...... in the snow The big black umbrella slowly came to the palace gate, stopped in front of the female military officials of the Tang Dynasty, and then retracted, revealing the figures of Ning Que and Sang Sang under the umbrella.

There was a dead silence in front of the Imperial City, except for the whimper of the cold wind whining at the snowflakes, the rustling of the snowflakes falling on the ice of the moat, and the sound of the people themselves breathing.

These bigwigs looked at Ning Que and frowned in unison, as if they were very puzzled about what Mr. Thirteen of the Academy wanted to do on the day General Xiahou left Beijing.

Complicated expressions and confusion are actually cover-ups.

They were all aware of the rumor, and knew that the military had investigated Ning Que's connection with those murder cases, so they could guess his intention, but from summer to autumn to winter, Chang'an City had been calm for a long time, and when the whole world thought that Ning Que had given up, he really appeared.

In the silence, everyone looked cautious, hiding their anxiety and looking at Ning Que, Zeng Jing, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion in the middle of the crowd, looked at Sang Sang beside Ning Que, and even more worried.

Prince Li Youyan slowly took a step forward, looked at Ning Que and said angrily, "What do you want to do?"

General Xu Shi looked at Ning Que expressionlessly and said, "If you want to assassinate my Tang Dynasty general in front of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces, I will admire your courage and stupidity very much." ”

Heavy snow continued to fall towards the imperial city.

Ning Que dragged away a few thick thunders on his shoulders and said, "Even if I have this and courage, I won't be stupid enough to do this, but since I'm here, I always have to do something." ”

Xu Shi said lightly sneering: "Tang Lu is in front, what can you do?"

This change in front of the gate of the imperial city alarmed the Yulin army and the Ouchi guards, and the chief eunuch who had sent Xiahou out earlier had already run to the palace as fast as he could, wanting to inform the emperor of the news here.

Many members of the imperial court came from around the square, walked behind the adults, opened their umbrellas, and shielded the adults from the wind and snow.

Ning Que's big black umbrella had already been collected, and the master and servant stood calmly in the wind and snow, looking at the more and more umbrellas in front of them.

The shadow of the umbrella shrouded the cheeks of the adults, and it was no longer possible to see the emotion on their faces, nor the thoughts in their eyes.

Ning Que looked at Xu Shi calmly and said: "Tang law first, this is the iron law of the academy, as a disciple of the academy, of course I will abide by it, so the military investigated whether I was the suspect in those murders a few days ago, in my opinion, it is really ridiculous to the extreme." ”

Xu Shi frowned slightly, and said: "There are so many elders in the imperial court, standing in the wind and snow and talking to you, do you want to listen to you clear your grievances for yourself?"

Ning Que didn't pay any attention to the leader of the Tang Dynasty military, turned to look at Xia Hou and said, "Many people are guessing what I will do, and I believe you have been guessing all the time, in fact, since the day I decided to kill you, I myself have been guessing what I will do." ”

Indeed, in front of the Imperial City, the most important figures of the Tang Empire have been speculating about what Ning Que will do, even if they see him appear at this time, they don't know what he is going to do.

The cold wind and cold snow, the vermilion wall gradually became cold, Ning Que looked at Xia Hou and said seriously: "It wasn't until autumn that I finally understood what I should do. ”

"I'm going to challenge you. ”

His voice was not very clear in the whistling wind and snow, but the content of this sentence clearly penetrated the wind and snow and reached everyone's ears.

The voice gradually disappeared on the wall of the Vermilion Palace, and a thin piece of paper floated out of Yu Que's sleeve, ignoring the heavy snow falling from the sky, and slowly and smoothly drifted in front of Xiahou's body, no matter how strong the wind in front of the imperial city was, no matter how heavy the snow was, it seemed that it could not have any effect on this thin paper.

Xiahou looked at Ning Que not far away in silence, looking at the face that seemed to be led by countless threads, slowly floating over the white paper, and the face shrouded in the shadow of the umbrella surface, there was no love.

He raised his right hand and grabbed the piece of tissue paper that had floated in front of him.

It was a challenge paperwork.

From the moment Ning Que said that he wanted to challenge Xiahou, the front of the imperial city became quieter, dead silence, and even the sound of the wind and snow seemed to disappear, everyone's ears were echoing what he said, and all eyes were looking at the tissue paper that was moving slowly and firmly in the wind and snow.

Ning Que wanted to challenge General Xiahou head-on? Everyone thought that they had heard it wrong, because in their opinion, this was something that would never happen.

Of course, the people in the court knew that Ning Que was a personal disciple of the master, and he had also learned a rune skill from Master Yan Se, and he had cultivated the Dao for less than two years, and he was already a powerhouse in the Cave Xuan Realm.

In the Upper Realm of Dongxuan, in the eyes of mortals in the world, he was already close to a first-class figure of immortals, but decades ago, the great general Xiahou was already a strong man at the peak of martial arts, and he was one of the most powerful men in the world. What is Ning Que, and what qualifications does he have to challenge Xiahou?

It's like a flower going to challenge a forest, a praying mantis going to challenge a carriage, an egg going to challenge a rocky mountain, and a beggar going to challenge the great majesty.

General Xu Shi thought silently in his heart, Ning Que was probably really driven crazy, if he wasn't crazy, how could he do such a crazy thing?

The expression on His Royal Highness Li Peiyan's face was a little stiff, but in an instant, he became gentler again, and he felt that he had probably guessed Ning Que's thoughts.

The revenge of killing his father is not shared, and it is impossible to go against the will of the academy and Tang Law, so he will challenge Xiahou, even if he loses, he will be considered to have an explanation.

