Chang'an ancient meaning

Pingkangli, the western capital, and Mingyifang, the eastern capital, are the world's romantic marsh, full of charming nets.It's just that after the emperor moved the capital, most of the courtiers and scholars also moved to Luoyang, and the reputation of the women in the capital of the gods gradually overwhelmed Chang'an Yangzhou.

Prostitutes were not prohibited in this dynasty. As long as court officials, scholars, Jinshi, and the three shogunate did not go straight to the hall, they could visit the brothel to drink and stay overnight.The prostitutes are divided into palace prostitutes, official prostitutes, camp prostitutes and private prostitutes according to their status. Contact each other.Only court prostitutes belonged to Taichang Temple, and they were people in the palace. Even wealthy merchants were hard to find. To outsiders, they were as unattainable as the goddesses of Wuxia.

But there are also people who can climb up.Court prostitutes not only serve the imperial court, but also serve the princes and relatives.After all, the palace is close to the holy car, and it is disrespectful to be a prostitute. The Secretary of the Jiaofang understands the difficulties of these nobles, and divides the palace prostitutes into two types. Some stay in the palace to teach music, while others live outside the palace. Entering the palace during the banquet to answer an official mission.After so many years, those who live outside the palace are often the most talented and beautiful among the palace prostitutes.They all live in Mingyifang, although they are close to the official prostitutes' house, separated by a door, but they are as far away as Penglai fairyland.

An oil-painted cart approached Mingyi Gate slowly, and when it reached the entrance, a doorman stepped forward to inquire, and the entourage riding beside the cart came down and uncovered a corner of the crotchless robe, revealing the plaque of Princess Taiping's Mansion on his waist.The gatekeeper took a closer look at the man's face and saw that there was no beard on his lips, so he knew it, saluted and let the carriage pass by.

Li Chengqi gently lifted the curtain of the car and looked out. He saw a cross street with small gardens on both sides. In the setting sun, the flowers were falling, the trees were next to the water, and it was as quiet and elegant as the Jiangnan people depicted in the paintings.Li Chengqi couldn't help but secretly wondered, this scene was not as chaotic as he imagined, if he hadn't been led by the steward of the house, he must have thought that he had gone to the wrong place.

The carriage stopped in front of a door, and the steward helped Li Chengqi to get out of the carriage. Li Chengqi only wore an ordinary collared gown, a cloak, and a silk belt around his waist. Li Chengqi had no gold or jade on his body.A middle-aged woman in front of the door took a look at Li Chengqi, and saw that although he had a very natural face, he had a good-looking appearance, his face was not powdery but jade-like, his lips were full of dandelion instead of vermilion, and there was an air of Qinghua nobleness in his gestures and gestures.Seeing the appearance of his entourage, he knew that he was from the palace, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and said, "Where does this lord open his residence? Do you have an appointment with my family?"

Li Chengqi frowned slightly and said: "I've heard about Zhao Du's name, but once I ask to see it, isn't that enough?" He opened the curtain of the car, revealing dozens of high-quality silks neatly stacked in the car.The woman was stunned for a moment, but she laughed again, and said: "Sir, firstly, we are not Pingkangfang here, and there is no such rule; secondly, we all know that we are having a banquet with someone, and if your lord has not made an agreement in advance, you will not give us your name." , slaves really dare not pass it on.”

Li Chengqi unexpectedly came to meet a seductive woman, and there were many things to pay attention to, so he had no choice but to look at the steward.The man bowed and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, they are all officials, they are not allowed to deliver births, so they can only use their status to suppress them." Li Chengqi felt a little bit in his heart, he naturally didn't want to reveal his identity, he pondered for a moment, and said: " Give her some money and tell her not to tell it." The steward nodded: "I understand." He ran over and pulled the woman aside and muttered something in a low voice, the woman was startled, and then turned her head to look more Glancing at Li Chengqi, he came over and knelt down and kowtowed, "Your servant is rude, I hope you will forgive me."

