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Cang Ping's efficiency was very high. After half an hour, Fan Zichang got the tickets for the first, second and third lectures of "Journey to the West" in Xiangpen that afternoon.

Fan Zichang didn't talk much, and Cang Ping didn't dare to ask more, but secretly wondered why his employer suddenly fell in love with storytelling.

Early this morning, Fan Zichang received a letter from Su Jin in the outskirts of the capital.

The letter asked him to keep a low profile and avoid visiting Beijing.He had anticipated this and arranged it in advance, but the other task was rather strange.His Majesty actually asked him to come to Zhuoyang Mansion to look for a pen, and he didn't say what kind of pen it was, only asked for a special one.

His Majesty's move must have other meanings, Fan Zichang did not dare to neglect, the capital is very close to Zhuoyang, he will arrive there in two hours by car.He has already looked around at several shops in the Fucheng that sell the Four Treasures of the Study. How much do you want in the palace for those ordinary expensive goods?

In the end, he really didn't know where to find that special pen, so Fan Zichang had no choice but to start with the new things in Zhuoyang Mansion, maybe he could find out nothing.

Before the opening in the afternoon, there was a huge crowd of people in front of the gate of Donglaiwashe.

There are five consecutive lectures of "Journey to the West" three times a day, two of which are held in the largest elephant shed, and the other three are held in the smaller peony shed.Xiangda will be the speaker for the elephant shed, while the peony shed will be given by two other storytellers from Donglai Washe.

Shopkeeper Li released the tickets for three days in one go, and they were sold out in less than half an hour.

In order to go in and have a look, there are many ticket refunders squatting at the door of Washe, and there are many scalpers who sell tickets.A ticket for an ordinary seat used to be 150 cash, but now it has been sold for more than three times, almost equal to the VIP seat in the infield.

Even so, it is still hard to get a ticket.

What Fan Zichang bought was of course a VIP seat, and Cang Ping had already greeted him. As soon as he arrived at the door, a waiter immediately came out to welcome him and took him into the venue through other passages.His seat is in a specially enclosed area in the front row. Compared with the back row, which only has benches, he has a complete table and chairs, and all the tea and snacks have been prepared.

His position is in the first row in the middle, and in the center is a rosewood table with tea and fruit snacks on it.On either side of the table were armchairs, also of rosewood.

Behind him and on both sides, there are eight other such seats, but those tables and chairs are all made of mahogany, far less expensive than Fan Zichang.

Fan Zichang sat down on the red sandalwood chair on the left, while the chair on the right was empty, and the other mahogany seats were already filled. He glanced casually, and found that they were almost all prominent people and their families in Zhuoyang Mansion.

Fan Zi is always low-key, he recognizes those people, but those people may not recognize him.So since he sat down on that chair, he has never heard the speculation and discussion around him.The voice was not high, but it was buzzing, which made people feel a little irritated.

Until the lecture was about to start, a young man in cotton and linen short hexagrams walked into the VIP area. He seemed to be very familiar with the apprentices who were serving tea and water. Sit down on the rosewood chair.

"Brother Tong, have some tea." As soon as he sat down, an apprentice immediately brought hot tea with a wave of hospitality.

There was another small commotion around Fan Zichang.

When Fan Zichang came in just now, everyone just thought he was ugly, but looking at his clothes, they knew that he was either rich or expensive.But this little boy is dressed so ordinary, why can he sit in the best position in the elephant shed?

Tong Ran pretended not to hear, he picked up the tea, blew it to cool down a bit, and put it in the mouth of the little tiger in his arms: "Have a drink, do you like it?"

The cub is not big and has a very tricky mouth. Tong Ran brought him some raw meat and goat milk this morning, but the little tiger ignored them all.No matter how hungry your stomach growls, if you don't eat, you don't eat.

In the end, Tong Ran went to the kitchen and asked for a bowl of braised pork just out of the pan, and it finally became unpalatable.

Not only did he want to eat braised pork, but he also had a big opinion on the boiled water that Tong Ran gave him, and he was determined not to drink it unless he was extremely thirsty.

Just now Tong Ran gave him a taste of the tea in his room, and he reluctantly licked it a few times, but still looked disgusted.

The tea in the Xiangpeng VIP seat is the best in the whole tile house, after all, the guests served here are either rich or expensive, so Tong Ran wanted to give it a try.

Chu Jun struggled with the unpalatable crude tea all morning, and finally smelled some normal tea fragrance, and his little attendant was very obedient, so he didn't drink it himself, and directly handed the teacup in front of him.

Little Tiger Chu sniffed the tea, then stuck out his tongue and licked it.

Yes, you can still enter.

The little boy was finally willing to drink water, and Tong Ran heaved a sigh of relief.

What a patriarch.

Fan Zichang also noticed this tiger, which seemed to be only the size of an adult cat, and should be a cub.Drinking such good tea for a tiger, this young man is really willing to part with his pet.

Who is he?

Fan Zichang also had this question in his heart, but he was not one of those around who only dared to discuss privately, he said directly to Tong Ran: "The fur of this tiger, little brother, is shiny and smooth, so cute."

Only then did Tong Ran notice the people next to him, and he smiled at Fan Zichang: "Brother, I'm overwhelmed."

Chu Jun also found out that Fan Zichang came here to listen to the book, he squinted his eyes, what is cute, praise a tiger should be majestic!

Fan Zi often meets the little tiger and finds that it also has green eyes.

"The little brother is also from the Washe?" Fan Zichang guessed.

Tong Ran nodded: "My younger brother's surname is Tong, with a single name named Ran, and I write the storybook in the dormitory."

Tong Ran.

Fan Zi often glanced at the ticket in his hand, isn't that the author of "Journey to the West"?

