Chapter 12 Famous fireworks field all over the world
At the end of the long street is the bank of the West Lake. The weeping willows on the bank are waving their handkerchiefs in the breeze like the girls in the flower house on the other side. The branches are swaying, as graceful as the willow waists of the girls, exuding infinite charm.
There is a poem that says: The south of the Yangtze River is full of romance, and the passion is in Yangzhou. Every night, there is a charming show, and the sound is hidden in the West Lake.
It is said that the wind, flowers, snow and moon from the south of the Yangtze River gather in Yangzhou City, and they can only listen to the charming operas in the city every night, all hidden in the West Lake.
Although there are many flower streets and willow lanes in Yangzhou City, the most famous one is by the West Lake.
Just as Yazhi is located next to the Beijing-Hangzhou Ferry, Liuyue Tower is undoubtedly the leader in the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal area in Yangzhou City. No one of the thirty-three flower houses in the surrounding area can compare with it. Yazhi, as a new beauty in Liuyue Tower, has become a famous place.
Even so, it is not as good as the famous waiters in the famous buildings by the West Lake.
West Lake is one of the most prosperous areas in Yangzhou City. It is full of poetry and painting. There are unique elegant residences, elegant tea buildings, fragrant restaurants, and pleasant pavilions. But most of them are decorated.
The colorful flower houses are of different sizes and layouts, but the enthusiastic and unrestrained women in the flower fields are all with unparalleled enthusiasm, wearing revealing bright gauze skirts, regardless of wind and rain, regardless of the cold and heat, they are always at the door of every house
Greeting guests coming and going.
This place is famous all over the world and has not changed for three hundred years. Even the current emperor was immersed in the gentle countryside and refused to leave. Some people say that the West Lake Flower Street made Yangzhou, and Yangzhou made Jiangnan, making this place the economy of the Mesopotamia.
Center. But some people say that this is the root cause of harming the country and the world, because no emperor can resist the whispers of the West Lake, and no one knows how many heroes have died drunk in the gentle countryside.
Before Xia Shang arrived at the West Lake, he could already smell the various feminine scents of catkins in the wind, and he couldn't help but feel full of expectation.
"What a famous person all over the world, the hero returns to his dream after death!"
"Master... you... you really want to go..."
Xia Shang just wanted to see the most famous romantic place in the world, but he didn't notice that Yazhi's face was a bit unnatural along the way. After listening to her talk, he saw that this girl's face was pale and she was covered in sweat. This was not
Pretending to be a man and not getting used to it is a sign of extreme worry and fear.
"What's wrong with you? Are you sick?" Xia Shang reached out and touched Yazhi's forehead and found that there was nothing serious.
Yazhi took two steps back: "Master, why are you going to Hualou? Is it..."
"This... isn't it just to see what's new?"
Xia Shang obviously didn't mean what he said. Yazhi became even more worried when she heard this. If she hadn't been on the street, she might have been kneeling in front of Xia Shang at this moment.
Yazhi was silent for a few moments, and finally couldn't help but feel doubts in her heart. She bit her lip and said tremblingly: "Is the young master planning to exchange Yazhi for the ten thousand taels of gold?!"
Xia Shang was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "So you've been worried about this all along?!"
"..."
"Don't worry! I just want to find out some information."
Yazhi's eyes lit up: "Really?!"
"real."
"Then why go to Hualou to find out the news?"
"Hualou is full of people, and they are the most well-informed about all kinds of information."
"Is that really all there is to it?"
Xia Shang's face sank and he muttered: "Okay, while I'm inquiring about the news, I can also take a look at the beauties."
This would be a good explanation.
A blush instantly appeared on Yazhi's pretty face. She wiped the sweat on her face randomly, walked in front of Xia Shang in two steps, and introduced Xia Shang calmly:
"Master, there are many flower gardens in Yangzhou City. It is said that there are 108 flower gardens. There are more than 50 flower gardens in the three-mile waterway on both sides of the West Lake alone. In order to distinguish the grades of flower houses, they are divided into three categories: heaven, earth and people. The Tianzi flower house is the best.
, the most famous, there are only four of them, followed by land brands, there are 36 in total, and the rest are herringbone houses. The Liuyue Building where Yazhi is located is the top flower building among the 36 land brands, but it is not as good as the four houses by the West Lake.
Jiachun.
They are Yichun Courtyard, Lichun Courtyard, Yuechun Courtyard, and Chunxiang Courtyard. Each of them is an old shop with a history of a hundred years. It has cultivated famous players who are famous all over the country, and has raised generations of proud daughters of earth and heaven. That is the real
Everyone in the contemporary world has heard of many legends about courtesans from Yazhi. There are also Yazhi’s idols in them!"
Yazhi said happily, and Xia Shang was also curious.
"Oh? There are still celebrities in this era? Have they all become your idols?"
"Of course! The one Yazhi admires the most is a sister named Xia Ru. It is said that she fascinated countless talented people back then, and even the emperor fell in love with her. Not only did she look like a fairy, but her musical skills were unparalleled in the world. Even the universities in the Hanlin Academy
All the scholars would ask her for advice. It is said that a great master used dozens of boxes of gold to redeem his life, which is estimated to be tens of millions of taels of gold."
"Ten million gold?"
Xia and Shang Dynasties were also astonished. It seems that the extravagance in ancient times is even worse than in modern times!
The Fengyue Place was a place where money was spent profusely no matter what era it was in. Now Xia Shang only has a mere three taels of silver left...
"Master, we don't have much money on us, so we'd better go to the herringbone flower farm, otherwise we won't even have enough money for the admission fee."
"Is there an admission fee?" Xia Shang didn't expect this. "Are there any that don't require an admission fee? For example, if you write a poem and match a pair, you can enter?"
"Yes, yes, but you have to try your luck. In this case, there needs to be a building to hold a big event."
As soon as Yazhi finished speaking, the crowd around her became restless, and someone could vaguely hear someone shouting: "Miss Xian'er from Yichun Courtyard has chosen a guest! All scribes can come in to watch the ceremony. Come on, go and see the excitement."
I don’t know who shouted it, but all the pedestrians around became commotion. Whether it was a well-dressed young man, a gentleman in a rich dress, or a gentle scholar, they all changed directions after this sound. There seemed to be a black hole at the street entrance ahead.
, attracting people from the whole street in that direction.
"Let's go! Go and have a look!"
Xia Shang also became more energetic and was about to follow the crowd, but was pulled away by Yazhi.
"Master, don't go."
"Why?"
"Didn't you hear what that person said? You need a scribe to enter the hospital to observe the ceremony. If you are not a scribe, it will cost you a hundred taels of silver at least."
"Xiao Nizi, do you mean to say that I am not a scribe?"
Xia Shang was not convinced, he put his hands behind his hands and shook the hem of his clothes, raised his head forty-five degrees, and half-squinted his eyes, showing the character of a scholar and elegant guest.
There is style, but is there real talent and learning?
Judging from Yazhi's understanding of Xia and Shang, it was only embarrassing in the past.
But Xia Shang was very confident, saying that he had five thousand years of Chinese cultural heritage, so how could he not be able to get through the gate of a brothel? Without waiting for Yazhi to say anything, he took her little hand and blended into the crowd.
middle.
I came here with full confidence, but as soon as I arrived in front of Yichun Courtyard, I was dumbfounded!
A long line of literati stretched to no end. At a glance, a miserable scholar was squeezed into the lake by the crowd.
"My dear, do you have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the Horse?" (To be continued)