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Forty-two,

The Fenghua Army chessmen returned to the shore of Mochou Lake after winning victory. They were about to meet the three young men from the governor Xu of Jiangzhou who returned from fighting cocks. The three brothers talked about fighting cocks and were polite. They were like talking and talking, and the three brothers were in a play, and others couldn't even get into the mouth.

Zhou Xuan and Si Chi followed behind and listened to the three brothers talking. It was very interesting. After listening for a while, they learned that the Lantern Festival cockfighting competition was coming to an end. Tomorrow is the final decisive battle. Xue Chang from the Prince of Wei's Mansion is indeed powerful. His cockfighting wins 30 consecutive games and entered the championship battle. Mr. Xu's chicken was defeated by Xue Chang's chicken feet.

Sichi asked: "I wonder who the other chicken soldier who participated in the final battle is?"

The eldest son Xu Duan said, "He is a little monk."

The second son Xu Yong said: "It is rare for monks to play with chickens."

The third son Xu Shu said: "It is even rarer for monks to play with chickens so well."

The Sichi murmured, "It's a monk! Didn't the fifth brother come this time?"

Zhou Xuan asked: "Three Master Xu, what is the magic name that monk?"

The eldest son Xu Duan said: "That little monk has many magical names."

The second son Xu Yong said: "Not many, only five."

The boss Xu Duan said: "There are not many five, how many magic numbers do you have?"

The second son Xu Yong said: "I am not a monk, why do I have a Dharma name? If I am a monk, I will take a hundred Dharma names, which is more."

Sicha's heart moved and asked, "What does that monk look like?"

But the three brothers would not describe others' appearance, but just said: "A monk, a little monk, a white and tender monk, the Dharma name is - form, emptiness, emptiness, thinking, emptiness, and knowing emptiness. Every day, he will call it if he is happy."

After saying that, the three brothers went back to their residence, indicating that they would go and grab a good seat early tomorrow to watch the little monk fighting with Xue Chang.

Zhou Xuan saw the Siniang's trance and asked, "Your fifth brother didn't come this time, right?"

The Sichi said: "Let's go and see tomorrow. The fifth brother likes to give himself many names. Did the fifth brother become a monk? Last year he was still a Taoist priest in Zhongnan Mountain."

Zhou Xuanqi said: "Ah, Taoist priests all of a sudden, monks all of a sudden? Interesting! Let's follow the three young masters Xu to see what's going on tomorrow."

When he returned to his residence, Xiao Xun served him to take a bath, and then went to meet the Lin sisters. No matter how late he was, Zhou Xuan would report to "Yangchun Baixue Hall". If he didn't go one day, Lin Hanyun would come to fight for the crime the next morning.

Zhou Xuan asked Lin Hanyun if she wanted to go to Xiangrufang to watch the cockfighting final tomorrow?

Of course Lin Hanyun wanted to go, and there was no less fun, so she encouraged Fairy Jingyi to say, "Sister, let's go and have a look tomorrow. It's very fun. The chickens are clean and won't smell bad."

Fairy Jingyi shook her head and said, "A woman in the Xuanmen, isn't it a joke to see the cockfighting?"

Zhou Xuan laughed and said, "Sister Daoyun always said that she was a member of the Xuanmen, afraid of this and that, and worried about the prejudice of ordinary people. Since she was a member of the Xuanmen, she should get rid of all shackles and be free and easy. This means that one of the two Japanese chicken soldiers who fought decisively was actually a monk. This monk is very strange. There are five magic names, namely, form emptiness, receive emptiness, think emptiness, move emptiness, and know emptiness. Haha, she is definitely an interesting monk. I must meet him tomorrow."

Fairy Jingyi said: "Form, feeling, thinking, action, and consciousness are the five aggregates mentioned in Buddhism. All five aggregates are empty, and all sufferings are overcome - but this monk is playing with a chicken?"

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "Everything is empty, it's just that it's real to have fun. Experts often play games. Sister Daoyun will go and have a look tomorrow."

Zhou Xuan returned to Meixiang Xiaoyuan and did not enter his room. He went upstairs to Yang Xiaopin's room. Xiaoxun couldn't control him anymore. Moreover, Xiaoxun felt that he could not do anything at the last time when Fairy Jingyi was at the fairy party. He felt that he could not do anything and was so inferior, so he worshipped Yang Xiaopin as his teacher and learned to play the flute. He had to turn a blind eye to the affair between his master and his son-in-law.

While in bed, Yang Xiaopin was obedient to Zhou Xuan. He tasted love for the first time and thought that what Zhou Xuan asked her to do was what she should do, so he did not resist and fiddled with him.

Zhou Xuan was so happy that he thought to himself: "I understand, this is training."

