Pingkangfang is a well-known entertainment area in Daxing City. Music halls, restaurants, inns, and brothels are all over the south area. At dusk, when other areas start to become quiet, the excitement in Pingkangfang South Area has just begun.
Nanli is very different from the other three li. There are people coming and going here and it is very lively. Walking on the street, those orchids in exotic costumes will wave to you enthusiastically. When you walk past them, your charming and passionate blue eyes, the deep ravines sandwiched between steep peaks, are mixed The aroma of mellow wine will linger in your mind.
When those exotic beauties have not left their charm, several pretty women wearing "muri hats" will appear in front of them. The thin black gauze extending from the muri hat to the knees will cover the whole person. Under the neon lights, you can see that inside the gauze skirt, there are only a small bellyband and trousers that cannot cover a few mountain peaks. Some of the fabrics are so small that they have the prototype of a three-point style. When their beautiful and infinite bodies twist and turn, As he walked, people looked up and paid tribute.
In the streets and alleys, there are not only people from the Sui Dynasty, but also Turks, Tiele people, Tocharians, Sogdians, Persians, and even bald monks, old demons, and the Asan race wearing turbans. All kinds of people of all kinds seem to be condensed here.
Yang Ji has grown up and has lived in Pingkangfang for so long. This is the first time he has stepped into the south of Fengliu Zeze. When he saw such a lively and fragrant scene, he couldn't help but open his eyes. He couldn't help but praise: "It's better to see it than to hear it a hundred times. It's so lively in the south. It's a man's paradise."
"That's natural!" After hearing Yang Ji's words, Zhang Xutuo, who had always been serious about words, showed a smile that only a man could understand: "This is the famous gentle town in the capital. I remember that when we returned from Kunzhou in triumph, everyone was in high spirits. Let’s meet at Pingkangfang to buy wine and enjoy the flowers, hahaha, it’s been a crazy night.”
"The customs of the Sui Dynasty are different from ours. If we come back from a victorious battle, we will drink wine and sleep with women. But when you return in triumph, you enjoy admiring flowers. But you don't know what beautiful flowers there are here?"
The speaker was Prince Achi of Yiwu. He had made great contributions in the battle and had been appointed as the seventh-rank Zhenyuan General and the seventh-rank Wusanguan Yihui Lieutenant. He was considered a miscellaneous general in the Sui Dynasty.
Zhang Xutuo gave him a roll of his eyes and said with a smile: "When you go to the south of Pingkangfang to enjoy the flowers, you will naturally enjoy the flowers of women!"
Achi asked curiously: "Is there such a flower as a woman's flower? This is the first time I have heard of it when I grow up. Since you are proud of admiring women's flowers, I will get some seeds and seedlings to plant in Yizhou later."
"The women he is talking about are the women, geishas, and beauties here." Yang Ji couldn't help laughing and said: "The women here are charming, well-behaved, and many of them are proficient in poetry, music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. No matter you Whether you are a warrior, a scholar, a wealthy businessman, or a local scoundrel, they can coax you into a superior man according to your taste and habits, so you can also call this female flower the Jie Yuhua."
The dirty past is not worthy of praise;
Today's dissolute thoughts have no limit.
The spring breeze is proud of the horse's hooves,
See all the flowers in Chang'an in one day.
This was written by a poet in the Tang Dynasty after he passed the Jinshi examination. The whole article is full of complacency and pride. After this man won the Jinshi, the first thing he did was to ride on his horse to enjoy the flowers.
If you thought that what he was admiring were peonies, roses, and morning glories, you would probably be sprayed to death by him.
Because the first thing many literati in the Tang Dynasty did after being elected was to go to Pingkangfang to have fun with beautiful girls. This also shows the openness of the Tang Dynasty.
Although it is now the Sui Dynasty and the imperial examination has not yet been officially implemented, it has already become a place where literati and poets flock to. It can be said that this is a red light district specially developed by the aristocrats and dignitaries in order to make money.
"It turns out I was visiting a brothel!" Achi suddenly said: "I am not a scholar from the Sui Dynasty, so how can I understand the flowers and plants you are talking about."
Everyone laughed.
Everyone was chatting and laughing, and then came to Fengming House in the south and north. This is also the most famous and largest brothel in Pingkangfang. It covers an area of more than two hundred acres and is composed of countless elegant attics. The rooms are connected to each other by corridors.
