Chapter 011: Brotherly Competition

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It is said that after Chu Zihou retired from the dynasty, he went to Shang Shufang to meet Chu Zican and Chu Ziyao, and the three brothers were naturally very happy to reunite after a long absence, as if they had endless words to talk about.

Today, the scholars and subordinates in the study room have been called out by Chu Zican, and now there are only three of them left in the room, so the conversation is very open.

After a few cups of hot tea, everyone drank the wine again.

When he was slightly drunk, Chu Zihou looked at the palace not far away from the windowsill of the Shang study, and suddenly felt that the luxurious palace and those exquisite carvings were like a dream, slowly disillusioned in front of his eyes, disillusioned, and couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart.

Yes, he had seen disillusionment more than once, so he did not indulge in glitz.

Seeing Chu Zihou looking at the palace not far away in a daze with his eyes, Chu Zican immediately mentioned that everyone was chanting poems against him, and everyone responded immediately.

By being slightly drunk, everyone is like a spring of literary thoughts, and when they write poems, they are all brilliant and poetic.

After a comparison of the texts, the poems and essays of the three people have their own characteristics, and they are not equal. Chu Zican felt that it was not too enjoyable, and mentioned the yƬ martial arts competition, and everyone also responded positively.

After a few rounds of martial arts, Chu Zihou gradually gained the upper hand, but he always deliberately missed when he was about to win, so in the end, Chu Zican won, Chu Ziyao ranked second, and he was at the bottom.

"Second brother, you are not righteous enough, why did you deliberately let me?" Chu Zican asked with a displeased face.

"Brother Prince's words are wrong, I didn't mean to let you, I just suddenly felt uncontrollable at that time, it can be seen that this is God's will." Chu Zihou said warmly.

"Okay, and when that move is your miss, then let's compete again, okay?" Chu Zican mentions yƬ. He was the most drunk of the three, and was obviously half-drunk by this time, so he staggered a little when he walked.

Chu Zihou lowered his head slightly and pondered for a moment, and responded: "Okay! After that, he picked up the wooden sword and stood up and walked towards Chu Zican in the martial arts training ground.

"Second brother, a manly man, if you want to fight, show your real skills to fight in a real way, this time, I won't let you get half a point, and you won't let me get half a point, can you do it?" Chu Zican looked at him with blazing eyes and asked.

"Hmm." Chu Zihou nodded at him.

"Okay, third brother, bring us wine." Chu Zican said towards the place where Chu Ziyao was standing.

"Brother ....... prince, are you still here to be real?" Chu Ziyao froze still.

"Of course it's true, get the wine, and ramble like a man?" Chu Zican said dissatisfied.

"Okay, I'll bring you wine." Chu Ziyao shook his head helplessly, lifted the wine jug from the table and threw it towards Chu Zican: "Brother Prince, catch it." ā€

"Okay." Chu Zican's body jumped slightly, and as soon as his right hand was stretched, he easily caught the wine jug.

He opened the lid of the pot and drank more than ten sips, then tightened the lid and threw it to Chu Zihou: "Second brother, you drink all the rest." ā€

"Hmm." Chu Zihou didn't push, and drank the remaining half pot of wine with a grunt, and the wine pot was thrown a mile away by him.

"Let's take it!" Chu Zican let out a loud shout, and stabbed straight at Chu Zihou with a wooden sword in his hand. Chu Zihou's expression froze, he quickly dodged, and immediately made a posture to meet the attack.

Chu Zican pounced just now, and this time he no longer took it directly but adopted a roundabout tactic when attacking. I saw that he was attacking from east to west, and every time he was about to attack, he suddenly changed direction, showing his unpredictable scheming.

Chu Zihou knew that he had learned fencing from the famous swordsman of Xi Kingdom, so he didn't dare to underestimate the enemy, and carefully figured out his movements.

It was precisely because of Chu Zihou's caution that Chu Zican failed to gain the upper hand after several rounds, and he felt more and more unhappy, so he put away his tricks and attacked directly. However, Chu Zihou's swordsmanship was not compromised, and because he grew up in the grassland, he was slightly better than Chu Zican in size and strength, so he always dodged his attacks lightly.

Seeing that his younger brother always dodged, Chu Zican couldn't help but be furious.

"If the sword is in the hand but there is no killing aura, it is really an insult to the sword." Chu Zican shouted coldly at him, and then asked him to attack.

Chu Zihou stood in place, motionless, and did not attack.

"Is it a coward?" Chu Zican was about to explode, and flew towards him with his sword, seeing that the sword blade was about to stab Chu Zihou's right eye, Chu Zihou dodged a side flip and used his strength to pick up the sword, and the sword in Chu Zican's hand was suddenly shocked away.

Chu Zican immediately fell down, Chu Zihou shouted, flew over and hugged him: "Brother, are you okay?" But he saw that a large piece of skin had been scratched on the back of his left hand, and blood was pouring out.

