Chapter 9: Before the Oiran Tournament (Part II)

At night, as the sky gets darker, the sun in the west has long lost the heat of noon, and it reluctantly sinks into the western horizon, and the wind blowing from Luoshui is a little cool, after all, it is only late spring, and it is far from the restless heat of the hot summer. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

The lantern has been hung at the door of Yunshuifang, and the light is shining red, and the face of the little girl standing by the door under the lamp is also flushed with red light, and the face that does not have too many expressions also looks a little enthusiastic. From time to time, the men in brocade clothes who came to meet talked and laughed and stepped into the door, and the little maids stepped forward to greet them and led them to the room of the girls who knew each other.

Yunshuifang is one of the best in Luoyang, and there is the name of the palace teaching department, naturally it is not an ordinary prostitute, although it is an official prostitute who operates to make a living, but the girls inside are beautiful, and there are many offenders and family members, so the demeanor of everyone's ladies is not the general leaning on the building to laugh, and the private prostitution of soliciting customers on the street is comparable. On the contrary, the people who come and go are all nobles in the court, or celebrities in the court, and it is really difficult for ordinary people to enter the door. In short, in Luoyang, as long as there are people with some status, they are not proud of playing in Yunshuifang, and occasionally there are famous people who chant poems and compose music in it, and it can be passed on as a good story.

Shen Luoyun stood in the hall of Yunshuifang in full makeup, looking at the Yunshuifang that was gradually becoming lively, with fragrant clothes and sideburns, swallows dancing and singing, a lively scene, on the one hand, he greeted the son of the Wu family in the west of the city who was running to the room with Cui Wan in his arms, and motioned to Cui Wan, who was panting in his arms, to wait, but sighed softly in his heart.

Although it seems that the business of Yunshuifang is not much different from before, there seems to be no problem, but faintly, there has been some decline, according to her news, this month Luoyang's mansion has been in the Peony Pavilion six banquets, but in Yunshuifang has only been placed four times, which is unprecedented, has to arouse her attention, as the royal teaching workshop, if these official entertainment can not be monopolized, it can only show a problem: Yunshuifang has lost its attractiveness as the first workshop! This is tantamount to a warning! A signal that made her have to tense her nerves!

Looking back at the hustle and bustle of the hall with dishes or beautiful girls shuttling around, Shen Luoyun secretly let out a long breath. It seems that the Peony Pavilion is going to make a comprehensive impact this year! If in this Oiran Competition, Yunshuifang can't bring out an Oiran of enough weight to calm the field, I'm afraid that the brand of Luoyang's No. 1 Fang will have to be handed over! At that time, under the operation of the person behind the Peony Pavilion, the palace teaching department will inevitably rearrange the management rights of official prostitutes, and at that time, I am afraid that Yunshuifang will not just be ashamed, and what will follow will be the joint suppression of the Peony Pavilion and the prostitutes in Luoyang, after all, Yunshuifang has monopolized the operation of official prostitutes for too long! No one will pass up this opportunity to vent!

So, this time, Yunshuifang must not lose! Shen Luoyun gritted his teeth secretly, Su Lanxin! I'm going to have to put you in the Oiran no matter what! Even if I want you to be listed as a Qingqi person now, I am determined to win!

Li Yan in the backyard shivered inexplicably, a chill climbed up from her back, she put down the knife in her hand that was carving the score, got up and went to the wardrobe to take a shawl and draped it on her body, wondering in her heart: Why is there such a heavy cold at this time?

The green sleeves who were practicing the piano on the side looked at her for some reason, and couldn't understand why she was so hot that she was sweating, but Li Yan was still adding clothes.

As soon as I sat down at the table with a shawl, I heard a knock on the door.

Li Yan was a little surprised and glanced at Green Sleeves, at this hour, the front yard has already started to do business, who will come to their backyard at this time? Li Yan hurriedly put the bamboo slips and knives on the table into the cabinet.

Walked to Green Sleeves, pressed her to the edge of the couch and continued to practice, leaving Yan to open the door.

"Miss Lanxin!" Bi Tao by the door was a little surprised, it would be Lan Xin who opened the door, and the girl with green sleeves didn't know what she was doing? How do you get the girl to open the door?

"Sister Bi Tao?" Li Yan was full of surprise, Bi Tao was the most powerful girl by Shen Luoyun's side, how could she come to her house when she was so busy? Could it be ...... Li Yan's heart sank slightly, but her face was silent at all, and she turned sideways and let Bi Tao to the couch in the house. Green Sleeves saw that Bi Tao was coming, so she also came over to see a salute, Li Yan raised her hand and asked Green Sleeves to go to the side room to play the piano, Bi Tao was greeted by herself, and Green Sleeves promised to go away.

"Sister Bi Tao is here at this time, but is there something wrong? Why don't you call a little girl to call us, why bother Sister Lao to run by herself? Li Yan smiled politely, stretched out his hand to take a cup, took a few sun-dried roses and jasmine from the small jar on the table and put them in the cup, poured some hot water from the small pot warm on the charcoal rack on the side, and handed it to Bi Tao.

"My sister drank two sips of tea and rested first. Baba ran from the front yard to the back, but it was tiring to walk! Li Yan couldn't figure out Bi Tao's intention, so she had to carefully observe Bi Tao's face, hoping to see something.

"Miss Lan Xin is polite!" Bi Tao held the tea cup, looked at the clear tea soup, and said secretly in her heart: Don't blame Sister Yun for falling in love with her, only the tea she drinks is more elegant than others, who would have thought that this flower could also be made into tea? Smelling this fragrance of flowers, it is like flowers blooming in my heart, who can not love such a wonderful person!

