But so what? !
The discord between King Kang and Chu Yi, the uncle and nephew, and their endless internal strife have caused unrest in the court of Jing State, which is what the Yue State wants to see.
Otherwise, how could they let Chu Yi, the sick young man, go back so easily.
Baili Yin stared at Gu Yanfei's delicate little face with a smile.
Beauty is pleasing to the heart.
But beauty is always just a toy for entertainment, just like fine wine, you taste it for a while, satisfy your taste buds, and that's it.
Gu Yanfei and Baili Yin looked at each other from a distance, taking in each other's subtle emotions.
She could see the arrogance and contempt in his eyes.
Just like in the Yaoling Realm, those male cultivators with high cultivation levels looked at the female cultivators who tried to attach themselves to them.
Gu Yanfei didn't like it at all.
In the Yaoling Realm, no one can force her.
It's the same here! "Yeah." Gu Yanfei raised his chin and said calmly, "I look down on it."
As she uttered these three words, she released an overwhelming aura and was so arrogant that it made people feel she was out of reach.
"This knife is not as good as my sword." She touched the sword at her waist, "If you don't believe me, you can try it!"
Meeting Gu Yanfei's cold eyes, Baili Yin's smile deepened, and he laughed again, saying frivolously: "Then we really need to 'try'."
“This taste…”
The words have a double meaning, like testing swords or testing people.
The teasing intent in Baili Yin's words was obvious.
Almost at the same time as he finished speaking, there was a flash of silver light, and Gu Yanfei's short sword was unsheathed and swung out with ease.
Her movements were so natural and free, so fast as lightning, that they were almost impossible to catch with the naked eye.
The middle-aged Yue man only felt a flash of silver light before his eyes and a slight chill on his forehead.
Then, a few strands of hair fell in front of his eyes.
He didn't know what was going on and looked confused and scared, but everyone around him could clearly see that one of his eyebrows was missing.
There was an uproar all around.
Gu Yanfei casually cut off one of the man's eyebrows with just one sword move.
The sword was just right. If it had gone a little lower, it would have pierced the Yue man's eye; if it had gone a little deeper, it would have cut his skin.
Several people who were good at swordsmanship were secretly frightened.
If Gu Yuan hadn't still had a shred of common sense to remember that he was on duty, he would have applauded and cheered.
He secretly thought that after returning to Beijing, he would have to find a few friends to beat up this Baili guy in a sack.
"How is it?" Gu Yanfei casually made a sword flower, raised the sword and pointed it at Baili Yin in front of him, and asked with a smile, "Do you want to try again?"
Baili Yin's eyes flashed, although they were far apart, he seemed to be able to feel the chill of the sword light.
Chu Yi looked at Gu Yanfei almost straight in the eye, his jade-like face showing a warm and gentle expression.
He had a pair of beautiful eyes. Under his long feathery eyelashes, his dark pupils suddenly rippled like spring water, and his gaze moved to the familiar dagger.
She was quite good at using his sword.
Suddenly, he smiled, as if he was pleased by something.
“Knock knock.”
Chu Yi clenched his right fist and tapped the desk twice, attracting the attention of the other people in the room.
Chu Yi nodded seriously and said, "It's indeed not as good as it could be."
This sentence is light and clever, but it is profound and sharp.
"Oh?" Baili Yin narrowed his eyes and still smiled.
Chu Yi continued, "The Persian scimitar of the Third Prince Baili is flashy but not practical."
"It is not as good as this sword. It is made of cold iron and was made by sword-making master Ouyang Jun over three years and with all his efforts."
Baili Yin casually touched Fang Zheng's chin and jokingly said, "Young Master Yi is so familiar with this sword, could it be that he has seen it before?"
"Of course." Chu Yi said as a matter of course, with his eyes slightly curved and smiling.
His smile was so gentle and graceful, and his dark and deep eyes were calm.
"..." Baili Yin was choked and met Chu Yi's eyes. He felt an inexplicable chill and the hairs on his neck stood up slightly.
Two young men of similar age but very different appearances stared at each other, as if they were engaging in a duel without the smoke of gunpowder.
Chu You was drinking leisurely on the side, as if it had nothing to do with him.
Outside the shed, the warm sun was shining brightly in the sky, flashing brilliant golden light, and even the inside of the shed was made brighter by the sunlight.
Those girls from wealthy families felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over their heads, and their entire bodies went cold.
Anyone could see that Baili Yin was interested in Gu Yanfei, and the fact that the eldest prince was protecting Gu Yanfei so openly was also making his intentions known.
Yu Chaoyun looked at Chu Yi from a distance and subconsciously clenched her handkerchief.
Suddenly, she felt her sleeves tighten, and the girl in pink next to her gently pulled her sleeves, silently signaling her to go see Gu Yanfei.
Yu Chaoyun patted the other person's hand in a soothing manner, lowered his eyes to look at his own beautiful and slender fingers, and heard Chu Yi's smiling voice again in his ears: "Second Miss Gu is right. Since it is a prize, it should naturally be given to the winner."
The young man's voice was clear, like a spring breeze lingering in everyone's ears.
Gu Yanfei casually put her sword back into the scabbard, and the crisp sound of the sword returning to the scabbard seemed to respond to Chu Yi's words from afar.
