Sun Yueling really didn't expect that this was a very common thing in ancient times, in his time, brothels and prostitutes and the like can be said to be the residue of poisonous weeds, which is not tolerated by the world, and no one will blatantly take prostitutes through the market, and can't help but say: "Visiting brothels, prostituting prostitutes, isn't this against the common law?" ”

Li Qifan said unhappily: "Brother Sun is also a person who reads, why is he so straightforward, and he thinks like those vulgar people, since he thinks that Mengqinglou and You Narrow Evil are so unbearable, why do you still have to come to this Tianxiang Courtyard, and you can't stay out for three nights, drunk with some flower cards?" ”

Sun Yueling suddenly felt in his heart, it seems that he has really crossed over to the Qinglou, no wonder he can order any flower cards, and hurriedly said: "Brother Li is not angry, he is also very fond of this romantic affair, there is a way that 'the spring breeze is proud, and he sees all the Chang'an flowers in one day', but in the eyes of secular people, visiting the Qinglou with courtesans is inevitably harmful, I don't know if it is true?" ”

That's just the ignorant and jealous opinion of some vulgar people. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info" Li Qifan drank all the wine in the cup and talked eloquently, "It has always been a first-class elegant thing in the world to visit the Qinglou and visit the famous flowers, and since the Han and Tang Dynasties, the Qinglou has been integrated with the whole world, inseparable and exists in the world in its unique way." ”

"And that kind of thing?" Sun Yueling was confused when he heard it.

"Qinglou and the poetry of all dynasties, food and clothing, and even political affairs are closely linked, the prime minister of Qi in the Spring and Autumn Period, Guan Zhong, once placed 700 women, and levied his night to enrich the country; In the Tang Dynasty, there was a Qujiang Flower Exploration Conference held by the Jinshi Troupe, where literati and famous prostitutes gathered together to narrate poems, which was an extremely elegant thing; Not to mention the Tang and Song poems and songs, which are not connected to the Qinglou rhyme, without the Qinglou, the poems and songs are greatly reduced and not written. ”

Sun Yueling was surprised when he heard this, if Qinglou was really as wonderful as he said, why did it become something that was discriminated against and despised by everyone in his era, and asked: "In this case, hasn't Qinglou become the first guide to poetry, and it is a great habit of elegance?" ”

Li Qifan stood up, walked to the window with his hands in his hand, looked at the Qinhuai River, and said: "It can't be so conclusive, the Qinglou just highlights the poetry and literature - the scholars like you and me are the first to be elegant."

The Qinglou has always been connected with the literati, all dynasties have attached importance to the Shizi, and the Shizi literati have become the main people in and out of the Qinglou, the Shizi can be an official, and the retreat can be for the people, there is a kind of comfort and sustenance in the Qinglou, so the Qinglou has become tasteful and elegant because of the literati, and the character is extraordinary; If once there are no literati haunting, the Qinglou will completely become a place of copper smell, then the Qinglou will also lose its unique way and become a bargaining chip and be despised by others. ”

Speaking of this, he sighed and said, "You also know that many of the Qinglou women who fell into the dust were forced to do so, not because of their own intentions, they are mostly people who have suffered a lot, why do we still discriminate against them?" ”

This long remark made Sun Yueling greatly admired, and when he thought about it carefully, as he said, in his own era, how could any literati and ink writers enter and leave the brothel of the Qinglou, all of them are naked money transactions, dirty and dirty, and countless women take the initiative to work in order to have easy pleasure, no wonder they will be beaten into a tumor and swept into the garbage heap of history.

