As the sun set and the sunset was like fire, Zhou Xuan stopped on the small stone bridge and watched Lin Hanyun running over in a gorgeous bamboo suit, like a huge colorful butterfly flying.

"Zhou Xuan, where did you get your 'Heavenly Dragon Scales'?" Flower butterfly Lin Hanyun caught up and asked.

Zhou Xuanyi patted Abu on the shoulder: "Vice Chairman Lin, please allow me to introduce to you, this is the new vice chairman of our 'Level Autumn Battle Hall' - Vice Chairman Abu, and that peerless treasure is what he found." ”

Abu hurriedly bowed down and said, "I did everything according to Zhou Gongzi's orders." ”

"Deputy Abu?" Lin Hanyun looked at the blue-eyed and purple-haired Abu: "Is this Hu Shang's position in the 'Rank Autumn Battle Hall' as high as mine?" ”

Zhou Xuan smiled: "It's definitely not as tall as you, even I have to listen to you sometimes, how can he be as tall as you!" ”

Lin Hanyun was happy and said, "Zhou Xuan, wait for me at the Moon Gate in the west corner after the night banquet, and I will ask Xiao Yahuan to take you into the inner courtyard." ”

Zhou Xuan thought to himself: "You are a hairpin now, you are not a child, I have to be careful of my head when I fool around with you again, your father has led the army for so many years, and his hands are stained with the blood of many people, he must kill people without blinking, buddy can't afford to provoke him." He said, "When it's dark, I won't go, there is a difference between men and women, and if there is something to say, I will say it now." ”

Lin Hanyun wanted to come over and twist Zhou Xuan's arm again, but when she saw Abu on the side, she barely held back and said, "I asked you to go and see the 'Heavenly Dragon Scales', I just saw two bronze men fighting for fun." Just twisted a few more times on the copper button on the base. I wanted them to fight a little longer, but I heard a 'quack', and the bronze man didn't move anymore. You go fix it for me. ”

"Ahh Zhou Xuan and Abu's two black eyes were speechless for a long time to the green eyes.

Lin who accompanied Master Li to the gate of the back garden saw that the young Lord Li had a strange expression, and turned back as he walked, Lin also looked back, frowned, and whispered a few words to his second son Lin Duo. Lin Duo walked quickly towards Zhou Xuan and them.

Lin Hanyun saw the second brother Lin Duo coming, and knew that he must have come to reproach her, so he said to Zhou: "Don't forget, I'm waiting for you at the Moon Gate." "Fly and run to the other one.

Lin Duo walked over, looked at Lin Hanyun's back and shook his head, it's useless to be polite, it's still so wild! said to Zhou Xuan: "Zhou Gongzi, please." ”

Lin over there explained, "Master Li. The little girl Hanyun loves to play with these juniors, this week's son is the righteous brother of Montenegro, and he is two generations lower than Hanyun, isn't Montenegro? ”

Lin Heishan responded: "Yes." Hanyun's little aunt insisted that my brother-in-law also call her aunt. ”

Master Li laughed loudly and walked side by side with Lin Duhu.

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The night banquet of the capital protection mansion is really luxurious. Brilliant, light singing and dancing, water 6 delicacies are generally served up, a few spoons are tasted, and then withdrawn, and the maid is full of wine.

Zhou Xuan was alone in a case, munching freely, the wine was dry, and the waitress waiting for him was the most busy, pouring wine.

The arrogant Lord Li seemed to think that everyone here should bow his eyebrows to him, and when he saw Zhou Xuanyi drinking like no one else, he was angry when he saw it, and sneered, "Gongzi Zhou, I heard you compare Lin Duhu to Han Jingzhou before, which is very appropriate, but Gongzi Zhou, aren't you also comparing yourself to Shixian Li Taibai?" Isn't that a bit arrogant? ”

Zhou Xuan smiled, drank a full glass, choked on the wine, only to feel that his chest was open, and his arrogance was suddenly born, it seemed that the time to show his talent had come again, and he said loudly: "I am not familiar with Lord Li in Xia, and Master Li does not know anything about Zaixia, why do you think that I am arrogant in my words?" ”

