Volume 2 A Light and a Night Chapter 116 Don't die
As one of the most prestigious green buildings in Pingkangfang, Yanlai Lou is full of guests on weekdays, and at this time, the excitement is inevitably a little more, not to mention that the BMW carved car is crammed into the front yard, and it comes a little later, but I am afraid that there will be no place.
After a long time of grooming, Yanlailou's new top-notch carrot girl, who has nothing to do to watch the scenery by the window, dresses elegantly and has a lazy attitude, and her eyebrows and eyes are leisurely.
The hour was still early, and soon after the sunset set on the city wall, there was still a dark red sunset in the sky, which was even more magnificent in the blue and black night.
Across the main building, she heard the voices of the frontyard men taking care of the guests, and the hustle and bustle of the night had come earlier and more enthusiastically these days.
Carrot is not in a hurry, although there are many distinguished guests in the building, there is only one top card, she has her own reserve and detachment.
Although the old bustard loves silver, it is not enough to see the top brand of silver, and he has the name of "selling his art but not selling his body", and what he wants is the coveting and pursuit of the guests. Only the more ordinary rich and noble people want, the more they can't ask for it, can they reflect the preciousness of the real nobles.
Carrot thought, I'm afraid that today, like a few days ago, I have to wait until the second and third watches before I can make an appearance. Ordinary nobles will also weigh their own identity, and they will not be able to overwhelm the crowd, nor will they find themselves unhappy to be accompanied by the top brand.
"Sister, Mom asked you to meet the guest!" a little maid who had not yet reached the age of cardamom hurried into the door with small steps.
The carrot was deeply surprised, it was just dark, and he was going to meet the guest, which was too outrageous, could it be that it was the prince?"
"It's the sons of three families!" said the little maid.
Carrot frowned, most of the gentlemen have no ink on their chests, superficial and naΓ―ve, it is difficult not to be disgusted, as the number one Qinglou who is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and has excellent talents, she is the most disdainful of this kind of family son, who can only babble, and she just copes with it on weekdays.
"If it's just the son of a family, in normal times, for the sake of their generosity, maybe I have to go and see it immediately, but at this time of year, there are real nobles who hold power to accompany me, why would my mother be in such a hurry to let me go?"
The little girl remembered the conversation between the old bustard and the other party, and immediately said: "They are also officials, and they have power in their hands!"
Carrot snorted coldly: "How much power can a group of young men who have just entered the ranks have in their hands?"
The little girl tilted her head and recalled carefully, "They seem to be officials of the Governor's Mansion, by the way, yes, I have seen one of them, fat, fatter than the fattest pig!"
Carrot's face changed, the Duwei Mansion is now in full swing, she knows it, and she is in charge of the security of Yanping City, if it is the Duwei of the Duwei Mansion who comes, the old bustard's decision will be reasonable.
"Is it Captain Shidu?" asked the carrot busily.
The little girl shook her head, "When my mother called them, they didn't have the surname Shi. β
Hongluo's face suddenly sank, and she was displeased, "It's not Captain Shidu, a few petty officials, you want me to accompany you?"
When she said this, she suddenly thought of something, and her eyes lit up, "Could it be ...... Is that Mr. Zhao?"
"What Zhao Zongqi?" the little girl looked confused.
"It's the one who took a hard-working woman to sue the Liu family in Jingzhao Mansion, the Liu family who took the fish and meat people to disregard people's lives, and the Zhao family's son-in-law who completely crushed him!"
"Is that him?" the little girl was shocked first.
Now it has been spread all over Yanping City, after Ning, the son of the Zhao family, entered the Duwei Mansion, he found out about the many evil deeds of the Liu clan, and found many ordinary people who were brutalized by the Liu family in anger, gathered them to Jingzhao Mansion, beat the drum for them, and finally succeeded in seeking justice for the poor, and he is a good official who is truly a good official for the people, and his reputation is outside!
