When I returned to the line, I knew why the envoy of King Wu was so anxious - last year's newly crowned Persian King Ni Ni Shi was accompanied by Hu this time, and when he saw that his father was bored, he offered him a fighting, which was not a big deal, but the carving of insects was just a pleasure. Who knows that this mud Nirvana master is not suitable because the chicken wins, praised a sentence "the chicken of Persia is better than the chicken of the Tang Dynasty", the father has always been unable to listen to these sentences, the animals in the palace are not vigorous, so he secretly ordered the children to offer chickens to fight, at that time the king of Wu was just in front of the car, so he sent a lot of people, some went back to Beijing to get it, there were those who searched on the road, and what we met was a team that went to Baqiao Town to ask for.

Li Rui and I both slipped out as soon as they stopped, and missed such an opportunity, Li Rui gritted his teeth and said: "There is also a fighting in my house, so I will ask someone to take it." "I didn't have time to say goodbye, I had already rushed out.

Dugu Shao also said: "I also asked someone to fetch the chicken." Salute me and drive back to the city, Wei Huan and I looked at each other, Wei Huan said: "We don't raise chickens, so we won't fight with them." ”

I said, "Let's not fight for this, let's go and see the excitement." He dragged her off the donkey and turned to the tent, and when the attendants saw it, they knew that we were coming to see the cockfight, and said with a smile: "In the atrium of the post station." "Lead us over, and sure enough, we saw that my father, mother, King Wu and many children of the clan were in the front hall, and there were many Shang palaces in the harem. Talented people are in the side hall across the curtain to watch, see me coming, have to give up the place, and someone wants to move the seat, I hurriedly shook my hand to stop, holding Wei Huan's hand to stand in front, but see a huge rooster on the field, ordinary rooster, no more than two or three feet high, this chicken is almost half a person high, wings and feathers, momentum, a few times will be opposite a rooster to the corner, suddenly pecked, the cockscomb is pecked off half, chicken blood splashed, there are waiters to step forward to separate it, the chicken rushed up, it seems that even people are pecked together, the little waiter bluffed back, panicked with the defeated chicken retreat, the father face will show more displeasure, hindering the mud Nirvana master, not good seizures, only lightly asked"Is there anyone else going to offer chickens?"

King Wu just retreated into the crowd, and someone whispered something in his ear, so he was overjoyed and said with a smile: "The son of the minister's unsuccessful son also raised one or two chickens in his spare time, which may not be as good as the things of the mud king, but His Majesty Bo is happy." ”

The father smiled a little, and ordered him to sacrifice the chicken, but it was a large rooster, and when it spread its wings, it was no worse than the one of Nirvana, only slightly shorter.

Li Rui also rushed over at this moment, frowned when he saw King Wu's chicken, and glanced at the inner servant beside him, the inner servant retreated, I saw it in my eyes, and made a look at Wei Huan, Wei Huan understood, walked out, and came back after a while, asked someone to move a smoke cage to me, put fruit points and other things, waited for me to sit down, and said: "King Ji's chicken is not as good as King Wu's, so I asked someone to take it away." ”

I was inexplicably a little depressed in my heart, cheered up and watched the field, King Wu's chicken looked big, but he couldn't fight Shihe and was defeated, my father's face became more and more displeased, and he asked, "Is there anyone else?"

For a while, no one dared to respond again, even King Wu was silent, and we were all unhappy behind the curtain, I didn't feel that I leaned forward a little, looked left and right, and asked Wei Huan quietly: "Can't you find a cockfight that can beat him in the capital?"

Wei Huan said: "Cockfighting is the end, even if you win, there is nothing to be proud of, don't care." He said this, but he unconsciously grasped my hand.

The Ni Nishi was originally the last descendant of the Persian King who came to my Tang Dynasty, relying on his father to give him the false title of "King of Persia" and gain a foothold in Chang'an, but he was not very domineering, seeing the silence in the field, he poured out and played a round and said: "If there is no one again, it is the minister's chicken that wins, this winning chicken, only to match the Tang Dynasty Shengwen Emperor and His Majesty the Queen of Heaven, Ni Nishi is willing to contribute this chicken to the Tang Emperor and His Majesty the Queen of Heaven, may the two Majesty be blessed with longevity and health, and enjoy peace forever." ”

As soon as the words fell, my mother suddenly smiled and said: "My children of the Tang Dynasty are mostly based on Confucianism and bow horses, such as the last art of cockfighting lackeys, but the girls play more, your chicken can win now, because the daughters of my Tang Dynasty have not yet made a move, if you order your daughter to sacrifice cockfighting, I am afraid that you will be compared immediately." ”

This is too vain, and the children of the clan outside all have strange faces, and the Nirvana Master also shows a strange look - he has lived in Beijing for a long time, and these customs and customs, naturally he knows some details, and he also knows that his mother is just saying two sentences, in fact, the safer way at the moment is to follow his mother's meaning and say two words Don't dare, and he will pass politely, and everyone will not be embarrassed, who knows that he is a solid-eyed foreigner, and he wants to say: "If this is the case, I don't know if Ninirvana has an honor, please teach the noble ladies." As he spoke, he glanced at us, apparently knowing that someone was hiding behind the curtain.

