As the evening gradually approaches, the sunset slowly sets, and the banks of the Qinhuai River become bustling and noisy. Everyone was looking forward to the opening of the Oiran Contest, chatting with each other and craneing their necks to watch the movement on the river. But soon, someone realizes that something is wrong.

"What's going on? Aren't all the floating platforms in Sanfu already decorated beautifully, why are there still craftsmen tossing? Could it be that something is wrong with the floating platform? ”

"yes, I've been staring, and it really doesn't seem to be finished. How did it get so rushed this year? This is a three-city competition, but it's different from previous years. Isn't such a lack of preparation a joke for outsiders? ”

"I heard that the group of craftsmen behind this is the manpower of Gu County's men, and as soon as they arrived, the officials directly let them go. I don't know what Gu Xian's manpower is going to do? ”

“...... It turned out to be a craftsman sent by Gu County! Gu Xiannan must have discovered something wrong, and the floating platform may have to be improved at the end! After all, Gu Xiannan is a capable person in our Ying Tianfu, and he will never let our Ying Tianfu become a laughing stock, and they look at it as ......"

"Capable people? I beg to differ. It's just that there are some crooked talents, and they will make some money. What can the people he sent do, I guess they have come up with some new tricks! Wait and see!"

"Hey, why are you talking about the Oiran Contest, what are you doing about the Gu County man? What does it matter to you that Gu County uses his brain to make money? If you are not convinced, you can also learn from others! Besides, what about the people Gu County who received thousands of victims some time ago? Doesn't it cost money to raise a few thousand mouths? What does it mean that you can't donate money yourself, but speak ill of people behind your back? ”

"I'm just saying it casually, and there's no malice. The floating platform has been renovated, what kind of excitement are the men from Gu County going to join in......"

“...... Hey, why did those people take out the red banner and hang it on it? Wait a minute...... It seems that there are still words!"

"Luobei Investment Celebration Oiran Contest ......"

"Oiran Contest...... Huajiu, the wine of Xia Guoren, you deserve it! ”

“...... Luobei Jianye, build the house you want to live in, and provide you with a comfortable environment! ”

"What is this ......?"

"Sure enough, it's full of copper smell, and hanging this kind of banner in the Oiran Contest is simply a shame on the face of the entire Ying Tianfu!"

"Yes what? On the day of the opening of Peach Drunken House, didn't you also drink the Chinese wine? A strong compliment, your toilet ......"

“......”

A group of people were arguing and arguing on the shore, and they were very excited, this Oiran Contest was originally a grand event in Yingtianfu, but now it has become a controversy between "banners" and "Gu Bei".

"I said everyone, stop arguing, stop arguing. Gu County is always a person from our Ying Tianfu, and he is arguing and arguing, and he is not allowed to let the other two mansions see the jokes. A citizen who came from Tianfu couldn't help but come out and shout.

"That's it, this time the Oiran Contest must be the flower of my Ying Tianfu, and the other two provinces are estimated to have to take a break!" One of the people of Ying Tianfu echoed his words.

This is a hornet's nest, and the people of Yangzhou Mansion and Hangzhou Mansion, who were originally watching the excitement from the sidelines, suddenly pointed the finger at the people of Ying Tianfu.

"What the fuck are you talking about?"

"Let your mother's stinky fart, you should break the city in Tianfu, and compare with me Yangzhou?"

The people of the two provinces shouted and cursed one after another.

"It's just, the tone is crazy, can't you see the limelight? Who will your Wu Governor's Mansion invite to help this year? I, Hangzhou Prefecture Yao Governor's Mansion, invited celebrities to help out, and I scared you to death when I said my name. Who do you please? Still won't admit defeat? Tonight, I will abuse you all over the ground looking for teeth, and wait to see us celebrate when you take the Oiran in your day. To tell you the truth, we have bought all the fireworks and firecrackers, and tonight we will beat gongs and drums on your Yingtian Street and set off fireworks, which will make you angry. ”

A spectator from Hangzhou Mansion spoke harshly and harshly, speaking quickly, urgently, and gloomily. But all the people who can watch the Oiran Contest from Hangzhou and Yangzhou are wealthy families, and these people are also upper-class citizens who don't worry about food and clothing, and their level of speaking from the cultural level is higher than that of the ordinary people around them

For the sake of the people of Yingtian, so he argues orally, although there are many people in Yingtian, how are they opponents.

