Matthew's tone was so clean and sincere, which made Xius have a great impression of him for a moment, and a smile naturally appeared on his face. www.biquge.info Xiusi didn't hesitate, and directly nodded in response: "I feel your sincerity, Matthew, although you are indeed at fault in this matter, you are not the murderer." I don't want to pursue it too much. However, it is not enough for me to admit your apology, this matter actually involves the face of the family, and I think my father will have some communication with you. ”

Hughes's words undoubtedly relieved Matthew, who was calm on the surface but very nervous in his heart. My father had told me before I came that it was very important to get the victim's forgiveness.

Matthew smiled bitterly and replied slowly, "As long as you understand." As for your father, the honorable Viscount Gael, I am willing to accept any punishment from him. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone had already walked into the living room, which was already filled with the rich aroma of tea, and the Count inhaled lightly, then smiled and nodded lightly at the master's house.

The crowd sat in a circle on the sofas, with Count Alpha and Viscount Gale sitting together on the large central sofa, while the rest sat at their heads.

Taking a sip of fragrant tea, Count Alpha smiled and praised: "Very good craftsmanship, the servants in the house are ingenious, this tea is almost better than the tea brewer from the Great Snow Mountain." ”

Madame Betty bowed slightly: "The Earl has praised it falsely, and the servants in the house have rough methods, which makes you laugh." ”

Count Alpha laughed: "This is not a kind word. ”

After saying that, he suddenly turned his gaze to Xiusi, who was sitting upright, bowing his head slightly, and then asked the viscount with a smile: "I heard that your son, Young Master Xiusi, has already received the admission notice from the Allianz Royal Family Warrior Academy, right?"

Viscount Gale nodded in acknowledgement, "Yes, Lord Earl, he is lucky. ”

Count Alpha shook his head with a smile: "You are too modest, Gael, how can you say that you are lucky when you are a fourteen-year-old child who has officially become a junior swordsman? This is inseparable from the strict discipline of your mansion and the hard work of Xiusi himself. ”

Baron Deca also smiled and agreed: "That's right, such a little genius, even in the surrounding cities, I haven't heard of it all these years." ”

Xiusi sat there, listening to everyone praising himself, and couldn't help but feel a little secretly happy in his heart, and suddenly felt that his previous years of hard training had begun to pay off, and he couldn't help but show a slight smile on his face.

However, his reserved habits still made him try to suppress his joy, and in front of distinguished guests, above all, he should not be rude, for example, carried away and so on.

"You're really powerful, I went to see you to get promoted to junior swordsman, you were sixteen years old at the time, but you were two years ahead of me, and I haven't heard of anyone in Shining City surpassing you. Matthew couldn't help but praise his new friend next to him at this time.

"You've won the prize, Matthew, you're just lucky. Hugh Swei was a little embarrassed to say that the joy in his heart increased a little, because the recognition and praise from his peers always made him happier than from the adults.

Matthew snorted: "Lucky? Then why don't I have this luck? The men of this age in Radiance City are not 100 or 70, why haven't I seen them so lucky? Xius, luck always favors those who are prepared, I think, this is the biggest reason why you succeed and we lag behind." ”

Speaking of which, even Matthew was a little emotional. Seeing that such a young new friend has already achieved something that makes these pretentious fellows jaw-dropping, it would be false to say that they are not jealous. But more than that, it's reflection and motivation. This is not to say that Matthew's character is very good, but it is a habit necessary for a good aristocratic heir who has been trained for a long time.

While consolidating one's own foundation and reducing mistakes, absorbing the advantages and strengths of others and integrating them into oneself is the real guarantee for the longevity of a family. This is an important concept of aristocratic inheritance, just like for a man like Matthew, even if his personality is not so generous at all, but the strict training will always make him familiar and accustomed to such operations.

Matthew said this, Hughes is not easy to speak, he can't praise himself, that will give people a feeling of arrogance.

"Matthew, come here. At this moment, the Count's voice suddenly interrupted the exchange between the two, and Matthew immediately stood up and walked over to the large sofa in the center.

Hughes pouted, he knew that Matthew's test was coming, and he didn't know how his father would express his displeasure with Matthew.

Viscount Gale had been observing his son's conversation with the young earl while talking to the earl, and he clearly saw that Hughes was talking and laughing with the other party, and seemed to be talking well. In this way, he knew in his heart that his son didn't care about the other party's mistakes, and even they might become friends.

