Chapter Seventy-Three: Sword Practice
In the blink of an eye, it was late autumn, and the maple leaves in the courtyard of the Chengyang Marquis Mansion were as red as fire, and Mo Yan stopped and stood to enjoy the autumn beauty in the courtyard. He deliberately got up early in the morning today to wait for the warm leaves in the main courtyard, and unconsciously half an hour later, but he didn't see the figure of the beautiful woman for a long time.
"Little Marquis, let's have a cup of tea and rest, Miss will come over immediately."
Xiaochun embarrassedly put the tea cup and snacks on the stone table, and secretly looked at Mo Yan's side face, with a high nose bridge, a cold jaw, and a charming Adam's apple.
"Xiaochun, what are you smiling at?"
Wen Ye walked over with the hem of her skirt, Xiaochun hurriedly stopped laughing, and withdrew from the yard with the tray.
"Little Hou Ye is early!"
Wen Ye lowered her eyes shyly and smiled, it was the first time she had officially dressed up in front of Mo Yan, I don't know if he would like it.
"The third lady is early."
Mo Yan turned around, the corners of his mouth hooked, and carefully looked at the beautiful woman in front of him. The injuries on Wen Ye's face have been completely healed, Xiaochun specially dressed her up, combed an elegant tassel bun, and there were two strands of hair on the back of her head that fell on her chest, looking very virtuous and dignified, and her red body was extremely charming and moving.
"What are you?"
Mo Yan raised his eyebrows, this outfit was indeed pleasing to the eye, but it was a little out of place for the moment.
"Isn't it pretty?"
Wen Ye frowned and bit his lip, last night he sent Ming'er to deliver the news that he was waiting for her in the main courtyard early this morning. Wen Ye was excited for a night when he got the news, got up early in the morning and started to make up, and rushed over before breakfast, but he reacted like this, and he really didn't feel very comfortable.
"No, it's just that it's a little inappropriate to practice swords and wear this body."
Mo Yan saw her displeasure, and hurriedly explained, raised his hand to pick up the wooden sword on the stone table and threw it over.
"Take the sword, I'll teach you two tricks."
Wen Ye subconsciously stretched out his hand and took it in his hand awkwardly, fortunately he threw it more accurately, otherwise he would definitely have a foreign appearance, she looked at the wooden sword in her hand and was puzzled.
"Mo Lang came to me early in the morning for this?"
Mo Yan nodded, pointed to the wooden sword in her hand, and replied with a little expectation, "I made this wooden sword for you on purpose, how about it?"
Wen Ye pursed her lips, although she didn't know why he suddenly wanted to teach herself to dance the sword, but he did quite well with this wooden sword, the sword body was smooth and delicate and coated with pine oil, she swung her wrist twice at will, the weight was not heavy or light, just right.
"Fine mahogany, full of delicate, I like it."
Wen Ye smiled happily at him, put the wooden sword on the table, and sat down to eat the pastry. Mo Yan frowned when he saw this, and hesitated
"This wooden sword is not hung to ward off evil spirits, the third lady is too weak, and today you have to learn two tricks to defend yourself."
Wen Ye took a sip of tea and raised her head slightly, disapproving, the peach wood sword can indeed ward off evil spirits, but she is not afraid of those, people's hearts are much more terrifying than cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods, and as for her daily travel, she doesn't have to worry.
"At the moment, I don't have any errands on my body and won't encounter any danger, I travel on weekdays with Wanzhao and Xiaochun to follow, and there is a secret guard protection of the "Mid-Levels Pavilion" in the capital, which is enough to deal with the crisis."
Wen Yewaner smiled, she was still quite confident in this, as long as she didn't leave the capital, she was safe, and now that Mo Yan was by her side, she was even more relieved.
Mo Yan reluctantly turned her face away, her arrangement did seem to be leaky, but Qin Ying was not an ordinary person, and the current capital was already surging in the dark tide. He took a deep breath, lowered his head and said with a cold face: "I didn't see any guards in Qingfeng Tower that day, how can you protect yourself if the people in the palace are sinister?"
Wen Ye's heart warmed, it was not to meet her by chance when he was molested by a wicked person in the restaurant that day, it turned out that he was in the restaurant at the time, if there was no girl Wang, he would not have sat idly by. Thinking of that day when Mo Yan in the palace took action to relieve the siege, he was secretly very proud in his heart, but his memories were interrupted by Mo Yan's cold words.
"Since the third lady has married into the Hou Mansion, she is a member of the mansion, and the Hou Mansion even knows how to work hard as a cook, I advise you, don't pin all your hopes on others."
"Molang ......"
Wen Ye gasped, her body was cold from her head to the soles of her feet, she didn't understand why Mo Yan was so critical of her today, and there was a provocation in her words.
Mo Yan couldn't bear to lower his eyes, so he had to turn his face away and not look at her, if he saw her pitiful appearance at this time, he would definitely feel pity and couldn't be ruthless anymore. And what she lacks at the moment is not love but a fire, rather than letting others do it, it is better for him to come in person.
Mo Yan stepped forward, leaned over and whispered in her ear, "What? With such a simple truth, didn't the third princess realize it enough three years ago?"
Wen Ye looked at Mo Yan, who was both familiar and unfamiliar in front of her, and a trace of anger arose in her heart, driving away the coldness of her whole body, even if it was her favorite husband in front of her, she would never allow to be insulted like this and swallow her anger.
"Pick up your sword and attack me at will."
Hearing him say that, Wen Ye was no longer polite, got up and slashed over with his sword. Wanzhao often practiced swords in the courtyard, but she recognized some simple movements, which should not be difficult.
"Look at the sword!"
