Wanyao Youyun

"You guys, you're playing without even waiting for me!"

"Your Highness, why did you come just now? My Wangcai has been bullied like a dog. I don't know what Huang Mazi gave his Dahuang to eat today to make him suddenly become so ferocious. Quick, let your Yin Ya out to avenge me."

Seeing Feng Huan, a boy of about sixteen or seventeen years old came running up to him. The man was the son of Anxi Hou, named Ximen Bing.

Following closely behind, three more young men came over and surrounded Feng Huan.

They are: Dongfang Jia, son of Marquis Zhendong, Nanli Yi, son of Marquis Pingnan, and Beiqiu Ding, son of Marquis Dingbei.

In the Shangming Empire, from the Hao royal family down, the King of Zhongding is second only to the emperor, and the four marquisates guard the border.

According to historical records, when the Shangming Empire was founded, the ancestors of the Hao family and the ancestors of the Zhongding King Feng family were brothers of different surnames who stood by each other. The ancestor of the Feng family led the ancestors of the four marquises and the ancestor of the Hao family to jointly conquer this land. Originally, the throne of the emperor should have belonged to the ancestor of the Feng family, but the ancestor of the Feng family was free and easy and did not want to be burdened by worldly affairs and had no intention of the throne.

After the ancestor of the Hao family ascended the throne, he did not want to wrong his brothers, so he made the ancestor of the Feng family the hereditary King of Zhongding, sharing the world with them. He also made the ancestors of the four marquises the hereditary first-class marquises, and all the descendants of the five clans could be pardoned as long as they did not commit treason.

But as time went by, the ancestors of each family passed away, the throne changed, and the relationship between the royal family and the five princes gradually became very delicate.

Since the last Emperor Hao, he required the four marquisates to send one son to the imperial capital, under the pretext of sharing the prosperity and cultivation resources of the imperial capital with the royal family. But in reality, they were used as hostages to restrict the power of the four marquisates.

As for the Zhongding Palace, it has always been located in the imperial capital, and has no fiefdom outside the imperial capital. Although it shares the world with the Hao family, all the successive Zhongding kings have been idle princes and have not taken the initiative to take power. This is partly due to their temperament and partly to avoid suspicion.

The relationship between the four marquisates and the Zhongding Palace has always been maintained, and the hostages of the marquisates all respect the palace after arriving in the imperial capital. Feng Huan grew up with these four people and their relationship is like that of brothers.

Feng Huan couldn't bear to see his brothers suffer, so he waved to his followers behind him and said, "Bring out Yin Ya."

"Yes, Your Highness."

"I say, Huang Mazi, you are so powerful today that you can even bully Wangcai. Not bad, not bad. Come on, come on, play with my Yin Ya. I'll double the bet. Do you dare?"

At this time, the servant had brought Yin Ya and handed the dog chain to Feng Huan. Feng Huan led Yin Ya to stand in front of Huang Mazi.

"Who's afraid of who? I'm just waiting for you."

Huang Mazi was not willing to be outdone.

This Huang Mazi is the youngest son of Huang Hualong, the high priest of the Shangming Empire. His real name is Huang Can, but because he has pockmarks all over his face, he is called Huang Mazi. Of course, ordinary people dare not call him Huang Mazi to his face. His father is a powerful person who truly holds power, second only to one person and above ten thousand people.

Huang Hualong and his party looked down on the king and four marquises, believing that they relied on the influence of their ancestors to enjoy this glory and that they themselves had no ability. In the court, the two sides had been fighting openly and secretly for power and status.

Outside the court, these young masters naturally fought for power and refused to give in. On weekdays, conflicts arose frequently. Gambling fights like this were commonplace.

Feng Huan led Yin Ya to the fighting arena in the middle, squatted down, stroked Yin Ya's head and said, "See? Beat the guy in front, and I'll give you some good wine later."

Yin Ya's eyes widened, as if he remembered the taste of wine, and he barked twice, like a sharp sword, and rushed towards Da Huang who was showing off in the middle of the field.

When Feng Huan was very young, Xiao Yin Ya appeared from nowhere and followed him inexplicably. Over the years, the man and the dog have formed a deep "friendship". The reason why it was named Yin Ya is that it is different from ordinary dogs. It has a pair of silver-white, sharp fangs about half a foot long that are exposed from both sides of the mouth.

Yin Ya likes to eat meat, and is very strong, powerful, and agile. He has been invincible in the dog fighting world over the years, and has made a great reputation. Da Huang usually doesn't dare to breathe when he sees it, and keeps his tail between his legs. But today, he was a little abnormal. He didn't give in to Yin Ya at all, and attacked and defended, and the fight was difficult to resolve.

"Come on, come on, hold it with your foot, yes, that's it, bite it..."

"Hahaha, worthy of being Silver Fang, the fighting power is still so strong."

The young men watching the scene cheered from time to time, especially Ximen Bing, who was seen dancing and gesticulating as if he was fighting on the field himself.

Feng Huan watched leisurely from the side, chatting and laughing with Pianpian from time to time, not worried at all, because Yin Ya had never lost since entering the game.

As expected, after a bit of biting, Da Huang collapsed to the ground, foaming at the mouth and covered in blood. However, Yin Ya held his head high and walked around the arena, enjoying the cheers of victory, and then ran to Feng Huan's feet and rubbed against him.

"Alright, alright, I'll give you the reward I promised you, so go and have fun!"

Feng Huan touched Yin Ya’s head.

"Haha, Huang Mazi, you lost, hurry up and take the silver, double the bet to two thousand taels, quickly! Don't try to cheat."

Ximen Bing shouted at Huang Mazi.

"It's just two thousand taels, I can afford to lose."

Huang Mazi took out two thousand taels of silver notes from his pocket. Although he was unwilling, he was not willing to refuse to pay. This is Yanzi Tower, who dares to refuse to pay here!

Ximen Bing snatched the banknote and ran to Feng Huan with a smile: "Your Highness, your money."

"No need to give me that. I'll return the one thousand taels you lost, and the rest will be used as wine money for today. I'll treat everyone to a drink."

"Thank you, His Royal Highness, for the reward! We must say that our Highness is generous!"

"Come on, let's go drink some wine. The wine in Yanzilou is both expensive and irresistible!"

Amidst cheers from all around, Ximen Bing took the lead and headed straight for the wine room.