Civil servants of the Tang Dynasty

"I'm dazed and confused", Su Can took a deep look at Tang Cheng, "It's better not to know, it's better not to know."

"Old one, you go back now and send that set of instruments of torture and the house deed to Officer Su Tui." Tang Cheng rubbed his warm hands alternately and stood up. The directors will not be appointed until after the seventh day of the seventh day, and the eighth day of the day will pass the news, and the ninth day of the ninth day, the son will be appointed as a member of the Ministry of Bibu, so, the tenth day of the day... ".

"On the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, I will wait for your chariot and horses in this main house."

"Okay, refreshing," Tang Chengjie praised, "I don't know anything, but I just help train some people. What crime can there be? I wish everyone in the Guizhou Mansion to live longer than Nanshan, and wish everything to come true.”

After bowing his hands and saluting, Tang Cheng stopped staying and walked out of the main room.

Guan Qianyu left earlier just now, and only Tang Cheng and Laifu were left on the way back. They were still in front of the mansion, but Laifu didn't hesitate like last time, "Mr. I don’t know what the little one reported last time, have the senior officials thought about it?”.

"Just wait for the apprenticeship on the tenth day of the new year. I'll find you the top master in this industry. As for how much you can learn, it's up to you." If Laifu doesn't ask again, Tang Cheng will never take the initiative to bring it up again. But since Laifu asked again about this matter, Tang Cheng had no hesitation, "Remember, Laifu, this is your own choice. Since you chose it voluntarily, you will never regret it in the future."

"It's too late to be so happy, what are you regretting?" Lai Fu arched to Tang Cheng again and again with an excited face: "Thank you, sir."

……

This year is exhausted tonight, next year will be reminded tomorrow.The cold goes with the night, and the spring comes with the fifth watch.

New Year's Eve is here!

Their identities are different. At this special time tonight, the two maids, Laifu and Qizhi's personal maids all went to the front yard to watch the New Year with the other servants. The family who keep the New Year's Eve should not lie down, anyway, tonight No more reason to sleep.As soon as they left, only Tang Cheng and Qizhi were left in the room in the courtyard.

Tang Cheng stood quietly in front of the window and looked at the dim sky outside. The new year is finally coming. Under this sky, this city of gold, known as the capital of all nations, is destined to be It will not be peaceful, what should happen will definitely happen, and his own ideals, safety and even the date of return are all tied to everything that must happen.

From an ordinary person who has nothing to do with national affairs in later generations to a direct participant in a coup d'état 300 years ago, the life he traveled through is really amazing!

"What are you thinking about?" Qizhi asked softly after handing Tang Cheng the longevity wine brewed with cypress leaves.

"I think that among all the reasons that determine what a person can do, the most important thing is the position. Even a very ordinary person, if placed in the right position, can learn to do things that he didn't even think about before. Dare to think."

"It's a good day on New Year's Eve, what are you thinking about?" Qizhi looked away from the sky outside the window where there was nothing to see, and said softly: "Tang Cheng, I'm cold."

"There's wind by the bed, hurry back to the fire cage." After finishing speaking, Tang Cheng realized that Qizhi's words seemed familiar.

"I'm cold, but I don't want to go back." The wine glass in his hand slightly rippling out the wine, and Qizhi slipped into Tang Cheng's arms.

"Qizhi, do you know that you are very beautiful, very beautiful."

"Yeah," replied with a long nasal voice.

"Besides, I've been away from home for a long time, you know?".

Qizhi poked her head out of Tang Cheng's arms slightly, "What exactly are you trying to say?".

"What I want to say is that I haven't been close to a woman for a long time, and it will be very dangerous for you to do this."

"You're so thick-skinned." After Qizhi, who suddenly blushed twice, spat, she giggled again, "I also want to say something."

"what?".

"Tang Cheng, you are such a fool!".

Chapter 199 Jiaozi is not used to the wind and rain, so she pays Dongjun to protect her.

