This upper-floor boat is much larger than the painting boat we just rode on. As soon as we got on the upper-floor boat, we could see the vast space. Tantai Wenwang sighed: "This boat is really big."
When I saw two large lanterns hanging at the entrance of the cabin, and colored lanterns hanging on both sides, reflecting the brocade curtain decoration, it looked gorgeous and extravagant. I couldn't help but say: "What a beautiful building."
If he hadn't seen The Moon Never Set before, Xie Fu would have felt this way, but at this moment, he only felt that it was much inferior to the Moon Never Sets.
Lady Peony said: "Sir, I will lead you in."
Before entering the cabin, you could already hear the music of silk and bamboo coming from the cabin. Once you entered the cabin, you could see that the lobby was brightly lit, and many guests were already sitting down, drinking and drinking.
The maids and celebrities were wandering around serving dishes and pouring wine. Tantai Wenwang's eyes lit up, and when he saw this lively scene, his heart became active involuntarily.
When a man who looked like an old servant saw a guest arriving, he walked up to Tantai Wenwang and said, "Master, please present the invitation."
Tantai Wenwang felt like he was being treated as an honored guest, and proudly presented this special invitation.
The old servant opened the post and said politely and respectfully: "It turns out to be Young Master Tantai."
This kind of tone makes people feel as if they have heard the famous name for a long time.
Then the old servant spread out another piece of drawing paper and looked at it. With sharp eyes, Xie Fu saw clearly that it was a seating distribution map for a cocktail party.
For a large cocktail party like this, the personnel are extremely complex, and the arrangements are also very particular. After all, when two people who are strangers to each other and whose status is too different sit together, it is inevitable that they will feel out of place.
If the guests are too reserved and cannot let go, it will be difficult to liven things up.
Xie Fu saw that although there were many people in the lobby, the atmosphere was lively. It seemed that Chen Douzhi was really good at arranging arrangements.
The old servant confirmed Tantai Wenwang's seat and said, "Master Tantai, I will take you to the table."
Tantai Wenwang had just sat down and said, "Why are you so far away? I can't hear the music clearly."
The seat where Tantai Wenwang sat was almost at the end of the seats, but it belonged to the second-class seats. This second-class seat was not clearly stated in the post, so as not to prevent the guests in the second-class seats from feeling slighted.
The accompanying Lady Peony naturally understood that Mr. Tantai was invited at the end after all, and he was not very famous. She smiled and said: "Young Master, as long as I accompany you, it doesn't matter where you sit."
Tantai Wenwang laughed when he heard this: "That's right, with Madam Peony accompanying me, it will be the same wherever we sit."
Lady Peony sat down next to Tantai Wenwang. For someone of her level, she naturally didn't have to do the dishes and toasts.
Being accompanied by a flower-singing beauty like Madam Peony really makes Tantai Wenwang's face look more flattering. Even people who are more famous than Tantai Wenwang do not receive the same treatment as Tantai Wenwang.
There were several gentlemen around Tantai Wenwang who were toasting and chatting. Seeing that Tantai Wenwang was accompanied by Lady Peony, they immediately took the initiative to talk to each other. After introducing each other and complimenting each other, they made a drinking order and started drinking.
Get some wine.
A few people became a warm little circle and enjoyed it.
There were fires all around the hall, but it didn't feel cold at all.
Men and women were dining together, and there was an air of ambiguity in the air. Moreover, Madam Peony was a famous lady in Qin House, so it was not easy to meet her, and it was even more difficult to sit at the same table.
Several gentlemen seemed to have formed a tacit understanding and deliberately targeted Lady Mudan. Not long after the drinking order came into effect, Lady Peony was punished to drink a few glasses of wine. Although she was talented, she was a little overwhelmed by the siege of several talented men. She secretly looked at Tantai Wenwang.
He cast a resentful look, as if to say, why don't you help me? Do you want me to get them drunk?
Tantai Wenwang is not stupid, how could he not know that these young gentlemen intend to target Madam Peony, but he knows very well what talents he has, and who among them sitting here is not a talented man who has read poetry and books. It is difficult for him to deal with one person alone, and he has to do it at the same time.
When dealing with the four of them, they simply overestimated their abilities, but they couldn't help even if they wanted to.
At this moment, I just regretted that I wasted my time studying. I still wanted to say a favor. Tantai Wenwang said directly: "You two, don't target Madam Peony. Madam Peony will get drunk if she drinks any more."
One of the young masters, Mr. Tao, said with a smile: "Young Master Tantai wants to protect the flowers, but if you want to protect the flowers, you have to use some skills to make us admit defeat. Naturally, I don't dare to be presumptuous." He laughed loudly.
Another Mr. Shi said again: "Since Mr. Tantai wants to protect the flowers, then we should follow the rules. Just now, Mrs. Peony said that you are talented and Mr. Tao and I are not talented. How about using two shameless men to treat Mr. Tantai alone?"
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Tantai Wenwang's face flushed, he was really riding a tiger and it was hard to get off. Fortunately, he drank and his face turned red, so others did not notice his insincerity.
Hearing this, Lady Peony encouraged: "Young Master Tantai, let's compete with them." In her opinion, Young Master Tantai is not weak in talent and learning. In a one-on-one match, even if he doesn't win, he can still not lose badly. Moreover, she is also willing to compete with them.
The young master helps her.
Madam Peony said so, Tantai Wenwang couldn't help but look back at Fu Xie pretending to be unintentional, but Fu Xie closed his eyes and fell asleep again, which made Tantai Wenwang curse secretly: "Fu Xie
You bastard, you are so noisy, how can you still sleep?"
