Volume 3 The Two Capitals Forty-three, Nepotism
The tender monk wanted to step on the black-boned chicken with his empty feet, and the big sleeves fluttered outside the fence, Mao, who had already stood on the ground, smiled and saluted the three thousand chicken friends present, and said loudly: "Amitabha, the little monk wants to be empty, today to win the leader of this chicken race, and the money won is not taken, and it is scattered in the Puji Temple. ”
"Prove Bodhi with cockfighting!" The Jingyi fairies in the tent couldn't help but laugh.
Lin Hanyun heard the conversation between Zhou Xuan and the four idiots, pulled Zhou Xuan's sleeve, and asked in his ear: "This monk is the five idiots?" ”
Zhou Xuan signaled that she couldn't make a noise, and said: "It's an interesting monk, after the cockfight, please come to our mansion to say the law, it may not be able to say that the sky is falling, and the chickens are dancing wildly." ”
Lin Hanyun smiled "Gege", she has more contacts with the three idiots and the four idiots now, and she is no longer afraid that they used to be ranger killers.
"Chicken General" Xue Chang and his huge fighting stood motionless by the gate, stunned, heard a gong, the fence door opened, Xue Chang stepped to the side, the big black chicken behind him lowered its head, took small steps into the cockfighting arena, and looked unimposing.
On the other hand, the chicken of the empty monk, the cockscomb is towering, strutting forward, and going to the middle of the field, showing his domineering.
The chicken of the monk Xiangkong is an Annan species, the feathers are compact and bright, like armor shining with luxurious brilliance, golden beak and iron claws, known for being good at fighting, nicknamed "Double Halberd Dian Wei".
Since the crickets in the Tang State are all named after the fierce generals of the Three Kingdoms, how can the cockfighting be named mediocre, so it is also named from the Three Kingdoms.
Xue Chang's chicken is a rooster in Guanzhong, known for its size, endurance, and death, after Xue Chang's training, this chicken is even more brave, before 30 battles, 10 times pecked the opponent to death, it is really fierce, and it is also nicknamed, called "Tiger Idiot Xu Yu".
Zhou Xuan heard that Xue Chang's chicken nickname was "Tiger Idiot Xu Chu". He smiled and said, "There are so many people called Xu Chu!" ”
The guy in the chicken restaurant came with a gambling chip and asked if he wanted to bet?
Zhou Xuan asked who the four idiots were detaining?
The four idiots said: "Bear to think of the empty monk." ”
Laifu didn't bring much silver this time, so he bet on the "Double Halberd Dianwei" 180 taels.
Finally, looking at the odds of both sides, "Double Halberd Dianwei" is ten to eighteen, and "Tiger Idiot Xu Chu" is ten to seven, it seems that chicken friends are optimistic about Xue Chang's "Tiger Idiot Xu Chu".
There was another gong sound, and the monk's chicken "Double Halberd Dian Wei" suddenly rose into the air, jumped six feet high, and two iron hook-like chicken claws grabbed Xue Chang's "Tiger Idiot Xu Chu" in the air.
The originally stupid "Tiger Idiot Xu Chu" suddenly took three steps back, and waited for the "Double Halberd Dianwei" to hit the ground. Suddenly, his neck stretched out, and his beak pecked at the head of the "Double Halberd Dianwei", which was aimed at the corn, and if he pecked it now. "Twin Halberd Dianwei" is about to become one-eyed.
"Double Halberd Dianwei" twisted his head and avoided this peck, but his neck did not dodge, and he was hit hard. Suddenly, the skin opened and the flesh bloomed, the wings flapped and retreated, and the "Tiger Idiot Xu Chu" did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, and returned to his stupid appearance.
One battle. "Tiger idiot Xu Chu" hit the opponent hard, which is really powerful.
The monk stood aside and whistled. "Twin Halberd Dianwei" was ordered. Immediately began to circle around "Tiger Idiot Xu Chu". The faster and faster it turned, as if it were flying.
Zhou Xuan secretly praised. This seems to be a copy of the battle between Yu Canghai and Yue Buqun in "Smiling Proud Jianghu", I don't know if this tactic is useful?
