Chapter 300: Pastime
Peng Qingying likes Qingxifang very much, which is the most popular place in Jinling, just as she used to walk the streets of Xizhou City when she had nothing to do, the thick smoke and the sound of Yingying's cars and horses brought her the same natural and real feeling.
In addition, in addition to the teahouses and wine shops, there are countless shops of various categories, you need to know that a dazzling array of goods is the favorite of women, this hobby may be rooted in women's genes, ancient and modern separated by thousands of years but has not changed.
Although most of the goods here are ordinary and visible ordinary goods for Peng Qingying, she doesn't care, she has purchased a lot of clothes, jewelry, rouge, gouache, etc., which is not only her favorite, but also a gift to take back to Langzhou to give to the other two sisters.
The guards had to temporarily hire a big car to follow behind them to collect these goods that Peng Qingying had purchased frantically. Li Yuan just held his hands behind his back the whole time, and followed Peng Qingying from one street to another street with a smile, looking at the happy smile on her face, how could he bear to tell her to stop. It's rare for her to enjoy this kind of fun, so why don't you be a tolerant follower and let her enjoy this comfort.
An hour later, the carriage was full of goods, Peng Qingying stopped purchasing with a happy flush on her face, wiped the sweat on her face with a silk handkerchief, stood in the street and sighed: "Now I really feel the prosperity of the national capital, and I can't finish shopping for a while, but I still have a lot of things to buy, what should I do?"
Li Yuan smiled bitterly: "You can't buy what you want to buy in ten and a half months here, it's better to rest for a while, anyway, we have to stay in Jinling for a few days, if you like, you can buy it every day, why rush to finish shopping in one day."
Peng Qingying spit out her fragrant tongue, and said with a smile: "Lang Jun, am I too greedy, I want to buy it when I see a beautiful and fun one."
Li Yuan laughed and said, "Greed is greed, so what? Let's go, let's go rest for a while, the street over there is full of wine shops, let's go in and have fun."
Peng Qingying nodded in agreement, and the two slowly came to the southeast of Qingxifang, a street of wine shops on the edge of the Qinhuai River, which was much quieter, and the streets were full of well-dressed people, wearing luxurious robes and shaking folding fans, rich merchants and scribes with big bellies and gold bags on their waists, and young men riding white horses to call friends.
In the wine shops on both sides of the street, the slender and slender maids in gauze skirts and stepping on Yulian come and go as lightly as swallows, accompanied by the rhythmic sound of musical instruments, which gives people a hazy illusion, as if their every move is like a dance.
Li Yuan casually found a wine shop with a crimson wine curtain and pointed to the door, "That's it, let's go in and drink some wine to warm up, and rest for a while."
Peng Qingying suddenly turned her head and said with a playful smile: "Lang Jun looks quite familiar, it seems that you come here often." Is your favorite place for men to come to these places for fun?"
Li Yuan hurriedly said: "Don't think about it, this is a serious wine shop, just a place to drink, listen to music and watch dances, not the kind of place you imagined, what you want to talk about should be the smoke willow restaurant in the street next door."
Peng Qingying pouted and said, "I don't know anything about smoke and willow fireworks."
Li Yuan smiled awkwardly, "Don't worry, the wine shop is a serious pastime, otherwise how could I take you in?" Besides, I swear to you, when I was on duty in Jinling before, I really didn't come in these liquor shops once, although this is one thing I have always wanted to do, and I have no choice but to be entangled in official duties...... Today, you will accompany me to fulfill this wish, shall we go in and have a walk?"
Seeing her man's serious look, Peng Qingying nodded, and then couldn't help laughing. Li Yuan took Peng Qingying's hand and entered the wine shop, it was not strange that there were male customers in the wine shop, but it was rare for men to bring women to shop, which immediately attracted the surprised eyes of several guests in the wine shop.
Li Yuangu found a place to sit down, only to see a bearded woman with a bumpy figure coming over and smiling with a strange accent: "Hello two, what kind of wine are you eating?"
Li Yuan smiled calmly, "What kind of wine is there here?
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The bearded girl's blue eyes flickered a few times, and she smiled, "Honorable guest, is this your first time here? Our wine shop is famous on the Qinhuai River, specializing in exotic customs, and naturally only sells exotic specialty wines, one is Gaochang "wine", one is Khotan's "small cellar pulp", and the other is Persian's "ambergris...... Which one do you want?"
Li Yuan smiled: "I can't remember these names, so I'll have a pot and taste them all."
The bearded girl smiled and said, "Well, it's the first time I've seen you like this."
Peng Qingying saw that the bearded girl was flirting with Li Yuan's eyebrows, and she was a little unhappy in her heart and frowned. However, the Hu Nu didn't care about Peng Qingying's expression at all, and still said with a smile: "After ordering the wine, may I ask the guests which country's beauties do you want to accompany the wine?" In terms of the amount of wine, she is a Khitan woman, in terms of singing, she is a Goryeo woman, and in terms of dancing, she is a Khotanese woman.
Whichever country the guest likes, I will call you to accompany you, we have all the countries here, by the way, I am from Persia......
Li Yuan was very surprised, he didn't expect that the wine shop in Qingxifang had been opened to such a point, and he could actually order Hu girls from all over the world to accompany him alone, how could this not be reminiscent of the style in those private rooms in some business places in later generations......
