Chapter 49 The Crown of the Poet

Ye Tong's name is destined to be remembered by many people tonight. In the future, if Ye Tong does not commit a heinous crime in the county, Fu Tianlong, the number one general in Zifu County, will be his strongest backer.

"It's over." The farce-like conflict ended as the street resumed its usual bustle.

Piaoxiang Building.

The brothel in the entire county is the largest, most famous, and has the largest number of girls. In the evening, it changes from the depression of the day, and it is bustling with crowds.

"Brothel?" Ye Tong stood outside the majestic gate, watching the scene of lights and ribbons fluttering in the yard inside, and smelling the smell of rouge and gouache, her footsteps stopped immediately.

Yao Nu laughed dryly, "It's indeed a brothel."

Ye Tong was a little speechless, although he still took a step, he muttered in his mouth: "This second master Jin is really messing around, how old am I? He is still entertaining me in the brothel?"

At this moment, Ye Tong has substituted herself into the age of her previous life. It would be a joke for a hundred-year-old to visit a brothel.

"Ahem, young master, you are still young..."

Yao Nu coughed dryly twice, his old face flushed, it seemed he was talking about himself?

Ye Tong glanced at the eye medicine slave in surprise, and then suddenly remembered that he was a young man now, but the medicine slave looked old-fashioned, and he might have accepted all the murmurs he just said, right?

"Hehe!" Ye Tong laughed dumbly, and said, "Yaonu, if I remember correctly, it seems that we also have Piaoxianglou in Hanshan City."

Yao Nu said: "That's right, Piaoxiang Building in Hanshan City is a branch store, and this is the main store."

"Huh, you even know this?" Ye Tong came to this kind of brothel for the first time, so he said: "Tell me about the situation of Piaoxianglou! By the way, you should... you should have been here when you were young." ?”

"I..." Yao Nu was a little speechless. Although he was not a killer when he was young, he was also a frequent visitor to the brothel. It is a good place to assassinate targets and inquire about news.

The old man blushed slightly, and the drug slave exhaled, and said: "The girls in Piaoxiang Tower are divided into Qingguan and Hongguan. Hun is a prostitute, if he stays forty years old, he can get back the contract of prostitution, or stay here, or leave on his own, but it is quite difficult to redeem himself."

"correct."

Yao Nu seemed to have thought of something, and continued: "The folks in Zifu County are tough, even women from ordinary families will not stay out of the door, and there are often young women who disguise themselves as men and come here for entertainment. , but often this kind of women will discuss skills with Shang Qing Guan, the old slave back then..."

Ye Tong smiled and said, "Why did you stop? Tell me about your glorious past! I'm quite curious!"

Yao Nu smiled awkwardly and said nothing more.

The two of them passed through the courtyard in front of them, passing through pavilions and pavilions, and there were young and beautiful women who greeted them, but they were rejected by Ye Tong one by one.

under the eaves.

Four or five beautiful women were laughing and laughing. When they saw Ye Tong, a woman smiled coquettishly and said, "Yun'er, your favorite young man is here again! Sisters are generous, this time I will let you for you."

"Sisters are the best."

The woman called Yun'er laughed.

"Wait!" Another woman grabbed Yun'er's shirt, then nodded her chin backwards. Immediately, several people noticed that a few meters away, a rather handsome young man showed displeasure.

Yun'er's complexion changed slightly, but in an instant she returned to her smiling face. She walked up to the handsome young man and said with a coquettish smile, "Young Master Jin, what kind of wind is blowing today that brought you here?"

"Huh, the grade here is getting lower and lower, and all kinds of cats and dogs can come in." The handsome young man snorted coldly, looked at Ye Tong who was getting closer, moved his steps to block in front, and reprimanded: "Which family are you from?" Boy, is this place you should come to?"

"What's the matter, why shouldn't I come?" Ye Tong looked at the bewildered young man with a bewildered look in his eyes.

The handsome young man said coldly: "Get out, if you don't learn well at such a young age, if you let me know which family you are from, your family will sue you."

Several women looked at each other in blank dismay, and then showed strange smiles.

Ye Tong asked, "Who are you?"

The handsome young man said proudly: "The Jin family, Jin Shixue."

The Kim family?

Ye Tong didn't know if it was the Jin family where Jin Qiusheng lived, and didn't care too much about it, so he said calmly, "I haven't heard of it."

"You..." Jin Shixue was furious when he heard this.

Ye Tong asked lightly: "My old slave lived to be eighty years old, do you know why?"

Jin Shixue was taken aback, frowned and asked, "Why?"

Ye Tong said lightly: "Because he never meddles in other people's business."

"puff……"

"Hahaha……"

When the women around heard the words, they couldn't help laughing out loud.

Ye Tong watched his complexion turn blue and turn pale, and immediately walked around him and walked inside.

Jin Shixue was angry in his heart, and wanted to take action to teach Ye Tong a lesson, but when he felt the breath released by the medicine slave behind Ye Tong, his complexion changed slightly, and he held a bad breath in his heart.

Ye Tong didn't want to talk nonsense with that boring person, so she asked a young boy to inquire about it, and Ye Tong learned the location of Jin Qiusheng's banquet, so she rushed there under the direction of a girl.

"It's great, what a poem!"

"Young Master Yu really deserves to be the number one literati in Zifu County. He is talented and knowledgeable. This poem has been spread. I am afraid that those literati in the imperial capital will feel ashamed."

