The annual Dragon Boat Festival in Guangling City kicked off on Peach Blossom Island.
On this day, the ferry boats on Huaping Lake were in an endless stream, and the pier of the people by the lake was overcrowded.
The most numerous of them are of course the literati in Guangling City, followed by those pretty beauties hiding in deep boudoirs.
This scene was even more lively than the one where Miss Zhongli's third lady's son-in-law was selected by Wen on March 3rd——
After all, the status of the third lady of Zhongli Mansion is too high, and there are still many literati who understand the gap.
And those beautiful people also knew that it was Miss Zhongli's home field, and they would look too dim under the brilliance of Miss San.
But today is different.
Every year, Guangling City holds several literary fairs. This Dragon Boat Festival literary fair is second only to the Mid-Autumn Festival literary fair. It is the best opportunity for all talents to show off their talents, and it is also an excellent opportunity for those beauties to choose their favorite ones.
Especially after hearing that this year's essay meeting was held on Peach Blossom Island, it aroused the eager anticipation of talented scholars and beauties.
The most famous merchants in the world live on Peach Blossom Island!
He is also one of the judges of this essay meeting!
Thinking about the top poems that came out of this essay meeting, the merchants should compose a wonderful song for these poems by themselves.
Huo Shufan, Shen Qiaodie and others also came to this pier early in the morning, but unexpectedly the boatman said that Taohua Island was not open yet.
So they waited until almost noon, and then the first group boarded the ferry and arrived at Peach Blossom Island.
The moment they set foot on Peach Blossom Island...
Huo Shufan suddenly stood still and looked forward.
The nearly a hundred teenagers who crowded the boat stopped and looked forward!
Just three feet away in front of them, on the bluestone corridor in front of the Taoyuan, there is a door standing there!
There is a line of big characters written on the lintel
"Welcome everyone to come and participate in the Dragon Boat Festival named after Peach Blossom Noodles!"
On the door frame of that door there is still a message
"Guangling Fine Wine Peach Blossom Brew,
The jade bowl filled with amber light! "
Just behind that door, five-color flags are erected as far as the eye can see on both sides of the road.
It was a small triangular flag that was not too big, and there were only three words on the small flag: Peach Blossom Brew!
"...What does this mean?"
Huo Shufan took a breath and asked this question.
Wen Huan on his right side pondered for a moment, then suddenly frowned, "Didn't that idiot Li Chen'an spread the word, saying that the name of the wine brewed in his brewery is Peach Blossom Noodles!"
Huo Shufan frowned, "So...he is using this essay meeting to promote his wine?"
Shen Qiaodie on the side said, "It should be so! It seems that this person has a very close relationship with Master Shang!"
She pondered for a moment and then said in doubt, "This idea is really brilliant! In this way, his peach blossom wine has not been brewed even half a drop, but it has already been known to everyone in Guangling City!"
"He would never have such a whimsical idea... Could it be that Mr. Hua gave him an idea? Could it be that Mr. Hua connected him with Master Shang and built a bridge?"
Huo Shufan shook his head, "At that time, no one knew that this essay meeting would be held on Peach Blossom Island. Now that Hua Lao has arrived in Kyoto for many days, it is too late even for correspondence."
"But there is really an expert behind this kid. It seems that grandpa should send someone to investigate carefully."
"En!" Shen Qiaodie nodded, and suddenly laughed again, "But this is also a good thing!"
Huo Shufan looked at her in surprise, "How can this be a good thing?"
"Shufan, think about it, he made this wine famous, but later he went on stage and wrote poems, we will expose his dirty heart..."
Shen Qiaodie focused her eyes, but the smile on her face did not disappear, "His reputation will definitely stink at that moment! Then his peach blossom wine... Of course it will also stink!"
"As long as all the literati hate him, under the verbal criticism, no matter how good his peach blossom wine is, not many people will be willing to buy it!"
"He thought he could fly very high with this momentum, but he didn't know that once he fell... he would fall into a situation of eternal doom!"
Huo Shufan understood, and he also showed a smile, "Qiaodie really has Linglong's mind, so let's play a good show with Li Chenan later!"
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Those handsome men and women who boarded Peach Blossom Island were obviously shocked by this door.
When they heard that the peach blossom brew was the wine that Li Chenan was about to introduce to the world, some were amazed, some ridiculed, and some smiled.
Wen Xiaowan, the courtesan of Ningxianglou who was invited to Peach Blossom Island, just pursed her lips and smiled.
She had never drank the Huapingchun in the tavern in Erjinggou Alley, but the guests who came to her place appreciated it very much, so she had heard of the name Li Chenan.
I also know some of Li Chenan's past stories.
But this person and this person's story have nothing to do with her, so she is just curious about it.
I didn't expect to see him doing something like this again when I came to Peach Blossom Island today.
This person is quite interesting.
I heard that the song "Butterfly Love Flower" that appeared on March 3rd was written by him. This idiot...is a little different from the idiot.
I heard that he is also one of the invitees of today's literary society, let's see what kind of poems he can make.
Wen Xiaowan took several of her maidservants, followed by several musicians holding musical instruments, she walked into the door, stepped on the bluestone corridor, looked at the flags fluttering in the wind, looked at the The three words of peach blossom stuffing, all the way, all the way.
She turned a corner in front of a lotus pond and walked in the other direction of Peach Blossom Island.
This side is not the road leading to the square, so it gradually leads to a quiet place.
She came to a five-story flat tower and left her followers outside the tower. She climbed up the tower alone and reached the fifth floor.
The upstairs is still very elegantly furnished.
There is a touch of sandalwood lingering in the nose.
There was a sandalwood tea table under one window, and sitting beside the tea table was an old man in gray linen.
He is a businessman.
He wasn't drinking tea.
In front of him was a small scorpion, holding a small copper hammer in his hand, and he was tapping the small scorpion gently and rhythmically with his eyes closed.
Wen Xiaowan lowered her footsteps and stood in front of Master Shang with her head bowed.
Everyone Shang still didn't open their eyes, and the copper hammer didn't fall again, his eyebrows suddenly frowned, and he sighed softly after a while.
"sit!"
"Thank you, my lord!"
"Is there any clue about the Ichthyosaur Society?"
"My lord, that matter is a bit strange."
"Where is the strangeness?"
"That night, my servant met a young man on the second floor of Zhuyu Xiaozhu, but he didn't know what he looked like...but he said he was going to kill Song Yuanping, so my servant didn't do anything to him."
"Then when Song Yuanping came back, the maidservant led Lu Lianying away, and then a master wearing a bamboo hat came, and he killed Lu Lianying with a sword. When the maidservant returned to the second floor... Song Yuanping was already dead. That young man is missing, and that list... the slaves are dead, and that list is also missing!"
Shang Di opened his eyes, "So that list is in the hands of that young man?"
"It should be so!"
"If you see him, can you deny him?"
"... Yes! His eyes left a deep impression on the servant."
"Okay, today you just want to see if he is among these teenagers!"
"In addition, the position of the Embroidery Envoy of the Lijing Department of Guangling City has been vacant for a long time. The fourth princess Ning Chuchu came to Guangling City last time, and now there is an Embroidery Envoy?"
"Return to the venerable, the slaves have not yet been summoned by the embroidery order."