King's Landing in France

chapter 33
Marquis Li Xiaer gritted his teeth and stared at An Ning: "A commoner like you, if you are killed in my territory, you will be killed! At most, I need to apologize to the lord of Caen, because I killed his serf! "

An Ning: "First of all, my family is a cobbler in the city and is no longer a serf. Secondly, the times have changed now. Even if you are a serf, you can't just beat him to death."

Marquis Lichar sneered: "You're dreaming! The guy who was bewitched by Rousseau's fallacies! Our France will always be His Majesty's France, a bunch of mud legs, do you still want to be the master of the country?"

An Ning turned her head to look at Duke Tollestern.

The Duke was also a supporter of Rousseau and Voltaire. At this time, he frowned and said to the Marquis: "The times have changed. Now even if His Majesty the King wants to send someone to the gallows, he has to go through the Supreme Court in Paris. You just Shooting Frost was attempted murder and he has the right to sue you."

Marquis Li Xiaer was stunned, he stared at the Duke: "Your Excellency, are you actually on the side of this commoner? He is just a cobbler!"

The Duke shrugged: "I am on the side of the law. What I saw was that you pulled out a gun and tried to murder him. If I need to testify in court, I will."

Marquis Li Xiaer was silenced by the Duke's action. He probably didn't expect the Duke to really stand on the side of the common people.

At this time, the third-party witness Talleyrand also spoke: "This is Paris, and many things are different from your own territory. I suggest that you apologize to Mr. Frost in exchange for his understanding. Anyway, you just shot me." The bullet didn't actually go out either."

An Ning: "I don't understand, don't you understand? He may send someone to kill me at any time now. I need legal protection."

Talleyrand curled his lips: "Then what do you hope, send him to the Bastille? This is unrealistic."

An Ning thought for a while, and suddenly felt that it made sense. Now it was just an attempted murder, and it was unlikely that the Marquis would be sent to prison. At most, he would lose some money.

Then the most reliable way is - a duel, kill the Marquis, and directly eliminate the troubles.

An Ning looked down at his hands, now that he was not wearing gloves, he couldn't throw them away immediately...

Unexpectedly, at this time, the Marquis took off his gloves and threw them directly in An Ning's face: "The law is really unreliable! Now that the witnesses from the three parties are here, I want a duel! Choose a weapon!"

An Ning smiled, that's right!

"I choose a pistol as my weapon." An Ning said loudly. In fact, he was planning to choose a long sword at the beginning, so that he could bully the Marquis. He was already old, but then he thought that although the Marquis was old, he might have received sword training, so a pistol would be better. Well, when the Marquis just took the gun, his hand was shaking all the time, so he might not be able to hit it.

Talleyrand glanced at the witnesses on both sides, and tentatively said: "Then... shall we continue now? It happens that the witnesses are all there."

Duke Tollestern glanced at An Ning: "Your shoulder is injured, you should suggest to recover from your injury before coming back."

It was only then that An Ning remembered that he had been shot in the shoulder. He was used to the pain, but he forgot about it.

As soon as the Duke reminded her, An Ning's shoulders ached sharply.

Marquis Li Xiaer shouted: "He has already agreed to a duel, he cannot repent!"

Talleyrand: "Mr. Frost, are you all right? Can you fire?"

Marquis Lischer interrupted Talleyrand: "Of course he can fire, he was shot after the first shot, and then he completed the entire duel process! And according to the rules of the duel, after choosing the weapon, I should choose the duel time! I choose now, immediately!"

An Ning moved her arm, and felt that although her arm hurt, it didn't seem to affect her operation of the gun.

Maybe this is An Ning's FPS system at work: Seriously injured soldiers in the game can still reload and shoot without affecting their accuracy.

So An Ning decided to solve this problem once and for all today, so he said to Talleyrand: "Do as he said, and the duel continues."

Talleyrand raised his voice and said to the onlookers: "Now, things have made new progress. The Marquis Lichar refused to accept the result of the duel and decided to go into battle himself! Mr. Andy Frost has accepted the duel. He chose His weapon is still a pistol!"

After the words fell, An Ning heard Christina's voice from the audience: "No! He's already injured, it's not fair! I mean Andy is already injured!"

