Chapter 44(1/2)
I fu le you!
Tang Caizi's constipated expression seemed to be saying this, if he could speak English.
When we arrived at the riverside, we had our own boats to pick them up and drop them off.
"One tael of silver."
After everyone got on the boat, the man who was lying on the boat quoted a bid.
This is a little bit more than five cents, but I will definitely not be able to get it tonight.
Tang Jie looked at Wei Yan with his eyes.
Wei Yan's eyes looked at Liu Chan.
Liu Chan brought two female guards onto the boat. At this time, she was looking at the three pleasure boats in the middle of the river, and she imagined in her heart that she found a talented man with both civil and military skills on it.
"Ahem, one tael of silver."
Seeing the boatman staring at him, Wei Yan quickly coughed at Liu Chan and reminded him.
Liu Chan withdrew her gaze and looked at him and said, "Why aren't you?"
Wei Yan looked embarrassed and said, "I'm tight."
Tang Jie didn't like to hear this, and said with a grudge: "Boss Wei, your restaurant is doing a good job every day, and the money flows in. Will you be on the tight end? It's too embarrassing to ask a woman to pay."
Wei Yan thought for a moment, nodded and said, "That's right. Since Brother Tang is here, naturally, I can't let the woman pay. Brother Tang please."
“…”
Tang Jie suddenly stopped and immediately turned his head away, pretending not to hear.
Wei Yan looked at Liu Chan again and said, "Sister Chan, I'm going to buy a house recently, so I'm tight, so..."
“Buy a house?”
Liu Chan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly looked at the girl behind Liu Bingyi, and suddenly said, "Are you going to get married?"
Then he said to the guard behind him: "Give money."
The female guard immediately took out a tael of silver and gave it to the boatman.
Wei Yan said speechlessly: "I just bought a house and lived in it myself. Where did Sister Chan want to go? Now I live under someone's roof and live in someone's house, it's always inconvenient."
Liu Chan said "Oh", thought for a while, and said, "There is no one living in my mansion, I am the only one. If you want, you can move in."
As soon as these words came out, everyone on the boat looked at her with strange eyes.
Liu Bingyi, who knew her identity, was even more shocked.
An unmarried young woman invited a strange man to live in the mansion, and there was no one else in the mansion, and the man was alone and widowed...
Is this a hint?
When Wei Yan heard this, he immediately refused and said, "You think you are beautiful. I want to live in your house. I guess I have to cook for you every day. Do you think I am stupid?"
Liu Bingyi: "..."
Brother Yan, are you really stupid to say this?
Liu Chan raised her eyebrows and said, "If you don't go, I just said casually. Even if you really want to go, I may not agree."
Liu Jieyou looked at her next to her and became even more alert.
The boat finally approached the pleasure boat.
The person on the pleasure boat immediately put down the pedal and asked for his identity.
Tang Jie opened the folding fan in his hand and slapped it. Fang Aoran said: "Tang Jie of Weizhou."
"Tang Jie?"
The man thought about it carefully and said, "I haven't heard of it."
Tang Jie's face suddenly turned dark. When he was about to get angry, his eyes suddenly lit up and he shouted to someone on the boat: "Han Shaoqing! Brother Han, come and pick me up!"
The young man who was sitting by the railing and eating snacks turned his head and took a look, quickly put down the snacks, walked over, and shouted: "Let him come up, that's the eldest son of the Tang family in Weizhou."
The two men blocked the pleasure boat immediately made way.
A woman dressed in a maid brought a tray and said respectfully: "Dear guests, each person costs five taels of silver."
Tang Jie took the lead and waved his sleeves and ignored her.
Only a very well-known talented man can bring people for free, so he naturally can't do it. And just now, people said that he had never heard of him, so how could he not be embarrassed?
Liu Chan asked the guards to pay the money and took everyone to the pleasure boat.
At this time, the pleasure boat in the middle was filled with people, and the voices were noisy. Someone was shouting excitedly: "What a poem! What a poem! Brother Liu is better!"
