Sixteen, the first cockfighter

Eunuch Bai is the leader of the eunuch under the general manager of Daxing Palace. She is wearing a purple shirt and has a good position. She knows the relationship between Zhou Xuan and His Royal Highness. When she saw Zhou Xuan coming with a bamboo stick, she quickly met him, held Zhou Xuan’s elbow with her hand, and laughed: “Young Master Zhou, you have been around for a while, your style is even better than the past.”

Zhou Xuan knew that the eunuchs of the Tang Dynasty liked others to respect them as Liss, and smiled and said, "Bai Liss, look at my legs - what else are you talking about!"

Eunuch Bai knew about the dispute between Zhou Xuan and King Jing’s mansion on the night before, and thought that Zhou Xuan was really using self-harm to overcome the crisis. He asked with concern: “How is Mr. Zhou’s leg injured? Should I ask the doctor of the Imperial Medical Department to treat it?”

Zhou Xuan quickly said, "Thank you, thank you, it's just a little frustrating. It's much better than the day before yesterday. Lis has always been better? Last year, Douzhu won a lot of money, right?"

Eunuch Bai was also a worm friend, and smiled and said, "The various families are just joining in the fun. How can they compare with Mr. Zhou? Since Mr. Zhou came to Jinling, don't go back to Jiangzhou again. The insect battle after the autumn of Jinling can be a hundred times more lively than Jiangzhou. At that time, Mr. Zhou can show off his skills."

After a few more greetings, Eunuch Bai took the manuscript and went back, saying that he would invite Zhou Xuan to his house to attend a banquet another day. All the senior eunuchs with responsibilities had their own houses outside the palace.

The Lantern Festival chess battle is held at night. From the hour of Zhengyou (7 pm) until late at night, the three chess players in Fenghua Protectorate will face the three chess players in Zhaowu Protectorate in the first round. The opponents are Sun Xuelu, Class A chess player Lan Xueting and Class C chess players Yang Zhao, Lan Xueting and Yang Zhao, but Sun Xuelu is not an ordinary person. He is among the eighteen chess players, ranking first before Gu Liuquan and Shang Zhanyuan, and ranked 16th.

Zhou Xuan faced this Sun Xuelu tonight. Gu Liuquan had a match with this man before. Gu Liuquan lost two games in three games, mainly because he was not good at guessing first. There were two games in three games to be black.

This is the morning when Zhou Xuan studied the three games of chess between Gu Liuquan and Sun Xuelu in the morning. Zhou Xuan's insights on chess made the other three am amazed.

Zhou Xuan said: "Mr. Gu's chess is not weaker than Sun Xuelu, but he is ranked because of these three games. I think this is very unfair to Mr. Gu. There are two games of chess in three games, and Sun Xuelu takes advantage of it. If you play another game and Mr. Gu takes the lead, it is very likely to be a draw, but it is impossible to fight endlessly. Generally, there are three games, five games, and seven games. This means that one side will always suffer the loss and the other side will take advantage of it. This is a disadvantage. If I become a chess assistant, I must change the ancient Go system and implement the first-hand game and then return the piece system, just like returning the piece. In the end, one piece will be reduced by one piece, and two pieces will be reduced by two pieces."

The four ignorant thoughts were very fresh and asked: "According to the master's opinion, how many pieces should I return the black chess first?"

Zhou Xuan thought to himself: "In that era a thousand years later, it will be 7 and a half eyes. It will definitely not work in the Tang Dynasty. It is too advanced and difficult to implement." He said: "It should be two and a half sons."

Gu Liuquan and Sanchi both said, "Do you have to go so much?"

Zhou Xuan said: "Not many, it's just right. At that time, you can ask two masters with equal chess skills and steady chess style to verify it. Play ten games of chess, take turns to take the lead and see how much the difference between the winner and lose."

Gu Liuquan sighed: "This is the biggest change since Yao built Go."

Zhou Xuan said: "This is nothing. The chessboard has been changed from the seventeenth route to the nineteenth route. This is a genius' change. I also want to abolish the seat system. The seat limits the changes in the layout, but this is all a later story. If I cannot win the position of chess and wait for the chess, I will have no influence in the Tang Dynasty chess world, and everything is a fantasy."

Gu Liuquan said: "From Lao I'm aware, Mr. Zhou's chess skills should be among the top 12 or even the top 10 of the 18th chess players, but this time the chess game includes Huang Xingjian, Wu Weinan, Wu Weinan, Chen Xingyuan, ninth chess, Lai Xiushan, ninth , and Shi Jiezhi, tenth , these five chess players are difficult to deal with. I have always lost more and won less when playing against them. As for Huang Xingjian, I have not experienced it yet. I guess I will not be able to beat him first, so I may have to let my two sons go."

On the ship, Zhou Xuan and Gu Liuquan played six games, four wins and two losses. Among them, Bai Zhang's three games won and one win and two losses in the later game. In other words, Zhou Xuan was unable to move Gu Liuquan's first, but there was still a considerable gap with Huang Xingjian, 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."

Sichi said: "When the master plays chess, she can let Yang Xiaopin be by your side. Huang Xingjian will definitely be dizzy when he looks at him."

