Chapter 7851
7851 Chapter 7849-
Lin Yi couldn’t help but smile-others might not know if Liu Ziyu was agreeing or mocking Sima Zhongxiao, but Lin Yi definitely knew!
“Your Majesties, please excuse my embarrassment!”
Sima Zhongxiao cupped his fists and drew a sword flower, then started to move around.
While he was dancing, he was also reciting a long poem about swordsmen that was widely spread on the sub Island. The two complemented each other and brought out the best in each other.
The dazzling sword light quickly turned into a ball of light, wrapping around Sima Zhongxiao as he dodged around. The poem he recited maintained a steady rhythm and rhythm, without any flaws.
It was as fast as a Dragon and as agile as a Swan!
Lin Yi had to admit that Sima Zhongxiao’s sword dance was of a very high standard. In terms of performance alone, it was pleasing to the eye.
Of course, in a battle, Lin Yi could kill ten of them with one slap.
“Alright!”
The second Prince cheered loudly, and the people below immediately followed suit.
On the field, Sima Zhongxiao finished reciting a long poem and his sword move had just ended. The sword light disappeared behind him. He also calmly bowed slightly to the second Prince and third Princess. He looked elegant and had a bit of bearing.
“Many thanks for your Highness” excessive praise, this lowly subject has embarrassed himself!”
“Zhongxiao, you’re too humble. Your sword dance is much more brilliant than the dancers in our Palace! I’ve really widened my horizons today!”
The second Prince laughed out loud. Although his words were unintentional, to others, it sounded like he was saying that Sima Zhongxiao was on the same level as the palace’s dancers!
To the eldest grandson of the royal family, this was a form of humiliation. Sima Zhongxiao could tell, but he could only play dumb and smile to thank the second Prince for his praise.
Many of the people below were already snickering, and they looked at Sima Zhongxiao with disdain.
After all, Sima Zhongxiao’s previous performance wasn’t worthy of their respect.
He’s just a bootlicker. If he’s happy, he’ll lose a bone. If he’s not happy, he’ll just make him happy. He’s just a laughing stock!
Sima Zhongxiao did not seem to notice the mockery from below. After returning the sword, he sat back down at the table. No matter what, at least he had achieved his goal of leaving an impression on the second Prince. As for the rest … He did not have to care too much!
After Sima Zhongxiao, there were people who took the initiative to show off their talents. They were involved in poetry, music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. However, no one used swords, Spears, or halberds. It was like a gathering of scholars.
Lin Yi and Liu Ziyu sat quietly on the side, drinking and eating. Lin Yi didn’t say that he was leaving, and it was interesting to watch. It was fine as long as he didn’t stand out.
However, things didn’t always go as planned. Lin Yi and Liu Ziyu weren’t ready to show off their talents, but someone didn’t want to let them go.
“Zhongda, Ziyu, come and show your talents!”
Sima Zhongxiao took advantage of the fact that one of them had just left the stage, and no one was taking over for the time being. He suddenly pointed his spear at Lin Yi and Lin Yi, and introduced them to the second Prince,”Your Highness, these two are the outstanding talents of the young generation in our Hongshang Commandery. One is my cousin, Sima Zhongda, and the other is my cousin, Liu Ziyu. They are both talented young men who are well-versed in both literature and martial arts!”
“With them displaying their talents, it will surely be a breath of fresh air for Your Highness!”
“Oh? It turned out that these two had always been extremely low-key! Since that’s the case, please show us your skills!”
The Prince looked at Lin Yi and Liu Ziyu, interested. “I’ve seen so many talents, I wonder what kind of refreshing performances you two can bring? I’m looking forward to it!”
“Your Highness, please forgive us. We brothers are all boorish people without any elegant talents. Brother Zhongxiao is too kind to us!”
Lin Yi smiled faintly and declined,”Rather than going out to make a fool of ourselves and ruining the mood of His Highness and the other young masters, why don’t you let us two brothers study at the side?”
Before the second Prince could speak, Liu Zimei sneered and said,””You all have some self-awareness! Your Highness, these two people are just crude martial artists. They might be good at wielding Spears and clubs, but they don’t have any elegant skills such as poetry, writing, and so on!”
“Your Highness, why don’t you let them come out and have a competition? they’re all martial artists anyway, and they’re only capable of using a few crude moves. It’s not a bad idea to use them to make you laugh!”
Liu Zilan followed suit, mocking Lin Yi and Liu Ziyu. They were quite pleased to be able to belittle Liu Ziyu in front of so many people.
“Zhongxiao, are your two younger brothers really well-versed in both literature and martial arts? Are you lying to me?”
The second Prince glanced at Sima Zhongxiao with a smile that was not a smile, which made him slightly nervous.
“I don’t dare to. Zhong da and Ziyu are indeed the young talents of our Hongshang Commandery. Perhaps they are too humble!”
Sima Zhongxiao quickly came out and bowed in apology before turning to Lin Yi and Liu Ziyu,”What are you two doing? Was this the time to be humble? What’s the point of hesitating in front of the Prince and the princess?”
“Brother Zhong Xiao, I’m afraid that it’s not that they want to refuse, but that they really don’t have anything that they can take out. If I didn’t miss you, I could at least do a sword dance, and it looked pretty good!”
A man from another Commandery laughed and teased Sima Zhongxiao and Lin Yi. He probably thought that Hongshang Commandery was not worth mentioning, so he laughed at the people from Hongshang Commandery.
“I think what the Liu brothers said just now is very right. Let them fight by themselves, or we can hire two guards to accompany them in fighting. It can be considered as showing our faces in front of the two Majesties! I’m just afraid that they’re too weak. If they’re beaten down in an instant … It’ll be a little boring!”
The people around them smiled. They were all from the Commandery and had similar status. If they suppressed others, they would naturally show their extraordinariness.
So even if they didn’t have any grudges against Lin Yi and Liu Ziyu, it didn’t stop them from picking on them.
Liu Ziyu was furious inside, his face turning red. He wanted to say something, but Lin Yi’s calm face made him hold back.
He’d gotten used to following Lin Yi’s lead-he didn’t want to mess up Lin Yi’s plan before he said anything!
That’s right, Liu Ziyu believed that Lin Yi would have a plan to deal with this. The invincible commander dared to use 800 cavalrymen to attack 70000 enemies, how could he be stumped by such a small situation?
What a joke!
As expected, Lin Yi put down the cup and smiled faintly,”What you guys said is not impossible! It’s just that we brothers are only practicing killing techniques, not acting. ”
“Do you understand what I’m saying? It’s not that we don’t want to perform, but we’re afraid that if we perform, we might accidentally kill you! That’s right, there’s no need to doubt that you heard it wrong, I did say that!”
“In my opinion, you’re just a piece of trash! Not only are you trash, even the guards you brought are trash! To be able to make it to a conferred Kingdom in the Dragon state alive, you’re truly lucky!”
Lin Yi was talking about the guy who spoke just now. He paused and thought for a moment before continuing, “I’m not targeting you alone. I’m saying that everyone here is trash!”