Let's say that Wang Bo should pass the exam and the first place, and after he was appointed to Chaosanlang, he followed Dr. Chaosan to the Chaosan station on time to complete the article writing and transcription tasks assigned by his boss.

Li Xian, the 12-year-old King of Pei, left the palace and lived in the palace of King Pei in Chang'an. After leaving the palace doctorate, Li Xian felt very lonely and had a hard time reading ancient books, so he wanted to select talented people to serve him.

Li Xian said to Empress Wu: "Ah Niang, my son wants to recruit Wang Bo of Chao Sanlang as an attendant and accompany him to study." Empress Wu asked, "Then what is so special about Wang Bo?" ”

Li Xian replied: "I have read Wang Bo's "Ode to Qianyuan Palace" and "Ode to Chenyou Dongyue", English words and beautiful sentences, Hongyi and dust, my son has admired his name for a long time, so I want him!" ”

Empress Wu said, "Oh? This person is so talented, this palace wants to test him! "Empress Wu issued an order to write ten articles on "The Secret of the Platform" and praise each of the ten articles of the "Platform Secrets".

The "Platform Secrets" is a book on filial piety, chastity, literature and art, loyalty and martial arts, and other aspects of self-cultivation.

After Wang Bo returned, he rummaged through the cabinets, and with the help of the ancient books collected by his grandfather Wen Zhongzi and his father, Dr. Taichang, he wrote ten treatises on the "Secret of the Platform" on time and praised them for 10 each.

Empress Wu praised him as a true literary genius, rewarded him with fifty silk horses, and agreed to let him tutor his son. Wang Bo thanked him and left.

Li Xian was very happy to see Wang Bo in the palace, took him by the hand and sat down, poured him a five-spice drink to drink, and then asked him to read the Analects with him.

Wang Bo asked, "Which sentence from the Analects does King Pei like to read the most?" ”

Li Xian said: "I like to read 'Xianxian Yise; Parents can do their best; The king of things can cause his body; Make friends and keep your word', recite it repeatedly, and never get tired of reading it! ”

Wang Bo asked, "Why does King Pei like to read this sentence?" Li Xian said: "Because I love this sentence in my heart!" "Do you understand what it means to be virtuous?" Wang Bo asked again.

Li Xian said: "Of course I understand, that is, replace the love of beauty with the heart of love for talent!" ”

Wang Bo nodded and said, "If King Pei can always be a corporal of Lixian, he will definitely make great achievements in the future!" Li Xian said: "Mr. Wang, don't worry, I will always keep in mind that the virtuous and virtuous are easy to color!" ”

After a few days, Empress Wu was busy with military affairs, and did not follow Li Xian, Liulang Li Xian showed his fun-loving nature again, and often entered the palace to play with Li Xian, the king of Qilang Zhou.

Li Xian, the king of Zhou, is still living in the Shaoyang Courtyard in the palace, and his hobby is to play, as long as the queen mother does not follow it, he will let go of the wild. He loves to play all kinds of games, such as juju, polo, rafting, elephant playing, hunting, pitching, canopy, and shuanglu. So much fun, it's fun to think about!

Li Xian also ordered his servants to raise some pets, such as big roosters, raccoon cats, little black dogs, and so on.

As soon as Li Xian arrived, the brothers teased their pets, played games, and played tricks, and the two had a lot of fun.

The big rooster flew into the garden, and a centipede popped up on the grass, and the big rooster immediately chased after it and pecked at the centipede! Rokuro and Shichiro crept closer to take a look.

I saw that the big rooster pecked the centipede and shook it a few times, and then pecked the centipede and shook it a few times, and at the same time made a cone sound! The centipede curled up and tried to wrap itself around the rooster's sharp beak, but it was shaken off, and it couldn't bite the rooster if it wanted to, and it was pecked to death and eaten by the rooster after a while.

The big rooster walked away proudly with his head held high.

Again, the tanuki somehow offended a red rooster, and the red rooster saw the tanuki basking in the grass and ran over to peck at it.

The tanuki turned over, meowed, and teased the red with its little paws. The red rooster crowed, staring at each other, with fire in his eyes, and suddenly spread his wings and flew away, and pecked at the tanuki with its sharp beak.

