Chapter 59: Warmth and Coldness
The hall of the green building is not as lively as the teahouse, and the guest officials come to find women, and not many people are idle to sit outside and waste time, but the sound of silk and bamboo orchestras in the rooms on both sides of the attic is endless, and the atmosphere is very joyful.
Xue Chongxun walked to a table and sat down, and several other people stood aside, and in this way, the shelves were propped up. Obviously, he is such a pompous person who is not just looking for an ordinary person who can fool the past, and after a while, the bustard of the Qinglou came to greet him in person.
I saw that the bustard was a half-old who was a little older, and heavy makeup couldn't hide the traces of time. Xue Chongxun took a look, but remembered that many of the bosses of Qinglou were such women, just like Sister Du in Anyifang. Many old bustards were also prostitutes when they were young, and they were popular people, accumulating capital and certain contacts, but when they were older, they couldn't find other livelihoods, so they continued to do this business, from prostitutes to old bustards, which is still a better mixed talent.
Bustard smiled: "Look at your face, the first time you come back to us to have fun?" It's okay, once raw and twice cooked, after you come once, you don't want to go anywhere else. ”
Xue Chongxun also laughed and said: "I was introduced by a friend, I heard that you have a little lady named Bu Shao here?" ”
"Huh?" Bustard's eyes rolled, not knowing what she was thinking, "It's unfortunate, Bu Shao has been unwell and unlucky for the past few days...... But we have a total of five popular brands here, or you can choose another one, and you won't lose to her. ”
Xue Chongxun had a bad thought in his stomach, and said in his heart: What does Bustard mean that the woman's aunt and mother are here?
He doesn't care about this, he didn't come to prostitute women, but he wants to see what the famous Wang Changling is like, and by the way, he can get to know each other so that he can have a good relationship. He thought about it and smiled: "Don't worry, I'll ask her to accompany me to drink some wine, listen to a song, and ask her to come out to see me." ”
But the bustard looked embarrassed and had no intention of agreeing. Xue Chongxun looked at her expression with interest, but he didn't know if what he had just said about his physical discomfort was an excuse. He didn't ask much, so he took out a piece of paper and a small piece of jade from his sleeve and slapped them on the table: "Five hundred yuan, the ticket issued by Xiantong Qianzhuang, take this thing and get it at any time." ”
Bustard looked at Xue Chongxun in surprise, then picked up the ticket on the table and looked at it carefully and asked, "What do you mean...... What is this money for? ”
Xue Chongxun said with a smile: "Of course, the whole person is more than five hundred, if you let her come out to accompany me for a while, the money will be yours." ”
The bustard was overjoyed, and immediately collected the ticket. She was very happy, and Xue Chongxun was also very happy: if you want to redeem Bu Shao, it is estimated that she will not be able to spend a penny, maybe those officials will have to extort a sum of money in turn, alas, five hundred guan should be regarded as a little compensation for this bustard.
With the silver, they were extra enthusiastic, and took Xue Chongxun and the others up the built-in stairs. Walking to the door of a room, the bustard turned over a wooden sign next to him, pointed to it and said, "Lang Jun, please come in, my daughter will definitely be able to wait for you." ”
Xue Chongxun was stunned and said, "Didn't you say that she was unwell these days?" Just as we were going up the stairs, I saw a man coming out of the house. ”
Bustard was a little embarrassed and said: "It's just uncomfortable, but there are always people who have to find her, aren't you one?" ”
"yes, haha." Xue Chongxun thought that this was really the case, and he also laughed, and turned back to a few men and said, "Wait here." ”
Xue Chongxun pushed the door in, and at first glance he saw a screen, embroidered with a few lotus leaves and lotus flowers, and two ducks...... Maybe it should be a mandarin duck, but the appearance on the painting is too much like a duck. The furniture in the room is made of lacquered wood, and the windows have hollow patterns, which has a strong oriental classical atmosphere. This makes Xue Chongxun feel very good, and he has always preferred this style of culture, if such an arrangement is in modern times, I don't know how much it will cost to do it.
At this moment, I saw a little lady in a Luo skirt walking out from behind the screen, she had a goose-egg-shaped face, and she was still holding the messy green silk on her head as she walked. As soon as the hair is pulled up like this, the fair and straight neck becomes more and more beautiful.
"I'm really ashamed to come out to see Lang Jun like this, but I'm afraid you'll wait too long." The little lady bent her knees lightly and said, "I'm polite." ”
"You're welcome." Xue Chongxun hugged his fists and said, "I'm a friend of Wang Shaobo, are you Bu Shao?" At this moment, he saw a wisp of green silk sliding from the little lady's head to her face, messy, but it added a bit of Chu Chu beauty, making her look as if she had a sense of sorrow.
Xue Chongxun said in his heart: The ancient beauties really have a very unique charm, not only the physical appearance, but also the classical feeling between words and deeds, clothing and dress, which is a kind of culture. Thinking about it, Wang Changling is a literati, so it is not surprising that he likes such a woman.
"My name is Bu Shao." The little lady said softly, with a little embarrassment between her expressions.