Li Chengqi was very timid when he came here, and his face turned red when he was worshiped by her. He felt very embarrassed, turned his body slightly, and said in a low voice: "It's okay, you get up." The woman had never seen her before. Someone came here, still so shy and restrained, secretly felt funny, and then remembered the rumors outside, guessing that this young county king must have come to try something new not long after he came out of the cage.

She led Li Chengqi into a small hall, and then a servant girl put chicken heads, rice, citrus, etc. to eat, she smiled and said: "My lord, wait a moment, the servant girl will go and call Duzhi." Li Chengqi felt uncomfortable when she laughed , Looking up at the plaque on the hall, the word "Zhaoyang" is written in a flying white script. Although the brushwork is deliberately imitating the emperor, it is far from the bones, but the name underneath is the name of Liang Wangwu Sansi.

This is obviously because of the owner's surname, comparing her to Feiyan, Li Chengqi suddenly felt bored and disdainful, couldn't sit on the high chair, so he stood up and paced the room.He smiled absent-mindedly, he knew that what he had done was outrageous, and if others knew about it, he didn't know how to be astonished and ridiculed.Even he himself couldn't explain why he had to come here to meet the Zhao Qingqing that Xue Chongjian was talking about.

Li Chengqi was hesitating, when he heard the ding dong of the ring pendant, and the rustling of the hem of the skirt dragging the floor.He turned his head, and saw a stunning woman in her late teens with a small smoke cage coming towards her with a smile, her purple skirt trailing behind her like a phoenix tail.Although it was early winter, she was only wearing a thin blouse with sleeves reaching to the elbows on her upper body, revealing a clear and clean breast like clear snow, and plump arms like new lotus root on both ends, on which she was wearing two long strings. Jade arm support, gold jump off.Her two cherry lips were painted with purple lip balm, she was exquisite and petite, and when she smiled, the emerald gold powder on her cheeks shone, which suddenly hurt Li Chengqi's eyes, and he took a step back subconsciously.

Li Chengqi remembered that the lip stain on Xue Chongjian's collar was also this gorgeous purple like blood, and he could only feel his soul tremble.He held the hand hidden in the sleeve tightly, and the palm was tingling.His trembling never escaped Zhao Qingqing's eyes, he took a step forward with a smile, and said, "Is your lord cold? I will keep you warm." Li Chengqi smelled the warm fragrance approaching his nose, and hurriedly retreated One step later, he said, "No, no need."

Behind Li Chengqi is a high chair, and there is no way to retreat. Zhao Qingqing was almost standing in his arms. She was slightly startled, raised a pair of wonderful eyes and smiled: "Didn't the gentleman bring a hundred horses to see you?" Concubine?" Li Chengqi moved away from her, blushed and said, "I've heard about Zhao Yashan for a long time, so I'm here to ask for advice." Zhao Qingqing was startled again, and smiled in disbelief: " Just for a piece of music, sir?" Li Chengqi remained silent, he knew in his heart that Hua Nu came yesterday with half intention of revenge and half for show, but when he was boasting about Zhao Qingqing's flute playing skills, Feel restless.

Zhao Qingqing put down the hand stove, turned around and went to the wall to get a bamboo flute, and said, "What do you want to hear, sir?" Li Chengqi said: "I know that it's good to pick up a familiar one and play one." Zhao Qingqing smiled charmingly , knelt down calmly on the couch, with her soft waist tilted, and immediately became a picture of a lady. She put the flute to her lips, breathed out a little, and a string of bright and prosperous music like a hundred birds singing in spring jumped out. Although she was playing, she kept looking at Li Chengqi, and saw that he closed his eyes and listened very carefully, and at the end of the song, a smile eased from the corner of his mouth, he was no longer as restrained as when he first came.

After Zhao Qingqing finished playing, she smiled lightly and said, "Can you get into your son's ears?" Li Chengqi smiled lightly and said, "The skills we all know are indeed excellent, but it's a pity." Zhao Qingqing said: "What a pity? "Li Chengqi said: "This "Spring Orioles" was the emperor Gaozong who sat in the morning and heard the sound of the warbler, and ordered the musician Bai Mingda to compose it into the song. The "Shang Diao" of "Yin" was changed to the "Gong Diao" of "Junyin". We all know that this song is probably used to describe the spring, so the Shang Diao was transferred to the "Jiao Diao" which belongs to wood. Don't you know that such a change will be in vain. It has become the style of the common people, but it has lost the grace and spirit of the original song."

