Chapter 150: A chaotic situation
The main venue for the Oiran Competition is a spacious sandy area with mountains and water at its back and a broad view. The huge venue has long been surrounded.
As rowboats and boats from all over the place arrived one after another, crowds of people gathered in the venue outside. Various snacks and entertainment were placed in the venue, and the shouts of vendors came one after another, making it very lively.
If you want to enter the venue to watch the performance, you have to buy a ticket, which means buying a small red flower, and a flower is worth one tael of silver, which is one thousand cash.
One tael of silver is nothing to Lin Yun, but for ordinary people, it is already a huge expense.
Therefore, the number of people staying outside to watch the excitement was several times greater than the number of spectators inside the venue.
Lin Yun stood outside the crowd and made a visual inspection. There were about 10,000 spectators outside the venue. Most of these people could only hang out outside the venue and buy some snacks to satisfy their appetite. After the competition was over, they might be able to go back and brag about themselves.
I saw how beautiful a certain famous prostitute looked.
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It was noon, and visitors from afar were still entering the venue. From time to time, fare evaders were discovered and beaten and scolded.
Lin Yun saw that there were too many people entering the venue, so he found a small stall with few people and sat down with a few people to eat some tofu pancakes to cushion their stomachs.
Considering that Xiangling had already eaten, Lin Yun ordered a bowl of tofu pudding for her. The little girl seemed to have no resistance to food and put spoonfuls into her mouth, eating with relish.
While nibbling pancakes, Xiao Mo asked Lin Yun: "Third Master, which girl do you think can win the championship in this Oiran Competition?"
Lin Yun smiled and said: "If I can guess correctly, I will immediately run to place a bet and buy her several thousand taels of silver."
Du Sha: "Third Master, if you were asked to choose, which girl would you support?"
"I will support Miss Yimei."
Xiao Mo said in surprise: "Third Master, you and Miss Yimei are not familiar with each other, why do you support her?"
Lin Yun smiled faintly and didn't explain much.
He thought to himself that since Miss Yimei was promoted by the Xue family, Jia Yucun must be secretly supporting her. The one who could pose a threat to Miss Yimei was the last oiran Piao Miao.
Lin Yun was thinking about something when he suddenly heard a diner next to him saying excitedly: "Did you know? I heard that Miss Yiyun, a famous prostitute in the capital, arrived in Jinling yesterday. She must be planning to participate in this year's Oiran Competition."
Another diner retorted: "We have Miss Piaomiao, Miss Ruoxu, and Miss Yimei here. These three are all stunning beauties. How can they not compare to a foreign Evian?"
"It's hard to say. I heard that Miss Evian is beautiful and a very good dancer. I can't guarantee that she won't become a blockbuster."
Lin Yun turned to look to the side and saw that the people speaking were several young men dressed as scholars.
I saw a handsome young scholar saying worriedly: "Being good at dancing is secondary. The most important thing is that there are so many famous people in the capital. If someone writes a good poem for Miss Evian, she might be able to compete for the title."
Chance."
A fat scholar said disdainfully: "The Oiran Competition is about silver. Without the support of the salt merchants, the Evian girl will never have a chance to win the championship even if she dances like a flower."
The fat scholar's words immediately aroused the condemnation of several other people. They were all passionate young people who had not been severely beaten by society and still retained their innocent ideas.
At this moment, there was a sudden commotion in the distance, and someone shouted in surprise: "Look, the Shochiku Pavilion's float is coming."
After hearing this, several scholars stood up immediately, paid their bills and ran away.
Xiao Mo muttered to the side: "These scholars are so boring. What's good about women? It's better to go home and study more and get a good reputation."
Du Sha smiled and said: "A talented man deserves a beautiful woman."
"Shit, all beauties are~"
When Xiao Mo was halfway through speaking, he remembered that there was a young beauty sitting next to him, and he hurriedly swallowed the words that were on his lips.
Xiangling asked with a cute look on her face: "Brother Xiaomo, what are the beauties?"
Xiao Mo said awkwardly: "I want to say that all beauties are good girls."
Lin Yun held back his laughter, stood up and said, "I think there aren't many spectators over there, let's go."
Xiao Mo stood up and said, "Master San is right, let's go watch the show quickly."
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Several people came to the ticket office, and Xiao Mo ran to buy four small red flowers as a voucher for admission.
There are several rows of boxes at the ticket gate, and each box has the artist's name on it. The audience can vote the flowers in their hands to whomever they want to support.
Lin Yun walked over first. When the ticket checker saw his clothes, he immediately bowed and saluted: "Which girl do you want to support, sir?"
Lin Yun threw the little red flowers in his hand into the second box, "I support Miss Yimei."
Xiangling also threw the flowers in her hand into the second box and whispered: "Like the third master, I also support Miss Yimei."
Xiao Mo and Du Sha also expressed their support for Miss Yimei through actions.
At this moment, a clear and sweet voice sounded behind Lin Yun, "Master Lin."
Lin Yun looked back and found that the speakers were actually Liu Ruoxu, dressed in men's clothing, and her little maid Tian'er.
Liu Ruoxu laughed teasingly: "I originally thought that the young master would support Miss Piaomiao, but who would have thought that the one you like is actually Miss Yimei."
Lin Yun smiled coquettishly and said: "I am entrusted by others, and I will do my best."
"oh,"
Liu Ruoxu made a soft noise and didn't ask any more questions. Instead, she turned to Xiangling and smiled: "You are Miss Xiangling, right? You are so pretty."
Although Xiangling heard that Liu Ruoxu's voice sounded like that of a woman, she still didn't dare to confirm. Facing Liu Ruoxu's overtures, she timidly hid behind Lin Yun, not daring to answer the conversation.
Lin Yun smiled and said: "Xiang Ling, this is sister Liu Ruoxu, Tian'er is her maid,"
Tian'er came over, pulled Xiangling and said with a smile: "Our girl likes to wear men's clothes to play. In fact, she looks very good in women's clothes."
Xiangling then saluted Liu Ruoxu and said, "My slave, I pay my respects to Miss Liu."
Lin Yun said hurriedly: "Don't be too polite. The people behind are still waiting. Let's go in quickly."
Liu Ruoxu stepped forward and threw the little red flower in her hand into the box representing Miss Yimei, and said: "I also support Miss Yimei."
Tian'er threw the little red flower in her hand into the box representing Liu Ruoxu and said: "I support Miss Liu Ruoxu."
Lin Yun walked and asked Liu Ruoxu: "I heard that the Evian girl from the capital is coming to participate in this Oiran Competition, do you know?"
Liu Ruoxu nodded and said, "I heard from my mother that Miss Evian seems to have been invited by the Zhen family."
"oh!"
Lin Yun was shocked now. The Zhen family did not support the courtesan from Jiangnan, but they wanted to support a famous courtesan from the capital. This was really weird.
Liu Ruoxu smiled and said: "With the support of the young master, Miss Yimei, I believe she will definitely win the first prize."
Lin Yun smiled bitterly and said, "I'm not as magical as you say."
"The slave family believes that the young master can definitely do it."
Chapter completed!