Wen Ye used all his strength, but was easily defused by Mo Yan, Wen Ye gritted his teeth and turned around with another sword, Mo Yan turned around and raised his arm to block it, Wen Ye was so tired that he was panting, his elegant bun gradually loosened, and the hair on his chest was already messy.
"Lack of strength, sluggishness, full of flaws."
Mo Yan said lightly, Wen Ye had to yell and rush over again, this time she stabbed Mo Yan in the chest accurately, but because the speed was too slow, her wrist was clamped by Mo Yan at once.
"It hurts, Mo Yan let go!"
Wen Ye screamed in pain, he never thought that Mo Yan would make himself so embarrassed, the two of them practiced swords not only physically but also crushing in their hearts, such Mo Yan was even more terrifying than the indifferent him before.
"That's all you can do?"
Mo Yan never looked at her from beginning to end, and her words were even colder and heartbreaking. Wen Ye bit his lower lip, his eyes full of grievances. He must have done it on purpose, she must have checked the account books of the Hou Mansion in the past few days and asked him to make up some silver, thinking that he would give him a small punishment so that he could manage the Hou Mansion in the future, but now it seems that he is afraid that he will anger Mo Yan, and he is dissatisfied in his heart, and today he wants to wait for an opportunity to take revenge back, the prince of the Hou Mansion of Chengyang is so cautious, is her rich dowry still as much money as his Hou Mansion?
"If you know that you are weak, you should think about making yourself strong."
Mo Yan frowned, a little unable to see her injured expression, he didn't expect Wen Ye's body to be so delicate, but his temperament was so strong. He wanted to end today's sword practice earlier, and now he could only teach some simple and practical methods first.
Mo Yan covered his mouth and whistled loudly, and the Ming guard, who had been waiting for him, ran over from not far away.
"Little Marquis."
Guarding Ming clasped his fists, Wen Ye straightened his messy bun, and stood aside to see what Mo Yan wanted to do.
"Come here, take me hostage."
Mo Yan said lightly and motioned for the Ming guards to make a move.
"Huh?"
The Ming guard didn't know what he meant for a while, and was stunned. Mo Yan smiled coldly, stepped forward quickly, grabbed the sword and pulled it out, the sharp blade against the neck of the Ming guard, and the movements were smooth and smooth.
"Like this, hold me hostage, will you?"
The Ming guard replied in a panic, "Understood", and Mo Yan unloaded his strength and put away the sword, and it was not until the sword was returned to the sheath that the Ming guard calmed down.
"Little Hou Ye is so fast, how did you ......?"
Ming Guard's bow and arrows hit hundreds of shots, although his swordsmanship was the worst of the four guards, but he said to himself that his swordsmanship was not too bad, and it was the first time that he was snatched from his sword in front of him.
"If you are facing an enemy all day long, you will not show mercy."
Mo Yan coldly interrupted the praise of the Ming guard, motioning for him to hold himself hostage and continue his demonstration to Wen Ye.
"If a person is held hostage with a sharp blade, hold him firmly on his right arm, separating the distance between the blade and his neck, and then press his thumb with his right hand, and at the same time bend his left elbow and strike three inches below his ribs."
Mo Yan raised his hand as he spoke, Minghu
Wei was startled, hurriedly put away his sword and shouted, "Wow! It's going to hurt if you get beaten here."
Mo Yan ignored the shouts of the Ming guards, looked directly at Wen Ye on the side, tried his best to calm his voice, and said softly, "You try."
Wen Ye nodded, this move doesn't seem to be difficult, at least it's much easier than swordsmanship. The Ming guard stepped forward to hold Wen Ye hostage, but Mo Yan took the wooden sword first.
"I'll come."
Ming Huwei jumped to the side with interest, and the two of them stood far away, and he saw that the little marquis Mo was teaching the young lady the moves of self-preservation, but the attitude of the little marquis made people look not very sincere.
"If you miss, you'll be dead."
Mo Yan said coldly, and once again patiently began to try again, Wen Ye tried four or five more times and failed, she was a little deflated, plus the sword physical exertion that she had practiced for a long time was too great, and she didn't eat for breakfast, at this time, her stomach was so hungry that she couldn't gobble, so she had to look at Mo Yan beggingly, and said softly, "I'm hungry, don't you learn to do it?"
Mo Yan sighed lightly, ready to teach her one more time, he took the wooden sword down, raised his hand around her waist and gently touched her left rib three inches.
"This is it."
The moment he was touched by his fingertips, Wen Ye subconsciously bent his arm and hit it backwards, hitting Mo Yan's left rib three inches.
"Mohiko!"
Wen Ye exclaimed in surprise, and turned to look at Mo Yan, whose facial features were wrinkled, and it seemed that he had hurt him.
"Yes, this is it."
The corners of Mo Yan's mouth were hooked, as long as Wen Ye could learn, it wouldn't hurt if he was beaten by her a few more times.
"One more time."
Mo Yan raised his hand to hold the wooden sword against her white neck, Wen Ye's heart began to get upset, and her body suddenly leaned forward to deliberately let the blade touch, and her neck instantly turned red.
"What is this for?"
Mo Yan was very puzzled by her angry behavior, but Wen Ye was even more aggrieved, she said with a crying voice: "I am not good at martial arts, I don't like blood, even if I enter the palace, I have relatives by my side, why should you be difficult for me?"
Mo Yan's hands were clenched into fists, and the Qin family appeared again The current situation was unclear, and he couldn't stay at her day and night, which made him feel at ease that she was powerless to fight. Qin Ying is not an ordinary person, he participated in the civil strife in the imperial city three years ago, and it is unknown whether he may be the mastermind behind the entire rebellion.
There were problems with the mobilization of troops and horses and the deployment of the imperial city back then, and although the court had been cleared, no one knew how many people were involved......