Subtitle of this chapter: The duel is followed by the duel!

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"The duel of honor began in Italy in the 16th century. For centuries, duels existed in these countries and regions in the form of legal tolerance and even encouragement, sometimes reaching a peak and beyond the imagination of madness."

"The duel quickly spread to other European countries, in France, in the last 10 years of the 16th century and the first 17th century, about 10,000 nobles died in duels."

"The British are not bad either. In 1760-1820 during the reign of George III, a total of 172 duels were recorded, with the death toll of 62. However, this is just the tip of the iceberg. According to statistics, private duels that have not been registered are a hundred times the number of these two numbers!"

"With the expansion of European colonialism, duels were also introduced into the Americas. Duels became an extremely serious social problem on this new continent. For example, from 1798 to the outbreak of the Civil War, two-thirds of the dead active naval officers died in duels."

"Alexander Hamilton on ten dollars should be the most famous American who died in duels. The first US Treasury Secretary and his long-term political opponent, Aaron Burr, Vice President during the presidency of President Thomas Jefferson. Finally, in 1804, Hamilton accused Burr of being unable to serve as vice president in the newspaper. Burr was furious and demanded that he make a duel with Hamilton."

"Although Aaron Burr is not one of the founding fathers, he is called the 'father of American politics' and has been used to this day's American democracy. The reason why Burr did not become the founding father is because he was too studious. Before independence, he was the highest-educated person in the United States. When there were not many college students at that time, he went to study law after graduating from Princeton. Where can such people who have reached the level of doctoral supervisors have the time to hold a year-long discussion on independence?"

"The holidays for these two great men are not simple. Burr was elected as a federal senator. He took Hamilton's father-in-law's position. Four years later, Hamilton chose him through operation and made his father-in-law come back. This is holiday. When he discovered Hamilton's extramarital affair, the Democratic and Republicans confronted two generals, one was Monroe, who later became president, and the other was Burr. Later, the love letter leaked, causing Hamilton to completely fall politically. Hamilton tried to fight for Monroe for this, and Burr proved that it was not Monroe who did it. This is holiday two. In the 1800 election, Burr won the same vote as Jefferson, and Congress decided to decide the outcome. At the critical moment, Hamilton supported Jefferson, and Burr was still vice president. This is holiday three. Four years later, Burr ran for the governor of New York, which made Hamilton ruin his life. This is holiday four."

"In the duel, Hamilton was shot by Burr and died the next day. Burr was charged with murder, but he was never tried. In 1805, Burr ended his vice presidential term and has been in a slump since then, and his reputation has never been restored. This top student retired from politics, rented a land of Texas from relevant departments of the Kingdom of Spain, and became a farmer honestly..."

"How is this possible?! This lord later became the highest traitor in American history. He wanted to collude with the British and Spanish to swallow Louisiana, Florida and Texas to establish an independent kingdom. Unfortunately, Jefferson saw through it and sent him to Europe as an ambassador."

"We took out another twenty dollar bill, the seventh president of the United States, the first governor of Florida, the hero of the New Orleans war, one of the founders of the Democratic Party, and an 'lover' of pistol duels. He has participated in thirteen duels in his life. But he only killed one person in so many duels."

"The man was named Charles Dickson. At that time, he was 26 years old and was already the most famous duel in the United States. He could not count the duels, and he killed a total of 26 opponents."

"The reason for the duel was that Dickson attacked Jackson in public, because when the Jackson couple got married, they didn't know that the divorce procedures of the woman were not completed, and later they settled again. This became an excuse for others to attack Jackson. Every time someone attacked this, Jackson asked for a duel. Dickson stood up because his father-in-law and Jackson had an argument with a horse."

"The duel location was chosen in Nashville, Tennessee. According to local rules, the party who accepted the challenge had the right to ask for a shot first, and Jackson agreed. Faced with the best gunman in the United States, let the other party shoot first? Bystanders felt that Jackson was dead."

"Dixon hit Jackson in the chest with one shot. Jackson fired after being shot. But he was a stinky guy. If he was a little generous in this case, the duel could end, but Jackson refused. The gun must be fired. After loading, he fired another shot and killed Dixon on the spot. However, this bullet accompanied Jackson's rest of his life and was also the culprit for his early death."

"In addition to these two, Washington in one dollar and Lincoln in five dollars, both of the greatest American presidents were involved in the duel. Fortunately, they both escaped unscathed, otherwise history would be a different way."

“Americans, especially Southerners, love duels so much that a gang of judges in South Carolina also sets up the rules for duels with eight chapters.”

"With the end of the American Civil War, the last land of duel in the world that worships duels disappeared, and perhaps the traditional chivalrous spirit was gone. If we juniors had the opportunity to ask why these seniors loved duels so much, they might say, I never figured out why the duels were. But you know, in that era, all gentlemen were fighting."

