Martial arts are the first in the world, and literary talents are rare in the world.

This sentence seems to be praising Bai Shangwu, but it is actually satirizing him, saying that he has only learned a little bit of bow and horse salvo, and he will get carried away after reciting a few poems. But today, Cheng wanted to make Ji Qingchen ugly and white, not only did he know that Ji Qingchen was insulting him, but in order to take revenge on Ji Qingchen, he understood the sarcasm in Ji Qingchen's words, and pretended not to understand, his face just changed imperceptibly, he suppressed the anger in his heart, and said with a smile, "Please also ask His Royal Highness Nine to appreciate his face." ”

When everyone in the hall heard Ji Qingchen praise Bai Shangwu and took the initiative to admit defeat, most of the officials were very dissatisfied with his approach, thinking that he was destroying his prestige by growing the ambition of others in front of the Lingnan barbarians, and was disgrace to Dayan and the Dayan royal family, but because of Ji Qingchen's status as the prince, they didn't dare to lash out at Ji Qingchen's cowardice in person, so they could only shake their heads and sigh, deeply expressing their disappointment with Ji Qingchen.

Only a few ministers, such as Prime Minister Pei Wenju, the Six Books of Shangshu and the Privy Council, etc., knew the intention of Bai Shangwu's invitation to battle at today's banquet, and knew that Ji Qingchen avoided fighting at this time, and blindly retreated, not because he was afraid of Bai Shangwu, not because he wanted to embarrass Da Yan and the Ji royal family, but because he didn't want to unite with the Lingnan envoys to have a grudge, which made the Lingnan mission's visit a laughing stock.

However, his actions did not dare to be angry with him, which did not mean that there was no one among the princes who did not speak. Seeing Ji Qingchen's submissive and willing to admit defeat, Ji Qian, the eighth prince who was located in the area of the royal family's children, couldn't help it, he suddenly got up and said to Ji Qingchen, "Lao Jiu, the prince of Nanling invited you to fight, why should you shirk?" Could it be that my dignified prince is afraid of him as a Lingnan prince? ”

As soon as the eighth Ji Qian spoke, Ji Hongchang on the side also spoke, "Ninth brother, the brothers all support you!" ”

Seeing that the eighth and third children both opened their mouths to support Ji Qingchen, Ji Ping, the second prince who thought the most deeply about the princes, understood the reason why Ji Qingchen didn't want to fight with Bai Shangwu, but in order to show the deep brotherhood between himself and his brothers in front of Emperor Yan, he couldn't help but say softly, "Ninth brother, second brother has always believed in you!" ”

The fourth prince, Ji Wen, also said, "Ninth brother, the fourth brother believes in your literary talent, and the fourth brother believes that you can win." ”

The rest of the princes also spoke up to support Ji Qingchen. The meaning is very obvious, that is, to let Ji Qingchen not avoid the war.

But Ji Qingchen still didn't say anything, just quietly drank the wine in the cup, ignoring the princes, Bai Shangwu, and the ministers in the hall.

At this time, I saw the eighth prince Ji Qian glance at Cha Shenxing, the right envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, in the distance, and Cha Shenxing nodded slightly. He got up and suddenly knelt in the direction of Ji Qingchen, and said in a loud voice, "Minister, please ask His Royal Highness the Ninth to fight with Bai Shangwu, the prince of the King of Nanling!" ”

"Minister, please ask His Royal Highness the Ninth to fight with Bai Shangwu, the prince of the King of Nanling!" With Cha Shenxing taking the lead, the ministers in the main hall who were dissatisfied with Ji Qingchen's submissiveness immediately shouted in style.

Ji Qingchen still didn't pay attention to everyone's invitation to fight!

The ministers who wanted to force Ji Qingchen to fight were very embarrassed, and it was a little difficult to ride a tiger, so they continued to shout, "Minister, please ask His Royal Highness the Ninth to fight with Bai Shangwu, the prince of the King of Nanling!" ”

Seeing the ministers forcing Ji Qingchen to fight with Bai Shangwu, Concubine De's face beside Emperor Yan suddenly turned pale, but she still tried her best to suppress her concern for her son in her heart, and tried her best to show the grace and grace that a great Yan concubine should have, and just whispered to Emperor Yan, "Your Majesty—"

Why didn't Emperor Yan understand what Concubine De meant? But he understood the thoughts of the ministers who forced Ji Qingchen to fight with Bai Shangwu. said to Ji Qingchen in the audience, "Chen'er, the prince of Nanling just wants to learn and practice with you, you don't need to shirk, it's better to compete with him once, if you win, I will reward you, if you lose, you are not good at learning, there is nothing to be ashamed of." ”

The ministers persecuted, and Emperor Yan ordered him to compete with Bai Shangwu, Ji Qingchen naturally couldn't shirk anymore, so he could only get up and bow to Emperor Yan, "Erchen takes orders!" Then he strode to Bai Shangwu in the center of the main hall.

"Thank you, Your Highness Nine, for your success." Bai Shangwu said sincerely.