Fengming Tower is the property of the Dugu family. Although the Dugu family was politically suppressed by Yang Jian and Empress Dugu, they did not have any high-ranking relatives and gradually lost their right to speak in the officialdom, but Yang Jian did not give them the "noble" and Queen Dugu, but opened the door to "wealth", making the Dugu family have the strongest financial resources in the Sui Dynasty, and almost monopolized the most profitable industries in Yongzhou, Bingzhou, and Yuzhou.
At least 40% of the top ten brothels, restaurants, inns, and gambling houses in Daxing City have a background from the Dugu Family, which shows the strong financial resources and power of the Dugu Family and the Dugu Sect.
Among the countless courtesans in Fengming Tower, the most popular one is a girl named Yun Xiuxin. It is said that this girl is only seventeen or eighteen years old. Every time she appears, she always covers her face with a veil. Her true appearance is unknown. No one knows, which makes people feel itchy. Moreover, she is proficient in playing music, chess, calligraphy, painting, playing, playing and singing. From the time she came out of the palace, no one has been favored by her, and she still remains a virgin. Every time, rich people come to take advantage of her joy and return disappointed.
In Daxing City, all men with a little bit of money want to spend a good night with Miss Yun Xiuxin. Unfortunately, she always has her eyes set on her. Even if these men spend a lot of money, they can only listen to her playing and singing. , singing and dancing, let alone sleeping, you can't even see your true face.
This is nothing more than a hype method! Just like the sky-high-priced long skirt of Shu Embroidery Trading Company, no one was stupid enough to buy it except Yang Ji. But because of the existence of this long skirt, Shu Embroidery Trading Company's status rose sharply and became the leader of Jinxiu Colorful Silk Shop in Dongshi.
In Yang Ji's opinion, the same goes for Fengming House. It is because of this talented girl Yun Xiuxin, who is still half-hiding her face while holding a pipa, that it is so prosperous and popular that it eclipses the other nine major brothels.
As for men, the picture is nothing more than a novelty. If Yun Xiuxin really falls in love with a man and spends a night with him, her net worth will definitely plummet. It's best like this, no one is interested in her, and a few rich men in Daxing City will be jealous of her first time and spend a lot of money, bringing huge benefits to Fengming Tower. .
"I guess Yun Xiuxin may not be very good-looking, so she covers her face with a veil every time." Yang Ji judged firmly.
"Vajra slave." Yang Lun argued vigorously: "Yun Xiuxin definitely has the beauty of the country, the beauty of the sky, the beauty of the moon, and the beauty of the moon."
"Have you seen her true face?" Yang Ji saw Yang Lun blushing and arguing, and knew that this guy was also a big fan of Yun Xiuxin, and he probably spent a lot of money here.
Yang Lun scratched his cheek and said, "No."
"You haven't even seen her true face, how can you be sure that she is a beauty?" Yang Ji suddenly became interested. You know, Yang Lun's aesthetic taste is not low, and the person who can make him fall in love must be extraordinary.
However, no matter how outstanding Yun Xiuxin is, she is just a prostitute. The story of being redeemed by a noble man and becoming a concubine and flying on a tree is just a beautiful legend. Although it cannot be said that it does not exist, it is really rare.
It is precisely because things are rare and valuable that Hong Fu, Liang Hongyu, Liu Rushi and Chen Yuanyuan, who have been talked about in history, have become legends.
"I don't know how to describe it, but her eyes are very beautiful. A woman with those eyes is definitely a beauty! If you saw her, you would say the same thing." Yang Lun said, with a smile on his face. There was a look of fascination on his face, and it could be seen that his praise was not mixed with any water.
Yang Ji said with a smile: "Some people are so scared to death when they only look at their backs. When they turn around suddenly, they will scare thousands of troops to death! So don't jump to conclusions before you see your true face."
Everyone laughed beside him.
Yang Lun was anxious: "I really didn't lie to you. If you saw Yun Xiuxin, you wouldn't say that."
"Okay, then let's go and see how beautiful Yun Xiuxin is. If one of us wins her favor, we can have a glimpse of her beauty."
