Ding Tian's Ancient Life

Wang Zuo and Ding Tian did come to Baimeilou, but there are no couplets in Baimeilou, only lantern riddles, and the lanterns given are very unique, rare glass lanterns.

Because Daqing did not ban the sea, the trade was prosperous, and there were many imported products. Although Ding Tian didn't know how many years it was in AD, he speculated that it should be the early stage of the braid dynasty in his era based on the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that the better thing here is that it is still dominated by the Han people.

The imperial court is still full of vigor and enthusiasm for the whole country.

Glass is common, but it is rarely made into lamps. After all, this thing is too brittle, and it is easily broken after being transported from a long distance.

Now there are glass lamps everywhere here, although in Ding Tian's opinion, this lamp is too bad, because the glass is cloudy, not transparent crystal glass.

But here, in the eyes of this group of ancients, it is worth thousands of gold.

Wang Zuo looked at the glass lamp: "This one is pretty good. There are better ones in the palace. I also have several lamps made of crystal glass. If you like them, I will send you some. If you want these, I will win them for you too. Take it back and illuminate it until it’s okay.”

Glass lamps are transparent after all, much brighter than paper lanterns.

"Then win something?" Ding Tian looked down on it, but it doesn't mean he doesn't know how valuable this thing is here.

Take advantage of it!

"Okay!" Wang Zuo just showed his arms and rolled up his sleeves and took two steps forward when he was stopped by Ding Tian: "I said, shouldn't there be another

So the prince jumped out, right? "

Just now he secretly scolded himself "crow's mouth" several times.

"Don't be afraid, your man and the prince are born to be at odds." Wang Zuo didn't care: "Except for the emperor's uncle, none of them can do anything to me."

Ding Tian thought for a while: "Okay, let's go together, I'll go with you."

Guessing riddles, he also has some quick wits, okay?

"Okay, together!" Wang Zuo took his hand without hesitation, and the two of them walked forward together, watching a lantern riddle, guessing it, rejoicing if it was right, and the next one if it was wrong.

He was very happy, but the people behind him looked around vigilantly in private.

It is said that there are a hundred beauties in Baimei Tower, all of which are beautiful and fragrant. The water for washing your face every day can be fragrant for two miles.

Moreover, there is also a stage in Baimeilou. Every [-]th day of the new year, there will be beauties from Baimeilou performing on the stage. For this gimmick, the business of Baimeilou is also good, and it ranks among the top ten brothels.

But today, on the highest attic of Baimei Building, there is a young man sitting. The big maid, instructing people to bring tea, snacks, and dried fruits to arrange, etc. for a while.

The young man swept the things away in a bad mood and dropped them all on the ground: "No tea, but drink!"

"Third son, you can't drink, you have to go home at night!" Meiniang was able to become the oiran and maintain her innocence because she was the one who had the final say behind the scenes of Baimeilou.

"What are you going back for?" The third young master said dejectedly, "Go back and see if they are mad at me?"

"No, how can you be drunk at this time?" Meiniang leaned against him to comfort him: "It's the Lantern Festival, my family heard that there was a lot of fun in the buildings in front, but it's a pity Ah, someone is messing around!"

"Huh?" The third son became interested: "Who is so capable, and dares to mess with the two of them?"

"I'm not sure about this, anyway, they lost a lot, and the money flowed out like flowing water, whoops, let a few oirans stand on the platform in the cold wind, many men are in vain, really lost their wives and lost their soldiers.... "Meiniang's exaggeration is mainly to comfort this person's heart.

Sure enough, the third son was happy, eating the newly served snacks and good black tea, but didn't ask for any more wine.

It's just that he was happily teasing Huakui Mei Niang, when he looked down, he was stunned: "That person below...why is this

Does it look familiar? "

"Who is it?" Meiniang leaned half in the arms of the third young master. Although she really couldn't do anything, when the third young master grew up, he would naturally know how good women are. If the third young master could take her... then she would It's guaranteed, no one else will touch a woman that this kind of person has touched, even once.

