Chapter 15 The Flower of Heaven and the Seed of the World

Qinhuai River, there will be an Oiran competition every year, the participants are the top brand of the restaurant, occasionally hold some small poetry competitions, but the number of participants is very few, celebrities are almost extinct.

The opening of the poetry competition in heaven and earth, the publicity of the poetry competition held was huge, and even the students studying in the academy could participate. For a time, the street scene and alleys were widely spread, and the applicants were like carp crossing the river. invited a local famous teacher, made several rounds of evaluation of the contestants, and the remaining fifty people were ready to participate in the opening of the heavenly and earthly poetry meeting.

The opening ceremony of Heaven and Earth was held for two days, the first day of the poetry competition, and the second day of the selection of the Oiran.

The night is rich, and the moon is in the middle of the sky.

Li Mansion ten boats, docked on the bank of the Qinhuai River, the boat has been full of exquisite lanterns, suddenly, the lanterns are bright, by the lanterns composed of seven big characters "heaven and earth poetry competition, dazzling, can be seen from afar, the water surface of the Qinhuai River also flashes ripples.

By the river, there are small pleasure boats, approaching and leaving from time to time, and there are sons or girls on the boat boarding the painting boat, and the competition begins.

The chanting of poems on the painting boat, the sound of praise from the shore from time to time, and the people on the shore holding colorful lanterns keep drawing light in the dark night sky, and the lanterns of the painting boat form a gorgeous night sky beauty.

At this time, it has not yet reached the most enthusiastic time, the poetry will be held until the early hours of the morning, really good poems, good words can not be a wonderful hand, each contestant, will prepare one or two proud works, feel that their talent is not good, there is no need, wait until the end of the ugly, release it early, you can also get the commemorative award, after all, Qinhuai River does not have a grand event this year.

At midnight, the poetry competition finally came to an end, and in the painting boat, there was warm applause, and the top three have been decided. When Yan Qing and his entourage returned to Ling Dulong Fort, it was already three o'clock in the morning.

The next day, the Qinhuai River, the water color is clear, the painting boat is still the same, depending on the willows, swaying with the wind, the wide streets and narrow alleys, talking about yesterday's poetry competition, and looking forward to the appearance of tonight's Oiran.

At night, the curtain has just ended, and the lanterns on the painting boat have been typed with seven big characters of the Oiran Contest in the sky and on earth. On the other side of the painting boat, there are already people moving from the head, a sea of people, and on the front row of elegant seats, they are all characters with heads and faces in Nanjing City.

Hua Rui walked to the front of the painting boat: shouted loudly: "Today is the opening day of heaven and earth, set up this flower for the city's celebrities, thanks to the love of all the adults, all the sons and gentlemen, I am the host, thank you" Hua Rui said a thousand blessings, and there was a round of applause below.

Hua Rui waved his hand to signal quietly, and now I would like to invite Lord Xu, the prefect of the city, to say a few words, and the applause fell with the sound of Hua Rui, and immediately sounded.

I saw Xu Zhifu stand up from the seat, wearing a casual dress, without a crown on his head, turned around and raised his hand to the crowd, the voice in the crowd gradually quieted down, today Xu was invited by heaven and earth to celebrate the opening of heaven and earth with everyone, for everyone to have fun, today let us enjoy the demeanor of all the celebrities, and have to spend a thousand taels of bounty. Governor Xu's voice fell, and the cheers below rose higher and higher. Governor Xu sat down.

Blossom shouted again: "The Oiran competition is now open, please show your talents in order."

"The first one to appear is the pothos in heaven and earth."

As soon as the stamen's voice fell, the pothos dance steps had begun. The cloud sleeves are lightly swinging, and the slender waist is slowly twisted with the rhythm, dancing gracefully. It seems to be a butterfly fluttering, like the rhythm of the breeze, twisting the waist, the smile is always rippling on the face, elegant as a lotus, even the skirt, are rippling into pieces of lotus leaves, the end of the song, turn around to shoot the swallow, look back and smile, all kinds of style around the eyebrows. At the end of the dance, turn around and go to the piano platform, meditate and finger movements, and the sound of the piano floats down the stage, melodious and clear, like a green mountain spring; Ease and uninhibited; The style of music changes abruptly, soft and beautiful, cold and noble, sometimes high, sometimes low, the sound of the piano is ethereal, the sound of the piano is excited, and the sound of the piano is far away.......

