The table was placed with an inconspicuous black armor, wrinkled, as if it was a century-old product, making people look at it again.

But He Ruobi knew that there was an armor treasure in Dugu's mansion, a armor often worn by Hu people in the Western Regions. It could be wiped out without a knife and arrow. No one knew its origin, nor did anyone know what material it was woven. Yuwen Tai was moved by Dugu Xin's achievements and gave him this protective treasure, which has been passed down from generation to generation. It should be the armor on the table.

Of course, He Ruobi knew that this was not given to him, but to lend it to him. That's it. He Ruobi also felt the Dugu family's care for him. He was extremely moved and gently stroked the dark armor of mō, with a little wet in his eyes.

"My elder brother hopes that Brother He Ruo will not fight tomorrow. If he must fight, please be sure to kill Yang Yuanqing."

"Yes, with this armor, Jin'er can rest in peace."

Dugu Zheng is tomorrow's intermediary, that is, the witness of their life-and-death struggle. Although Dugu Zheng hopes that He Ruobi will win, when he sees He Ruobi trusting this armor so much, his heart will be cold. If He Ruobi really thinks that this armor can withstand Yang Yuanqing's attack, He Ruobi will definitely die.

Dugu Zheng could no longer help and asked, "Brother He Ruo, only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you win every battle. How fast is Yang Yuanqing's horse? How heavy is his spear? Who is his spear master? How powerful is his arms? Have you ever known about these?"

He Ruobi was stunned for a moment, he knew nothing about this.

The fight between He Ruobi and Yang Yuanqing is an old custom of the Xianbei people. In fact, many grassland ethnic groups have this custom. For example, the Turkic warrior Wutu made an appointment to fight Xue Qiluo, which is actually the same duel. Both sides have a fair fight, and life and death are from heaven.

However, the Xianbei people have been in power for more than a hundred years, and this custom has become less and less common. Once it happens by chance, it is different from the grassland. The grassland people make a fight and find a piece of grassland. The dead are buried in the sky and leave without any worries.

After the Xianbei fight evolved a hundred years ago, there was a little more Han people's special, that is, they had to sign a life-and-death case first. Both parties had to find a witness to the two parties, and then the three parties signed a life-and-death case, declaring that this was a voluntary and fair duel between the two parties, regardless of life and death, had nothing to do with the other party, and this was mainly to deal with the government.

Despite this, such duels are still very rare. Every time it occurs, it will attract a large number of onlookers, not to mention the duel between He Ruobi, an active figure in the capital, and Yang Suzhisun. This duel has been fermenting day and night, and has attracted much attention.

Before the sky was completely clear, the gate of Chongrenfang had just opened. Hundreds of people coming from the nearby yards flocked in, and everyone rushed to the left and right garrison ground to where it was the place of today's decisive battle.

Don’t know if you are going early, there are even early travelers. When the first group of people rushed to the schoolyard, more than a thousand people had gathered there. These people were residents of Chongrenfang and enthusiasts who had not left Chongrenfang last night. They had already occupied the best position.

The Zuowei Military Academy is a place where the Zuowei trains cavalry. It covers an area of ​​nearly 40 acres and is a vast grassland. A short wall less than one person is built around it. In fact, it has become a civilian square for residents of Chongrenfang to enjoy the cool night and is also a good place for children to play.

The duel at the Zuowei School was chosen by Yang Yuanqing. The reason he chose this place was because he had practiced riding and shooting here for two years and was very familiar with every grass and tree on this land.

As the sky gradually became brighter, more and more people rushed to Chongrenfang to the schoolyard, with crowds of people watching hot lots on the grass and walls, and even the circle of big trees around them were filled with people.

Since it was a duel at the Zuowei School Field, the responsibility for maintaining order naturally fell on the Zuowei. General Shi Xiang, the left guard, personally led more than 1,000 soldiers to maintain order in the school field. They drew the white line with lime last night. In order to protect the safety of the people, no one was allowed to exceed this white line, a group of soldiers patrolled back and forth along the white line.

In addition to the Zuowei, hundreds of yamen runners from Jingzhao Prefecture and Daxing County were also dispatched. They were responsible for the order and security of the periphery. No one expected that there were so many people in the capital. A simple duel actually initiated the enthusiasm of the whole city, attracting the attention of tens of thousands of people.

Everyone knows that He Ruobi wants to avenge his son, but there are many different opinions on the grudge between Yang Yuanqing and He Ruo Sanhu. One day and one night, there are various statements about the reason for the duel between He and Yang and the other two. The most reliable statement is the horse-taking case circulating in the city. Many witnesses testified that He Ruojin took away more than 100 Yang Yuanqing's war horses. Then Yang Yuanqing rushed to He Ruoman's mansion to beat He Ruojin seriously. Thousands of people witnessed this scene.

