(I wish you all a prosperous New Year, long live!) Tomorrow, the first day of the Lunar New Year, allow me to take a day off. ）

A group of people on the shore are arguing and arguing very excited, originally this Oiran Contest is a grand event in Hangzhou, no matter which Qinglou won the championship in the past, it is always the fat water that does not flow into the fields of outsiders, and it is always the Qinglou in Hangzhou that wins the championship. But now, the three-city hegemony, this has risen to another height, which also makes the people of Hangzhou have a sense of collective honor, if the oiran is taken away by outsiders, it will be a psychological blow to the people of the city. Because of this, they can't tolerate the delayed progress in front of them, and they naturally don't hesitate to speak.

"I said everyone, stop arguing, stop arguing. You Hangzhou people are very good at fighting. In the past, our Jiangning Mansion didn't bother to compete with you for any Oiran, so you thought that it was the first government in the southeast. Now let's compare ourselves with you, and look at the scare that scares you, and it's a mess. Hey, actually, it's the same whether your floating platform is built well or not, in a word: you are doomed. It's better not to have any more expectations. A citizen from Jiangning Mansion watched the excitement from the sidelines, and couldn't help but make mockery.

"That is, this time the Oiran Competition, either Jiangning Mansion or my Yangzhou Mansion, you Hangzhou Mansion should rest. It can be seen that there is no one available in Hangzhou at all. Entrusting such a big matter to a young man who has not dried up shows that there is no one in Hangzhou. A visitor from Yangzhou also echoed.

This is a hornet's nest, and the people of Hangzhou, who were originally fighting with each other, suddenly pointed the finger at these outsiders.

"What the fuck are you talking about?"

"Put your mother's stinky fart, just the two broken cities in Yangzhou City, Jiangning Prefecture, are you still compared to my Hangzhou? One of us in Hangzhou City drowned you as soon as we soaked in urine. Dare to say such. ”

The people shouted and cursed.

"Isn't there a lot of people? You're just a lot of people. The big city of millions of people has been frightened by tens of thousands of bandits for decades, and the people of Hangzhou are really good at it. Show me, it's all a bunch of wretchedness. ”

"That is, there are many people, and they are all useless. Don't you still recognize the limelight? Who can your Governor Yan invite to help? I, the Shen Governor of Jiangning Mansion, can invite the bachelors of the Hanlin Academy, and the famous people in Beijing to help, and I will scare you to death when I say my name. Who do you please? Still won't admit defeat? Tonight, you are looking for teeth all over the place, and we will wait to see us win the Oiran in your Hangzhou to celebrate. To tell you the truth, we have bought all the fireworks and firecrackers, and tonight we will beat gongs and drums on the streets of Hangzhou and set off fireworks, which will anger you. ”

A group of spectators from Jiangning Mansion and Yangzhou Mansion spoke harshly and harshly, speaking quickly, urgently, and gloomily. But all those who can come from Jiangning and Yangzhou to see the Oiran Contest are some wealthy families, and these people are also upper-class citizens who do not worry about food and clothing, and the level of speaking from the cultural level is higher than the surrounding Hangzhou people, who are mainly ordinary low-level people.

However, they forget that this is on someone else's land. And the other side is outnumbered, and the eloquence is not good, but they can do it. They don't care about the admonition of a gentleman who doesn't use his mouth. These humiliating and sarcastic words came out, and it was suddenly like throwing a big stone in a pit, and several Hangzhou people finally couldn't help but run up.

"Fuck you, run to our Hangzhou City to spread wild, and turn against them. Dare to say that we Hangzhou people are wasted? Lao Tzu told you to know and know how powerful our Hangzhou people are. ”

A few ordinary people rushed forward and punched and kicked a few outsiders shaking folding fans and sneering at them. The other party also came in groups, how could they show weakness. A group of people immediately began to fight back. When the people of Hangzhou saw that the other party fought back, they immediately flocked to the city. Suddenly, on the shore of the lake outside the city walls, there was a sound of ghosts crying and wolf howling, and women screaming and children crying, fists and feet flying, blood splashing, and screaming in the sky. The war of words finally led to a big scuffle.

