Dahuang jumped out the moment Ye Wanmian opened the door. Seeing Xiao Jingcheng and Mo Zhizhang sparring, it stared with its dog eyes wide open and its tail standing straight up.
It recalled the time when Xiao Jingcheng was inside its body, controlling it to defeat Sang Biao, and his valiant appearance when hunting mountain rabbits and wild pheasants in the mountain forest.
After snapping out of its reverie, it excitedly bounced a few times on the spot and barked loudly.
Watching this scene, Ye Wanmian was filled with fury. She roared, "Stop it, both of you!"
As soon as there was movement in the room where Ye Wanmian and Qi Wen were, Xiao Jingcheng and Mo Zhizhang had already noticed. Mo Zhizhang intended to end the fight, but Xiao Jingcheng showed no sign of stopping at all. Mo Zhizhang had no choice but to continue to respond.
When Ye Wanmian appeared in the yard, Xiao Jingcheng's eyes turned cold. His moves became even more ferocious. He actually struck towards Mo Zhizhang's chest. At that moment, the feeling of being threatened forced Mo Zhizhang to twist his body to avoid the attack, raise his palm to defuse it, and at the same time strike back at Xiao Jingcheng with an equally fierce move.
The two had exchanged more than a hundred moves, but still couldn't tell the winner. Either they were both holding back, or their martial arts skills were well - matched. Mo Zhizhang thought that Xiao Jingcheng would dodge this move just like he had countless times before. Who would have thought that instead of dodging, Xiao Jingcheng even took the initiative to meet the attack head - on.
Mo Zhizhang thought something was wrong. Although he had already removed most of the force, that palm still landed heavily on Xiao Jingcheng's chest.
After Ye Wanmian shouted that sentence, she thought she would see the two stop fighting. But the next moment, Xiao Jingcheng was heavily struck and flew out, rolling on the ground twice. His face turned pale and he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.
"Ah!" Ye Wanmian was so shocked by this sudden scene that she let out a scream. Her head buzzed. Without thinking, she rushed towards Xiao Jingcheng who was lying on the ground.
"Xiao... Brother Jing, are you... are you okay?" She squatted down and looked at Xiao Jingcheng with blood on his lips, at a loss.
How could this happen?
Why did these two start fighting out of the blue?
Xiao Jingcheng was spitting blood. Was he going to die?
Qi Wen also ran over and reached out to help Xiao Jingcheng up. "Brother Jing, let me help you."
The anxious Dahuang didn't know when it had run to Xiao Jingcheng's side. It nuzzled Xiao Jingcheng's arm with its wet nose and whined.
[The little purple - clothed man lost. He's injured. He's not so powerful anymore.]
Xiao Jingcheng pressed on his aching chest and coughed twice forcefully. With Qi Wen's support, he sat up from the ground.
On the opposite side, Mo Zhizhang's face had already changed. He no longer looked as calm and leisurely as before. He quickly came to Xiao Jingcheng, squatted down, and said, "Brother Gou Dan, let me take a look at you."
He tried to grab Xiao Jingcheng's wrist to feel his pulse, but was slapped away by Ye Wanmian.
Looking up, although he couldn't clearly see the expression on the girl's unforgettable face, he could feel her anger at this moment. "Uncle, how could you strike so hard!"
"I—" Mo Zhizhang moved his lips, wanting to defend himself. But for a moment just now, he had indeed harbored a bit of killing intent. It was only after he realized that Xiao Jingcheng had done it on purpose that he quickly removed the force.
Ye Wanmian was extremely flustered at this moment. She kept telling herself that she was just worried that something really happened to Xiao Jingcheng and he died in Dongli Town. Then her three thousand taels of silver would be gone.
Also, she was worried that people from the palace would come to arrest her and accuse her of murdering the crown prince, making her pay with her life.
That's right, it was just because of these reasons.
But how could this happen? Uncle looked gentle and kind, with an excellent temper. How could he be so ruthless to Xiao Jingcheng? Could it be that Uncle had detected Xiao Jingcheng's identity?
She thought it was Xiao Jingcheng who was having another episode and deliberately provoking Uncle, bullying Uncle. Was she wrong?
The panicked Ye Wanmian didn't notice at all that behind her, Xiao Jingcheng's lips curled up triumphantly for a moment and then quickly fell back, without being noticed.
Xiao Jingcheng coughed twice forcefully and said hoarsely to Ye Wanmian, "Don't blame Doctor Mo. We were just sparring. He didn't do it on purpose. I'm fine."
Huh?
Mo Zhizhang squinted slightly and looked at Xiao Jingcheng.
Strange. This man didn't take the opportunity to accuse him of having ill intentions?
He thought this guy deliberately threw himself into the fight just to shift the blame onto him.
After hearing this, Ye Wanmian frowned. "But you're spitting blood."
Xiao Jingcheng said, "Don't worry. He didn't hit my vital parts just now."
Ye Wanmian was taken aback for a moment and uncomfortably clutched her sleeves.
Who's worried!
She was just afraid that he would die here and implicate them!
"Don't believe me? You can feel my pulse," Xiao Jingcheng offered.
Ye Wanmian doubtfully held his wrist and placed her fingers on his pulse, carefully distinguishing.
His qi and blood were abundant. He really didn't seem to be seriously injured. But she was worried that her medical skills were not good enough, so she still asked Mo Zhizhang for help.
"Uncle, please take a look."
Mo Zhizhang didn't mind that she had slapped his hand away just now. Seeing that Xiao Jingcheng didn't refuse either, he also placed his fingers on it.
Looking at Xiao Jingcheng, he said, "Brother Gou Dan is right. That palm just now didn't hurt the heart meridian. Instead, it dispersed the stasis in his body."
Could this be the reason why he deliberately threw himself into the fight just now?
Wasn't he worried that if he hadn't removed the force in time, he might really have shattered his heart meridian and sent him to his death?
Hearing the answer from Mo Zhizhang, Ye Wanmian finally completely relaxed.
Thinking of the scene she saw when she opened the door just now, Ye Wanmian was very angry. She said to Xiao Jingcheng and Mo Zhizhang, "But although no one was really hurt this time, you two are not allowed to fight again in the future!"
Mo Zhizhang smiled. "Don't worry, niece. It won't happen again."
Xiao Jingcheng also said, "Okay, I promise you."
Ye Wanmian couldn't help but look at Xiao Jingcheng a few more times.
Something was wrong. Why was this guy so easy - going today? In the past two days, he always spoke with sarcasm and gave orders. Why did he change today?
Was it because he lost to Uncle during the sparring and felt embarrassed?
They were going to set up a shed to give out free herbal tea today. Ye Wanmian didn't have time to delve into this anomaly. Seeing the fallen leaves all over the ground and the broken broom, she sighed. She told Qi Wen to sweep the yard and then went to do her own things.
Qi Wen responded, scratched his head, turned around, picked up the two broken pieces of the broom, and silently went to repair it.
In the middle of the yard, only Xiao Jingcheng and Mo Zhizhang were left.
Xiao Jingcheng raised his sleeve to wipe the blood from his lips. He still looked as if nothing had happened. Mo Zhizhang said meaningfully, "Brother Gou Dan, you're really willing to go all out."
Xiao Jingcheng looked up at him, imitating his and Xiao Yixuan's smiles, and said in a very gentle voice,
"Next time, please be even gentler, Doctor Mo."