Text Chapter 172 Aftertaste

As the night approached Tokyo City, the performance on the main building of Alum Tower had come to an end, but the building was still full of customers, and it was a few points better than usual, and even guests continued to come from all over the place.

"Brother, what's the matter, in the middle of the night, you hurriedly summoned me."

I saw a person who looked like a scholar hurriedly entered a private room in the alum building, but saw that the first few people inside were discussing something fiercely around two pieces of paper.

"It's a pity that my brother didn't come to see the performance of the master tonight, it's really wonderful that Alum Tower hasn't had for decades! My brother is in a hurry to recruit you over because he wants you to make amends, otherwise tomorrow the city will be full of praise, but you will be kept in the dark, afraid of scolding you. ”

"The master of the division has a great show tonight, but the imperial examination is not over yet!"

"There are also masterpieces, but the more unique ones are here, you read these two words first."

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In another private room, two, three, forty or fifty literati gathered together to indulge in drinking.

"The old man has debuted for more than 30 years, and he has never had a happy night, everyone, for "Qinyuan Spring" and "Man Jianghong".

I saw several people drinking together, and after a few rounds, they were all drunk. I saw a person pointing to the sister who was waiting on the side and said:

"Let's tune the silk bamboo and sing with us."

The woman was ordered to start singing, but before she could sing two words, she was stopped by one of them.

"These two words are only for the heroic heroes who hold the iron plate and sing, how can the little lady show her momentum in a slow voice, go, and take the big drum and the iron plate."

After only a while, I could hear the iron plate and the rumbling of drums, and several men sang heroically, "Angry hair rushes to the crown, leaning on the railing, Xiaoxiao rain rests." ......" impassioned voice pierced the back of the wall.

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Gao Yanei neither understands poetry nor martial arts, and he doesn't care about the literary competition on the stage, he is all focused on the head of the line, Li Shishi, seeing that the beauty who is not fake to him on weekdays, but intimate with the nameless boy, he can't help but be jealous in his heart.

Wanyan Xiyin was thinking about the song "Man Jianghong" all the way, "Hungry for Hulu meat, thirsty for Hun blood." "This kid has a great hatred for foreign races, and if he doesn't get rid of it, he will be able to repay it if he becomes a force in another day. As he thought to himself, he saw Gao Yanei, who was sitting in the carriage with a depressed expression, and thought to himself that this fool might be of good use.

"The head of the line called Master Li, really the best in the world, I can't imagine that he ignores nobles like Yanei and actually favors a country boy, it's really incomprehensible."

"In the city of Tokyo, that boy is a bird, and if the lord wants him to die, it will be like crushing an ant."

Wanyan Xiyin knew that he was a pervert, so he deliberately stimulated him. The idiot really couldn't stand the provocation, and suddenly became angry.

"Marquis Lu Yu, tomorrow and I will find out where that kid is located, and I will repair it to him when the master waits."

Lu Qian naturally understood that Gao Yanei was used as a gun by the Jurchens, but he didn't dare to say it in person, but he only agreed.

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Although Cai Yan is a gentleman, but he has a little more knowledge than Gao Yanei, tonight he originally wanted to provoke a conflict between Gao Yanei, the Jurchens and the King of Huainan County, and he sat down to watch a good show, but the conflict was successfully provoked, and the result was very unexpected. Those Jurchens who are tall and tall can't clean up a country boy, but instead achieve the prestige of that erector.

But what "Qinyuan Spring" and "Man Jianghong" are really interesting, he also asked his companion to copy a copy, and take it to his brother and father tomorrow to see, they may be able to see something.

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Yuyin and Yurong sat together in the luxurious carriage of the king of Hainan County, it was inconvenient to enter the palace late at night, although they would inevitably be scolded by the mother concubine tomorrow, but they didn't seem to be worried at all, but they were excitedly discussing the scene just now.

"Sister, you said that kid, a weak scholar, with so much strength, actually fought with the bull-like Jurchens for nearly a pillar of incense and didn't fall behind, I began to think that the Jurchens were going to lie down with only one punch."

Yuyin had already seen Gu Haotian's literary talents, so she was not surprised that he could write two good poems, but her sudden display of amazing martial arts seemed to have discovered a new world.

Yurong is a few years older than Yuyin, it is the age of Huaichun, and this handsome and extraordinary young man who suddenly appeared next to her suddenly broke the tranquility in her heart, and she seemed to feel that the vague shadow in the past dream was gradually clear. Just now, when she saw the Jurchens pressing on him step by step, she felt that she was about to suffocate with nervousness, and later when she saw him writing words side by side with Master Li, she was inexplicably jealous.

"Sister, did you hear me?" Seeing that Yurong didn't answer for a long time, Yuyin couldn't help asking.

"Oh, I've heard it, those two words are extraordinary."

"I'm asking about martial arts!"

Seeing that her sister was absent-minded, Yuyin pushed her dissatisfied, Yurong's face suddenly became hot, and she hurriedly covered it up.

Don't feel that the carriage entered the strict county king's mansion, Yuyin suddenly felt that she had entered a cage again, her heart was cold, after all, it was a fantasy, she sighed secretly, and her mood fell again.

