Chapter 2 Purple Smoke Building
Chang'an Street is close to the imperial city, and the people who can have a courtyard of their own in Lushui Square on Chang'an Street are all ministers of the court and the emperor.
As the most prosperous street and the largest street in the capital, Chang'an Street is divided into three squares, including Lushui Fang, which is used by ministers, Xinbeifang, which is full of merchants, and of course, the most lively is Yongle Fang.
In Yongle Fang, there are small stalls set up by the common people here, and the things sold are also very miscellaneous, ranging from vulgar to woven straw sandals, elegant to pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and calligraphy and painting of celebrities. Precious, ordinary, real and fake. There are more than one million people in the capital, and the daily flow of people in Yongle Fang alone is probably nearly 100,000.
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In Yongle Fang, a richly dressed young man with a young but handsome face was picking up the folding fan on the stall next to him and looking at it.
As soon as the stall owner looked at the young man's clothes and the guards standing beside him, he knew that the young man was from a wealthy family, and praised his folding fan and said: "The little boy has good eyesight, this fan is made of fine cotton rice paper, and the fan bones are made of peach silk bamboo, and the words on it are all handwritten by the master himself!" ”
The young man glanced at the middle-aged stall owner twice, "Okay, my son wants it." Liu Jun, pay. ”
"Hey, okay, Chenghui fifty Wen, Childe take it, you are welcome to come again next time!" The stall owner said.
The guard behind the young man stepped forward to pay, walked behind the young man and said next to the young man, "Your Highness, let's go back to the palace." What if His Majesty finds out that we sneak out of the palace! "
"Liu Jun, can you not be so bad at the scenery, since we have come out, the most important thing now is to have fun. If you say this kind of thing that affects His Highness's mood, I won't take you even if I bring Ding Zhuo out next time. And you see, we've all been out so many times, which one has been discovered? So, you can rest assured. ”
"But I came out secretly when Your Highness was on vacation before, and today is the day when Master Sun came to assess your studies, and when Master Sun came, I couldn't find you, so I said that I would report to Your Majesty." Liu Jun continued with a worried expression.
"Okay, okay, didn't I let Ding Zhuo deal with Old Man Sun?"
The boy replied impatiently, and then changed the subject.
"I've long heard that Miss Shuang'er from Ziyan Building will choose someone to interview alone today. His Royal Highness specially came out today to see how beautiful this frost that has been praised by others is to see how beautiful it is! The boy looked curious.
Listening to the conversation between the master and servant, the one in brocade clothes was the fifth prince who ran out of the palace - Ji Yu, and the guard next to him was the head of the Yunfeng Pavilion guard - Liu Jun. "Alas!" Liu Jun turned around and glanced in the direction of the palace, sighed, shook his head, and shouted to Ji Yu who was walking away: "Childe, wait for me!" He hurriedly followed.
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Located in Xinbeifang, Ziyanlou is a Fengyue place, but the difference between this Ziyanlou and other Qinglou is that the girls here are prostitutes rather than prostitutes. There is a big difference between prostitutes and prostitutes, prostitutes sell their bodies and belong to the lower ninth class. And prostitutes are not selling their bodies, not only need to be long and stunning, but also to be proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, expensive fees, not ordinary people can invite, today is the so-called talented women, these women are just because of life forced to sell their talents, the status is not absolutely low, such women often end up marrying a good family.
And although there are not many girls in this purple smoke building, they are all beautiful and versatile. And it's not as simple as spending money here, even if you spend a lot of money, you don't necessarily want to have a girl to accompany you. In other words, not everyone who comes will be favored by the girls, and only those who are knowledgeable and at least the same as those who can play the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting will have the opportunity to pass the girls' test and get the opportunity to talk further with the girls. If you want to kiss Fangze, you also need to impress them with your own talents. This unique rule was not only not disgusted by the guests, but was loved by those literati and elegant guests, so the fame of this purple smoke building became more and more famous, and it slowly became the most popular green building in the capital.
And Shuang'er is the most famous girl in the Purple Smoke Building. is also the first prostitute in the capital, I don't know how many scholars with good manners, the children of the family don't think about tea for this frosty girl, and don't want to eat. But so far, I haven't heard of Miss Shuang'er seeing the son of any family alone, and the more this is the case, the more people are crazy about her.
And it is said that the background of this purple smoke building is very large, before there was a squire's son who wanted to break into a girl's boudoir, and after being stopped, he also threatened to make this purple smoke building unable to open, but the next day about the squire was corrupt and bribe-taking, and the evidence of harboring relatives was sent to the monitoring station. Since then, no one has dared to mess around in this purple smoke building.
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At the entrance of the Purple Smoke Building, Ji Yu and Liu Jun frowned as they looked at the dense crowd in the lobby.
"I'm afraid it's not half of the sons of wealthy merchants in Kyoto today, and the children of the family are here!" Liu Jun said with a shocked face.
"Probably, let's go first."
With a "snap", Ji Yu put away the folding fan and took the lead to walk inside.
"Childe, there's a spare table there!"
Liu Jun's eyes were sharp, and he saw an empty seat. shouted at Ji Yu.
"Oh, I see. We passed. ”
The master and servant walked over, Ji Yu sat down, Liu Jun picked up the teapot on the table and poured a cup of tea for Ji Yu, "Childe, there are really many people today, and even a little guy who pours water and runs errands can't be empty." ”
"Well, I just don't know that there are so many people, what method will this Ziyan Building use to pick out the person who meets Miss Shuang'er in a while?"
"Childe, don't worry, with your talent, no matter what you take the test, you won't be able to get your hands on it, and you will get what you want."
Hearing this, before Ji Yu could say anything, one of the people at the table next to him sneered: "Heh, listen to what I heard, where did the soil buns come from to make a big fuss here, this is the capital, not the small county town of your family." In the capital, it is better to be low-key and do things. ”
Ji Yu turned his head to look at the side, the table where the voice came from was not far from Ji Yu's table, and there were three people sitting there, all dressed as scholars in robes and green silk turbans.
"Sorry, several. The younger brother is only a shallow learner, but the guards at home have little knowledge. Let a few people laugh, the younger brother is here to compensate a few brothers, and ask a few people not to take the nonsense just now to heart. ”
Ji Yu arched his hand to the three of them and said with a smile.
Hearing Ji Yu's obviously soft words, the person who spoke just now was not easy to be aggressive anymore, and turned around after saying a word, "This capital is very big, you must know that there are people outside the people." ”
"Yes, yes, yes, this brother taught me."
Liu Jun was obviously still a little angry, and he was glared at by Ji Yu before he stopped.
"Do you want to make a big deal out of it, and then be notified to the government by this purple smoke building, and finally we will be arrested and returned to the palace!" Ji Yu lowered his voice and reprimanded Liu Jun.
"Uh——,I'm sorry, Childe. The subordinates almost ruined the childe's business. ”
Ji Yu waved his hand, "Use your brain before doing things in the future, and if you have some words, when you say them, you should pay attention to the occasion before saying them." Not everyone knows the facts, and not everyone will be willing to admit that someone is better than themselves. ”
"Yes, my subordinates remember."