The environmental layout, façade decoration and utensils of the restaurants in the Song Dynasty are extremely exquisite and luxurious. Hangzhou has the victory of natural landscape, and the restaurants are mostly close to the mountains and rivers, and the scenery is beautiful. Such as the "Fengle Building" on the shore of the West Lake outside the Golden Gate, magnificent and magnificent, pavilions and pavilions, climb the tower to overlook the West Lake, and the boat painting boat ensemble duet, is the place where civil and military officials often feast. Some hotel tea shops, or hang famous paintings, or insert four seasonal flowers, or skillfully set up bonsai to attract customers. Every festival, all the shops and restaurants in the capital have to re-decorate the façade, the archway is tied with silk and hung colors, selling fresh fruits and refined food, the night market is very lively, the people go up the platform more, some rich families enjoy the moon on their own pavilions, or put on food or arrange family banquets, reunite their children, and enjoy the moon together. Although there was no air-conditioning equipment at that time, a cooling ice basin was added in the summer and a heating water tank was installed in the winter, so that customers could feel warm like spring all year round. Many restaurants use gold and silver wine vessels, and even poor families buy wine in hotels and use silverware to give away.

Although the Song Dynasty scholar class advocated "men governing foreign affairs and women governing internal affairs", women could not enter and leave the house casually, but among the lower class people, many women entered the business circle and activities in the market, especially in the hotel industry. Restaurants often use singers and prostitutes to attract customers and attract business. The rewards and punishments for the promotion of officials were also directly related to the taxation of alcohol taxes, so a large number of prostitutes were hired by the government to engage in alcohol promotion. According to records, in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, the front of the hotel in Kyoto was decorated luxuriously and gorgeously, and there were hundreds of singers and prostitutes with heavy makeup in the upstairs corridor of the hotel, or soliciting guests or waiting for guests to summon, looking like a row of fairies from a distance. In the Song Dynasty, the "song banquet" was popular, and the powerful class often enjoyed the music while drinking, and would improvise poems and lyrics when they were happy. Courtesans also have excellent talents, good complexion, high skills, and intelligence, knowledge and artistic interest are very outstanding, their elegance, grace to the powerful class, literati and scholars for it, and such a peerless beauty and talented women sit at the same table to continue the good story, isn't it very romantic and comfortable? According to records, the "prodigal sons" Wen Tingyun and Liu Yong had a close relationship with the courtesans, and the courtesans became collaborators, singers and communicators of the lyricists. Therefore, many "leisure class" spend all day drinking and having fun in restaurants, which promotes the development of restaurants and wine shops.

In addition to the liquor industry, women also play an active role in the catering industry, not only in production, but also in management and management. Many shops are even named after their titles, such as Granny Cao's meatloaf, Song Wusao's fish soup, etc. In addition, a large number of female artists engaged in singing and dancing, drama, amusement, juggling, storytelling and other professions appeared in the cities of the Song Dynasty, as well as entertainment venues such as Wazi and Goolan. The largest performance venue in Bianliang in the Northern Song Dynasty is like a shed, which can accommodate thousands of people, and the audience of each shed is full every day. The tiles of Lin'an in the Southern Song Dynasty are the largest in the north tile, with 13 hook columns, and there are more female artists than in the Northern Song Dynasty.

After experiencing the rebellion of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Luoyang gradually regained its vitality in the Song Dynasty after years of cultivation and recuperation. But the scale is far less than in the Tang Dynasty. The layout is still modeled after the layout of the Tang Dynasty, such as the various squares and the location of the imperial palace. The fang is still about the same as the original, but most of the names have been changed. The imperial palace is still the Tang Dynasty palace at the original Tianjin Bridge, during the Anshi Rebellion, the palace was burned to the sky, and the Song Dynasty repaired it with the original ruins, and the scale was far less than that of the Tang Dynasty. Another significant change is that the original city is disappearing, and like Kaifeng, it has changed from the original fang market stripping system to the fang market integration system, which also shows the development and prosperity of commerce in the Song Dynasty.

