Until the evening, Zhang Xian and Qin Liang had not returned, which made Li Yanqing a little worried, he had no intention of reading any more, and walked quickly to the inn lobby. ”

"Two of my companions went to the state school, and they haven't come back yet, I'm a little worried, and I want to ask how to go to the state school?"

"When did they go?"

"Probably early afternoon. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Shopkeeper Wang laughed, "If you go in the morning, then you can rush back at this time, but if you go in the afternoon, you will definitely not be able to come back, and you will come back at least tomorrow at noon. ”

Li Yanqing nodded, "They hired an ox cart!" ”

"That's right, if the ox cart doesn't go at night on that road, they will definitely spend the night in the town, this is the custom, don't worry, little officials! There will be nothing. ”

Shopkeeper Wang's words made Li Yanqing's heart let go slightly, and he asked again: "Is there an inn over there?" ”

"Of course, there are three in the town! There are also seven or eight taverns, all of which make money from state students, and it's very lively over there, and your two companions should go to the state school to visit friends! How can you do it without a drink at night? ”

Li Yanqing suddenly woke up, Zhang Xian's two cousins are studying in the state, and Qin Liang also has several relatives in the state, of course they want to meet, anyway, there will be nothing to do after the registration of the imperial examination, they may be in constant time for a few days, and Zhang Xian and Qin Liang did not say that they would come back today.

Thinking of this, a little worry in Li Yanqing's heart was easily solved.

"The little official hasn't had dinner yet! Why don't you eat a little at the inn? Shopkeeper Wang greeted Li Yanqing warmly.

Li Yanqing smiled and shook his head, the food at Tangji Inn was really unpalatable, and he ate one yesterday afternoon, which made him 'remember it vividly'.

"I'm going to eat out today."

Li Yanqing ran back to the room to get a little money, and was just about to go out when he saw Zhou Chun and two Linzhang County scholars coming over.

"Brother Xian, let's go to dinner together!"

Li Yanqing happily agreed, "I'm also going to dinner, let's go together." ”

The four of them came to the most famous Ye Baijiu in Anyang County, which is not far from their inn, just about a mile away, is a large tavern covering an area of about five acres, not only has a three-story restaurant, but also has several single courtyards behind, and the business is very hot.

The lobby of the restaurant was full of scholars who came to participate in the imperial examination, and there were still many diners waiting for seats at the door.

"Four masters, please come with me!"

The bartender was very polite, and all the scholars were respectfully called Master, and the four of them followed him upstairs.

Zhou Chun's private room was on the second floor, and they went up to the second floor, half of the second floor was the lobby, and the other side was separated by wooden boards of seven or eight private rooms.

"The third crane room over there is the room you booked, please!"

The second floor was full of drinkers, mainly scholars, who were also full of voices, and when they passed by the private room in front of them, they only heard bursts of laughter from inside, and the faint sound of young women singing.

This is also a major feature of the Song Dynasty restaurant, a slight scale of the restaurant has a courtesan, the general performance does not sell the body, has become a part of the Song Dynasty wine culture, but if the red gardenia lantern is hung in front of the door of the restaurant, it means that there is another spring in the tavern.

This Ye Baijiu does not hang red gardenia lanterns, which means that the courtesans in it only sell their performances and do not sell their bodies, of course, if they are in agreement, they can be brought back to the inn.

The Minghe room is the smallest room, but it is enough to seat four people, the four of them sat down, and Zhou Chun introduced two other companions to Li Yanqing, "This is Hong Dazhi, that is Feng Sa, there were originally two others, they went to the state to study in the morning, and they will come back at noon tomorrow." ”

Hong Dazhi's personality is quite like Wang Gui, fast talking, is a very refreshing scholar, eyebrows are like two brushes glued to the eyebrow bone, quite a bit of Mount Tai pressing the top feeling, Feng Sa and the name is just the opposite, not sassy at all, full of stuffy gourd, Li Yanqing has not seen him say a word since he left the inn.

At this time, the bartender brought them two pots of wine and seven or eight cold dishes, and Zhou Chun poured Li Yanqing a full glass of wine and asked with a smile: "Brother Xian has already registered today!" ”

"I went in the afternoon, my brother should have registered too!"

"We went there in the morning, how much is the test number of the virtuous brother?"

"No. C seventy-five, I don't know if it's that kind of room?"

Li Yanqing was a little worried about the thatched toilet, he heard that the innermost one of each alley in the Gongyuan was the thatched toilet, and if it was close to the thatched toilet, it would really stink to death.

