Chapter 350 Zhumen wine and meat stink, the road has frozen bones
He Yunxi and the concubine entered the teahouse and were immediately surprised by the decoration inside.
The lobby of two to three hundred square meters has many calligraphy and paintings hanging on the walls. Although there are many hangings, they are not cluttered, but instead look different. There is a screen in front of the lobby, which is embroidered with fascinating beautiful scenery, peaks and mountains.
Overlapping mountains, the sun rises in the east, majestic and prosperous.
Starting from the screen, there is a high water channel in the middle of the entire lobby, which is about the same height as the desk. The water channel winds out from the screen and then goes around the other side.
There are narrow tables on both sides of the canal, and there are some single stools beside the low tables standing on both sides of the canal.
At this time, there were more than a dozen people playing there. Judging by the same clothes, they must be students from which college.
"Liu Shang Qushui, literati like to play with this, right?" He Yunxi said.
The concubine didn't look at the flowing water, her eyes fell on a painting in the middle of the lobby. He Yunxi took a curious look at it and saw that the painting was good.
"Grandma, do you recognize this painting?"
The concubine withdrew her gaze and snorted lightly: "The paintings by Zhang Guolao in the previous dynasty were just imitations."
"How do you know it's a fake?"
"The genuine article was snatched by me a few years ago and left to collect dust in the warehouse." The concubine said casually. Her raised lips showed that she was in a good mood when she thought of this. Needless to say, she must have stolen it from the Queen Mother.
It seems that the Queen Mother liked Zhang Guolao's painting very much, but the Dowager Princess did not like it. However, for some unknown reason, the painting was snatched away by the Dowager Princess.
Seeing the pride on the concubine's face, He Yunxi was speechless. She and the empress dowager were both a hundred and two years old together. They were still proud of these things, and they were both people who had experienced harem life.
Is this a rejuvenation?
She went to the shopkeeper and asked for a private room, but because today was the day of the gathering, there were no private rooms long ago, and there were only private seats in the lobby.
This kind of seating is separated by flowers and plants, but not completely separated. You can see the flowing water in the center of the lobby.
Hearing that there was only one private seat left, He Yunxi looked at her like a concubine.
The concubine had never been to such an occasion before and said, "I want that private seat."
The shopkeeper called a waiter over and took them to the private dining room. He Yunxi ordered two snacks and a pot of tea, and then asked: "Second brother, why is the private room full so early today?"
"Today is July 10th. Our teahouse holds a gathering on the tenth day of every month. Anyone who knows about it will come early," the waiter said.
He Yunxi knew that literati called gatherings elegant gatherings, but he didn't expect that there would be a fixed time.
"My lord, today's gathering is a poetry competition and question-taking competition. It will start in a moment and everyone in the teahouse can participate." The waiter said, "If you win the first place, there will be rewards."
"Oh? What's the reward?" He Yunxi asked.
"Before, students from the Liu family and students from the Yu family made a bet, and later it developed into a poetry battle. If you choose to represent one side, if you win the championship, you can get the other side's bet. The Liu family brought out a guzheng, and the Yu family brought out a guzheng.
It’s an inkstone.” The waiter said, “Here, everything is put on the table in the center.”
"Guzheng -" I haven't played it for a long time.
The concubine glanced at the guzheng and looked away in disgust.
He Yunxi only glanced at it and stopped looking at it. He started to read the poems and songs in the lobby.
After a while, the dozen or so people on the side of Liushang Qushui finished. A waiter came up to clean up the mess, and they were quickly cleared up.
At this time, someone came to the performance stage next to the hall, played a flute, and then played a pipa.
He Yunxi listened to the performances of these musicians, thinking about the students who were reciting poems here just now, and the common people outside the city who were struggling on the line of life and death, and she sighed slightly in her heart.
The wine and meat in Zhumen stinks, and there are frozen bones on the road.
Although this term is not appropriate here, the situation expressed is similar.
The concubine saw her looking at the musicians and said nothing, and thought she was envious of others who knew how to play musical instruments.
I heard from the emperor that she grew up in a village, so she definitely didn't have the opportunity to learn music, chess, calligraphy and painting.
"Do you like these two musical instruments?" she asked He Yunxi.
He Yunxi shook his head: "I can play some flutes, but not the pipa."
She is good at guzheng and violin, but she also learned some flute and erhu from her grandma, but she did not reach a professional level. When she was tired from studying medicine, she liked to play guzheng or violin to relax herself, but only a few times.
Play the flute or the erhu.
"Can you also play the flute?"
"I know a little bit, but I'm not very good at it."
There was noise from the stairs on the second floor. He Yunxi looked up and saw a group of people coming down from the stairs. They didn't know these people, but they heard the people downstairs calling Master Liu. The leader should be Liu Xuefeng, the young master of the Liu family.
At this time, about ten people came down the stairs on the other side. Seeing one of them in a green gown, He Yunxi held up his chin and smiled.
Others also saw them, and Luo Fu said in surprise: "Madam, it's the master and Mr. Yu."
"I just said that today is not the day to go find my wife. Why are they still going out? It turns out they are here to attend the gathering." He Yunxi propped his chin with one hand, "Are they considered foreign aid invited by the Yu family?"
"It should be so. I just heard from people next to me that the Liu family also invited more powerful people." Luo Fu said, "Madam, you didn't bring your guzheng. Maybe I can win you a guzheng and take it back."
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He Yunxi smiled and felt that the possibility was quite high.
"Lu Yan?!" Liu Bufan's voice came from the Liu family. Only then did He Yunxi notice Liu Bufan who was blocked.
Lu Yan also saw Liu Bufan, but just gave him a look and didn't react as much as he did.
Liu Xuefeng glanced at Lu Yan: "He is Lu Yan, Liaozhou's leader in this year's college examination?"
"Yes, Third Brother, it's him who made me..." Liu Bufan paused and did not say the matter out loud, "Third Brother, he must be here to attend the Autumn Festival."
Liu Xuefeng looked at Lu Yan. He was young but had a very restrained temperament, unlike other criminal suspects who were young and frivolous.
"That's Yu Shaoyu next to Yu Shaozhou?"
"yes."
"We haven't seen each other for a few years, but we have grown up a lot." Liu Xuefeng said, "I remember he went to Qingfeng College to study?"
"Yes. He has a good relationship with Lu Yan and Huang Yumin. They should be the foreign aid invited by Yu Shaozhou." Liu Bufan said.
Someone next to him laughed: "Oh, if Yu Shaozhou wants to lose, he can just give up and find two fresh talents. Is it because he wants to trick his younger brother?"
"That's right, when those people encounter our Mr. Jin, they can only tuck their tails between their legs and run away in despair."
"That's right, Mr. Jin ranked first in the Luzhou Academy Examination three years ago. How can he be compared to those yellow boys?"
When Jin Zhu heard the compliments from the people around him, he put on a smug smile on his face and said nonchalantly, maybe the other person was really talented, which also attracted compliments from the people around him.