Chapter 186: The Day of the Competition
Half a month has passed in a blink of an eye, and Yu Xiaoxia is either following Mrs. Liang every day, or shrinking in her own yard to tinker with this and that.
Although the time is short, the harvest is not small. Xiao Xia's charcoal pen has been transformed by craftsmen, and the refill has also found a workshop specializing in making zuò square ink to make a few samples according to Xiao Xia's requirements.
The refill of this professional made zuò is really different, it is not easy to break, the handwriting is black and shiny, the thickness is appropriate, and it is also called a hand, it is clearly a modern pencil, no, it is much more exquisite and easy to use than the pencil mass-produced in the factory.
After all, it costs a tael of silver to make such a pen, which is a pure handmade product!
The Liang family is not short of money, Liang Chenyu saw that this thing was easy to use, so he ordered a hundred at once, Xiao Xia left ten here, sent two to each master in the house, and the rest should be rewarded to the housekeeper who needs to use a pen up and down the house, the housekeeper, the bookkeeper, etc.
All of a sudden, the people in the Liang Mansion were proud to get such a charcoal.
This is the most accomplished thing that Xiao Xia feels, and another very important thing is that Liang Chenjing is going to participate in the martial arts competition today, this is the last one, and he will be a veritable martial champion if he wins it, and he will be awarded the title of first-class guard.
Liang Chenjing has been practicing martial arts in retreat for half a month, and Xiao Xia hasn't seen him much.
Originally, the competition should have been held ten days ago, but for such and such reasons, it was delayed again and again, I heard that Liang Chenjing's opponent was not small, and his strength was not bad, Liang Guogong was quite worried every time he mentioned the other party, and he didn't know how he was prepared?
Early this morning, before dawn, Xiao Xia got up early, dressed herself, and woke up the sleeping Guixiang to help comb her hair.
Guixiang rubbed her eyes and was quite surprised to see Xiao Xia, who was mostly in order: "Miss, what are you doing when you get up so early?" ”
Xiao Xia held up the notebook on the table to comb her hair. and tapped the table to signal her to hurry.
Guixiang said while busy: "Oh, the slave maid remembered, today the second young master is going to participate in the martial arts competition, the young lady is not at ease, and wants to see him off, right?" ”
Xiao Xia smiled, indicating that she guessed correctly, and Guixiang said, "Miss really has a heart." The second young master will be happy when he knows it. ”
Xiao Xia looked at herself in the mirror and was distracted. Will he be happy? He's almost forgotten about me, hasn't he? Wu Zhuangyuan or something is a false name, and it is only serious that he should not be injured himself.
Thinking of this, Xiao Xia quickly wrote a sentence on the paper. I turned it over again, drew a few strokes behind my back, then folded it and put it in the envelope, sealed it and put it in my arms.
After hurriedly washing, Xiao Xia walked out quickly, and the sky gradually turned white. When she came to Mrs. Liang's yard next door, she saw that Mrs. Liang had already gotten up. I am hurrying out while urging.
When she saw Xiao Xia at the door, Mrs. Liang paused slightly and said in surprise: "Xiao Xia, what are you doing when you get up so early?" ”
Guixiang said: "Madam." Miss Xiao Xia was worried about the second young master, so she got up early and waited to see off the second young master! ”
"Really? You're really going to feel sorry for people, just right. For the mother, I also want to see off Jing'er, come. Let's go together. Mrs. Liang took Xiao Xia's hand and came to the gate of the Liang Mansion.
Today is a big day for the Liang Mansion, the main gate of the Liang Mansion, which is rarely opened, is opened early, in order to see off Liang Chenjing, to cheer him up, once he wins the martial arts, the status of the Liang Mansion will go to a higher level, becoming one of the most famous families in the capital.
Mrs. Liang glanced around, the carriage to see off had just come to the door, and the housekeeper was still beckoning the family to line up, and the masters of the Liang Mansion had not yet arrived.
"Xiao Xia, it looks like we're here early! But it's okay to check again to see if there are any omissions to avoid mistakes in the end. You wait here, go over and take a look for your mother! ”
Mrs. Liang went to talk to the housekeeper, and then went to the door to explain to the coachman, and after a while, Liang Chenyu and Liang Guogong came one after another.
Liang Chenyu smiled and nodded when he saw Xiao Xia, whispered to Liang Guogong, and walked straight to Xiao Xia: "You came so early?" ”
Xiao Xia nodded, took out a pencil and wrote: "Big brother, is the second brother big today?" ”
Liang Chenyu nodded after a little hesitation, he touched Xiao Xia's forehead affectionately, and said softly: "Don't worry, the second brother's kung fu has always been very good, he will definitely be able to do it, don't worry." ”
Xiao Xia still looked up at him with some concern, and wanted to say that you told him to tell him not to work so hard......
