Chapter 164: People are like jade horses like dragons, flowers are like spring breeze

Daocheng on East Shandong Road is larger than the three Jinzhou in terms of area and population. In late spring and early summer, on the main streets of locust trees on both sides of Daocheng, there are endless streams of people coming and going in the mottled shadows of trees. Here you can not only see the five Hu people in the Northeast with strange hair and the foreigners of the Western Regions, but also even the brown and black lion people and big cannibals.

In the wine shops on both sides of the street, the thin-clothed and plump and slim-shaped Hu Ji was twisting her water snake-like waist and attracting guests attentively.

"The wind blows the locust flowers and the fragrance of the shop is filled with the fragrance, and the Hu Ji presses the wine to encourage guests to taste it." He murmured and recited these two lines of poetry. Tang Cheng and Meng Haoran walked leisurely on this long street with crowds. As soon as his eyes turned from the graceful Hu Ji, he was attracted by the woman who was whispering a fragrant breeze beside him.

Four or five women traveling together were all riding tall horses. The horse's manes and tails were combed into strange-style buns. In the prosperous Tang Dynasty, people were fond of peonies, incense, and all the strong and unrestrained colors full of vitality and vitality. This particular era of atmosphere was reflected in these young and rich girls, which made them gorgeous and fragrant.

But this is not the reason why Tang Cheng's eyes are tightly grasped. The reason is that their clothes are so...so cool!

Needless to say, the color of the clothes is very bright, the problem is that the materials used for these clothes are so bright! The clothes worn by the women in the boudoirs who are riding horses in the downtown are actually cut out of Bozhou light.

Bozhou is known for its lightness as light as clouds and as thin as wind and sand. The effect of wearing it on the body is no different from that of later stockings. Tang Cheng still remembers that when he was studying history in later generations, it was recorded in history books that a eunuch wore five layers of Bozhou light clothes, and the cinnabar mole on his chest was still clearly visible. Such a fabric was worn on a group of young women. The effect...

The mottled light and shadows hidden under the locust tree projected on the group of smiling women. When the spots shone through the thin light spots, the women seemed to have no threads on their bodies. The delicate skin like tallow under the light shirt became more white and tender against the backdrop of the pink and light yellow strapless bra.

Compared with the light-fitting shirts that were cut into low-cut palace styles at this time, even the vacuum suits in later generations seemed to be somewhat pale.

Although I had long heard from teachers in college classes in later generations that Tang people had an open mind and dared to accept and try all foreign customs and customs, they were particularly unrestrained and enthusiastic in their clothing, such as low-cut underground palace outfits, which were the royal paradigm of this period. But until today, after seeing these women wearing light vacuum shirts and stomping on their feet, Tang Chengcai truly intuitively understood how open the Tang people's mentality was.

After all, Daocheng is Daocheng. Compared with this city, Jinzhou, which is deeply submerged in the mountains, seems too calm and conservative, and is particularly obvious in social style. It is like a city has entered the magnificence of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, while another city is still in the simplicity and tranquility of the early Tang Dynasty.

Although Tang Cheng has been traveling here for two years. He has also been to a wealthy city like Yangzhou, but because he went there in mid-autumn and early winter, he did not have as direct visual stimulation as before.

Tang Cheng, who strolled on the streets of Daocheng and temporarily left his hometown and his relatives, did not feel uncomfortable. Instead, he enjoyed everything in front of him comfortably. As a time traveler, even if he was unwilling to admit it, he was still more familiar with it and more accustomed to this bustling and lively urban life.

The pedestrians on the streets of Daocheng were no longer surprised by the decoration of these women, so Tang Cheng's eyes seemed special in the crowd.

Some of the girls from the Hao Family who were laughing and joking noticed Tang Cheng. Gao Se immediately turned his head and raised his eyebrows while deliberately raising his chest, which was not plump. Then, a clear and crisp laughter floated on the endless stream of streets.

"The wind blows the locust flowers all over the store, and Hu Ji suppresses wine to encourage guests to taste it. The love comes into the scenery, which is a good poem." Meng Haoran, who praised, turned his head and saw the scene. He smiled and pulled Tang Cheng and walked to the side, "Brother Tang, these are the 'worshiping Hu girls', they are not worth it."

"Haoran, these little girls are provoking." The girls may have seen Tang Cheng and his character beauties, but they were not angry when he stared at him. Instead, they watched the two of them laugh and amused. Among them, some of them were even bolder and pointed at Tang Cheng and hooked him. Motion for him to go over. Seeing this scene, Tang Cheng laughed. "What is the girl who is Mu Hu?"

