Looking at this familiar face and the familiar laughter, Zhou Bangyan felt like he was seeing a weasel paying New Year's greetings to the chicken.
However, now, when they first met, Gao Zhang was just a yamen official, but now he is already a third-rank official in the imperial court.
Zhou Bangyan quickly got out of the car and saluted Gao Zhang, holding his waist.
"Old man, oh no, I'm going to meet the Number One Scholar here. I'm really lucky to meet the Number One Scholar here."
"There is no need to be polite, Mr. Zhou. Gao had something on his mind today and was wandering around. Unexpectedly, he met Mr. Zhou. What a coincidence."
What a coincidence. Boss, can you stop talking nonsense? A small government office like Dasheng Mansion is in a remote place.
You can wander here, but if you are not looking for me, the master of music and poetry in the Song Dynasty, how can you go to find someone else?
After some pleasantries, Gao Zhang happily walked into the official office of Dasheng Mansion under Zhou Bangyan's warm invitation with a forced smile.
As soon as he entered Dasheng's mansion, he could already hear the sounds of silk and bamboo. Some tunes were high-pitched and exciting, and some were gentle and gentle.
Fortunately, when the sound passes through the barrier and reaches the ears, it has become vague and non-existent.
This is the highest music house of the Song Dynasty, and all kinds of official music come from here.
As for Gao Zhang coming to look for Zhou Bangyan, there are naturally several reasons.
When Gao Zhang went to the Liao Kingdom to celebrate his birthday, he wanted to get married to the Liao Emperor. He was afraid that ordinary singing and dancing would not be appreciated by the Liao Emperor at all.
Therefore, if you want to be on time, you can attend the Spring Festival Gala, especially since the Liao Dynasty is a strong believer in Buddhism.
Therefore, Gao Zhang finally chose the Dunhuang Feitian Dance that he had once admired, a song and dance with an obvious religious nature, to celebrate the birthday of the Liao Emperor.
What’s more, I can only remember the rough score of the Dunhuang Feitian Dance. I can hum it, but I’m not a musician.
Therefore, it is really impossible not to find Zhou Bangyan. In addition, this old player had a great time playing with the Liao envoys.
This time, he wanted to go to the Liao Kingdom. After thinking about it for a long time, Gao Zhang finally felt that it was better to take this old player with him.
First, to increase the sense of intimacy, these two poets, who have been famous for decades, are still very respectable, especially for those Han people who admire Han culture or the Liao nobles, they must be very popular. attraction.
Maybe those noble ladies from the Liao Kingdom would also like this old Song Dynasty dish, so it's not impossible to ask him to sacrifice his looks.
After all, Zhou Bangyan, who has lived in Huamianliu for most of his life, is still very dedicated.
In addition, he has dealt with the Imperial City Secretary, so Wolong Fengchu is his apparent deputy, and this one is very suitable for doing some dirty work.
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"Dong Zhuangyuan, I am now old and frail..."
"Look what you said, the Imperial City Department even specially greeted me, saying that everyone in Zhou Dynasty would go to the Goulan Pavilion every now and then to have fun every night."
"It is said that more than three months ago, you had two, ahem, two girls in one night, and then continued on business the next day."
Zhou Bangyan's expression became increasingly grim as he listened to the scholar who knew his every whereabouts.
You are really a fool, are you not ready to let me go?
"Besides, Mr. Zhou, why don't you take advantage of the fact that you are still strong and still have some strength left to go to the Liao Kingdom? Well, go and publicize your suaveness and let those exotic women know about you, Mr. Zhou. sharp……"
"When you really falter in the future, you may regret what you did today. The most majestic poet in the Song Dynasty, but he even missed the opportunity to conquer the literati of Liao Kingdom..."
"Hiss..." These words fell into Zhou Bangyan's heart. Oops, he felt his heart beating. His old heart was beating hard at this moment, and his face began to turn faintly red.
Rather than meeting the beauty of a woman from the Liao Kingdom, Zhou Bangyan, who is currently in his time as a sage, is more concerned about his reputation during and after his death.
Gao Zhang, who was on the side, saw that the dry old face of this poet of the Song Dynasty showed the look of spring, and continued to confuse him.
"Everyone Zhou, think about it. Mr. Dongpo's talent shocked the world back then."
"His name is known all over the world, but Mr. Dongpo never had the opportunity to go abroad in his life."
"And if you, Mr. Zhou, can meet your supporters in the Liao Kingdom, thirty or fifty years later, maybe you will be in a foreign land..."
"Since it is the Duke of Number One who has his destiny, there is no reason for the subordinate officials not to obey. The inferior officials are old and weak and are willing to be driven by the Duke of Number One."
"Okay, okay, if I can get help from everyone in Zhou Dynasty, I will be as powerful as a tiger."
Gao Zhang stepped forward and supported this person who was sleeping with him? Uh, a poet and a poet who share the same bed-fellowship.
However, Gao Zhang couldn't help but remind him when he looked at the opponent's weak-spirited appearance.
"Everyone Zhou, in the next few days, just focus on helping me select a few women who are good at singing and dancing, and arrange the dance music."
"I'll take a good rest first. After all, when I get to the Liao Kingdom and meet my brother with a different surname, I'll have to help everyone from Zhou Zhou."
"...???" Zhou Bangyan looked at the serious-looking Duke No. 1 in front of him.
I always feel that the word "effort" is a bit unserious.
But when I think about going to the Liao Kingdom to experience the exotic customs in the future, especially when there are many friends there, well, they are good brothers who bathe together in the bathhouse, talk to each other honestly, and know everything about them.
It is indeed time to recuperate, and after all, I went to the Liao Kingdom, and I had to leave the Liao Kingdom's pavilions and pavilions behind, and I also had to leave behind the good reputation of being surrounded by red and green.
What if in the Liao Kingdom, the fresh environment and exotic customs brought strong stimulation, allowing me to create masterpieces again, wouldn't it be great?
It's a pity that I don't know much about the Liao Kingdom, and I don't know what the top courtesan in the Liao Kingdom looks like. I just hope that he is not the kind of person with yellow hair and green eyes.
After all, I am too old to accept overly exciting new styles.
With the exemplary help of Mr. Zhou, a scholar and poet, more than 20 young ladies with excellent height, figure and appearance finally got back to work.
Formal rehearsals began, and their instructor was naturally Li Shishi, the number one performer in Goulan singing and dancing in the Song Dynasty.
The young ladies practiced singing and dancing hard day and night, and here, the final selection of the imperial guards was Yao Pingzhong as the main general and Liu Qi as the deputy general.
As for Cai Laoliu and Tong Zhisheng, they were able to join the mission, whether it was the traitor Cai Jing or the powerful eunuch Tong Guan.
This small group of three people has already advanced and retreated together, and is no longer able to express an opinion.
Besides, Gao Zhang was such a good person, even if he took most of the credit, these two would always have something to drink.
Just lie down and work all the way to Secretary Cheng. Maybe after going to the Liao Kingdom and coming back, he will continue to be promoted and make a fortune.
Finally, at the turn of spring and summer, the birthday celebration team of the Song Dynasty finally left Bianliang, Tokyo, and aimed directly at the Liao Kingdom...
(End of chapter)
