Chapter - 92 Fighting Contest to Find a Suitor (9) (1/2)
All the spectators shouted in surprise. The girl, thrown into a panic, supported her father: she tore a strip of her tunic to wrap his hands, which bled profusely.
Mu Yi pushed back his daughter:
”Move aside,” he said. ”Today, it's either him or me!”
The girl, pale, looked at the young aristocrat fixedly, drew a dagger suddenly and wanted to plunge it full into her heart. Surprised, Mu Yi sought to stop her hand, and the girl did not have time to draw aside the blade, which was planted in the hand of her father.
The spectators sighed and deplored to see a beautiful scene finishing in such a bloody way! Even the hooligans seemed indigant at such a outcome. The comments started to focus on the improper attitude of this young aristocrat.
Facing such unrighteousness, Guo Jing could not remain standing by. He gently drew aside the people in front of him and advanced into the open space:
”Ha!” he shouted, ”to act like that, that's not good!”
The young aristocrat, disconcerted for a moment, retorted while laughing;
”Ah yes? How is it necessary to act well?”
His servants, seeing that Guo Jing was clad like a peasant and that he spoke with a marked southern accent, made fun of him. Guo Jing did not understand the mockery, and said seriously, ”You should marry this young lady!”
”And if I don't marry her?”
”If you don't want to marry her, why did you come down to fight? It was well marked, on the banner, 'Challenge to find a husband'!”
”What are you interfering for, kid?” retorted the young aristocrat, in a threatening voice.
”This young lady is not only very beautiful, but she has excellent gongfu. Why don't you want her? Didn't you see that she felt so offended that she wanted to commit suicide?”
”You're such a moron that it isn't worthwhile to explain it to you…”
The young aristocrat turned on his heel. Guo Jing restained him:
”Huh! How can you leave like that?”
”What do you want?”
”Didn't I tell you to marry this young lady?”
The aristocrat laughed and was about to leave.