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Gu Haotian and his entourage were pestered by the king of Huainan County and Zhang Jicheng to celebrate their achievements, and they left the alum tower late.

After fighting openly and secretly with the Jurchens, Gu Haotian no longer has any secrets to speak of, and the next few days will inevitably be frightening and unguardable.

"There is a fuss in the alum tower tonight, you really have a great reputation, but I am afraid that there will be more trouble in the future, and we will have no secrets from now on, Brother Bian Xiang, you have to work together with Brother Chen Yun, and the security precautions will be stricter in the future." Xu Guanzhong said with some concern.

"I'm afraid there is one more thing to be prepared for, after tonight, the little official will be a well-known celebrity in the capital, and in the future, I am afraid that the threshold of the Shanshui Inn will also be broken." Xiao Rang's worries are also very reasonable.

"Those who should come will always come, why don't you ask Zhu Gui to open the inn, and just take advantage of this gust of wind to make more money and make some available people."

Gu Haotian felt that since he couldn't lurk, he simply surfaced, so why bother to show weakness to others for no reason, increase the morale of others, and destroy his own prestige.

"What should I do if someone like Gao Yanai comes to the store to make trouble?" Wu Guanzhong asked.

"I put the inn in the name of the king of Huainan County, and he didn't dare to be too arrogant."

"From then on, there will be no more secrets in the inn."

"I'll try it then."

Xu Guanzhong thought far-reachingly, and Gu Haotian also understood it, both of them actually thought about the question of whether to leave or stay in this inn in case of confrontation with the imperial court.

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Master Li should be the person with the most intense emotional ups and downs tonight, this time she has returned to the room in the small courtyard, she sat quietly on the edge of the bed, but her thoughts still flew to the stage on the third floor. When the Jurchen man threw the brocade box at her, she felt a chill in her body, thinking that this time she would either die or be injured.

Then she saw the brother whom she had just recognized last night, rushing towards the Jurchen like a tiger, and in her fear, she had lost (at least she thought so). Later, when facing the challenge of another Jurchen's word-filling, she was not worried at all, although she also felt very difficult, but she believed that this genius brother, sure enough, he lived up to his expectations, and he amazed the audience as soon as he made a move.

Master Li obviously felt that when he was grinding ink, he gathered a lot of jealous eyes on his body, most of them were those ladies on the second floor, although those people were the princess's daughter, but who had the scenery of her moment, how much she hoped that the time could be extended a little longer.

Thinking about it, she was a little surprised by the change in herself. Since her debut at the age of twelve or thirteen, it has been five or six years, especially after becoming famous, she has been in contact with many dignitaries, princes and grandsons, and literati, but she has never been moved by a person. But since she met this young man in the palace of Huainan County that day, she unconsciously had a feeling of closeness, and last night she actually sent him into her own courtyard that had never been allowed by men.

It's a pity that she is a Qinglou woman, and she is still a lot older than him, so she can't help but feel lost again, so she sits in a daze. Then she saw the "homework" that this brother had just handed in, so she couldn't wait to open it.

The first page is the word "Yanqiu", and there is a text description below:

In ancient times, there were scholars who went to the state and met the goose catcher, and the cloud: "I got a goose today, and I killed it." Those who escaped from the net screamed that they could not go, and threw themselves to the ground and died. "The scholar can buy it, and the burial is above the Fenshui, and the scenery stone is the knowledge, which is called Yanqiu.

followed by a four-act plot designed according to the text, namely acquaintance, love, flying south, and martyrdom.

Master Li scribbled the plot of the four scenes just now, and he watched it quietly, although he felt unique and touching, but he always felt that he was still unfinished.

A touching story, why didn't this man write one or two poems? She put away her "homework" boredly, and suddenly found a few lines of handwriting on the back of the last page.

She looked at it hesitantly, and her heart skipped a beat, and then the first line of text stuck her gaze.

"Ask the world, what is love, and the direct religion promises life and death?"

She hurriedly closed her eyes, she was reluctant to look any further, "Ask the world, what is love, and teach life and death?" As if this sentence was asked directly to her heart, she repeated it countless times, until her heart slowly subsided, and then she opened her eyes and read the words behind.

"There are double flyers in the south and the north of the world, and the old wings have been cold and hot several times.

Happy and fun, parting bitter, there are even more crazy children.

You should have said: Stratus clouds, thousands of mountains and twilight snow, who does the shadow go to?

Hengfen Road, lonely when the drums, the smoke is still flat.

The soul is a little more groaning, and the mountain ghosts are crying in the wind.

The sky is also jealous, and the warblers and swallows are all loess.

Through the ages, in order to stay for the people, he sang and drank wildly, and visited Yanqiu. ”

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After many people have been sleepless all night and worked tirelessly, when a new day in Tokyo has just begun, "Qin Yuan Chun", "Man Jianghong" and last night's Alum Lou Wen Contest have spread to thousands of households and quickly spread everywhere.

On the side of Sweetwater Alley, on Carp Street, the inconspicuous inn immediately became the focus of many people's attention.

And at this moment, Gu Haotian had just gotten up, he teased the lovely Lian'er, and then freshened up and ate under her waiting, starting a new day.