Meiniang didn't ask the third son to give her a title, even if it was a redemption, she didn't ask, she just asked the third son to continue to take care of this Baimei building for her, that's enough.

So she is very clingy to the third son, and she is humble and considerate.

I really hate that someone draws the third son's attention.

"I'll go down and have a look!" The third young master put on his shoes and ran down, not caring about nephrite jade and Wenxiang at all.

The angry Mei Niang tore off the veil in her hand.

On the contrary, the third son went downstairs and opened it through the crack of the window. The windows of Baimei Building are all in the nine-square grid style. The grid in the middle is made of glass. Although the transparency is not so good, you can see the people outside clearly. .

Seeing the man guessing lantern riddles, followed by dog ​​legs, the third son itched his teeth angrily: "Okay, if there is a way to heaven, you don't go, and if there is no way to hell, you break in. No wonder this prince!"

Who is this person?

This person is the third prince.

It was him who fought with Wang Zuo back then, relying on his status as the prince, thinking that no one would dare to fight him, but was taught by His Royal Highness Ning Wang to be a man.

It's also because Emperor Yongqing looked down on this third son who loved to jump up and down and fight, so he didn't take the lead of his emperor Lao Tzu.For this reason, I hate Wang Zuo even more.

It's a pity that he was psychologically shadowed by His Royal Highness King Ning, and he didn't dare to get back in the open... To be honest, he couldn't get back.But secretly, he has been waiting for revenge.

But Wang Zuo has never been short of manpower to protect him, not to mention that he has always gone in and out of important places, or under the watchful eyes of the public, it is not easy to do it.

Although there were some people secretly protecting him this time, the Lantern Festival was full of people. The more people there were, the more it became chaotic... The third prince gritted his teeth, turned around and went back...

"I've won seven or eight lamps, that's enough!" Ding Tian saw that each of his men was holding a glass lamp, and felt that it was enough.

used.

"Okay, then go to the front." Wang Zuo took his hand and continued to move forward.

The brothels at the front are also full of tricks, and there is a brothel that is very bold. To solve a lantern riddle, the beauty on the stage just took off one thing, an earring and a hairpin. , wearing many layers of brocade, like a nesting doll, so many layers!

Moreover, the clothes of the ancient people were very particular, such as bezels, belts, upper cedars, underskirts, etc. on the clothes, layer by layer... Ding Tian was so happy to see that his stomach hurts.

In order to watch the beauty take off her clothes, the group of people put all their energy into guessing lantern riddles.

In the end, if she guessed wrong, she would give someone a tael of silver, but if she guessed right, the beauty would take off a piece of clothing!

Ding Tian whispered to Wang Zuo, "Probably the only brothel on this street that makes money, and everyone else is losing money." "Yes." Wang Zuo nodded.

When the two of them walked out, the moon was already in the sky, but people's enthusiasm had not diminished, and there were still many people on the street. Wang Fugui looked at the moon and suggested, "My lord, Young Master Tian, ​​why don't you go to the front?" Ruyiju? That’s my mother’s shop, and it sells Lantern Festival today.”

"Oh?" Wang Zuo became interested: "The shop opened by the nanny?"

"Well, it is said that it will be inherited by my son in the future." Wang Fugui raised his head and said proudly: "I will be able to marry a wife next year."

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Ding Tian immediately said: "Then you have to go and have a look. You will know where it is in the future, so you can come and eat for nothing."

"Come here if you want, the stuff inside is cheap, how much can you eat every day?" Wang Fugui was very angry.

He led them around a street before arriving at Ruyiju.

Ruyiju is a two-story restaurant, but it only provides the simplest meals here, ten copper coins for a meal, and a bowl of mutton soup for winter meals, two naan cakes, pickles for free, you can eat as much as you want.

