Although Madame Bonnet was 10,000 unwilling, she did not return the horse and arrow with her bow now, so she had no choice but to make arrangements.

Knightly jousting, in medieval history, was one of the most important events in the knight's career.

Knightly jousting first appeared in France in the 11th century, and then spread to England, where it quickly became popular.

Before the 11th century, it was not that there were no duels in martial arts, but most records depict who was aggressive and liked to duel with someone, and there were no large-scale knightly competitions.

The earliest knightly jousting was basically no different from a melee.

There is no fixed scale, fixed time, can be single to single, can also be group to group, due to the lack of clear rules, so the competition often ends up in a rough, bloody life-and-death struggle, no different from the real battlefield.

There was a jousting of knights, which took place in England in 1273.

When King Edward I of England competed with the noble Earl of Charlon, the Earl of Charon grabbed Edward I by the neck and tried to pull him off his horse.

Edward I felt embarrassed in front of the onlookers, and angrily accused Count Challon of violating the rules of the tournament, while Count Charon argued that there was no rule that he could not scratch his neck, so why should he obey it.

The two sides argued more and more angrily, and finally the two fought, and their men saw their master do it, and they all joined the warband, so a contest turned into a big scuffle, and later, the audience also joined the fight.

In the melee, more than 80 knights and servants on both sides died, and hundreds of attendants and spectators died.

Anyway, now, whether it is England or France, the rules for knightly competitions have become more and more perfect.

Since this knight tournament was a temporary intention, there was not much time to prepare, otherwise the formal knight tournament would send invitations to the knights of various territories of the kingdom, so that the knights could bring their horses and equipment to participate.

Although it is not a formal knight tournament, the nature of this tournament is not simple at all.

Not only John's knights participated, but there were also many like Mrs. Stan, who hurriedly arranged for the knights of the family to come to the competition.

Mrs. Stan has always emphasized that Xu Siling is the 'perfect knight of the kingdom', not only to make Xu Siling the target of public criticism, but also to help Xu Siling build momentum.

John II, as a believer in chivalry, recognized knighthood as a very authoritative honor.

Otherwise, it would not have been that as soon as Xu Siling was praised and recognized by John, the others began to be anxious.

Mrs. Stan looked down on Fei'er and Xu Siling from the countryside, a country nobleman and a country knight, especially the knight was born as an executioner.

What's that?

How can a country knight compare with an orthodox knight with military training?

So Mrs. Stan helped Xu Siling build momentum, and then arranged for her family's knights to defeat him, wouldn't this help the Stan family fight for a piece of glory?

The female aristocrats who can participate in this aristocratic tea party are not stupid.

Mrs. Stan's calculations were so loud that everyone around them heard a rattling sound.

Therefore, the nobles arranged for people to go home and find the knights of their families to come and participate in the competition.

Fortunately, John II was a knight, and there was a small dueling arena in his mansion, otherwise so many female nobles would not know how to arrange it.

Xu Siling and Fei'er came to the dueling arena, and the other nobles were busy, but they were quite idle and found a place to rest.

Fei'er has already arranged for someone to go to An Li and ask An Li to bring Xu Siling's horse equipment over.

The rest of Phil wasn't particularly worried.

Xu Siling's strength is obvious to all in Raya Town, although this time she is facing the elite knights of the Parisian nobility, she does not think that Xu Siling will lose at all.

The perfect knight?

This title, my Xu Siling is fully deserved, okay.

"I didn't expect to come to the aristocratic tea party and it would evolve like this."

Fei'er smiled and didn't care: "It's okay, anyway, chatting with those ladies is actually quite boring." Xu, will you be nervous. ”

"Nervous. I think so. ”

"You really should be nervous, this knight competition, although it is not very solemn, but the strength of the participants is not bad. Especially the onlookers, who are all famous noblewomen in Paris, think about how many women you have to charm this dueling arena if you win? ”

Xu Siling was helpless: "At this time, you still have the heart to say this." ”

"Did you see Princess Blanche?"

"Looked."

"Pretty no."

"Pretty." Xu Siling is very calm.

"If you win, with your style, you may be fascinated by the nobles' who are recognized as 'the existence of the beauty and wisdom of France.'"

"I'm obsessed with what she's doing."

Fei'er laughed: "I saw that she finally stood up, ostensibly to help you speak, but obviously she also wanted to see you compete with others." Otherwise, she is called a wise being, and if she really wants to persuade people to settle peace, she will not say such things. Maybe. She's starting to notice you and have a crush on you. ”

Xu Siling thought of something and couldn't help but shake her head: "Impossible, she still hates me." ”

"How is that possible, how can you tell?"

