When Li Xiangping saw the beautiful woman in ancient costume in front of her, she smiled.

"Hello, hello."

While chatting and socializing with the beautiful woman in ancient costume in front of him, Li Xiangping forgives the other person with the eyes of an old driver. While observing, he was still feeling in his heart, saying that it is really not easy to do any job these days. Even in the entertainment industry that does not require the least technical content, look at the lady or mother in front of him. It’s not too hot to wear a costume in ancient costume?

But it's true. I think hundreds of years ago, when a senior driver evaluated Gu Hengbo, who is said to be the most beautiful among the eight beauties of Qinhuai, she called her "Zhuang Yan beautiful and elegant, with outstanding temperament, with a cloudy hair, a peach blossom face, a small bow, and a light waist". This sentence is translated into modern words. This is clearly a beauty with a long-haired face with an angel face and a devilish figure. If you use a more vulgar description, this is called "white skin and long legs and long hair, and the person in front of her is obviously enough to meet this standard with the eyes of an old driver Li Xiangping.

Thinking of this, Li Xiangping glanced at Zhao Daokai, and thought to himself that it was true. In order to entertain himself, this childhood friend and best friend really spent some time and money this time.

Thinking that since today is not the ordinary routine like heaven and earth, Li Xiangping had to change the routine at this moment. He pretended to be gentle and elegant, and said to the ancient costume beauty in front of him in his own voice that he thought was the most polite:

"What do you call a beautiful girl?"

"Just ask me to embroider the piano."

Li Xiangping was stunned when he heard this, and then laughed: "Xiuqin? The beauty is actually called Xiqin! Haha, it's a coincidence, the legendary five masterpieces of Qinhuai. Since the beauty is called Xiqin, he must be able to play Go?"

The beautiful woman in ancient costume made a very fake surprise: "How do you know, sir?"

This game was arranged by Zhao Daokai. This beauty can order Go, and he actually knew that he was only interested in Li Xiangping's other statement:

"The Five Great Masters of Qinhuai? I said Xiangping, I have only heard of the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai. When will the Five Great Masters of Qinhuai appear?"

Since it was with the beauty on his side, Li Xiangping certainly refused to miss the opportunity to show off. He was half showing off and half popularizing science and talked to Zhao Daokai:

"From the late Ming Dynasty to the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the brothel culture on the banks of the Qinhuai River was quite developed. During this period, there were quite a few famous prostitutes who could be named. There were as many as 121 people who could be found in the literature alone, killing famous prostitutes from all dynasties in seconds. For example, the familiar Eight Yan of Qinhuai is the leading actress in this group of prostitutes. Now we are very familiar with the Eight Yan of Qinhuai, but you may not know Daokai. In fact, this title did not originate from the late Ming Dynasty, but was born in the late Qing Dynasty. It was during the Xianfeng period that a Jinshi named Ye Yanlan wrote a book called "The Eight Yan of Qinhuai", which accidentally made the IP of the Eight Yan of Qinhuai popular."

"Oh? So that's it. Then where are the five Qinhuai masters you mentioned?"

Li Xiangping kept his hands tightly and said to Zhao Daokai that you should be calm and calm. Listen to my gesture first, and then he continued:

"If Qinhuai Eight Beauty is considered an IP, then Qinhuai Five Sages is another IP, and this IP is also born in the Qing Dynasty..." Speaking of this, Li Xiangping smiled at Zhao Daokai:

"Speaking of this IP is related to your old Zhao family. It was during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty. Your old Zhao family had a straight man named Zhao Nian. When he was young, he lingered in the Qinhuai waterfront for many years and read countless girls. In his later years, he wrote a book called "Miscellaneous Notes of Houbanqiao". The title is very elegant. Most people think it was written by Zheng Banqiao. In fact, it is not. This is actually the straight man of your old Zhao family who recounted his experience in the Qinhuai brothel in his early years. Well, if this book is translated into the current vernacular, it may be called "The Memoir of an Old Driver."

When he said this, Li Xiangping laughed himself, and Zhao Daokai and the beautiful woman in ancient costume named Xiuqin laughed too.

Li Xiangping continued:

"It is in this book that the straight male senior of your Zhao family proposed the IP "Qinhuai Five Awesomes". Although this IP is not as famous as the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai, it is recognized as more authoritative. It is just that for some other reasons, this IP is not very well-known."

"oh?"

When Zhao Daokai heard this, he became interested: "Since you said it is more authoritative, why don't many people know about it? By the way, who are the people in these "Five Chronicles of Qinhuai"?"

