Demon detective

Chapter 182 The Sea
"...If the sea can bring back the love I once had, let me wait for it all my life. If you are no longer fond of the past, let it drift away with the wind..."

In the hall of the demon building, Xu Zhen's affectionate singing came.

In an instant... the hall was silent, and everyone was dumbfounded.

"If the sea can take away my sorrow, it's like taking away every river. All the wounds I have suffered, all the tears I have shed, my love... please take them all~~~ away..."

Even though he sang a cappella, Xu Zhen used all his skills and sang affectionately. After the last sentence was over, the hall was still silent, and everyone seemed to be intoxicated...

……

Time goes back to a stick of incense.

When the old mother announced the start of answering questions, many young men and rich men rushed to be the first, composing poems, cooking mutton, and wrestling their wrists.

Xu really didn't understand.

In this demon building, there are obviously so many beauties of high quality and low price, but why do these princes and rich men want to compete for these four beauties?
Doesn't this make it clear that they are taking the opportunity to make money?

Think about it, ten taels of silver to make a poem related to "The Sea", whether it is good or not depends on the approval of other beauties, so the beauties will naturally have to wait until the last one finishes the poem in order to maximize their benefits?
Not to mention the boiled mutton, at least there are still stutters left.

But this arm wrestling is too outrageous, right?
The sons and rich men went up to wrestle their arms, two people at a time, and two people were 20 taels.

Moreover, there are no rules, and there are even high-priced bribes. Those who want to win will often pay more money to bribe the other party.

Among them, there are even a lot of strong ones, who can be seen as the support of the demon building.

This... why bother?

How beautiful can the four beauties be to drive so many people crazy?
After spending so much money, it won't be a problem if you want to play for a year in Wanhualou in Yanping County, right?
Xu Zhen didn't know that, in fact, these people flocked to the four beauties. Apart from star effect and beauty effect, it was also a matter of face.

Daguan City is known as the largest city in Songzhou, and because it is close to Shengdu, there are many dignitaries in the city.

These people are not short of money, so they are not only pursuing material comforts.

Yaolou accurately grasped this psychology, so it made the four beauties like a star.

The rarer the four beauties are, the more the princes and rich men will be on top.

In this case, once someone successfully obtained one of the beauties, that person would become famous and proud.

Therefore, this is no longer a simple transaction, but a competition!
Of course, the four beauties are by no means in vain. Once they are lucky enough, they will definitely use all their charm to make the other party experience super-ordinary satisfaction.

From this, those people can scramble to praise it, in exchange for other people's crazier desire.

Seeing these people scrambling to be the first, with red eyes, Xu Zhenxin was filled with disgust, and had long since lost his initial interest.

However, Dongfang Meiyan still stuffed ten taels of silver into his hands, and told Xu Zhen that this is her one month's silver, but she must be sure before making a move, and strive to win the first battle.

This……

Xu Zhen held the money in his hand, and suddenly thought of an idiom - be ordered to recruit a concubine!
"After you succeed," Dongfang Meiyan instructed again, "you can show off the gold Buddha head and test them out!"

"..." Xu Zhen was speechless, and really wanted to ask, what if he didn't succeed?

It stands to reason that ten taels of silver is already a lot, but Xu Zhen feels like buying a lottery ticket in his hand.

Standing out from so many competitors with only one chance doesn't seem much more likely than winning the lottery, right?

So, holding the money, Xu Zhen walked back and forth in front of the three questions. After thinking about it, he finally decided to answer Nuji's "The Sea" which is more reliable.

However, although he knows that "[-] miles east of the river flows into the sea, and [-] miles of Renshan rises to the sky."

However, Nu Ji's original intention was to relieve her longing, and all the ancient poems she knew were too grand.

Moreover, Xu Zhen was surprised to find that among these sons who were chasing each other, there were also many well-educated and literary talents.

The poems about "The Great Sea" they wrote on the spot were equally powerful and amazing.

and so……

It seems that we can only take the slant of the sword and give them the best!
In this way, Xu Zhencai sang a popular song on stage-"Ocean Sea" after paying ten taels of silver!
Originally, these people were obsessed with hearing it.

But a few seconds later, when the crowd resumed being lively, Xu Zhen was still surprised.

"What the hell is this?" The thin young man complained, "Isn't it too vulgar?"

"That's right," the fat young man agreed, "How can a profligate voice make it into the hall of elegance?"

I got an old horse!

Xu Zhen scolded the street in his heart, this place is basically a brothel, where did the elegant hall come from?
However, there was a lot of discussion among the people, and they all expressed strong criticism, belittlement and condemnation of Xu Zhen's "Ocean Sea" just like the two young masters, even though they were fascinated by it just now.

Of course, everyone's comments are not the main thing, but Meiji upstairs is the key.

As long as Nu Ji who made the question agrees, then Xu Zhen can go upstairs to kiss Fangze tonight.

However, after waiting for a long time, there was no movement inside Nu Ji's curtain.

As a result, the excitement resumed downstairs, and everyone continued to pay money to answer questions...

it's over...

Xu Zhenxin was heartbroken, but he didn't expect that the ten taels of silver would be in vain in the end. Isn't his singing too avant-garde?
"You idiot!" Dongfang Meiyan dragged Xu Zhen aside, and reprimanded, "Do you become stupid when you see a beauty? You forgot, among the four beauties, we want to check the other three." , there is nothing about Nu Ji at all!"

"..." Xu Zhen covered his face, he really forgot about this matter, Nu Ji is a newcomer in Yaolou, it is impossible to have anything to do with Fang Wubing.

"What song are you singing, what song are you singing?" Dongfang Meiyan said angrily, "What are they singing, it makes people's skin crawl...why don't you sing Shibamo, you?"

what?
Xu Zhen was surprised, the Daxuan Dynasty also had this?
"How about..." Xu Zhen could only scratch his head and said, "Another ten taels?"

"How dare you say that?" Dongfang Meiyan was furious, "If it wasn't for the fear of revealing your identity, I would knock you two stones! Next... do you know how to cook mutton, or how to wrestle your wrists?"

yes……

Xu Zhen saw that someone on the stage had demonstrated their cooking skills and cooked various delicacies related to mutton.

In fact, Xu Zhen knows a lot of things, but he can't cook.

Looking at the arm wrestling was even more terrifying, but the one who stood in the arena all the time turned out to be a scrawny young man who used ingots of gold to defeat all the opponents who came to challenge.

"Okay," Xu Zhen said to Dongfang Meiyan despite his cowardice, "I should have another chance, don't forget that the oiran bewitching concubine hasn't come up with a question yet!"

"Hmph!" Dongfang Meiyan snorted coldly, "You really know how to dream!"

As a result, as if deliberately slapping the face, Dongfang Meiyan just finished speaking when he saw a servant running over from the side. He handed a red jade card to Xu Zhen and said:
"Congratulations to this guest officer, you have been selected by our oiran and enchantress, please follow me upstairs!"

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(End of this chapter)