The years have passed, seven years have passed, and Liu Jing, the king of Song, has reached the age of ten years old, and he has reached the age of choosing a personal guard. He vaguely remembered that there was an Antai next to his father, who was about the same age as his father. Now he also wants to choose a close guard who is as loyal to his father as Antai is, and he will play with him and grow up with him.

In Huiren Palace, the Empress Dowager Qiao Jing and the Empress Dowager Qiao Feng carefully selected eight boys with good conduct and good backgrounds for Liu Jing, all of whom were seven or eight years old. Liu Jing wants to watch them compete, and gives the top two boys who win the competition a question, and the answer that satisfies Liu Jing is selected as a close guard.

Liu Jing was about to announce the start of the first round of martial arts, when he heard a crisp voice outside the hall shouting: "Brother, wait a minute, I will also compete!" ”

The eight boys in a neat line looked back in unison, only to see a six- or seven-year-old girl running in with a happy face.

The Queen Mother Qiao Jing said lightly: "Shu'er, you are the dignified princess of the Song Kingdom, how can you compete with them?" Go back to the Splendid Garden to find your mother, don't make trouble here. ”

Liu Shu glanced at his brother Liu Jing pitifully, Liu Jing has always doted on his only sister, and said to his mother: "Queen Mother, since Shu'er is here, it is better to let her come and sit here with me, and we will watch the competition together." ”

Qiao Jing glared at Liu Shu: "I don't know how your mother taught you the rules." ”

Liu Shu saw that the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother did not object, so he smiled and sat down beside Liu Jing, and then peeled an orange for Liu Jing, and said sweetly: "Thank you, brother." ”

Liu Jing took the orange and said mockingly: "Aren't you going to compete in martial arts?" Why didn't the queen mother dare to go after saying a few words to you? ”

Liu Shu snorted lightly: "I don't want to compare now." There are eight of them now, and they are exactly competing in pairs to determine the winners and losers, and then they are competing in pairs to get one or two places. I'll just compete with the top two! ”

Liu Jing saw that her three-legged cat's kung fu showed the confident appearance of a martial arts master, and couldn't help but laugh: "You, you, you saved me the effort to solve the last question." He also peeled an orange for Liu Shu.

The eight boys were divided into four groups by lot, and the four boys who won the four groups were divided into two groups by lot, and the two who won in the end were named Qiao Yun and Ling Fei. Qiao Yun is a disciple of the Qiao family, and he is a distant cousin of Liu Jing, and Ling Fei is the son of Wenchen Ling Mo.

According to the rules, the final question of winning and losing was given by Liu Jing, and even the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother could not interfere, so everyone looked at Liu Jing. Liu Jing smiled and glanced at Liu Shu, who was confident, and said to Qiao Yun and Ling Fei: "I have a sister who is strong in martial arts, you each compete with her, and whoever she says will win." ”

Qiao Yun and Ling Fei glanced at each other, expressing doubt, and then looked at the little girl sitting next to King Song, expressing speechlessness.

Liu Shu walked up to the two boys in a good manner, made a martial arts salute, and asked, "Which of you will compete with me first?" ”

Qiao Yun smiled and said, "I'll go first!" ”

Liu Shu took the small wooden sword from Ling Fei's hand and said, "You just used the wooden sword to compete, and I will use this too." ”

Qiao Yun made a gesture of please: "Princess, please make a move." ”

Liu Shu has followed his brother Liu Jing to practice martial arts since he was a child, although he is not as diligent as Liu Jing in basic skills on weekdays, but he has learned a lot of bells and whistles. As soon as she came up, she put on a trick of "swimming in the dragon and playing in the water" in the "chivalrous sword" of defending the country, and her eyes were also bright, and she seemed to be from a martial arts family. She swished a few times and stabbed it with her sword, and then changed it to the move in the "Liuyun Sword" of the Chu State, and the footwork change was also quite orderly, which was the "Pegasus Step" of the Song State. ”

Qiao Yun saw that although the little princess's moves were as beautiful as dancing, she obviously didn't have much strength and didn't have a solid foundation, so she dodged and didn't attack, but just let Liu Shu perform her fist and embroidered legs. Anyway, the little princess can't beat him, see how long she can keep performing.

