Chapter 43: Orchid Bamboo Garden (1)

Now that it is the beginning of March, the Oiran Contest in the capital is about to be held, and for a while there is an undercurrent surging in the capital, the brothels and Oiran ladies are actively taking action, or inviting dancers, or hiring luthiers, but more is to invite the famous poets and writers in the capital, chanting poems and lyrics, and preparing to compete for a good ranking in the Oiran Contest. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Some low-class young prostitutes even dream of becoming famous in one fell swoop and becoming a world-famous Oiran lady and thus changing their fate.

On the morning of this day, when Lin Yi walked to the street to buy rice, he had already felt the breath before the storm from people's chatter. That's right! One of the magic weapons of the Oiran girls to overwhelm their opponents is not the beautiful lyrics and songs? Why don't you write one or two poems, and sell them to which Oiran girls, although you don't say that you can make a thousand dollars when the time comes? But it is still certain to earn ten taels of silver to support the family. Lin Yi's heart moved, he hurriedly went home with a rice bag on his back, and when he came back, he locked himself in the house and spent the morning trying his best to draw a picture with poems.

The word is Su Shi's "Butterfly Love Flower? Spring Scene", the words say: "The flowers fade and the red and green apricots are small." When the swallows fly, the green water surrounds. There are few willows blowing on the branches, and there is no fragrant grass at the end of the world! Swing inside the wall, outside the wall. Pedestrians outside the wall, beautiful people laugh inside the wall. The laughter gradually faded into silence, but the amorous was ruthlessly annoyed.

The word is the pavilion body that he is best at, elegant and generous, strong and powerful. The painting depicts an elegant house, tall willow trees, and spring swallows flying happily. In the garden of the house, there is also a picture of a beautiful young lady, who is happily swinging with her maid, and outside the tall courtyard wall, a young man, holding a horse in his hand, walks outside the courtyard wall, and is looking inside expectantly, but because he can't see people, there is a trace of distress on his face.

Considering that when Li Xuebing was in Yangzhou, she invited herself to come to Bianjing, went to Lanzhuyuan to find her, and gave herself a string of valuable agate bracelets as tokens. Therefore, Lin Yi painted the woman swinging as Li Xuebing. In order to leave his mark on this painting, Lin Yi deliberately painted the appearance of a man outside the wall.

After finishing the painting, I looked at it carefully and felt that the painting was realistic and rich in artistic conception, and I was very satisfied. When the paper was dry, Lin Yi gently rolled up the paper, changed into a clean and tidy suit, and walked towards the street.

Lanzhuyuan is a famous brothel in Beijing, located on the most prosperous street in Bianjing. Although Lin Yi had been in brothels as early as when he was in Yangzhou, he himself was still very decent and did not want to go anywhere at will. However, in order to sell his painting at a good price and raise start-up funds for opening a bookstore, Lin Yi decided to go in person. After interrogating a few passers-by on the street, Lin Yi inquired about the location of Lanzhuyuan, and found its door along the road.

Hey? This is the famous Orchid Bamboo Garden? Why is it not a pavilion, but a rich man's garden? Lin Yi looked at the round door with the words Lanzhuyuan written on it in surprise, and hesitated for a while.

When I was looking, I saw a young man come out of the round door, moved a short stool and sat down on the side of the round door, leaning back against the pink wall and dozing off.

Lin Yi didn't dare to trespass, and gently walked to the round door and looked inside. I saw that the inner courtyard of the garden gate was deep, the corridor was tortuous, there were rockeries, pools, tall willows, verdant pines and cypresses, and vaguely there were three figures of four women flickering among the flowers.

"Hey! This Xianggong, this is the private residence of Miss Li Xuebing, the first prostitute in the capital, not a place for you to see! It's okay, you better hurry up! "One of the family members had woken up at some point and was standing behind him, looking at him coldly.