However, the most widely circulated saying is that He Ruojin stole Yang Yuanqing's fiancée, who committed suicide by humiliation and Yang Yuanqing came back from the border to take revenge. Although there was no evidence, people were more willing to believe this statement.

Not far from the Zuowei Schoolyard is the residence of Pei Ju, the Duke of Wenxi County. Pei Ju was the shìlang of the Ministry of Personnel at that time. Early in the morning, Pei Ju went to court and got the moon near the water tower. From the east courtyard of Pei Mansion, you can directly see the situation in the schoolyard. The closest to the east courtyard of Pei Mansion is the Pei clan school. Dozens of Pei family children in the capital are studying here. There is a Broad Knowledge Building in the schoolyard, which is a library building of the schoolyard. It is three floors high. Standing on the third floor, you can clearly see the situation in the schoolyard.

However, the students of the Pei family were not lucky enough to witness the grand occasion today. The school supervisor Pei Zhiqing held an iron ruler in his hand and stared at every student with a strict look. Everyone must study honestly and not join in the fun.

This old scholar Pei was a little biased. He did not allow his disciples to abandon his studies, but allowed the Pei girl to go upstairs to watch the battle, which made the Pei children very dissatisfied and dissatisfied. However, no one dared to resist the five or six Pei girls standing in front of the window on the third floor of Boshi Building. They were chattering about today's life-and-death battle.

"I heard from Butler Qin that it was He Ruojin who stole Yang Yuanqing's fiancée who grew up as a childhood sweetheart. His fiancée committed suicide, which attracted Yang Yuanqing to come back from the border to avenge him."

The girl who said this was Pei You, the daughter of Pei Ju's eldest son Pei Wenjing. She is the oldest among the Pei family girls. She is sixteen years old and has already engaged to the Wang family in Taiyuan. She is relatively outgoing and has a wide source of information. Several other girls are listening to her talk about the causes and consequences of today's He Yang duel.

"What about it later?"

A girl with big eyes asked her beautiful eyes full of sympathy.

The girl with big eyes is Pei Minqiu, nicknamed Minniang. Her original name was Minqiu, but her grandfather thought her name was too sad and changed "Minqiu" to "Minqiu,"

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

Pei Minqiu already knew that Yang Yuanqing was the young man who stood up for justice on Bashang, so she paid special attention.

Pei You glanced at her and continued, "After Yang Yuanqing came back, he naturally wanted to avenge his fiancée, so he seriously injured He Ruojin. Unexpectedly, that guy was a short-lived ghost. He died a few days ago. Of course, He Ruobi wanted to avenge his son, so he had today's duel."

"Then he can report to the official! He can also ask the emperor for complaint!"

Another girl asked in confusion: "I heard that He Ruobi is still Duke of Song. He has such a high title and is still fighting with a young man. Isn't it a bit too self-respectful?"

"Hey! Yang Yuanqing is Yang Taipu's grandson. Where can He Ruobi go to complain?"

All the girls exclaimed that Yang Yuanqing was Yang Su's grandson, no wonder! Pei Minqiu frowned and said, "Even the fiancée of Yang Taifu's grandson dared to rob him, and the He Ruo family is a little too arrogant."

"It's not that He Ruosanhu is domineering in the capital, but Yang Yuanqing heard that he was just a concubine's grandson, so his fiancée is probably also a woman from a small family, so it's normal for him to be robbed."

Several girls were talking, and a bō wave whistling sound came from the school ground. Pei You said anxiously: "Stop talking, it seems to be coming, let's see!"

Several girls rushed to the window and stretched their necks to look at the schoolyard in the distance. Pei Minqiu held her hands in front of xiōng and widened her eyes, her eyes full of worry. Will 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 300 generals and dozens of Guanlong nobles. He did not expect that tens of thousands of people would come to watch his duel. A grudge that he wanted to resolve under the sī became a grand occasion in the capital.

Dugu Zheng, the witness in the intermediary, did not expect so many people to come, looking at the pair of warm and expectant eyes. Dugu Qian frowned and said, "Brother He Ruo, why not change your life! Or change the place, there is something wrong with so many people."

"Not changing!"

He Ruobi refused without hesitation. He grinned, "I'm going to let him be cut into two pieces by me in front of everyone's eyes, so that I can relieve my hatred."

Dugu had no choice but to smile helplessly.

Yang Yuanqing rode a horse from the north into the schoolyard, and there were only five or six guards from the King of Jin's Mansion behind him. There was no need for such a personal duel, too many people.

More than a thousand people sat on the grass in the north and made a way. Yang Yuanqing was tall and burly, wearing an eagle helmet, bright light armor, high-tube horse boots, bow and arrow on his back, a horizontal knife on his waist, and a strong and tall horse. Under the eagle helmet, his eyes were sharp and deep, full of the vitality and heroic spirit of young soldiers.