On the early morning of the eighth day of the second month, Zhou Xuan stood up and took two families and a maid to practice the Five Animal Show. The good atmosphere in the Zhou family must be carried forward.

Sichi came over and said, "Master, the three young masters Xu have left, so they are not waiting for us at all."

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "Let's go by yourself, Xiaoqian, go see if the two Miss Lin get up?"

At three o'clock, a group of people rode horses and drove out of the Fenghua military residence in a carriage. The carriage was Fairy Jingyi and Lin Hanyun, and the brothers Chen Ji and Sun were also there. Because Chen Ji's uncle Chen Kai went to the gates of Shouzhou, he moved to the shore of Mochou Lake to live together and have fun together.

When they came to the largest cockfighting hall in Xiangrufang, everyone was stunned. They saw that there were crowds of people, shoulder to shoulder. The cockfighting hall, which could accommodate 3,000 people, was already full. Many people were worried that they could not go in to watch the battle outside, and they were so anxious that they were wandering around.

Siqi said in amazement: "No wonder the three young men of the Xu family came early in the morning. They were late and couldn't even get in!"

Lin Hanyun shouted: "Brother Zhou Xuan quickly find a way. We have to watch the monk play with chickens."

Lai Fu shook his arms and said in a daze: "Son-in-law, let Lai Fu squeeze a way forward, so the son-in-law and Miss Lin follow."

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "Just, let the two delicate ladies squeeze with these people, what kind of decent things! Come with me." Zhou Xuan led everyone around the main entrance of the cockfighting hall, turned around for a while to find the back door. It was deserted here. There were some luxurious carriages parked outside the door, and the servants in groups of three or three stood beside the carriage.

Zhou Xuan walked into the back door swayingly, but was stopped by two guys from the chicken house and said politely: "Does the noble man have any VIP cards from the King of Wei?"

Zhou Xuan heard Gu Changshi say last time that Xue Chang asked the Wei Palace to raise chickens for the King of Wei. It seemed that this cockfighting restaurant was the property of the King of Wei. He immediately smiled loudly, exposed the fish patrol talisman given by Xiao Zhou Hou on his belt, and said, "See it." He used to use fake tickets to sneak into the court to watch football games, but this time he used the same trick again.

Perhaps the shape of this fish patrol talisman is too different from the VIP card in the King of Wei’s Mansion, and the two guys in the chicken hall did not buy it and said, “It’s not this brand.”

Zhou Xuan said: "My brand can enter and exit the palace at will. Can't I even enter this chicken restaurant? I asked you to be in charge."

Seeing that Zhou Xuan was so arrogant, the two friends were all dressed in beautiful clothes and did not dare to neglect them. They rushed to invite the manager. The manager did not recognize the fish patrol talisman. Just as they were about to ask Zhou Xuanzun's name, a group of people came from behind. The manager quickly met him, nodded and bowed, "General Huangfu, please come in there."

The man called General Huangfu was in his forties, tall, half a head taller than Zhou Xuan, with a yellow beard under his jaw, his eyes ejaculated, and he looked at Zhou Xuan with a tilted head, and he tilted his head and walked in with three servants.

The manager came over to ask Zhou Xuan’s name. Zhou Xuan was not polite, so he reported the name of the Marquis of Xinzhou. The manager did not recognize Zhou Xuan, but had heard of the Marquis of Xinzhou and the Empress's nephew. He quickly smiled and said, "It turns out that he is the Marquis of Zhou. The villain has no eyes and does not recognize Mount Tai. Please."

Zhou Xuan accompanied Fairy Jingyi and Lin Hanyun in front, and the four fools and Chen Ji and his gang followed closely behind.

The mighty and majestic General Huangfu heard the answer between Zhou Xuan and the manager, and then stood aside and waited for Zhou Xuan to come over and bowed: "It turned out to be the Marquis of Xinzhou, and I am courteous."

Zhou Xuan was the most polite person and quickly replied: "I have just arrived in Jinling, but I don't know the name of General Gao?"

General Huangfu smiled and said, "I'm here to Huangfu Jixun, I wonder if the marquis had ever heard of a bad name?"

Zhou Xuan remembered that he went to visit the Marquis' Mansion a few days ago. The empty and luxurious mansion belonged to Huangfu Jixun. This person was the second-rank general of the Wei, who was in charge of the military power of Jinling. It is said that it was the King of Jing's party. He immediately smiled and said, "It turns out that he is General Huangfu, the descendant of the famous family. I admire him very much. I didn't expect that General Huangfu was also a chicken friend. Haha, my fellow lover, General Huangfu asked him."

Zhou Xuan and Huangfu Jixun entered the cockfighting hall side by side. They saw a cockfighting field surrounded by wooden fences on the field with a radius of hundreds of steps. The two cockfightings were jumping, with iron beaks and sharp claws, fighting very fiercely.

