England 1986

Chapter 376 Duel!

"Me, me, you." Andrew shook his hands a little angrily, pointing at Allen with his right hand, not knowing whether to continue scolding or what to do.

He feels confused now.

"Humph, the Parker family is not the only one who cares about family honor. The honor of my Hill family is something that a dog like you can slander?"

Allen's voice became more and more indifferent, he beckoned, and directly called the two policemen who had been standing by the side, somewhat at a loss.

"You have also seen that I was insulted by this Mr. Andrew just to deliver a gift. In view of his behavior, I will fight him to wash away his insult to my reputation."

Allen spoke as if he was requesting, but his manner was as if he was giving an order. After speaking, he waved his hand, motioning for the two policemen to step aside, and then took off the white gloves on his right hand. , and threw it directly at Andrew's feet.

Andrew stared blankly at the white gloves thrown by Allen. How many years has this ancient ceremony not appeared in Great Britain?
what is this?
This is an invitation to a duel!

The opponent throws his white gloves at you and invites you to join him in a duel.

This is the most brutal, bloody, and cruel way to resolve personal grievances, especially suitable for nobles.

It's not that we can't avoid fighting.

But if the party who receives the duel invitation avoids the battle, it will be regarded as a sign of cowardice!
Especially for a nobleman, if faced with this kind of duel invitation, even if he is still on the hospital bed, even if he is about to die in the next second, he has to get up and accept it!
Even if it is dead, it is a hundred times better than avoiding battle!
This kind of old-fashioned duel has not appeared in Great Britain for decades. In the past, some members of the parliament made a special proposal to ask the King of England to abolish the barbaric act of dueling.

Although other European countries have long abolished the practice of dueling, Britain has its own national conditions here, which is different from ordinary European countries!
Although there is no clear provision to abolish dueling in Great Britain, with the development of the times, no one has used dueling to resolve personal grievances.

Unexpectedly today, Allen moved out this kind of rule again, to play the aggressive method.

Andrew looked at the white gloves thrown at his feet. If he dared not pick them up today, he would start tomorrow. His name was stink in the whole of Great Britain, and even spread for a century, and he was the laughing stock of the entire British aristocracy. .

Although Andrew is not a nobleman, he is a descendant of a nobleman. If a descendant of a nobleman does not even have the courage to accept a duel, is he still a descendant of a nobleman?

If he dares not to answer today, then all his future plans will be ruined!

He won't even have the chance to be canonized as a nobleman in the future. A person without courage will not be given a title no matter who comes.

Andrew's hands trembled violently, looking at the tall and strong Allen, who was still young and strong, and he was already in his 50s. If there was a real fight, it would definitely not be the young Earl's opponent.

But if he doesn't fight, his plan to live in ridicule for the rest of his life and work hard for several years will come to nothing!
What a ruthless strategy, he is forcing himself to choose a duel!

Andrew stared into Alan's eyes, and he even saw a hint of playfulness in Alan's eyes.

“Underu, don’t pick it up!”

Karami watched as Andrew slowly bent down to pick up the white glove, and screamed.

"To shut up!"

Andrew turned his head, this was the toughest time he had faced Karami in these years, he seemed to have completely let go of his disguise, and severely reprimanded Karami.

This stupid woman doesn't understand the rules among nobles at all. If he dares not answer today, then he will have no future after today. Even if he is alive, he is actually dead!

"I accept Your Excellency's invitation to a duel, time and place!"

Andrew picked up the white gloves, held them tightly in his hands, stared at Alan, and asked decisively what to do next.

"Very good! As expected of being a descendant of a nobleman, I didn't disappoint. Don't bother me so much. I like to go straight. Why not just now?"

Allen was speaking, raised his right hand, and gestured towards the small stone. Two servants carried a long box, moved the box between them, and opened the box with a bang. Five or six long swords of various types.

There are swift swords, katana swords, foil swords, small swords, sabers and more.

Andrew looked at the weapon box brought up by the servant, and his heart trembled twice. The other party didn't even act, and they came here to give gifts.

At this moment, Andrew was very sure that Allen was coming for him.

Who goes out to work as a notary with the police, and also carries this old-fashioned weapon case?