Unexpectedly, Liu Shu only made ten moves and stopped abruptly, and said to Qiao Yun: "Thank you, you give him the sword, and I will compare with him." ”

Qiao Yun saluted Liu Shu and handed the wooden sword to Ling Fei. Ling Fei saluted Liu Shu and said, "Princess, please." ”

Liu Shu, as just now, put on a good-looking pose, and then swished away. Ling Fei saw her flaw, stabbed it with a sword, Liu Shu performed only two moves, and the sword in his hand was knocked to the ground by Ling Fei. Liu Shu let out an "ah", it turned out that Ling Fei accidentally cut her sleeve when she collected her sword. Liu Shu's snow-white forearm instantly dripped blood.

Seeing that his sister was injured, Liu Jing hurriedly ran forward and pushed Ling Fei away, picked up Liu Shu's forearm and looked at it, and said softly: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, it's definitely just a flesh injury." Then he raised his voice and said, "Call the Imperial Doctor!" ”

Liu Shu didn't dare to look at the bloody wound, pursed his mouth with teary eyes, endured the pain and pointed at Ling Fei, who was kneeling beside him with his head bowed, and said to Liu Jing: "Brother, your guards will choose him!" ”

Liu Jing looked at her puzzled: "Choose him?" He hurt you like this, what if you scratch your face? ”

Liu Shu said: "My brother chooses close guards, of course, he must choose someone who can have the courage to hurt the assassin no matter who the assassin is. He didn't care that I was your sister, and he tried to compete with me seriously, and although he hurt me by mistake, he would be a good guard. ”

Ling Fei looked up at the female doll with a crisp voice, and felt that although she didn't learn martial arts well, she was quite a little ghost.

Liu Jing looked at the queen mother and grandmother, and saw that they all nodded, so he said, "Okay, Ling Fei is the close guard I chose, and he will be on duty from tomorrow." ”

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Every day before dinner, Liu Jing has an hour to play, and in summer, his first choice is to run to the lotus pond, because Liu Shu will be waiting for him there. Today, although Liu Shu's arm was injured, he was still waiting for him while peeling lotus canopy on the boat in the lotus pond. Liu Jing jumped into the boat with a thud, the boat shook violently, the lotus seeds rolled off her skirt and the boat was full of boats, Liu Shu held the boat and called "ah, yes" a few times, Liu Jing smiled and lowered her head to help her pick up lotus seeds.

Liu Jing wrapped the lotus seeds in her handkerchief and handed them to her, asking, "Does your arm still hurt?" ”

Liu Shu rolled up his sleeves, showed Liu Jing the bandaging of the imperial doctor, and said with a smile: "It's been fine for a long time!" When the doctor bandaged it, I saw that the wound was not deep, and it also scratched the black mole on my arm, I don't know if the wound is healed, and the black mole will be gone. ”

Liu Jing helped her roll up her sleeves, and said angrily: "Don't be stronger than others in the future, that Ling Fei is really, I don't know how to let you go, whether it's light or heavy, see how I clean him up tomorrow and avenge you." ”

Liu Shu said: "Brother, don't be angry, that Ling Fei must have known that he was wrong, you better don't clean him up, otherwise he won't protect you well in the future, won't it be in vain for me to be injured today?" ”

Liu Jing knew that Liu Shu's injury today was for himself, and his heart warmed, and he felt even more pity for his poor sister. He picked up the oar and slowly paddled in the direction of the star platform. The lotus flowers bloom all over the pond and are reflected in the sunset. Liu Shu lowered her head and ate the lotus seeds, and the pearl hairpin in her bun also glowed with a watery luster, just like the small dimple at the corner of her mouth when she laughed. Liu Jing looked at the pearl, his heart was warm, and he felt that it was good to have a sister, no matter who his sister's biological mother was, no matter what people in the harem said about her life experience, she was the best and loveliest sister in the world.