Although the current Luoyang City is not as good as Bianliang in Tokyo, it is also a first-class city in the Central Plains, so this big restaurant is also quite magnificent. Inside, the cloister design, on both sides of which are full of Luoyang's famous Qinlou Chu Pavilion's leading signs, and their good scholars are chanting and singing in a low voice. or whispering and laughing, and there are also scholars who are splashing ink and from time to time new poems are spreading.

Ye Sheng raised his legs and prepared to go upstairs, Yang Zhi and the others hurriedly saluted: "The owner, I will wait downstairs, and I will go back with my son after the meeting." Ye Sheng nodded in agreement, here Ning Er had already taken out 5 taels of silver and gave it to Yang Zhi and asked him to beckon the brothers to eat and drink downstairs. Then there was a guy leading the way, Ye Sheng and Ning Er walked upstairs.

After going upstairs, Ye Sheng fixed his eyes and watched. In addition to the scholars who stood on the side of the building and talked to the singer in a low voice, many officials in the hall also sat together and talked in low voices. Suddenly, a person walked over to Ye Sheng, Ye Sheng looked at it fixedly, and saw that the person who came had a black face, his facial features were upright, his face was not angry, and he was in danger, it was Master Bao who came to Luoyang together. Ye Sheng hurriedly saluted: "There was a lot of noise downstairs just now, I didn't know that the adults were here." Please punish you. Master Bao looked at Ye Sheng with a smile and said, "I originally sent someone to the inn to inform you, but who knew that you had already gone out when the next person arrived at the inn, and I didn't want to meet here." Come and come with me to the garden, where there is a gathering of scholars who are attending this year's autumn festival, and now I am going just in time. After speaking, he pulled Ye Sheng and walked towards the door.

Ye Sheng walked down the restaurant with Master Bao inside, and after going downstairs, he found that there was a private garden below, and there were many scholars in the garden. Among them, there is an old man with a simple appearance, and the introduction of the fairy wind and bones by the Bao County Order is Xijing, Xijing and Qian Weiyan. This person loves money the most, when he heard that Ye Sheng wrote what Ai Lian said, he was very enthusiastic, and took Ye Sheng's hand to introduce Ye Sheng to the officials in the garden, and there are Henan Mansion Hu Cao joined the army, Yin Zhu, Henan Mansion Judge, Qian Weiyan's right-hand man Xie Jiang, because he wanted to have fun, after coming to Henan Mansion, Qian Weiyan almost entrusted all government affairs to this person, Henan Mansion Lord Bo Mei Yaochen, and some other officials, all of whom were among them.

At this time, the sky is close to dusk, the chrysanthemums are in full bloom, the green shadow is swaying, the afterglow is pale yellow, the evening breeze is cool, and there is a pool of water, which slowly flows into the flowers and trees, and the scenery is very beautiful and pleasant.

There are also some beautiful prostitutes who play music here, and the guests and hosts are happy for a while. At this time, a man came with a courtesan.

Everyone was a little unhappy, so Qian Weiyan asked in a deep voice.

The courtesan replied: "Gong Qian, the weather is hot in the afternoon, the slave took a nap in the pavilion, and when he woke up, he found that he had lost a golden hairpin, and he couldn't find it for a long time, so he delayed Ouyang Tuiguan, and hoped that Gong Qian would forgive his sins." ”

When he was finished, he owed the money to give a gift.

This courtesan looks beautiful and moving, and has a good demeanor, Qian Weiyan saw such a beautiful person, and his anger also dissipated a little, and said: "Since you are so affectionate with Ouyang Xiu, if you can ask him to fill in a long and short sentence on the spot, I will compensate you with a golden hairpin." ”

So the singer stared at Ouyang Xiu with big watery eyes, making a pitiful begging appearance.

Ouyang Caizi couldn't refuse, thought for a while, and immediately said: "There is light thunder outside the pool, and the rain is dripping and the sound of lotus breaking." The west corner of the small building is broken. In the private place of the Gangan, I saw Yue Huasheng in the distance.

