Chapter 167 Night Tour

Qi Xuansu could only say that he had some awareness of the plans of Qingwei Zhenren and the National Master, but he had no idea to what extent and in what way they were being carried out.

This was not his fault, as he was neither in the Taiping Dao camp nor a high-level official. Perhaps in the eyes of many people, he was already a high-level official in the Dao Sect. However, Qi Xuansu knew his own business. When could he remove the word "deputy" to be considered a real high-level official in the Dao Sect. Of course, the deputy head of the sect was not within the scope of this "deputy".

In fact, this made sense. There were hundreds of deputy hall masters, deputy palace masters, and assistants, or deputy palace masters, while the number of regular positions did not exceed forty.

From deputy to regular, it seemed that there was only one level difference, but in fact there were four or five levels, and the threshold of the Golden Palace was across it.

Even if he entered the Golden Palace, the Chanzhi Zhenren was secretly divided into three levels: upper, middle, and lower. The head of the palace was higher than the head of the palace, and the head of the hall was higher than the head of the palace. If the head of the hall did not have the bonus of the chief assistant master and the second assistant master, which is similar to the status of the crown prince, he would be lower than the Pingzhang Dazhenren. Above the Pingzhang Dazhenren is the deputy head master, and after the deputy head master is the grand head master.

Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu are separated from the grand head master by a great distance.

After finishing the routine work of the day, Qi Xuansu asked Zhang Yuelu to go to Xiujing City for a stroll. The two have been in Fenglinzhou for so long, but they have not seen this Xiujing City properly.

The ancient city in the Central Plains is divided into areas by Fangshi, such as the twenty-four Fangs and Taiqing City in Yujing. The city of Fenglinzhou is divided by town, which is roughly similar to Fangshi and streets.

There is a town in Xiujing called Kabuki, which originated more than a hundred years ago, that is, a few decades after the fall of the Great Wei Dynasty, probably during the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Great Xuan Dynasty. Its ancestor was named Aguo. The three words Kabuki are borrowed from the Central Plains characters, and the original meaning is "tilt", because there is a strange movement during the performance. Later, it was given the nickname "Kabuki". Song means music. Wu means dance. Ji means performance skills. As Kabuki performances were deeply rooted in the people and were well received by the people, women from all over Fenglinzhou followed Aguo's example and competed to perform Kabuki. Some warriors fought and even killed each other for these women.

Later, the Taoist sect broke the isolation of Fenglinzhou and brought all kinds of new things. Kabukicho developed further and almost became a city that never sleeps, known as the sleepless street.

Of course, Kabukicho is said to be a singing and dancing performance, but the world knows exactly what it is. The courtesans on the Qinhuai River still pay attention to selling art but not selling their bodies. But then again, if they didn't sell their bodies, why would those warriors fight for women?

In the past, the Taoist sect had always been indifferent to this place. However, as the Dao Sect prepared to personally take action, many people began to worry about the fate of Kabukicho, because the Dao Sect was famous for its love of rectifying the atmosphere, often using thundering means to cleanse these muddy and turbid waters, and even achieved the feat of not having a single brothel in Yujing City, and Qi Xuansu himself had done such a job.

It’s just that the Dao Sect has no energy to pay attention to these trivial matters now, so this sleepless street remains the same. No matter how raging the war is outside, it is still a place of decadence and debauchery.

Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu’s goal today is this sleepless street. Of course, there are not all brothels here. There are also some taverns and places that specialize in performing Fenglinzhou folk dances, as well as other places for fun.

Zhang Yuelu does not dislike such places, and was even very curious about them for a while. It was Zhang Yuelu who took the initiative to ask to watch Li Qingnu’s performance, which was also a relatively alternative place for Zhang Yuelu. If she was born a man, she would probably be a chic and unrestrained person.

The two changed into casual clothes and came to Kabukicho. They found a place to watch a Kabuki performance, and then found that the dancing woman was actually played by a man. It is undeniable that the man who played the woman was more charming than the woman. His gestures, smiles, and smiles were more delicate and fragile than ordinary women, but the two still felt a little weird.

Is it that all the art in this world is men pretending to be women?

And that makeup is more or less like whitewashing the wall, which is a bit unacceptable to the two.

So the two changed the venue and wandered around the street.

Although this place is full of people of all kinds, and the two have changed into casual clothes, the aura that belongs only to the Taoists still makes all kinds of villains stay away and dare not come forward to provoke, so there is no incident of blind people coming to tease Zhang Yuelu, and naturally there is no opportunity for Qi Xuansu to show his skills. .

Of course, the biggest possibility is that Zhang Yuelu will solve it herself. She will not pretend to be weak. She always responds positively and hits back at all kinds of provocations. Li Tianzhen and Xu Kou are both hit back.

Finally, the two found a tavern and prepared to taste the sake and shochu of Fenglinzhou.

But I didn't expect that this tavern was full of mysteries. In addition to selling wine, it also has the function of half a gambling house. It just gambles on some special things, such as chess and cards, which is also unique.

Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu originally wanted to just drink a little wine, but they didn't expect that there was a group of Taoists playing cards here. They were not others, but Qi Xuansu's senior brother Cheng Lixue in Wanxiang Taoist Palace.