In addition to Yang Ji, Yang Lun, and A Chi, there are also Zhang Xutuo, Yin Shishi, Liu Quan, Yang Shanhui, Wei Yunqi, Wang Xingben, Yao Junsu, Li Datong, Li Daliang, Li Jing, Xue Ju, Shi Huaiyi, and Liu Rentong. , Hao Yuan, Song Zhengben, Su Dan and others, all of them are well-equipped in both civil and military skills and have dignified appearance.
If the IQ of such a luxurious team cannot take off Yun Xiuxin's veil, I'm afraid no one in the world can do it.
Yang Ji looked at the sky. It was still early, about half an hour before sunset. He originally wanted to go shopping, but Yang Lun said from the side: "Vajra slave, if you want to see Yun Xiuxin, now I have to go. If I go later, I’m afraid I won’t have a seat.”
"Is it necessary to be so exaggerated?" Even though he was used to the madness caused by celebrities appearing on stage, Yang Ji couldn't help but be shocked at this moment.
Yang Lun said: "You will know it if you see that scene."
"I went there once last year." Su Dan, who was standing next to him, added: "What Prince Teng said is not an exaggeration at all."
"In that case, let's go there now." Yang Ji nodded. Of course, he couldn't use his own banner when he went out to visit the brothel. Although many people recognized him and Yang Lun, in a place like this, anyone with any brains would not Their identities will be revealed.
Walking all the way to the entrance of Fengming Tower, you can see the bustle of people in front of the door from a distance. All the maids dressed in colorful clothes and charming are lined up at the door. They hardly need to solicit customers, but groups of dressed beasts just walk in. .
If these beasts who walk in meet a familiar chicken, they will make fun of each other, and some people will even touch his hands openly. The scene is very hot.
Walking closer, Yang Ji found that Fengming Tower seemed to be on the high-end route. Although the maids could not be said to be stunning, they were quite charming after being dressed up. Moreover, the scent of the sachets they wore was very light, which not only did not make people smell disgusting, but also made them feel pure and refined.
The group of them stood at the door, and a mature woman with beautiful appearance and slender figure, "Old Madam", came up to her with a sweet smile on two half-exposed snow-white mountains. She glanced at Yang Ji, who was obviously the leader, with her wonderful eyes. He couldn't help but pause for a moment, bowed his hands, and asked with a chuckle: "Mr. Lang is so handsome. Doesn't this make those men feel inferior to death?"
"Then let them die!" Yang Ji laughed loudly: "I have always heard that Fengminglou Yunxiu is talented and beautiful. I wonder if I can win the beauty's heart today, and then..."
As Yang Ji spoke, his hands also made the shape of Nine Yang White Bone Claws, making lifelike movements.
The "Old Madam" smiled sweetly: "Oh, Mr. Lang is really bad. But you have to ask Madam Yun Xiuxin personally about this question."
Yang Ji's face suddenly put on an extremely lewd smile: "If Madam Yun Xiuxin doesn't like me, I wonder if Madam is willing to give me a favor today and play the flute with me and admire the moon?"
The "Old Madam" had a pair of charming eyes filled with mist. She bit her red lips and cooed, "As long as your husband likes you, my sister will love you."
"Then it's settled." Yang Ji laughed, took out a silver bead from his pouch, thrust his hand into the "Old Madam's" half-open collar, and groped and kneaded it until the "Old Madam" ” This made her face turn red and she was out of breath, smiling sweetly.
Yang Lun, Li Datong, and Li Daliang, who knew Yang Ji thoroughly, were stunned and thought that King Kong slave/gongzi usually behaves like a gentleman, but when it comes to this kind of place, he is more liberal than anyone else. This method is simpler than the old one. Prostitutes need to be more skillful.
Awesome, really awesome.
The "Old Madam" took Yang Ji's arm, squeezed the towering mountains onto his arm, and said with a sweet smile: "It's getting late, I'd better lead you in first."
Yang Ji took his hand out and nodded: "That's great!"
Under the leadership of this "Old Madam", a group of people followed the flow of people into Fengming Tower, entered the gate, turned a corner, and a huge hall appeared in front of them.
There is a stage in the middle of the hall, covered with a red carpet, and surrounded by steps-like platforms. Each level is placed with a circle of tables, and the tables are filled with fruit pastries, and there are also some snacks scattered throughout the hall. The scent of sandalwood.
