Tianxia Street.

The sun is empty, and in a shop with the banner of "Taibai Liquor Shop", idle people are sitting in twos and threes. It was the height of summer, and after finishing the work in the fields early, people sat in the wine shop, looked at the sun outside, sold two taels of wine, fried soybeans and peanuts and the like, and passed leisurely in the aroma of chatting about wine.

Today, however, something is different.

Early in the morning, the wine shop diagonally opposite the Piaoxiang Society was full, not to mention the private room, and even the lobby did not have an empty table. In the meantime, from the merry students to the rural villagers, they come from different classes, but the topics discussed are the same.

At a table in the middle, a storyteller in his forties was shaking his head, taking a sip of wine, and talking endlessly.

"Ladies and gentlemen, all of you sitting here today are people with good eyes, do you know what day it is? Today is Shengjing's annual celebrity election contest. Hey, the big brother next to you, don't underestimate this game, is your daughter qualified to participate? No, right? So, this kind of competition is no less than the emperor's draft girl, the identity background is the most important, and it has more prospects than the draft girl. So, this kind of celebrity election contest is, to put it bluntly, a contest to choose a husband, and those who are among the best have a great chance of being favored by the royal family, even if they can't be the crown princess, they enter the marquis' mansion, and be a young grandmother of the marquis's mansion or something, it's not bad......, right?

At this, the storyteller stopped talking, but paused the topic, and his shrewd eyes rolled to see the reaction of the crowd.

Sure enough, the surrounding crowd stirred as expected.

Qingping County Qipin County Ling Zhu Yuanshan, mediocre people, ordinary political achievements, it is worth mentioning that he gave birth to a daughter with outstanding appearance, but he is still smart, and he has practiced the ability to make incense, in last year's group of heroes, like a fragrance fairy, stealing the limelight, and won the fifth place among the top ten celebrities in Beijing, followed by the house gate was almost crowded by the matchmaker, and finally this cold daughter of the Qipin County Order, the eldest son of the Wumuhou Mansion was married to the eldest son of the Wumuhou Mansion in red makeup.

The Jokhang folk style is relatively open, and this event is like a catalyst, all of a sudden, folk poetry and painting societies and other types of factions have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, from the ladies of the aristocratic and rich to the small jasper of the merchants' pawns, they have participated in it, and for a while, the scene is unprecedented.

Seeing that the success of the storyteller aroused everyone's enthusiasm, a satisfied look flashed across his face, and he waved his hand and said: "Everyone, the hot spot I want to talk about today is no longer a matter of climbing the Hou Mansion, but this time the group of heroes will have a big highlight. ”

"What's the point of view, say it quickly, say it quickly!" Immediately, some good people shouted and coaxed.

The storyteller smiled slightly: "Don't worry, the thing I want to talk about is the theme of today's conference, wine tasting." And in the list of these entrants, there is one person who can definitely pique everyone's interest, and that is ...... Miss Gu Wu of the Yuanning Hou Mansion. ”

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar below. As we all know, there is a young lady in the Yuanning Hou Mansion who gets drunk as soon as she gets drunk, that is, Miss Gu Wu. This is definitely a strange story for the bold woman of Jokhang who drinks fruit wine as tea.

And now, this Miss Gu Wu, who can't touch a drop of wine, actually wants to attend the wine tasting competition of the Piaoxiang Community Heroes!

So today's competition, no matter from which point of view, is absolutely interesting!

I don't know which good deed person, he suddenly stood up, raised an octave of his voice and shouted: "Everyone, today's junior brother is a banker, do you bet that Miss Gu Wu won this game, or will you lose this game?"

As soon as his words fell, there were really people who took advantage of the wine to bet, and after a while, the huge wine shop turned out to be a casino, and the people present took out broken silver to bet, and more people bet that Miss Gu Wu would definitely lose.

And Gu Zhirong, the fifth lady Gu Zhirong in the Piaoxiang Club, didn't know that in one day, her name had become a household name, and she didn't know that people outside had made bets as high as 10,000 taels of silver because of her participation.

The competition time is set after noon, and the morning time is for the official ladies to catch up and communicate. Although it is a grand event held in Kyoto, the number of participants is not limited to the official ladies of the capital, as long as they are in the official family, regardless of whether they are high or low, regardless of their descendants, and the adult ladies of the family can participate. Therefore, the official ladies who went abroad with their father returned to Beijing early and dressed up for the meeting. It is not only a rare return to Beijing, but also a rare banquet, which does not have a little caution, and the organizer is also very reasonable, and arranged this half day of work for these ladies to climb the relationship with each other.

The official ladies outside the capital actively interacted, and the ladies in the capital were no exception, Gu Zhirong sat alone in the water pavilion, and followed Cai Qing alone. And the other two young ladies of the Gu Mansion had long forgotten her existence, so Gu Zhirong watched the two of them dance with long sleeves.

"Miss. Cai Qing watched Miss Gu Er and Miss Gu Fourth play their own games indignantly, but they were helpless.

"It's okay, I'll just sit here. Gu Zhirong said lightly. She didn't have much interest in this kind of banquet, purely to get acquainted.

Gardenias are planted next to the water pavilion, the flowers of a gorgeous tree, and the fragrance is quiet and elegant. Everywhere the breeze passed, a few flowers fell from under the trees, scattered on the flowing water, and went down the river. Gu Zhirong walked over and leaned on the railing to look, with a hint of sadness on his porcelain-like face.

When he lowered his head and pondered, inadvertently, a silver Qionghua hairpin inserted in his sideburns fell into the open space outside the fence with a "dang" sound.

Man, a young man.

At this time, the man held her hairpin in his hand, but he did not mean to return it to her immediately, but held the hairpin in front of him and looked thoughtfully at the word "Rong" engraved on the hairpin. In the eyes of others, this kind of action is no different from a disciple who picks up someone else's things and refuses to return them.

Because he was on his side, with his back to the fence, it was impossible to see his face for a moment. Cai Qing waited for a while, and when she saw that the other party still didn't move, she couldn't help but be a little annoyed.

Gu Zhirong frowned slightly.

She knew that the Fragrance Community Elite Association had always invited contemporary celebrities to act as judges, and of course, it didn't matter if the emperors and nobles came to watch the ceremony. Now that this man has suddenly appeared here, he thinks that he is among the invited VIPs, and his identity must be extraordinary, of course, such a person cannot be easily offended.

However, she wondered how the lonely man had come to the water pavilion where she was? Moreover, according to common sense, the hairpin belonged to a woman, and this person should have picked up the hairpin, and it was common sense that he should have glanced in her direction and then returned it to her immediately, instead of making a warm gesture like holding it in his hand.

Gu Zhirong gestured to Cai Qing and asked the man for the hairpin.

Cai Qing walked down angrily and said to the man: "Hey, have you seen enough, can you return the hairpin to my young lady now?"

The man seemed to be in deep thought, and he was coldly shouted by Cai Qing, and raised his head, with a slight anger on his face.

Seeing the man's face, Gu Zhirong couldn't help but be stunned, and Cai Qing was even more stunned.

The jade-colored wide-sleeved robe, with a tall posture and cold eyebrows, can't hide the elegance between the eyebrows. This man is handsome and cold.

The road is narrow, and this person is the king of Su.