Chapter 186: The Wind and Snow Meet the Dead

The snow was falling one after another, Tang Cheng sent away Li Longji, who was covered in snowflakes, and went straight back to the rest room set up for him on the construction site.

Seeing this, Laifu hurriedly changed the dry clothes that had been prepared long ago and served Tang Cheng, and made a pot of tea with boiling water in the fire cage.

After changing into dry clothes, sitting warmly by the fire cage, holding hot tea in hand, looking at the snow outside and the scenery of the world through the half-open window, this busy leisure time is really pleasant.

Sitting by the fire, holding tea and watching the snow, this scene actually reminded Tang Cheng of a poem, and when he was idle, he simply entertained himself and chanted softly:

It snowed in the capital for ten days, and the court was already full.

Hu'er tried to swipe, leaving a small window to be bright.

After smacking the mansheng and chanting, Tang Cheng laughed out loud, he had traveled for a long time, and he had more contact with the literati and writers of this era, although he knew that he was far from being a literati of the Tang Dynasty, but the occasional sour problem like this now was used to it.

As soon as this thought flashed, when Tang Cheng was about to lean over to add tea, he suddenly heard a crisp voice outside the door: "Cooking tea and watching the snow, such an elegant interest, but such a good snow has to be swept away, it is really burning the qin and boiling the crane!" As he spoke, he saw a bright woman walking in under the support of two servants.

The woman wore a hat to protect herself from the wind and snow, which was similar to a hat, and the brim of the hat was draped with a cloth that was long enough to cover her whole body from the knees. Outside the hat is a black fox fur, so that the whole body is wrapped more tightly.

Tang Cheng listened to the woman's voice but was familiar, but for a while he couldn't remember who she was. At this moment, the woman who had already entered the house had relieved her wind, and after dropping her hat under the service of the servant, she suddenly revealed the chic style of Chaoyun near the incense bun, and the water jade scratched her head obliquely on the bun, and her temples were dark. Skin is brighter than snow.

"Forehead yellow greasy", the women's ornament in the fashion must be a light compress on the forehead, but the forehead yellow used by this bright girl is not the usual yellow powder, it is directly taken from the gold powder on the forehead shallow outline a horizontal oblique bright yellow plum blossom. It goes well with the crescent-shaped flower in the middle of her forehead.

Eyebrow painting hanging beads. The face and ground makeup is the most popular "drunken garden double charm". Match the Yamato spring dot lip pose. The woman's bright and delicate foil is vividly and vividly.

This young woman is a natural affair. After this careful makeup, it becomes more and more glamorous. The room was a little bleak when she walked in. Suddenly added a bit of bright color.

I have to admit it. There are always some women who can be loved by heaven and earth. So as to achieve a bewildering beauty. For example, the one in front of you.

"Nanatori is here?". Ren Tangcheng couldn't have imagined it. On this snow day in Chang'an, the capital. Just when he was holding tea and chanting poetry sourly. Pushing the door and entering the ground, the guest turned out to be an old acquaintance in Yangzhou a year ago. As the head brand of the happy building, the red aunt is seven weavers.

"Why can't I come? You bought this Chang'an City? ”。 Gently shake off the snowflakes falling on the butterfly skirt of the golden clay. Raising his head, Qi Zhi frowned first, and snatched Tang Cheng two sentences. Fu raised his eyebrows and smiled. "The mountains don't turn around. Thieves. Where are you going this time? ”。

When I was in Yangzhou that day. Seven weaving steady pressure all over the city of fireworks. Its unparalleled beauty can be seen. This time, it is easy to be angry and happy, and it adds a bit of playful charm to the beautiful color. it. The world is really unfair. The hard-rooted beauty really looks good in any pose.

Tang Cheng had heard about the origin of this "little thief" from the pass and the old things after he left Yangzhou last year. It has been more than a month since I came to the unfamiliar capital far away from my relatives, and it happened that today, on this snowy day when I was thinking about the countryside, I met such an old acquaintance, although the two were far from knowing each other. But when he meets his old friend, it is also a happy thing.

It is precisely because of this idea that Tang Cheng is not as unpretentious about Qizhi as he was in Yangzhou last year, and he only laughs at her complaints about the "little thief".

"Laifu, look at the seat", after giving an order, there was no movement, Tang Cheng turned sideways to the somewhat stunned Laifu and said in an accentuated tone: "Look at the seat!" ”。

Yes", Tang Cheng's aggravated tone woke up, and his eyes fell directly on Qizhi's body, and his face turned red. Shrinking his neck, he hurriedly moved another stool and put it next to the fire. After setting up the stool, the guy, who had already straightened up and was about to walk away, paused and then bent down again. I wiped my sleeve the already extremely clean stool.

