Not long after the prince of Ning Wang was seated, today's judges also arrived one after another, and there were as many as five in total.

Xu Kui has a huge mouth and a swallow-fronted ape arm, and he is also the deputy envoy of Jiangxi and the deputy inspector of Jiangxi, so he is the chief judge.

Sitting in the second seat of the judge was an old man in his sixties, who was already full of white hair, but his face was ruddy, wearing a simple robe, and a bun was tied on the top of his head, which was quite a bit of fairy wind and bones.

This person is the former imperial history of Li Shishi, a native of Nanchang, born in Jinshi, because he was dissatisfied with the current emperor's frolicking and fun, he returned to his hometown in anger, and is now a guest of Ning Wangfu.

It is worth mentioning here that Li Shishi is proficient in feng shui and is a representative of the feng shui school "Luan Tou School", and Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning, has asked him many times to help him look at feng shui.

The other three judges are Tang Bohu, Liu Zhong, the superintendent of the imperial history, and Ke Zheng, the Tongzhi of Nanchang Mansion.

It is said that Song Yifang, the prefect of Nanchang, is still imprisoned by King Ning, so Tongzhi Kezheng is currently in charge of the government of Nanchang Mansion, and this person is attached to King Ning's Mansion.

Therefore, today's judges, except for the great master Xu Kui and the superintendent Liu Zhong, the other three are all closely related to Ning Wangfu, including the crazy Tang Bohu, who is also nominally a staff member of Ning Wangfu.

Xu Kui sat on the chief judge, his ugly face was as serious as ever, he was upright and outspoken, and he was one of the few Jiangxi officials who did not attach himself to King Ning, so he was quite respected by Governor Sun Sui.

Originally, Xu Kui didn't care about the competition between the candidates of Nanchang Mansion and Guangxin Mansion at first, and as the great master of the college examination, it was not easy to get involved, but then he gradually realized that something was wrong, because the prince of Ning Wang has been very active in fueling the flames behind the scenes, contributing both money and effort, which is really unreasonable.

Xu Kui and Governor Sun Sui pondered and felt that this was a ploy by Ning Wangfu to win over local scholars in Nanchang, so Xu Kui took the initiative to ask to be the judge of the last literary competition, in order to offset part of the influence of Ning Wangfu.

At this time, King Ning Shizi stood up, smiled and said loudly: "Today's autumn is high and cool, and the talents of the two provinces gather in the Fujiwang Pavilion, and the grand occasion is unprecedented. Moreover, I am fortunate to invite Mr. Xu to serve as the judge of this literary meeting, and this son is also honored, so why don't we ask Mr. Xu to encourage you a few words? ”

All the candidates applauded in unison!

Xu Kui pressed his hands and said with a straight face: "Zi said: There must be my teacher in the threesome." Zi said: Friends come from afar, are you happy?

It is a good thing to meet friends in literature and learn from each other, but if you attack each other because of regional differences, you will fall behind. Therefore, this official thinks that you are all talents in Jiangxi, and you can learn from each other, but you can't hurt the harmony between the two governments. ”

As soon as these words came out, some of the candidates from the two prefectures lowered their heads in shame, and Xu Jin glanced thoughtfully at the prince of Ning Wang, who had an unnatural expression.

Tongzhi Ke Zheng smiled and said: "What Lord Xu said is extremely true, the lower officials heard that His Royal Highness the Prince of the World has also prepared a song and dance, why don't you come to the fun first?" ”

Ning Wang Shizi smiled and clapped his hands, and then heard the sound of broken footsteps coming from the floor slab on the sixth floor, and a dressed beauty, supported by a maidservant, walked down the stairs.

Everyone's eyes suddenly lit up, and Xu Jin couldn't help but show appreciation, this woman is indeed stunningly beautiful, tall but graceful, with a thin waist, a plump part, a double peak on the chest, and the neckline of the Luo skirt is opened very low, revealing a large piece of milk-like white skin, as if you can feel the tenderness and delicacy without touching it, if you can hold the pair of tall clothes under the clothes, it is estimated that it will be very ecstatic.

The woman was helped downstairs by the servant, dragging the long white skirt, and walked lightly towards the judge's seat, instantly bringing a burst of fragrant wind, the graceful waist, tall long legs, the curve of the forward and backward convex, coupled with the stunning beauty, tempted the scholars present to take their eyes off.

"Yuxue has seen His Royal Highness the Prince of the World, and has seen all the adults." The woman walked to the judge's seat and bowed, and her gestures were full of beauty.

Ning Wang Shizi's eyes flashed with a hint of heat, and when he was about to speak, he heard a sound of "dang", a wine glass fell to the ground and shattered, Tang Bohu stood up excitedly, stared at the woman in front of him, and said, "Xiao everyone, when did you arrive in Nanchang?" Xiaosheng is polite! ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but sweat secretly, the obscene uncle in his teenage years called himself a little student, can he be a little more shameless?

Xiao Yuxue blessed Tang Yin, and said coquettishly: "Yuxue has seen Tang Gongzi, after a long time, Tang Gongzi's demeanor is still the same, if Tang Gongzi is free, remember to fill in a good poem for Yuxue." ”

Tang Yin put his hands behind his back in a "chic" manner, looking like I wanted to go back with the wind, and said with a smile: "It's easy to say, it's just that it's inconvenient now, can I talk to everyone Xiao all night another day?" ”

Xiao Yuxue replied shyly: "So I don't dare to ask for it!" ”

Xu Jin was a little speechless, Tang Bohu was really an old ticket passenger, and he actually made an appointment for a ticket in front of everyone.

