Turning the tide in the Red Chamber

Chapter 73 [073] In the rain

"Yes!"

Xiao Biaozi asked for two wooden knives carved to imitate the shape of the Yanling Knife, and handed one of them to Jia Chen.

After receiving the wooden knife, Jia Chen narrowed his eyes slightly. He had never learned how to use a knife, so he could only use a knife instead of a sword, using the Wudang Seven Star Sword Technique.

With a knife in his hand, Jia Chen pointed the blade obliquely at the ground where the rain was splashing, and his whole body suddenly changed.

Now he is tall and straight, with high fighting spirit, and he is like a sharp knife.

Xiao Biaozi's heart trembled, his eyelids trembled, and a strong uneasiness surged from the bottom of his heart.

A flash of surprise flashed in Xia Shouzhong's eyes. He didn't expect this Ah Xuan to suddenly exude such a fierce aura, and he was curious whether he had real kung fu or was it just a show.

Jia Chen turned his head and gave Jia Yuanchun a comforting look that reassured her.

But Jia Yuanchun was still anxious inside, worried that Jia Chen would reveal his identity, and even more worried that he would get hurt, but he didn't dare to show it.

A little eunuch took the oil-paper umbrella from Jia Chen's hand and put it on top of Jia Yuanchun's head.

Now that the matter has come to this point, Jia Yuanchun can only silently pray for Jia Chen and pray for God's protection.

Leaving the bottom of the umbrella, Jia Chen was soon drenched from head to toe by the heavy rain, his whole body was wet, and the wind blew his whole body cold.

In the field of vision is the boundless rain curtain, the water vapor is misty, misty, and the sky and the earth are blurred.

Jia Chen and Xiao Biaozi came to an open space in the middle of the imperial garden, and stood face to face with a distance of more than ten meters.

Jia Yuanchun watched the battle with Xia Shouzhong and others with anxiety.

Xia Shouzhong, however, had a smile on his lips, calmly waiting to watch the excitement.

Xiao Biaozi is one of Xia Shouzhong's best fighters, and he can be regarded as a serious master.

Among Xia Shouzhong's personal bodyguards, Xiao Biaozi's martial arts can definitely rank among the top three.

Therefore, Xia Shouzhong wasn't worried that Xiao Biaozi would lose at all.

This time Xiao Biaozi was asked to clean up Jia Chen, which was actually the intention of Emperor Xinna's favorite concubine Zhou Guiren.

Recently, Emperor Chongrui seemed to have become interested in Jia Yuanchun, and he didn't know whether he wanted to promote her to the official position, or wanted to take her as a concubine.

Zhou Guiren worried that Jia Yuanchun, who is both talented and beautiful, would compete with him, so he bribed Xia Shouzhong to find an opportunity to suppress Jia Yuanchun.

But in fact, Xia Shouzhong only listened to the empress' orders, and the empress happened to have a grudge against Jia Yuanchun, so Xia Shouzhong sold a favor to Zhou Guiren to deal with Jia Yuanchun.

Xia Shouzhong coughed arrogantly, and said in an unmasculine voice:

"I declare, the competition begins!"

Holding a wooden knife in his hand, Jia Chen and Xiao Biaozi bowed to each other.

Xiao Biaozi boasted of his high martial arts skills, so he didn't pay attention to Jia Chen at all, and sneered contemptuously:

"I can give you three moves, you attack first!"

Jia Chen smiled and said:

"I can also give you five moves, but you will definitely lose!"

"Small age, what a big tone!" Xiao Biaozi was immediately enraged, snorted coldly, slumped his shoulders, lifted the wooden knife obliquely, strode through the rain curtain, stepped on a splash of water, and rushed towards Jia Chen over here.

Jia Chen leaned forward in a lunge, holding the wooden knife obliquely, ready to go.

Raindrops dripped on the blade, crackling and splashing, but Jia Chen's arm was extremely steady, and the blade did not move at all.

Seeing him standing still, Xiao Biaozi thought he was petrified by his aura.

"This knife, ten years of skill, can you handle it?"

Before the lingering sound disappeared, Xiao Biaozi had already rushed forward, aimed at Jia Chen's side neck, slanted his shoulders, pulled his hips and slashed with a knife.

Jia Chen took a step horizontally, dodging the opponent's blade, and at the same time swung the blade obliquely, slashing at Xiao Biaozi's forehead.

Xiao Biaozi hastily changed from cutting to blocking, and made a horizontal block.

"Crack!" There was a crisp sound.

The two wooden knives collided violently.

Xiao Biaozi felt a numbness in his mouth, and almost dropped the knife.