He just thought that according to the modern dueling rules, the two would duel with flintlock pistols. Who knew that Alan had someone bring a box of swords directly.

"You are the invitee, you choose first."

Allen stretched out his left hand, and pretended to be generous to signal Andrew to choose the weapon first. He was mainly afraid that Andrew would be suspicious and suspected that he would tamper with the weapon, so he let him choose first.

Andrew stuffed his white gloves into his pocket, squatted down, and glanced at the weapon box. Inside was an old-fashioned swift sword more than one meter long that stood out.

Andrew took a fancy to this weapon at a glance.

The predecessor weapon used for fencing is most suitable for duels. Its blade is not too slender, with double-sided blades, which is very suitable for stabbing and chopping actions. In addition, the length of the weapon can well offset Lose Allen's advantage of being strong and strong.

Kaka, pull out the scabbard.

Picking up the swift sword and taking a look, Andrew stretched out his left hand to feel the blade carefully. He didn't do anything, it's a good sword!

"That's it!"

"Okay! Very discerning, give me that samurai sword!"

Allen watched Andrew choose the weapon, and directed the servant to hand over the samurai sword that Sony had given him before, and it weighed heavily in his hand. This sword was in his hand, and he had never seen it before. As for the blood, he has waited too long for the operation, and he did not expect to use Andrew for the operation today.

"How many steps?"

Allen stared at Andrew, and both of them had chosen their weapons. The next step is not to fight directly, but to determine the distance!
Depending on the weapon, the distance between the two sides is also different. For example, when using a gun, there must be at least [-] steps apart.

With the distance, the difficulty can be increased, which is to ensure fairness.

If they are too close, there is a high probability that both sides will kill each other at the same time. In that case, the duel will become mutual suicide.

For cold weapons, it generally requires about 8 to 12 steps.

However, this distance is relatively flexible. In the end, cold weapons have to be in close contact, so...
Allen asked Andrew to determine the distance between the two parties to start.

Andrew looked at the road behind Allen. It's meaningless to be too far away in this kind of venue. In the end, the two had to meet together. He simply pretended to be brave and said, "Four steps!"

"Okay, very brave!"

Allen narrowed his eyes and gave Andrew a high look.

Four steps, about a distance of about three meters, the two sides stand still, and each of them may rush forward one step before they can meet. Attack first.

"You two, come and preside over the duel!"

Allen held the handle of the samurai sword in his right hand, and slowly pulled out the sword. The scabbard on his left hand was thrown aside by him, and he held the sword with both hands. He moved his arms and made a Japanese-style two-handed sword Mode.

The two policemen who were called to witness were stunned. This was a duel!
They have never seen this thing in real life since they were born. Even in movies, duels are rare.

But I have to say that the current scene, the blood of the people watching is boiling.

This is a duel between noble lords!
Although that old guy is not considered an orthodox nobleman, he is a descendant of a nobleman, barely half a nobleman, and the other person involved is the famous Earl of Carmarthen!

Among the two policemen, the older one stood between Alan and Andrew, and said in a trembling voice: "321 starts!"

"what!"

Andrew stared closely at Allen, and when the police shouted, he had raised the tip of his sword, in a very standard fencing posture, with his right foot in front, left foot behind, and squatted sideways.

When the police started to talk about it, Andrew roared, and the sword had been stabbed fiercely, the target——Allen's throat!
"start!"

Allen also stared at Andrew closely. At this time, he didn't dare to take it too seriously. He came to be a villain. If he played himself into it, it would be a big loss!

When he heard the beginning, Allen stepped suddenly to the right, holding the knife in front of his body with both hands, and lifted it up with the back of the knife.

"when!"

The samurai sword with the curved back firmly caught the stabbing swift sword, Allen used both hands hard, and continued to press down to the front right with the help of the ingenuity of lifting.

Andrew's right hand holding the swift sword was pressed by him like this, his posture was very uncomfortable, and he subconsciously took a step forward.

Of the two of them at this time, Allen was on the right side of Andrew. Andrew held the swift sword in his right hand, and his right arm was pressed across his chest by Allen.

"rub!"

Taking advantage of the force of suppressing the opponent's swift sword, Allen held the sword upright with his right hand and backwards with his left hand. This way of holding the sword is the most suitable for exerting force at close range, and it can exert force upward as well as Can exert force downwards.

