My apprentice is a little weird?

Chapter 412: Nothing to do, why not let Taibai become famous

After Jiang Yan and the hunter entered the city, they parted ways and left.

The honest man transformed by Jiang Yan also searched everywhere under the pretext of looking for herbs, secretly sensing the abnormal existence while casually inquiring for information.

It must be said that the bustle of Jingming Mansion is worthy of its reputation.

The wide streets, where ten horses can run side by side, are paved with stone slabs, and people come and go in different clothes. There are many shops on both sides of the street, with a dazzling array of goods.

There were also teams of armored and armed soldiers patrolling back and forth, their expressions were all very solemn.

Jiang Yan walked out of a pharmacy with a bundle of medicine in his hand. In just half a day, he had visited most of the three cities and six counties in Jingming Prefecture.

But Jiang Yan found nothing unusual about it.

"At the moment, it seems that nothing unusual has been found. But it is precisely this lack of abnormality that is his biggest problem. As the saying goes, wherever you go, you leave a trace."

"There must be many cultivators like me who have nothing to do and come to the mortal world to have fun. And given the attitude of this immortal cultivation world towards mortals, who are treated like pigs and dogs, they will not hide anything about themselves."

"The truth is revealed in the details. The more you try to cover it up, the bigger the problem is."

Jiang Yan hooked the medicine string on his index finger and twisted it in circles, thinking secretly in his heart.

Before we knew it, we had arrived at Feihong Bridge, and the crowd suddenly seemed crowded.

Jiang Yan grinned slightly when he came back to his senses. It was because the scene at this moment was quite similar to the New Year's Eve in his previous life, when he was like an idiot holding a balloon and being squeezed by people at the intersection without touching the ground.

The huge crowds of people in front of us were crowded together, completely blocking the rather wide street of Feihong Bridge.

Some beggars were squeezed so hard that they raised their hands, holding a bowl in one hand and a crutch in the other, and screaming.

Jiang Yan casually pulled someone over and asked curiously:

"Sir, please wait. What happened here?"

The man who was pulled back looked and saw that it was an ordinary-looking man. He couldn't help but look angry, but he didn't lose his temper. Instead, he said proudly:

"Are you from out of town?"

Jiang Yan nodded: "Yes, sir, how did you know that?"

"Oh, it's easy to guess that the entire Feihong Bridge industry is owned by the Qin family. Now that the Qin family's adopted daughter has returned from her trip, the Qin family's patriarch is overjoyed, so all the goods under his industry are being sold at half price in the next two days! Only outsiders like you don't know the inside story."

"Among them, the Qin family's patriarch also hid hundreds of tokens in the Qin family's specialty products, claiming that anyone who obtains them can go to the Qin family with the tokens to attend tomorrow's celebration banquet!"

"Maybe the Qin family's patriarch will be in a good mood and give me some treasures. Then I won't have to worry about the rest of my life!"

Jiang Yan pretended to be surprised and said, "Really? Then the Qin family master is really kind and righteous!"

The man raised his head slightly: "It's good to know. The head of the Qin family is well-known in Jingming Mansion for his kindness and generosity. He is the best at making friends. Even the head of the Qin family and the princess in the palace used to..."

At this point, he paused slightly and quickly shut up, looked around and found that no one heard it, then he breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand, and walked away with lingering fear.

At the end, he muttered to himself: "Strange, why am I telling this person this... Really..."

Jiang Yan seemed to be thinking about something.

"This is a good move by the Qin family head. Although the 50% discount seems to be a loss to his own interests, he also added a "lucky draw" event to stimulate mass consumption and dissemination. In this way, not only will there be no loss in the end, but it will also increase the popularity..."

"If you have any ideas in the future, you can also launch a brand to deepen the ties with Qin's business."

"This method... although it is easy to understand, but judging from the past behavior of the residents here, it is obvious that this method was only introduced recently."

"Could it be that the head of the Qin family has made some new innovations in the way of doing business?"

After thinking about it, although Jiang Yan also wanted to join in the fun, there was nothing he could do about the crowded scene in front of him.

In desperation, Jiang Yan staggered away from the place.

After wandering around and searching for a while but finding nothing, Jiang Yan finally followed the smell of wine to a rather secluded place.

It was almost dusk at this moment, and an eight-story pavilion appeared before my eyes. Its eight layers of flying eaves pierced through the bright clouds, as if it was independent of the world.

From a distance, the whole building looked like an amber palace floating on the river. The lights on the eighth floor were lit, and looking down from above, it really looked like a palace from heaven descending to the earth.

There were shadows everywhere, melodious songs and hearty laughter.

"What a great Qianyu Building! I have to go and have some fun!"

Jiang Yan was startled and thought since he was already here it might as well go in and take a look, so he walked over.

