Go to Kaifeng to be a civil servant

At night, the crescent moon is in the sky, and the slightest night breeze blows away the dry air during the day.

The southwest corner of Chenzhou is the place of Fireworks and Willow Lane. There are many brothels. At this time, it is just at the beginning of the Chinese lanterns. The long street is brightly lit. From a distance, it looks like a fire dragon and is very lively.

Although there was a famine and countless people died of starvation, there were also many people who made huge profits and made a fortune from the famine.In particular, Chenzhou is located not far from the border, and businessmen traveling from north to south have to settle here, which adds a bit of excitement to this place of fireworks.

On the street, people come and go, crowded and motionless, red men and dolls, talking and laughing.On both sides of the street, there are many brothels, high red lights, above the painting building and outside the pavilion gate, there are yingyingyanyan, painted red and green, laughing, silk and bamboo, faint, lingering.

In the middle of Huajie, there is a three-story painting building, which is one of the best brothels in Chenzhou, named Tianxiang Building.In Tianxiang Building, there is Bing Ji, the head oiran, whose fame spreads far and wide, who is all over the country, has both excellent looks and artistic talents, and has a romantic talent.Therefore, every day before nightfall, there are a lot of filial sons and grandchildren holding real gold and silver, waiting outside the Tianxiang Tower, hoping to see the beauty of Bing Ji.

"Young master, you came just in time. The performance of Bing Ji will start in a moment. You should hold on to this number first, and take a seat according to this number when you go in. You will definitely see Bing Ji."

Outside the gate of Tianxiang Building, a ghost slave sat in the middle of the gate. On the wooden table in front of him, there were several strings of boards with numbers written on them, which were the entrance number of Tianxiang Building.

The name of this Bing Ji is spread far and wide, and there are countless pilgrims who come here every day, so the old bustard came up with an idea to sell the number of the building every day. Only guests with this number can enter the building to see the beauty of Bing Ji. Allow.The closer the number is to the front, the closer the seat is to Bing Ji's performance.In this way, in order to compete for the first few trademarks, these pilgrim seekers can be said to be overwhelmed. Before nightfall, they send people to line up to grab the number. If they can't compete, they pay a high price to buy it. , and also made a lot of money for Tianxianglou.

"Brother, how do you issue this brand number?"

The turtle slave was selling happily, when he suddenly heard someone greet him, he instinctively raised his head and said with a smile: "This young master..."

After speaking half a sentence, he was swallowed back abruptly.

I saw a thin young man standing in front of him, with thick eyebrows and thin eyes, with a smile on his face, dressed in common clothes, wearing a cloth cap askew, and dressed as a servant. With one glance, there is a bit of delicateness between the brows and eyes.

When Gui Nu saw the young man dressed up, he immediately looked like a different person, his whole face sank, and he said displeasedly: "Go, go, where is the brat? I'm afraid that if you sell your skin and bones, it won't be enough to pay for the license fee."

The young man was stinked by the turtle slave, but he was not annoyed, he still said with a smile on his face: "Although I can't afford the license fee, my son can afford it."

"Your son?"

The young man chuckled, turned his head and shouted, "Master, license numbers are being issued here."

Gui Nu followed the sound and saw three people walking through the crowd.

The two people in front are both dressed as nurses. They are burly, and they look like Lianjiazi.The person on the left is about 25 years old, and the person on the right is about [-] years old.These two people walked in front of Gui Nu, and parted to the two sides, revealing a person behind them.

Gui Nu raised his eyes and took a deep breath.

I saw this man, wearing white satin and cloud boots, wearing a moonlight flowing cloud robe, a jade belt across his waist, and a moon-white scarf belt in his hair. His body is like a green pine tree and cypress. Into the temples, the eyes are like the dark stars hidden in the sea, the nose is more than the gall, and the lips are like a knife cut, handsome and elegant, heroic.

Although Gui Nu has been in the Fireworks and Willow Alley for many years and has seen countless people, he has never seen such a handsome man. You're here! You haven't been here for so long, but you miss our girls in Tianxianglou to death."

This sentence was originally a common language used by tortoise slaves to greet guests, so this tortoise slave didn't think too much, just blurted out intuition, unexpectedly, the two nurses beside the young master immediately changed their faces.

I saw one of the black-faced guards with a serious face and a fierce look in his eyes, and shouted in a subdued voice: "Don't be rude!"

Gui Nu was taken aback and almost fell to the ground.

The young boy next to him almost burst out laughing, and hurried forward to smooth things over and said, "How do you sell this brand?"

"Five, 50 taels..." Gui Nu replied.

"what?!"

