It’s hard to break a phoenix’s destiny

Chapter 499 The Secret Behind the Calculation

Du Jian put down the chicken cage, and Ma Shizhong, the referee, came to check the situation of the fighting cocks as usual.

He approached the chicken coop and took a closer look, then called Du Jian over to explain the situation.

Du Jian was a little nervous. He leaned over and whispered, "This is Black Whirlwind, a little smaller."

"Well, it is indeed a little small." Ma Shizhong nodded, and then lowered his voice and asked: "Can you win a game?"

"It should be possible." Du Jian's voice became even lower.

The question is, you should have a few more rounds, right? It's over in one go, I can't say anything." Ma Shizhong complained slightly.

"Who knew that the emperor's fighting cocks were still so powerful? I originally thought that they must be in bad shape."

"Have you ever thought that there is something wrong with your fighting cock?" Ma Shizhong suddenly asked. Du Jian was stunned. "What does this mean?"

But Minister Ma said nothing, he just looked at him and smiled.

This frightened Du Jian a little. He gritted his teeth and took out another bag of silver from his bosom, and handed it to Ma Shizhong under the cover of his wide robe sleeves. Ma Shizhong then continued, "I just discovered that there is something wrong with the emperor's chickens. It should be Lin Ruowang who did something with them."

"What does this mean?" Du Jian's eyes widened.

"Do you know who Lin Ruowang is?" Ma Shizhong laughed even more strangely.

"Head of sacrificial wine vessels in the Ministry of Rites?" Du Jian thought for a moment, "It seems he has served the emperor before."

"Yes, a long time ago. At that time, the emperor was still a prince and had fun with cockfighting in his own palace. This Lin Ruowang helped the emperor find valuable fighting cocks."

"So?" Du Jian was a little confused.

"So, he also wants to be the chief steward of the emperor!" Ma Shizhong looked at Du Jian as if he was a fool, "Don't think that you are the only one who can do it, there are many people who can do it."

"But I have been with the emperor for some time, and the emperor likes me very much," Du Jian argued.

"So what?" Ma Shixue asked, imitating his tone.

"Then the emperor will naturally choose me, right?" Du Jian was a little uncertain.

Ma Shizhong stretched out his hand to Du Jian again, and Du Jian had no choice but to take out another bag of silver and hand it over. Ma Shizhong then smiled and said, "Lin Ruowang must have fed Jin Dazui with aphrodisiac powder, sprinkled mustard in the wing feathers of Jueshabi, and installed copper hooks on the chicken claws that are exactly the same color as the chicken's skin. The reason why they adopted the tactic of quick victory is to make the emperor think that you are perfunctory to him, so you can wait for the knife!"

"Ah!" Du Jian screamed out.

"You want to fight him? He even dares to tamper with the emperor's fighting cock. What else can't he do?" Minister Ma held his hand.

"Can't the emperor see it?" Du Jian asked again. "You can't see that it hit the target with one strike. How can the emperor see it sitting so far away?" Ma Shizhong sneered, "Think about it yourself, what should we do."

"Then... wait a minute, I'll get another fighting cock, wait for me." Du Jian didn't care about etiquette, grabbed his chicken coop and ran away quickly. Everyone was puzzled, Sima Chi even asked: "What's going on?"

Ma Shizhong smiled and replied: "Master Du said that he took the wrong fighting cock and is going back to exchange it now."

"How can this be wrong?" Sima Chi's expression was obviously worse, "Hurry up and do it."

"Yes, yes, yes." Ma Shizhong immediately bowed and turned to look at the fighting cocks brought by Lin Ruowang. This time he took a quick look and returned to his position as the referee.

The two fighting cocks that were exchanged were Heilibeng and Chihuoyu, one was a small black one and the other was a big red one.

First, Chihuoyu faced off against Jin Dazui, who was on the field again. This time, the scene was very interesting. The two fighting cocks fought back and forth, pecking at each other, which was surprisingly exciting. The people watching were dazzled, and sometimes they couldn't even tell who pecked who. There were feathers flying everywhere, and the cooing was very arrogant.

Sima Chi's emotions were immediately aroused, and he didn't care about his image. He ran to the stands to watch carefully, and shouted "Ahhhhh" to cheer for his own Golden Mouth. Seeing that the emperor was like this, the officials naturally wanted to show off, and they also gathered around to discuss it.

Yang Xianrong was still sitting there. Zhang Liangchu came over and whispered, "Lin Ruowang's partner is the younger sister of Yuan Heshuo's concubine."

"What?" This time it was Yang Xianrong's turn who failed to turn around.

"I just went to ask someone..." Zhang Liangchu is Zhang Du's apprentice. He has been in the palace for so many years, so he must have his own sources of information, and it must be true. So, what does this mean?
Yang Xianrong hugged the heater tightly, looking at the group of people who were crazy about cockfighting, and could only sigh: So that's how it is.

The fight between Chihuoyu and Jin Dazui was fierce enough that they even ran out of the cockfighting arena and pecked at each other in front of Yang Xianrong. Yang Xianrong naturally screamed and immediately hid from here with the help of Zhang Liangchu and Cuixi. Xu Henian shook his whisk to drive away the two fighting cocks.

But the fighting cocks had already gone mad with blood, pecking bloody holes in each other's bodies, which were dripping onto the snow, making it look even more horrifying.

Yang Xianrong led his people into the Taiji Hall and had no intention of watching any further.

Sima Chi just glanced at her, and then continued to cheer for the two fighting cocks, and was in a state of excitement. As expected, he really liked this.

Many officials also saw this scene and began to sigh silently in their hearts. Seeing Sima Chi's performance today, they even felt that the emperor might be worse than that fool.

Chihuoyu and Jin Dazui fought for a while, and finally Chihuoyu won.

Du Jian's cockfighting finally won a round, and the scene was very exciting. Sima Chi liked it very much. Even though his Golden Mouth lost, he was very happy and shouted: "Excellent! This is cockfighting!"

"Yes, yes, yes." Ma Shizhong immediately bowed and nodded, "Master Du won this round. According to the best-of-five format, we will continue the competition."

"Let's compete!" Sima was so excited that he ripped open the collar of his dragon robe. "Compete well. No matter who wins or loses, I will give you a reward!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lin Ruowang was holding the dying Jin Dazui with a sad face, not knowing how to explain, but when he heard Sima Chi say this, he immediately became excited and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I will definitely make it back."

"Okay! You have to fight for my honor." Sima Chi smiled even more happily, "Where is my Black Demon King? Is it time for him to appear?"