The second floor is divided into elegant rooms facing the stage. Sitting in them can be at the same level as the stage. The entire floor has eight corridors connected to the stage, making it look like a big gossip. This is obviously for the convenience of elegant people and people. The prostitutes give money; the third and fourth floors have the same layout, but there is no back porch, stairs are connected to the stage, and the sightline is not comparable to that on the second floor.
When Yang Ji and others came in from behind the platform, they found that the hall was already overcrowded. Although these people had to look up to see the stage, their seats were relatively far away, so they could still see the singing and dancing performances above.
After a few cases, the elegant scholars, all dressed in fine clothes and with happy faces, were holding cups and cups and whispering to each other. There were not only young people here, but also many well-dressed old men. Yang Ji was stunned for a while. These old guys were already very young. They probably came just to watch the performance, not to dance.
Although the "Old Madam" didn't know who Yang Ji was, Yang Lun, who was proficient in music, was a regular customer here. Naturally, the people he brought could not stay in the lobby, third and fourth floors, so he led them directly to the second floor. A private room with excellent views.
After bypassing the screen used as a screen wall, my eyes suddenly opened up. The elegant room was decorated luxuriously and elegantly. There were celadon vases and copper incense burners placed in the corners of the room. On the walls were uninhibited scrolls of wild births and prostitutes in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. There were red sandalwood tables in the corners. The case is placed with precious Taihu stones and bonsai, and even the wine sets and tea sets are made of top-quality official kiln porcelain. Copper crane lampposts are placed at the four corners, and expensive candles have been lit, making the light in the room soft and bright.
After arranging everyone to sit down, the "Old Madam" looked at Yang Lun and asked politely: "Lang Jun, it will take more than half an hour for Madam Yun to take the stage. Do you want to find some sisters first?"
Yang Lun looked at Yang Ji and said with a smile: "You have to ask this friend of mine, he is today's host."
Yang Ji said with a smile: "First prepare a banquet for us. All your specialty dishes and the best wines will be served to us. Only when we are full and drunk can we have the strength to do things."
"Okay, wait a moment, everyone!" The "Old Madam" responded sweetly, and stared at Yang Ji shyly for a few times before leaving.
To Yang Ji's surprise, Yang Lun, who encouraged him to come here, had no objection to his decision and had no intention of finding a woman for entertainment.
After a second thought, I realized that Yang Lun was probably just talking about sex. With his eyes, how could he like these brothel girls? The reason why he insists on coming here is probably because he just wants to watch Yun Xiuxin perform, which also makes Yang Ji a little more curious about Yun Xiuxin who has not yet shown up.
When the "Old Madam" left, everyone laughed.
Yang Lun said with a smile: "King Kong slave, I look at that 'Old Madam' as if I want to swallow you up, but you go back on your word and play with her feelings. This is a hundred times worse than playing with someone else's body."
"Tch!" Yang Ji sneered and said, "How can there be any feelings in their line of work? What she likes about me is nothing more than the gold and silver jewelry in her pocket. I can guarantee that if anyone had said those words just now, , she will behave the same way.”
Zhang Xutuo nodded and said: "Young Master is right. She is showing off her coquettishness, isn't she deceiving the man she is hosting? For them, talking to people and telling ghosts is the whole life."
"Life is like chess, and chess is like life." Liu Quan looked at the Yixiang chessboard next to him and said, "There are truths about life in chess."
Chess?
Yang Ji originally thought it was Go, but unexpectedly it turned out to be chess.
Go has been favored by the royal family since the Northern and Southern Dynasties and was vigorously promoted. Yang Jian even played the game with Gao Jiong, Su Wei and others all night long, which shows how much he loves Go.
Compared with Go, Xiangqi is less common.
Chess is also a product with a long history. There are records about chess as early as the Warring States Period. For example, "Songs of Chu: Soul Calling" has a special record of its shape and playing methods: "There are six books of chess; When the camps advance together, the roads are more pressing; when they become owls, they move around and call out the five whites." Liu Xiang of the Han Dynasty also recorded in "Shuoyuan·Shanshuo", "Yongmenzi Zhou used his qin to see Lord Mengchang and said, 'The ruler of a thousand chariots can take one step at a time... Yan Then play chess and dance Zheng Nu.'" All of this shows that "chess" was already an activity during the Warring States Period.
