Five hundred and twentieth chapters confirmed the eyes
Although Liangzhou City is barren, it is not a dead city. Like all cities, there are still markets, residences, government offices, and even brothels in the city. Can you believe it?
Of course, there is no need to insist on the quality of the brothel girls. In a brothel in a border town, there is still a stunning beauty waiting for the benefactor to come and give him a night of lingering love worth dozens or hundreds of cash.
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For someone like Li Qinzai, who had met him in Chang'an, if he were allowed to go to a brothel in Liangzhou City to have fun, it would not be a matter of the girl paying him money, but a strong sense of humiliation, which could be repaid.
The official kind.
A barbarian caravan that entered the city yesterday came from Persia. The caravan included several barbarian merchants, more than 200 guards and clerks, and a kabuki troupe.
The goods carried by this caravan were also very valuable, mostly gold and silver vessels produced in Persia, Persian carpets, expensive gems, etc.
It is not easy to come all the way to the Tang Dynasty. The goods you bring are all high-value luxury goods. If you can exchange them for exquisite porcelain and silk from the Tang Dynasty, the profits from the trip will be considerable, so it is worth taking some risks.
Strictly speaking, the kabuki in the caravan are also goods. Most of the kabuki are from Persia and the Western Regions. They have high noses and white skin, and are full of exotic customs. The powerful families of the Tang Dynasty may also be willing to pay a high price to buy them.
Unfortunately, they did not expect that Tubo and Tuyuhun would suddenly start a war. The Hu caravan was supposed to cross the desert, pass through Tuyuhun, and then enter the Tang Dynasty. Due to the war, they had to take a detour from Yumen Pass and pass through Shazhou and Suzhou.
Ganzhou, and finally came to Liangzhou.
The detour meant an increase in costs. Before reaching Chang'an City, the caravan was already stretched thin and had to sell some goods in Liangzhou to collect enough travel expenses to continue on to Chang'an.
Early the next morning, Li Qinzai took several tribesmen and wandered around the city with their hands behind their backs.
He very much hoped to meet a certain Hu merchant. In addition to asking about things outside of the Tang Dynasty, more importantly, he wanted to ask if they had brought any seeds of new crops.
Unconsciously, I walked to the market in the city, and the deserted streets finally became a little more popular.
People in the city are constantly coming and going. Groups of merchants lead camels and carefully shuttle through the crowd. There are many shops and vendors gathering along the road.
Li Qinzai was walking in the market, watching the people and merchants bargaining and even scolding each other, and couldn't help but smile.
This is the smell of fireworks in the world. Looking at these various aspects of life, I feel that I am living a real life. This is the world of mortals that is more practical than the misty court.
A sound of gongs attracted Li Qinzai's attention.
On a makeshift high platform not far away, several Hu merchants in brocade robes were beating gongs hard and soliciting customers in blunt Chinese.
Behind Hu Shang, stood a group of women dressed in gorgeous clothes and covered with white gauze. Although they could not see clearly, their slender waists and slender legs were enough to make all men's hearts beat faster.
, dry mouth and tongue.
Li Qinzai is also a man, a man among men.
As the sound of the gong became more and more urgent, Li Qinzai couldn't help but step closer to the high platform, stood in the crowd and took a closer look. At that moment, a woman covered in white gauze also raised her head, and he met her eyes.
Is it actually Zitong? Li Qinzai’s expression changed.
Having met many foreigners in his previous life, Li Qinzai knew that foreigners have very mixed eye colors, including blue eyes and green eyes, but purple children are really rare.
However, this pair of purple children looked very charming, like two bright purple gems, blooming dazzlingly in the dark night, as if there was some kind of magic power, Li Qinzai's eyes were involuntarily attracted to them.
The Zitong girl didn't seem to be shy, but boldly looked at Li Qinzai for a long time. For a long time, her eyes slightly bent, as if she was smiling.
Li Qinzai also smiled. Although he couldn't see his appearance under the white gauze, the pair of purple children seemed to be in love, revealing all kinds of charm.
This unknown purple girl must be the dancer in the barbarian caravan that Wei mentioned yesterday, right?
Charming, coquettish, and really exotic, completely different from the reserved Tang Dynasty women.
The crowd gathered more and more. Hu Shang stood on a high platform and shouted loudly, and the goods he was selling were the group of Western Kabuki actors behind him.
There was not just one Zitong girl who was sold, but a row of them. They all had different looks. By the way, they were also hooked up with a Western band. The band had quite weird instruments, including Persian tambourines, recorders, setars, etc.
Wait, there are also pipa and dulcimer from the Tang Dynasty.
There are more and more people watching, and Hu Shang is selling harder and harder. The general meaning is that I have just come to Guibao, and I don’t have enough money. Those who pass by have money to give me money, and those who don’t have money go home and take money to give me money. Today’s sale
Kabuki from the Western Regions can be wholesaled or retailed.
She screamed until her throat was filled with smoke, but the crowd was still just watching the excitement, and no one bid at all.
The more Hu Shang shouted, the more disappointed he became. The kabuki on the high platform still failed to sell.
Among the crowd of onlookers, Liu Asi quietly tugged on Li Qinzai's sleeve.
"Fifth Young Master, why don't you buy these kabuki plays? You are in this desolate border town without a woman to serve you. Judging from the appearance of these Hu merchants, among the officials and people in the city, except for Fifth Young Master, I'm afraid...
No one has the money to buy these kabuki plays anymore."
Li Qinzai smiled and shook his head: "That's not necessary. If I want to create some exotic customs, I can just send you to Tuyuhun to grab a few. If there are free ones, why spend money to buy them."
Liu Asi was stunned. It really made sense. Wu Shaolang has become better and better at living since he left Chang'an.
After glancing at the purple girl on the high platform again, Li Qinzai turned around and left, while Liu Asi and the others hurriedly followed.
Seeing Li Qinzai leaving, a hint of disappointment suddenly flashed in the eyes of Hu Shang, who was hawking on the high platform, and he quickly looked at the Zitong girl without leaving any trace.
The purple girl lowered her eyelids and shook her head slightly.
Hu Shang understood this and immediately sighed in disappointment and ended his hawking.
Returning to the backyard of Guanyi, Hu Shang quietly came to Zitong girl's room and saw Zitong girl sitting silently on the futon, not knowing what she was thinking.
"Girl, today..." Hu Shang stopped talking.
The Zitong girl said coldly: "It seems that the envoy from the Tang Dynasty is not a person who is motivated by sex. We can't sell kabuki in this way."
Hu Shang thought for a while and said: "Perhaps the Tang envoy didn't like promiscuous women. Anyway, the girl was covered in white gauze today. He didn't see her true face. It would be better for her to pretend to be a lady from a wealthy family and create a chance encounter with him.
Chance……"
The Zitong girl shook her head and pointed at her eyes.
Hu Shang understood immediately, and then sighed dejectedly.
The woman's pair of purple children made such a deep impression on people. No man could forget these eyes. The Tang envoy must have seen these eyes. If he pretended to be another identity, he would be exposed.
The purple child girl pondered for a long time and said: "Since there is no way to go around, it is better to approach him openly. Tomorrow you will bring me and all the kabuki actors to visit the envoy..."