Bianjing.
On August 15th, the fragrance of osmanthus blooms.
The weather has finally turned from hot to cool, but the hearts of young and old men in Bianjing City are still burning.
There is no other reason than that the Oiran Conference they have been looking forward to all year has finally arrived. This is also an annual event in Bianjing.
If you were to ask what kind of women were the most sought after in the Great Zhou Dynasty, the answer would definitely not be the ladies who stayed close to home, but those famous prostitutes with extraordinary talents and charming charms.
Although famous prostitutes were born in mud, they can escape from low status by virtue of their sexual skills. They talk and laugh like scholars, and they have no prostitutes in their dealings. They are sought after by the world.
Even those self-proclaimed literati and officials are all proud of dating famous prostitutes and do not hesitate to spend a lot of money on it.
Don't care about the mundane things in bed, just want to be able to listen to a beautiful woman playing a piece of music, and you will be satisfied. In March, you will not know the taste of meat.
In the ordinary sense, prostitution would tarnish the reputation of a scholar-bureaucrat, but dating famous prostitutes was an elegant matter, which could in turn add points to the scholar-bureaucrat's reputation and create a good story. This is the difference between famous prostitutes and ordinary prostitutes.
The annual Bianjing Mid-Autumn Festival Oiran Convention is the cradle of the birth of famous courtesans, so the major Qin and Chu houses in Bianjing have always attached great importance to this event.
This time the Oiran Convention was held by the Jinming Pool outside Bianjing City. The brothel guild in Bianjing sent people to hang lanterns, build colorful sheds, build high platforms three days in advance, and carefully decorated the venue.
On the evening of the official opening day, the red clouds on the horizon had not yet dissipated, and the venue beside Jinming Pond was already filled with people. It was a dark and dense place with no space left.
This is not only a carnival for the major brothels, but also a day for the people of Bianjing to celebrate. Not only the men, women and children in the city will gather at the party, but also some nobles, nobles and officials will attend as distinguished guests.
This means that in Bianjing, we need to pay attention to the influence, so only some respected elders came. If there were other local oiran conventions, all the local officials would be happy to attend.
When it gets darker, thousands of red lanterns are lit one after another, lighting up the night sky.
At the center of everyone's attention, the two-story-high, mountain-like platform with double eaves was as bright as day.
Standing far away from the stage, you can clearly see the "Yao Tai" plaque hanging in the center. This is where the famous prostitutes will perform later.
It is said that a total of 64 copper water tanks were buried under the Yaotai stage for sound amplification, and the sound of the performance on the stage could be heard two miles away.
Around the beginning of the Xu period, gorgeous boats sailed from the south bank of Jinming Pool and docked not far from the pool.
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There are two big red lanterns hung on the mast of each ship. On the lanterns are the name of the brothel and the name of the beautiful lady.
The spectators on the shore opened their eyes wide and pointed at the boats in the pool, trying to identify which girl from which brothel each boat belonged to. Each time they recognized one, they shouted out her name.
"That's Bai Yuniang from Yuxian Tower!"
"And Dong Feiyan from Guangyuntai!"
"Liu Hanyan and Zhao Yuner from Fanlou are here too!"
"Hey, Chen Qingshuang? When did Fan Lou get such a person?"
Just when some people were still confused by this sudden name, they heard a scream piercing the night sky, and then saw brilliant fireworks blooming in the sky, so beautiful that people couldn't help but forget to breathe.
Half a quarter of an hour later, the fireworks dissipated, and amidst the anticipation of everyone, the first painted boat slowly docked. It was the little-known prostitute, Fan Lou, Chen Qingshuang.
Until this moment, no one recalled that Chen Qingshuang was once a leader of Fan Lou and was famous for a while, but that was already five years ago. After that, Chen Qingshuang disappeared and never appeared in Bianjing again. .
Why did such a has-been famous courtesan suddenly appear at today's oiran convention?
And when the host announced the track performed by Chen Siniang, people's appetites were even more aroused.
"Ode to Jun Porcelain" by Wei Chen!
How many famous prostitutes willingly offered their services, but they couldn't help but ask for a poem by Wei Chen to appear at today's oiran convention!
This is such a grand event, no wonder the organizers arranged for Chen Qingshuang to be the first to appear.