Today's chess has undergone tremendous changes during the period of Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Today, it is getting closer and closer to modern chess. It's just that the current chessboard still has black and white squares instead of intersecting lines, and the chess pieces are also three-dimensional shapes similar to chess.
"It's still early, how about we play a game?" Yang Lun invited.
Liu Quan readily agreed: "Okay!"
So the two of them got down.
The chess Yang Ji learned before was Go, but this was the first time he saw chess from the Sui Dynasty. Not only did it look different from the chess he was familiar with, but the gameplay was also different. His experience in his previous life was of no use here. But after watching it for a while, Yang Ji found that the chess gameplay in the Sui Dynasty was very simple, and the changes were not as profound and complex as modern chess. It was far less educational than Go. No wonder it was in an obscure supporting role.
It seems that after I go back, I will move out the mature modern chess as soon as possible. Although it is easy to learn and difficult to master, it is more educational and meaningful than the current chess.
…
At this moment, I heard bursts of wild laughter coming from the next door, followed by bursts of admiration, obviously surprised by the decoration in the private room.
"Why is the sound insulation here so poor?" Yang Ji, who was watching chess, frowned and looked at Yang Lun.
Yang Lun raised his head and said: "Both sides were not closed, so it was naturally very noisy. When the food and drinks were served, the maid closed the door and stopped hearing it."
"Oh!" Yang Ji stopped talking and continued to watch the chess game.
However, the voices from next door kept pouring in. I heard a male Dr. Liquor say in a fearful voice: "Dear guests, please take care of the utensils in the room. If they are broken, I can't bear the consequences."
"How can you be so stingy, you thief? Who the hell cares about these junk things? Go and bring some good wine and food. If it's broken, I'll pay for it."
A loud, rough voice scolded Dr. Liquor loudly, and at the same time, a jingling sound came out. The more Dr. Jiu asked, the louder the tinkling sound became.
Yang Ji and others couldn't help but frowned after hearing this. These people were clearly deliberately making things difficult for a humble servant in order to find the pleasure of being a "big man".
These people were obviously outsiders who had just arrived, because people from the capital and Guanzhong all knew that this was the property of the Dugu family, and no one dared to be so presumptuous.
"Dr. Jiu, please don't take offense to this little brother of mine. But you can rest assured that if something is missing or broken, I will compensate you according to the price. You go and bring the best dishes in your store. Send us ten jars of the best wine." At this time, another more easy-going voice came over.
"Here." Dr. Jiu seemed to be helpless, and then he asked, "Would your distinguished guests like to find some singers to sing a ditty?"
The loud voice asked loudly in surprise: "Do you have any pornographic lyrics or songs?"
"Yes, yes, yes!" Dr. Jiu said in pain: "Of course there are obscene words and songs. It doesn't matter even if the distinguished guests knead them, but I am not a singer. Please let me go."
"Haha, go quickly, go quickly, the woman must be the most beautiful, preferably Yun Xiuxin or something, have you remembered?"
"Yes! Yes! I remember."
Soon, a woman's scream suddenly came from the door, and there was the sound of crackling and breaking bowls.
"Dear guest, these are not music girls or singers, but ordinary maids who deliver wine and food to the guests next door. Please don't mess around."
"I say yes, to hell with those bird people next door."
In an instant, women's cries, Dr. Liquor's pleading, and the sounds of broken bowls and cups came one after another.
"Who the hell is so arrogant? Go out and have a look." Yang Ji was furious when he heard this, and he stood up and said, "Bring weapons, and I will tell you who's dead."
Although brothels are a paradise for men to have fun, there are also some poor girls who are forced to make a living and find jobs in brothels. Among them, many girls who are clean and self-sufficient do not sell their bodies, but simply earn some pitiful hard-earned money. Yang Ji could tell from their cries that they were not pretending, but that they were scared and helpless from the bottom of their hearts.
Moreover, those people next door not only insulted the poor maid, but also insulted him in their words. How could the "Dandy King" not be angry?
Others are already furious. They were all people who had just returned from the battlefield, and their evil spirits and passion had not yet dissipated. When they heard the girls' shrill cries and begged for mercy, they all wanted to protect their parents, brothers, and sisters with their lives. However, the sisters, wives, and daughters were trusted by the most trusted "self" The angry feeling of being insulted.
When Yang Ji said this, how could he hold himself back?
Immediately, they all stood up and strode out.
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