Chapter 154: Common Relatives
Almost at the same time as Li Zijun activated, he and Archer locked each other's qi, which also made any changes between them unable to escape each other's eyes.
Locking the opponent's qi machine is the patent of the Sword Master! Archer was surprised to find that Li Zijun had made a huge breakthrough again, successfully entered the Holy Rank Palace, and became a high-end martial artist of the same level as himself!
With such a discovery, Archer suddenly felt that his belief in victory began to waver!
After the first battle of Tibet, Achill's confidence was greatly damaged, and the act of abandoning his comrades produced an indelible shadow in his heart!
Usually it may be nothing, but when Archer faced a master like Li Zijun who was on the same level as himself, he suddenly realized that he could no longer be indomitable!
But after all, Archer is still a Saint Rank master, and in the face of Li Zijun's challenge, he quickly adjusted himself to the best fighting state!
Achill narrowed his eyes slightly, he closely observed every subtle movement of Li Zijun, and he tried to find the pattern of Li Zijun's movement in these movements. Then use the qi machines that are pulled by each other to influence and break the rhythm of Li Zijun's attack!
It's just that Achill quickly realized that all his efforts were in vain! In the eyes of ordinary people, Li Zijun just kept speeding up and rushed straight towards Achill.
But in the eyes of martial arts masters like Achill, Li Zijun's body is changing almost every moment, and he changes the speed and direction of his impact from time to time. Although the change was extremely subtle, it was enough for Archer to keep an accurate picture of his movements.
If these actions were only done by Li Zijun himself, Archer might not feel anything, after all, this is a compulsory course for every Sword Master. But at this moment, Li Zijun is riding on a horse!
The unity of man and horse is the highest state of knightly riding, but people usually ignore the role of horses at this time! Without the cooperation of horses, no matter how good a knight is, it is impossible to have too bright performance. And the appearance of a good horse can greatly make up for the lack of knights in this regard!
In Achill's eyes, Li Zijun's mount at the moment is a magic horse!
A horse that runs fast and far away will be classified as a horse, and a horse that fully cooperates with the owner's actions can be called a good horse; a good horse that can fully understand the owner's intentions and quickly make adjustments to these intentions is a good horse! It is precisely because of its appearance that it makes up for the gap in Li Zijun's riding skills, which also makes Archer lose a little advantage of Zuihou!
It's just that at this time, Archer didn't have time to continue to sigh, he quickly urged his mount and greeted him in the direction where Li Zijun came.
Archer must try to stop 'Treading the Waves' before it reaches a rush or he'll be worried that he will have a hard time fending off Lee Zi Joon's frontal attack!
It's just that Achill was very painful to find that he had just made three mistakes in a row: misestimating Li Zijun's strength, being preempted by Li Zijun, and not acting before 'Treading the Waves' entered the sprint stage. These mistakes have put him at an absolute disadvantage!
What made Archer feel even more helpless was that he suddenly realized that this was no longer just a simple contest between the two of them. In this particular place, they became the representatives of their respective motherlands, and for the sake of the honor of the country, neither of them had the possibility of retreating or evading! And this was especially important to Achill! This also forced Achill to choose to face it head-on under extremely unfavorable circumstances.
At this moment, Archer no longer dared to humiliate Li Zijun, he only wanted to be able to maintain a tie situation, and there was no superfluous extravagance at all.
Archell spent almost all of his childhood on horseback, which also allowed him to practice extraordinary riding skills, although he broke his left arm, but it did not have much impact on his riding skills! Looking at the way he did as he pleased, he was indeed significantly superior to Li Zijun in riding. Archer also hopes to use his riding advantage to try to reverse the passive situation at the moment!
The two war horses quickly approached, and in the blink of an eye, there was only a distance of about 100 meters between them.
At this moment, Li Zijun suddenly rose from the horse's back, and when he reached the highest point in the air, he took out the exaggerated broadsword in time, and with the help of huge impact and gravity, he grabbed the head and slashed at Achill's head.
In fact, Achill had already expected that Li Zijun might jump off the horse's back, but in his judgment, Li Zijun should continue to move forward five to ten meters! Li Zijun jumped at this time, and it was very likely that he would fall in front of Achill's horse, and he did not understand that Li Zijun Weishenme would take such an unwise behavior. But when he saw Li Zijun's exaggerated broadsword, he finally understood Li Zijun's intentions.
Li Zijun took out the broadsword at the highest point, and under the effect of gravity, the broadsword would continue to slide forward with him, just enough to make up for the previous part of the distance.