"Hmph-" Ji Qingchen sneered, "Bai Shizi, you have already lost outside King's Landing City today, why bother to humiliate yourself in Qionglin Garden?" ”

"His Highness the Ninth is right, His Highness the Ninth Highness is indeed superior in skills outside the city of King's Landing City today." Bai Shangwu said calmly, "But so what? Doesn't His Highness the Nine think that today outside King's Landing, you have won a bit of a trick? His Royal Highness the Ninth only let Bai Xiangcheng fight alone, hiding the combat effectiveness of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, if the Xiao Cavalry Battalion is really compared to the back soldiers, I'm afraid that even the three Xiao Cavalry Battalion soldiers are not as good as one back soldier, right? ”

"If there is a first time, there will be a second time, and if this prince can win you once, he can win you a second time." Ji Qingchen said lightly, he walked in front of Bai Shangwu step by step, and said in a tone that did not allow Bai Shangwu to question, "The back soldiers are really powerful, but believe it or not, as long as this prince is the reason, the eight hundred Xiao cavalry battalion can make a thousand back soldiers disappear from this world?" ”

Bai Shangwu didn't refute, just quietly stared at Ji Qingchen who was close at hand, his eyes were full of solemnity. He knew that since Ji Qingchen could say such a big thing, even if he couldn't make a thousand backing soldiers disappear like he said, I was afraid that he already had a way to deal with the backing soldiers!

Seeing Bai Shangwu's solemn state, Ji Qingchen smiled freely, "Comparing swords and practicing martial arts, this is a trick, if you hurt Bai Shizi, I'm afraid it will hurt the harmony of Lingnan and Dayan, just now Bai Shizi said that he wanted to compete with this prince for poetry and songs, presumably his attainments in calligraphy are not low, then let's compare and write, right?" ”

Hearing Ji Qingchen propose to test calligraphy, Bai Shangwu didn't have time to think about it and agreed, "Okay, since His Royal Highness the Ninth said so, the minister naturally can't refuse." It's just a test of ordinary handwriting, and it's difficult to make His Majesty and Niangniang, as well as all the adults happy. Xiaochen's proposal is that he wants to compete with His Royal Highness Nine to engrave words on the tablet, regardless of time, regardless of the number of words, and the quality of the carved words shall prevail, how does His Highness Nine think? ”

When the ministers in the hall heard Ji Qingchen propose to test calligraphy with Bai Shangwu, they immediately understood Ji Qingchen's thoughts, His Royal Highness the Ninth is trying to trick himself! But when they heard that Bai Shangwu had no objection to Ji Qingchen's proposal, but put forward a little suggestion of his own, their hearts suddenly burst out, and they suddenly felt that this Bai Shangwu was not simple! It was just a clever turn into a sinking, and Ji Qingchen's army was defeated, so he couldn't help but move his eyes to the two people who had begun to fight in the center of the main hall.

It was Emperor Yan, as well as Bai Jin, Li Muzhi, Pei Wenju and others, who were lacking in interest just now, and when they heard the conversation between the two in the center of the hall, they all suddenly raised their spirits. Because they only found out now that the moment Ji Qingchen agreed just now, the confrontation between the two had actually begun.

"Why don't I make another suggestion?" Seeing that he had endured it many times, but Bai Shangwu was still so aggressive, Ji Qingchen also had a wave of anger in his heart, and he didn't want to back down anymore.

Bai Shangwu was stunned for a moment, and immediately said, "Your Highness, please speak." ”

"How about we write with a big cone?" Ji Qingchen calmly spit out these words.

Yes!

Everyone in the hall exclaimed, and everyone gasped.

To say that it is not difficult to engrave words with a sword on the stone tablet, this is not difficult for Ji Qingchen and Bai Shangwu, two people who have practiced martial arts for many years.

But now, Ji Qingchen wants to use a brush with Bai Shangwu to carve words on the stone tablet, which is too difficult.

It was Emperor Yan himself, as soon as he heard Ji Qingchen's words, he also got up suddenly and looked at his son quietly.

At this moment, Ji Qingchen in the center of the hall was dressed in white like snow, looking at Bai Shangwu with a cold and arrogant expression, and he had the bearing to look at the world.

The hall was suddenly silent and the needle drop could be heard!

Especially at the banquet on the side of the Lingnan Mission, there was a girl about sixteen years old who was dressed in Lingnan girl's costumes, bright and bright, and looked at Ji Qingchen quietly with a melancholy face and curious eyes.

"Good!" Bai Shangwu did not refuse after all, and in the face of Ji Qingchen's provocation, he still resolutely agreed.

"Take two stone tablets, two buckets of ink, and two large cones." Ji Qingchen said loudly to the attendants in the main hall.

The chamberlain took the order and left. In an instant, sixteen internal guards carried two stone tablets eight feet high and three feet wide and slowly walked into the main hall, and placed them in the center of the main hall, and two inner guards put two buckets of ink and two large cones in front of Ji Qingchen and Bai Shangwu.

The stones used in the palace are the hardest cherry wood stones that have been mined from the Kunlun Mountains in Xining Prefecture, thousands of miles away, in order to carve the works of famous calligraphers. Two large stone tablets were placed in the main hall, reflecting the candlelight in the main hall that was as bright as day, emitting a bright and cold cold light.

Ji Qingchen glanced at the two stone tablets in front of him, and handed a bucket and a pen to Bai Shangwu, "Bai Shizi, among these two stone tablets, you can choose one first, and I will use you to choose the rest." ”

"Then thank you, Your Highness the Nine!" Bai Shangwu was not hypocritical, he simply took the ink bucket and the big cone pen handed to him by Ji Qingchen, thought about it slightly, and chose the stone tablet in front of Ji Qingchen. Ji Qingchen smiled indifferently, lifted the ink bucket and the big cone pen, and stood in front of the stone tablet that Bai Shangwu was standing on just now.

The two of them held a bucket in their left hand and a pen in their right hand, staring at the stele quietly, motionless. attracted the attention of everyone in the main hall to the two stone tablets.

Because I want to use a big cone pen to engrave words on the stone tablet, this is an unheard of thing, and today, the Nine Emperor Prince Ji Qingchen and the prince of Nanling, Bai Shangwu, want to stage this magical scene in the main hall of Qionglin Garden, how can you let go of any of these details?