Chapter 56: Night Tour of Chang'an (1)
After leaving Dugu Mansion, it was not yet dark, and it was less than an hour since he was a guest in Dugu Mansion, but Li Qingan felt as if he had survived for several years, and felt relieved.
He rode his horse and rushed to his residence. There were many beautiful women everywhere in Chang'an, and there were many beautiful women on the streets of Chang'an. These pleasing things were what he wanted to see. It was just so I was fine tonight, so I went to Chang'an to see the beautiful women.
Li Qing'an returned to his residence excitedly, preparing to take some money before going, but as soon as he entered the mansion, he felt a strange feeling, everyone smiled strangely, and looked at him with a sympathetic look.
"Hey! What happened?" Li Qingan asked strangely.
"Qilang, you will know when you go back to your yard."
As soon as I walked past a door, I heard the voice of a young woman coming from the other side of the yard: "Bai Laqian, go and find Li Zhaogong back. I won't sleep in the house at midnight. What will he do when he goes out?"
Li Qing'an's head suddenly grew bigger. Why did she come?
He turned around and was about to escape, but suddenly a pretty little girl appeared in front of him, "General Li!" she shouted excitedly.
The little girl is about eleven or twelve years old and looks cute. Li Qingan feels that she seems to be familiar with her.
"Don't you know me anymore? I'm Xia Xiaolian! You've come to see me in Kucha."
"Oh! I remembered that you are Xiaolian."
Li Qingan suddenly remembered that she was the orphan girl she left behind, and there was a pair of cloth shoes she gave her in her box.
"Why are you here in Chang'an?"
Xia Xiaolian said with a little twisted voice: "I came with Miss Wu."
As soon as she finished speaking, Gao Wu rushed out like a gust of wind, "Li Zhaogong, where have you been fooling around?"
"Haha! It's been a long time since I saw you, Wu Niang is getting more and more beautiful."
"Stop doing this, tell me honestly, are you going to find a woman?"
Gao Wu stepped forward and sniffed him, and couldn't help but frowned and said, "I'm full of alcohol. Where did you go to drink flower wine?"
At this time, Bai Yuanguang quietly came out of the yard, blinked at him with gloating pleasure, and ran along the base of the wall.
"Aren't I named the Central Army General of Qianniu Guard? So the General Dugu Shi, the Qianniu Guard, invited me to his house for a drink."
Li Qingan explained with a smile and walked into the yard. Gao Wu followed him from behind and said in confusion: "What does it have to do with you, the General of Qianniu Guard, to him? I think he has a beautiful daughter, right?"
Li Qingan was startled. When did Wu Niang become so smart? He waved his hand and smiled: "How is that possible? Dugu Shi is over 60 years old, and his youngest daughter is in her thirties. You are too crazy."
"Even if you don't have a daughter, you still have a granddaughter!" Gao Wu said with a smile.
At this time, Xia Xiaolian picked up a box at the door and said, "General Li, your stuff has fallen."
Li Qingan was stunned. He looked at the skin in his hand, and then he found that the hole in the skin was not tightened, and the box containing the Baicui Cup had fallen off.
"What is that?" Gao Wu was immediately attracted by the exquisite sandalwood box.
"Nothing, a little thing." Li Qingan hurriedly stepped forward to take the box.
Gao Wu ran up and snatched the box away, "Let me see what good thing it is?"
She turned her back and opened the box, her eyes lit up suddenly, "Ah! What a beautiful cup."
She turned around and asked excitedly, "Are you going to give this to me?"
Li Qinggong was stunned for a moment. After a while, he scratched the back of his head and smiled bitterly: "If you like it, just take it!"
"I don't want it!"
Gao Wu covered the box with a "bang!" and returned it to Li Qing'an, pouting, "I have no sincerity at all. I guess I bought it for General Dugu's granddaughter, so I won't take away anyone's love."
"I told you that there is no Dugu granddaughter. This cup was bought for you. Didn't you give me a mirror last time?"
"Well! You guy is quite polite. You know that you should exchange rituals, so this cup will belong to me."
Gao Wumei smiled and opened the box again. The more he looked at it, the more he liked it, he handed it to Xia Xiaolian and said, "Xiaolian, help me put it in my bag."
"OK!"
Xia Xiaolian took the cup and hurried away. Li Qingan looked at her back and asked strangely: "How could she come to Chang'an with you?"
“Isn’t it all because of you?”
"Because of me?" Li Qingan was puzzled, "What do you mean? How could it be because of me?"
"You told her that her father went to Lingxi! She wanted to go abroad to find her father, but she was caught by the Tang army patrol. If she hadn't been an official slave, I happened to meet her, so I redeem her. When she saw her lonely, she kept her by her side, and she was willing to be with me."
"Oh! So that's how it is." Li Qing'an looked at the sky and smiled and said, "I plan to go shopping in the night view of Chang'an. Are you willing to go with me?"
"Okay! I heard that the nights in West Chang'an City are very lively, so please accompany me to have a look."
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The West City is divided into nine parts by four 800 meters wide roads, and various shops are gathered in pieces. For example, the rice market is composed of dozens of large rice shops, controlling the supply of grain and rice in Chang'an City. This is the difference between the West City and the East City. The East City is mainly luxurious, while the West City is a market for ordinary people, including bulk grain, tea, cloth, porcelain, ironware, pen, ink, paper and ink, medicine, shoes and hats, fish, meat and animals, etc.
During the day, Li Qing'an went to Dongshi to buy gifts. There were not many people in Dongshi, so he thought it was because of the cold weather, and Chang'an people refused to go out. But when it walked into the gate of Xishi, he realized that he was wrong.
The West Market can be described as crowded with people. Lanterns are lit in each shop, and the lights are gathered together, illuminating the West Market as daytime, shouting and shouting, and there are crowds of people on the streets. There are women who sell bargains at night markets, small merchants who come to buy goods from various markets, scholars from all over the place who participate in the spring imperial examination, and polo players who come to participate in the polo competition like Li Qing'an. Girls in groups of three or three, wandering around one shop at a time, choosing their favorite small accessories.
Li Qingan took Gao Wu and Xia Xiaolian all the way shopping. His eyes were occasionally turned to groups of young and pretty girls. They were wearing colorful silk skirts, "two flying partridges slanted in spring shadows, and the beauty trayed the golden clothes," as if they were beautiful scenery full of vitality, which was pleasing to the eye.
Gao Wu's attention was more focused on various silk and jewelry stores. The exquisite and exquisite silk, brocade, pearls, jade, and fragrant powder in the shop also made her look overwhelmed and she wanted to move the entire store to Anxi.
"Qiro, here! Here! Let's take a look at this store."
She pulled Li Qing'an's arm and ran to a jewelry store, "The things in this store seem to be very good."
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Chapter completed!