Zhou Xuan laughed: "The fourth brother, a good idea - but I will be dizzy even if I am by my side. What should I do?"

After lunch, the three sons of governor Xu were accompanied by three servants, each carrying a basket of chickens in his hand. They were going to Xiangrufang to attend the Lantern Festival cockfighting conference. They came over to ask Zhou Xuan if he wanted to see the majestic posture of the three brothers in their cockfighting posture?

Zhou Xuan was not very interested in cockfighting, and he would go to the Imperial College to play chess in more than two hours. He smiled and said, "I won't go today. I will cheer for the three brothers another day. Those who need to bet on the silver will speak."

The boss A Duan said: "No, we win every battle in a row and we have won a lot of money."

Sanchi said, "Master, it's still early for the chess meeting. Why not go with the three young masters Xu to see the grand opening ceremony of the Lantern Festival Chicken Club?"

The Sichi also instigated and said, "Yes, let's go and have a look, it's very lively."

Zhou Xuan's heart moved: "Siqi likes to join in the fun, but Sanqi is not, and he is not crazy about fighting cocks. So why is he so interested in Lantern Festival chicken?" He smiled and said, "Okay, I really haven't seen it before, 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 ask Sister Daoyun to go with you?"

Lin Hanyun said: "My sister won't go, she's afraid of smelling chicken shit."

Everyone laughed in unison.

Judge Fan ordered Gu Changshi to accompany him and told him that he would come back before Shen Shi.

Everyone rode a horse and drove to Xiangrufang. Xiangrufang, also known as Chickenfang, is the cockfighting center in Jinling and even the entire Tang Dynasty. There are three huge cockfighting grounds. Thousands of chicken friends gathered from various prefectures and counties just after the New Year 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, which was very similar to the society in the late Ming Dynasty. When Zhang Dai was young in the late Ming Dynasty, the Jiangnan area was extremely rich, and the gentry and wealthy families competed to be luxurious, and the art of life developed to the extreme. However, once the northern troops went south, all the prosperity of the voices and colors disappeared, and the people would make it the first goal of survival to be able to eat, wear and warm.

The Tang Kingdom now has a bit of the prosperity of the apocalyptic times. Zhou Xuan had to change this situation. Thinking of this, he felt heavy and uneasy, so he shrugged from time to time.

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

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "No, I'm going to move my muscles and bones, and I'm going to do a big fight."

The opening ceremony of the Lantern Festival Chicken Festival was held in the largest cockfighting hall. One tael of silver is required to enter the venue. The ticket is really expensive. The gossip-shaped stands have a total of nine floors and can accommodate thousands of people. At this time, the crowds are already crowded.

Zhou Xuan and his group sat in the stands on the fourth floor. The three young masters Xu were the chickens participating in the competition. They didn’t go to the stands and didn’t know where to go with a few cages of chickens!

I saw a large area below covered with fine sand, and I didn’t even see a chicken. I heard the loud drum sounds from somewhere, and the "dongdong" kept coming.

Suddenly, the drums stopped and the whole room became quiet. A twelve or three-year-old boy in colorful clothes walked to the center of the venue with a whip, bowed to the audience around him, and then slapped the whip suddenly, and the ringtone suddenly rang.

Then I heard the "rustling" sound, and I saw eight colorful boys walking out from eight directions, from northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest, east, south, west, north, and each boy's clothes were different in color, indigo, dark green, ink black, vermilion red...

Each of the eight boys had a small whip in their hands, with both hands tense and without squinting, and walked out step by step. Behind them, eight teams of cockfighting, each team was one hundred, neatly arranged, and it was not out of order.

The most strange thing is that these eight teams of cockfighting were wearing small jackets of the same color as the leader's boy, stretched their necks and raised their heads, striding gracefully, gathering towards the center of the field.

The boy in the middle of the field waved his whip to the east, and the team of cockfighting quickly formed a square formation from the column, a blue square formation, and a whip to the north, and the team of chickens formed a black square formation...

Zhou Xuan was stunned. How did these chickens train and be so obedient?

Gu Changshi said: "Mr. Zhou, Miss Lin Er, the boy in the center of the field is named Xue Chang. He is known as the number one cockfighter in the Tang Dynasty. He is only thirteen years old this year and is hiding in the Wei Palace. He is good at raising chickens and taming chickens. You see, these chickens are obeying his orders, and some call him General Chicken."

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "General Ji, it's interesting." He turned his head to look at the three cynical creatures. The four cynical creatures were looking around. He was obviously looking for someone, so he asked, "Lao San, the fourth, are you looking for the fifth?"

Three cynical and Four cynical all turned around and stared at him. Four cynical asked, “How do you know, Master?”

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "A chicken is crazy, how can such a grand chicken not come? He must have wanted to compete with this chicken general Xue Chang."

Si Chi glanced at her cousin San Chi and said, "But it seems that she didn't see her fifth brother."

At this moment, I suddenly heard someone say, "There are still several empty seats in your stands. Can you give it to us for a seat?"

When Zhou Xuan saw it, he saw a young man nodding at him with a smile, followed by two servants.
Chapter completed!