Chapter 158: The Story Behind It
"Brother Han, what a coincidence!"
Wang Xuandao came to Han Yi's side, bowed his head slightly, and was polite, and his extremely beautiful hands were holding the not very good-looking turtle, giving people a feeling of being a violent thing.
Is it really a coincidence? Han Yi muttered to himself, and said tentatively: "I thought that Wang Gongzi had a hexagram at home and came here to find me." ”
Wang Xuandao was stunned for a moment, shook his head with a smile and said, "If I have this ability, then it will be fine." After a pause, he said: "The weather is not bad today, if Brother Han doesn't mind, let's take a walk together." ”
That's exactly what I mean. Please. ”
"Please."
Han Yi said as he walked: "I didn't expect that Wang Gongzi would come to this vulgar place. ”
Wang Xuandao shook his head and said: "I am a master, just a mortal, I eat grains, and I do what mortals do." ”
Han Yi gossiped: "It seems that Wang Gongzi, you also have a lot of old friends here!" ”
Looks good? Wang Xuandao was stunned, and then said with a wry smile: "I only come here occasionally, but I don't have the old friends that Brother Han said, but I just came here with some friends." ”
Where you can't get together, but you just came here to get together, I believe you are weird. Everyone is a man, where is Han Yi willing to believe it.
As he spoke, he suddenly came to a carriage, and he heard someone shouting in the car: "Prince Wang." The carriage stopped.
Wang Xuandao looked sideways and saw a rather beautiful face sticking out of the window of the carriage, but if you want to say that it looks good, it doesn't necessarily. In the middle and upper bar, it is not as good as the Miaoer girl in Yangzhou, but it is expensive in temperament. Dignified and elegant, and the carriage is very luxurious.
"It turned out to be a real mother."
Wang Xuandao smiled. conAd1();
The woman who called her true mother smiled: "I knew that Wang Gongzi would come here today, so I won't go out, and you will see me for a long time." ”
Wang Xuandao smiled and didn't make a sound.
That real lady suddenly looked at Han Yi again, of course, Han Yi was so handsome that women looked sideways, but his face was unfamiliar. Moreover, Wang Xuandao rarely brought his entourage with him, and he was curious. So he pointed at Han Yi and asked, "Wang Gongzi, is this kid a newcomer to your family?" ”
Wang Xuandao's complexion changed suddenly, the smile on his face disappeared instantly, and he said lightly: "If you insult my friend again next time." You pack your bags and leave Chang'an. ”
The tone of voice becomes so fast that it is impossible to reflect.
Han Yi may have been accustomed to Wang Xuandao's approachability, and he was stunned when he heard it, but at this moment he remembered that Wang Xuandao was the eldest grandson of the Taiyuan Wang family!
That real lady's face froze, her face was full of embarrassment, she didn't laugh, she didn't cry, it was funny, in fact, she asked this in addition to curiosity. I also have nothing to say.
Suddenly, I heard a rough laugh from inside the carriage, "Xuandao, Zhenniang just asked casually." Can you be angry, this woman is for pity, not for reprimand, I know that you are really a humble gentleman. ”
Wang Xuandao was not the slightest surprised by this sudden voice. said lightly: "If I am angry, she will disappear in Chang'an today." Instead of waiting until next time. ”
The rough voice inside said in a strange tone: "Zhenniang, you heard it, people don't take you seriously, and you still don't feel comfortable going up to find it." Let's go. ”
"Yes."
The carriage immediately headed for the middle alley.
Wang Xuandao turned around and said to Han Yi: "Brother Han, I'm really sorry. ”
"Oh, it's fine. conAd2(); ”
Han Yi shook his head with a smile, his strength was not so small, and said, "Is this woman a courtesan here?" ”
Wang Xuandao nodded and said, "She is Jiang Zhen, one of the four great Oiran of Huayue Tower. ”
"Oiran?"
Han Yi was taken aback and said, "But I think she looks like she looks very ordinary." "But I muttered in my heart, is it because my aesthetics are different from those of the Tang Dynasty, that's okay, ugly girls in their eyes are beautiful in my eyes, so there will be no competition.
That's pretty cool!