Qizhi is a beautiful messed-up woman, no matter whether it is in Yangzhou or Chang'an now, but at least nine out of ten men who have seen her have imagined that if they could hold this woman under their bodies, what would it be? What a comfortable life.When such a naturally seductive woman got into the arms of a long-standing man in the private room, and said in a long nasal voice that the man was an idiot, what should the man do?

Difficult!

Even if it is difficult, it must be done.

The word "dumb" made Tang Cheng's hanging hand wrap around his soft and delicate waist. As soon as this hand was attached, Qizhi's body nestled in the man's arms became softer and softer, and immediately she was still screaming cold His soft body quickly warmed up.

"liquor".

"Um?".

"Take away the wine in my hand", Qizhi hums all the words from her nose now, without the usual crispness, vague and trembling, "Idiot, and yourself In hand!".

Tang Cheng took the wine glass in her hand and put it on the table by the window, but he didn't put down the glass in his own hand, instead of putting it down, he lowered his head and took a sip.

With his hands completely freed, Qizhi wrapped around Tang Cheng's waist like two snakes. It has been more than 20 days since the last viewing pavilion night, and Qizhi has regained the feeling that made him fascinated , that feeling of peace and stability that is extremely attractive to her.

After Qizhi hugged Tang Cheng's waist tightly, she breathed out comfortably. Just as she was about to close her eyes and rub her head against the chest that gave her a sense of peace and stability, she happened to see Tang Cheng Put your head down and go drink.

"At this time, he still has the mind to drink!" Qizhi was really frustrated at this moment.Enter my lovesickness door, know my lovesickness.Long-term lovesickness, long-term lovesickness, short-term lovesickness, endless!People who can write such verses are so puzzled, "Stay...".

This sentence of mild resentment and anger only uttered one word, and the rest was blocked, and then the wine Tang Cheng just drank seeped into Qizhi's mouth like a mountain stream.

Lips and teeth entangled, and with a "dang", the wine glass in Tang Cheng's hand fell to the ground, and the bluish-blue wine juice flowed out and slowly wet Qizhi's jacquard skirt, but no one paid attention to it. The waist slowly moves upward...

In the city outside the gate, I don’t know that family started to burn firecrackers before the time came. People’s patience is really limited on such a festive night. Soon, the sound of "cracking" firecrackers rang out in the square area where Tang Cheng was located.

The sound of the jacquard lacquered dress falling to the ground and the subsequent panting were covered by the continuous sound of firecrackers. Two naked worms rolled on the couch, and Tang Cheng was half naked during the three or nine days when the dripping water turned into ice. It doesn't feel cold to be outside, and there are more and more folds on the colorful quilt.

A branch of jade carved railings meets just before it blooms.Jiaozi is not used to the wind and rain, so I pay Dongjun to protect her.After a long time, the sound of firecrackers outside became louder and louder, but the panting inside the house slowly stopped.

"Savage", moved his body when he spoke, Qinghong Qizhi, whose blushing face had not yet faded, couldn't help frowning, "I don't know how to feel pity".

"Why didn't you say that just now?" Tang Cheng stretched out his hand to soothe her sore spot as he spoke. Qi Zhi, who was limp in Tang Cheng's arms, could only let him go, but her face was slightly red. It quickly turned bright red.

"Weakness to move your wrists, how delicate you are to bend your bows, beads of sweat dripping from your hair, and your hair is green and green." Tang Cheng smiled soothingly on his hands and said, "Yuan Weizhi once said that the most beautiful woman is the begonia that wiped the new red last night." At that time, he was worthy of being a veteran of Huacong, and his words are really based on experience."

"What's so beautiful about the makeup and messy hair on the temples?" Although Qizhi said so, the sweet smile on her face revealed her appreciation for these words, "Writing such poems, this Yuan Weizhi must be a frivolous prodigal, who is he?".

"Yuan Wei Zhi Yuan...is my old acquaintance in Shannan Dongdao, and you don't know it if you tell me." Fortunately, the word was quickly transferred, and Wei Zhi was Yuan Zhen's character. At this time, this famous poet in the middle Tang Dynasty who is as famous as Bai Juyi But not yet born. "However, the four words "Langlang Wuxing" are not wronged him."

