Chapter 122: Even to the Qinglou

After personally managing the government, Chaoxu was able to understand the hard work of the Empress Dowager Gao. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Tian Lai Novel.23txt.Chaoxu originally thought that through his own thorough reform, the Great Song Dynasty would immediately become strong, but it backfired, and the implementation of many policies took time. Bringing the country back to the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty is not an overnight effort, but a long-term governance.

"Perseverance, rotten wood will not be broken, perseverance, gold and stone can be carved!" After Chaoxu admonished himself, he solemnly thanked Ximenqing: "Listening to your words is better than reading ten years of books!"

Chaoxu's latter sentence is also from an allusion. There was a poor show who went to Beijing to take the exam, but he only cared about the road and missed the accommodation. Seeing that it was getting late, he was very anxious. Just then, a butcher came up to him and invited him to his house.

The butcher and Xiucai had a very speculative conversation, so the butcher casually asked Xiucai: "Sir, everything has a male and female, so which is the female and which is the male and which is the male in the water in the sea?

Xiucai was stunned for a moment, so he had to ask the butcher for advice. The butcher said, "The sea has waves and waves, and the waves are females and the waves are males, because males are always stronger." ”

Xiucai nodded again and again, and then asked, "What about the male tree and the mother tree?" The butcher said: "The male tree is a pine tree, and the word 'pine' doesn't have a male character? The plum tree is a mother tree, because there is a female character in the word 'plum'." When Xiucai heard this, he suddenly realized.

After Xiucai arrived in the capital, he entered the examination room and opened the paper to take a look, what a coincidence, the question from the emperor was exactly what the butcher said to him. Many show talents look at the question, dumbfounded, and don't know how to answer; only this show can do it without thinking.

Soon, Xiucai was named the champion. He specially returned to the butcher's house, presented a generous gift, and wrote a plaque to the butcher with the inscription "Listening to your words is better than reading a book for ten years......

Ximenqing just said some nonsense, but he didn't expect Chaoxu to solemnly thank himself after hearing it.

What's going on? Did I brainwash Chaoxu successfully?

Ximenqing had a question, and hurriedly said kind words that there was no need to wait so on. Suddenly, a sad cry came from not far away:

"Sima Bai, I hate you!"

The person who shouted this sentence was none other than Ouyang Lanfu, who was glued to Sima Bai's side. Then, she was seen covering her face with her hands and running towards a dim alley.

Ximenqing and Chaoxu were both stunned, and they didn't know why: Weren't they okay just now? Why did they turn their faces in a blink of an eye?

"What's going on?," Chaoxu asked Ximen Qing next to him.

Ximenqing shook his head slowly, negating Chaoxu's speculation: "I don't see it! Aren't you clear about Sima Bai's character? In addition to arguing with me, who did you see he had a conflict with?"

Chaoxu thought back for a moment, and it was really like this. So he said: "Master, he won't refuse Miss Ouyang again." Let's go over and ask. ”

Or the apprentice understands the master. Chaoxu guessed correctly, Ouyang Lanfu was so excited, he was really rejected by Sima Bai again......

Chaoxu saw Sima Bai's face tense, his expression was gloomy, and he was obviously in a very bad mood. But he felt that there were some things to say: "Master, Miss Ouyang has run away, won't you catch up?"

Sima Bai looked at the alley where Ouyang Lanfu had run away, biting his lip tightly and hesitating.

Chaoxu can also understand Sima Bai's mood now. In the middle of the night, if Sima Bai didn't chase her, if Ouyang Lanfu had any accidents, he would be full of regret......

Chaoxu tapped his palm a few times with a folding fan, and turned his head to look at Ximenqing: "Brother Ximen, it's up to you!"

Ximenqing shrugged, with an expression that I knew would be like this. "I'm here to be a coolie every time," Ximenqing muttered, then turned around and hurried towards the dim alley, leaving an aftermath echoing in the square: "Remember! You owe me a jar of good wine~"

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God, why did you treat me so cruelly, when I was desperate, you let Brother Sima take me out of the sea of suffering, but now you don't let me be with Brother Sima, my heart hurts......

The more Ouyang Lanfu thought about it, the more sad she became, tears continued to flow down her white cheeks, she was like a person who had lost her direction, regardless of whether the road under her feet was flat or not, walking alone in the dim alley.

After turning two corners, I came to a willow alley. The alleys were brilliantly lit, but the scene here made Ouyang Lanfu slightly distracted.

Why is it so late and there are still so many people visiting the night market?

She blinked, forgetting her sentimentality for a moment, and looked up at the three-story attic she had passed. I saw that this building was draped in red and hung with colors, and the roof was warped layer by layer, decorated with all kinds of birds and beasts, which can be described as the corner of the cornice. There is a plaque on the frieze, and the book is full of three gilded characters in spring red.

Most of the pedestrians on the road come to Man Chunhong, and if they meet acquaintances, they will also stop to greet each other. In front of the door, two scantily clad bewitching women were greeting the guests with trembling flowers:

"Yo, isn't this Wang Gongzi? I haven't seen you for a long time, why haven't you come to cheer for so long? Xiang'er has killed you first~"

"This boy is only born with a face, is it the first time to come to us Manchunhong? Come in! Our girl here is satisfied with you!"

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Ouyang Lanfu glanced at it a few times, and the people who came here now were basically gorgeously dressed sons. She frowned, and finally knew where Man Chunhong was. This is one of the famous Fengyue places in Bianliang City!

The word "green house" originally referred to a luxurious and exquisite house, and sometimes it was used as a synonym for a wealthy family. Shao Chen's "Cold Girl's Journey" has: "The rich girl of the Qinglou is born with a master." With Luo Qi all day long, he has always known the wit. Cao Zhi's "Beauty Chapter": "The residence of the borrowed girl is at the southern end of the city, the green building is near the main road, and the high gate is closed. ’

In the Tang Dynasty, the Qinglou had other meanings, and Wei Zhuang's "Pounding Practice" has 'Yuehua spits out bright candles and candles, and the women of the Qinglou sing the song of pounding clothes', which refers to the brothel.

During the Song and Yuan dynasties, the Qinglou became a special reference to the land of fireworks. The land of wind and snow, the teaching workshop, the smoke willow lane, the gold cave and so on are its other names.

The brothels, which were purely engaged in the leather and meat business, were called 'kilns' and were of a lower grade. As a high-class brothel, the girls in the Qinglou are generally geisha, and they are called Qingqi people. They are of a higher grade, and the people they receive are all high-ranking officials and nobles, and they are merry and talented. Of course, there are also two services that are available, called Red Guys. But in any case, the recitation of poems, playing the piano and singing are still the main programs.

Ouyang Lanfu knew that he had walked blindly and came to a place where he shouldn't have come, so he hurriedly turned around and ran back in the direction he came. Just ran two steps, I ran into a drunkard who was full of alcohol.

When the drunkard saw the beautiful woman in front of him, he grinned, revealing a mouth full of big yellow teeth: "Beauty, why are you still wandering alone on the street so late?"

Ouyang Lanfu endured the disgusting stench coming from the drunkard's body, and hurriedly bypassed him and continued to run. After all, the drunkard had drunk too much, and his feet trembled when he walked, and he fell to the ground without taking two steps. But this drunkard is also persistent enough, lying on the ground and not forgetting to say: "Beauty, beauty......"

Ouyang Lanfu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he got rid of the stinky drunkard. She was about to continue walking back when someone stood in her way. Ouyang Lanfu didn't stop, but instead quickened his pace, intending to bypass this roadblocker.

But I heard the man say:

"The crowd is looking for you thousands of times, but you are alone on the road. ”......