(Thanks to joel0001 for two monthly passes for support!) Today's fifth update arrived, nearly 17,000 words. Yesterday I had a little cold, and I slept groggily in the afternoon, plus there are some foreshadowing and twists in today's chapter, and some new characters have to be arranged, so I delayed some time, and there is only so much. Ask for a ticket! First of all, tomorrow, there will be a legendary character on the stage! ）

A group of warblers and swallows let out a silver bell-like laugh, pouring into the banquet hall like a flock of flowers and butterflies. The original hall was filled with the aroma of wine and meat, all kinds of meat jokes and the smell of men's sweat, and the atmosphere suddenly changed.

In the hall, dozens of people gathered, and the officers of the eight towns and three tribes who had reached the fifth rank or above basically arrived.

Zheng Congyan was the first to be the envoy to the court, and Yu Xuan and Li Jing were the first to sit on the left and right. The other generals were all sorted by grade, and just now everyone was eating and drinking happily, when suddenly such a group of young and beautiful women poured in, and the momentum suddenly became even more enthusiastic.

As soon as this group of women came in, they walked directly to the generals and sat down with great eagerness and familiarity. Li Jing sat there, and was surprised, a fresh, refined, lightly smiling white-skinned beauty also did it in front of Li Jing.

A fragrance penetrated into his nose, making Li Jing's nose, which had just been ravaged by all kinds of sweat and filthy smells, suddenly feel a lot more comfortable. Li Jing couldn't help but close his eyes and took a long deep breath, and the fragrance of ambergris was mixed with the fragrance of cold plums. Originally, the two flavors were mixed like this, and they were very disadvantaged, but for some reason, the two flavors on this woman's body were mixed very well and did not conflict.

Suddenly, a loud laugh sounded, and Li Jing opened his eyes. I saw that I had just closed my eyes and smelled the fragrance. Unconsciously sniffed the two towering lotus houses of the beautiful woman. attracted a group of generals to laugh. Li Jing couldn't help chuckling, and when he looked up, he saw that the beauty's face was slightly red, and there seemed to be anger in her eyes, and she didn't feel anything. Compared with other women who are warblers and swallows, this woman who is obviously a little jerky has a more unique flavor.

"Brother Zhenguo is really young and vigorous, and his blood is strong. It's only been half a year since I left home, and I've already reached such a hungry state. Tuoba Sigong is obviously a little older than Li Jing, but he just calls Li Jing his brother. Due to the previous switch to Zheng Congyan's command, Tuoba Sigong has always felt that he is not authentic to Li Jing, so he took the initiative to avoid it when he was in Hedong. This time I came to Chang'an together, and along the way, I was quite shocked by the Zhenguo Army under Li Jing. Especially the closer he got to Chang'an, he heard that even the Son of Heaven liked Li Jing very much, so he began to take the initiative to lean in again and surrender his identity. Calling Li Jing a brother is just hoping to resolve the somewhat stiff relationship between the two.

Li Jing's attitude made him a little confused. Li Jing did not obviously refuse this, but he did not increase the relationship between the two because of this, which made him a little uncomfortable.

At first, Li Jing was a little embarrassed, after all, the status of the people here is not low, all of them are officials from the fifth grade or above, either a town marshal or a general of the army, and at the foot of the capital here, Li Jing is not too much. But when he looked up, he found that not only Helian Duo and Tuoba Sigong, the Hu clan marshals, were hugging left and right, laughing again and again, and looking lewd and lewd.

Even the big handsomes like Cui Anqian, Zheng Congchen and Yu Xuan, who were models of Chinese courtiers, were actually the same. Even Cui Anqian hugged four, Zheng Congyan hugged five, and even Yu Xuan hugged three.

Seeing their intoxicated appearance, Li Jing was surprised.

seemed to see Li Jing's strange expression, and the beauty beside him said softly: "Why is the handsome man surprised?" ”

"Shouldn't I be surprised?" Li Jing asked rhetorically.

The woman smiled.

