Do you know: I’m Xu Jiazi

After Gu Tingye finished speaking.

Su Zirong smiled and returned the greeting with his hands raised:

"Brother Ye, nice to meet you!"

Gu Tingye asked curiously: "Zirong, how come you admire my elder brother's literary talents when you are in Quanzhou Prefecture?"

Su Zirong smiled slightly, looked around the crowd and said:

"To be honest, I read the examination questions from my hometown two years ago, and several classmates and I tried to do them."

Xu Zaijing and everyone nodded, they also did the questions in this way.

Then he continued to look at Su Zirong and waited for the next sentence.

Su Zirong said: "The article I wrote at that time was ranked first by several classmates, so I thought the exam questions were just like this. Until I saw it."

Su Zirong smiled and shook his head, but didn't say any more.

Gu Tingye said: "Zirong, there is no need to be discouraged! You have never seen my elder brother help me solve the problem, otherwise it will be even more uncomfortable!"

Wang Hou on the side asked curiously: "Brother Ye, why does this question make people uncomfortable?"

Gu Tingye: "Alas~ The previous scholar kept his homework from the Chinese New Year."

In Pan Tower, there are mostly scenes like Xu Zaijing's here.

Familiar officials and nobles talked to each other and introduced each other. Regardless of the effect, at least they would know who belonged to whose family when they met later.

Moreover, Xu Zaijing had successfully rescued a girl from the Hai family before, and now the head of the Hai family was in charge of Taiyuan Mansion. The northern defense lines on the left and right sides of Taiyuan Mansion were guarded by two powerful marquises, Marquis Yongyi and Marquis Ningyuan.

The head of the Hai family is also Gu Tingyu's disciple, so there are many connections between the families!

Outside the compartment, in the corridor of Pan Tower,

A group of three people dressed as military attachés and a boy with thick eyebrows and big eyes stood aside, looking at the people in the screen compartment where Xu Zaijing was.

The leader is Xiong Yan, the legitimate son of the Kang Anbo family.

Xiong Yan was accompanied by several military attachés who were friends with the Xiong family. Now that Xiong Yan had a real job in the south, he had to bring along a few people who knew his basics and were trustworthy. He would not take up the post alone.

At this time, there was a noisy sound of farewell in the screen compartment, and everyone headed by Hai Chaojie said goodbye one after another.

Hai Chaojie nodded politely when he saw Xiong Yan and others waiting on the side.

As a descendant of Earl Bianjing's family, Xiong Yan naturally knew Hai Chaojie, but the people around Hai Chaojie were a bit unfamiliar.

After everyone had walked over, Xiong Yan led them to the cubicle.

"Brother Jing!"

"Brother Yan!"

Xu Zaijing, Liang Han and Qiao Jiulang just hurriedly bowed their hands.

Xu Zaijing introduced Qi Heng and Gu Tingye:

"This is Brother Yan of Kang Anbo's family, Brother Han's cousin."

"We are already discussing marriage with the third girl of the Xie family."

Gu Tingye walked over and patted Xiong Yan on the shoulder and said, "Then we are all relatives!"

Xiong Yan also knew that for him to have such a powerful official position in the south, the Liang family certainly contributed, but the Xu family and the Zheng family also played a big role.

After Xiong Yan and several others met with him, he asked, "Brother Jing, who were those who went out with Young Master Hai just now?"

After hearing what Gu Tingye had volunteered to say, the military attachés who were following Xiong Yan looked at Xu Zaijing and his group with a somewhat different look.

Xu Zaijing smiled and looked at the two people, one big and one small, beside Xiong Yan, and said, "Brother Yan, who are these three?"

Xiong Yan quickly stretched out his hand and introduced: "Oh, these two are the son-in-law of the military attache who is close to my family. They will follow me to the south to take up their posts in a few days. This is Guo Chui of the Guo family, and Yu Zhi of the Yu family. This is Yu Zhi's younger brother. Yu Xu, I brought Brother Xu here today just to show him."

The three people hurriedly bowed in greeting.

Xu Zaijing nodded and said, "This brother of the Guo family, I wonder if he knows a man named Guo Kui."

After hearing this, Guo chased and said hurriedly: "Hui Wulang, of course we know each other. Brother Zun died in the battle, and now brother Kui is under the command of Xu Hou!"

Xu Zaijing said: "Yes! Follow Brother Yan and work hard, and you will have a good future in the future!" Guo Zhui nodded.

After finishing speaking, seeing that Liang Han, Qi Heng and Gu Tingye had no intention of continuing to speak, Xu Zaijing could only continue to ask: "Brother Yu Zhi, is your family's ancestral home in Xuzhou?"

Yu Zhi and his younger brother raised their hands and shook their heads: "Hui Wulang, our ancestral home is Tanzhou!"

Xu Zaijing nodded and said, "But you live near Xishuimen?"