"But after this, some gentlemen still did not give up fighting, and even entered the 20th century. The most famous duel in that era occurred between Harold Alexander, who was the British military attaché to the United States at the time, and Yuan Yan, who was famous in the world in the future..."

——Excerpt from "American Duel History"

"Neo Yuan, I ask to duel with you!"

What a fierce thing? The duel is not a sleepy feeling. Do you say you want to fight with the Lun family? Will the Lun family be going to fight with you?!

Our Master Yuan has always believed that the son of a daughter cannot sit in the hall. He finally traveled through time. There are so many things to do next, so many books to copy, so many girls to pick up, and so many celebrities to fool... Is it so reasonable to die casually?

Of course, it is impossible to apologize. Yuan Yanshu will never apologize in his life. He will not do it by using a knife and a gun. He can maintain his status as a master by relying on things like mouths and candid things like this...

“Pickup.”

"Master Ball, is this passage suspected of plagiarism? Your standards are really strict!"

"Host, you don't want to be paletted, so be cautious."

“Master Ball, what is a palette?”

"Host, the palette is..."

Just when Yuan Yan was suddenly distracted, a kind-hearted person finally rescued him.

"Gentlemen, I appreciate your patriotic enthusiasm, but I want to remind you that duels in Washington State are illegal."

When everyone heard the sound, they saw that the man who spoke was a solemn person with a high nose and deep eyes, white hair and a very stylish goatee.

Someone in the crowd asked, "Who is this old man?"

His companion replied, "You don't even know him? This is Mr. Charles Evans Hughes."

It turned out that this lord was one of the most famous lawyers in the United States at that time and was also the next secretary of state who summoned Master Yuan to Washington.

This old man is good, really good.

Yuan Yan suddenly knew that this was a favor given to him, so she bowed seriously to Mr. Hughes, turned around and said happily: "Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, you heard it too. Duels in Washington state are prohibited, so I refuse..."

"Disturbate, gentlemen. But as far as I remember, duels are not prohibited in Virginia next door!"

Who is it, who is going to ruin your good deeds?!

When our Master Yuan heard this familiar voice, he suddenly became angry and rushed. When he turned around, he saw that he was indeed a lawyer he knew... John Edgar Hoover.

Yuan Yanshu had no place to buy regret medicine now, so he had to sigh in his heart, this guy is really a vengeful person, and he is indeed a poisonous snake.

The most concerned thing about "Hello Hermit" in this dance is naturally "Master Fool", so I noticed this dispute very early, so I immediately put Yuan Yan on the pirates at this critical moment.

In fact, Virginia does not explicitly prohibit duels, but casualties caused by duels are still subject to punishment.

This time it was Mr. Harold Alexander's turn to take the upper hand. He laughed and said arrogantly: "Have you heard that Mr. Yuan. Washington cannot make a duel, so let's go to Virginia for duel."

Well, Virginia and Washington are separated by a Potomac River, which is equivalent to Pudong and Puxi, otherwise Major Patton would not have been stationed in Fort Myer, Virginia.

"Hmph, either you apologize now or accept my duel!"

Sir Hall suddenly spoke up and said, "Harold, why do you have the same knowledge as the Chinese? Are we British gentlemen still afraid of being slandered by villains in non-civilized countries? Why not forget it..."

After he said this, some people in the crowd echoed: "The Jazz is right, what honors and chivalrous spirit do the Chinese know?"

"That's it. I'm afraid this squinting eye can't even fire a gun, right?"

"I heard that he is still a writer, and people might write novels as myopia?"

At this time, Cao Linsheng beside him also whispered: "Brother Hongjian, just apologize."

Major Cao also found a reason for Master Yuan and said: "What we Chinese say is that our parents are treated with their bodies and hair, and they dare not destroy the beginning of filial piety..."

Yuan Yan, whose heart was ups and downs, heard this and couldn't help but feel moved in her heart: "Wait, Brother Qingzhi. What did you say just now?"

"You just apologize..."

"No, the next sentence!"

"Body and hair..."

Yes, why didn't I think of it?

“PEOPLE, SILENCE!”

Our Master Yuan suddenly raised his hand and shouted. He looked around for a while before he asked loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, I, the Chinese, are not very familiar with the rules of duels for you Westerners. But I remember that the challenged party has the right to choose the duel method?"

Everyone around said in unison: "YES!"

"Okay..." Yuan Yan nodded suddenly, looked directly at the lieutenant colonel and said seriously: "Mr. Harold Alexander, I will not apologize to you, but I ask for your apology."

"So I accept your challenge, then let us..."
Chapter completed!