"You will know when you look at their clothes and decorations." Looking at the women, Meng Haoran also smiled gently, "These women are all from a wealthy family in the city. They prefer Hu customs and have good Hu Feng in their living habits. When they encounter sunny days in this season, they often ride horses and travel together, and enjoy teasing the romantic young people. Brother Tang, if you really go there, they will not have any fun today."

"Since that's the case, then forget it." Tang Cheng snapped his fingers casually, turned around and continued to move forward with Meng Haoran, "Haoran, you are quite familiar with this."

Meng Haoran ignored Tang Cheng's meaningful smirk, "I came to Daocheng last year to wander."

Reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles, "traveling" is almost an indispensable life experience for scholars of the Tang Dynasty. After studying for a while or after learning, they choose to travel far away from home, and experience and learn the knowledge of local books in the famous mountains and rivers, broaden their horizons and minds, and make friends widely. Almost everyone among the famous Tang Dynasty poets recorded in "The Biography of the Talented Men of the Tang Dynasty" has the experience of roaming.

"This is a good custom," Tang Chengdi's praise was indeed from the bottom of his heart.

Tang Cheng followed Yu Dongjun to Daocheng more than ten days ago. His new secretary was not affiliated with any department chief in the Daoya, but was directly responsible to the observation envoy. Yu Dongjun gave him six quotas to recruit officials to allocate his subordinates, and there was only one thing to do, which was to guide and promote the Jinzhou experience to the states.

Since this, Tang Cheng in the Taoist yamen has basically been in a situation where the sky and the earth are not taken care of. On the seventh day after he arrived at Daocheng, Meng Haoran, who had been in Jinzhou for an appointment, came to Daocheng. These days, Tang Cheng was busy with the affairs of the yamen during the day, while Meng Haoran was wandering around the scenery of Daocheng. At night, the two of them lie down and talked, and their lives were very comfortable.

As for today, Tang Cheng finally came to an end, and the two went to Taoism to go through the corresponding procedures. With the change of their duties, Tang Cheng naturally advanced to another level in his studies.

After seeing Tang Cheng and the others walked away with a smile, the women immediately smiled proudly for a while and continued to move forward.

While walking, he was watching the scenery of Daocheng. As he was about to arrive at Taoism, located in the northwest corner of the city, Tang Cheng suddenly heard someone behind him calling his name in surprise.

"Guan Guan. Why are you here?" Tang Cheng was very happy to meet an old friend in a foreign land and could see Guan Guan on the streets of Daocheng, where he was unfamiliar with Shang Xian. He hurriedly walked over.

"I went back to my hometown from Yangzhou to look for relatives, but I thought about the greatness of the world, and there was no place for me to live in." When I met Tang Cheng by chance, Guan Guan, who looked happy, said this. Although his words were indifferent and open-minded, the frustration between his eyebrows and eyes could not be concealed. "Later, I got here with some thoughts. I came here for some time, but Acheng, why did you get here too?"

The little maid in Yangzhou was still with Guan Guan. When the master spoke, she looked at Tang Cheng with bright eyes. When Tang Cheng glanced at her, although the little maid's eyes were not hiding, her face quietly turned red.

"Since you have arrived at Shandong East Road, why don't you go to Jinzhou to find me?" Tang Cheng pretended to be angry and said, "This is not a friend's way."

Tang Cheng heard this and felt warm in his heart, and a little sad, "After all, Jinzhou is a bit inconvenient, after all, don't drive if you have a horse... I'm here."

Although Guan Guan said this lightly, Tang Cheng understood her meaning. Guan Guan did not want to come to Jinzhou. He was just worried about not being able to drive a local snake and was unwilling to cause trouble for him.

This mutual understanding between friends is a matter of mutual understanding without saying much. If you say too much, it will become more resolute. Therefore, after hearing this, Tang Cheng did not say so deeply, and said with a smile: "Ma Baba has resigned and retired, and I have also been transferred to the Daoya. In this way, it seems that you have the foresight to come to Daocheng first."

"Really?", the charm of Guan Guan smiled was revealed, which attracted passers-by on both sides to look here frequently. "This relationship is good!"

Speaking of this, Tang Chengcai remembered that he forgot to introduce it to both parties. "Guan Guan, this is my friend Meng Haoran, Xiangzhou; Haoran, this is my friend Miss Guan Guan."

