Chapter 335 Chang'an Experience

Everyone in the world knows that Chang'an is prosperous, and Hu merchants traveled thousands of miles, crossing sandy seas, coming here from Fulin and Dashi. Japan even sent envoys from Tang Dynasty to learn etiquette, literature, and techniques...

Rituals and music spread to enlighten our people, who were the most re-entrant to the Tang Dynasty.

Chao Heng was sent to Datang at the age of nineteen, and he still remembers the scene when he knelt in the shrine and prayed to Sumiyoshi for safety.

It's a pity that only half of the 500-member mission entered Tang soil alive, and the rest either contracted the disease and died, or were swallowed by whale waves.

At the side, Lu Li looked away from a Kunlun slave and asked casually, "Chao Qing, how long have you been in Chang'an?"

"Twenty to seven years."

Speaking of this, Chao Heng shook his head, feeling a little more grateful in his heart, stroking his beard under his jaw, and sighed: "When I boarded a boat in Namba in the past, I hadn't reached the championship yet, and my youth was still there, but now I can call myself I don’t know if my soul can return to my hometown in this life.”

After the words fell, Chao Heng looked in the direction of the East China Sea in a daze, and thought of the Seto Inland Sea in his hometown.

Twenty-seven years ago, his name was not Chao Heng, but Abe Nakamaro. He was recognized by the officials of Honglu Temple because of his Sinology foundation, character and etiquette. , study further.

As time went by, the same batch of friends who came to Tang returned to China one by one, but he was unwilling to leave, not because he was nostalgic for the wealth and prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, and hated the poverty of his hometown, but was eager for knowledge. "Book of Rites", "Spring and Autumn Zuozhuan ", "Shangshu", "Book of Changes"... There are too many things to learn.

After graduating from Taixue, he chose to take part in the imperial examination, and was admitted to Jinshi by accident. In fact, Abe never thought that he, a barbarian from a small and remote country in the east of the sea, would be favored by the chief examiner, and he was very grateful for a moment.

Later, today's sage met all Jinshi in Hanyuan Hall. Not only was he lucky enough to meet Long Yan, but he was also given a name——

Chao Heng.

Since then, the official fortune has been prosperous, the crown prince Zuo Chunfang has been the school secretary of the bureau, and the door minister Zuo Buque. The sage said some time ago that he would be promoted to be a friend of the king of Yi, and he would be in charge of servants and regulations.

Fifth-rank official, this is the dream position of many people in Tang Dynasty, wearing a silk red robe with small balls of flowers!

Chao Heng felt that he would never be able to repay this kind of kindness in his whole life, but news came from the mission that visited Tang this year——

His old friend Mabi Shimomichi created Japanese law and katakana based on what he learned in Tang Dynasty.

On the one hand, he was grateful to Datang Ende, and wanted to dedicate his life here, and on the other hand, he was grateful for benefiting the country and being filial to his elderly parents. Chao Heng felt deeply entangled in his heart, and hadn't drank alcohol for a long time.

However, tonight's banquet made him temporarily forget his worries and was full of anticipation, because his friends Li Bai, Wang Wei and others would all attend.

With this in mind, Chao Heng restrained his homesickness, looked back at Lu Li, and invited, "Is Lu Siqing free to go to the banquet tonight? Supervisor He is about to leave his post and return home. Li Taibai and Wang Mojie are hosting a banquet in Pingkangfang , bid farewell to him."

"If you can go, you will be able to achieve a great event."

What does it mean to be generous?

Looking at the international friend in front of him, Lu Li felt that this was it.

In addition, although it is not a world of drama right now, there is no need to have a utilitarian heart to make friends with historical celebrities, but being able to have a banquet with Li Bai and see the demeanor of poets, isn't it better than drinking alone?

So Lu Li didn't shirk, and said bluntly, "If that's the case, then I will bother you."

"Siqing, don't be joking. We are too happy for you to come to the banquet."

In this way, the relationship between the two took another step forward, and the topic became more casual, but most of the time it was Chao Heng who talked about everything from Japanese scenery to the embarrassment of first coming to Tang Dynasty, chatting while walking.

The scenery of Chang'an also appeared in front of Lu Li one after another——

Not long ago, in order to get rid of the guards, he went straight to the most crowded West Market. Now he left the West Market and traveled all the way east. The journey went through half of Chang'an City, and he saw a lot of sights.

It was prosperous at first, then a little deserted, and now it has become lively again.

Especially after leaving Mingde Street, walking to the adjacent squares of Pingkang, even if you don't enter the square city Shenglan, just seeing the world's people on the street, you still feel a little dizzy.

When they arrived at Dongshi and were about to turn into Pingkangfang, Broad Street was congested, and the camel caravan of the Sogdian merchants could not move forward when they encountered crowds watching the military drama.

In the end, all the guards in the nearby Wuhou shop were dispatched to rectify order, and traffic resumed after half an hour.

It just so happened that Lu Li stayed where he was and watched a Tang version of cross talk with Chao Heng.

Two characters, one fat and one thin, the thin one is called the falcon, and the fat one is called joining the army. The former teases and ridicules the latter, holding a thing shaped like a long-handled hammer, wrapping one end with a soft cloth, and hitting the It is very loud on the body, but it does not hurt, which is quite a program effect.

Lu Li felt that if future generations saw this kind of scene in the cross talk, they would probably bow their hands and call them ancestors.

Of course, for him, the most emotional thing is that when Marquis Wu came to maintain order, those foreign people in strange costumes and with abstract faces saluted with crossed hands, stood by the roadside, and worked with Marquis Wu and the bad guys .

Bow before you say anything, know more about etiquette.

"No matter how rich these Western Region merchants are, and how burly their companions are, they dare not cause trouble in Chang'an. If they dare to violate Tang laws, all their goods will be fined and confiscated, and they will be deported."

A white-clothed Marquis Wu was chatting with bad people, his words were full of confidence, or, arrogant.

However, they never made it difficult for these barbarians, how they treated the people of the Tang Dynasty, they treated the foreigners.

Openness and tolerance are not just words.

In Lu Li's memory, there were a few Xinluo people in Dali Temple who served as writers or small officials.

"Does Siqing have any familiar girls?"

After turning into Pingkang Fang, Chao Heng suddenly spoke.

Lu Li was stunned for a moment, then instantly understood what he meant, and said with a smile, "Tonight's guests are up to you, there's no need to pay too much attention."

If you want a famous prostitute in Pingkangfang to accompany you, you have to spend a lot of money. I'm here to drink and drink, so there's no need to make the master's family so troublesome.

Furthermore, Lu Li didn't have any intentions of being charming, and he didn't intend to put on a show, he insisted on being accompanied by his wife.

Hearing this, Chao Heng nodded his head, with an even bigger smile on his face.

The venue for the banquet was Huang Liuniang's house, which is a prestigious brothel in Pingkangfang. It may not be that luxurious, but it is impossible to make Lu Li feel neglected.

This Huang Liuniang is the name of the madam. When she was young, she was also a famous courtesan in Chang'an, but because she was getting older and her life was gone, there were fewer and fewer patrons who came to her door. She simply used her savings to buy a house and trained some girls to treat guests.

The so-called hospitality, in fact, is to accompany drinking orders, performing songs and dances, which belongs to performing arts and not selling oneself.

At least nominally.

In addition, after entering Pingkangfang, Lu Li didn't see any gaudy plaques like Yihong Courtyard and Yichun Courtyard, and there was no such-and-such hall or such-and-such building, unified by someone's family. This may be the name of the fake mother. It could also be the stage name of a leading courtesan.