The servant suddenly yelled, grabbed Gui Nu by the collar, and roared viciously.

Guinu was frightened by that black-faced man just now, and was yelled at by this boy, and his mouth started to knot. It took him a long time to change his words: "Five, five, two..."

"That's more or less the same!" With a dark face, the boy reluctantly took out the money bag from his pocket, took out a few taels of silver and put it on the table.

Gui Nu didn't care about counting them, and hurriedly took out a card number and handed it over.

The boy took a look, his face became even darker, and he grabbed Gui Nu again and said, "No. 150 and eighth? How could you see Bing Ji at such a low rank? Are you kidding us?"

Gui Nu hurriedly waved his hand and said: "I can see you, I can see you. After entering Tianxiang Building, take your seat according to the number plate. After Bing Ji's performance is over, you can present gifts according to Bing Ji's request. If you can satisfy Bing Ji, it will be Bing Ji's performance tonight." The guest of honor."

After the young servant heard this, his expression gradually softened, and he let go of the turtle slave.

Gui Nu got up quickly, turned to the building and shouted: "No. 150 No. [-], there are four uncles in total, thank you very much."

Those four people passed the turtle slaves and walked into the building.

While walking, one of the nurses whispered beside Young Master Jinyi: "Master Zhan, according to my subordinates, even if I enter the Tianxiang Building, if I want to see that Bing Ji alone, I'm afraid it will not be easy."

Young Master Jinyi, namely Zhan Zhao, frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and said to the boy in front, "Jin Qian, what do you think?"

Jin Qian was not in a hurry, turned his head and took a steady look at Zhan Zhao, and said confidently: "Soldiers come to block, water comes to cover up." But he said in his heart: What is there to worry about?With Mao'er's outfit today, even Chang'e in the Guanghan Palace can be fascinated, let alone a mere Bing Ji.

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Long and Zhao Hu gave two very distrustful stares.

Jin Qian didn't care, he just walked in front leisurely.

Several people walked through the courtyard and came to the main hall of Tianxiang Building.I saw the main hall of Tianxiang Building, the ceiling is more than ten feet high, the light gauze is graceful, the red lights are like nets, and two rows of carved stairs go straight to the roof.In the center of the hall, there is a high platform on which peonies are placed on wool blankets. Behind the high platform, there is a pair of bamboo curtains with a picture of lotus emerging from the water.On the opposite side of the high platform, there are dozens of round tables, each with several wicker chairs. On the tables are wooden table numbers, porcelain plates full of dried and fresh fruits, wine pots and cups; most of the round tables have been occupied by those who came The pleasure-seeking clients are full, leaving only one or two empty tables.Many gorgeously dressed women shuttled among them, hugged by the guests, toasted and fed the guests, making fun of them.

As soon as a few people crossed the threshold, the bustard in charge shook the big red scarf, twisted her body, leaned up like an eel without bones, and said in her mouth: "Hey, four masters, please come inside, girls, quick……"

When the old bustard stepped forward to see who was coming, the greeting he was used to saying unexpectedly stuttered, and he paused before continuing to call: "Girls, hurry up and greet this master!"

This shout was obviously a little higher than usual, and immediately attracted the attention of all the girls in the building.

Seeing this, the women in Tianxiang Building were all dumbfounded.

I just felt that the young man in brocade clothes in front of the door was like a breeze blowing on his face and a bright moon shining on his heart. For a while, he felt that a clear spring was pouring into the chaotic place of fireworks, which made people feel pure and refreshed.

But in the next moment, all the girls immediately came back to their senses, and a dozen girls who had never greeted the guests immediately clung to them like ants seeing honey, and all of them wanted to pounce on that handsome young man.

But before he got close, he was blocked by Zhang Long and Zhao Hu in front of Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao retreated half a step without showing any signs, raised the signboard in his hand and said, "Girls, can you lead the way for me?"

The girls were naturally willing, and hurriedly led a few people to table 150 No. [-].

Zhan Zhao sat down, his eyes were straight and his eyes were clear, his waist was as straight as a pine, and it seemed that there was a golden bell cover covering his whole body, making it impossible for all the girls to get close; Zhang Long and Zhao Hu were like two door gods, standing close together Watching Zhan Zhao sit down on both sides, without leaving even half a step, the dozen or so women immediately turned their eyebrows on each other, stamped their feet and beat their chests, and dawdled for a long time, but the three of them didn't seem to be loose, so they had to pick Zhang Long, Zhao Hu and Jin Qian sat down next to each other.

Jin Qian could see clearly from the side, struggling to hold back his smile, almost holding back his internal injuries, he thought: How can a client look like this when he goes to a brothel?It's even more serious than trying a case in the lobby. In this way, our identities will be exposed without waiting for Bing Ji to appear.

