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Xu Chen looked at Xu Shi calmly and said: "The law comes first, this is the iron law of the Dushan Sect, as a disciple of the Dushan Sect and a student of Xuanwei, of course I will abide by it, so a few days ago, the military investigated whether I was the suspect in those murders, in my opinion, it is really ridiculous to the extreme." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

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?"

Xu Chen didn't pay any attention to the leader of the Chaoyang military, turned to look at Ximen, 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, the most important bigwigs of the Chaoyang Empire in front of the Imperial City have been speculating about what Xu Chen 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 snow and the vermilion wall were getting colder, Xu Chen looked at Ximen Wang and said seriously: "It wasn't until autumn that I finally understood what I should do. ”

"I'm going to challenge you. ”

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

The sound gradually disappeared on the wall of the Vermilion Palace, and a thin piece of paper floated out of Xu Chen's sleeve, ignoring the heavy snow falling from the sky, slowly and straight towards Ximen Wang's body, the wind in front of the imperial city was sudden, and no matter how heavy the snow was, it seemed that it could not have any effect on this thin paper.

Ximen looked at Xu Chen not far away in silence, looking at the face that seemed to be led by countless threads, slowly floating over the white paper, and shrouded in the shadow of the umbrella, there was no emotion.

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 Xu Chen said that he wanted to challenge Ximen Wang, the front of the imperial city became quieter, dead silence, and even the sound of the wind and snow seemed to disappear, and everyone's ears were echoing with what he said, and all eyes were looking at the thin paper that was moving slowly and firmly in the wind and snow.

Xu Chen wants to challenge General Ximen Wang head-on? Everyone thought 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 Xu Chen was Xuanwei's personal disciple, and he had also learned a rune skill from Master Lu Yin, and he had cultivated for less than two years, and he was already a powerhouse in the sixth realm.

The Sixth Upper Realm, in the eyes of mortals in the world, is already close to the first-class figure of immortals, but decades ago, the great general Ximen Wang was already a peak powerhouse of martial arts, and he was one of the most powerful men in the world. Why does Xu Chen have the qualifications to challenge Ximen Wang?

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 His Great Majesty.

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

The expression on His Royal Highness Chu Tiancheng's face was a little stiff, but in an instant, he became gentler again, and he felt that he had probably guessed Xu Chen's thoughts.

- The revenge of killing his father is not shared, and it is impossible to violate the will and law of the Dushan Sect, so he will challenge Ximen Wang, 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 Xu Chen was not crazy, then he challenged General Ximen Wang, just seeking spiritual comfort.

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

It is impossible for Xu Chen to defeat General Ximen Wang, even if General Ximen Wang wins this duel, thinking about Shan Zong and Xuanwei, it is impossible to really kill this little gentleman.

Yes, that's how it should be.

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

Xu Chen took a small knife from the maid's hand, stabbed the palm of his left hand with the blade, and then began to move, the blade moved very slowly on the palm surface, 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, and the sound of gasping cold air, and people watched the blade slowly cut in his palm, as if they felt that the sharp tip of the knife was cutting their body, and it was extremely painful.

Xu Chen was not affected by these exclamations, the expression on his face was very calm and very focused, as if he was not cutting his palm, but to carve a flower in his palm.

"Xu Chen, you're crazy!"

Zeng Jing, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, could no longer remain silent, walked out of the crowd with an anxious face, looked at the maid and shouted, "You don't hurry up and stop him!"

The maid lowered her head and looked at her 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 Ximen Wang was still expressionless and silent, he calmly and intently watched Xu Chen cut his palm, and the two iron eyebrows in the shadow slowly raised.

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

Chaoyang people are martial, simple and direct in temperament, and often wave their fists at each other when they disagree, and duels have become the most common scenery in the capital. On that spring night two years ago, 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 the capital was to cut the sleeves to represent the challenge, and that was called a live game, as long as the winner was divided, but if the challenger cut everything in the palm of his left hand, it meant that the duel was a dead end.

