In order to invite Yan officials to participate in the grand event of the Oiran competition, Lotte gritted his teeth and booked a good table at the Shunlai Restaurant out of his own pocket.

"What, Brother Xian is going to do an Oiran competition?"

During the banquet, I was surprised to hear that Lotte was going to hold an Oiran contest to raise funds.

"What do the officials think is not appropriate?" Lotte's heart sank, speculating that this was not very approving of the officials.

"There's nothing wrong with that!" Yu Ruozhuo's face regained a smile, and the look on his face was half nostalgic and half excited: "I think I also saw the scene of Oiran Dabi when I was my brother in Tokyo, and now I think about it, I am still a little excited!" ”

Putting his mind at ease, Lotte got up and saluted: "The identity of the younger brother is just a Xu official and the like, and he really can't be on the stage in Pingyu, so I hope that Brother Yu will come forward to fulfill it, and it will also benefit my Pingyu father!" ”

"Brother Le Xian has seen the outside!" Seeing that Lotte was like this, Yu Ruozhuo hurriedly got up and held on: "Brother Le is anxious for justice and righteousness, and his feelings are pitiful and admirable, if Yu Mou stands by and watches, won't he be scolded by my father, not to mention that this matter is still a good thing to accumulate virtue and do good!" ”

Looking at the sedan chair where Yu Ruozhuo left, Lotte's face was full of smiles, and he knew in his heart that this matter was done.

Shakuchi, who had been by his side, whispered, "Sir, do you know who opened the restaurant in Jiashunlai?" ”

"Who?" Lotte doesn't know what Lotte is asking.

"The Qin family is the Qin little lady's family!" Shakuchi glanced at the signboard of the Shunlai Restaurant, and added: "Now this Shunlai Restaurant is taken care of by Qin Yuanwai's son!" ”

"His house!" Lotte snorted coldly between his noses, and then the chill between his eyebrows grew: "You pass a word on me and the wine affairs Shen Yanmu, this is the reduced supply of rice wine in the restaurant!" ”

"Yes, the little ones are going!" Shakuchi responded with a very helpful voice, and said: "The matter that Mr. ordered to investigate, the small one has found out clearly, the mother of the little lady Qin, the criminal family, is the aunt who divides the punishment text, and the criminal family can't get rid of the bad gentleman's matter!" ”

Frowning for a moment, Lotte was speechless.

For several days, in the wing room of the prefectural office, Lotte waited for news from the officials while planning various affairs for the Oiran Contest and sketched out a preliminary plan.

At this time, the inner hall door pushed the door and said to Lotte: "Le Tisi, the eldest master summons!" ”

The eldest lord summoned, Lotte didn't dare to slack off, and hurried to the signing room in response.

Entering the signing room, Lotte saw Chen Zhixian sitting in front of the case with a displeased face, and the Yan master also sat aside, looking at himself with a slight brow.

"Le Tisi, you are an ordinary helper, the official saw your meritorious service and let you be a fast catcher, and read your little talent, and promoted you to be a sticker, I hoped that you would be diligent in your work, but what have you done these days? Hanging out in the yazhong all day long can be described as a corpse vegetarian meal! Without waiting for Lotte to salute, Chen Zhixian angrily accused.

Yan Zhushu on the side also raised his eyebrows and said: "You claim to have no experience in construction projects, and this official asked Lu Zhisi to take over the errand, and you have other errand arrangements, but these days you are not serious and slack off to such a point, and you are even more prodigal and the idle people of the prodigal son in this county What kind of Oiran big competition, if you really remember how many small merits you have made, will the county honor let you go?" ”

How did the two masters know that they were going to hold an Oiran competition? Lotte speculated in his heart, and after thinking about it, he immediately understood that it was a few old bustards in the Qinglou Theater who let out the wind.

Seeing that the two masters were angry, Lotte hurriedly said: "Two masters, the villain has always been diligent in his errands, and he has never slacked off!" ”

Chen Zhixian laughed angrily: "You have done half a cent of the errand that the master bookkeeper ordered you to raise donations, and you have not seen a penny of charity money in the warehouse for many days. ”

Lotte hurriedly said: "Sir, this selection of Oiran is exactly the method that the villain came up with after thinking about it!" ”

Then he said in detail: "The Salesian Bureau of the Futian Yuan supported the orphaned old and the young, and set up the Anjifang to distribute medicine and medicine, and many good deeds made me have little extra money to maintain. ”

"Oiran Dabi can also raise money?" Chen Zhixian was a little unconvinced.

"The villain made this decision out of helplessness!" Lotte was helpless, seeing that the two masters didn't believe in themselves, and hurriedly said: "The subordinates are willing to make a military order, if they can't raise money, the villain is willing to go home and go to work!" ”

Lotte knows in his heart that the two schools of Buddhism and Taoism are all masters who only enter and can't leave, don't say that this little sticker of you, even if you Master Chen comes forward, these two families may not give face, so why should I go to ask for that boring, I can only find another way.

Listening to Lotte's words, Chen Zhixian and Yan Zhushu glanced at each other, and the eyes of both of them were suspicious.

Then Lotte said: "If this policy goes smoothly, not only can we ensure that most of this year's donations have been settled, but as long as the Oiran Dabi continues to be held, the county will not need to worry about the donations in the next year!" ”

Immediately, Lotte's words aroused greater interest in Chen Zhixian, who had been in public opinion for at least three years, and if he had relied on this for three years, he would naturally no longer have to worry about money.

This is also a political achievement!

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"Mr. Le, my family official invited Mr. to go for tea!"

Lotte, who was contemplating various matters of the Oiran in the public office, heard that the servants of the Yu Mansion came to invite. In response, Lotte led the way with the servant in front.