With a forceful pull back with his left hand, the samurai sword was lifted slightly upwards, and then slashed downwards diagonally, directly hitting Andrew's right arm blocking his chest.

"what!"

"Clang."

This knife was not cut on the hand, but on the arm. The posture of Andrew's right arm was like an open door. He held the sword with one hand for the sake of tricks and stabbing Allen at the first time. At this time
He finally paid the price for his behavior.

Holding the sword with one hand must not be able to stop the strength of Alan's holding the knife with both hands. After being held up like this, and then slashed down, there was a sharp pain in his arm, and the swift sword in his hand fell directly to the ground.

Allen narrowed his eyes, a murderous look flashed in his eyes, and he glanced behind Andrew from the corner of his eye.

Not far behind him, Kalami hugged their two children and looked here with worry. Kalami saw that Andrew had dropped his sword, his mouth was slightly open, and he was about to scream.

Without giving Andrew more time, Allen quickly changed hands while the knife was slashing, from backhand with his left hand, right hand overhand, to both hands overhand, raising the samurai sword high for the first time.

Andrew was slashed on his right arm, dropped the sword in his hand, and staggered two steps.

When he looked up again, he happened to see Alan raising his knife and preparing to slash him for the second time.

When normal people face this kind of situation, they will subconsciously raise their hands to block.

Andrew is no exception, he is just a pampered ordinary person, and his ability to click the sword is already the limit.

The left arm was raised quickly to block the head, trying to block Alan's knife, but just as he raised his left arm, Andrew and Alan met eyes.

He saw another sneer in Alan's eyes. Before he could think about it, the samurai sword that Alan raised was quickly retracted. The handle of the knife was pressed to his chest by Alan's hands, and then suddenly stabbed towards his chest.

"Pfft!"

Andrew's pupils became bigger in an instant, and the other party's reaction was too fast. He didn't understand until now that Alan raised the knife just now. He was lying to him, just to trick him into raising his left arm to block, and then Expose the position of the chest.

But it's too late to figure it out now.

Just now, he suddenly felt his heart in his chest, as if it had been wiped by an ice cube. His heart suddenly cooled down, and then it felt like a firecracker exploded in his chest.

All the strength in his body was drawn away, and he opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but only a little blood froth spewed out of Andrew's mouth. Seeing Alan staring at him with a sneer, his body fell forward.

The edge of the samurai sword is pierced in flat. If it is pierced vertically, it is easy to be caught by the ribs in the chest, and it will not work if it is flat.

After piercing the opponent, he turned his right hand slightly, tilted the blade slightly, and could feel the rawness of the ribs rubbing against the blade.

"呲"

Pulling out the knife, before Alan was ready to speak, Karami screamed and ran over to catch the fallen Andrew.

"No! No you you you... you... killed him?"

Camilla looked at Andrew's exhausted look, her eyes were red, and she stared at Alan and asked tremblingly.

"Hey, what about my birthday present?"

Allen lowered his head, looked at Karami who was squatting on the ground with his arms around Andrew, and asked with a smile.

"Ellen! I won't let you go, I won't let you go!"

Camilla didn't yell, her voice was very low, she gritted her teeth when she spoke, and looked up at Alan with resentment, her eyes met Alan's.

"Oh? You don't like this gift? It's okay. I have another gift for you."

Allen didn't care about Karami's words, and took out a piece of paper with short blessings written on the page torn from the notebook from his pocket with his left hand, and threw it to Karami.

"My people picked it up in the field yesterday afternoon. I heard that there was a burning car next to it. Hey, I was reading the newspaper this morning. Did your sister have an accident yesterday?"

Karami blankly caught the paper thrown by Allen. She was so familiar with the handwriting on this paper. It was her sister's handwriting, and the content contained her sister's blessings to Old John's "sister" at that time.

"Kalami, I wish you a speedy recovery, and I wish you can farm with peace of mind and be a good farmer."

At this moment, the sister's words seemed to be mocking her. In just one day, she lost her sister and her husband.

And now Karami sits on the ground like a peasant woman as her sister wrote on the paper
(End of this chapter)