"Forget it. This is a family banquet. What's the point of brandishing knives and guns? Yang Zhao, let's talk about your participation in the martial sciences later.”
However, Li Yuan rejected their suggestion to spar.
In his view, Yang Zhao definitely didn't have any martial arts skills and was just eager to prove himself. If they were allowed to compete, he would be beaten to the ground by Li Jiancheng, which would hurt Yang Zhao's face.
Yang Zhao had no choice but to give up.
He had no taste for this meal, so he casually took a few bites and left after saying that he was full.
Yang Zhaolai left the main hall and went all the way to the Martial Arts Practice Field in the back garden.
The Great Sui Dynasty advocated martial arts, and the children of the nobles must learn martial arts. Therefore, there was also a martial arts field in the Tang Duke's Mansion for the children of the Li family to practice martial arts here.
Yang Zhao casually picked up a white spear and waved it a few times, recalling the spear art that Zhao Yun had gifted him, carefully savoring its exquisiteness.
"Looking at your skills, brother-in-law, you still have some foundation. Do you dare to spar with me?”
At this moment, a cold laugh sounded from behind.
Yang Zhao turned around and saw that Li Jiancheng had also come to the martial arts arena at some point in time, looking at him with a mocking gaze.
That gaze made Yang Zhao very uncomfortable.
He wanted to learn the " Seven Detective Spears of the Coiling Snake ", but he had no time for actual combat. Since Li Jiancheng had the intention to provoke him, he wouldn't use him as a test.
"Since big brother is so interested, let's spar.”
Yang Zhao lightly replied, accepting Li Jiancheng's challenge.
At this moment, the surrounding servants heard that the son-in-law wanted to compete with the Eldest Young Master in martial arts and immediately rushed over to report to Li Yuan.
" He's still not satisfied. He just wants to prove himself. He still wants to compete with Dalang. Why should he be snubbed…"
Madam Dou muttered and complained non-stop.
Li Yuan's eyes lit up and he said happily,""Yang Zhao is so confident. Could it be that he really has extraordinary martial arts?”
Li Yuan's curiosity was piqued. He stood up and headed to the back garden.
Li Xiu Ning also stood up and followed behind Li Yuan, wanting to see what was going on.
"Ning 'er, I think you shouldn't go.”Madam Dou pulled her daughter back.
"Why can't I watch?" Li Xiu Ning turned to look at her mother.
Lady Dou sighed." Although your big brother is not considered a fierce general, he has been practicing martial arts since he was young. He has also trained in the army for a few years. Although your man is good at literature, he doesn't know martial arts. How can he be his opponent? If he is beaten by your big brother later, I'm afraid you will be embarrassed."”
Madam Dou was thinking about her daughter's face.
"Mother is thinking too much. I don't care. He's only admired by the Empress for his literary talent, yet he's become so ignorant.”
Li Xiu Ning didn't think much of it and followed Li Yuan to the back garden.
Madam Dou sighed and could only follow.
When the servants in the manor heard that the new son-in-law was going to spar with the Eldest Young Master, they all rushed over to watch the show.
"Guye is so bold to dare to compete with Eldest Young Master. Isn't he looking for trouble?”
"That's right, the Eldest Young Master was once a lieutenant. If not for the Duke stopping him, he would at least be a commander of the Thousand Oxen Guard.”
"Our new son-in-law has good archery skills. Who knows if he also has good martial arts skills?”
"His archery skills are probably trained from hunting. It's nothing impressive. How can it be compared to martial arts?”
"That's right. As the saying goes,'poor in literature and rich in martial arts.' Buying swords and weapons is more expensive than buying a few lousy books. Our new son-in-law came from a commoner's background in the countryside. It's probably a problem for him to eat his fill. Where would he have the spare money to learn martial arts?”
"I'm afraid Guye is going to embarrass Young Lady.”
The maidservants gathered together and discussed among themselves.
Back garden.
Li Yuan and his daughter were already standing in the distance, just enough to see the entire training field.
The two people on the stage had already started choosing their weapons.
Li Jiancheng picked a horizontal saber made of fine steel. It was the standard weapon of the Sui army.
Yang Zhao glanced at the weapon rack and grabbed a long stick.
"He actually chose a rod?" Li Yuan's expression changed and he was shocked.
" Looks like he really doesn't know martial arts. Otherwise, he wouldn't have chosen a stick as his weapon. I'm afraid he only knows how to use a fire stick…"
The corners of Li Xiu Ning's lips curled up as she scoffed.
As the saying goes, poor scholars are rich in martial arts. Martial artists must have some spare money to buy weapons.
Among all the weapons, this staff was the cheapest.
Li Xiu Ning thought that with Yang Zhao's family background, even if he had learned some martial arts, he could at most use a stick as a weapon.
Li Jiancheng looked at Yang Zhao and sneered,"Brother-in-law, your weapon is actually a rod. It's really rare. Then let me see how good your rod technique is.”
Li Jiancheng waved his saber horizontally and assumed a provocative posture.
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