Zhou Jun saw Master Cheng raising his feet and walking towards the workshop, so he had no choice but to follow him.
When he came to Pingkangfang, Zhou Jun originally thought that the "urgent business" mentioned by Chief Cheng was that he had to go to the memorial hall or go to an official's residence for official business.
Unexpectedly, Master Cheng entered from the north gate of Pingkangfang, turned left, and entered Beili Sanqu.
This Pingkangfang is the standard "four gates and sixteen districts" layout of Tangfang.
There is a square gate in the southeast, northwest, and the square is divided into sixteen neat districts by three horizontal and three vertical square streets.
This Beili is located east of the North Gate. From the map, it is the third from left to right among the four northernmost districts.
"Beili Zhi" says: Pingkangli enters the north gate and returns to Sanqu in the east, which is where all the prostitutes live. Among the prostitutes, there are those who have clangs, mostly in Nanqu and Zhongqu. They follow the wall for one tune and are despicable.
The place where prostitutes live is quite despised.
To put it bluntly, it is Beili Sanqu, a place where prostitutes gather.
There are Nanqu, Zhongqu and Xunqiang Yiqu (Northern Qu). Nanqu and Zhongqu are known to be the residences of famous prostitutes, while Xunqiang Yiqu is mostly a lowly prostitute and is used by the other two.
Qu is despised.
Mr. Cheng, wearing an official robe, walked through a lush green field and walked directly to the entrance of Beili Zhongqu.
Seeing this, Zhou Jun felt uneasy. He took two steps quickly and walked to Master Cheng's side. He tried to persuade him nicely: "Master Cheng, I'm afraid there's something wrong with this move. If the censor or other officials see it, you can't do it."
It’s a taboo.”
Chief Cheng looked at Zhou Jun with a smile on his lips and did not stop walking.
Zhou Jun was helpless and said: "If you really want to go, why not...change your clothes? Wearing an official robe is really..."
Director Cheng didn't wait for Zhou Jun to finish what he said, he laughed and asked: "Hengcai, do you know what Cao Wu is?"
Zhou Jun was stunned for a moment and said: "The prisoner Li Bolu."
Chief Cheng: "Hengcai would never think that Sanqu in Beili is full of prostitutes, would he?"
Zhou Jun somewhat understood what the other party meant: "What do you mean, sir..."
Chief Cheng: "The prostitutes in Sanqu, Beili, usually entertain people with singing and dancing, and there are many people who enjoy them."
"Sinful people, prisoners of war, wives, daughters and their descendants, become untouchables and enjoy themselves for generations. This is called a happy residence."
"The first one is Lejiaofang, and the second one is Capital Litigation. Do you understand?"
After listening to this, Zhou Jun finally understood: "It turns out that regulating the music catalog of Pingkangfang Beili Sanqu is also part of the official function of the Ministry of Punishment."
Chief Cheng said as he walked: "Du Guansi is not only in charge of the music records of Beili Sanqu, but he also helps the Jiaofang with the "official mission" errands."
This was the first time Zhou Jun heard the term "official mission", so he nodded and asked for advice.
Chief Cheng said: "For government officials to have banquets, guests to enter the ancestral clan, and ministers to lead feudal towns, they all need to ask for the voice of the Hierarchy to prepare banquet farewells."
"If there are famous musicians from Beili, they will be selected and led by Douzhi to perform at banquets."
“This matter is called ‘going out as an official envoy’.”
Stepping into the music gate of Zhongqu, the patrolman saw Master Cheng, quickly got up, ran over and sang: "Come here, Mr. Cheng, how come I don't know if I can say a word, so-and-so can go and carry me."
Master Cheng didn't even look at the man, he just walked forward and asked, "Where is Jie Qin?"
Fang Ding hurriedly said: "If you dare to teach me what I know, I will know everything in the 'Gu Ranju'."
Manager Cheng nodded.
Seeing that nothing happened, the shopkeeper bowed, bowed, and left with an apologetic smile.
Walking along Zhongqu, Zhou Jun saw that along the way, the bluestone road was spotless, the Luohua trees were dancing on the branches, and at a glance, they were all unique and elegant courtyards.
Different from the TV novels in previous lives, this Beili Sanqu in Pingkangfang does not have red candles hanging high, and there are no rouge fans to attract customers.
All I could hear in my ears was the tinkling sound of silk and bamboo, and occasionally one or two voices reciting poems.
The huge middle song is about to come down. It doesn't look like a place for prostitutes at all, but more like a place for nobles.
Following Master Cheng, Zhou Jun walked through a quiet and deep bamboo forest, passed through an arch covered with moss, and entered a small courtyard with lush flowers and trees.
