Chapter 13: Overcoming Rigidity with Softness

A gong sounded, and Zhuo Jing slowly stepped onto the stage and bowed his hand towards Situ Moxuan. Xie Yaoguang saw Zhuo Jing come to the stage and slightly hooked his lips, and it was best to overcome rigidity with softness. Situ Moxuan obviously didn't expect such a person to appear on the field, and after thinking about it, he decided to take the lead against Zhuo Jing in order to seize the opportunity.

When Situ Moxuan rushed towards him, Zhuo Jing jumped up in mid-air and drew his sword with a little volley, and struck the sword body with a blue light, and the person swept down with the sword momentum and rushed straight at Situ Moxuan. Feeling a sharp sword intent roaring above his head, Situ Moxuan took a half step back and raised his sword to block Zhuo Jing's sword and tiger's mouth, but he was shocked by the strong internal force that came from the sword intent.

Situ Moxuan, who had eaten Zhuo Jing's blow, didn't dare to take it lightly, and cheered up and dealt with Zhuo Jing carefully. But Zhuo Jing didn't plan to give him this opportunity, and when Situ Moxuan was coming, he took advantage of the momentum to jump up, turned around and stabbed a sword diagonally, neatly cutting through Situ Moxuan's clothes. Situ Moxuan, who had never tasted defeat all the way, became more and more annoyed by Zhuo Jing's teasing like this, and he already had killing intent on his hand.

Xie Yaoguang's appearance from afar, Situ Moxuan secretly gestured to Zhuo Jing, and out of the corner of Zhuo Jing's eyes, he caught a glimpse of Xie Yaoguang's hint, and immediately accepted the intention of teasing, and his moves became more and more aggressive, and there was a move that would kill him in an instant.

The fight on the stage was in full swing, and the onlookers in the audience naturally applauded again and again, and applauded Zhuo Jing one after another.

Zhuo Jing's figure is fluttering like a ghost, but his swordsmanship is extremely powerful, and he can't take advantage of Situ Moxuan's flexible dancing, but he has suffered several hidden losses in Zhuo Jing's hands, and his body has gradually relaxed.

"Yaoyao, I can't see that you, a guard, are so skilled" Xu Tianyue looked at Zhuo Jing and blurted out: "I don't know where he was taught"

Xie Yaoguang held the teacup and sipped the tea between his lips, and whispered, "You won't want to know."

Zhuo Jing learned the swordsmanship of killing, one move and one style just to kill, his swordsmanship is not only extremely powerful, but even the moves can be unexpected. As for Situ Moxuan's practice of foreign kung fu, you can see from a distance that his muscles are bulging.

This kind of horizontal kung fu can not win by brute strength alone, and it is necessary to use clever tricks to take advantage of its unpreparedness in order to have the possibility of winning. Moved his eyes to look at Situ Moxuan on the stage again, Zhuo Jing was forced to retreat, there were already a few colors on his body, gritted his teeth and raised his sword to Zhuo Jing, Zhuo Jing sneered and didn't avoid it, and went straight to Situ Moxuan, just at the moment when Situ Moxuan thought he had hit Zhuo Jing.

Zhuo Jing's strange figure flashed, and he avoided the blow that should have been fatal at a strange angle, and when Situ Moxuan came back to his senses, Zhuo Jing's sword blade was already pointing at his throat, only half an inch away, Zhuo Jing only needed to stretch out his hand, he would die on the spot, and his double mace also suddenly burst apart inch by inch, scattered all around. He looked at the scene in front of him in disbelief, and his body couldn't help but tremble.

Seeing him like this, Zhuo Jing put away his sword and bowed slightly towards Xie Yaoguang, waiting for Xie Yaoguang's next instructions. Situ Moxuan was inevitably curious after suffering defeat, and when he looked at Xie Yaoguang along Zhuo Jing's gaze, he was stunned. This woman, he met with the third prince in the restaurant that day. After thinking about it for a while, he looked at Yeluyan, and saw Yeluyan looking at the woman meaningfully, and secretly kept his thoughts.

Zhuo Jing's appearance immediately turned the situation around, but in the next game, he was defeated. In the end, the remaining eight players, including Fang Yuxuan, entered the literary examination without exception. Beiyan suffered a defeat in the martial arts test, but the literary test was ridiculed repeatedly by the Xidi envoy in the post house, and the two sides almost fought. Fortunately, King Shou came forward to mediate, but there was no major incident, and according to the secret agent's report, Yeluyan cut off Situ Moxuan's finger for this matter as a punishment.

