King's Landing in France

Chapter 18 The Focus on the Day of the Duel
The next afternoon.

The spectators gathered outside the Bois de Boulogne were fewer than An Ning thought.

He looked around as soon as he got off the carriage, but he didn't see many people.

After getting out of the car, Fanny asked, "What are you looking at?"

"I thought there would be more people watching..."

Fanny: "The man in long pants is working at this time, and the only people who will come to see him are the nobles who have nothing to do."

An Ning curled his lips. He had already seen the parasols set up by noble gentlemen not far away, and several well-dressed ladies sat and chatted under the parasols.

Fanny: "Those over there are all fans of Reginald, and they all came to see how you, the cobbler's son, died."

An Ning: "This kind of person can still have fans."

"There are a lot of fans, and our lady wants to be a modern Joan of Arc, so she doesn't like him at all. In the eyes of other noble ladies, he has won three duels. He is a brave white knight, and his popularity is like those famous As tall as a poet."

While Fanny was speaking, another carriage came, and three beautiful noble ladies got off.

The costumes of these aristocratic ladies are not at all like the 18th century aristocratic women in An Ning's impression, but are closer to the Lolita style of later generations.

One of the most obvious features is that the aristocratic ladies in this time and space do not wear long skirts. The length of the skirts basically reaches the knees, and then the lower legs are exposed, and they wear white stockings.

So in this time and space, you can tell the common people from the rich by just looking at the stockings.

Rich men wear trousers with their calves exposed and stockings, women wear mid-skirts with their calves exposed and stockings, while ordinary men wear long trousers and women wear long skirts.

Fanny: "Which noble lady are you looking at?"

"Ah? I'm not looking at the specific one, I'm looking at their clothes." An Ning replied.

"That's right, but Mr. Mirabeau is waving at you, why don't you respond?"

Only then did An Ning realize that Mirabeau had just got off the carriage not far away and was waving in this direction.

An Ning hurriedly waved his hand, and the fat jazz ran over and said to An Ning, "Mr. Frost, I heard that you are fighting for Miss Christina?"

"Who did you hear that from?" An Ning frowned, "That's not it, I challenged because Reginald insulted me."

An Ning paused, and added: "He insulted the entire civilian class!"

In this way, the reason for the peaceful duel looks more grandiose.

Mirabeau looked around: "But the common people don't seem to pay much attention to this duel. The people who come to watch are the nobles. If you die in this duel, they will not be grateful at all. On the contrary, they will praise you. The glorious deeds of Reginald, after all he has won four duels..."

While Mirabeau was speaking, another carriage stopped near Anning, and Sir Mably got out of it.

"Sir Mably!" Mirabeau immediately stepped forward to shake hands.

Mably snorted: "Mr. Mirabeau, there is no queen's affair here."

"Ah, I'm collecting folklore. What I saw today can be used to write about two gentlemen who are jealous of the empress."

An Ning could see that Mably didn't think much of Mirabeau. After all, Mirabeau was just a writer hired by the Duke to write the queen's little yellow essay.

Thinking about it carefully, this is quite emotional. A writer who wrote the Queen's Xiaohuang Wen finally became one of the leaders of the National Assembly, and was once put into the Pantheon after his death.

This fully demonstrates that a person's destiny depends not only on personal struggle, but also on the process of history.

At this time Sieyes also came.

Sieyes: "Mr. Frost, good afternoon, I brought a weapon dealer, he will be responsible for checking your weapons later. In addition, if you need to provide weapons, he will also provide you with legal weapons .”

The weapons dealer took a step forward and took out a sword: "You can try this one. Although it looks ugly, I guarantee its sharpness."

An Ning took the sword and pulled it out forcefully.

The blade was polished to a shiny finish, reflecting the afternoon sun.

"Very well, I will use this sword. Thank you very much."

The arms dealer bowed to An Ning.

At this time, three carriages came from a distance, and the leading carriage had a noble coat of arms on the door.

Fanny whispered in An Ning's ear, "Your opponent is here, and that coat of arms is the coat of arms of Marquis Li Xiaer."

