi obviously didn't take Liu Xi in his eyes, thinking that he could knock Liu Xi to the ground with only three punches and two kicks, as for how to torture and humiliate him after defeating him, that is the aftermath....
After Jing Shizi came to the stage, he was also like Liu Xi, arched his hand to the audience, and sneered: "Let you come to see us play in your busy schedule, it's really sorry, this Shizi didn't want to do it with a eunuch, for fear of pickling himself, but you have all heard that this Shizi is not coming, and there are rumors that this Shizi was hollowed out by a woman, and his limbs are weak, and he can't beat him. It's also the life of a beaten slave. ”
Liu Xi tugged at the corners of his mouth, couldn't see his joy and anger, and said: "I haven't tried yet, it is still known which of the two of us will be beaten, although Liu Xi will only embroider his legs with a little fist, but in case Jing Shizi is defeated by Liu Xi's fist embroidered legs, your Fuguo Mansion has such a useless son as you, and it will be worrying to move forward!" ”
Hearing that Liu Xi ridiculed him as the son, Jing Shizi was immediately furious and said: "The prospect of our Fuguo Mansion is not your turn to worry about a eunuch, and you are so idle that you still plan for your future, this son has a heavy hand, in case he misses and kills you, don't blame this son for being ruthless, however, if Gonggong Liu is willing to kowtow to this son now, he may be able to show mercy to his subordinates and spare Gonggong Liu's life!" ”
Fu Guogong, who was sitting in the private room, listened to his son's words, and almost rushed out to beat him, but just stood up, but was stopped by the old lady's sideways eyes. Although he knew that his son's behavior was his mother's indulgence, and he also knew that his son would ruin the Fuguo Mansion by doing so, he did not dare to disobey his mother's order, so he had to sit down in despair.
After Cai Wei heard Jing Shizi's remarks, her first thought was to hope that Liu Xi would fight for his breath, beat this arrogant guy to the ground, and trample all his nobility and self-righteousness under his feet, and see what else he was doing!
Liu Xi smiled lightly: "Jing Shizi's words are still too full, in case he loses, won't he be able to get off the stage?" ”
"I'm going to lose to you?"
Jing Shizi laughed as if he had heard a big joke, and shouted to the audience: "Will this Shizi lose to this rootless eunuch?" ”
"No, it won't-"
Jing Shizi's fox friends and dog friends had already arrived, and after hearing Jing Shizi's bark, they all cheered loudly.
"The Son of the World will win! The Son of the World will win! ”
"Do you hear that? Liu Xi, you're doomed! Jing Shizi proudly raised the corners of his mouth, looking like he was winning.
Liu Xi chuckled: "Then try it!" ”
When the time came, the shopkeeper of the theater walked up to the stage with a gong, nodded and said to Liu Xi and Jing Shizi: "Two, the time has come, please tell the officials in the audience!" ”
Today's competition has brought huge benefits to the theater, at this time, the shopkeeper's eyes are smiling, and after greeting the two, he walked to the center of the stage and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, the time for the competition has arrived, and the competition has officially begun!" ”
After speaking, he struck the gong vigorously.
"Boom!" After a sound, the originally noisy crowd fell silent for a moment, and everyone's eyes were focused on the stage.
"Liu Xi, you rootless dog minion, but relying on the queen's favor, you forgot your duty, and dared to provoke this son, this son will definitely want you to die ugly today!"
Liu Xi smiled slightly, raised his hand and waved lightly: "It's useless to talk more, please ...... the prince"
Jing Shizi gritted his teeth, in his opinion, this game has become a foregone conclusion, when he practiced martial arts since he was a child, Liu Xi had not yet been born.
"Dog minion, look at the move!" Before the words landed, his figure had suddenly rushed up, and his right hand hit Liu Xi's face directly, and the starting hand was this kind of straightforward move, which surprised Liu Xi a little, but his figure still stood in place, responding to all changes without change.
