A group of eleven people walked out of the palace through Donghua Gate and walked eastward along Mabu Street for more than 100 meters. As soon as they entered Jingmingfang, they saw a huge building complex nearly three stories high. This is the Alum Tower.
!Although it is not as exaggerated as "three floors high and five floors facing each other", it is still quite impressive, with flying bridges and sills, connecting light and dark. The overall building has undulating heights, staggered eaves and corners, and is magnificent. At the door of the Alum Tower, there is still standing
A "welcome" door made of colorful ribbons creates a warm atmosphere and makes people feel at home.
Under the enthusiastic guidance of the waiter in the restaurant, I walked into it and saw that the halls, corridors and private rooms were all decorated with beaded curtains and embroidered foreheads. They were decorated elegantly and warmly. It was indeed extraordinary. It was worthy of being one of the "seventy-two restaurants" in the capital.
head!
Wu Zhi couldn't help but admire secretly. It seemed that the owner of Fanlou was also a powerful person with unique vision and deep understanding of people's hearts. He knew how to do business very well.
Seeing that Wu Zhi and his eleven people were well-dressed and well-dressed, the servant did not dare to neglect them and quickly ushered them into the private room on the second floor to sit down.
After sitting down, he asked the waiter to serve tea. After a while, a charming young woman came in with a dish card and asked Wu Zhi what everyone wanted to eat. Suo Chao was smart and quickly took the dish card from her hand and handed it to her.
To Wu Zhi.
Wu Zhi opened the dish post in his hand and looked at it, then looked at the wooden menu hanging on the wall, and then ordered one Wuyue soup, one stewed turtle, one cannon lamb, one hand-washed crab, and one
One portion of quail crystal wonton, one portion of imperial bone crispy fish, one portion of Dongpo pork elbow, two portions of vegetarian dishes and two portions of Chinese biscuits. I also ordered two small jars of Fanlou’s signature wine, Meimei Shouwuzhi, which was estimated to weigh four or five kilograms.
Look.
When Wu Zhi finished ordering, he saw that the young woman was motionless and did not even look at him. She only stared at Yan Sheng, winking.
"What's going on?" Wu Zhi felt confused, and the other ten people were also a little stunned. Then everyone realized that it seemed that this young woman saw that Wu Zhi was very young and dressed casually (Wu Zhi was facing the back in the hall)
The former secretary changed into regular clothes) and felt that he was light-weight and could not speak and do many things! Moreover, Yan Sheng was the most luxuriously dressed among the people, so she thought that Yan Sheng was the real master!.c
When Yan Sheng saw this, he was so angry that he glared at the young woman and yelled: "You're blind! This is our Lord Marquis! If you don't continue to prepare meals like this! Get out!"
"Master Marquis?!" When the young woman heard this, she was so frightened that her face turned pale. She quickly apologized, took the dish card and walked out of the private room in panic, stroking her heart, and was in shock.
"Oh my God! Such a young and low-key Marquis? Why have I never seen him before? Who of the princes and grandsons who came here before didn't have a high profile and attracted five or six people?" The young woman thought to herself, and slowly calmed down her mind as she walked.
.She was unlucky today, meeting Wu Zhi, a low-key god.
When Wu Zhi saw this, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. It seems that many people in this Fanlou judge people by their appearance.
Everyone drank tea slowly and waited. After a cup of tea, the food and wine began to be served one after another. The unhappiness just now was forgotten by everyone, and everyone began to enjoy the meal.
After tasting a few bites of the food, Wu Zhi found that the food in Fanlou was indeed well cooked, exquisite and beautiful, and the taste was not bad. But after taking a sip of the wine, Wu Zhi felt that it was still a bit unsatisfactory, and it was not as good as his own Zhuangyuan series of wines.
It's far away, not on the same level at all! Fanlou also sells "Zhuangyuanchun" and "Zhuangyuanlang" liquor purchased from Zhuangyuanlou, but Wu Zhi will not stupidly spend high prices to buy his own liquor to drink.
Wu Zhi toasted everyone a glass of wine, and after drinking two more glasses of wine, he stopped drinking and just drank soup and ate vegetables with biscuits.