The martial arts test came to an end for the time being, and Xie Yaoguang, who had been running around for a few days, was finally able to rest. An Ran hid in the guest house to tune the piano and play games, read books and practice calligraphy to recuperate wholeheartedly.

In the palace, Emperor Li and his chamberlain Zhang Ke climbed high and overlooked the distance and listened to the secret reports of changes in various provinces in recent days. Zhang Ke was anxious to inherit the news of the two mansions of King Shou and the crown prince recently.

Emperor Li just swept his eyes and threw the secret letter to the ground, his face was furious, "It is rumored that this Xie family has a woman who is born with a phoenix, and the two of them are going to come to the door to ask to see?" If there is a single one, wouldn't the two of them rebel!"

"Your Majesty is angry...... It's all rumors, how can it be taken seriously" Zhang Ke raised his head and looked at Emperor Li for a while: "Thinking about it, the two princes are also curious to have such a move"

"Hmph, don't intercede for them. What do the two of them think, don't I know" Emperor Li narrowed his eyes and looked at the golden dragon holding the beads on the eaves in the distance and sneered: "The old monk of Hanshan Temple thinks that a sentence of approval can affect the fortune of my calendar for a hundred years, and these two rebels think that if they get an emperor Yan, they can plot to seize my country?" It's just wishful thinking, I'm not dead yet! ”

With a few words, the sound was like the anger of the Son of Heaven, and the corpse was thousands of miles away, and the entourage knelt down to beg Emperor Li to calm his anger.

"Chen Jingning greets Your Majesty"

"It's Jingning here, let's all get up" Emperor Li suppressed his anger and looked at the county lord of Jingning with a smile, and said: "In the past few days, I have been able to pick a satisfactory person in the martial arts test." Even though I will be a matchmaker for you."

"Not for the time being" Jing Ning walked one step behind Emperor Li and strolled along the corridor with him: "This time, thanks to Your Majesty, you have temporarily changed the competition system, otherwise you may miss out on many talents because of Situ Moxuan."

"Well, it's a pity that the young man in black is a good seedling, and I don't know which one" Emperor Li sighed regretfully and said: "Do you have a recommended candidate for the examiner of your literary exam?"

"Don't hide it from Your Majesty, Jing Ning wants to recommend Xie Yaoguang. Jing Ning met her once. She is indeed a well-informed and talented woman" The county lord of Jingning hooked his lips slightly: "I think Your Majesty also cherishes talents."

"Xie Yaoguang?" Emperor Li narrowed his eyes and glanced at the county lord of Jingning and said: "Even you recommended her, it seems that she does have something extraordinary, Zhang Ke, you personally go to Su Qinglin's mansion to upload my message." ”

got the will, Zhang Ke didn't dare to delay, and left immediately. Seeing Zhang Ke leaving, the lord of Jingning County pulled his lips slightly, Xie Yaoguang, Xie Yaoguang, I want to see how you, the emperor Yanqi, will choose. You helped me block Situ Moxuan's favor, and I will definitely return it in the future.

Xie Yaoguang, who had rested for a few days, couldn't bear Su Wan's crying, and begged to go out with her to welcome Mrs. Su back to her home. The idlers on the dock were invited away by the Su family one by one, leaving Su Wan and Xie Yaoguang standing side by side. Xie Yaoguang stared at the old woman who was helped out by the maid, her silver hair was coiled up, although her steps trembled slightly, and the old woman with sharp eyes flashed a trace of melancholy in her eyes.

"Grandmother, how have you been doing these months?" Su Wan saw the old woman get off the boat and trot all the way.

"Grandmother is tough! I just miss you very much" The old lady looked at Su Wan lovingly and said softly: "You, you are becoming more and more smart"

"Grandmother knows how to make fun of me! I'm not thanking you for this."

"You kid is oily, this is ......" The old lady's words were closed in her throat, and her eyes fell on Xie Yaoguang and examined: "Wan'er, your new friend?"

"Junior Xie Yaoguang to meet Old Madam Zheng" Xie Yaoguang Shi Ran bowed to the old lady's scrutinizing gaze, and smiled on his lips. If she remembers correctly, Su Wan's grandmother was surnamed Zheng.

"How do you know that your old surname is Zheng?" Old Madam Zheng stared at Xie Yaoguang sharply.

"My father has praised the old lady many times" Xie Yaoguang smiled slightly: "Praise you for being a heroine among women"

"Who is your father?"