Xu Siling can't say that he and Blanche had a weird encounter in the pavilion.

In Blanche's sincere words, Blanche just hates him and hates him.

"Feeling."

Fei'er pondered for a while, and gently tapped her face with her finger: "No, my feelings are not the same as your feelings, I clearly feel that Princess Blanche is full of curiosity about you, how can she look annoying." ”

Xu Siling didn't know how to explain it, so he spread his hands.

While the two were chatting, An Li had already arrived with her horse and equipment.

Ann Li was very happy to hear that there was a knight competition, she was also a battle freak and eager to duel with different knights.

She excitedly came over with her horse and equipment, but when she heard Fei'er's words and understood the situation, she was immediately discouraged.

It's not that Fei'er doesn't let An Li participate, but this knight competition is a bit private, and the last time to participate in the competition has to be a knight.

Just when Anli was discouraged and helpless, Charlie jumped up next to them and was a little surprised to see the horse equipment that Anli brought.

"Mr. Siling, you brought a set of armor and weapons, is it enough?"

Xu Siling was stunned for a moment and didn't react, An Li didn't know who Charlie was, but she didn't hesitate to reply.

"With Xu's strength, a set of armor is enough."

Charlie couldn't help but nod: "It's really confident." ”

In the French knight joust, the main content of the competition is the horse and spear sprint and the horse under the individual duel.

Knights usually bring two sets of armor to the competition, for the simple reason that it is simple.

The knight tournament is a large-scale gambling scene.

The gambling money is not money, but the armor and equipment of the knight and the horse.

This is why most knights aspire to participate in knight jousting tournaments.

Immediately sprint with a spear, and if you win the opponent, then the opponent's whole body equipment, including the horse, will become your trophy.

Even in some regional tournaments, if you lose, you will become a prisoner of the victors, and you will have to spend money to redeem yourself.

Therefore, knights will bring two sets of armor equipment to participate in knight tournaments.

If you lose the spear sprint right away, you can lose one set of armor equipment for the horse, and you can also wear another set of armor equipment to participate in the one-man duel under the horse.

Many knights did not live particularly well, at best better than ordinary people.

The knights' jousting tournament is not just a place for knights to compete for glory.

It is also a place to rely on personal strength and make money.

Xu Siling looked Charlie up and down.

I have to say that Charlie, the kid, looks clever, but he is completely unafraid.

If it weren't for Charlie, things would never have turned out like this.

What could I do, Charlie is still a child, and he is a year younger than Phil in terms of age.

Anyway, it's better not to let him fall into his own hands, his ass is not safe.

Charlie came to Xu Siling's side and was shy: "I'm not angry." ”

Xu Siling ignored it.

"I tell you, I'll encourage my father to play later, and you remember to beat him up for me! Don't show me mercy, you can say anything about the reward afterwards. My mother just saw it, which jewel on her body you eyed, and told me, I'll give you a ride. ”

Fei'er raised her eyebrows, she didn't expect Xu Siling and Charlie to have this kind of friendship.

Moreover, how can anyone encourage others to beat their own fathers?

Xu Siling sighed, although Charlie is wise when he grows up, he is now a naughty broken child.

After coaxing Charlie away, Xu Siling, with the help of An Li, began to put on armor.

Armor is too convenient for someone to help put it on.

In order to highlight the demeanor of the Raya family, Xu Siling decided to ride Ann Li's horse, who let Ann Li's horse have a horse coat, which was also embroidered with the coat of arms of Raya Town, which also made Ann Li a little involved, at least her horse participated.

Fei'er, who had never been worried, suddenly became nervous when she saw that Xu Siling was going to ride An Li's horse.

"Are you sure? Anli's horse has a good temper. ”

An Li hurriedly stepped forward to pat the horse and said seriously: "Miss Raya, it has been obedient recently, really!" ”

Fei'er wanted to persuade again, but seeing Xu Siling shaking her head indifferently, she had to give up.

Xu Siling wore a chain mail robe and rode a horse leisurely into the duel arena.

The metal rings of the chain mail are interlocking, and under the burqa of the Raya family, they stand out with a dazzling light.

The horses are draped in an elaborately custom-made ornate horse coat embroidered with the coat of arms of Raya Town.

Holding a shield in his left hand, the shield is still An Li's, anyway, his whole body shows that he Xu Siling is from Raya Town in the countryside.

