Chapter 599: Mo Lan Inn Draws Mo Lan
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Mu Qianmei and Zhou Yunxi respectfully saluted and left.
Wu Changhao watched them walk out of the imperial study, and after gradually walking away, the sadness on his face seemed to be a little deeper.
The people who were watching outside the city lord's mansion saw Zhou Yunxi personally sending Mu Qianmei out of the palace, and when he arrived outside the palace, the city lord Liang Xinghe came to greet Fan Xiu, and finally politely sent Mu Qianmei and his party out of the city lord's mansion.
Such an ending surprised the onlookers, because this time the story was different from every previous time, in the past, beautiful women were successfully admitted to the city lord's mansion by Liang Gongzi, and those who saw the injustice and drew their swords to help also ended up miserable, but this time it was the other way around.
Liang Gongzi's guards were beaten, but he and a group of young masters hid in the city lord's mansion and never showed up.
Mu Qianmei even alarmed the emperor, and personally came out to invite them to the palace, it seemed that they had a good conversation, and the city lord politely sent them away, and seemed to keep making amends.
Everyone was even more curious about Mu Qianmei's identity and origin, and they were talking in private.
After seeing Mu Qianmei and her party leave safely, the onlookers gradually dispersed, and the city lord's mansion returned to its former calm.
After experiencing this turmoil, Mu Qianmei and her entourage had no interest in continuing to visit the temple fair, and it was not early, so they were ready to go back to Meihua Villa.
The three of the Sword Sect's Yue Qingyuan brothers and sisters also said goodbye and returned to the Sword Sect to split the rudder.
In the next few days, Mu Qianmei and others practiced in Plum Blossom Villa with peace of mind, until the ninth day of the first lunar month, Fang Wenxuan came to invite, and Mu Qianmei and others went to Orchid Valley together.
Over the years, it has been a time for the competition of the Billboard Rankings, first there is a knockout match with big waves and sands, and then the official competition begins, which normally takes five days to screen the layers of various layers, and then the sixth day of the finals, the top 12 are compared.
However, after the Xiyu Country was divided into two this year, such a period was relatively special, and people's hearts were not very stable, and some adjustments were made to the time and method of the competition.
The ninth to the twelfth of the first month is the registration period, and the registration period is equivalent to the first elimination.
There are three options for the question, one is to write a poem related to orchids, the second is to write a calligraphy work related to orchids, and the third is to paint a painting of orchids.
This topic seems simple, but it is not simple, the competition of the Empty Valley Orchid Billboard is held every year, and every year it is related to orchids, and the works related to this are unknown, and it is not easy to make different works with ingenuity.
Of course, because it is just a registration, the requirements are not high, and under normal circumstances, as long as you can get by, it is not too bad, and it is considered to be passed.
When Mu Qianmei and her entourage arrived, they saw that the Orchid Valley was already crowded, and it was on par with the temple fair, but there were no jugglers and storytellers in sight, and the most sold on the stalls were pen, ink, paper, inkstone and various pigments, because the people who came to sign up today needed these things the most.
Some people bought pen, ink, paper, and inkstones and went back, because they had four days to sign up, and they were not in a hurry, and some people were meditating on the side, planning to do it on the spot, so they didn't have to run again.
Among the three options, the easiest is to write a calligraphy work related to magnolia flowers, there are so many poems about orchids, just pick one and write it, as long as you have a little calligraphy foundation, you can pass it smoothly, therefore, the people who choose this are also the most.
Of course, there are also some people who feel that their handwriting is not good, but they have the foundation to draw, so draw an orchid and hand it in.
To write an orchid poem by yourself, the people who choose the least are the least, after all, the pearl and jade are in front, and ordinary people don't want to be ugly casually.
As soon as Mu Qianmei and her party appeared, they immediately became the most eye-catching people on the field, and there were many people who didn't know Mu Qianmei last time, but after experiencing Liang Gongzi's flirting with beautiful women, almost everyone recognized Mu Qianmei and her party as people from Plum Blossom Villa.
As for listening to the name of Xuelou, people in the rivers and lakes know it, but not many people know it.
Mu Qianmei asked Liu Tingfeng and the others behind her:
"Do you want to participate in this competition?"
Liu Tingfeng nodded and replied:
"I'll participate in it too, I heard that there is a chess skill in the official competition, and I want to play with Go masters in order to improve my chess skills."
But the Tiger King shook his head and said:
"We don't have to participate, Miss and Childe will participate on our behalf."
Bai Qianqian also chimed in:
"In addition to our cultivation, we are still far behind, so we don't need to participate."
Jade and Vinlan Gongzi also said they would not participate.
So, Mu Qianmei asked Jade to buy the four treasures of the study, and they continued to walk forward while strolling.
In the Orchid Valley, in addition to a flower temple, there are many shops around, among which the most shops are selling orchids, some rare and precious orchids can be seen in the shops, many foreigners will come to buy a few of their favorite orchids to bring back, and even some people also drive horse-drawn carriages to come, wholesale to other places to sell.
