Chapter 65: Are you deliberately looking for trouble?
After exiting the main south gate of the Imperial City, you are facing the spacious Zhuque Street.
Looking at this 150-meter-wide street, Li Yan felt that he had truly arrived in Chang'an.
Boom!! Boom!! Boom!!
At this time, the market drums were beating, the East and West markets were officially opened, and a huge flow of people poured into them.
This flow of people is pleasing to the eye.
Everyone knows that the design of Chang'an City is square and square.
But what makes people more comfortable is that there are 38 main streets in Chang'an, including Zhuque Street, and there are very few entrances on the walls on both sides.
At this time, Li Yan was riding a horse on the road with compacted loess, looking at the rows of elm and locust trees on both sides to provide shade. What he saw was basically a deep house courtyard behind the square wall, with overhanging eaves and heavy buildings.
Because only the residences of princes, nobles, and those of third rank or above can open their doors to the street with the permission of the system, while the doors of ordinary people can only open to the inside of the square.
In this way, the flow of people on the main street becomes extremely orderly.
If you look down from a high altitude, you can see that every time the crowd passes through a fork in the road, part of the crowd will diverge. The rest of the time, they will go straight, flowing continuously and in an orderly manner.
Li Yan does not have obsessive-compulsive disorder, but he felt very comfortable when he saw this scene.
Qiu Shenji grew up here, and An Shengan moved to Chang'an when he was a teenager. They didn't feel much about it. The three of them rode horses slowly all the way to Pingkangfang.
Pingkangfang is next to the East City, also known as "Beili". Its north gate is actually across the crossroads from the Imperial City, making it especially convenient for cadres to enter and take the test.
The three of them were relatively low-key, took a small detour, and entered through the south gate of the square.
In fact, Pingkangfang is not all a place full of gunfire. There are also many places of entertainment, such as wine shops, jewelry stores, musical instrument stores, etc.
The residences of many dignitaries are also included, such as Chu Suiliang, Kong Yingda, and later Princess Taiping, Li Linfu...
And Li Jing.
Yes, Duke Wei's Mansion is located in Pingkangfang. Li Yan had to come here if he wanted to go home.
Obviously, this was the real reason why he was dragged here by Anshengan and Qiu Shenji. It was definitely not because he had been curious for a long time.
The dignitaries belong to the dignitaries. What LSPs care about is the beautiful ladies gathered in Fangdong Sanqu (community).
Seeing An Shengan looking like he was going to pay the bill, Qiu Shenji squeezed his money bag, feeling more confident about winning, and hurriedly headed south: "Today I will be the host and invite you two to meet Mrs. Shu Sanni!"
An Shengan's expression changed slightly, and Li Yan explained: "Brother Qiu is now serving as an official because he should be the host."
An Shengan raised his brows and said with a hearty smile: "That's a great joy. Okay, let's see Mrs. Shu Sanni's talents today!"
Among the three operas, Beiqu is of a lower grade, with more small-scale prostitutes having one bustard and one prostitute. Usually, women inherit the business from their mothers and make a living through it.
Zhongqu is what later generations are familiar with. It has a big venue and many people. If you are not satisfied, you can change the group.
Nanqu is a high-end club. Everyone knows that a lady likes to live in a place with one person per hospital and point-to-point attentive service, but the consumption is extremely high.
Qiu Shenji opened his mouth with Nanqu, obviously preparing to bleed a lot.
Li Yan smiled and said nothing.
Qiu Shenji, whose courtesy name is Leek.
The three of them rode horses to a courtyard in Nanqu. Qiu Shenji got off his horse and saw that there was no sign beside the door. He breathed a sigh of relief and knocked on the door: "Ms. Shu Sanniang, an old friend is here to visit!"
Squeak!
The door opened slightly, and half of a woman's delicate face was exposed, and she looked them over.
Seeing Li Yan and Qiu Shenji, one wearing a green robe and the other wearing a green robe, and An Shengan wearing a martial robe, the woman's eyes did not waver, but a skilled smile appeared on her face: "Madam is here, please three gentlemen!"
Qiu Shenji bowed his hands as if he were a serious guest: "Sorry to bother you!"
When the woman opened the door, Li Yan saw her dress and age and guessed that she was a fake mother, that is, a madam.
There are no turtle boys and young men in brothels in later generations, only false mothers leading the way.
Walking all the way in, Li Yan discovered that this was actually a large courtyard house with several entrances and several exits.
This is within the second ring road!
The four of them walked through the hall and passed the courtyard, and they saw that the hall was spacious, flowers were planted in the courtyard, a faint fragrance came from the courtyard, and there were strange stone basins and pools, which were naturally harmonious.
When they arrived at the hall, they could hear the jingling bells and bells, and Miss Shu Sanni walked in, surrounded by four maids.
Qiu Shenji stepped forward and said in the manner of addressing an official: "Shu Dou knows, Qiu is here again!"
Madam Shu San gently covered her lips and said softly: "Mr. Qiu Lang, I have been waiting for you for a long time."