"Oh?" Qizhi rubbed her head against Tang Cheng's arms, "Let's hear it."

"It's just an old-fashioned story. Yuan Weizhi met a woman with both talents and looks. At the beginning, it was like glue, but when Yuan Wei met a newcomer later, he confused the woman in front of him from beginning to end. Abandoned", he said vaguely, but what Tang Cheng was thinking about was Yuan Zhen's famous line "Once the sea was difficult for water, except Wushan is not a cloud", and the desolate state of mind of the famous prostitute Xue after being abandoned.

"Unlucky!" After spitting, Qizhi said again: "What happened to the girl?".

"That's what I heard too. The person who told me this story didn't say what happened to the woman. I just remember that she left a poem called "Spring Hope"." Before Qizhi could ask again, Tang Cheng Since I read the poem: "The wind and flowers are getting old day by day, and the wedding is still elusive. If you don't tie up with people, you will tie up grass with one heart."

After Qizhi listened quietly, she sighed softly: "The title of the poem is "Spring Hope", and the poem also says that the good times are still elusive. Although the last two lines are resentment, the whole poem is full of hope in resentment. Pity this woman." After all, it’s hard to forget your feelings for that heartless person.”

Hearing this, Tang Cheng, who has not yet come out of the story of Yuan Zhen and Xue Tao, said casually: "Yes, asking what love is in the world, it will teach life and death. True love is not easy, but forgetting love is even more difficult." At this point, Tang Chengmeng He stopped talking, then shook his head mockingly.

Li Yingwan was looking forward to returning home in Jinzhou, and Zheng Lingyi missed him every day in Yangzhou, but he himself did not resist the temptation and climbed onto another woman's body in Chang'an. He was no better than Yuan Zhen to get there .

"What are you thinking?" Seeing that Tang Cheng stopped talking halfway, Qizhi asked.

Qizhi's voice was very soft, and Tang Chengcheng, who was thinking about something, didn't hear it. After waiting for a while, there was no answer. After Qizhi raised his head and looked at Tang Cheng, he suddenly raised his voice and said, "Regret?".

"Regret what?".

"I heard from Sister Guan Guan that you and Li... but Qin Se are very harmonious."

Looking at the jealous Qizhi, Tang Cheng scolded himself in his heart, why did he make fun of him just now, if he didn't make fun of him, he wouldn't talk about Yuan Zhen and Xue Tao, and naturally he wouldn't spoil the current atmosphere.Certain things must be said, but now is clearly not an appropriate time.

Tang Cheng raised his other idle hand to cover Qizhi's upturned face, "I was the one who took off your clothes, and I was the one who carried you to bed. Although I drank some wine before, I was not drunk at all. What do I have to regret for what I have done with a clear mind?"

Hearing this, Qizhi's face that had suddenly tensed just now relaxed a lot, "It's more or less the same."

"Careful", Tang Changchang pressed Qizhi's face with his long fingers and said seriously: "Some things are not suitable to say now, but since the time to talk has arrived, let's talk about it."

Qizhi stared at Tang Cheng with bright eyes, "Well, you say."

"Since we are like this, I can't let you have nowhere to go like Yuan Weizhi. When I go to Zhang Liang's mansion tomorrow, I will tell him to redeem your body. I have the money to do it without you." Don't worry about it. After redeeming yourself, you will live here first, and after I finish the business in Chang'an, I will take you back to Shannan Dongdao to meet the elders... ".

Tang Cheng talked about his own arrangements, but he didn't notice that the last trace of tension on Qizhi's face had quietly disappeared when he heard this. Although his eyes were still as bright as before, there was already a slight joy in them.

Before Tang Cheng could finish speaking, Qizhi interrupted him and said, "You came to Chang'an to rush for the exam, and when you went back, you suddenly found me. How did you tell the eldest lady? What if she makes things difficult for me?" After asking these questions Qizhi stared at Tang Cheng even tighter, her eyes were waiting for his answer without blinking.

