There is a kind of scholar

Chapter 888 The rich and wealthy Taiwei Su

Pinyu Pavilion, lobby.

Su Xian was furious, and after making the decision to retaliate against Mr. Han, he waved his hand casually, and soon someone walked up to Su Xian and bowed to obey his orders.

This person is the personal guard of the Hou Mansion. In order to secretly protect Su Xian, they also paid 100 taels to enter the Pinyu Pavilion. There are dozens of such personal guards.

"Go, withdraw enough banknotes, and then find twenty people, preferably scholars, and come back quickly." Su Xian lowered his voice and ordered.

"Yes."

After the bodyguard left quickly, Lin Chuan came over with excitement on his face, but he also reminded:
"Brother Su, just prepare fifteen people and the admission fees for these 15 people. To be honest with Brother Su, I have actually hired five people and prepared their admission fees."

Su Xian waved his hands indifferently and said with a smile:

"It's just a little money, it doesn't matter. Since Brother Lin has prepared for five people, let them sign up together. 25 people are enough insurance."

"Yes, hahaha."

Lin Chuan was overjoyed and felt very comfortable.

He looked at the high-spirited, squandering, and majestic Su Xian and was greatly pleased. The current Su Xian was no longer the impoverished scholar he was a year ago.

Brother Su finally became famous and got the "knowledge". He was really happy.

After laughing for a while, Lin Chuan suddenly stopped smiling, approached Su Xian and lowered his voice and said:
"Brother Su, now that you are in a high position in the imperial court, you can be said to be inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people. In that case, why bother?"

"Brother Su, why don't you reveal your identity directly? That bastard Young Master Han might be frightened to death, and... the Madam of Pinyu Pavilion doesn't dare to charge Brother Su a penny, and will offer twenty oirans to him."

"Wouldn't it be nice to just have fun?"

"..."

When Su Xian heard this, he seemed to think about it, and then analyzed it seriously:

"It's inappropriate, it's inappropriate. First of all, tonight I am trying to regain the position for you. If I reveal my identity directly, wouldn't it be an advantage to Mr. Han?"

"Wouldn't it be nice if we first snatched away what he thought he had and made him collapse in shock, and then we used our power to overwhelm him and kill him?"

Lin Chuan was stunned, feeling that Su Xian was too weird tonight. He had been with Su Xian for so long, and this was the first time he had seen Su Xian behave like this.

However, he likes...

Su Xian continued:
"Second, we are in Pinyu Pavilion. As the saying goes, a strong dragon cannot suppress a local snake. It is better to respect the rules here. If you pay, you will pay. It's not like I don't have it. If I write poetry, I will write poetry. It's not that I can't do it. .”

"What Brother Su said is indeed reasonable, but."

Lin Chuan frowned slightly, leaned closer and whispered:

"What if something unexpected happens and we fail to capture the twenty foreign oirans, wouldn't that make people laugh? In my opinion, it's safer to reveal your identity to the madam."

"Le Le Le Le." Su Xian shook his head, stared at Lin Chuan with stern eyes, and said seriously: "It's not a good habit to have sex for nothing!"

Lin Chuan was startled when he heard this, nodded quickly and said:

"Brother Su is right, then let's follow Brother Su's plan."

"..."

Soon, the personal guard who had just taken the order returned, bowed beside Su Xian and said: "Young Master, we are ready."

"Yes." Su Xian nodded: "You've come back just in time, the grooming ceremony is about to begin."

Sure enough, after a while, the singing and dancing on the stage stopped. The dancers, singers and musicians playing wind instruments all left one after another, leaving the huge stage empty.

The noisy sounds in the lobby also stopped abruptly.

Everyone knew that the grooming ceremony was about to begin, and they were all staring at the stage, their faces filled with anticipation and ecstasy.

"My son's ladies are about to appear."

"For the time being, let those big injustices take a look at my ladies. After all, they have spent hundreds of thousands of taels. If you don't let them take a look, it will appear that I am unreasonable."

At this time, an arrogant voice came from the next table, it was Young Master Han.

The scholars at the same table all complimented him:

"Mr. Han is indeed high-minded, with such a character, he is really a role model for my generation!"

"Mr. Han, please rest assured. Although we are not talented, the poems Mr. Han sent me are enough to win over those twenty courtesans!"

"Shut up. If you can't speak, don't say it. What courtesan? That's a sister-in-law, twenty sisters-in-law, do you understand?"

"..."

Su Xian and Lin Chuan looked sideways at the same time, glanced at the table next door, then snorted coldly and looked away.

Big wrong?
Haha, Su Xian wants to see who is the big grievance tonight!
Finally, the much-anticipated scene begins——

Directly above the lobby, on the side of the huge stage, behind the curtains embroidered with gold and silver threads, one after another young girls walked out one after another, holding a pipa, or a bamboo flute, and various musical instruments.