The tanuki flipped to the ground and continued to tease the red with its little paws, perhaps it would only resist in this way. The red rooster stretched out his paws again and flew up to catch the little white belly of the tanuki.

The tanuki cat turned around in fright, flew into the air, and fled after landing in the wilderness! The two brothers laughed next to them and said, "The cats are all snake spirits!" Ha ha. ”

At this time, the little black dog was also idle and ran to provoke the big. The big rooster fried his hair, stretched his neck, barked on his own side, and pecked the little black dog in the face, and the little black dog barked and stretched out his little paws to tease the big.

The big rooster fluttered its wings and fluttered, grabbing and pecking, the little black dog turned around to dodge, and screamed aggrievedly, his eyes were still looking sideways at Li Xian, as if to say: "Bad master Yin, watching your heart and liver baby being bullied by chickens, you can't come over to help fight!" ”

Listening to the screams of the little black dog, the two brothers laughed again. The little black dog fled with his tail between his legs, and the big rooster spread his wings and walked away in high spirits, and walked towards a flock of hens, where he was warmly welcomed by the hens.

Li Xian couldn't help but applaud the big rooster and said, "What a majesty, what a victorious general!" Hehe. Li Xian asked: "Sixth brother, do you raise roosters?" Li Xian shook his head.

Li Xian said: "Sixth brother, you will also raise a few roosters after you go back, let's go to the cockfighting platform to compare and see whose rooster is more powerful!" You can bet on anything, as long as the sixth brother is happy! ”

Li Xian nodded and said, "Okay, Seventh Brother!" ”

After Li Xian returned home, he ordered the Silla maid Jin Ju to raise a group of chickens of Liangfeng Yellow Chicken, Xiushan Native Chicken, Lu's Chicken, Camellia Chicken and other breeds, as well as geese and ducks. He also ordered Kunlun Nu to go to the fields and gardens to catch some centipedes, crickets and other things to tease.

One day, Wang Bo was teaching Li Xian to read "Shangshu", and when he read "Xia Shu Yu Gong No. 1", Wang Bo was reading: "Yu farewell to Kyushu, follow the mountains and rivers, and let the soil be a tribute." Yu covers the soil, with the mountains and wood, and lays the high mountains and rivers. ”

A Xiushan native chicken suddenly flew in, its wings flapped on Wang Bo's head, and Golf screamed, Wang Bo was startled and said, "Wokao, what is this!" ”

When I looked closely, it turned out to be a big rooster. Li Xian looked at him and laughed.

Wang Bo Zhengse said: "Liulang is so playful, does your mother know?" If the queen mother knows, I'm afraid I won't be able to play anything! Chickens, geese, and ducks will all be sent to Shangshi's kitchen and eaten! ”

Li Xian was shocked: "Uh......! Mr. don't tell A-Niang, you must keep it secret, keep it secret, and keep your mouth shut, you know? "I don't know! I don't know! Wang Bo said.

Li Xian's eyes rolled, and he said coldly: "Give you a salary increase!" "What? What the? Wang Bo couldn't believe his ears.

"Give you a raise! Give you a one-level salary! Li Xian repeated. Wang Bo was overjoyed, stood up and saluted: "Ya snake! The lower official resolutely obeys Rokuro's orders and resolutely obeys Rokuro's command! Resolutely don't reveal a word about things that have nothing to do with you.,Resolutely keep your mouth shut about things related to Rokuro! Oh yes! ”

Another day, Wang Bo was holding a volume of "The Book of Rites" and was about to teach "The Eighth Prince of King Wen", but there was no trace of Li Xian.

found a bedroom from the study, then to the guest hall and wing, but Li Xian's people could not be found anywhere. "Hey, where is this Rokuro hiding?" Wang Bo said to himself.

Coming to a corner of the garden, Wang Bo suddenly saw two familiar figures, and said softly: "Hey, isn't that Liulang and Qilang?" What are the two brothers doing? ”

When I walked behind them, I saw that they were fighting crickets. Wang Bo patted Li Xian's back from behind, Li Xian was startled, turned around and said, "Who is it?" It turned out to be a gentleman! ”

Wang Bo said: "Who else can it be if it's not Weichen?" Can she still be the queen mother? Go back with Weichen to read "The Eighth Prince of King Wen"! ”

Li Xian replied: "I don't want to read this, I want to read "Liyun Ninth"! "Oh, is there anything special about Fortune Nine?" Wang Bodao.

