Chapter 20: A Plea for a Duel
Zhang Fei was silent for a while, and then looked at Liu He again: "Fei has been taught!" In vain, I call myself a hero, and if I ask you a word today, it is better than reading ten years of books. My Han rules the world with filial piety, but if I rob my uncle today, it is a small filial piety; Violating the laws of the Han family is disloyal to the country. Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety can not be both, heaven and earth are the king's teachers, but the loyalty of the country is the great filial piety, but it is unreasonable to protect the uncle, so Fei implore Liu Jun to duel with me! If I lose, my uncle will deal with it according to the law of my Han family; If you lose, I will be punished for my uncle. Can Liu Jun fight? ”
When the world is not far from ancient times, the folk customs are simple, and the wind of dueling and revenge prevails, revenge is not only limited to blood relatives, but even cases of revenge and murder for teachers and friends are not uncommon. For example, when Xiahoudun was fourteen years old, he saw that his teacher was humiliated and killed him in anger.
The Eastern Han Dynasty famous scholar Huan Tan once said something about this custom: "Today's people kill each other, although they have been subdued by the law, and the private grudges, the descendants repay each other, and then the anger is deep, as for the destruction of the household, and commonly known as Haojian, so although cowardly, still reluctantly." ”
Of course, in addition to the folk customs, there is also the fact that since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty "deposed a hundred schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone", he adopted Dong Zhongshu's theory of "heaven and man induction" - whenever there are natural and man-made disasters in the world, it is improper governance, and it is necessary to practice benevolence. The specific way is to find a scapegoat - to remove the Three Princes and amnesty the world.
Too much amnesty by the imperial court was also one of the reasons why duels of rangers became popular in the Han Dynasty. Not to mention, since today's son ascended the throne, from the first year of Jianning to the present, in the eleven years, except for the three years of Jianning, there will be an amnesty.
"I'm going to fight." Liu He said.
"Xuande, give me the knife." Liu He patted Liu Bei on the shoulder and took the knife from his hand: "Go to the side and wait." ”
"Lord ......"
"Lord ......"
Liu He smiled and gently pushed them: "Don't worry, it's not in the way." ”
Liu Bei, Xu Rong, and Liu Xiu glanced at each other, but they had to step aside, but they refused to go far, Liu Xiu clenched the knife in his hand, paid attention to the movements of those warriors, and was ready to step forward at any time.
When Zhang Fei saw it, he immediately became serious, took the short spear handed by the guest, took half a step back with his right leg, bowed his left leg, and straightened his right leg, standing in a lunge, holding the short spear in both hands, ready to attack.
Liu He took the knife in his hand, shook off a knife flower, put on a posture, and held the knife on guard: "Please advise." ”
Zhang Fei didn't answer, just a step, and with a loud shout, he pounced like a tiger and a leopard, and the cold light of the short spear flashed, stabbing Liu He's chest.
Liu He narrowed his eyes slightly, held the knife in both hands, and suddenly shouted loudly, and slashed with a swing of the knife. Zhang Fei's short spear was thin and long, but he didn't dare to let Liu He slash it, so he had to twist his wrist, and the short spear that had already stabbed halfway suddenly turned in a different direction and stabbed Liu He's eyebrows.
His movements changed very quickly, his footwork was agile, and his spear technique was light, and he stabbed seven or eight times around Liu He in one breath. Liu He ignored the spear shadows around him, holding the knife in both hands, and didn't see how fast he was, just slashed out one by one, and each knife was like a wind and thunder, tearing open a hole in the net composed of Zhang Fei's spear shadow. The moves are simple and clumsy, but they are dignified and upright, full of strength, and they are quite powerful in the wind, frost, rain and snow, and I am immovable.
Liu Bei praised: "The lord's sword technique is really upright, and it has a fight with my double-strand sword technique." ”
Xu Rong was also a little surprised, it was the first time he saw Liu He compete with people with a knife. Along the way, Liu He was laughing, approachable, and sometimes a little lazy, but at this moment, when he saw that Liu He's knife skills were really dignified, full of masculinity, and extremely powerful, he couldn't help but be a little surprised.
