Ning Que held the two corners of the paper with his fingers and stretched it to the window. The warm spring breeze outside the window quickly dried the ink. After confirming that there was no problem, he folded the paper in half very carefully and put it into the book, still in the same position as before.
He stood up, put the books in their old places on the bookshelf, then walked to the east window and bowed respectfully to the female professor, who bowed her head slightly in return.
Then he should go downstairs directly, but in the process of straightening up, his mind suddenly moved, thinking that this female professor had been sketching in the old school for several years, and she must be a very great person in the academy, and judging from her quiet and kind temperament,
Since the person who left the letter is willing to give advice, maybe she is also willing to help him?
As a poor young man with a net worth of more than two thousand taels, who was accustomed to planning carefully even after breakfast, Ning Que thought about it and felt that he could not let go of this opportunity. After a brief pause, he said with great respect: "
Sir, when the student was studying just now, he forced himself to forget the glyphs of Chinese characters. It seems that if he gained anything, I wonder if this method can still be used?"
The female professor looked at him quietly, and after a long time, she smiled and said: "According to the rules of the academy, even students in the technical department can only use their own understanding to look at the collection of books in the building before entering the second floor, but you don't have to
Although you have potential for cultivation, you have realized some truths with perseverance. Although those principles are not necessarily correct, they are still very remarkable. The rules of the academy cannot be broken, so I have to give you a message."
Ning Que bowed deeply and said respectfully: "Thank you sir for your advice."
The female professor looked at the small regular script with hairpins that had been written on the desk in front of her for countless years, and said calmly: "Observe the characters, forget the form, and put the intention in mind... Only if you have intention or not, you can think of it."
Ning Que knew that he had not achieved this by observing the word "obsessing the form" and concentrating on the meaning. The method he used was to dismantle the form. He was still far away from the state of forgetting the form. As for the word "preserving the meaning", he did not know how to interpret it.
He couldn't help but shook his head, murmured these six words whether he meant it or not, and walked down the stairs.
The dusk was already deep at this time, and there were usually not many people in Jiuxia at this time, but today it seemed extremely lively. Situ Yilan was standing at the front holding Jin Wucai's hand, Chu Youxian was standing at the side of the stairs, and those further away
Deep in the bookshelf, you can faintly see the figures of Xie Chengyun and Zhong Dajun.
This formation seemed to be welcoming him downstairs? Ning Que looked at the classmates at the bottom of the stairs and was slightly startled. He looked at Chu Youxian beside him and asked in a low voice: "What happened?"
"You actually... walked down by yourself?" Situ Yilan looked at him in surprise and said.
Ning Que spread his hands and said helplessly: "I seemed to have walked down before last time, right?"
Situ Yilan smiled and said: "To get down to business, the rules of the academy over the years are that freshmen will get together in separate dormitories after admission. There are always some students from other counties or even foreign countries who have never visited Chang'an City. The so-called gathering
That is to say, we took everyone around, drank some wine and chatted. We, Bingshe, also wanted to get together. People like me and Wu Cai, who have lived in Chang'an for a long time, certainly have the responsibility, so we took the lead. This should have been done a few days ago.
It's just because you're sick and on vacation that we postponed it to today. I don't want to disturb you reading upstairs, so I'm just waiting here."
Ning Que looked at the girl in front of him and found that she had taken off her school robe and put on a lavender skirt with left lapels. She was not as sharp and strong as she usually wears an arrow suit, but unexpectedly she showed a bit of a ladylike Ning.
Soft taste.
Although he was eager to return to Lin 47 Lane to tell Sangsang about today's wonderful experience, he also knew that such a gathering of college classmates could not be avoided, not to mention that Bingshe had postponed the gathering to wait for him to recover from his illness.
Today, he had to participate no matter what. There were young people on both sides. He said directly: "No problem."
Situ Yilan smiled heartily and said: "You are quite cheerful and cheerful, unlike those guys like Chen Zixian who ran away on the pretext of having something to do at home. Who knows which gambling house they must be in now."
Hearing the words Chen Zixian, Ning Que was slightly startled, and then he figured out that she was talking about Chen Zixian, the son of a wealthy businessman from Bingshe's bookstore, and not the old man who fell beside the woodpile unable to close his eyes.
Situ Yilan looked back at the students around her and said with a hearty smile: "Do you have any places you want to visit or any Chang'an delicacies you want to eat? If you don't have any ideas, then I'll make the decision."
The students from other places smiled and said they had no objections. She rolled her dark eyes, looked at Ning Que and suddenly said, "How about we go have a drink?"
"I still have no objection." Ning Que said.
Situ Yilan looked at his face and said jokingly: "Last time, Chu Youxian said that you would drink at Hongxiu Restaurant for free. How about we go to Hongxiu Restaurant? I believe you don't have any objections."
Ning Que was startled. He was about to say that he had a big opinion, but he saw that she had already turned around and announced the news to everyone. He heard that today's gathering would be held at Hongxiu Zhao. Upon hearing this decision, people inside and outside the old town suddenly became "intense".
A student from Gushan County shook his head and said in admiration: "It is really worthwhile to study in Chang'an to see the true face of the world's number one singing and dancing troupe!"
A student from the capital city of the River Kingdom said solemnly: "Yes, this time I must watch the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty's favorite dance drama."
A former captain of the Tang Dynasty's frontier army from the remote Han Valley said seriously: "Of course, tonight all my classmates must write a few good words and sentences to describe this grand event for you and me."
All the students shook their heads in admiration, and they all looked full of literary and artistic atmosphere, but everyone knew that what these young students really wanted to see was not the singing and dancing, but the famous prostitute who was rumored to be the leader of the class who leads the world, what they really wanted to do
It's not about poetry, it's about going over the rain and turning the clouds in the brothel. Although Situ Yilan and other officials' ladies are traveling together, it's impossible to really be wild, but it's great to be close to those seductive and charming people.
matter.
