The guards immediately came up and rearranged the tables, freeing up a larger space for the two to compete. At the same time, someone took a wooden sword and a protective gear and handed it to the two of them. In general, when the palace is contested, it is fought with a wooden sword, and it is necessary to wear protective equipment, although it is inevitable that there will be some damage, but it is also safer than using a real sword.

Gao Yuan glanced at the wooden sword guard, turned to Zhao Wang Qian and said: "King, for this competition, the minister has two requests, please ask the king for permission." ”

Zhao Wangqian was also a little surprised, and said, "You have something to ask, but you said that you won't visit." ”

Gao Yuan said: "First, Chen hopes that this battle is not an ordinary competition, but a battle of life and death, endless, and at the end of the day, only one person between me and Shi Kui can survive." Second, in the competition, any means can be used, and there are no rules. ”

Zhao Wangqian listened, and couldn't help but change color a little, although someone had proposed before, when the palace competition does not care about life and death, but that is because so that the two sides of the competition can have no scruples, go all out, it is not necessary to kill the opponent, and the result of the competition, there are also both sides without damage, and proposed to be a battle of life and death, in the end, only one person can survive, Gao Yuan is still the first, which also means that in this battle, Gao Yuan will never show mercy.

So Zhao Wangqian turned to Shi Kui again and said, "Shi Kui, Gao Yuan proposed to fight with you in a battle of life and death, do you dare to fight?" ”

Shi Kui didn't speak, Guo Kaiji said: "Back to the king, the minister is willing to agree." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Shi Kui's face also changed slightly, he was originally an outlaw, of course he would not be afraid of the battle of life and death, so even if Guo Kai didn't speak, Shi Kui would eventually agree, but it was a matter of time for him to agree, Guo Kai took him to agree, that is another thing, which also shows that Guo Kai did not take his life and death to heart at all, such a result, of course, no one will feel comfortable.

However, now that the battle of life and death is a foregone conclusion, no one can change it, but you can't bring weapons to the banquet, so the two have to let people get weapons before they can compete. So they went back to their seats and told their men to fetch their weapons. And the ministers also talked a lot, looking forward to this battle.

Gao Yuan returned to Li Mu's seat and asked Du Yi to go out to get his saber, and Li Yinghong's face changed, with a worried face, and he pulled Gao Yuan and said, "Gao Yuan, are you sure that you can win?" ”

Gao Yuan smiled: "No. ”

Li Yinghong hurriedly said: "You can still laugh?" If you are not sure, do you dare to fight to the death? ”

Gao Yuan said: "On this kind of occasion, of course I can't say soft words, and they are obviously prepared for a long time, and they are determined to fight to the death, in fact, there is no difference." ”

At this time, Li Mu had restored his normalcy and said, "You are right, it is indeed the best way to set a life-and-death battle, so that your treasure sword will be useful, so you can at least win first." In addition, it is also to put pressure on the opponent, first of all, to suppress the opponent in momentum. ”

Gao Yuan said: "The general is really like a torch. ”

Li Yinghong was also a little relieved when she heard it.

Li Mu said again: "Okay, Gao Yuan, I'll help you again." ”

Li Yinghong said: "How did my father help him." ”

At this time, Li Mu stood up from his seat, turned to Zhao Wangqian, and said, "King, in this competition, the minister still wants to add a lottery and gamble with Xiangguo." ”

Zhao Wangqian also said curiously: "Li Qing, what do you want to bet on?" ”

Li Mu said with a smile: "Just now, the king gave his ministers 500 eridium gold, and the ministers used these 500 eridium gold to gamble with Xiangguo." ”

Then Sima Shang also stood up from his seat and said: "The king, the minister is also willing to take out five hundred eridium gold, and make a thousand eridium gold with the general, and gamble with Xiangguo, anyway, there is gold in Xiangguo, and he will definitely not care about losing this thousand Eridium gold, not to mention that he may not lose, if Xiangguo does not dare to bet, then don't fight this battle." ”

Of course, he could see that Guo Kai was targeting Li Mu this time, so he also came forward to support Gao Yuan.

Although it is common for ministers to bet on martial arts competitions during banquets, sometimes even King Zhao will add in to gamble, but there are still not many who gamble out a thousand eridium gold at once. The average minister's annual income is only about a few thousand to one or two hundred thousand stones, and when converted into gold, it is only a few tens of eridium, and a thousand eridium gold is not something that every minister can take.

Guo Kai also changed color, of course he could take out the Qianyi gold, but if he really lost the Qianyi gold, Guo Kai was really reluctant, and Gao Yuan dared to propose a battle of life and death, Li Mu and Sima Shang dared to take out the Qianyi gold to bet, they were all full of confidence, Guo Kai had no bottom in his heart, peeked at Shi Kui, and saw Shi Kui standing with his head down, and let Guo Kai take his own idea, which also made Guo Kai hate in his heart, but he didn't expect that he didn't ask Shi Kui's attitude at all just now, agreed to him and the plateau for a life-and-death battle.

However, this occasion also did not allow Guo Kai to retreat, so Guo Kai also gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, then bet, Qianyi gold, you can still afford to lose." ”

At this time, Zhao Xuan also came over and said: "Shi Kui is good at using the long sword, the strength is heavy, and the swordsmanship is wide open and closed, you had better cut into the inner circle and fight with him closely, you can give full play to the advantage of your short and sharp sword." Be careful. ”

Gao Yuan's heart moved, nodded, and said, "Thank you." ”

As he spoke, the weapons of both of them had been retrieved, and Shi Kui used a long sword, more than a meter long, and the blade was slightly wider than the usual sword. At this time, Guo Kai pulled Shi Kui and said: "Shi Kui, if you win this battle, this thousand Yi gold, the original phase will reward you with 500 Yi Yi." ”

Shi Kui listened, and his eyes also shot a blazing light, although he was a high-ranking doorman under Guo Kaimen, and his income was very high, but in the past few years, he had only saved a few dozen catties of gold, and five hundred eridium gold, in his eyes, was not an astronomical amount. Therefore, he couldn't help but be unmoved.

