As Wang Luzhu said, entertaining people with color is inferior after all, after all, the flesh can only persuade people's desires, but true art can cleanse the soul and touch people's hearts.

The ancients' enthusiasm and dedication to poetry were originally extraordinary, Xu Jin's "Funeral Flower Yin" can be called the pinnacle of cherishing spring poetry, just chanting is touching, and then Wang Cuiqiao is accompanied by music to interpret it, it is even more out of control.

Spring flowers are easy to fall, red faces are easy to age, and Shaohua is easy to pass away, these are the eternal topics that people feel nostalgic, and they are the most easy to touch people's hearts. Therefore, whether it was the audience at the scene or the Qinglou women who came to participate in the competition, they were all poked to tears by this song "Funeral Flower Yin", especially the Qinglou women who relied on eating youth rice, and they burst into tears one by one.

So, an embarrassing scene appeared, the ten judges present all coincidentally sent the remaining flower baskets away, so that Wang Cuiqiao got twenty-two flower baskets, which means that the two beauties who appeared later will get nothing.

However, at this time, no one cares about the last two beauties who have not yet appeared, and Wang Cuiqiao's supporters are chanting "Wang everyone" in a frenzy. Fortunately, today's fans are much more reserved than those brainless fans in later generations, and they will not shamelessly shout disgusting names such as husbands, wives, fathers and mothers-in-law.

Wang Cuiqiao's emotions don't seem to have recovered yet, and she is still immersed in Sister Lin's state, with tears on her stunning face, delicate and timid, it is my pity.

After a long time, Wang Cuiqiao moved lightly to the front of the stage, and looked around, when his eyes swept over the building boat, he obviously paused on Xu Jin's face, and the two looked at each other.

Xu Jin smiled and nodded, and gave a thumbs up, he was very satisfied with Wang Cuiqiao's tune, this woman is indeed extremely talented in singing and acting, if she stays in modern times, she can definitely become a super first-line actress who is popular. Of course, even now, Wang Cuiqiao is also popular, but the famous prostitute is still a lowly person after all, and her status is far from that of a modern star.

It is undoubtedly a pleasure to get the praise and affirmation of others, especially to get the praise of Xu Jin, the original author of "Funeral Flower Yin", Wang Cuiqiao is naturally quite happy and smiles happily.

The beauty of this smile was amazing, and many people present were thrilled, and a young scholar even fell into the water, and after being rescued by the people next to him, he shouted incoherently: "Wang...... Wang, everyone smiled at Xiaosheng! ”

"No, no, no, everyone Wang is obviously laughing at him."

"Nonsense, it's obviously smiling at me!"

Seeing a few narcissistic scholars arguing there, Lingbi Marquis Tang Shaozong was inexplicably annoyed, he sat next to Xu Jin, naturally knew who Wang Cuiqiao was laughing at, and shouted with a dark face: "Come on, fork out these noisy sours." ”

As soon as Tang Shaozong gave the order, a Jinyi guard under his command immediately rushed off the boat downstairs and forked away the three scholars who were arguing on the nearby fishing boat. Xu Jin frowned imperceptibly, but he didn't say anything to stop him, although he didn't put Tang Shaozong in his eyes, there was no need to do it with him because of such trivial things.

Although all the ten judges had given away all the flower baskets, the last two beauties still appeared, and both of them performed quite well. Just when Xu Jin regretted that the two women were going to return empty-handed, the ten judges deliberated and temporarily added flower baskets, and finally the two beauties got three and four flower baskets respectively.

So, after the first round of talent competition, the top ten of the Oiran Contest were freshly released, and the first place was Wang Cuiqiao, who won 22 flower baskets; second place went to Higashino Lily with twenty flower baskets; The third place went to Wang Luzhu with eighteen flower baskets, and the fourth place went to Sai Xueer with eight flower baskets......

Of course, the current ranking is only temporary, and the second round of competition will compete with the financial resources of the consortium behind the famous prostitutes, as well as the talents of the "fans".

At this time, the famous prostitutes who entered the top ten were all invited to the stage and lined up in order of ranking.

