31. Seven miles of Yingchuan flowers
Although Chen Shouyang and Zhang Shuye are more than half a hundred years old and have read countless people, they are really the first time to come to this kind of Fengyue place like the teaching workshop, and when they enter the gate, there are women who come and go, wearing all kinds of colorful clothes, and some geisha even wear Hufu and Hanfu that are different from the costumes of the Great Song Dynasty, and guests who are interested in this can invite these geisha to sing a song.
The more valuable a geisha is, the more they can sing or dance. There are a lot of singing lyrics for the guests to choose from, up to the handwriting of the court lyricists, down to the charm of the literati in the rivers and lakes, a small Zhen'an Fang, you can get a glimpse of the whole picture of the Great Song Dynasty.
"Grandma. I haven't introduced you yet, this one is Lord Zhang Shuye of Deng Zhoutong, and this one is Lord Chen Shouyang, who is ordered by the Taiyi Bureau.
The group sat down in a private room, and Master Li introduced to Grandma Li.
Grandma Li and Nie Shengqiong on the side didn't care, since they were officials, most of them were not good goods in such a place of flowers and willows, so they didn't have a good face for these two people, she had entertained the emperor, you little miscellaneous fish, she really didn't look at it in her eyes.
"Grandma, don't think of these two adults as those faint officials who come here to have fun!" Master Li has been raised by Grandma Li for more than ten years, and of course he knows her temper, so he hurriedly explained.
"Oh, the two adults came to our Zhen'an Fang, not to listen to music and enjoy the dance, could it be that they are still here to be monks?" When Grandma Li heard Master Li's words, she was a little unhappy.
The expressions on the faces of Chen Shouyang and Zhang Shuye were naturally very ugly, but where would they be as knowledgeable as these women, so they just kept their faces stiff and didn't speak.
"Grandma, that's it, since the two adults are here, let's treat them well!" What people didn't expect was that Nie Shengqiong on the side opened her mouth, at this time she took off her makeup and revealed her true appearance, what is surprising is that unlike Fang Cai's glamorous atmosphere, Nie Shengqiong at this moment only has the appearance of a girl, Chen Shouyang looked at her, just like his own daughter, completely like a little girl who has not grown, the old man stared at her, out of his mind, until Nie Shengqiong was really embarrassed and called him, and then came back to his senses.
"Imperial Physician Chen, hey, Imperial Physician Chen!" Nie Shengqiong saw that Chen Shouyang ignored him, he was a little angry, and pouted.
"Girl, take care of it, Brother Quanfeng's beloved daughter has just disappeared, and when I saw you, I remembered it again. Uncle Zhang understood what Chen Shouyang was thinking, and was busy explaining.
"Ji Zhong knows me. Chen Shouyang said in his heart, but he hurriedly replied to Nie Shengqiong, "Nie Xingshou forgive me, as Ji Zhong said, the little girl has disappeared mysteriously recently, you seem to be the same age as the little girl, I am in love with the scene, and I am a little out of shape." ”
"What kind of head is she, my lord is really joking. "Grandma Li, as the person in charge of Zhen'an Fang, is naturally not stupid, just her words like that, but to test the behavior of these two people, since Master Li followed the first queen, she has devoted herself to raising this Nie Shengqiong, the little girl is also angry, within three years, she has become one of the best in Tokyo, not to mention how beautiful she looks, but she has a ability, that is, she can sing, Compared with those lines, the familiar words are really innumerable, and what is even more powerful is that she can also compose lyrics herself, such as the words that she sang on the street just now, which was written by Nie Shengqiong herself. Therefore, a geisha like her, who has seven or eight points of appearance and is also good at quitting her job, has naturally become the object of pursuit of those elegant bachelors, every festival, Zhen'an Fang will set up a special session for Nie Shengqiong to sing, it is often difficult to find, the broker on the black market can fry a seat to hundreds of taels of silver, and its popularity is close to that of Master Li back then, Grandma Li said this, it is nothing more than modesty.
"The two adults, coming to the shelter, and the master personally brought it, must be something important, right?" Nie Shengqiong asked cautiously, like a daughter asking her father.
"This ......" Uncle Zhang first looked at Chen Shouyang, and then at Master Li, and his words were inseparable, and the meaning was self-evident.
Should this be said?
"Master, Shengqiong is not an outsider, so it doesn't hurt for you to let the two adults say it. Grandma Li saw through his thoughts, grabbed Nie Shengqiong's hand in her hand, and said.
"So, two lords, the night is still very long, and I will tell you first about the origin of those possessions. Master Li hid his face and drank a sip of tea, under the flickering candlelight, he actually reflected Master Li's somewhat reddened cheeks, this young and forty beautiful woman, people can't help but admire, at such an age, it is still a peach blossom with a human face, back then, how kind of graceful should it be?
"I know that you will dislike me as a prostitute. Although Master Li didn't specifically refer to it, a clear-eyed person naturally knew that she was talking about Chen Shouyang and Zhang Shuye.
The two of them also smiled embarrassedly, what Master Li said was true, they are high-minded literati, naturally they reject such prostitutes, even if they are geisha who sell their art but not their bodies.
"It's really helpless for me to be like this...... Master Li said this, his expression was a little dim, and Grandma Li hurriedly said as if she knew what she was going to say.
"Master, this is not ......"
"Grandma, if I don't say it, how can I make the two adults feel at ease with me, and how can I let the two adults help me without any guilt?" Master Li, as a woman, was blunt, and when Grandma Li saw that she was so resolute, she no longer dissuaded her, but just glanced at Nie Shengqiong and asked her to listen well.
"I became an orphan when I was young, and my grandmother adopted me, so I followed my grandmother's surname and called Master Li. Until August of the second year of Daguan, that morning, my grandmother came to tell me that there was a big man who gave me a very rich gift, attached a gift list, and signed at the end 'Dajia Zhao Yi, willing to take a look', grandma and I just regarded her as an ordinary businessman, nothing more than extra rich, like this gift to invite me to a banquet businessmen are not a few, so I didn't take it to heart. Master Li said, with a slight smile on his face, Chen Shouyang looked at it, and remembered the hibiscus again, every time he came back from Shizi's academy, he also had this expression......
"It was really interesting at the time, in order to test this person, grandma first let him eat some snacks and fruits in the outer hall, and didn't let me go out to see him, and then led that Zhao Yi to sit at Xiaoxuan in the east window, and gave him deer roast, chicken sorrel, fish and other food, the man was not in a hurry or annoyed, so he ate a meal with peace of mind, and at this time, grandma still did not allow me to go out to see him. At this moment, the man asked, 'Where does the master see?', grandma actually asked that Zhao Yi to take a bath, the man didn't allow it at first, and grandma said, 'The teacher is so clean, officials don't have to be disobedient', now that I think about it, I'm still afraid!"
Master Li's words resonated with Grandma Li, if he knew that this Zhao Yi was the emperor, where would he delay several times before he could see Master Li, let alone force him to take a bath, how good it is to live.