Jane Qiao has already returned to the hotel.

The rain outside was getting heavier and heavier, and the sound of the pattering rain, accompanied by the long and thick bells of the church, merged into a hypnotic serenade.

Jian Qiao was sitting on the rocking chair on the balcony, resting her forehead with one hand, beating the beat with the other hand, her eyelids slightly opened and closed, as if she was about to fall asleep.He loved rainy nights, and the bells often rang without warning, even late at night.

He needs some noise to dare to fall asleep, because the sound of the outside world can guide him to wake up from the terrible dream.

His servant, who knew his habits, was making his bed, and was babbling on with anecdotes he had gleaned from the coachman.

"Lord Lei Zhe is so infatuated. Do you know? In order to get engaged to Mrs. Mia, he actually voluntarily gave up Grande's inheritance rights. Although he is the second son, Grande's knights admire him very much, and even more Willing to obey 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 firmly refused their engagement and threatened to drive them out of the house. But they got engaged anyway. What a firm love!"

"However, Lord Lei Zhe also has a lot of lovers outside. It is said that he has a "Looking for Fragrant Records", which records the secrets of the most beautiful women in the Totes Continent, and these women were all his lovers without exception. .”

"He is so handsome, with a strong physique and noble blood. No wonder all women are fascinated by him. It's just a pity that once the old duke passes away, he will never have a better life. His former enemy will gang up on him and tear him apart, and Hall will be the first to kill him."

"Hall loves Mrs. Mia, and 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 You should not be engaged to Mrs. Mia, let alone give up your inheritance rights."

The valet said worriedly, "Every step he took was wrong, so that he is now in the abyss of despair."

The male servant sighed: "No one can save him, including Queen Mo An. Both of them are almost finished."

While listening to these gossips, Jian Qiao tapped the ground with her toes to make the rocking chair rock back and forth.

Giving up everything for a beauty is not at all what Lei Zhe would do.Although there was only one face-to-face meeting, Jian Qiao saw a blazing flame in that person's eyes, and this flame was called ambition, and it was also called guardian.

Lei Zhe tried to do everything possible to amass wealth and power, and then use this wealth and power to realize unfulfilled ambitions and protect the people who should be guarded.

Compared with Hall's cloudy eyes full of greed and cruelty, Jian Qiao prefers Lei Zhe's pure blue eyes, because he has written all his emotions in his pupils.He is a simple man.

While thinking, these blue eyes appeared in Jian Qiao's mind.He closed his eyes, looked at them with his thoughts, and fell asleep without knowing it.

At the same time, Lei Zhe was standing in front of the portrait of "Goddess of Water" without facial features, staring at it for a long time.

Mia joked, "When will your real lover have a face? Please hurry up and give her a gift."

The misty mist in Lei Zhe's eyes slowly dissipated, and the weird thought that couldn't be grasped also disappeared.

He rubbed the center of his brows, and his tone was 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 forest 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 sleep, tomorrow is the decisive moment."

Thinking of his plan, Lei Zhe then walked towards the bedroom, kneading the space between his brows as he walked, always feeling that the thin figure with black hair that flashed in his mind just now was somewhat familiar sense.

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The next day, Jian Qiao came to the Duke's Mansion in a carriage with a beautifully packaged gift box.

The gatekeeper arrogantly pointed to the stone lion beside him, signaling him to stand in the corner and not to block the way.

"You wait here to be summoned by Mr. Hall, he is not free now." After a while, the gatekeeper came out of the castle and gave such a sentence.

Jian Qiao knew that she had been made things difficult.These great aristocrats like to use "closed doors" to entertain low-status guests.

He retreated to the corner of the door, held the gift box in both hands, and waited patiently for the summons.However, the word "summoned" itself is ridiculous, because Hall, who has no title or noble blood, is not qualified to use these two words to an earl.

Jian Qiao waited for twenty minutes.During this period, he continued to keep himself patient and suppressed his inner anger.

At least outwardly, he was always graceful and calm.

The gatekeeper also seemed to feel sorry for him, and was about to help him communicate again, but saw Hall quickly running out of the castle, shouting while running: "Open the door, open the door!"

He didn't wear any clothes, only a tablecloth around his waist, except for five or six lipstick marks on his face, he was full of panic and panic.Mrs. Mia followed him disheveledly, screaming for help.

Jane Qiao was stunned.

The gatekeeper was also stunned.In his extreme shock, he forgot to open the iron gate as Hall had ordered.

So Hall's way was blocked.While shaking the iron door wildly, he cursed fiercely: "Damn idiot, open the door quickly, open the door quickly! Are you a pig? Can't you understand human language?"

Jian Qiao quickly understood what happened, because Lei Zhe strode forward with a long sword in his hands, his handsome face was distorted by hatred, and his bright eyes were cast with the shadow of humiliation and the flames of rage.

This is the typical expression of a man who has been betrayed.

Mia cried and begged for mercy: "No, Lei Zhe, please don't!"