There are already many knights in the dueling arena who are ready to go, riding horses around in circles, highlighting their bravery.

And Xu Siling rode a charming horse and appeared indifferently in the dueling arena, showing another kind of knightly style.

Calm and calm, unlike the noisy knight, he seems unfazed.

An Li couldn't accompany Fei'er in the stands, she needed to get off the stage to help and give Xu Siling a response.

The noblewomen who surrounded Fei'er before have not appeared now, and under the momentum of Mrs. Stan, everyone's goal is Xu Siling, and the goal is to defeat Xu Siling, the 'perfect knight of the kingdom'.

Even Mrs. Milton arranged for her own knights to come out to compete.

Sitting next to Fei'er's stand, the two looked at each other and smiled politely.

Just when An Li was helping Xu Siling sort out her leg armor in the audience, suddenly a heavily armed knight came to them on horseback, attracting the attention of several people.

"I'm Earl Stan's knight, Wilbur Luke!"

"The Duke of Normandy calls you 'the perfect knight of the kingdom,' and I don't accept it."

"This title should be earned by the most powerful knight, not a lowly knight from the countryside like you."

"I'm here to tell you that it's me Wilbur Luke who is going to beat you on the field!"

Many people in the stands saw this scene and burst into laughter.

Mrs. Stan was in the stands, her fan covering her mouth and smiling so happily.

Her own knight stepped forward to taunt, of course, she arranged it.

Phil was of course upset, she could already see that Mrs. Stan was not dealing with her.

Xu Siling just quietly looked at Wilbur who was shouting in front of him and ignored it.

On the contrary, Anli was so anxious that if it weren't for the unequal status, she would have gone up to have a pre-game friendly match with this Wilbur.

Seeing that Xu Siling didn't respond for a long time, Wilbur thought he was scared, and ran back to his position with a sword in a wild laugh.

"Xu, why don't you reply and scold him fiercely!"

Xu Siling just smiled indifferently and shook his head, not taking it seriously.

It didn't take long for many knights to enter the arena on horseback, ready to go, and the nobles cheered on their knights.

This time, the audience in the stands were all female nobles, and the real goal of this knight tournament was to win the title of 'Perfect Knight', and many knights were as excited as usual.

Madame Bonnet set the rules and motioned for everyone to come up and draw lots.

Of course, the knight will not go in person, but will only let his entourage come forward to raise money, so this tiring work comes to Ann Li again.

An Li came back after drawing lots, and only told Xu Siling that he would play in the second game, and as for who the opponent was, there was no need to care at all.

The draw ended quickly, and the first horse gun sprint was about to begin.

Just as Xu Siling and An Li were preparing, Fei'er noticed the situation on Mrs. Stan's side, and the two looked at each other quietly, both showing unkind expressions.

Fei'er said to herself: "I don't know who this Count Stan is, it's like I have a grudge." ”

"Mrs. Stan doesn't know you either, but Count Stan's family does have some grudges against you."

A gloomy and soft voice beside Phil, her blue eyes lifted, and she saw that it was Blanche.

Blanche's beautiful face, with a shallow smile, asked softly, "Miss Raya, don't mind if I watch next to you." ”

"Naturally, I don't care about Princess Blanche, but I'm the target of everyone now, everyone is aiming to defeat my knights, it's not good that you're so close to me."

"I don't have a knight, how can I have a conflict with you."

Phil couldn't figure out the purpose of Blanche's coming, so she didn't continue to speak.

"Everyone else has knights arranged, and I'm not suitable to be with them, so I'll hide here."

"I have a knight here, too, though only one."

Blanche smiled softly: "There are too many of them, I don't like crowded places, you are just right here." ”

Fei'er raised her eyebrows, I don't know if it was her illusion, she felt that the beautiful princess in front of her didn't seem to have a high emotional intelligence.

"You said earlier that I have a grudge against Earl Stan's family? How I don't remember. ”

"Actually, it's very simple, the relationship between the Earl Stan family and the Haamis family has always been very good."

Blanche didn't point it out, but Phil already knew.

It is inevitable that people will die in battle, especially when Khamis himself dies.

But all the people in the Khamis family are dead.

The report says that they were burned to death because of the war.

Who believes.

Although there is no evidence, everyone defaults to Fei'er's dead hand.

Fei'er's behavior of destroying the family is actually very looked down upon by the nobles, but she doesn't care.

"The jousting has begun." (End of chapter)