Chapter 64: Who is a coward in the showdown?
The light of the carbon arc lamp was blazing and dazzling, as if a blue-white flame had been condensed thousands of times, trapped in a crystal.
Under the reflection of the light, the white and pure lace-edged shirt on Chen Mu's body exuded a sparkling halo.
This is the first time Chen Mu has worn a foreigner-style shirt, the balloon-sleeved shirt is very loose, the fabric is elegant, the cut is decent, and it is extremely comfortable, although it is not very convenient to move, but it is full of an elegant beauty.
Facing a foreign opponent like François, Chen Mu was not too flustered, although he had fought with Isabella earlier, Chen Mu was injured at that time, and the fight with Isabella was not too long-lasting.
However, Chen Mu found out the details of foreigners' kung fu, especially after Prussian's explanation, Chen Mu knew that the fists, feet and swordsmanship learned by foreigners were actually similar, and the routines were not so fancy, let alone so diverse.
If it was a bone crusher or a Viking pirate, Chen Mu should be one hundred and twenty careful, but the opponent was only François, and Chen Mu was much more relaxed.
The reason why Chen Mu didn't draw the knife was because he didn't want to destroy this Tang knife, François was wealthy, and the Western sword didn't know what kind of tough material it was.
Moreover, Trio also stated early that this duel could not hurt his life, and Chen Mu didn't bother to draw his knife.
When this knife was knocked down, François was also furious, he was already a nobody, but he didn't expect Chen Mu to take him in his eyes, how could this blue sir sit still!
"Huh!"
The slender and narrow long sword was instantly unsheathed, slanted upward, blocking Chen Mu's scabbard, François made a beautiful turn, and in the process, he had already pulled out the short knife, and the long eyes behind his back were like long eyes, and he stabbed into Chen Mu's ribs!
I have to say that the foreigners' swordsmanship with long swords and short knives is both beautiful and practical, but François is a deliberate showman, and the movements are more fancy and good-looking, but the effect is not satisfactory.
Chen Mu had already seen through this set of swordsmanship tricks from Bertrand and Bruno, and the same was true of other musketeers, the essence of their swordsmanship was the word "thorn", and slashing and flirting were just auxiliaries, so it looked heart-wrenching, but in fact, it was thrilling.
Chen Mu used Lu Shengwu's stolen footwork, and his upper body didn't seem to move, but he was able to dodge François's stabbing attack!
If François is synonymous with elegance, Chen Mu can only be described as ethereal!
Earlier, in the labyrinth, the seriously injured bone crusher shouted the word ghost in a daze, and the foreigners thought that the bone crusher killed too many people, so in a semi-comatose state, they would be afraid that the unjust soul would come to pursue it.
At this time, they knew that what the bone crusher was referring to was not the unjust soul who died in his hands, but Chen Mu!
François's spinning action is like dancing, extremely pleasing to the eye, like a blooming poppy, beautiful and murderous, but Chen Mu is also spinning, one is elegant, the other is elegant, and the foreigners finally see that the Oriental people still have such charming characteristics!
They gradually forgot Chen Mu's motivation for accepting the challenge to win business intelligence, and unconsciously, they also seemed to forget the identity gap between François and Chen Mu.
François is like a noble stag, but Chen Mu is a white crane on the top of the mountains and forests, Trio can't help but sigh at his daughter: "My daughter, I finally understand why you fell in love with this young man......"
"Love?"
Isabella was also taken aback when she heard this word, her heart accelerated, and her face suddenly turned red.
In fact, Isabella was also surprised in her heart, because Chen Mu's performance had already exceeded her expectations, and she also didn't expect that Chen Mu would have such an amazing side!
The original reason why she chose Chen Mu was only because Chen Mu had a handle in her hands, could obey her, and kept secrets, and Chen Mu adhered to principles and kept promises.
Although she was once defeated by Chen Mu, she didn't think that Chen Mu would be able to win the trials, let alone that Chen Mu would challenge François.
However, Chen Mu did all this, and he did it all!
She was just trying to get rid of political marriage, she didn't like Chen Mu anymore, and she even still hated Chen Mu, but her father mistakenly thought that she was in love with Chen Mu, so he brought Chen Mu to this stage, and she planned it.
"Yes, he's a very good boy." Thinking of this, Isabella also praised Chen Mu shyly.
Trio smiled triumphantly, "So, you admit it?" ”
Seeing that Isabella was silent, Trio also shook his head and sighed: "My daughter, he is a Qing countryman......
"If you're just looking for a good boy, François is good, and even Bertrand has a lot of handsome and tall boys, all of whom are of higher blood than Chen......"
"Bloodline? Father, so you also think that François has no other merits than a noble blood, right? His arrogance and self-righteousness are disgusting, he only has himself in his heart, how can he tolerate a woman? ”
"Father, look at Chen, he is handsome and powerful, although he is a little younger, he will always grow up, and the time he has grown up in the past few years is enough for him to break away from the Qing people and enter the Western high society......"