Ning Que grabbed Chu Youxian beside him and asked in surprise: "Can women... also enter a brothel?"
"There is no place in Chang'an City that these women's soldiers dare not go. Moreover, the Red Sleeve Movement is a song and dance show promoted by the palace. If they say they want to go to the song and dance, no one can say anything." Chu Youxian said helplessly, spreading his hands.
At this moment, a hand stretched out from the depths of the bookshelf, and a thin student slowly moved out. It was Wang Ying of Linchuan, who was famous for his genius. He looked at everyone and said timidly: "Can I
Are you going along?"
Zhu Sheng looked at the young man who was about to turn fourteen and looked at each other in confusion. Situ Yilan bit her lip lightly, rolled her eyes, and said with a serious face: "Wang Ying, you can't go, you must know that you belong to Ding She."
The atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty and the public has always wavered between simplicity and strength and openness. To be more precise, it should be swinging happily on both sides. Especially the people living in Chang'an City were naturally simple and strong when discussing state affairs.
, he was naturally open to romance when talking about literature and romance, and never felt that there was any conflict between the two styles. The serious and upright civil servants in the court would go to the tavern next to the government to play a song for the blind girl, Hualiu.
The woman who answered the door in the alley would wipe her tears and donate money when she talked about the frontier war.
Therefore, the brothels in Chang'an City are different from those in other places. They don't always have red lights hanging high and obscene fragrances bursting out. There are also times when arrows are danced and the piano is sonorous. Except for those censors who make a living by criticizing others, no matter the officials
Even if a wealthy businessman appears in such a place openly, he will not feel anything wrong.
When talking about brothels, the first name that naturally comes up is Red Sleeve Moves. For many years, there has never been a signboard outside the Sizhu Courtyard, but everyone knows that this is the first signboard in the brothel industry in Chang'an City and even the Tang Empire. There are the late emperor and his majesty couple.
A secret preference, with a glorious past, even though it is far away in the quiet neighborhood, its reputation spreads thousands of miles away. Tonight's red sleeves move is as bright as usual, the red sleeves move tonight is romantic in the spring breeze, tonight the red sleeves move brings peace and prosperity, tonight the red sleeves move brings peace
No one is asleep, and the red sleeves move tonight... becomes a little chaotic.
When the twenty-odd young men and women from the academy either bowed their heads shyly or raised their heads proudly and barged into the building, the faces of the wealthy businessmen and officials who were drinking, having fun and enjoying singing and dancing in the lobby suddenly froze, and they recognized several of the students who were disguised as men.
After the identity, he sighed repeatedly and left quickly without choosing the right road.
The city of Chang'an is indeed open. It is not uncommon for women to dress up as men and visit brothels. It is not uncommon for fathers and sons to go to a certain girl one after another. However, it is still a bit embarrassing for two generations to appear in the same building at the same time. It is very strange.
Yes, in such embarrassing situations, the elders will always give way to the younger ones, like this time.
Situ Yilan called her classmates to sit down. She looked at the figure who slipped out of the side door of the building and looked like her fourth uncle. She suppressed the smile in her heart and sat down with a graceful wave of sleeves. She called the steward in the building and asked, "I know.
There is no rule for booking the venue in the building, but if there are more of us, it’s okay to fill up the front hall and watch the singing and dancing, right?”
The steward had already recognized the identity of this famous lady from Chang'an and did not dare to neglect her. He said with a grimace: "Miss Situ...or should I still call you young master today? Whatever you say will be done naturally."
"You're such a smart guy." Situ Yilan rolled his dark eyes, threw a gold leaf, and said: "Hurry up and bring the wine and fruit food. A rich man will pay for it today. And... I want Lu Xue
The girl came to accompany me. Last year she came to your building, and you said she entered the palace. Wouldn't it be such a coincidence today?"
The steward looked embarrassed and said with an apologetic smile: "It's true that I didn't enter the palace, but you also know that Your Majesty held a banquet because Her Royal Highness the Princess returned, and the girls in the song and dance studio worked hard to practice, and Miss Lu Xue was the lead dancer, so
Everyone specially gave her a month's leave, but whether she wants to come out or not depends on her."
If we talk about the top girls in red sleeves, Shui Zhu'er is naturally one of them, but Lu Xue's status is somewhat different. She also occupies the position of the lead dancer in the song and dance studio. I heard that she was once praised by the Queen herself.
, if she is unwilling to come out and have a drink with the guests, I'm afraid no one can force her.
After all, Situ Yilan was still just a young girl. When she went to a brothel to drink and have fun, curiosity always played a major role. If she wanted to find girls who were not shy about strangers, she would not want to be with them. However, Miss Lu Xue was completely different.
So when I heard that Miss Lu Xue was actually on vacation, I couldn't help but feel a little worried.
After Ning Que lowered his head and followed the classmates into the red sleeves, he dragged Chu Youxian to sit in the far corner. While quietly listening to the exchanges between Situ Yilan and the steward, he was amazed, and at the same time he was thinking deeply about the important issue of who will pay the bill tonight.
After a while, he looked at Chu Youxian sympathetically and said: "She said that a rich man will pay for it today. I looked around and it seems that you are the one who broke the bank again. You are a landowner and a rich man in Chang'an City."
Chu Youxian opened the folding fan with a swish and replied mockingly: "Obviously, tonight's rich man's surname is Ning."
After saying this, he stood up, laughed loudly and cursed at the steward: "Hua Shao, blind your eyes, look at who is sitting next to me, why don't you call Lu Xue and Shuizhu'er out quickly.