When I got closer, I didn't expect a soft voice to be heard beside me.

Jiang Yan looked in the direction of the voice and saw that it was the scholar who was accidentally knocked down by the hunter when getting off the boat and was helped up by him.

"Oh, it's really you, what a coincidence!"

The scholar came to Jingming Mansion alone, but met two other scholars on the way. After asking them, he found out that they shared the same ideals, so he also joined them.

After getting off the boat, he did not separate from the two people, but went to Jiangxue Palace to read and then went straight to Qianyu Tower.

Unexpectedly, he ran into Jiang Yan again.

It just so happened that I didn’t have the chance to thank you properly before, but now I have the chance.

"What a coincidence indeed. My name is Lu Da Jiao. Didn't you go to Jiangxue Palace? How come you are here?"

The scholar came over in two or three steps with a look of surprise on his face: "My younger brother Lin Ran, thank you very much this morning, Brother Lu. I can't swim, and if it weren't for Brother Lu's rescue, I would have been in danger."

"Before this... my companions used some provocative words. Please don't be offended, Brother Lu..."

Jiang Yan smiled innocently and didn't care about those things at all. After all, meeting was fate.

The scholar Lin Ran was already feeling a little ashamed, and now seeing Jiang Yan's intention to go to Qianyu Tower, although he was a little hesitant, he still smiled frankly.

"Brother Lu, are you going to the Qianyu Tower? If so, I am proud of my literary talent and I can show you there. You can just follow me."

Jiang Yan blinked without saying anything, just nodded and smiled innocently.

Following Lin Ran to the vicinity of Qianyu Tower, many literati and tourists appeared one after another, including quite a few knights with swords on their waists, who proudly occupied a place as if waiting for something.

In the courtyard beside Qianyu Tower, a group of Confucian scholars gathered together, holding brushes and writing with beautiful calligraphy on the wall.

It caused cheers and exclamations from the audience.

“They are…”

Seeing Jiang Yan's curiosity, Lin Ran explained at the right time: "This is the rule of Qianyu Tower."

"Qianyu Tower doesn't sell ordinary wines, but only aged fine wines. Especially the Qianyu Jingjiang, which is not easily available. Only high-ranking officials and dignitaries can enter."

"But all the scholars in the world flocked to it, so Qianyu Tower had a few rules. Scholars can enter with their calligraphy, and wanderers can enter with their reputation."

"It's just that compared to the latter, who only need to have a good reputation in the martial arts world, it's not easy for the former literati to have their calligraphy and paintings in the Qianyu Tower. Most of them can only be viewed on the first or second floor of the Qianyu Tower."

As Lin Ran spoke, he led Jiang Yan to the group of Confucian scholars, where two middle-aged men were writing with their pens.

"Good! Great words! The handwriting is powerful and the meaning is also good. I believe he will be able to enter the fifth floor! He will be able to taste the Thousand Feathers Wine!"

"Brother, you are wrong. I see that the other person's handwriting is soft but continuous, with a faint sense of elegance and agility. The artistic conception is not inferior to the former. It is still unknown who will win!"

There were constant arguments outside, and although no one was shouting loudly, it seemed extremely heated. The words were sharp and the tone was serious, with some people complimenting and some showing disdain.

Jiang Yan stood on tiptoe and looked over, and saw a big white grin on the corner of his mouth.

There is Qianyu Tower by the Qianyu River, and Qianyu liquor fills your throat.

The scholar climbed over the wall to write after getting drunk. This wine is better than stealing from gods.

The knight drew his sword and called for wine, and the waiter trembled with fear.

Suddenly, there was a loud rumble in the sky, and the exiled immortal fell and dropped his wine basket.

"hey-hey……"

The middle-aged scholar who was about to write moved his ears slightly and looked up. Seeing Jiang Yan grinning, he frowned and said:

"You, the one with the big white teeth, what are you laughing at?"

"Nothing, I just thought of something happy."

"What happy thing?"

"Um...my wife gave birth to a child..."

The middle-aged scholar looked suspicious. Although he felt that Jiang Yan was mocking him, he had no evidence and suppressed the thought.

Lin Ran's heart was pounding at this moment. He pulled Jiang Yan and whispered, "Brother Lu! You almost kicked us out just now!"

"What's wrong? Can't I smile when I think of something happy?"

Lin Ran was speechless.

"Don't interrupt someone's train of thought when he's proposing a poem. Otherwise, he'll take advantage of the situation and say you interrupted his flow of thought. What will you do if he blames you? Someone has done this before..."

Now it was Jiang Yan's turn to be speechless and he said no more.

Jiang Yan looked up at the vacancy that had been filled with people but no one was chosen, and evaluated it in his mind.

"If they are all of this level, won't you be furious if I bring out the Tengwang Pavilion?"