After three drinks, a graceful lady twisted her waist, pushed open the bead curtain, walked gracefully into the elegant room, holding a famous card, asked if she would like to be accompanied by a singing girl, singing and dancing to entertain her?
Everyone looked at Wu Zhi with expectations on their faces. Wu Zhi wanted to refuse, but he smiled helplessly and had no choice but to take the name card handed over by the lady and browse it quickly.
Suddenly, a name came into Wu Zhi's eyes. "Master Li?!" Wu Zhi's heart skipped a beat, and the image of "Yan Jidao's description in "Shengchazi" suddenly appeared in his mind: "The distant mountains have long eyebrows and dark willows, and a thin willow waist.
Niao. When I put on my makeup and stood up in the spring breeze, I smiled with a smile that cost me a fortune. When I returned to Fengcheng, I said to the brothel road, "Looking at Yingchuan flowers all over, they are not as good as my teacher." Is it really the famous person who was entangled with Song Weizong?
The restless Master Li?
"How old is this Master Li?"
Wu Zhi pointed to the name "Master Li" and asked Madam Manmiao doubtfully.
"Back to the Marquis, this teacher is in her mid-thirties. She is a bit older, but she is very talented! Does the Marquis want her to be his companion?" Madam raised her beautiful eyes and glanced at Wu Zhi, thinking carefully.
said.
"Oh, thirty-five, then it's not her!" After hearing this, Wu Zhi breathed a sigh of relief. This teacher is not that teacher!
"What's not her?" Mrs. Graceful was a little confused, her eyes moving.
"That's it!" Wu Zhi didn't bother to explain to her and casually ordered a young singing prostitute named Liu Susu.
When the wife saw that Wu Zhi was not ordering the top geisha in Fanlou, she was quite reluctant and refused to leave. She also wanted to continue selling the top geisha. Wu Zhi glared at her and was so frightened that she quickly picked up the name card and twisted her waist to go out.
And left. Before coming to this private room, she had already inquired clearly. There was a young and low-key marquis in this private room. She originally wanted to take advantage of his youth and leisure to kill him severely, but she didn't know that he was young and low-key.
It's unethical! She didn't dare to neglect, and immediately arranged for manpower after leaving the house.
After a while, a pretty girl with a tall figure of nearly 1.6 meters came with a beaded curtain. She was seen holding a pipa in her arms. She was seventeen or eighteen years old, with beautiful features, bright eyes and white teeth. She was wearing a green dress with narrow sleeves.
She is wearing a skirt, a long-sleeved jacket, and a silver hairpin in her hair. She has a graceful and graceful figure, but she is bare-faced. There is no trace of makeup on her fair face. No wonder she is called Su Su.
She really lived up to her name. And there was a hint of indifference and aloofness between her eyebrows that made people feel distant. Behind her, there was a handsome little maid, holding a playlist in her hand.
When she walked in front of everyone, the girl bowed to Wu Zhi and others with a little shyness, and called softly: "Hello, everyone!" Then she stepped back, sat down in the singing and dancing banquet, lowered her eyebrows, and waited.
When Wu Zhi and others asked for songs, their movements were a bit green and stiff. It seemed that they had just joined the industry and were still newbies.
Taking the song list handed over by the little maid with both hands, Wu Zhi glanced at it and saw "Shui Diao Songtou: When Will the Bright Moon Come" written by Su Shi. He immediately became interested, so he pointed to "Shui Diao Song Tou: When Will the Bright Moon Come?"
You" said to the little maid: "Just this one!"
Su Shi was demoted due to Yuanyou's party dispute and stayed away from the capital. Wu Zhi had been friends with him for a long time. He had never met this famous romantic writer until now, so he naturally became interested in his lyrics.
The little maid told Liu Susu the song list ordered by Wu Zhi, and Liu Susu nodded. When she saw Wu Zhi, a young and ordinary-dressed young man, requesting songs, and no one expressed any objection, she was a little surprised and couldn't help but
After taking another look, I realized that although the young master in front of me was plainly dressed, he was handsome and had a vague power. There was a ripple in his heart.
She recovered her thoughts and made some preparations. With a sudden sound of "zheng", Liu Susu tapped her pipa with her slender hands. She gently spread her singing voice in the sound of the pipa and sang slowly: "When will the bright moon come? Ask the blue sky for wine. I don't know the palace in the sky."