At this time, a chuckle suddenly came from the side: "The eldest brother is really good to his sister, the relationship is so good, people who don't know think they are brothers and sisters!" ”
Needless to say, this familiar voice with a sarcastic and sarcastic voice must be Su Linglong, Xiao Xia turned around, and sure enough, he saw Su Linglong, who was wearing heavy makeup, holding Liang Chenjing's arm and walking over proudly.
Xiao Xia frowned slightly, at such a critical moment, she still had the heart to dress up, did she know how dangerous it was today?
I heard Liang Guogong say before that all those who enter the top ten in the martial arts competition, in order to prevent them from cheating in private, both sides must owe life and death before the competition, and the real knife and real gun in the competition process, life and death do not matter.
This is much more powerful than talking on paper, saying that you can win and be beautiful, but what if you lose?
Liang Chenyu stood side by side with Xiao Xia, glanced at Su Linglong lightly, and his eyes fell on Liang Chenjing.
Today's Liang Chenjing is dressed in a black suit, his hair is combed obediently, and the whole person looks particularly neat.
Liang Chenyu nodded with satisfaction, stepped forward and patted Liang Chenjing on the shoulder: "Second brother, no problem, right?" ”
Liang Chenjing nodded, his eyes glanced at Xiao Xia next to him without a trace, and then at Liang Chenyu, there seemed to be something in his eyes?
Liang Chenyu thought about it, beckoned Xiao Xia to his side, and affectionately slapped Xiao Xia's shoulder and said, "Xiao Xia, aren't you here to cheer up your second brother?" Just tell your second brother! ”
Yu Xiaoxia blushed a little, she hesitated slightly, took out a letter from her chest and presented it with both hands.
Who knows, he was grabbed by Su Linglong, took the envelope and looked through it: "What is this?" ”
She didn't ask any questions, opened the envelope and took out the letter paper in the blink of an eye, shook it open, and saw that the paper was a man with sharp eyebrows and a long sword practicing martial arts.
Su Linglong frowned: "I didn't expect my sister to draw this thing!" It's just that when did my sister peek at my husband's martial arts? It's so amazingly drawn! ”
Liang Chenyu said: "This is just a prototype, it's nothing, or the masterpieces of the second brother and sister are more expressive."
That's right. Second brother and sister, I haven't seen you paint much recently, last time my mother said I hope you can draw a portrait of her, when you have nothing to do, you might as well practice the pen, draw a picture for your mother to make her happy! ”
Su Linglong paused for a moment, and twitched the corner of his eyes in embarrassment: "Okay...... All right! Let's talk about it when you have time! ”
She turned around and pulled Liang Chenjing's clothes: "Husband, it's not too early." Get in the car. You have to win! If I win, I'm the champion lady, I told my sisters last time, this time the martial champion is my husband. Don't embarrass me! ”
The corners of Liang Chenjing's mouth were slightly raised, and he gently helped her sort out her sideburns: "Don't worry!" I'll win! ”
Yu Xiaoxia was very anxious, but she couldn't speak when she looked at the intimate two, she glanced at the paper that was casually discarded by Su Linglong. Bent down and pick it up, flipped it to the side with the words and sent it to Liang Chenjing.
Liang Chenjing glanced at it. Originally, he didn't pay attention, but after a while, he suddenly turned back and stared at the piece of paper carefully, and then looked at Yu Xiaoxia in surprise.
Xiao Xia nodded vigorously, pointed to a few words on the paper and said with his mouth: "You must come back safely." ”
The look of surprise in Liang Chenjing's eyes was even worse. Su Linglong also caught a glimpse of the interaction between the two out of the corner of her eyes, she was annoyed in her heart, but she pulled Liang Chenjing's sleeve with a smile on her face. dragged him to talk to Liang Guogong, and Yu Xiaoxia was left aside.
Xiao Shababa looked at the two of them very unpleasantly. Don't even accept letters? Su Linglong will definitely not let me get close to him, I hope he can listen to him, and he must come back safely, this is more important than anything else.
A force pressed on his shoulder, Xiao Xia turned around, and saw that Liang Chenyu was looking down at himself and chuckled, he said in a low voice: "Don't worry, the second brother will come back safely, the most important thing now is to give him confidence, understand?" ”
Xiao Xia was stunned, yes, now is not the time to pull back, the most important thing is to give him confidence, but I'm really worried......
Liang Guogong instructed Liang Chenjing with those words of benevolence and righteousness, and then personally sent him out and watched him get into the carriage.
From beginning to end, Su Linglong has been by his side, Yu Xiaoxia can only stand from afar and watch, but fortunately, with Liang Chenyu by his side, he comforts him at the right time, and Xiaoxia feels a little more at ease.
Watching Liang Chenjing's carriage drift away, Liang Guogong turned around and said, "Yu'er, this competition is held in the hunting ground in the east of the city, why don't you go with the old man to watch the battle!" ”
"Yes, father."