However, they forget that this is on someone else's land. And the other side is outnumbered, and the eloquence is not good, but they can do it. They don't care about the admonition of a gentleman who doesn't use his mouth. When these humiliating and sarcastic words came out, it was like throwing a big stone in a pit, and several Ying Tianfu people finally couldn't help but run up.

"Mother, he ran to our Yingtianfu to spread wild, and he looked down on us, and his brothers beat him."

Several civilians rushed forward and punched and kicked the stranger with a folding fan on his face and a mocking face. The other party also came in groups, how could they show weakness. A group of people immediately began to fight back. When the people of Tianfu saw that the other party fought back, they immediately rushed up to the chrysalis. Suddenly, the riverside square was filled with the sound of ghosts crying and wolf howling, women screaming and children crying, fists and feet flying, blood splashing, screaming for two days. The war of words finally led to a big scuffle.

The people in the distance around them stood up and looked this way. The people everywhere were like a colony of penguins, craned their necks to look at the chaotic place. The women reached out and tugged at the sleeves of their men's shirts, fearing that they would be part of the scuffle.

This scuffle came quickly and violently, but it was quickly stifled. After the group fight, it was not time for tea, and the officials of Ying Tianfu, who was in charge of public security, rushed to arrive. The knife was thrown down without a head or a brain, and the people who beat the group of people hugged their heads and ran away. After a beating, punching, kicking, and knife beating, dozens of people with bruised heads and purple were tied up and escorted away from the scene.

The little episode subsided as dozens of civilians were taken away. Several officials in charge of maintaining law and order in the government quickly took countermeasures, separating the people from Yangzhou and Hangzhou, setting aside a separate area for the spectators of Yangzhou and Hangzhou to stay together, and sending some officials to patrol the junction to avoid further group fights.

And the attention of the people gradually shifted to the surface of the river. Because on the huge platform on the river, hundreds of officials in blue clothes and holding knives rushed in, forming a human wall around the platform to guard them.

This means that an important person is about to arrive, and it also means that the Oiran contest is about to begin.

Just looking at the officials wearing blue shirts printed with the words "Luobei Jianye", the corners of the mouths of the people of Zhongyingtian twitched at the same time. Don't think about it, this is another masterpiece of Gu Xiannan. I have to admire the ...... of the Gu County man Crooked!

Fortunately, the Oiran Contest has become an 'advertising contest'......

The sun set its last rays, and the blue sky became deep and dark.

In the east, a half-moon also emerged, and the wisps of silver light of the moonlight sprinkled out, and the microwaves of the Qinhuai River also reflected silver ripples.

"Palm Lamp!"

A shout came from nowhere, and then, under the bank of the river, in the river, under the tall lamp pole near the left of the floating platform, strings of wind lanterns slowly rose like strings of glowing sugar gourds. When more than 100 strings of wind lanterns all rise to the top of the light pole.

Suddenly, lights flashed around the huge floating platform above the river, and it turned out to be thousands of lotus lanterns floating on the water. Although the lights are not very bright, there is a sense of starry and sparkling when reflecting the dark and dreary river.

The people began to cheer and applaud, and the lights came together, and the atmosphere came. The long-awaited show is finally about to begin, and people are excited, looking forward to it, and rejoicing.

When the lights came on, on the huge platform VIP seats opposite the floating platform, the crowd of black pressure was also entering. Gu Bei followed several state officials and began to board the platform, and sat down in the best viewing position at the front. It was a VIP seat for officials.

The rectangular table is covered with a tablecloth printed with several lines of large lettering, so that people can see it at a glance.

Wu De looked at the ...... of "Luobei Investment" and "Luobei Jianye" The corners of his mouth twitched, his eyes squinted at Gu Bei, and seeing him with a bright smile, Wu De really wanted to return the sponsorship fee, but thinking that the sponsorship fee was not small, he had to give up!

I wondered how to face the doubts of my colleagues.