Chu Yi's lips curved higher, his dark eyes sparkling, and he said in an unquestionable tone: "In the next two hours, whoever catches the most prey will be the winner!"
"In addition, I will add one more bonus, which is..."
Before Chu Yi could finish his words, Baili Yin interrupted him aptly: "Master Yi, if this flintlock rifle is used as a prize, then I will also join in the fun and compete for it."
Baili Yin was in his unruly look again, seemingly provocative but also joking.
Chu Yi was unmoved, smiled, and directly refused: "That won't work."
"I'll use this pocket watch as a prize."
Chu Yi took out a silver pocket watch inlaid with emerald gems and the size of a baby's fist from his arms and gently placed it on the table.
Looking at this small and exquisite pocket watch, an unusually bright light flashed across Baili Yin's eyes.
The pocket watch was also invented by Emperor Chu Jing of Jing State. It is much more accurate than the existing clepsydra, but the parts inside the pocket watch are more complicated and delicate than the flintlock, and cannot be imitated. Even in Jing State, there are only a handful of people who own this thing, and it is said that there are less than a hundred of them.
The piece that they had managed to get with great difficulty was given to the Crown Prince, leaving him with nothing.
Baili Yin's eyes were burning like fire, he wanted to say something, but in the end he remained silent.
He was the third prince of Yue State, so he had to maintain his dignity as a prince and could not compete with others for profit like a young boy who had never seen the world. He could not bring down the dignity of Yue State.
When the young masters present heard that today's prize included this rare and precious pocket watch, they all became excited and their eyes lit up.
Lu Si smiled and clasped his fists and said, "Your Highness, this is truly an extraordinary prize."
"If I could get this pocket watch today, my brothers at home would be so jealous." Another person said excitedly, staring at the pocket watch with shining eyes.
"You just hunted two badgers this morning, and you want to be the champion. How great is that!"
"Come on, let's go to the hunting ground and compete again..."
The young masters became more and more excited as they talked, and their blood was ignited again.
For fear of falling behind, they mounted their horses again and set off towards the mountains with great fanfare.
One after another, high-spirited figures rode away on horseback. The rapid and chaotic sound of horses' hooves rumbled like thunder, gradually fading away, leaving only billowing yellow smoke.
Soon, the sound of their horses' hooves became so far away that it could no longer be heard, and the surroundings became much emptier.
Except for Chu Yi, Baili Yin, Chu You and others, the people who stayed behind were basically girls.
Since they were free anyway, Wei Jiaoniang invited Gu Yanfei, Lu Qin and others to go for a barbecue together.
By the time they finished eating the barbecue and digested the food, an hour had passed.
The girls didn't go far, they just played nearby.
Kicking shuttlecock, playing slingshot, spinning top, hide-and-seek... we had a lot of fun.
Gu Yanfei was playing shuttlecock. She was very agile and nimble, and she kicked the shuttlecock in various ways, sometimes kicking it in circles, sometimes kicking it with her knees, sometimes kicking it with her toes, and sometimes kicking it with her toes...
The shuttlecock made of pheasant feathers flies back and forth in the air like a lively bird.
“Pah, pah, pah!”
The girls applauded and cheered, their spirits high.
"Go on!" Wei Jiaoniang was also playing shuttlecock. She kicked a colorful shuttlecock towards Gu Yanfei, and the shuttlecock drew a high arc in the air.
Gu Yanfei smiled sweetly, kicked with her right foot, first kicking her own shuttlecock towards Wei Jiaoniang, and then caught Wei Jiaoniang's shuttlecock with her left toe.
The two cooperated with each other, kicking the two shuttlecocks back and forth, having a great time and doing what they pleased.
"oops!"
Wei Jiaoniang let out a low cry of regret, and accidentally kicked too hard with her foot, causing one of the shuttlecocks to fly high into the air.
The rhythm was disrupted and the other shuttlecock was kicked crookedly by her. This shuttlecock "flew" onto a tree. At first glance, it looked like a little bird squatting on the treetop.
Gu Yanfei couldn't help laughing and walked over to pick up the shuttlecock from the tree.
After Wei Jiaoniang picked up another shuttlecock, she walked behind Gu Yanfei and whispered, "Look at them."
"They" refers to the girls from noble families not far away.
In front, the shed where the ladies of the noble families were staying had been redecorated, with several gauze curtains embroidered with lotus flowers hanging down on three sides. A three-legged incense burner was lit in the shed, and the air was filled with smoke.
When the wind blows, the gauze curtains flutter, as if lotus flowers are swaying in the wind and smoke, adding a bit of poetic and picturesque beauty.
Two maids set up the table for the zither, and a girl in a red dress came over with the zither in her arms and placed it on the table herself.
Then, she sat down gracefully behind the piano table, placed her hands on the strings, and began to tune and pluck the strings.
"Burn incense and play the zither." Wei Jiaoniang whispered in Gu Yanfei's ear, "They are going to play for the eldest prince, right?"
"It should be." Gu Yanfei nodded, with the corners of his lips curled up.
In these desolate mountains and wilderness, they would never play the piano for foxes and rabbits.
Seeing Gu Yanfei's carefree appearance, Wei Jiaoniang felt a desire to protect him: Yanfei is so good, she has to protect Yanfei, and can't let those girls from aristocratic families snatch him away! (End of this chapter)
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