Cheng Lixue also saw Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu, but was still surprised.

He is not a woman, so he can't say how he admires the famous Zhang Yuelu. He probably remembered that he was a pimp for Qi Xuansu. Seeing the main wife at this time, it is inevitable that he feels a little guilty.

In addition to Cheng Lixue and several other men, there were also several women, including Jiang Ye, Song Yu and others. Now it seems that they are originally in the same circle, and the extreme of this circle is probably the level of Li Tianzhen or Li Zhuyu. It is a pleasant surprise to be able to contact Li Changge and Qi Xuansu.

Qi Xuansu couldn't just ignore it, so he could only step forward to say hello and introduce Cheng Lixue and Song Yu to Zhang Yuelu.

Zhang Yuelu knew about Song Yu's existence, but he was not wary or hostile. The two were not opponents, just like Qingwei Zhenren would not regard Yao Pei and Zhang Yuelu as opponents. His opponents were only Donghua Zhenren and Cihang Zhenren. However, Zhang Yuelu's eyes looking at Cheng Lixue were a bit sharp, which made Cheng Lixue, who was already guilty, even more guilty.

Jiang Ye and Song Yu both wore jackets popular in the imperial capital today, with straight collars, double-breasted, slits on both armpits, and hems reaching the waist. The woman wore no inner garment, only the waist, and a jacket, which would reveal a white area on her chest, which was quite a legacy of the Shengqi era.

In terms of dressing alone, Zhang Yuelu was as conservative as could be. Not to mention her chest, even her neck was not very visible. But even so, Zhang Yuelu's brilliance easily overwhelmed the two of them. She was the flower, and the two were only the green leaves.

After a simple greeting, Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu went to another table.

Cheng Lixue was a little absent-minded. Of course, he was not fascinated by Zhang Yuelu. He was not Li Tianzhen, let alone Qi Xuansu. He would only stay away from women like Zhang Yuelu. He was just worried in his heart. Could this Junior Brother Qi be so useless? Could he confess everything? If not, why did the daughter of the Zhang family look at him with a little murderous intent?

Jiang Ye was a little absent-minded. Occasionally, he glanced at the backs of Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu, feeling complicated. The last time she separated from Li Changge, she knew a fact that she couldn't catch Li Changge, and the young master of the Li family had no interest in her. But the pride of this generation of Taoism is more female than male. Among the three Taoists, only Li Changge is a man, and the other two are women. Next is Qi Xuansu, who suddenly rose to prominence, but it's a pity that the beauty has someone. It's also true that Zhang Yuelu and Yao Pei want to get married, of course they can't just marry anyone casually, and they are more qualified and confident to choose men. The dispute between Zhang and Li has lasted for hundreds of years, so it is naturally impossible to get married, so that's Qi Xuansu.

As for Song Yu, she was even more silent.

She knew Qi Xuansu's background, and Qi Xuansu also knew her background. In the past, she was called Song Nianhao, Qi Xuansu's senior sister, but now she has become Song Yu. She doesn't believe that Qi Xuansu won't think too much.

She obviously didn't owe Qi Xuansu anything, but after seeing Qi Xuansu, she felt a kind of panic that her old background was revealed.

There was also a bit of regret in the panic.

What to regret?

Is she regretting not being able to recognize talent?

If she had taken a step further when this junior brother was still a blank sheet of paper, would she be sitting next to him today?

There is a story in the West called the largest wheat ear. A philosopher in the West asked his disciples to pick the largest wheat ear in the wheat field, but they could only pick it once. The disciples picked and chose, always thinking that there were bigger wheat ears behind, and finally came up empty-handed.

If she picked and chose, would she come up empty-handed?

Of course, Qi Xuansu never had such intentions. In common parlance, he was a little late in getting wise, so he would not say a word to a great beauty like Yue Liuli. After getting wise, he was stingy with his feelings and was unwilling to give easily. In the process of his relationship with Zhang Yuelu, Zhang Yuelu had always been more proactive, and finally came to this day. If he waited for Qi Xuansu to take the initiative, it would be basically impossible.

Thinking of this, Song Yu subconsciously glanced at Cheng Lixue. He was also a relatively large wheat ear, but unfortunately not the largest one. If she hadn't met Qi Xuansu today, she might have been tempted, but after meeting Qi Xuansu, she felt that it was nothing special.

Once you have seen the sea, you will never be satisfied with the water.

Women are always vain, comparing appearance and men. Meeting Zhang Yuelu today brought Song Yu a huge sense of frustration, and even made her dare not have the slightest provocation, and this sense of frustration made Song Yu want to grab something more.

This is probably the so-called sense of security, but when a woman wants to seek a sense of security, she has undoubtedly lost to Zhang Yuelu.

After Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu finished drinking, they were a little itchy and played a few cards. Zhang Yuelu was not Yao Pei after all, and she had a win and loss with Qi Xuansu. There was also a prize between the two, one Taiping money, and Qi Xuansu finally made a net profit of one Taiping money.

After the two paid the bill, they left together and continued to wander the sleepless street at night.

Song Yu looked at the backs of the two leaving, sighed lightly, and his eyes were dim.