On the tablecloth are all kinds of fruits and vegetables, fragrant snacks, purple grapes, red pomegranate fruits, yellow-orange and orange pears, freshly picked water chestnuts, round green lotus seeds, plus sliced new lotus root slices sprinkled with sugar juice and picked up with small bamboo skewers, there are a lot of melons and fruits, which are extremely attractive. After seeing many officials sitting down, they disregarded their physique and began to chew heavily, and the heart of Governor Wu finally fell!

At the VIP seat, an official shouted: "Hey, this wine is really strong enough, the wine is fragrant, and the smell is intoxicating......"

The officials who were eating and munching regardless of their dignity looked at the very novel glass bottle on the table, opened the lid, smelled it, and couldn't wait to pour a glass into their mouths when the aroma of wine entered their noses.

"This wine is wonderful! I can drink this wine today, and I have no regrets in this life!"

"Take a look~ There are words on this glass bottle, Huajiu, you deserve it!"

"This advertising slogan is quite innovative, but I don't know who made it," Liu Sanxing, the prefect of Yangzhou, is a good winemaker, and after drinking a glass, he whispered to Wu De beside him.

Seeing that the attention of the officials was all drawn to the Chinese wine, Wu De was very satisfied, bowed his head slightly, and explained openly.

Listening to Wu De's boasting and the discussion of the officials in the back row, Gu Bei knew that the effect had been achieved. There are these officials who usually only know how to eat, drink, and play tricks to promote for him, and any advertisements can be exempted.

Gu Bei drank a cup of fragrant tea, thinking about whether to give each of these officials two bottles of Chinese wine after the competition? After thinking about it, Gu Bei decided to give a bottle of pain! A bottle was worth fifty taels of silver, and a bottle of Chinese wine hung on them.

In the midst of the commotion, I don't know who shouted: "The participating flower boat is here." ”

Everyone immediately looked up in unison towards the north. Where, thousands of lights flickered on the river, and the channel on the river was clearly delineated. In the distance, more than a dozen large ships were slowly approaching from the channel outlined by the river lights on the river to the north.

These big ships are brightly lit and beautiful. The lights flickered, and between the silk and bamboo music, even the river near the left was illuminated in colorful colors. Looking from afar, the boat is on the water, reflected in the water, the boat is moving, and the light is brilliant, like a fairyland.

According to the tradition of the Oiran Smallpox Competition, all the boats participating in the Youth Pavilion have to go through some decoration, and this is the time to show the strength of the major Youth Pavilions.

The red boat of Yanyunlou in Hangzhou Mansion took the lead, it was a two-story red boat, and the ship was wrapped in red brocade. On the bow deck, more than a dozen red cards from the Yanyun Tower sat or stood, holding fans in their hands and swaying towards the black crowd. The woman in the middle is wearing a long tulle dress, which seems to be transparent and visible to the skin, but it seems that she can't see anything, which leads to reverie. Although she can't see her face clearly, she can be seen from her graceful figure, amorous standing posture and slender and well-proportioned body, she is a beautiful woman.

"Who's that woman?" The people were whispering below.

"I heard that it is the top girl of Yanyun Building, who is good at dancing, look at this small waist, it is really as thin as a willow branch, we are really blessed tonight."

"Tut-tut, yes, yes, I just don't know how it compares to our former Oiran Sympathy."

"Yes! How did the dream girl say that she would just leave? With her here, I guess it's her again this year's Oiran! ”

On the stern class of the Yanyunlou big ship, seven or eight men dressed as scribes cranked folding fans and sat around a table with elegant postures. Everyone knows that those are the celebrities who help the boxer, and it is said that these people are invited from all over the Xia Kingdom, and all of them are talented people who are full of wealth.

The big ship of Yanyunlou is followed by the flower boat of Loulanju, with the same lineup and the same beauty.

After these two colorful boats slowly sailed by, the hearts of many people in Yingtianfu began to feel a little cold. According to the discussions around them, they learned that the Hangzhou government sent the Yanran girl from Yanyunlou and the Shirui girl from Loulanju to participate in the competition.

Regarding the skills of these two women, it has been rumored as early as yesterday, one has excellent dancing skills, and the other is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. At that time, the people felt that this time they were afraid that it would be difficult to win against a strong opponent. But they also held out hopes, hoping that they were just rumors.