But this small misjudgment caught Archer a little off guard, and some of the advantages he had just relied on riding to win back were back to Li Zijun's hands in an instant.
And Li Zijun's almost shameless weapon made Archer full of helplessness!
Achill's current weapon is a broadsword, of course, there will be no problem in ordinary battles in peacetime, but in this kind of battle that can only be met head-on, one arm has become his huge flaw, and Li Zijun's broadsword will have the advantage!
Archie was worried that he would not be able to completely dissolve Li Zijun's strength, and Zuihou endangered the warhorse, so he jumped up and fell to the ground.
Seeing Archer standing firmly on the ground, Li Zijun also had to secretly praise Archer for his superb riding skills and profound skills! But this also aroused Li Zijun's determination to win, and he continued to urge his skills and slashed at Archer fiercely.
"Dang!" Li Zijun's broadsword slammed into Archel's sword.
Archer shuddered, and he finally barely managed to hold Li Zijun's big knife.
But this was just the beginning, Li Zijun took advantage of his strength to fly into the sky again, and took advantage of the moment when Archill paused, and slashed at the top of Achill's head continuously.
"Dangdang" Li Zijun slashed at Achill nine times like smashing a pile!
Achill was a god among the ordinary Turk-Hungarian soldiers! Although he had lost his left arm, his image remained unchanged. But Archier's soldiers didn't expect that he would be forced like this by a child. (Li Zijun is definitely an underage child in their eyes!)
Their faith was shaken!
Archer is suffering at the moment, strictly speaking, he is not at an absolute disadvantage. But in the eyes of those ordinary soldiers, Achill let Li Zijun beat him on the top of his head at will, which was no different from defeat. Especially when Li Zijun completed a perfect landing in the air, Achill's calf disappeared into the dirt, which made them have such a judgment.
In their eyes, Li Zijun took the initiative to let go of Achill when he had the advantage. But in fact, Li Zijun gave up the attack and was also a helpless move, and his zuihou once took off was simply to cover up the fact that he vomited blood from internal injuries! His paralyzed hands could no longer lift the big knife at this moment.
Li Zijun really didn't expect Achill's skills to be so profound, and he still resisted his crazy attack when he took advantage of himself! It seems that Li Zijun still overestimated his strength, and Litton's death had too many accidental elements, which also gave Li Zijun a more accurate understanding of himself.
But these situations are only clear to Li Zijun and Achill, Li Zijun can't say it, but Achill can't say it!
"Master Achill, your skills are really the same as back then! It's just that the ground here is a little softer, or maybe you've gained weight too fast recently, otherwise why would you suddenly sink so much?" Li Zijun had already vomited the blood in his body into his sleeve, and his breathing was much smoother, and after secretly giving Bob who rushed over, he put his hands behind his back and teased Achill to his heart's content.
Bob understood when he saw Li Zijun's clenched sleeves, and immediately untied his big coat and draped it on Li Zijun's shoulders.
Immediately afterwards, Dongyu and the masters of the Turgeons-Hun side rushed over one after another, and they each gathered behind Li Zijun and Achill.
Although Archer is higher than Li Zijun in terms of skill, it is by no means overwhelming, and he is completely passive in the face of Li Zijun's crazy attack, and naturally he will not avoid internal injuries. He knew very well what Li Zijun meant by saying this, that is, he wanted to attract himself to speak, and he couldn't suppress the bruises in his chest, so that he would make a fool of himself on the spot!
Just now, except for Achill, no one else saw Li Zijun vomit blood, if Achill vomited blood in front of everyone at this time, his reputation in the Turk-Hungarian Empire would be completely ruined!
Achill's face changed several times, and he finally controlled the blood pressure in his chest!
"The Grand Duke is better than before!It's just that your eyes are a little worse, isn't this ground good, do you think there is something wrong?" Archill's face flushed again, and he finally swallowed back the blood that had rushed into his throat again.
Li Zijun saw that Achill was in such a situation, and he actually used his fighting spirit to restore the land to its original state, and he had to secretly admire Achill's strength.
"The master has to force the injury and fight recklessly, I'm afraid it will have a great impact on you in the future!"
"It's my own business, so don't bother with me!" Archie stubbornly jumped on his horse again, led his men, and went straight to meet Prime Minister Alec.
"Ed, are you alright?" asked Bob whispered in Li Zijun's ear as everyone else turned to Prime Minister Alec.
"That's weird! I'm numb now, don't forget to help me when you get on the horse for a while!" Li Zijun said to Bob with a painful expression.
"Archer is so strong?"
