After the three of them escaped from the siege, they went to several places in a row, which were all entertainment venues. Music squares, dance pavilions, and chess halls were either places for people watching or gambling. According to Wang Chong, if it weren't for the little brother Zhao Gao, When I was there, I was afraid that I would rush into the advocacy center and never come out.
Wang Chong's teasing was actually to liven up the atmosphere, but he didn't really want to make fun of others. However, even the thin-skinned Zhang Xian didn't feel anything wrong going in and out of these places, such as music halls, dance pavilions, and chess halls, because these were the daily pastimes of the people of Handan. Zhao Gao's "young age" is an exception. He has been here for three years and this is the first time he has come here to open his eyes.
Don't look at Wang Chong as a clerk in the Bureau of Writing. In fact, he was born in a merchant's family and was considered a second-generation rich man. However, due to the limitations of the times, his status as a second-generation rich man could not compare with the status of those young masters in later generations. Because of his status, Bu Gao's family tried their best to cultivate a cultural person like him. Fortunately, Wang Chong lived up to expectations, liked reading, was smart, and lived up to the expectations of the old man in the family.
Although Zhang Xian and Zhao Gao were far less wealthy than him, they had worked at the Bureau of Biography for several months, so it was not a problem to go to these places to spend some money. Unexpectedly, Wang Chong was a man who was generous with his wealth, especially considering that Zhao Gao was young. He never asked him to pay for it, and even paid Zhang Xian's share.
This made them both feel very sorry. Although Wang Chongren usually looked aloof, he was also a very attentive person. He easily dispelled their concerns with a joking remark: "I'm just imitating that Lu family with a villain's heart."[1 ], you two, don’t let me down in the future.”
Today, the three of them went to the dance pavilion and the music hall first. What is unexpected is that Zhang Xian is usually taciturn, but he is quite knowledgeable about dance music, especially the music. He not only understands it but also knows how to do it. It's fine.
Let’s talk about the dance pavilion first. Handan City’s tiptoe dance is famous in all countries. The so-called tiptoe dance is a dance similar to the ballet of later generations. The true version of the “Handan Learning to Walk” classic in the past is actually about the young people of Yan State coming to Zhao State to learn this kind of dance. Dance on tiptoe. Wang Chong did not miss this good opportunity. He poked Zhang Xian and told a lot about the origin and rules of tiptoe dancing, which made the two of them gain a lot of knowledge.
However, while Zhang Xian was talking, the three of them were attracted by the beautiful scenery on the stage. The girls wore soft heelless embroidered shoes and stood on tiptoe. Their red-soled and blue-edged dance clothes unfolded in the gentle breeze, creating gorgeous curves. Sometimes their dark eyebrows are slightly raised, and their red lips are lightly parted; sometimes their pink faces are half raised, and their slender arms are leaning on each other. When it is moving, it can be as graceful as a fairy, and when it is still, it can be charming.
All the people in the seat were concentrating and holding their breath, looking at it in a daze. The willow waist is light, the hair is fragrant, and the eyebrows and eyes are full of spring. Shocking and graceful, spring love ripples. In this way, you really end up dancing like a charm!
Behind the stage, we could hear Qing Yue curling up, and in front of the stage, we could see red sleeves fluttering. Until the end of the dance, the three of them came out of the dance pavilion still a little moved. However, they are gentlemen who can look at things from a distance with peace of mind and will not be playful.
Zhao Gao never expected that the tiptoe dance two thousand years ago would be more pleasing to the eye than the ballet introduced from the West in later generations.
While we Chinese are envious of the civilization that came from the West, we don’t know that we ourselves also had these things, and were even born earlier and further than they were. It’s just that we never cherished them properly, and that’s why we allowed them to be submerged in the vast river of history. , let it fall into the thick sand and gravel at the bottom of the river, and no one cares about it anymore.
"Boss, I've noticed the girl above. Bring her here quickly." After the dancer finished dancing, the three of them left the pavilion, ignoring the noise inside the pavilion.
