Xiahou smiled...... Slowly walked out of the umbrella carried by his subordinates...... Walk into the snowstorm...... With a smile on his face, he looked at him indifferently and said, "This is the choice of the academy?"

Ning Que also smiled and said, "You don't have to be afraid, this is my own choice, and it has nothing to do with the academy." ”

Xiahou said indifferently: "If you want to die, then you will die." ”

Ning Que said: "I don't want to die, I just want you to die."

Xia Hou looked at him, and after being silent for a long time, he said, "You are a madman. ”

Ning Que replied: "Fifteen years ago, I escaped from Chang'an City, and it took my determination and perseverance to survive with great difficulty, just to go crazy, isn't it worth it?"

Xiahou was silent for a moment and said, "That's really worth it." ”

The people living in this land are accustomed to being simple and direct, if you beat me, I will beat you, if you want to kill me, I will kill you, if you kill my father, I will kill your father and you, so Ning Que's invitation to Xiahou to launch a life-and-death duel is taken for granted.

The imperial court promised to cut off the past with a knife and let Xiahou return to old age, because he didn't want those complicated things in the past to affect the future direction of the empire, and he didn't want Xiling Temple to put his hand into Chang'an, if Ning Que wanted to use conspiracy and other means to deal with Xiahou, it would affect this metabolic process, but he chose this simplest or stupidest method today, but it would not leave any sequelae, because if the environment is fair, then the duel must be fair.

Fairness does not mean that there are no problems, and everyone thinks that Ning Que crossed the border to challenge General Xiahou...... is looking for death, no one wants to see Ning Que die, because he is a disciple of the master, but they can't stop this duel now, and can only hope that Xiahou will not accept Ning Que's invitation.

As a peak martial arts powerhouse, it was indeed a very humiliating thing to refuse a challenge from a cave realm, so the prince's eyes staring at Xia Hou had a faint hint of pleading.

Xiahou didn't seem to be aware of the prince's gaze at all...... Squinting slightly...... looked at Ning Que and said, "Since you want to die in my hands......."

At this moment, the sound of busy and dense footsteps sounded at the palace gate...... Several high-ranking eunuchs ran desperately towards the door, their official uniforms were messy, and they looked like wolves were unbearable, in the cold wind and snow...... It was actually hot and sweaty, and I thought that I was rushing all the way out of the deep palace.

Gonggong Lin, who was running at the forefront of the eunuchs, listened to Xiahou's voice from a distance, with a frightened look on his face, and shouted in a panic like a goose that was choked by the throat: "Your Majesty has a decree, and no one is allowed to move!"

When the bigwigs at the gate outside the palace heard this shout, the expressions on their faces suddenly relaxed...... I thought to myself that in this world, only His Majesty could stop this challenge.

Xiahou didn't seem to hear the sharp voice in the palace gate behind him at all, nor did he hear His Majesty's will, so he continued with an indifferent expression: "Then I will fulfill you." ”

After saying this, he took a knife in the hands of his own soldiers...... With a snort, he cut his left palm open a bloody wound, compared to Ning Que's previous slow cutting of his palm...... This action is particularly simple and powerful.

Xia Hou didn't have any expression on his face, and slowly shook his left hand into a fist...... Thick blood spilled and fell from the tiger's mouth.

Gonggong Lin had never run so fast and worked so hard in his life, when he ran out of breath outside the palace gate and looked at Xiahou's bloody palm, his face suddenly became extremely pale, and his legs were weak and he sat in the snow.

Prince Li Peiyan's face was as pale as thunder.

Xu Shi's silver eyebrows were calm and low like snow on the willows of the lake, he looked at Xia Hou with an expressionless face and said, "Revoke." ”

Xia Hou shook his head and said indifferently: "He can be revoked, but I can't, because I have my pride." ”

Hearing this, Ning Que began to agitate

His left palm was still bleeding, and with the action of the clapping face, the blood was scattered, splashing in all directions, falling on his black hospital uniform, and falling on the white snow all over the ground, the picture looked extremely bloody.

The applause was also very bloody, and the blood was crackling, giving people a feeling that they were not condensed.

Ning Que said: "I am not disappointed. You are still the arrogant and violent general, and you are still stupidly proud, and I hope you will continue to be so proud. ”

Xia Hou ignored his taunt and said expressionlessly, "When?"

On the thin challenge paper, the date column was blank.

Ning Que said, "As long as you leave Chang'an City." ”

Xiahou said, "I'm leaving today. ”

Ning Que said: "Then today." ”

Xiahou said: "Very good, after killing you, it shouldn't be too long to set off." ”

Ning Que said: "Maybe you won't set off again." ”

Xia Hou still had no expression, and said indifferently: "I will set the time, and you will set the place." ”

"I've been preparing the location for a long time. ”

Ning Que said: "I bought a lot of houses in Yanming Lake Ether, and I fought there, so I didn't need to worry about hurting the innocent, and I made some preparations there, after all, I am a talisman, and I am not as good as you in the realm, so I want to take advantage of this." ”

When the two were talking, no one interjected in the field, and they listened in shock and helplessness, until they heard the place of battle that Ning Que chose, and the expression on his face changed.