On the teahouse, Lotte glanced at the seats, these people in the teahouse themselves also knew each other, they were all characters that Yu had seen at the official dinner, but next to the official, there was a strange middle-aged man of thirty-seven or eight years old.

In the county office, Lotte has a bit of vision, a look at the person around the official is not ordinary, this person is dressed as a scribe, but the shirt is extraordinary, the head of the Tang scarf, the piece of jade on the Tang scarf is more valuable. The ornaments on the body and the folding fan in the hand are extraordinary. However, according to Lotte's eyesight, it is impossible to determine how much this person's outfit will cost.

Seeing Lotte coming, Yu Ruozhuo got up and said with a smile: "Brother Lexian, I'm here to introduce you for my brother!" ”

The scribe looked at Lotte with a curious face: "Others laugh at me for being too crazy, I laugh at others and can't see through it?" What if life is only as it first seems? ”

"It's down there!" The person in front of him is either rich or expensive, and Lotte is very modest. At the same time, he glanced at Yu Ruozhuo, with an inquiring look in his eyes.

Seeing Lotte's gaze, Yu Ruozhuo introduced with a smile: "This Li Xianggong is a classmate and friend of my brother who studied in Taixue!" ”

Yu Guanren just introduced here, so there is no extra language, and at the same time, he also introduces other people to Lotte to know Lotte.

I see!

Yu Ruozhuo has a background of studying too much, and there are many rich people among his classmates, which is not surprising.

Looking at Lotte, this Li Xiang said openly: "Falling flowers are like a dream, Li has seen it, and the young people who are good at music and art really deserve it; A different kind of quiet fragrance, and there is no place to urge the opening. Although he has an orchid name, he is too enchanting and gorgeous, but he is still fascinating, but Li has never understood that if Mr. Xiao's life is only as first seen, which woman is it written for? ”

This person does not see the outside when he speaks, and he is a veteran among the flowers when he speaks, and the falling flowers are like a dream, referring to the warbler girl; This is a different kind of secluded fragrance, and there is no strong place to urge the opening, which was given to Sister Lan by Lotte; Obviously, this Li Xianggong has already seen the two of them.

Someone interjected on the side: "I guess if Brother Le Xian's life is only as it was when I first saw it, it was written for Miss Yingying!" ”

Li Xianggong smiled lightly: "Recently, Li happened to pass by Caizhou, and just heard that Mr. Xiao's life is only as first seen, and I heard that Mr. Xiao is going to hold an Oiran competition in Pingyu, Li was curious and came by a detour, and happened to meet Brother Yu, since Mr. Xiao is a fellow Taoist, why not count this Oiran Dabi as a certain Zhao!" ”

Fellow Daoists, what fellow Daoists? Lotte scoffed at this statement, the secret master is only for money, and you are for sex, although you are complicit.

Before Lotte could speak, Yu Ruozhuo next to him hurriedly said: "Brother Li can join, Yu Mou can't ask for it!" ”

What is the origin of this Li Xianggong, Lotte doesn't know and doesn't want to ask much, but he doesn't care about him, as long as he is willing to pay for silver, you want to have a fun time, master, I ask for a heavy money errand. The two good things are good together, and everyone takes what they need from each other.

After counting the people present, there were exactly twelve people, including himself, and since these people were willing to help in his grand event, he began to prepare for the specific matters of Oiran Dabi.

Before Lotte spoke, Li Xianggong said: "This selection of Oiran, Li has also seen many times in Beijing, and now Li has come to Mr. Xiao to ask for advice on how to judge the criteria for the victory of Oiran to see if Mr. is my fellow believer?" ”

It's clear that he is testing himself, is this Li Xianggong here to smash the field, where did so many problems come from!

However, it seems that this Li Xianggong not only has some identity, but also some knowledge, Lotte thought about it for a while, and then said: "Le divides the criteria for judging female actors into four grades, that is, 'quality, rhyme, talent, and color'." A product, a typical victory; Second, it is said that rhyme, Feng Yi wins; Three talents, scheduling wins; Four colors, Ying Xiusheng! ”

"Wonderful!" Listening to what Lotte said, Li Xianggong folded his hands and praised: "With this opinion, Mr. Xiao is not only my fellow practitioner, but also the leader of my fellow practitioners!" ”

Hearing Lotte's remarks, the rest of the people also clapped their hands and shouted wonderfully.

You are so lustful, I am still a child man, don't pull me into your servants, Lotte slanders in my heart.

"The so-called talented women in the Qinglou women's play, according to Li's opinion, most of them are just rough words, and their length is just to entertain people with color art, at most they are just familiar with some poems, and they can really be regarded as talented women, but there are only a few people's ears in the world. This Li Xianggong said worriedly.

Could it be that this Li Xianggong also has a good female trick to prepare for Dabi? Lotte speculated in his heart, and then smiled: "Li Xianggong is thinking too much, the so-called talent ratio proposed in the next will never let the female singer's poetry do a little splashing ink, but he will do it in a different way, as long as Xianggong has seen the planning below, he will understand!" ”

It turned out that on that day, after the official agreed to Lotte's appointment, he began to gather around. Yu Guanren studied in Taixue in the past years, and there were some old classmates who were officials, so in terms of fame and connections, he was naturally the number one person in Pingyu.

The eunuchs of Pingyu heard the shouts of the officials, and immediately eight or nine people echoed them. These people are happy to know themselves, most of them have been seen in the night banquet of the official mansion, they are all rich and idle masters in the family, and even some are the children of rich families who wander in the wind and dust.

To put it more clearly, after all, it is a matter of wine and wealth, but it costs a little money, and it is naturally willing to join in the fun.

This book was first published in Reading Books