Chapter 11: The First Step into the Fire Pit (I)

A double-wheeled carriage slowly stopped outside the door of the teaching workshop, followed the girl next to the carriage and raised the curtain, stretched out her hand, and helped Shen Luoyun out of the carriage. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info Today is the last day of registration for the Oiran Contest, she pinched the box in her hand, and gathered her sideburns, and then stepped on the stone steps at the door.

The whole department of the church is quiet, maybe because it is the last day, the lively time has long passed, a few days ago, the head of the brothels of the mother has stepped on the threshold of the department of the church, the chief officer of the department of the temple Pei Ming Pei Shaoqing also went to Yunshuifang many times, asking about the registration book, but Shen Luoyun shirked the past with temporary secrecy, waiting for today.

Over the years, in order to compete for the top spot in the Oiran competition, various brothels have tried their best, including some obscene means, and there are no less than ten people in Yunshui Fang to inquire about the news during these days, all of which have been made in vain by Sister Yun's secrecy methods, so far, except for Sister Yun herself, there is no second person in the workshop who knows which girls in the workshop were written on the booklet by Sister Yun.

Sister Yun walked into the lobby of Fangsi with a box, and when she saw Pei Ming, who was in a hurry, she raised her eyebrows slightly and smiled, stepped forward and bowed: "Yunshuifang Shen Luoyun has seen Master Pei!" ”

Pei Ming presided over the Oiran competition this year is already the third year, three years ago when Pei Ming was not confused, the official worship Taichang Siqing, it was the first year that Shen Luoyun took over Yunshuifang, that is, at that time, Shen Luoyun left a pretty good impression on him, with a delicate appearance, long sleeves and good dancing, well-founded advance and retreat, and is a rare talent.

Pei Ming, who was anxious to count the number of people, raised his head and faced Shen Luoyun, who was about to get up, and hurriedly got up to help. motioned for Shen Luoyun to sit down in the hall. Motioned to the small servant who was waiting on the side to serve tea.

"No courtesy, no courtesy! The owner of Yunfang can be regarded as coming, otherwise, the official will have to worry about this year's Oiran Competition! Without the girls in the main workshop of Yunfang, I'm afraid that this year's Oiran competition will lose a lot of color! ”

Shen Luoyun covered his sleeves and smiled: "Master Pei has won the award!" It's just a little girl's film, where do you deserve such praise from adults! Yu Bi put the narrow wooden box in his hand on the bookcase in front of Pei Ming.

Pei Ming hurriedly took it, opened it and saw that a thin silk book was quietly placed on top of the five scrolls. Pei Ming reached in and took out the booklet, turned the first page, and saw the book: Shang Shang, thirteen years old, official prostitute, Luoyang people. The second page is: Ruyi, 19, official prostitute, Suzhou people's clan, the third page: Xiangnu, 16, official prostitute, Chang'an people's clan, the fourth page: Linglong, 16, official prostitute, Luoyang people's clan, the fifth page: Barbarian, 17, official prostitute, Liangzhou people's clan.

Pei Ming hurriedly flipped through it, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "The girls reported by the owner of Yunfang this year are two fewer than last year!" It seems that these girls must be the choice of the moment? This Ruyi, Xiangnu, Linglong, and Barbarian have all been seen by this official, and it is indeed a Fengliu posture, every move is like a person in a painting! It's just that this merchant girl has never seen her, so I don't know why the owner of Yunfang would put her on the front page? ”

Shen Luoyun smiled slightly: "Lord Pei, how is this girl, naturally only those who have seen it know, there is a portrait in the box handed in by Luoyun according to the rules, Lord Pei may wish to have a sneak peek!" Raising his hand, he motioned for Pei Ming to take the scroll in the box and watch. In order to prevent the occurrence of Li Dai's peach stiffness, the Oiran Contest over the years requires that in addition to his or her flower name, age, and household registration, a portrait of the contestant must also be presented at the time of registration to prevent cheating.

Pei Ming slapped his forehead and suddenly realized: "Hehehe! The official is confused, the past years of the Oiran competition must be reported to the portrait first, come and come, let the official have a sneak peek, a solution to the confusion in the chest! After speaking, he checked in the box for a while, and one of the scrolls had a thin piece of silk pasted on it, and the word bookseller was on it, and he hurriedly reached out to untie the tether and pull the scroll apart.