Hall rattled the iron door.

The commotion between the two quickly attracted the knights living in the castle. 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 knew what was going on without asking, evidenced by the disheveled Hall and Mia.

The gatekeeper, who finally came to his senses, hurried to open the iron gate.However, in order to demonstrate the majesty of the Duke's Mansion, the two iron gates must be pushed by the joint efforts of four people.

The janitor worked hard for a long time but it was in vain.

Hall was anxious, embarrassed, and frightened, so he could only try his best to hide in the flower bed, but was trembling because of the needles of pines and cypresses.

Lei Zhe had strode forward, pointed at him with the tip of his sword, and said coldly, "Let's fight."

Dueling is the quickest way to resolve all disputes stipulated by law, and it is also the only way to defend one's dignity.For a knight, the assassination of his master and the defilement of his wife are the two most unbearable things for him.

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, no matter nobles or commoners, regard themselves as knights.

Therefore, Lei Zhe's request for a duel is reasonable.No one thought he was doing anything wrong.He should have a duel with Hall, otherwise he is a coward and will be looked down upon for the rest of his life.

Hall quickly responded: "Okay, let's duel!" After speaking, he turned to look at the knight commander standing aside.

Duels between nobles and nobles can be done by each other's knights, so that their noble bodies can be prevented from being hurt.Hall was deeply favored by his father, so he believed that the knight commander of the Duke's mansion would not dare to disobey his orders.

The knight commander pursed his thin lips, looking very unwilling, but still put his hands on his chest and saluted.He granted Hall's request.

Lei Zhe sneered and said, "I'll play in person, and I don't need the knight to do it for me."

Hearing this sentence, Hall's proud expression froze on his face.

It was also stipulated in the law that if two nobles of equal rank were dueling and one of the nobles decided to fight himself, the other must do the same.

The outcome of the matter was already obvious. Lei Zhe, who grew up in the army and participated in dozens of expeditions, had few opponents in this country, or even this continent.Hall, who had already been hollowed out by wine and sex, was not his enemy at all.

"No, no! I don't accept your challenge!" Hall repeatedly shook his head and refused, his body also shivering in the cold wind.

His cowardly and ugly posture aroused everyone's contempt.

Lei Zhe pointed at him with the tip of his sword, and taunted him: "It's hard for me to imagine where you will take the great Grande. A coward who can't even step into the duel field, how will he command the army in the future? You will destroy The century-old reputation of the Grande family; you will erase the glory of the iron-blooded army; you will prevent the two lions at the gate from roaring to deter the enemy. Because of you, Grande will be ashamed forever!"

Lei Zhe sneered, shook his head again, then put down the tip of his sword, turned around and left.

Mrs. Mia quickly grabbed Hall's arm and pulled him to sit on the ground together.

Seeing the boneless appearance of the two, the nobles passing by sighed in their hearts: "Grand's glory will end here."

The passers-by thought happily: "The son of a whore is the son of a whore, and he has no blood at all."

The knights in the duke's mansion all bowed their heads in awe, thinking extremely sadly: "It is a great misfortune and shame to be commanded by such a man."

The foundation of the Duke's Mansion was piled up by one war after another. The glory of the Duke's Mansion was stained with blood, and it was tempered in the flames of war with a frightening majesty.Therefore, the person who inherits the Duke's Mansion must be good at fighting, brave and resolute.

This is Grande's century-old family motto.

But at this moment, Hall's cowardice, meanness, indecentness, and shamelessness destroyed the intangible wealth accumulated by Grande's ancestors over hundreds of years.

If Grande's spirit collapses, so will its edifice.

The old duke standing not far away looked at the eyes of the knights who implied humiliation one by one, inspected the faces full of contempt of the passers-by, and the expressions of other nobles gloating, so at this moment, he had to admit that after all, he Still doing it wrong.

I was blinded by love, so that I almost ruined the whole Grande.He didn't know that Lei Zhe was the best heir, but he thought he still had time to raise his eldest son into a good man.

Now, however, people throughout the empire would soon know how unbearable the successor he hand-picked was.

"Stand up!" The old duke pointed at Hall with unprecedented sternness: "Put on your clothes, take your long sword, and accept the challenge! Everyone in the Grande family is brave The precepts must be obeyed!"

Hall froze.

Lei Zhe, who was striding forward, also stopped in place, but did not look back.

Mia covered her face with her hands, crying in embarrassment.She knew that this duel must lead to someone's death, and that all this disaster was her fault.

How dare she face all this?

At this stall, the janitor finally pushed the heavy iron door open a crack.

Mia stood up quickly, got out along the crack, and ran away stumbled.

Seeing this, Jian Qiao lowered her head, tapped the end of her long and narrow eyes lightly with her fingertips, and the pupils shone with 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 Lei Zhe wanted was not only Grande's inheritance, but also Hall's life.He really likes this open and aboveboard way of plundering.

This is not a childish ghost, but a bloodthirsty lion.

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