Changsun Chong frowned when he saw that Qin Ming had rendered all the students speechless with just a few words.
He looked Qin Ming up and down with an unfriendly expression, and saw that although Qin Ming looked good, he was dressed like a commoner, and he did not recognize this person.
Obviously he is not a child of a noble family or a noble family in the imperial court.
He thought while rubbing his chin.
This boy's surname is Qin, and the only dignitary named Qin in Chang'an City is Duke Yi. However, Duke Yi's Qin Qiong's child is only a few years old, and is obviously not the same age as this person.
That means this kid should also be a student coming to Chang'an City to take the exam this year.
Changsun Chong felt relieved when he thought of this. He let go of the girl beside him, smiled, picked up the wine glass, took a sip and said, "Who are you?"
When Qin Ming heard this, he said with neither humility nor arrogance: "Qin Ming from Xialantian County is Brother Cheng's friend."
Upon hearing this, Changsun Chong knew that his guess was correct.
He didn't know that two brothers, Cheng Chumo and Cheng Chuliang, had come to Baihua Pavilion before. If Cheng Chumo was the only one, it wouldn't be a big problem to rely on his cousin Gao Jingxing to deal with it.
But if the two brothers Cheng Chumo came together and really wanted to take action, it would obviously be his side that would suffer. Originally, he wanted to rely on the words of the students to persuade Cheng Chumo and his party to leave, but Qin Ming ruined it with a few words. If this continues, , I’m afraid I can only let Cheng Chumo take Hua Niang away.
He had to find a way to save face without letting Cheng Chumo and the others take him away.
At this moment, the sound of gongs suddenly sounded outside the door.
Then I heard a boy shouting in the corridor on the second floor:
"Ms. Luo Yi's topic for today has come out. Guests who are interested in participating in today's literary competition, please submit your poems as soon as possible. Madam Luo Yi will select the leader among them and become the guest of honor today."
Just when Qin Ming was wondering who this Luo Yi was.
Others in the room, especially the students, were already ready to make a move. The student named Cui even got up, ran to the door excitedly, and asked the boy who had just passed by in the corridor:
"Excuse me, what's the problem with Madam Luo Yi today?"
The young man heard someone calling him, turned around and saw that it was Mr. Cui, so he bowed and said:
"In response to Young Master Cui, today's topic is to write a poem with lotus as the theme."
Master Cui stroked his short beard and laughed:
"The title is lotus, very good, very good."
At this time, Changsun, who was sitting upright on the main seat, saw Cui Sanlang's confident look after hearing that the title was lotus. He also glanced at Qin Ming, who had a puzzled look on his face in the hall. He had an idea and thought in his heart. Got the idea.
He smiled at Cheng Chumo and said in a slightly provocative tone:
"Brother Cheng, things have to be settled on a first-come, first-served basis. If it were in the past, if Hua Niang was regarded as my "guest", I would never give her up to you."
"But today I can give you a chance. Let's compete. As long as you win, not only will all the girls here be taken away by you, but all your expenses tonight will be counted as my Changsun Chong. But if you lose Well, how about I ask you to go back the same way you came?"
Cheng Chumo heard this without even thinking about it. He clenched his fists with both hands and said:
"Isn't it just a competition? A certain family has accepted. You and Gao Jixiang can join together. If a certain family doesn't beat you two to the ground today, it will be considered as a silent defeat at a certain process."
After hearing this, Changsun Chong calmly pressed his palms, then smiled silently at Cheng Chu and said:
"Brother Cheng, I didn't say it was a martial arts competition just now."
Xiong Er couldn't stand listening anymore. He had been nagging about this nonsense for a long time, but to no avail. He impatiently walked to Cheng Chumo and said:
"You guys, can you speak more cheerfully? What are you trying to compare to?"
Changsun Chong stood up after hearing this and said:
"Let's compare the two of us to see which one can be Madam Luo Yi's guest tonight. Of course, if neither of us wins the title, then I lose, okay?"
The reason why Changsun Chong dared to say this was not unreasonable, because among the students he invited, there was one who had won the title of leader, had entered Lady Luo Yi's courtyard, and even competed with Lady Luo Yi on chess skills. Just lost a son.
What's more, tonight, in addition to the students who have won the title before, there is also the most famous talent in Qinghe, Cui Sanlang.
He even came here today with the intention of asking Cui Sanlang to help write a poem so that he could go to Lady Luoyi's yard and get a chance to win the beauty back.
Xiong Daxiong Er frowned and asked them to fight. They were good players, but when it came to writing poetry, it was really difficult for them both.
However, Cheng Chumo had already agreed to compete as soon as possible. If he didn't compete now, he would really be embarrassed.
At this moment, Qin Ming had already walked up to the two of them. He had been listening the whole process and the general situation was already clear.
At this time, seeing Xiong Daxiong and Erdu Xiong looking embarrassed, I really couldn’t bear it, so I asked:
"Brother Cheng, who is this Lady Luo Yi you are talking about? Is it difficult to become her guest?"
Cheng Chumo came back to his senses at this time and stared at Qin Ming with bright eyes.
Yes, they also have Brother Qin here. Since Brother Qin can write such divine songs as "Loyalty to the Country" and his literary talent is extraordinary, it shouldn't be a problem to get him as the leader.
While Cheng Chu was thinking silently, Xiong Er had already taken Qin Ming's arm and started talking to him.
"Brother Qin, this Madam Luo Yi is the one my eldest brother mentioned to you before, the Fairy Wu from Baihua Pavilion..."
After Xiong Er's explanation, Qin Ming also understood the whole story.
It turns out that Luo Yi, the dancing fairy of Baihua Pavilion, will give a question every night and ask the guests in the pavilion to write a poem.
The person who wins the first place will have the opportunity to go to the Xifeng Courtyard of the Dancing Fairy. In addition to having a glimpse of her beauty, he will also have the opportunity to compete with the Dancing Fairy in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and can choose any two competitions. As long as he can win, then he will win. You can take the dancing fairy from Baihua Pavilion home and enjoy this famous oiran in Chang'an City for yourself.
Of course, there are requirements for signing up to participate in Baihua Pavilion's nightly literary competition. Baihua Pavilion has also set a threshold to prevent untalented people from following suit.
Anyone who submits an article must pay Baihua Pavilion five taels of silver, which is five guan of money.
But even so, there were no less than thirty people submitting articles every night. Qin Ming just made a rough calculation and knew in his heart that Baihua Pavilion could earn one hundred and fifty from the registration fee alone every night. Guan Qian.
This is simply a money grab.