"Sister Yun asked the maid to inform the girl, and went to her room at the right time, Sister Yun had something to order." Bi Tao took a sip of tea, feeling a fragrant fragrance penetrating into her stomach, but she was not in a hurry to drink it again, and raised her hand to put the tea bowl on the table.

"Oh?" Shang Liyan raised her eyebrows, her heart sank slightly, and a not-so-good premonition hit her heart. Raised his hand and poured himself a cup of tea, lowered his head and took a sip, and after a moment of silence, Fang raised his head and asked with a smile: "Sister Lao Bitao has a message!" I just don't know - what did Sister Yun call me for? Can Sister Bi Tao be sought? ”

"I don't dare to be called sister by the girl, the girl is still called Bi Tao! Sister Yun called the girl only because she was afraid that she had something to discuss, and she didn't know what the specific thing was, so she was afraid that the girl would not know until she went over! Bi Tao smiled humbly, as the big girl next to Shen Luoyun, there are a lot of people who come and go, the previous years of the Oiran Ruyu girl, now the Ruyi girl who is just red, and the other girls in the garden in front of her have never looked at them as girls, although she is the big girl next to Sister Yun, usually the girls in the garden dare not do anything to her, and they still want to stammer her from time to time, but none of them really have a relationship with her peers in their bones, and the contempt in their eyes is clear. But no one has a clear look in her eyes like Liyan, without the slightest contempt, but she really treats her as an ordinary friend.

"What did my sister say? Lan Xin is just a family member of a criminal official, and she was bought by Sister Yun to be a kabuki, where can she afford it? Speaking of which, although my sister is a girl next to Sister Yun, she is innocent, and I don't know how much better than what I am now here! Li Yan smiled bitterly, thinking about it in her heart: I don't know what Sister Yun plans to do in her heart? I'm afraid that today's level will not be easy, Sister Yun has already hinted at it last time, and this time I'm afraid it's going to be revealed!

"Don't worry too much about the girl, although she says that she is in the workshop, it may not be as unbearable as the girl thinks, isn't Miss Ruyu now also good? Who can say what will happen in the future? With such a talent as a girl, she will definitely be able to find a lover and get out of the sea of suffering early! Bi Tao's heart is soft, she is not a scheming person, but now she looks bitter when she looks at Liyan, thinking that she is a big girl but she has to lean on the door to laugh, and she is happy, and she knows that she is desolate in her heart and can't help but be relieved.

"Thank you, sister Jiyan! Lan Xin has thanked her sister here, and if she asks her sister in the future, I hope that my sister can help Lan Xin! With that, he got up and bowed respectfully to Bi Tao.

"Where is this coming from, where does Bi Tao dare to be, hurry up!" Bi Tao was startled, and quickly helped Li Yan up, not daring to say in her mouth.

Li Yan sat down according to her wishes, and the two of them talked about some gossip about the girls in the garden, Bi Tao saw that it was not early, so she said goodbye and left, and told Li Yan not to forget Sister Yun's explanation before leaving, so that she could leave with confidence.

As soon as Bi Tao walked out of the small courtyard gate, the green sleeves came out of the side room, and seeing that Li Yan's face was not good, she was a little worried, pulled her sleeves, and asked in a low voice: "Girl!" What's wrong? But is there anything bad about it? ”

"It's okay! It's just that Sister Yun asked me to meet her. Li Yan took the hand of the green sleeve and covered the door and returned to the couch crookedly, thinking about what Bi Tao said, but unfortunately Bi Tao's knowledge was limited, and she couldn't ask what Sister Yun had planned.

"Oh!" The green sleeves didn't know why, so she had to sigh, thinking in her little head, Sister Yun is the owner of Yunshui Fang, and the owner of the shop must be a good thing to find Lan Xin, where did she think of the many things that Li Yan was worried about?

"Silly green sleeves! I can't pass this level! The owner of the workshop must be looking for me for the recent Oiran competition, we met the white peony, you also saw, it is such a Fengliu character, we are going to be good in the jade girl, Ruyi girl we also saw last time, and the white peony is afraid that there is nothing to compare, seeing that the girls in the workshop are not reliable, the owner will inevitably hit me with the idea! Li Yan sighed, she had been pretending to be an ostrich for so long, but she still had to pass this level after all!

"That's good, too! The girl has made an oiran, and the green sleeves can also rise the boat! Hee-hee-hee! The green sleeves grinned indifferently, no wonder she didn't have a strong concept of chastity in the early Tang Dynasty, and the status of women was low, and it was a matter of course for her to exchange her body for enjoyment in her heart, there was nothing unacceptable, besides, the Oiran and the nobles of the court, the literati and the ink writers had many friends, and some of them were talented, and they could still be respected, so why not? It's better than being poor and suffering and being looked down upon!

"It's as light as you say!" Li Yan was angry and funny and reached out to knock on the head of the green sleeves, I really don't know what this girl is thinking all day long?

Green Sleeves lowered his head to avoid Li Yan's hand, and while smirking, he flattered Li Yan: "The girl will definitely be famous all over the world in the future, now the girl will teach Green Sleeves to play the piano first!" There's a place where Green Sleeves isn't too good at it! ”

Shang Liyan rolled her eyes at her, got up and walked through the side room with her, and after a while, the sound of the piano sounded in the room again, but the sound of the piano at this time was much, much better than before! If Master Lu was here, his jaw would drop in surprise!

Where is this music idiot, obviously a genius!