"Friend?", Tang Cheng's introduction really surprised Meng Haoran, but he was not a vulgar person after all, so he didn't say much and met Guan Guan with a ritual.

When Guan Guan Fu returned the gift, a man with a laborer in front of him came over. There were a few others dressed in the same dress, pushing the cart in his hand, which contained fragrant and rich flower mud. In addition, there were two carriages next to him, and they were heavy and didn't know what to pull.

"Acheng, where are you living? I'll go and talk to you tonight." After hearing Tang Cheng's address, Guan Guan didn't leave any more, smiled at the two of them and led the group of laborers to say goodbye.

"The name Acheng is easy to call you, so I call you that too." After watching Guan Guan walk away, Meng Haoran turned around and continued to go to Taoism and said with a smile: "Acheng, your friend is so special."

"Special? What's so special?"

"Isn't that special?"

"You are talking about this," Tang Cheng smiled disconcertedly while walking, "You and I can become friends, why can't I be friends with Guanguan? The key to making friends is to be close friends. What's the relationship between being a man or a woman?"

There are many relationships between men and women in this era, but many relationships do not include friends. Seeing that Tang Cheng said that he was righteous and had a natural look, Meng Haoran was stunned and smiled and said, "This is a great kind word, Acheng is open-minded, but I am obsessed with the elephant."

The two were talking and laughing, and in a short while, they arrived at the authenticity in the northwest corner of the city.

The vast and continuous buildings, lush trees, scholars wearing green shirts and Confucian uniforms walked through the red windows, blue tiles and white walls, and there was also a faint fragrance of books in the air. All of this in front of us made Tang Cheng feel like he was returning to his later generations. The difference was that the campus in front of us was more ancient and poetic.

At the entrance of Taoism, Meng Haoran stopped at the plaque hanging on the lintel and looked at it for a while, turned sideways and smiled at Tang Cheng: "Acheng, do you know whose brushwork is this?"

"Brother Meng wants to test me?" There is no inscription on the plaque on the ground on the gate except those big characters. Although there is no inscription, after two years of unremitting training, Tang Cheng's attainments in "books" are no longer the same as the Wuxia Ameng in the past. After a closer look, he smiled and said, "The characters are golden in nature, the lines are smooth and the rules are gentle. This stroke is very charming with Wang Yishao, and it must be from Chu Henan."

Yi Shao was the name of Wang Xizhi. As for Chu Henan, he was Chu Suiliang, the favorite minister of Emperor Xuanzong in the Zhenguan period of the early Tang Dynasty. Because he was named Duke of Henan during the reign of Emperor Gaozong, he was mostly called Chu Henan, and he was one of the four major calligraphers of the early Tang Dynasty, known together with Ouyang Xun, Yu Shinan and Xue Ji.

"It's not that I want to take the exam for you, but if there are scholars from other countries who will be asked this question when they enter Taoism, they will be asked this question. Even if I don't ask you today, your Taoist classmates will take the exam in the future." Meng Haoran looked up at the plaque again. "Acheng has good eyesight, once he enters this school, the golden list is expected, congratulations!"

"This may not be necessary. With Brother Meng's poetic talent, wouldn't it be easy to enter this Taoist study?"

"In a state, there are only a dozen places given by the Central Taoism in a year. Even if these more than ten places are shared by various subjects, it is easy to talk about. How easy is it! Brother Tang has to enter this school today, I don't know how many students of this Taoism are envious." At this point, Meng Haoran didn't wait for Tang Cheng to say anything else, and reached out and pushed him and said, "Get in quickly, I'll wait for you outside."

Only by entering Taoism can one obtain the qualification of "Qingtan tribute student". The qualification of Qualification for Qualification is the prerequisite for participating in the Ministry of Rites exam, and the competition is unspeakable. Thinking of this situation, and thinking about the historical records that Meng Haoran did not go to Chang'an for the first time until he was forty years old, Tang Cheng naturally understood his feelings when he said this.

Almost as he thought of this, Tang Cheng had already made plans in his mind, but he followed his habits and didn't like to say anything before he did it. So he nodded after hearing this and went to Taoism.

The academic supervisor in Taoism is not as good as Liu Xuejian of Jinzhou. In fact, since Tang Cheng came in, his face has been bad. After seeing this "recommendation book" with great origin, his face became much darker, which made Tang Cheng inexplicably, so somehow offended the Han Xuejian who had never met.

