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After going around for a while, I finally went to visit Pingkangfang according to Yang Yu's suggestion.

Li Ang followed behind the team, looked up at the carved pavilions in front of him, and smacked his lips.

"Risheng, what are you thinking, hurry up and follow."

Ji Linglang patted Li Ang on the shoulder and walked to the front.

She was wearing Tsing Yi, wearing a scholar's head, and a man's attire of a refined scholar.

And the female students around her, including Chai Cuiqiao, all held folding fans, dressed in men's clothes, and walked arm in arm towards the entrance with great interest.

"Here we come."

Li Ang sighed and followed.

"Pingkangfang is divided into North Qu, Zhongqu and Nanqu according to the area. This is the Lianhua Building of Zhongqu. It is also called the third floor together with Zuifang Building and Linyue Building."

The host Yang Yu walked in the front of the team. He threw out a golden leaf and threw it to the young men who came to greet him. He smiled and explained to the scholars: "It was not fashionable to call Pingkang Fang so-and-so building in the past. Therefore, the bustard probably knows it, that is, the surname of the famous actress, so-and-so's family.

Because tall buildings that block the view are not allowed in the north of the city, only courtyards can be built.

Later, the school improved the construction technology, renovated Taiji Palace and Daming Palace, and raised the height of the palace, overlooking the whole Chang'an.

The unspoken rule of prohibiting the construction of high-rise buildings in the north of the city was subtly abandoned.”

Following Yang Yu's explanation, everyone stepped into the building and felt a gust of cool wind blowing towards them.

Inside the building, there are jade-built and carved lanais, bright and bright, bright and bright, and bright and bright.

The floor is covered with smooth and flat marble, and the six vermilion columns are carved with golden patterns, and a beautiful and dazzling dodecagonal large chandelier hangs from the ceiling, which complements the lamps on the ground.

There are more than 20 tables of various shapes in the building, and the guests toast and drink, but there is no noisy noise as imagined - all eyes are focused on the center of the hall.

The ground at the center of the first floor was hollowed out to form a pool, which was injected with running water through pipes buried in the ground. There are green lotus leaves and ever-burning lanterns floating on the surface of the pool, and the lotus flowers are blooming, exuding a subtle fragrance.

On the surface of the pool is a circular wooden platform. There are small wooden bridges on all sides of the platform, and on the soft floor in the middle of the platform sits a soft and beautiful woman in a skirt, playing the guqin with concentration.

The sound of the piano is soft, the silk and bamboo are elegant,

This scene conquered everyone almost instantly, and even Ji Linglang raised her brows in amazement—the luxury and exquisiteness of this pavilion can be called a magnificent structure, and it is more than enough to be used as a palace in other countries.

And this is just one of the third floors of Chang'an Pingkangfang.

Although Ji Linglang lived in Chang'an for a while when she was a child, she had never been to Pingkang Fang. She scanned the whole building, and her gaze stayed on the yellow paper talismans that were pasted on the beams and columns and integrated with the decorative patterns. She said in amazement: "Cool Breeze Talisman?"

"Exactly."

Yang Yu patted his folding fan and said with a smile: "It's hot in summer and there are many mosquitoes. Pingkangfang usually pastes talismans in the pavilions to call in the breeze to cool off the heat.

However, other places are usually pasted with Qingfeng Talismans. Only places like Lianhua Building and Zuifang Building can afford cool wind talismans, at least five of them are consumed every day, singing and singing all night, and lights all night. "

"It's a luxury."

Ji Linglang smacked her lips in surprise. The cool wind talisman can only be written by talisman masters who are at the high level of listening to the rain or cloud patrolling. The price of a piece is between 200 and 300 guan.

"Well, but earn more."

Yang Yu explained casually, "The opening fee for a table of guests will start at half the price, and when the lights are lit at night, the price will double."

"No wonder it's a gold-selling cave"

Song Shaoyuan's eyelids twitched. His family runs a restaurant. Just by looking at the number of customers present and the prices of the food and drinks on the table, he can roughly calculate the turnover and profit of the day.

At least Wanguan.

This kind of terrifying profit, I am afraid that only the top nobles can eat and occupy it.