At this time, in the wind and snow in the imperial city, Xu Chen slowly cut the palm of his left hand, which represented the challenge he issued to Ximen Wang today, which was not the spiritual comfort that people had thought before, but a dead end that would be divided between 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 the capital, 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 Ximen Wang will inevitably win, but if it is really a dead end, if Xu Chen dies, with his identity as a disciple of Xuanwei, it will still bring a terrifying impact to the Chaoyang court.

Chu Tiancheng stared at Xu Chen 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 it be used by you?"

The blade had already cut through the root of his palm, Xu Chen stopped his movements, raised his head, and the expression on his face was still so calm, as if 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 expressionlessly and said: "The duel of life and death needs the approval of the government, and I can tell you that no one in the entire Chaoyang Imperial Court dares to approve this duel." ”

"When the Dao Shi monk 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.

Xu Chen looked at him and asked seriously, "Do I still have face from the Chaoyang military?"

Xu Shi frowned slightly and stopped talking.

Xu Chen looked at everyone in front of the imperial city and said, "You all say that the law comes first, then okay, I will challenge according to the rules of the law, I want to know who can stop me?"

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

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

Xu Chen said: "I have never taken the usual path. ”

Ximen Wang 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 was very high, but it was a pity that you didn't know all the knowledge of the snow mountain qi and the sea, and the control of the heaven and earth vitality was extremely bad, even worse than the sixth realm you should have now, such a bad you, you actually wanted to cross the border to challenge this general, I can only say that you have embarked on a dead end." ”

Xu Chen 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 the end." ”

Ximenwang said: "For you, challenging me head-on is the worst option. ”

Xu Chen said: "Since it is the only choice, then it is the best choice. ”

Ximen Wang smiled, slowly walked out of the umbrella held by his subordinates, walked into the wind and snow, his face smiled suddenly, looked at him indifferently and said, "This is the choice of the Mountain Sect?"

Xu Chen also smiled and said, "You don't have to be afraid, this is my own choice, and it has nothing to do with the Dushan Sect." ”

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

Xu Chen said: "I don't want to die, I just want you to die." ”

Simon looked at him, was silent for a long time, and then said, "You are a madman. ”

Xu Chen replied: "Fifteen years ago, I escaped from the capital, and it took my determination and perseverance to survive with great difficulty, just to go crazy, isn't it worth it?"

Simon looked 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 Xu Chen's invitation to Ximen Wang to launch a life-and-death duel was taken for granted.

The imperial court promised to cut off the past with a knife and let Ximen Wang return to old age through the Dushan Sect, because he didn't want to let those complicated things in the past affect the future direction of the empire, and didn't want the Xiling Divine Army to put his hand into the capital, if Xu Chen wanted to use conspiracy and other means to deal with Ximen Wang, it would affect this metabolic process, but he chose the 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 is no problem, everyone thinks that Xu Chen crossed the border to challenge General Ximen Wang, he is looking for death, no one wants to see Xu Chen die, because he is a disciple of Xuanwei, but they can't stop this duel now, they can only hope that Ximen Wang will not accept Xu Chen's invitation.

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

Ximen Wang didn't seem to feel the prince's gaze at all, squinted slightly, looked at Xu Chen and said, "Since you want to die in my hands......"

At this moment, the palace gate sounded busy and dense footsteps, several eunuchs with extremely high rank, desperately running out of the door, the official uniforms on their bodies were messy, and they looked embarrassed, in the cold wind and snow, they were actually hot and sweaty, and they thought that they were rushing out of the deep palace.

Gonggong Lin, who was running at the front of the eunuch group, listened to Ximenwang'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 outside the palace heard this shout, the expressions on their faces suddenly relaxed, thinking that only His Majesty in this world could stop this challenge.

Ximen Wang 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 indifferently: "...... Then I will fulfill you. ”

After saying this, he took a knife in the hands of his own soldiers, snorted, and cut his left palm open a bloody mouth, compared with Xu Chen's previous slow cutting of his palm, this action was extremely concise and powerful.

