Chapter 160: First Encounter with the Master (Part II)
Li Yanqing was also really surprised, this scholar turned out to be Zhao Yushu, the two never met again after the confrontation in Xiangzhou, Li Yanqing thought that he would meet him in Taixue, but he didn't expect to meet in advance at Alum Tower, which can be described as a narrow road. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The surrounding group of scholars were probably his classmates, but Yang Du and Wu Bangchang were not among them, they did not find Zhao Yushu's abnormality, but they saw Zheng Rongtai, and many people covered their mouths and laughed.
Someone laughed in a low voice: "Toads don't eat insects these days, and they want to eat swan meat instead." ”
"Still two toads!" Obviously, Li Yanqing is another toad in their eyes.
Zheng Rongtai snorted heavily and turned his head, he really felt guilty in his heart, how could he meet these bastards?
Li Yanqing smiled and hugged his fist at Zhao Yushu and said: "Where don't we meet in life, Brother Zhao, we have a fate with the restaurant!" ”
Zhao Yushu instinctively reached out and touched the bridge of his nose, his face suddenly turned pale, and he stared at Li Yanqing viciously, and the surrounding scholars finally saw a clue, and asked one after another: "Brother Jian, who is this?" ”
"This is a prodigy in Xiangzhou, who can drink, fight, and is still a dignified Xiangzhou Liberation Test!"
'Lift people? ’
The scholars all showed disdain in their eyes, in the eyes of the general public, lifting people may be unattainable, but these Taixue scholars have long been disdainful of lifting people, their eyes are fixed on Jinshi, how can a Xiangzhou lift people make them look at it, and they are still mixed with the rich man Zheng Fatzi, and nine times out of ten he is also a gentleman who does not learn and has no skills.
"This little brother also wants to enter Fengyue Tower? Let's go back and study for a few more years! This is Toyoshiki Tower, but it is not the land of wind and moon in Xiangzhou. ”
Although these scholars did not have foul words in their mouths, they spoke quite harshly, and their words were sandwiched with secret thorns that ordinary people could not understand, but Li Yanqing was not angry, but just looked at them coldly with an expressionless face.
At this time, the boy at the door urged a group of scholars, "Do you want to go in?" ”
"Get in! Get in! ”
A group of scholars didn't care about Li Yanqing, and handed their works to the boy, but the boy was not in a hurry to take it in, but looked at Li Yanqing, "Does this little official have any poems?" I don't want to make two trips! ”
Everyone turned around and looked at Li Yanqing, "A person still wants to enter Fengyue Tower, but I don't know how thick the sky is!" Someone pouted and muttered.
Li Yanqing smiled faintly, "Since you're here, you have to try it anyway, wait for me for a while!" ”
He turned around and walked into the study, walked out in a moment, and handed a piece of plain paper to the boy, who bowed and saluted, "Please wait, masters!" ”
The boy hurriedly walked into the building, Zheng Rongtai hurriedly pulled Li Yanqing aside, and said in a low voice: "While they are not paying attention, let's go!" ”
"Why are you leaving?"
Li Yanqing's words were a little bigger, and when the leader next to him heard it, he immediately shook his head and said to everyone: "Fengyue Building is a signboard inlaid with gold and jade in Alum Tower, how can a mediocre person enter?" Toads still know that swans are hard to find, why are some people not as good as toads? ”
Everyone laughed together and looked at Zheng Rongtai and Li Yanqing, Zheng Rongtai was angry and annoyed, but he was told what was in his heart again, which really embarrassed him.
Li Yanqing was idle, he didn't bother to pay attention to these arrogant scholars, arguing with them would only lower himself, as long as he didn't cross his bottom line, he wouldn't do it easily, but if he really forced him to do it, it wasn't as simple as breaking his arms and legs.
At this time, the boy walked out, clasped his fists and said, "Masters! ”
A group of scholars rushed up and asked, "How is it, has the poet passed?" ”
The boy said apologetically: "The poet said, you masters are knowledgeable, outstanding poetry, and the future is limitless, please focus on your studies, don't put your time and energy on a small place of entertainment, masters, please go back!" ”
Li Yanqing also had to admire the poet of Fengyue Tower for his level of speech, and even refused so implicitly, the scholars looked at each other, of course they understood the meaning of the poet's words, "Your poems can't enter Fengyue Tower yet." ’
At this time, the boy asked again: "Excuse me, which one is Li Yanqing?" ”
Li Yanqing raised his hand and said, "I am!" ”
The boy smiled: "The poems of the little officials are quite innovative, and they are exactly what the alum building needs, and the poet said that the little officials can enter the Fengyue Building to drink and listen to songs!" ”
Everyone opened their mouths wide together and looked at Li Yanqing incredulously, their eyes full of shock.