Li Yuan even began to doubt his perception of these wine shops, maybe this place was not as simple as he imagined, this kind of approach, which was almost crazy and tentative on the edge, wouldn't it definitely breed skin and meat trading?
Li Yuan glanced at Peng Qingying, and regretted that he didn't figure out the situation and took the initiative to bring her in, and blocked his wife, isn't it just to block himself? And Peng Qingying really looked at Li Yuan with disgust at this time.
Li Yuan swallowed his saliva and said in a low voice, "Don't get me wrong, it's really the first time for my husband to come...... Don't worry, you won't want an escort."
Peng Qingying snorted and said, "Why not? All the people of the three kingdoms you just mentioned, all the Khitan Goryeo Khotans, all of them were called, and they accompanied my family Langjun to drink, sing, and dance."
"What, three?" The bearded girl was stunned, and then surprised again, "Is this still a husband and wife to have fun together?"
Peng Qingying tried to squeeze out a smile and said, "Didn't you understand? All three are called."
Ignoring the surprise in her heart, the bearded girl nodded hurriedly, turned around and went to the counter for a while, and after a while, three bearded girls in long skirts came out from the small curtain behind the counter, and came to Li Yuanzuo under the leadership of the Persian bearded girl.
The three Hu girls were all beautiful in appearance and tall in figure, revealing wild charm all over their bodies, and stepped forward to salute Li Yuan and Peng Qingying respectively. Peng Qingying commanded the three Hu girls in a good manner, one poured wine to accompany the wine, one spread his singing voice, and the other picked up the tambourine and danced with his bare jade feet.
Wine is good wine, song is good song, dance is good dance. With its melodious exotic singing, swirling crimson skirts, slender and white waist exposing her navel, her hair fluttering in the wind, and her graceful eyes, this exotic wine shop is indeed worthy of its reputation.
But at this moment, how can Li Yuan have the heart to appreciate, in front of Peng Qingying, Li Yuan can only stay reserved and sit upright, where is there any fun at all, and he has completely made a mistake, this kind of occasion is still a place to sell dog meat on the head of a sheep.
As Li Taibai said in the poem "Youth Xing": "Wuling is young in the east of the golden city, and the silver saddle and white horse spend the spring breeze. Falling flowers wander wherever they go, and laugh into the orchid restaurant." Such a situation is obviously not fiction, but such a scene is only suitable for the pastime of a single and wealthy young man, not for himself who came with his concubine.
Li Yuan had to drink wine cup by cup, but fortunately, the wine was sweet and delicious, the small cellar slurry was mellow and long, and the ambergris cream was fresh and elegant, so it was not in vain to come to the wine shop.
I don't know how long later, the three wine jugs were mostly empty, the dancing bearded girl also let out a slight gasp, and when the bright beads of sweat could be seen on the smooth forehead, suddenly a series of noisy footsteps sounded on the porch of the wine shop.
Li Yuan put down the wine cup and looked surprised, but saw a middle-aged man dressed in the palace waiter's clothes show his head in front of the wine shop, and carefully inspected the wine shop, when he saw Li Yuan and Peng Qingying, the waiter immediately walked towards Li Yuan with a smile on his face.
Another kick
The sound of chaos came, and several guards of the Wuping Army who were guarding outside flew in from outside the door of the wine shop, stepped on the table and jumped in front of the waiter, blocking the waiter's way.
There was a commotion in the wine shop, the sound of musical instruments stopped abruptly, and the dancing and singing Hu girls were so frightened that they stopped watching all this. Several of the guests were so frightened that they hid in the corners and shivered. In a panic, several wine cups and jugs fell to the ground, and the silver tin jugs fell to the floor with a "clang" sound, and the fragrant wine flowed wantonly from the spouts on the floor, staining the crimson felt carpet on the ground.
"Don't, don't do it! Dare to ask, but is it the governor of Li?" The chamberlain was blocked by several guards, his face suddenly turned pale, obviously frightened by these bright swords, but he still struggled to squeeze out a smile, and saluted respectfully towards Li Yuan through the guards.
Li Yuan slowly stood up, drank the wine in the cup, and asked in a deep voice, "Who are you?"
"Hui, Hui Li Dadudu, the villain is Wang Shoucheng of the Yan Palace, who followed His Royal Highness to do things. Governor Li, the villain has been looking for you all morning, but he has finally found you." The chamberlain said happily.
"Been looking for it all morning?" Li Yuan said lightly, "Oh? What do you do?"
"Governor Li, His Royal Highness King Yan has come to invite you to meet you. Oh, and Peng Guogong from Dongxi is also waiting to see his sister. That's why I ordered the villain to invite Governor Li, and asked Governor Li to take Mrs. Zun with the villain to see His Royal Highness King Yan." The chamberlain hurriedly explained.
Li Yuan nodded, glanced at Peng Qingying, who was slowly getting up beside him, and said with a smile, "Qingying, I'm right, your eldest brother took the initiative to come to you."
Peng Qingying said repeatedly: "Then what are we waiting for, let's go see the eldest brother now."
Li Yuan smiled: "The wine hasn't been drunk yet, it's all good wine."
Peng Qingying muttered, "What else do you drink? Okay, next time I'll allow you to come here alone for a drink, are you satisfied? Let's get ...... go quickly."