132 chapters, listen to the piano and set wine in the peony house, grab the seat and talk about poetry and occupy the flower leader

A later story, after the bronze trunk was cast, it stood before the Luoyang Palace Gate. The first anonymous letter he received was to sue the Yu Bao family, revealing that he had built new types of weapons for Xu Jingye's rebels in Jiangdu, which made Xu Jingye feel that he had relied on and decided to rebel. The anonymous letter of the general Yu Bao family made and what purpose they used for.

Yu Bao's family was in trouble. They were dealt with by the Minister of State. Zhou Xing, a famous cruel official, took it. Yu Bao's family complained at first that they were wronged, but when they saw the torture instruments he designed, their legs immediately became weak. They confessed all of them honestly and were beheaded and executed. He was the designer and builder of Tongpu, and became the first ghost to die in the news of Tongpu. Those who knew the inside story applauded when Yu Bao's family was dead, they all applauded and secretly commented that there was only one word - it was!

As for whether the Yu Bao family was a time traveler, Mei Zhenyi didn't understand it in the end, and he was not interested in knowing it.

The father and son talked about Yu Bao's family that night, and there was no further discussion. There was no need to say it in depth. Mei Xiaolang naturally knew what to do, and Yu Bao's family was indeed the same afterwards. After saying this, the Southern Lu Gong was in a much better mood, and raised his glass and said, "Teng'er, I wish you a glass for my father! I only realized today that you have a lot of scheming. This should not be taught by Sun Simiao, nor should it be taught by the immortal Donghua. Who did you learn from in Jiangnan for the past few years?"

Mei Zhenyi has been a good son in front of her father for a while. She accidentally showed her old scheming. She quickly held the cup in her hands and said, "This is a traveling thousands of miles, and she is contaminated by the market. The child knows in his heart that if he doesn't need such scheming, he won't need it."

Mei Xiaolang: "Cheng Xuanhu once gave guidance to you. He is a talent for managing civil affairs. Unfortunately, he is involved with Pei Yan and Cheng Wu support the party, and he will not be promoted even if he has made contributions. He was responsible for his father's affairs in the court, so he was transferred to Wuzhou to be the governor. It is easy to take care of any matters."

Mei Zhenyi nodded and said, "Then I will thank you for Mei Yi and Zhang Guo. Mei Yi has recently served as the governor of Wuzhou. He is a hand-off manager who is in charge of affairs. He asks Zhang Guo to help deal with all government affairs. Zhang Guo is not only the housekeeper of Jingwu Villa, but also the housekeeper of Wuzhou City. When Mr. Cheng comes, they are all relaxed."

Mei Xiaolang looked at his son: "Teng'er, this time you stayed in Luoyang for a long time, it's time to go back. I have ordered someone to send a letter of employment to your uncle's house. After you return to Wuzhou, you can marry those two girls. If you don't want to become an official in the court, I have also heard that you want to run your own foundation in Wuzhou. This is fine. Although Luoyang is prosperous, it is not your place to stay for a long time."

Mei Zhenyi asked carefully: "I heard that when my grandfather was alive, he was a leisurely prince who did not care about politics. Among the founding kings of the Tang Dynasty, he was the only one who could enjoy his old age. But his father's temper was very different from that of his grandfather. You know that the situation in the court is complicated, why do you have to be in it?"

Mei Xiaolang filled a glass of wine and drank it slowly, as if he was silently tasting something. After a long time, he said, "When I was as big as you, I was already the Marquis of Southern Lu, and I am not short of wealth and glory on earth. When I was a child, I studied at Hongwenguan like your younger brother. At that time, there was a group of powerful ministers and children. I always joked about my father, your grandfather, for being unpromising. I have had a wish since I was a child, to learn literary and martial arts well and show my ambitions in this life. Isn't this what I want in my life?"

Mei Zhenyi: "My father is indeed a civil and military talent, and it is heard by both the government and the country."

Mei Xiaolang: "What I want is not this kind of fame, but to show my talents and knowledge for my family and country. My childhood thoughts were very simple, so that those who joked about me would show that I would be more promising than them in the future. I don't think so anymore."

