After passing through the specially-designed archway and entering the South City where carriages and horses are restricted, it is a different scene and experience; the kind of rushing voices and noises, as well as all kinds of flavors converge. The breath of home life, the different appearances of men and women, old and young, and their faces and faces all make people feel a little cordial and lively.
Holding the small hand of a small pendant (Changpuer) whose face is full of joy and curiosity, and walking on the night market that is open all night, there is a different kind of relaxed and comfortable feeling; it is like flying across time and space for a thousand years. , And Zhou Huaian returned to those ignorant and unintelligible campus times and lush years.
Only at that time, the hair tips of the front desk that accidentally fluttered with the fan blowing in the summer, the scent of soap after the bath, and the laughter of the silver bells scattered in the wind on the back seat of the bicycle, and the hands in the swimming pool. The green posture of the professor and the eager heartbeat inadvertently touched the ears are all that makes people faintly remembered and remembered.
Of course, since accidentally came to this chaotic, difficult and cruel ancient world, one's own bottom line and lower limit have inevitably been penetrated over and over again in a certain low moral and humanistic environment. Thinking of this, Zhou Huaian couldn't help but look at it again with great interest, and the chattering words like a bird had more small pendants than usual.
As the small pendants became more and more mature in years, she saw her eyes become brighter and brighter and her lips looked like the sun. The fleshy round face full of innocence has also become a graceful and graceful style under the traditional classical painting style. The face of melon seeds; even if you are wearing men's clothing with no gender characteristics, standing in the bustling flow of people, you have a unique charm that has been left from the world.
As a member of the close branch of the former imperial clan, she spent most of her childhood in the high-door and deep house. Even the folk scenes of Chang'an, which is close at hand, did not have the chance to see much. Then all of a sudden, because of the huge changes in his family, he was lost to the land of Lingnan thousands of miles away. So all the things in front of her were also full of freshness and attraction for her.
Zhou Huaian still vaguely remembers how thin and light he was when he clambered on his arm and was able to lift it up with one hand when he first met her; and how skinny was when he was first used as a living pillow In those days when she used delicious and delicious special recipes to gradually enrich and enrich her nursing; she also used her own words and deeds to make her from gloomy and weak to cheerful and confident;
But it is inevitably full of some kind of old father-like gratification and sense of accomplishment cultivated by the light source. Although most of the time making her cry and scream in various private situations, incoherent role-playing such as calling her father or mother or calling her uncle or brother is equally unstoppable; but Zhou Huaian is also unavoidable. Is she more affectionate, affectionate, or possessive of collecting
But in any case, it seems that I have just passed the small pendant of "starting in three years and earning no time for blood", and I still enjoy this time alone with myself; and in the exploration and search that everything seems particularly novel and interesting, I am not tired of it. Pulling Zhou Huai'an to shuttle between shops and stalls in the night market with characteristic lanterns as guise and signboards, without a teacher, let the two followers/inner guards who followed them hug and carry a lot of them. Of odds and ends.
However, between the payment and delivery, Zhou Huaian also noticed a very interesting detail, that is, the large and small silver treasures, copper-nickel and bronze coins called Taiping silver cakes and Taiping green coins, which are already quite popular in the Luodu market. For circulation, it defaults to being the first choice for trading; after all, it was originally from the southern property under the rule of the Taiping Army, and it entered the distribution center of the Kanto/Central Plains, which is already one step ahead of other places in terms of economic activity.
Therefore, among the crowds appearing in the night market in Nanshi today, there are also elderly people and children with a corresponding proportion of looks and spirits. They form a complete family with adult men and women who travel to the night market; or they also bring slaves and maids, generous and generous. A lady with a fluttering breast skirt and a drapery hat that covers her face; or a young scholar in groups calling for friends and companions.
And even if Zhou Huai'an wears a small pendant with a bird on his body, it does not appear to be inconsistent when mixed in it; because there are also many young men and women who are obviously legitimate cardamom, and have a weak crown, and they can’t distinguish between them. Gender-oriented men's shirts and gowns and putou, holding hands or swimming with arms; faintly described in poems and statutes of the past, dictated by the legacy of the Kaiyuan and Tianbao period.