"The second one to appear is, Yueshan of Huayue Building,"

The stamen has just finished registering,

Yue Shan dragged the pink smoke gauze skirt on the floor, Luo Cui soft yarn, her body gently turned the long skirt and spread out, her waist twisted like the wind blowing willows, danced, turned around and sat down on the piano stage, took off the silk scarf and her head was like a waterfall and green silk, exuding a charming atmosphere. Stretching out ten fingers, plucking back and forth on the strings, the beautiful sound poured out in an instant, soft and moving, like a clear spring gurgling, and like the murmur of birds in the forest, one fold and three sighs. Suddenly, the music changed, and the sound of the piano became sonorous and resolute, like a wave hitting a stone, and the river entered the sea, shaking the heartstrings of everyone present. I don't know how long it took, but the sound of the piano slowly stopped.

"The third one to appear is the blue lotus who is free at night"

As the stamen signed up again and again, the ladies showed their demeanor in order, and after midnight, people were reluctant to leave.

The next day, the heavens and the earth were open for business, and a notice was posted, Xiao Gang, the first place, Lu Xiuying, and the third Luan Chaojie. Oiran contest 1st place pothos. The second place is Yueshan, and the third place is Lan He. The winners will be collected in heaven and on earth.

The master was very happy to win the first place in the pothos, because from the pothos, he saw his own shadow, opened a restaurant, won the Oiran, and ran a music workshop, and the teacher's dream became a reality, and the teacher himself cried excitedly.

The teacher asked the maid to hold the piano, came to the lake, put the piano on the stone table, the teacher looked at the lake, played a song of Huanxi Sha, and sang "a new song and a glass of wine." Last year's weather old pavilion. When does the sun set? Helplessly, the flowers fell, and the familiar swallow returned. The small garden incense path wanders alone. ”

Playing and singing alarmed Zishan and Luluo, the two ran down from the small building, the teacher finished playing and singing, and saw the two of them laughing and said: "I don't know if my playing and singing can be compared to Luluo" "Sister? "Teacher?"

"Sister is old, it's not okay to be old, when I hear that the pothos won the Oiran, my heart is as happy as I won the Oiran."

Zishan just wanted to say something, but was stopped by the teacher, "Happy today, congratulations to the pothos in the evening, Brother Li wants to reward everyone at noon, the restaurant opens smoothly, and the whole Li Mansion will be rewarded," the teacher said, then we are celebrating the festival today, and we must accompany the teacher to spend it happily," the pothos said. "How many times have I told you, I won't be able to change my words when I call you sister in the future," the teacher blamed. "I'll change it next time," Pothos said, sticking out her tongue.

After the celebration banquet was over, Yan Qing went back to the room to rest, and just slept for a while, she heard someone knocking on the door, Yan Qing got up and opened the door, and it was Zi Shan standing outside the door, "Brother, Hongshan is here, Chang Dalu has an accident in Guangdong, come here to find brother," Zi Shan said, "Where is Hongshan now?" Yan Qing asked anxiously, "I asked Hong Shan to wait in the council hall," Zi Shan replied. "Let's go, I'll take a look," Yan Qing finished speaking, and hurriedly walked out of the lakeside Yaju. Walk towards the council chamber.

"Childe, you're here," Hong Shan saw Yan Qing push the door in, and hurriedly stood up to say hello. Sit down and talk about what's going on.

Hong Shan took a sip of tea, and then said, "Chang Dalu went to Guangdong to purchase medicinal materials, and received a century-old ginseng, Chang Dalu bought it, and he was ready to come back, and it might be useful for Gongzi." Which Cheng thought, that day was about to go home, a group of people came to the door of the store, let Chang Dalu hand over the ginseng, the road did not pay, the group of people came up to rob, after the group left, they asked the shopkeeper where this person was, the shopkeeper said, that person is called Ding Zhu, is a tyrant here, under the guidance of the shopkeeper, the road found Ding's home, asked to return the ginseng to him, and was beaten by the family, coaxed out, the road let the guy come back to report, he himself was still waiting in Guangdong, heard the guy report, I came to Nanjing, Report to Childe," Hong Shan finished speaking, looking at Yan Qing. Yan Qing thought for a while and said; "You will go later, I still have some things to deal with, I will return to Yanshan Villa after processing, let the guy who reported the news go with me, and I will let the green pothos come over in a while, your brothers and sisters haven't seen each other for a long time, I'll finish my errands and leave." Yan Qing went out after speaking.

"Yan Qing came to Liu Yulian's residence, didn't start tomorrow, asked Liu Zhi to go to Lefang, there is something at home, my sister will look for Zishan, I will go out for a few days, I have something to do in Guangdong,"

"In such a hurry," Liu Yulian asked. "Yes, the messenger is still waiting at my lodgings. I'm afraid that I won't come, my sister is in a hurry, so I came over and told my sister," Yan Qing finished speaking, looking at Liu Yulian, "Go out and pay attention to safety, go and come back quickly," Liu Yulian looked at Yan Qing warmly and said, remember, then I'll go first, Liu Yulian nodded, didn't speak.

Yan Qing returned to Dulong Castle, and after greeting Master Li Ying, he went on the road.