Talleyrand glanced at An Ning's shoulder and said, "Can you bandage it, is there a doctor on site?"

An Ning waved her hand: "Don't bother the doctor, is there any wine on site? Just give me some wine."

Doctors in this era are not trustworthy. They don't have the concept of disinfection at all, and they even think that wound suppuration is getting better.

Talleyrand shouted to the crowd: "Whoever has wine, bring a bottle!"

Immediately a young gentleman came running up with a bottle of whiskey: "I've got some wine, you can drink as much as you want, brother!"

This person thought that An Ning asked for wine to drink himself.

An Ning took off her coat directly, exposed her upper body, then took the wine bottle and poured water on her shoulders.

The sting made his entire face contort.

Christina ran over, hands peaceful arms: "What are you doing! You need a doctor!"

An Ning shook her head: "No, this is enough."

After washing the wound, An Ning felt that the pain was relieved a lot, and she didn't know whether it was a psychological effect or the effect of her cheating was strengthened after washing the wound with alcohol.

The Duke grabbed Christina: "He is an adult, he knows what he is doing, you just wait by the side to congratulate him."

After finishing speaking, the Duke handed Christina to the servant who came forward, and then personally took the bandage handed over by the servant, wrapped it up for An Ning, and turned to signal Talleyrand: "Our side is ready."

Talleyrand nodded, and after confirming that the Marquis was also ready, he raised his hand: "The distance between the two sides is 15 fathoms!"

The Marquis took a pistol and stood at the place where his guard had just fallen.

By the way, the Marquis's servant had just carried the guard Edward down, and the blood on the ground hadn't had time to clean up.

An Ning also arrived at the position where he was standing just now, and he found that there was only a little blood on the ground, which should have flowed when he was shot.

The moment she saw the blood, An Ning's shoulders ached again.

But this did not prevent him from completing the pistol loading action smoothly.

Talleyrand raised his right hand: "Get ready! Both sides reload!"

Marquis reloaded much slower than An Ning because his hands were shaking.

Because they had to wait for the Marquis to reload, the entire venue fell silent for a while.

An Ning still had time to glance at Christina, and found that her face was tense, worry was written on her face, and the noble ladies around her were comforting her together.

Finally, the Marquis finished reloading and raised his gun tremblingly.

Seeing this, Talleyrand raised his right hand and swung down: "Start!"

After Talleyrand gave the order, the Marquis immediately walked towards An Ning with his gun in hand!It seemed that he was going to shoot right in the face with the first shot!

An Ning was happy, thinking how this would let you succeed, I can see the crosshairs here!In other words, I know what distance can ensure a certain hit.

So An Ning stood there and waited for the Marquis to take the bait, and opened fire the moment the sight completely caught the Marquis!
He didn't forget to step sideways at the moment of shooting.

The moment he took a step, the Marquis also opened fire.

An Ning didn't feel like being shot at all.

He didn't dare to neglect, and immediately started reloading. With the reloading speed of the Marquis, he must be the first to fire the second shot. It can be said that he is sure to win this duel!
Then he heard the sound of something heavy falling to the ground.

An Ning turned to look at Talleyrand.

Talleyrand ran up quickly, knelt down and looked at something.

An Ning couldn't see what was going on because of the smog, so she just stood where she was and continued to reload.

In case the duel was not over, An Ning could shoot immediately.

At this time Talleyrand said loudly: "The Marquis Lishal is out of breath! Our Andy Frost has won the duel again!"

An Ning breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, he heard someone in the audience say: "I'm stupid, so he killed the Marquis and his son? A cobbler's son actually killed two nobles!"

"Oh, what's the matter, hundreds of noble young masters die in Paris every year, all of them die in duels, and Reginolde's provocative character will die in duels sooner or later."

At this time, the Duke also came over, and patted An Ning on the shoulder: "Great, this troublesome matter has been completely resolved, anyone who dares to question this duel will be against me."

An Ning raised her eyebrows: "You also think the Marquis is a troublesome matter?"

The Duke shrugged his shoulders: "He wrote to his son more than once to propose marriage. If you hadn't killed his son, he would have proposed marriage again when he came to Paris this time. This kind of country nobleman is a bit..."