After thinking about it, he stopped his chopsticks and said, "Brother Li, it is undeniable that there are still a lot of despicable and dark things in the Qinglou, can this also be regarded as elegant?" ”

Li Qifan returned to his seat and said with a smile: "Of course, Qinglou has a lot of unsatisfactory points, after all, it is also a place of business, and it is you and me who earn money, but there is no absolute thing in the world, there is a bright side, there must be a dark one, which industry is absolutely fair competition?" If there is no Qinglou, who will we scholars go to the wind and the moon, and go home to play with our wives, she is sitting in a precarious position, dignified and generous, so it is said that the wife is not as good as a concubine, a concubine is not as good as a maid, and a maid is not as good as a prostitute, hehe...... You tell me? ”

When Sun Yueling heard him say that a concubine was not as good as a maid, he couldn't help but think of the Ling'er who kept calling herself a maid, and her graceful and delicate jade body appeared in his mind, swallowed a sip of wine, and said: "After my brother said this, how do I think that we don't have to blame ourselves for going to Tianxiangyuan this time, but it is still a fair and elegant thing." ”

Li Qifan laughed and said, "Exactly." Patting the wooden table, he muttered, "The new rhyme is the most delicate, and Xiaohong sings in a low voice that I blow the flute." At the end of the song, we crossed the pine forest road and looked back at the 14th Yanbo Bridge. ”

Sun Yueling also laughed, and the two raised their glasses and drank this cup together.

After drinking and eating, the two went downstairs together and came to the street outside Tianxiang Temple.

This is a street close to the Qinhuai River, the street is about four zhang wide, the street is full of golden buildings and powder pavilions, carved railings and jade masonry, eaves and windows; The painting boats in the Qinhuai River are lit up, winding continuously, and from a distance, they are connected into a line, like a fire dragon dancing, reflecting for a long time. In the distance, there is a cross bridge across the Qinhuai River, stretching out to the endless lights on the opposite bank, and the figures on the bridge are weaving, coming and going.

Li Qifan pointed to the stone pier wooden bridge and said: "After crossing this Wende Bridge, it is the Confucius Temple, and the famous 'flower viewing event' in Jinling will be held in front of the temple tonight." As early as upstairs, Li Qifan had told Sun Yueling that there was a grand event tonight, so the two said that they would come to watch it together.

"Flower Appreciation Event" is a famous Qinglou event in the south of the Yangtze River, held in Nanjing in the autumn of each year, because the Jiangnan Township Examination is held in the autumn, many candidates gather here, so it is held after the Township Examination, a total of three times, each time the interval is three days, and it is completed within nine days, and tonight is exactly the first time.

The two walked on the Wende Bridge, Sun Yueling had a whim, and thought that the Wuyi Lane where Xie Anzhu lived in the historical novels he had read before was on the side of the Wende Bridge, so he pointed to a deep alley hidden by a pavilion on the south side of the bridge, and said: "This is Wuyi Lane, right?" ”

Li Qifan nodded and said: "Yes, I think that back then, Xie An, the prime minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, went in and out of this alley, and traveled in Qinhuai with prostitutes, and was praised as 'Jiangzuo Merry' by later generations. ”

After crossing the bridge, before coming to a magnificent and huge temple complex, there is a wide square in front of the temple, there is a stone pillar in the square, on the book "the minister of civil and military affairs has dismounted here" a few big characters, Sun Yueling said: "It seems that this Confucius Temple is still a holy place, why the 'flower appreciation meeting' should be held in front of the temple, is it not a blasphemy of the sage Confucius?" ”

"Didn't the sages once say that they eat color?" Li Qifan patted the stone pillar and said with a smile, "This flower-viewing conference is like the Qujiang Conference in the Tang Dynasty, which is very lively and has a great impact, and it is a momentary event, so no one cares." For example, the opposite side of the Gongyuan and the streets on both sides of our exam are all Qinglou Flower Gardens, and the government didn't ask questions? ”

The two of them were talking, only to see that the square was crowded with people, and there were many shadows, and I didn't know how many people there were.

There are many business and travel vendors gathered around the square, selling all kinds of snacks, silk embroidery, juggling and other things, and even mysteriously pulling pedestrians and whispering: "Or, "Golden Vase Plum", "The Legend of the West Chamber", good-looking, not good-looking, no money......