Chapter 646: Fueling with Poetry
"The two adults, the nephew of His Royal Highness the Lord, Ayayang-kun, I don't know if the wine and food in North Korea are what the two adults want."
At the banquet, when Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin were enjoying the performance of the prostitutes in the venue with great interest, a gorgeously dressed man came over with a wine glass, bowed down and smiled and introduced himself.
Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin couldn't help but glance at the man when they heard this, it turned out that this person was Li Liang, and his appearance was somewhat similar to Li Hui.
"Ayayo-kun, sit!"
Li Hongyu stretched out his hand, pointed to the seat on the other side of his side and said to Li Liang, how can he say that he also accepted Li Liang's generous gift, how can he refuse people thousands of miles away?
"Master Xie." Li Liang's face was overjoyed when he saw this, and he bowed to Li Hongyu and sat down in the seat, thinking that the generous gift he sent had played a role.
"It's your first time watching a prostitute show, right?" After a few words of greeting, Li Liang saw Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin looking at the prostitutes performing the sword dance with great interest, so he asked with a smile while pouring wine for the two.
"I heard that these prostitutes have been specially trained since childhood, and they are proficient in singing, dancing, calligraphy and painting." Li Hongyu frowned slightly when he heard this, and then asked with a smile, "I don't know if there are talented women here?" ”
"Those prostitutes are just a little literate, how dare they call themselves 'talented women' in front of the envoys of big countries." Li Qi smiled and shook his head, and looked very respectful to Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin in his words.
"Ayayang-kun is humble, I heard that there have been some poets born as prostitutes in your North Korea, reciting poems and indulging in landscapes, I don't know if I will be lucky enough to see the style today." Li Hongyu smiled slightly when he heard this, and asked while tasting the wine in the wine glass.
"My lord, those prostitutes only know a few lines of poetry, and they are far from the talented women of the big countries, I am afraid that they have the self-knowledge to dare not show their ugliness in front of adults."
Seeing that Li Hongyu seemed to be very interested in literary prostitutes, Li Liang said with a smile on his face, "If adults want to try their literary talents, I will ask them to find the best prostitutes in the eight provinces of North Korea and send them to adults." ”
"The best prostitutes in the eight provinces of Korea must be in Seoul, and there must be brilliant people among these prostitutes, and since everyone is happy today, it is better to let them compose poems to help the wine."
Li Hongyu knew that Li Liang had misunderstood what he meant, thinking that he wanted to kiss Fang Ze with those prostitutes, so he smiled and looked at the prostitutes dancing in the arena and said.
Saying that, Li Hongyu got up and walked to the side of the Daming "Zuo Chunfang University Scholar" who was sitting on the top position, leaned over and whispered a few words in his ear, and the stand-in arranged by Li Hongyu immediately nodded, and offered a reward of one hundred taels of silver for those prostitutes to chant poetry.
One hundred taels of silver is a huge amount of money in North Korea, not only those prostitutes were surprised, but even the North Korean officials who accompanied them were surprised, they did not expect that the envoys of the Ming Dynasty would make such a big deal.
"Your Excellency, you seem to have a very close relationship with the envoy." When Li Hongyu came back, Li Liang said seemingly casually, otherwise the envoys of the Ming Dynasty would not have offered such a large amount of silver so readily.
"This official and the envoy are fellow villagers, and they participated in the examination together, but unfortunately they failed, so they joined the forbidden army."
Li Hongyu smiled and replied methodically, he just wanted to let the outside world know that he had a close relationship with the Ming envoys, so that he could get in touch with those secret things in North Korea.
"I see." Li Kun's eyes lit up when he heard this, and then he pretended to be suddenly enlightened, and felt secretly happy in his heart.
Not only in the Ming Dynasty, but also in the officialdom of North Korea, the township party is also a very important faction, which means that Li Hongyu can influence some of the decisions of the Ming envoys, which is very important to him.
"I don't know if the one hundred taels of silver of the envoy today can be taken away."
Li Hongyu noticed the excited look on Li Liang's face, a subtle smile flashed at the corner of his mouth, and said with interest, as if he was full of expectations for the prostitutes who performed tonight.
"The envoy is the champion of the Ming Dynasty, the stars in the sky descend to earth, Wen Cairan, I hope they will not disappoint the envoy."
Li Liang said with a smile when he heard this, he now has some understanding of the two envoys sent by the Ming Dynasty this time, and knows that the two are the champions and role models of the Ming Imperial Examination, and their knowledge and attainments are naturally extraordinary, and they are very unattainable.
Therefore, it is not easy for those poems written by prostitutes to impress the ministers, and the champions and leaders of the Ming Imperial Examination are not so easy to fool.
After a long time, the prostitutes who came to Gyeongbokgung Palace tonight were just talking to each other, and no one stood up to chant poetry.
It turned out that not only the officials of the North Korean officialdom, but even the ordinary people also learned that the two envoys of the Ming Dynasty were the champions and role models of the Ming imperial examination, which made the prostitutes feel a lot of psychological pressure, for fear of making a fool of themselves in front of the Ming envoys, so they did not dare to fight.
After all, prostitutes also want to be face-saving, although a hundred taels of silver is a huge amount of money, but if they lose face, then the gain will outweigh the loss, and they will inevitably be ridiculed and ridiculed.
"It looks like there's no one to fight." Li Hongyu glanced at the whispering prostitutes, and deliberately pretended to be disappointed and said to Zhao Xin on the side.
