Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 301 Spring Tower Academy Poetry Club
"Well, the pen is like a dragon and snake, and it penetrates the back of the paper. It's really a good handwriting."

Zhang Jinyu read it over and over again, and couldn't stop praising it. The entire Yunliang Pavilion occupies a huge area, and even the entire gatehouse is covered with lanterns, as if it meant a carp leaping over the dragon's gate.

Qin Keqing also looked up, and it was the first time in her life that she saw such a luxurious gatehouse.

"My lord, what is the meaning of this? Slave, heck, I think this is where the entire river bank has such a splendid gatehouse. What's the meaning?"

Zhang Jinyu didn't know what it meant, looking at the gaudy ones, with brocade cloth of various colors hanging on it, and red flowers made of red brocade cloth in a circle, although it was gorgeous, but it was that time when I saw it myself thing, just ask;

"Fatty Su, tell me, what is the purpose of making the gatehouse like this?"

Following Lord Hou's eyes, Su Jinkai saw the gatehouse in front of him, walked over and explained;
"Master, there is a lot to say about this gate. You see, the gate tower is full of lanterns. Such a grandeur has two meanings. One is that this year's poetry meeting and oiran election are located in Yunliang Pavilion, and the other is that it also means that the carp is leaping." The meaning of Longmen, this year's Enke is coming soon, give the disciples of the academies a first try."

Several people were also full of applause, with surprise in their eyes,

"What a carp jumping over the dragon gate, if you jump over it, you will be a pillar of the martial arts. This is a good thing. By the way, you said that this year's poetry meeting and oiran election meeting will be held here. I think this place is not small. Is there any other place?" How many failed?"

Zhang Jinyu saw such a big selling gold cave, and there were several other ones, so she was full of curiosity and asked one more question.

Su Jinkai bowed again and again, and explained with a smile:
"Master, there are quite a few of them. The Yanchun Building in the capital, the Manchun Courtyard, and another Yuelai Pavilion in Jinling are the four major brothels in Dawu. Each has its own oiran. They travel between the capital and Jinling every year. It will be a competition, and the disciples from the six academies will also come here with them to recite poems and match each other, which is also a grand occasion."

The voice has not yet fallen,
The old bustard at the door—Mother Yun also walked over twisting her waist. Seeing many guards at the door surrounding a few young people, she saw that she was a noble son from a wealthy family, so she hurried up to say hello:
"Hey, which family's young master is this? Looking at the face, I dare to ask which academy in the capital you are a disciple of, so that Mother Yun can arrange a good seat for you."

As he was talking, the person slowly came over, his expression seemed to be intoxicated, Qin Keqing had never seen a woman so shameless, and her face was a little red.

Who knew that just after Yun's mother passed by, Su Jinkai stood there and scolded;

"Mother Yun opened her eyes to see, don't be blind and cause trouble for yourself, you can inquire about the master's business."

"Who, with such a big tone,"

Just about to get angry and reprimand him, how did he know that when he looked up, it turned out to be Chairman Su of the Jinling Chamber of Commerce, one of the heads of the Bada Salt Merchant, serving the young masters in front of him like a slave, and he was also surprised , and took a closer look at the guards behind him, they turned out to be all strong men, with a faint evil spirit, could it be...

Mother Yun also saw a lot and knew a lot, and saw that the group of people was not simple, so she immediately smiled;

"Oh, I was shocked. It turned out to be President Su. I should have said it earlier. My own people, the young masters offended my family just now. I hope you will forgive me."

Qin Keqing also took another look at the woman in front of her, she was dressed in red, she looked like a married woman, with Jin Buyao on her head, she was also a stunner, she looked like she was in her 20s, she had such means, a prostitute should not be underestimated.

Zhang Jinyu took another look at Mother Yun, and it really wasn't easy.

"Okay, what did you just say about the son from the capital academy?"

"Oh, my lord, don't you know that this year's six major academies are holding a poetry meeting here, and the three major academies in the capital have already written letters, and they will definitely come here today, and the servants have reserved seats."

The madam teased for a while, and wanted to come over, but was blocked by Su Jinkai,

"Okay, just arrange a good box."

"Yes, yes, yes, isn't the slave family explaining to the young masters?"

Mother Yun also had a sad look on her face. She waved her hand and led the way herself.

Zhang Jinyu and others also followed. As soon as they entered the hall, they were attracted by a burst of noise. It turned out that there were already students from the academy sitting below. It seemed that there were two seats, east and west. There are tables and chairs one by one, making it look like a meeting.

On the west side, there were many young men in green clothes drinking tea, while on the east side, the young men in white clothes gathered together to talk, and one of them stood on the stage and said;
"Brothers, today is bound to be a day of great victory for our Jiangnan Academy, so let's have a good drink later."

"well."

"It must have won."

The white-clothed disciples around all applauded loudly, not to mention how arrogant they were, the number of them was much more than that of the green-clothed disciples, and the momentum suddenly rose.

On the other hand, the man in Tsing Yi sneered;
"Joke, who gave you the courage to speak like this, and you don't even look at how much you weigh. The chief of our capital academy came here in person, and you still don't bow your head and admit defeat."

