Chapter 195 His Highness the Prince of Qin Settles a Personal Feud
Chapter 195 His Highness the Prince of Qin Settles a Personal Feud
The scene immediately descended into chaos.
Those who were nearby had already gotten up and scrambled away, while those who didn't have time to get up simply rolled on the spot.
At this moment, appearances are irrelevant; that's a massive, gleaming sword weighing dozens of kilograms!
Cutting it off could be deadly!
So some rolled, some fell, some swayed, all sorts of shapes appeared, making the scene look quite comical.
When it comes to saving lives, no one has time to think about anything else.
Seeing the large knife hurtling towards her with perfect accuracy, Su Mowan was stunned. She almost suspected that Tang Jingzhi had secretly calculated the angle to kick it towards her.
Murong Jing, standing on the high platform, straightened his brow.
His long, slender fingers clenched tightly beneath his sleeves, his thin lips pressed together, and his narrow, phoenix-shaped eyes stared straight at Su Mowan.
Although he knew Su Mowan would definitely avoid him, his heart still tightened involuntarily, and he even held his breath.
Su Mobai merely twitched his finger slightly, glancing at Tang Jingzhi on the arena with his fox-like eyes.
Shangguan Qingqi had already put his arm around Su Mowan's shoulder and was about to exert force when Su Mowan suddenly raised her leg forward, and the flipped broadsword came close, kicking the back of the broadsword.
The broadsword changed direction and went upwards. As it fell again, Su Mowan reached out and firmly grabbed the back of the blade.
The movements were executed in one smooth, decisive motion!
Those who had rolled to the side and looked back, as well as those who were just watching from a distance, were all stunned by her beautiful skill and opened their mouths wide.
Shangguan Qingqi's heart was pounding.
He was on edge.
Seeing that the dust had settled, he quickly snatched the broadsword from Su Mowan's hands, used his inner strength to throw it onto the stage, and frowned as he shouted, "If you can't even hold your own weapon properly, I don't think you need to continue the competition!"
The owner of the knife caught his weapon, and an embarrassed look immediately appeared on his face.
Upon hearing this, Tang Jingzhi, who had already stood up, smiled faintly and clasped his hands in a fist salute to the owner of the knife.
"Then I'll give it to you."
The man's face instantly turned red.
Although the rules of the competition state that it ends when the weapon is touched, it doesn't mean that dropping the weapon means you lose.
But when he thought about how much he had just embarrassed himself, he couldn't bring himself to say "let's compete again."
After huffing and puffing for a while, he walked off the stage with a red face, carrying his big knife.
Tang Jingzhi looked down at the audience.
He first glanced at Shangguan Qingqi, a faint smile still on his lips, then politely clasped his hands in a fist salute to Su Mowan before gracefully stepping off the stage.
Su Mowan immediately felt more attention on her, so she quickly reached out and pulled Shangguan Qingqi, who was standing, down to sit.
"You're being too reckless! People have worked so hard to practice martial arts so they could have a good fight today, and you've embarrassed them with just one sentence. They might hold a grudge against me now."
Shangguan Qingqi shrugged nonchalantly and raised an eyebrow at her.
"I'm the one who offended him, what's it to you? If you're going to hold a grudge, hold it against me. Besides, I didn't say anything wrong. The weapons are all off the stage, how can we compete? Do you expect him to wait for the other person to pick up the knife before we can compete again?"
"That's what I said..."
"That's all you need to say. How could that person dare to hold a grudge against you? He should be ashamed to be disarmed like this."
As Shangguan Qingqi spoke, he gestured with his chin towards those blatant stares.
"Did you see that? That was pretty good! So many people were staring! Are you shy? Come here, let me cover you up a bit!"
Su Mowan pushed away his shoulder as he leaned in, and said irritably, "What did I show? If I hid from the people behind me, wouldn't I be in trouble? My selfless spirit is worthy of respect!"
"Tch, shameless! Selfish? Look at the people behind you, they've long since disappeared. They don't need you to sacrifice yourself for them."
"..."
Those who had just rolled away and looked back felt ashamed upon hearing these poignant words.
Murong Jing on the high platform first breathed a sigh of relief, and then he heard Shangguan Qingqi's words and realized that he was obviously angry for Su Mowan. His rightful husband was still here, so how could Shangguan Qingqi stand up for his woman?
That wild fox is too arrogant!
So His Highness the King of Qin waved his hand and said, "That's it for the morning's competition. The rest can be held after noon!"
As one of the two remaining people, Shangguan Qingqi expressed his anger that he had been openly humiliated in front of everyone.
Is it really acceptable to use public office to settle personal scores?
With the chief examiner having spoken, none of the other examiners dared to object. Thus, amidst the gloating or sympathetic gazes of the crowd, Su Mowan suppressed a laugh and pulled Shangguan Qingqi out of the crowd.
She assumed that Shangguan Qingqi's arrogant remark had overshadowed the main point and displeased Murong Jing, the chief examiner, which was why Murong Jing used his authority to "teach him a lesson."
Shangguan Qingqi was being dragged along by her, and he said indignantly, "Isn't this too unreasonable? Are you jealous that I'm about to win the crown? You're actually trying to trip me up!"
If the competition is to continue after noon, it would mean that Shangguan Qingqi and his opponent have just finished their match and will immediately have to participate in the final competition.