Looking at those girls again, they wanted to get close to Zhan Zhao, but because of Zhan Zhao's righteousness, they wanted to toast Zhang Long and Zhao Hu, but they were afraid of their sullen faces, so they looked left and right. , In the end, they had no choice but to settle for the second best, and then for the last, and gathered beside Jin Qian, who was barely good-looking, the one on the left poured wine, the one on the right picked up vegetables, squeezing Jin Qian in the center.

"Young master, is this your first time here?"

"I respect this little brother."

"My little brother, Tianxianglou's dim sum is famous far and wide, how about I feed you a piece?"

Surrounded by so many creatures of the same sex, facing all kinds of glamorous and courteous, Jinqian shakes several wine glasses in front of his eyes, shifts to the left but refuses to give up, his scalp is numb, his body hairs are standing on end, and he says in his heart that it's bad luck: Mao'er has awe-inspiring righteousness to protect himself, and there are two gate gods sitting in the guard, so he can sleep peacefully, but it has hurt us, a helpless client, to the point of being eaten tofu by creatures of the same sex. NND, this is probably the most depressing client in the world!Tsk, they're both of the same sex anyway, so it doesn't hurt to be touched twice, so let's fight it out today!

Thinking of this, Jin Qian squeezed out a classic face of a prostitute learned from TV dramas, smiling and fascinated, stretched out his arms, just about to hug him with soft jade and fragrance, and quit drinking by the way, but his arms just lifted , was suddenly grasped by a strong force, and Jin Qian felt a blur in front of his eyes. When he came back to his senses, he had been dragged to his side by Zhan Zhao, and he was squeezed between Zhan Zhao and Zhao Hu.

Several women were about to pour wine on Jin Qian, but they suddenly lost their target, and several arms froze in mid-air.

Zhan Zhao slowly picked up a cup, and saluted all the girls on the table: "This little brother is still young and can't handle alcohol, so I'll toast to all the girls in the next generation."

Jin Qian raised his eyes and saw that Zhan Zhao's whole body seemed to be coated with a layer of golden light under the candlelight, which was comparable to the reincarnation of Buddha. , sacrifice one's life for benevolence, really worthy of the name of Nan Xia!

The girls had no chance of attacking at first, but when they heard Zhan Zhao let go, they were overjoyed, their eyes lit up with green light, and all of a sudden they gathered around Zhan Zhao, picked up their wine glasses, and were about to pour wine, Zhang Long, Zhao As soon as the tiger saw it, he hurriedly stood up and blocked half of the wine glasses.

Where the girls were willing to give in, they all tried their best to beat Zhang Long and Zhao Hu with incense scarves and silk flower cattail fans, making the two captains of Kaifeng mansion into a mess.Zhang Long has the thinnest skin and is not used to such occasions. His round face flushed red, and he stammered: "Gu, girl, please respect yourself..."

When the girls heard this, they burst out laughing on the spot:

"Hey, this uncle, when you come to Tianxianglou, why do you still tell the girl accompanying the wine to be self-respecting?"

Zhang Long also hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Girls, I can't wait to drink..."

The girls covered their faces and smiled coquettishly: "Yo, why are you too weak to drink? You little brothers are too young to be strong enough to drink. Could it be that these uncles are too strong to drink at such an age?"

Zhang Long and Zhao Hu were in distress at this time, although the two of them could not drink lightly, but at this time they were on official business, so they dared not drink alcohol, so they had to half push and half go, and were downed several cups in embarrassment.

Here Zhang Long and Zhao Hu are struggling to protect themselves, while Zhan Zhao is also in trouble over there.There were no more than four or five women around Zhang Long and Zhao Hu, but there were more than a dozen girls around Zhan Zhao. All of them show off their flattering skills, showing their breasts, and their flattery looks like spring. It's a pity that a generation of Southern Xia, although facing many assassins, killers, Jiangyang, robbers, local tyrants and bullies, did not change their face, but in the face of this kind of smoke and powder battle, they can't fight and are angry. I can't get angry, but I can't take care of myself, and my forehead is full of sweat.

Instead, Jin Qian took advantage of this gap to relax, and Zhan Zhao, Zhang Long, and Zhao Hu asked the girls to change their targets, and naturally left the malnourished boy behind, and let Jin Qian take advantage of this opportunity to have a good fight Tooth Festival, eat Tianxianglou's signature fruit snacks to your fullness.

Just when they were besieged by many women and couldn't escape, they suddenly heard the sound of a musical instrument.The hall, which was originally noisy, became instantly quiet with the sound.