As soon as the words fell, Reginold opened the door of the carriage and jumped out of the carriage, and then several beautiful noble ladies got out of the same carriage.

An Ning was speechless: "I thought this Reginald was Christina's suitor."

Mirabeau smiled and said, "Of course he is, but there is no rule that he cannot accept the kindness of other ladies when he is courting the princess."

An Ning understood, this is the so-called Neptune.

He watched as Reginald kissed the hands of several ladies before handing them over to the servants, then turned around and walked towards this side with the middle-aged gentleman who got off from another carriage.

"Mr. Sieyès, this is my witness, Earl Corey." Reginald introduced the middle-aged man to Sieyès, "He has witnessed me achieve three glory."

An Ning originally thought that the witnesses brought by Reginald would also be celebrities who would later emerge in the Great Revolution, but it turned out that the person who came was someone whose name An Ning did not know at all.

It seems that it was just a coincidence that I met Marbury and Sieyes in succession yesterday, and I will not encounter famous people in history in succession.

After all, Paris is so big, and now Paris has a permanent population of about 1 million. It is not so easy to meet people.

An Ning: "Now that everyone is here, can we start?"

Reginald: "Looks like someone can't wait to die."

Sieyès: "Mr. Reginald, please hand over the weapons to this arms dealer for inspection."

Reginald drew his sword and handed it to the weapons dealer.

While the weapons dealer was inspecting the weapons, he looked at An Ning proudly: "To tell you the truth, there is no honor at all for killing an untouchable who has not received any sword training."

An Ning: "Since this is the case, you can apply to fight me with bare hands without a sword. This will definitely win you full of honor."

Reginald was completely silenced by An Ning's move.

Since he has learned swordsmanship, he should know that a sharp sword is not a joke, and it is extremely difficult to fight against a sword with bare hands.

An Ning has seen a video of a wj brother teaching how to deal with a knife-wielding gangster. In that video, the brother's suggestion is "run and call the police."

When Reginald was silent, An Ning continued to laugh and said, "What, you don't even have the guts. It seems that the honor in your heart is not worth much."

Reginald gritted his teeth and squeezed out a few words: "You wait for me! I will tear your bastard mouth apart with a sword!"

An Ning: "Really? I'm ready to bite your sword with my teeth!"

Mirabeau: "Hahaha...uh, sorry."

An Ning didn't expect that she would hit Mirabeau's smile, and Mirabeau's smile made the whole atmosphere weird.

Everyone is awkward in place.

Fortunately, at this moment, the weapon dealer said, "I have checked it, and there is nothing wrong with this sword. It is very sharp, and it is a good sword."

After finishing speaking, the weapons dealer returned the sword to Reginald, and the latter looked at Sieyès and said, "Then we can almost start, Mr. Priest."

Just as Sieyes was about to answer, there was the sound of horseshoes approaching.

This time the carriage carried the coat of arms of the Duke of Orleans.

Everyone paid attention to the carriage.

After all, the Great Revolution has not yet broken out, and as a great nobleman in the line of succession to the French throne, His Excellency the Duke still has a considerable status.

The carriage stopped not far from the crowd. The door opened and two maids came down first. After the maids set the steps in front of the carriage door, Christina de Tolestel in the carriage stepped out of the carriage slowly.

She also wore a Lolita skirt. The biggest difference between the skirt and the later generations of Lolita skirts is the low placket on the chest.

An Ning looked at the flamboyant chest muscles in the cardigan, and couldn't help but be speechless.

On the way to escape, in order to confirm the parents of Klotz, An Ning touched her. At that time, she didn't think it was so exaggerated!
Reginald immediately stepped forward, trying to grab Christina's hand, but the girl avoided her.

Then Christina looked at An Ning and laughed immediately: "Andy! I'm here to cheer you on!"

All of a sudden, An Ning directly became the focus.

Mirabeau whistled in a very rude manner, and it seemed that he had already filled in his mind a short story of more than [-] words about the two of them on their journey home.

(End of this chapter)