A few people also walked around casually, Mu Qianmei took a few people to shop, and introduced them to the various orchids they saw in the store while shopping, although not all of them she knew, but most of them she could tell a rough idea, and she seemed quite expert, even those who opened the store were deeply surprised.
After shopping around the shop for a while, Mu Qianmei and the others continued to walk forward, in the innermost part of the valley, there is a magnificent hall, called the Youlan Palace, from a distance, it seems to be a little more gorgeous than the city lord's mansion in Magnolia City.
At this time, there was a long queue outside the Youlan Palace, and it turned out that it was the place to sign up.
Looking at the long queue, Mu Qianmei said softly:
"It's already noon, let's find a restaurant to eat first!"
There are also many inns and restaurants here, the largest of which is the Molan Inn, which looks antique, very classical, and very gorgeous.
After Mu Qianmei looked around, she immediately decided:
"Let's go, let's go to the Meran Inn for lunch!"
There are a lot of people who come to Orchid Valley today, and the middle and low-end hotels are overcrowded and chaotic at first glance, while the Molan Inn is very quiet, and few people will go there.
After Mu Qianmei finished speaking, she led the group towards the Molan Inn.
Bai Qianqian raised her head and looked at the plaque of the Molan Inn, only to see that the plaque was also engraved with a blooming Molan, with ancient characters carved in thick ink, which looked rich and full of ancient charm, so she asked:
"Miss, is the one carved on the plaque Mo Lan?"
Mu Qianmei looked at the picture of Mo Lan carved on the plaque, and replied casually:
"Well, there are many varieties of Molan, and the plaque is carved with one of them, called Jinzui Molan, also called Primrose Orchid."
As they spoke, a few people slowly came to the gate of the inn, only to see a couplet hanging at the gate-
"Zhilan has started the mountains and rivers to show; The pine and cypress always stay in the heart of heaven and earth. ”
At first glance, it is different from ordinary restaurants, more elegant and a little less tacky.
Walk into the inn, only to see that the furnishings inside are also antique, very quiet, because of the relatively high grade, so there are few guests, there are about thirty tables on the first floor, only five or six have guests at the moment, and they are all quietly eating, even if they speak softly, not as noisy as ordinary restaurants.
In the four corners of the hall, there is a pot of golden-mouthed orchid, which is blooming brightly at this time, exuding a faint fragrance.
Mu Qianmei and the others deliberately chose a table near the corner to sit down, and a shopkeeper in a blue cloth coat immediately brought tea over and asked enthusiastically:
"A few guest officers, please use tea, this is the menu of our store, you can take a look at it first, and call me when you order it."
Mu Qianmei took the menu with a smile and casually said thank you.
After getting the menu, Mu Qianmei handed it to Fang Wenxuan and said:
"We're not familiar with the dishes here, so why don't you ask Brother Fang to help you order it?"
Fang Wenxuan, who was about to open his mouth to refuse, heard Mu Qianmei's words, it turned out that he was not polite to let him order first, but said that he was not familiar with it, so let him order, so he had to take the menu and look at it carefully.
The environment here is quiet and the place is spacious, so Mu Qianmei instructed Jade Dao:
"Jade, take out the four treasures of the study, we will write poems and paintings here, and take them over to sign up later!"
Jade immediately took out a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, put it on the table, Bai Qianqian diligently grinded it for Mu Qianmei, Mu Qianmei spread out the white paper, and after a little thought, she smiled and said:
"It's not bad to sit here, there is a Molan next to it, I'll draw this Molan, take it and sign up!"
After speaking, he used a brush and a blank piece of paper to draw.
The people at the table were all watching Mu Qianmei's painting with great interest, and after Fang Wenxuan hurriedly ordered the dishes, he also watched Mu Qianmei's painting curiously.
I saw Mu Qianmei look at the pot of blooming Molan next to her, and after pondering for a while, she began to write, and after a while, a quiet and elegant Molan painting jumped on the paper, only to see that she did not put the whole pot of Molan into the painting, but spent one of them alone, only by the intensity of the ink actually painted the Molan with clear layers, and the petals were also lifelike.
The large blank space on the painting paper brings out the elegance of Mo Lan.
After finishing the painting, Mu Qianmei casually wrote the word "Mo Lan" in the upper right corner of the drawing paper, and accompanied it with a poem-
"I love the orchid, and I don't make the color of the spring sun. The west wind and cold dew are deep in the forest, and no one is fragrant. ”
Then in the lower left corner of the drawing paper, the inscription was written:
"On the ninth day of the first lunar month, it was made at the Molan Inn, Mu Qianmei."
Everyone was watching intently, and suddenly a compliment came from behind:
"It is worthy of the talented girl Mu Qianmei, it is really a good word, a good poem, and a good painting!"