The swallow flew to peep at the painting building, and the jade hook hung down the curtain. The cool waves do not move, and the lines are flat. On the side of the crystal double pillow, there is still a fallen hairpin. ”

"Good!"

As soon as this word came out, the audience applauded.

It's a good word, the sound of rain is superimposed on the sound of lotus, and the word "broken drops" is used again, and the magic of breaking is endless! Then launch a broken rainbow beauty, the beauty of the sunset, not to mention, just a clear word, enough to show the light, color, time and that ethereal realm! The next word used cool waves to explain the time, not only to explain the time, but also to compare the lines. There is no whitewashed word or rare word in the whole text, but the word has reached a very beautiful realm. Ye Sheng also applauded the birth of such a famous sentence.

For Qian Wei, who loves talents, as soon as he heard this word, his anger also dissipated.

Haha laughed and said, "You little lady, what are you still standing stupidly for?" Ouyang Xiu made this good sentence, why don't you hurry up and thank you? ”

"Yes." The courtesan looked at her wonderfully, raised her wrist, picked up her wine glass, came to Ouyang Xiu affectionately, and said in a coquettish voice: "Ouyang Langjun, thank you." ”

He covered his incense sleeves, tilted his neck, and drank the wine.

If you have a good word, you must sing it.

Ouyang Xiu hugged the little beautiful girl who came and began to sing.

Qian Weiyan was also overjoyed, in a sense, his relationship with Ouyang Xiu was very similar to that between Ye Sheng and Fan Zhongyan.

At this time, a talented man suddenly came to Qian Weiyan and said: "Qian Gong's night is getting darker, I don't know if the topic of today's literary meeting has been prepared." Qian Weiyan looked at the full moon gradually rising in the sky and said: "Today is the theme of this bright moon, all talents, please show your powers." ”

Bao County, who was beside Ye Sheng, suddenly whispered to Ye Sheng: "There are spies from the Imperial City Division here, and the excellent works will go directly to Your Majesty." If you have an excellent work, remember not to make a taboo. Ye Sheng smiled secretly in his heart when he heard this: "Emperor Renzong still has such a hobby. ”

The two were talking, and suddenly heard someone next to them say, "Where is Ye Xie Yuan, who wrote what Ai Lian said." Hearing this, Ye Sheng hurriedly stood up, and everyone watched intently. But seeing that the young man's skin was close to snow, crystal clear, and flawless, and his black hair was like a waterfall, wanton and chic. Under the long eyelashes, a pair of bright pupils are like the world's first awakened glacier, shining, dressed as a simple scholar, with a jade pendant hanging from his waist and a folding fan in his hand, unhurried. Standing up is really a humble gentleman, gentle as jade. None of the crowd shouted in their hearts.

Ye Sheng stood up and clasped his fists with both hands and saluted: "Adults and students are here", at this time, one of the students stood up and said: "We are waiting to gather here, and Brother Ye should come first at the beginning of the poem." Ye Sheng was slightly stunned, and suddenly saw Shen Pengyuan's figure in the crowd. Some were slightly stunned, and then the corners of their mouths turned up slightly. Lang Sheng laughed and said: "Since you value students so much, students are ugly." After speaking, he came to the bookcase and picked up the ink to grind, and Ning Er hurriedly went forward and filled the inkstone with some water. Grinding the ink, Ye Sheng took the opportunity to settle down. said: "Ye Gongxiao is let go, can you give a pot of wine to help the fun." Qian Weiyan laughed and said, "Then the wine," Ye Sheng didn't use the spout of the cup to directly introduce it into his mouth, looking so dashing.

After a few sips, he picked up the pen and wrote casually, and everyone gathered around the book case, only to see that Ye Sheng could not write ten percent of the rice body calligraphy, but at this time, he also wrote a five or six points. Thirty beautiful books came out, and everyone's eyes lit up. Qian Weiyan couldn't help but read it, when is the water tune song Tou Mingyue

Mid-Autumn Festival, drinking for a day, drunk, this article to send to Qian Gong.