Mrs. Liang came up: "Master, can you bring a female dependent?" ”
Liang Guogong stiffened his face: "What's so good about beating and killing?" Don't get contaminated with this blood, your eldest daughter-in-law is about to give birth, and it is most important for you to take good care of her. ”
Liang Guogong left with his hand, Xiao Xia clearly saw Mrs. Liang squeezing her eyebrows at his back, she never knew that Mrs. Liang had such a childlike side, she snickered in her heart, and her nervous heart was a little quieter.
The people at the door dispersed one after another, Mrs. Liang went to talk to the housekeeper, Su Linglong walked up to Xiao Xia with a shelf and said, "What a big guts!" How dare you steal a portrait of my husband! Shameless stinky girl, don't forget that you are now nominally my husband's own sister, don't be delusional about my husband, otherwise I will make you look good, hum! ”
Su Linglong shook her head and left proudly, Mrs. Liang walked to Xiao Xia's side, looked at Su Linglong's back, sighed lightly and shook her head: "This Jing daughter-in-law, it's getting more and more disagreeable, Xiao Xia, she didn't bully you, right?" ”
Xiao Xia shook his head, remembering Liang Guogong's words before, his eyes rolled, and he hurriedly wrote a sentence on the paper: "Mother, I want to go to the hunting ground in the east of the city to watch the battle, is it okay?" ”
Mrs. Liang frowned and shook her head: "You also heard it, the lord is not allowed, that place is indeed too bloody, it is better for our women's house to go less, go, Xiao Xia, go with Wei Niang for breakfast." ”
Xiao Xia found a reason to go back to his own yard halfway, and as soon as he entered the door, he asked Gui Fang Guixiang to take him to the hunting ground in the east of the city.
Xiao Xia changed her clothes, left a letter and said that she went shopping, and took the two girls out of the house from the small corner door.
At the same time, Su Linglong, who had just changed his clothes, excused himself to go back to his parents' house to take a look, and swaggered out of the side door to the house.
In fact, the two of them are going to the same place this time, that is, the hunting ground in the east of the city where the last martial arts battle will be held.
Liang Guogong and Liang Chenyu arrived first, Su Linglong arrived later, Xiao Xia took the carriage rented by two maids and asked all the way, the place is easy to find, there are many people who go to watch the battle, but it is not so easy to enter the field.
Look, Xiao Xia and the two little girls have been stopped outside the door for half an hour, and they still can't get in.
Watching the swaggering entry of a rich and luxurious carriage, Xiao Xia was so anxious that she jumped to her feet, blaming herself for walking too quickly, and she had neither an invitation nor an identity jade tag on her body, but Gui Fang and Guixiang The two girls said that they were not allowed to enter, and the guards just didn't let them in.
What can I do? You can't come for nothing, right?
"Shangguan Gongzi! Look, Shangguan Gongzi is here! ”
"Tut, it's so beautiful! Is this a man? ”
"But no, it's a pity that such a good skin grows on a man, if it were a woman, I would definitely marry him home."
"You want to! Neither men nor women have your share......"
The people around moved slightly, and both men and women surrounded them to see the true face of Shangguan Yan, the most beautiful man in the capital.
Originally, these were all people who wanted to enter the stadium to watch the game, but they were stopped at the door without an invitation, and it was okay if they couldn't go in outside to listen to the news, everyone gathered in groups, and every time an important person passed by, this group of people always had to make a commotion, and so far, Shangguan Yan caused the biggest repercussions.
Looking at Shangguan Yan, who was still dressed in red and sitting in the carriage shaking a fan, Xiao Xia also wanted to come up and ask him to help take him in, but there were too many people to make it up at all, so he could only watch Shangguan Yan, who was surrounded by beautiful women, slowly walk in front of him lazily.
Shangguan Yan's carriage had just entered the field, and suddenly saw a familiar figure behind him, this person was light, plain and elegant, fluttering like a fairy, even if he was noble, but he was always so low-key and didn't want to attract attention, even so, everyone still looked at him sideways, and privately asked which noble son this was?
Three Princes! His carriage wasn't even fenced?
Xiao Xia was overjoyed, and quickly wrote a sentence on the paper and asked Guixiang to bring it over to the third prince.
The coachman of the third prince was unusual and extremely vigilant, and Guixiang suddenly approached, and he almost overturned Guixiang with a whip. Guixiang seems to have some kung fu, and after dodging, she reported her name, and the other party asked her to hand over the letter to the third prince.
After reading it, the three princes glanced back, and Yu Xiaoxia bowed forward with a smile, and the three princes looked at her from beginning to end, and whispered to the coachman.
The carriage stopped, and Gui Xiang ran back excitedly: "Miss, the third prince has agreed, please get in the car." (To be continued.) )