The little girl came back to her senses and was immediately overjoyed, "Mom just called one of them Zhao Gongzi, and what did she say that Gongzi would definitely become a lieutenant in the future...... Surely he's right!"
The carrot was overjoyed, her face was flushed, she didn't delay any longer, she hurriedly walked out with her feet up, and went out of the door, only then did she realize the gaffe, and quickly took a deep breath and settled down.
Being able to be summoned by Zhao Ning to accompany him, Carrot was excited.
But this is not because of how much she admires Zhao Ning's personality of being the master of the people, and how honored she feels to be able to play the piano and flute for the other party, but because Zhao Ning is now famous and widely praised by the market and respected by the people.
If she can talk to Zhao Ning happily and become a confidant, she can borrow the light of the other party, which will be very beneficial to her fame.
The reason why the famous Qing Qi'er in the Qinglou prefers to entertain talented scholars rather than rich businessmen is this reason. Only the poetry and articles of scholars and scholars can make them famous and bring them more and more lasting income.
Some of the Qing people who have their own talents and are proficient in poetry and literature will also use the name of free hospitality to ask talented scholars to compose poems, set up many levels for the meeting, and at the end of the day, they can harvest many good articles.
Or create a good story of a confidante helping a poor scholar, and let some scholars beautify it with the pen in their hands and spread it, so that more people can read it, so as to have a beautiful fantasy about the Qinglou geisha.
All this, in the final analysis, is to build momentum and fame for the Qing people, and finally achieve the effect of price gouging.
In contrast, the gimmick of "selling your art but not selling your body" is just a start-up operation.
Now that Zhao Ning's fragrant bun is here, the carrot is naturally happy. She came to the private room full of energy, planning to do her best to make Zhao Ning praise her.
But as soon as she entered the door, she suffered a slap in the face, she just greeted her with the most moving posture, and before she could speak in the most beautiful voice, Zhao Ning ignored her affectionate eyes, pointed with her hand, so that she didn't have to perform any talents, and went directly to accompany Chen Anzhi, who was already hugging left and right.
This made the carrot's face turn pale all of a sudden.
"Let my brother be happy, don't talk about gold and silver treasures, your Yanlailou will not be disturbed by the Duwei Mansion from now on, and if you are in trouble, you can go directly to the Duwei Mansion!"
Zhao Ning saw that the carrot's face was resentful, and there were some grievances that wanted to be stopped, as if she was accusing her of not understanding the amorous feelings, and suddenly remembered Xia He's appearance, Wei Wuxian and Chen Anzhi laughed at him, and couldn't help but get angry, and added in a cold voice: "If you don't do well, you Yanlailou won't have to open the door to do business in the future!"
Carrot failed to achieve the goal set when she went out, and she was originally a little frustrated and dissatisfied.
But when he heard Zhao Ning's words, saw Zhao Ning's face, and thought of the strength of the Zhao family and the Duwei Mansion, he immediately panicked in his heart, and he was only afraid, and hurriedly sat next to Chen Anzhi with a well-behaved, sensible, gentle and lovely person, and no longer had half of the high self-control when facing ordinary nobles and scholars.
Chen Anzhi saw that Zhao Ning gave up the top card to himself so decisively, he was in a good mood, laughed three times heroically, pushed a Qing Qi'er away, directly held the carrot in his arms, grabbed and pinched his hands for a while, and ignored the other party's reluctant and stiff smile because of the pain, raised his glass and shouted: "Come on, do it!"
"! whoever falls first today will be the grandson!" Wei Wuxian shouted even louder.
Drink the wine glass, without Zhao Ning's signal, the kneeling Qingqi'er next to him took the initiative to fill it for him.
When he looked at Chen Anzhi, he saw that Yan Lailou's top brand was smiling, and he didn't behave well, so he almost scolded him on the spot, but he didn't say anything because he took into account Chen Anzhi's feelings.
