Volume 1 When the Wind and Rain Are Shaking Chapter 8 Seeing the Gentleman Why don't you like it?
As he walked, a bright light appeared in front of Tao Li's eyes. All kinds of noisy sounds also sounded, and before I knew it, I came to the Flower Lane next to Fanhua Street.
Although Guanhua Lane is not as crowded as Fanhua Street, it is brilliantly lit. But the reputation is also great, not bad.
There was a poet surnamed Meng in the previous dynasty, when he was young, he lived in seclusion in the mountains, lived in poverty and leisure, and later under the encouragement of his mother, he went to Beijing many times to catch the exam, but the result was that he fell to Sun Mountain, and when he was almost fifty years old, he was admitted to the Zhongjin Shi, riding a high-headed horse and walking on this street, and left behind "the spring breeze is proud of the horseshoe disease, and one day to see all the Chang'an flowers." Guanhua Lane is also named after it.
In addition, Guanhua Lane also has the largest restaurant in the imperial capital, Ping'an Building, which was built during the reign of Taizu of the Xuanping Dynasty. No one knows who the proprietor behind it is, but the place that can have the same name as the name of the imperial capital, how deep the water is, there is no need to say much.
A few years ago, several gentlemen in the imperial capital were picking quarrels and provoking trouble in the Ping'an Building, and after the steward in the building knew, he directly ordered someone to throw the troublemakers out, and the heavier ones were even broken, even the five princes who have always been arrogant and domineering are no exception, and those squishy family members did not dare to say anything afterwards, the reason is just that the five princes were grounded for a year.
Ping An Building is nine storeys high, covers a vast area, and is one of the more eye-catching buildings in the imperial capital, and the builders give each floor a different name to entertain different guests.
The next three floors are named respectively, Yizi Building, Xiaozi Building, Xinzi Building, often receive ordinary guests, the third floor is called Yongzi Building, Lian Zi Building, Zhongzi Building, usually greet civil and military officials, on the third floor is the Zhi Zi Building, the Li Zi Building, the Ren Zi Building, rarely open to the public.
There is also a rule in the Ping'an Building, only the people in the building can choose the location floor for the guests. It is not possible for customers to choose by themselves. Of course, the person in charge of this matter naturally does not have a bad vision, and has not yet said that there is a time to look away.
Even with such cumbersome rules, there is an endless stream of people who come here every day. Although the rules are a little more, but there is never a shelf in Ping'an Building, no matter who you are, as long as you don't make trouble, everyone who comes is a guest, with good food and wine, thoughtful service, a meal can not cost a few dollars, there are few people in the imperial capital city who lack silver, but there will be no one who can't get along with silver.
In this way, the people in the imperial capital naturally like to run to the Ping'an Building, people, there is always a herd mentality, others like to go, we have to take a look.
A person drinks a pot of old wine alone on the letter building, enjoys the beautiful scenery of Guanhua Lane, listens to the hustle and bustle of Fanhua Street, or three or two friends climb the Lianzi Building, talk about the world's affairs between the staggered, or bring the family to reunite in the filial piety building, brothers, friends and brothers, father and son filial piety, family joy. Ping An Building is the best choice.
Come and go, the reputation of Ping'an Lou is getting bigger and bigger, come to the imperial capital, don't go to Ping'an Lou to drink a bowl of the most authentic liquor, don't go to Drunken Dream Lou to listen to the girl there play a little song, are embarrassed to go back to tell their friends that they went to the imperial capital.
Let's talk about the liquor in the Ping'an Building, the liquor has a history of hundreds of years, belongs to a kind of liquor, and is the most popular in Gyeonggi, Gyeongnam, and Gyeongbuk. Named after a certain official, the official life is innocent, upright, when the country is in trouble, stand up, defend the Beijing Division, turn the tide, and finally die in the struggle, the official is a good wine during his lifetime, after finding this wine somewhere in Beijing, he is very fond of it, seeing that this wine is too clear and translucent, so he named it innocent, which means that people are like wine, innocent and left in the world.
Innocent, clear in the eyes, mellow in the nose, sweet in the mouth, soft in the throat, at first I felt that there was no strength, to enter the abdomen, the unique aroma was revealed, and the slight fierceness also burst out, take a sip, the wine lingered in the nose, lingering.
The folk customs of the Xuanping Dynasty are simple, to be precise, the folk customs of the Central Plains are all gentle and friendly, which is also formed by factors such as geography and humanities, not like the northern nomadic tribes, nor like the demons in the west who invade at every turn.
The man was busy in the fields for a long time, and when he returned home, he had two small dishes and a bowl of innocence, and he was immediately refreshed and his fatigue was gone. Even women who rarely drink alcohol can have a few drinks.
The liquor in Ping'an Building is the most authentic and pure, so many people also come to the liquor in Ping'an Building.
Tao Li stood quietly at the corner of Guanhua Lane, looking at the most prosperous scene in the imperial capital, as long as the war did not burn to the imperial capital, the imperial capital would always be like this, soft and red, and the traffic was busy. He also hopes to be so.
Da, da, da......
There was a sound of footsteps coming from the willow branch alley on the left behind Tao Li, and the sound was not hurried. As if taking a leisurely walk, I turned around and saw a young man in black walking slowly.
Black robe, black-soled cloth shoes, long black hair, especially a pair of eyes, as black as ink, flickering, the light of wisdom flows, the body stem is medium to high, similar to Tao Li, the skin is too fair, the appearance is handsome, and Tao Li's vigorous and handsome is different, he is a little thin. The whole presents a sickly pale beauty.
