Jian An Kee

Note 1: It may not be called Qinhuai River at this time, and Jianye is far from reaching the scale of a big city. It is not the same day as Nanjing in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Goulan has never appeared, because of plot needs

Note 2: Konghou, an ancient musical instrument, looks like a harp

Jianye is a very beautiful new city, with Beijige Mountain in the north and Qinhuai River in the south (Note 1). The new city has been built for one year, and there are already five major markets: Grass Market, Flower Market, Yarn Market, Fish Market and Salt Market , especially last year's annual growth was good, today's Jianye City can be described as a turbulent stream of people, BMW cars, clothes and temples.

It was the Lantern Festival, and because there was no night ban, as soon as I entered the street, I felt as if I had turned into a speck of dust and thrown myself into the sea of ​​people. The sea of ​​people is lost.

Seeing my nervous yet excited appearance, Sun Quan leaned into my ear maliciously and asked loudly, "Why are you working so hard?"

I said to him just as loudly: "I'm afraid you'll lose me!"

He grabbed my hand tightly and replied loudly: "No."

A group of guards escorted the two of them out of the encirclement and climbed up the bell tower.Looking at Jianye in the east, the Pearl Canal passes through the city, the Hongqiao flies across, the boats and songs are played, the lights on both sides of the bank are bright, and under the double eaves, it looks like a fairyland.

Sun Quan stood side by side with me. He put his arms around my waist and said loudly, "Look, Alan, now I am ruling Taiping and the people live in peace. It is really an act of a man to build the world."

I satirized mercilessly: "Oh, under this prosperity, it is the copper coins collected from taxes that are piled up in the treasury for our Jiangdong army to be invincible and attack Cao Niqu."

"You like to pour cold water on me." He pinched my face helplessly, "Do you want to take the opportunity to speak up again?"

I looked up at him and said fearlessly, "I'm not Bigan, why speak up?"

"I'm not King Zhou either, Alan." He sighed, wrapped the cloak around the two of us, bowed his head and kissed me involuntarily...

The two walked side by side on the banks of the Qinhuai River, and from time to time, children ran past laughingly holding colorful lanterns.Sun Quan pointed to the surface of the river, full of interest: "I will go to the riverside with you to put lanterns on the July Half Ghost Festival."

Shen Yu escorted us at the front, and when he saw us stop in front of the dirty food stall, he began to show an expression of bitterness and hatred.

I deliberately played tricks, and gave him a greasy pork tenderloin: "Shen Guanshi, come and taste this, it tastes really good."

"Thank you, Madam... Uh, thank you, Young Master. But Young Master, the things outside here are really not as good as those in our house. If you like it, you can just ask the chef to make it for you at night."

Hearing this, the big and round bakery uncle blew his beard and stared angrily: "Hey, I said, you look like a gentleman, why do you speak so badly? You go all over Jianye City to ask, my big brother Hu's cake That is a unique skill in building a city. Ah, speaking of it, this handsome young man is the one who knows what to do."

After he kept talking, Shen Yu's "gentlemanly" face suddenly turned black, and Sun Quan and I looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

Manager Shen was mature and prudent, and there was no one in the house who was not afraid of him, even Sun Quan himself was courteous to him.It's rare to see him being beaten by a peddler, the joy in my heart is indescribable, before Shen Yu could speak again, I stuffed the biscuits into his hands, "That's right, Manager Shen, don't let us down , eat quickly."

Shen Yu looked at Sun Quan with a bitter face, but this guy turned his back, clenched his hands into fists by his mouth, and pretended to cough.

The few people accompanying Sun Quan were all close to Sun Quan, and they were also familiar with me. Everyone was smiling and watching Shen Guanshi eating sesame seed cakes.Sun Quan went first with a smile in his eyes, and the guards followed. I took a step behind, smiled and took out an ingot of gold and pressed it on Brother Hu's stall: "Brother Hu, please open our eyes for us." .”

Brother Hu stared dumbfounded at the gold on the stall, I ignored him and walked forward while smiling.

Shen Yu followed me, walking listlessly.I took out the handkerchief from my sleeve pocket and handed it to him: "Wipe it off, look at your oily hands."

He hurriedly refused: "I dare not be a villain."

At this time, Sun Quan shouted from the front: "Young Master Zhou—did you drop your shoe or something? Hurry up and follow."

I stuck out my tongue, and hurriedly threw the handkerchief into his hand: "Hurry up and pack it up, otherwise how will I serve our young master in a while."

"promise."

The group of people strolled for more than half an hour, and when they came to the entrance of an alley with bright lanterns, I saw a big tree in the alley, and the lanterns on the tree were very unique, so I turned to Sun Quan and said, "Mr. Sun, let's go in here and have a look. "

Sun Quan naturally agreed, but Shen Yu didn't say anything, instead a guard bowed and stood in front of us: "Young Masters, I'm afraid it will be inconvenient for us to go in this place, why don't we go to another place."

Sun Quan was surprised: "Why? I just looked at that tree with lanterns. Look, there are many people walking in there?"

The guard replied coyly: "This place, this place is Goulan."

I was so startled that "ah", Sun Quan was probably excited, and teased: "Mr. Zhou has done absurd things like riding horses and archery, fighting cocks and running dogs, so what if you visit Goulan once in a while?"

I rolled my eyes at him: "You said that, I didn't ask you to go."

He cleared his throat, and said: "Left and right have come out, let's open your eyes." After that, he deliberately walked in with his hands behind his back in an old-fashioned way.

I laughed in my stomach at his childish nature, followed behind and went in too.Shen Guanshi probably sensed that today's general trend was over, so he didn't come to persuade me, but followed in as if wandering.

