A young nobleman with long blond hair and a dazzling gold-patterned dress led a group of nobles towards the Chinese and Western couples who were in love.

Maria broke free from Hong Xiguan's arms in a panic and exclaimed, "Pardo, don't! ”

When Hong Xiguan was still inexplicable, the young nobleman named Pardo took off the thin silk gloves on his hand and threw them in front of Hong Xiguan!

Hong Xiguan learned about the local folk customs, and couldn't help laughing: "Want to duel with me? ”

Pardo pointed at Maria and nodded, "Fight for her!" Tomorrow morning, right here (the bullring)! ”

"Okay, I accept your challenge," Hong Xiguan agreed: "See you or leave!" ”

"See you or leave!" Pardo pouted slightly, and walked away surrounded by a group of his friends.

Maria stroked Hong Xiguan's cheek sadly and said, "My love, don't fight him, he is a military family, he is good at playing with swords and muskets, and he has won three duels!" ”

"As a soldier, I never shy away from fighting, and the slogan of our army in the southeast province is, we must fight when we meet the enemy!" Hong Xiguan said loudly, stood up, his military uniform was bulging with well-developed muscles, and he showed his majestic demeanor and said: "Don't worry, I will definitely defeat him!" ”

Truth be told, he has itchy hands!

First of all, on the way, I dealt with wind and waves, and I didn't fight anyone.

They are warships, and the forces and pirates along the way will not come to gnaw hard bones, so the guns are not useful.

Diplomatically, everyone was very friendly, and Hong Xiguan was surprised why everyone reached a treaty of friendship and commerce instead of a treaty of alliance and mutual assistance.

Didn't it say that Portugal was at war with Spain?

Why don't they look for labor and capital, hoping that labor and management will be on their side?

Later, none of the red-haired countries approached him and hoped to sign a treaty of alliance and mutual assistance, and Hong Xiguan, who felt that something was wrong, finally came to the conclusion: the red-haired countries fought and strife, but they united with the outside world and did not let the yellow race infiltrate into the white race.

Even, they are ready to jointly deal with the Southeast Province!

This is a later story, and now Hong Xiguan is not afraid of challenges.

But the father of the girl in his arms was afraid, and Santos, the minister of state of the Kingdom of Spain, met King Philip IV overnight and said: "Viscount Pardo, son of the Marquis of Fernando, the minister of the exchequer, and the envoy of the East, Hung, are going to duel tomorrow, and we should stop their duel, so as not to affect our interests in Asia!" ”

"Are you worried that the Southeast Mansion will go to war against us because of the flood?" Philip IV gently shook the golden cup, the rum in the cup exuded a refreshing aroma, and he said lazily: "Don't worry, you just need to do a good job of the duel so that the Chinese can't find fault!" ”

"I want to see if they are as useful as the force they have shown!" Philip IV was cunning.

Santos understood, from the small to the big, Philip IV wanted to test the southeast province, but it was too risky to go to war directly, so he took a small look at it, if the Chinese officers performed very poorly, then the temptation and even the attack on the southeast province came one after another, on the contrary, he showed great courage, then he might as well cooperate with the southeast province.

As a haughty king, Philip IV was not happy to let the Asians take advantage of him.

Early the next morning, the bullring was lively, and Santos appointed his assistant Fabregas to set up the dueling ring.

At about nine o'clock in the morning, the officers of the South-East arrived first, and they marched in orderly steps, followed by Viscount Pardo and his friends.

In addition to the duelists, there were notaries, their friends and doctors, the South-Eastern Fleet sent a military doctor, and the Viscount Pardo also brought a doctor.

Other than that, there is no one else.

It was a battle between nobles (the Spaniards regarded the Oriental generals as nobles), and ordinary people could not come and watch it.

As for Mademoiselle Maria, she stayed at home, praying incessantly, waiting for God's ruling, and she was very worried, after all, thinking that God would bless Viscount Pardo.

Fabregas said, "Please, two noble gentlemen, we can provide you with whatever weapons you intend to use in a duel, and of course, you may also use your weapons." ”

"As the party proposing the duel, the choice of weapons is up to them!" Pardo is very atmospheric.

"It's up to me?

Can I use a Daeki knife? ”

Hong Xiguan was worried, and said in his mouth: "With a pistol!" ”

He grinned, showed his snow-white teeth and smiled: "Pistols kill fast!" ”

"Okay, then use a pistol!" Pardo agreed.

"So, do you use your own pistol, or do we provide it to you?" Fabregas asked, showing a batch of pistols.

"Our own!" Hong Xiguan said without thinking.

"I use my own, too!" Pardo said.

"There are three notaries, I count one, and you each have one." Fabregas said.

On Pardo's side, Mr. Juan, an assistant to the Marquis of Fernando, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was the notary, and the Governor appointed Costeit as the notary.

Chaired by Cesc Fabregas, the two sides signed an agreement:

"It was a fair and just duel, and both sides agreed that the distance should be 20 paces and that the pistol was perpendicular to the ground. Both sides are in their positions, and the two stand back to back, take ten steps each, and then shoot quickly at their own discretion. If one of the players attempts to shoot before the count is over, we guarantee that the duel will be canceled immediately and the offender will be defeated. The choice of the signaler and the location is determined by drawing. We both agreed that the above provisions would be observed in the glorious duel involving Viscount Pardo Fernando Bamond and General Hong Hee-guan. ”

First, Hong Xiguan and Pardo signed their names and put their handprints.

Three notaries signed their names and put their fingerprints on them.

The witnesses were Yan Chang and Hao Sizhong and two close friends of Viscount Pardo, in duplicate, each in a collection.

A bloody duel is about to begin!

Duels were recorded in history for a long time, and later became popular in Italy in the 16th century, and soon spread to other European countries, and with the expansion of European colonization, duels were introduced to the Americas. For centuries, duels existed in these countries and regions in a form that was tolerated and even encouraged by some kind of law, sometimes reaching the pinnacle and madness beyond imagination.

In France, for example, in the last decade of the 16th century and the first decade of the 17th century, about 10,000 elite members of the nobility died in duels.

The famous Russian poet A.S. Pushkin died in a duel.

Duels have formed a set of customary solemn ceremonies, fighting for honor and fighting for women.

Before the duel, the notary examined the weapons of both sides together and checked their clothes to make sure that they were not wearing armor.

Pardo's pistol is a flintlock pistol with a golden handle, while Hong Heeguan's pistol is a silver flintlock pistol.

Juan and Fabregas looked at the pistol and felt different, a sense of weirdness, but the pistol was still a pistol.

The duel begins!

Fabregas, who was drawn by lot, shouted the number, from one to ten.

Officer Hong and Pardo were back to back, and as they counted, they walked ten steps, and when they reached the tenth step, they turned around and fired.

"Phew!"

There was only one gunshot, and one of the two fell!

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