The eunuch is the leading eunuch under the chief eunuch of Daxing Palace, dressed in a purple shirt, knowing the relationship between Zhou Xuan and His Royal Highness the Prince, seeing Zhou Xuan walking with a bamboo cane, he hurriedly caught up, holding Zhou Xuan's elbow with his hand, and said with a smile: "Zhou Gongzi, half a year, the demeanor of the prince is better than in the past." ”

Zhou Xuan knew that the eunuchs of the Tang Dynasty liked others to call them wrestlers, and said with a smile: "Bai Lishi, look at my legs - what kind of style are you talking about!" ”

Eunuch Bai knew about the dispute between Zhou Xuan and King Jing in King Jing's Mansion the night before, and thought that Zhou Xuan really used self-harm to tide over the crisis, and asked with concern: "How is Gongzi Zhou's leg injured, do you want to let the doctor from the Imperial Medical Department come to diagnose and treat him?" ”

Zhou Xuan hurriedly said: "Thank you, thank you, it's just a little twisted, it's much better than the day before yesterday, Lux has always been good?" Fighting insects won a lot of money last year, right? ”

The white eunuch is also a friend of insects, and said with a smile: "The miscellaneous family is just playing insects, how can I compare with Zhou Gongzi, Zhou Gongzi will not go back to Jiangzhou once he comes to Jinling, the insect war in Jinling after the autumn can be a hundred times more lively than Jiangzhou, and Zhou Gongzi can show his skills at that time." ”

After a few more greetings, the white eunuch took the manuscript and went back, and said that he would invite Zhou Xuan to his mansion for a banquet another day, and the senior eunuchs with duties were all in the palace outside the palace.

Lantern Festival chess battles are all carried out at night, from the beginning of the unitary time until late at night, the three chess players of Fenghua Duhufu will face the three chess players of Zhaowu Duhufu, the opponents are Sun Xuelu, a class A chess player, Lan Xueting and Yang Zhao, a class C chess player, Lan Xueting and Yang Zhao are just that, but that Sun Xueshu is really not an idle person, among the eighteen chess players. Ranked sixteenth ahead of Gu Liuquan and Shang Zhanyuan.

Zhou Xuan is facing this Sun Xuelu tonight, Gu Liuquan has had a game with this person before, Gu Liuquan lost two games in three games, mainly because the guess was unfavorable, and two games in the three games were black.

This is the morning Zhou Xuan and Gu Liuquan and the three idiots and the four idiots studied the three games of chess between Gu Liuquan and Sun Xuelu, and Zhou Xuan's views on chess made the other three people greatly impressed.

Zhou Xuan said: "Mr. Gu's chess strength is by no means weaker than that of Sun Xuelu, but the ranking is below it. It's because of these three games. I think it's very unfair to Mr. Ancient. If there are two games of three games, Sun Xuelu took advantage of it, if the next game, Mr. Gu took the white first, it is very likely to be a draw, but the chess cannot fight endlessly, generally three games, five games, seven games. This is a drawback, if I become a chess edict, we must change the ancient system of Go, the implementation of the first game and then return the system, just like the return of pieces, in the final game of one more piece of chess to subtract one piece, two pieces of chess minus two pieces. ”

The four idiots are very fresh. Asked: "In the opinion of the master." How many pieces should black be returned to white first? ”

Zhou Xuanxin said: "The era after a thousand years has already been pasted with seven and a half eyes, and it will definitely not work in the Tang Kingdom, it is too early to implement." He said, "Two and a half sons should be returned." ”

Gu Liuquan and the three idiots both said: "Do you want to pay back so much? ”

Zhou Xuan said: "Not much. It is just right, and then you can ask two masters with equal chess strength and stable chess style to verify it, play ten games of chess, take turns to play white first, and see how much difference there is between victory and defeat. ”

Gu Liuquan sighed: "This is the biggest change since Yao's creation of Go. ”

Zhou Xuan said: "This is nothing, the chessboard has been changed from 17 to 19 roads, this is the change of genius, I also want to abolish the seat system, the seat restricts the change of layout, but this is all a later story, if I can't compete for the position of this chess edict, I will have no influence in the Tang chess world, everything is utopian." ”

Gu Liuquan said: "According to the old man, Zhou Gongzi's chess strength should be ranked in the top twelve or even the top ten of the eighteen major chess players, but this time to participate in the Lantern Festival chess battle are ranked fourth Huang Xingjian, seventh Wu Weinan, eighth Chen Xingyuan, ninth Lai Xiushan, tenth Shi Jiezhi, these five chess players are difficult to deal with, the old man and their games have always been more than wins and losses, as for Huang Xingjian, the old man has not yet been taught, it is estimated that the old man will be difficult to win him, maybe let the two sons." ”

On the boat, Zhou Xuan and Gu Liuquan played six games of chess, four wins and two losses, of which the three games of Zhibai won first, and the three games of the second hand won one win and two losses, that is to say, Zhou Xuan let Gu Liuquan not move first, and Huang Xingjian still has a considerable gap, at least one first.

Zhou Xuan smiled and said: "What are you afraid of, maybe this Huang Xingjian will be dizzy when he meets me, what I am best at is defeating the strong with the weak." ”

The four idiots said: "When the master plays chess, you can let Yang Xiaofeng accompany you, and Huang Xingjian will be dizzy when he looks at it." ”

Zhou Xuan laughed: "Fourth, good idea - but I will also get dizzy when Xiaofeng is by my side, what should I do?" ”

After lunch, Xu Tingshi's three sons were accompanied by three family members, one of whom was carrying a cage of chickens in his hand, and was going to Xiangrufang to participate in the Lantern Festival cockfighting conference.