Jing Shizi concluded that Liu Xi would inevitably retreat and dodge, his right hand was just shaking, and as long as he retreated, he would not have a chance to stand firm, and he would fall within the range of his iron leg attack. But he didn't expect that this dead eunuch would dare to stand still, and the fist wind would turn into reality, if this blow was hit, it would be enough for him.
At this time, Liu Xi is no longer the powerless Liu Xi of a few months ago, Jing Shizi's fist wind came first, Liu Xi's turban on the top of his hair flew up, and then his body turned sharply to the right, Jing Shizi's blow missed, and the person was still in the momentum of rushing forward, Liu Xi took a kick on the side.
"Peng!" Jing Shizi flew out entirely.
Before and after, but in the blink of an eye, Jing Shizi took the lead in making a blow and was kicked back, which was unbelievable.
"Damn!"
Jing Shizi stepped on the edge of the stage and tried his best to stabilize his figure, and the expression on his face was a little cracked.
"I can't imagine that I haven't seen you for a few months, but you eunuch has grown a little!"
Jing Shizi suffered a loss, and was almost kicked in public to eat, annoyed and angry, pulled out a sharp sword from under his leg, this was originally a tool he planned to use to torture Liu Xi and cut his flesh piece by piece after defeating Liu Xi, but now, he planned to use it in advance.
"Jing Shizi, let's just learn from each other, if you use a sword or a sword, it's not good to hurt someone!" Liu Xi saw Jing Shizi's sudden draw of the sword, and reminded him with some surprise.
"This Shizi has long said that you will die ugly today, are you kidding you?" Jing Shizi held a long sword in his hand, his eyes were murderous, and the audience was all chilled.
Cai Wei on the stage also sat up straight, held her breath and looked at the stage, and sent her parrot to fly to the side of the stage, always ready!
However, on the stage, Liu Xi still stood still, without any expression and without taking weapons.
"Dog minion, take your life!" Jing Shizi shouted arrogantly, swung his sword up, and saw that the blade of the sword was cold and sharp, stabbing straight into Liu Xi's throat.
"Beware!" Cai Wei cried out silently, but the cry was drowned out by the inhalation sound in the audience.
At this time, Liu Xi took a sideways step, avoiding Jing Shizi's sword, grabbed his sword-holding hand, twisted it hard, and made a clicking sound, and the shoulder joint had been dislocated.
Jing Shizi's screams rang out, and the sword in his hand also fell. Liu Xi's speed was extremely fast, and when the sword landed, he caught the sword at once, and in his hand, he lightly swiped on Jing Shizi's right arm, and together with the sleeve, a long and deep cut was made, and the white flesh was white, and the bright red blood seeped out of the flesh, and soon dyed through his brocade robe, and Jing Shizi's screams resounded throughout the theater.
At this time, the people in the theater almost couldn't believe their eyes, Liu Xi in front of him actually defeated the prince of the Fuguo Mansion so easily, and the defeat was completely shattered, Jing Shizi covered his bleeding arm, screaming loudly, where was there a little power to fight back.
The audience was in a commotion, and someone shouted: "Why is it over so quickly?" Jing Shizi, stand up and beat him! ”
Some people also shook their heads, "I can't fight, Gonggong Liu's sword is slashed on Jing Shizi's artery, I'm afraid it will be difficult to take care of his little life!" ”
In the box, the Duke of Fuguo saw the scene of his son's blood flowing, both distressed and embarrassed, before his son was still arrogant and arrogant, and he couldn't live forever, but in three or five moves, people were beaten to the ground, only wailing and shouting remained, and the Duke of Fuguo was now embarrassed and thrown home!
Mrs. Jing saw that the baby Jin Sun had suffered a big loss, and she couldn't sit still, and commanded her subordinates in a loud voice: "Hurry, go and stop the bleeding for the prince...... Also, take that rootless eunuch, don't let him run away......"
