Chapter 418 Li Shishi

In the middle of the wide space you see in front of you, there is a circular high platform. On the platform, there is a girl playing the pipa and singing, and a girl dancing. , soul-stirring, endless coquettish.

Surrounding and spreading out are scattered tables of tables.Although it was still snowing outside, it didn't affect the heat here at all.Rainy and snowy weather, in such an environment, always looks so poetic, and talented scholars always have a lot of emotions to share with others, so there are still many people gathering here.

No one was alone, all of them sat together in twos and threes.They are young, either scholars who have entered school, or small officials in Bianjing.Some people are dressed gorgeously, but some are poorly dressed, some are blushing and talking loudly, but some are just drinking and drinking by themselves without saying a word, wandering outside the bustle.The ones with the loudest voices are in the front row, and the ones with the quietest voices are mostly in the back row near the door.

Upstairs is the private room here, some people lean on the railing to watch the scene below, and more people are unrestrained in the private room, putting their arms around the talented woman here and pushing drinks.That laughter, even though the place was noisy, the senior officials still heard it, and one could tell that the owner of the sound was very comfortable.

Looking at this situation, it is roughly the same as in modern times. The seats in the front row are expensive, and most of them are rich people, while the seats in the back row are cheap, and most of them are here to join in the fun and find ordinary women.And the private room upstairs is the big bag, which is a group of super high-spending people who have some status and a certain age and don't want to be with the young scholars downstairs.

The air is filled with the aroma of rouge powder and wine and vegetables.

Wang Yan was very familiar with the smell of those rouge powders, they were the cosmetics he created.The biggest consumer group for his products is this brothel, followed by women in the backyard of dignitaries.

It's just that there are so many brothels in the world, and his production capacity is of course not enough, which also makes it hard to buy, and the price is naturally extremely high.That is to say, the famous Yuxianglou, the brothel among the brothels, the women here are of high quality, and there are many wealthy benefactors. Space.

The taste is not good, but it is not bad either.Especially in such an intoxicating environment, it makes people more restless, blood hotter and more thorny...

The opening of the gate has no effect on the people here, but there are a few people who happened to look this way, seeing newcomers coming, to see if they recognize each other, and just stop their eyes for a while.Without entering the door, the air was quiet, everyone caught him and stared at him, whispering that this is someone's plot.

Standing at the door, Wang Yan raised his head and looked at the opposite second floor. There was a woman leaning on the railing and looking down. cross eye.

What kind of woman is that?
She was wearing a blue-yellow embroidered shirt and a white fox fur coat.The cyan and jet-black head is raised up, and the tassels of the golden step hairpin sway slightly with the movements. The almond eyes and willow eyebrows are together. The slightly skinny face is more three-dimensional, the plump lips are slightly pursed, and a faint smile hangs on the face, which is called a stunner.

The name is indeed not in vain, and Zhao Ji's aesthetics are indeed sufficient.I thought that Jinlian was already a heavenly fragrance, but now seeing this Li Shishi, it is even more overwhelming.

Of course it doesn't mean that Jin Lian's appearance is much worse, it's just that her appearance is not just her beauty.After all, Li Shishi is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, dancing and singing. He has goods in his stomach and his own background.

As for Jinlian, although she has studied hard in the past year, it is obvious that one year is not enough to enrich her heart.Still beautiful, empty inside, and uneducated.

When it comes to other means of pleasing men, Jin Lian is even more unbearable. After all, as a brothel girl, how can she do it without proficiency in the compulsory course of intercourse.

In every aspect other than appearance, Jinlian is far inferior to Li Shishi, the peerless famous prostitute who has moved the world...

Although Li Shishi is a prostitute, she doesn't have a dusty look on her body. She looks quite charming, but inside, she is cold and repulsive.This contrast is very attractive.

"Your official, that's Mrs. Li." Even though he knew that Wang Yan had already guessed it, the Gui Gong still informed him thoughtfully.

Wang Yan waved to Li Shishi above, and Li Shishi nodded in response.Of course she was puzzled, but since she became famous, there are many people who have tried their best to get close, and it is not surprising.It's just that Wang Yan's performance was really calm and natural, as if he really knew her, but she was a little uncertain, so she nodded out of politeness.Of course, she would nod to anyone else.