A group of students looked left and right, glanced at the magnificent pavilions, originally thought that Weizhou was already prosperous enough, and only when they came to Chang'an did they know what luxury and prosperity are.

"Master."

Chai Cuiqiao secretly pulled down Li Ang's sleeve, pointed to the lotus pond in the middle of the hall, and whispered in Li Ang's ear: "Do you think there will be money in that pond? It's just that after a performance, the surrounding guests Shout out and throw money in the pool or something."

Li Ang could not help but roll his eyes when he heard the little maid's bumpkin question, and complained, "Have you watched too many monkey shows at temple fairs?

What should I do if I lose money and lose it blindly on the forehead of a famous actress.

There should be a young servant walking around with a silver tray to ask for a reward. "

"Master, isn't this still a monkey show?"

"Then throw money in a different way. Holding a stack of flying money in one hand, holding the banknotes with the other hand and throwing them forward, like this, 歘(chua) 歘歘."

The two masters and servants chatted indecently,

Yang Yu was not surprised by the whispering performance of the students from other places, so he casually grabbed a young man and asked, "Do you know where you are?"

The boy said: "You are Yang Qilang? You all know that you are here, do you need me to help you hold the banquet?"

"Yes. A Chinese banquet."

Yang Yu led the crowd familiarly, along the left side of the hall, towards the backyard.

The noise suddenly subsides,

The backyard of Lianhua Building is a courtyard house with several entrances and exits. The hall is spacious and quiet, elegant and simple, with flowers and plants planted, and a strange stone basin pool is set up, which contrasts sharply with the magnificent front yard.

Yang Yu led the crowd into the room, took their seats and sat down one by one, the servants with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes brought all kinds of wine and dishes, and the band sitting behind the light gauze curtain began to play music.

In anticipation, only to hear the jingle of rings, a woman in a pink skirt, surrounded by maidservants, walked out of the corridor slowly, and saluted everyone dignifiedly and charmingly, "You Qiao have met you, son .”

"This is Yu Duzhi."

Yang Yu said with a smile: "Today she will be the law recorder, and the Gong recorder"

"Let me do it."

Song Shaoyuan raised his hand in a strange way, he and the infinitely charming You Duzhi looked at each other, and quickly took a sip of wine to cover up the redness on his face.

Although Pingkangfang is a romantic place, pure romanticism is only a small part of it.

More are still banquets and receptions for officials and scholars.

The Lülushi and Gonglushi mentioned by Yang Yu all belong to a game called Xingjiuling.

The law recorder is the referee, sits at the table and starts to "proclaim the order", which is the rule of today's wine order - scholars who rely on their knowledge often follow the "law order", that is, write poems.

Or compose poems impromptu, or referring to objects, or according to the calendar, seasons, or with puns on scenery, one sentence per person, if you can't continue or the connection is not good,

He had to drink a glass of wine as required by the law judge.

For example, the first person said "the autumn moon is round like a mirror", the second person said "the autumn wind is as sharp as a knife", the third person said "the autumn wind is as light as catkins", and the fourth person said "the autumn grass is as thin as hair".

The difficulty of different laws and regulations varies greatly. This kind of "propositional couplets to chanting autumn things" is the simplest, and literati with a little level disdain to practice this kind of wine order.

The most difficult drinking order requires that every sentence must be quoted from the classics, strictly rhyme and antithetical, and be closely related to the personnel present here.

This requires well-known actresses who are judges of laws and regulations to have extremely high talents and emotional intelligence, and can instantly judge whether each sentence conforms to the rules and whether they should be punished with alcohol.

To a certain extent, it is possible to be known as a well-known actress, whose talents and learning have surpassed 99% of the scholars, even if they take the imperial examination, there is no problem.

"Speaking of the drinking order, there was an interesting incident in Yu Chu two hundred years ago. At that time, Su Zi was a playboy who was unrestrained. An old man saw that he was not used to it, so he argued with him about the drinking order at the banquet.

The old man laughed at Su Zi, "Chang'an is frivolous, and the white horse is golden\

,"The two poems quote the original sentences from Jia Zhi's "Two Spring Thoughts" and Han Shan's "Three Hundred and Three Poems".