As he spoke, he took the girl's hand and walked out tremblingly, Fu Guogong followed behind, his heart was anxious and painful, and he was afraid that his mother would be frightened, and he was afraid that his son would have an accident, and he felt embarrassed and faceless in front of many colleagues....
On the stage, Liu Xi held his sword, hugged his fist to Jing Shizi who fell to the ground, and said modestly: "Jing Shizi, admit it!" ”
Jing Shizi's arm was twisted and dislocated, and his arm was also cut into an artery, the blood did not stop, and half of his life had gone, where could he still care about fighting with Liu Xi, just holding his arm intently, screaming again and again.
"Okay, Liu likes it!"
In the private room on the second floor, a crisp and sweet voice sounded, and when someone followed the sound, they saw that it was a young boy in the private room of the Liguo Mansion, leaning on the railing, and applauding hard.
The little boy looked like he was thirteen or fourteen years old, wearing a splendid robe, covered with a stone blue and flowered eight-group satin tassel gown, his eyebrows were clear and beautiful, and he was looking forward to his life, and he was cheering, and he had already been pulled inside by Mo Zijing, the eldest prince in the house.
Mo Shuya said dissatisfiedly: "Dad, what are you pulling me to do, you see Liu Xi beat that Jing Shizi, the ghost cries and the wolf howls, the fart rolls and urine, it's really relieving!" ”
Mo Zijing said: "I shouldn't have brought you out, look at you, a daughter's family, just dress as a man, and have to run outside to show your face, lest others don't know that you are dressed as a man." ”
Mo Shuya pursed her lips and said, "People just can't get used to Jing Shizi's arrogant appearance, besides, Liu Xi is the queen's mother's person, and the queen's mother's person is also the person from our family, if he can win, my daughter will naturally be happy!" ”
Not only Mo Shuya was happy, but the ladies of the entire women's academy were happy for him, and when he learned that Liu Xi was competing with Jing Shizi today, almost the daughters of the entire women's academy came to cheer for him.
Liu Xi has a unique thought, elegant taste, humor, kindness, has a high prestige in the academy, is very sought after and loved by young ladies, in today's words, all of them are his fans. Liu Xi defeated Jing Shizi, and the ladies were excited, and they couldn't wait to run out like Mo Shuya and shout happily: "Okay!" ”
Seeing that Liu Xi had won, Cai Wei was also very happy, she got up and walked out of the private room, thought of going backstage to say hello to him, and when she went out, she happened to see Ning Huaixiu, the daughter of Prime Minister Ning Cheng, coming out of the private room.
As early as half a year ago, Ning Huaixiu fell seriously ill in the palace and almost died, after the illness was cured, Cai Wei issued an order to send her back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and after entering the palace for a few months, Miss Ning's mood has undergone earth-shaking changes from before, and now she cherishes the days in front of her that she has no worries about food and clothing, and is quiet and comfortable, as for anything else, she never wants to do it again!
Seeing Cai Wei, Miss Ning hurriedly stepped forward to see the ceremony, although her life in the palace was not good, but the queen could still treat her, if it weren't for the queen's mother, she would never have had the opportunity to see her parents again in her life, let alone leave the palace, she could only hide in a corner of the deep palace, gradually withering and aging.
"Lady Ginseng..."
Before she could lean over, Cai Wei had already grabbed her hand first, and said with a smile: "This palace is from a micro-suit, Miss Ning doesn't have to be polite." ”
Ning Huaixiu stood up, looked behind Cai Wei, and saw that she only brought Meng Huai'an out, and couldn't help but say worriedly: "Niang Niang came out in Weifu, why don't you bring a few more people?" At least bring Miss Zhaoqiu with you, there are so many people here, in case you get mixed up with the assassins, how can you hurt the phoenix body of the mother? ”
Cai Wei smiled and said a little arrogantly: "If just assassins and rebels can also hurt this palace, this palace will not be destined to be this queen a long time ago, don't worry, there are not many people in the world who can hurt this palace!" ”
As he was talking, an old voice suddenly came from downstairs: "Bold eunuch, my grandson is the prince of the Fuguo Mansion appointed by the emperor's imperial pen, you eunuch is just a minion, how dare you hurt people with a sword?" ”
When Cai Wei heard this, she immediately frowned, and glanced at Meng Huai'an behind her, Meng Huai'an understood, and hurried down to help Liu Xi relieve the siege.