If you give twenty copper coins, I can also give you an extra bowl of mutton soup.

The main business here is seasonal ingredients. In summer, there are baked straw hat cakes, with vinegar and pepper cabbage, and there is ice water to drink, and you can drink it casually.

Green vegetables in summer are worthless, if you are given twenty copper coins, you can eat whatever you want with vinegar pepper cabbage.

Generally, the people who come here are servants brought into the inner city by the nobles, or the most common servants, who don’t have much money, or don’t spend too much money outside, they are the favorites of some bitter people. The place.

There are almost all such people in the lobby on the first floor, and there are private rooms on the second floor. Mrs. Ruyi thought about it when she opened the shop, and the best private room is called "Ruyi".

It’s a good room facing south and facing the street. The interior is very well furnished and no one is allowed to enter. We only send people to take turns to clean it every day. Occasionally Mrs. Ruyi comes to sit and sit, but even if many people come out to play today, The places on the first and second floors were full of people, but the private room was still vacant and not used by outsiders.

Because it is a holiday, Ruyiju has an extra bowl of glutinous rice balls in the evening meal.

In several large pots, white glutinous rice balls float on the water, and Xiaoer puts four of them in a bowl. It is still ten copper plates per bowl, and there are only four glutinous rice balls, but the soup for Yuanxiao can be cooked without limit add.

In addition, pickles are free!

This is Ruyiju's business.

After Wang Fugui brought people in, the shopkeeper saw him, but Wang Fugui didn't say hello to him. Instead, he led people up to the second floor and opened the door of the private room: "My lord, Young Master Tian, ​​come in!"

Bai San'er went in first, and he looked around sharply with eagle eyes, and found nothing wrong, so he moved aside, and Wang Zuo and Ding Tian came in.

"Wow!" Wang Zuo didn't respond when he came in, but Ding Tian let out a "wow".

This private room is very warm, even if there is no one there, it is still a warm and empty room.

Facing the south are four large windows with carved window lattices. The two in the middle are actually made of glass. Although the transparency is not very good, the scenery outside can still be seen clearly.

In this elegant room, what is placed next to the south window is not a bed, but a kang, with thin wooden boards on the pit, bamboo mats on the thin wooden boards, and thin pit mats on top of the bamboo mats, for people to sit on. Going up, you can feel the heat of the kang immediately.

There are two plates on the window sill, some water is put in the plates, there are daffodils in them, tender yellow daffodils, long emerald green leaves, which make the house feel a bit of spring.

On the long tables on the left and right, there is a pot of asparagus, and on the wall are paintings of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum. Although they are not famous, they are not ordinary.

Wang Zuo looked at the layout of the room: "Nurse, this is...why bother!"

With such a good arrangement, he might not come here. If Ding Tian wasn't tired from walking today, he wouldn't even come in.

"My mother said that no matter where the store is opened, there must be a special room for you. Even if you don't come, she will feel at ease if she keeps the room." Wang Fugui smiled and said: "Brother Bai, come down with me to serve Lantern Festival coming up?"

"Someone is going to fetch it outside." Bai San'er was holding the knife and standing by the door. If someone opened the door outside, he happened to be in the hidden place behind the door.

Ding Tian's two guards acted as door gods at the door.

Sure enough, the two of them took off their big clothes and boots, and sat cross-legged on the pit, but they could see the scenery of the street outside through the small glass on the window.

"Madam Ruyi probably likes to come here to see the scenery." Ding Tian guessed: "After all, it is inconvenient to go in and out, but you can see clearly here."

"Nurse is actually very worried about me. I know. She used to be afraid that I would be kicked out of the palace, so she secretly saved money and opened a shop, thinking that if I was kicked out, she would support me..." Wang Zuo Tight mouth: "She lost her eldest son because of me."

Wang Fugui is not the eldest son of Mrs. Wang...? ? ?

Just as Ding Tian was about to ask, there was a knock on the door of the private room!