Zhao Qingqing's face darkened slightly, and she said: "That's how the good masters in the palace teach."

Li Chengqi smiled slightly and said: "That must be because she has difficulty controlling the high-pitched voice, and deliberately dodges to save effort." He took off the purple jade flute from his waist. The material of the flute was originally top-quality. It is a pastime, and at this time, it is played with a lot of spirit, and the sound is even more golden, like a trace of the sound of nature from the depths of the vast sky, which is soul-stirring.At this point, Zhao Qingqing knew in her heart that the intention of the young county king's coming here was different from that of others.She silently stared at Li Chengqi, who was gradually entering the state of chaos. He stood there like a jade mountain, and the sleeves of the white silk shirt fluttered with the slight movement of his arms, like floating clouds lingering around the jade mountain.A cold smile suddenly slipped across the corner of Zhao Qingqing's lips.

After Li Chengqi finished playing, Zhao Qingqing said with a smile: "It turns out that the young master is a high-ranking man. Today, I am a lucky concubine. I will wait for my concubine to change a flute. I will ask you to give me some guidance. You should not wait for me." The little maid said: "Treat me well, my lord." Li Chengqi had no intention of being a teacher. He had heard Zhao Qingqing's flute, and he knew that although she was proficient, she was far behind him. Hua Nu had listened to him playing for many years, so he should able to discern.It turned out that he lied to himself on purpose, Li Chengqi smiled slightly, and his heart was a little more relaxed, he could not walk away like this, and sat down on the high chair again.

After a while, Zhao Qingqing was heard laughing loudly: "Today, Shao Le is successful, and the phoenix has arrived!" Another woman's voice laughed and said: "The eighth younger sister is the phoenix, and your highness is the phoenix, so you should brag about the phoenix to seek the phoenix! "

Li Chengqi listened to the laughter, Yanran's footsteps were chaotic, and he secretly screamed that something was wrong. He suddenly got up, and was blocked by a large group of people. There was a buzzing sound on his head, and Zhao Qingqing was followed by several women, all of whom were beautifully made up. They were her sisters, and the worst thing was that Wu Yanji, the son of Wei Wang Wu Chengsi, and Wu Chongxun, the son of Liang Wang Wu Sansi, brought a group of young children, and they were among them.

Wu Chongxun said with a smile: "Your Highness is also Qingqing's guest, why don't you say a word, if you knew His Highness was coming, we would definitely not dare to disturb you today." Now, since His Highness is here, let us be the hosts, and set a table for His Highness and Qingqing to drink together!" Several young men booed: "That's right!" They came up to help Li Chengqi.

Li Chengqi ran into an acquaintance in the place of fireworks, he was so ashamed and regretful that he almost fainted, he was so anxious that he just wanted to run away from the door, but was firmly held by several people's arms, pushing and pushing towards him.Seeing that something was wrong, the steward rushed forward to snatch Li Chengqi out, Wu Chongxun and others intentionally humiliated Li Chengqi, regardless of whether he was from Princess Taiping's mansion, kicked him to the ground.The person in charge was not a weak person, so he rushed forward and started fighting.

Xue Chongjian was drinking at a prostitute's house, when a woman came in hurriedly and said with a smile: "Seventh Sister Hualang, go to Eighth Sister's house to watch the fun." Xue Chongjian smiled drunkenly and said, "Where is the excitement here?" The woman He laughed and said: "It's really the first thing in history. The king of Shouchun County went to the eighth sister's house, and happened to bump into Wu Dalang and those demon kings. They overturned the jar of vinegar for the eighth younger sister. They are fighting, isn't it lively!" Xue Chongjian For a while, her ears were numb, and she said, "Which county king do you think?" The woman said, "It's the son of King Xiang, the grandson of the Zhai family, King Shouchun County, or your cousin! I heard it was Yun Yun. A character in the novel, who has never messed with us, even..."

