On the table was an inconspicuous black sè bijia, crumpled, as if it were a century-old product, so that people did not have a second look.

But He Ruobi knew that there was a treasure of armor in Dugu Mansion, which was a armor often worn by the Hu people in the Western Regions, which could be invulnerable, no one knew its origin, and no one knew what material it was woven from. [.81zo This swarthy armor has a little moist in his eyes.]

"My eldest brother hopes that Brother He Ruo will better not fight tomorrow, if he must fight, then he must kill Yang Yuanqing."

"Yes, with this piece of armor, Jin'er can look at it."

Dugu Cheng is tomorrow's intermediary, that is, the witness of their life-and-death struggle, although Dugu Cheng hopes that He Ruobi will win, but when he sees He Ruobi trusting this armor so much, his heart will be half cold, if He Ruobi really thinks that this armor can withstand Yang Yuanqing's blow, then He Ruobi will definitely die.

Dugu couldn't hold back any longer, and asked: "Brother He Ruo, knowing yourself and knowing your opponent is the only way to win a hundred battles, how fast is Yang Yuanqing's horse?" How much does his lance weigh? Who did he learn from? How much strength do his arms have? Has Brother He Ruo understood these? ”

He Ruobi was stunned for a moment, he didn't know anything about this.

The battle between He Ruobi and Yang Yuanqing is an old custom of the Xianbei people, in fact, many grassland peoples have this custom, such as the Turkic warrior Utuyo vs. Xue Qiluo, in fact, it is the same duel, the two sides fight a fair decisive battle, life and death are up to heaven.

But the Xianbei people have been in the Central Plains for more than 100 years, this custom has become less and less, and the way of the grassland is different from the occasional occurrence.

After the evolution of the Xianbei people's covenant for a hundred years, there is a little more special sè of the Han people, that is, to sign the life and death certificate first, the two parties must find an intermediary as a witness, and then the three parties sign the life and death certificate, stating that this is a voluntary and fair duel between the two parties, whether life or death, it has nothing to do with the other party, which is mainly to deal with the government.

Despite this, this kind of duel is still very rare, and every time it happens, it will attract a large number of onlookers, not to mention the duel between He Ruobi and Yang Suzhisun, who are active in the capital, and this duel has been fermented for a day and a night, and it has been in the spotlight.

The day was not yet fully dawn, and the door of Chongrenfang had just opened, and hundreds of people from the neighboring squares rushed in, and everyone rushed to the left guard school field, which was the venue of today's decisive battle.

When the first batch of people rushed to the school ground, there were already more than a thousand people gathered there, these people were all residents of Chongrenfang and enthusiastic people who did not leave Chongrenfang last night, and they had already occupied the best position.

The Left Guard Military Academy is the place where the Left Guard trains cavalry, covering an area of nearly 40 acres, is a vast grassland, surrounded by a low wall less than one person high, in fact, it has become a civilian square for the residents of Chongrenfang to enjoy the cool at night, and it is also a good place for children to play.

The duel in the left guard school field was chosen by Yang Yuanqing, and the reason why he chose this place was because he had practiced riding and archery here for two years, and he was very familiar with every grass and tree in this land.

The sky gradually brightened, and more and more people flocked to Chongrenfang, and the school was surrounded by a sea of people, the grass and the walls were crowded with people watching hot lots, and even the surrounding big trees were full of people.

Since it was a duel in the left guard school field, the responsibility for maintaining order naturally fell on the left guard, the left guard general Shi Xiang personally led more than 1,000 soldiers, busy maintaining order in the school field, they drew a white line with lime last night, in order to protect the safety of the people, no one is allowed to exceed this white line, and groups of soldiers patrol back and forth along this white line.

In addition to Zuo Wei, hundreds of officials from the Jingzhao Mansion and Daxing County were also dispatched, they were responsible for the order and security of the periphery, no one expected that there would be so many good deeds in the capital, and a simple duel actually launched the enthusiasm of the whole city, attracting tens of thousands of onlookers.

Everyone knows that He Ruobi wants to avenge his son, but what is the enmity between Yang Yuanqing and He Ruo Sanhu, but there are different opinions, one day and one night, the reason for the duel between He and Yang has various theories spread throughout the city, the most reliable saying is that the horse snatching case circulated in Liren City, there are many witnesses to testify, He Ruojin took away more than 100 war horses of Yang Yuanqing, and then Yang Yuanqing rushed to He Ruo's mansion to seriously injure He Ruojin, and this scene was also witnessed by thousands of people.

However, the most widely circulated theory is that He Ruojin robbed Yang Yuanqing's fiancée, the fiancée committed suicide by humiliation, and Yang Yuanqing came back from the frontier to take revenge, although there is no evidence, but people are more willing to believe this statement.

Not far from the left guard school field is the mansion of Wenxi County Gong Pei Ju, Pei Ju was the official Shi Lang, early in the morning, Pei Ju went to the court, near the water building first to get the moon, from the east courtyard of Pei Mansion you can directly see the situation in the school field, Pei Mansion East Courtyard is the closest place to the school field is Pei clan science, dozens of Pei family children in the capital read boiling here, a total of three floors high, standing on the third floor can clearly see the situation in the school field.