But Wang Xuandao quickly shattered his illusions, "Although this woman looks average, she has a good temperament and cultivation, and she is good at raising her value, so she becomes the Oiran of Huayue Building, it shouldn't be a little arrogant, in fact, only one of the four major Oiran of Huayue Building has the appearance of a sinking fish and a goose, and the other three are all ordinary, but they are all distinctive, and they are different from ordinary women, so it is fascinating." ”
This was out of Han Yi's expectations, he thought that the Oiran must be beautiful, but he didn't know that the four Oirans of Huayue Tower only had the beauty of one life.
But if you think about it carefully, in fact, it's not difficult to understand, all the people who come here are dignitaries, noble children, the women from their aristocratic class are already very beautiful, almost monopolizing the beauties, so they are numb to their appearance, they are pursuing character and temperament, that is, distinctive women, appearance is only secondary, my wife is more beautiful than you, if you come to the beauty, then what am I doing here.
Let's just say that this is true, she has an arrogant face, and no one can look down on her, but it attracts people to want to conquer her, and her value is rising.
Don't think about it, what kind of tooth girl must be the same, the courtesan who dares to slap the noble children, I'm afraid that she is alone, everyone hears it, this woman has a personality, and she will definitely come here.
Thinking of this, Han Yi felt that he was a layman, a vulgar person, because he thought that these famous courtesans must be beautiful and beautiful, how do you know that the Tang Dynasty people are more open-minded than him, and they pursue mavericks, and asked: "Oh, you seem to know the person in the car." conAd3(); ”
Wang Xuandao snorted: "Yuan Liehu, oh, he is also Xiao Meng's cousin." ”
Han Yi was shocked: "You said that person is Yuan Liehu, one of the seven sons of Chang'an?" ”
Wang Xuandao was surprised: "You also know the seven sons of Chang'an. After saying that, he immediately said, "It's Xiao Meng who told you." ”
Han Yi nodded, but remembered Yang Menghao's words that day, so he said, "Even if Xiao Meng doesn't tell me." You're so famous, I'll hear about it sooner or later. ”
Wang Xuan said: "That's not necessarily. ”
Han Yi said: "How do you say this? ”
Wang Xuandao smiled bitterly: "Actually, the seven sons of Chang'an are just a humiliation for the seven of us. The seven of us never mentioned it, and few of us have said it lately. ”
Han Yi was curious: "Why is this?" ”
Wang Xuan said: "Didn't Xiao Meng tell you? ”
Han Yi shook his head.
"It's not a good thing, and it's already in the past, so don't mention it."
Wang Xuandao didn't seem to want to say more, so he asked instead, "By the way, what are you doing here?" ”
Han Yi saw that he didn't want to say more, so he didn't want to ask more. But in my heart, I was very curious, aren't the seven of them the best princelings? It's strange how you can be afraid of this title. smiled: "I can do much here, but I haven't even seen a girl." ”
Wang Xuandao's eyes were confused, and he said, "How is this possible?" ”
There is not much else in this Pingkangli. As far as women are concerned, it is impossible not to even see a woman!
Han Yi sighed: "What are you lying to, we just came out of Fengfei Tower." As he spoke, he glanced at Wang Xuandao.
"Feng Feilou?"
Wang Xuandao smiled and said, "I see." ”
Han Yi smiled: "It seems that you know." ”
Wang Xuan said: "I heard about it, but this is also expected. ”
Han Yi said: "Could it be that you have already calculated." ”
Wang Xuandao shook his head and said, "This doesn't need to be calculated, but it is reasonable." ”
Han Yi said curiously: "Where do you start with this!" ”
Wang Xuandao didn't want to say more, he was not a talkative person, but he saw Han Yi with a curious face, and the two had only met twice. There was nothing to talk about, so he said: "Cao Xiu of Huayue Tower and Liu E of Fengfei Tower were originally palace prostitutes in the palace. Almost fifteen years ago, the imperial court was preparing to open a music workshop among the people. Specially for the palace from the folk draft girls to enter the palace, there were two candidates at that time, one was Liu E, and the other was Cao Xiu, but later Cao Xiu was chosen.