The people in the distance around them stood up and looked this way. Like a colony of penguins on an Arctic island, the people everywhere craned their necks to look at the chaos. Frightened and curious like a pack of mongooses. The women reached out and tugged at the sleeves of their men's shirts, fearing that they would be part of the scuffle.

This scuffle came quickly and violently, but it was quickly stifled. After the group fight, it was not time for tea to be held, and Ning Haijun, who was in charge of public security, and the guards of Hangzhou City rushed to arrive. The whip was whipped down without a head, and the people who beat the group of beaters were holding their heads and running away. After being punched, kicked, and whipped, dozens of people with bruised and purple heads were tied up and escorted away from the scene.

There was a guy with swollen eyes like a big lump, and blood dripping from his mouth, which was really miserable. But he suddenly shouted heroically: "Eighteen years later, another good man." ”

"Good! Good! The onlookers applauded and coaxed.

The soldier who was escorting him raised his foot and kicked him in the head, scolding: "Eighteen years of fart! Isn't it to be beheaded? But just by virtue of your words, the brothers will give you some dry goods to see if you are a good man. ”

"Don't don't, that's what the villain said. Isn't that how the drama is played? The villain has been beaten like this, and the villain is not allowed to brag about it? "That guy is busy admitting defeat and relenting. It's okay to pretend to be forced, but if you annoy these military masters, you will suffer a big loss.

The little episode subsided as dozens of civilians were taken away. Several generals of the Ning Navy who were responsible for maintaining law and order quickly took countermeasures, separating the people from Yangzhou and Yangzhou from Jiangning Prefecture, setting aside a separate area for people from Jiangning Prefecture and Yangzhou Prefecture to stay there, and sending some soldiers to patrol the border area to avoid further incidents of group fighting.

And the people's attention gradually shifted to the surface of the lake. Because on the huge platform on the lake, hundreds of soldiers have rushed in, forming a human wall around the platform to guard them. This means that an important person is about to arrive, and it also means that the Oiran contest is about to begin. But what makes the people of Hangzhou anxious is that the platform in Hangzhou Mansion is still wrapped in black cloth, and the vague shadows of dozens of craftsmen are still busy, which makes people worry about whether the floating platform in Hangzhou Mansion can really be put into use before the Oiran competition begins.

The sun set its last rays, and the blue sky became deep and dark. In the east, a full golden moon has already shown its head. The moon is big and round, although the sky is still a little bright at the moment, which affects the brightness of the moonlight, but you can already feel the wisps of silver light of the Mid-Autumn moon. The microwaves of the West Lake also reflect silver ripples.

"Palm Lamp!" A shout came from nowhere, and then, under the city wall on the shore of the West Lake, in the lake, under the hundreds of tall lamp poles near the left of the floating platform, strings of wind lanterns slowly rose like strings of glowing sugar gourds. When more than 100 strings of wind lanterns all rose to the top of the pole, all of a sudden, lights flashed around the huge floating platform above the lake, and it turned out to be thousands of lotus lanterns floating on the water. The lights reflect the pink petals, which are not very bright, but they reflect the dark and dreary water of the lake, and there is a sense of starry and sparkling.

The people began to cheer and applaud, and the lights came together, and the atmosphere came. The long-awaited show is finally about to begin, and people are excited, looking forward to it, and rejoicing.

……

When the lights were on, the crowd of black-pressed crowds was also entering the VIP seats on the huge platform opposite the stage. Wu Chunlai and several other state officials began to board the platform and took their seats in the best viewing position at the front. It was a VIP seat for officials.