Master Li let out an "oh" and sneered: "The envoy knows that you have the talent to fight insects, and you are the best in the market, could it be that Zhou Gongzi's poetry talent is also the same as the insect talent, and he is famous in the market?" ”

Zhou Xuan said: "In the field of poetry, whether it is high or not, whether it is low or not, it should be just the same as Lord Li." ”

As soon as these words came out, Lin, Xu Tingshi, Judge Fan and others were all discolored, Xu Tingshi couldn't help shaking his head and muttering: "Crazy, crazy, if you don't get it, you have to lose your head." ”

Master Li's sneering smile froze on his face, and he slammed the wine cup on several cases, and said loudly: "Okay, the envoy is going to see how you press me today--someone, take pen, ink, paper, and inkstone." ”

Zhou Xuan said: "Why do you need pen and ink, you can occupy the mouth, I don't know whether Lord Li wants to compare poems or fill in words with the next one, I don't care, Lord Li casually asks questions, listen to them." ”

Then Master Li saw Zhou Xuan's arrogant style, and thought, "Could it be that this person is really talented?" said: "Just fill in a blank word and ask Lin Duhu to answer the question." ”

Lin Shen groaned, and said very broadly: "Let's take the spring rain as the theme, and there is no limit to the word card." ”

Zhou Xuan clasped his hands with each other, crossed his hands like Wen Tingyun, forked seven forks, and said with a smile: "I have already got one, if Lord Li also has it, please ask Lord Li to recite it first." ”

The guests present were all surprised, the history of the talent and quick thinking to "Cao seven steps, Wen eight forks" as the most, Cao Zijian has a seven-step poetry talent, Wen Feiqing wrote poems with both hands to fork eight times, eight rhyme poems came out, and this Zhou Xuan, sitting there did not move a step, his hands only forked seven

Got a word filled in? Then this person's talent is better than Cao Zijian and Wen Fei

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The young and vigorous Master Li was also surprised, and said, "Since you have obtained it first, naturally you should chant first." ”

"Okay, then come first, Master Li can take this time to hurry up and conceive, haha, I use the Tang Xuan Religious Fang song "Fixing the Storm" for this word." Zhou Xuan drank another cup and said slowly:

"Don't listen to the sound of the forest beating the leaves, why not chant and walk slowly. Bamboo cane shoes are lighter than horses, who is afraid? A cloud of smoke and rain is Ren Ping's life. The steep spring breeze blows the wine and wakes up, slightly cold, and the mountain is obliquely shining but welcomes. Returning to the bleak place, returning, there is no wind and rain and no sunshine. ”

The female musicians on the two walls have stopped the silk and bamboo orchestra under Lin's signal, Zhou Xuan's clear voice resounded through the hall, and the guests had different expressions, some admired, some admired, some closed their eyes and shook their heads and chanted, and some looked at Lord Li's face......

That Master Li silently recited the words of "Fixing the Storm" recited by Zhou Xuan in his heart, and praised the verse: "Clear and empty, everything is vulgar, it is really a good word!" ”

It seems that although this young and handsome Lord Li is dissatisfied with Zhou Xuanxin, he is not a person who reverses black and white, despicable and obscene, and knows how to appreciate good words.

Now that Master Li opened his mouth, all the guests also praised him.

Master Li looked at Zhou Xuan, and at this time there was no contempt or ridicule, and said: "Zhou Gongzi did fill in good words, but I think this word should be Zhou Gongzi's composition, not a work of oral occupation." ”

Zhou Xuan smiled loudly: "Then please ask Lord Li to ask the question again." ”

Master Li thought for a moment and said: "Today is the sixth day of the eighth month, and the next nine days will be the Mid-Autumn Festival with the full moon. ”

Zhou Xuan said: "No problem, just open your mouth and come." I thought, "Just chant 'when is the bright moon' again." ”