Mr. Shi smiled and said: "Master Tantai, what are you looking at? Do you want to urinate and escape?"
It was really too much of a lie. Tantai Wenwang said loudly: "Let's compete! Come on!"
This heroic "Come!" actually woke up Xie Fu.
Mr. Tao said with a hint of sarcasm: "One against two, if you lose, you will be fined two cups."
As soon as Mr. Xie heard this drinking terminology, he immediately knew what was going on. Tantai Wenwang actually wanted to fight one against two. He either hit his head or overestimated his ability, and said: "Master, why don't I do it for you?"
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Tantai Wenwang was overjoyed when he heard this. You finally woke up and said with a smile: "Okay, you will compete for me first."
After hearing this, several young masters looked at Fu Xie, who was wearing entourage clothes, and asked, "Who is this?"
Tantai Wenwang introduced happily: "This is my student boy Xie Fu." Anyway, today you want me to be in the limelight, so I feel wronged to you.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Several young masters burst out laughing after hearing this, and Mr. Shi sarcastically said: "The little book boy is overestimating his abilities."
Xie Fu said, neither arrogant nor humble, "Although I was a young scholar when I was young, I was influenced by the young master, so I am quite knowledgeable in literature and ink."
The young masters laughed lightly, and Mr. Tao sarcastically said: "Even if you are knowledgeable in literature and ink, what qualifications do you have to compete with me at the same table?"
The meaning is obvious, you are not even qualified to compete.
Xie Fu said with a smile: "Of course we follow the rules, double the amount!"
Several young masters were shocked when they heard this. In a place like a brothel, the most important thing is talent and learning. As long as your talent is high, even if you are a poor student, as long as your talent and learning are superior to others, you will be respected. This is also the charm of this place.
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This is a place where talent is valued regardless of status.
Mr. Shi and Mr. Tao slapped the case at the same time, one shouting "impudent" and the other "arrogant".
Xie Fu smiled and said, "Are you two young masters afraid?"
Literary men are proud of their talents, and this method of motivating generals has been tried and tested repeatedly.
Mr. Shi smiled and said, "Then I'll play with you and add some fun." He looked at the other three people.
The three of them laughed, but didn't take it seriously, just treating it as a joke to the ignorant book boy.
Since it is doubled, then it is one to four. Madam Peony looked at Mr. Xie, why is Mr. Tantai, a book boy, so arrogant and ignorant? She looked at Tantai Wenwang lightly and saw Tantai Wenwang with a smile on his face.
He seemed to have no regard for the life or death of this book boy.
Oh, I understand, this book boy saw that Mr. Tantai is difficult to fight against two, so he humiliated his own savior. What does it matter if he loses as a book boy, not to mention that it is reasonable to lose to these talented men.
Mr. Tao said: "Who will make a drinking order?"
Lady Peony said: "To show fairness, this wine will make me drink."
"Okay." Everyone had no objection.
Mrs. Peony thought about it and thought, she had to find a difficult point. If everyone couldn't take it, the book boy would suffer less.
"If you have it, let's find the word "xi" from the "Four Books", eight rounds and sixteen words, sixteen words to the order."
Mr. Shi smiled and said: "Mrs. Peony, the word "xi" is very unusual." This drinking order is a bit difficult, no less difficult than the examination of Tie Jing.
Lady Peony smiled and said: "It just needs to be a little more difficult so that I can see the talent and learning of these young gentlemen."
Xie Fu saw that the four of them were already murmuring and searching silently, as if they were confident, and he smiled in his heart, "How can I make it so easy for you? Of course it will be a little harder."
Mr. Shi smiled and said, "Who comes first?"
The other three young masters looked casual. Mr. Shi looked at Fu Xie and said with a smile, "How about, little book boy, you come first?"
Xie Fuying said: "Okay, but I have to add a little more difficulty."
When the four young masters heard this, they shouted in unison: "Are you going to make it more difficult?"
Lady Peony was also surprised when she heard this. She didn't know how well this scholar had learned, but she was very cunning. Her sarcastic words were already very difficult. If it were more difficult, no one else would be able to master it.
Mr. Tao smiled bitterly and said: "You little book boy, you are just fooling around. How can you make it more difficult? You can tell me first."
Xie Fu said: "The characters for Xi are placed according to the number, from one to sixteen."
These wine making terms are so skillful. It seems that Mr. Tantai is an experienced drinker. This scholar must have been immersed in them all the time. Thinking of this, several people looked at Mr. Tantai involuntarily.
Tantai Wenwang had a smile on his face and was calm and collected, but it was hard for anyone to tell the truth.
When Xie Fu saw that the four people did not answer, he said: "How? If you don't dare to compete, just admit defeat!"
How could the four of them admit defeat to a little book boy? No matter how difficult it was, they had to bite the bullet. Mr. Tao said loudly: "Competition! I will come first." He acted as the vanguard to boost the morale of his own side.
Mr. Tao said: "Xi comes from three families."
This word "xi" was ranked first, which complied with the requirements of the drinking order and was considered a pass. After finishing speaking, Mr. Tao looked at Fu Xie and said, "It's your turn."
Xie Fu laughed out loud: "Zixi."
He really responded. Not only did the young masters look surprised, but Lady Peony, who was having a drink, also looked at Fu Xie with interest. It seemed that this little book boy was really knowledgeable.
However, Xie Fu's performance was not surprising enough. Several young masters thought that during the break in the conversation, the book boy must have collected some spare parts.
This is also the skill of drinking wine. When drinking wine, you will often talk about others and talk about irrelevant topics, so as to gain some time to think.
