Chapter Forty-Six: A Thousand Miles of Lovesickness Disappears
Yun Niang heard the question asked by Li Guanqi, and was secretly happy in her heart, since he could ask this question, he naturally deliberately combed it for Hanyan, and it was also an opportunity for him to make a fortune. At the moment, he hurriedly smiled and said: "This first condition, first of all, it has to be someone who can be seen by the girl with smoke, and the son is suave, which is naturally not a problem." ”
Li Guanqi listened to him praise himself, smiled slightly, and did not speak. The Great Qian Dynasty has been founded for a hundred years and has undergone several generations of genetic improvement, if his appearance is not good-looking, how ugly will the founding ancestor be?
Yun Niang continued: "Our Meixianglou is a businessman, this second condition, of course, still depends on the silver." ”
"How much does it cost?" Li Guanqi asked without thinking.
Yun Niang stretched out two fingers like onions and said, "The combing fee of Yuxiang and Su Wan in the four major brands of our Meixiang Building is 1,800 taels, and the cost of spending the night is 100 taels. With smoke as an oiran, the combing fee is naturally higher, which is two thousand taels. ”
Li Guanqi heard that the night fee of the four top cards was actually one hundred taels, and his heart moved, but he brought it out on his face, and said with a light smile: "The Spring Festival is worth a thousand gold, two thousand taels is not much, but I estimate that there are not a few people here who can pay this price, so how to deal with it?" ”
Yun Niang's heart was already happy, but she tried her best to control it, and said: "Miss Hanyan has also prepared the exam questions herself, and anyone who meets the first two conditions and can answer the exam questions can be the guest of Hanyan tonight." ”
Li Guanqi smiled slightly and said, "What if no one can answer?" ”
"Naturally, the one with the highest price wins." Yun Niang actually hopes that no one can answer the question of smoking.
As the two were talking, it was quiet outside, and it turned out that Hanyan had finished singing. He lightly opened his lips and said: "Everyone came to Meixianglou today to congratulate Hanyan on his birthday. After saying that, he made another blessing to everyone.
Although the words of the smoke are elegant, who in the audience will not understand? I all know that there will be a lucky person tonight who can take away the ** of the first beauty in Beijing. So as soon as Hanyan's words fell, someone shouted: "Miss Hanyan is too polite, I am here today for Miss Hanyan's peerless demeanor, and I have heard that Miss Hanyan has prepared three test questions, so please hurry up and make people anxious." ”
"Everyone, please be calm." Yun Niang didn't know when she had walked to Hanyan's side and said, "Everyone must know the rules of our Meixianglou." Not everyone has the opportunity to answer the question, first of all, you have to ......"
"Isn't it necessary to have two thousand taels of silver first?" The person below said impatiently, "Mother Yun's eyes are sharp-eyed, can't you see that we have money or not?" ”
Yun Niang saw that she was coaxed as soon as she opened her mouth, and secretly sighed that the years were merciless, she was also one of the four famous prostitutes in Beijing back then, but she did see that the people present today were either rich or expensive, and none of them were easy to mess with, so she had to say with a spring breeze on her face: "In this case, let Hanyan quickly get out of the question, so as not to make everyone anxious." ”
Looking at the pair of eyes full of desire downstairs, although there was still a smile on his face, his heart was full of bitterness. He was sold into the Qinglou since he was a child, and he became a Qing Qi at the age of twelve, with his beauty and extraordinary talent, he has earned countless silver for Meixianglou in the past six years.
I thought that before this day came, I would be able to meet someone who really loved me and save myself from this sea of suffering. Who knows, to this day, he still has to sell his body. I just hope that someone will answer my exam questions later, so that at least I will feel better psychologically. Because she knows that if no one can answer the question successfully, she will enter the auction process, and then she will feel more deeply sold.
Hanyan turned around and beckoned, and a close-fitting maid came over with a scroll banner, unfolded it, and hung it on the railing on the second floor. I saw that it read:
"Come downstairs, the money is gone;
Ask the heavens, where are the people;
hated the king and grandson, and went all the way;
Wrongdoers, words are hard to stay;
I regret that I missed my mouth;
There is an up-turn, there is no down-turning;
Why ask;
Separate without a knife;
From now on, don't rely on your enemies;
A thousand miles of lovesickness are gone. ”
It turned out to be a poem with a resentful tone, and there was immediately a discussion at the bottom.
Looking at the chaotic crowd, Hanyan said: "Today's first word is this poem, and everyone here only needs to respond to one song to pass the test." Time is the work of a stick of incense. Light incense. As she commanded, the maid standing behind her took out a plate of strange-looking incense and lit it.
In the private room, He Ziming couldn't help but ask strangely: "Childe, Miss Hanyan's topic is too simple, right?" There is no shortage of talented people here today, what is so difficult about a poem? ”
Li Guanqi is not a particularly poet lover, but he is very fond of some strange poems, such as spring words, strange poems, anagrams and the like. After listening to He Ziming's words, he smiled lightly and said, "What do you know?" On the surface, the word Hanyan looks like it's just an ordinary resentment that expresses her chest, but it's actually still an anagram, each sentence implies a word, of course, this anagram is not difficult to guess, it's just a few numbers from one to ten. But it is not easy to integrate anagrams and poems, and it is even more difficult to match this poem by Miss Hanyan. Don't you see them all scratching their ears and cheeks and meditating there? ”
"It's still that complicated, huh?" He Ziming stuck out his tongue embarrassedly and said, "I don't see that Gongzi is in a hurry at all, I think he is confident about this question." He saw that Li Guanqi was very interested in Hanyan, and he also looked forward to Li Guanqi being able to hug the beauty.
Li Guanqi deliberately glared at him and said, "We came here to find the one in Miss Yuxiang's room, not to find Miss Hanyan." Is the topic difficult, and what does it matter to us? Why the hurry? ”
"But ......"
"But what?"
"But if it gets out and says that you are actually stumped by the topic of a woman in a green building, won't Childe lose face?" He Ziming rubbed his nose and said this provocative sentence.
"If I cut off your head, who is going to spread the word?" Li Guanqi also responded with a smile.
"Huh? Then when I didn't say anything. He Ziming knew that Li Guanqi was joking, so he was not afraid.
"However, I happen to really do Miss Hanyan's question, and since I have encountered it, let's just join in the fun." Li Guanqi cocked Erlang's legs, because he remembered a poem written by Emperor Qianlong, which happened to be right today.
"I knew Childe wouldn't be stumped." He Ziming was really happy, because he found that the master he was loyal to was more and more worthy of his admiration.
"Alright, alright." Li Guanqi stopped He Ziming's excitement and said, "Let them prepare pen and ink." I say, you write! ”