"Miss Ning, let's get busy, the palace is just coming out to breathe, it's time to go back!" Cai Wei originally wanted to talk to Miss Ning for a while, but because she was worried about Liu Xi, she sent her away and went back to the box to watch.
The competition has ended, Liu Xi originally prepared two plays, and wanted to invite everyone to watch after the competition, but before he could get off the stage, the old lady of the Fuguo Mansion walked down from the stairs with a fierce attitude, speaking viciously to each other, looking like she was going to tear him apart.
He looked at the angry old lady calmly, and said lightly: "The old lady is old, it is better to leave some virtue on her mouth, so as not to be seen by the gods and recruit you early!" ”
This swear sentence without dirty words suddenly made Mrs. Jing half angry, she was in a hurry to see her grandson, but after listening to his words, she forgot to walk, stood on the ground and stroked her chest, pointed at Liu Xi, and said in disbelief: "You..." What did you say? How dare you be so rude to me? ”
Liu Xi said quietly: "If you don't respect the old, how can you expect others to respect you and respect you!" ”
The old lady of Fuguo has been high all her life, she has always been held, respected, and worshiped as an old lady, she has never suffered such a big grievance, and now she was slapped in the face in front of everyone, and the old lady was angry and ashamed, almost angry.
Seeing that his mother was angry, Fu Guogong couldn't help but sink his face and said to Liu Xi: "Father-in-law Liu, please be careful!" ”
Liu Xi said unequivocally: "Grandpa Guo still controls his family's mouth first, and then controls others, people will humiliate themselves and others, Liu Xi still says the same thing, I never bully others, and I will never allow others to bully me for no reason!" ”
The old lady was angry with Liu Xi, and when she saw that Liu Xi didn't even give face to the Duke of Fuguo, she scolded without words: "Phew! You're just a rootless minion and a slut, what qualifications do you have to be on an equal footing with us? Are you human? ”
"Eunuchs are also human beings, and they are also born, they also speak human words and eat human food."
Liu Xi said calmly, and there was no emotion on his face: "Those who look down on eunuchs, just show their skills, don't lose in the hands of eunuchs, if you can't even compare with eunuchs, don't you even want to be human?" ”
This insinuating remark, everyone present could hear it, and he was ridiculing Jing Shizi for not even being as good as a eunuch and not worthy of being a man.
In a short period of time, Liu Xi first injured Jing Shizi, then scolded Mrs. Jing angrily, and ridiculed the Fuguo Gong, which can be regarded as offending several important people in the Fuguo Mansion.
Mrs. Jing was used to being domineering, and now she was afraid that her grandson would suffer a loss, so she deliberately brought many more people in, and saw that her son, grandson and she were slapped in the face by Liu Xi in public, she couldn't swallow this breath, so she shouted loudly, called out the people in the family she brought, and ordered them to beat Liu Xi and fight to death.
The old lady always said nothing when she was at home, and as soon as she gave the order, those who followed up immediately rolled up their sleeves and went to the stage to beat people.
The audience in the audience were all courtiers, and there were also many sons and daughters of the minister's family, and everyone saw that they were about to fight, so they hurriedly got up and persuaded each other.
"The old lady is angry, you are a dignified second-class lady, why do you have to be like a eunuch."
"Yes, old lady, they are all disabled, even their own ancestors can't bear them, it's pitiful enough, you are a lot of adults, don't be like him..."
"Yes, with your identity, it won't sound good to compete with a eunuch......
In the audience, everyone said a word, I said a word, and I said it happily, these words, word by word, came into Liu Xi's ears, Liu Xi stayed on the stage for a while, turned around and left...
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