Every year during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the outer city of Laiwu will hold an Oiran election, what is the Oiran? That is, the four major green buildings each elect a person who sells his art and does not sell himself as a representative, called the first card, the four top cards of the competition skills, the first brand that wins the championship is the leader, and they must be delicate, beautiful as a flower, so they are also called the Oiran.

The four green buildings are all on one street, easy to manage, the original street name of this street has long been mentioned, no one has mentioned it, no scholar Yashi, rich sons or ordinary people in the market, and the peddlers and pawns are all called "Flower Street". There is nothing strange about this, it is a man's nature to ask for flowers and willows, and there is no distinction between high and low; at most, the former is looking for a Qing or a red man, and the latter is looking for a prostitute in poverty. The four green buildings are Yingchun Building, Yunxiangju, Ruhui Pavilion and Ruyi Fang, fighting openly and secretly for many years, the last city lord (the outer city has a city lord, and the forces that control the inner city are the academy and the academic and political yamen. Seeing that the battle between the four Qinglou was getting more and more intense, and there had even been a murder, he thought of this idea and asked the four Qinglou to focus on this event, and also provide a stage for those literati and scholars.

Xu Yinghao, the second son of the Xu family, has been very upset these days, he has long been worried about He Xinlan, or five years ago, he would not have asked his father Xu family head to go to He Mansion to ask the head of the He family for him, who knows that He Xinlan looks down on him at all, saying that he is still young and does not want to start a family too early. At that time, He Xinlan was only sixteen years old, and the head of the He family thought about it, so he pushed it. Who knew that two years later, He Xinlan escaped on the grounds of taking over the Drunken Immortal Building, which made him very embarrassed. However, after all, the He family and the Xu family belong to the four major families in the outer city, and he can't make an unusual move, how to say that He Xinlan is also the only daughter of the head of the He family, and she is quite liked by the head of the He family, so he has to suppress himself. In the past three years, he has not given up, and almost every day he goes to the Drunken Immortal Building to entangle He Xinlan, which makes He Xinlan also have a headache, and he can only be false and wronged. And with the growth of He Xinlan's age, the head of the He family is also anxious about Xinlan's marriage, after all, her daughter is twenty-one years old and unmarried, and she is also an old girl, and it has a bad impact on He Fu, so she has loosened her heart and is ready to marry He Xinlan to Xu Yinghao. Last month, He Xu and the two heads of the family met, and mentioned it slightly, Xu Yinghao was very happy, and he had the feeling of "guarding the clouds and seeing the moon". I don't know where a kid named Zhang Xun popped up with a song "Will Enter the Wine" that He Xinlan admired, but he was angry. In the past few days, the rumors of the wind and rain in the city are his tricks, I thought that the Gaomen compound of the He family must attach great importance to his background, who knows that the hateful Zhang Xun does not know what ecstasy soup he has poured in, and he has actually been recognized by the head of the He family when he met with the head of the He family. Now that the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, the most popular thing is definitely the holding of the Oiran Contest. At that moment, he sent his henchmen to invite a few Xiucai who were also very unhappy with Zhang Xun and a few sons who were good friends with him to discuss how to frame Zhang Xun. A group of people, you make a word, I say a word, from the morning discussion to the afternoon, finally came up with a plan that seemed feasible. It is to let three of them have the best literary talents to Zhang Xun to propose a literary fight, and the way is not to directly confront, but in this Oiran competition, the four people each choose a Qinglou to support, and use their own literary means to help the top brand of the Qinglou they choose to design the performance program in the Oiran competition, who supports the top card to win the Oiran, who is the first talent in the outer city. And the Oiran Contest has always been hosted by the City Lord's Mansion, as long as the City Lord comes forward, Zhang Xun will not dare not agree. In recent years, the Oiran Contest has fallen into clichés, and its popularity has declined, and the city lord is also happy to see it, and now they propose this new way of literary fighting between literati and scholars, plus Zhang Xun is now in the limelight, and it must be a good story to publicize it. As long as Zhang Xun agreed to the competition, there was no good result. If you win, the new Oiran will probably entangle Zhang Xun, so that the head of the He family will be dissatisfied with Zhang Xun, and once the He family does not support Zhang Xun, then Zhang Xun will not be able to mix in Laiwu. Besides, Zhang Xun's contact with the top brand of Qinglou will make He Xinlan disgusted, Xu Yinghao took advantage of the weakness to enter, maybe he would be able to hold the beauty. Sure enough, some people can't do the right thing, and they can't prevent it from harming others with poisonous tricks.

