When I went up to the second floor, I found myself in a very large living room, which was spotlessly clean and tidy. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 There are beautifully carved round tables, chairs, etc., and on a half table against the wall, there is also a yaoqin, and on the wall are calligraphy and paintings of celebrities. On the east side, there is a very elegant wooden round door, and through the beaded curtain, the bed tent can be faintly seen inside. Li Xuebing was sitting with a middle-aged scribe in his forties, and when he saw Lin Yi coming upstairs, he lowered his face and looked at him coldly, while the middle-aged scribe looked at him with some curiosity.

"Wang Shi? It's you! Why did you slander me as soon as you came? What are you coming to me for? Li Xue said coldly.

Depend on! Didn't you say that after teaching me to come to the capital, I will come to you? How can I forget now! Blame me? Presumably, I didn't say anything and offended her ruthlessly, so I didn't give me a good look. Anyway, if we make a mistake, let's give her a smile and say yes!

Lin Yi bowed and smiled: "I really can't guess which three of Sister Li's puzzles, so I came up with the idea of agitating the law, and deceived Sister Li into agreeing to let me go upstairs, and I ask Sister Li to forgive me for this!" ”

Li Xuebing's eyes widened, looked at him in a daze for a while, and said, "You are also smart!" But you just classified me as a prostitute, which is really a panic! How do you think I should punish you? After that, he looked at Lin Yi and smiled.

"Sister can punish as much as she wants!" Lin Yi replied with a smile.

Li Xuebing's eyes rolled, pointed to the middle-aged scribe beside him, and said: "I will punish you for competing with this gentleman in poetry, if you win, what happened just now, let's write it off, if you lose, I will send you to the government and beat you eighty boards!" ”

Depend on! Come to Lanzhuyuan to sell a painting, if you are guilty! Sure enough, this brothel is a place of right and wrong, and you can't come lightly! But the poem? We don't know how to recite poetry, how can we compare with the talents of ancient times? Besides, who knows who they are? What if it's a narrow-minded person who hates me? Lin Yi was silent, and thoughts were racing in his mind.

The middle-aged scribe stood up and said with a smile: "In the next Zhou Bangjie, a native of Jinan, Shandong, I heard that Gongzi made a poem, called Yijian Mei, which is popular all over the country, and admires Your Excellency's talent very much, so I also ask the little brother to give advice." After that, he arched his hand, and his demeanor was very modest.

Lin Yi bowed his hand and saluted: "This gentleman, since ancient times, has famous sayings and good sentences, and he has a good hand, but he is dull and slow to react, and he writes poems in person, but it is not good, so the poetry competition is in the next ...... Admit defeat, no need to compare! "Considering that he has recently achieved a small success, it is estimated that he can still survive after playing eighty boards, and besides, he is now a person of Qinglongwei, he only needs to take out his waist card, and it is estimated that the old man who tried the case will have to sell himself a face, and he will not punish himself. So Lin Yi simply admitted defeat, so as not to inadvertently provoke someone and bring trouble to himself in the future.

As soon as he said this, the middle-aged scribe and Li Xuebing were stunned. Li Xue said with a cold face: "You...... Aren't you afraid of being beaten? ”

Lin Yi smiled: "I'm not guilty, why did he beat me, when I get to the court, I won't admit it, and the old men will not listen to you." ”

"Really useless?" Li Xuebing said contemptuously.

Lin Yi smiled and ignored her. The middle-aged scribe smiled and said: "I often hear Miss Li say in front of people, Your Excellency is a first-class strange man, with excellent poetry, calligraphy and painting, why don't you want to compete with me, could it be that you are a person who deceives the world and steals fame?" Look down on the subordinates, don't give me a face? When it comes to the end, the tone is a little unkind.

Li Xuebing said with a smile on the side: "This son of Zhou Bangjie is a famous scholar in Shandong, he was admitted to the Jinshi at the age of eighteen, and now he is serving as a household servant, Wang Shi, you should still be closer to Lord Zhou." ”

Wow! It turned out that he was still a big official? Which...... We can't afford to mess with it! People casually stretch out a finger, they are thicker than our waists, and we are his opponents. Lin Yi had no choice but to smile and say, "It turned out to be Lord Zhou, disrespectful!" Disrespectful! Please advise! ”

Zhou Bangjie straightened his chest and said, "Why don't we take Miss Li Xuebing as the theme, each make a poem, and the one with the best poetry wins?" How is it? ”

Lin Yi smiled: "I have already made it, and today I am here to sell my painting." So saying, he took out the painting he had drawn in the morning and placed it on the round table.