"He's reckless! Don't worry, he's not much better than me at the moment. Moreover, he pressed the injury and used his fighting spirit to restore the ground under his feet, I am afraid that he will be seriously ill when he goes back this time!" Li Zijun sighed as he looked at Archier's back.
Perhaps it was Achill's behavior that provoked Li Zijun, who got on his horse without relying on anyone, and soon joined the brigade and entered Wimbledon as if nothing had happened.
That night, Bob held a grand welcome dinner for both sides at the castle guard's house, which was also the first informal meeting between the two sides.
In fact, many of the terms of the negotiation will be finalized in such a situation, and the negotiating table will serve more than to get people to sign on it!
Out of politeness, the two sides exchanged their respective gifts after the meal, and all the procedures were proceeding in order, but when it came time for Empress Dowager Julie and Li Zijun to exchange gifts, Empress Dowager Julie's hands were empty.
"Queen Mother, you must have prepared some precious gift for me and want to surprise me, you better let me stabilize my mood first, and then take out the gift!" Li Zijun thought that something was wrong on the side of the Turk-Hungarian Empire, and he kindly saved their mistakes.
"This is not actually a gift, it is more appropriate to say that this should be a favor!" Julie smiled and waved her hand behind her, and a familiar figure entered Li Zijun's line of sight.
"Diego, you're not dead?" Li Zijun couldn't help but get excited when he saw the person in front of him, he rushed over and grabbed the person and asked.
"Young master, I'm not dead, I'm back!" Diego fell to his knees, hugged Li Zijun's legs and cried loudly.
"It's good to come back, it's good to come back!" Li Zijun hurriedly helped Diego up from the ground.
"How are Victoria and Barbara?" Seeing Whitehead, Li Zijun's heart couldn't help but rise a little hope, and he asked in a trembling voice.
Hearing Li Zijun's question, Diego was shocked, and he struggled to lift the two jars that had been hanging on his chest to Li Zijun's face.
"What's wrong with your arm?" Li Zijun saw that Diego, who was strong in the past, was so difficult to even lift two jars at the moment, and he couldn't help but drag Diego's hands and asked.
"Young master, my hands are useless!"
Hearing Digo's explanation, Li Zijun's mind buzzed, and a cold light immediately flashed in his eyes.
"When our men found him, he had broken collarbones on both sides, and he was trying to cremate the bodies of Victoria and Barbara. We are grateful for his loyalty, and we have tried our best, and he can only return to this state!" Julie was worried that Li Zijun had some misunderstanding, so she hurriedly stepped forward to explain.
Li Zijun saw that while Julie was speaking, Diego nodded to him, and his eyes returned to normal.
"Young master, when I woke up, I found that I had lost all my martial arts, and I really couldn't bring back the corpses of the two young grandmothers, and I couldn't throw them on the grassland, so I had to choose to cremate them!" Diego said timidly holding the two jars with difficulty.
"You're doing it right!"
"So they're Victoria and Barbara's ashes?" Li Zijun trembled as he took the two jars from Diego's hands, tears rolling in his eyes.
"The Grand Duke also asks for condolences and changes, so let's leave first!" Julie saw Li Zijun's heartbroken appearance, and understood that it was impossible to continue the conversation today, so she left with the others first.
Li Zijun didn't know what Julie was talking to him at the moment, but nodded instinctively.
Prime Minister Alec also knew the story of the two women, he sighed, patted Li Zijun on the shoulder, and walked out of the room with White and Vinnie. Winnie originally wanted to stay with Lee Zi-jun, but Zuihou was still taken away by Alecla.
Most of the generals of the Northern Legion were once Li Zijun's subordinates, and they knew a lot about his relationship with these two women. Because of this incident, they felt guilty about Li Zijun in their hearts, and when they saw Li Zijun like this, they couldn't bear to disturb them, stepped forward to comfort Li Zijun a few words, and left one after another.
Zuihou, in this huge living room, only Bob, Catherine and Diego are left to accompany Li Zijun.
"How were they when you woke up?" Li Zijun finally woke up from his grief and asked seriously as he looked at Digo.
"Young master, when I woke up, the two young grandmothers were like two paralyzed mud, and they couldn't help them!" said Diego as he fell to his knees again and sobbed.
"Diego, stand up! From today onwards, you are the Viscount of the Seine!"
"Young Master, I failed to protect you and Young Grandma, I really can't afford to be rewarded like this!" Diego hurriedly excused himself.
"You've done a good job!" Li Zijun said with a sigh.