Ning Wang Shizi's face was a little ugly, and when he saw Tang Bohu sit down, his expression was slightly relaxed, and he introduced with a smile: "There must be many people present who don't know Xiao everyone, and this Shizi will solemnly introduce to you, this is Xiao Yuxue, who is known as Yushu Qiongbao Thousand Piles of Snow, Xiao everyone, whose singing voice is the best in the Qinhuai River." ”

"His Royal Highness the Prince of the World has a reputation!" Xiao Yuxue turned around with a smile, bowed to the group of scholars, and said coquettishly: "Yuxue has seen all the sons. ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but suddenly think, in fact, as soon as this woman appeared, he guessed that this woman was a woman in the Qinglou nine times out of ten, because it was impossible for a serious woman to dress like this and show her head, she dared to be a popular fan on the Qinhuai River, and she was also a fan who was good at singing.

In other words, the xing service industry in the Ming Dynasty was quite developed, and even the emperor took the lead in opening the "kiln", can this industry not be developed?

At the beginning of the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang really built a "state-run brothel" on the Qinhuai River, whose name was the courtyard, and he personally inscribed a couplet for the courtyard.

Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang's purpose in building a "state-run brothel" was to attract businessmen to play and increase the treasury's financial revenue, but the businessmen did not attract them, but instead attracted hundreds of civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

Although the "state-run brothel" was closed, it set a precedent for officials to become prostitutes, and the literati also vied to follow suit, and they were called "scribes and talented women."

In addition, the Ming Dynasty's Jiaofang Division was essentially an official-run Qinglou, and it was a Qinglou where you could get a large number of high-quality prostitutes without spending money. Because all the convicts who have been raided their homes, the young female relatives of the family will be demoted to lowly status, and they will not be admitted to the teaching department for people to play, and the wives and daughters of these official eunuchs are naturally not bad, coupled with the once noble status, ticket customers naturally flock to it.

Therefore, the xing service industry in the Ming Dynasty was quite developed, and gradually played tricks, and a number of private Qinglou have packaged and launched popular Oiran, or the kind that sells art but not body, so that those ticket customers can see that they can't eat, hang their appetite, and then make a lot of money.

The Xiao Yuxue in front of her is currently one of the popular Oiran on the Qinhuai River, good at singing and dancing, and has the reputation of Yushu Qiongbao thousands of piles of snow.

At this time, a group of scholars bowed to Xiao Yuxue one after another: "I've seen everyone Xiao." ”

Ning Wang Shizi said a little proudly: "Xiao everyone's singing voice is superb, if any genius's poems can enter the eyes of Xiao family's magic today, maybe Shi family can compose a song and sing it." ”

Most of the scholars present were happy, and Jiang Yun next to Xu Jin was eager to try, this is a good opportunity to become famous, with Xiao's fame in Qinhuaihe, if you can sing your own poems, it will be difficult to think of being famous.

In ancient times, there were no various media, and literati could only rely on word of mouth from insiders to enhance their fame.

Of course, the girls of the Qinglou can also improve their fame and worth by singing the poetry of the literati, which is a "mutually beneficial" relationship. For example, this Xiao family became popular because Tang Bohu wrote a poem for her.

Because of this, an elderly obscene uncle like Tang Bohu, the girls in Qinglou are still flocking to him, just to use his poems to enhance their fame and worth.

Ning Wang Shizi saw that the atmosphere was mobilized, and joked: "Since ancient times, talented people and beauties, all of you are my talents in Jiangxi, and today I will show my talents in front of everyone Xiao, maybe you can win the favor and become the guest of everyone Xiao!" ”

Xiao Yuxue's face was full of red clouds, and she covered her face with her sleeves and said with shame: "Your Royal Highness, Yuxue is only an artist, and this body is only allowed to be a good person." ”

Xiao Yuxue's shy appearance made many scholars present ripple, and their eyes became eager, if they could put this stunner in their private room to play, how wonderful it would be.

The corners of Xu Jin's mouth showed a hint of sarcasm, with his spicy eyes, he couldn't see that this woman was behaving coyly, although he looked "shy", but that calm look betrayed her, and he was really a professionally trained "courtesan", and he was afraid that he would be able to win the little golden man with this acting skills.

As for selling his art or not selling his body, Xu Jin sneered at it, this is just a marketing method to hang people's appetite and increase their value, as long as the price is right, it is not a pleasant way to untie their clothes and let others pick them!

Xu Jin even suspected that this Xiao family had already been picked up, and more than once or twice.

Ning Wang Shizi laughed and said: "Have you listened, Xiao everyone has asked for a good person, you have to behave well, how about we ask Xiao Dayi to show his dancing skills?" ”

"I want it!" A group of scholars excitedly clamored, such a charming beauty danced, I don't know how moving.

Xiao Yuxue smiled, walked to the center of the hall, patted her hands lightly, the floor on the sixth floor sounded again, and a girl holding a pipa walked down the stairs.

Everyone's eyes couldn't help but light up again!