"It may be that they are afraid of the prestige of the envoy and dare not be presumptuous in front of the envoy, although the prostitutes in North Korea have limited literary talents, but there are a few who can recite poetry against them."
Hearing this, Li Liang hurriedly smiled and said, "If the adults don't believe it, I will find them here and let the adults verify them personally." ”
"That's great!" Li Hongyu couldn't help laughing, he knew that Li Liang wanted to use those prostitutes to curry favor with him, which was exactly what he wanted to see, giving Li Liang a chance to get close to him.
"Look, someone's coming out." At this time, Zhao Xin stretched out his hand and pointed to Li Hongyu in the field.
Li Hongyu raised his eyes and saw a young girl wearing a singing and dancing costume walking out of the crowd and striding towards the Ming envoys.
This made the somewhat noisy scene gradually quiet down, and people looked curiously at the young girl, who was about fifteen or sixteen years old, with delicate cheeks and beautiful faces, and her appearance looked very outstanding.
"She doesn't seem to be a prostitute, does she?" Li Hongyu glanced at the young girl, and then asked Li Liang on the side, just now the young girl came out of the dancing girl, and the song and dance girl and the prostitute are obviously two different concepts.
Taking Daming as an example, although the Qing people and the song and dance girls are both prostitutes in the Qinglou, it is obvious that the status of the Qing people is higher, and not everyone can become a Qing people, and they have undergone strict training and selection.
The prostitutes in Korea are similar to the Qing people of the Ming Dynasty and the geisha of the Wa Kingdom, all of whom are among the best among the prostitutes.
"My lord knows everything, she is a song and dance girl."
Li Liang was also very surprised by this, and after looking at the young girl, he said to Li Hongyu, although the costumes of the song and dance girl and the prostitute looked similar, but an insider like him could still see the difference at a glance.
"Interesting." Li Hongyu couldn't help but smile slightly when he heard this, and after looking at the young girl, he said to Li Liang, "I see that this woman has a calm pace and a normal look, she should be confident." ”
"My lord has won the award, but it's just a singing and dancing girl, I'm afraid that the poems I wrote can't enter the eyes of the minister." Li Qi replied with a smile, not thinking that the young girl's ability could meet the requirements of the Ming envoy.
"We have an old saying in Daming, called, 'It's not a raptor, but it's not a river', since this woman dares to stand up, she must have something to rely on."
Li Hongyu didn't think so, and said to Li Liang with a smile, "Let's wait and see if she can surprise everyone." ”
"The little woman knocks before the envoy."
Under the gaze of everyone, the young girl knelt in front of the Ming envoy and saluted respectfully.
"Get up." The envoy of the Ming Dynasty stretched out his hand to lift the void upward, and then said, "You want to chant poetry against you?" ”
"Back to the envoy, the little woman has only been reading for a few years, and she has the courage to get an axe in front of the adult, and I hope the adult will testify." The young girl bowed to the Ming envoy and said in a coquettish voice, looking full of confidence in her words.
"She can actually speak Liaodong dialect!" At this time, Li Hongyu looked at the young girl with some surprise, just now the young girl did not speak Korean but Liaodong dialect, and ordinary singing and dancing girls would not learn Liaodong dialect.
"My lord, she should be the family member of the criminal officer, because her father and brother committed a crime and was assigned to the school as a prostitute." Li Liang pondered for a while, and then explained to Li Hongyu, otherwise, it would be difficult for a young girl to learn the dialect of Liaodong.
Li Hongyu bowed slightly when he heard this, which also explained why the young girl dared to come out to fight, it seems that she has received a good education since she was a child.
"There is no limit to the subject matter of today's poems, just to make everyone happy." The envoy of the Ming Dynasty saw that the young girl was confident, so he smiled and said, "If your poem is good, then the one hundred taels of silver are yours." ”
"Your Excellency, if the little woman's poem is lucky enough to make everyone laugh, I hope the adult can agree to the little girl's reluctant request." Hearing this, the young woman knelt down, looked at the Ming envoy and said in a coquettish voice, there seemed to be something unspeakable.
"What's the reluctance?" A look of surprise flashed in the eyes of the Ming envoy, and then he asked.
"The little girl does not want money, but I hope that the envoy will be kind to His Highness the Lord to ask for a grace for the little girl, so that the little girl's mother and brother can be forgiven, so that they can live a stable life." The young woman's eyes darkened, and she prayed to the Ming envoy.
"King Joseon, what do you think?" Hearing this, the envoy of the Ming Dynasty looked at Li Hui, who was sitting below.
Although he can also pardon the mother and younger brother of the young woman, since the young woman mentioned Li Hui, then he naturally wants to consult Li Hui's meaning, after all, the young woman's family will live in North Korea in the future, and it is not appropriate to offend Li Hui.
"But it's up to the envoys to decide." Li Hui naturally knew that this was a polite remark from the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, and bowed down and replied when he heard the words.
"What a clever woman!" Looking at the scene in front of him, a smile flashed at the corner of Li Hongyu's mouth, it seems that the young girl is not the kind of reckless person, and she did not rashly ask the Ming envoy for help, otherwise she would definitely offend Li Hui.
"You have heard, your Lord Your Highness has agreed to this, and you can rest assured."
After receiving Li Hui's affirmative reply, the Ming envoy smiled and said to the young woman, he also wanted to know what this young woman was capable of, and she seemed so confident.
The eyes of the people at the scene fell on the young woman, and they whispered to each other about the matter, no one expected that the young woman would make such a request to the Ming envoy, and she was a little proud.
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