Li Xian shook his head and said: "Father's kindness, son's filial piety, brother's kindness, brother's love, husband's righteousness, women's listening, Changhui, Youshun, Junren, courtier's loyalty, and the ten are called human righteousness." ”

Wang Bo smiled: "It seems that Liulang has already previewed the "Ninth Rite and Fortune"!" Okay, let's talk about "Rites and Fortunes Ninth" first, this article is the essence of the entire "Book of Rites"! ”

Liulang said to Qilang: "Seventh brother, that's all for today, I'm going to go back and work hard!" Shichiro looked disappointed and said, "Okay then, I'll listen to it too!" ”

The brothers followed Wang Bo back to the study together. Just a few steps away, I saw a reed hen cooing with her wings outstretched, and the chicks squeaking and squaaking to get under the wings. The three of them stopped and watched.

An eagle descended from the sky and tried to catch a chicken, but a chicken was almost caught and ran away in fright. The reed-flowered hen suddenly rushed to the eagle desperately, flapping her wings and pecking at the eagle, but the eagle did not move.

The Luhua hen was so frightened that she fled, and had to desperately attack the eagle again. The eagle was shocked by the desperate momentum of the reed hen, turned around and flew away.

The brothers exclaimed, "Wow, the old hen who guards the cub is amazing!" Wang Bo said: "A woman is weak, but a mother is strong; The son is weak, but the mother is strong! ”

Li Xian said: "Master Wang summed it up great! The three of them moved on.

And he saw two roosters fighting. They looked at each other with fire in their eyes, their necks stretched long, and their feathers rose from their trees, and they were about to pounce and peck at each other.

At this time, a hen came to persuade her, pecked this one, cooed twice, pecked that, cooed twice, and cooed twice, and the fried hairs on the necks of the two roosters were actually closed, and a beautiful fight disappeared into invisibility.

The brothers were dumbfounded, and Li Xian said: "This hen is so powerful, even rivals in love listen to it." Wang Bo said with a smile: "There is a good wife in the family, and the wind and waves are calm; There is a bad wife at home, and the chickens and dogs are restless! ”

The brothers listened carefully, and Wang Bo continued: "Chickens have five virtues, do you know that the two Lang Jun? The brothers shook their heads and said, "I don't know." Master Wang, let's talk about it! ”

Wang Bo said: "Tian Rao, the doctor of Lu Guo, said, chicken, wearing a red crown on his head, this is Wende; The feet have a sharp edge and can beat distance, which is a martial virtue; The great enemy dares to fight at present, and it is bravery; Seeing food and calling each other for companionship is benevolence; The vigil is not lost, and the sound is on time, this is faith! ”

Li Xian was shocked: "Mr. Wang's words are even more wonderful than what the Book of Rites said!" Seeing a cockfight can also tell a truth, worthy of a teacher! ”

Li Xian pulled Li Xian, leaned into his ear and said, "In the future, let Master Wang join our circle of friends, there is a cultural person to help the fun, have more fun, and summarize experience!" Li Xian applauded.

After many days, Rokuro and Shichiro's big cocks were raised to be shiny and strong, so they met for cockfighting.

Li Xian invited Wang Bo to watch the battle, Wang Bo didn't want to go at first, but in the end he couldn't resist his master and agreed.

Coming to the cockfighting platform in Penglai Palace, sitting on the guest seat, sixteen-year-old Wang Bo drank fine wine, ate pastries, and played with his master, feeling very comfortable, because this kind of work is very easy.

The servants of the king of Zhou put a five-black chicken into the fence of the veil, with black hair and black skin, and the whole body was black, only the cockscomb was red.