Next to Hong Dazhi has participated in the two liberation tests, he has the most say in this regard, he laughed and said: "Brother, this number is good, it is a little closer to the intersection in the middle, No. 1 is a latrine, No. 2 generally does not arrange people, No. 3 is closest to the latrine, my first exam is No. 5, although it is winter, but that smells!" I can't fucking stand it. ”

"Don't talk about this!" Feng Sa was eating a date with relish, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but knock Hong Dazhi hard with his chopsticks.

"Good! Good! Anyway, let's have a toast to meet today. ”

The four of them raised their glasses together and drank them all, and at this time, a bewitching **** probe asked with a smile: "Do you want to arrange two courtesans?" ”

Hong Dazhi and Feng Sa glanced at each other, quite tempted, Hong Dazhi was just about to speak, but Zhou Chun kicked him below, waved his hand and smiled: "Forget it today, next time I will ask my sister to sing!" ”

"Okay, you drink, if necessary, the slave family can arrange it at any time." Throwing a wink at them, he turned and walked away.

Li Yanqing could see clearly that they actually wanted to order courtesans, but they were a little embarrassed because of their presence.

Li Yanqing smiled and said: "It's normal to drink and listen to songs, we drink in Tangyin County, and occasionally invite courtesans to sing to help the fun." ”

Hearing Li Yanqing say this, Hong Dazhi hurriedly ran out and shouted ****: "Can you arrange some smoke for us." ”

smiled: "Yan'er just finished singing, I'll let her come over." ”

Zhou Chun smiled mysteriously at Li Yanqing in a low voice: "Yan'er is the head of the courtesan line in this tavern, and the water willow lyrics are really good, which makes people never get tired of listening to them." ”

Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "Speaking of this, it's very desirable!" ”

After a while, two young women walked in, one in front of them was wearing an emerald green skirt, a red undergarment, and a jade carved apricot blossom crown, with picturesque eyebrows, and a jade flute in her hand, which was Le Ji.

A young woman in the back was wearing a snow-white long skirt, with a slender figure, graceful, wearing a light gauze hat, the light gauze covered her pretty face, looming, and even more imaginative, Li Yanqing couldn't help but secretly praise this woman for grabbing the hearts of the guests, first of all, this kind of holding the pipa and half covering her face aroused the great interest of the drinkers.

Holding the pipa in her hand, the two women gave a blessing to the four of them and sat down.

"What song do you want to listen to?" Yan'er asked with a shallow smile, her sweet voice as tactful as a yellow bird.

Hong Dazhi hurriedly said: "Whatever!" Sing a few willow songs"

Le Ji whimpered and blew the jade flute, and the smoke and pipa strings were closed, and the sound of the pipa strings sounded like spring water.

At this time, the light yarn floated up, revealing the peach face and cherry lips, particularly graceful and charming, only to see her jade fingers slender, autumn waves dripping, singing tactfully, a song of Liu Yong's "Jade Butterfly" like a heavenly sound from the mouth of Yan'er Yu.

"Looking at the rain and clouds, relying on the quiet, seeing the autumn light, the evening scene is sparse, the Song Yu is sad, the water breeze is light, the apple blossoms are getting old, the moon dew is cold, the sycamore leaves are yellow, and the feelings are sad. Where are the old people, the smoke and water are boundless. ”

Unexpectedly, as soon as he sang a song, there was a commotion next door, and Li Yanqing faintly heard someone asking, "Didn't you say that the smoke was not available?" Why is there someone ordering it now? ”

I only heard the beautiful woman explain: "When the masters lit the cigarettes just now, she did sing in the backyard, so I asked Apple to accompany everyone. ”

"No! Today we are here for the smoke, let her come to us. ”

After a while, **** walked over, with a face full of embarrassment: "I'm really sorry, everyone, because someone lit a cigarette first, how can I say it....."

Hong Dazhi's face sank, "Obviously we lit the cigarette, but my mother wants to pull the cigarette away, is she looking down on us?" ”

The beautiful woman said with a bitter face: "A few Lang Jun, my line of business is to make a living from the guests, how can I offend the guests?" I don't look down on you, but I really ..... I'd like to discuss it with you. ”

Li Yanqing smiled and said: "Mother don't have to be embarrassed, just let Yan'er pass, it's not easy for everyone to make a living, we can understand." ”

At this time, Yan'er suddenly stood up and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, Yan'er's throat is a little uncomfortable, and I want to go and rest for a while, so I lost my company first." ”

After speaking, she ignored her mother's call and walked away unhappily.

The beautiful woman couldn't stop crying out to her, so she had to apologize: "Or I'll arrange another person for you!" ”

Li Yanqing shook his head, "No, let's just talk, Grandma go and get busy!" ”

The beautiful woman had to make amends again and again before closing the door and leaving.

Li Yanqing got up and poured everyone a glass of wine and said with a smile: "Let's not care about this kind of uninteresting thing, let's talk about interesting topics." ”