"Why, the little brother is crazy. Could it be that he has fallen in love with some sister?" Zhao Gao was thinking about something in his mind, and he was a little distracted at the moment. Being interrupted by Wang Chong, he felt that he was too worried. After all, everyone has traveled through time now, and still Whatever you want to do, let it go. Zhao Gao's eyes suddenly became clear, and he asked instead of answering Wang Chong's words: "Where to go next?"
Knowing that Zhao Gao was not as easy to "bully" as Zhang Xian, Wang Chong rubbed his nose and changed the subject: "Let's go to the music studio and have a look. Zhang Mutou said that he made an appointment with someone to deliver music. Hehe, I don't know who he was with. Shuzi [2] met her eyes..." Zhang Xian glanced at him and pursed his lips without saying a word, then walked towards the music studio.
Compared to Wuxie, Lefang has a lot of people, but it is much quieter. After all, with the sound of strings and bamboos ringing in your ears, people with sentiments or without sentiments have to put on a show to show off, right?
Zhang Xian led the two of them around the familiar route into the inner courtyard where the female musicians and other musicians were rehearsing and resting. However, what came out was not a beautiful girl, but an old musician.
"I've been waiting for you, sir. Hey, this is your friend, please come in and have a chat." Zhang Xian folded his hands and saluted the old man. Zhao Gao and Wang Chong followed him and said, "Old senior You’re welcome, first please.”
Look at the familiar situation of the old man and the young man, they look like they have been friends for many years. What's more, what Zhao Gao and Wang Chong didn't expect was that the late king Zhao Xiaocheng, King Zhao Xiaocheng, even came to invite the old man in person once. He invited the old man to come to the palace to serve as an official, but the old man used the excuse that he was old and inconvenient to move. I was pushed, so the person in front of me seemed to be a figure like Mount Taishan and Beidou among musicians.
After some conversation, we found out that Zhang Xian caught the old man's eye with his ability of composing cookies. The old man wanted him to come here just to get his newly composed music. However, the method of musical notation had not yet been invented during this period, and the practice of music was often taught by heart orally, so Zhang first had to play this new piece of music himself.
Zhang Xian was a calm person, not pretentious or pretentious, and he didn't have any unnecessary words or titillation. He just said "show your ugliness" and then sat down in front of the piano and started stroking it slowly.
Although Zhao Gao and Wang Chong were not very accomplished in this area, they were gradually attracted by his music because the song "Flowing Water" was really cleverly conceived. In the past, flowing water removed the shape and sound of flowing water, leaving only the charm. If it were not for a confidant like Boya Ziqi, if the piano player did not say that he was playing "Liu Shui", no one would really be able to hear it.
As for Zhang Xian's poem, he uses a rolling whisk to add annotation [3] to simulate the sound and shape of flowing water, ranging from the smallest drop of water in a stream to the grandest of rivers, lakes and seas. The "Flowing Water" that had been handed down before was actually a different story. Until he finished the song with a few overtones, the old man was still immersed in the sound of running water. He remained silent for a long time before clasping his hands and sighing.
What surprised Zhao Gao was that after just one play, the old man memorized the entire song. Even the two laymen, he and Wang Chong, were enjoying this back and forth, and it was noon before they knew it. The old gentleman tried to persuade him to stay again, but they couldn't refuse. After dinner, they said goodbye and walked to the chess hall.
Speaking of Yi Guan, this is what Zhao Gao likes. In his previous life, he had learned Go from his grandfather for more than 20 years, and had won many good rankings in the city, province, and even across the country. After coming here for three years, he had never played Go again due to the limited conditions.
It is said that the chess hall should be an elegant and quiet place, but it is not the case. The chess hall in Zhao State can not only practice chess skills, but also play chess, and there is also a game similar to gambling - Liubo. The place for gambling on chess and six games is located on the ground floor, where people can move around and place bets at will. On the second floor, there is a rest area where you can drink and listen to music. The quietest place is on the third floor. A place to simply discuss chess skills.
