Chapter 19: The Prancing Horse

Du Yu, who goes by the pseudonym Aloin, as Arya's swordsmanship and martial arts teacher and a member of the Stark family's honor guard, was naturally recommended by Eddard Stark and has the qualifications to participate in this competition.

"Aloin, can you win this tournament?" While practicing the sword skills that Du Yu taught her, Arya asked with half expectation and half curiosity as she looked at Du Yu fully armed wielding a knight's spear.

"What do you think?" Du Yu looked at Arya with a grin and asked rhetorically.

It was the first time for Du Yu to wear this kind of heavily armed knight's heavy armor, he had only tried that kind of soft armor before, but for him who practiced martial arts and then received the favor of the King of Light, dozens of catties of heavy armor did not have the slightest burden, but simply needed to coordinate the arrangement of joint strength and movements.

Hearing this, Arya said with a little worry: "I heard my father say that the strongest knights of the Seven Kingdoms will participate in a tournament like this, and there are often knights who die. ”

But then his expression was full of confidence and expectation, "But Olrope, since you beat Joffrey's uncle, you must have a good result." ”

"Haha, that's right, these people can't threaten me yet, I will get the championship, I heard that the first place has a reward of 40,000 gold dragon coins, I can give you some gifts when the time comes." Du Yu stretched out his hand and grasped the knight's spear and shook out seven pear blossoms in the air, the qi and blood in his body converged, and the surging power moved at will, even if he didn't have the previous true qi, relying on the flexible contraction of his muscles, he could still make many difficult movements, which was not inferior to the original effect.

The competition was divided into three parts: horse spear duel, archery competition and team competition, and Du Yu chose everyone's favorite horse spear.

On the first day of the competition, in the midst of the earth-shattering cheers, on the wide arena, two heavily armed knights were already in place, looking at each other with fierce eyes, the two were the vassals of the Tyrell family, Horace Redwin and Prime Minister Ed's Du Yu from Qingting Island.

"Oroin, come on! that Redwyn guy! From the stands, Arya Stark shouted hard.

"Arya!" Sansa gave a disgruntled look on her face, and she looked in Prince Joffrey's direction, and was secretly relieved to see that he hadn't noticed her sister's rude behavior, "We are the daughters of the Stark family, we should be a lady, and everyone else is watching us." ”

Arya chose to ignore her sister's admonition completely, and got up from her seat directly, barking and jumping like an active wolf, not caring about the eyes of others, in her opinion, most of the girls were boring idiots, and the mockery of the noble ladies around her could be faintly heard.

"Father, look at her......" Sansa was ignored by her sister, and suddenly became angry and anxious, she felt that she could not stay for a moment, so she had to ask Duke Stark for help.

Duke Stark shook his head helplessly, feeling a headache at his two completely different personalities, so he had to sigh and say, "Let her go......"

In fact, the two people who opened the first scene were usually just an appetizer, whether it was Redwin or Du Yu, they were unknown in the eyes of most people, so people's interest was not particularly high.

As King Robert raised his glass and began, the surrounding chatter gradually sounded, and the two knights on the field pulled the reins and clamped the horse's belly, and the two horsemen suddenly galloped like lightning, rolling up the wind and dust, and launched a fierce impact on each other.

The long wooden spear head was firmly held in Du Yu's hand, and the spear head trembled, like a giant python, ready to strike a fatal blow at any time.

The two horses staggered, Du Yu's eyes flashed, and he used a skill in his hand to swing away the spear attacked by the opponent, and then sticky and rolled, the spear threw out a continuous force, stirring the opponent's spear to the ground, and then swept the strong shot, hit the opponent's waist, and directly pulled Horace off the horse.

"The victor is the Knights of Oroin from the North!"

There was a gleam in the eyes of Varys and Littlefinger, contemplation and intrigue brewing, and then the two of them clapped again at opposite ends of the field. King Robert was also very pleased with such a superb and concise opening, glanced at Ned, and took a sip of wine with satisfaction.

He didn't expect that the Oriental who defeated James Lannister head-on in the previous martial arts trial Oloin also had a clean and neat skill on the horse, and he was even more looking forward to this year's royal competition, Oloin could make the monarch killer be slapped in the face.

There was a lot of discussion in the crowd, and after praising Du Yu a few words, people looked at the knights who were going to play next, and bet on the right golden dragon.

Sandor Clegane and his colossal brother Sir Gregor "The Magic Mountain" were unstoppable, and they had just defeated one opponent after another.

When Sir Gregor appeared for the second time, he saw his spear upturned and hit the throat guard of a young knight from Arryn Valley, and because of the force, the spear went straight through the throat, killing him instantly.

The young knight fell to the ground, dusty, and the tip of Sir Gregor's spear broke his neck, and blood gushed outward with an increasingly weak pulse.

His armor was shiny and new, and his outstretched arms were like two scurrying fire patterns in the sunlight. It wasn't until the clouds covered the sun that the flames disappeared. His cloak was the blue of a clear summer sky, embroidered with a crescent moon, but the blood seeped through, the color of the cloak darkened, and the moons on it turned blood red one after another.

Sir Baron Swain was also dismounted by Gregor, and Duke Lanley lost to the Hound Dogs. Lan Li was hit so hard that he almost flew backwards from his warhorse.

His head thundered violently as it hit the ground, and the audience gasped. Fortunately, it was only the golden antlers on his helmet that suffered, one of which he crushed off.

When the Duke of Lanley got up, the audience cheered wildly for him, because King Robert's younger brother had always been very popular with the masses. He bowed gracefully and handed the severed antler to the victor. The hound snorted and threw the broken horn into the audience, and the common people immediately fought to the death for the gold, until finally Lord Lan Li walked into the crowd to appease him, and then restored order.

Du Yu saw this scene when he was off the field, his heart moved slightly, if Littlefinger was too treacherous, and Varys had a big plan, he might also choose to join forces with Lan Li, he was deeply loved by the people, if it weren't for Eddard Stark's almost stupid stubbornness about honor, it was not known who would have died.

Immediately the spear jousting lasted all day, from early morning until dusk. The hooves of war horses roared, trampling the land of the tournament into a ruined wasteland. The knights collided with each other, the spears burst to pieces, and the crowd screamed loudly, all of whom could not help but shout in unison for their supporters.

Arya rarely held out in the audience for a whole day, and she saw her teacher and good friend Euloin, riding on a horse like a tiger, like a dragon, and launched a fierce charge, shooting down the opponent's spear from her hand again and again, and then swept the opponent's knight off the horse cleanly.

Every time he defeated an opponent, Arya would jump and jump as if she had won, looking overjoyed, and then Sansa on the side would show a look of disgust, not to Du Yu, of course, but to her sister. Du Yu now not only shows his strong strength, takes off his helmet and handsome face, but his oriental temperament has also won the favor of many aristocratic ladies

For the victors of the tournament, the people and the magnates did not hesitate to send praise and flowers, and won one victory after another in the presence of the princes and nobles of the Seven Kingdoms, which is the greatest honor of being a knight. Even though they have forgotten the rules and virtues of knighthood, in the bones of human beings, they have been competitive since primitive times, and they are fierce and fierce.

In the end, there were only four outstanding knights left in the field, the skilled knight of the Hundred Flowers, Sir Loras Tyrell, like an old "Magic Mountain" Sir Gregor, the golden kingkiller who shone like a real lion, and finally, all the way to the present day with superb control and strong physique, exuding mysterious charm, Sir Oroin from the Far East, who served in the Stark family, that is, Du Yu.