"Haha!" Cao Yu showed a hint of triumph, he shook his head slightly and said: "You can't use the vulgar word "guest of the curtain, although these girls are all famous prostitutes, but they have always been selling their arts, they can sing and dance, they are both talented and beautiful, ordinary people want to see their beautiful looks are as difficult as climbing to the sky, if you want to become their benefactors, you must not only be agile and intelligent, but your status cannot be ordinary, and more importantly, you have to be willing." ”

"Oh?" Su Yi glanced at Cao Yu with bad intentions, this guy obviously can't match his talent and agility.

Cao Yu was a little embarrassed: "There are two girls here who have something to do with me, but they have just met a few times." ”

"Look, there's a up there!" Liu 13 and Gao Heihu were also lying at the window, Liu 13 had sharp eyes, and hurriedly pointed to the high platform below and shouted.

I saw a woman holding a pipa in her arms, slowly walking to the stage, she was wearing a pale yellow skirt, her figure was graceful, but the pretty face looked cold, I couldn't tell whether this woman was happy or angry, and there was a feeling of rejecting people thousands of miles away.

"Zheng!" With a bang, the woman pulled open the strings on the pipa, and the song like Tiangan also sounded.

Her voice was elegant, and the accompaniment of the pipa was also just right, and the guests of the entire Wind and Rain Pavilion listened to it with a pleasant feeling, Cao Yu simply pulled up a chopstick and knocked it on the wine glass.

The wine table in their private room was leaning against the wall with a window, and he and Cao Yu happened to sit on both sides, looking up at the window, they could see the situation in the patio at a glance, which was the most convenient, but Gao Heihu and Liu Shisan were not so lucky, they wanted to watch the performance in the patio, so they could only lie to the window.

Fortunately, these people are not interested in this kind of music, they are more concerned about the girl's appearance, lying on the window and watching it for a while, they feel bored, and simply drink and guess the fist, which makes Cao Yu on the side frown, and even exclaims the scenery.

"This woman's name is Gu Qiuyun, she is a famous prostitute in Bowang County, she is good at poetry and singing, and she has some strength." Cao Yu pointed to the woman with a cold expression on the stage and introduced.

Su Yi looked at the woman and asked casually, "Then how does she look compared to the other girls?" ”

"Each has its own merits." Cao Yu sighed and said: "Those who can come to power are all praised, and if anyone is praised, there will definitely be competition." In the past, this kind of famous prostitute won the championship, which can be regarded as an elegant affair, but over the years, a lot of interests have been added to it, and the money behind them has spent a lot of money to carry them to the stage, and those talented people have given poems to make them famous. ”

Su Yi looked at it, the entire Wind and Rain Pavilion was even more lively than during the day, many private rooms were brightly lit, and those talented and wealthy businessmen were either sitting by the window, shouting and applauding, or raising their wine glasses, sitting in the private room, pointing at Gu Qiuyun and talking and laughing.

It's not lively!

There are also some rich sons who can't write any poetry, and those children of the family look down on them. Whenever a girl came on stage, they would throw a lot of silver tickets out of the window.

This naturally attracted the dissatisfaction of many people, and even the famous prostitutes on the stage showed their anger, and many sons and brothers clamored to smash those rich children who threw silver tickets in order to win their hearts.

It's just that these silver tickets are scattered all over the sky, and everyone doesn't know which private room they threw them from, and the owner of the Wind and Rain Pavilion obviously has no intention of stopping them.

Some talented people shook their heads and said in a disdainful tone: "It's really insulting to be covered in copper smell." ”

Of course, they can't give so much money, even if they are children of the family, they are reluctant to spend this lot of money from the upper floor, so they can only pretend to make a few poems elegantly and give them to the girls who compete for the name of the Oiran. If there is that talent who takes a fancy to them and is willing to compete for their poetry, it will naturally add a lot of points to the name of the Oiran.

And the annual Oiran Contest, in the end, is often the scene of talented people fighting poetry.

Cao Yu pointed to the active figures in the private room, and introduced them to Su Yi one by one, the people who came to participate in the Oiran Contest were all young people, of course, there were also some famous talents, but some of these people were already middle-aged, so it was naturally difficult to participate in them, and a group of young people snatched the favor of famous prostitutes.

Just waiting for the time to fight the poems, occasionally write one or two, which can be regarded as the icing on the cake, or comment on those poems, showing his identity as a "senior".

Sitting in the private room, there are children of the family, there are also students from poor families, and there are many young masters of rich merchants, these people are all well-known evil young people in Bowang County, relying on the money in the family, they do a lot of evil things, but these people are also very knowledgeable about current affairs, and they will not provoke the sons and daughters of those families.

There are also many talented people among these people, and the poems they make pay attention to the ornate rhetoric, and when others talk about them and comment on their poems, at most they will say a few words about the copper smell and deduct a few points, and will not deliberately belittle them.

If you want to be an official in Da Chu, you will either be a child of a family and be recommended by the elders of the clan to be an official, or you will be a celebrity Qingshi who has a certain reputation, and will be recommended by some highly respected literary masters to be an official, or worship in the family and become their doorman, or you may have the opportunity to be recommended to be an official.

Secondly, it is to participate in the imperial examination, which has always been one of the means for Dachu to select bureaucrats, and it is also the only hope for poor students to step into the official career. But even so, the number of places in the middle of the lift is still controlled by the Maison Gate Valve.

The sons of these wealthy businessmen, even if they have some talents and a lot of wealth, it is very difficult to be admitted to the promotion.

In addition to these people, Cao Yu also introduced a few well-known talents, there are many private rooms in the Wind and Rain Pavilion, Cao Yu only saw someone at a certain window, and the others didn't know where the cat was in the private room.

These talents are all the most popular young men in Bowang County, Cao Yu looked at Su Yi with some suspicion, and asked: "Brother Han is also a child of the family, has he never participated in this kind of competition, such as Wenhui and Oiran?" ”

Su Yi was slightly stunned, Liu Shisan, who was sitting on the side and fist-fighting with Gao Heihu, had a hint of coldness flashing in his eyes, and Su Yi said lightly: "I'm not interested in these." ”

Seeing this, Cao Yu also touched Su Yi's pain, he thought about it, the other party was a child of a family, but he was arranged to serve in the army, and he couldn't help himself, and he was reluctant to talk about Wenhui at this time, which was reasonable, so he changed the topic and introduced Su Yi to these heroes of Bowang County.

Although Cao Yu is a partial child of the Cao family, when he arrives at the Wind and Rain Pavilion, the master here also has to give him some face, not because Cao Yu is famous, but because the owner of the Wind and Rain Pavilion is hindered by the Cao family's face, it is not good for them to lose face.

Then Cao Yu gave an order and asked the servants of the Wind and Rain Pavilion to bring a list, which marked all the talents who participated in the Oiran Competition today, including their private rooms on several floors, which were specially circled.