These girls are almost the same height, with graceful and graceful figures, and bold and gorgeous clothes. As they move around, their fragrant shoulders, crisp arms, and snowy legs suddenly appear, and their clothes are fluttering. They are full of fairy spirit and infinite charm.

Their faces were heavily painted with makeup, and they all wore masks, either snow-white silk scarves or beaded curtains. It was vaguely visible that they were extremely beautiful, and indeed they were no less than ordinary courtesans.

On the heads of all the girls, braids that symbolize young girls who have not left the court are combed. All kinds of jewelry and flowers are inserted in the heads, and the jewels are gorgeous and bright, making them even more beautiful.

In the lobby, there were sounds of breathing.

Countless hungry wolves roared with hunger and stared at the girls on the stage.

After a while, all the girls appeared.

There were twenty of them in total, lined up from one end of the stage to the other.

These are the twenty foreign courtesans who have become famous recently. Now they appear together. They are dressed in different clothes. They are fat and slim, and they are slim and graceful. They really dazzled everyone.

There was no sound in the lobby.

Everyone opened their mouths slightly and stared at the oirans on the stage. They didn't know which one to look at for a while. Some people even had saliva dripping from the corners of their mouths, flowing along their chins and into the neck of their clothes...

Twenty foreign oirans stood silently on the stage for a while, then hugged their musical instruments and bowed.

At this time, someone moved twelve stools and placed them one by one behind the stage, forming a semicircle.

After the girls finished their obeisances, 12 of them turned around and sat down on the stools, playing with their instruments and preparing to sing a song.

The remaining eight people did not have musical instruments in their hands, and their clothes were more like dancing girls, so they walked into the semicircle and got into dancing postures.

In the audience, the wolves understood that they were going to work together to perform a song and dance.

In an instant, bursts of roaring, applause, and cheers erupted in the lobby. It can be said that the crowd was excited, and the howls of wolves came one after another.

On Su Xian's side, Lin Chuan was already overly excited, jumping, waving, and howling non-stop.

He picked his ears, tugged on Lin Chuan's clothes, and said, "Brother, why are you so excited? We are all people with status, what kind of scene have we never seen before? Calm down, calm down."

"Oh."

As expected, Lin Chuan stopped shouting and jumping, and Ansheng sat down: "What Brother Su said is true. Sure enough, Brother Su can be promoted all the way up, and his official position is getting bigger and bigger. This is inseparable from Brother Su's calmness..."

Before he finished speaking, before the last word "kai" was uttered, Lin Chuan was dumbfounded and stunned.

Because Su Xian, who had just taught him a lesson, suddenly jumped up, waved and shouted to the stage. His excitement was no less than that of Lin Chuan just now.

"Brother Su..." Lin Chuan was completely confused.

"..."

When the song and dance was halfway through, the Madam from Pinyu Pavilion appeared and arranged for registration.

Limited to one spot per guest.

There is no limit to the number of places each courtesan can accept.

"Trickster!"

Su Xian muttered in a low voice, the madam at Pinyu Pavilion is very good at playing tricks.

The beautiful oirans were performing songs and dances on the stage. At this time, registration started. The wolves in the audience were all excited. Why don't you send a lot of money to Pinyu Pavilion?

"What did Brother Su just say?"

Lin Chuan heard Su Xian's muttering and leaned over.

"It's nothing, are our people ready? Let's start signing up. Hurry up, or something will change." Su Xian reminded.

"Don't worry, the arrangements have been made long ago. The five people I brought, plus the twenty others brought by Brother Su, make a total of 25 people. The registration fee is 3000 taels per person, and a total of 5000 taels of silver bills are ready. .” Lin Chuan laughed.

"very good."

Su Xian nodded.

On the other side, Mr. Han was giving his final instructions.

"The registration fee of 3000 taels per person has been handed over to you."

Mr. Han looked around at the twenty scholars and said, "In addition, I have also given you twenty poems specially commissioned by someone."

"I hope there won't be any accidents. Those twenty foreign courtesans all belong to me!"

The scholars hurriedly promised:
"Mr. Han, don't worry, we save it. Besides, the poems that Mr. Han finds someone to order, will definitely catch the eyes of the oiran ladies. Mr. Han will definitely embrace twenty beauties tonight!"

"That's natural." Mr. Han nodded, waved his hand and said, "Okay, you all can go. When the matter is completed, Mr. Han will each reward 300 taels tomorrow."

"Thank you Mr. Han..."

The twenty scholars were overjoyed, got up from their seats, found the oiran they had originally scheduled, and signed up individually.

Mr. Han was full of confidence and sat calmly drinking tea, enjoying the singing and dancing of the oiran ladies on the stage while imagining all the wonderful things about tonight.