Li Xiangping smiled slightly: "Why is it said that the Five Essences of Qinhuai are more authoritative than the Eight Beauty of Qinhuai? Then I can only talk about who are the "Five Essences". Let me tell you this way. Compared with the Five Essences and Eight Beauty, there are overlaps and differences between the Eight Beauty. For example, the Eight Beauty of Qinhuai that everyone often talks about, and do you know who the recognized leader of the Eight Beauty is?"

Of course, such a problem cannot pose a dandy like Zhao Daokai:

"This, now everyone seems to be accustomed to ranking Ma Xianglan first."

Li Xiangping nodded:

"The Eight Beauties of Qinhuai, Xianglan is the top", there should be no problem with this ranking. Although some people in later generations ranked Liu Rushi first, it seems that it will be more recognized by everyone."

The reason why Ma Xianglan is ranked first is not because she is older. In terms of age, she is considered to be the grandmother of people like Liu Ru and Chen Yuanyuan.

The reason why she was ranked first was mainly because of her talent. In terms of talent, she was the well-deserved eldest sister of the Eight Yanli in Qinhuai. Ma Xianglan was a female poet and painter in the Ming Dynasty. According to "Qinhuai Guangji", her name was Shouzhen, her courtesy name was Xianglan, her small name was Xuan'er, and her courtesy name was Yuejiao. Because she ranked fourth in her home, she was known as "Si Niang". She was smart and good at poetry and painting, and was especially good at painting orchids and bamboos, so she had the reputation of "Xianglan", just like the elegant orchids blooming on the banks of the Qinhuai River, open-minded and generous, and unparalleled, maintaining her nobleness in the mud of the turbid world.

Needless to say, in modern times, the Palace Museum in Beijing has a collection of Ma Xianglan's orchid album, and the Tokyo Museum in Japan collects a "moora picture" of her flowers, which is regarded as a treasure by the Japanese. Li Xiangping believes that Ma Xianglan ranked first in the first place should be well deserved.

"Daokai, do you know that although Ma Xianglan ranks first among the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai, she wants to be the last one among the Five Great Masters of Qinhuai."

"oh?!"

When Zhao Daokai heard this, he became more and more interested: "Then a few others..."

"The fourth place is Liu Rushi."

"Ah!? You just said that Liu Rushi's talent may be slightly inferior to Ma Xianglan, so why is her ranking higher?"

Li Xiangping smiled slightly: "That's because of the bonus of "the water is too cool."

Zhao Daokai was stunned at first, but immediately understood:

"Haha, so that's it. It's not bad. There's nothing wrong with this ranking."

The story of "The water is too cold" naturally has nothing to say. It was the little thing that Liu Rushi liked Qian Qianyi.

Think about the late Ming Dynasty, the whole society had a strong atmosphere of association. The Donglin Party, Fushe, and several associations gathered together to strengthen morale and hoped to turn the government from decline. However, the leaders of these associations, Qian Qianyi, Wu Meicun, Gong Dingzi, Hou Fangyu, Mao Pijiang, Chen Zhenhui, Fang Yizhi, Chen Zilong, etc., were all regular visitors to brothels. After a few trips, they developed the famous prostitutes into revolutionary comrades.

However, when men turned against each other, these famous prostitutes still adhered to loyalty and righteousness, and in turn became their spiritual mentors. With this bonus, it is certainly reasonable to rank Liu Rushi before Ma Xianglan.

As we talked about this, Zhao Daokai's interest grew higher and higher:

"Then the other ones, Xiangping, tell me who the others are."

"The third of the five great Qinhuai saints..."

Speaking of this, Li Xiangping pretended to be a silence and kept it a little closed. He turned to the beautiful woman in ancient costume and smiled:

"Does Miss Xiuqin know who this third absolute is?"

To Li Xiangping's expectation, the beautiful woman in ancient costume nodded:

"I heard that they ranked the embroidery zither third, right?"

Li Xiangping laughed:

"Hahaha, that's right, the third most outstanding among the five great Qinhuai masters is precisely the embroidered Qin girl."

At this moment, Li Xiangping smiled happily, only Zhao Daokai was still confused, but Zhao Daokai was not the kind of ignorant fool after all, and he quickly woke up:

"Which embroiderer, is it the one... the one who played chess with Shi Xiangxia..."

Li Xiangping nodded: "That's right, it's the embroidered Qin. Because she played chess with Shi Xiangxia, the embroidered Qin girl left a big name in the history of Chinese Go, which can be regarded as having a place in the Go world."

The person Li Xiangping mentioned was a famous prostitute on the banks of the Qinhuai River during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. Zhao Nian praised her very much and praised her for being "smart and wise, beautiful in appearance, quiet and beautiful, and ups and downs." She was ranked third among the five masterpieces of Qinhuai.