What year is this evening? I want to ride the wind back, but I am afraid that the towering buildings and jade buildings will be too cold at high places. I dance to clear the shadows, how can I feel like I am in the human world. I turn to the Zhuge Pavilion, lower the Qihui, and the light is sleepless. There should be no hatred, what's the matter?
When we say goodbye, it is round? People have joys and sorrows, and the moon waxes and wanes. This matter is difficult to complete in ancient times. I hope that people will live forever, and we will share the beauty of the moon thousands of miles away." The voice was clear and sweet, like a hundred spirits, but it was a little low, a little troubled.
The charm of comfort. When she sang "People have joys and sorrows, separation and separation, the moon waxes and wanes, this matter has never been solved in ancient times", her voice brought out a trace of vibrato, and she sang the last line "I hope people will live forever, and we can share the beauty of the moon thousands of miles apart."
At that time, there was a hint of sadness in the singing. Wu Zhi was fascinated by the sound and could tell that this girl really had something on her mind.
"What's the matter with you? Your singing voice is broken!" But after hearing this, Yan Sheng gave up and scolded Liu Susu with a sullen face. He was a frequent visitor to Goulan Washe, so he naturally heard the clues.
Liu Susu knew she was in trouble as soon as she finished singing. Singing girls are most afraid of breaking their voices when singing, which is a big taboo for a young man singing! However, as she sang, the lyrics brought her into her own sad fate. The scene stirred up emotion in her heart, and she felt sentimental.
She couldn't help it! When she saw Yan Sheng, who was dressed in luxurious clothes, scolding her, she was so frightened that she hurriedly apologized to everyone.
"Okay! Brother Yan, I think you sang well! You should be rewarded!" Upon seeing this, Wu Zhi quickly stopped Yan Sheng, with an unhappy tone in his voice, and waved his hand for Yan Sheng to sit down. When Yan Sheng heard what Wu Zhi said,
Shut up quickly and laugh
Then we sat down. No one else had any objections.
When Liu Susu heard what Wu Zhi said, her heart froze. She glanced at Wu Zhi gratefully and thought: "It seems that this young master has an extraordinary background!" She could see that this group of people regarded this young man as
The young master is always looking ahead.
"Miss Liu, please sing it again and listen to it, and these will be yours." Wu Zhi took out a hundred-dollar banknote and put it in Liu Susu's hand with a smile on his face.
"Huh? So much?" Liu Susu looked at the hundred-guan banknote in her hand, a little confused, a mixture of surprise and fear. She couldn't accept it, nor did she accept it. She was in a dilemma. Now, a hundred-guan banknote really meant something to her.
She had a huge sum of money. Since her family suffered a drastic change and she came to Fanlou as a prostitute, she insisted on performing arts instead of selling herself. Her daily income from singing was only one or two yuan, and Fanlou took half of it. What she actually got was
There's not much left.
"This is what the Marquis gave you, why don't you put it away quickly and sing!" Yan Sheng saw that she was still squirming and scolded her impatiently. Then Wu Zhi gave her a sharp look and said,
He hurriedly picked up the cup on the table and took a sip of wine to cover up his embarrassment. The others couldn't help laughing when they saw this.
"Master Hou? Thank you, Master Hou!" Susu's heart trembled when she heard Yan Sheng's words. She hurriedly put away the banknote in surprise, and tactfully bowed deeply to Wu Zhi and saluted. She raised her eyes and looked at Wu Zhi deeply.
After one glance, she returned to the singing and dancing banquet, played the pipa again and started singing. This time she calmed down her mind and finished singing gracefully and crisply without making any mistakes. The singing was sweet and sweet, and everyone was immersed in it.
, Wu Zhi also felt that it was meaningful, and the lingering sound lingered.
After singing, before leaving, Liu Susu took another deep look at Wu Zhi. After thanking Wu Zhi, Pingting bowed and said goodbye, and walked out of the elegant room gracefully, leaving only a fragrant breeze.
After Liu Susu left, Wu Zhi and others continued to drink and mingled with each other. He was not full yet, and everyone had not had enough wine to enjoy themselves.