Shen Luoyun picked up the teacup served by the little servant, and looked at Pei Ming's actions quietly, people are curious, especially men and beauties, this curiosity will scratch on his heart like a kitten, making him uncontrollable to want to take a peek. The portrait of the merchant was painted by her asking Lu Yunqian to help her invite the best painter in the palace, and she observed the merchant for three days before painting, taking the posture of the merchant when he danced alone in the garden. Even the painter who was over half a hundred years old was stunned and shocked!

The painter did not close his eyes for two days and two nights for this painting, and when it was finally finished, the painter was on the verge of collapse, but he still muttered to himself: "This painting should be handed down to the world!" This painting should be handed down to the world! Shen Luoyun paid a lot of money for this, but now it seems that it is all worth it, isn't it?

Pei Ming froze when he opened the painting scroll.

Such a woman is something he has never seen in his life! The green silk flying in the breeze, the slightly frowning eyebrows on the face of the alluring hibiscus, the long fluttering water sleeves, the slender and stretched waist, and the beautiful jade feet exposed under the skirt that fluttered in the whirling dance, every minute and every inch is a woman like light! It's a hook! Such demagogy! The moment I saw this woman, there was nothing else in my eyes, only this woman was left to be independent! Dancing on your feet! She is all there is to the world!

Shen Luoyun looked at Pei Ming's appearance with satisfaction, she was not surprised by Pei Ming's performance, this is the effect she wants, she wants to make the businessman a blockbuster!

"Master Pei! Master Pei! Shen Luoyun called lightly twice on the side, but Pei Ming didn't react at all, so Shen Luoyun had to call loudly, "Master Pei!" ”

Pei Ming was full of excitement, and finally recovered from the shock, and couldn't help but take a hard breath, the moment he saw the painting, he had already forgotten to breathe, if it wasn't for Shen Luoyun calling him, I was afraid that he would really have to go back to his breath! Even if he came back to his senses now, the shock in his eyes was still there, and he reluctantly put away the scroll in his hand, took a sip of tea from the tea cup on the table, and then smiled at Shen Luoyun with a little embarrassment.

"Let the cloud fang master see it laugh! However, this woman is indeed a celestial figure, and it seems that the owner of Yunfang can sit back and relax this year! Hahaha! ”

Shen Luoyun covered her lips and chuckled: "How can an adult say it so surely!" You still have to go through the Oiran competition to see it, and if it's an embroidered pillow, I'm afraid that adults won't be able to see it! The singing and dancing skills of the white peony girl of the Peony Pavilion are among the best! After a pause, he said: "Master Pei, the first time that the Japanese businessmen have appeared on the stage after tomorrow, I hope that the adults can give me advice!" Luoyun is waiting in the workshop! After saying that, he stood up and bowed.

"Good, good! This official must go, he must go! How can such a beautiful woman not go? Hahaha! Pei Ming hurriedly agreed, such a beauty is a dream in a man's heart, how can he miss it? I think he is not confused now, but there is no one who can compare with this woman, and even the Oiran Ruyu of Yunshuifang last year owes a Tsinghua compared to this businessman girl! The white peony of the Peony Pavilion met this merchant girl this year, and he could only sigh in vain!

After sending Shen Luoyun away, Pei Ming couldn't help but take out the portrait of the merchant and look at it before reluctantly putting it in the box and continuing his work.

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When Shen Luoyun took the carriage to the Jiaofang Division, Shang Liyan was still lying on the high bed, and since Sister Yun's two words completely broke her illusion that night, Shang Liyan had completely changed.

She lay in bed without eating or drinking for three days, during those three days, she couldn't eat anything, she couldn't drink anything, and the green sleeves were so anxious that she turned around, but Shang Liyan's mind only had two words like a thunderbolt on a sunny day: "Be a prostitute for life!" Not in the amnesty! It was these two sentences that subverted all her dreams, and turned the freedom she thought she could get with a little dexterity into an unattainable dream.

I thought that as long as I had enough money, I could redeem myself, but I thought that if Sister Yun couldn't make any money from her, it wouldn't be too difficult for her, and she would be ransomed. But it turned out that even if Sister Yun let go, she was only a rebel who didn't even have the right to redeem herself, and she would always be an official prostitute on her household registration. And her life can only end in this square inch of life! There are no more wings to fly!