It was not until he started filling out his resume that Han Xuejian saw Tang Cheng's beautiful eight-point regular script, and his face became gentler. After the procedures were completed, Tang Cheng was officially incorporated into the A-class class of the Taoist and Mingjing School.

For students of the Mingjing sciences like Tang Cheng, village and county schools lay the foundation and pay attention to the basic skills of chapters and sentences; state schools are the initial teaching methods of debate, while the higher level of Taoism in front of them focuses on applying the classics and analyzing the classics. Different students' situations, the teaching methods of the three different levels of schools are very different. For example, in this Taoism, the Dimingjing Department is taught by doctors in the Five Classics every ten days, focusing on the methods of analyzing the classics and the current hot topics of debate in the classics and the students take the exam once a month, and the rest of the time is mainly for students to study by themselves.

When Tang Chengshi heard this news, he was very happy.

But he couldn't imagine that his happiness made Han Xuejian's face, whose face had just calmed down a little.

"As soon as you enter Taoism, you must not have the intention of wandering around. You should know that you work hard and work hard on weekdays, otherwise you will be embarrassed by the exams once a month. In addition, whether you analyze the scriptures or take the exams for three consecutive times, those who have not arrived for five consecutive times will be renovated. Those who have been 'Ding' for five consecutive times will follow this example, you can remember it." After Han Xuejian said this with a calm face, he looked at Tang Cheng's clothes again, frowned and said: "According to the teachings of the ancestors, all students of Taoism must wear green and conscience clothes, Confucians and constituents, and silk and satin are not suitable. I will remember it next time."

At this point, Tang Cheng understood why Han Xuejian was not in good condition when he saw him. It turned out that the problem was in his clothes. It was not that the school rules were not easy to say. Besides, he could see that this school supervisor was the kind of old-fashioned man who valued the most moral principles. He did not have any specific disgust towards him. Although Tang Cheng did not like this person, he could not say he hated him. After nodding, he turned around and went out.

After walking out of the school prison room, Tang Cheng noticed that there was a notice posted on the wall outside the school prison room, which was written on it.

Seeing this Tang Cheng was attentive, this was something that Master Yan repeatedly explained before coming to Daocheng. After he arrived in Taoism, he had to participate in the literary association widely. If the purpose of participating in the literary association was to learn and observe, or even simply watch the lively dialect, then now he has a clear purpose of participating in the literary association - to become famous.

Once you enter Taoism, you will enter the sprint stage of the scientific examination. Due to the special system of not being confused during the revision of the papers in the Tang Dynasty, students were required to seek fame first and then the imperial examination, which caused a strong trend to conduct the papers. To ask for fame, you need to start early. After a large number of scholars from all walks of life in the world flock to Chang'an, it would be even later.

Therefore, seeking fame itself has become part of the imperial examination. To be famous first, and to become famous, you have to pay attention to it from the first day of learning Taoism.

Although the East Army promised to protect him as a "flower" after the road construction was completed, Tang Cheng never thought of giving up the imperial examination. One reason was that this matter was not accurate yet; the other reason was that he was easily discriminated against in the officialdom and was extremely difficult to get promoted. Those who came from this origin often fell into inferior affairs. For example, Zhao Laohu in Yunxi County and Yao Zhubu, who committed suicide, died of suicide.

For Tang Cheng, who was pursuing his ideals, it was better not to go this path until he had to do it.

By chance, the time for this article was set today. After looking up at the sky, Tang Cheng accelerated his pace and walked out. If he could catch up quickly, he would be able to keep up.

After talking to Meng Haoran at the entrance of Taoism, he was also very interested, but what made Tang Cheng depressed was that he had been waiting at the entrance of Taoism for a long time, but he could not see a single carriage.

When they didn't want to go there one by one. When they wanted to hire a land, they couldn't die. The Tang Dynasty's traveling was really the same as the rental of later generations. As time passed, just as Tang Cheng was about to walk over, he heard a sound of horse hooves, but the girls Mu Hu who they met on the street when they came.

When Tang Cheng saw the horse, his eyes lit up. At this time, he didn't care about Meng Haoran's warning at the beginning, and walked towards the woman who had waved to him on the street.

"We have to wait a while before we can stop studying. We are here too early." As soon as the tallest and bright girl among the few people said this, she saw the sisters looking behind her with smiles, and immediately turned around with a tyranny.

"I have urgent matters to go to Heyuan to attend the cultural conference. Because I can't hire a few travelers, how about borrowing a few incense rushes for a while?"

