Chapter 24 first quarter

One of my hobbies is cockfighting. I have been fascinated by cockfighting since my parents were alive, and it is hard to imagine, in my mind, anything more fun in the world.Because of this, my parents were resentful and hopeless towards me. My two elder brothers were officials in the prefect's mansion, and they were deeply respected by the neighbors.On the day of rest and bathing, they will respectfully invite the elders of the neighbors to their home, have a feast with their parents, sing and cry, and enjoy the wine. At this time, I hug my carefully domesticated rooster, Go to the field to participate in the cockfighting business of the teenagers.

When I was twenty-three years old, my two older brothers met with misfortune. They were framed by traitors, and they were all executed.This was a huge blow to my parents, so in the winter of that year, they died of worry and anger one after another.From then on, I had to live with my younger sister Wan Xin. It was only then that I realized that I was worthless. Obviously, it was impossible to make ends meet with the meager property left by my parents. Now we can only pin our hopes on cockfights. We can no longer just treat cockfights as a mere entertainment that does not care about utilitarianism as before, but must officially join the business of fighting cockfights, relying on these beautifully dressed and red-crowned animals to make a living .

Since childhood, I have formed an indissoluble bond with roosters, and I know their habits well. I think it is time for them to repay me. Regardless of the advice of the elders in Lizhong, I resolutely sold all my family property, left Hangu Pass in the name of Xingjia, and came to Jiyang, which is a place rich in cockfighting in the world. Mobilizing all the knowledge about chickens in my chest, I turned the bag upside down and bought a few chicks. I firmly believe that they are the heroes who will help me conquer the world.If I don't succeed this time, I will have no choice but to commit suicide, and this world is no longer worthy of nostalgia.Because there is no natural law, God can’t give me a reward for a person like me who loves chickens like his life. Can you still say that there is natural law in this world?

They developed and thrived one after another, their feathers were smooth and shiny, and they sang like what a learned person said, with a lingering sound that lasted for three days.Their claws are as sharp as bee gnats, and their legs are long without exception. One of them, which I named General Hussars, is particularly domineering. Standing with other chickens, it stands out like a flock. Because I am determined to win, I also installed specially cast iron distances on their sharp claws.Many gamecock boys like to sprinkle mustard in the wings of chickens, but I don't bother to use this method.I trained my love chicken very early, don't say anything about mustard, even if lime hits my face, my love chicken can't let go of its claws to kill the chicken.

My success is almost within reach.I am just waiting for the arrival of the annual cockfighting meeting in autumn. This meeting has been held nine times since the first year of Yuankang, and the tenth time this year will be the biggest cockfighting meeting in the history of Dahan.It is said that Jinshang also intends to watch it, which is not surprising. Jinshang grew up as a folk, and his favorite thing is cockfighting. If he didn't have this hobby, the cockfighting meeting in Chang'an City would not be so vigorous. Under my hard anticipation, the cockfight meeting finally came. When I put my "Hussar General" on the cockfighting arena, everyone was dumbfounded, and then clapped their hands, and the whole arena almost boiled.

This day was Gengxu in the autumn and October of the second year of Wufeng, the day when my "Hussar General" became famous. During the whole morning of the game, he successively killed more than 20 fighting cocks that were proud of Chang'an City.Those invincible beasts in the past, all with messy feathers, smashed their halberds into the sand, and fell unwillingly on the field. They no longer cared about their decency, and had no conditions to take care of them.The cockfighting ring is full of blood, but I can say with pride that not a single drop of it came from my "hussar general".

It became famous, and I also flew thousands of miles away, and Chang'an was famous as the "Cockfighting Captain". Over the next few years, countless chicken heroes died in its claws, and I made a fortune from it.My money has grown along with my body, and the reputation of the "Cockfighting Captain" has even surpassed Jing Zhaoyin. Some people in Chang'an may not know who Jing Zhaoyin is, but no one does not know the "Cockfighting Captain Wanzhang" who lives in Liushi ". I built a big house with willow shade in front of the gate, and comrades from all over the world often walk through the willows with roosters in their arms and knock on my gate arrogantly.But when they went out, they all returned home holding their dead or disabled roosters.

I feel sorry for them. Some of them have played with chickens all their lives, but they know very little about chickens.Their failure was not because they didn't have the way of heaven, but because they didn't understand the way of heaven at all.I originally intended to write a book "The Art of Physiognomy of Chickens" to give them some pointers, but then I thought about it, there are many subtleties in domesticated cockfights that can only be described by feeling, and words cannot describe it, so I sighed, threw away the brush, and left. Jane was helplessly burned. Lieutenants began to visit me, asking me to help them raise chickens.

But I hate them very much. Although these pampered and pampered people all ask for something from me, they all have a condescending air in front of me.They are powerful, I can't afford to offend them, so I can only pretend to avoid them from time to time.I have always been reluctant to deal with officials. It may seem majestic, but it is often in danger of being implicated. My two older brothers are role models. However, there is one lieutenant whom I have a good impression of, and he is Fupinghou Zhangbo.