The four top brands are He Shiya of Yingchun Building, Zhong Wenxin of Yunxiangju, Wang Zhuxiang of Ruhui Pavilion, and Zhou Xiaona of Ruyi Fang. Needless to say, these four girls are beautiful, and they all have good talents, but there is only one Oiran, and each gambling house has opened a handicap to make a lot of money. The four girls also worked hard to step up rehearsals, wanting to become famous in one fell swoop, but they didn't know that their fate was about to be completely changed because of the battle between Zhang Xun and Xu Yinghao.

Sure enough, the three Xiucai found the city lord and told the city lord their thoughts, and the city lord's eyes lit up, thinking that he had not made any outstanding achievements in the past few years when he came to Laiwu as the city lord, and it was too bland, so why not push the boat down the river and expand the influence of this Oiran Competition, and he could also get some praise. What's more, after the results come out, if these three talents win, he will be recruited and given a half-official position, and he can also gain a reputation for appreciating and promoting talents. If Zhang Xun wins, he will recommend Zhang Xun to study in the Inner City Academy, and also form a popularity, or maybe Zhang Xun will have another famous article in the Oiran Competition, then his gain will be even greater. So he nodded in agreement, and personally invited the three major academies in the inner city to send a famous teacher to be the judge of this Oiran competition and comment in detail. With the support of the city lord, the three Xiucai found Xu Yinghao and informed the city lord of his decision, our second son Xu was very happy, so he called his concubines and began to prostitute himself during the day.

On the twelfth day of August, the master of the City Lord's Mansion came to the Deyi Residence and informed Zhang Xun to come to the City Lord's Mansion tomorrow (nine o'clock in the morning), and the city lord had something to announce. Zhang Xun knew that if he wanted to continue to develop in Laiwu City, the city lord could not be offended, so he replied: "Master Lao has come to inform him, Xiaosheng will definitely go on time tomorrow." Master has worked hard, this is a little tea mercury, please accept it with a smile. The master saw that it was five hundred taels of silver, he was very satisfied, and his attitude was much better, and he said: "Then I will wait for the arrival of Zhang Gongzi at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion tomorrow." I'll take my leave if I still have something to do. "Came to the City Lord's Mansion on time on the second day, and saw that there were still three talents, Zhang Xun estimated who was playing conspiracy, maybe it was Xu Ergongzi, who had been pestering Xin Lan, who was behind the scenes. When the city lord came, Zhang Xun and the three Xiucai saluted. The city lord waved his hand and said, "You are all my Laiwu talents, so you don't need to be polite." Then I talked about the matter, and the master took a small wooden box at this time, and inside were four notes, corresponding to each Qinglou. In the end, Zhang Xun drew Yunxiangju. The city lord asked the master to announce the list, so that the whole city knew that there was such a competition. (Zhang Xun - Yun Xiangju, Zou Kai - Yingchun Lou, Shangguan Wuya - Ru Huige, Li Bo - Ruyi Fang.) )

Zhang Xun left the City Lord's Mansion and laughed, and these people will also use these tricks. However, he also knew that he had to talk to Xinlan so that Xinlan would not sulk. I went to Zuixian Tower and found He Xinlan and told me about it. He Xinlan deliberately said angrily: "I heard that this Zhong Wenxin girl from Yunxiangju is quite talented, young and beautiful, especially the first-hand article is very well written, isn't it just what you want!" Zhang Xun also knew that Sister Xinlan was not really angry, so he smiled and said: "I said Xinlan! Recently, have you changed the chef of the Drunken Immortal Building? Why is the vinegar smell so strong." Xin Lan didn't comply, walked over and beat Zhang Xun's chest with her little hand and said, "You, a disciple, dare to tease this girl." After saying that, I also found it funny, and I laughed first.