The Duke shrugged his shoulders before saying that evaluation: "It's a bit brain-dead. Even if I told Christina to go to the Brienne Military Academy, he wouldn't let it go."

An Ning raised her eyebrows: "Then I have solved your problems this time?"

"That's right, you can say that. It's because of me that I agreed to be your witness. I'm a duke, and I won't show up easily."

Talleyrand also came over from the Marquis' body at this time, and said to the Duke with a smile: "Then Your Excellency the Duke witnessed the Marquis' death."

"Oh, Master Monastery, don't make it sound like I want the Marquis to die." The Duke spread his hands, "I can only say that I am sorry for the Marquis' death, but there will be casualties in a duel, and bullets are ruthless."

An Ning echoed solemnly: "Yes, bullets are ruthless. It can only be said that the Marquis thought it was a good chance that I was injured, but things did not go as he wished."

Talleyrand looked at An Ning's shoulder: "Are you okay? Let me tell you, you are the toughest young man I have ever seen. It is amazing that you won two duels with a gunshot wound."

Duke: "That's why I am optimistic about him! It is because of this heroism that he saved my daughter from the battlefield!"

"That's right, that's right." Talleyrand nodded repeatedly, "Although he is the son of a cobbler, he behaved bravely like a true nobleman. It's not easy."

An Ning: "This fully demonstrates a person's quality, and has nothing to do with his origin, Your Excellency the Dean."

"really……"

At this time, Christina ran up and gave An Ning a firm hug: "Andy, you won again!"

Duke: "My God, Christina, take it easy, he's still hurt!"

An Ning: "It's okay, Your Excellency, the lady's hug is a reward, overshadowing all pain."

But Christina immediately distanced herself: "Sorry, I forgot about you...does it still hurt?"

As she spoke, she gently stroked the bandage on An Ning's shoulder.

"Once you wipe it, I won't be in pain anymore." An Ning said emphatically.

Christina giggled.

At this time, Mirabeau came out: "It's so beautiful, now you are also the one who won three duels, and you have also achieved the achievement that Reginold boasted about before!"

An Ning: "And I won the third game with an injury."

"Yes, you won the third game with your injuries. I will write your story in the newspaper tomorrow. The title is... just..." Mirabeau put his hand on his forehead, "I think about it Call……"

An Ning: "How about a cobbler's legend of bravery?"

Mirabeau: "Do you have to emphasize the cobbler? That's right. It's only by emphasizing that you are the son of the cobbler. That's right, it's called the legend of the cobbler's son!"

At this time, he recognized the name "Andy" again, and An Ning turned around and found that it was Robespierre, Dandong and others.

It turned out that everyone from the Breton Club also came.

Dandong came up and gave An Ning a hug: "Amazing! Now some of us civilians have won three duels!"

Robespierre: "I was ready to help you with a lawsuit against the Marquis, and I planned to do my best to send the Marquis to prison. This is good, you sent him to heaven!"

An Ning: "No, no, the Marquis is such an exaggerated person, he can't go to heaven, I should send him to hell."

Robespierre was a little puzzled: "Hell?"

Dandong explained: "Your Excellency the Marquis has a bad reputation. It is said that he often beats his serfs. When he was young, he even asked for the right of the first night."

Robespierre frowned: "The right of the first night? How is it possible, he will be accused."

Danton: "Not every place has lawyers and judges who are willing to fight for civilians like your father. In fact, in many places, Lord Marquis still has great authority."

An Ning nodded.

Indeed, after the outbreak of the Great Revolution, farmers in Vendée and other places were less able to accept the republic.

In addition, after the Great Revolution, the National Convention passed the Priest Oath Act, which attacked traditional Catholic forces everywhere and drove away the "good priests" in the eyes of farmers. Therefore, royalist rebellions broke out in underdeveloped areas such as the Vendée.

Marquis Lischer probably also came from that kind of remote and underdeveloped area.

After the Great Revolution broke out in the future, there might be a Royalist rebellion in the marquis' territory.

But that's all about the future, and has nothing to do with the current peace.

An Ning: "Shall we celebrate somewhere tonight? Your Excellency the Duke will come too!"

The Duke nodded: "Let's hold a celebration banquet at my mansion tonight! All of Andy's friends can come!"

(End of this chapter)