Ximen Wang had no expression on his face, and slowly clenched his left hand into a fist, and thick blood overflowed 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 and looked at Ximen's bloody palm, his face suddenly became extremely pale, and his legs were weak and he sat in the snow.

Prince Chu Tiancheng's face was as pale as snow.

Xu Shi's silver eyebrows were calm and low like snow on the willows by the lake, and he looked at Ximen and said expressionlessly: "Revoke." ”

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

Hearing this, Xu Chen began to applaud.

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

Xu Chen 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. ”

Ximen Wang ignored his taunt and said expressionlessly, "When?"

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

Xu Chen said: "As long as you leave the capital." ”

Simon said, "I will leave today." ”

Xu Chen said: "Then today." ”

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

Xu Chen said: "Maybe you won't set off again." ”

Ximen Wang 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. ”

Xu Chen said: "I bought a lot of houses on the shore of Yanming Lake, and I don't need to worry about hurting the innocent there, and I made some preparations there, after all, I am a talisman master, 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 audience, and they listened in shock and helplessness, until they heard the place Xu Chen chose to fight, and the expression on his face changed.

In fact, many bigwigs in the capital knew that Xu Chen had bought a house on the shore of Yanming Lake, and military bigwigs like General Xu Shi knew that Xu Chen had done some tricks there, so they were not surprised that Xu Chen chose this place, but they were surprised that he would make it clear to Ximen Wang.

Xu Chen looked at Ximen Wang and said, "Mind?"

Ximen Wang said: "Since you are proud, even if you are stupid, you still have to be proud after all." ”

Xu Chen shook his head and said, "Pride makes people die. ”

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

"Enough! you two lunatics!"

Prince Chu Tiancheng's face was pale, his eyes were extremely hot, and he looked at Ximen Wang and reprimanded: "Have you ever thought about how to explain to Xuanwei 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 Xu Chen and Ximen Wang, 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, Scholar Zeng Jing wanted to walk in front of Xu Chen and persuade a few words, but looking at his bleeding palm, he just sighed after all and retreated to the rear.

Xu Shi's eyes drooped slightly, as if looking at Ximen Wang and Xu Chen, 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 around and left the palace gate, not knowing where to go.

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, Ximen Wang 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. Listening to these two words, a personal soldier rushed away, took a big flag from the guard of honor, and then stood solemnly behind General Ximen Wang, the cold wind and sleet howled, and immediately blew the big flag away.

It was the banner of the king of the rising sun, the flag was blood-red, as if it was dyed by the blood of tens of thousands of enemies, whistling and fluttering in the wind and snow, and the palace gate was suddenly extremely slaughtered.

Xu Chen looked at the blood flag behind Ximen, looked at his face that was red by the flag, and said, "With the flag to help the momentum, it seems that you are really afraid." ”

Simon looked at the blood indifferently, and there was no other person in his eyes.

Xu Chen smiled and said, "The umbrella is coming." ”

With a bang, the maid opened the big black umbrella again to cover the heavy snow fluttering overhead.

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

Mr. Xu Chen, the little gentleman of the Shan Sect, challenged the life and death of General Ximen Wang, and the news spread to every mansion in the capital in the shortest possible time.

No one thought that Xu Chen would be able to win, so no one wanted to watch General Ximen Wang kill him, because no one knew what kind of attitude Xuan Wei would show because of Xu Chen's death.

Xuanwei 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 Xuanwei's voice no longer has power, but because every word he says is a thunder above the clouds for the Chaoyang Empire.

This is a fair challenge, and it was initiated by Xu Chen, maybe even if Xu Chen died, Xuan Wei would still abide by the law and be silent, but no one dared to take this risk, even if it was a small risk, if Xu Chen died, Xuan Wei was angry, I was afraid that the entire capital would be destroyed.

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

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

Lin frowned and said, "But Xu Chen is killing himself." ”

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

Lin couldn't suppress the shock in his heart and said, "If Mr. Xiao really dies at the hands of General Ximen Wang, he will be ...... What will be done?"

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