Amid the exclamations of the crowd, Gonzalez's three-cornered hat was pierced by an arrow and fell to the ground behind him.

Gonzalez was stunned, only to feel a light on his head, and when he reached out and touched it, his hat was shot off, and he suddenly gasped in his heart, if the arrow went down a few inches, his life would be gone.

Then, Gonzalez felt a wave of anger in his heart, glaring angrily in the direction where the arrow was fired, despising this despicable act of the arrow to hurt people, and ruining his duel with Ruan Youyi.

Ruan Youyi saw Li Hongyu coming, his face showed a look of relief, and then his legs were weak and he knelt on one knee, holding his knife on the ground and gasping for breath, he had exhausted his strength in the grappling with Gonzalez, and he was completely gritting his teeth just now.

"I'll leave it to me." Li Hongyu waved his hand, and the two attendants ran over to bring Ruan Youyi over, and he bowed slightly to Ruan Youyi and walked towards Gonzalez.

However, halfway through, the Western officers with sabers blocked his way, and in their opinion, Li Hongyu's behavior just now was very bad, ruining the atmosphere of the duel.

The entourage who followed closely behind Li Hongyu immediately stepped forward and confronted the Western officers, and the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became tense.

"Did you just want to assassinate me?" Gonzalez angrily pushed aside the Western officers, came to the entourage, pointed the sword in his hand at Li Hongyu and shouted, thinking that he almost died just now, and couldn't help but feel palpitations.

Of course, Gonzalez didn't expect Li Hongyu to answer him, because he didn't believe that the young native in front of him could understand Spanish, but he had already expressed his strong displeasure through his look and words.

Just as it is difficult for Orientals to distinguish between Westerners, Gonzalez could not tell where the Orientals in Bangkok came from, so they were all treated as natives.

"Mr. Lieutenant, a duel is a serious matter, and your playful behavior just now is simply a desecration of the dignity of the knight!" Facing Gonzalez, who was full of anger, Li Hongyu replied quietly in Spanish with a thick Madrid accent, "If I wanted to kill you, that arrow just now wouldn't have just shot off your hat!" ”

Hearing this, Gonzalez was stunned, and looked at Li Hongyu with a surprised expression, never expecting that the young native in front of him could speak Spanish fluently and have a Madrid accent.

Then, Gonzalez's face showed an embarrassed look, and the saber pointed at Li Hongyu in his hand couldn't help but slowly put it down.

Li Hongyu is right, in the eyes of Westerners, duels are a kind of duel between knights, and the act of blaspheming the opponent is very shameful and contrary to the spirit of chivalry.

Moreover, Gonzalez did not think that Li Hongyu had just wanted his life, because it would be extremely stupid to do so, and he would be retaliated against by the Spanish army and severely punished by the government.

Like other Westerners who came to the East to pan for gold, Gonzalez also looked down on the natives of the East, and naturally he would not talk about any chivalry with such an ignorant nation, so he played Ruan Youyi just now.

But then again, Gonzalez was born into an aristocratic family and acted according to the standards of knights since he was a child, so he felt ashamed after listening to Li Hongyu's words.

Although the people watching around didn't know what Li Hongyu said, when they saw that the angry Gonzalez suddenly lost his posture of asking for guilt, they couldn't help but whisper to each other, secretly guessing what Li Hongyu said.

"Mr. Lieutenant, in our Eastern duel is a barbaric act, it deprives the weak of the right to speak, and I don't think that is the original intention of chivalry."

Li Hongyu walked past the entourage in front of him and came to Gonzalez, looked up at him quietly, and said, "However, since you like to settle disputes in this way, then I am willing to accompany you, and if I win, you have to apologize to the person who was teased before!" ”

"Are you sure you want to fight me?"

Gonzalez felt a little surprised when he heard this, and looked at Li Hongyu condescendingly and said, Li Hongyu's height has reached one meter eight now, but he is still nearly a head shorter in front of him, and he doesn't think that the polite Li Hongyu is his opponent.

"If I lose, I'll give you a thousand taels of silver, which will be about two thousand when converted into your country's silver coins." Li Hongyu bowed slightly, and said to Gonzalez in a deep voice while taking off his coat.

"Two thousand?" Hearing this, the Western officers standing behind Gonzalez suddenly lit up, which was a lot of wealth.

Even with various subsidies, the total monthly income of these uprooted Western officers is only five silver coins at most, which is already a very high salary, so two thousand silver coins is definitely a huge amount of money.

"Don't worry, I won't kill you." When Gonzalez saw that Li Hongyu dared to challenge him, a sneer suddenly flashed on the corner of his mouth, and he also took off his military uniform and handed it to a Western officer on the side.

He didn't care about the money, he just beat Li Hongyu to teach Li Hongyu a lesson, Li Hongyu's previous words made him feel very depressed, so he wanted to sulk, but he really didn't have any hostility towards Li Hongyu, to put it bluntly, it was just a battle of will.

"Can you borrow a sword?" Li Hongyu smiled slightly when he heard this, and then walked up to a Western officer and said.