Zhou Bangjie unfolded the drawing paper, pressed it with a paperweight, looked at it carefully, and said in his mouth: "The flowers are faded and the red and green apricots are small." When the swallows fly, the green water surrounds. There are few willows blowing on the branches, and there is no fragrant grass at the end of the world! Swing inside the wall, outside the wall. Pedestrians outside the wall, beautiful people laugh inside the wall. The laughter gradually faded into silence, but the amorous was ruthlessly annoyed. ”

"What a word! Good words! Zhou Bangjie stroked his hands and praised: "This word is good, the word is good, and the painting is good!" Unexpectedly, the little brother and Miss Li fell in love at first sight, Yangzhou only met once, and he never forgot her, and today he made such a good word for her! Speaking of this, he shook his head twice and sighed, "Better than what I did!" I can't write such good poetry! ”

Lin Yi breathed a sigh of relief and said in his heart: "It's good for you to admit defeat!" If you really have to entangle me, and keep comparing with me, we have to show our stuff. Damn it! This orchid bamboo garden is not a place to stay for a long time, so let's sell the paintings and leave! ”

"You gave me this painting?" Li Xuebing's eyes were full of joy, and she looked at Lin Yi and asked with a smile.

For you? Won't we get the money? How do you open our bookstore? Feed the two women in our family? We are now short of money and are desperately lacking, but we can't give away such a good word easily. Lin Yi thought about it carefully and was about to refuse, but saw Li Xuebing snatch the painting from the table, and said with a smile: "Which Wang Shi, my sister accepted this gift, thank you!" As he spoke, he rolled up the painting, opened the door of a cabinet in the corner, and stuffed the painting into a pile of paintings.

Yikes! This is a good deal, but I haven't had time to talk about selling paintings? And she took it? If I want to talk about selling paintings, I am afraid that Li Xuebing will be very unhappy and offend his subordinates. Anyway, just treat it as the money for the bracelet, and when I go back, I will sell the agate bracelet as capital! Lin Yi smiled bitterly and stopped making a sound.

"My sister still has guests today, so my little brother won't bother and say goodbye!" Lin Yi couldn't wait to leave this place of right and wrong, so he hurriedly got up and said goodbye.

Li Xuebing said with a smile: "Wang Shi, you don't sit anymore?" Lord Zhou is a talented man in the world, maybe you can talk about it very well? ”

Since ancient times: "Things gather by like, people by groups", how can we, a flat-headed people, have a deep friendship with such high-ranking officials? It's better to leave early, in case you come here, a gentleman, or a prince and minister, and I accidentally offend someone, and don't cause trouble for me? It's better to get out of here! Lin Yi made up his mind in his heart, and hurriedly excused himself: "No! I'm just passing by today, there is something at home, I can't wait any longer, so I'll leave! With that, he bowed and bowed, and turned to walk upstairs.

Out of the door of Lanzhuyuan, Lin Yi looked back at which mansion, and thought in his heart: "Lanzhuyuan, I will never come from now on!" Sister Li, our relationship ends here, and we will never meet you again in the future! Find such a dusty woman to be friends, forget it! He turned around and walked out into the street.

The two women in the family still have to be supported, the rent has to be paid, and we have to open a bookstore, so can we not have money? There's no way, sell the agate bracelet! Lin Yi gritted his teeth, walked into a pawnshop, took out the agate bracelet, and put it on the counter.

"Man! I'm going to be this thing, and you see how much it's worth? Lin Yi asked.

A guy in the store took Lin Yi's agate bracelet and looked at it, and said with a smile: "This son, when the tattoo is fifty taels of silver!" ”

So much? Lin Yi was very happy, and hurriedly said: "It's up to you, give me the wedding money." ”

The pawnshop guy weighed him fifty taels of silver and handed it to Lin Yi. Lin Yi put the silver in his arms and walked back excitedly.

Ha ha! Rich! This time, we can do our own movable type printing and make money selling books! Lin Yi thought carefully about the essentials of movable type printing, walked to the street, asked people which bookstores the engravers lived, and went to the door one by one, ordered wooden movable type carved from jujube wood, and went to the carpenter's shop, ordered wooden shelves for typesetting from them, negotiated the specifications and prices, and the delivery date, and walked back slowly.