The dark circles under his eyes were filled with a smile.

The reason why he is so confident is not because he is crazy.

He had done some research beforehand and found out that the guests attending the Pinyu Pavilion grooming conference tonight, although they came from all over the world, were all rich or powerful.

But among all the guests, he is the most outstanding.

why?
There are three reasons.

First, although the Liang court did not explicitly prohibit officials from visiting brothels, there were unwritten rules. This alone eliminated countless powerful people who were more powerful than Mr. Han.

Of course, there are also those who do not abide by this invisible rule, such as the second arrester of the prison department, who is a frequent visitor to the brothel, but such people have a bad reputation in the court.

And there are only a few such people after all. For example, Mr. Han almost regards the brothel as his home, but he has never encountered even an official like the second arrester in the brothel...

Secondly, Mr. Han’s family is a family that has been in Shannan West Road for hundreds of years. With hundreds of years of accumulation, both financial strength and influence cannot be underestimated.

Third, the location of Shannan West Road is special, and there are many mountain people of different races under its jurisdiction. These mountain people are extremely restless, and the court needs to rely on the power of the Han family to maintain stability.

In other words, although Mr. Han's family is not an official, it has more power than ordinary officials.

This allows the Han family to have both ends of the spectrum. They can enjoy the benefits of being an official and a powerful person without having to abide by the unwritten rule that "officials are not allowed to visit brothels."

Based on this, Mr. Han was so crazy that he boasted that he wanted to have twenty oirans all to himself!

"Master, look, Lin Chuan is here too."

Next to Mr. Han, a boy who looked like a book boy raised his finger and pointed with a joking smile on his face.

"Oh?"

Mr. Han followed the guidance and saw Lin Chuan. He was stunned and said with a smile:

"This young master from the Lin family, a famous family in the city of God, actually has the nerve to come to the Jade Pavilion? Didn't I humiliate him enough last time? The look of him running away in embarrassment is still fresh in my memory."

The book boy smiled and said:
"Young Master, this Lin Chuan is indeed brave enough. I just discovered that this Lin Chuan not only signed up, but also hired many people like the Young Master to win over a few more oiran ladies."

"Although the Lin family in the capital of the gods has declined, the centipede insects are still alive. Lin Chuan is also a descendant of the Lin family after all. It is normal to have such thoughts. How many people has he hired?"

Mr. Han asked while drinking tea leisurely.

The boy replied: "I just counted, Lin Chuan hired a total of... 25 people!"

puff!
Mr. Han spurted out the tea in his mouth and said angrily:

"25? Five more than me? The Lin family, the capital of the gods, has long since declined. Why are there five more than me?! Are you sure you read that correctly?"

"You're absolutely right." The book boy was very sure.

Mr. Han frowned, feeling very unhappy. He looked sideways at Lin Chuan, but his attention was unexpectedly attracted by Su Xian. He raised his finger and pointed at Su Xian and asked:

"Who is that person? Why does it look familiar?"

The book boy replied: "I don't know, it must be Lin Chuan who invited me to write poems, right?"

"Humph!"

Mr. Han snorted coldly and said disdainfully:
"Poetry? Apart from being more handsome, that person looks like a straw bag at first glance. How can such a person write poetry? And he can compose twenty poems at a time? He even wants to win the favor of oiran ladies? It's simply ridiculous!"

"Sir, should we..." The book boy lowered his voice and his eyes became cold.

"No need for now." Mr. Han waved his hand and said with a smile: "I want to see what Lin Chuan and the idiot next to him can do."

"Hire 25 people? Are you still trying to write poems to win the favor of court ladies?"

"Haha, wishful thinking. Let them be proud for a while. After I succeed, I will step on their faces!"

"..."

After some time.

The first stage of the grooming ceremony, the competition for wealth, is finally completed.

There are twenty oirans, and the total number of applicants has reached about two hundred!

Su Xian estimated that among these 200 people, only 20 would succeed and win the favor of the courtesan and become the guests of honor.

As for the remaining 180 people, they are nothing more than the grievances Mr. Han calls them. Together, they will send 54 taels of silver to Pinyu Pavilion!
The numbers are scary.

Even Su Xian was slightly lost in thought.

But then I thought again, Pinyu Pavilion must have spent a lot of money to acquire these twenty foreign oirans. The cost of clothing, training, and long growth time was immeasurable.

Furthermore, a grand event like tonight has never been seen once in decades.

Moreover, the distinguished guests who came to support us came from all over the world, which was equivalent to the efforts of the whole country to hold this gathering conference. It is not surprising that it is of such a scale...

After the registration quota is determined, the second stage will be entered to compete for talents.

That is, poetry.

"Get a pen and ink."

Su Xian is high-spirited and ready to crush the entire audience!
(End of this chapter)