The long table is covered with a tablecloth and a variety of fruits and vegetables. Fragrant osmanthus cakes, bright purple grapes, red pomegranate fruits, yellow-orange-orange pears, freshly picked water chestnuts, round green lotus seeds, plus sliced white new lotus slices sprinkled with sugar juice and picked up with small bamboo skewers, there are a lot of seasonal fruits during the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is extremely attractive. After sitting down, many officials began to chew on their food, regardless of their physique.

In the midst of the commotion, I don't know who shouted: "The participating flower boat is here." ”

Everyone immediately looked up in unison towards the Written Mountain to the north. There, thousands of lights flickered on the surface of the lake, and the contours of the lake were clearly demarcated. In the distance, more than a dozen large ships are slowly approaching from the channel outlined by the river lights on the lake to the north.

These big ships are brightly lit and beautiful. The lights flickered, and between the silk and bamboo Meile, even the lake near the left was illuminated in colorful colors. Looking from afar, the boat is on the water, reflected in the water, the boat is moving, and the light is brilliant, like a fairyland.

According to the tradition of the Hangzhou Oiran Competition, all the ships participating in the Qinglou have to go through some decoration, and this is the time to show the strength of the major Qinglou.

The red boat of Fengyue Tower in Jiangning Mansion took the lead, it was a two-story red boat, the ship was wrapped in red brocade, and the middle hall was decorated with a huge golden sphere, under the light of the lights, the whole ship was like a huge gold ingot floating on the water. And this is also the theme of the decoration of the Fengyue Lou Flower Boat, which means that the wealth is rolling and the wealth is rich.

On the bow deck, more than a dozen red cards from Fengyue Tower sat or stood, holding fans in their hands and saluting the crowd in the dark. A woman in the middle is dressed in a long tulle dress, and the skirt is pink under the light, which seems to be transparent and visible to the skin, but it seems that nothing can be seen, which leads to reverie. Although she couldn't see that face clearly, she could be seen from her graceful figure, amorous standing posture and slender and well-proportioned body, she was a beautiful woman.

"The woman is...... Liu Yiyi? The people whispered below.

"Isn't that her? It is said that you can do palm dance. Look at this small waist, it is really as thin as a willow branch. If we can do palm dancing, then we can be considered blessed tonight. ”

"Tut-tut, amazing, amazing, it looks like it's a vicious battle tonight, I don't know if Wanhualou and Qunfang Pavilion can withstand it."

"There's no way to resist it, let's just have a good time, and we're happy to be defeated, as long as this Oiran night can feast your eyes. Victory or defeat has nothing to do with us people, does it? ”

"Hey, when did you learn to drop your book bag? is also happy to lose, so open-minded, why did you lose a tael of silver in gambling yesterday, and you cried with a sad face for a long time? ”

"You man, you are so bad at the scenery, I won't tell you, the boat behind is coming."

On the stern deck of the big ship in Fengyue Tower, seven or eight men dressed as scribes sat elegantly around a table with folding fans in their hands. As we all know, those are the celebrities who help the boxer, and it is said that these people are all invited from the Hanlin Academy in the capital, and all of them are talented people who are full of wealth.

After the big ship of Fengyue Tower, there is a flower boat of Lanjiang Tower, which is arranged as a peacock with wings spreading. The same lineup is strong, the same beautiful.

After these two colorful boats slowly sailed by, the hearts of many people in Hangzhou began to chill. According to the discussions around them, they learned that it was Liu Yiyi from Fengyue Tower and Zheng Nuanyu from Lanjiang Tower who were sent by Jiangning Mansion to participate in the competition. And about the skills of these two women, it has been rumored as early as yesterday. One can dance in the palm of her hand, the other is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and even the national players of Da Zhou were almost defeated by her. At that time, the people felt that this time they were afraid that it would be difficult to win against a strong opponent. But they also held out hopes, hoping that they were just rumors. Now, however, this has been confirmed. Liu Yiyi and Zheng Nuanyu really came.