At least from this point, it seems that during the original occupation of Zhu Laosan and under Zhang Juyan's subsequent management, compared with the difficulties and worries outside, the civilians in Luodu City are still more than adequate; although this is only the city. A small part of the hundreds of thousands of household registrations, but judging from their demonstrated consumption power and level, it is enough to feel a lot of things in a small way.
However, at this time Zhou Huaian suddenly thought of a joke in later life. Roughly speaking, the efficiency of ancient China's governance has been advancing and developing in a spiral shape. From the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the emperor as the ruler shared the world with his relatives, eunuchs, and clan; by the Three Kingdoms and the Jin Dynasty, he became a world with aristocratic families; After the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Sui and Tang dynasties, and became a shared world with nobles and families;
And when Huang Chao played "Take off the bones of the public in the sky" and Zhu Laosan in "The Calamity of the White Horse", after five generations, he reached the iron-blooded Song with the smallest foreign war and the highest winning rate in our territory. The era is over; then, after a brief reversal of the Yuan Dynasty’s history of sharing the world with tax packagers, it began to develop into a pattern of sharing the world with the subordinates in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
It was not until it was broken by the rumbling of the Opium War and experienced the rebellious wars of the Beiyang warlords and the shitting gilded by conscientious historical inventors and well-known sheepdogs that the bugle of Nanchang City sounded to Tiananmen Square. The proclamation on the castle tower that "the Chinese people have stood up" has entered a new era of truly building and developing the country together with the majority of the people.
As for the current Huai'an at the turn of the Five Dynasties in the late Tang Dynasty, half of the foot stepped into the dawn of the primary industrial revolution, half of the foot is still spreading the classical agricultural society, what is the Taiping regime that can be called the four differents? After thinking about it for a long time, he can only get one result in front of him, which is probably a new regime based on traditional farmers, closely integrated with the vast number of poor people and some emerging businessmen groups, right
The time that Pimei went to the night market seemed to be extremely fast, although she stopped and rested several times, and in the water shop and soup restaurant set up along the street, I tasted the local characteristics of Luodu. (Pies), lamb soup cup holders, creamy water and other names after eating; as the drums sounded in the middle of the night, the small pendant still showed obvious tiredness and yawning;
So it's time for a good boy to go to bed to make up for sleep. After Wen Sheng coaxed away the small pendants that seemed to be reluctant and nostalgic, it was time for Zhou Huai'an to further understand the adult nightlife with Luodu characteristics; and Han Jiyue, the last of the four waiters, who had no sense of existence, was waiting behind him. , Also silently stepped up to take over from Zhou Huaian's position as a child servant and a small servant.
At this time, Zhou Huaian, who was walking on the street, gradually came to the other corner of the Nanshi Night Market. Then, the scenery and sceneries in the streets gradually began to become very different; the ratio of women, children, and young men to men and women was significantly reduced, and replaced by more and more young people who wandered the streets with followers and rebelliousness. Adult males.
And in this area, it is the Mingyifang where the four major Jiaofang Divisions in the world established by Emperor Ming Emperor of the Tang Dynasty-Luoyang Left and Right Jiaofang Division is located; therefore, because of the nearby water towers, it is also the local Fengyue Shuze, which is comparable to the Chang'an Pingkang Sanqu. The holy land of fireworks; at least compared to the chaotic and cruel world outside, it is enough to allow more people to devote themselves to these wine-colored and gentle villages as a temporary escape and comfort.
Therefore, with the influx of practitioners in these years, the corresponding places and businesses have shown a deformity of prosperity. In a sense, this kind of place is also a microcosm and reflection of the Luodu social environment where the three religions and the nine streams are gathered. And Zhou Huaian also met a guide who had been waiting here in a small courtyard guarded by special personnel.
It is Liu Yunzhang who stayed behind at the former Datang Dongdu Branch. Now he is in charge of the transformation and integration of the old subordinate departments, including the Jiaofang Department. He is an alternate member of the Luodu Management Committee and one of the special advisers of the Ziyi Bureau. Zhou Huai'an also changed into a suitable outfit again, packed up meticulous green ramie shirts and black boots, and wore a cool and light Wu Shapu head; the copper buckle belt on his waist also hung a small shallow fish bag;
In contrast to the figure in the bronze mirror, as long as he does not deliberately identify his identity, he is a lower-level official with a somewhat solid family background; then, with the same casual dress, the old driver Liu Yunzhang, who has spent many years in the eastern capital, It's just a character like a nephew and younger generation who followed the elders of the local family to see the sensuality of the younger generation, which can somewhat cover Diao's unnecessary attention and limelight.