"Sisters, I'm right, they're just a fool in Taoism." The tall girl's words made the four girls laugh together. When they were sitting on the horse, they really had a trembling smell. Before they could finish the smile of Tang Cheng, they had deliberately opened their big eyes and said to Tang Cheng: "As long as they know it's a fragrant horse, how can they borrow?"

"Oh, I can't borrow it? Then rent the assembly."

"Rent?" When the girls heard this word, they were stunned at first, as if they didn't expect anyone to say this to them. After they were stunned, the girls blinked in their eyes while looking at each other, and finally the tall girl said, "Can you afford to rent?"

"Please offer", Tang Cheng has something to do now, otherwise he wouldn't mind fighting with these energetic beautiful girls. It's so pleasing to the eye! "Hurry up, hurry up."

"Carved Hu hat, Jimo boots...", when you say and say, the four girls reported a lot of things, good guy! If they bought all these things, they would have to be at least 70 or 80 cents. If they hired a stroll, they would probably not even need 70 cents. In this way, the difference between the two sides was no less than a hundred times.

After the women had finished reporting, the tallest woman drove her horse around Tang Cheng and circled around, "Daige, have you heard the price, are you still renting it? Tell me quickly, sisters are in a hurry!" As soon as she said this not funny thing, the women laughed again.

Uncle can tolerate it, aunt can't bear it! Originally, Tang Cheng's temperament was absolutely unable to do such a sucker, but today's situation is really special. He was in a hurry and was stung by these energetic women. In addition, his current wealth really doesn't care about the 70 or 80 stakes of money, so Tang Cheng rarely showed his young and crazy side.

"The deal", Tang Cheng nodded and smiled, "However, since the rent is so expensive, there is no reason to let us drive our horses by ourselves. The groom must be given one."

As soon as he finished speaking, Tang Cheng buckled his saddle and got on the tall girl's queen.

The laughter came to an abrupt end. When the tall woman was about to take action, she heard Tang Cheng chuckling and said, "Why, don't you dare?"

"Who said I dare not?" said the tall woman with a hint of shame and blush on her face.

"Okay", Tang Cheng praised, turned his head to Meng Haoran, who was a little stunned, "Brother Meng, the beauty Xiangjiao is so rare, why don't you get on the horse quickly!"

After all, Meng Haoran was not as thick-faced as Tang Cheng. After all, the other two women rode together to free a horse for him, the few people set off.

The blushing on the tall woman's face has not faded since it started to rise. When she accelerated, she deliberately whipped hard, trying to use the momentum to throw Tang Cheng down.

Since two trips to Yangzhou, although Tang Cheng's current equestrian skills are not very good, they are more than enough to deal with this. He just leaned back and after sitting firmly, he had already hugged the tall woman's waist.

"you……".

"Why..." Tang Cheng chuckled when he heard this: "If you don't dare, just ride with your sister."

"Who dares not, grandson dares not?" The woman bit her lips tightly and whipped hard.

During this period, the woman stopped talking, but her hands kept making small movements, making the horse fast or slow, and even jumped a few times in the middle. Unfortunately, her small movements could not fall down Tang Cheng, who was hugging her waist. And the more she was tossed, the tighter she was hugged by Tang Cheng.

"Little sister, brother tells you, like the situation in front of you, the more you toss me, the happier I am." The scene in front of you reminded Tang Cheng of the frivolous and unrestrained life in his later generations. When he said this, he turned his head to walk side by side and laughed: "The beauty in his arms is like jade, the fragrant horse is like a dragon under his crotch, the man is like jade, the horse is like a dragon, the flower sun is like a spring breeze, Brother Meng, this is the value of eighty flowers, it is so satisfying!"

After reaching the gate of Heyuan, Tang Cheng jumped off his horse, counted eighty cents of flying money out of his sleeve and stuffed it into the tall girl's hand, pulled Meng Haoran up and ran inside.

Seeing the two of them wearing Confucian clothes, the servants of He Yuan did not stop him. When they walked straight into the middle of the garden along the meadow path, they saw that there were no less than thirty or twenty small tables placed on the grass around the pavilion in the courtyard, with pens, inks and papers on them. Many scholars wearing green Confucian clothes were sitting or standing looking for poems to pick up poems. Sometimes, after someone finished his poems, he found the nearest table and recorded them and sent them into the pavilion by the boy.

Seeing this scene, Tang Cheng breathed a sigh of relief. Although he came a little late, it was not too late after all.
Chapter completed!