Anshen winked when he saw it: "Brother Qiu is so charming!"
Qiu Shenji laughed, feeling that Beier had some face, and said: "Take a seat! Take a seat!"
In fact, when people from the Tang Dynasty come to places like this, they usually do team building, with as few as seven or eight people, and as many as twenty or thirty people coming together.
Qiu Shenji used to form a group, but then he was so gorgeously ignored on the court that he couldn't be a guest at all.
In ancient times, prostitutes had always sold their bodies. There was no such thing as a brothel geisha. It was not until the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty that the Spanish and Portuguese brought syphilis into China. Under the threat of their lives, the prostitutes developed a culture of syphilis for a period of time.
The plain cannon.
But selling one's body is selling one's body, and the power of a courtesan is that she can choose her clients.
In particular, people in the Tang Dynasty like to test their consciences in groups, and competition is common. Among them, the most talented ones, or the ones that everyone knows the lady likes the most, go inside and spend the night together, which is probably a beautiful thing. Others can only
Act as a foil and a proper supporting role.
Therefore, Qiu Shenji, whose courtesy name is Leek, is also known as Fing Jing Jushi.
But this time, he is the protagonist~!
After flirting with Mrs. Shu, Qiu Shenji took advantage of the time to sit down and put the bulging money bag directly into the hands of the fake mother.
When the fake mother opened it and took a look, she immediately beamed: "Qiu Langjun is so generous!"
It's really generous, there's a whole twenty gold in it!
This is not "getting Qiyuan (the right of the first night)". Spending twenty gold at a time. Everyone knows that the lady is not that expensive. It is maliciously driving up the price.
Li Yan next to him didn't even know that his salary, equivalent to one year, was just given away.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Everyone took their seats, and the dancer came out of the room and began to dance softly.
Compared with dancing in the court, it is important to be enthusiastic and cheerful, and to express gratitude to the saints.
The dance here vividly displays the softness and beauty of women.
The way he moves his hands and feet is looming, even more whimsical and tempting, but not too frivolous, which shows his skill.
In the midst of singing and dancing, delicacies of all colors and flavors were served one by one, and Lady Shu Sanni sat next to Qiu Shenji with the fragrance lingering.
Qiu Shenji felt comfortable all over, but he still remembered that his leader was there, and smiled and said, "Shu knows you can't favor one over the other!"
Following his gaze, Mrs. Shu Sanniang looked at Li Yan, immediately changed her focus, and walked around the table, focusing on Li Yan and Qiu Shenji, and secondarily on calming her nerves.
Even so, while talking and laughing, An Shengan didn't realize that he was being ignored in the slightest. Instead, he was often echoed, scratched frequently, and laughed.
Everyone knows that in this era, the lady has the nature of a host and can handle twenty guests with ease, let alone just three.
Li Yan spoke the least, but he was also in a happy mood. He met a female lecturer who was truly proficient in human nature.
But looking at Madam Shu San, who was very talkative and could pick up any topic perfectly, he raised his eyebrows and suddenly asked: "There are widespread rumors about folk ghosts. Madam, do you know where is the best place to do this?"
Don’t you claim to know everything? Then it’s reasonable for me to use you as a search engine!
Mrs. Shu Sanniang: “???”
This is the first time someone has come to the land of fireworks to ask about ghosts.
However, she reacted very quickly. While making a scared expression as a little girl, she tried her best to recall the previous conversations at the guest table in her mind, and finally used the accent characteristics of the three people to identify where they were from.
Combining these many things, Mrs. Shu Sanni said timidly: "I heard that there are good ghosts and many evil customs in Jiangnan. They sacrifice people when they are sick and don't heal people. I don't know the truth or falsehood."
"Is Jiangnan lying at gunpoint again?"
Li Yan laughed in his heart.
If the three of them spoke with Jiangsu and Zhejiang accents, then Shandong might be the place with "many evil customs".
True or false, rumors abound, just like the search engines of later generations.
Mrs. Shu Sanni watched her words and found that Li Yan was not satisfied with her answer, and her face darkened: "I am too ignorant..."
An Shengan hurriedly said: "Don't believe it, Yuan Fang. I've also heard people say that the people in Jianghuai River are troubled by the fox god. They offer sacrifices to the fox god in their houses to ask for favors. There is a folk saying that without fox charm, there is no village."
Qiu Shenji clicked his tongue and said with great disdain: "Foolish man and foolish people!"
Li Yan knew that there was nothing he could do, it was the limitations of the times.
One of the important achievements of many local officials in ancient times was to destroy obscene rituals. Precisely because these beliefs were too confusing, they could easily be exploited by bad people.
During the Wu and Zhou Dynasties, the person who governed the south of the Yangtze River, stopped prostitution and sacrifices, and gained promotion was Di Renjie.
Later, there was also a fox god in Luoyang, and Wu Zetian also invited Taoist Hu Huichao to Beijing to drive away the fox demon.
Not mentioning that, Li Yan asked again: "Are there any immortal masters or eminent monks in Chang'an who can destroy evil things?"