Liu Chan's eyes flashed, she walked over quickly, and said to Tang Jie: "The most powerful talents on this boat will point them to me later."
Tang Jie was stunned, looked at her with a strange look, and said in his heart: This girl is so bold.
Wei Yan followed Liu Bingyi and others.
Liu Jieyou was very excited and brought free pastries while eating them while watching the fun.
Many talented men gathered under the command of the three brothels, fighting for poetry.
As for those talented women, they gathered to watch the fun, comment and comment, but did not go up to participate in the competition.
After all, this event was hosted by three major brothels, one is to create the name of brothels, and the other is to make the artists they are optimistic about. Female talented people are not suitable for participating in the competition.
Of course, if some talented women have special hobbies, the organizer will naturally not refuse.
Liu Chan stood in front of the railing, staring at the talented men who performed on stage, and not one of them was left behind.
But what was waiting for was disappointment after disappointment.
Either the appearance is not good or the talent is not good.
Although she is not good at poetry, she has also studied since childhood and has come into contact with many literati and poets. She knows the quality of a poem.
The poems written by these talented men are either plain as water, or have gorgeous rhetoric without substantial content, and are not even as good as those disciples she raised in Zhao's mansion.
"Just have a false reputation!"
Liu Chan sighed, feeling very disappointed.
Thinking of the eldest princess’ orders, there was another wave of worries and anxiety.
Tang Jie came over and pointed to the young man who was on stage to recite poems and said, "This person is Liu Qi, a talented man in Cangzhou. He is one of the most powerful people on this boat."
Liu Chan immediately cheered up and looked at the young man and raised his ears.
The result was still a big disappointment.
She also knew that even the most powerful talented man could not make every poem awesome, but this person's poem was too ordinary, and his appearance and movements were so feminine that he even raised his orchid fingers when he was reciting the poem.
If she dared to bring this person to the eldest princess, she would probably draw her sword directly.
At this time, Wei Yan suddenly came over and said, "Brother Tang, those talented men can choose those three brothels at will, right? Do you need to set the questions for writing poems? How much is the reward?"
Tang Jie turned his head and looked at him, pretending not to hear it.
This person's words are too vulgar and he disdains to answer.
The man named Han Shaoqing next to him thought he was Tang Jie's friend, and laughed and said, "You can choose any of the three brothels. You can choose which brothels you like. As for the poems, there is no title today, but since you are the owner of the three brothels tonight, it is naturally better to use their brothels and artists as the title. As for the reward, haha, it is said that the first place is 800 taels."
"Eight...eight hundred taels?"
When Wei Yan heard this, his heart suddenly shrank. This is a big mansion!
He was moved.
In my mind, one poem after another appeared.
These poems were memorized by him after spending a lot of brain cells to make a girl who loves literature. Now he still remembers them freshly.
"Good words! Good words! Brother Sun's poem "Dianjiang lips for Tingxue Girl" should be the first!"
Someone was exclaiming.
"Look at Miss Xue, dot the red lips?"
Wei Yan's heart moved, he glanced at the young man who was being praised by everyone, and said secretly: Is this the number one?
Eight hundred taels?
He didn't dare to hesitate anymore, and immediately pulled Liu Bingyi to the stern of the boat and whispered: "Bingyi, touch his conscience, what does Brother Yan treat you?"
Liu Bingyi was stunned for a moment, and Fang smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Yan just said something, don't do this. As long as the disease can do it, you will never refuse."
"Good brother!"
Wei Yan patted his shoulder, took him to the stern, and said, "Don't move here, I'll find someone to ask for something."
This future prisoner emperor will definitely write, and the writing must be good. It would be a pity not to be a talented man.
When he and Liu Bingyi left, Liu Chan and others were concentrating on reading poems, and Liu Jieyou also watched with great enthusiasm, but did not notice it.
However, Liu Wuyou, who was still in a gloomy mood, noticed their abnormality, hesitated for a moment, and followed quietly.
To be continued...