Fan Zichang showed surprise, Tong Ran understood his surprise, smiled and nodded.

"It's such a young person, I still think I'm an old man." Fan Zichang laughed, he had never heard of "Journey to the West", but Cang Ping gave him a detailed description of the frenzy caused by "Journey to the West". He also witnessed the crowds of people outside Washer Gate today, and he had no doubts about this book for a long time.

He thought that those who could write such works must have been writing scripts for many years.

Unexpectedly, it was so young.

Fan Zichang was more interested in Tong Ran now, and immediately cupped his hands and said: "My next Fan Heng, the word Zichang, if you don't dislike it, the little brother can be called my brother."

Fan Zichang, Tong Ran had vaguely heard of this name, and heard that he opened a copying library in the outskirts of the city, and the Yanwu Pavilion in the south of the city was also his property, which seemed to have some financial prestige.

Fan Zichang!

The bosses of Zhuoyang Mansion who were eavesdropping on their speech were all dumbfounded.

It's fine for the author of Journey to the West to be so young, but Fan Zichang is someone they want to make friends with, but it's hard to see Lushan's true colors.The few people here, especially those who are in business, took out all the famous posts, and quickly thought about how to get close.

It's a pity that the opportunity is fleeting. After Tong Ran and Fan Zichang talked for a few words, Xiang Da appeared on the stage, and the performance officially began.

The bosses retracted their famous posts with regret, and no one would be so ignorant to add to Fan Zichang's troubles now, they had to wait until the three consecutive lectures were over, and then think of a solution.

The bigwigs in the VIP area were fidgeting and couldn't even listen to the book, but the audience in the ordinary seats in the back row were attentive and listened with gusto.

Xiang Da is the most popular storyteller in Zhuoyang Mansion, and he has a lot of appeal.

The lecture on "Journey to the West" this time also attracted many people who were not interested in "Journey to the West", but came for his reputation.These people came towards Xiang Da. After listening for a while, they unconsciously immersed themselves in the story.

Stone monkeys, 72 changes, somersaulting clouds, and the wishful golden cudgel!

Hey, he dared to make a big fuss in the underworld, crossing out all the monkey names, the aura of not being afraid of the sky and the earth, awesome!

The listeners followed Xiang Da's words up and down and listened engrossed.Lectures three times in a row, listening to more than 3 words in one breath, not to mention how enjoyable it is.

An hour and a half later, Jingmu took another shot, but it was Shawei.

Just listen to Xiang Da said on the stage: "After all, I don't know what official title to confer, and let's listen to the next chapter to break it down."

So what kind of official rank is it!

No need to do it next time, now, immediately, can you disassemble it on the spot!

The audience scratched their ears and hearts, and almost shouted on the spot.

There was thunderous applause at the scene, cheers and flowers and money were thrown onto the stage. If Xiang Da hadn't dodged quickly, he would have been smashed several times.

Tong Ran noticed something when he was talking to Da just now, and now it is even more obvious that the righteousness gathered at his altar has risen again, probably because "Journey to the West" once again expanded its influence through this scene , it was an unexpected gain for him.

Fan Zichang also felt the fluctuation of righteousness, he is now the top grade of Xuan rank, higher than many officials.At this time, after a little investigation, it was discovered that Tong Ran had already reached the sixth level of righteous thoughts, and was about to break through the seventh level.

If he is the son of a noble family, he can at most praise two words of hard work.

But a 14-year-old boy in Washeri is far from reaching such a state by hard work alone. He has no famous teacher to teach him, he can't walk the way of self-cultivation, and he has no financial support. Washe Xiaogong, the Year of the Monkey and the Horse and the Moon can only reach the seventh stage of righteous thoughts?

Does he rely on writing scripts?

It will be much faster to take the road of invention and creation, but the scriptures are not the way after all, and it may not be so simple to be able to achieve this level at a young age.

Thinking of this, Fan Zichang took out a post of his own name.

This Tong Ran seems to have some talent, I don't know if I can make friends with him first, maybe I can help His Majesty in the future.

The bosses in the VIP seats around were already ready to go, but Fan Zichang also took out a famous card at the same time.Those who were close were suddenly excited. If they could get Fan Zichang's famous post, they would have 1 reasons to come and visit!

The bosses unconsciously took a step closer, but saw Fan Zichang handing the name card to Tong Ran.

Fan Zichang: "It's so wonderful, my virtuous brother is really talented. I wanted to invite you to drink, but unfortunately I have something to do today. This is Brother Yu's famous post. If you have time in the future, welcome to Yanwu Pavilion. I will meet you soon." exist."

Tong Ran took the name card and showed a decent smile: "Okay, then let's see you another day."

The two bid farewell, and Fan Zichang left.

The bosses in the VIP area peeped at Tong Ran who put Fan Zichang's famous post in his arms with envious eyes, wishing to dig it out immediately and kiss him a hundred times.

Tong Ran lowered his head and said to the little tiger: "Let's go too, how about having roast chicken at night? The tea from Xiangpeng is a bit expensive, let's go pick some other ones, you are too picky, it's really difficult to raise."

While talking, Tong Ran hugged the little tiger and left.

There was a bunch of bigwigs queuing up to hand over their name cards, and they looked at each other in blank dismay.

However, everyone has seen the world, and one road will not work, so they quickly changed their goals.Fan Zichang is not easy to see, but this Tong Ran has been in Donglai Washe.

As long as you get in touch with him, you will be one step closer to Fan Zichang.

He just said that the tea in Xiangpen is too expensive?

It's just tea leaves, as long as they can see Fan Zichang, even if he wants to make tea with gold leaves, they are willing to do so!