King Pei smiled: "Seventh brother, what kind of chicken are you?" Like, weird and scary, haha! King Zhou said: "This chicken is called Hei Duwei, with a sharp mouth and sharp claws, sixth brother, just let the horse come!" ”

Pei Wang beckoned, and Jin Ju came over with a camellia chicken and put it in the bar. King Pei said, "Look at my chicken, tall and mighty, with colorful feathers, like a colorful coat, how beautiful! That's why it's called General Cai! ”

Before the words fell, I saw General Cai holding his toes high and taking a few steps forward, his fighting spirit high. Captain Heidu bowed his head and tail, his eyes were full of fire, his neck stretched out, and his feathers exploded.

The two chickens each crowed, and General Cai suddenly flapped his wings and flew forward to pounce on the black chicken, and the momentum was like that of a Kunpeng. Hei Du Lieutenant also did not show weakness and flapped his wings to fight.

The two sides pecked each other with sharp beaks, tore with sharp claws, feathers flew down, and the skin and flesh of the cockscomb bled out, and they fought for a while! King Zhou bet 1 ingot, and King Pei bet 2 ingots.

Gradually, Hei Duwei's strength became smaller and smaller, and his movements and flashes became slower and slower, but General Cai's energy was still vigorous, and his fighting spirit was undiminished.

Captain Heidu screamed, struggled to turn over and was wounded and fled, and General Cai was still reluctant to pursue. Seeing this, King Zhou had no choice but to admit defeat, and sent the scarred Hei Duwei to the chicken shop next to the cockfighting platform for execution, and stewed the condiments.

Chicken feathers were left on the stage. King Pei put away the ingots and led Wang Bo, Jin Ju, Chongshan and other servants to hold a banquet to celebrate, and the friends who accompanied and played were rewarded.

Wang Bo talked about his feelings after watching and said: "Compared with light songs and dances, cockfighting is injected with a trace of blood; Compared with hunting, cockfighting is limited to one, and it will not mobilize the people, harass the people, and trample on the crops; Compared to wrestling, cockfighting is also exciting and exciting, but not dangerous. Therefore, cockfighting is an activity suitable for boys, which can cultivate the blood and fighting spirit of boys without danger! ”

After the king of Zhou went back, he was very unconvinced, and carried out a painstaking study of the fighting, spent money to collect brave fighting cocks from all over the country, and trained the fighting cocks in running, pecking, claw kicking, wing fluttering, etc., and at the same time fed fish meat, peanuts, soybeans, brown rice, pumpkin, sesame and other good feed, and soon improved the level of fighting cocks.

Peiwang is mainly interested in reading, cockfighting and games are just hobbies, and there is no special research, so after more than a year, the cockfighting competition between Peiwang and Zhou Wang, Peiwang loses more and wins less.

In the spring of the first year of the general chapter, Chongshan collected an Aizhou fighting from other places and dedicated it to King Pei. This fighting is not very tall, but it has amazing endurance and perseverance, and it is able to make a comeback!

King Zhou heard that the sixth brother raised a fighting cock, so he proposed to hold a cockfighting competition on the Qingming Festival, King Pei was afraid of being looked down upon by his younger brother, so he agreed to come down, and the venue of the competition was arranged in the middle of the courtyard of King Pei's mansion.

Jin Ju and Shigeyama are responsible for feeding and training Eishu fighting cocks. Li Xian said to Wang Bo: "In the previous competition, I have lost a lot of deposits, if Mr. can write an essay about cockfighting and help me win cockfighting, then I will give half of the winning deposit to Mr., how about sir?" ”

Wang Bo knew that the deposit of both sides in this competition was very heavy, but he still had doubts and asked: "It is not difficult to write a cockfighting article, but the victory or defeat of cockfighting mainly depends on the usual breeding and training, what does it have to do with the article?" ”

Li Xian said: "The articles written by others are useless, but Mr.'s articles are brilliant!" As long as Mr. is willing to write, a few strokes can make the image of the rooster jump on the paper, increase the confidence and momentum of the king, and the king will cheer up the rooster, and the hope of winning will be greatly enhanced! ”

Wang Bo couldn't refute it, so he had to agree to write a cockfighting essay.

The next day, after Wang Bo finished teaching, he pinched the ink block in the study and sharpened the ink, and slowly grinded a liter of ink while grinding. Then drink with your colleagues until it's hot.