This Goulan area is not as expected, there are many girls standing there to welcome and send them off, but the ground is clean, two big bright red lanterns are hung on the gate, and the gate is tied with colorful strips. The entrance to the main corridor is wide. There is no one in the courtyard, and the surrounding small pavilions with hanging windows and candles are extremely convenient.

After a long while, no one was seen, only the woman's laughter could be heard faintly.A group of people were at a loss for what to do, I hurriedly asked the guard who blocked us from entering: "Why is there no one?"

The guard said hesitantly: "The humble official only comes here once on an ordinary day, and the humble official doesn't know much about the rules of this year's festival."

Just as we were talking, a woman with a bun in a bun lifted the curtain and came out of a small pavilion. When she saw us, she hurriedly saluted us, "Hello, gentlemen. I don't know which pavilion the guest ordered? This servant will lead us to the pavilion." You go over."

I looked at each other in blank dismay, and a guard came: "I haven't booked a pavilion, you can arrange one right away."

The old lady was deeply blessed: "Gentlemen, because of today's festival, all the pavilions in the Alahehuan Building have been booked out early, otherwise, how dare you not entertain you." The words were already tactful to refuse guests.

I retreated and tugged at Sun Quan's sleeve: "Otherwise, let's go."

But I heard the old woman say: "If the guests are willing to show their face, it is also good to go to Allah's backyard to look at the lanterns. Today is a festival, and the lanterns of Allah's Hehuan Building, I am afraid that I will not be able to find a second one in Jianye City."

I chuckled: "That's it." Where can I find such a beautiful hook to tie up the lanterns, I am so dedicated.

Sun Quan patted my hand, with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "That's very good, we also came here for the lantern."

The few people were led by the old woman to the backyard, and unexpectedly a handsome young man came to meet him at the corner, and asked loudly: "Where are the distinguished guests going?"

Before we could open our mouths, the old woman who led the way answered first: "Mr. Zhao, some distinguished guests have come here, but they have not reserved a pavilion beforehand. The servant is just saying to show them the lanterns in the backyard."

"In this way, the villain is negligent." He raised his eyes, quickly glanced at us, his eyes fell on my face, and then turned his eyes to Sun Quan: "Fortunately, the villain still has a pavilion for himself. If the distinguished guests don’t dislike it, please go there to rest for a while.”

Sun Quan asked me, "Will you go?"

I was thinking that the man's eyes were so strange, as if I had seen them before, so I laughed quickly: "Let's not waste Mr. Zhao's efforts."

"I don't dare to be called a son, but a villain is just a businessman, how dare I look up to a nobleman? Please call the villain by his humble name Zhao Xu. This way please." He stretched out his hand to restrain the guest, Shen Yu and Sun Quan stood together and whispered something, Shen Yu nodded head, took a step back.

Under the guidance of Mr. Zhao, we meandered through the double courtyard and entered a small pavilion with exquisite decoration.

Zhao Xu put down the curtain at the door, and smiled, "Everyone who comes to the Hehuan Tower must order the bowed dance, is it called Chuanyi now?"

"Young Master Zhao, go and do your own work, just ask some waiters to wait on you." I arrived.

"Yes, that villain will not disturb you." He bowed slightly, took a few steps back, and then turned around to go out.

I was busy whispering to Sun Quan: "Who is this person? He probably doesn't know your identity, but it's strange that he shows you such a great gift with such respect."

Sun Quan stroked his forehead in a self-indulgent manner, and said, "Perhaps I was born with a noble face, so people should not look directly at him."

I spit on him, rolled my eyes, and reached out to take the dance list handed over by the maid. I scratched across the gold and silver inlaid cases with my long fingernails, and smiled slightly: "Mr. Dong, then I will pretend to be a guest, and order a play first."

"That's natural." Sun Quan pulled back his loose sleeves, looked up at the beams on the roof, and said, "The beams with the cranes and phoenixes are pretty good. If the drama is boring, I'll just watch it. Pretty."

There is a reason for him to say that, I love literary dramas, but he likes to watch martial arts dramas such as "Li Gong Shoots the Tiger".

I curled my lips and said to the maid beside me: "Forget it, you guys are so famous for your bent waist dance, let's dance it out first to see it, and then click it... Well, it's called 'Su Qin Talks about the Six Kingdoms'."

Sun Quan turned his head when he heard the words, and said with a smile: "It's hard for you to accommodate me. My son is selfishly thinking that you will be the same as usual, reading some elegant journals."

My eyes fluttered: "Today, the young master is accommodating me everywhere, why do I give in to the young master, I am ashamed and ashamed."

He was very happy when he heard that, and raised his eyes to see the dancer girl with a slender waist like a bee entering the arena. Then he frowned slightly: "The waist is too thin, and the clothes are complicated, which makes people dizzy."

I made a toast to him: "My lord, please." Hearing the sound of the silk and bamboo orchestra like fairy music, I said in passing:

"This is the sound of broken jade in Kunshan. It should be matched with the thin-waisted fairy in the Chu Palace."

Before the words were finished, the four purple-clothed dancers who were facing us all backed away, leaving only the pink-clothed dancer in the middle with a veil and a scarf who raised her long sleeves to cover half of her face. Will touch the front of the two of us, and take it back.

I am used to seeing this kind of singing and dancing skills on weekdays, so I am not surprised to see it. Sun Quan sipped the wine without raising his head.I smashed dozens of pumpkin seeds and shook them into the plate in front of him, and said with a smile: "It's not unusual to look at it, I'm afraid it's just a name for nothing."

At this moment, the dancer in pink retreated behind the curtain, the golden curtain swayed like waves, rippling slightly, and when it was opened again, the dancer had already changed into a new dress, and the golden dress was like a lotus flower against the rising sun. Spread out, the curve of the skirt and the huge black harp behind the curtain (Note 2) form a perfectly proportioned streamline.