Jane Joe has returned to the hotel.
The rain outside is getting heavier and heavier. The sound of the rain is accompanied by the long and thick chimes of the church, forming a hypnotic serenade.
Jane Qiao sat on the rocking chair on the balcony with one hand on her forehead, the other hand beat the bell, her eyelids opened and closed slightly, as if she was about to fall asleep. He likes rainy nights and the bells that often ring without warning, even late at night.
He needs some noise to get to sleep, because outside sounds can guide him out of terrifying dreams.
His servant, who knew his habits, was making the bed and chattering about the secrets he had inquired from the coachman.
"Lord Lei Zhe is so infatuated. Do you know? In order to be engaged to Mrs. Mia, he actually gave up Grande's inheritance. Although he is the second son, Grande's knights admire him very much, and even more so. Willing to follow his orders. He also has the support of Queen Moan, so he can actually compete with Hall Grande."
"The old duke didn't like Mrs. Mia, so he was determined not to allow them to get engaged, and even threatened to kick them out of the house. But they were still engaged. What a firm love!"
"However, Lord Lei Zhe also has a lot of lovers outside. It is said that he has a book "Xun Fang Lu", which records the secrets of the most beautiful women in the Totes continent, and these women were all his lovers without exception. ."
"He was so handsome, strong, and noble, no wonder all the women were fascinated by him. It's just a pity that once the old duke died, he would never have a better life. His former enemy Will join hands to tear him to pieces, and the first person to kill him must be Hall."
"Hall loves Mrs. Mia, and even a fool can read his eyes. In order to get the beauty he loves, he will make Lord Lei Zhe disappear forever. How terrible! I have foreseen a tragedy! Lord Lei Zhe Should not be engaged to Mrs. Mia, let alone give up the inheritance."
The valet said worriedly: "Every step he took is wrong, so that he is now plunged into the abyss of despair."
The footman sighed: "No one can save him, including Queen Mo'an. Both of them are almost finished."
While listening to these gossips, Jane Qiao tapped the ground with her toes and made the rocking chair rock back and forth.
Giving up everything for the beauty is not like what Lei Zhe would do at all. Although there was only one face-to-face meeting, Jian Qiao saw the flaming flames in the man's eyes, and the flames were called ambition and guardianship.
Lei Zhe tried to use all means to gather wealth and power, and then use these wealth and power to realize his unfulfilled ambitions and protect those who should be protected.
Compared with Hall's cloudy eyes full of greed and cruelty, Jane Qiao prefers Lei Zhe's pure blue eyes, because he writes all his emotions in his pupils. He is a simple man.
While thinking about it, these blue eyes appeared in Jian Qiao's mind. He closed his eyes, looked at these eyes with his mind, and fell asleep unconsciously.
At the same time, Lei Zhe was standing in front of the portrait of "Goddess of Water Zephyr" without facial features, staring for a long time.
Mia jokingly said, "When will your real lover have a face? Please hurry up and give her a gift."
The blurry mist in Lei Zhe's eyes slowly dissipated, and the strange thoughts that could not be grasped also disappeared.
He rubbed his eyebrows, his tone full of confusion: "Just now, for a moment, I thought her hair should be black. The goddess born from the cold spring water in the dark jungle should have black hair. right."
"Ah, what you said seems to make sense, black hair is very mysterious." Mia covered her mouth and yawned, and said lazily: "I should go to bed, tomorrow is the decisive moment."
Thinking of his plan, Lei Zhe walked to the bedroom, rubbing his eyebrows as he walked, always feeling that the thin figure with black hair that flashed in his mind just now was a bit familiar that could not be ignored. sense.
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The next day, Jane Joe took a beautifully packaged gift box and took a carriage to the Duke's Mansion.
The gatekeeper pointed arrogantly at the stone lion beside him, motioning him to stand in the corner and not block the way.
"You wait here for Lord Hall's summons, he is not available now." After a while, the janitor came out of the castle and gave such a sentence.
Jane Qiao knew that she was being made trouble. These big nobles like to use "closed door soup" to entertain low-status guests.
He retreated to the corner of the door, holding the gift box in both hands, waiting patiently for the summons. However, the word "summoned" itself is ridiculous, because Hall, who has no title and no noble blood, is not qualified to use these two words for an earl.
Jian Qiao waited for twenty minutes. During this period, he kept trying to keep himself patient, and kept suppressing his inner anger.
On the outside, at least, he was always graceful and calm.
The gatekeeper also seemed to think he was pitiful, and was about to help him spread the word again, but saw Hall running out of the castle quickly, shouting: "Open the door, open the door!"
He was not wearing any clothes, he only had a tablecloth around his waist. Apart from five or six lipstick marks, his face was full of panic and panic. Mrs Mia followed him disheveled, screaming for help.
Jane Joe was stunned.
The gatekeeper was also stunned. In his utter shock, he forgot to follow Hall's orders to open the iron door.
So Hall's way was blocked. While shaking the iron door frantically, he cursed fiercely: "Damn idiot, open the door, open the door! Are you a pig? You don't understand human language?"
Jian Qiao quickly understood what happened, because Lei Zhe strode forward with a long sword, his handsome face was distorted with hatred, and his bright pupils were cast with the shadow of humiliation and the flames of rage.
This is an expression unique to a man who has been betrayed.