With a chuckle, Wang Yan said, "Miss Li really deserves the title of number one in the world."

"Who says it's not?" Mr. Gui laughed and said, "It's good to have a good look at Mrs. Li. Senior officials, should you two sit down in this hall, or go to the private room upstairs? "

"Let's just go there." Wang Yan casually pointed to a table in the outermost corner: "Neither of us had dinner, so just serve good wine and good food."

The long follower let out a hey, and threw an ingot of ten taels of silver into the hands of Mr. Gui, who happily took the silver and weighed it, trotted over to wipe the table and stools, and asked Wang Yan and his wife to sit down: "Your Majesty, wait a moment." , the food and drink will be ready soon, it will be ready soon."

After speaking, he walked away with his legs tight.

Needless to say, the price of food and drink in this kind of entertainment place must be much higher than outside.And Mr. Gui, who opened the table here, naturally has a corresponding commission, and it is quite a lot.The profit of catering is not bad at any time.

Ignoring those, Wang Yan sat there, looking at the geisha singing and dancing in the field with a smile, and listening to the discussions of the scholars around him.

Obviously, these people have no intention of singing and dancing now.Instead, he racked his brains in composing poems and lyrics, intending to write a good work, so that he could say a few words with Li Shishi.

Everyone in Bianjing knew that Li Shishi belonged to Zhao Ji, and they were not approachable by them.But here is a brothel, and Li Shishi is the pillar here. When he is in a good mood, he will show up, show his talents, and keep his business skills familiar.

And since Li Shishi can show his face like this, then Zhao Ji must have allowed it.You, Zhao Ji, have let Master Li show off his talents, so I can't talk anymore?

After all, the Song Dynasty shared the world with the scholar-bureaucrats, and the officials could not be punished.It's just some scholars' affairs, they don't think there is any problem.Although some lunatics had died before, they didn't count them and deserved to be punished.

Moreover, it is impossible to say that she is the emperor's woman without any exciting little thoughts.If things are really going to happen, leaving a romantic mark in the history books, it's worth dying after thinking about it.

It's that simple.

After a while, Mr. Turtle was holding the wine, followed by two people carrying vegetables, he set up a table, and after saying that he would look for him again if necessary, he ran to other tables to ask if he wanted more wine Serve the food and get busy.

As soon as the food was served, Wang Yan and his entourage began to eat and drink, watching their performance.

The singing and dancing gradually stopped, a group of people clapped and applauded in a very respectful way, and the two geisha greeted each other with a salute, and walked away gracefully with lotus steps.

Another tortoise went up to the high platform, bowed his hands to salute, and shouted loudly: "Thank you for your support, all the gentlemen. The singing and dancing are over. You are all talented gentlemen. The poems about the snow have been finished. I don’t know which gentleman Let’s write about it first, so that Lady Li, other ladies, and all the husbands present can comment on it.”

As soon as the words fell, a handsome scholar in the front row said "I'll come first" and stood up, stepped on the steps in a circle, and clasped his hands...

"This person is Chang Dingyuan in Suzhou, this time Qiu Wei..." A person not far from Wang Yan introduced the star on stage.

At this time, most of the scholars are open, and there is no embarrassment.What's more, this place is one of the best brothel entertainment venues, and it has always been a place of fame.It's not a secret that Song Dynasty has three redundancy, everyone knows it.There are many high-ranking officials and dignitaries in Bianjing, who have become famous here and have participated in some celebrity poetry meetings from time to time.

In the final analysis, reading is all about fame and fortune, and it has always been like this.

While eating the boiled lamb chops, his mouth was full of oil, while drinking wine, Wang Yan raised his head and glanced at Li Shishi, who had been standing there at the railing on the second floor.It's just that it's incredible to see this, just seeing Li Shishi, a little white fat standing with his hands behind his back, looking at him with a smile, isn't it just Zhao Ji whom he just met.

Immediately, he threw away the lamb chops in his hand, got up and took a step back, and bowed to Zhao Ji from afar.

Zhao Ji nodded with a smile, waved his hand, and signaled him to get up and continue doing what he should do.Only then did Wang Yan continue to sit down to eat meat and drink, listening to the movement on the stage with a very serious look.