Before she finished her sentence, Xue Chongjian jumped up, threw the wine glass on the ground, stepped over the wine table, knocked all the cups, plates and saucers on the ground, and rushed towards Zhao Qingqing's house with big strides.At that time, he caught up with the turmoil in the house, his housekeeper was being kicked and beaten by several teenagers, Wu Chongxun and Wu Yanji each held Li Chengqi's arm, Li Chengqi's sleeve was torn, and the silk belt around his waist had long since disappeared. The collar was also pulled aside, her face was red and her ears were red, she was in a panic, and shouted: "You...you let me go!" A group of prostitutes laughed and laughed.

Without saying a word, Xue Chongjian squeezed forward to look at Wu Chongxun, and punched him hard in the face. Wu Chongxun didn't pay attention, and was knocked to the ground by him, almost tearing Li Chengqi down.Wu Yanji was startled and said: "Hwarang, you're crazy..." Xue Chongjian swung his arm around his neck, and turned down with the technique of cornering, Wu Yanji was also thrown over.Xue Chongjian helped Li Chengqi, and when their eyes met, Li Chengqi saw that Xue Chongjian's eyes were full of confusion, he was so ashamed that he wished he could die immediately, he turned his face away and didn't dare to look at him, still in pain in the midst of his busy schedule: you really are here place.

Wu Chongxun fell to the ground, clutching his bloody nose, and said angrily, "Don't let them run away, hit me!" Those dandy youngsters, who were so overbearing, immediately came up to grab Xue Chongjian's arm. The two of them shook off, but their backs hurt a few more times, and they were already hit by several random punches.Hearing an ouch, Li Chengqi covered his cheeks and his eyes were in pain. When Xue Chongjian looked back, he saw a young man sneaking up with a slingshot not far away. He was furious and cursed: "Dirty!" from his waist He took out a few glazed bullets from his belt, threw them at the man, and hit his forehead.

At this time, a group of teenagers who had been drinking with Xue Chongjian arrived, they were all honored children of the Habayashi Guard, they were afraid that the world would not be chaotic, seeing their friends suffered a loss, they would not let it go, they rushed forward, shouting, cups and cups There was a sound of falling and breaking.Xue Chongjian whispered to a person: "Teach them for me. I will send my cousin away first. I invite you tomorrow!" The person was wrestling with him, and said with a smile: "See you! You go!"

Xue Chongjian supported Li Chengqi with one hand, dragged his own steward with the other, hurried out, pushed them into the carriage, whipped his whip and galloped out, listening to the constant fighting and noise in the house.When he ran out of Mingyi Gate, he was still in a daze, if it wasn't for the dull pain in several places on his body, he really thought he was waking up from a dream, seeing the moon as bright as water and the lights just coming on.

Although the steward was beaten, it was all punches and feet injuries after all, and those teenagers didn't dare to hurt his life, so it didn't hurt to breathe for a while.He climbed out of the car and said to Xue Chongjian, "Your Majesty, let the slaves come." Xue Chongjian stepped aside and asked in surprise, "What are you bringing him here for?" Tell the story of the encounter, and finally said with a bitter face: "Your Highness is just listening to a piece of music, how would you know that you will meet such an enemy..."

Xue Chongjian thought hard for a long while before he vaguely remembered that he had mentioned Zhao Qingqing to Li Chengqi yesterday when he was drunk.He was stunned for a while, then turned his head to look at the motionless curtain, although what he saw was only a pattern of mandarin ducks embroidered with gold silk, he could vaguely see the shyness of the people in the car with lowered eyelids.He was surprised at first, and then smiled lightly. Looking back, the car had just left Mingyifang and was entering Nanshi, the most prosperous city in the eastern capital. Prostitutes on both sides of the market hung up red lanterns. The affectionate voices kneaded together and floated into the clouds.Occasionally, a sentence fell into my ears, although it didn't make sense, it was still so sweet that people's bones seemed to be soaked in mead.

In the depths of the most gaudy lights, Xue Chongjian's heart, which had been confused for a long time, gradually became clear and transparent.

The author has something to say: the author went offline, and Feng Nu also went offline.

Fight in this chapter, beat people in the next chapter.