On the first day of the lunar month, Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu finally arrived at Shangqing Mansion.

Fortunately, on the way from Huzhou to Wuzhou, there were no more accidents, and it was smooth. This is also reasonable, there can't always be accidents, if the two of them are in such a difficult hurry, then ordinary people can't go out.

There is a saying in officialdom, called: "Three lives are unfortunate, and the county is attached to Guo; Three lives do evil, attached to Guozhou City; The evil is full of evil, attached to Guo Jingcheng. ”

The so-called "Zhixian attached to Guo" means that the prefect and the prefect are in the same city, so that his every move must be restrained, exhausted, and completely without the prestige of his parents. "Attached to Guozhou City" means that the prefect, prefect, governor or governor are in the same city. Needless to say, it is attached to Guo Jingcheng.

Therefore, some county towns are both government and state towns.

However, this is not the case with Shangqing Mansion, although Shangqing County and Shangqing Mansion have the same name, but the county seat of Shangqing County is not the capital of Shangqing Prefecture, and the two are independent of each other. The county seat of Shangqing County is located at the foot of Yunjin Mountain, and the capital of Shangqing Mansion is still some distance away from Yunjin Mountain.

Therefore, after Zhang Yuelu and Qi Xuansu came to the capital of Shangqing Mansion, they were not counted as coming to the doorstep. Zhang Yuelu plans to stay here for a few days, apparently because she reminisces about her childhood, when she was young, her parents often brought her here to play. This is especially true during the New Year's Festival. The fundamental reason is that Zhang Yuelu intends to delay for a while.

Qi Xuansu is still quite envious, Zhang Yuelu could go to the city to play when he was a child, but when he was a child, he could only watch the outside world from the high walls of the Vientiane Dao Palace.

Although the Vientiane Dao Palace is very large, large enough to be comparable to the Purple Mansion of Yujing and the Imperial Palace of the Imperial Palace, there are many forbidden places in the Vientiane Dao Palace, and they can't set foot in them at will, for example, the Shanggong where Zhang Yuelu went is one of the forbidden places for the Taoist children, and the area where the teachers live, they can't enter at will, Qi Xuansu remembers that there is a big lake in the Vientiane Dao Palace, which seems to be called "Hoshino Lake", but only the teachers can go, and occasionally there will be some elderly big people drinking tea and playing chess by the lake, or boating on the lake, they can only watch from afar, So the range of activities is also quite limited.

But then again, after leaving the Vientiane Dao Palace, he is not allowed to take another half step, unless he is appointed as a teacher of the Dao Palace or goes to the Upper Palace for further study, so Qi Xuansu sometimes misses the Vientiane Dao Palace.

The two walked on the street, because it was close to the end of the year, it was very lively, buying New Year's goods, doing business, returning to their hometowns, people coming and going, busy traffic, so lively.

Qi Xuansu asked, "Shall we find an inn to settle down in first, or will we talk about it later?" ”

Zhang Yuelu said: "How is the courtyard?" ”

"What?" Qi Xuansu listened very clearly, but suspected that he had heard it wrong.

Zhang Yuelu repeated again: "What do you think of the courtyard?" ”

Qi Xuansu finally confirmed that he had heard correctly, he could understand every word, and he could understand the whole sentence, and it was very incomprehensible to say it from Zhang Yuelu's mouth.

An unmarried virgin girl leads an equally unmarried boy to go to the courtyard under the banner of going home to see her father?

In these years, prostitution is a relatively normal thing, and Confucian disciples are especially fond of this mouthful, boasting of being romantic, almost obvious, and even writing poems and lyrics for this kind of thing, which will be passed down to future generations, and there are not a few stories of scholars and oirans.

Buddhist disciples must keep the precepts of adultery, not close to women, and they can't become biological children, let alone such things, and Confucian disciples are two extremes.

Daomen disciples are special and can be divided into three categories.

Quanzhen Dao disciples, especially Quanzhen Dao disciples who abandon their real names and use the Dao name, are similar to Buddhist disciples, they must abide by the precepts, eat vegetarian food and do not marry, and most of the old Taoists who are 100 years old but are still children are born from the Quanzhen Dao, so this kind of thing must be completely eradicated.

Zhengyi disciples can start a family and marry normally, but this kind of thing is not advocated, even if someone wants to have fun, they have to steal it.

The disciples of Taiping Dao advocate the art of the room and advocate the way of dual cultivation of yin and yang, which is the most indifferent, and this kind of thing is also the most commonplace.

Zhang Yuelu and Qi Xuansu are both disciples of Zhengyi, and when they are old, they become Taoist couples, which is a very normal thing, and no one will accuse anything. But if you go to the courtyard, you have to bear moral pressure. Although it will not be demerit and demotion, it is not a glorious thing after all, and it will hinder its reputation.

The reason why it is so different, it is like the same family children fighting and making trouble, if this person is from a family of generals, the world will not feel anything, and even feel that it should be so, but if this person is from a scholarly family, he will be regarded as a great rebel, and Sven will be swept away.

Gain erected the moral archway, enjoy the benefits brought by the moral archway, but also be bound by the moral archway. Therefore, it is not without reason that the reputation of the disciples of the Quanzhen Dao is the best, and the reputation of the disciples of the Taiping Dao is the second.