Count Alpha also stood up at this time, his expression was serious, and he said sincerely to Gale and Betty: "Actually, I have come to apologize to the two of you today, as well as your son Hughes. My son, Matthew, made an impulsive remark at Dhaka Manor that put Hughes in great danger. Although in the end, Hughes himself was not weak and resolved the crisis, but after all, it was caused by my son's false words, and here, on behalf of the Earl's Court, I would like to express my family's deep apologies to Viscount Gale and Lady Betty, as well as to the direct victim Hughes. I beg your pardon. ”

At the same time, the Earl lowered his always noble head, and his son Matthew even bent his waist to ninety degrees, which was second only to kneeling on one knee!

"I beg Lord Gale and Mrs. Betty to forgive me for my mistakes, and I am willing to bear any punishment from both of them for it!" Matthew's words could no longer be described as mere sincerity, it should be said that Gale and Betty did hear repentance from them.

The two looked at each other, Lady Betty sighed and nodded, and Viscount Gale pursed his lips and nodded in response. The sheriff next to him saw it in his eyes and was happy in his heart, and his eyes narrowed into a slit with joy. He wanted to speak, and expressed his joy at the peaceful resolution of the feud between the two families, but the status of both parties was much higher than him, and at this time, there was no room for him to interject.

"Lord, please get up, Betty and I, I feel your sincerity, this is the fault of the little ones, and you should not bear the consequences. Viscount Gale said slowly.

Count Alpha got up as he was told, he sighed and patted Gail's shoulder, but without saying anything more, he moved out of his place and placed his son Matthew in front of Gale.

He already understood what Gail meant. The other party has basically forgiven his family, but he still has to teach his son a small lesson. Although he was lucky, the importance of an heir to the family made him understand that most of the other party would not let Matthew go just because of a verbal apology.

Of course, although he didn't understand what Gale wanted to do, it was obvious that his son would suffer a little loss of face at most, and Gail, as a great swordsman, would not be able to bully the small with the big and use strong force to clean up Matthew.

Matthew was also very knowledgeable, and although he secretly complained in his heart, he still did not retreat, bowed his head and apologized again: "I am willing to bear any punishment for my mistakes." ”

"Very well! a man should have the courage to take responsibility for his mistakes!" Viscount Gale nodded, and then took two steps beyond the open space in the middle, and casually took off the salute sword at his waist, and shook the sword flower.

"With my rank, fighting with you is indeed bullying you, so I will not take off the scabbard, let alone use Dou Qi, only rely on the strength of my body to attack you with a simple sword, and give you the opportunity to use Dou Qi to block with all my strength. Whatever the outcome, I won't pursue the matter again, are you willing?" Gale stared at Matthew, his eyes closing the Count in his vision.

Sure enough, the Count frowned, but then relaxed again, a smile on the corner of his mouth. He also nodded lightly at Lady Betty, apparently understanding the meaning behind Gael's approach, and was very satisfied.

As soon as Matthew heard the first half of the sentence, he couldn't help but feel numb on his scalp and cold sweat on his back. His own father, Count Alpha, was a master who was about to break through to a high-level swordsman. Even if he fought against his father, who was holding a sheathed sword, he would definitely be shot away with one blow. What's more, now he is facing a real Great Sword Master, which is a powerful force of two great ranks stronger than his father.

However, fortunately, he was still quite calm, and after suppressing his fear and listening to the next words, his body couldn't help but relax a lot.

"Even the sheathed long sword, no need to fight the spirit, physical strength, simple attack, full force blocking! This is simply a release of water, I am already a sixth-level swordsman, can't I even stop this! I don't believe it! Hehe, it seems that my father's prediction is indeed correct, a sincere apology, coupled with the power of the Earl's Court, Lord Gale has some scruples after all!"

Thinking of this, Matthew puffed up his chest and looked into Gail's gaze: "My lord, I am willing to accept your punishment, no matter what the result is, I will become good friends with Theseus!"

There was sincerity in his words, but Gale also heard other feelings, and he couldn't help but laugh secretly. Because, that kind of feeling is actually a kind of self-confidence!

"It's still a child!" Gail sighed, recalling the enthusiasm and impulsiveness of his youth, and the arrogant belief that the world is not as big as mine. It's just that now, when Gale has become a powerful great swordsman, he doesn't dare to be arrogant anymore and talk about the greatness of heaven and earth. He deeply understands that he does not have that kind of qualifications, and perhaps, he will not be able to reach that level for the rest of his life.