The young Su Zi responded, "Yesterday he was a beautiful boy, but today he is an ugly old man", which is also an excerpt from "Three Hundred and Three Poems" and Liu Xiyi's "Dai Bei Pulsatilla".

The angry old man blew his beard and stared, while Su Zi continued to drink and compose poems, fighting wine with hundreds of poems, scolding the old man and everyone who helped the old man at the banquet without swearing, and became famous overnight.

And that old man was the head of the academy back then, and because of this incident, Su Zi was specially recruited into the academy, and it became a good story."

Yang Yu smiled and told interesting stories about the wine order,

Li Ang, who knew that he was not talented in poetry and singing, consciously sat at the back of the banquet, happily eating small dishes with Chai Cuiqiao, and silently complained: "Emotional Su Zi is still a violent gangster rapper?

AKA Suzi? "

Li Ang raised his head, just in time to see Song Shaoyuan, who was serving as a Gong recorder (assisting the referee in pouring wine), was blushing and slowly sat beside You Duzhi.

Li Ang narrowed his eyes slightly,

Brother Song, are you tempted?

Tsk.

Li Ang lowered his head. Unexpectedly, Song Shaoyuan usually looks honest, honest, and gentle, but he likes this charming type.

You can't judge people by their appearances.

Having said that, Xue Gongshan seems to have the right to recruit students without passing the exam?

Li Ang took a sip of the fragrant fruit wine, thinking casually.

————

"Ahem!"

North of Chang'an City, Longshouyuan, Daming Palace, Imperial Garden.

The tall, white-haired old man stopped, covered his mouth and coughed.

"Shan Zhang!"

Several eunuchs beside the old man who were carrying lanterns to receive him fell to their knees in an instant, their hands trembling with fear, and they kept silent like cicadas.

The leading eunuch with a pale face and yellow clothes held a lantern and asked with trembling lips, "You, what's wrong with you?"

"It's okay, I just caught a little cold."

The old man slowly tightened the white fox fur on his body, and said calmly: "Don't worry, let's go."

"yes."

The eunuch in yellow barely calmed down, led the way, and forcibly held back the convulsions of his calves—the moment the old man coughed, the eunuch felt great fear, even though he was the young supervisor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the emperor's personal assistant from the fourth rank. servant.

Lian Xuanxiao, Xuegong Shanzhang, the most important pillar of the Yu Kingdom, a monk who had stepped into the Candle Xiao Realm thirty years ago, coughed.

The monks comprehend the ultimate principle of heaven and earth, the sea of ​​​​qi circulates and recurs, and rarely gets sick. But once you get sick, it means something serious is wrong.

Haotian Temple, Southern Zhou, Xijing, Nanzhao. Even the long-dormant Turks,

All countries and forces in the world will be moved by this cough,

Set off a stormy sea.

The eunuch in yellow led the way silently, came to the courtyard and stood still, watching the old man enter the courtyard led by the soldiers of the Jinwu Guard.

When the back of the old man disappeared, the servant in yellow turned around, his eyes were like knives, he gouged out all the trembling eunuchs, and said coldly: "No one is allowed to tell what happened today. Those who are good at spreading the word, die."

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In the room in the courtyard, a graceful woman dressed in a phoenix crown and phoenix suit, graceful and luxurious but could not hide the haggard eyes, stood up and said softly, "You are here, Master Shan."

In the Daming Palace, there is only one person who can wear the phoenix crown and phoenix suit, Empress Xue.

And the middle-aged man sitting sideways on the bed next to her in black casual clothes, with his mouth slightly pursed, calm and arrogant, was naturally the Emperor of Yu Kingdom.

The ruler of the largest empire in the world, the empress of Yu Kingdom whose every word and deed can affect the fate of hundreds of millions of people.

But right now, they're just an anxious couple.

"I have seen Your Majesty and Queen."

The old man nodded casually, and didn't even salute—it was the head of the mountain's right not to salute when he saw the king, not to mention that the emperor himself was a student he watched growing up.

"Shan Zhang, come over and have a look, Le Ling, she has a heart attack again."

The emperor sighed and looked sadly at the pale girl on the bed.