Li Yanqing smiled faintly, "Can my friends enter together?" ”
"According to the rules of Fengyue Tower, officials can bring a friend in."
Zheng Rongtai was very proud, and stepped forward and fought back unceremoniously: "Fengyue Building is a gold-inlaid and jade-inlaid signboard of Alum Tower, how can a mediocre person enter?" Toads still know that swans are hard to find, why are some people not as good as toads, I don't understand Lao Zheng, everyone, who are you talking about? ”
The scholars were embarrassed and disgusted, but they didn't dare to attack in front of Fengyue Tower, so they had to glare at Li Yanqing with hatred and leave.
Li Yanqing said with a smile: "It's really strange, I didn't say anything when they said such ugly things, why did they stare at me with deep hatred one by one, where did I offend them?" ”
The boy smiled slightly, "Maybe they were too full of talk just now, and they couldn't get off the stage, and there was no way, their poems, the teacher and the girl really didn't like it." ”
Li Yanqing was stunned, the poet was actually Master Li?
The boy understood his doubts, and explained with a smile: "There are three poets, and the teacher and the girl are just one of them, and she happens to be here today, does Li Guanren still have problems?" ”
Li Yanqing didn't expect the famous Master Li to be there, so could he have the honor to meet this beauty today?
Before Li Yanqing could speak, Zheng Rongtai was already itching, and he couldn't help but salivate and asked, "I wonder if the teacher girl can enjoy her face and drink and listen to songs with us?" ”
The boy was suddenly extremely disgusted in his heart, this Zheng Fat Man was really an out-and-out toad, and he was not satisfied when he entered Fengyue Tower, and he actually wanted the teacher and the girl to drink with him, which was too much.
He quickly glanced at Li Yanqing, who had a good character, and really didn't know how he could get mixed up with this filthy Zheng fat man?
Li Yanqing was also a little embarrassed, although he also had this idea, but it completely changed his taste when Zheng Fatzi said it.
It seems that there is this Zheng Fat Man, and I don't want to see Master Li today, so I might as well try my luck another day.
Thinking of this, Li Yanqing went back to the study and wrote another poem, handed it to the boy and said with a smile: "I have something to do today, come to Fengyue Tower another day, this poem is for the teacher and the girl, please ask the little brother to pass it on." ”
Seeing that Li Yanqing did not enter Fengyue Tower, the boy felt a little regretful, but he was also a little lucky, so he took the poem and said with a smile: "The invitation will not disappear, and the little officials can come at any time!" ”
Li Yanqing clasped his fists and saluted, ignoring Zheng Rongtai's protests, and forcibly dragged him away.
"You bastard, Fengyue Tower! I haven't been in it once, and Gao Yanei has gone in twice, so you didn't give me such a good opportunity....."
Zheng Rongtai shouted loudly with great dissatisfaction, but Li Yanqing blocked his mouth with a word, "Do you want Master Li to accompany you to drink and listen to songs?" ”
"Yes!"
"If you want to, just listen to my arrangement, let's come back next time, I'll write you a poem, you go in and find her directly!"
Zheng Rongtai stopped making a fuss, he blinked his mung bean eyes, "Are you coaxing me!" Is there really such a good thing? ”
......
On the second floor of Fengyue Building, in a gorgeously arranged lobby, an old man with white hair is perusing today's poems entering the building, this old man is about sixty years old, tall and thin, quite a bit of fairy wind and bones, his name is Zhou Bangyan, is a well-known lyricist in the Song Dynasty, and now the court is in charge of music Dasheng Mansion as a promoter.
His other identity is the chief worship of the alum tower, writing lyrics and music for the dancing girls and music girls of the alum tower, he is relatively idle in the affairs of the imperial court, and a lot of time is enjoying the wine in the alum tower, which is also the characteristic of many lyricists in the Northern Song Dynasty, talented, and drunk at the same time.
"Yueniang, these words are well written! Why don't you let them into Fengyue Tower? ”
Zhou Bangyan was puzzled, the level of this group of students is still good, it can be seen that these poems are carefully prepared, and they are by no means temporary and hasty, the poems that were worse than this one before have entered Fengyue Building, why have they been rejected by the teacher today?
Opposite Zhou Bangyan sat a young woman who was adjusting the strings of the piano, she was about seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a plain white dress, her face was not powdered, she had a beautiful face, a pair of deep pool-like beautiful eyes shining like jewels, long eyelashes, and skin as clear as snow.
