"My lord, are you interested in going for a walk by the river?"

Zhilan suddenly invited Xiao Mo, Xiao Mo was a little surprised, he was thinking about Hu Yunxue, and he didn't come back to his senses for a while. 【&n】

However, the beauty invited, of course Xiao Mo would not refuse.

Walking on the edge of the Xiaoyaojin River with Zhilan, feeling the breath of deep spring, Xiao Mo and Zhilan walked and chatted by the river.

"What? Let me be the judge of this poetry meeting? Xiao Mo was a little surprised, but more of a rejection.

On such an occasion, Xiao Moke didn't want to get involved, he came to Luzhou this time, just to watch the excitement, and by the way, he talked to Zhou Chang about lime, but he didn't think about being a judge of any poetry club.

Xiao Mo's reaction, of course Zhilan understood, so she said: "I just want to recommend the adult, if the adult doesn't want to be this judge, then just give up!" ”

"Hmm!" Xiao Mo nodded, and rejected Zhilan's proposal without hesitation, joking, how can he be virtuous? Even if they agreed, Zhou Chang and their big guys and Confucians, can they look down on themselves?

So Xiao Mo said: "It's not that I'm unwilling, it's just that this time Xiao Mo came to participate in the poetry meeting on behalf of the head of Shen County, if he is judged by this, I'm afraid that he won't be able to convince the public." ”

This is to avoid suspicion, Zhilan then remembered that Xiao Mo came on behalf of Zhu Yongping, and couldn't help but smile self-deprecatingly: "It's a lot of trouble for the slave family!" ”

Saying this, Zhilan's heart was thinking about how to deal with Zhao He, just now on a whim, she actually wanted to recommend Xiao Mo to Zhao He, and now Xiao Mo is not qualified for this judgment, Zhilan naturally can't fight Xiao Mo's idea anymore.

However, even if Zhao He asked, Zhilan was just a matter of shirking, so Zhilan didn't think much about it, and returned to the conversation with Xiao Mo.

"I don't know what the adults think of Jiang Ning?"

Zhilan wore a veil, looked at the lake leisurely, and asked intentionally or unintentionally.

"Jiang Ning?" Xiao Mo thought for a while and said: "Jiangning is the southern capital of the country, prosperous since ancient times, and Qinhuai is even more famous all over the world, making students all over the world yearn for it, of course, it is the holy land in the dreams of countless people!" ”

"Could it be that it is also a holy place in the dreams of adults?" Zhilan asked, "Will the adult go to Jiangning in the future?" ”

"Uh...... Maybe! Xiao Mo asked puzzledly, "Why did the girl ask this question?" ”

Zhilan turned around, turned her back to Xiao Mo and whispered, "The slave family may be in Jiangning at the beginning of next month......

"Oh!" Xiao Mo seemed to understand, it turned out that Zhilan was leaving Luzhou and going to Jiangning, but Xiao Mo thought that he was not very familiar with Zhilan, so he didn't want to ask anything.

But Zhilan said: "Don't you ask, don't you ask why the slave family went to Jiangning? ”

"Uh, why?" Xiao Mo asked reluctantly, and his intuition told Xiao Mo that Zhilan must have some intention to take the initiative to chat with him.

Zhilan said: "Do you know the surname of the slave family?" ”

Xiao Mo shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.

"The slave's surname is Xu!" Glancing at Xiao Mo and seeing that Xiao Mo did not react, Zhilan continued: "Xu Qingyuan's Xu! ”

"Xu Qingyuan?" Xiao Mo was a little shocked when he heard this, the name Xu Qingyuan, Xiao Mo heard Yang Yanqi say, I remember that when the An Dynasty fought with the Liao army a few years ago, Xu Qingyuan seemed to be the prefect of Taiyuan Mansion, and later failed to fight with the Liao army, Xu Qingyuan was also convicted and sent to Lingnan.

Since Zhilan can say Xu Qingyuan's name, I'm afraid that she has a lot to do with Xu Qingyuan, but she didn't say it explicitly.

In fact, Miss Zhilan is Xu Qingyuan's daughter, after Xu Qingyuan was convicted, she was assigned to Lingnan and her family, because Xu Qingyuan's wife died early, there was only one daughter, so Xu Zhilan was sat down and sent to the Teaching Department to become a courtesan!

"It turned out to be Miss Xu!" Xiao Mo saluted Xu Zhilan.

Zhilan originally had a nervous look on her face, after all, she and Xiao Mo had only met twice, and she took the liberty of telling her identity, I don't know if Xiao Mo would alienate herself because her father was a criminal minister. But seeing Xiao Mo's reaction, she was relieved.

In fact, Zhilan is too worried, with Xiao Mo's character, of course, she will not look down on Zhilan's background for this reason. Besides, Xiao Mo originally belonged to the people at the bottom of the society, and his personality meant that Xiao Mo would not be afraid of the strong, and of course he would not look down on the weak, besides, Xiao Mo has never been the kind of person who looks at people with colored eyes!

