In Tokyo's Qinglou industry, every year on May 18, and later changed to the Tanabata Festival (the seventh day of the seventh month of July), the industry organizes the Oiran Conference, which is attended by a representative from each Qinglou in Tokyo, and the general recommendation is the top brand of each family; At this time, there were about 72 famous green houses in Tokyo, and there were more top players participating this year than usual, with about 85 people participating. There are more than a dozen of them, including Zhang Shishi of Bailu Building, Ji Xixi of Pan Building, Lu Shuangshuang of Xichun Building, Hu Lianlian of Sanyuan Building, Shen Panpan of Appreciation Building, Ni Duxi of Wujian Building, Pu An'an of Huayue Building, and Ning Zhihua of Ronghe Fang, all of which are beautiful and stunning, each with its own strengths, and all have the hope of winning the championship; But in the past two years, because Master Zhang of Bailu Lou has Liu Yong in charge of filling in the lyrics, he has also won the championship year after year.

It is said that after Ning Zhihua met Meng Ming in Daxiangguo Temple last time, he contacted Meng Ming, and Meng Ming also agreed to fill in the words for her and help her participate in the Oiran Competition. But during this time, Meng Ming was busy with official business, especially the customization and distribution of new money, which was especially laborious and laborious, and he had to do it himself, so he didn't write a poem for Ning Zhihua. Now there are only six days left before the competition, and even if there are new words, they still have to rehearse, and time is running out. Ning Zhihua couldn't sit still, so he inquired in many ways and found his house.

Meng Ming was not on duty today and rested at home. At this time, he was coaxing his son to play in the back garden, and the jade cicada was also accompanying him, only to see Meng Ming holding his son while making a grimace to tease him, only to hear the child's giggles. Zhao Mingyue also went home from the palace and came to see Xiao Xiangqi. At this time, a disciple came to report, saying that there was a woman outside the door who asked to see her, and gave a prayer post. Meng Ming thought it was Yelu Yanni, and he panicked in his heart, and when he saw it, it was Ning Zhihua, and he immediately knew her intention. Meng Ming patted his head and said, "Look at my memory", the jade cicada was busy asking what was the matter, Meng Ming said about the agreement between him and Ning Zhihua, only to see Zhao Mingyue say a little sourly: "Xianggong is really quite a woman, and there are peach blossoms everywhere." Meng Ming was speechless for a while, Zhao Mingyue is usually very pleasant, but she can't see other daughters involved with Meng Ming, so she is easy to be jealous.

Meng Ming asked his subordinates to invite Ning Zhihua to the study, he went with Jade Cicada and Mingyue, Ning Zhihua stood in Meng Ming's study, Meng Ming's study has more books, such as the Four Books and Five Classics, less, most of them are printed in his own bookstore; On the contrary, there are many books in the field of physics, such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, etc.; There are also some technical ones, such as ironmaking, lathe processing, coal mining, geological exploration, etc. At this time, on Meng Ming's desk, there were rice paper, four treasures of the study, paperweights, etc. From time to time, Meng Ming came with his wife, they pushed the door into the study, and saw a stunning young girl, with a peach face like a flower, looking forward to the brilliance, and the jade cicada and Mingyue also secretly praised this woman's amazing beauty. Ning Zhihua also saw the jade cicada and Mingyue, and was also amazed by the beauty of the two, and said secretly: "Meng Ming has two beautiful wives, no wonder he is not interested in my appearance." Ning Zhihua hurriedly asked for a salute, Jade Cicada and Mingyue greeted her politely, Ning Zhihua explained the intention, and looked at Meng Ming with some disgust, which made Meng Ming a little embarrassed, and quickly scratched his head and apologized. Ning Zhihua felt that Meng Ming did not have the frame of a rich and noble person, and he was kind to others, so he could let it go.

Meng Ming is going to write a few poems for her at this moment (it's just plagiarism), one is "A Cut of Plums" (Li Qingzhao's):

"The red lotus fragrance remnants of the jade in autumn. Lightly untie Luo Shang and go on the Lanzhou alone. Who in the clouds sends the brocade book, when the goose word returns, the moon is full in the west building.

The flowers float and the water flows freely. One lovesickness, two sorrows. There is no way to eliminate this situation, so I frowned, but I was in my heart. ”

One is "Heavenly Fairy" (this word was made by Zhang Xian in 1041):

"The water tone listened to the wine a few times, and I woke up drunk in the afternoon and didn't wake up. When will I send Chunchun back? The evening mirror, the sad scene, the later period of the past empty memory province.