Qi Xuansu dusted off his clothes and said, "I don't want to be charged with misconduct as a child, and I don't want to get into trouble without getting any benefits, isn't it wrong?" ”

"It's just a matter of seeing, and it's not really going to do that kind of thing." Zhang Yuelu said, this is her long-term wish, and the two old family members who are responsible for taking care of her daily life know it.

Qi Xuansu didn't know, and still disagreed: "It's not that I've seen it in the White Emperor City, the flowers are full of flowers, the fire is cooking oil, and it is rich and noble." ”

"That time it was an investigation, it was already dark, and it was a dead body and a spirit officer, what could you see?" Zhang Yuelu said, "We didn't go over openly, secretly, and don't let people notice." ”

Qi Xuansu only felt that this was a bad idea: "It's okay to sneak over and not be discovered, but once you are discovered, it will really be yellow mud falling into the crotch of your pants." ”

Zhang Yuelu said: "You are an old Jianghu, haven't you even been to the courtyard?" ”

Qi Xuansu was about to speak, when he suddenly remembered that he had really been to the White Emperor City once, not the time in the White Emperor City, but when he killed Shen Yulai, he was in a courtyard in Jiangzhou.

Qi Xuansu smacked his lips, and had to cover up the past with another reason: "The courtyard is a gold cave, a bottomless pit, the prince enters, the eunuch comes out, I don't have so much money to squander." ”

"That's right." When it comes to money, Zhang Yuelu is also short of breath, and can't help but sigh with emotion, "Taiping money, Taiping money, it's not enough to spend." ”

Qi Xuansu asked tentatively, "That'...... We're not going to the retreat. ”

Zhang Yuelu was a little hesitant, after all, this was not a very important matter, it was just an idea she had when she was young, the key was that this trip home had already cost her a small half of her savings, she had no money in her pocket, and she did not have much confidence.

At this moment, a group of scholars passed by the two and were talking loudly.

"Everyone has heard about it, that Miss Li is coming to our Shangqing Mansion."

"Which Miss Li?"

"Who else could it be? Naturally, it is the girl Li in "Youth Tour". And the knife is like water, Wu Yan wins the snow, and the slender hand breaks the new orange. At the beginning of the brocade temperature, the beast fragrance continues, and the relative sits on the sheng. Whisper and ask: To whom do you stay? There have been three shifts in the city, and the horses are slippery and frosty, so it is better to take a break, and there are few people. ”

"Is it really the famous Miss Li in the imperial capital?"

"There will be no fakes."

"Why did Miss Li suddenly come to our Shangqing Mansion?"

"It seems to be my ancestral hometown, so I came back to visit relatives and friends during the New Year."

"Wonderful, wonderful, how many of us have a chance to meet?"

"Miss Li is just returning to her hometown to visit relatives this time, so she shouldn't be entertaining. Even if you want to meet, it's some local bigwigs. ”

"This Miss Li is known as the No. 1 prostitute in the imperial capital, and it would be a pity if she couldn't meet her."

"By the way, how our local Oiran compares to this Miss Li?"

"I'm afraid it's not enough, but it's also reasonable. There are two capitals in the world, one is the imperial capital, the other is the jade capital, and the fireworks woman is strictly forbidden to step half a step in the jade capital, and the emperor is naturally the most, followed by the ten miles of Qinhuai in Jinling Mansion. We can't get a number here. ”

"But I heard that there is going to be a poetry meeting in the courtyard, and Miss Li should show up, although the two of them can't have a long talk alone, it can be regarded as seeing Miss Li."

A few people talked and talked about some poems, songs and dances, all of which were the elegant things of some scholars, the girls competed for beauty, and the scholars cheered for the girls.

Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu stood on the side of the road, watching several scholars walk in front of them, and then glanced at each other.

Zhang Yuelu sighed with emotion: "Miss Li. ”

Qi Xuansu asked, "Do you know?" ”

"I don't know, but I've heard of it, it's a popular girl in Dijing, and she is praised as the number one prostitute in the world." Zhang Yuelu replied.

Qi Xuansu was shocked by the words "No. 1 in the world" and sighed: "What a big name." ”

Zhang Yuelu said: "Although it is a big name, but don't be too surprised, every few years there will be a different person, it is a group of Confucian disciples who have been in the wind and snow all day long." However, I didn't hear of this Li girl because of this, but because this Li girl has some relationship with the Li family of Taiping Dao. ”

Qi Xuansu was taken aback: "The daughter of the Li family still does such a thing?" ”

"It's not the daughter of the Li family, it's not even a righteous daughter, it should be said that it's a cash cow of the Li family. After all, the Li family is a family of hundreds of years, and there have been big names like Xuansheng, so they are not so shameless. Zhang Yuelu said, "The Li family accepts the righteous son, and also the righteous daughter." Some not-so-pleasant livelihoods are taken care of by these righteous sons and daughters, such as the Imperial Academy, the largest courtyard in the Imperial Capital City, Wutong Courtyard, which is in charge of a righteous daughter of the Li family. ”

Although there is good governance in this dynasty, the family members of the criminal officials are no longer demoted to the Jiaofang Division, but after her father was convicted, the family property was confiscated, and she lost her livelihood and appeared on the streets. The righteous daughter of the Li family, who ran the hospital, saw that she was a beauty, so she adopted her, and changed her name to Li Qingnu with her surname, and invited famous teachers to teach her piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, singing and dancing. ”

"This Li Qingnu Li girl is also really talented, and with the support and promotion of the Li family behind her, she soon became popular all over the imperial capital, and was praised as 'the first prostitute in the world' by those who do good things."