Qizhi was in front of him, and the close-fitting long Suifu was really a little unbearable, and he only frowned at Tang Cheng, and when he saw Tang Cheng like this, Qizhi who withdrew his gaze from Laifu smiled lightly between his lips.

Hey, he is so indisputable in front of the beauties, Tang Cheng can only call in vain, "It's snowy and cold, you can sit down and warm up", after stretching out his hand to invite a seat, Tang Cheng walked towards Zhang Liangchang, who had just walked in behind Qizhi.

"This is the old man from Yangzhou, Huainan Province to invite the first aunt of the town garden, I just arrived in the capital today, saying that I want to come to see the garden. If there is anything wrong with her, please ask the Tang officials to take more care of the face of the old man at home", Chang pointed to Qiori and explained softly.

After Tang Cheng heard this, although he was surprised how Zhang Liang could get such a red and purple top card, he also knew that this long-term follower might not be able to know, so he didn't ask again, "Where is your master."

"The master of the family came with him just now, because he met the Third Highness outside, he ordered the little one to come first, and he will arrive later."

Said, look at you covered in snow, find a place to warm up", after going out with a long salute, Tang Cheng turned around and returned to the fire cage.

Seeing that Laifu looked useless after seeing Qizhi, Tang Cheng simply didn't bother to call him again, so he went to take another one of the high-grade torture kiln white porcelain tea sets on the book table next to him. After putting in the crushed dough tea, I made a cup of tea with boiling water simmering in the fire cage.

After all the tea leaves in the cup were unfolded, and the entire tea also showed a transparent and crystal green color, he handed it to Qizhi, "This tea is Gu Zhu's purple bamboo shoots picked before the cold food festival this spring, and the water is the new snow collected from the plum tree outside, and the new snow is matched with new tea." Let's try it", after handing over the tea, Tang Cheng lifted the corner of his clothes and sat down opposite.

Qizhi roasted his hands on the fire cage and watched Tang Cheng brew tea with great interest. The white porcelain of the upper grade of the kiln is known for its lightness, at this moment the blue tea soup reflects the pale green luster through the wall of the lamp, the tea in the pot is straight like green jade, among which there are green tea leaves up and down with the water potential, in the tea mist that rises and falls, or Shu or roll, just a cup of tea. But this appearance is as fresh and distant as a top-grade landscape painting, full of spring.

"It's so beautiful, but it's never fried. Can you drink such raw tea? Now sitting opposite Tang Cheng, Qizhi has collected the charm of the happy building in Yangzhou, because she is not deliberately pleasing people, she has returned to her usual posture, revealing a casual innocence that Tang Cheng has never seen before.

Tang Cheng knew the origin of Qizhi's question, at this time drinking tea was different from the simplicity of later generations, when people wanted to eat tea, they always first crushed the tea cakes with a mill and then added raw water to decoction, during which they had to add raw water twice like boiling dumplings, and then use a thin wire mesh to filter off the tea foam and drink, which can be based on personal preferences or sugar. Or add ginger and garlic and other condiments, this specific method of drinking tea is called "sencha", compared with the ripe tea that is fried in this way, Tang Cheng's tea that is brewed with water at will is naturally due to Qiori's opinion.

After more than 1,300 years, if you want to explain the different tea-drinking customs, it is really troublesome, Tang Cheng didn't want to bother to say more, and after hearing it, he didn't have anything to say, but just picked up his tea cup and took a sip as a demonstration.

"Good light tea taste". Compared with the sencha that people like to add seasonings to, the tea that Tang Cheng brewed out is indeed light. The curious Nanori Xiao took a sip and just sighed for a long time, and suddenly said in surprise: "What a fragrant aftertaste!" ”。

Hearing this, Tang Cheng smiled, and this smile was as light as the tea in his hand.

Looking at Tang Cheng's smug chuckle, Qizhi lowered his head and took another sip, smacked it for a moment and said, "Although this tea is light, the fragrance of the tea has been here for a long time." Nanori, who was trying to describe what it was like to drink tea, seemed to be running out of words, until she turned her head to see the snowflakes falling in the Fenyang outside the window. Suddenly smiled and said, "By the way, this tea has the same taste as snow."

As soon as Nanori said this, not only was she waiting for the blessing of the land, but the two servants she brought couldn't help but smile, the girl was talking nonsense, what kind of taste can snow have? How can tea have the same taste as snow?

