Ni Yueshan looked at Shao Lecheng unhappily, and Shao Lecheng shut up obediently.
When the red satin was lifted, the four big words caught the eyes of everyone present.
Those passersby who originally didn't know what was going on here now understood.
Ni Yueshan looked at Xiao Chuer beside him and said, "Go ahead. I believe that this look of yours will surely captivate everyone!"
Several people went up to the platform together and sat aside. Someone took an iron gong and started beating it.
"Don't miss it if you pass by! Today, our gentle, talented, and beautiful young lady is going to compete in a martial arts competition to find a husband! All the chivalrous men passing by are welcome to come on stage and compete. The final winner will be our young lady's future husband!"
Afterwards, the rules card was revealed, and passersby gathered around. "Every participant will be rewarded with ten taels of silver as compensation for injuries. Anyone who advances a level will receive an additional ten taels. If there is no winner after the hourglass runs out, both players will be eliminated. The winner will get the beauty and three hundred taels of gold..."
Almost everyone who passes by is moved...
"Can I, can I join?" A man raised his hand excitedly, looking at the stage with an expression of eagerness to try.
Ni Yueshan raised his lips and said, "Anyone who has no wife, no children, no engagement, and is not disabled, can come and participate!"
As soon as these words were spoken, someone started to climb onto the stage. Xiao Chu'er clenched her fists nervously, her face turning pale, because she didn't see Zou Yangyao appear, and she was afraid that she would really be harassed by a man again today.
"Yueshan, I think I..."
Ni Yueshan looked at her comfortingly: "Don't worry, am I really going to let you marry someone you don't like?"
In the end, Xiao Chuer nodded and said nothing more.
A man stared at Xiao Chuer closely: "Could it be that this young lady?"
The other person had a lustful look on his face and had looked Xiao Chuer up and down countless times. Xiao Chuer felt disgusted by his undisguised greedy expression, but she forced herself to suppress her nausea and threw him a coquettish glance.
Well...Ni Yueshan said to throw a wink.
Shao Lecheng was still drinking tea. When he saw Xiao Chuer's reaction, he spat out a mouthful of tea.
Jing Yuchen sat beside him, looking at him with a dark expression. Shao Lecheng quickly reached out to wipe it off: "I, I didn't mean to."
Ni Yueshan said awkwardly: "This place is a bit far from the inn, just bear with it!"
Jing Yuchen didn't say anything, and Shao Lecheng said awkwardly, "I'll get it for him."
Then he stood up and walked away.
Soon, the second person climbed up and said with mysterious confidence: "Come on, take action!"
The two sides started fighting, and there was cheering from the audience, and more and more people rushed over here.
Ni Yueshan glanced around the audience but didn't see Zou Yangyao. Where did this kid hide?
She was still frowning in thought when Jing Yuchen beside her spoke up: "Don't worry, we are all here, there is no way he won't come."
"I hope so."
Ni Yueshan leaned back in the chair and watched the people competing on the stage. The two sides were of similar level and the winner could not be determined for a while.
Ni Yueshan glanced at the hourglass and said, "When the hourglass runs out, both sides will have nothing left and can only leave with injuries."
The two people who were fighting in a calm and relaxed manner suddenly became ferocious and attacked the opponent's weak points. Then the two men fell to the ground wailing, their heads bleeding. For a moment, they were lying on the ground, unable to get up.
Someone stepped forward and warned the two, "You two, the quicksand is almost gone. Hurry and decide who's the winner, or you'll lose everything!"
As he finished speaking, someone struggled to get up slowly. Although he was wobbling, he still laughed triumphantly: "He lost!"
The person who was speaking had blood in his mouth, but he seemed to be completely unaware of the pain and was smiling happily.
Afterwards, the person who fell to the ground was dragged away, and the seriously injured man greeted the new person who came up and knocked him to the ground with one punch.
The people were taken down, and the newcomer looked down with a smug look on his face, "Who will challenge me?"
At the same time, Shao Lecheng had returned to the inn and found Zou Yangyao standing in front of the inn door, holding a sword in his arms with a trance-like expression.
Shao Lecheng frowned and stepped forward: "What are you doing standing here? Why don't you go and watch the martial arts competition to find a bride?"
Zou Yangyao came back to his senses: "Why should I go?"
Shao Lecheng was stunned for a moment, then replied: "Because... don't you like Miss Xiao? Do you want to watch Miss Xiao choose someone else?"
As he said that, he walked into the inn.
When he came out again, Zou Yangyao was no longer at the door. He raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "This kid should be gone, right?"
On the arena where a martial arts competition was being held to win a bride, a man knocked his opponent to the ground. He triumphantly pounded his chest, roared twice, and taunted the crowd below, "Come on! Whoever dares to come, I'll knock him down!"
Some people in the audience started talking: "That guy is really amazing, he knocked down three people in a row."
"Yeah, you see he's not hurt at all. Could he be the winner today?"
Shao Lecheng had already walked back and tossed his clothes to Jing Yuchen. Ni Yueshan turned to look at him and asked, "How was it? Did you run into Zou Yangyao?"
"He didn't come?"
He glanced at the crowd below: "No way, I thought he came here, but he's not here..."
Xiao Chu'er's expression was a little stiff. She stood up and looked at the people below the stage: "So my charm is just this much. There are only a few people willing to take a beating for me. Or is it that the reward is not generous enough?"
Originally, Xiao Chuer was sitting far away, and from a distance, people only thought she was a beauty, but they couldn't see what she looked like. Now that they were standing close to her, the people present could see clearly how stunning Xiao Chuer was.
She had a slight anger on her face as she looked at everyone present with a tightly furrowed brow. She was dressed in pink, and her appearance was tender yet a bit cute, which was very pleasing to the eye.
"Beauty, beauty, I'll come, I'll fight for you!"
The man who was speaking was drooling and staring at Xiao Chuer with greedy eyes, just like any other man.
Xiao Chuer curled her lips and smiled: "Okay, I admire you, and I believe in you, come up quickly!"
The man who was originally extremely confident and proud looked at Xiao Chuer with a hurt expression: "Beauty, I am the bravest one. Can't you just marry me?"
"A truly powerful person is not only brave but also lucky."
After saying that, Xiao Chuer sat back down in her seat. She had just glanced at the crowd inconspicuously and indeed saw a familiar figure.
It was just that Zou Yangyao, dressed in black, had deliberately worn a veil. If she hadn't recognized Zou Yangyao's clothes, she wouldn't have recognized him...
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