Mei Zhenyi: "Who did all those classmates in Hongwenguan laugh at you?"

Mei Xiaolang frowned and looked up at the ceiling and said, "I remember that my mouth is the most damaged and the most ugly thing is Fang Yiai, the second son of Fang Xuanling's family, the Liang Guogong. "

Mei Zhenyi: "What's his fate?"

Mei Xiaolang sighed: "That was a playboy who was ignorant and wanton. He relied on his own to become the princess of Emperor Taizong and married Princess Gaoyang. The couple were a pair of bastards and were later beheaded for plotting against the enemy."

Mei Zhenyi: "That's all right, why should my father sigh? Come on, come on, I wish you a cup!"

Mei Zhenyi continued to drink with his father. Seeing that Luoyang was in a turmoil, he wanted to persuade his father to retire. However, after hearing these words, he understood his father's life ideals, so he could not persuade him further. In any case, Mei Xiaolang is less than fifty years old this year, so it is not easy to persuade him to resign and return home at this age.

At the end of the drink, the Duke of Nanlu was already drunk and shook his cup and said, "The old Chunhuang sent by Zhang Guo has been given to us by our father and son this month. You will set off for Wuzhou in a few days, remember to ask Zhang Guo to send some more... By the way, you have been in Luoyang for a while and have never been to the Yeting Jiaofang. Let Mei Gang accompany you to see it tomorrow. Finally, I came to Luoyang for a while, so don't make people laugh at you."

There are actually some people who took the initiative to persuade their son to go to prostitutes and have romantic love, but that era is different. As mentioned in the previous article, if you don’t have any romantic affairs, you will never dare to be a famous scholar when you go out. Mei Zhenyi came to Luoyang and met all the civil and military officials in the court. She is not very famous and should see other worlds again.

In that era, celebrities visiting prostitutes was very different from modern places like going to nightclub bath centers. Romance also had to be in line with talent. If you behave in a bad manner and talk too vulgarly, even prostitutes would look down on you. If you have money but not talent, you can get more concubines and go home to play with yourself. Don’t go to public places to embarrass people. At that time, you went to high-end romantic places to play with this kind of mood.

Mei Zhenyi thought his father was just saying a drunken word, but the next afternoon Mei Gang came to see him and said that the master had given him an order to visit the famous garden of Luoyang. Mei Gang was a military officer. The master said that he would act as a military order to execute it and must take the eldest son out. Mei Xiaolang was not at home. Mei Zhenyi had no choice but to say: "There are guests at home, and I have something to do with the fairy boy Qingfeng tonight."

Mei Gang spoke very simply: "If you have customers, it's easy to deal with, let's go together!"

Mei Zhenyi went to find Qingfeng and asked, "Fairy boy, someone invites you to go out tonight, will you go?"

Qingfeng: "What to play?"

Mei Zhenyi: "People who is prostitute."

Qingfeng was stunned: "What does it mean?"

Mei Zhenyi: "Since you have come to Luoyang, you should see the world. Don't look back and say that the Mei family is not good at greetings. Today's romantic celebrities are all good at this. Don't you go and see it?"

Qingfeng thought for a while and nodded, "I am not a romantic celebrity, but it doesn't matter if I have a good experience, so let's go together."

Qingfeng actually followed her, beyond Mei Zhenyi's expectations, and it was normal to think about it again. Even life and death have long been beyond the earth's golden immortal, and they are still pretentious? He originally wanted to give up Qingfeng's excuse and refused, but now he has to take Qingfeng with him.

Mei Gang was not used to riding a car and riding a horse with Mei Zhenyi. Qingfeng was not used to riding a horse. She walked next to her, and there were five or six servants following her. This wonderful team of prostitutes set off. On the way, Mei Gang asked: "There are two largest official Fangyuan in Luoyang, one is called Zuichun Tower and the other is called Hongxiangyuan. Which one should we go to?"

Mei Zhenyi said immediately: "Qingfeng, what do you mean?"

Qingfeng: "Go to the nearest place first. Look at the storefront and go in as you like it. It doesn't matter which one is."