Qiori's words blurted out just like a poet's inspiration, and the feeling came extremely suddenly, but synaesthesia, which is similar to inspiration, is the most inexplicable, and even Qiori himself felt that this sentence was really a little out of tune after he finished speaking, and then he was laughed at by the servants, and her face became more and more unbearable, and the temper of Aunt Hong, who was very annoying to Tang Cheng in Yangzhou, was about to make it.

"Well said", at this moment, Tang Cheng, who was holding a teacup and looking at the snow falling outside the window, turned his head, looked at Qizhi and said approvingly: "These two things seem to be unrelated, but tea and snow are the bells of the spiritual roots of heaven and earth, and the two just share a clear word, you can say this sentence is Huigen, and finally it is not a loss of this high-quality Gu Zhu purple bamboo shoots and new snow."

That's what it means", the anger that had just appeared on Qizhi's face instantly turned into a smile, he snorted heavily in his nose, turned his head and glanced at the two servants triumphantly, and then his eyes fell on Tang Cheng's face again and said with a smile: "What you say is so sour, but it makes sense sourly." "Haha, what did Young Brother Tang say that made Miss Qizhi so happy?" , The person followed the voice, and Zhang Liang, who was also dressed in a breeze, walked in from outside.

After Zhang Liang came in, he beat the two servants, and even Laifu was beaten by him to the next room, took the tea that Tang Cheng brewed with his own hands, and the three of them sat around the fire cage.

"Tang Cheng... It's really time to take a word, or the name of the young brother every day is too disrespectful, it's really awkward", after saying this with a smile to himself, Zhang Liang pointed to Qizhi with a smile and said to Tang Chengdao: "You said it that day." The opening of this new garden needs to invite a talented Aunt Hong to come to the town, how about it, Miss Qizhi, do you look satisfied? ”。

Hearing Zhang Liang say this, Qizhi's eyes that always looked foggy at that moment suddenly turned to Tang Cheng, and seeing her expression, she was extremely concerned about Tang Cheng's evaluation.

Hearing this, Tang Cheng smiled slightly. "This is your garden, whether you make or lose is yours, you are satisfied, what else do I have to say."

Zhang Liang laughed when he heard this, and Qiori frowned, obviously dissatisfied with Tang Cheng's avoidance of reality.

Subsequently, the two discussed some preparations and details of the operation after the opening of the garden, but they were not interested in these things, and they barely accompanied them for more than half an hour. Seeing that the heavy snow had stopped outside, she could no longer sit still, so she called the servant next door to wait for her to put on the wind and go outside to enjoy the snow in the garden.

It didn't take long for Nanori to go out. Xu climbed to a certain high place and saw a scene covered in silver, such a scene is rare in Jiangnan, because she could hear her exclamation of surprise from afar in the house.

Hearing this joyful exclamation, Zhang Liang smiled, "Young brother, to be honest, what do you think of her?" ”。

"Yangzhou is the first city in the south of the Yangtze River, and the seven weaves can sit firmly in the position of the Oiran in Yangzhou Happy Building, which is equivalent to the first prostitute in the south of the Yangtze River. In the past two years in Chang'an City, all the dignitaries or merry children who have been to Yangzhou have not heard of her, and I heard her songs and poems in Yangzhou last year is also very good, this girl also has a good understanding, not to mention the appearance, the most rare thing is that natural charm. In addition, her age, especially the identity of the Qing people, is a huge advantage, to be famous, and good-looking, plus the age advantage and the identity of the Qing people, it is very suitable to have her as the platform of Xinyuan Town. Slow down ......", speaking of this, Tang Cheng, who suddenly stopped talking, paused for a moment and then rubbed his hands and said: "Since your brother can get her, then we have to change the original opening program of the garden."

The garden program has been discussed a long time ago, and when he heard this, Zhang Liang was stunned, "How to change it?" ”。

"I haven't thought about it now", Tang Cheng shook his head with a deep groan. "But it's a shame that you don't need such a good pillar. I always have to think of hype around her is hype, what is hype? It means that the hotter the hype, the more the new garden will be the first to win when it opens."