With complicated emotions, everyone began to cheer enthusiastically towards the slowly coming Yijiang Tower of Yingtianfu and the flower boat of Yihua Pavilion. On the bow of the boat, the posture of Qingqing and Miss Yiyan was not inferior to others, and the stern of the boat was empty, only a few musicians were standing, and there was no celebrity who helped the boxer. This was in stark contrast to the strong lineup on the Yanyun Pavilion and Loulan Julou ships in front.

The flower boat of the Yuqin girl of the Yangzhou Qiuyue Pavilion and the flower boat of the Qianyi girl of the Xiangzhuyuan followed the two flower boats of Yingtianfu. The decorations of several flower boats have their own merits, but the lineup on the ships is high.

The four flower boats of Hangzhou Mansion and Yangzhou Mansion that came to compete for the Oiran Contest were bustling with celebrities and literati, but the two flower boats of Ying Tianfu were not at all famous people who helped the fist.

Everyone understands the difference and the importance of this, and in the Oiran tournament over the years, the role of the person who helps the fighter is incomparable, and it is often the guarantee of winning the Oiran.

Because the Oiran Contest is at the end, the color art of the participating Oiran often reaches a very high level, so it is not possible to distinguish the high. With the same voice, if you sing a good song, you can be superior and superior, and if you sing a song that others listen to badly, it will greatly reduce people's feelings, and this is the difference.

In the current situation, although Yijianglou and Yihuage seem to be not losing to their opponents in appearance, they have already noticed the gap, and they are not only worried in their hearts.

Six flower boats slowly circled the front of the pontoon, and then slowly entered the side mooring. It is separated by wooden stakes driven into the water, where the boats are moored and waiting. More than a dozen small boats followed the side of the flower boat. They were the ships that were responsible for guarding and guiding, and they were also moored neatly on the lake to the left of the boats.

After the flower boat enters the venue, it is the VIP entry time. The big ship of the three princes sailed low-key from the river to the north. When the figure of the third prince appeared on the bow of the boat, the people shouted one after another, and some knelt down and saluted, and became a mess.

"Your Highness is well!"

"His Royal Highness Chitose Jinan~"

"The grass people and others kowtow to His Highness Chitose~"

Yang Shaoling stood on the bow of the boat and waved his hand, and smiled at Zhou Qingwen, a staff member behind him: "The people are very enthusiastic tonight!" ”

"This is called the same hatred and hatred, outsiders come to me to challenge Tianfu, and the whole of Tianfu is naturally one heart. When there is a challenge from an external enemy, it makes the internal people more and more cohesive. Zhou Qingwen smiled.

"What Mr. Zhou said is not right, external pressure and internal cohesion, which is also a means of cohesion. Hangzhou Mansion and Yangzhou Mansion came to me to respond to the flower of Tianfu, obviously I should not agree to the people of Tianfu. What is wrong is that Hangzhou, Yangzhou and Yingtianfu are all treated equally in my eyes, and they are an inseparable whole. Yang Shaoling said in a deep voice.

"His Royal Highness cares about the world, and the pattern is ambitious, but it is too superficial!"

"Mr. Zhou doesn't need to be presumptuous, what I said is also a joke, don't take it seriously!" Yang Shaoling glanced at him and said with a smile.

"Your Highness, rest assured, Zhou will never dare to divulge half a word!" Zhou Qingwen bowed and made an extremely serious guarantee.

"Mr. Zhou, today is the Oiran Contest, take it easy!" Yang Shaoling waved his hand.

As he spoke, the hull of the boat suddenly shook, and it turned out that he had already landed on the water dock. The commander of the guard said loudly at the side of the head: "Your Highness, the ship is on the floating platform, do you want to get off the boat and sit?" ”

When the third prince, Yang Shaoling, slowly ascended to the platform surrounded by guards, a group of officials had already gathered at the place where they took the stage and bowed down to greet them. There were no less than 30 officials at all levels of the prefect of the three cities, and they all bowed their hands.

"Greetings to His Royal Highness Chitose." The officials shouted in unison.

Third Highness Yang Shaoling smiled and bowed back: "You adults don't need to be polite. ”

Everyone stood up politely, Yang Shaoling's eyes fell on Gu Bei, Gu Bei was also looking at Yang Shaoling, the two looked at each other, Yang Shaoling smiled and nodded, and Gu Bei bowed again.