Li Shishi paid attention to the man in the black leather coat for a long time, and she had the same look when she first came in. She didn't see any other bad eyes in the man's eyes, there were only admiration for beauty.This kind of look is rare in her body.Moreover, she was wrapped in a black leather coat, looked tall and tall, and was sitting in the corner, so she could see it at a glance from above, so it was difficult for her to pay attention.

"Officials, who is it that salutes just now?"

"Oh? Master is interested in him?"

"It's just that there are so many people here, and it's strange that he is the only one saluting the officials."

"They, some people don't know it's me, some people know it's me, but they pretend not to know." Zhao Ji shook his head and smiled, and replied: "He is Wang Yan, he came to Beijing the day before yesterday, and today he had lunch with me in the palace. "

"Wang Yan?" Li Shishi mumbled in confusion, she had heard of this name in a daze, but she couldn't remember what it was for.

Seeing that she didn't remember it, Zhao Ji continued to speak caringly: "It's that Wang Yan from Yanggu County. The things you use are all researched by him. People say that he is the reincarnation of the God of Wealth. Do you remember?"

"His name is so big, why can't I remember it. The officials don't know, but the sisters in Yuxianglou bought those rouge and gouache at a high price at their own expense. There is not much money left for me." Li Shishi said with a coquettish smile: "At first I thought that the God of Wealth was so special, but now I see him, he is just an ordinary person, only taller and stronger, but he is too young, look at his face , I'm afraid you haven't reached the crown yet?"

"He was crowned at eighteen, with the word 'Ziyan', and he is turning twenty this year." Zhao Ji stroked his mustache: "He is not an ordinary person as you said. Today he visited the garden with me in the palace and asked about his talent and learning. He took snow as the theme, good or bad, just wrote a poem. While chatting with me in the garden, while thinking, he saw a proud snow and cold plum, and wrote a doggerel, saying, "...fly into the plum blossom and never see it." Master What does the teacher think?"

"The first three sentences are just a child's joke, but the second half is the finishing touch. With that artistic conception, although it is a doggerel, it is also rare and precious, and ordinary people may not be able to compare it."

Zhao Ji smiled and continued to say: "After this incident, I asked him to fight with my guard's imperial belt. You may not know that the belted imperial equipment is a master selected from the imperial army, and it is impossible for idlers to get close to him. That Wang Yan accompanied me to take you back and forth with me for nearly a quarter of an hour, and then kicked the imperial belt flying away. He was not flushed or out of breath, and he was just there to amuse me. Later, I asked again The imperial belt said that Wang Yan was really serious about fighting, and he could defeat him with three punches and two kicks, or even kill him. He can make money in literature and martial arts, this kid is amazing..."

"Wang Yan is powerful. Isn't he also used by the officials and loyal to the Song Dynasty? He is still an official who knows people well. If it is not for the love of the officials, it is not known whether Wang Yan can live until now, and how can he have such a great name? Head." Li Shishi said with a smile: "Officials, don't talk about Wang Yan, come here at this time, I want to come to the official's house and have not eaten yet, and go back to the room with the slave's house, eat some wine and meat, and ask the slave's house to press for you later, you will spend the whole day The state affairs are troublesome, and the slave family will relieve your fatigue."

Zhao Ji laughed, put his arms around Li Shishi's slender waist, turned and left...

Seeing Zhao Ji leaving with the beauty, Wang Yan shook his head and smiled, and talked to the former Gui Gong for a while.After eating and drinking, I directly found two oirans, one for my subordinates and one for myself.It's all here, and Zhao Ji has also seen him, so he can't just leave without doing anything.

Mr. Li, he is out of luck.Not to mention that Zhao Ji is here, even if he is not here, he won the first place with a poem, and he dared not do anything when he had the opportunity to meet Li Shishi. Someone must report Zhao Ji, and that would be causing trouble for himself.

After a happy night, I felt the strength of the famous prostitutes of the Song Dynasty. Under the women's clothes he had served, I washed and bathed, had breakfast, gave tips, and after paying the bills, I brought the same comfortable long-term guards Leaving and continuing to hang around in Bianjing City, he should take a stroll and feel the scenery of the Song Dynasty.

He was not in a hurry to leave, he had told Jin Lian before he came here that he would leave for Yanggu only after the Lantern Festival, that is, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.After all, it’s all here, the biggest festival of the year, so you have to watch it no matter what.Besides, there are not many years to see such a scenery, so just take a look if you can.