"Don't look at me like that, be careful your eyes are popping out." Xu felt that the atmosphere between the two of them was a bit boring. Tang Cheng made a teaser and adjusted it a little. If she wants to get angry, I will continue. I did not do well in this matter, but you can rest assured that even if Yingwan wants to make things difficult for others, I will follow up. I will never hide behind and watch you suffer."

"You have a conscience." After saying this, Qizhi, whose eyes were getting more and more joyful, suddenly let out a chuckle, "However, I didn't say that I would redeem myself and marry you."

Tang Cheng, who was taken aback when he heard this, sat up straight on the pillow leaning against him, "Huh?".

"After redeeming myself and becoming a married woman, no one will watch my singing and dancing anymore." Qizhi followed Tang Cheng's posture and adjusted herself to lie in his arms again, and said leisurely: "I am not as good as Liang Pan in terms of singing and dancing skills." Hope, besides, I haven’t consulted any of the national pipa players in the imperial capital, so how can I leave?”.

"Why is no one watching your singing and dancing, is it possible that I am not human?".

"That's different. What I like is singing and dancing on a stage with many palace lanterns. There must be many spectators below. If you sing well, there will be thunderous colorful sounds below you if you sing well. No, the people below will ignore you, and some people will even mock and scold you. Only by standing on such a performance stage can I sing and dance without any distracting thoughts, and I can always think about how to sing better and dance better. It's even better", Qizhi's voice was very soft, but also very firm, "Counting today, it's only been four days since I came here, Tang Cheng, I'm already thinking about Yazhengyuan's performance stage!".

Tang Cheng knew that there were many celebrities in later generations who liked or even obsessed with the gorgeous and high-profile stage, so that they would be very empty and painful after quitting the showbiz. But what he didn't expect was that such an idea would appear in the Tang Dynasty 300 years ago. Yes, and it was a coincidence that he ran into it.

He was still talking about the arrangement for her earlier, but he didn't expect that Qizhi didn't even think about redeeming herself to go with him. The huge contrast between the front and the back really made Tang Cheng feel ashamed, and said in a depressed voice: "I see you before I have been running around setting up the yard for a few days, and I can hear your laughter outside in the yard here, and I thought you were very happy, but it turned out it was all fake.”

"I'm very happy, how can this be fake?" Qizhi not only answered Tang Cheng's yin and yang in a strange manner, but also didn't idle her hands. With a slight smile on his face, he continued: "I have lived these four days very happily. I would like to live such a life in the future when I have convenience, but it is these four days that make me understand...".

Tang Cheng grabbed Qizhi's evil hand and asked angrily, "What do you understand?".

"These four days have made me realize that if I have been allowed to live like this, I can't, I really can't! Without singing and dancing, I can't be happy." She raised her head again and looked at Tang Cheng, Qizhi worked hard Shaking his head, "Tang Cheng, can you understand what I said?".

If these words from Qizhi's mouth were heard by an orthodox scholar of the Tang Dynasty, most of them would feel shocking, but as a time traveler, Tang Cheng naturally understood, what's so hard to understand, women are born to love acting and attract the attention of everyone It is not surprising that the gorgeous stage has a fatal attraction for them. In later generations, tens of thousands of girls apply for the Central Academy of Drama every year. For those teenage girls, it is not everyone who applies for this exam. Thinking of earning a lot of money after becoming famous, there is always a lot of it for an ideal, a pure ideal for the stage.

Tang Cheng didn't speak in a strange way, and nodded solemnly, "I understand what you said, but have you ever thought about it, you can't just stand on the stage and sing and dance forever?".

"Okay, you don't want me when I'm old and discolored and no one is watching me singing and dancing?" Finally, Tang Cheng reacted quickly, so that he didn't let the hand that pinched his waist like lightning succeed, seven Weaving struggled a few times and couldn't break free, so he had to, "Huh, I will buy a house at that time. Although I can't sing or dance, I can still teach others. When they stand on the stage again , other people will know that this is my Qizhi disciple. You don’t want me to be great, I still have singing and dancing!”.