Seeing that his heavy reward had impressed Shi Kui, Guo Kai was also very satisfied, patted Shi Kui's back, and said, "Go ahead, if you have the life to receive these five hundred Eridium gold, it's one move here." ”

Shi Kui nodded and said, "Xiangguo is relieved, Shi Kui will definitely live up to his mission." After saying that, Shi Kui immediately stood in the middle of the main hall with his sword in hand.

After Gao Yuan took the saber, he did not come to the middle, but walked to the side of a saber armorer and arched his hand: "This general, please borrow your saber and use it." ”

Na Yan Shi was also a little embarrassed, looked at Zhao Wangqian, and saw Zhao Wangqian nodding, so he took out his sword and handed it to Gao Yuan. Everyone was puzzled, is it difficult to change weapons temporarily on the plateau?

At this time, Gao Yuan left the sword and slashed the right, and said: "King, everyone, although my sword is short, it is extremely sharp, please look at this sword." As he spoke, he collided the swords with each other, and with a "dang" sound, the bronze sword was cut in two. Sima Shangji shouted, "Good knife." Several officials present applauded.

Gao Yuan threw the broken sword to the ground and said, "So wait a while, Mr. Shi should be careful." ”

Shi Kui's face couldn't help but change greatly when he saw it, and he didn't feel that he retreated. There was also a cautious look on his face. At the same time, I am also secretly fortunate in my heart, if I am not prepared, I am afraid that it will be a big loss as soon as I fight.

When he returned, Li Yinghong was so anxious that he only stomped his feet, he didn't expect Gao Yuan to come to this play, he could have taken advantage of the treasure knife to catch the opponent off guard, but the power of the treasure knife was known by the opponent, and he would definitely be on guard.

Gao Yuan turned to Li Mu and said, "Please borrow the general's wine to sacrifice this sword." ”

Li Mu smiled slightly and said, "Yinghong." ”

When Li Yinghong heard this, he had no choice but to pick up the wine jue, pour all the wine on the saber on the plateau, and then follow the saber and fall to the bluestone ground, and said in a low voice: "What are you doing." ”

Gao Yuan smiled: "Don't worry. I've got a way to win him. ”

After finishing speaking, Gao Yuan turned around and came to the middle, about ten meters away from Shi Kui, standing opposite each other.

Zhao Wangqian was also interested in this competition at this time, and immediately said, "Let's start." ”

Shi Kui held the sword with a single sword, then stood up, the long sword pointed to the plateau, the legs one in front of the other, the front legs slightly bowed, the back legs slightly bent, a ready to go, the eyes were gloomy, staring at the plateau tightly. Although he had experienced those things just now, Shi Kui was born as an outlaw after all, and it was common for him to sacrifice his life.

The plateau stood in front of him, his legs and hands slightly open, his saber pointed diagonally at the ground, and his face was as usual as before. But compared to Shi Kui's saber-rattling, it is very different.

As the two entered the state of competition, the atmosphere in the hall also began to become tense, and many ministers and women couldn't help but hold their breath freely, staring intently at the two people in the field.

The two sides only held each other for more than a minute, but when everyone felt like a cow, it seemed that an hour had passed, and the entire hall was so quiet that it could be heard, and Li Yinghong's palms were soaked with sweat.

At this moment, Shi Kui suddenly roared, shaking the entire hall "buzzing", his body suddenly rushed forward, and the long sword turned into a long rainbow, stabbing at the throat of the plateau, fast and ruthless. At the two seats of Guo Kai and Zhao Cong, there was also a burst of enthusiastic cheering.

Almost at the same time, the plateau also leaped forward, and the two finally began to fight.

The two were only more than ten meters apart, and they rushed forward at the same time, so of course such a little distance was fleeting. But at this moment, Gao Yuan's figure flickered, as if he had slipped.

There was a burst of exclamations all over the audience, although Li Mu had always been silent, but at this time, his face couldn't help but change greatly, and Li Yinghong covered his mouth with his hand, only to feel that his heart had jumped to his throat, and Du Yi screamed even more. Only Zhao Xuan's expression was the same as before, unmoved at all.

Seeing the plateau fall to the ground, Shi Kui's heart was originally happy, thinking that the scroll was in his hand, but the joy was not over, but he immediately found that something was wrong, because although the plateau fell to the ground, his body did not stop, and the whole person was close to the ground, still sliding towards Shi Kui, and in a blink of an eye, he cut into his own close front. But his sword pierced the air, and it was too late to collect the sword, and the entire chest and abdomen had been completely opened.

Shi Kui couldn't help but be frightened, and hurriedly turned around to dodge, but it was too late, Gao Yuan had already fallen to the ground and slid in front of Shi Kui, and a knife stabbed out from the bottom up, piercing through Shi Kui's lower abdomen, and the saber was out of the handle, revealing the tip of the knife from the back cheek.

Blood flowed down the saber and fell all the way to Gao Yuan's body, and Shi Kui's mouth made a "whine" sound, but he couldn't say a word, and the blood spurted out of his mouth from his throat.

Although Gao Yuan was lying on the ground, he smiled faintly and said, "You have already lost." As he spoke, he kicked Shi Kui's chest with his leg and drew his saber with his strength, and Shi Kui fell backwards and died.