Ling Kun and his entourage found the most luxurious inn in Jinling to stay, but because of the labor, they did not go out the next day, and did not come to the Qinhuai River until the evening.

Zhao Mingyue and Xiao Ran both changed into men's clothes. After all, geisha are also prostitutes, how can any woman come out to recruit prostitutes.

On the Qinhuai River on a spring night, the painting boat is like weaving, the red and green support each other, the lanterns are on at the beginning, and the waves are sparkling.

"With so many boats, which one is the best?" Xiao Ran asked first, and Ling Kun and Zhao Mingyue were also at a loss.

"With so many boats, which one is the best?" Another group of people also asked the same question, these are three middle-aged strong men, with weapons behind their backs, and at first glance they are the Jianghu people who came to participate in the martial arts conference.

One of them said: "Brother Li, let's not go to the best painting boats, there are poems and poems, blowing, playing and singing, babbling, it's not troublesome, and the show is not selling oneself, I'd better order it directly." ”

"Brother Wang, this is not right, where is my Li Mao going to sleep with a woman? Isn't coming to Jinling to see the characteristics of Qinhuai? Is your brother afraid of spending money? ”

The man surnamed Wang said embarrassedly: "Brother Li is really joking, I think I was in Ezhou back then, Brother Li entertained my brother for seven days and seven nights, that is called a cool, now my brother finally arrived in Jinling, and it is too late for my brother to be happy, but these high-end painting boats can not be entered by spending money." ”

"Then how do you get in, do you want to compete? Then we're not afraid. Li Mao said confidently.

"It's not a competition, it's a poem, a poem on the spot, and if you look at the top brand, you will be eligible to pay money on the ship. However, on the entire Qinhuai River, there are only four such painting boats. ”

"That's it." Li Mao pulled a young man who was dressed elegantly, with a sword behind his back, and a folding fan in his hand, and said: "Liu Shaozhuang, the master of our Shuijing Villa, is a civil and military all-rounder, and he was selected for Xiucai at the age of fourteen, let's try it, when we come to Qinhuai River, we have to see the best woman, and I can't sleep with my fate, haha." ”

"Don't dare, Uncle Li has an overreputation." Liu Shaozhuang is the first to say.

The man surnamed Wang was helpless, so he said: "Okay, then let's go to the most famous red sleeve workshop to try, the top brand Jiang Paner in it is said to look more beautiful than Xi Shi, and dance better than Zhao Feiyan, but he is very arrogant, and ordinary people can't see it. ”

"Okay, let's go meet this Jiang Pan'er, hearing this name makes people's hearts melt, haha, go, Brother Wang, lead the way ahead."

"Go, come with them." Zhao Mingyue said.

Ling Kun and Xiao Ran nodded and walked forward with the people in front of them.

On the banks of the Qinhuai River, dense painting boats are lined up one after another, leaning on the bank to solicit business. If the business is good, pay the money first and then get on the ship, and if the business is not good, get on the ship first and then pay the money, only the red sleeve workshop is to take the exam first and then get on the ship.

At this moment, there were many people gathered in front of the Red Sleeve Fang, most of them were elegant and handsome literati with extraordinary temperament, like the heroes in front of Ling Kun were really out of place.

But they didn't think it themselves, Li Mao said loudly to the staff of the painting boat: "I said, what is the matter with you opening the door to do business and stopping the guests outside?" ”

The Red Sleeve Workshop is a leader in this industry, and the staff is also very popular, and said lukewarmly: "Uncle, our Red Sleeves Workshop is based on this rule, if you don't want to, you can go to another house, if you want, you may not be able to go in." ”

"Hey, did you talk to Uncle like that? Believe it or not, Lao Tzu beat you. Li Mao said that he was going to beat people. Seeing that he was fierce and vicious, the staff was so frightened that they hid back, and shouted: "I tell you, even if you rush up, you won't be able to see Miss Pan'er, if the boat is not the person she is satisfied with, Miss Pan'er will not get on the boat at all." ”

As soon as they said this, everyone else was anxious and condemned Li Mao for being impolite and unruly. The entourage had to hold him and persuade him for a long time before stopping.

At this time, a young man about 20 years old came over with a folding fan and got on the boat directly, and the staff said, "Young Master Liu, you haven't been here for a long time." ”

"Haha, how about meeting up with a few friends and going around? Is Pan'er okay? Liu Gongzi asked.

"Miss Pan'er is very good, but I just miss Liu Gongzi." The staff laughed a little obscenely.

Liu Gongzi tapped him on the shoulder with the handle of the fan, and walked in laughing.

"Ahem, ahem, why can he go in and we can't?" Li Mao shouted again, and this time, the extremely high literati and ink writers next to him were also indignant. Doesn't it say that it is good to compete fairly with the orchestra of poetry?

The staff said loudly: "What is the noise, because the person is Liu Yong, he can't get on the boat, and the whole Song Dynasty can't get on it." ”

"Shhh Is he Yoo Yong? So young. "Everyone is a person of insight, although I have never met Liu Yong, but there is no one who has not heard Liu Yong's words. For a moment, everyone was silent, and their eyes were full of worship and admiration.

"What about Liu Yong, he can go in, Lao Tzu can go in." Li Mao was still yelling.

"It's like, what's so great about him, he's still so ugly." This is what Xiao Ran said, she, like Li Mao, doesn't know who Liu Yong is.

Zhao Mingyue was embarrassed and hurriedly covered her mouth.

Master Liu Shaozhuang tugged at Li Mao's sleeve and said, "Uncle Li, this Liu Yong is currently the first person in the Great Song Dynasty, and no one can compare to him." ”

Li Mao shut up stupidly.

The staff saw that the order was not good to maintain today, so they started early: "Ladies and gentlemen, we only invite three groups of guests every day in the Red Sleeve Workshop, and today because Liu Gongzi is here, we only choose two groups." Miss Pan'er said, the spring flowers are blooming, all things are recovering, at this time, I am honored to meet you on the bank of the Qinhuai River, I am deeply honored, please write a poem on this topic. The Four Treasures of the Study are ready, everyone, please. ”

The people who came were basically literati and ink writers, and they had long been eager to try, only Ling Kun and Li Mao, the two groups, were indiscriminate.

Li Mao said to Master Liu Shaozhuang: "Virtuous nephew, I saw you, kill them, and let them know that there are literati in my martial arts." ”

Master Liu Shaozhuang nodded, stepped forward and shook the pen to think.

Zhao Mingyue poked Ling Kun and said, "Write quickly." ”

"I won't, you'll write it." How can Ling Kun write any poems, without Baidu, plagiarism is a problem.

Zhao Mingyue said angrily: "Why can't you, didn't you write Yanmen Pass?" ”

"Oh me, I...... I'm good at writing poems with a bit of momentum, and I'm not very good at this kind of thing. Ling Kun had no choice but to say this.

"Try it, aren't all poems figured out? Don't you want to see the riverside where the fish and geese are falling? Zhao Mingyue tempted.

"Yes, yes, I also want to see it, could it be that someone is more beautiful than Sister Mingyue, so wouldn't it be a goblin?" Xiao Ran said.

"Hey, dead girl, you're scolding me for being a goblin, aren't you?" Zhao Mingyue thought about it.

"Ah, I didn't say anything, I didn't say anything."