Cao Xiu came to the middle lane of Pingkangli and opened a music workshop, which was not as prosperous as it is now. At that time, Cao Xiu came here just to help the imperial court draft girls, but later it became the current Huayue Building. And Pingkangli got its name because of this, and later as Huayuelou became more and more profitable, many forces in the imperial court infiltrated it, and the large and small Qinglou and Lefang compounds seemed to emerge overnight, so there were middle lanes and south lanes.
Cao Xiu also gained fame and fortune because of this, and was also very powerful in the palace, in contrast, Liu E was getting older, not being welcomed in the palace, and was more depressed, and he got out of the court six or seven years ago and came to Pingkangli. It is said that Cao Xiu was selected after using some means behind his back, Liu E has always been unconvinced, so he opened Fengfeilou in an alley on the edge of the middle alley, intending to compete with Cao Xiu.
But Cao Xiu would not let her succeed, so he secretly instructed some small private households to go to that alley to do business, which is now North Lane, at first Liu E didn't know, seeing more and more people coming to North Lane to do business, and there were more and more guests in North Lane, thinking that they were all brought by themselves, but they didn't expect that this was Cao Xiu's trick.
On the one hand, Cao Xiu secretly instructed these small households to go to the North Lane, on the other hand, he secretly slandered the North Lane, saying that it was a place where lowly people go, so the general nobles never went to the North Lane, only some peddlers and pawns would go, and even the courtesans in the Middle Lane and the South Lane did not look down on the courtesans in the North Lane, and when Liu E reacted, the North Lane was already infamous, since then, everyone knew that Liu E had lost, and it was a matter of time before the door was closed, and now even Li'er and Jin Yuer are gone, Feng Feilou no longer has the ability to turn over, but except for Feng Feilou, The rest of the private businesses in North Lane are good. ”
"So there are so many more stories in this."
Han Yi nodded, it is not difficult to understand why there are some small huts in North Lane, but Feng Feilou is a building, in fact, all of them are self-employed. said with a smile: "I believe that Liu E is definitely not fighting for a breath, she mainly wants to compete for power, as long as Feng Feilou can attract more nobles, cultivate more excellent courtesans, and induce the court to come here to select show girls, she can take the opportunity to reach an agreement with the court, then Liu E can compete with Cao Xiu again, in the final analysis, it is still a struggle for power."
However, Cao Xiu's trick is really ruthless enough, she knows that all nobles love face, and disdain to get together with the peddlers and pawns, so she placed all the self-employed people in the North Lane, because the self-employed are just some small trades, and the courtesans in it are naturally not expensive, and they can only attract some peddlers and pawns, and those nobles will naturally scoff when they see these peddlers and pawns running to the North Alley, plus Cao Xiu secretly spreads rumors, so that the dignitaries will definitely not go, once the reputation stinks, Liu E is doomed to failure, If Liu E is willing to compromise and lower her price, she may be able to make a profit if she specializes in the trading of these peddlers and pawns, but judging from the closure of Fengfeilou, she obviously wants more than this. ”
Wang Xuandao was slightly surprised: "I didn't expect that Brother Han was deeply hidden, I only said a few words, and Brother Han guessed the thoughts of the two of them." ”
Han Yi was stunned, shook his head and smiled: "Where, where, you said it so obviously, if I can't guess it, then I'm an idiot." ”
Wang Xuandao shook his head and said: "You can't say that, many people think that Liu E is just unconvinced that Cao Xiu used methods behind his back to get Huayue Tower, and he wants to fight for this breath, only a few people know that Liu E is a drunkard who does not mean to drink." ”
Han Yi narrowed his eyes, as if he was thinking about something.
Wang Xuandao suddenly said, "Brother Han, why are you interested in this?" ”
Han Yi was stunned: "It's nothing, just asking." ”
As the two were talking, they suddenly heard a lot of footsteps in front of them, Han Yi looked up, it turned out that they had come to the north gate, and saw many beggars hurrying out of the city.
Han Yi was curious: "What's wrong?" ”
Wang Xuandao smiled: "It must be my virtuous brother who is doing good." ”
"Brother Xian?"
"Oh, it's the grandson of the Zheng family, Zheng Shanxing."
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