What puzzled Xiao Mo was that even though Zhilan was Xu Qingyuan's relative, what did this have to do with her going to Jiangning?

Seeing that Xiao Mo was not alienated from herself because of Xu Qingyuan's relationship, Zhilan felt that she was not looking at the wrong person, so she continued: "Maybe adults think it's ridiculous, Zhilan has dreamed of making a lot of silver in the past few years, and then redeeming herself, but she refuses to show her head, and she refuses to sell her body in exchange for those jewels!" ”

Zhilan said and laughed self-deprecatingly: "Adults say, is Zhilan stupid?" ”

Xiao Mo shook his head, in fact, there are many women like Zhilan in history, although they unfortunately fell into the brothel of the Qinglou, but they have always been like jade, selling their art and not selling themselves, even if they encounter great difficulties, they are firm in their beliefs.

Of course, the woman who is mixed in the brothel of the Qinglou, no matter how chaste you are, you can't help but obey when you encounter a ruthless bustard or the owner!

Next, Zhilan told Xiao Mo a lot of her own experience, after the accident at home, Xu Zhilan herself was filled into the teaching department, fortunately, although Xu Qingyuan was assigned to Lingnan, but there are still many Jinshi in the same year as Xu Qingyuan in the court, and now they have become the mainstay of the imperial court, and they also secretly take care of Xu Zhilan; Moreover, Xu Qingyuan was only distributed, and he was not executed, so there may be a chance to make a comeback, so the Soft Xiangge did not force Zhilan too much.

In fact, Zhilan is relatively lucky, but for a lady who has been knowledgeable since she was a child and is familiar with "Female Commandments" and "Female Training", being in the Qinglou is a shame in itself.

So Xu Zhilan must be desperate to redeem herself, but if she doesn't sell her body, how much silver can she earn? Except for the money handed over to the Soft Fragrance Pavilion, the money that Zhilan has saved in the past few years is only a thousand taels of silver, which is 108,000 miles away from her redemption fee of up to 10,000 taels.

Fortunately, this time, the owner of the Soft Fragrance Pavilion spoke and asked Xu Zhilan to go to Jiangning, because the original Soft Fragrance Pavilion had enough money in Qin Huai's line to redeem herself, so the Soft Fragrance Pavilion urgently needed a talented and beautiful girl to replace her.

With Xu Zhilan's conditions, it is of course more than enough to replace the head of the line, but what really makes Xu Zhilan happy is that the annual Oiran Conference of Qinhuai River is about to be held in Jiangning!

If you can make a splash at the Oiran Tournament, then you will definitely be able to earn a lot of money, and with money, it will not be difficult to redeem yourself!

However, ten miles of Qinhuai, infinite wind and moon, I have just arrived, how can I win the love of those talents, so as to win the championship at the Oiran Conference in one fell swoop?

What do you need most as a courtesan?

The answer is the best lyrics, and Xu Zhilan certainly knows it.

But how rare is a good lyric song? Zhilan has been in Luzhou Soft Fragrance Pavilion for a few years, and she has not been able to hear poems that can make her heart move from the mouths of those talented people, except for this time in the Li Mansion of Shen County.

'Confidant in the sea, if the end of the world is next to each other', can write such atmospheric and meaningful verses, of course, Xu Zhilan can be surprised, but after being surprised, Xu Zhilan thought of Xiao Mo, for the Oiran Conference, Zhilan had to let go of her reserve and beg Xiao Mo!

"Miss Zhilan said so much, it turns out that she wants to write a poem next?" When Xiao Mo heard Zhilan's request, he was surprised and amused.

Poetry together, how difficult it is to write a work with excellent artistic conception and exquisite words, how can you listen to Zhilan's tone, as if you can easily come to it?

Although Xiao Mo has a lot of poems in his stomach that have not appeared in this era, and each of them is a fine product, Xiao Mo will definitely not tell others this secret.

Zhilan nodded, looking at Xiao Mo pitifully, hoping to get the answer she wanted.

Xiao Mo spread his hands and said, "As I said below, I'm really not good at poetry!" ”

"That last time I was in the Li Mansion, ......"

"It was an accident!"

"......" Zhilan felt a little aggrieved when she heard this, and she was able to write poems like 'confidants in the sea, if the end of the world is next to each other', and said that she was not good at poetry, Xiao Mo was clearly resigning.

Seeing Zhilan's lonely look, Xiao Mo sighed in his heart, and he was moved with compassion.

After all, it is also a very cruel thing for such a delicate beauty to disappoint her.

Xiao Mo had no choice but to say: "That's it, do your best, but I can't guarantee that the writing is good, of course, it will take a certain amount of time, anyway, before Xiao Mo leaves Luzhou, he will definitely give the girl an answer!" ”

Hearing Xiao Mo's words, Zhilan nodded, and then smiled.