"Speaking of blood, I remember that my great-grandfather was Breton, and that was Celtic blood......"
During the Roman Empire, the Celts were regarded by the Romans as the three barbarian tribes along with the Germans and the Slavs.
"It is precisely because of this that we should choose François, only by marrying with noble bloodlines, can we obtain noble bloodline inheritance, this is the consensus of every nobleman to keep his bloodline pure!"
Isabella was also annoyed: "Father really only likes François's blood, and François only likes your business, is it because of this, you have to sacrifice your daughter's happiness?" What is the difference between such an approach and the barbarians of the Qing Kingdom? ”
Trio was stunned for a moment, and could only sigh: "Okay, I don't object, but you can't get my support either, if you want to get it, you can only rely on yourself to fight for it." ”
Isabella never thought of falling in love with Chen Mu, she thought in her heart that she still hated Chen Mu, but after talking to her father like this, she became more and more natural, looking at the elegant figure in the field, and said to her father: "I believe in him." ”
When she said this, Isabella even believed herself, and when she noticed this, her cheeks, which were already as white as snow, immediately became rosy.
Trio is an old fox with eyes like a torch, and when he sees his daughter's posture, he knows it, and sighs in his heart, but he never mentions it again.
Chen Mu naturally didn't know that there was a dispute about him between the father and daughter on the rostrum.
François wasn't a good opponent, but he was a perfect candidate!
He tried the knife techniques he learned from Lu Shengwu one by one, and gradually became handy, as if he was eating all the things of Haisai, digesting them all and feeling comfortable!
However, he also knows very well that compared with François, endurance is his own shortcoming after all, limited by age, his body has not yet developed to its peak state, and if it continues to drag, François will see a chance to win.
So Chen Mu didn't delay any longer, although the two fought for only a few minutes, Chen Mu was already winning!
François was full of confidence, but he couldn't get any advantage from Chen Mu, he was angry and anxious, but he was helpless, in anger, full of loopholes, and he didn't care about defense, just blindly attacked wildly!
His swordsmanship is actually different from that of the musketeers, which he learned from a Spanish swordsman, but he didn't expect that he still couldn't deal with Chen Mu.
He was also very remorseful in his heart, if he could be as savage as Viking pirates such as the Bone Crusher, he might have defeated Chen Mu a long time ago.
But he commanded a group of beasts, but he remained civilized in his heart, and he must not allow himself to degenerate into a Viking beast, which is why he may have the same savage and ruthless heart as the Vikings, but he did not learn their killing methods.
The reason why Chen Mu is so confident, in addition to his martial arts and sword skills, the thing that Isabella gave him is still not used, which is also where his confidence lies.
But now it seems that this thing is useless.
Although the long knife in his hand was a little bulky with a scabbard, it didn't affect it much, Chen Mu still wielded it freely, and when he opened François's long sword, he stabbed François in the chest!
François couldn't bear it anymore, and in a fit of rage, he seized this opportunity, and actually threw the short knife towards Chen Mu, grabbed Chen Mu's scabbard with his left hand, and stabbed the long sword in his right hand at Chen Mu's shoulder!
Chen Mu turned his head to dodge the short knife, rotated reflexively, dragged out the blade, and knocked away François's blade, which was already lightly resting on François's shoulder!
"You've lost."
The two froze in place, and the surrounding spectators were also stunned for a while, and they were all speechless, covering their mouths one by one, with a look of disbelief!
Although they had known for a long time that the Bone Crushers and Vikings had been defeated by Chen Mu, they had not seen what was happening in the room with their own eyes, so they did not have a specific concept.
Until this time, they saw Chen Mu's elegant body and sword skills with their own eyes, and saw that Chen Mu restrained François with lightning speed, and they finally admitted it.
"Failure? No! Impossible! I'm not going to fail! You're a wizard, you must have used evil magic! I'm going to burn you, burn you! ”
François cut Chen Mu's blade open with a single sword, and stabbed Chen Mu angrily!
Chen Mu had expected that he would not admit defeat, his body spun half a circle, dodged the sword stab, the long knife dragged and swirled, and gently rested on the back of his neck!
"If you do it again, you're going to see blood!"
"You dare!" François jerked his head down, dodged the blade, and swung another sword!
Chen Mu didn't let him mess around, the long knife dragged backwards, took half a step back, and pressed the handle of the short knife on the ground with a little tiptoe, the short knife bounced up, Chen Mu kicked again, and threw François out, and the short knife that fell to the ground kicked back!
The short knife spun and catapulted back, slashing his thigh with a snort, and blood gushed out!
"It's blood! It's blood! François exclaimed, not knowing whether he was angry or horrified, but his face turned pale in an instant, and the whole person fainted!