Wang Bo fell down on the couch to rest, pulled the quilt over his face and slept. In fact, he didn't really sleep, but beat his belly in the quilt, which is his unusual talent. Fighting, fighting, and falling asleep.

When he woke up, Wang ** pondered in bed, and then opened the rice paper scroll on the desk, and started writing. Write all the way from right to left, and write without changing a word!

This manuscript is called "Cockfighting", Li Xian was very happy after reading the volume, and said: "Mr. wonderful pen is full of flowers, and it really lives up to the expectations of this king, a pen is better than 100,000 heroes!" Ha ha. ”

Li Xian came to the chicken coop to inspect the cockfighting, and said to the Aizhou cockfighting: "The history is bright and oh, it can wake up my dream; In case of wind and rain and glue, the most full of human feelings. ”

The fighting seemed to understand human language, and even crowed. Li Xian was very happy and continued to say aloud: "Under the window of Song Chuzong, Lexing is talking; In front of the ancestral bed, it was time to dance. ”

The fighting cocks each barked, flapped their wings and cheered, so they ordered Jin Ju to release it out for training. The cockfighting cocks danced and cried, and the other chickens crowed with it.

Li Xian said again: "Qin Guan sings early, celebrating the safety of Gongzi; Qi realm long sound, know the life of the group of Li gathering. ”

When the Qingming Festival arrived, Li Xian, the king of Zhou, came to the Pei Wang's mansion with a group of servants with great interest and put the fighting in the fence in the middle of the courtyard.

Li Xian was taken aback, it turned out that this red-feathered fighting was tall, with a straight body, muscular, a sarcoma-like cockscomb, and a fire in his eyes, and he was a ruthless character at first glance.

Li said meaningfully: "This is called Luoyang cockfighting, fighting tenacity, fighting has a fast, accurate, and ruthless style." If the sixth brother doesn't want to compete, he can directly admit defeat and bet on me! Hehe. ”

Li Xian sank his face and said, "How can that happen?" Who wins and who loses, you will only know after the competition! Jin Ju, let the chickens go! ”

Jin Ju came with confidence in the Aizhou fighting and put the Aizhou fighting into the pen.

As soon as the two fighting cocks met, they stared at each other, lowered their heads and tails, and there seemed to be fire in their small eyes, their necks stretched out, and their thin feathers exploded. Luoyang fighting cocks took the lead in attacking, fluttering up and grabbing each other's breasts with sharp claws.

The Aizhou fighting dodged sideways, but pecked at the neck of the Luoyang fighting with its sharp beak. Li Xian shouted happily: "The two males are unbearable to stand side by side, how dare they be arrogant with one peck?" Li Xian was a little confused when he heard it.

Next, the two chicken wings are stretched out, you come and go, and the fight is endless. Two moments later, Luoyang cockfighting gradually ran out of physical strength, and Aizhou cockfighting after the chicken, the more brave he became, he actually pecked off the few remaining feathers on the opponent's neck, and grabbed the hair on the opponent's wings with his claws.

Li Xian stood up and shouted: "Cultivated at the time of perching, angry at the time of calling." Come with your head held high, and stand out; In the past, it was also like Peng. Li Xian couldn't recite the word, so he was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks!

In the end, the Luoyang fighting was unable to move, and was pecked off by the Aizhou fighting, and the blood flowed like an infusion. Li Xian was forced to admit defeat, drop his bet, and leave dejectedly.

Back in Shaoyang Courtyard, Li Xian said angrily: "In this cockfighting competition, this king did not lose on the chicken, but on the spell of King Pei!" If he doesn't chant the mantra, how can this king's chicken be out of breath? Ma Luanque, you go to find out what the spell King Pei recited? ”

Ma Luanque took the order and left, he was the son of Lu Xiangying, the nurse of King Zhou, and he was the little friend of King Zhou.

King Pei's mansion was full of joy, and Wang Bo, Jin Ju, Chongshan and other friends were rewarded. Pei Wang Wencheng Xuanyi also participated in the celebration banquet, during which Wang Bo's masterpiece "Cockfighting Column" was circulated.

After the banquet was over, Ma Luanque quietly came to find Cheng Xuanyi, and they turned out to be good friends. As soon as Cheng Xuan learned of his intentions, he recited "Cockfighting" and asked Ma Luanque to copy it.