Tuan'er snorted and said, "This barbarian doesn't understand the rules. ”

I took Wei Huan's hand and asked her, "Ah Huan, Ah Huan, what should I do?" Aunt Qinghe's family heard that there was a fighting, but she was not there now, and it might not be too late to call again, and it was not yet known how her chickens were.

Wei Huan frowned and didn't answer, but said gracefully: "Since Your Majesty said so, she naturally has her plans, and the princess doesn't need to worry." ”

She had not yet been here, but she came in and stood beside us, and she had not spoken much, but she was very important, and I believed her, and sure enough, I heard my mother say outside, "What is so difficult about this? As if waving his hand very casually, Gao Yanfu bowed out, and after a while, he led Dugu Shao in, and said, "Sixteen Niang, the daughter of the Duke of Luonan County, please offer a fighting." ”

Dugu Shao has changed into Han family makeup, wears Mi Li in a proper manner, and salutes the room one by one.

There was a chamberlain behind her, holding a rooster in his arms, but it was much smaller than King Wu's, and it was only half as tall as Ni Nishi's.

Ni Nishi looked at the chicken with some suspicion, and didn't ask Dugu Shao, but said to his mother: "Your Majesty really wants to compete with this chicken?"

The mother smiled casually: "It's okay today, it's always okay to have more than one game." ”

When my father saw his mother's expression, he also said, "Yes." "Ordered people to put two chickens in one place, and the big rooster of Ninishi seemed to be quite jealous of Dugu Shao, and did not immediately step forward as the previous time, but only clucked in the field, and walked while barking, and after a while, he seemed to be impatient, so he shook his wings and pecked at its cockscomb as if dealing with the previous one.

Dugu Shao's chicken is very dexterous, seeing the other party peck, the wings fluttered, and then dodged away, if it dodged a few times, the big rooster regained its momentum, and attacked again, this small one just pounced to hide, and the field was full of chicken feathers.

I didn't pay much attention to these games and competitions in the past, but when I watched it, I was inexplicably nervous for these two chickens, holding Wei Huan's hand, staring at the middle of the field without blinking, inside and outside the curtain, quietly, watching the two chickens fight with bated breath.

At first, it seemed that the chicken of the Nirvana division had the upper hand, Dugu Shao's chicken only dodged and fluttered, and gradually the big rooster lost patience, even pecked with a fan, extremely violent, the small one was not in a hurry, flashed more than a dozen times, suddenly jumped up in the air, landed on the fence, the big rooster pecked a miss, extremely fierce to chase the small one, the small one jumped up and pounced, a blow hit the neck of the big rooster, and then pecked hard, instantly pecked dozens of times in the neck of the big rooster, the big chicken first fluttered its wings and struggled, and then ate the pain, backwards and backwards, walked a few steps, and fell to the ground suddenly, the small vulture pecked a few times, until the eyes of the big chicken were all pecked out, the chicken's head was softly crooked to one side, and its neck was broken.

Dugu Shao took the bamboo whistle and blew it, the little chicken came back with his head held high, and fixed in front of the fence again, Dugu Shao smiled at the Nirvana Master: "It's ugly." ”

Ni Nishi looked at the corpse of the big chicken in a daze, opened his hands, stretched out, his face changed instantly, and only after a long time did he smile bitterly: "The minister who turned into a foreigner, he has shallow knowledge, and he laughed at His Majesty the Emperor and Empress of the Tang Dynasty." ”

The father smiled and said: "The play of the sons and daughters is all small skills, and there is no glory in winning, and you have the loyalty of this contribution, and its heart is commendable. ”

Ni Nishi retreated in shame, and his father looked at King Wu, Li Rui and said: "At the end of this book, the defeat of you and others is excusable, and with this cockfighting and dog work, it is better to read a few more scriptures and learn more about the way of governing the country." ”

King Wu smiled and said, "The ministers are respectfully ordained. He smiled again: "The minister saw these two chickens fighting, but he had some good sentences, and he was willing to try to be "Begging for the Mud King's Chicken", and the banquet was a few moments, thinking that it was entertainment, and whether it was possible to judge it or not, please ask the holy judge." ”

The father smiled, "I'll talk about it later." He turned his head to look at Dugu Shao and asked, "Are you the sixth daughter of Yuankang?"

Dugu Shao said: "Cui's is the ex-wife of the concubine's father, who died of illness, and the concubine's mother Pei's. ”

The father smiled: "After the valve reading, there is no wonder there is such a style." This day is very good, and I have given thee ten things of silver and gold, and three hundred horses. ”

The mother smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the concubine sees that she has a good appearance, and she is also so familiar with the scenes of juju and cockfighting, why don't you summon her into the palace and accompany her son, and then the son-in-law will leave the palace and marry her again, how about it?"

The father was stunned and smiled: "It's okay." Then he asked Dugu Shao: "What do you mean?"

Dugu Shao was overjoyed and said: "The concubine is willing to enter the palace and serve the queen and princess day and night." 166 Reading Network