Hearing this, the Western officer couldn't help but look at Gonzalez, although Gonzalez felt a little surprised, he didn't expect Li Hongyu to use a Western saber, but he still nodded, so the Western officer handed the saber in his hand to Li Hongyu.

Li Hongyu carried the saber and skillfully played a few sword flowers, compared with the Eastern weapons, the Western saber is more lightweight, and the sword body is slender.

After seeing Li Hongyu's sword-wielding movements, Gonzalez was taken aback in his heart, and from Li Hongyu's smooth movements, he vaguely felt that Li Hongyu seemed to have practiced saber before, otherwise how could he have such skillful movements?

Gonzalez guessed correctly, Li Hongyu was the main force of the school fencing team when he was in college, and he also won the ranking of international competitions, so he is no stranger to sabre, and he is a professional like Gonzalez.

"Brother Sheng, you are the chief official of our Ming Dynasty, you don't have to take action in this matter yourself!"

At this time, Yang Li'er, Youlan, and Yamashita Sakurako came quickly, and the three of them had already guessed what Li Hongyu was going to do, and Yang Li'er couldn't help but persuade with concern, thinking that Li Hongyu was not suitable to do it himself.

As the saying goes, the sword has no eyes, and if Li Hongyu has any accidents, the overseas trade of the Ming Dynasty will be seriously affected.

"These Western red-haired people are too arrogant, if we don't give them a little color, they will still have no one in their eyes, which is not conducive to our future dealings with them."

Li Hongyu knew that Yang Li'er and the others were worried about him, so he smiled and said with a relaxed expression, "Don't worry, he just said that he won't want my life, even if he loses, his life will not be in danger." ”

"Be careful!" Youlan bit her lip when she heard this, and said softly to Li Hongyu, her concern overflowing.

Li Hongyu smiled slightly, and then walked to the open space in the distance with the Western sword in his hand, where Gonzalez was already waiting for him.

Li Hongyu and Gonzalez's actions had already attracted the attention of people at the scene, and they knew from their behavior that they were going to have a duel, so they craned their necks to look around.

Compared with Ruan Youyi, Li Hongyu is taller and more muscular, which is destined to make Gonzalez not as easy as before, and the fight must be more exciting than before.

For this reason, someone at the scene has already opened a betting market, betting on whether Li Hongyu is Gonzalez's opponent and whether Gonzalez will take Li Hongyu's life.

With the steady stream of Westerners coming to Bangkok, some Westerners have already engaged in a lot of duels, so the people of Bangkok already know something about Western duels and know that they can kill each other in duels.

Previously, Li Hongyu offended Gonzalez, which gave Gonzalez a motive to kill Li Hongyu, so Li Hongyu's life would inevitably be in danger if he duel with Gonzalez.

Considering Gonzalez's wonderful performance in the face of Ruan Youyi before, many people at the scene bet on Gonzalez to win, and some even bet on Li Hongyu to be killed by Gonzalez.

When there was a commotion at the scene, no one noticed that Matsushita Sakurako already had the flint pistol in her hand, but it was invisible to outsiders because it was covered by her sleeves.

Once Li Hongyu's life is in danger, then Matsushita Sakurako will not hesitate to pull the trigger at Gonzalez, she doesn't care what serious the consequences are, in her opinion, Li Hongyu is the most important person in the world, and she does not allow anyone to hurt Li Hongyu.

Li Hongyu and Gonzalez stood facing each other, and under Gonzalez's surprised gaze, he first straightened his forearm holding the saber arm, then raised the sword to the front of the bridge of his nose, and then pointed the sword to the side of his body, a series of clean movements.

After being stunned, Gonzalez also made the same set of actions to Li Hongyu, which is the etiquette before Western fencing, commonly known as the "fencing ceremony".

If the fencing ceremony is made by Westerners, it is nothing, but Li Hongyu is an Oriental, and it is difficult to get in touch with Western fencing, let alone such smooth and chic movements, so naturally Gonzalez was surprised, and he couldn't help but put away his contempt, from Li Hongyu's fencing ceremony, he realized that Li Hongyu had also practiced fencing before.

Fencing is a time-honored activity that was listed in medieval Europe as one of the seven noble sports of knighthood, along with horseback riding, swimming, hunting, playing chess, chanting, and throwing guns.

In order to study and promote the exhibition of fencing technology, fencing guilds have been established in various European countries.

In the 14th century, a dazzling class of knights emerged in Spain, France, and Italy, who gained a wide reputation for their swordsmanship.

Therefore, the clans of various European countries followed suit, and for a time it became fashionable in the upper class, so that when it came to the settlement of disputes between nobles, they often drew their swords against each other, and a sword determined life and death.

Gonzalez has full confidence to defeat Li Hongyu, after all, he has been exposed to and practiced fencing since he was a child, and his swordsmanship is one of the few among the young aristocrats of Madrid, even if Li Hongyu learns fencing, he does not have such a deep background as him, and more importantly, he has actual combat experience, once he fights, he will expose his weaknesses.

This is how Ruan Youyi was defeated, because he had no actual combat experience, he was led by the nose by Gonzalez in the fight, and was finally played around.

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