Chapter 90: Lin Xifeng's consternation
Hearing Ye Tianheng's shout, Lin Xifeng turned around and was slightly stunned: "Tianxianglou? It sounds like the name is the Land of Wind and Dust, right? ”
"Well, Tianxianglou is the first building in Hangzhou City, the women in it are beautiful, can play the piano, and can sing, not to mention how talented they are......" When Ye Tingheng wiped his mouth and said happily, Leng Buding caught a glimpse of Ye Tianling who was staring at him, and immediately stopped with a dry smile.
Seeing that Ye Tianheng was deflated, Li Yingcheng hurriedly smiled and started a round: "Forget Brother Ye, let's come out and relax, now we should all be hungry, just go to Tianxianglou to ask for a few side dishes, and listen to the piano music." ”
"Since the master has said so, and there is nothing to do left and right, then let's go!" Ye Tianling retracted his gaze, turned his head and chuckled, in fact, in his opinion, it doesn't hurt to go once in a while, he is just afraid that Ye Tianheng will be obsessed with the land of wind and dust and become addicted, so it will be troublesome...... But if the latter really has that idea, he can't control it.
When Ye Tianling raised his head, he found that this place was not far from Tianxianglou, and then he turned the street in front of him to arrive, and couldn't help but turn his head and glared at Ye Tianheng, this kid had already made up his mind to go to Tianxianglou, and he pointed out the way.
Since Tianxianglou is the most well-known building in Hangzhou, the facilities in it are naturally very luxurious, the ancient rhyme is around, the style is abnormal, Tianxianglou is divided into four buildings, east, west, north and south, each building is three floors high, covers an extremely wide area, can open this kind of entertainment place, naturally there is the support of the government, in other words, Tianxianglou is controlled by the government behind it.
There are maids at the door of Tianxianglou to receive, not so much that they are receiving guests, but rather to prevent ragged people from entering, although there is a suspicion of discrimination, but in order not to disturb people Yaxing, it is also a must, this kind of high-end place is indeed not ordinary people can come in, most of them are rich businessmen and nobles, literati and bachelors.
There is a carved railing in the courtyard, the wooden platform leans on the innermost, the geisha on the wheel every day will play the piano and dance on the wooden platform, the audience is full of literati, lie on the desk to eat and watch the dance, chant poetry and chat, if the geisha is invited by a certain scholar, they will go to the upstairs wing room to accompany them. The building is compared to a modern hotel, then this is the hotel lobby, and the private room is in the upstairs wing.
When Lin Xifeng and a few people walked in, they saw the lively scene of lights and singing and dancing in the courtyard, and the willow curtain naturally did not enter, and Ye Tianling arranged for someone to send her to the Ye family, accompanied by a maid.
After entering the Tianxiang Building, Lin Xifeng's gaze casually skimmed over the crowd in the field, and finally stopped on the wooden wall to the north, where there were several pieces of rice paper pasted on the wall, on which dense small characters were written, and there were many scholars around him, Lin Xifeng was far away, and he couldn't see what those words were written clearly, so he couldn't help but wonder: "What is it over there?" Did you know? ”
Li Yingcheng and Ye Tianling immediately looked at each other, obviously the two of them have never been here, Ye Tianheng saw this, hehe laughed: "There is a rule in Xianglou this day, every day there will be a geisha there to make a question, poetry and riddles, people who come here can write their answers there, and finally the geisha who made the question chooses her favorite answer, and her time this night will belong to this person, of course, it is only for the performance and not the dedication." ”
"Wouldn't anyone be able to answer the question? I'm sure I'm going to try my luck! Maybe my answer will be favored by the geisha, although there are a lot of rice papers, but they shouldn't be enough! Li Yingcheng nodded abruptly, and then asked suspiciously.
Li Yingcheng explained with a smile: "Naturally it's not so simple, each person who answers the question needs to pay twenty dollars first, otherwise there is no right to answer the question, there are almost two hundred scholars who answer the question every day, they can collect four dollars, which is equivalent to the scholars using four dollars to find a geisha, although it is more expensive, but the scholars are still happy to do it, after all, if anyone comes out on top, he will not be praised by all the scholars here, and it is also a good reputation, enough for him to be comfortable for a few days." ”
"I see, it's a good way to make a profit." Li Yingcheng nodded, and then greeted everyone with a smile: "Let's go over and take a look at today's topic!" I don't know poetry, but I can't help but be curious......"
"Let's go, go over, go over......" Ye Tianheng hurriedly pushed Lin Xifeng and Ye Tianling towards that side.
Walking closer, Lin Xifeng squinted slightly, and after seeing the title on the top line of rice paper, his face suddenly changed.
"Today's topic is...... Confirmed the eyes? What kind of title is this, it's not a word, it's not a poem, it's not a mystery, it's a strange topic......" After seeing the title, Ye Tianheng couldn't help frowning, on the other hand, Li Yingcheng and Ye Tianling both had similar expressions.
"Although I didn't say what kind of question it was, looking at the answers of the scholars, they were all five-character poems, and I think they all answered the questions as poems." Ye Tianling said softly.
Li Yingcheng wondered: "Wouldn't it be a mystery?" ”
"Who knows! In the past, the type of question would be stated every time, but this time it was an exception, and there was no hint at all. Ye Tianheng scratched his ears and muttered.
Although Lin Xifeng has been quiet and has not spoken, but his heart is not as calm as it seems, he never thought that the woman before was actually a dusty woman, and now he took out the epilogue of the poem as the title, Lin Xifeng did not look down on the dusty woman, but felt strange, it turned out that she was glamorous on the surface, and she was also forced by life to embark on this road without a free body.
"Brother Lin, what do you think about this topic?" Ye Tianheng saw that Lin Xifeng had been silent, so he asked with a smile.
Ye Tianheng's words interrupted Lin Xifeng's thoughts, and the latter was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and smiled: "This topic is too weird, I don't have any opinion, let's go!" Go over there and order a few side dishes to eat and dance. ”
When Ye Tianling and the three of them heard this, they naturally had no objections, they were not good at poetry, and they couldn't think of any wonderful answers if they read it any longer, and when they were about to leave with Lin Xifeng, suddenly an elegant son came over, paid twenty yuan to the maid on the side, took the brush in the maid's hand, and lifted his sleeves, and wanted to write his answer on rice paper.
Ye Tianheng hurriedly shouted: "Brother Lin, wait, let's see what this person's answer is." ”
Hearing this, Lin Xifeng and the three of them stopped again, they were a little curious, and saw the boy holding a pen on the wall with a neat line of italics: "I met the right person." ”
Lin Xifeng's expression tightened suddenly, he looked at this scholar in amazement, with an incredible expression, and then looked at the answers of other scholars on the rice paper, almost all of them were piling up rhetoric to cater to the sentence "confirmed the eyes", poems such as "glass eye ripple marks", only he was able to return to the basics and write the correct answer in white characters, is this just a coincidence, but this is too coincidental, right?
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