But unwillingly! The thirst for freedom soaked in the blood screams in my bones all the time! If she is not a soul from the 21st century, maybe she will also accept her fate, just like the green sleeves, the kind green sleeves will never know how attractive the free air is, in her simple heart, to be a courtesan who sings and dances lightly in the workshop, or to pick up a few customers, save some money to marry well, and then be satisfied with food and clothing. But she wasn't, so she couldn't let herself sink into this place of indulgence and hope, let herself drift with the flow, and finally lose herself.

There must be a way! There will definitely be some way to get out of here and go where I want to go! Shang Liyan shouted to herself in her heart. There was no focus in her confused eyes, and her mind was in chaos!

"If you want to get as much as you want! You'll have to pay the same price! Or more than several times or even dozens of times the price! Sister Yun's words struck Shang Liyan's mind like a bolt of lightning! Yes, I want to get! I want to be free! Well, I have to pay! What can I give? What else can I give?

Shang Liyan's mind was a mess, and he didn't know what else he could do in his current state?

"Girl! Girl! Green sleeves cried beside Shang Liyan's bed, she didn't know what was going on, Sister Yun called the girl to talk about it, and as soon as the girl came back, it became like this, originally Green Sleeves thought that the girl would be fine if she slept for one night, but this is the third day, what is going on?

"Girl! What the hell is wrong with you? Why is that? What did Sister Yun tell you? Green sleeves shook Shang Liyan, who was in a trance, by the side of the bed, and kept crying.

"Green Sleeves! What should I do? What am I going to give in exchange for my freedom? Shang Liyan turned her head to look at the green sleeves, gently tugged at the corners of her mouth, and showed a smile that was more ugly than crying.

"Girl! You're sick like this, why don't you still miss your freedom? Green sleeves sobbed, while vigorously propping Shang Liyan up, holding the tea cup on the side in his hand, and pouring tea into Shang Liyan's mouth, this is not eating or drinking, but how can I get it.

"Girl, how can you be free? Look at Miss Ruyu, isn't she free? In the future, no one can say for sure, maybe, there will be an official who can take a fancy to the girl tomorrow, help the girl you go to the government to say good things in addition to the nationality, you can't think about it! Only when you have a good body can you make long-term plans! Green sleeves wiped the water leaking from Shang Liyan's mouth with a crying voice, and said words of comfort to Shang Liyan incomprehensibly, in her understanding, freedom should be to marry someone like jade, right?

"Ruyu? Freely? Shang Liyan muttered, as if a light flashed in his mind, yes! In this era, prostitutes are the lowest group of people, but they are also the most peculiar group of people, this group of people is a group of people who can cross classes, like Ruyu, is the top name of last year's Oiran competition, and has a unique appeal in society, even the Fuzun of Luoyang also loves her, she wants to be expelled is just a matter of words, of course, she is a private prostitute who sells herself and an official prostitute, and it is much easier to get rid of her nationality than Shang Liyan, but this also shows that there is something to be done, if- If I can be like Ruyu, at that time, whether to accept customers or not, and what kind of customers to accept are up to me, then it should still be possible to find someone who has the ability to remove the prostitute for me!

Shang Liyan's eyes lit up! Yes, she must find a way to make herself a woman like Ruyu and the stars holding the moon, so that everyone can only look up to her, so that she will have a chance to get in touch with the upper class of Luoyang and have a chance to find someone who has the right to expel herself!

It is undeniable that Shang Liyan does not have much class concept, in her subconscious, everyone is equal, and suddenly in the Tang Dynasty thousands of years ago, the strict hierarchy made her extremely uncomfortable, she always didn't realize that she was at the bottom of society, and she was not very clear about how to cross this barrier level, but now that she finally had a goal, Shang Liyan recovered at a speed that made the green sleeves jaw-dropping, and as soon as she got out of bed with the strength to get out of bed, the first thing Shang Liyan did was to go to Sister Yun's courtyard.

In the afternoon of late spring that day, Shang Liyan stayed in Sister Yun's courtyard for two whole hours, and no one knew what she said to Sister Yun, even Sister Yun's eldest girl, Bi Tao, was supported in the front yard. I only knew that from that day on, Sister Yun began to call her: Shang Shang. It was also from that day that Shang Liyan ---- also known as Shang Shang really started her career as a courtesan in Datang!