Chapter 129: I will feel bad if I hurt the prince~
Ever since they entered, Shen Zhiyi's eyes have been on them. She watched Xiao Ning talking to the Xiongnu prince, which made the Xiongnu prince jump in anger, and then watched her smile as Shang Xi pulled her away.
Although a life-and-death battle was imminent, she did not feel nervous or worried at all.
This was almost nothing like the Xiao Ning he once knew.
Is she really pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger? She has been pretending so well over the years, fooling everyone...
And my infatuation with him...I'm afraid it's also fake.
It's a pity that he was disgusted by her love and designed her to fall into Shang Xi's hands, but she made Shang Xi become a homosexual.
Shen Zhiyi exhaled and retracted his gaze.
Xiao Yanqing is a person who always looks playful and unserious.
But as soon as she came back, she teased the Hun prince with words, which provoked him to accept the competition with her.
Life and death contract, ring battle, as long as you win, you will have the best of both worlds.
Not only would it save him from having to marry the Huns, it would also boost the morale of the people, and it would also allow him to defeat the Huns and suppress their arrogance and desire for whatever they wanted.
But, can we really win?
Shen Zhiyi couldn't help but worry, and subconsciously raised his eyes and looked in Xiao Ning's direction.
Xiao Ning raised his head and looked around. His almond-shaped eyes were as black and bright as obsidian, and he still did not show any worry or fear.
Maybe, I can win...
Not long after, the emperor and empress came to the Sifang Pavilion in person.
The palace guards heavily protected the viewing platform, and the emperor and empress walked step by step to the highest point and sat down.
The chief eunuch Li Dezhong conveyed the emperor's intention in a sharp voice. An official took the order and stepped forward to have the prepared life and death contract taken out and handed it to Xiao Ning and the Xiongnu prince.
The two men were now standing at the edge of the ring, signing the life and death contract.
Before signing, the Xiongnu prince gave Xiao Ning a cold look.
Xiao Ning: "...The competition is about to begin, Prince, please stop looking at me secretly, otherwise I won't be able to do it."
The official watched the brush he had just handed over break into two pieces in the hands of the Xiongnu prince. He looked at Xiao Ning helplessly, turned around and asked his subordinates to get a new brush.
"Don't bother, my lord. The prince might want to use my pen."
Xiao Ning said as she quickly signed her name on the life and death contract, then handed the pen to the Xiongnu prince.
"Prince, please. I know you like to use the pen that carries my body temperature~"
The Xiongnu prince slapped the pen Xiao Ning handed over and looked at the official with gritted teeth, "Hurry up and get the pen!"
The official waved his hand, and his subordinate quickly went into the Sifang Pavilion to get a new pen.
The Xiongnu prince signed the contract, slapped the paper into the official's hand, and couldn't wait to go up to the stage.
Xiao Ning, carrying her Tang sword on her back, followed him and slowly climbed onto the ring.
The people surrounding the arena were whispering to each other, and most of their words were not optimistic about Xiao Ning.
The original owner was already famous, and when the people looked at the Xiongnu prince's sturdy and strong body, they felt that Marquis Jingyuan was simply seeking death by participating in this ring match.
"Humph, what do you know? Do you have to be big and strong to be powerful?"
"That's right. We haven't even started fighting yet, and you're already concluding that Dayong can't win? Really..."
"But Marquis Jingyuan is just a playboy, playing with cats and dogs all day long. I'm afraid he hasn't even left Shengjing City. How could he possibly defeat the murderous Xiongnu?"
"We're not trying to boost others' morale or destroy our own prestige. It's really..."
"Humph, just watch carefully! See how General... ahem, Marquis Jingyuan slaughters this barbarian villain!"
Yes, the person who said this was Xu Chong. Not only him, but Zhou Jiang also came. At noon, when he heard the news that Xiao Ning was going to compete with the Xiongnu prince, Xu Chong immediately asked for half a day off. When Zhou Jiang learned about it, he also asked for leave from General Du and came out.