Xue Chongxun's product tasted, she must have felt that Wang Changling called a friend to prostitute her, she was a little uncomfortable, he hurriedly hinted: "I heard the bustard in the building say that you have been unwell for a few days?" You have to rest yourself. ”
"Xie Langjun is kind." Walking to a cabinet on the other side of the smoker, he turned back and said, "You can sit down first...... Lang Jun is a friend of the young uncle, and he hasn't asked for advice yet. ”
"My surname is Xue." Xue Chongxun said casually, then walked to a cork chair, brushed his robe and sat down. At this time, Bu Shao walked over with a ceramic jar and two glass cups, and said with a light smile: "I heard that you spent five hundred yuan, and the loser is not so defeated, so don't be angry...... Western Regions wine, I usually don't want to take it out, Xue Lang spent so much money, I want to entertain you with good things. ”
After a while, she beckoned someone to bring a bowl over, and Xue Chongxun saw that it was filled with ice cubes. She scooped the ice with a spoon and put it in the glass...... It is obvious that they are making chilled wine, so it seems that the tradition of putting ice in foreign wine has existed in the Tang Dynasty.
There were two cups in total, and when one was finished, Xue Chongxun said, "Don't put ice on yours, just heat the water...... When a woman is unwell, it is not good to drink ice. ”
Bu Shao's face turned red, and seeing that Xue Chongxun's expression had changed a little, she whispered: "You are really a careful person, Madame must be doing well." ”
It's a hairy man, he can't take care of so many women...... When Xue Chongxun heard her mention his wife, he thought of Li Yan'er, thinking that he had hardly paid much attention to her recently. He heard that Wang Changling had a deep affection for this Qinglou woman, so he smiled and said, "I think you can live better than her." ”
Bu Shao didn't know what to think, and said in a low voice: "Wind and dust girl, what other extravagant hope can there be." She said as she looked at Xue Chongxun carefully.
He didn't plan to do anything serious when he came out today, so naturally he didn't wear the purple flower ayara that symbolized his identity, and he wore a light cyan linen cloth on his coat and a cloth towel on his head, which many down-and-out scholars love to wear. Xue Chongxun was originally a martial artist, but after getting the memories of his previous life, he felt that he was highly educated and should be regarded as a good young man with culture and ideals, so he usually likes to pretend to be a literati.
He was dressed as a scholar on the outside, but his dirty clothes inside were of fine white satin, and his white cuffs and collar were deliberately exposed. Bu Shao looked at the spotless neckline, and then at the ornament around his waist, and said, "Jade is good jade." ”
"Good eyesight." Xue Chongxun said with a smile, the piece of jade he was wearing was many times more expensive than the same weight of gold.
Xue Chongxun doesn't like people to praise him for his bravery, as if he has a feeling of stuffing muscles in his brain, he is very unhappy, and he likes to hear others say that he is cultured and tasteful. At this time, he shook the praise, he was poetic, picked up the glass cup on the table and shook it gently, the ice cubes "gurgle" in it for a while, and immediately remembered a very familiar poem, and pretended to chant: "Grape wine luminous cup, if you want to drink the pipa, urge immediately." Drunk and lying on the battlefield, Jun Mo smiled, and a few people came back to fight in ancient times. ”
Bu Shao pondered for a moment, and said happily: "It's really a good poem, Lang Jun is tall and heroic, and full of pride, isn't he a general in Beijing?" ”
Xue Chongxun frowned, and when he saw the screen he saw at first glance when he came in, he said, "This one is not suitable for me, let's do another one." ”
Bu Shao supported his chin with his slender hand, looked at him intently, and said with a smile: "The slave is willing to listen to you." ”
Xue Chongxun wiped his rough palm on his face, pretending to have a sentimental expression, and he couldn't help but giggle when he saw the shaking, and his shoulders were trembling.
"The ten-mile Ping Lake is full of green, and the hosta secretly cherishes the Chinese New Year. If the rain cover is protected for a long time...... Only envy mandarin ducks, not immortals. Xue Chongxun shook his head and said.
Bu Yan glanced back at the screen embroidered with ducks, "I only envy mandarin ducks, I don't envy immortals......" She said with affection, and then leaned up and hugged Xue Chongxun's arm.
Xue Chongxun's arm felt the soft thing, and suddenly came back to his senses, hurriedly grabbed her arm and pushed it away, and said with a smile: "Let's talk well...... I am a friend of you, and I came here today mainly to meet and get to know each other, and if we meet again in the future, we will be acquaintances. ”
Bu shook his brow and said, "You...... Spend so much money and only see me once? Then she seemed to remember something, turned her sorrow into fun, she covered her face with her sleeve, and said in a low voice, "Does Lang Jun know that the jade man blows the flute?" Don't worry about my discomfort, I can make you comfortable anyway......"
Xue Chongxun suddenly remembered the man who went out from here before entering the door, didn't Bu Shao also serve with the method of "blowing the flute"? He suddenly felt a little sad, and sighed again: "It's hard for you." ”
Walk silently. He added: "But such days should come to an end soon, and I will soon redeem you from the sea of suffering, so that you and the young uncle will become mandarin ducks that everyone envies." ”G