"Father Xie Mingdu"

Old Madam Zheng was stunned for a moment and then praised: "It turned out to be the daughter of the Xie family" and looked at Su Wanqi's lips: "Wan'er, you have to learn from Miss Xie well, don't be like a monkey all day long."

"Grandmother, don't worry, I have a good relationship with Yaoyao! In Luoyang earlier, it was Yaoyao who saved me," Su Wan took Old Madam Zheng's arm and looked at Xie Yaoguang with a smile.

"The old lady has a good reputation, Wan'er is free and easy by nature, so why should she be detained" Xie Yaoguang smiled deeply: "Wan'er and I are the same generation, how can I teach her?"

Because Xie Yaoguang is extremely polite, calm and dignified, it is really likable, and because of Su Wan, Mrs. Zheng has a little more affection for Xie Yaoguang. So he took the two of them to board the car and return to the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion, laughing and laughing in the car along the way, and they were happy. As soon as the group returned to the Hou Mansion, they saw Su Yu hurriedly running forward to welcome Old Madam Zheng into the mansion, and then returned to Xie Yaoguang's side.

"Miss Xie, come with me, there is a will in the palace"

Hearing this, he pursed his lips and tidied up his outfit and walked into the main hall with Su Yu, in addition to Su Qinglin, there was also an inner attendant in a red robe in the main hall, and the inner attendant only took a whisk in his hand, and waited for several people to kneel down before throwing the whisk.

"Your Majesty's dictation, Xie Yaoguang will enter the palace in three days to participate in the discussion of the examination questions"

Leader Xie En got up, and everyone looked at Xie Yaoguang with suspicion on their faces. Only Xie Yaoguang raised his eyebrows and sneered lightly, it seems that the county lord of Jingning really wants to roast himself on the fire...... recommended herself to Emperor Li to participate in the literary examination, and she really couldn't repay such a big gift. The rest of the people didn't know what Xie Yaoguang was thinking, and when they heard such good news, they congratulated Xie Yaoguang one after another.

Xie Yaoguang was congratulated safely, raised his eyes and looked at Su Qinglin, and read a trace of surprise in each other's eyes. In Su Qinglin's eyes, Xie Yaoguang is Su Wan's life-saving benefactor, temporarily living in the Su family, and it seems that he has only had contact with Su Wan, Xu Tianyue and others on weekdays.

A few days ago, I went to Hanshan Temple to draw an imperial swallow lottery, and in vain she became a hot figure in Beijing, not only the prince Shouwang rushed to visit, but even the lord of Jingning looked at her differently. However, she herself did not care about it in the slightest, as if she was still out of it.

"Miss Xie enters the palace for the first time, if there is anything that needs the help of the old man, just speak" Su Qinglin hooked his lips slightly: "But there are some things I still have to remind Miss Xie that people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, and some things are still not tainted."

Hearing that Su Qinglin meant something, Xie Yaoguang raised his eyebrows and looked at Su Qinglin disapprovingly, and slowly left under Su Qinglin's gaze.

As soon as Xie Yaoguang left, Su Qinglin ordered someone to call Su Jue, when Su Jue came, Su Qinglin was flipping through a stack of letters, and when he saw Su Jue coming, Su Qinglin raised his eyes and said slowly: "You are here"

"What's the matter with my father?"

"Xie Yaoguang, what do you think of this person?"

“…… Uh, I thought that Xie Yaoguang was thoughtful and had a lot of means, and I heard that he was not afraid of facing the two highnesses in the tent that day, and he was very good, and he seemed to be a talent" Su Jue thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "It's just that she herself is really elusive, and the two highnesses have eaten on her."

"She is indeed a talent, and few women have such scheming methods as her. Such a person can be used by us, but if he cannot ......"

"What does Father mean?"

"She was already riddled with scabies, so what's so strange about her dying of illness?" Su Qinglin glanced at Su Jue coldly, and the corners of Su Jue's lips hooked slightly.

For such variables that are beyond one's control, only by removing them as soon as possible can we sit back and relax.

Su Jue understood, but his heart was still stunned. He couldn't understand why his father was so jealous of Xie Yaoguang, no matter how capable Xie Yaoguang was, he was just a woman and could turn the sky upside down? Moreover, now Xie Yaoguang has not shown a clear attitude towards who to choose, so rashly removing her, once the Xie family knows about it, she will be talked about. But once she is left alone, there will be endless troubles. Suppressing the distracting thoughts in his heart, Su Jue agreed with his father's decision, looking for an opportunity to get rid of Xie Yaoguang in order to prevent future troubles.