However, most people who play chess will probably choose to go to the left room on the first floor, because as long as someone places a bet before twenty pieces after the start, the winning side will get 10% of the income, and the losing side will not suffer any losses. Of course, it is another matter for the person who lost money while betting to be unhappy and privately retaliate, but that is no longer within the scope of the chess hall's consideration.
At this time, the chess hall was crowded with people, with cheers and boos coming and going. The three of them got separated not long after entering. Zhao Gao was short in stature and was lost in the crowd. He searched for Wang Chong and Zhang Xian for a while without success, so he was not in a hurry to look for them again. I thought that since I was here, even if I didn't play chess, I still had to find something to do, so I took a quick look around, selected a place, and put down a coin to test my eyesight.
In order not to attract attention, he changed three tables in a row and bet three times. With more than 20 years of experience in studying chess and analyzing various battle situations, he made every move with good accuracy. But even though he kept a low profile, there was still a middle-aged man in rich clothes beside him who secretly noticed him.
As for the middle-aged man, he has a damn good memorization today. In the past, he only played gambling in the right room and didn't care about the bad guys in the left room. Seeing this kind of formal and boring thing makes me upset. But today, he finally coaxed his master to take a rest and planned to go out on the street to have some fun, but he met his master's eldest son again.
After serving me, I had to nod and bow to his son, pretending to be a grandson. Forget it, I didn't calculate the right day to go out, he admitted. But the most annoying thing is that his grandson pretended to be a horse's ass. Not only did he not get a good look, he also ate a mouthful of shit.
Thinking of this, the middle-faced man touched his face, found some comfort, and then hummed disdainfully and continued to curse: The horse-faced butler next to the eldest son, in order to cater to his master, picked up all those unpleasant words and threw them at him. Greetings on the body. He summed it up in one sentence: a shit stirrer, and the most vulgar shit stirrer.
Yes, he just offered a woman to his father. Well, although she was a woman from a brothel, he admitted this, but the prostitute was naturally charming and served his father comfortably, and she also gave birth to a fat son. , isn’t this also a great achievement? I didn't expect that my eldest son would turn into a troublemaker, the most vulgar and unlearned one. Who wouldn't feel bad hearing this?
He entered the chess hall today and looked at Liubo in the right room. He heard the raucous cheers from the spectators. When he thought of the words "ignorant and unskilled", he became upset and walked to the left room by mistake. I want to come here to enjoy my elegance and be elegant.
Who would have thought that even though he had a mouthful of cold water on his back and stuffed it between his teeth, he was detained seven times in a row, and he lost every time. However, he accidentally saw this little brother next to him who was twelve or thirteen years old. He changed his position and hit it accurately. What do you think? Is he feeling aggrieved watching from the side in the cold wind and rain?
Hey, I don't believe in evil, so I'll be with you today.
However, Zhao Gao gave up when he saw the opportunity. He won three times and gained a lot, so he stopped. However, Wang Chong and Zhang Xian have not found him yet, and he is not in a hurry to leave, so he simply stays to watch a few more games.
As for the middle-aged man, he waited and saw that the little brother in front of him didn't make a move. He was suspicious. He moved to a position where he could see the little brother's expression clearly and found that the little brother didn't seem to be planning to bet, but it seemed that he didn't want to bet. With no intention of leaving, the old god was pacing on the ground, picked a table, and stood up again.
He didn't know where the middle-aged man's patience came from. He didn't feel annoyed when his little brother tortured him like this. In the past, he would have made the little brother's grave grow full of grass in the coming years.
The middle-aged man did not alarm Zhao Gao. He carefully considered his reaction where he could not notice. He chose the place to bet based on the expressions of the two people playing chess and the length of time. This time he was not sure yet, so I only took out one coin, and sure enough, after one round, my money doubled.
Just over an hour passed, and the middle-aged man had already made a lot of money. With a heavy amount of coins in his arms, all the unhappiness he had felt earlier was gone. Anyway, his grandson had been pretending for so many years. As for this incident, , one day he will find a way to get it back. Now that he is holding something real in his hand, his uncle feels comfortable.
Hey, let’s not forget that he was not as accurate at playing Liubo in the past. This little brother is really a wonderful person...