However, the children of the Pei family were not blessed to witness today's grand occasion, the superintendent Pei Zhiqing held an iron ring ruler in his hand, staring at every student sternly, everyone must study honestly, and they are not allowed to join in the fun.

This Pei old pedant was a little eccentric, he didn't allow his disciples to abandon their studies, but allowed the Pei family girls to go upstairs to watch the battle, so that the Pei family disciples were so unconvinced, unconvinced, but no one dared to resist In front of the window on the third floor of the Bo Zhi Building, there were already five or six Pei family girls standing, and they were chattering about today's life-and-death battle.

"I heard from Steward Qin that it was He Ruojin who robbed Yang Yuanqing's fiancée, who grew up as a childhood sweetheart, and his fiancée committed suicide, attracting Yang Yuanqing to come back from the frontier to take revenge."

The girl who said this is Pei You, the daughter of Pei Ju's eldest son Pei Wenjing, she is the oldest of the Pei family girls, she is sixteen years old this year, and she has a marriage contract with the Taiyuan Wang family, she is more outgoing, and the sources are wide, and several other girls are listening to her intently tell the cause and effect of today's He Yang duel.

"And then?"

A big-eyed teenage girl asked, her beautiful eyes full of sympathy.

The big-eyed girl is called Pei Minqiu, nicknamed Minniang, she was originally called Minqiu, but her grandfather thought her name was too sad and changed 'Minqiu, to 'Minqiu,.

She is the youngest daughter of Pei Ju's second son, Pei Wenyi, who is only twelve years old this year, and only came to the capital from Peijia Village, Wenxi County, her hometown, the day before yesterday, and she is the girl escorted by the middle-aged housekeeper that Yang Yuanqing met in the Bashang wine shed.

Pei Minqiu already knew that Yang Yuanqing was the young man who was fighting unevenly, so she paid special attention to it.

Pei You glanced at her, and then continued: "After Yang Yuanqing came back, he naturally wanted to avenge his fiancée and beat He Ruojin to a serious injury, but that guy was a short-lived ghost, and he died a few days ago, of course He Ruobi wanted to avenge his son, so there is today. of the duel. ”

"Then he can report to the official! You can also appeal to the emperor! ”

Another girl asked puzzledly: "I heard that He Ruobi is still the Duke of Song Guo, is it a bit too self-respecting to duel with young people with such a high title?" ”

"Hey! Then Yang Yuanqing is the grandson of Mrs. Yang, where can He Ruobi go to sue? ”

All the girls exclaimed, it turned out that Yang Yuanqing was Yang Su's grandson, no wonder! Pei Minqiu frowned and said: "Even the fiancée of Mrs. Yang's grandson dares to rob it, and this He Ruojia is a little too arrogant." ”

"It's not that He Ruo Sanhu is rampant and domineering in the capital, but Yang Yuanqing heard that he is only a grandson, so his fiancée is probably also a woman from a small family, so it is normal to be robbed."

A few girls were talking, and there was a flurry of noise in the school yard

o Wave-like whistling, Pei Yu hurriedly said: "Don't say it, it seems to be coming, let's see!" ”

Several girls rushed to the window together, stretched their necks to look at the school field in the distance, Pei Minqiu put his hands in front of Xiong and stared wide, his eyes were full of worry, would that Yang Yuanqing be killed?

Yang Yuanqing and He Ruobi arrived almost at the same time, He Ruobi entered the school from the east surrounded by three hundred generals and dozens of children of Guanlong nobles, and he did not expect that tens of thousands of people would come to watch his duel, and a grievance that was supposed to be resolved under the si became a grand occasion in the capital.

The intermediary witness Dugu Cheng didn't expect so many people to come, looking at a pair of warm and expectant eyes, Dugu frowned and said, "Brother He Ruo, it's better to change the day!" Or in a different place, there are so many people, it's a bit inappropriate. ”

"Don't change!"

He Ruobi refused without hesitation, and he sneered, "I'm going to let him be split into two pieces by me in front of everyone's eyes, so as to relieve the hatred in my heart." ”

Dugu had to smile helplessly.

Yang Yuanqing rode into the school field from the north, and he was only accompanied by five or six Jin Wangfu guards behind him, and there was no need for a large number of people in this kind of personal duel.

Crowded on the grass in the north, more than a thousand onlookers have made way one after another, only to see Yang Yuanqing tall and burly, wearing an eagle helmet, wearing bright light armor, wearing high riding boots, a bow and arrow on his back, a horizontal knife on his waist, holding a sky-breaking lance in his hand, riding a strong and tall horse, his eyes under the eagle helmet are sharp and deep, full of the vitality and heroism unique to young soldiers.

Immediately, almost everyone applauded, and everyone was amazed, what a heroic general.

"Brother Yang Xian, wait a minute!" Someone behind him suddenly shouted.