"Double Halberd Dian Wei" immediately proved that this tactic was very useful, "Tiger Idiot Xu Chu" was huge, and he was not very flexible to turn around, and was pecked hard on the chicken butt by "Double Halberd Dian Wei", and the pain jumped straight up.
"Twin Halberd Dianwei" is not polite, chasing and pecking, both claws together, for a while, "Tiger Idiot Xu Chu" only has the ability to parry, and has no ability to fight back.
"Bang" a whip sounded, "Chicken General" Xue Chang also gave orders, "Tiger Idiot Xu Chu" turned around suddenly after hearing this whip, ignoring the fierce claws of the other party, raised his head and pecked.
At this moment, both sides were injured, and the neck and chicken breast of "Tiger Idiot Xu Chu" were scratched out of several deep blood marks, and the neck of "Double Halberd Dianwei" was hit again, and there were two bloody wounds.
"Tiger idiot Xu Chu" relied on his tall head and thick meat head, and was caught desperately, and finally stabilized the situation, and the two chickens fought inextricably.
This cockfight was really bloody, and Zhou Xuan looked at the Jingyi fairy in the tent, and he had already turned his head and no longer faced the cockfighting arena.
The cheers of the 3,000 chicken friends present were endless, and when they were high-pitched, they were like landslides and tsunamis, they were really chicken fans.
This decisive battle lasted for half an hour, and if it was a person, he would have been tired and lying down, but although the two chickens had scattered feathers and were unstable on their feet, they still glared at each other angrily, and after a little confrontation, they were entangled again, and it seemed that they were not dying.
Zhou Xuan said: "Fourth, how do I think the fifth is going to lose, Xue Chang's chickens are tall and strong, and their endurance is stronger than that of the fifth chickens, which grinds to the end of the fifth chickens can't withstand it." ”
The fourth idiot laughed in a low voice: "The fifth brother won't lose, if his chicken is about to lose, others will play." ”
"Ahh Zhou Xuan was shocked.
Sure enough, gradually gaining the upper hand, "Tiger Idiot Xu Chu" suddenly stumbled and was spotted by the "Double Halberd Dian Wei", and the chicken claws scratched it
Xu Chu was blind in one eye.
"Double Halberd Dian Wei" also wanted to pounce over and peck the other party to death, and wanted to empty the monk's compassion, and whistled to order the chicken's life to be spared.
The blind "Tiger Idiot Xu Chu" was spinning in place, falling down repeatedly, and suddenly being blind in one eye was very uncomfortable and couldn't grasp his balance.
The three thousand chicken friends of the cockfighting hall were silent at first, and then broke out into earth-shattering cheers.
The young Xue Chang stood by the fence in a daze, and after a while the whip sounded, his one-eyed chicken staggered back, and was held hostage by him, without saying a word, and left gloomily.
The champion of the Lantern Festival Chicken Battle was rewarded with 2,000 taels of silver, and the monk who wanted to empty donated it to the Jinling Puji Institute on the spot, which is a nursing home for the homeless.
Zhou Xuan donated the silver won by the bet to the Puji Academy, along with more than 400 taels of silver, and wondered in his heart, and asked the four idiots: "How can the fifth child cheat, I can't understand it?" ”
The fourth idiot said: "The fifth brother is a good gambler, and every gamble must be relied upon, but he is not greedy for money, and the money he wins is scattered at will." ”
Zhou Xuan said: "Wow, who dares to bet with him!" ”
The four idiots smiled: "So he has always gambled with people, and often changes his identity, becoming a Taoist priest last year and a monk this year." ”
Zhou Xuan said: "Wait for me to scare and scare him." Slowly walked behind the five idiots who were healing the "Double Halberd Dianwei", and said in a low voice: "Good means, good means, the Zen master is fighting cocks like this, no matter how you win!" ”
The five idiots turned their heads, and at a glance they saw the four idiots behind Zhou Xuan, they were surprised, and they opened their mouths to speak, but the four idiots made a silent gesture at him.