Looking inside, I saw that the courtyard is spacious and quiet, each with three halls, flowers and water pavilions in the front and back, and strange stone basins. It is unique and unique.
In the small courtyard, with five bowstrings stretched out on a hundred-foot pole, there were five dancers, no more than eight or nine years old, wearing five-colored clothes, holding halberds and guns, dancing to the music "Breaking Formation Music".
The person supervising the dance was a woman in her thirties. When she saw Master Cheng, she was startled and quickly said something to stop the dance.
The woman, accompanied by dancers and musicians, came to Master Cheng and saluted.
Chief Cheng waved his hand and said, "No need to go into details. Let's find Jie Qin."
Zhou Jun was stunned after hearing this.
He originally thought that this woman in her thirties was the Jie Qin Jie Dou Zhi mentioned by Master Cheng, but he never expected that it was someone else.
After listening to Master Cheng's words, the woman confessed and ran back to the house.
Not long after, a stunning woman in her late twenties walked out of the house.
When the woman came closer, Zhou Jun, who had seen so many beautiful faces in his previous life, couldn't help but admire her in his heart.
Everyone knows this, it is really as pretty as a peach in three springs, and as clear and graceful as a chrysanthemum in nine autumns.
Although she is only wearing a thin application of powder and a plain undershirt, she gives people a sense of beauty that is neither coquettish nor elegant, but pleasing to the eye.
I just saw Qin and walked up to Master Cheng, gave him a blessing and said hello.
Chief Cheng originally wanted to give a straight face and lecture him, but when he heard Xie Douzhi's greeting, he sighed and said: "For a person like Shang Jie Douzhi, I'm afraid he is the angry-eyed Vajra.
You have to give up your anger and ignorance."
There was no trace of pride on Xie Qin's face, it was still just a faint smile.
Just listen to her say: "Those who don't know in Qu Nei only know that Mr. Cheng is strict, but I know that you have taken care of Beili for many years."
Chief Cheng sighed again, pointed to Zhou Jun behind him and said: "This is the official historian of Du Guanshi Xinjing, Zhou Jun, whose courtesy name is Hengcai and Tuesday Lang."
Xie Qin looked at Zhou Jun, with a calm expression on his face, saying "Blessed" again.
Zhou Jun bowed slightly and returned the gesture with his hands.
Jie Qin paused slightly and glanced at Zhou Jun with the corner of his eye.
Turning back to look at Master Cheng, Xie Qin said: "Mr. Cheng, it's cold in the courtyard, why don't you go inside and have a cup of fragrant tea?"
Chief Cheng nodded, and then said to Zhou Jun: "Listen to the north of the Sheng Yu, taste the fragrant tea in the old land, today Erlang will try the craftsmanship of Jiedu Zhi. This is a rare and delicious drink even for the government officials' banquets."
Following Xie Qin and Master Cheng, Zhou Jun entered the hall and saw among the furnishings, painted fans, hanging curtains, mattresses and curtains, and books.
It is obviously a woman's residence, but it looks grand and clean.
First, after Master Cheng entered the east banquet, Zhou Jun leaned over and sat on the crescent moon stool. When he saw Jinqin, he complained and walked towards the back of the hall.
Chief Cheng looked at the furnishings in the room, sighed softly, and said to Zhou Jun: "Xie Qin first entered Beili, but it was in the 27th year of Kaiyuan."
"When we first met, a certain girl was just a little girl who was not as tall as Kuo Mu. She was kidnapped from Yuzhou to Chang'an, and she was given money to her fake mother and became her adopted daughter."
"So many years have passed in the blink of an eye."
When Zhou Jun heard what Chief Cheng said about this, he only thought that the latter was inspired by the latter's feelings, so he didn't say anything to him.
After a while, Xie Qin brought a plate with a lotus pot exuding a faint fragrance and several porcelain cups engraved with Buddhist verses.
Su held the utensil and Xie Qin poured a cup of fragrant tea for Master Cheng and Zhou Jun each.
Zhou Jun looked at the golden amber-like liquid in the cup, first raised it in front of him and took a gentle sniff.
The fragrance is rich and refreshing.
Taking another sip, my eyes lit up.
The fragrant tea in the cup passes through the mouth, esophagus, and then into the stomach, combing the meridians all over the body, which makes people sigh.
Zhou Jun thought about it again, and he only knew that this fragrant tea was not made from tea leaves, but was similar to some kind of fruit tea, but he didn't know what kind of fruit it was.
He was about to have another drink when he heard Chief Cheng say to Xie Qin: "You know, from now on, all matters in Beili that are subject to lawsuits will be handled by Hengcai."
Hearing this, Zhou Jun and Xie Qin were both stunned.