I saw two teams of women in colorful costumes, holding various musical instruments, stepping out from behind the rolling curtain of the high platform.

Amidst the sound of music, the rolling curtains were slowly opened, and a strange fragrance came out, revealing a slim woman, holding a pipa in her arms, sitting quietly behind the curtain, and the audience was immediately filled with gloom.

Not to mention the group of men sitting in the audience, even Jin Qian, who is used to seeing many idols, supermodels, and Miss World at home and abroad, could not help but be amazed when he saw this woman at this time.

I saw this woman, wearing a light and light-colored gauze shirt, with a rustling light skirt hanging to the floor, the neckline, cuffs and skirt are all embroidered in the color of peony, which seems unreal and real, like a dream; wearing peony on her head, her long hair is like a waterfall, and the fragrance is fragrant , The brilliance is dazzling; the starry eyes are hazy, the eyebrows are bright, the teeth are bright and the lips are bright;

Fingers move lightly, the music suddenly rises, the lips sing softly, the cool song condenses the clouds, the candlelight is fragrant and misty, and the singing and blowing are miscellaneous, making everyone feel as if they are in a fairyland...

After singing a song, everyone couldn't come back to their senses for a long time, as if they were in a fairyland.

It wasn't until the woman Pingping got up, lowered her body slowly and said: "Bing Ji is showing her ugliness." Then everyone woke up, and applause, shouts and praises resounded from the roof of the building.

Jin Qian couldn't help applauding too.

Looking at Zhang Long and Zhao Hu, although they are not fascinated by other men like other men, they are also envious of each other.

Zhan Zhao's eyes were clear, he nodded slightly, with a look of praise on his face.

I saw Bing Ji stepping back slowly and sitting back on her seat. Behind her, a girl dressed as a maid stepped forward and said loudly: "The rules are as usual, whoever's gift can be favored by Bing Ji, tonight is the beginning of Bing Ji's entrance." Bin. Now go forward and offer gifts according to the license plate."

As soon as this remark came out, there was an uproar in the audience.All the men are gearing up and eager to try.Many people also ordered their subordinates to carry out the gifts that had been prepared.

When Zhan Zhao and the others heard this, they were all shocked.

Zhao Hu moved closer to Zhan Zhao's side and said in a low voice, "My lord, we haven't prepared a gift yet, what should we do?"

Zhan Zhao also frowned, pondered for a moment and said, "No hurry, let's see what kind of gifts other people are offering."

I heard the servant girl shouting on the stage: "Young Master No. [-], please come to the stage to offer a gift."

A man in a bright red brocade robe came up to the stage with a happy face, bowed first, and then said: "This item is a treasure I found in a [-]-mile radius of jewelry stores, please appreciate it, Miss Bing Ji. "After that, he took out a sandalwood incense box from his cuff, and took out a pair of exquisite carved gold bracelets, which shone with golden light and were beautiful.

Jin Qian's jaw immediately dropped ten centimeters.

The arena was extremely quiet for a while, the breathing sounds of everyone in the arena were clearly discernible, and everyone's eyes were focused on Bing Ji.

But seeing Bing Ji's face was condensed, she just nodded slightly, raised her hand, and the young man who presented the gift immediately looked like a wilted eggplant, with his shoulders lowered, and he walked down the stage with his head drooping.

The audience burst into cheers.

The servant girl said again: "Young Master No. [-], please come to the stage."

No.2 The person who came to the stage was a well-known businessman with a full stomach. He staggered for a long time before he barely walked up to the high stage, clasped his fists and said: "I just came to Chenzhou today, and I am honored to meet Miss Bing Ji. What a treat!" Sansheng is lucky. I didn’t bring any presents.” He took out a dozen silver notes from his bosom, and said, “There is at least 10 taels of silver here, so I invite Miss Bingji to accept it.”

Jin Qian's jaw dropped another five centimeters.

Zhang Long said angrily, "These profiteers, Chenzhou suffered a severe drought, and countless people died of starvation. These people actually smashed 10 taels of silver on the ground of smoke powder. They deserve to be killed!"

This time Bing Ji didn't even raise her eyebrows, just gave her a wink, and the servant girl raised her voice again: "Young Master No. [-], please come to the stage—"

The young masters who came to the stage next presented more and more expensive gifts, ranging from precious medicinal materials to rare calligraphy and paintings, from pearls and agates to cups and cups of glass, everything that one expects to find, Jinqian's eyes were reddened, his seven orifices were fully opened, and his mouth was full of water. .

But except for the painting and calligraphy given by No. 70 No. [-], which can make Bing Ji take a few more glances, the rest of the gifts have basically never caught a glimpse of the beauties.