"Tang people are still good at writing", prostitution is a kind of atmosphere! From the emperor to the generals, to the literati, they did not reject but envy the prostitutes. Don't you hear that Bai Juyi went out to Hangzhou from the middle school, and for five years, he said: "The two places have traveled all over the country, and the wind and moon will be lost in five years." ”

"This should be a special case!" Li Jing said. He had indeed seen that the Tang Dynasty was very open in this aspect before, but he didn't expect it to be open to this extent.

Murong Xue looked at Li Jing with some peculiarities, and the Li Jing in front of him did not have the slightest appearance of a legendary battlefield warrior, but the youthful appearance of a rural soldier who had just entered the capital. Originally, I had been a little nervous in my heart at this time, and even put down the task in my heart for the time being, and said with a chuckle: "This is not a special case, Yuan Zhen, who is as famous as Bai Juyi, once served as a prime minister, and there is a book that says "Zhu is both ambitious and entertaining, slightly unkempt, and smells of desecration." Yuan and Bai have a deep friendship, and sometimes exchange prostitutes and play with each other, such as Bai Juyi, when he was the assassin of Hangzhou, he asked Yuan Zhi to invite Hangzhou courtesan Shang Ling to Yuezhou, and it took more than a month to return it. The officials of this dynasty were so prosperous that the court did not prohibit it. ”

Li Jing became interested in this matter for a while, and in order to resolve the little embarrassment just now, he took the initiative to chat with this obviously special woman. Murong Xue explained to Li Jing, and he learned that there was no regulation in the Tang Dynasty to prohibit officials from prostituting, and not only that, but some officials even institutionalized prostitutes. For example, after the Tang Dynasty Jinshi released the list, there was an activity called "Tanhua", that is, in the same branch of Jinshi to choose two handsome young people, so that they rode horses around the Qujiang River or Chang'an around the famous garden, to pick famous flowers, these two people are the two streets of the flower explorer, also called Tanhualang. This is the so-called "spring breeze is proud, and you can see all the Chang'an flowers in one day". There are usually prostitutes at the feast. In this dynasty, there was a Jinshi Zhongbang who made a "Tanhua Lang", and the prostitute who was good with him "sent congratulations with a silk hand", and made a poem of seven laws, "Untie the small character envelope of Ling, and the spring cong was released at the Tanhua banquet." Dai's eyebrows want to be slightly green, and the sandalwood mouth is thin red."

The prosperity of prostitutes in the Tang Dynasty even affected many areas of social life, and an interesting phenomenon appeared in many murals and statues in the Tang Dynasty: solemn and solemn Bodhisattva fairies, all with beautiful appearances, plump bodies, red lips and clean teeth, eyebrows and eyes, and even appeared in a half-naked posture. According to the "Jingluo Temple Tower Record", it is confirmed that the Buddha Brahma woman in the mural of Baoying Temple in the Tang Dynasty is a portrait of a prostitute from a noble family. Some of the dancing bodhisattvas in the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang are actually the images of Kabuki.

In view of this prosperous atmosphere, the literati living in the Tang Dynasty. Consciously or unconsciously, it was aroused to the subconscious of the crowd. As a result, literati and prostitutes continue to be recognized by society. It is even regarded as a kind of romantic affair, blindly imitated by some people who chase the trend.

In the late Tang Dynasty, the official eunuch clan became more and more luxurious, so prostitutes became more and more popular.

There were not only private prostitutes, but also official prostitutes and even military prostitutes. And there are several kinds of prostitutes, such as those who specialize in selling meat, which are relatively lowly. It was only patronized by peddlers and pawns, and some were prostitutes, all of whom were skilled in singing, dancing or musical instruments, and even piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Such prostitutes were very high-class, and were usually invited to a gathering between officials and scholars.

These prostitutes are equivalent to the Ming Dynasty and public relations in later generations, relying not on flesh and skin but on various skills.

And the aristocratic houses of the rich family all have private prostitutes and domestic prostitutes. Even in the emperor's court, there were a large number of courtly singing and dancing prostitutes.

Here are these today. They all belong to high-class geisha, not prostitutes as Li Jing literally. According to Murong. There are 100,000 prostitutes in Chang'an City, of which more than 30,000 people gathered in the court, and then the most famous in Chang'an is Pingkangfang, which has almost 50,000 prostitutes of all kinds, and there are some low-level prostitutes in other squares, adding up, Chang'an, a metropolis of more than one million people, has 100,000 prostitutes.

