At Xu's hour, Liang Zhen finally "got his wish" and accompanied Wei Changtian to the "Flower Appraisal List" scene——
An embroidered building located by the river.
Eight long strips of red satin were stretched from the top of the building to the bottom of the building. The lights were brightly lit inside the building, and there were flowers outside.
Countless literati, poets, and wealthy businessmen were sitting or standing in the embroidery building. It would not be too much to say that the lively atmosphere could not be overstated.
"Did you have such a pomp when you were choosing the oiran?"
Wei Changtian looked around and asked Yangliu Shi, who was hidden under the veil beside him.
Yes, since Wei Changtian mentioned it that day, she really got a veil and wore it every time she went to a crowded place.
"The pomp in the capital is naturally better than here."
Yang Liushi smiled and said: "But this place is not bad. At least there are Baiyan around the embroidery building."
"Baiyan? Does it mean one hundred kinds of flowers?"
Wei Changtian was startled and found that the flowers wrapping the embroidery building seemed to be of different varieties.
"Yes."
Yang Liushi started to explain: "Since it is about appraising the oiran, it is natural for a hundred flowers to bloom. However, the 'Flower Appraisal Meeting' in most places does not have such a variety, and most of them only have dozens of varieties."
“So it’s not easy to collect hundreds of species here, although many are unknown wildflowers.”
Good guy, but it’s not easy.
It was already the beginning of winter, and I didn’t know where these flowers came from.
Wei Changtian curled his lips and sighed to himself, "You really know how to play," and then moved his eyes to Liang Zhen, who was walking next to him.
He was having a lively chat with the fat county magistrate who accompanied him, so his mind was probably filled with the "little lady" he had yet to meet.
Wei Changtian really admired Liang Zhen for insisting on "caring for the women of the people" even though his own daughter already knew about it, but he also knew that the ancients were indeed tolerant in this regard.
A man visiting the Land of Smoke and Willows is basically the same as going to wash his feet in his previous life, and most women can still accept it.
For example, he himself often went to Yangliu Shi in front of Lu Jingyao...
…
The activity of appraising flower lists originally originated from the bad taste of literati and poets.
Maybe they really had nothing to do after they had eaten. In addition to venting their desires, these literati who hung around Goulanwashi also wanted to vent their poetic talents that had nowhere to go, so they would write some erotic poems to criticize Hua Niang. Their talents and appearance.
However, as they gain more experience, they are no longer satisfied with this simple evaluation method, but want a "comprehensive, objective and fair" scoring system.
Finally, the so-called "Flower Appraisal List" was created to imitate the imperial examination.
At first, the "Flower Appraisal List" only evaluated appearance, but since everyone has their own preferences for radishes and vegetables, it is difficult to choose an absolute number one.
In order to increase the "convincibility" of the selection results, later the examination content such as demeanor, speech, poetry, music, chess, calligraphy and painting was added. The difficulty was no less difficult than the college entrance examination in the previous life.
Good guy, I really agreed with that sentence——
Three hundred and sixty lines, and he will be the number one scholar.
"...Masters, I have finished writing the word "nujia", please don't laugh at me."
When Wei Changtian and others sat down in the VIP seats in the embroidery building, the woman on the stage had just finished the "talent show" session.
Poems, books, songs, piano, and paintings.
It seems that what she drew is "book".
Several maids came up to the stage and held up the handwriting she had just written. There were bursts of applause from the audience, and at the same time, more than a dozen red peonies were thrown at the woman's feet.
I guess this is the vote.
Wei Changtian raised his head and looked at the words. It was a poem.
The wind and sun are blowing softly, and the fragrance is flowing along the flower paths. The Qingming Festival has passed, and I can't bear to look back. The clouds lock the Zhulou. When the orioles sleep at the window at noon, they sing cleverly. How can they call for the sorrow of spring? In the shadow of green poplars, beside the branches of crabapples, the tips of red apricots bloom.
With Wei Changtian's calligraphy skills, he couldn't evaluate how well the character was written, but it looked quite pleasing to the eye, so he thought of throwing some flowers to support it.
"Come here and get me ten."
He waved to the boy carrying the flower basket, stretched out his hand and took out a hundred-tael silver note.
However, the price quoted by the boy made him stunned for a moment.
"Sir, one flower is fifty taels, ten flowers are five hundred taels."
"..."
Five hundred taels?
Good guy, why don't you go and grab it? ?
No matter how out-of-season these peonies are, they still won’t cost this much!
Of course, it wasn't that Wei Changtian couldn't afford the five hundred taels, but he simply felt it wasn't worth it.
So he didn't feel embarrassed and immediately changed his words: "Then I only want two."
"Okay, sir."
The boy didn't show any contempt for his "stinginess". He handed over two big peonies and asked respectfully:
"May I ask your surname, sir? Where is your residence?"
"The surname is Wei."
Wei Changtian took the flowers and threw them on the stage, shook his head and only said his last name.
"The villain understands."
The boy knew that Wei Changtian was unwilling to reveal too much personal information, so he stopped asking. Instead, he stood up and shouted: "Master Wei, please give Miss Yumeng two peonies!"
Many people looked this way after hearing this, and the woman named Yumeng on the stage also immediately turned around and gave her a half-blessing tenderly.
The experience was quite good.
Wei Changtian smacked his lips, and suddenly he understood why so many rich people in the previous life would buy gifts in the live broadcast room.
After he threw these two peonies, no one threw any more flowers. The maid on the stage waited for a few more seconds, then picked up the flowers one by one and followed the woman off the stage.
Wei Changtian thought the matter was over, but after he took a few sips of tea, someone brought him a small handkerchief.
Are there any souvenirs?
Wei Changtian looked confused, while Yang Liushi smiled beside him and said: "Congratulations, sir, for enjoying the most flowers. You have to enter Miss Yumeng's embroidery room tonight."
"What?"
Wei Changtian instantly guessed that he might have enjoyed the treatment of "big brother on the list", but he was still a little confused.
"That's not right. I see there are quite a few people throwing flowers at her. How come I have the most with only two?"
"Keke, the young master doesn't know something..."
Yang Liushi explained: "That girl Yumeng may be considered a red card in her own building, but I'm afraid she can't compare to others in this flower appraisal party."
"But the girl's family always wants to save face, so..."
"So she spent her own money to buy the flowers?"
Wei Changtian was surprised and said, "Isn't this pretending to be a wolf with a big tail?"
"Pretending to be a big tail... wolf?"
Yang Liushi blinked her eyes exposed outside the veil twice, seeming very confused.
Wei Changtian quickly fooled him: "Ahem, my consciousness is... what's the point of doing this?"
"Young Master still doesn't understand women's thoughts."
Yang Liushi didn't dwell on what a big-tailed wolf was. She covered her mouth and said with a smile, "For us, even if some things are fake, we can't live without them."
"vanity."
Wei Changtian rolled his eyes and was about to watch the next "contestant" performance when he suddenly remembered something.
"By the way, how many flowers did you get when you were the oiran judge?"
"Well...so much."
Yang Liushi stretched out a finger.
"One hundred?" Wei Changtian asked.
"Goose goose, do you think you look down on me so much?"
Yang Liushi laughed for a while, and then said proudly: "It's a thousand flowers."
"one thousand?"
Wei Changtian was surprised: "How much does one flower cost?"
"It's also fifty taels."
Fifty, times a thousand...
What a damn good guy!
Grab fifty thousand taels in one night? ?
Is it this kind of person that I sleep with every day? ? ?
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