Hearing Xu Zaijing's words, the Yu brothers looked at each other in surprise, and Yu Zhi said: "Exactly! I wonder how Wulang knew?"

Xu Zaijing said: "My maternal grandfather's family is from the Sun family in Xishuimen!"

"When I went to my grandfather's house during the holidays, I often passed by a gate with a plaque saying 'Yu Mansion', and I also saw the Yu family practicing martial arts inside the gate several times."

"I thought that there were mostly low-level military attachés in the capital around me, so I asked rashly, but I didn't expect that I was fooled."

The Yu brothers nodded clearly.

After talking for a while, Liang Han asked hesitantly: "Brother Yan, where is your cubicle? Why don't we stay and play together?"

Xiong Yan smiled sheepishly: "I, I just brought them in for a look today, and I will go back later!"

Liang Han seemed to be relieved and nodded: "Oh! Not bad!"

"Goro, let's take our leave then!"

Xu Zaijing and his group handed over their hands: "Brother Yan, walk slowly!"

Then, Xiong Yan walked out with the three people behind him.

When he came to the door, Xiong Yan left Liang Han behind and asked the others to go back to the screen cubicle.

Later, Xiong Yan took out a few banknotes from his sleeves and said to Liang Han, "Brother Han, have fun with them!"

Liang Han looked at what Xiong Yan was holding, nodded heavily and said, "Cousin, don't worry!"

When he was about to reach the door, Yu Xu looked at Guo Zhui and his brother who were looking back from time to time, and said: "Hey, what's so good about this coquettish woman!"

After Yu Xu finished speaking, his brother Yu Zhi patted his head and said:

"You know nothing!"

"Don't think I don't know that you are interested in our neighbor's girl Xia!"

Yu Xu’s face changed instantly and he said: “How can I do that?!??”

Yu Zhi said: "Oh! No, right? Then I will tell my father that I will not propose marriage to Uncle Xia!"

Yu Xu's eyes widened and he said quickly:

"Brother, I do! I am interested in Sister Xia! Sister Xia, she"

Xiong Yan walked in front, listening to Yu Xu's begging for mercy and Yu Zhi taking the opportunity to 'blackmail', and laughed and shook his head with Guo Zhui who was following him.

Just as he was about to go out, a servant chased him and said, "Is this Uncle Kang'an's uncle in front of you?"

Hearing the call, Xiong Yan and the others stopped going out and said, "Exactly!"

The servant hurriedly bowed and said: "Uncle, the younger one is from the Shen family, please come here!"

Hearing this, Xiong Yan nodded, turned around and followed the people upstairs.

When he came to the screen partition on the other side, he met the descendants of the Hai family, Wang family and other civil servants present.

After saying a few words, Xiong Yan realized that it was Shen Herui's father, Lord Shen, who was sitting in the south with his family.

When Shen Herui just left Xu Zaijing's compartment, they chatted with Hai Chaojie about their identities, and then they learned that Xiong Yan was about to go to the south to take up a post.

"Brother Yan, I have some things here that I bought for my relatives at home. I'd like to trouble you to bring some of them with me when the time comes!"

Xiong Yan quickly cupped his hands and said: "It's just some things, why bother!"

Shen Herui also bowed and cupped his hands and said: "Then I will go to your house to visit you tomorrow!"

"Sweep the couch and wait! Then, I'll take my leave first!"

After saying goodbye, on the way out of Panlou, Guo Zhui said at the side: "Brother Yan, if we can establish a relationship with Lord Shen, it will be much more convenient for us in the south!"

Xiong Yan nodded.

When Xiong Yan and the others left, on the wooden platform in the middle of the pan building, a man in full dress walked up, holding a bamboo pole wrapped in bright silk, followed by eight girls in full dress, covering their faces from the nose down.

The musicians playing in the building also stopped their instruments.

Just listen to the man on the wooden platform say:

"Dear guests, today the talent competition among the most powerful girls in Bianjing City is about to begin!"

From the first floor to the third floor, there was a burst of applause and cheers.

Then, the ‘host’ continued:

"The person on my left is Yun Niang, who was born in Qiyun Tower, has a soft figure and is an expert in dance and music!"

There was applause and wolf howls in the building.

In the screen compartment, Qiao Jiulang stood by the railing and shouted a little rudely: "Yun Niang! Yun Niang! You are mine tonight!"

Listening to Qiao Jiulang's howl, and the introduction sound coming from the stage.

Looking at the 'host' holding a bamboo pole on the stage, Qi Heng next to Xu Zaijing said hesitantly: "Brother Jing, what is being imitated on this stage is"

Xu Zaijing nodded and said: "Yes, I imitated some ways of celebrating the birthday of the prince of the clan."

Qi Heng shook his head in annoyance.

On the wooden platform in the building, the previous girls had already finished their introductions, and the girl who had the biggest reaction was Yun Niang in Qiao Jiulang's mouth.

At this time, the voice of the 'host' came: "The last one is Fang Niang from Feiyuntai, whose pipa and literary talents are extremely outstanding!"