"The words you use are always weird, it's just a matter of thinking about it, and after thinking about it, you can inform me to handle it", after Zhang Liang finished speaking, he looked at Tang Cheng who was frowning and thinking with interest, and suddenly asked with a smile: "Listening to the report of the person who came to the capital from Qizhi, this girl is not a good place, and it is difficult to see even a good face along the way." But when I came here just now, I saw her laughing and laughing with you. Since you have such a high opinion of her, why didn't you just say it? ”。

"It's too fast, and it's held by so many people every day, this girl has a bad temper, and she can't boast in person", Tang Cheng thought about the matter, and didn't care about the ridicule in Zhang Liang's words, and asked curiously: "It's strange to me, Qizhi is really the cash cow of Yangzhou Happy Building, I heard that the boss is the brother-in-law of the Huainan Provincial Observation Envoy, and the relationship is also hard." Why is he willing to let you move this cash cow to the capital? ”。

"What, Prince Xiang wants to ask for a courtesan in Yangzhou, so can the Huainan Provincial Observer be reluctant?" , When he said this, Zhang Liang, who has always been elegant and business-free, gave a rare bad smile, "But who can have a little identity in Beijing doesn't know, although King An has a weak temperament and few things, as long as he opens his mouth, no one really dares to refute this face." No matter how popular Qiweaving is, he will be a courtesan after all, and the Huainan Dao Observation Envoy can offend our King An for a courtesan? ”。

"It turned out to be pulling the tiger skin to make a big flag", seeing Zhang Liang's rare side, Tang Cheng couldn't help laughing, "However, you have to be careful that the stuffing is exposed that day."

"What's the stuffing? Could it be that the observer still dared to confront the prince in front of him? Zhang Liang waved his hand disappreciatively, and said with a smile: "Tang Cheng, you haven't seen the prince, so I don't know how tranquil his temperament is." Don't talk about going out of the house, the prince usually sees few foreign visitors, and the Huainan Provincial Observation Envoy doesn't have this opportunity even if he has this mind."

Although Tang Cheng has never seen the prince of Xiang, he is really not a stranger to him with the history books, there are three hundred years of the Tang Dynasty, if you want to say that the emperor with the most tranquil temperament really has to push the king who gave up the emperor's throne twice, if the first abdication is still forced by the pressure of his mother Wu Zetian to protect his life, then the second time is purely from the heart. Combined with this understanding and thinking about what Zhang Liang said, Tang Cheng really has to admit that what he said is really reasonable.

After talking about the Seven Weaving Land, Zhang Liang looked a lot more solemn with a smile on his face, "Don't talk about this." It's just that when I came here just now, I happened to meet the Third Highness, and I heard that you took over the affairs of Wei Bo, Wei and others? ”。

"I have this in mind, but His Royal Highness doesn't dare to put this matter on me. That's fine, I'll just let it go."

"Tang Cheng, you can't blame the Third Highness, after all, the matter is big, you have no foundation in the capital, and the time is short, and the Third Highness is not at ease."

"It's human, I know. The same meaning is that His Royal Highness has already said to me in person, and this is going to ask you to appease me again, why is this so? Tang Cheng smiled crisply when he said this, seeing this, Zhang Liang secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, in his mind, most of the talented people were arrogant, and they couldn't stand to be suspicious, just now he was really afraid that Tang Cheng and the third prince had a heart for this matter.

"It's good that you can think so", Zhang Liang smiled and got up and personally served a cup of tea for Tang Cheng, "If you want to say that the four people who are newly transferred to the Imperial Forest Army, Erwei, Gao and Wu are the hardcore henchmen of Empress Wei, and now they are red and purple, it is really not easy to collect them, what kind of charter are you, let's listen to it."

"It's not just not easy, it's impossible at all", Tang Cheng took the iron chopsticks and gathered the fire, bringing up a piece of smoke and dust, and the charcoal fire in the fire cage also burned more vigorously.

Zhang Liang, who heard this, was suddenly stunned, and the hand holding the tea pot hung in the air in a daze.

"Even the Third Highness can't do this, let alone me, I didn't even think about trying to collect them, and to solve this matter, we have to start from the overall situation of the generals of the Imperial Forest Army", Tang Cheng put down the fire chopsticks and took the tea pot in Zhang Liang's hand and put it away, he smiled and said: "But don't ask me what I want to do brother, the snake has a snake road, the crab has a crab road, no matter what cat it is, as long as it can catch the mouse, it is a good cat, as long as you can help me find a way to catch Erwei, if I can really do it one day, half of the credit will be shared with you."

"I'll wait and see if it's sold", Tang Cheng said to this point, although Zhang Liang was curious, he didn't ask any more, he shook his head helplessly after pondering for a long time, "If you want to catch Erwei, I really don't have any good ways here, but these two people are good at fishing, and they often go in and out of the land of fireworks in Pingkangfang, or we will think of a way to ...... after our garden opens."

"You're saying they frequented the fireworks building?"

"Yes, not only that, but now Liang Panpan, the leader of Pingkangfang in Chang'an City, relies on the two of them the most."

said, Tang Cheng's eyes lit up, "In this way, Qiori's hype really needs to spend some careful thought."