In Yunxiang Curie, in Zhong Wenxin's room, the old bustard, who had just learned that the rules of this year's Oiran Contest had changed, was here to interrogate Zhong Wenxin how to respond. Zhong Wenxin smiled bitterly: "Aunt Lian, I don't know anything about this Zhang Gongzi, so I can only take one step at a time." At this moment, Wenxin's personal maid Yuchan knocked on the door and came in, saying that there was a son named Zhang Xun outside who asked to see her. At this time, the old bustard, who was Aunt Lian in Zhong Wenxin's mouth, said, "I'd better go to the door and welcome him in!" Zhong Wenxin said: "It's okay, then it's troublesome Aunt Lian" Soon, Zhang Xun was brought in by Aunt Lian. Zhang Xun said: "This time I have affected Yun Xiangju and Wen Xin, but please rest assured, I will ensure that you become an Oiran this time." I dare to say that in this outer city of Laiwu, the paper says, I don't lose anyone. "So far, Zhong Wenxin can only believe in Zhang Xun.

At seven o'clock in the evening of August 15, the 11th Oiran Contest in Laiwu Outer City was held on time in Tianxian Tower. The city lord gave a speech first, and then the three judges announced the rules, Yang Lao from Qingfeng Academy, Ma Lao from Wensi Academy, and Xie Lao from Liqin Academy. There are four rounds of the competition, with each of the three judges giving a question, and a round of performances by the top four winners.

In the first round, Yang Lao wrote a question, and the topic was to compose a poem with the theme of Yongliu, which was completed within a quarter of an hour. When Zhang Xun heard the question, he thought to himself, this time he is going to plagiarize again. Pick up the pen and write, "Jasper is made into a tree high, and ten thousand green silk silks hang down." I don't know who cuts out the thin leaves? The spring breeze in February is like scissors. After finishing writing, he looked at Zhong Wenxin, who was sitting next to him, and found that the beauty was frowning at the moment, obviously not thinking of how to compose this poem. Zhang Xun couldn't bear to see the beauty lost, so he pushed the poem he had just written in front of the beauty, and said in a low voice, "Miss Wenxin, you might as well take a look at this poem." Zhong Wenxin picked it up and looked at it, frowned sadly, and said with a smile: "No wonder Zhang Xungongzi, you dare to ensure that the little girl can become an Oiran, it turns out that the artist is bold!" Zhong Wenxin took a piece of new paper and copied the poem, and at the same time carefully experienced the artistic conception. She was not in a hurry to hand it in, and when the other three top cards were written and handed in, she handed it in without hurry. The three judges saw that the four top brands (scholars) had completed the poems, and they were still a little relieved, but they were almost angry to death, one was worse than the other, what kind of fart things they made, it was completely hard to put together, at this time, Yang Lao, who was the first to judge, shouted "good poetry", Ma Lao, Xie Lao looked at it, and it was really a good poem. Glancing at each other, Yang Lao commented: "I only appreciate one poem with you today, yes, even appreciation, I can't guarantee that I can make such a wonderful poem in a quarter of an hour." As for the other three, they should not write poems in the future. Zhang Xun, you wrote the poem, or you tell it!" Zhang Xun also knew that He Zhizhang's "Yongliu" was really well done, especially the latter sentence. He couldn't shirk it, so he first recited the poem and then said: "The first two sentences of the poem use two new beautiful metaphors to depict the vigor and vitality of the spring willows, and the last two sentences are even more ingenious to compare the spring breeze to scissors, and express the image of the spring breeze as invisible and unpredictable, which is not only novel in concept, but also full of charm." After Zhang Xun finished speaking, the audience burst into thunderous applause. And the three showmen were simply embarrassed, but thinking that there would be a few more competitions in the future, they had to strengthen their spirits, and they had to win one game.