Li Luo had dinner, and Zhen Liangxiu came to take a bath again.

What made Li Luo speechless was that it was a bathing place, which was also divided into winter and summer. The place of bathing in summer is called the green pond, and the place of bathing in winter is called the water couch.

A Goryeo woman, carrying a blue gauze lantern, stood outside the green pond and sang a bath song:

Summer fireflies are like stars, and stars are like fireflies.

Bathe my hair, bathe my body.

The devout Mumu, the gods are ghostly,

Bathe my hands, wash my feet.

……

In the midst of the song, two more maids entered solemnly with clothes and bath utensils in their hands.

One of the maids said, "On June 9th, bathe in Qingchi." ”

The other said: "Bath orchid soup, return to sincerity." ”

Then the two saluted Li Luo together, meaning: Now you can wash.

I have to say that the life of the Goryeo aristocracy is really exquisite, and the sense of ceremony is very strong.

Rituals can turn a very ordinary trivial thing in life, such as eating and bathing, into a solemn and extraordinary.

At this time, in the whole of East Asia, Japan was already a samurai regime, China had long entered the bureaucratic era, and only Goryeo still retained the life of the aristocratic era.

The difference between the aristocratic era and the bureaucratic era is not only reflected in the distribution of power resources, but also in culture.

The greatest cultural feature of the aristocratic era is etiquette. The cumbersome grandeur of the ceremony is reflected in all aspects.

Therefore, the aristocratic era is not a society ruled by man, let alone a society governed by law, but a society governed by etiquette.

Today's Goryeo is a period of decline in the aristocratic era, and the rule of etiquette is gradually weakening, and the rule of people is gradually strengthening. It was not until more than 100 years later that Yi Sung-gye usurped the throne and established the Joseon Dynasty, and the aristocratic era of Goryeo came to an end, and Korea officially entered the era of man-rule bureaucracy.

Ironically, the so-called two classes of aristocrats in North Korea are actually not aristocrats at all, and the two classes of nobles are just bureaucrats in the imperial examination.

What is even more ironic is that in ancient times, whether it was China or Goryeo, the most powerful period was in the aristocratic period, and the bureaucratic period became weak and weak.

From the perspective of Li Luo's later generations, the era of the aristocracy is not good, the era of bureaucracy is even worse (the latter is not as good as the former), and the imperial era is the king.

…………

The green pond is in the northwest corner of the courtyard, which looks like a small thatched hut from the outside, and inside is a small pond built with bluestone strips, poured with lukewarm water, and sprinkled with a handful of dried flower petals.

Li Luo looked at the two maids who looked like they were going to help him "untie his clothes, rub his back in the bath", and he got goosebumps.

He couldn't stand this.

"You guys go out, Ben Lang-kun doesn't like someone to serve and bathe." Li Luodao.

The two maids bowed their heads, and had no intention of withdrawing.

"All right, you go down." Li Luo frowned.

Seeing that the two girls were still hesitating, Li Luo was a little impatient. If you don't leave after saying it twice, will you stay for the New Year?

"Stand down!" Li Luo raised his voice.

"Nuo ......" The two girls put down their clothes and bath utensils and quit the house a little embarrassed.

When they left, Li Luo stripped into the pool and immediately called out "refreshing".

This is the summer bath.

It turned out that he was worth hundreds of millions of dollars before, but he had never taken a comfortable summer bath.

The pool water is warm, the pool wall is cold, cool but not cold, and the water vapor is fragrant. The pebbles under the pool are round and lovely. There are also Xia Lan and Wenzhu planted by the pool, which is extremely quiet. As soon as you stretch out your hand, you can pick flowers and leaves.

Li Luo finished bathing, and felt that there was the fragrance of flowers and trees on his head and body, and the experience was very satisfying.

Dry your body with a coarse towel first, then wipe it a second time with a thin towel, and finally change into a new set of clothes inside and out, up and down.

Li Luo was dressed in white, and his hair was casually tied up out of the Qingchi thatched house, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

The two maids were kneeling outside, their heads bowed.

"What are you doing on your knees? Get up. Li Luo was speechless, of course he knew why they were kneeling here.

Li Luo said a word, and he didn't bother to care about them anymore, so he left the thatched house and walked straight to the summer room.

After a whole day in the ox cart, he was a little tired, and now that he had eaten and bathed, he wanted to sleep.

Li Luo entered the summer room with a familiar face, turned the screen, put down the mosquito net, and lay directly on the bamboo and wood couch in front of the windmill and by the stream.