Mei Gang: "Then go to Hongxiangyuan first and turn right in front. I'm familiar with this path."

You can't walk fast in the city. You slowly walk through the streets and alleys. There is a small bridge in front of the alley. Along the river, there is a very wide stone street. From a distance, you can see the gate of a courtyard with red silk lanterns. The courtyard is really not small, with the pavilions in the courtyard being brightly lit, and you can hear the sound of silk and bamboo from afar. On the river opposite the gate are horse sheds and open spaces, similar to modern parking lots, with many cars and horses and horses standing there with lanterns.

There is Hongxiangyuan. These people are all smart and clear-headed, and they hear people talking at the gate of Hongxiangyuan before they crossed the bridge, and their voices were very familiar. Mei Zhenyi was stunned and made a gesture to stop the horse. Mei Gang also stood still with his reins.

I heard someone in front of the Hongxiangyuan Gate on the other side of the river say, "What Zuichun Tower, Hongxiangyuan, is the nameless flower serving wine, all of which are vulgar powder. Guy. Can you tell me what good places are there in this huge Luoyang City?"

"Thank you, this official!" The guy's voice was surprised. It was probably because the guest who asked him a lot of rewards. Then he saw the guy whispering a few words to the guest in a low voice. Mei Zhenyi heard it clearly. The guy said, "This master, you have such a high vision and can afford money, why not go to Mudanfang? Although it is not the official place, there is a Luoyang flower court Bai Mudan. If you want to see Bai Mudan, you have to go early, and there is no seat if you are too late."

"Seat, what seat?" The question was the one who asked Mr. Sui. It was so coincidental that he also came out to visit prostitutes tonight.

The guy who received the reward said, "You must have just come to Luoyang and have never heard of the famous name of Bai Mudan, the flower courtesan of Luoyang. Bai Mudan plays music every night, invites famous scholars to sing poems and sing duets, and there are only twelve seats. If anyone can be surprised by the beautiful women's eyes, and when the song ends, they can stay with Bai Mudan alone.... But Bai Mudan never lets guests stay overnight, just drink and play the piano."

Mr. Sui asked about the location of Mudanfang, turned around and walked along the river, fluttering in one step and shook three times. Mei Zhenyi got off the horse and said, "Let's go to Mudanfang too. Follow that gentleman, and you won't ride the horse."

Qingfeng nodded: "I think so too, to see where Mr. Sui is going?"

Mei Gang handed the horse to the servant and asked them to lead the horse back home. The three of them walked slowly with Mr. Sui. Qingfeng asked, "Mei Gang, you live in Luoyang. Have you ever heard of Mudanfang?"

Mei Gang touched her beard with some embarrassment: "I heard of it, but I have never been there. The top White Mudan in the Mudan Square is known as the courtesan of Luoyang, and it is not something I can make friends with... By the way, the master has heard her play songs, but he was not left to drink with her privately."

Mei Zhenyi: "That Bai Mudan has such a high vision. I heard that the guy just said that her rules are quite strange. What are the rules?"

Of course, Mudanfang is a brothel, not far from Nanxiahe Market. There is a large boat parked by the river in the backyard, which is the best Bai Mudan hospitality place. The cost of entering Mudanfang is very expensive, far from affordable for ordinary people. If you want to see Bai Mudan, it is even more expensive. If you get on the boat and listen to music, you have to give at least twenty taels of silver.

Perhaps some modern people think twenty taels of silver are nothing, but in fact it is a considerable amount of money. Cao Xueqin's "Dream of Red Mansions" describes the background of the Qing Dynasty. Mrs. Wang's monthly pocket money was twenty taels, let alone the Tang Dynasty? That was the money for getting on the boat to drink a few glasses of wine, recite a few poems, and listen to a few songs. It was more luxurious than spending in the highest-end nightclubs in modern times.

And it’s not that you want to pay twenty taels of silver and you only have twelve seats on the flower boat. If you are full of people, you will not serve them later. In this case, if you are in modern terms, the guy at Mudanfang will tell the late guests: "Boss, change to a private room, and find another lady, Bai Mudan has already been on the stage."