After Li Xian read "Cockfighting", he recited it every day, saying: "Wang Bo is really a genius, and he wrote it in a wanton manner, so that this king half understands it. Writing about cockfighting games this time, I can also write such a serious book, and the truth is profound, haha! ”

Li Xian ran to the cockfighting platform cockcoop to see the various chickens he raised, and then took out "Cockfighting" and recited it aloud to cheer for the cockfighting!

At that time, the overall situation of the Goguryeo War had been decided, and it was a matter of time before Goguryeo was pacified, so Empress Wu returned to the harem to take care of the sons. For cockfighting games, Takehou is allowed.

One day, Li Xian came to see his chickens again, released them for breeding and training, and then recited a few sentences of "Cockfighting Column" aloud from time to time. Empress Wu also heard the sound and came.

Li Xian only paid attention to his chickens, and had not yet noticed Ah Niang. Seeing the high morale of the chickens and ducks, he recited aloud: "The feather book is fast, and I am surprised to hear the sound of geese and ducks; The bloody battle was successful, and you can see the eagle and the duck chase each other. ”

Seeing that some chickens did not move, he said loudly: "If you violate the order of the chicken and deer stopper, you will be punished by the chicken fang." "The roosters crowed in fright. Empress Wu was a little surprised, I don't know who my son learned from.

Li Xian saw that a hen reconciled and squawled, and some roosters were prostrate like hens, so he shouted loudly: "Those who seek the family in the morning are punished, and they are no longer the same as animals; Whoever lies in wait and is scum will be killed, and he will be cut with a knife. This one! "Scare the chickens.

After Empress Wu heard it, she felt that something was wrong, and this sentence was obviously a bit ironic about her! Empress Wu hurriedly walked in front of Li Xian, Li Xian was startled, bowed and saluted.

Empress Wu asked, "Who did I learn from what my son just said?" Where did it come from? Li Xian had no choice but to tell the truth, and took out the copied "Cockfighting Tree" from his arms and dedicated it to the queen mother.

After reading it, Empress Wu's face was gloomy, she snorted, and turned to leave. When he came to the Zichen Palace, Empress Wu showed Li Zhi "Cockfighting", especially pointed to the last sentence, and said: "This Wang Bo, satirizing the emperor and queen, is too unlikely!" ”

After Li Zhi saw it, Long Yan was furious and said: "The kings fight cocks, Wang Bo, as a doctor, does not admonish, but makes a text, deliberately fictionalizes, exaggerates the state of affairs, this is to provoke contradictions between the kings!" Tell Wang Bo to come to see me. ”

After Wang Bo cautiously came to the palace, Li Zhi said: "What a great feat it is that my Liaodong army is about to conquer Goguryeo and complete the work that the three generations of Chinese emperors have not accomplished!" Isn't it worth singing about? Dr. Wang, why don't you continue to pay tribute? For example, isn't it great to offer "Ode to Ping Goguryeo"? Why do you want to change course and write an essay? ”

Wang Bo couldn't answer. Li Zhi said again: "You forgot your original intention and went to write an essay to provoke contradictions between my sons, is this what a courtier should do?" You are completely derelict in your duties, Dr. Wang! I don't want to punish you, you will leave the Pei Mansion from now on! ”

Wang Bo was so frightened that his back was sweating, and after retreating, he hurriedly left the palace with his head down. After returning to King Pei's Mansion, go to his room to pack your luggage and prepare to leave!

Li Xian rushed over to keep him and said, "Mr. Wang, you can't go, you can't go!" I also want Mr. Wang to guide the study! I haven't finished the tenth ritual yet, 5555......"

Empress Wu suddenly appeared and said, "Let him go!" Xian'er, this is the wizard you recruited? took out "Cockfighting" and threw it in front of him, and continued: "To cheer up King Pei's cockfighting, to denounce King Zhou's chicken, instead of admonishing, but to provoke and expand the contradictions, can such a person stay by my son's side?" After saying that, he slammed the door and walked out.

Wang Bo was silent, picked up his luggage, and left in a hurry, leaving Li Xian alone in front of the inkstone in a daze!