Li Jing, who listened to this, was speechless, looking at the beauty in front of him, Li Jing smiled and asked, "The girl is also a geisha?" ”

Murong Xue nodded.

"And what kind of skill are you good at?"

"Piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, singing and dancing, even fencing, riding, shooting, polo, and shackling, you can do everything!" Murong Xue said directly. She's not lying, she does, and she's very proficient. As a female Assassin of Lijingmen, these are all necessary. In addition to this, she can even refine poisons, dispense medicines, heal wounds, craft traps, craft weapons, and so on.

Li Jing looked at the beauty in front of him who was obviously a few years younger than her with some surprise, and he directly grabbed her hand, which was as white as a green onion, with ten slender fingers. But as soon as she shook these hands, Li Jing believed him and her words a little, because she did have calluses on her hands that only those who practice martial arts.

"Awesome!" Li Jing couldn't help but praise. Murong Xue was held by Li Jing's hands, and her heart was a little unnatural subconsciously. An assassin, if his hands are held by others, it is equivalent to life and death being controlled by others. However, she couldn't show it, so she had to suppress the irritability in her heart and let Li Jing hold it. However, Li Jing's hands are so hot, the place where they are held, I feel a burst of heat, and the more I think about it, the more itchy my hands become.

However, in Li Jing's eyes, her appearance was a sign of shyness and youthfulness, and she couldn't help laughing.

"What, is this the first time it's out?"

"Yes." Murong Xue replied that in addition to training and killing, this was indeed the first time she had participated in a banquet, and it was this kind of banquet. It's the first time I've been so close to a man, and my hands are still caught in his hands, and I feel the heat of his hands all the time.

"Could it be that you are still a virgin?" Li Jing was a little surprised, later generations said that virgins can only be found in kindergartens. But now seeing a maid, it may be a virgin, Li Jing couldn't help but be surprised. It's not that he's a virgin or anything, it's just that he was surprised that Qinglian was not stained by the mud, although maybe this is just a way of doing business in this industry.

Murong Xue felt that she couldn't be calm anymore, she found that her heartbeat actually began to accelerate, and her face began to heat up. A wave of confusion and panic crept into her heart for the first time, and she was able to break into the bandit's cottage alone and take the head of the thief. Why do you feel this way now?

Seeing her nod gently, Li Jing felt very interesting.

With the addition of this group of high-level courtesans brought by Chen Duo, this banquet unconsciously arrived late in the sound of joy.

Zheng Congyan and the others got up, and this banquet was over.

Li Jing also got up, ready to reward this beauty who had made him relax for a night, but when he took it out, he found that he didn't bring any money. Just when he was embarrassed, Chen Duo appeared and said, "Seeing that Da Shuai kept laughing just now, it seems that he is still very satisfied with Miss Murong?" ”

Li Jing nodded, and Chen Duo immediately hit the snake with the stick, "Since this is the case, it is also the blessing of Miss Murong, it is better to let the subordinates make the decision and send Miss Murong to the handsome to make the bed and warm the quilt." ”

Li Jing was a little surprised, and wanted to refuse, but when he looked down, he saw that Murong Xue's black eyes actually carried a hint of expectation, and after a moment of silence, he couldn't help but nod. It was really because of the previous conversation that Li Jing knew that the gift of female prostitutes was too common in the Tang Dynasty. Moreover, to be honest, this woman did make Li Jing feel a little amazed, and what was even more rare was that the two of them could say so many things when they sat together.

"Dashuai, it's getting late, since you have already accepted Miss Murong, it is better to rest in this manor for the night tonight, just let Miss Murong wait for Dashuai." Chen Duo proposed with a smile.

Looking at Murong Xue, Li Jing thought about it, this is also true. In the barracks, it is not convenient to bring a woman back. Besides, he also drank a lot of wine tonight, and at this time, he didn't bother to go back, anyway, he brought a lot of guards tonight.

"Then it's troublesome Brother Chen."

"No trouble, no trouble." Chen Duo couldn't hide the excitement and ecstasy in his heart, and replied repeatedly. (To be continued......)