Chapter 1554 on the Painting Boat

When the night wind blows, the painting boats on the Huangji River are brightly lit. Looking down from a high place, many painting boats make the Huangji River a huge and gorgeous light belt.

Every painting boat is very lively, and there is laughter from men and women.

There are large and small boats, high and low, with different uses. There are brothel boats, gambling boats, restaurants and other boats for eating, drinking, and entertainment. In addition to these business boats, many big figures in Jingdu have their own boats, which are usually useless. When the time comes, it will be docked on the shore, and special people will be hired to maintain it. When needed, it will be used to receive relatives and friends.

Owning a painting boat can be said to be a symbol of strength, and wealthy tycoons may not be able to own a painting boat, because the Huangji River is large, but in order to avoid the situation of too many painting boats, the official side is restricted. The number of boats.

If you want to own a painting boat, you need not only money, but also relationships.

Moreover, there are also restrictions on the boats traveling at the Huangji River at night. Like those boats that are specially used for business operations, most of them can only walk in the place closest to the shore. People in Jingdu know that the boats that can be rowed to the center of the river, The identity of the owner of the painting boat is indescribable.

It seems that tonight, only one such huge painting boat has been docked at the center of the river.

The painting boat is quiet and elegant because it is far away from many painting boats.

Inside the painting boat, young literati and students were drinking, reciting poetry and talking, with a beautiful maid waiting on one side.

A middle-aged man and a young man were sitting on the main seat, and the two were chatting and laughing softly.

"Master Zhou, if you like this painting boat, I'll give you one." The middle-aged man with a strong and masculine face looked heroic, he said with a smile.

Zhou Fan smiled and shook his head and said, "Your Highness, I won't take people's favor."

Next to Zhou Fan is the sixth prince, Li Yuanji. I have to say that this sixth prince is a man full of masculine charm.

But because of this, Zhou Fan looked at the full house of scholars and scholars, and he couldn't help but wonder, would there be a concubine of the sixth prince among them?

Or all of them?

"That's fine." The sixth prince chuckled and said, "To be honest, in order to get this painting boat, I almost took out all of my family's property. If Lord Zhou really wanted to, I would definitely regret it."

"His Royal Highness is joking." Zhou Fan returned to his senses and replied hurriedly.

While the two were talking, a middle-aged man in a white shirt walked up to the sixth prince and said, "Your Highness, the poetry meeting can begin. Could you please write a question for this poetry meeting?"

The painting boat of the Sixth Prince held tonight was originally a poetry meeting.

The sixth prince smiled and said: "Master Zhou is here, how dare I ask for a question, and ask Master Zhou to write a question."

Zhou Fan smiled and said, "I'm just a vulgar warrior. It's better to come down to this kind of thing."

The sixth prince laughed and said: "Master Zhou is really humorous, who knows that the North Road master is both civil and military, a poem "Chrysanthemum Terrace" and a poem "Slow Voice" sung all over the world, and he also received the elegant title of Zhou Juhua."

Hearing someone like the Sixth Prince calling him Zhou Juhua, Zhou Fan's heart twitched, and he coughed dryly, "That was just a fluke, in fact, I was just reluctant to deal with poetry."

"Master Zhou is too modest." The Sixth Prince glanced at the crowd of guests and said with a smile: "These are all talented people who are famous in the mirror. They are usually arrogant and arrogant. Do you think they are here for me? They are I only came here because I wanted to meet you, a great poet and lyricist, so this question is still up to you.

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After the sixth prince said this, the literati who was drinking and having fun really stopped and looked at Zhou Fan with burning eyes, just as the sixth prince said that they were coming for him.

The corner of Zhou Fan's mouth twitched slightly, this question is not an easy task, he just wanted to deal with it randomly, but a middle-aged man in white shirt next to the sixth prince interrupted with a smile: "Your Highness, if Lord Zhou It's not fair to ask questions."

"Oh, why?" The sixth prince asked in surprise.

"Because the talents of our Jingdu are not satisfied with just a glance at Lord Zhou tonight, they want to compete with Lord Zhou in poetry." The middle-aged person in white shirt said.

"What Mr. Guo said is exactly what I thought." A young literati responded immediately, "I also ask Master Zhou to enlighten me."

"Ridiculous." The sixth prince said rather displeased: "What level are you waiting for, you dare to compete with Lord Zhou in poetry. Have you ever written a masterpiece of poetry of Zhou Da's level? Lord Zhou can make a comment on the question by Lord Zhou. Just fine."

Zhou Fan was speechless for a while. He originally thought that he was just drinking and having fun. When he knew it was a poetry festival, it was impossible to quit. He didn't expect that the thing he was most afraid of happened.

Whether it's commenting on poems or asking him to write a poem, it's too difficult for him.

I am a fake great poet and lyricist tonight, I am afraid that my reputation is not going to be discredited... Zhou Fan silently spit it out.

But it doesn't matter even if his reputation is ruined, because he doesn't rely on talent to eat, he relies on his own cultivation realm, the sixth prince probably didn't think that Zhou Fan was a fake poet, and he just wanted to vote for the poetry meeting. all right.

The Sixth Prince reprimanded, but the literati and scholars below did not dare to say a word, because they really did not have such a masterpiece of poetry as Zhou Fan.

"Master Zhou, don't worry about them, but it's not impossible if you are interested and want to compete with them." The sixth prince threw the decision to Zhou Fan.

"This..." Zhou Fan hesitated for a moment and said, "The guest is at your own discretion, His Highness decides."

In his opinion, extending the head is a knife, and retracting the head is also a knife, no matter which one you choose, it doesn't make much difference.

"If that's the case, why don't I come up with the question. If Lord Zhou wants to write poems, write them. If you don't want to write poems, give them a comment and choose the best poems tonight. What do you think, Lord Zhou?" The sixth prince said with a smile. .

The sixth prince is considered for Zhou Fan, not to let Zhou Fan fall into a dilemma, but unfortunately he doesn't know that Zhou Fan doesn't even have the level of comment...

Zhou Fan nodded, and he agreed. He thought it was a big deal. I was cheeky. , which expresses the feelings of the poem (word) people.

I have also learned to appreciate poetry... Zhou Fan thought silently.

"Let me think about it, what kind of question is suitable." The sixth prince really frowned and thought.

Everyone looked at the sixth prince and waited patiently. This poem question is not easy to come up with. If it is a common poem question, everyone can answer it. It is too simple. One...the person who made the question will be killed.

"Since ancient times, the word only love is the most difficult to understand..." The sixth prince's eyebrows stretched.

Everyone's faces were delicate, and almost everyone had written poems about love, which was too simple.

But the sixth prince has not finished speaking.

"When a loving couple is separated from each other, thoughts hurt the most, so this time the topic is the thoughts of love. You can play freely, and you can write poetry." The sixth prince said.