"Oops!" Chu Zihou exclaimed, and immediately tore off a piece of cloth from his sleeve to help him bandage it.

"Brother, I'm sorry!"

"It's inevitable that you'll get hurt in martial arts, and you can't be blamed for that." Chu Zican pushed Chu Zihou away and stood up by himself.

"Shall I go back with you?" Chu Zihou looked at his back and asked.

Chu Zican waved his hand at him without looking back, and walked out of the martial arts training ground accompanied by his entourage.

Chu Zihou walked back to the tea pavilion worriedly, and when he saw Chu Ziyao still sitting there, he sat down beside him.

"Second brother, don't worry too much, the prince's brother is not a stingy person, and he also said that it is inevitable to be injured in the competition, so naturally he will not say that you are not half a sentence in front of the queen." Chu Ziyao patted Chu Zihou's shoulder and said.

"Well, let's go, let's go back too." Chu Zihou smiled at him, got up and walked out of the martial arts training ground.

That afternoon, Chu Zihou didn't go anywhere, just stayed in the house and read, and didn't go out to greet Emperor Guangzhao until dinner time. Emperor Guangzhao invited him to dinner, he shook his head and went back to his room.

"What's wrong with King Qingping today? The love seems to be very low. "Emperor Guangzhao was busy sending Gonggong Zhang, who was taking care of Chu Zihou, to come over and question.

"Back to the emperor, this afternoon, the king of Qingping and the crown prince accidentally injured the prince's left hand when they were competing in the martial arts training field, I am afraid that I am uneasy because of this incident."

"Oh? Is the prince's injury severe? ā€

"It's not too strict, it's just scratching the skin."

"Oh, what's that? Zihou is really ....... you go and pass him on, I want to have a good chat with him. ā€

"No!" Gonggong Zhang immediately took the order and left.

After a while, Gonggong Zhang replied alone: "King Qingping has fallen asleep, and the servant has come to ask you for instructions, is it to wake him up?" ā€

"Forget it." Emperor Guangzhao waved his hand in slightly disappointed.

The next morning, in front of the court, Chu Zihou personally went to the East Palace to see Chu Zican and asked him if the injury on his hand was better.

"It's much better, it's just a trivial matter, don't take it to heart in the second brother." Chu Zican replied with a smile.

It turned out that after he returned to the East Palace, he thought about it carefully, and also felt that his appearance in the martial arts training field was a little too much, Zihou had no intention of hurting him after all, and the reason for his injury was just his own fault, after such a calm reflection, he was a little annoyed by his immature expression in front of his younger brother, so he decided to ease his brother's feelings today.

"That's good." Chu Zihou saw that his brother didn't mind what happened yesterday, so he relieved his heart.

"Uh-huh, let's go, let's go up together."

"Second brother, May 28 is my twentieth birthday, and the next day is the day I get married, so you must remember to come back at that time." Chu Zican patted Chu Zihou's shoulder and said.

"Uh-huh, of course I can't miss my brother's wife." Chu Zihou smiled and replied.

"By the way, you must come back, the future princess is a stunning beauty." Chu Ziyao came out of nowhere, put his hands on the shoulders of the two elder brothers and said.

"The third brother is really exaggerated, every time he mentions the moon ballad, he can't wait to use all the praise." Chu Zican feigned anger and said.

"Ouch, don't dare, I didn't see the second brother come back, and he hasn't seen the flower girl yet, that's why I said that." Chu Ziyao hurriedly bowed and begged for mercy.

"Okay, I don't know you yet?" Chu Zican's face was still unrelenting, but he had already forgiven him in his heart.

"Brother, it's not me bragging, I heard that the flower girl will come to the palace tomorrow to see the queen, your spirit today is better than usual!" Chu Ziyao said again.

"Gotta get it, the third brother always speaks so improperly, second brother, let's ignore him." Chu Zican said, took Chu Zihou's hand and walked quickly. Chu Ziyao was not annoyed at all, and followed closely with a smile.

"By the way, second brother, you haven't been in the capital for a long time, and you haven't even seen the moon ballad, so it's really my fault for speaking of it. Tomorrow the Hua family will come into the palace to discuss the details of the wedding with my mother, and I will also be there at that time, if you have nothing to do, you can wait for me in the pavilion on the bridge of Dongxiang Lake tomorrow afternoon, and I will pass by the Hua Yuan Road on the left side of it when I send the moon ballad out of the palace, and you will be able to see her at that time. ā€

"Oh, okay ....... this." Chu Zihou replied. Although I heard the third brother say that the woman was very beautiful, I inevitably wanted to see her, but when I thought that it was the future princess, I had no interest in seeing the beautiful face. But since my brother has mentioned this, it is better to go and see him. And in his heart, he suddenly remembered the Miss Shen family he had seen in the plum garden.

Miss Shen, it's really the best in the world! Thinking of her, Chu Zihou immediately remembered his plan yesterday, so he thought in his heart while walking towards the palace, but he couldn't listen to what his brother and younger brother said later.