The middle-aged scribe in charge of hosting also took the stage and said in a loud voice: "Everyone, the first round of talent competition is over, and Wang Cuiqiao is temporarily in first place with twenty-two flower baskets, but it is not yet known who the Oiran belongs to. Next is the second round of competition, you can now offer flowers and poems to the girl you like, haha, the rich people hurry up to pay their pockets, and the talented people also hurry up to offer beautiful poems. ”

The second round of the competition is actually very simple, the supporters can use silver to buy flower baskets, or write beautiful poems in exchange for flower baskets, and then give them to the famous prostitutes they support, and the number of flower baskets will ultimately determine the ranking of the Oiran competition.

It is worth mentioning here that if you buy flower baskets with silver, each flower basket costs 1,000 taels of silver, which is not affordable for ordinary people at all, so it is actually a competition for the strength of the consortium behind famous prostitutes.

In addition, there is another way to get a flower basket without spending money, that is, to write beauty poems, which are specially prepared for the literati on the scene, however, the beauty words presented must be approved by more than half of the judges present in order to be eligible for a flower basket.

All in all, this second round of competition is about financial resources and talent.

"The contemptible person gave Miss Higashino Lily fifty flower baskets." Li Guangtou, the head of the Fujian Chamber of Commerce, was the first to stand up and said.

As soon as Li Guangtou finished speaking, several nearby "loud dukes" shouted in unison: "Li Yuan, the head of the Fujian Chamber of Commerce, will present fifty flower baskets to the Dongye Lily Girl." ”

Suddenly......

The audience was boiling in an instant, a flower basket of 1,000 taels, and 50 is 50,000 taels of silver, and this is not a casual shout, you must take out real money and silver, if anyone dares not to fulfill the promise, don't think about mixing it in the future.

"Hey, Li Yuanwai is really wealthy, since this is the case, then the contemptible person will also give Miss Wang Cuiqiao fifty flower baskets!" The head of the Hui Chamber of Commerce, Xu Dong, has a good time to be authentic.

So the "loud public" immediately shouted again: "The head of the Hui Chamber of Commerce will give fifty flower baskets to Miss Wang Cuiqiao!" ”

The scene is boiling again!

Zhang Yunling, the first member of the Jin Chamber of Commerce, frowned, they supported Wang Luzhu, and only got eighteen flower baskets in the first round, ranking third.

"Sixty, our Jin merchants present sixty flower baskets to Miss Wang Luzhu!" Zhang Yunling, the first head of the Jin Chamber of Commerce, and Wang Yao, the deputy head of the Jin Chamber of Commerce, discussed in a low voice for a moment, and then shouted out the number "sixty".

Sixty flower baskets are sixty thousand taels of silver, so Wang Luzhu's current flower basket has become seventy-eight, from the third to the first.

The results of this Oiran contest are related to this year's salt distribution, so the competition is very fierce, and the three major consortia of Jin merchants, Hui merchants, and Fujian merchants have taken action, so the number of flower baskets in the top three is chasing me, rising alternately, so it is not lively.

Soon, the number of flower baskets of Wang Cuiqiao, Dongye Lily, and Wang Luzhu exceeded 100, and the total value of them was 250,000 taels.

However, even if the three major merchant gangs have money, it is impossible to trade at a loss, and it is very unnecessary to invest more than the profit, so when the flower basket exceeds two hundred, the three major merchant gangs begin to become cautious in bidding.

At this time, Wang Luzhu temporarily ranked first with 208 flower baskets, Wang Cuiqiao ranked second with 206 flower baskets, and Dongye Lily's flower basket was 201, temporarily ranking third.

"His grandmother's, Lao Tzu will have twenty more flower baskets!" Li Guangtou, the head of the Fujian Chamber of Commerce, scolded and scolded, but the other Fujian merchants at the same table changed their faces, and twenty flower baskets were 20,000 silver, you must know that these silver were not made by Li Guangtou alone, but by the entire merchant gang.

Li Guangtou added twenty flower baskets in one go, and the Jin merchants and Hui merchants both changed their complexions, and they discussed countermeasures one after another.

Seeing this, Li Guangtou couldn't help but smile proudly: "What, now the flower basket of Miss Dongye Lily is two hundred and twenty-one, and you still can't follow." ”

Zhang Yunling, the first of the Jin Chamber of Commerce, smiled lightly: "Follow, why don't you follow, our Jin Merchants will present thirty flower baskets to Miss Wang Luzhu." ”

In this way, Wang Luzhu added 30 flower baskets, that is, 238, carefully calculated, the Jin Merchants Gang has invested 220,000 taels, a big deal!