After only a split second, Gail nodded to Matthew, slowly raised his rapier, and put on a standard attack stance.

Matthew also put on a sword pose with all his strength on his face, staring at the other party without blinking.

Nearby, Count Alpha, Lady Betty, Sheriff Baron Deca, Theseus, and all the maids stared wide-eyed at the center of the living room. Watching a great swordsman's shot, even if the other party doesn't have to fight with him, it is a huge gain for those who use the sword, and for those who don't understand the sword, it is by no means a wonderful performance worth remembering.

"I've made a move!" A warning, when everyone made the final preparations, but there was a shocking scene, Viscount Gale actually went against common sense, with a very slow, snail-like speed, stretched the sword towards Matthew, the sword body did not change at all, and even the weight of the thin sword made the sword body stress, and the tip of the sword drooped slightly.

Matthew was stunned for a while, he had only one thought in his heart: the water is not so watery!

And in the living room, in addition to Lord Alpha who was still frowning, Hughes and the others were also stupid, unable to believe what they saw in their eyes, and they also had a big question mark in their hearts: this is releasing water?!!

However, Gail's rapier was not affected by anyone, and still stretched steadily towards Matthew, still at that angle, still at that speed, not the slightest change!

Seeing that Lord Viscount's thin sword had reached less than a meter away from him, although Matthew's face was full of puzzlement, he still gathered his spirit, shook out his sword and moved forward, and his fighting spirit was running at high speed, making the sword appear cloudy with blue light. As soon as Xiusi looked at it, he knew that this was the fighting strength of a sixth-level swordsman.

"Choke!" There was a short, thin sound, and the two swords intersected!

Matthew's eyes widened suddenly, his eyes were full of incredulity, and his sword hand suddenly leaned back, and the sword in his hand simply came out of his hand and flew straight back.

After a muffled snort, his man also rolled backwards like a leather ball, rolling directly three or four heels, until near the corner of the wall, he crawled on the ground unfoldedly, and his head was just about to be raised, and then he was weak to the ground.

Gail shook a sword flower, took the salute sword back, and hung it on his waist. He nodded to the visibly nervous Earl, who let out a sigh of relief and hurriedly stepped forward to help his son up.

"Please don't worry, wait for him to spit out that mouthful of blood, the effect will be better. Gail let out a faint voice to stop.

This sentence made the count, who had been smiling, change his face for an instant, "vomit blood! he's just a child, Gail!" the count was anxious and rebuked angrily. He never expected that the other party would make such a heavy hand. Causing a physically strong swordsman to vomit blood, as you can imagine, is not a minor injury.

Gale was expressionless, and while the sheriff and the maids looked in horror at the bloody, red-eyed and blue-faced Earl, he returned to the sofa without a word.

Count Alpha was so angry by Gail's attitude that his previous apology was now completely forgotten, and his mind was full of flames, and even his eyes and face burned red.

At the moment when he pointed to the Viscount who was about to explode, Matthew suddenly really spurted out a mouthful of blood, but then, instead, he smiled, crawled on the ground and beckoned to his father, and said vaguely: "Father, don't be angry, Uncle Gale has done me a great favor." ”

"Son, how are you?, does your chest hurt?" Hearing his son's voice, and before he had time to discern what he meant, the Earl immediately knelt down on his son, and gently took Matthew into his arms, his face was blue and his eyes were red.

Matthew seemed to enjoy his father's embrace, he smiled brighter, and reported his safety to his father more clearly: "It's really okay, father, Uncle Gale's sword has made me understand a lot, and most importantly, a big hidden danger in my body has been removed, and I feel more comfortable than ever." ”

"Big hidden danger?" the earl was stunned for a moment by his son's explanation, but then, with an even more anxious mood licking his heart like a flame, he hurriedly turned his head to look at Gail, and asked urgently in a pleading tone: "What hidden danger, Gail, is it possible that my son has always been injured in his body?"

Gail stood up again, with a look of stagnation on his face, nodded and explained: "Probably there was a problem with sword training, and the qi veins next to the heart in the body were damaged. This kind of injury, except for the occasional dizziness and a slight suffocation in the chest, will not show any other abnormalities before death. Until the fighting qi is too strong, the qi veins will be directly burst open, and the heart will be severely damaged. At that time, it will be irretrievable. ”