Compared with the well-known and distinctive Pingkangli Sanqu in Chang'an, or the Spring Breeze Shili beside the Hongyao Bridge in Guangling City, Yangzhou, or Liufangfang between Jinguancheng Medicine City and Jinshi City in Chengdu The difference of this Luoyang Mingyifang lies in the densely distributed flower streets. There are more than 100 listed courtyards on the two long streets running through it horizontally and vertically; and in the lanes of Lifang, which have winding paths. And detached houses, privately opened far more than that.
Therefore, this area is also known as Hongxianggou. It is said that the powder used to cleanse the ladies here at its peak makes the water flow like a rainbow for many years, and it will still have a fragrance when it flows to other workshops. Therefore, as the night is getting deeper and deeper into the sky, you can already see some seemingly flashy and exaggerated, brightly colored curtains, and affectionate greetings one after another on the side of the road.
On this road, visitors came one after another, with red sleeves on both sides, and the jade swaying in front of them, it is really not the bustling and luxurious atmosphere of Beijing. However, these are only third-rate courtyards, which are better than those half-opened or self-opening private prostitution clubs; because according to Liu Yunzhang's statement, the really better places have their own value and will not come out and get involved. Support guests.
After passing the double archway and passing through the drum tower in the square area, the style of the street gradually changed to another appearance; although the tourists and visitors are still woven with endless carriages and horses, it appears clean again. a lot of. Because these courtyards are not like the counterparts in front of them. The streets are soliciting guests and greeted guests with a smile without saying a word. They nodded and bowed while waiting for the people passing by, looking down. There are a few more styles;
There is only the wind moving but the tent, the occasional groaning voice, the singing and dancing workers happily laughing, tempting to inquire. On the contrary, the beautiful women upstairs lean on the railing, either leaning or sitting, with beautiful faces and snow muscles, and they are all styles and do not greet them, but occasionally chuckled at the street. It naturally aroused people's minds, and then greeted the guests and watched their words and expressions and came forward, quietly and kindly as an introduction and lead.
It’s just that this is just a second-rate place, where the female prostitutes are concealed to come out and show their faces, and they have already become successful in the eyes of those who pursue elegance; it also welcomes some arty middle-and-lower people, etc., a smaller format, and a cost. It's not high, and there is a sense of sentiment, but the depth and connotation such as piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are the same.
Therefore, Liu Yunzhang, who was in charge of leading the way, did not hesitate to lead Zhou Huai'an all the way; and during the period, he introduced some old customs and allusions along the way; for example, it was built on the site of the residence of the King Yangxiu of the Sui Dynasty. The great temple of Anle and the Temple of Xingzhen, which are both exemplary, are also the master records of the Taoist monks and Taoism in the former capital.
For another example, compared with many Lingyan Pavilion heroes but not well-known, but participated in the Xuanwu Gate, Zhang Shigui, the general of Zhenguan, and the Zhang family's ancestral residence where his descendants lived; in the three dynasties of Wu, Zhongzong and Ruizong Served as the prime minister, and participated in and led Wei Anshijiuyuan, one of the heroes of the Shenlong Revolution that killed the two brothers and forced Gong Wu Zetian to return to the Central Sect. Such allusions are like a few treasures, and it is interesting to let people walk in the meantime.
As the flow of people on foot became sparse, and people riding in cars and horses were becoming less and less difficult to see; only then did they come to the transition zone between the Advocacy Department and Youjiao Fangsi at the southern end of Shizi Street in Mingyifang; at this time, The scenery in the market is different again. The most conspicuous thing is undoubtedly the long and short courtyard high walls, and the dark red bamboo top awning extending from under the eaves of the wall, and inside the wall there are bamboo waterwheels draining water, which looks very unique. the taste of.
Here, Liu Yunzhang finally stopped, and showed Zhou Huaian a meaningful smile. (End of this chapter)