In fact, many big people in Chang'an City knew that Ning Que had bought a mansion on the shore of Yanming Lake, and a military bigwig like General Xu Shi ...... It is even more clear that Ning Que has done some tricks there...... Therefore, they were not surprised that Ning Que chose this place, but they were surprised that he would make it clear to Xiahou.

Ning Que looked at Xia Hou and said, "Mind?"

Xia Hou said: "Since you are proud, even if you are stupid, you must be proud after all. ”

Ning Que shook his head and said, "Pride makes people die. ”

Xia Hou said: "If the goshawk is not proud in the face of ants, it will be sent by heaven. ”

"Enough! you two lunatics!"

Prince Li Peiyan's face was pale, his eyes were extremely hot, and he looked at Xiahou and reprimanded sharply: "Have you ever thought about how to explain to the master if you kill this person?

"This king uses this crown for an hour. ”

After saying this, he resolutely took off the crown on his head, put it on the snow between Ning Que and Xiahou, looked back at the ministers of civil and military affairs and said in a cold voice: "What are you still doing in a daze?

The court officials all came to their senses, and with the support of their subordinates, they dispersed as fast as they could, looking for a way to stop this duel, and Scholar Zeng Jing wanted to go up to Ning Que and persuade a few words...... But looking at his bleeding palm, he just sighed after all...... Retreated to the rear.

Xu Shi's eyes drooped slightly, as if looking at An Hou and Ning Que, and as if looking at the wind and snow in the sky, and said indifferently: "More than ten years, why do you need to wait for an extra hour?"

After saying this...... He turned and left the palace gate, not knowing where he was going.

In front of the Fengxue Palace, the court officials dispersed one by one, leaving only Zeng Jing and a few other bystanders.

In the silence, Xia Hou suddenly said, "The flag is coming." ”

On the other side of the jade bridge in the distance, there was the honor guard of the general's return, and hundreds of people had been waiting for a long time. Listen to those two words...... The soldiers rushed away, took a big flag from the guard of honor, and then stood solemnly behind General Xiahou, the cold wind and sleet howled, and immediately blew the big flag open.

That is the banner of the Tang Dynasty...... The flag was blood-red, as if it had been dyed with the blood of tens of thousands of enemies, and it was whistling and fluttering in the wind and snow...... In front of the palace gate, it was extremely slaughtered.

Ning Que looked at the blood flag behind Xia Hou, and looked at his face that was reflected in the color of the flag...... said: "With the flag to help the momentum, it seems that you are really afraid." ”

Xia Hou looked at the blood indifferently, and there was no other in his eyes.

Ning Que smiled and said, "The umbrella comes." ”

With a bang, Sangsang once again stretched out the big black umbrella to cover the heavy snow fluttering overhead.

In the wind and snow, a blood flag and a black umbrella are far away.

Ning Que, the thirteenth gentleman of the academy, challenged General Xiahou to life and death, and the news spread to every former residence in Chang'an City in the shortest possible time.

No one thought that Ning Que would be able to win, so no one wanted to watch General Xiahou kill him, because no one knew that the master would show his attitude because of Ning Que's death.

The master has not spoken for many years, and has even been forgotten by many ordinary people in the world, but for the big people in the court, this definitely does not mean that the master's voice no longer has power, but because every word he says is a thunder above the clouds for the Tang Empire.

This is a fair challenge, and it was initiated by Ning Que, maybe even if Ning Que died, the master would still abide by the Tang law and be silent, but no one dared to take this and the risk, even if it was a small risk, if Ning Que died, the master was angry, and he was afraid that the entire Chang'an City would be destroyed.

When the national teacher Li Qingshan appeared in front of the Cloud Gate Great Array, he had been thinking about these things in his heart, so when he heard the reply of the academy master, he didn't wake up for a long time.

"This is the junior brother's own private matter, and the academy will not stop him according to the rules of the academy. ”

Li Qingshan frowned and said, "But Ning Que is killing himself." ”

The senior brother said gently: "Since it is self-inflicted, then who can stop it?"

Li Qingshan could not suppress the shock in his heart, and said, "If Mr. Thirteen really dies at the hands of General Xiahou, the academy will ...... What will be done?"

The elder brother smiled and said, "We will miss him." ”

In Chang'an City, there is the Yulin Army.

This powerful army, which is responsible for guarding the imperial city, has unimaginable strength in the world, has a strong cultivation force with the Heavenly Pivot and the South Gate Temple, and most importantly, has a strong will and determination.

According to the Tang law, the current Yulin Army only obeys the orders of two people, His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and General Xu Shi.

In the cold wind and snow, the Yulin army began to form a group, and then prepared to leave the camp, but had to stop in front of the jade bridge outside the camp, because there was a person on the bridge.

The man, wearing a high crown and robe, sat cross-legged in the snow on the bridge deck, his head bowed slightly.

Xu Shi looked at the man on the bridge, he could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, and the shouts were like spring thunder blooming at the bridge, and the snow was shocking: "Jun Mo, the one who stands in the way is dead!"

The person on the bridge was naturally Jun Mo, the second senior brother of the academy.

"The one who stands in the way is dead? Tang Lu has never discussed this, and Gu Li has never heard of this. ”

The second senior brother raised his head, looked at the Tang military leader under the bridge, and said calmly: "Even so, if you want me to die, you must die first." ”