Zhou Xuan saw the four idiots coming over, and knew that he couldn't bluff the five idiots, so he smiled and said, "I have invited the Zen master to talk about it." ”
The five idiots looked at the four idiots, the four idiots nodded, and the five idiots said, "Then disturb me." ”
Zhou Xuan led the five idiots to meet Chen Ji and the Sun brothers, and the five idiots said: "The little monk has seen your benefactors. ”
The three Xu brothers came over, and they worshiped the five idiots very much, and they wanted the master to take the three brothers as apprentices and learn chicken ways.
In the commotion, everyone returned to the shore of Mochou Lake, and the five idiots had already known Zhou Xuandi's identity from the four idiots, and learned that the third brother and the fourth brother were all subdued by this person, and couldn't help but admire, and immediately proposed to bet with Zhou Xuan for five games - sword, chess, insects, tea, chicken-
Zhou Xuan didn't wait for him to make a bet, so he refused, saying: "You will be religent, I won't bet with you!" ”
The five idiots shouted at the four idiots and said, "Kuye, fourth brother, why did you get the little monk out of his pocket!" ”
The fourth idiot smiled and said: "Fifth brother, since you are here, stay here for a few more days, there is a Lantern Festival chess battle tonight, you can take a look at the fourth brother's current chess skills, which are much stronger than before." ”
When the five idiots heard that the third idiot had gone to Hangzhou, they said, "Okay, I'll come to see the fourth brother's game tonight, and I'll go to Hangzhou tomorrow." ”
That night, Guozijian conducted the eighth round of the second cycle of the Lantern Festival chess battle, and Fenghuajun played against the chess players of the Zhennan Duhufu again, but Zhou Xuan, Si Idiot, and Gu Liuquan sat by the chess side and waited for a long time without seeing the opponent.
After a while, a student who acted as a referee came over and said that the chess players of the Zhennan Metropolitan Protectorate had withdrawn from the Lantern Festival chess battle, and they gave up in the next two rounds.
The fifth idiot smiled: "The fourth brother is powerful, and he is a chess player who surrenders without a fight." ”
Zhou Xuan frowned slightly, and said to the four idiots: "It seems that Wei Bo has arrived in Jinling. ”
Back at his residence on the shore of Mochou Lake, Zhou Xuan asked Judge Fan and Gu Changshi to immediately send someone to investigate Wei Bo's movements, and sure enough, Wei Bo secretly came to Jinling last night and visited General Wei Huangfu Jixun overnight.
Zhou Xuan asked: "Did Wei Bo meet the emperor today?" ”
Judge Fan said: "Wei Bo has gone to Honglu Temple, and he will meet His Majesty tomorrow morning." ”
Zhou Xuan thought about it and ordered him to prepare a horse, and he was going to see the crown prince Li Jian overnight.
Li Jian saw that Xuan's cousin came to visit at night, and knew that there was something important, so he went to the study to discuss secretly, Zhou Xuan said that Wei Bo colluded with the Southern Han Dynasty, Li Jian was worried: "Wei Bo has a close relationship with Li Kun, and now he is colluding with the Southern Han Dynasty, which is really worrying, but now there is no evidence, as a feudal town, he cannot be moved." ”
Zhou Xuan nodded and said: "Brother Jian is right, or with His Majesty's will, leave Wei Bo in Beijing, and secretly send someone to Hongzhou to collect evidence of Wei Bo's collusion with the Southern Han Dynasty, and Hongzhou Chen Thorn History will greatly assist in this matter." ”
Li Jian said: "Okay, I'll go and tell my father, by the way, Cousin Xuan can also tell my mother about being hunted down and killed by Wei Bo in Hongzhou, the queen mother has a very good impression of Cousin Xuan, and when she heard that Cousin Xuan was almost killed, she must be angry, and if the queen mother says a few words in front of her father, it will get twice the result with half the effort." ”
Zhou Xuanxin said: "Brother Jian is also incompetent, and he wants me to say to the queen, isn't this asking me to use nepotism!" He said, "Well, tomorrow the chess battle is over, and the day after tomorrow I will enter the palace to paint for Princess Qingle, and my aunt will definitely come to see the painting, and I will find an opportunity to say it then." ”