Mia cried and begged for mercy: "No, Lei Zhe, please don't!"
Hall rattled the iron door.
The movement of the two quickly attracted the knights living in the castle, and at the same time, the carriages and passers-by outside the duke's mansion also stopped.
More and more people gathered here, watching this farce intently. They don't have to ask to know what's going on, as evidenced by the disheveled Hall and Mia.
The doorman, who finally recovered his senses, hurried to open the iron gate. However, in order to show the majesty of the duke's palace, the two iron gates must be pushed by four people.
The janitor has been busy for a long time but in vain.
Hall was anxious, embarrassed, and afraid, so he could only hide in the flower bed as much as possible, but he was trembling from the needles of the pine and cypress.
Lei Zhe has strode forward, pointed at him with the tip of his sword, and said coldly, "Let's duel."
A duel is the quickest way to resolve all disputes and the only way to defend one's own dignity as stipulated by the law. For a knight, the assassination of his master and the defilement of his wife are the two things he cannot bear the most.
If these two things happened, then even at the cost of his life, he must seek justice for himself.
And chivalry is the cornerstone that supports this era and the entire continent. People living on this continent, whether noble or commoner, consider themselves knights.
Therefore, Lei Zhe's request for a duel is reasonable. No one thought he was doing anything wrong. He should have had a duel with Hall, otherwise he'd be a coward who would be looked down upon for the rest of his life.
Hall responded quickly: "Okay, let's duel!" He turned his head to look at the knight commander standing beside him.
Duels between nobles can be performed by each other's knights, which can prevent their noble bodies from being hurt. Hall was deeply favored by his father, so he believed that the knight commander of the ducal palace would not dare to disobey his orders.
The knight commander pursed his thin lips and seemed very unwilling, but he still put his hands on his chest and bowed. He complied with Hall's request.
Lei Zhe sneered: "I will play in person, without the knights doing it for me."
Hearing this sentence, Hall's proud expression froze on his face.
There is also a provision in the law that if one of the nobles decides to take part in a duel between two nobles of equal rank, the other noble must do the same.
The outcome of the matter is already obvious. Lei Zhe, who has been trained in the army since childhood and participated in dozens of expeditions, is a rare opponent in this country and even this continent. Hall, who had been hollowed out by alcohol, was not his enemy at all.
"No, no! I don't accept your challenge!" Hall shook his head repeatedly and refused, his body shivering in the cold wind.
His cowardly and ugly posture aroused contempt from everyone.
Lei Zhe pointed at him with the tip of his sword and sneered: "I have a hard time imagining where you will take the great Grande. A coward who can't even step into a duel arena, how will he lead the army in the future? You will be ruined. The century-old reputation of the Grande family; you will erase the glory of the Jagged Hero; you will make the two lions at the gate no longer roar to deter the enemy. Because of you, Grande will be forever ashamed!"
Lei Zhe sneered, shook his head again, put down the tip of his sword, turned around and left.
Mrs. Mia quickly grabbed Hall's arm and pulled him to the ground.
Seeing the appearance of the two without bones, the passing nobles sighed in their hearts: "Grande's glory will end here."
The passers-by pondered without misfortune: "The son of a prostitute is the son of a prostitute, and there is no blood in the slightest."
The knights of the Duke's Mansion stood with their heads bowed, thinking with extreme sadness: "It is a great misfortune and shame to be commanded by such a person."
The foundation of the Duke's Mansion is built up from wars after wars. The glory of the Duke's Mansion is stained with blood, and the dreaded majesty has been tempered in the war. Therefore, those who inherit the Duke's Mansion must be good at fighting, brave and persevering.
This is Grande's centennial family motto.
At this moment, Hall's cowardice, despicableness, filth, and shamelessness destroyed the intangible wealth accumulated by Grande's ancestors for hundreds of years.
When Grande's spirit collapses, so will its edifice.
Standing not far away, the old duke looked at the humiliating eyes of the knights one by one, the contemptuous faces of the passers-by, and the gloating expressions of other nobles, so at this moment, he had to admit that he finally Still doing it wrong.
He was so blinded by love that he almost destroyed the entire Grande. He didn't know that Lei Zhe was the best heir, but he thought he still had time to train his eldest son into an excellent man.
But now, the whole empire will soon know how unbearable his hand-picked successor is.
"Stand up for me!" The old duke pointed at Hall, with an unprecedented stern tone: "Put on your clothes, take your long sword, and accept the challenge! Dare to be everyone in the Grande family. The precepts that must be observed!"
Hall was stunned.
Lei Zhe, who was striding forward, also stopped in place, but did not look back.
Mia covered her face with her hands and sobbed in shame. She knew that this duel would definitely lead to someone's death, and that she had caused all these disasters.
How dare she face all this
At this stall, the gatekeeper finally pushed the heavy iron door open a crack.
Mia hurriedly stood up, drilled out along the crack, and stumbled away.
Seeing this, Jian Qiao lowered her head and tapped the end of her long and narrow eyes with her fingertips, her pupils emitting a bright light of interest. He finally understood why Lei Zhe wanted to create an infatuated character for himself. It turned out that all the foreshadowing was to wait for the end of this moment.
What Razer wanted was not just Grande's inheritance, but Hall's life. He really likes this kind of open-minded plunder.
This is not a childish ghost, but a bloodthirsty lion.