If you're unlucky enough to be the first one to go on stage, you won't even have time to catch your breath!
Su Mowan also felt that Murong Jing's actions were somewhat inappropriate.
However, he had already said it and there was no way to take it back, so he could only comfort Shangguan Qingqi: "This is called learning from your mistakes. You can't be too arrogant. Don't stand out too much in front of your superiors, or you'll be like that little cabbage that gets pinched off."
The 'little cabbage' that was cut off was very dissatisfied.
"Even the higher-ups can't be unreasonable, can they? How dare they cover up everything in front of everyone? Wouldn't that be a complete waste of my father's money? He'd be heartbroken if he knew!"
"..."
The onlookers were already preparing to leave.
The two hadn't gone far when they heard someone call Shangguan Qingqi's name from behind. Su Mowan recognized the voice as Fu Changge's.
"Since your cronies have come looking for me, I'll have to stay out of the way for now, just in case they recognize me."
Su Mowan was about to leave when Shangguan Qingqi grabbed her arm.
"Don't go, he'll only say a few words and then leave, he won't talk for long."
Yinshuang glanced silently at Shangguan Qingqi holding Su Mowan's hand, then looked up and saw Su Mobai leave the examiners' table and come this way.
Su Mowan and Shangguan Qingqi turned around at the same time.
Fu Changge was accompanied by a group of his brothers, making quite a show of force. The group was pushing through the crowd to get closer, while Fu Changge was protecting his injured shoulder with one hand.
The wound had been bandaged, and traces of blood were faintly visible through the white gauze, indicating that the sword had pierced quite deeply.
Fu Changge was surrounded in the middle, and she quickly pushed her way through the crowd to get closer.
He first gave Su Mowan a very impolite look, his gaze sweeping over her mask before moving on to Yinshuang behind her.
Fortunately, Fu Changge's attention was not on the matter at the moment, otherwise he would definitely have recognized Yinshuang, because Yinshuang was also there when the conflict broke out at Xiaoxiang Biying.
"Shangguan, are you just leaving like this?"
After looking him over, Fu Changge was eager to stand up for his brother.
Several of his cronies chimed in, expressing their dissatisfaction with Murong Jing's arrangements and urging Shangguan Qingqi to seek redress.
Of course, everyone's gazes were intentionally or unintentionally sweeping over Su Mowan.
Shangguan Qingqi naturally saw it too. Fearing that Su Mowan would be unhappy, he suppressed his smile and said to the group, "Didn't we agree on this yesterday? Have you all forgotten?"
"……cough."
"Shangguan, we're just worried about you. If you were alright, we wouldn't have come."
Fu Chang deliberately shook his injured shoulder and grimaced, saying, "That's right, that's right. I'm already injured like this. If I wasn't worried about you, why would I run around and suffer like this? Do you think I'm just bored?"
Su Mowan found this group of people quite interesting, so she gave Shangguan Qingqi a look, wanting to make room for the brothers to vent their righteous indignation.
Shangguan Qingqi pulled her hand over again.
Holding the person tightly, Shangguan Qingqi said to Fu Changge and the others, "I appreciate your kindness, but don't worry, it's nothing. I'll still be the top scholar this afternoon. If you want to see me make a fool of myself, you'll have to see if you have the chance! Alright, hurry up and find a place to lie down, or you'll bleed to death before I even get on the field."
Fu Changge was dissatisfied.
"Hey, who's this pretty boy? He's got quite a temper. What's wrong with us brothers exchanging a few words? And you're getting upset?"
He pointed directly at Su Mowan.
Clearly, he interpreted Su Mowan's departure as 'unhappy,' and in his eyes, Su Mowan was just a gigolo that Shangguan Qingqi had just met.
He was very dissatisfied that Shangguan Qingqi was so 'too fond of women and too much of his friends'!
Su Mowan gritted her teeth, about to retaliate, but then suddenly remembered that she was now the Mo Gongzi who couldn't speak, so she could only puff out her cheeks and glare at Shangguan Qingqi.
However, to the people opposite, this glance actually carried a hint of charm, and they were all stunned for a moment.
Two of them even swallowed.
Su Mowan's exposed chin and lips were exceptionally beautiful, easily revealing her remarkable appearance, not to mention her graceful and delicate figure in the eyes of the group.
The men's gazes immediately became ambiguous, and they all hovered around the two of them, the meaning of which was self-evident.
Su Mowan overheard those words at the restaurant last night, and now she understood perfectly what those people were thinking; their expressions were quite lewd.
What a bad taste...
So Su Mowan pulled Shangguan Qingqi's hand off her arm and gave it a hard pinch.
Shangguan Qingqi winced in pain, but had no choice but to grit his teeth and bear it. Then he yelled at his bunch of useless teammates, "Stop talking nonsense and get out of here! You're all crowding around and it's suffocating us. It's ruining the mood!"
Several teammates were dawdling and didn't want to leave.
Just as Shangguan Qingqi was about to put on a cold face, the group heard a clear, spring-like voice coming from nearby.
"Hey, everyone's here. You're not young ladies, what are you doing huddled together? Discussing cosmetics?"
These words were clearly very impolite, but the first reaction of the group was not anger, but curiosity about what the person looked like.
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