"...If the sea can bring back the love I once had, let me wait for my whole life. If you no longer miss the affectionate past, let it drift away in the wind..."
In the demon building hall, Xu Zhen's soulful singing came from the hall.
In an instant... the hall fell silent, and everyone was stunned.
"If the sea can take away my sorrow, just like every river. All the hurts, all the tears, my love... please take them all away..."
Even though he sang a cappella, Xu Zhen used all his skills to sing deeply and movingly. After the last line ended, the hall was still silent, and everyone seemed to be intoxicated...
…
Time goes back to a stick of incense.
When the old mother announced that the quizzes had begun, many young men and wealthy men rushed to be the first, composing poems, cooking mutton, and wrestling with each other's arms.
Xu Zhen really couldn’t understand.
There are obviously so many beauties of high quality and low price in this demon mansion, but why do these wealthy young men insist on competing for these four beauties?
Isn’t it obvious that this is an opportunity to make money?
Think about it, if you spend ten taels of silver to write a poem related to "The Sea", whether it is good or not depends entirely on the approval of other beauties. So naturally the beauties have to wait until the last one to finish the poem in order to maximize their benefits?
Let’s not talk about cooking the mutton, at least there is still something left to eat.
But isn’t this arm-wrestling too outrageous?
The young masters and rich men came up to compete with each other, two people at a time, and two people were worth twenty taels.
Moreover, there are no rules here, and there are even high-priced bribes. People who want to win will often pay more money to bribe the other party.
Among them, there are even many who are very strong, and at first glance, they are the trustees of the Demon Tower.
This... why is this so painful?
How beautiful can the four beauties be to make so many people crazy about them?
After spending so much money, it’s not a problem to play at Wanhualou in Yanping County for a year, right?
Xu Zhen didn't know that in fact, these people were flocking to the four beauties. In addition to the star effect and beauty effect, it was also a matter of face.
Daguan City is known as the largest city in Songzhou, and because it is close to the Holy Capital, there are many dignitaries in the city.
These people are not short of money, so they are not only pursuing material comfort.
Yao Lou accurately grasped this psychology, so it promoted the four beauties like stars.
The more rare the four beauties are, the more powerful those young men and wealthy men will be.
In this case, once someone successfully obtains one of the beauties, that person will become famous and proud.
Therefore, this is no longer a simple transaction, but has become a competition!
Of course, the four beauties are not in vain. Once they are favored by someone, they will definitely use all their charm to make the other person experience extraordinary satisfaction.
Only in this way can those people rush to spread the praises, in exchange for other people's even more crazy desires.
Seeing these people scrambling for the first place with red eyes, Xu Zhen was filled with disgust and had long lost his original interest.
However, Dongfang Meiyan still pressed ten taels of silver into his hand, and told Xu Zhen that this was her one-month reward, but she must be careful before taking action in order to win the battle.
this……
Xu Zhen held the silver in his hand and suddenly thought of an idiom - be ordered to recruit a concubine!
"When you succeed," Dongfang Meiyan asked again, "show them the Buddha's head gold to test them!"
"..." Xu Zhen was speechless, and really wanted to ask, what should I do if it doesn't succeed?
Logically speaking, ten taels of silver is quite a lot, but holding it in his hand made Xu Zhen feel like he was buying a lottery ticket.
To stand out from so many competitors and only have one chance, it seems that the probability is not much higher than winning the lottery, right?
So, Xu Zhen held the money and walked back and forth in front of the three questions. After thinking about it, he finally decided that the answer to "The Sea" written by Nuji was more reliable.
However, although he knew that "Thirty thousand miles of rivers from the east flow into the sea, and five thousand miles of mountains reach the sky." or "One rain spreads across two continents, and waves wash over the world and flow into the east." and other excellent poems describing the sea.
However, Nuji's original intention was to relieve her longing, and the ancient poems she knew were all too grand.
Moreover, Xu Zhen was surprised to find that among these young masters who were chasing each other, there were also many people who were knowledgeable and talented.
The poems about "The Sea" they wrote on the spot were equally powerful and amazing.
so……
It seems that we can only take the wrong approach and give them a decisive victory!
In this way, after Xu Zhencai handed over ten taels of silver, he sang a popular song - "The Sea" a cappella on the stage!
Originally, these people were clearly fascinated by what they heard.
But a few seconds later, when the crowd became lively again, Xu Zhen was still shocked.
"What the hell is this?" The thin young man complained, "Isn't it too vulgar?"
"That's right," the fat young man agreed, "How can such a melodious voice reach the realm of elegance?"
I have an old lady!
Xu Zhen cursed in his heart, this is simply a brothel, where is the elegant hall?
However, everyone was talking a lot, and all of them, like the fat and thin young masters, strongly criticized, belittled and condemned Xu Zhen's song "The Sea", even though they had just listened to it with ecstasy.
Of course, everyone's evaluation is not the main thing, the key is the beauty upstairs.
As long as the Nuji who proposed the question approves, then Xu Zhen can go upstairs and kiss Fangze tonight.
However, after waiting for a long time, there was no movement inside Nuji's curtain.
As a result, the downstairs became lively again, and everyone continued to pay money to answer questions...
It’s over…
Xu Zhen was heartbroken. Unexpectedly, the ten taels of silver were wasted in the end. Was his singing too avant-garde?
"You idiot!" Dongfang Meiyan pulled Xu Zhen aside and scolded her fiercely, "Do you become stupid when you see a beauty? Have you forgotten that among the four beauties, we want to investigate the other three , it has nothing to do with Nu Ji!"
"..." Xu Zhen covered his face, actually forgetting about this matter. Nuji is a newcomer to Yaolou and it is impossible to have anything to do with Fang Wubing.
"What songs are you singing? What songs are you singing?" Dongfang Meiyan said angrily, "What are you singing? It makes people get goosebumps... Why don't you sing Shiba Mo?"
ah?
Xu Zhen was surprised, the Daxuan Dynasty also had this?
"How about..." Xu Zhen could only scratch his head and said, "Another ten liang?"
"You still dare to say that?" Dongfang Meiyan was furious, "If you weren't afraid of revealing your identity, I would knock two pebbles on you! Next... can you cook mutton, or can you arm-wrestle?"
yes……
Xu Zhen saw that someone on the stage had already used their cooking skills to cook various mutton-related delicacies.
In fact, Xu Zhen knows many things, but he only doesn't know how to cook.
The arm wrestling scene was even more terrifying, but the person standing in the ring was actually a skinny young man. He used ingot after ingot of gold to defeat all the opponents who came to challenge him.
"Okay," Xu Zhen gave in but refused to admit defeat and said to Dongfang Meiyan, "I should have one more chance. Don't forget that the oiran enchantress hasn't given the question yet!"
"Hmph!" Dongfang Meiyan snorted disdainfully, "You really know how to dream!"
As a result, as if it was a deliberate slap in the face, as soon as Dongfang Meiyan finished speaking, she saw a boy running next to him. He handed a red jade plaque to Xu Zhen and said:
"Congratulations to this distinguished guest, you have been chosen by our courtesan and enchantress. Please follow me upstairs!"
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(End of chapter)