"All the fault is because of Bradley, I swear here today that I will not kill Bradley's entire family, I will not be a man!" Li Zijun turned his head to look in the direction of the Menglin Empire and said viciously, and then he cautiously walked towards his room with the two jars in his arms.
Catherine looked at Li Zijun's heartbroken back with tears on her face, and she chased Diego out after entrusting him to Bob.
For three days and three nights, Li Zijun locked himself up for three days and three nights, except for Catherine, he didn't see anyone else!
Originally, Bob was still worried that Prime Minister Aggreko, who had always been strict with Li Zijun, would be angry at Li Zijun's disregardful behavior.
But to everyone's surprise, not only did Prime Minister Alec tolerate Li Zijun's extremely disrespectful behavior, but the Turk-Hungarian mission did not express any dissatisfaction with it, and they all seemed to have given the greatest tolerance and sympathy to Li Zijun's plight.
Three days later, when Li Zijun came out of the room, he had lost a full circle. But mentally, he didn't seem to be affected too much, and the moment he walked out of the room, his eyes seemed to become sharper!
Li Zijun quickly adjusted his state, and after obtaining the permission of Prime Minister Alec, he also joined the negotiations with the Turk-Hungarian mission.
The Turkish-Hungarian Empire was in the midst of a food shortage, and the only bargaining chip in their hands was to contain the Monlin Empire, and they were at a significant disadvantage in terms of discourse, which forced them to lower their posture as much as possible.
Fortunately, Alec and Li Zijun did not mean to beat the water dogs, and Li Zijun said a lot of good things because of the fact that the Turks and Hungary helped Digo, which also made the negotiation process unusually smooth!
Zuihou, the two sides finally agreed on a series of terms, signed a preliminary letter of intent for the alliance. As for Zuihou's letter of alliance, it needs to be signed by the kings of both sides, and their next task is to wait for the two sides to exchange the letter of agreement.
After all this was done, Prime Minister Alec was the host and organized a grand celebratory ball.
Li Zijun, as a representative of the Dongyu Empire, invited the Turbulent Empress Dowager Julie to dance the opening dance.
After they finished their first dance, representatives from both sides also poured onto the dance floor, dancing to the sound of music, adding a rare warmth and peace to this cold border town!
Li Zijun had completed his task, and he was about to let go of the Empress Dowager Julie, but Julie suddenly stopped him.
"Ed, can you dance with me again?" Julie's eyes suddenly filled with sadness.
Julie had never called Li Zijun like that, which also made him slightly stunned, and when he saw Julie's eyes, he understood everything.
"I thought you wouldn't mention it!" Li Zijun's eyes also turned red, but he still made an inviting gesture.
Julie bowed her head slightly, hiding the tears that were about to fall, and then put her palm on Li Zijun's palm.
"Can you tell me how he got there?" said Julie softly in Li Zijun's ear.
"Uncle Bilbom did all this for me!" Li Zijun's tears could no longer be stopped, and they poured out of his eyes like rain. Fortunately, the lights on the dance floor had dimmed at this moment, and no one noticed Li Zijun's gaffe.
"Don't say anything, finish this dance with me instead of him!" Julie's voice began to choke as she rested her head on Li Zijun's shoulder.
When this dance song ended, Julie left without looking back, and at this moment, Li Zijun found that the position on his shoulders was completely soaked!
Li Zijun never saw Julie again, and shortly after she left the ball, she hurried back to the prairie on the grounds that she was unwell.
Li Zijun learned that Julie was indeed sick, and she fell directly on her bed after leaving the ball, and her quickly haggard face also showed this!
Julie's performance surprised Li Zijun, he really didn't expect Julie to have such a deep affection for Bilbohm! According to Bilbohm, it was only a few days since they met and separated, what was it that made their relationship boil quickly? Li Zijun couldn't help but have endless questions in his heart.
But then Li Zijun suddenly thought that after Bilbohm separated from Julie, he never had any other feelings again, and he seemed to suddenly understand something.
On the day of Empress Dowager Julie's departure, Li Zijun found a reason to avoid it, he knew that he had become a stand-in for Bilbo at the moment, and he didn't want Uncle Bilbom's beloved woman to experience another grief, so he chose to watch Empress Dowager Julie leave at the city gate.
"What happened between you on the day of the ball?" asked Winnie timidly as she walked up behind Li Zijun.
"I'm not trying to spy on you, I'm not jealous!I just accidentally saw your tears when I went to look for you!" Winnie hurriedly explained worried that Li Zijun would misunderstand.
"It's nothing, we're reminiscing about a loved one we all have!" Li Zijun raised his hand to hold Winnie in his arms, and said affectionately.