Huang Zhong glanced at it twice, and nodded appreciatively: "Although the sword technique is simple, it is very practical, and the strength is really good, and it can hit the opponent where he has to defend, which is quite similar to the sword technique in the army." ”
The situation in the field has changed. Zhang Feiren is as his name, like a howling wind, stabbing left and right, the spear is fast and urgent, the flashing spear shadow is like a big net to surround Liu He in the middle, but Liu He's knife technique is simple and domineering, the door is guarded tightly, every knife is cut out, it forces Zhang Fei to collect the spear to protect himself, otherwise, even if he can stab Liu He, but he will inevitably be seriously injured by Liu He's knife.
After a long time, Zhang Fei's physical strength was a little unable to keep up, after all, he was not weak now, and he was not as experienced in a hundred battles as in later generations. His footwork slowed down, and the shadow of the spear faded a lot, but Liu He didn't change much, the long knife in his hand pushed left and right, and it was not chaotic at all.
After fighting for a while, Zhang Fei was a little impatient, he saw that Liu He's breath was long, his face was not red, he was not panting, it seemed that it didn't matter if he fought for another half an hour, but he was already a little short of breath, and if he continued to fight, he was afraid that he would have to stop and gasp without Liu He's counterattack. Wouldn't that be a joke?
Zhang Fei decided to make a quick decision.
Immediately, he let out an angry roar, his wrist flicked, and the short spear suddenly made a buzzing sound, and the tips of the spears turned into several, stabbing at Liu He's face, throat, and chest respectively.
Liu He was stunned, as if he didn't know which spear tip was real, the long knife in his hand was stunned, and he subconsciously raised the blade of the knife and pushed it horizontally, and at the same time took a step back. It was also the first step in his retreat from the beginning of the war. Zhang Fei smiled slightly, followed closely, and stabbed his wrist again, still the same move.
Liu He blocked again, and then retreated.
Zhang Fei entered again, shook his wrist again, but suddenly stabbed halfway, when Liu He was accustomed to waving his arm horizontally, and his throat was exposed to the empty door, he stabbed again like lightning, this time the three spear tips disappeared, and only one remained, stabbing Liu He's throat.
Liu He's long knife had already swept through the front door, and he didn't have time to seal it again, so he could only watch as the tip of the sword stabbed towards his throat, and in the blink of an eye, Sen Sen's spear shadow had already reached his body, causing a layer of trembling to explode on his neck.
Zhang Fei's eyes already showed smugness, he didn't want to kill Liu He, he just wanted to stab Liu He in the jaw, and the point was there. The short spear was already less than an inch away from the target, and Liu He would not have a chance to crack it this time anyway, unless he was willing to be stabbed in the throat by him and die with him.
Zhang Fei believes that Liu He will not do this, after all, this is not a life-and-death fight, just a victory.
The corners of his mouth twitched, and a smile appeared.
Xu Rong and Huang Zhong were taken aback, and wanted to remind Liu He to pay attention, but they didn't have time at all, as soon as their mouths opened, the tip of Zhang Fei's spear had already reached Liu He's throat.
Liu Bei was stunned and changed color, and stretched out his hand to call.
Just when everyone thought that Liu He's defeat was decided, and his life was in Zhang Fei's hands, Liu He suddenly became shorter, and at the same time, his body was deviated, and Zhang Fei's spear tip grazed his neck and stabbed him.
Zhang Fei only felt that his eyes were empty, Liu He suddenly disappeared, and before he could understand what was going on, his body lost its balance and leaned forward.
Liu He took a fancy to the flaw, turned the knife over, and swung Zhang Fei in the abdomen with the back of the knife.
Zhang Fei was in pain, abandoned the short spear, and was about to fall.
Seeing this, Liu He immediately put away his knife and held Zhang Fei: "I'm offended." ”
"I lost." After Zhang Fei stood firmly, he said: "The husband will do what he says, and he will deal with it." ”
"Wing De is too worried. I am an officer, not a judge. Although Uncle Thou is forbidden, he should be handed over to the Commander for investigation, and I will not abuse the law. However, there is a saying that 'the people do not raise officials, and they will not be held accountable'! It's not too late now, it's not that I want to show favoritism, but I have other uses, let Uncle Ru make meritorious contributions, and Yide will see me appease Uncle Ru. Liu He smiled.
"Liu Jun is serious?" Zhang Fei looked at Liu He suspiciously.