When is the bright moon? Ask the sky for wine. I don't know what year it is in the heavenly palace. I want to go back by the wind, but I am afraid of Qionglou Yuyu, and the high place is unbearable. Dance to figure out how the shadow seems to be in the world.

The words of the song resounded in the garden, and before the first half of the song was finished, there was no sound of conversation among the people present. Qian Weiyan was originally a great Confucian in the literary world, and at this time, he carefully recited the poems in his hand according to the rhyme, although he was not happy, but he fit the artistic conception of the words and sentences, but he did it in one go. Everyone here is a person with profound literary skills, but when they hear this, they have already perceived the ethereal, atmospheric, and far-reaching artistic conception of this poem. The initial question seems simple, but at this time, the literary world is flourishing, and all kinds of poems are inevitably pursuing complexity and exhaustive changes, and some arguments also advocate that if it is a Yongyue poem, it is better if it does not even appear for a month. However, at the beginning of this sentence, when did Mingyue have such a question, but with the next sentence, the artistic conception has been naturally expanded, and then when the heavenly palace is reached, the artistic conception of the poem will naturally and unobtrusively turn from the murmuring stream to the high mountain flowing water, and then the next few sentences of "I want to return to the ...... by the wind" will directly turn the artistic conception of the entire upper half of the que into the atmosphere of the Yangtze River flowing into the sea, and at the same time it can be ethereal as promised, without the slightest bit of fireworks, a few sentences, it is the refreshing fairy palace weather.

Since the Tang Dynasty, the development of poetry for hundreds of years, there are many works with far-reaching artistic conception, but at this time, many poetry works are often on the road of exhaustive resignation and complex changes. But the artistic conception can reach this level in front of the eyes is very few, this artistic conception with the change of the poem all the way to expand, partial and lightweight, natural, but with the early Tang Dynasty when the literati were whimsical, uninhibited and bold but can not deviate from the theme of the style is similar, only a mere Shangque, the spirit of this water tune song has been fully revealed.

Qian Weiyan paused, looked up at the group of talented people below, and then continued to read the next rhyme. Turn Zhu Pavilion, low Qihu, shine sleeplessly. There should be no hatred, what is the long time to say goodbye? People have joys and sorrows, and the moon is cloudy and sunny, and this matter is difficult to complete. I hope that people will last a long time, and they will be together for thousands of miles. Qian Weiyan muttered the last sentence again, looked at everyone, and kept nodding his head slightly, and after a long time, he sighed, "...... What a word. At this time, some people in the garden looked at each other a few times, and some muttered and repeated words, and it was unusually quiet. In fact, if it is other words and phrases, it is just that, but this water tune song head does have a charm that has been passed down for thousands of years without fading, in the eyes of poets and lyricists, later generations even have "Mid-Autumn Festival words, since the water tune song head comes out, the rest of the words are wasted" comments, at this time everyone here is this for a living, they have studied poetry for decades, some even a lifetime, at this time listened, suddenly felt, maybe it is similar to such a momentum.

Yaqi was silent for a while, but said that after Ye Sheng finished writing, he threw the brush and fell backwards. Everyone hurriedly helped them up, and Ning'er helped them down to rest. Among the characters of the Song Dynasty, Yan Shu cherishes talents, and Qian Weiyan is the real love talent, just like he loves flowers, and he can't help but be happy when he looks at this article for a while. The students were at a loss, and with this article at the bottom, no one had written for a while. Many of the students who are preparing for this year's amazing one hate the person who just proposed.

Fortunately, Qian Wei was experienced in acting, and asked Bai Peony to sing this "Water Tune Song Head" on the spot on the grounds that no one exceeded this word, so that the middle school students settled down and decided to take the chrysanthemum as the theme tonight. This is the official beginning of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Unbeknownst to the public, a carrier pigeon quietly rises outside the garden and flies towards Tokyo.