But her beauty does not lie in her appearance, but in a soul-grabbing temperament, her every move, every smile is very beautiful, heart-stirring, she is like a unique work of art, can only be viewed from a distance and can not be desecrated.
This young woman is known as the first prostitute of the Great Song Dynasty, prostitution and prostitution in the Song Dynasty are two completely different concepts, prostitution refers to selling their bodies for a living, most of them live in brothels in Qinglou, and their status is low.
And prostitutes refer to the performance for a living, often have a very high artistic accomplishment, in the Song Dynasty status and commoners, and are not discriminated against, they mainly live in music halls, dance halls and teaching workshops, ordinary people will invite maiko, courtesans to the house to sing and dance, and even the bride's bridesmaids are often served by female prostitutes.
However, prostitutes are also divided into grades, lower-ranking prostitutes are mixed in restaurants and teahouses, and in addition to selling their arts, they often have no choice but to sell themselves, while prostitutes with slightly higher ranks serve in the palace workshops and major famous restaurants, and they will occasionally dedicate themselves to the guests, which depends on their own interests, for example, Zheng Rongtai used three hundred taels of silver to impress a courtesan in the alum building to sleep with him.
When it comes to top famous prostitutes, such as Su Xiaoqing, Yan Xijiao, Xie Suqiu, Li Shishi, Liang Hongyu and other famous prostitutes, their fame depends on their talents, and they are as guarded as jade, and they will never easily give away their chastity.
Three years ago, at the age of 14, she made a sensation in Bianjing, when she sang in the elephant shed, the elephant shed, which could only accommodate 5,000 spectators, was crowded into more than 20,000 people, and she has since become famous.
Li Shishi is not her real name, but just a stage name, like Po Xi, Xiaoxiao, Shishi, and Hongyu are some commonly used stage names, since Shenzong, there have been two famous prostitutes Li Shishi in Bianjing, she only got the stage name Li Shishi because she was born in Li Ji Le Fang, as for her real name, no one knows, even her milk name Moon Nu is only very few people know.
Zhou Bangyan is one of them, he is Master Li's confidant, and he is the same father and daughter as Master Li, and only he can truly understand Master Li's state of mind and understand her loneliness.
Master Li smiled lightly, "There is a poem next to it, why doesn't the drunkard read it?" ”
Only then did Zhou Bangyan pick up a plain note next to him, on which was a seven-law poem.
Alum Tower
Liang Yuan's singing and dancing are full of romance,
Wine is like a knife to relieve sorrow.
The young man is empty and has a long history,
The lights are lit up in the middle of the night.
Zhou Bangyan read it carefully, and couldn't help but smile dumbly: "Is it just because of a sentence that a young man is empty of Youyanzhi?" ”
"Brother Zhou thinks it's funny?" Master Li raised his head and looked at Zhou Bangyan with a pair of wonderful eyes.
Zhou Bangyan said lightly: "I just think you are too serious, it's just a group of students who come out to drink and relax, you can't think that because they come out to drink once, they don't worry about the country and the people, they don't want to forge ahead, in business, Alum Tower is just a restaurant, making money is the main business, Fengyue Lou set a little threshold, the fundamental purpose is to make more money, I advise Yueniang not to bring her emotions to the restaurant." ”
Master Li was silent, she would never turn her face with Zhou Bangyan, if the two had different ideas, she would be silent.
Zhou Bangyan sighed secretly in his heart, and handed her Li Yanqing's poem, "Burn it!" If this poem is seen by someone with a heart, it will bring disaster to this scholar. ”
Master Li understood what Zhou Bangyan meant, she put the plain paper in the incense burner and lit it, silently watching it burn to ashes.
At this time, Xiao Tong appeared at the door, "Girl, the scholar named Li Yanqing did not enter Fengyue Tower, he has already left, leave a poem for the girl." ”
Xiao Tong had a good impression of Li Yanqing, so he covered for him, never mentioning that he was mixed with the famous gentleman Zheng Fatzi.
Master Li was strange in his heart, others were eager to enter Fengyue Tower to drink, but this scholar had the qualifications to enter the building to drink but left, it was really different.
She took the note and read it carefully, and was stunned.
If life is only as first seen, what is the autumn wind and sad fan?
Waiting for idle changes but old people's hearts, but old people's hearts are changeable.
Lishan said that it was half of the night, and the night rain and rain did not complain.
How is it like a thin brocade cloth, and the wings and branches are wishing on the day.
She read and tasted it over and over again, and thought of her own life experience, and before she knew it, her person was already stupid.