The number on the stage has reached No.90, but Bing Ji is still not satisfied. It will be the turn of Zhan Zhao and others. Zhang Long and Zhao Hu are unavoidably anxious, and ask Zhan Zhao in a low voice: " Young Master, it's almost our turn, but we haven't prepared gifts to send you off!"

Zhan Zhao saw that the things he gave before were all expensive things, and he had never brought such things with him. In this situation, even if Nan Xia was both wise and brave, he was a hero, so he couldn't help being a little embarrassed.Looking at Zhang Long and Zhao Hu, they were even more anxious.His eyes turned again, and Zhan Zhao happened to see Jin Qian's happy face, so he naturally thought that Jin Qian was confident, so he couldn't help asking, "Jin Qian, can you do something?"

But Zhan Zhao didn't know that he would be wrong. Jin Qian's happy face was purely due to his instinct when he saw money, and it wasn't because of a plan.At this time, Jin Qian's ears were closed, and he didn't hear the question clearly. He just heard Zhan Zhao's voice, and he suddenly came back to his senses. He turned his head and looked, and saw Zhan Zhao, Zhang Long, and Zhao Hu, with six eyes, looking straight at him. I thought I missed some important discussion, so I hurriedly answered in a vague reflex: "Yes, yes, of course, of course."

Zhan Zhao was overjoyed when he heard that, and hurriedly asked, "What is the solution?"

"Huh?" This time it was Jin Qian's turn to be dazed, and he didn't react for a while.

Zhang Long said in displeasure: "Jin Qian, you just said that you have the means to prepare the ceremony, but what is the method? You still haven't made it clear. What's the point of procrastinating?"

Only now did Jin Qian understand, and he complained incessantly, thinking: If you slipped your tongue, you will hate him forever, you said you were full, why are you talking nonsense?Tsk, why does this cat look at us like Gongsun Zhuzi? Hey, hey, hey, we are promising young people in the new century, and we don't have the black belly of Zhuzi!

Seeing that Jin Qian didn't reply for a long time, Zhan Zhao couldn't help being a little impatient, frowned slightly, and said in a low voice, "Jin Qian!"

Zhang Long and Zhao Hu also bent forward, staring at each other.

Jin Qian suddenly felt the pressure in front of him was pressing, and he was so cold that he had to grin dryly, and said in his heart: "Are you kidding, just the poor people in our Kaifeng mansion, where can they get anything?" !How about taking out the cat's giant que to make up for it... Forget it, we still want to live a few more years.Then again, this Bing Ji's eyes are so high, those rare treasures are all ignored... Wait!

Jin Qian suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and then raised his eyes to look at Bing Ji on the high platform, only to see that her eyes were restrained, her face was frosty, and she seemed to turn a blind eye to the rare treasures in front of her.

Jin Qian suddenly understood, and thought: I was fascinated by the treasure just now, and now I take a closer look, isn't this Bing Ji the typical cold and arrogant woman portrayed in TV dramas, to deal with such women... Tsk , it seems that our more than 20 years of experience in eight-point TV dramas has finally come into play.

Thinking of this, Jin Qian blinked, helped the table to get up, and said to the woman accompanying the wine at the table: "Girls, is there any extra red paper in Xianglou today?"

As soon as this statement came out, not to mention the women, even Zhan Zhao, Zhang Long, and Zhao Hu were very puzzled.

A woman replied: "Red paper? There is some left over from the time when the hall was framed before. I don't know what the little brother wants the red paper for?"

Zhao Hu even asked directly: "Jin Qian, do you want to write a poem as a gift? I don't think so. The person took out all of Yan Heqing's calligraphy before, and I didn't see Bing Ji nodding."

Jin Qian held up a finger, shook it, and said, "It's not poetry." Then he turned his head and urged: "Girls, please, bring more red paper."

Although the two women were puzzled, they still obeyed and left, and after a while, they came back with two rolls of red paper.

Seeing that Jin Qian spread out the red paper, cut all of them into small square pieces, distributed several sheets to everyone on the round table, and said solemnly: "Now, if I do one step, you do the same, you must not be sloppy. "

Everyone nodded inexplicably.

Jin Qian rolled up his sleeves and continued: "Time is running out, so I'll make a long story short, everyone, what I'm doing now is a rare treasure in this world, hard to find in the world."

Everyone was surprised and stared straight at Jin Qian.After a long time, Zhan Zhao asked, "Is this true?"

Jin Qian nodded.

"Then I don't know what the name of this thing is?"

"Ahem... that... is called 'Thousand Paper Cranes'."