Li Leling, the eldest daughter of the Emperor and Empress Xue, was born beautiful, beautiful, elegant and good at painting and poetry, and was most favored by the Emperor and Empress. The only thing is that he was born with heart disease and couldn't stand and run for a long time.

The old man walked forward silently, put his finger on the girl's wrist to check the pulse, opened his eyes after a while, took out a piece of yellow paper from his arms, used his finger as a pen, wrote down the talisman on the paper, and gently pasted the talisman on the girl on the wrist,

Only then did she stand up, take half a step back, and whispered to the Empress: "The princess is born with a heart defect, and the heart disease gradually worsens with the circulation of blood. It is a little more serious than last time.

The minister used the tortoise's breath talisman to delay the princess's heartbeat and heart disease. From now on, once every three months, His Majesty will have people come to learn the tortoise's breath talisman written by the palace leader.

However, it's still the same. It's a palliative, not a permanent cure. "

The head of the mountain is the most powerful practitioner in the Yu country, and what he said is almost equivalent to the golden rule.

Empress Xue's complexion was pale, and she swayed for a while. She barely supported the bedpost to stand firm. Medicine, so many prescriptions, none of them are useful.”

Regardless of her appearance, Empress Xue gritted her teeth and cursed in a low voice, even though she knew it was useless—congenital heart disease, hard to cure,

In fact, Li Leling's ability to live up to the present is entirely due to the fact that the emperor and the empress searched for rare medicinal herbs at all costs, and forcibly continued the princess's life until now.

"Okay, stop talking."

The emperor waved his hands wearily, and said in a low voice: "Shan Zhang, is there no other way?

For example, heterogeneous."

The old man suddenly opened his eyes, and his eyes met the calm and firm eyes of the emperor.

"There are many kinds of different species in the world, strange and unpredictable.

And when two or three different species meet, there will be unpredictable and weird reactions.

The Tianji Building in the palace has no other kind that can heal Le Ling's congenital heart disease.

The Dongjun Building in the Academy, and the Wanhua Pavilion in the Haotian Temple, maybe there is a way."

whispered the emperor,

The Jinwu guards guarding outside the house were all silent, wishing to plug their ears.

Aliens are the common enemy of all living people under the rule of Haotian. The Academy and the Zhenfu Division can contain and study aliens, and even use aliens as weapons.

But using heterogeneous to treat diseases, even transplanting heterogeneous.

That is almost a demonic act, which is not tolerated by Haotian.

The empress of a country talked about these contents in her hut, and spreading them out did not know how horrible the shock would be caused in the world.

"Aniang, Aye, don't."

After putting on the turtle's breathing talisman, Li Leling's complexion improved a bit, and he sat up reluctantly, holding back his parents who wanted to continue, "Don't"

well.

The old man sighed softly and lowered his eyes again, "Your Majesty, let the princess come to the school to enroll in the school this year. The princess has also reached her age, and she will be pure and quiet in the school, warming the sea of ​​energy, and maybe her heart disease can be cured without treatment.

As for the matter of Dongjun Tower, I will think of a way. "

"Then there will be Mr. Laoshan."

The emperor breathed a sigh of relief, and together with the empress sent the old man away.

The full moon hung high, and the old man, accompanied by eunuchs in yellow, quietly walked out of the Forbidden Garden, boarded a carriage, and drove out of the imperial city.

Gululu——

The wheels of the carriage crushed the stone floor of Chang'an at night, and as the deep palace moved away, the noise of the downtown gradually approached.

"Heart disease."

The old man seemed to remember something, raised his head slightly, his eyes seemed to penetrate the roof of the carriage, looking at the vast and vast Milky Way, and muttered to himself, "My heart is broken, can I still live?"

"vomit--"

Li Ang, who drank too much fruit wine, stood by the side of the road, spitting acid water under Chai Cuiqiao's back pat.

Unexpectedly, Chang'an's fruit wine still has some strength.

Li Ang, who was drunk, didn't notice the carriage that drifted away and disappeared at the corner of the street. He stood there for a while, hiccupped, and muttered in a low voice like a dream: "My heart is broken, just make it up." up.

Extracorporeal cross circulation technique, do you understand, hiccup, understand."