Chapter Seventy-Three: Xiaoxiang Tower
Zhang Lang and the three of them walked out of the alley, this is the main street where the main entrance of Xiaoxiang Building is located, the street is very wide, enough for six carriages to run in parallel, there are almost no other people on both sides of the street except for the houses and pavilions of Xiaoxiang Building, heavy pine and bamboo wrap Xiaoxiang Building, here is like a paradise far away from the world.
On the side of the street, there is a lamppost every ten meters away, and a square wind lamp is held at the top of the pillar, which illuminates the whole street.
The gate of Xiaoxiang Building is located on several white marble steps, with pink colored silk floating on both sides, and the plaque with the words "Xiaoxiang Building" is hung on the eaves.
More than a dozen handsome men dressed as Confucian scholars sat or stood on both sides of the gate, these people were actually the welcome servants of Xiaoxiang Tower, and once a guest came, they would hurry up to serve. These welcoming little guys in Xiaoxiang Building are better than ordinary readers, which makes people very curious about what kind of Qiankun cave is in Xiaoxiang Building.
From time to time, a carriage drove to the gate and stopped, and the people who got out of the carriage were all brightly dressed, and there were also people like Zhang Lang who came on foot, hugging each other in front of him, all of them looked like they had come from here.
Zhang Lang and the three of them went straight to the gate. Immediately, a small servant greeted him, glanced at Zhang Lang, and asked, "The guest is very raw, is it the first time to come?" ”
Zhang Lang nodded, "Yes, I heard from a friend that this place is good, come and see." ”
The little guy heard Zhang Lang's tone very loud, and saw that he was extraordinary, and the two entourages behind him were rare and tough, the little guy immediately judged that the son in front of him must be very big, and as soon as he thought of this, he had the idea of being careful and flattering, and said with a flattering face: "Let's not say that this Xiaoxiang Building is in Luoyang, even Fang Tian is the only one in the world!" No matter what Childe wants, this place has you covered! ”
Zhang Lang walked in with his feet raised, and the little maid followed closely to introduce the various services of Xiaoxiang Building: "We have all the delicacies in the world, the most wonderful juggling, and the most ecstatic singing and dancing ......"
Zhang Lang smiled evilly: "Then is there a waiter?" ”
The little guy smiled lewdly, "If Childe likes this tune, of course we can meet Childe's needs!" But there is one thing that you should pay attention to, our is different from the ordinary Qinglou Red Pavilion, unless the girl herself is willing, otherwise it must not be strong! ”
Zhang Lang smiled, "The difference between high-level and low-level probably lies in whether or not you will have an appetite." ”
The little guy laughed and said, "Childe is really in a word!" ”
Just then, there was a sound of footsteps at the door. Zhang Lang and a few people couldn't help but stop and turn around, only to see a large group of people walking into the lobby under the guidance of a middle-aged man and a few small servants. Most of those people were middle-aged people who exuded wealth, but there was a stunning beauty in the middle. She is tall, her hair is like a cloud, her face is beautiful, revealing a wisp of mature and deep temperament, wearing a long tunic skirt with white and green moon, which makes the whole person look particularly graceful and moving, and there is a golden step with gold leaves hanging around her waist, which makes a crisp and pleasant sound as she walks.
The group of people walked in front of Zhang Lang and them, Zhang Lang subconsciously glanced at the woman, and the woman also happened to look at her, her eyes showed surprise, and she smiled kindly. Zhang Lang also smiled slightly.
The crowd walked through the hall.
"Who are they?" Zhang Lang asked.
The little guy said: "They are all rich people! Most of Luoyang's wealth is in their hands! Several of them are the Wang family, the Li family, and the Xiang family in Luoyang, and the other is the Zhen family in Hebei. ”
"Who's that beauty?"
The little guy smiled, shook his head and said, "I don't know, I've never seen it." ”
Zhang Lang didn't take it to heart.
The little maid led Zhang Lang and a few people to the private room on the second floor, Zhang Lang sat down, turned his head to look out the window, and saw that the embroidered building water pavilion was beautiful under the moonlight, and bursts of laughter and laughter were sent by the sound of singing and dancing, which made people suddenly think that they had come to the peaceful and prosperous era of singing and dancing. He turned around and asked the little guy, "Who was playing the piano just now?" ”
The little girl smiled: "That's a Baguio girl." ”
"Baguio?"
The little girl hurriedly explained: "Although this Baguio girl was born lowly, she is a stunning beauty!" ”
Zhang Lang smiled and asked, "More beautiful than the young lady just now?" ”
The little guy tilted his head and thought for a while, "Almost! To paraphrase a reader's words, 'Chunlan and Autumn Chrysanthemum are good at winning'. Zhang Lang smiled, "Can you let that Baguio girl play a tune for me?" ”
The little girl showed a look of embarrassment, "Childe may not know, although the Baguio girl is just a musician, but she is quite arrogant, if she is unwilling, no one can force it!" ”
Zhang Lang smiled coldly, "I think she's pretending!" Forget it, I'm not interested in this kind of hypocritical woman. Go and prepare me a table of good food and drinks. He took out a piece of silver from his bosom and threw it to the servant, "This is your reward." The little girl hugged the silver ingot, looked overjoyed, nodded busily and said, "Childe, please wait, the wine and food will be delivered immediately." Does Childe need to sing and dance? ”
"No need."
The little servant said yes, withdrew, and closed the door.
"Childe, it's so strange here!" Xiao Long said.
Zhang Lang took a sip of tea and casually asked, "What's so strange?" ”
Xiao Long looked around, frowned, and said, "This place makes me feel like a peaceful and prosperous world, not like the outside at all." ”
Zhang Lang smiled.
At the same time, the group of people that Zhang Lang saw in the lobby just now came to an independent courtyard under the guidance of Deacon Zheng of Xiaoxiang Building. At this time, two middle-aged people, an old man with gray hair, and a handsome young man with a very handsome demeanor were waiting at the gate of the courtyard, and when they saw them coming, they all greeted them with a happy face.
The two sides exchanged pleasantries, and everyone walked into the courtyard together. This courtyard is not big, but it is very delicate and beautiful, the living water flows from the root of the wall on the east side, forms a lotus pond of just the right size in the middle of the courtyard, the water pavilion corridor above the lotus pond is lit up, a three-story wooden building on the north side of the lotus pond is brightly lit, more than a dozen maids wearing a tunic white skirt and looking good carry the palace lamps scattered all over the courtyard, they seem to be a scene in this exquisite scenery.
Zhen Jiang sat next to his father on the east side, and the gray-haired old man sat on the main seat, his name was Wang Peng, and he was the contemporary head of the Luoyang Wang family. This Luoyang Wang family is the largest merchant family in Luoyang, with huge wealth, and was wiped out by Dong Zhuo's family in history, but now it has survived because of Zhang Lang's intervention, but the Wang family is not grateful to Zhang Lang at all, on the contrary, they grit their teeth and hate it.