Chapter 9: The Prosperity of the Ukiyo
After the master drank two cups of tea and ate all the oil fruits on the table, the two of them were ready to leave. The master himself got a set of servant's clothes and changed them, no longer dressed as a merchant, but put on a bowler hat, looking kind and amiable.
"You're dressed like this?"
"This dress is justified, you are a scholar who sold his ancestral house and had a little spare money in his hands, he used to be a county magistrate's ya, he entered Beijing to catch the exam, met a thief on the road, and was rescued by a merchant with martial arts, you accepted the merchant as a servant in order to be grateful, and rewarded him with a full meal, how reasonable is this kind of thing...... Amitabha! "Master, this person likes to recite the Buddha's name when he has nothing to do, and he always seems nondescript!
"But you are a master, pretending to be a servant, wronged!"
"Master, keep it in your heart, don't be confined to the outside, hehe!"
"Thank you, Master!" Su Xiaocai smiled and bowed.
"You must remember that you are now Li Xun, when you were a child, you were a county lord's baby Yanei, and now you are a scholar who entered Beijing to take the exam, you want to perform the sense of superiority that a Yanai should have, and also perform the ultimate sense of detachment from the family that has suffered disasters, the family is in the middle of the road, and the heat and cold of the world, and you must also perform the arrogance, pedantic, and book aroma of the reader, this person has a complicated heart, you have to slowly experience Li Xun, and gradually integrate with him......" The master chattered endlessly.
This gave Su Xiaocai a feeling of being a director telling a play.
"Master, you also worked part-time as a director, right?"
"Huh?"
"Nothing! You continue to ......"
After the master gave a big lecture, the two of them had already arrived at the alum downstairs, paid the donkey cart, and watched along the street. This is the largest restaurant in Tokyo, that is, the Fan Building in everyone's mouth, gray tiles and blue bricks, carved beams and paintings, the furnishings are magnificent, simple and elegant.
"Shall we go up here now?" Su Xiaocai only then saw the prosperity of Tokyo in the Great Song Dynasty, and walked all the way, and saw all kinds of shops, inns, hostels, and Goolan tiles, merchants, passers-by, soldiers, etc., bustling with and going, and there were more rich sons, government officials, with many servants, swaggering through the market, and there were many small stalls and vendors on the roadside, which were stirred up by this kind of person...... When I walked to the area of Jinmingchi Fan Tower, the people I saw gradually became more and more glamorous in their clothes and appearances, and they should be mostly rich and noble, princes and grandsons.
"Now let's live in a nearby inn first, although there are seventy-two private rooms on this Fan Tower, generally speaking, they are all temporary residences where they are drunk with flower wine and sleeping flowers and willows! Now we need to stay in Tokyo for a while, so it's better to stay at the inn, and you can have fun here at night when the lights come up......"
"Got it!"
The north side of Fan Lou is Jinming Pond, the south side is the upper temple, the southeast is Huiming Temple, the two temples are around, pavilions and pavilions, carved beams and painted buildings, are high-end inns, eat, drink and have fun one-stop service.
Coming to a restaurant called "Lifelike Inn", the master took Li Xun's name card and led the way to open two adjacent A-number upper rooms, on the third floor, push the window to see the beautiful scenery of Jinmingchi!
Su Xiaocai pushed open the window, took a folding fan, knocked lightly on the window edge, and looked at Jin Mingchi, "There is a fairy bridge, three rainbows on the bridge deck, vermilion lacquer, the lower row of goose pillars, the central Longxing, called the camel peak, if the shape of the flying rainbow." There are five halls connected to the Baojin Building at the head of the bridge, located in the middle of the water, the heavy hall of jade, the male building Jie Pavilion, the strange flowers and stones, the rare birds and monsters...... Jinmingchi is full of spring, peach like brocade, willow green like smoke, pink butterflies among flowers, yellow orioles on the trees, the residents of the capital pour out of the city, to Jinmingchi outing...... "Although this is a royal garden, but as long as the emperor does not come, it is still open to everyone in Tokyo, now in the green willow color, visitors are weaving, some people are indulging in wine and singing, some people are shaking their heads and chanting poems, some people are painting boats to feel spring, some people are sleeping under the trees...... There are all kinds of people who have ......
"What do you see?" Master asked.
"I saw the prosperity of the floating world!"
"How do you feel?"
"What year is it?"
"Five years of Great Song Zhenghe!"
"Oh, five years of political peace, then you should think of behind this glitz, those who carry the burden forward, are already overwhelmed!" Su Xiaocai said with a smile.
"When you say this, what year and month do you have to ask, don't you know the sun and the moon?"
"One day in the cave, a thousand years in the world! How can a person like me know the years of the world! Su Xiaocai smiled like a fox.
"Born according to your strange promise, coming out of the bottom of the river, you must indeed have something extraordinary! This kind of thing is usually a heavenly opportunity, and I won't ask too much! If you are hungry, you have to order food, eat well and sleep well, and we will go to Fanlou to eat and drink in the evening, and we will have enough spirit and play well! Master smiled.
"After eating roast pheasant, I ate some oil fruits in the foot shop, drank tea, and now I am full! From yesterday to now, I really haven't had a good rest, and it's okay to get a good night's sleep now! ”
Master pointed to the bed and said, "Then go quickly!" After saying that, I turned around and went out, and I didn't know what to do!
Yesterday was picked up from the Bianhe River, today I followed the master for half a day, and I was sweaty, don't look at the bright clothes now, in fact, the whole body is smelly, so I must wash it, call the store, and send a hall official to burn two large buckets of hot water, and wash it happily. The sun has turned west, and Su Xiaocai has fallen asleep......
When the master called him up, it was already the beginning of the lanterns, and when the people were about to light the lamp after dusk, the master carefully teased Su Xiaocai again, and said with a smile: "You kid is also careful, this bath is well washed, and it looks more and more like that Li Xun!" Take a look at the bronze and see what kind of handsome son you are now! ”
Su Xiaocai stood in front of Huang Cancan's bronze mirror and saw a handsome face inside, which was indeed worthy of the audience, but this bronze mirror was dazzling and hazy, and Su Xiaocai was not interested in seeing more.
"Hey, hey, so handsome! It's handsome! Looking at me in such a broken mirror, I am really blinded by my amazing face! Su Xiaocai was narcissistic.
To be honest, after such a hard work, it really looks like an imaginary little brother in ancient costume! Su Xiaocai also felt that his ancient costume was much better than the original! It seems that I came here inexplicably, and I still have some reason to comfort myself!
Su Xiaocai really felt that the mirror was too bad now, but the master thought that Su Xiaocai was exaggerating his appearance, so he belittled the mirror and said with a smile: "If it is a young man's nature, he still boasts so much?" However, he is indeed young and handsome, and he can also attract people's attention when he swaggers through the market in the future...... Okay, get ready, go to Fanlou for a drink! ”
Because they live near Fanlou, they have arrived at the main hall of Fanlou in three or two steps, and the officials who are dressed up cleanly immediately stepped forward to greet them, and see that it is such a brightly dressed and heroic little brother, and they are even more courteous to greet them, because they know that only such a person is the real gold master.