Master Li was afraid that he would have a dormitory, so he had filled in the Mid-Autumn Festival words before, and decided to increase the difficulty of the exam questions: "Please also use "Nian Nujiao" as the word card." I thought: "The word card of "Nian Nu Jiao" is not widely circulated among the people, even if you Zhou Xuan knows the word law, you must not be very familiar with "Nian Nu Jiao", I don't believe you will be able to fill it in for a while! ”

Zhou Xuan's mind flew and responded: "Okay, it's "Nian Nujiao". ”

With Master Li as the ground, all the guests looked at Zhou Xuan together, only to see that he began to fork his hands again, once, twice, three times...... No more, no less, seven times, and then he raised his glass and drank it all, and laughed loudly: "Yes, everyone listen well, "Nian Nujiao.

"Osmanthus floating jade, the first moon is full of heavenly streets, and the night is as cool as washing. The wind is full of eyebrows and cold bones, and people are in the Crystal Palace. Jiaolongyan, watching Que'e, ethereal sheng song boiling. The frost is all over the ground, and it wants to fly across the colorful clouds. I remember last year's eve, Jiuxi Pavilion, the light moon and clouds came and went. Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains were not dreamed of yesterday, and the autumn light is like a promise in the blink of an eye. Qingque came to the west, E reported me, and the good time is near. Sending a couple, don't be drunk with Guanghan. ”

The hall is silent, and the night breeze is cool, bringing the fragrance of the osmanthus tree in the back garden.

It was Master Li who took the lead in applauding: "Good words, Zhou Gongzi is really talented, the envoy underestimates you, since Zhou Gongzi's masterpiece is in front, the envoy will not be ugly, come, drink." ”

Zhou Xuan was originally very disgusted with this mysterious and noble person, but his temperament was stubborn and self-serving, but from his praise for the wonderful words tonight, it seems that this person is not very disgusting, and he also knows how to appreciate art.

Xu Tingshi said exquisitely: "Gongzi Zhou is fixed and talented, but Master Li's elegance is also unmatched, and he is really open-minded to embrace all things." ”

All the guests chimed in.

After the night banquet of the Duhu Mansion, Zhou Xuan had two nicknames - "Zhou Wubu", "Zhou Qicha", only eight and a half buckets high, the word Lisheng Feiqing, the two words are known to Tongsu, the Qinglou sang, many scribes are not in a hurry to hide from the rain when it rains, even if they bring rain gear, they don't need to be bareheaded, holding a bamboo cane, chanting the words of "Dingfeng Wave", while walking slowly, the whole body is soaked but thinks it is Kuangda, that is, the soup chicken is also the soup chicken.

After the feast was dispersed, it was the beginning of the hour, of course Zhou Xuan would not be stupid enough to go to the Moon Gate to see Lin Hanyun, and Abu went directly out of the Duhu Mansion, Laifu and Abu's two healthy servants waited in the Fangmen for a long time, and received their respective masters to return to the mansion, Abu was satisfied, and today he saw the top high-ranking officials in Jiangzhou, and drank together, if he said it, he would not scare those ladies and laymen to death, and see if they dare to deliberately make things difficult and extort in the future!

Zhou Xuan returned to the Qin Mansion and took a bath and slept without mentioning it.

Early the next morning, Zhou Xuangang and his two fiancées practiced the five-bird opera, and were intimately exchanging their experience in practice, when Liao Yin came from Lao Hetang, saying that his wife Cuihua had been arguing and bargaining with Xiao in the middle of the night yesterday afternoon, and the owners of the two insect shops around the "Autumn Battle Hall" had agreed to sell the storefront, one asking for four hundred taels of silver, and the other three hundred and eighty taels.

Zhou Xuan was very surprised, he knew that those two insect shops would not lose to the "Grade Autumn Battle Hall" in terms of building scale and floor area, and he was able to buy the "Level Autumn Battle Hall" at a low price of four hundred taels because he saved the boss's big-bellied concubine, and Xia Cuihua kept the price so low with her mouth, it was too strong!