As soon as Yang Yuanqing turned around, he saw five famous men chasing after him on horseback, the leader was red-haired, holding a golden nail jujube yang lance, it was the red-haired spirit official Shan Xiongxin, and behind him were his brother Shan Xiongzhong and the three tigers of Shangdang, who brought a big drum.

Shan Xiongxin stepped forward and laughed heartily: "I heard that the virtuous brother fought against He Ruobi today, we are here to cheer!" ”

Yang Yuanqing was moved in his heart, the day before yesterday he was just a gesture, help him once, Shan Xiongxin remembered his gratitude, this is the real hero, he hugged his fists and said: "Thank you Second Brother Shan!" ”

At this time, an officer rode up and asked loudly, "Which one is Yang Yuanqing?" ”

Yang Yuanqing turned the horse's head, "I am!" ”

"The hour is coming, and the intermediary asks you to sign the certificate of life and death."

Yang Yuanqing nodded, hugged his fists at Shan Xiongxin and the others and smiled: "You cheer me on and see how I kill the old thief He Ruo." ”

As soon as he urged the war horse, he galloped towards the middle of the school field, He Ruobi had already signed the life and death certificate, he stared at Yang Yuanqing coldly, at this time in his eyes, Yang Yuanqing was no different from a corpse.

"General Yang, please!"

Dugu handed the pen and the life and death certificate to Yang Yuanqing, Yang Yuanqing read it, signed his name below, dipped his thumb in ink, and pressed his fingerprint.

He returned the life and death situation to Dugu Quan, "Is it okay?" ”

Dugu glanced at it and said loudly: "The hour has come, and the duel of life and death begins!" ”

There was a sensation around the school grounds, and tens of thousands of onlookers waited for most of the day, just for this moment, a scream sounded all around, "Kill him!" ”

The excitement of watching the head of the vegetable market is like watching the head of the market, and what tens of thousands of people are waiting for is four words: 'Bloody killing!' Pei Min was so nervous that she didn't dare to look at it anymore, she closed her eyes and turned her head, she was afraid of seeing a bloody scene, and she was even more afraid that it was Yang Yuanqing who fell in a pool of blood.

Her cousin Pei You was so excited that she slapped the window, "Hurry up!" Hurry up and get started! ”

Yang Yuanqing and He Ruobi had already rushed to their respective edges, and a long shout came from the school field, "Let's go!" ”

Yang Yuanqing slowly raised the lance and pointed straight ahead. He Ruobi also slashed horizontally, the knife light flashed, and the surroundings were suddenly silent, everyone became nervous, maintaining various postures, and their bodies were motionless.

Yang Yuanqing urged the war horse and ran towards the center of the school field, and Shan Xiongxin beat the big drum, "Knock! Boom! Boom! , The sound of the drum encouraged Yang Yuanqing's fighting spirit, Yang Yuanqing's mouth was clenched, his eyes were calm, the cold light of death flashed on the tip of the sky-breaking lance, and the speed of the horse became faster and faster, like a gallop.

He Ruobi also urged his BMW, the horse galloped, he held the big knife high, the momentum was like a mountain, trying to use the incomparably powerful momentum, Yang Yuanqing was smashed with a knife, in his more than ten years of conquest career, I don't know how many famous generals, was overwhelmed by his momentum like splitting Mount Tai, and finally died under his knife.

The two war horses were like the heads of two dragons, staggering in an instant of lightning and fire, and no one saw what was happening between them?

Yang Yuanqing waved the lever coldly, his eyes were full of contempt, and an exclamation suddenly broke out on the school field, there was no one on He Ruobi's war horse, and the war knife flew out a few feet away, only to see He Ruobi face down, lying on the grass, he wanted to get up, but he climbed half up and fell down, and several generals hurriedly ran forward to help him up.

Shan Xiongxin saw it clearly, He Ruobi was knocked down by himself, he used too much force, and slashed the air with a knife, Yang Yuanqing pressed lightly on his back with a lance, and then swept him off the war horse with his strength, this is a typical body that was hollowed out by wine, He Ruobi, who was ranked fifth among the nine generals of the Great Sui back then, was so vulnerable.

Yang Yuanqing rode slowly past He Ruobi, and he coldly threw down a sentence, "People like you are not as good as your head, you are not worthy of my killing." ”

He no longer paid attention to He Ruobi, urged the horse to leave the school field quickly, Shan Xiongxin and others also left, He Ruobi had already stood up, his helmet had fallen off, his cloak was scattered, his face and body were grassy, embarrassed, and there was a boo in the school field, Yang Yuanqing did not kill He Ruobi.

He Ruobi hid his face and ran, this kind of humiliation in front of tens of thousands of people was even more uncomfortable than killing him.

Pei Jiazang, Pei You slapped the windowsill heavily and complained loudly: "It's so boring!" ”

Pei Minqiu quietly opened her eyes, on the school field, Yang Yuanqing had disappeared, she was stunned for a long time, and then asked timidly: "Sister, who died?" ”！。