The merchants on the side of the Hui merchants are silent, at present, the total number of Wang Cuiqiao's flower baskets is 206, and the difference between Wang Luzhu is 32, and it will cost at least 32,000 taels to catch up.

It is worth mentioning here that the salt introduction issued by the Lianghuai Salt Envoy Division every year is about 1 million citations, of which nearly sixty percent has been divided by the powerful people in the court, and the share belonging to the merchants is about forty percent, that is, 400,000 citations, each 400 catties of salt, according to the current market price, a catty of salt is sold for a penny of silver, and each salt is worth 40 taels, excluding various costs, each salt introduction can earn about 5 taels of silver, and the profit of 400,000 salt introductions is 2 million taels of silver.

According to the agreement of the three major merchant gangs, the merchant gang that won the Oiran was divided into 60 percent of the salt, that is, 1.2 million taels of silver, the second place was divided into 400,000 taels, that is, 800,000 taels, and the third place was divided into 200,000 taels, that is, 400,000 taels of profit.

Now the three major business gangs have invested more than 200,000 yuan in order to snatch the Oiran, if they continue to invest, the first and second will indeed have to be earned, but the third place is not much oil and water, and may even lose money, which is very not cost-effective.

After some discussion, the Huishang Group obviously wanted to fight again, and Xu Dong, the head of the meeting, stood up and said loudly: "The contemptible people will add thirty-three flower baskets for Miss Cuiqiao." ”

As a result, Wang Cuiqiao jumped to the first place again with 239 flower baskets, Wang Luzhu ranked second with a flower basket, and Dongye Lily ranked third with 221 flower baskets.

Li Guangtou was swollen and his face was flushed, he gritted his teeth and wanted to continue to increase the price, but he was dissuaded by the Fujian businessmen at the same table, at present, the Fujian businessmen have invested 200,000 taels in it, and then add money to it, if they can grab the first and second place, it is better, if they still win the third place in the end, it is equivalent to losing money and making money, and it is really not worth it.

After all, the strength of the Fujian merchants was still weaker, and in the end they could only choose to give up.

With the withdrawal of Fujian merchants, the competition between Jin merchants and Hui merchants has become more and more intense, but both sides are adding a basket of flowers to the top of the basket, depending on whose bottom line the price breaks through first.

At this time, the literati also began to exert their strength, and submitted their beautiful poems to the judges for review. Compared to those merchants, the purpose of the literati was much purer, they were to help their "goddess" capture the Oiran.

"Shi Jinding, a member of Songjiang Mansion, presents a high-quality beauty poem, congratulations to King Cuiqiao, everyone!"

"Jiangxi Jishui Juzi Jiang Min presents a beautiful poem, He Dongye Lily Girl."

"Guangdong Foshan, Liang Kuan, presents a high-quality beauty poem, congratulations to the king of green pearls!"

Constantly talented people have made beautiful poems that have been recognized by the judges, and in exchange for flower baskets, they are dedicated to the famous prostitutes they support.

At this time, Wang Luzhu's total number of flower baskets has gone to 250, jumping to the first place again, and Wang Cuiqiao is second with 248 flower baskets, as for the third Dongye Lily, the total number of flower baskets is only 225, and the ranking is estimated to be a foregone conclusion.

On the stage, Wang Luzhu was both excited and nervous, after all, he saw that the Oiran was about to arrive, but Wang Cuiqiao behind him chased after him tightly. Looking at Wang Cuiqiao next to her, although she still looked calm, in fact, her palms were already sweating, after all, this Oiran Contest was undoubtedly very important to her, and it was about whether she could be free.

At this time, whether it is a Hui merchant or a Jin merchant, the bidding has become very cautious, for the time being, the sum of the money invested by the two families has been close to 500,000 taels, which is equivalent to a quarter of the profit of Yanyin.

When Wang Cuiqiao and Wang Luzhu's flower baskets reached 260, Wang Zhi, the vice president of the Hui Merchants, finally couldn't help but stand up and arched his hand to the Jin merchants: "Everyone, everyone is a businessman, and they come thousands of miles just to seek wealth. It's better to stop buying flower baskets on both sides, and the winner will be left to the talented people present to decide? ”

Although the Jin merchants were wealthy, they would undoubtedly hurt their muscles and bones if they continued to fight like this, so they agreed to Wang Zhi's proposal, and the two sides stopped continuing to buy and sell flower baskets.

