After helping Su Wenzhou into his wheelchair, Su Ruojin took advantage of the fact that no one was looking and applied some medicine to his leg, saying, "Your leg is seriously injured."
Su Wenzhou looked at his leg, which was swollen again, and felt a pain in his foot, but it wasn't a very painful feeling. This feeling seemed so familiar.
His eyes widened suddenly as he looked at his younger sister. So that's why...
Meanwhile, imperial physicians were busy treating Wei Xuebin. After some effort, Wei Xuebin woke up, though he was still quite weak.
Su Ruojin didn't have time to explain to Su Wenzhou. She just looked at the stage and said loudly, "I didn't know that poison could be used in a martial arts competition."
The Duke of Dingguo looked at Su Ruojin with resentment. If it weren't for her, things would not have turned out this way. If they had persisted a little longer, Su Wenzhou would have been defeated without a doubt.
Bin'er knew that the gun was poisoned. He had specially commissioned someone to make the gun so that he could apply different poisons simply by turning the handle.
The first move is to spray a sleeping potion on Red Cherry to stun the enemy and win in one fell swoop.
The second step is to poison the spearhead; once the opponent's wound is poisoned, they will surely die.
So close, so very close...
Faced with Su Ruojin's questioning, the Duke of Dingguo glanced at the master of ceremonies.
The master of ceremonies, still bewildered, said, "Princess Chang Le, the challenge is a matter of life and death, and there's no rule against using poison, so General Wei's actions... don't count as breaking the rules."
Indeed, this was the case before. No one had ever used poison in a martial arts competition before, so there were no relevant regulations.
If we're going to argue about it, Wei Xuebin didn't actually break the rules.
The Duke of Dingguo also spoke up, "Princess Changle, the martial arts competition is to select battlefield generals for our Great Chu. If we encounter the enemy on the battlefield, can we stipulate that the enemy cannot use poison?"
"According to the Duke of Dingguo's suggestion, let's stop the martial arts competitions altogether. Everyone should just come up with poison and spray it randomly. Whoever survives will be the champion, how about that?" Xiao Yanchu's voice rang out coldly.
"Alright, stop arguing." Xiao Chenyi was also a bit overwhelmed.
Although there were no prior regulations, using poison in a martial arts competition is certainly an unfair form of victory.
But the other party was his cousin, and Xiao Chenyi was still counting on Wei Xuebin to support the Duke of Dingguo's mansion and fight against the Su family. He had to protect Wei Xuebin no matter what.
"By imperial decree, from now on, anyone found using poison in any martial arts competition will be disqualified."
Xiao Chenyi's words implied that Wei Xuebin's use of poison this time was not against the rules.
Since the Emperor had said so, no one else dared to say anything, even if they felt it was unfair.
Su Ruojin looked coldly at Wei Xuebin and didn't say anything more.
The emcee followed the procedure and asked if anyone else wanted to take on the challenge.
After such an incident, naturally no one dared to challenge it again, and after the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.
The emcee presented the list of winners to Xiao Chenyi.
"Excellent, excellent, excellent! Congratulations to General Su on winning the martial arts competition! Guards, bestow the rewards!"
A guard carried three trays to the three men, each tray containing a different amount of silver ingots: the first place winner received 1,000 taels of silver, the second place winner received 800 taels, and the third place winner received 500 taels.
The martial arts competition ended, and Su Wenzhou's legs were visibly swollen and red, even more so than before.
Everyone thought he had overused his leg and injured it again.
With the help of his servants, Wei Xuebin slowly walked past Su Wenzhou and stopped. He glanced at Su Wenzhou's swollen leg and said with a forced smile, "It seems I underestimated General Su. I hope General Su's leg is alright. If it leaves any lasting damage, he won't be able to go back to the battlefield."
Su Wenzhou smiled and said, "General Wei, you don't need to worry about that. You should heal your injuries first. Should I have my sister prescribe a medicine to help you heal faster?"
Wei Xuebin said nothing more, glared at Su Wenzhou, and turned to leave.
Su Wenzhou sighed, "It's like a dog biting Lü Dongbin, not recognizing a kind heart. With my little sister's medical skills, others would be begging for her, yet he still complains."
Xiao Yanchu also walked up to them, "You disrupted the Duke of Dingguo's plans."
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