Although Qizhi's words contained a little daughter's anger in it, the more angry she said the more the true expression of her inner thoughts. Listening to what she said sentence by sentence, Tang Chengzhen was a little moved.Even though it was the most open Tang Dynasty in China's 3000-year dynastic history, it was still rare to hear such words from a courtier he once thought was spoiled.

She began to learn singing and dancing since she was a child, and then gained thunderous voices on the stage with singing and dancing. In the end, she came up with the idea of ​​not giving up singing and dancing throughout her life. She must not know the "ideal" and "ideal" in later generations. What does "independence" mean, but she is unconsciously working towards this direction.

At this moment, Tang Cheng suddenly felt a confidant towards Qizhi, which was weird but true.

"You can laugh if you want, Xiaoqing is used to laughing at me anyway, those sisters in Yangzhou Happy Building, even sister Guan Guan laughs at me, I'm used to it! If you want to get angry, get angry, just don't keep talking like this "Qizhi frowned as soon as she said this sentence, Tang Cheng hugged her body tightly, and then a soft voice rang in her ear: "Qizhi, I realize now that I really underestimated you before ".

"Huh?" Qizhi imagined Tang Cheng's many reactions, but never thought that he would say such a thing, and said with wide eyes, "Aren't you angry?".

"Why should I be angry?".

"But..." Qizhi held back for a while, "But you should be angry. Although Yazhengyuan doesn't do that...but it's still a garden. In the past, if there were sisters in the Happy Building in Yangzhou who were ordered to accompany them, the time hadn't come yet. If not, the long-term companions will not let that sister perform on the stage for other men to see."

"I'm not that kind of long-term companion. You said that you are not happy without singing and dancing, and you are not happy every day. What's the point of being by my side? Look, we are all honest and naked now, and I lied to you What are you doing?" Tang Cheng stretched out his hand and squeezed Qizhi's face full of hesitation, and then said: "But I regret it now, if I knew you had this idea, I would not have endured it just now touch you".

"I like you, and I am willing to give you my innocent body. I don't know who you are. I want all the people who come to Yazheng Garden to see me to go away. I want them to watch my singing and dancing." After saying this, Qizhi pushed Tang Cheng's hand away, and she rolled aside from his arms. It was not until she finished doing this that she said angrily, "Hmph, seeing me being raped by others in the garden The man is not angry when he looks at you, Tang Cheng, you don't like me at all!".

Qizhi's reaction made Tang Cheng completely dumbfounded, my day...

Women, women, whether it is 300 years later or 300 years ago, there are always some common things that can transcend time and last forever...

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The new calendar has just opened half of the paper, and the small court is still full of ashes.According to the customs of the Tang Dynasty, regardless of whether it was burned before or after, but at the time when New Year's Eve and Yuanzheng Day intersect, that is, the beginning of the new year and the renewal of Vientiane, every household should get together to burn firecrackers to drive away evil.But this night, when Tang Cheng was burning firecrackers in this residence in the capital, he was missing his master alone.

In fact, when there was only the last bit of dry sand left in the hourglass, Qizhi's personal maid, Xiaoqing, went to Erjin's yard to invite the young lady and Tang Cheng to burn firecrackers in the front yard, but she was still the one who came back alone with a face. There is also an abnormal blush all over the face.

Seeing this scene, none of the servants asked Xiaoqing any more, and all of them had knowing and weird smiles on their faces, and someone said, "Good things come in pairs, burn the firecrackers." Not long after, The sound of crackling firecrackers exploded in the front yard.

The first day of the first lunar month is Yuanzheng, which is also called New Year’s Day by the Tang people. It is a good time to get together on this day to celebrate drinking, and celebrate each other’s health and longevity during the drinking. So empty-handed, so the ceremony started from the morning of the first day of the new year.Doing as the Romans do, Tang Cheng got up in the morning and went out with three gift boxes.

Qizhi got up later than him, even after a night, she still walked unnaturally.