"Cutting out the moon shadow and leaves whirling, thinking about the love of the former residence. I miss my family and relatives for the moon, seconds!"

"Humbled!"

The hall with entangled ribbons and fragrance of ink and ink is very lively, a young talent with a graceful temperament and extraordinary conversation is surrounded by a young man with a jade tree facing the wind. , and the eyes are also rippling with splendor.

Ye Tong, who happened to pass by outside, felt amused when he heard the exclamation inside, there are so many elegant affairs in the brothel, and it is a place where literati linger and forget to return. Many famous poems and masterpieces in ancient times on the earth came from brothels.

"Today's 10,000 taels of blue gold will surely be obtained by Mr. Yu in the end. I'm really envious!" Another exclamation came from the hall.

Hearing this sentence, Ye Tong couldn't help but pause.

Ten thousand taels of blue gold? One hundred thousand taels of blue silver?

Behind him, Jin Shixue followed Ye Tong all the time, and when he saw where Ye Tong stopped, he immediately showed contempt, looked at the lively scene inside, and said with a sneer: "The most powerful young talents in the entire county are gathered here to collect poems. , to challenge the crown of poets in Zifu County, you are young, and you still want to join in the fun?"

Ye Tong didn't care about the collection of poems, let alone the crown of the sage of poetry. He just heard that it was ten thousand taels of blue gold, so he asked, "Is there any reward for getting the crown of the sage of poetry?"

Jin Shixue said as a matter of course: "Of course there is a reward, and it is 10,000 taels of blue gold. If I am not good at writing poems and inscriptions, this crown will definitely fall on my head."

Ye Tong's eyes lit up, and he asked, "As long as you write a poem inside, can you participate in the challenge?"

Jin Shixue said contemptuously: "Although it is so, you should save yourself!"

Hearing this, Ye Tong immediately became interested. He is very poor now, and all his money can only cover the simplest necessities of life. If he can earn 10,000 taels of blue gold by writing a poem, he will naturally not hesitate. He ignored Jin Shixue's cynicism and walked in.

"Give way." There were a hundred people in the hall, and the innermost side was even more crowded. Ye Tong didn't want to push others, so she could only speak.

Although there were many people in the hall, it was still very quiet. As soon as Ye Tong said this, many people immediately saw that a young man with an extraordinary temperament looked at Ye Tong and said with a smile: "The little brother is also here to compose poetry. ?”

Ye Tong asked: "If you get the title of Poet Sage, can you really get 10,000 taels of blue gold?"

The entire hall suddenly fell into a dead silence.

"Hahaha……"

After the dead silence, everyone burst into laughter, as if they were amused by a young man's attempt to win the crown of poet sage. Even the dozen or so handsome young men couldn't help but cover their mouths and chuckle.

There are a few people who can come here to recite poems and be right, and there are a few who can look up to the ten thousand taels of blue gold. of.

Jin Shixue laughed the loudest, and said in his mouth: "Little guy, if you don't have ink in your stomach, don't fill it up, so as not to make you laugh out loud in front of everyone."

"Pen, ink, paper and inkstone." Ye Tong ignored it and said in a deep voice.

A young man in a blue dress stood up from his chair with a smile and said, "Since my little brother wants to write poetry, come to my sister! If you can write a good poem today, my sister is willing." I'll drink three cups with you."

Ye Tong walked over and said, "It's fine to drink three cups. I'm still underage, and drinking alcohol will hurt my health. As long as I can guarantee that the poems I write beat the crowd, just give me the ten thousand taels of blue gold."

While talking, Ye Tong stopped in front of the table, picked up a pen, laid paper and dipped it in ink, the pen moved like a dragon, splashed ink, and wrote vigorous and powerful big characters like flowing water. Those people around who could see the white paper The handwriting on the paper suddenly lit up one by one's eyes.

"Good word!"

"Calligraphers, that's all there is to it, right?"

"Flying and dancing, vigorous and powerful, without decades of calligraphy immersion, how can you write such calligraphy?"

"Who is this young man? Leaving aside the poetry, just this master-level calligraphy is shameful! It's amazing, it's really amazing!"

Ye Tong finished it in one breath, then put down the pen casually, and said: "Just now I heard outside that some people look at the moon and miss their hometown, so I also wrote a poem that fits the situation and the situation, and I hope you can comment."

"not qualified!"

"Not even qualified!"

The Qing Guan who was closest to Ye Tong stared blankly at the poem in front of him, and murmured.

Ye Tong glanced at her, then turned to look at Jin Shixue and asked, "When will the assessment result be over?"

Jin Shixue said, "Two days later."

When Ye Tong heard this, there was a trace of disappointment in his eyes. It took two days to earn 10,000 taels of blue gold. How could it be so beautiful to have it in his pocket now?

therefore.

He was also unwilling to stay for a long time again, so he squeezed out of the crowd and disappeared outside the hall with the drug slave.

"Shui Tuo Ge Tou"?

"When will the bright moon appear? Ask the blue sky for wine."

"Good sentence, good sentence, read on..."

"People have joys and sorrows, and the moon waxes and wanes. This matter has never been complete in ancient times."

"Nung, moon and new moon."

As the poem was fixed on the wall, the eyes sparkled brightly, and they were all immersed in the artistic conception of the poem, and the entire hall became silent.

"This poem... is so ancient and elegant, it's unheard of!"

After a long time, a voice full of complex emotions sounded.