The Elegant Poetry Pavilion was a gathering place for the young ladies of many wealthy families in Xihang. They often held gatherings, and the young ladies could talk about all kinds of topics unscrupulously here, such as which family's young master was handsome and literary, who bought new rouge powder, which family's jewelry and clothes were good. When these young ladies gathered together, they could talk about anything.
Sun Ling brought a servant girl over. She was the daughter of a wealthy businessman, and she was good at chatting. She also got along well with these sisters." Legend of the White Snake " was the first to be read by these close friends in front of her, and it seemed that it had already developed into a large circle of young female book fans.
" I heard from my cousin in Chang 'an that Wandering Know-it-all is really talented. Wen Ling and Li Han from the directorate were jealous of his literary reputation and came up with an open plan to invite Wandering Know-it-all to compete in poetry. Who would have thought that he would actually hide his talent and didn't even bother to come? He directly used fifteen minutes to write a masterpiece that shocked the entire literary circle in Chang' an..."
The person who said this was Hu Xiaoqin. Her cousin happened to be working in Chang 'an. They kept in touch with each other through letters and soon told them about this interesting story, which aroused the curiosity of many young girls. They all asked about the poem that was handed down from generation to generation. When the former saw this, she felt satisfied and read out the poem with a slight smile.
" Last night, the stars and the wind, west of the Painting Tower, east of the Osmanthus Hall…"
" I don't have the wings of a colorful phoenix, but my heart is connected by a little bit. I send a hook to the warm spring wine next to me. I shoot the wax lamp red. I listen to the drum and respond to the official. I walk on the Malan platform like a canopy..."
The moment the poem came out, all the girls present could not help but fall silent. They could not help but widen their eyes. For the children of wealthy families, music, chess, calligraphy, and painting were basic skills. Naturally, they knew poetry, so they understood the beauty of this poem.
Sun Ling muttered," A phoenix without a body and two flying wings, a pair of telepathic thoughts." Her eyes could not help but be a little infatuated. This sentence struck the depths of her heart, and she could not help but feel her heart beat faster.
" This…This poem is really beautiful. Although there isn't a single word 'love', you can feel the lingering affection in the poem. It's really a wonderful poem…"
" You're right. Just based on the saying 'Without the colorful phoenix and two flying wings, our hearts are connected by a single point' is enough to be famous in later generations. It's a pity that we're in Xihang, which is far away from Chang 'an. Otherwise, we really want to meet a strange person like Bai Xiaosheng..."
Hu Xiaoqin, who had a cousin working in Chang 'an, smiled and said softly,"" Wandering Know-it-all is elusive. It's too difficult to meet such an extraordinary person. It's said that the final volume of 'The Legend of the White Snake' is too heart-wrenching. Many readers, who are fans of the book, want to ask him to change the plot. However, no one has ever seen his true face..."
Upon hearing this, many girls revealed a look of regret on their faces. The topic quickly shifted to the final volume of the Legend of the White Snake. When this ending was mentioned, many girls present gritted their teeth.
" The most annoying person in the book is that darn baldy Fahai. He's simply too hateful…"
" That's right. I think so too. I've watched the Legend of the White Snake two or three times. Every time I see Fahai breaking up the lovebirds at the end, I feel uncomfortable and disgusted. I wish I could hit him directly…"
Sun Ling nodded her head and said to the group of close friends in front of her,"" That's why I told my father not to donate incense money to Jinshan Temple. Fahai is too despicable…"
" That's right. Ever since I read 'The Legend of the White Snake', I've hated that Jinshan Temple. I've also advised my parents not to go there…"
" Yeah, I've been persuading my family and relatives to go to Green Pine Monastery. The Taoist Master Ling Yunzi in the monastery is kind-hearted and much better than those fat monks in Golden Mountain Monastery. The monastery is also rather dilapidated and needs incense more…"
After the gathering at Elegant Poetry Pavilion, many young ladies from wealthy families in Xi Hang also came to a consensus and decided to persuade their families and relatives not to go to Jinshan Temple. The power of these young ladies from wealthy families was soon revealed, causing the incense offerings of Jinshan Temple to decrease at a visible rate.
Of course, as the Legend of the White Snake became more popular in restaurants and teahouses in Xihang, many listeners were also very displeased with Fahai, who broke up the lovebirds. Even Master Fahai, who had the same name in the local Jinshan Temple, was not pleasing to the eye.
The head of the outer court, who was in charge of the affairs of the outer court, had been very impatient in the past few days. For some reason, the amount of merit incense money in the temple had decreased at a visible speed. In the past, the merit box was full of silver and even silver notes. However, at a glance, most of them were copper coins, and a small amount of silver was also broken silver. The total amount of merit incense money in the past few days was less than the amount in the previous day.
The head of the outer court of the Golden Mountain Temple was anxious when he saw this. He asked the novice monks in the temple to investigate the reason. Soon, he found that the problem actually appeared in a novel called the Legend of the White Snake. He quickly took the novel to his senior brother Fahai.
" Senior Brother, it's bad. You've become famous in novels. Many people in Xihang are talking about you now…"
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