Chapter 124 123 Nightlife in the Ming Dynasty
A quiet courtyard, a study room with simple and elegant decoration, a book on the desk next to the window, and a pair of feet resting on the table.
Wei Guangde was lying facelessly on his chair, lazily humming songs from later generations.
This is the house that the Wei family purchased in Jiujiang Fucheng. They moved here two days ago.
The front yard was given to Aunt Liu and her family to live in. Wei Guangde, the main yard in the backyard, was vacant and planned to live there when his parents came over. The eldest brother could also live there in the future.
My small courtyard is a bit simpler, with only a few rooms. I occupy a large room. The main room is right at the entrance, and the left and right wings are bedrooms and study rooms.
There are only two people living in this small courtyard now, he and Zhang Ji.
Yesterday, when he moved into his new home, Wei Guangde invited many classmates from the government school to come over for a meal and drink. Many young masters from Wei also came over. Zhang Hongfu brought many people from home to help. Now they have all gone back after cleaning up. .
The news that Father Wei is coming to Weili to serve as the governor of Wei has spread. This also means that the appointment has been finalized and there will be no surprises.
Although Wei Zhenfu is a very low-ranking official in the guard station, after all, he still has the real power of punishment, and no one wants to meet them.
So now that Wei Guangde is in contact with these guardsmen, no one treats him as a son of a hundred families anymore. Although his rank has only been improved by one level, he is already a guard official.
"Master, Master, Master Zhang is here."
Just when Wei Guangde was bored, Zhang Ji ran in from outside and shouted.
Zhang Ji has been following Wei Guangde to Jiujiang for a while and has gotten rid of the habit of calling Wei Guangde by his nickname.
"Is he here? Make a pot of tea and come over."
Wei Guangde put down his feet, stood up and walked out, giving instructions as he walked.
Zhang Hongfu did not enter the backyard, but sat in the lobby of the front yard. When Wei Guangde came over, Aunt Liu had already asked his daughter to make tea and put it on the coffee table.
"Cousin, what's the matter with this visit?"
Wei Guangde said as he entered the room. He did not take his place at the host's house, but sat on the chair next to Zhang Hongfu. superior.
“Didn’t you take leave these days? I thought you were bored staying at home and didn’t see you going out, so I came over to take a look.”
Zhang Hongfu said with a smile, "Today is the fifteenth day, and Miss Xiang Ning from Cuixiu Hall will come on stage to play music. Let's go over and have a look."
"Xiang Ning? Is this the Jiujiang flower you are talking about?"
Wei Guangde doesn’t know what happened. He has been feeling lazy recently and has no energy to do anything. But when he first heard that Zhang Hongfu invited him to watch Xiang Ning’s performance at Cuixiu Hall, he didn’t know why he came. A little interested.
In Nanchang Prefecture, he went to brothels many times with scholars, but they only drank wine, listened to music, and made money there. He had never been to the brothels in Jiujiang Prefecture.
He is not very interested in brothels. He mainly wants to see whether the oirans of ancient brothels are as beautiful as the stars of later generations.
Well, he had already met Peng Ze's oiran. When he was in Nanchang Mansion, he also met two girls who were called Nanchang Mansion oirans. They were indeed very beautiful.
Wei Guangde, the oiran of Jiujiang Prefecture, also wants to meet him now.
The oirans of the Ming Dynasty had a lot of airs, and they were not something you could see casually.
Wei Guangde went in and out of a lot of brothels in Nanchang Prefecture, and he only saw two of them. It was because he heard that they were talents who participated in the provincial examination, so they came out to play a piece of music.
Wei Guangde had heard the name of this Xiangning girl from Jiujiang Prefecture a long time ago at the banquet. It is said that she is both talented and beautiful. Although Wei Guangde yearned for beautiful women, at this time, he didn't think much about it.
This time when I went home and chatted with my eldest brother, Wei Wen found out that he had been in and out of a brothel in Nanchang Mansion, so he clamped his head under his arm and gave him a harsh lesson, "You can do whatever you want after the age of fifteen. Now You are not allowed to do anything. "
Well, this is a concept of this era. It is believed that a man is grown up at the age of fifteen and can get married, so he can naturally do other things. Being small is not good for your health.
Remembering that he was teased by the scholars in Nanchang Mansion for not even having full hair, his cousin, Zeng Yuanshu and others also said that they would wait for another two years. Wei Guangde would be almost fifteen years old by then, so he could naturally do it.
Whether Wei Guangde wanted to do it or not, he was pulled out of the house by Zhang Hongfu anyway.
It is getting dark, and there are fewer and fewer pedestrians on the bustling streets. Most of them have gone home to rest.
Due to the decrease in customers, the shops on the street also closed their doors, and Jiujiang City gradually fell into sleep.
It is only when the lights of thousands of houses are resting that the night life of the scholars and gentlemen begins.
“Thousands of songs and dances are countless, among which the dance of neon clothes is my favorite.
Dancing in the cold spring weather, in front of the incense table under the jade hook fence.
The dancer in front of the case was as beautiful as jade, and she was not wearing ordinary clothes.
Hongchang Xiapei steps and shakes the crown, and the pearls are worn numerously.
Pingting seems not to let Luo Qi go, listening to music hanging and walking again and again.
The chime, flute, zither and flute are passed to each other, and the sound of percussion and bombs is meandering."
Relying on his super memory, although Wei Guangde cannot remember many things he has seen in later generations, he still remembers many things he saw in this life. I have never forgotten the books I have read.
Sitting in the dining room on the second floor of Cuixiu Hall, eating the food on the table, drinking the wine in the glass, looking at the high platform downstairs through the pavilion railing, where the young women on and off the stage were dancing, and I unconsciously thought of Bai Juyi. "Dancing Song of Colorful Feather Clothes".
"Haha, in response to the situation, Guangde can be so literate. If you ask us to take the book and read it, I'm afraid we won't be able to recognize all the words on it."
A young man is standing next to him. After Wei Guangde finished reading the long poem "Dance Song of Colorful Dresses and Feather Clothes", he immediately said with a smile.
It's not that they want to praise Wei Guangde. To be honest, playing with Wei Guangde mainly depends on the Zhang family's face. However, Wei Guangde is already a scholar at a young age, so his family naturally has an explanation.
But at this moment, it is not because of this, but because I feel admired just listening to Wei Guangde read out such a long thing. This memory is unparalleled. No one at this table can keep up. He is worthy of the reputation of Jiujiang Wei's talented scholar. .
At this time, the rhythm of the melodious tune gradually began to speed up, as if it was about to reach a climax. The dancers on and off the stage wearing various dance clothes sped up their dance movements to the increasingly exciting music. The skin underneath could be vaguely seen in the gauze-like clothes, and the ribbons were floating. , rising into a blooming flower in the air.
Suddenly, several more dancers came up from the backstage to the front stage. They fluttered their sleeves and danced. Countless petals fluttered down in the sky, swaying, petal by petal. With wisps of agarwood...
"Is this the song and dance of the Ming Dynasty?"
Wei Guangde saw everything in his eyes. The song and dance performance in Cuixiu Hall on the 15th and 15th day of the Lunar New Year somewhat subverted his three views. There were also some in ancient times. Large-scale singing and dancing performances.
Petals were scattered all over the stage and downstairs.
As the song ended, the dancers left the stage one after another as they had done several times before, and the guests downstairs and downstairs couldn't help but cheer.
Just for a moment, the cheers suddenly amplified several times, and at this time, a young woman came on stage.
(End of this chapter)