Li Yuan wanted to come, but he still had to help Xiao Ning take care of that mess, so he couldn't leave. He could only wait for Xu Chong to come back and tell them.
They all firmly believed that their Lang would win the competition and severely crush the Huns!
On the stage, the two stood facing each other.
The Xiongnu prince was sturdy and stood like a mountain. He slowly pulled out the scimitar in his hand. The blade was wider and thicker than ordinary scimitars.
Xiao Ning was thin and slender, like a slender bamboo. She was holding a Tang sword in her hand. The blade was narrow, thin and sharp, a style that the people of Dayong had never seen before.
After the invigilator struck the gongs and drums and announced the start of the competition, the Xiongnu prince shouted and rushed towards Xiao Ning.
The Xiongnu prince's seemingly bulky body was surprisingly fast when he ran. In a blink of an eye, he was in front of Xiao Ning. Xiao Ning retreated and raised his Tang sword diagonally to block the scimitar's attack.
The blades collided, making a crisp sound and sparks flying.
Xiao Ning's palms were numb from the shock, and he thought that this prince was much stronger than Xu Chong.
The blades touched each other and the two men were very close to each other. The Xiongnu prince's eyes were bloodshot and his face was full of excitement as he was about to kill Xiao Ning, looking a little crazy.
Xiao Ning still had a smile on his face, and said in an intimate manner: "Prince, please be gentle, I'm afraid of pain~"
These words disgusted the Xiongnu prince again. He withdrew his hand and swung his scimitar towards Xiao Ning again like a storm. Xiao Ning was light and dodged quickly.
"You useless thing, all you can do is hide!"
The Xiongnu prince sneered and shouted angrily, and his attack became more and more fierce.
Xiao Ning dodged and replied, "I just can't bear to attack the prince. I'm afraid I might accidentally hurt him..."
Xiao Ning leaned back and dodged the Xiongnu prince's full-strength attack again. When he stood up, he did not forget to throw a coquettish glance at the Xiongnu prince: "I am not as hard-hearted as the prince. The sword has no eyes. If I hurt the prince, I will be heartbroken~"
The Xiongnu prince was almost driven crazy by Xiao Ning, and the scimitar in his hand became disorderly. He just chopped and hacked at Xiao Ning, trying to chop him into pieces!
The people in the audience watched for a long time, and only saw Xiao Ning being forced to run around the stage by the Xiongnu prince.
"I wonder if this Jingyuan Marquis can succeed? After fighting for so long, he doesn't even have the energy to fight back..."
"That's what I'm saying..."
The common people were furious when they saw this. They were unable to defeat the Huns on the border battlefield, and in the Shengjing arena, they were forced to run around in panic by the Huns, without any ability to fight back!
"What do you know! This is called strategy, it comes from the art of war..."
Xu Chong has a deep understanding of this.
Thinking back to when he and Lang Jiang were fighting, she also fought in this way, seemingly running around the field, but actually looking for flaws.
When she finds your weakness, then... you will only be beaten.
Tsk, cut off this prince’s head quickly!
He wants to take it back and make it into a chamber pot!
Pee inside every day!
Zhou Jiang watched seriously and had no time to pay attention to what outsiders said. He was also observing the flaws of the Xiongnu prince to see what Xiao Ning's chances of winning were.
On the viewing platform, the emperor and the ministers watched the arena calmly. They only saw Xiao Ning being forced to run around the arena by the Xiongnu prince, but at this moment Xiao Ning had not been stabbed, which meant that there was still a fight to go on.
If we continue fighting, will there be a turning point?
They all hoped silently that Xiao Ning would win.
Shang Xi's hands, hidden in his wide sleeves, were clenched tightly together, and his eyes were fixed on the stage.
He didn't understand what Xiao Ning was doing when she was fighting with the Xiongnu prince, but since Xiao Ning had fought so many moves against the Xiongnu prince and was still fine, he knew that she was hiding her abilities.
As for why he hid his abilities, he thought, perhaps it was to paralyze the enemy and defeat them with one strike.
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