"What a lot of strength!"

Xiao Biaozi turned pale with shock, immediately put away his underestimation, retreated half a step, held the knife in both hands, and cut across the waist.

Jia Chen didn't retreat but advanced, quickly took a big step forward, grabbed Xiao Biaozi's arms, and at the same time clenched his left fist, and suddenly blasted out, hitting the opponent's heart.

Xiao Biaozi grunted, staggered back three or four steps, and managed to stabilize his figure.

Although they only fought for two rounds, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Jia Chen had already gained the upper hand.

Jia Yuanchun was dumbfounded, surprised and delighted, and slightly relieved.

Xia Shouzhong's eyes were gloomy, and his face became ugly.

"Xiao Biaozi, haven't you eaten yet? Show off your housekeeping skills!" Xia Shouzhong scolded, implying that Xiao Biaozi would be ruthless.

"Yes!" Xiao Biaozi didn't dare to be negligent, he held the knife in both hands, and slashed at Jia Chen continuously with all his strength.

Swinging the knife is fast and ruthless, and the moves hit the vitals directly.

What Xiao Biaozi used was the prestigious Qi family's sword technique.

But Jia Chen didn't rush, and easily blocked all the opponent's attacks.

He could have defeated Xiao Biaozi within two strokes.

But in this way, Xiao Biaozi would appear to be too useless, and his master Xia Shouzhong would be disgraced.

In order to prevent Xia Shouzhong from becoming angry and resentful towards Jia Yuanchun, and to take personal revenge in the future, Jia Chen only used [-]% of his strength to deal with Xiao Biaozi.

The two fought back and forth, and the young eunuchs watching thought that they were evenly matched, that they were evenly matched.

But Xia Shouzhong has been immersed in martial arts for many years, and he is still keenly aware that Jia Chen doesn't seem to be doing his best.

What he didn't know was that Jia Chen didn't use the sword technique at all, but the Wudang Seven Star Sword Technique.

It's just that Jia Chen mostly chose slashing and other moves in swordsmanship, which are similar to swordsmanship, but Xia Shouzhong couldn't see the clue.

Seeing that Jia Chen and Xiao Biaozi were fighting inextricably, Jia Yuanchun's eyes trembled, he clenched his handkerchief tightly, and secretly sweated for Jia Chen.

After more than fifty rounds, Jia Chen knocked Xiao Biaozi back two steps with a knife, then flicked his wrist, held the knife in his backhand, and stabbed at the opponent's Tianling Gai.

Xiao Biaozi shuddered, and hurriedly jumped back.

"clang!"

Jia Chen stabbed the ground with his backhand.

Xiao Biaozi broke out in a cold sweat, secretly glad that he dodged in time.

But in the next moment, Jia Chen leaped into the air using the tip of the knife stuck on the ground as a fulcrum, twisted his waist and kicked out two legs in turn.

"Boom! Boom!"

Accompanied by two muffled sounds, both feet kicked Xiao Biaozi's chest one after another.

Xiao Biaozi screamed, his body was like a kite with a broken string, he flew backwards, smashed through layers of rain curtains, and flew upside down five or six meters before landing heavily on the ground, smashing a large canopy splash.

"puff--"

Xiao Biaozi opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes were covering his chest in horror, he couldn't even get up.

Xia Shouzhong's face was livid with anger, but there was a stiff smirk on the corner of his lips:

"Good skill! I declare that the winner of this competition is Ah Xuan!"

As he said that, he looked at Jia Yuanchun with a strange air and said:
"Master Female Shi has a bodyguard with such high martial arts skills, it is really gratifying and enviable!"

Jia Yuanchun knew that he had bad intentions, but with a gentle and warm smile on his face, he said politely:
"Xia Dujian praised it absurdly. My bodyguard just won a half move by luck."

Although his mouth was modest, Jia Yuanchun was full of surprises in his heart. He did not expect Jia Chen to be so unfathomable and possess such strong martial arts.

Most of the descendants of Jia's family are stubborn, they only know how to ask flowers to find willows, fight cocks and dogs, eat, drink and have fun.How can anyone compare to Jia Chen in single-round martial arts?
Xia Shouzhong stared at Jia Chen with gloomy eyes, and said with a fake smile:
"Just now Xiao Biaozi used the Qi family's saber technique, but he was not good at learning, so he was defeated. If General Qi Jiguang used this set of saber techniques himself, the power would be extraordinary.

When General Qi comes to Beijing next time, our family would like to invite him to compete with you. Would you like to? "

Jia Chen agreed fearlessly: "Let the arrangement of the Governor!"

(End of this chapter)