There was a smile on his lips, the confidence revealed in his eyes, and his slightly raised chin all told the world that there was no problem that he couldn't solve. Zhi is almost demonic, this is the best adjective for him.
"Qi Liang." The young man bowed to Tao Li and reported his name, if those anointed children in the imperial capital saw this scene, they were afraid that their jaws would fall to the ground in shock, and then slap themselves twice, and pull their eyelids hard to see if they hadn't woken up.
The young man in front of him is the master who doesn't buy anyone's account, no matter if you are the dragon son Longsun or Shangshu Wuhou, he can't look at it, it really won't look at it much.
This is similar to Tao Li, Tao Li is different, he doesn't conspire with each other, and he feels indebted to say a word, just like meeting the Seven Princes and his party in the afternoon, and he didn't move his mouth from the beginning to the end.
None of them looked at it, and none of them said anything.
"Tao Li." Tao Li also bowed to Qi Liang in return, people respect me a foot, I am also a foot, Tao Li is a gentle character, humble and polite to others, let people feel like a spring breeze, the number of etiquette should be there, naturally there will be no less, even if it is not right, it will not, the inside can't get by, and the face still has to get by.
Qi Liang carefully looked at the person in front of him, the moon white clothes were possessed, there were some water stains on the shoulders and hems, and the eyes were slightly red, but the eyes were firm, the posture was meticulous, the corners of the mouth were raised, and the demeanor was unparalleled, like the morning sun, full of business, the summer breeze, and the heart was relaxed.
As for the identity, then don't think about it, even if Tao Li has always been low-key and doesn't show his head much, but he is also a soldier of the fifth grade, not to mention the surname in the imperial capital city At this age, there is only Ning Anhou's younger brother, the disciple of Lord Tianguan, if you can't think of this, what is the difference between it and some pigs and dogs that he Qi Liang can't even look at.
Tao Li was also looking at Qi Liang, thinking of the family surnamed Qi in the imperial capital, and in a flash, the answer was about to come out, the youngest son of Qi Jianxian, the governor of the left capital. This identity is a bit remarkable.
Qi Jianxian sat firmly in the second position in the army, although Xuanping is not heavy on literature and light on martial arts, but in successive years of war, the status of military generals is slightly higher than that of Wenchen, and in the past ten years, the north is stable, and there is no major war in the west, so that there is a trace of change, so that the people of the Ministry of Household Books and the Supervision Yuan began to run rampant, and the mountains are numerous, and this is the case in the court this morning.
Xuanping's military power was firmly controlled by the Governor's Office, and the military department was basically hollowed out, existing in name only, and basically responsible for the recruitment of grain, grass, ordnance, etc., and important positions such as the secretary of the military department in the past dynasties were also from the army, so the government and the ministry also got along well, and there was no contradiction.
During the reign of Taizu, he reformed the old system, set up the Governor's Mansion and the Inspectorate, and formed a three-legged situation with Shangshutai, but after all, Taizu was born in the army, coupled with the continuous wars, the military was huge, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was knighted, and there were hundreds of titles of all sizes. There are only thirteen princes, three princes and ten princes, and all of them hold the highest positions in the army, the three princes serve as the governor of the capital, the governor of the left, the governor of the right, and the ten marquis serve as the commander of the ten armies stationed in all parties.
The prince does not write out of the martial arts, this has become an unwritten rule of the Xuanping Dynasty, no one breaks it, and no one dares to break it, the minimum conscience of being a man still has to have, Xuanping has died millions of soldiers in the past hundred years, Wu Gong and Wu Hou should be their glory.
The dragon guard army of the imperial capital is also held in the hands of Qi Jianxian, he is in a high position, he has real power in his hands, the tiger father can give birth to a dog, there is such a Lao Tzu, as long as the son is a little more angry, he will definitely not be bad.
Qi Liang is not comparable to those second ancestors, deaf and eye-catching, Huigen was born early, like Tao Li, he lives in a simple place, but he does not serve in the court like Tao Li, but his reputation is not small,
Why? A few years ago, in the Ping'an Building, the five princes saw Qi Liangsheng's handsomeness, and said that he wanted him to be a male pet for himself, Qi Liang didn't say a word, and when he lifted the teapot, he smashed the five princes on the head and broke the blood, he was fine, the five princes were thrown out, and they were also grounded by their own father, today's saint. This incident caused quite a stir at the time, and became the talk of everyone in the imperial capital after dinner.
Since that incident, Qi Liang's name has been well known, and the gentlemen don't dare to provoke, knowing that Qi Liang is cold and arrogant, he takes the initiative to greet him, if he doesn't care, he doesn't dare to say anything, if Qi Liang nods in response, the gentlemen feel honored to be able to brag in front of their colleagues. If you go to the drunken dream building to find a girl, you can stay for a little more incense.
So there are often such conversations outside the Drunken Dream Building.
"Lao Li, why did you go in for so long today? You red-faced, that girl is not a newcomer, shouldn't be! ”
"That's not it, I met Qi Gongzi today and nodded to me twice, twice."
"No wonder, why doesn't Gongzi Qi never look at me?"
"Nonsense, you don't have a good time looking for the governor's mansion every day, it's strange that people can give you a good face."
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"Little Hou Ye, it's better to see than to hear." Qi Liang looked at Tao Li and said, smiling kindly, and his magnetic voice changed from the cold of the past to a pleasant ear.
"Qi Gongzi said that he laughed, he has been famous for a long time, and he is very fortunate to see him as he wishes!" Tao Li also replied with a smile.
The two teenagers looked at each other and smirked, neither of them knew why the other party gave them an indescribable sense of intimacy, probably because they were the same kind of people!
What is the saying?
When you see a gentleman, why don't you like it?