In the afternoon, as soon as he returned to the inn, he saw Yang Jian waiting there with two eunuchs. He stepped forward a few steps and bowed his hands together: "Wang Yan has seen Mr. Yang, but he didn't know that Mr. Yang came today. It's really hard to ask Mr. Yang to wait for a long time. It was Wang Yan who committed the crime, so don't blame the officials."

"Okay, Ziyan, you and I are not outsiders, and we don't talk politely. I am here this time to deliver the decree on behalf of the officials." While speaking, Yang Jian stood up and spread out the imperial decree in his hand: "To Guo Xiaowei Wang Yan !"

Wang Yan was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly knelt down on one knee, and the other people in the room followed suit and knelt down, listening to Yang Jian recite the imperial decree.

In fact, it's nothing, just to affirm his achievements in making money, and he was promoted again.He was named Captain Zhenwei, this is a loose official from the sixth rank.At the current level, even though it is a worthless loose official, it is not so easy to advance to the next level.Moreover, Zhao Ji had to take into account that he would pay more money every year in the future, and it might increase every year, so he would always keep it in case it would not be rewarding in the future.In addition to this, I was given a bunch of messy porcelain, silk cloth, tribute tea, gold and silver, etc., as well as the calligraphy and paintings I asked for earlier, all of which were quite valuable.

Among other things, Zhao Ji still gave a lot of rewards for these messy things, which was quite generous.Of course, compared to what he offered, it's not worth mentioning.

After receiving the imperial decree, Wang Yan took Yang Jian upstairs to sit down for a while, drink tea and chat.

Looking at the senior official who was playing with the tea set, Yang Jian said, "You performed well this time, and the official is very satisfied."

"I see, so many rewards, the officials have also spent money."

"Those are all offerings from various places this year, good things that money can't buy. Even Cai Jing, there are not as many things as yours. You are the only family of the Sacred Heart, so let's go."

After receiving the tea from Wang Yan, Yang Jian took a sip and continued: "I heard that Tong Guan posted a post for you?"

"The official is well informed..." Wang Yan looked up at him and said, "I was invited to attend the meeting in Fanlou today, but I declined."

"That's right. Ziyan, you're still young, so you don't know what's involved. Let me remind you, do what you're supposed to do. It's better not to get involved in other things. It's not that I'm afraid you'll stand on Tong Guan's side." , it’s the official’s side that can’t get through.”

"Wang Yan knows, thank you for your advice."

"I cherish your talent. You have really helped me a lot this year. I can't bear to see you go astray. Well, that's all for now, and you can do it yourself." After finishing speaking, he put down the tea he had only taken a sip of and stood up. leave.

Wang Yan made a symbolic statement, sent him downstairs, left the inn, and then went back upstairs to continue drinking tea.

Yang Jian didn't have such a good heart, what he said was to test him.After all, he hadn't been out of Yanggu County before, so he may have little experience and know nothing, which made Yang Jian take advantage of it.But now, he has met Zhao Ji and felt Zhao Ji's importance, so his status is different now.He was not chosen by Yang Jian at will, and it was not that Yang Jian could take advantage of the relationship of serving Zhao Ji to apply eye drops at will.And the most important thing is that Yang Jian took [-]% of the profit. The money is hot now, but he didn't want to let it go, so he came here to care about him here.

But this is because Yang Jian is narrow-minded and not confident.Yang Jian didn't know, that little money was nothing to a high official.Yang Jian must wait for him to express it later, but he is not used to this problem.After all, Yang Jian himself knows that his status is not the same now, so why pretend?After that, I will maintain it, let it dry first, and let Yang Jian tremble for a while before talking.

The high official didn't take any further action, drinking tea and reading alone in the inn room, and when it was time for dinner, he went downstairs to eat a fairly sumptuous meal, washed up and went back to his room to continue reading.

He blew out the candles according to the usual time.But he didn't sleep, instead he sat there fully dressed.The hand on the table tapped the table one after another, waiting for the time to come.

After a long time, it was late at night, and it was estimated that everyone was asleep.Without alarming others, he quietly jumped out of the window.I looked left and right on the street, then controlled my footsteps, followed the people, and ran in the direction of Xihuamen...

There is where the Yuxiang Building is located.

Who doesn't love a beautiful woman...

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