So, who will win the Oiran between Wang Cuiqiao and Wang Luzhu will ultimately be decided by the literati present, who will get more fine beauty poems, and who will be the Oiran of this year's Oiran Competition.

As soon as the news spread, the literati and artists on the scene were like chicken blood, racking their brains to write poems, hoping to help their favorite beauty get the Oiran.

However, among the ten judges, except for Lingbi Hou Tang Shaozong, the other nine are well-educated people, and it is not easy for poetry to pass through their eyes. In fact, so far, only eight beautiful poems have been rated as high-quality.

Watching the poetry manuscripts of the literati arrive at the judge's seat like snowflakes, Xu Jin couldn't help but yawn bored, or not, let's help people to the end.

Xu Jin beckoned, asked the two Nizi in early spring and early summer to lean their ears together, and then whispered in the ears of the two women about the tea, and finally asked, "Do you remember everything?" ”

The two pretty maids blushed and said with adoring eyes: "Remember! ”

"Go ahead!" Xu Jin waved his hand, and in the early spring and early summer, he was escorted down the boat by Zhao Datou.

The salt transport made Shi Hao thoughtful, and quipped: "Lord Xu's poetry is unparalleled, why not show your skills?" ”

Xu Jin smiled and waved his hand and said, "I'm ashamed, I've been exhausted recently, and I still don't offer ugliness." ”

Tang Shaozong sneered: "I'm afraid that Jiang Lang is exhausted." ”

Since he had torn his face before, Xu Jin naturally wouldn't save face for this product, and sneered at each other: "Even if you are exhausted, the ink in the official's stomach is estimated to be able to drown you, if Master Hou doesn't believe it, let's try one or two in public." ”

"You're ......!" Tang Shaozong was choked and his old face turned red, he was just quick to speak for a while, where did he dare to compare his talents with Xu Jin, a tanhualang, if nothing else, it was the song "Funeral Flower Yin" that Wang Cuiqiao sang just now that could crush him into slag.

Tang Shaozong "you" for a long time, and finally could only drop one sentence: "Ben Hou is not as knowledgeable as you!" Then he turned his face away and ignored Xu Jin.

With the passage of time, three more beautiful lyrics were rated as high-quality songs, two of which were dedicated to Wang Cuiqiao, and Wang Luzhu also won one, so the results of the two were tied again, both of which were 263 flower baskets.

However, at this moment, the "loud dukes" suddenly shouted continuously:

"Xia Gongzi presents a beautiful poem, congratulations to Wang Cuiqiao, five people!"

"Xia Gongzi presents a beautiful poem, congratulations to Wang Cuiqiao, five people!"

"Xia Gongzi presents a beautiful poem, congratulations to Wang Cuiqiao, five people!"

The "loud public" who was in charge of the sound transmission shouted ten times in a row, and the audience around was a little stunned, but when everyone saw that there were really ten flower baskets sent to the stage, the audience was instantly boiling.

"Oh my God, ten fine beauty words, where is this Xia Gongzi sacred? actually wrote ten beautiful words? ”

"This ...... Is it possible? It can't be true! ”

The scene was fried, everyone was talking, and the Jin merchants couldn't sit still, but the Hui merchants were happy, and I don't know where a god came from, and he actually made ten high-quality beauty words in one breath?

"Ten songs? It's absolutely impossible! Wang Luzhu screamed a little out of shape, and Wang Cuiqiao was also so shocked that her small mouth opened into an "O" shape, and her eyes looked around.

Normally, in order to win the favor of the beauties, those talented people who offer high-quality beauty words will generally bow their heads to the stage with their heads held high, so that the beauties on the stage can see him.

However, Wang Cuiqiao looked around, but did not find the shocking so-called Xia Gongzi, and couldn't help but show suspicion, and finally his beautiful eyes subconsciously looked at Xu Jin on the boat, but the latter was drinking tea as if nothing happened.

"Who is Mr. Xia? Sneaky and sneaky, dare you show up! ”

"It's impossible, I don't believe that he can make ten fine beauty lyrics alone."

As some people raised questions, the voices of doubts became louder and louder, but when the judges recited the ten beautiful words one by one, the audience instantly became silent.

There is no doubt that these ten beautiful words are worthy of excellence, and even if those who doubt it no longer want to believe it, they can only accept the facts.