Of course, this was a bit too depressing. It was just going upstairs to have a drink, there was no need to make a scene.

After waiting for a while, it was finally Jiang Yan's turn. Lin Ran cheered himself up.

"Brother Lu, don't worry. Although I can't go to the fifth floor, I should be able to take you to the first and second floors with my attainments!"

Jiang Yan raised his hand, patted Lin Ran on the shoulder, and gave him a thumbs up.

"I believe you!"

"Thank you, Brother Lu, for your trust."

"So I'll have to rely on you to provide cover when we go up to the fifth floor."

"Okay! Eh? ...What do you mean?"

Before he could react, Jiang Yan had already walked past the crowd and headed straight for an empty desk.

Naturally, someone noticed this scene and couldn't help but look over there.

"Who is he? He doesn't look like a learned man, does he?"

"I don't know. Maybe this is another stranger who found out about this place and wanted to try his luck."

"Try your luck? Is it possible to try your luck? Looking at his appearance, I'm afraid he can't even recognize all the words, right?"

Lin Ran was so frightened when he saw Jiang Yan actually stepping forward to write a poem that he thought the other party was just itching to write a poem, so he quickly stepped forward to stop him.

"Brother Lu, don't be like this! It's OK if you get the right poem, but if you don't, you have to pay! It's not free!"

Jiang Yan said with a simple face: "Didn't you ask me to come up with the question?"

The sound was not loud, but everyone present heard it and they all understood.

"It turns out that this young man was too embarrassed to write a poem, so he asked this man to write one for him."

"I was wondering, so this is how it is."

"This kid is the same. There is no good or bad poetry. The worst that can happen is that it fails. Why does he let others replace him?"

Lin Ran's forehead broke out in sweat as he heard this. "Brother Lu, how could you harm me!"

However, his thoughts did not last long, because Jiang Yan had already started writing poetry.

"Whose poem should I copy... It's so hard to choose. Forget it. When in doubt, ask Taibai!"

Jiang Yan's writing begins to flow as soon as he has a thought. His movements are very smooth and methodical, with not much to say. His writing is neither as free and easy as a scholar's, nor as heroic and chivalrous as a literati's.

It's not even neat, it can only be said that the words are clearly written.

But it made all the people watching present speechless and dumbfounded.

People who had not originally paid attention to this place were now attracted by this strange atmosphere and gathered around.

The manager in charge of poetry and lyrics at Qianyu Tower also noticed something unusual here, but he had no intention of going down to check it out.

Because he is welcoming distinguished guests! The Qin family's patriarch and his adopted daughter will arrive in a moment.

The five floors above Qianyu Building were almost completely occupied by it.

In order to welcome this important client, he hardly left Qianyu Tower that day and was always directing the arrangements.

It was only at this moment that he was able to relax and come to the railing on the fifth floor to unwind for a moment.

Only then did he discover the unusual crowd "gathering" below.

"Oh, he is just a scholar who can only write some doggerel. A truly literary person would not need to show up in public and write poems."

He shook his head slightly, looked into the distance at a pair of people in extraordinary clothes, and his heart moved.

"Master Qin and his men are here."

He was just about to go downstairs to greet them, but at this moment a waiter came hurriedly upstairs, holding a piece of paper in his hand.

"Steward! Steward!"

The manager frowned slightly and said, "Why are you panicking? I've taught you this every day. You should stay calm and be well-mannered. Only in this way can the guests feel that we are worthy of their status."

"Master Qin and his men will be here soon. If they see you acting so recklessly and get upset, I'll hold you accountable."

The waiter shrank his neck, but still raised his hand with some excitement, handed the paper to the steward and said:

"Look, this... this is written in Shi Yating!"

The steward frowned. The thing that could make the waiter so excited must be written very well. Unfortunately... he happened to run into the head of the Qin family.

The fifth floor and above have been reserved by him, so it seems that we can only find some flaws and give him a pot of Qianyu Jingjiang and let them stay on the fourth floor.

Thinking of this, he took it and opened it to look at it.

After just one glance, I couldn't look away and recited it subconsciously.

“A pot of wine among the flowers, drinking alone without any blind date.

Toast Mingyue, and Yingying became three people.

…………

The month does not drink, the shadow follower follows me.

For the time being with the moon, Xingle must be in spring.

............"

After reading the whole article, the manager was still not satisfied and immersed in it.

“Alone but not alone…from not alone to alone, and then from alone to not alone…there is sadness in the depths, and unwillingness to be alone on the surface, but when you taste it carefully, you will find that you are open-minded, optimistic, unrestrained, and uninhibited…”

The steward exerted force, then quickly released his hand, fearing that the paper would be damaged.

"Great poem! Absolutely great poem!"