No way! A private home? On such a precious land in the capital, can you have such a luxurious residence? Awesome! Lin Yi admired in his heart. turned around, bowed to the family, and said with a smile: "This big brother, I just came from Yangzhou, and I asked to see you Miss Li Xuebing, and I also asked you to go and say goodbye." ”

Which family member raised his face and said: "Our young lady only accepts guests from princes and ministers and talented people in the court, for a little-known person like you, please go back!" As he spoke, he blocked his body in front of the gate of the garden.

Yikes! It seems that if you don't take out the token that Li Xuebing gave herself back then, you really can't enter the door? Lin Yi took out a string of agate bracelets from his arms, handed them to the family, and said with a smile: "This eldest brother, I am not an outsider, I am Miss Li Xuebing's new friend, and this bracelet was given to me by her personally." Unbelief? You can take this item and take it back and keep it as she promised to see me. ”

Jia Ding took the agate bracelet, looked at it carefully, handed the bracelet back to Lin Yi, changed his face to a respectful look, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be an old friend of our young lady, so that's another matter." Childe, please follow me. With that, he led Lin Yi into the garden.

Walking through the winding stone path and the winding verandah, Lin Yi came to a three-story attic. Which family member stopped, turned back to Lin Yi and said, "This son, please wait a while, wait for me to go in and talk to our young lady." With that, he walked in.

Lin Yi turned his head to look around, and saw that at some point in front of the building, seven or eight young and beautiful girls had gathered, and they were staring at him curiously with their eyes.

"Yikes! This little brother is so handsome! It's much better than the bearded princes and ministers! A young girl exclaimed.

"It's not bad for Sister Li to pick up such a guest, but I don't know what his poems are, if he can't guess the three puzzles that Sister Li came up with, he won't even have the qualifications to go upstairs?" The other girl chuckled in a low voice.

Wow! Sure enough, she is the first prostitute in the capital, and she still knows how to market? Come up with a question like a riddle, I'm afraid that which young people and talents will flock to it, and it will greatly enhance your fame, and she is really a smart woman! Lin Yi sincerely admired.

While thinking about it, I saw that the family had come out of it, and laughed loudly: "This son, our young lady said, as long as you can lay out the three puzzles she came up with, you are qualified to go in, otherwise she will not accept customers, please go back!"

Gee! How can this be true, Lao Tzu didn't spend money to prostitute her, but with which prostitutes were treated like the same customers? Besides, if I really want to guess the riddle, if I can't guess it, wouldn't it be a loss of face for me? How much is it underestimated? Lin Yi thought for a while, and said loudly: "This big brother of the family, please go in and say again, just say that I am her friend, not a guest who spends money to prostitute her, if she wants me to guess the riddle, why don't I be a friend, and I will leave!" ”

As soon as he said this, the faces of the family and the girls immediately changed, and a girl with a melon seed face couldn't help but jump out and scolded: "Where are you a madman, dare to humiliate our sister Li like this?" My sister has always only sold her art, not her body, what is your intention to put her ordinary prostitute side by side? Sisters, drive out these fanatics. ”

The girl's speech was very appealing, and immediately the other women were excited, stretching out their fists and sleeves, revealing their white and tender fists, and some even picked up the bench sticks and took off the embroidered shoes under their feet, wanting to avenge their sister and beat Lin Yi.

No way! Trouble! originally thought that Li Xuebing was a Japanese actress who sold her body, but she didn't expect that she was a young female artist and spiritual mentor who was good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and this time she insulted other people's personalities, and she could spare herself? If you are really beaten down by a group of women, or let your embroidered shoes hit you on your cheeks a few times, wouldn't it be a shame to die? What kind of face do you have when you go out to meet people? The sweat on Lin Yi's head came down in a flash, and in a moment's panic, he didn't know what to do!

At this moment, the window sash upstairs was pushed open, Li Xuebing revealed a cold face, and said coldly: "Don't beat him, tell him to come upstairs!" ”

What a timely rain! Sister Li! If you show up again for half a minute, I'll be beaten by those little sisters under you!" Lin Yi wiped the sweat from his head, and slowly walked upstairs under the angry gaze of the girls.