Chapter 13: The Smoke Pavilion
It's not noon, and it's not the time to drink and prostitutes, but the main business of the high-grade Qinglou is not a leather and meat business, such as the Caiyan Pavilion located in the core area of Yanshan Street, which is an occasion for the elite class to play, and the people who come here don't want to have that little red lip.
After entering the Caiyan Pavilion, there is no warbler and swallow swallow in the eye, the environment is quite elegant, the hall is empty and quiet, and the sound of the piano comes out behind the bead curtain.
The old bustard in the Qinglou obviously heard Xiao Ting's call, and he had been dealing with wealthy nobles all the year round, so he knew who had come to Huainan recently. hurriedly stepped forward to greet him and bowed:
"The slave family visits the little prince, Xiao Gongzi is the east today, and he has not told the slave family that the little prince will come, please forgive the sin if the hospitality is not good, the little prince is upstairs, please."
Xu Buling went up the stairs under the leadership of the old bustard, and when he walked through the window, he heard a noise in the distance, and when he looked at it, he saw that Miss Chu Chu was quite dashing and stopped the crazy carriage.
"This girl ......"
Xu Buling glanced at it for a moment, then looked away.
Coming to the third floor of the Caiyan Pavilion, the old bustard opened a door.
The room was filled with incense, the tea table, chess case, book case, etc., two signature Oiran sat behind the bead curtain and stroked the qin, and the five young people all faced over and raised their hands to salute:
"See the Son."
Among the five people, except for Xiao Ting and the extraordinary family, the other three should have a lower status, standing behind the bookcase with a slightly restrained expression, and there are a few poems on the desk.
Xiao Ting likes to make friends in Chang'an, and at this time, he walked to Xu Buling's side quite enthusiastically, holding a folding fan and laughing:
"It's all your own people, don't be so polite. When I was in Chang'an, Xu Buling and I were classmates, we wore a pair of pants, bought poems together, and teamed up to solve the big case of White Horse Village, and even today's saints favor us both......"
Xu Buling swept his eyes casually, and did not put on a shelf, and raised his hand to return a scholarly salute:
"Xiao Ting, don't just talk about me, introduce me."
"Oh yes." Xiao Ting then remembered, took Xu Buling to sit down on the couch next to the window, and pointed to a beauty behind the bead curtain:
"This is the flower candle girl, known as the 'meat dumpling', or the chick......"
"Poofโ"
The four young men were originally polite, but they couldn't hold back at this time, and they sneered.
The two Qinglou Oiran sitting behind the bead curtain glanced at him shyly, his eyes swept over Xu Buling's face, and he was stunned a little, it seemed that he didn't expect this prince of the vassal to be so handsome.
Xiao Ting's eyes were very sharp, and he laughed at the moment: "Flower Candle Girl, Xu Gongzi is the only man in Zhaohong Bakui, known as 'Zhaohong Yimei', how many princesses and county lords in Chang'an City have no chance to meet, I brought him today, don't you want to express it?" โ
"The concubine wants to express herself, but she is afraid that the prince will look down on ......"
Xu Buling was a little helpless, and Xiao Ting, who didn't care about the family routine with the beauty, raised his eyes and looked at the young man in Chinese clothes opposite.
The young man in the costume faced less than thirty, and when he saw that Xiao Ting did not introduce him, he raised his hand:
"Wang Ruiyang of Hangzhou, Wang Zou Yin, my father, has heard the name of the son for a long time, and I am really fortunate to meet."
"It turned out to be Wang Gongzi."
Xu Buling bowed slightly, he had heard of Wang Zou Yin before. There are quite a lot of Dayuemen families, and in addition to the Xiao Lu family in Jiangnan, there are also others.
When the Hangzhou Wang family was in the previous dynasty, there were several prime ministers and queens, and their status was no less prominent than the current five surnames.