Served by Xiaoqing, just after washing up, there was a servant queuing up outside to see Qizhi and give her He Chun. In those few days ago, was there a servant who dared to ask Qizhi face to face for a reward?How's it going this morning? After these servants saluted and said He Chun's auspicious words, they asked for money unabashedly.

Qizhi naturally knew what this meant, and after blushing slightly, those servants immediately changed their words, and Madam Madam did not know how affectionate they were.

Although Qizhi lived in a different environment since she was a child, and she is not as thin-faced as ordinary boudoir girls, she is still shy when she encounters this scene, "Damn Tang Cheng, the fool, must have planned this before, so he hid So fast," Qizhi muttered in an inaudible voice while handing out Xiqian, but just after she muttered, she took advantage of turning around to take the money from Xiaoqing's hand and slapped herself on the mouth. On the big day at the beginning, this unintentional "death" is really unlucky.

Tang Cheng is now walking out of Wei Bo's mansion. With his current status, the first family to walk out of the ceremony will naturally go to the Fuyuan General's mansion. After arriving, he knows that Wei Bo has already gone to court before dawn. Go to the emperor He Chun.

After exchanging greetings with the housekeeper and exchanging a few auspicious words, Tang Chengcheng resigned, and then he went to Wei Rui's residence, and the procedure was the same.

After the two families finished running, Tang Cheng slowed down and arrived at Zhang Liang's residence leisurely.

Although Zhang Liang doesn't have to go to court, his house is really lively, and there are many people who come to give him He Chun.

Seeing that Tang Cheng had arrived, after Zhang Liang dismissed the person in front of him with a smile, he immediately told the next person: "Inform the disciples, and if anyone comes again, they will say that I have gone out to pay my respects, and let them come back another day." Afterwards, he pulled Tang Chengcheng out, "Wu Que, you couldn't have come here better, I'm dying of a smile on my face, let's go and talk quietly in the study, and I'll be so happy to invite you at noon." How much do you drink."

"Since I'm here, I didn't think about leaving at noon." Tang Cheng said with a smile, "But you don't have to go to the ceremony?"

"Today is the Grand Court Meeting. Officials above the sixth grade in Beijing have all gone to the Linde Hall of the Daming Palace. As for my family, I have the highest seniority. I can't leave today if I want to. Let's talk about it another day," Zhang Liang said. He patted Tang Cheng on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Wu Que, although you live in the capital during the New Year's Eve, but with a beautiful woman in your arms these few days, you should be able to feel lonely. Tell me?"

"say what?".

"Redemption for Qizhi", Zhang Liang slapped Tang Cheng on the shoulder very proudly, and laughed loudly: "Wu Que, don't worry, as long as you say, I will not be wrong for my brother, and there is also a gift A big rejoice."

If it weren't for what Qizhi said last night, Tang Cheng would still be able to climb the pole right now, and climbing along the pole is his specialty, so there is nothing to be ashamed of.But Qizhi didn't want to redeem her body, so she couldn't say it even if she wanted to, but it was not easy to say what she said in front of Zhang Liang, so Tang Chengcheng just laughed and covered up the topic.

Zhang Liang only thought that he hadn't succeeded yet, or that he was a scholar with a thin skin and was embarrassed, so he told him that he could redeem Qizhi at any time, and he didn't say more about it after saying that young people should be romantic.

The two sat down in the study, and Tang Cheng told what he had done under Wei Bo recently. He had just finished speaking when he saw the door of the study was pushed open by Zhang Yan, who was dressed in solemn court clothes. When he came in, an angry voice came first, "I see you, this time I really see you, Dou Huaizhen has no virtue, I wish Qinming shameless."

Chapter 200 Three things about the court meeting

Seeing that it was Zhang Min who came in, Zhang Liang immediately stood up and greeted him, "Brother, Wucai is here."

Hearing this, Tang Cheng stood up with a smile and cupped his hands to Zhang Wei, saying, "I've met Mr. Zhang."

Zhang Wan, who came into the room, returned a salute to Tang Cheng, with a forced smile on his face, "Okay, I heard His Highness the Third Highness and his younger brother mentioned you many times, and they all said that you are a young talent, so feel free."