Li Yuanjia is no stranger to cockfighting.

For the Tang Dynasty, this is an aristocratic sport that has lasted for thousands of years, and it has been popular as early as the Zhou Dynasty, and the idiom of being stunned comes from that era.

Thousands of years later, the sport is still alive and well.

In fact, not only did it not decline, but cockfighting went from the court to the nobility, and even to the middle of ordinary scholars. Even if the Tang Dynasty is established now, there are many lovers of cockfighting, and the momentum is even much more powerful than that of the previous Sui, especially among the princes and ministers.

As the king who grew up in Chang'an City, Li Yuanjia couldn't be clearer about this.

And he knew that after the Xuanwumen Incident, Du Yan, the imperial historian who had just been summoned back by Li Shimin, that is, Du Ruhui's uncle, once wrote a poem "Yonghan Food Fighting Should Be Taught by the King of Qin", which contained sentences such as "The first day of the flower crown, and the mustard feather is giving birth to the wind", which made Li Yuanjia's second brother greatly admired after reading it......

Look at how many moves the ancients thought of in order to win cockfighting!

The meaning of the flower crown is to wear a decoration on the rooster comb, generally with red silk, which can not only appear beautiful, but also protect the cockscomb that is mainly attacked in cockfighting; And "mustard feather" means to coat chicken wings with wasabi powder and launch a biochemical attack on the opponent during battle......

Many of Li Yuanjia's brothers are loyal lovers of cockfighting.

So at this time, Chen Zhiyi said that he wanted to invite himself to watch the cockfight, and Li Yuanjia immediately knew what was going on. It's just that although Li Yuanjia is not a virgin, he is not interested in watching two chickens being forced by humans to kill each other, so after thinking about it for a while, he wants to open his mouth and return to the absolute side.

But just as he opened his mouth to speak, Chen Zhi continued: "King, all the young talents from our Luzhou City are coming to this cockfight...... Don't you want more iron? There happens to be a person who has a way, and the king might as well go and meet him. ”

Chen Zhi's words suddenly captured Li Yuanjia's thoughts.

Although he was a little apprehensive before coming over just now, after all, he was a young man in his early twenties, and he was so teased by his friends just now, Chen Zhi really wanted to invite Li Yuanjia over, which was a face-saving thing. However, after he saw Li Yuanjia's expression just now, he suddenly felt bad, and guessed that King Yu might not be interested in cockfighting, so his eyes rolled, and he immediately thought of the iron material that the other party was in demand.

Relying on a Chen family alone can't give him much.

Sure enough, hearing him say this, Li Yuanjia's eyes lit up instantly. Chen Zhishi sent him a lot of iron, but Li Yuanjia's demand for this thing is getting higher and higher, just too little, not too much.

So after hesitating for a while, Li Yuanjia nodded and said, "It's okay, then I'll go over and take a look tomorrow......"

……

The next morning, Chen Zhi naturally came to the Luzhou Government Office early.

"Chen joins the army, please come in first!"

After seeing Chen Zhi at the door, Han Shan stepped forward to salute, and then smiled and stretched out his right hand: "The king is having breakfast inside, please join the army Chen and go in directly...... Chen joined the army, do you want to use some together? ”

"No need, thank you Mr. Han, I already used it in the morning."

For the big butler in the palace, Chen Zhi naturally didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly returned the courtesy politely.

However, even if he didn't want to have breakfast in the palace, Chen Zhi couldn't sit stupidly in the living room, so he naturally followed Han Shan to Li Yuanjia's restaurant. Fortunately, Li Yuanjia, who had just exercised for a while in the morning, had a good appetite, and at this time he had already finished eating meat buns and millet porridge, and was satisfied with the cleaning work after the meal.

"Purr ......"

"Poof!"

Seeing Li Yuanjia drink a sip of water, then raise his face and make a strange sound, as if he was stirring the water back and forth in his mouth, and then spit it out, Chen Zhi suddenly looked confused.

This......

Seeing the strange expression on Chen Zhi's face, Han Shan wanted to reach out and cover his face!

Usually there are no outsiders in the house, and the king naturally has no scruples about making these indecent actions, Han Shan and Chunyan have long been used to it. But when he invited this Chen to join the army today, Han Shan forgot for a while that Li Yuanjia had to come out like this every time he had eaten!

After the corners of his mouth twitched, Han Shan hurriedly stepped forward and said respectfully: "King, Chen has joined the army." ”

"Oh, morning, Chen joins the army!"

casually handed the cup to the spring smoke beside him, and then took a silk handkerchief from Liu Mei's hand and wiped his mouth, Li Yuanjia greeted with a smile.

"Morning ...... Chen Zhi has seen the king! ”

It was very awkward to say hello in Li Yuanjia's way, and Chen Zhi hurriedly made a big gift according to the rules.

"Hehe, excuse me."

Waving his hand, Li Yuanjia said with a smile: "Today we are only talking about personal relations, so we don't have to be so restrained." Chen joined the army, and it just so happened that I ran out, so I asked them to prepare and set off. ”

"Yes, but at the King's command."

Chen Zhi naturally didn't have any opinions, and quickly nodded respectfully.

At this moment, without waiting for Li Yuanjia to speak, Han Shan naturally stepped forward and asked, "Wang, are you riding a horse or a car today?" ”

"This ......"

Li Yuanjia hesitated for a moment, and then looked at Chen Zhi: "Chen joins the army, where is the place of cockfighting today?" Not far from the government office? ”

"Outside the city, about six or seven miles, is the residence of a friend of Xiaguan!"

"Uh, six or seven miles of land......"

Hearing Chen Zhi say this, Li Yuanjia suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

If the road is relatively close, or in Luzhou City, he actually prefers to take a carriage to go, at least without showing his head on the road. However, if it is six or seven miles outside the city, then there is no way, so he can only shake his head and say, "Han Shan, prepare horses for this king!" ”

The roads in Luzhou City are potholed in many places, let alone outside the city.

Fortunately, as a descendant of the old Li family in this life, learning to ride a horse since childhood is a necessary skill, so Li Yuanjia is not afraid. So Han Shan hurriedly asked Chunyan to find someone to lead the horse, and at the same time, asked Liu Mei to call the guards to prepare for the prototype.

Naturally, the groom and the guards had already been informed, and in the blink of an eye, they were all in place.

Following Li Yuanjia to the front of the government office, Chen Zhi couldn't help but smack his tongue when he looked at the battle in front of him - he just went out of the city to watch a cockfight, there were at least a dozen guards before and after, and the tall horses of Yishui were fully armed, just standing at the gate made people feel majestic, and a sense of suffocation came to his face!

"Whew!"

After secretly exhaling a breath, Chen Zhi couldn't help but admonish himself again in his heart: "Chen Zhi, Chen Zhi, don't get carried away when you travel today!" Don't forget, this is not only the assassin of Luzhou, but also the prince of my Tang Dynasty......"

"Alright, let's get on the horse!"

Li Yuanjia didn't talk nonsense, and after coming out, he walked directly in front of his jujube red horse, stepped on his pedals and turned over on the horse, and took the lead in shaking the reins of the horse and walking forward.

The palace guards followed, and immediately mounted their horses and followed.

Chen Zhi was about to ride his horse and keep up with Li Yuanjia's footsteps, but under a glance from the corner of his eye, he suddenly became cold, and then his eyes widened instantly.