The audience suppressed their inner expectations, stopped making noise, and everyone looked at the stage quietly.
Today's Chen Siniang is obviously dressed up carefully. She is dressed in a moon-white dress, and her movements are graceful and swaying, which shows her profound skills in the past.
The hazy veil on her face not only covered up the shortcomings of Chen Siniang's appearance, but also added a cold temperament, cold and indifferent, as if she had no trace of worldliness.
This was Gu Tingye's idea. According to him, men are all cheap. The colder a woman is, the more she can attract men's attention, making them forget everything and pursue her crazily.
Facts have proved that Gu Tingye is indeed an expert in this area, the kind without the stone character.
As soon as Chen Siniang came on stage, her cold temperament overwhelmed all the vulgar fans in the audience. The audience below looked at her and refused to look away for a moment.
Suddenly, a clear cloud sound sounded, and the whole place was silent. Chen Siniang waved her jade fingers lightly and played the pipa. Her well-maintained slender fingers began to beat quickly or slowly on the crank-neck pipa.
The music was clear and distant, and the audience was immersed in it unconsciously. Their expressions kept changing with the rhythm of the melody, as if there was nothing else between heaven and earth except the sound of the pipa.
Following the soft and graceful sound of strings like twisted pearls, Chen Siniang opened her red lips, made her white teeth, and sang in a voice like an oriole: "The quality of the pearls can be used as a guide, and the patterns of flowers and birds are vivid. The halo is as red as the clouds after the rain, Add fire to the fire and add some micro-searing work..."
The sound was not very loud at first, but I felt an indescribable wonder in my ears, as if I had eaten ginseng fruit, and all the pores in my body felt smooth and smooth.
After singing three or five lines, the sound of the pipa became clearer and more melodious, and the singing became lingering and pathos, making the listeners enchanted.
The song ends, and the lingering sound is birds.
The audience was silent, and the audience even forgot to applaud. It’s not that I feel that this song is unworthy, but that I am immersed in it and can’t extricate myself, lest I be separated from the wonderful experience and leave endless regrets.
The emotions of thousands of people were attracted by Chen Siniang's music and singing. Many people even burst into tears and couldn't stop it.
After a long time, there was a burst of thunderous applause from the audience, which lasted for a long time.
The next person to take the stage is Bai Yuniang, the leader of the Yuxian Tower. She was the runner-up in the last competition, but unfortunately lost to Liu Hanyan from Fan Tower. This time, in order to avenge her shame, she spent a lot of money to get a set of "Neon Dress and Feather Dance". "Music and dance, I practiced in seclusion for more than half a year, just to win the title of Oiran.
However, after Bai Yuniang, who was full of confidence, came on stage, she just sang a few words, and the audience in the audience booed in unison and shouted Chen Siniang's nickname, Chen Qingshuang.
Bai Yuniang's singing voice was drowned out by the roaring "Chen Qingshuang" like a tsunami, and she had to stand there with a stunned look on her face, her expression was extremely embarrassing, and finally she left the stage with a livid face and a wretched look all over her body.
After that, several famous prostitutes suffered exactly the same fate as Bai Yuniang, and they were kicked off the stage by the audience.
It wasn't until the president of the Bianjing brothel guild was forced to invite Chen Siniang back to the stage that the audience burst into cheers of victory.
In the end, this year's Oiran fell on Chen Siniang without any dispute, and Fan Lou also received a plaque saying "Oiran alone".
The person in charge of Fan Lou was holding the plaque and was already grinning from ear to ear. He agreed to let Chen Siniang use Fan Lou's name to attend the conference, just to sell it to the young master of Qi Guogong's family. Unexpectedly, he actually picked it up. What a treasure!
Looking at the young prince sitting in the VIP seat in the audience, the person in charge immediately announced that the new oiran Chen Qingshuang will perform March in Fanlou, singing the song "Ode" that helped her win the position of oiran in one fell swoop. Jun Porcelain".
Naturally, the audience in the audience burst into joy again. Countless high-rollers were ready to donate their money and rushed to Fanlou to support the oiran.
Others, on the other hand, kept chanting the word "Junci" and keenly sensed the business opportunities in it.