On the sand and on the poultry pond, the clouds break through the moon and the flowers make shadows. Heavy curtains cover the lights, the wind is uncertain, people are quiet, and the sunset should be full of red tomorrow. ”

A song "Linjiang Immortal" (Yan Jidao's):

"After the dream, the stairs are locked, and the curtain hangs low when I wake up. Last year, when the spring hatred came. The falling flowers are independent, and the micro swifts are flying.

I remember the first time I saw the painting, and the two hearts were Luo Yi. The lutea strings say acacia. At that time, the bright moon was there, and it was back from the clouds. ”

Meng Ming finished writing these three poems, plus Meng Ming's previous "Qingyu Case" (Ling Bo but Hengtang Road) and "Butterfly Loves Flowers." Spring Scene" (Flowers fade and red green apricots are small), a total of five words, handed over to Ning Zhihua for her to participate in the current Oiran competition, her current task is to compose these five words into a tune, and play and sing them at the competition. In the end, Ning Zhihua hurried back to the Ronghe Building for intense rehearsals and rehearsals before the game.

The Oiran contest is actually a beauty contest, and the Qinglou beauty contest has a very elegant name: "flower list" or "flower case". The flower list is to evaluate the rank of courtesans; The flower case, that is, the list of courtesans who are judged to be good or bad, may be related to the fact that the ancients liked to use flowers as a metaphor for women. Since they are flowers, they must be beautiful, so no matter whether they are green, fat, red or thin, they must be both talented and beautiful, which is a competition between peonies and moon seasons, rather than a contest between wild flowers and barnyard grass.

The flower list is not only a competition between the top brands of the green buildings, but also a competition in talent. Usually local literati and wealthy businessmen serve as judges. Literati and celebrities value their eyesight in evaluating flowers and colors; Wealthy businessmen, on the other hand, are more likely to be sponsors. This time, there are Yan Shu, Zhang Xian, Fan Zhongyan, Liu Yong, Song Qi and other words to serve as judges, and Bai Alum Lou (Fan Lou) is this year's sponsor, so the venue is held in Bai Alum Lou.

At this time, the white alum building outside is already fluttering colorful flags, lanterns are hung high, and the high platform that has been built is also newly decorated. At the same time, I also made an appointment with the official prostitutes of the workshop. To explain again, the ancient "prostitute" is not the same as the current sex workers, the exegesis of "prostitution" means "female music", and the main services provided by the current official prostitutes are music, singing and dancing, quyi, acrobatics, etc., and the work is limited to singing, dancing, playing the piano, and helping to drink.

At this time, Ning Zhihua found a court musician to compose music and music for Meng Ming's lyrics, and also rehearsed the dance according to the tune. Ning Zhihua was wearing a straight-necked placket skirt at this time, the skirt was a colorful pomegranate skirt, a coat flower cage skirt, a flower cage skirt, which was woven and embroidered with a soft, thin and translucent "monofilament Luo", and the flowers and birds were embroidered with various colors of silk threads, all of which were worn outside the general skirt. This outfit highlights Ning Zhihua's graceful figure. Her long clothes are fluttering, her jade neck is snow-white, dancing with the beat of the lyrics, fluttering, and the furrows in the red bandeau on her chest appear and disappear from time to time, elegant and sexy coexist, as the so-called: "Slow state can not be poor, and the complex posture is curved to the end." The low lotus breaks the waves, and the chaotic snow lingers in the wind. When he fell, he wandered, and he wanted to trace back to the void. I couldn't catch it, so I flew away to chase the shock. "It's really unique.

Ning Zhihua's good musical instrument is the flute, she began to play the flute after dancing, I saw her hands staggered, pinched the flute body, slowly lifted it from in front of her, and finally put the flute horizontally to her mouth, The flute sound is melodious, crisp and soft corresponding, euphemistic and clear coexist. It comes from an open heart, melodious and fluttering, stretching and echoing, lingering with infinite reverie and thoughts, slowly soaring. Rising into the night sky with stars and cold moon, dancing lightly with the breeze and auspicious clouds, just like the prosperity of heaven and earth turned into a splendid tapestry, a silent and elegant and agile picture, a fresh and mysterious heavenly sound......