Although it is hot in summer and there is no air conditioning to cool down, it is really a great pleasure to lie down and sleep in this summer room, which is much more beautiful than the experience of an air-conditioned room.

There is actually a small couch outside the screen, which is slept by the maid on duty at night, and she is on call.

The maid saw Li Luo sleeping directly, so she had to come to the screen lightly and call softly: "Lang Jun......"

"What?" Li Luo sat up.

The maid said, "Lang Jun wants a slave and maid to sleep Smecta?" ”

What the?

Li Luo was stunned for a moment and said, "No, you can rest by yourself." ”

The woman asked again, "So, does Lang Jun want others to sleep with Smecta?" ”

I'll it!

Li Luo said, "No. ”

"So......" said the woman, "what else do you need a slave to do with Smecta?" ”

Li Luo smiled: "I'm going to sleep, I will naturally call you if I need to, you don't have to worry about me." ”

"No." The woman then left the screen, ready to close the door and blow out the lamp.

But at this moment, Zhen Liangxiu's voice outside the summer room sounded: "Did Lang Jun sleep peacefully?" ”

The maid said, "Just lay down." ”

Zhen Liangxiu said: "Tell Lang Jun and ask him to meet for a while." ”

The maid came to report to Li Luo, Li Luo came out dressed and saw Zhen Liangxiu waiting in front of the bookcase.

"I'm sorry to disturb Lang Jun, please talk to Lang Jun for a while." Zhen Liangxiu said.

"Zhen Shangyuan, please take a seat." Li Luo sat upright on the futon under the bookcase, and Zhen Shangyuan also knelt down opposite him.

Zhen Liangxiu is a female official in the city, and her position is not low, so Li Luo is also very polite to her.

"Go out first, and don't let anyone in." Zhen Liangxiu said to the maid on duty.

"No." The maid on duty obediently withdrew from the summer room. Only Li Luo and Zhen Shangyuan were left in the room.

Zhen Shangyuan looked at Li Luo with sparkling eyes. asked: "Lang Jun's father is only forty-six years old this year, I don't know why he died young?" ”

Li Luo said: "Died in the war of the Mengyuan invasion of the Song Dynasty, and I was the only one in the family who traveled abroad at that time and was spared. ”

Zhen Shangyuan shed tears and said sadly: "Fortunately in misfortune, Xiao Langjun can continue the bloodline of San Langjun, it is really a bodhisattva blessing......"

Where does Li Luo still not see that this Zhen Shangyuan and Li Jian have a lot of relationship? Her look is definitely not pretending, and it is difficult for professional old actors to act so seriously.

Zhen Shangyuan is about the same age as Li Jian, and the two should grow up together, this relationship cannot be as simple as a master and servant.

He observed his words and looks, guessed a few points, and said tentatively with a roll of his eyes: "Aunt Zhen, my father is in Japan, and I have mentioned Aunt Zhen more than once, saying that I miss it very much. ”

Sure enough, Zhen Shangyuan didn't make a fuss when he heard this, and he didn't even correct Li Luo for calling her Aunt Zhen, but accepted it calmly.

It can be seen that the actual relationship between her and Li Jian is either close to brother and sister, or close to love.

Zhen Shangyuan said with tears in his eyes: "Am I not worried about your father...... Hey, thirty years. He's buried in a foreign land, and I'm old......"

Li Luo immediately entered the role, "Aunt Zhen is not old. ”

He had already guessed that Zhen Shangyuan was completely convinced of his identity, and maybe he was really a little similar to Li Jian.

The position of Shang Yuan should be very high, and he must know a lot of housework and even insider information. This Zhen Liangxiu is worth wooing.

We must use the power of the Li clan to obtain a military official position above the fifth rank before the conquest.

In this case, he must be promoted to at least six levels within a year, and he must pass the two career thresholds of eight grades to seven grades and six grades to five grades. But many officials can't do it in 10 or even 20 years.

Without the full support of officialdom, no matter how much Li Luo has military merits, he can't be promoted from the eighth rank to the fifth rank or more within a year. And if there is Li Sign's great help, plus a military foundation, it can be completely done.

Therefore, the most important thing is how much support the Li family has for him, and whether he can make full use of the Li family's power.

Then, the role of Zhen Shangyuan cannot be ignored.

When Zhen Shangyuan heard Li Luo's words, he immediately smiled, "Xiao Langjun not only looks a little like your father, but also speaks as warm-hearted as your father." ”