When Jiazi broke Chang'an, the queen of Daqi was surnamed Wang, and there was also a prince. This relationship is in place, the Wang family must have tried their best to protect Daqi, and later Daqi was defeated, and it was naturally squeezed out by the Song family.
However, the family of gate valves can count the bloodline inheritance to the Zhou Dynasty, and it is common for them to be excluded by the monarch for a while. As long as the family heritage is still there, sooner or later it will be able to make a comeback.
The current head of the Wang family in Hangzhou is Wang Zou Yin, this Wang Ruiyang can drink flower wine with Xiao Ting, he should be the son-in-law of the family, and his status is still very high.
Wang Ruiyang was neither humble nor arrogant, he spoke very politely, and turned his eyes to look at the three young people in the room:
"These are classmates, all of whom are famous talents in Jiangnan, and there will be a poetry meeting in Jinling in a few days, Brother Xiao and I went over to join in the fun, and specially invited them to give a staff officer or two."
When Xu Buling heard this, he understood what these people were doing - he said that he was a staff officer, but he just found a few talented people to come over and buy poems.
For this kind of thing, Xu Buling was not disgusted, and chuckled.
The three young men raised their hands and saluted, one of which should be excellent, and answered:
"The three poems on Xu Shizi's Taiji Hall are known to everyone in Jiangnan, and I can't afford to be called a talented person when I wait for the class to get an axe."
Xiao Ting thought of this stubble, sat back and patted his head: "Yes, Xu Buling, your poems are well written, come and borrow two deafening poems from me, as long as I am famous at the poetry meeting, my aunt's affairs will be wrapped up in me." โ
Hearing this, the two Oirans in the room both turned their eyes, obviously having heard the song "The Wind Lives in the Dust and the Fragrance of the Flowers Are Exhausted", and only paid attention to his appearance, but they forgot that this prince was still a hidden talent.
Xu Buling only coaxed the baby to copy poems, and he was not interested in these rough men, so he shook his head and said:
"I'm a martial artist, I don't know anything about poetry, and those are all seen from other places."
Xiao Ting's eyes were full of appreciation: "Honest enough, worthy of being my classmate Xiao Ting, but where did you copy those poems?" I've been asking for a long time but can't find the source......"
Xu Buling is too lazy to take care of it.
Wang Ruiyang saw that Xu Buling didn't like to talk about poetry, so he didn't say much about it, picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Xu Buling, and poured another cup for Xiao Ting, and then said:
"Xu Gongzi is an all-round talent in literature and martial arts, and his attainments in martial arts are much higher than poetry, so he disdains this truth for granted. In front of the Taiji Palace, the envoys of the Northern Qi Dynasty sacrificed their lives, and they felt their blood boiling just by listening to people......"
The scholar next to him nodded and said: "Wen Neng can lift the pen and Wu Neng can carry the knife Fang is a real man, those of us who can only write and ink kung fu are really beyond the reach of the dust......"
When the two Oiran heard this, they also secretly sent Qiu Bo, and the look of amazement in their eyes was undisguised.
Several people spoke in a friendly tone and sincere expressions, and they were all telling the truth, and the praise in their words was easy to make people flutter.
It's just that Xu Buling saw Wang Ruiyang's action of pouring tea, and felt a little wrong in his heart.
I won't go into detail about table etiquette, pouring tea and toasting are the same, the order is just a small detail, but you can't make a mistake in this world.
Xu Buling was invited by Xiao Ting, and now the owner is also Xiao Ting.
In terms of status, there is really not much difference between Xu Buling and Xiao Ting, just being the prime minister and concubine of the dynasty can be on an equal footing with him, not to mention the thousand-year-old inheritance of the Xiao family.
This is the territory of the Xiao clan in Huainan, in the case of Xiao Ting being the east, unless it is the Song royal family who comes, Wang Ruiyang should pour tea for Xiao Ting first.
Although Xiao Ting has a big temperament and doesn't care, Wang Ruiyang is from a big family, and it is impossible to treat people without understanding the priorities, unless he is deliberately complimenting him......