"Yes, admit defeat."

"Brother said well."

The morale of Qingye's disciples was also greatly boosted, as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

Then the people on both sides began to quarrel like ordinary fighting cocks who were not convinced by each other.

It attracted a large number of people to come here to listen, and glanced at the main hall, many gentry and children of wealthy families had already arrived, took their seats, and seemed to be familiar with the way.

"My lord, they do this every year. They have to argue and then choose the leader in a competition. It's not surprising."

Mother Yun led the way and said, Zhang Jinyu also took a look, then continued to go up to the third floor, came to the box and sat down.

Su Jinkai also ran fast, serving tea and serving water, which made Yun's mother secretly startled,

"What are you still doing in a daze? Take out all your cooking skills, serve all the good wine and good food, and the master hasn't eaten yet."

After speaking, she took out 1000 taels of silver and handed it over. Mother Yun took it over, her face turned into a flower with a smile on her face, there were so many, and she put it in her arms quickly.
"Yes, yes, I'll be here right away. Today, I just invited a time-honored shop. They are all Jiangnan's special dishes. I will send red flowers to you later, and keep them for tipping."

After finishing speaking, he directly exited the box, and Su Jinkai stood beside him after pouring the water.

Zhang Jinyu said;
"Okay, you don't need to stand, just sit down and rest first."

The four girls also sat down in a hurry, looking around, facing the table is a large window of the box, from which you can directly see the high platform in the middle of the first floor of Yunliang Pavilion.

Qin Keqing was also a little cramped, but she couldn't hide the curiosity in her eyes, looking down from time to time, there were more and more bustling people.

After watching for a while,
The compartment door opened,
One after another, a large table of delicacies from mountains and seas was served, and then several pots of Jiangnan sake were served, and finally a large basket of safflower woven with red brocade cloth was brought in.

"Young masters, do you want to invite a few Qingmen to come here to have fun?"

Mother Yun's voice came in from the door, she had a pretty face, but Qin Keqing's eyes were a bit unfriendly, and those vixens didn't know if they were dirty or not.

"No, don't come in."

Zhang Jinyu flatly refused.

Mother Yun was also taken aback, how could anyone who came to the brothel not have Sister Yao to accompany them, besides, those newcomers don't want them, could it be that they came here just to have a banquet.

He wanted to speak, but was immediately reprimanded by Su Jinkai;
"Hurry up, don't you hear the master say no, go out, go out."

Mother Yun pouted when she saw this, so she could only reply;

"Hey, let's just go, you are still so fierce, you young masters, eat slowly, if you have anything else, just send someone to call the slave family."

The tone of the voice was trembling, like something, Qin Keqing was a little displeased, how could there be such a person, but the three women were a little surprised.

Under Su Jinkai's unfriendly gaze, Mother Yun reluctantly walked out.

After the madam left,
A few people sat around the table and started to eat, not to mention the taste is really good.

Watching the girls move their chopsticks, Zhang Jinyu ate a few mouthfuls, and took a bite of the roast duck with the chopsticks. Sure enough, the chefs have different skills. Although the taste is similar, the feeling is different.

Then I looked down from the window, and suddenly a large number of people came from the entrance of Yunliang Pavilion on the left, wearing blue clothes, obviously they came from the capital, I saw them walked to the west and sat down.

Then they started saluting each other, but there was one person who was a little different. He sat directly in the second row at the front, and the people around him all saluted to him, as if he was the leader, but nothing could be seen from his clothes. Gorgeous, although they all have the same style, but the fabric is not ordinary at first glance, and at a young age, they even wear a jade wrench on their left hand, which is obviously valuable.

Judging by his demeanor, he looked like the head of the academy, so he asked.

"Fatty Su, look, what's the background of the one sitting down there?"

Hearing this, Su Jinkai trotted over and looked down sideways, only to see the young man in green clothes with a stern face, a wide belt around his waist, a precious jade pendant, and a jade finger ring. This man is very strange very.

"Master, I really don't know. These are academy disciples from the capital city. Generally, the ones sitting in the front are the chief disciples of the academy, the second row are the chief disciples of each academy, and the rest are ordinary academies. Disciple, this person should be the head of Qinglian Academy in the capital without a doubt."

Zhang Jinyu nodded but paid attention to this person.

Looking at the opposite side again, a young man in white also came, sitting there with an extremely aloof expression, and everyone around him accompanied him carefully, Zhang Jinyu asked curiously;
"Who is that chief over there?"

Su Jinkai stretched out his head to look over again. This person looked proud, wearing a Confucian uniform and carrying a folding fan, with a fair face, he must be a son of an aristocratic family.

"Master, this person is Mr. Zhuang Xiaoyi, the head of Yiyong Academy, and the beloved son of Mr. Zhuang, the governor of Jiangnan."

"Huh? Lord Zhuang's beloved son!"

Zhang Jinyu was taken aback when she heard it. No wonder a poetry meeting, an oiran election can attract people from the Jiangnan official circles to comment here.
(End of this chapter)