Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 87 Gu Xu's Aliases

At the moment when the flower paper came into contact with the wall, a dazzling light burst out from the mural.

Accompanied by the melodious and melodious sound of the dongxiao, the light quickly spread around until it enveloped the entire house.

The frost in the yard has melted.

The corpses on the ground were also gone.

Carved railings and jade bricks, pavilions and pavilions have returned to their normal appearance.

Moreover, compared to the dilapidated appearance before, the Lu Mansion at this time was completely new.

The green tiles are flying, and the jade steps are in the courtyard. It is magnificent and prosperous.

It was as if yesterday had reappeared.

"We have now come to the world in the murals." Tang Hui introduced.

As soon as they finished speaking, two maids in pink ruffled skirts appeared beside them, and said to them respectfully, "Do you have an invitation from the 'Hundred Flowers Poetry Society'?"

Gu Xu handed them the flower note in his hand.

In Gu Xu's perception, these two maids are neither living people nor evil ghosts, but more like illusory projections.

This made him marvel at the magic of "Jinghong Pen".

"Please come with us!" The two maids took the flower note and bowed to Gu Xu.

Afterwards, Gu Xu, Chu Fengge and Tang Hui followed these two maids through countless rooms, courtyards and verandas to the back garden of Lu's mansion.

At this moment, many people had already gathered in the garden.

As depicted on the frescoes, a long table is placed in the center of the waterside pavilion.

Mrs. Lu, the president of the Poetry Club, sat in the middle.

The other ladies, sons, and young ladies sat on both sides of her in turn, obviously eager to try, looking forward to showing their talents in front of everyone.

"Madam, these are the new guests." The two maids saluted Madam Lu and reported.

The eyes of everyone present immediately fell on Gu Xu and the others.

In their eyes, the faces of Gu Xu and others are very unfamiliar - they don't know how talented these people are to have a place in this "Hundred Flowers Poetry Society".

In fact, Gu Xu was also a little nervous.

He knew that if he wanted to make a name for himself in this "Hundred Flowers Poetry Society" and be recognized by everyone in the Lu family, then the excellent poetry works in his previous life would be his trump card.

But copywriters may not be able to do it.

Because in such activities of literati and writers to form poems, there is a high probability that he will not be allowed to play freely, but will write poems with propositions.

Sometimes he even engages in word games like pairing, character analysis, and flying flower orders, and writes some brain-burning poems such as hidden head poems, palindrome poems, and acrostic poems.

A copyist who has no real talent and knowledge will definitely reveal his faults.

"I hope they don't do too difficult problems!" Gu Xu prayed silently in his heart.

At this moment, Madam Lu raised her head and said with a smile, "Do you have nicknames for the distinguished guests?"

"Any name? What is that?" Chu Fengge asked.

"Since we have formed a poetry club, then we are all literati, and it is not bad to be called by our nickname," Mrs. Lu explained patiently. "For example, my nickname is 'Yuanxiang Jushi', and An Zhi's nickname is It's called 'Shangyang Concubine', and Shiyao's nickname is 'Sixue Fairy'..."

Gu Xu then remembered that it was mentioned in the document that every member who participated in the Hundred Flowers Poetry Club would give himself a unique number with interest.

The courtyard where Lu Shiyao lives is called "Su Xue Yuan", hence the nickname "Fairy Su Xue".

Mrs. Lu lived in the "Yuanxiang Building" and believed in Buddhism in private, so she was nicknamed "Yuanxiang Jushi".

As for Chen Anzhi, the young lady of the Chen family in Xiangyang - her family was planning to send her to the palace to be the concubine, and the Li Palace of the Daqi royal family was called "Shangyang Palace", so it was nicknamed "Shangyang Concubine".

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"My nickname is 'Qionglin Talented Son'." Tang Hui said first.

Many years ago, before joining the Exorcism Division, Tang Hui had passed the jinshi examination.

The "Qionglin Banquet" is the banquet held by the emperor for the new scholars after the palace examination.

So Tang Hui took this as an alias.

"Please sit down!" Mrs. Lu said softly.

"Thank you Madam!" After saying that, Tang Hui sat in the third vacant seat on Madam Lu's right.

"Well...then I'll be called 'Sir Changsheng'," Gu Xu smiled slightly, "'Changshengzhai' is the name of my study."

"Don't look at me, I'm just his entourage!" Chu Fengge pointed at Gu Xu and said in a panic.

Don't look at Chu Fengge, this guy is more beautiful than a woman, but in fact he is a veritable vulgar martial artist. One of the things he hates most in his life is reciting poetry and writing poems.

In order not to write poetry, he would rather put aside his pride temporarily and pretend that he is Gu Xu's entourage.

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After some greetings, Mrs. Lu asked someone to bring a bamboo-carved lottery tube with ivory picks in it, shook it, and placed it in the center of the long table.

Take another dice and put it next to the lottery.

"These ivory sticks are all flower name sticks, and each stick has the name of a flower written on it," Mrs. Lu introduced, "I will roll the dice later, and the person who counts needs to grab a bamboo stick from the stick. , and write a poem based on the flower name on the bamboo stick.

"If you can't write it, you will punish yourself with three glasses of wine."

Hearing this, Gu Xu breathed a sigh of relief.

This "flower name tag" is not too difficult.

It is equivalent to writing a poem with a certain flower as the title.

With the accumulation of poetry in his previous life, he was barely able to cope.

"Then, as the president, I'll start by myself!" Mrs. Lu smiled and took the lead in grabbing a "flower name tag" from the lottery tube.

Everyone came over to see it, and saw a pomegranate flower on the sign, inscribed with the four characters "Red Dress of Lie Yan", and a line of small characters engraved below it - "Like a volcano reflecting a pomegranate hill".

Chen Anzhi, who was beside her, immediately raised his glass and smiled: "Pomegranates are a sign of many sons and more blessings! I'm here to offer a toast to Madam!"

Gu Xu looked at Chen Anzhi, the lady of the Chen family with a gentle temperament and beautiful appearance, and thought to himself: She is indeed the daughter of a family member and the future empress, this emotional intelligence is really unusual!
After seeing the signature, Mrs. Lu pondered for a few minutes, and then recited:

"A red cloud reflects the sunset,

"Thousands of green leaves dye Zhu Fei.

"Even if one exaggerates how many sons are more expensive,

"Buried in the dust and turned into ashes."

As soon as Mrs. Lu finished speaking, the people around immediately applauded and praised: "Good poem!"

But Gu Xu's attention was attracted by the phrase "Buried in the dust and turned into ashes".

The desolate artistic conception of this poem is obviously contrary to the "more sons and more blessings" symbolized by the pomegranate.

He sighed silently in his heart: If all this is an illusion created by "Jinghongbi", is it taking this to miss its old owner and the lost Lu family?

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After Mrs. Lu finished reciting the poem, she gently tossed the dice on the table.

The dice rolled a few times and stopped at one point.

Counting from herself, she happened to count to Chen Anzhi beside her.

"An Zhi, it's your turn!" She smiled gently.

　Thanks to the book friend Ran 123456 for the reward!
　　PS: The "flower lottery order" in this article is written with reference to "A Dream of Red Mansions".

　　
　
(End of this chapter)