The people in front of the imperial city, after being shocked, came up with the idea of these two directions, if Ning Que was not crazy, then he challenged General Xiahou and just sought spiritual comfort.

Looking at Ning Que who was bathed in the wind and snow, and looking at his calm expression, the big guys didn't think that he was really crazy, so they thought that something too bloody should not happen next.

It is impossible for Ning Que to defeat General Xiahou, even if General Xiahou wins this duel, thinking about the academy and the master, it is impossible to really kill this thirteen gentlemen.

Yes, that's how it should be.

However, the next scene directly destroyed all their imagination and expectations.

Ning Que took a small knife from Sang Sang's hand, stabbed the palm of his left hand with the blade, and then began to move, the speed of the blade moving on the palm was very slow, the sharp knife edge slowly cut a long hole, blood began to seep out, and the slightly white flesh skin turned out was instantly dyed red.

There was an exclamation in front of the imperial city, as well as the sound of gasping for air...... People watched as the blade slowly cut through his palm...... It was as if the sharp tip of the knife was cutting his body, and it was extremely painful.

Ning Que was not affected by these exclamations...... The expression on his face was calm and very focused, as if he was not cutting his palm, but carving a flower in his palm.

"Ning Que, you're crazy!"

Zeng Jing, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, could no longer remain silent...... Walking out of the human tow with an anxious face, he looked at Sang Sang and shouted: "You don't hurry up and stop him!"

Sangsang lowered his head and looked at his boots in the snow.

His Royal Highness the Prince's face suddenly became extremely pale, and General Xu Shi's fluttering snow eyebrows suddenly fell, as if it was difficult to bear the load, and the faces of everyone in front of the imperial city were extremely shocked.

Only Xia Hou still had a hyperactive expression and was silent...... He calmly and intently watched as Ning Que cut his palm, and the two iron eyebrows in the shadows slowly raised.

What shocked everyone in the audience and even felt unbelievable was not the pain that Ning Que might bring by cutting his palm, but the meaning of his action.

The Tang people are martial and have a simple and direct temperament...... If they disagree, they often wave their fists, and duels have become the most common scenery in Chang'an City. On that spring night two years ago, Ning Que and Sangsang returned to Chang'an from Weicheng...... That night, I saw a duel in the streets.

At that time, he explained to the little maid beside him that the rule of the duel in Chang'an City was to cut the sleeves to represent the challenge...... And that's called a live game, as long as the winner is decided, but if the challenger cuts a qiē in his left palm, it means that the duel is a dead end.

At this time, in the wind and snow in the imperial city, Ning Que slowly cut the palm of his left hand, which represented the challenge he issued to Xiahou today, which was not the spiritual comfort that people had done before, but a dead end that would divide life and death.

The civil and military officials present, although their status is respectful and it is impossible to encounter challenges, but after all, they all live in Chang'an City, where would they not know this extremely famous rule.

So they were shocked and even pale

Today's challenge, in their opinion, is of course that General Xiahou will inevitably win, but if it is really a dead end, if Ning Que dies, as a disciple of his master, it will still have a terrifying impact on the Tang Dynasty.

Li Peiyan stared at Ning Que with a pale face, and said, "You plan to exchange your life for the dean's anger? Is this worth it? And what kind of person is the dean, how can he be used by you?"

The blade had already cut through the root of his palm, Ning Que stopped his movements, raised his head, the expression on his face was still so calm, it seemed that the pain in his palm had no effect on him.

He looked at His Royal Highness the Prince and said, "What does this matter have to do with Your Highness? Are you afraid that I will challenge you next?"

Xu Shi looked at him expressionless and said: "The duel of the death bureau needs the approval of the government, I can sue you, no one in the entire Tang Dynasty dares to approve this duel." ”

"When Dao Shisheng came to challenge me, it was approved by the military department, and when Liu Yiqing challenged me, it was also approved by the military department, and I challenged General Xiahou today, didn't the military department approve it?"

Ning Que looked at him and asked seriously, "Do I still have face from the Tang Army?"

Xu Shi frowned slightly and stopped talking.

Ning Que looked at everyone in front of the imperial city and said, "You all say that Tang Law is the first, then okay, I will challenge according to Tang Law's rules, I want to know who can stop me?"

Then he looked at Xiahou and said, "Unless you don't accept it." ”

Xia Hou slowly rubbed the thin challenge book between his fingers, with a strange expression on his face, looked at him and said, "Your choice is indeed beyond my expectations. ”

Ning Que said: "I have never taken the usual path. ”

Xia Hou flicked the tissue paper in his hand and said: "I saw this paper walking slowly in the wind and snow before, and I knew that your mental acuity is very high, but it is a pity that you don't know all the qi in the snow mountain, and the control of heaven and earth and qi is extremely bad, even worse than the cave and Xuan Realm that you should have now, such a bad you, you actually want to cross the border to challenge General Ben, I can only say that you have embarked on a dead road." ”

Ning Que looked at him and said: "I don't have any other road to take, so I have to take this road, as for whether it is a dead end, I will only know until I reach the end." ”

Xia Hou said: "For you, challenging me head-on is the worst choice. ”

Ning Que said: "Since it is the only choice, then it is the best choice. ”

(Rather lack this...... The choice was made when I opened the book, that is, the night he and Sang Sang entered Chang'an City, it was already determined, it was really the only choice, the best choice, but he was not Xu Le, and he would not be able to match the cool concept of the courage of the husband, but he was determined after careful thinking after helplessness. Report it here, there is still some time before killing Xiahou, this matter is just a bone, I have other things to write about, those are meat, very important, and there are still today. ）