Sizi glanced at the sidelines and didn't see the monk. He asked the guy in the chicken hall. The guy replied: "This is the final of the three or four. The decisive battle between Ji General Xue Chang and Monk Yaokong has not begun yet."

Sichi nodded and thought to himself: "I am using the magic number of Imagination today. When I come out later, will the fifth brother know at first glance?"

There are more than a dozen short tents around the cockfighting fence, all of which are high-ranking officials and nobles who love cockfighting in the Tang Dynasty. Sitting in the tent to watch cockfighting at close range can see it much more clearly than the layers of spectators in the venue.

Huangfu Jixun asked Zhou Xuan to go to his tent to watch the cockfighting. Zhou Xuan politely declined, saying that the two ladies of the Fenghua Jiedushi were here and it was inconvenient to disturb General Huangfu.

Huangfu Jixun said: "I am very close to the marquis and invite him to drink another day."

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "It must be a terrible thing."

Zhou Xuan asked Lai Fu to pay twenty taels of silver for the manager of the Chicken House, and asked them to quickly set up a tent and lay it on red felt, and asked Fairy Jingyi and Lin Hanyun to enter the tent. Chen Ji and Sun brothers were all acquaintances, so they also entered the tent together, and the guys gave them all kinds of wine, food and pastries.

Fairy Jingyi looked at the two black-feathered and red-crowned chickens in the fence and pecked with their hands. The sound of the sound was shrill, the feathers were flying, and the blood was splashed on the sand. She quickly lowered her eyebrows and lowered her eyebrows and couldn't bear to look at it anymore.

Lin Hanyun saw it with relish and said, "This cock fighting is more intense than insect fighting, fun, fun!"

Fairy Jingyi shook her head straight.

Zhou Xuan said: "In Australia, there are boxing competitions. Two people waved their fists on the field. Whoever beats whom is down is considered a win."

Sichi said: "Isn't it just a fight? It's also available in the Tang Kingdom, and it's especially popular in the North."

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "In the future, I will also organize a battle between martial arts masters in the world. The vital parts of the human body should wear soft armor and cannot harm human lives."

Siqi sneered and said, "Where can't soft armor block a punch from a real master? If you don't die, you will be injured."

Fairy Jingyi couldn't bear to see a cockfight. When she heard Zhou Xuan say that she would hold a ring match and let people fight with her life, she said, "Brother Xuan, it's great to play chess, don't play those bloody ones."

Zhou Xuan thought to himself: "The most passionate competition in the arena is. Tang State wants to strengthen its soldiers. This are indispensable in the ring. It is necessary to cultivate the martial spirit of the people of Tang State." He said: "Okay, I listen to Sister Daoyun."

Fairy Jingyi was very happy when Brother Xuan listened to her like this.

The two chickens on the field fought for two quarters of an hour. This kind of cockfighting would rather die than retreat. The battle scene was as tragic as the gladiator's desperate battle.

However, Zhou Xuan was not very interested in cockfighting. This time he came mainly to accompany the four cynical people to find the five cynical people.

Three and four decisive battles ended in a chicken being pecked to death, and the owner of the dead chicken hugged the chicken and cried bitterly.

Before the final battle of the champion, the cockfighting hall also invited a team of female craftsmen to perform a hundred plays of juggling. The female craftsmen were all tied waists and big sleeves, wearing tight pants, and dressed in gorgeous clothes like Buddhist geniuses.

The four fools were impatient and stood outside the tent and looked around, waiting for the monk Xiangkong to appear.

Xue Chang, known as the "Chicken General", took the lead and walked towards the center of the venue alone, following him a huge cockfighting. The chicken weighed at least nine pounds, stretched its neck and was half a person tall. His two corns were as dark as a paintbrush. He followed Xue Chang, like a young follower.

The whole venue was boiling, and the worship was endless. The wind of fighting cocks in Jinling was so strong that the real general had never been welcomed like this.

Suddenly, the whole venue became quiet, and thousands of eyes were staring at the northwest corner of the venue. A bald monk wearing a gray cloth floated into the venue. The monk's skin was whiter than the big girl. It was indeed a white and tender monk. Looking closer, the monk's feet were actually on the back of a chicken with red feathers. The chicken seemed extremely powerful, carrying a monk, still marching like flying.

This scene is really weird. Such a big man stepped on a chicken, and the chicken could still run like a flying chicken!

Lin Hanyun said in surprise: "Sister, look, the monk is out!" She also ran outside the tent and stood beside Zhou Xuan and looked more carefully.

Zhou Xuan asked Siqi: "The fourth brother, do you recognize this monk?"

The four fools kept shaking their heads, with a strong smile on their faces, and said, "Fifth brother loves to show off!"
Chapter completed!
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