Zhou Xuan was not interested in cockfighting, and he was going to play chess in Guozijian in more than two hours

"I won't go today, I'll go to cheer for the three brothers another day, I need to speak." ”

The boss Ah Duan said: "No, our cockfighting is a hundred victories, and we have won a lot of silver." ”

The three idiots opened their mouths and said: "Master, the chess meeting is still early, why don't you go with the three Xu Gongzi to see the grand opening ceremony of the Lantern Festival Chicken Meeting?" ”

The four idiots also instigated: "Yes, let's go and see it together, it's very lively." ”

Zhou Xuan's heart moved: "The four idiots like to join in the fun, but the three idiots are not, and he is not obsessed with cockfighting, so why is he so interested in Lantern Festival chickens?" He smiled: "Okay, I really haven't seen it, let's go together." ”

Lin Hanyun happened to come over and said happily: "Okay, I'll go too." ”

Zhou Xuan asked, "Do you want to invite Sister Daoyun to go with you?" ”

Lin Hanyun said: "My sister won't go to the ground, she is afraid of smelling." ”

The crowd laughed in unison.

Judge Fan ordered Gu Changshi to accompany him and told him to rush back before Shen Shi.

Everyone rode horses and rode to Xiangrufang, Xiangrufang is also known as Chicken Fang, it is the cockfighting center of Jinling and even the whole Tang Kingdom, there are three huge cockfighting arenas, thousands of chicken friends regardless of the cold and freezing, just after the New Year, they gathered from various states and counties to participate in this annual cockfighting event.

Zhou Xuan couldn't help but sigh that the people of the Tang Dynasty were really willing to play, and the late Ming society was very similar, when Zhang was young in the late Ming Dynasty, the south of the Yangtze River was extremely rich, the gentry and wealthy families competed for luxury, and the art of life was exhibited to the extreme, but once the northern soldiers went south, all the prosperity disappeared, and the people would be able to eat and dress warmly as the first purpose of survival.

The current Tang Kingdom has a bit of a prosperous taste of the end of the world, and Zhou Xuan must change this situation, thinking about it like this, he feels that his body is not easy, so he shrugs his shoulders from time to time.

Lin Hanyun saw it and asked, "Brother Zhou Xuan, what are you doing, itchy?" ”

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "No, the activity is moving, and you are ready to do a big job." ”

The opening ceremony of the Lantern Festival Rooster Club was held in the largest cockfighting hall, and one or two silver were charged for admission, which was really expensive enough, and the gossip-shaped stands had a total of nine floors, which could accommodate thousands of people, and it was already crowded at this time.

Zhou Xuan and his group sat in the stands on the fourth floor, and the three Xu Gongzi were chicken players, not on the stands, and they didn't know where to go with a few cages of chickens!

I saw a large wide field below paved with a layer of fine sand, and I didn't even see a chicken, and I didn't know where the dense drum sound came, and the "dong dong" was endless.

Suddenly, as soon as the drums stopped, the audience was quiet, and a boy in a twelve- or three-year-old colorful dress walked to the center of the field with a whip, waved to the four directions, and then shook the whip violently, and suddenly the bell rang loudly.

Immediately I heard the sound of "rustling", and I saw eight colored boys walking out from eight directions from the northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest, and east, south, west, and north, and each boy had a different color of clothes, indigo, dark green, ink black, and vermilion......

Each of the eight boys had a small whip in his hand, his hands were tense, and he walked out step by step, and behind them, he was followed by eight teams of fighting cocks, one hundred in each team, neatly and neatly, and it was not out of order.

The most strange thing is that these eight teams of fighting cocks are wearing small coats of the same color as the leader boys, stretching their necks, striding gracefully, and gathering towards the center of the field.

The boy in the center of the field waved his whip to the east, and the group of fighting cocks quickly formed a phalanx from the column, and the blue phalanx waved the whip to the north, and the group of chickens formed a black phalanx......

Zhou Xuan was dumbfounded, how did these chickens train and be so obedient?

Gu Changshi said: "Zhou Gongzi, Miss Lin Er, the boy in the middle of the field is named Xue Chang, known as the first cockfighting master in the Tang Kingdom, only thirteen years old this year, sheltered in the Wei Palace, he is good at raising chickens and taming chickens, you see these chickens are all under his orders, some people call him the chicken general." ”

Zhou Xuan smiled: "General Chicken, it's interesting. Turning his head to see that the three idiots and the four idiots were looking around, obviously looking for someone, he asked: "The third and fourth idiots, are they looking for the fifth?" ”

The three idiots and the four idiots stared back at him together, and the four idiots asked, "How does the master know?" ”

Zhou Xuan said with a smile: "Chicken idiot, how can such a grand chicken party not come, I definitely want to compete with this chicken general Xue Chang." ”

The fourth idiot glanced at his cousin and said, "But I don't seem to see the fifth brother." ”

At this moment, I suddenly heard a man say, "There are still a few vacant seats in your stand, can you let us sit down?" ”

As soon as Zhou Xuan looked, he saw a handsome boy smiling and nodding at him, followed by two attendants.

Zhou Xuan looked at the three idiots and the four idiots, and saw that the two of them looked the same, obviously this person was not the fifth idiot.