As soon as he finished speaking,

Among the originally quiet musicians, the brisk rhythm of drums and pipa sounded.

Fang Niang, who was introduced last, walked to the stage with brisk dance steps to the rhythm of the drums.

With the blessing of background music, this girl is also in great shape. Her waist twists in a few steps, and her style is agile. She seems to be more delicate than the most popular Yun girl!

Beside Qiao Jiulang, who was just a little crazy, Liang Han turned around in confusion and said: "Brother Jing, is it an illusion? Why do I think this girl is prettier than Yun Niang! Hiss! What are you doing with Qiao Jiuzhen!!"

Qiao Jiulang took back the fingers that pinched Liang Han and said, "Liu Lang, you are not allowed to say anything bad about my Yun Niang."

Before he finished speaking, Qiao Jiulang was dragged back to the table by Liang Han with his arms around his neck.

Xu Zaijing ignored the two of them. Just now, he had been looking through the railing on the second floor at Xiao Zhiyue, one of the musicians, who was concentrating on playing the drums.

At a young age, she plays the drums with style.

On the wooden stage, the girls continued to stand on the stage after their introductions and presentations. The 'host' said a few more words and said:

"Dear guests, please give the girls a reward!"

"The size of the reward can determine the order in which the girls will appear!"

After finishing speaking, the 'host' bowed and retreated to the edge of the stage.

The musicians continued to play the harp, drums and harp. Amidst the melodious music, from time to time the female envoys from Pan Tower came up to the wooden platform and changed the order of the eight girls.

The positions of the eight girls changed from time to time with the sounds of shouting.

When her position changes, the girl's expressions range from pitiful to domineering, calm and unyielding.

In short, there are different expressions, and there is always one that will make you feel comfortable.

Xu Zaijing, who participated in this kind of activity for the first time, shook his head. This was very similar to the situation when he watched the live broadcast in his previous life!

Afterwards, the girls finished their rankings, and they began their talent shows in order.

The first girl to come on stage was Yunniang, who was a master of both dancing and music.

Yunniang was much better than the two times Xu Zaijing had met her before, both in terms of figure and dancing skills, and she showed off her beautiful figure while moving around.

Her every move showed the curves of her waist and hips, which made Qiao Jiulang drool.

Qiao Jiulang threw out nearly 500 strings of coins for Yunniang's first show alone!

The second girl to come on stage was also seen by Xu Zaijing. She was a girl who played the flute in Ruan Mama's courtyard before. Xu Zaijing remembered that this girl's partner was said to have died of a cold.

Qiao Jiulang did not give a cent to this girl, but Liang Han and Gu Tingye each gave a reward of 150 strings of coins.

Fangniang Wei Fangzhi was the fourth to go on stage, performing the same dance as Yunniang, which was much more subtle than Yunniang, and seemed to cooperate better with the musicians.

Xu Zaijing didn't move his hands at all, and simply watched the girls' performance.

Liang Han and Gu Tingye, who were standing in front of the railing, looked at each other, and pulled Qiao Jiulang's sleeves, and the three of them gave Wei Fangzhi three hundred strings of cash together.

Soon,

the light in Panlou gradually dimmed,

and the bright lanterns were gradually lit by the waiters and maids in Panlou.

Under the dim candlelight, the girls on the wooden stage seemed to become more charming.

When the performance came to an end, Qiao Jiulang had thrown out nearly four thousand strings of cash, and he might really succeed in "chasing stars" and combing Yunniang.

However, the reason why Qiao Jiulang succeeded was not because he was "rich" but because Wei Fangzhi and Fangniang, who had performed several shows before, gradually came from behind.

The waiter was calling out names, and several noble sons and officials from Bianjing who had given Yunniang a lot of money before began to throw silver notes to Fangniang.

Qiao Jiulang could groom Yunniang for 4,000 guan,

and the price for grooming Fangniang had increased to 6,000 guan at this time.

After Fangniang Wei Fangzhi finished playing the last pipa piece, there was another round of shouting for money in Panlou.

Hearing the shouting of thousands of guan outside, Xu Zaijing shook his head. He would definitely not participate.

Although he had a lot of big swords, two would be enough, but he really didn't spend money like water.

Soon,

the shouting in Panlou gradually subsided,

but Fangniang's "number one" brother had never changed. No matter who had a higher reward, he would be suppressed by that man.

Gradually, no one competed with this man for the opportunity to groom Fangniang today. Several famous wealthy families in Bianjing were suppressed by this man.

The guests in Pan Lou were talking about this person and asking each other who this person was. Then a piece of news spread like wildfire: this person was the shopkeeper of the shop owned by Chai Jin, the eldest son of the Chai family!

Listening to the news relayed by Bu Wei in the compartment, Xu Zaijing and Gu Tingye looked at each other in surprise.

Qi Heng scratched his head. His cousin was really generous!