The day before the Dragon Boat Festival, the day before the Hangzhou Prefecture Courtesan Competition, Li Pan sent someone to send an invitation to invite Xu Xian to the "Deyue Tower" where he went to the banquet. Xu Xian did not leave the door to thank the guests, so he took it with pleasure, saying that he would definitely go.

Since the other party has already sent an invitation, it is definitely impossible for Xu Xian to escape.

This kind of thing can be avoided by the first day of the lunar month or the fifteenth day of the lunar month or the monk can't run away from the temple. Even if Xu Xian refuses an invitation, there will inevitably be a second and third one.

Since this is the case, it is better to accept the invitation early and learn about this matter as soon as possible.

Anyway, the generals came to block the water and soil, so Xu Xian also wanted to meet this former number one talented man in Jiangnan.

He was also very curious about Li Pan, wanting to see how talented this person is and whether he is as powerful as the legendary one.

Deyue Tower is a famous and romantic place in Hangzhou City. It is also quite famous throughout the Jiangsu and Zhejiang area. It is one of the three brothels.

The consumption here is extremely high, and even if you just drink a glass of sake, it is a price that ordinary people can't imagine.

Of course, if you are a very famous talented man, not to mention a world-famous man like Xu Xian and Li Pan, even if you are just a famous scholar in Hangzhou Prefecture and can do good poetry, generally speaking, when you come to such a place, you can actually not have to spend money!

Because there will be famous prostitutes who will take the initiative to pay for you, if you can write a poem for her, they will give you money instead.

In the Dali Dynasty, there were not a shortage of talented but very down-and-out scholars who rely on brothel women to support them in their studies.

Xu Xian looked up at the three gilded big-character signs of Deyuelou, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

There is no worry or fear in my heart, but I am just curious. I have already made a decision to fight Li Pan to determine the outcome.

But he didn't know that his guess was completely wrong...

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When he walked into Deyue Tower, there was no need for Xu Xian to introduce himself. Someone immediately welcomed him respectfully and said to him: "Mr. Xu, you are here. Mr. Li Pan has already prepared a good wine on the third floor and is waiting for you."

Xu Xian is already famous throughout Hangzhou Prefecture. If you ask someone casually, they don’t know who the prefect of Hangzhou Prefecture is, but they must know who Xu Xian is. Even if Xu Xian’s portrait is rumored by many people, so the servants in Deyuelou knew Xu Xian for it.

Even when Xu Xian walked into this brothel full of rouge fragrance and was filled with beakers everywhere, it immediately became the most eye-catching focus. Countless prostitutes cast enthusiastic eyes at him. It looked like a hungry wolf saw his prey and wanted to pull Xu Xian over.

There is no way, Xu Xian is famous and talented. A talented man like Xu Xian is so attractive to them. If an ordinary prostitute can win Xu Xian's favor and write a poem casually, his status will increase in an instant.

Unfortunately, they knew that Xu Xian was invited by someone today, not for them.

Following the servant, he arrived at the third floor of Deyue Tower.

There are very few private rooms here, and ordinary customers are not allowed, only VIPs can enter.

When I opened the door and walked into a very wide private room, someone laughed loudly and said, "Brother Xu, you are finally here. I have heard your name many times in the past year, and my ears are almost heard."

The speaker is a white cloth dressed in a white cloth dressed with hair draped behind her and not tied up. This is a typical cloth dress, and she has not achieved fame and fortune.

Obviously, it is Li Pan undoubtedly.

Li Pan looked quite thin under his slightly wide robe, but his appearance was pretty good. Even when he stood up, he still held a bottle of wine in his hand, looking like a wandering man. He didn't have many rigid behaviors like scholars, but he looked relaxed and freehand. He also spoke to Xu Xian with a little familiarity, neither arrogant nor restrained.

Xu Xian was a little surprised to see Li Pan's appearance to be honest.

According to rumors, Li Pan had already passed the Jinshi and was likely to win the top scorer in the palace examination, but for some unknown reasons, he was directly disqualified from the palace examination and was also dismissed from fame and fortune. He could not take the scientific examination again or become an official in his life.

Therefore, Li Pan was nostalgic in the flower shop all day long, living in the dream and dying, and waking up his sorrow with wine. Although his talent is still there, and popular classic poems are sometimes circulated, they are all poems about the love of their children, and they have long lost their fighting spirit.

When I saw Li Pan today, it was true that the romantic and talented man looked like a man who was drunk and dreamed of dying and was drunk to relieve his sorrow?

He was obviously very optimistic and did not seem to be hit because he was unable to become an official!

It seems that he is a little satisfied with his current state.

And what made Xu Xian even more cautious was that Li Pan seemed very weak and could not help but look weak, but Xu Xian felt a sense of danger from him!

As the former number one talented man in Jiangnan and a Jinshi, it was not surprising that Li Pan had already entered the Taoist practice. Xu Xian had guessed it long ago. However, Li Pan's cultivation was so powerful that Xu Xian could not see through it at all. When he felt the threat, it was completely unexpected.

You know, Xu Xianke has formed a Nascent Soul now, and is already a rare master in the Dali Dynasty.

This Li Pan has also formed a Yuanying?

According to Xu Xian, although Li Pan also obtained the first three aspects of the Jiangnan Talented Men's Literature Association, he did not join the Confucian sect like him and Fang Zhongyong.

What is the background of this person?

Could it be that the little uneasiness that the lady sensed was really because of Li Pan?

Although Xu Xian was surprised, nothing appeared on his face. He nodded and said, "I have heard of Brother Li's name for a long time, and it is well-known."

Li Pan laughed and said, "Come on, please sit down!"

After Xu Xian sat down, there was a woman wearing a green long dress next to her, pouring wine for Xu Xian. This woman should be a famous prostitute from Deyuelou. She has a very good appearance and a very good temperament. She has a sense of delicateness, but she is not the kind that is deliberately pretending, which makes the man unable to help but want to take care of her after seeing it.

Li Pan introduced: "Come on, let me introduce to Brother Xu. This is the Green Lotus girl from Deyuelou. She will participate in this Hangzhou Prefecture Courtesan competition tomorrow." Speaking of this, Li Pan paused and asked Green Lotus again: "Luluo, who is Brother Xu, don't I introduce it to you, right?"

Luluo saluted Xu Xian, opened her red lips slightly and said, "Mr. Xu Xian, I have longed for it for a long time, so I naturally don't need to introduce it."

Li Pan nodded, but afterwards, he didn't beat around the bush. He looked at Xu Xian with a smile on his face and said straight to the point: "Brother Xu must have a lot of speculations about me coming to Hangzhou Prefecture this time, and he suspects that I came with a bad intention, right?"

Xu Xian was confused and couldn't figure out what the former number one talented man in Jiangnan came from.

But since the other party was so straightforward, Xu Xian did not hide it and nodded, "I guessed it like this. But after attending the banquet today, I felt that I seemed to be wrong."

Li Pan laughed and said, "To be honest, there is indeed someone who is sowing the disagreement. I want to invite me to come to see you for your bad luck, but I refused. I have come to Hangzhou for two purposes this time, but I have never thought about asking you for your trouble."

Xu Xian asked calmly, "I don't know which two purposes?"

Li Pan glanced at Luluo and said, "First, it is to help Luluo compete for the position of the courtesan of Hangzhou Prefecture."
Chapter completed!