As a modern person, especially Li Xiangping is a former young man who was a squad, so what impressed him most was because she once played chess with a generation of chess saint Shi Xiangxia, and the chess score has been passed down to this day.

Among them, especially one game of nine pieces and one game of eleven pieces, which is even more famous in the game of eleven pieces. It is known that since the birth of Go, there have been many famous pieces of chess games since ancient times to the present. In all the game of 11 pieces, the number of pairs of 1 pieces is obviously more than the number of 1 pieces.

Even in the Letter Score, although there are famous books like "Blood and Tears", you can find that with a little attention, most of the famous books of Letter Score Scores are basically the second son and the third son, and at most no more than the fourth son.

The two games played by Shi Xiangxia and Xiuqin may be considered as the lonely chapters of the famous Go scores of "The Nine-Second Games" and "The Eleven-Second Games". It can be said that it is precisely because of the meaning of this "The Eleven-Second Games" that the two chess scores and Xiuqin have special status.

"No wonder."

Zhao Daokai first looked at Li Xiangping, then looked at the ancient costume beauty named Xiuqin. Finally, he was happy to Li Xiangping. At this time, he finally knew why his best friend was so excited today.

Zhao Daokai said, "Haha, don't look at the girl Xiuqin being given a lot by Shi Xiangxia, but I heard that her level is actually good. Xiangping, isn't that true?"

After hearing Zhao Daokai say this, Li Xiangping smiled and nodded. He also glanced at the beauty in ancient costume and then replied:

"The level is good, let's put it this way. If the embroidered girl came to modern times and if she played chess online, if she didn't have a very stable level of 1D or above, she might not be able to beat her."

Zhao Daokai said in surprise: "It's really that tall? It's impossible. Wouldn't that mean that even I may not be his opponent?"

Li Xiangping was amused when he heard this. As a friend, he certainly knew what Zhao Daokai's level is. Zhao Daokai's IDs on the Go website are basically between 2K and 2D. In other words, his true level is between amateur level 5 and amateur early stage. Li Xiangping looked at Zhao Daokai and smiled:

"From those two chess scores, the embroidered Qin girl should have a level 5 amateur to the initial level of amateur, which should be no doubt about this, so just your chess trick is not necessarily the opponent of the embroidered Qin girl."

"Haha, it's not the opponent, it's not the opponent..."

Zhao Daokai didn't mind Li Xiangping's belittled his chess skills. He is still more interested in the "Five Cinhuai Legends":

"By the way, Wu Jue, you just said three, what about the remaining two?"

Li Xiangping smiled and said, "Although this person is not a figure among the eight beauties of Qinhuai, it has something to do with the eight beauties of Qinhuai."

"Oh? How do you say this?"

"Among the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai, Gu Hengbo is recognized as the most beautiful one. However, at that time, her fame was far less than that of another famous prostitute, Bian Yujing. Do you know why Daokai?"

"How can I know this? Do you know Xiangping?"

"I don't know much, but after reading the memoirs left by the straight male senior of your old Zhao family, I seemed to have found a little clue."

"What clue?"

"That's because Bian Yujing has a good sister."

Li Xiangping smiled at Zhao Daokai and said, "Bian Yujing has a sister named Bian Min. It is said that she is more beautiful than Gu Hengbo. Zhao Nian praised her as "slim and white as jade, graceful and graceful. People see her as a crystal screen." Therefore, she is ranked second among the five masterpieces of Qinhuai."

"Well, I'm ranked second just because I'm pretty? Not that at that time..."

"Of course not. It is said that in addition to being beautiful, Bian Min also has a good voice and is proficient in music. Her piano skills and flute... Xiao skill is no match for the Qinhuai River at that time, so she was ranked second by the straight male senior of your Zhao family."

Hearing this, Zhao Daokai showed a slutty smile on his face, the kind of slutty smile that all men know, he winked at Li Xiangping:

"So that's the case. Haha, it's well arranged. Now I think my family has no problem with the old seniors. Xiangping, don't you?"

"Hehe." Li Xiangping showed a smile like Zhao Daokai.

"Pooh!"

The beautiful woman in the ancient costume next to her turned slightly red and turned her head slightly to spit out.

Although Li Xiangping and Zhao Daokai are playboys, they are not the kind of playboys with thick skin. When they saw the beauty in ancient costume named Xiuqin, Zhao Daokai quickly spoke:

"Who is the leader of the Five Essentials of Qinhuai? You kid is talking to me very well here, but why have I never heard of the title of Five Essentials of Qinhuai? By the way, you kid like to talk nonsense the most, it shouldn't be made up by you."

Li Xiangping smiled:
To be continued...