Almost everyone applauded, and everyone was amazed, such a heroic general.

"Brother Yang, wait!" someone suddenly shouted behind him.

When Yang Yuanqing turned around, he saw five famous men chasing him on horseback. The leader had red hair and a golden nailed Zaoyang spear in his hand. It was the red-haired spirit official Shan Xiongxin. Behind him were his brother Shan Xiongzhong and Shangdang Sanhu, who brought a big drum.

Shan Xiongxin hurried forward and laughed generously, "I heard that my brother fought against He Ruobi today, so we are here to cheer!"

Yang Yuanqing was moved. The day before yesterday, he was just a small task. When Shan Xiongxin helped him once, he remembered his kindness. This was the real hero. He clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, Brother Shan!"

At this time, an officer came on a horse and asked loudly: "Who is Yang Yuanqing?"

Yang Yuanqing turned his horse's head and said, "I am!"

"The time is coming soon, and the intermediary asks you to sign a life and death certificate."

Yang Yuanqing nodded, clasped his fists at Shan Xiongxin and others and said, "You cheer me up and see how I kill the old thief He Ruo."

He urged his horse to run towards the middle of the schoolyard. He Ruobi had signed the life and death certificate. He stared at Yang Yuanqing coldly. In his eyes, Yang Yuanqing was no different from a corpse.

"General Yang, please!"

Dugu Qi handed Yang Yuanqing the pen and life and death statement. Yang Yuanqing read it, then signed his name below, dipped his thumb ink, and pressed his fingerprint.

He returned the life and death case to Dugu, "Is it OK?"

Dugu took a look and said loudly: "The time has come, and the duel of life and death has begun!"

The school grounds were sensational, and tens of thousands of onlookers waited for most of the day. Just for this moment, there were screams everywhere, "Kill him!"

As excited as if watching the onlooker of the vegetable market, tens of thousands of people were waiting for four words: "Bloody Kill! The girls watching the battle in the Pei family's library were all raised. Pei Min was so nervous that she dared not look at it again. She closed her eyes and turned her head. She was afraid of seeing the bloody scene, and she was even more afraid that it was Yang Yuanqing who fell in the pool of blood.

Her cousin Pei You was so excited that she patted the window, "Hurry up! Get started!"

Yang Yuanqing and He Ruobi had already rushed to their respective edges, and with a long shout from the school ground, "Start!"

Yang Yuanqing slowly raised his long spear and pointed straight ahead. He Ruobi also slashed with a knife. The light of the knife flashed, and the surroundings suddenly became silent. Everyone became nervous, maintaining various postures, and their bodies remained motionless.

Yang Yuanqing urged the war horse and ran towards the center of the schoolyard. Shan Xiongxin beat the big drum, "Dong!Dong!Dong!, the sound of the drums motivated Yang Yuanqing's fighting spirit. Yang Yuanqing's mouth was chún tightly, his eyes were quiet, and the cold light of death flashed on the tip blade of the Breaking Sky Spear, and the horse's speed became faster and faster, like a speed of lightning.

He Ruobi also urged his BMW and ran quickly. He held up his sword with a mountain of momentum, trying to smash Yang Yuanqing with an extremely powerful aura. In his more than ten years of battle, I don’t know how many famous generals were overwhelmed by his aura of force like him chopping Mount Tai and finally died under his sword.

Two war horses were like the heads of two giant dragons, interlaced by in the moment of lightning and fire. No one saw what happened between them?

Yang Yuanqing waved his spear coldly, his eyes were filled with contempt, and a scream suddenly burst out from the school field. He Ruobi's war horse was no longer there, and the sword flew several feet away. He Ruobi was lying on the grass face down. He wanted to get up, but he fell down halfway. Several generals hurriedly ran forward and helped him up.

Shan Xiongxin saw clearly that He Ruobi was knocked down by himself. He used too much force and slashed the air with a knife. Yang Yuanqing gently pressed his back with a spear and used his strength to sweep him off the war horse. This was a typical body that was hollowed out by wine. He Ruobi, who was ranked fifth among the nine generals of the Sui Dynasty, was so vulnerable.

Yang Yuanqing rode a horse and slowly passed by He Ruobi. He said coldly, "A person like you is not even as good as Datou, and you are not worthy of killing me."

He ignored He Ruobi and urged his horse to leave the schoolyard quickly. Shan Xiongxin and others also left. He Ruobi had already stood up, his helmet fell off, his hair was disheveled, his face and body were covered in a mess, and there was booing sound in the schoolyard. Yang Yuanqing did not kill He Ruobi.

He Ruobi ran across his face. This humiliation in front of tens of thousands of people was even more uncomfortable than killing him.

On the Pei family’s library, Pei You slapped the windowsill heavily and complained loudly: “It’s so boring!”
Chapter completed!