Of course, there is no limit on men and women to drink on the flower boat. You can also bring your own female companion and pay the reward silver to the female companion. If at the banquet, who has the best poems and essays can win the first place? If you are lucky enough to be favored by Bai Mudan, then Bai Mudan will ask the guest to stay alone after the banquet, and the flower boat will also sail off the shore without any disturbance.

This was called "exclusive courtesan" at that time. If the scholars in Luoyang were treated like this, everyone would be honored. As for whether this idiom was used like this, Mei Zhenyi had never verified it. Not everyone could monopolize the courtesan. Bai Mudan was often left without anyone.

As for what happens when Bai Mudan talks about drinking privately when she sails off the shore, and whether it is a unique romantic relationship, outsiders don’t know. Some people brag about how to have fun with Bai Mudan afterwards. But some people say that Bai Mudan doesn’t donate her body, just drinking and playing the piano, but that feeling is already a god.

Mei Gang had never been on the flower boat, but Mei Xiaolang had invited him to him once from a friend. That time, Mei Gang was guarding outside the Mudanfang and didn't go in. He heard the people next to him talk about these tricks.

After listening to Mei Gang's introduction, Mei Zhenyi secretly praised: "This white peony is such a good method, the old man in the world!"

He is proficient in all kinds of exquisite masters in the eight major sects of the world. He knows how to treat guests in the white peony flower boat, which is to bring the "ladder to heaven" to the extreme of the "ladder to heaven" in the swing gate. It is very troublesome to explain what the "ladder to heaven" is. It can be explained in steps in modern business terms-

First of all, luxury goods in the modern world adopt the "hungry sales" method, which is to deliberately limit the supply and leave a gap in market demand to maintain the scarcity of brand and the high price of goods. The white peony flower boat only leaves twelve seats for guests, which is the idea.

A prostitute can play the piano to several people in one night. There are not many customers who can receive. You can’t play songs and poems in front of the guests in the hall like a tea shop. You have made such a gimmick, but your value seems to be much more noble.

What's more amazing is that she has created a trick of "exclusive courtesan". In fact, she is using customers to show off. Think about it, even when Mei Xiaolang, the Duke of Southern Lu, did not occupy the courtesan. If you occupy the courtesan, what kind of psychological satisfaction will you get? You are willing to give me any reward, as long as you can afford it!

As for whether Bai Mudan sells her art or her body, it doesn't matter anymore. Who is the one who can afford to spend money on flower boats? The most important thing is the name. If one person takes over the courtesan, the other eleven famous scholars who accompany him will help Bai Mudan raise his value, this move will be amazing.

Why do we compare poetry and prose during the meal? On the one hand, this is in line with the leisure fashion among celebrities and nobles at that time, and on the other hand, it also determines that guests on board will pay attention to their elegant behavior and will not harm their faces because of the fierce competition. In this way, Bai Mudan can also avoid a lot of trouble and consider it thoughtfully in all aspects.

Luoyang City is the capital of the Tang Dynasty. There must be many prostitutes with both sexes and skills, and there must be people's beauty. The piano skills and literary talent are no less than those of white peonies, but you can become a courtesan in Luoyang without these conditions. With the conditions, commercial packaging and hype methods are also very important, and the emphasis is similar to the hype that makes celebrities famous in modern society.

Bai Mudan used the intangible assets of celebrities all over the city, and her methods were clever. So Mei Zhenyi would praise her as an old man. She just wanted to follow Mr. Sui, but now he really wanted to meet the Luoyang courtesan.

The size of Mudanfang is slightly smaller than that of Hongxiangyuan, but it is quite large. When you walk in, it does not feel like the magnificent carved beams and painted buildings. It is arranged very elegantly. The hall is hung with calligraphy and paintings of famous masters of the previous dynasty, and there are many poems written by famous scholars today on the screen wall. Even the women who are welcoming guests are not the common "maprio" in film and television dramas. They are all dignified and elegant, and are generous and polite. However, with the eyes of plum blossoms, these people's eyebrows are still filled with the dust of the world.
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