The bitch is ruthless and the drama is meaningless, and Zhao Ning saw these geisha thoroughly in his previous life.
The only ones who have good fantasies about them are ignorant teenagers. Such a stunned youth, as long as he enters and exits the Qinglou and kiln a few times, he will know how wrong he is. Treat them tenderly, they will only be emptied of their pockets, and they will be despised from head to toe by the cold hard heart under their smiling faces.
There are two kinds of people in this world who have the most no morality in their hearts, one is the officials and magnates at the top of power and wealth, and the second is the prostitute who can hang with any ugly fat pig.
It's not that there are no chivalrous people among prostitutes, it's just that such people only exist in the stories in books, and they can't be seen in their lives.
After three rounds of wine, Zhao Ning and others gradually entered the state, Chen Anzhi deserved to be a good man who threatened to put down the two, disgusted that the wine glass was too small, and let people change the wine bowl, and finally felt that the wine bowl was not fun enough, so he simply held the wine jar and poured it directly, and soon his face was frighteningly white, and his eyes were so red that it was frightening.
Wei Wuxian was once again impressed by Chen Anzhi's rudeness, and sighed in admiration: "Since the first time the three of us quietly bought wine, hid in a tree and drank it secretly, and were choked down, until now, I have never seen you so fierce...... The Ministry of Rites just exercises people's alcohol consumption like this? β
Chen Anzhi held the wine jar and burped, waved his big hand, and was arrogant: "If you can't drink it, you can call grandpa, and now it's ......too late to flatter me."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly vomited, covered his mouth, finally plugged it, and hurriedly got up and rushed to the thatched house.
Wei Wuxian laughed: "I knew that according to such a drinking method, this kid would definitely not be able to hold it first, and he would be fat with a swollen face, I ......"
He said "I" twice, his face changed greatly, and he couldn't hold back, so he covered his mouth and ran out.
After a while, Chen Anzhi came back in good spirits, looked around the room, and was quite eyeing him, and his momentum did not decrease but rose, as if he had put an extra stomach in his stomach when he went out.
If you vomit for the first time, you will soon have a second and a third time.
In less than two hours, Chen Anzhi had already run out six or seven times, Wei Wuxian was about the same, Zhao Ning would not have been drunk, but in the end, he still didn't hold up to Chen Anzhi's suicidal drinking, and he also ran a few times.
The last time he came back, Chen Anzhi almost crawled through the door, no longer had the air of the mountain as the peak, waved all the geisha out, and lay on the carpet in the center of the room and hummed.
There were only three brothers left in the room, Chen Anzhi looked at the beams of the house, obviously drunk like mud, and he didn't even have the strength to sit up, but his eyes were unusually bright, and they were frighteningly bright, as if there was a bright future for him on the beams.
He suddenly said word for word: "Xu Xiang came to the house the day before yesterday and talked with his grandfather until dawn. I don't know what they said, but yesterday my father told me that from now on, Chen and Xu are no longer rivals, so let me pay attention. And I'm ...... He also has to leave the Ministry of Rites and take up an official position with real power. β
According to common sense, Chen Anzhi has to go through two years of training in the Ministry of Rites, and it is impossible for him to be released so quickly and still hold a real power official position - just like the top three in the new department, he has to stay in the Hanlin Academy for two or three years.
But Tang Xing and Zhou Junchen entered Jingzhao Mansion early, and Chen Anzhi's early promotion and transfer is not necessarily unreasonable. However, this abnormal arrangement only happens in extraordinary times.
Zhao Ning's brows furrowed slightly.
The current situation in the court is changing, and it is indeed an extraordinary time. The fate of many people has been changed by the tide of the times. There are inevitably joys and sorrows, and there are those who are in the same boat and those who go against each other, which dooms several families to be happy and a few to be sad.
Zhao Ning suddenly understood why Chen Anzhi was so desperate for drinking today.