Chapter 186: Wind and snow meet old friend

The heavy snow fell. After Tang Cheng sent Li Longji, who was covered with snowflakes, he went straight back to the rest room he had set up for him on the construction site. Lai Fu had already set up a large cage of charcoal fire in the room. The hot heating was so hot that Tang Cheng, who had shaken off all the snowflakes on his body at the door, couldn't help but sneeze twice as soon as he walked in.

Seeing this, Lai Fu hurriedly served Tang Cheng with the dry clothes he had prepared long ago, and then made a cup of tea with the water simmered in the fire cage.

I changed into dry clothes and sat warmly beside the fire cage, holding the hot tea in my hand and looking through the half-open window at the falling snow and the plain scenery of the world outside. This time I took a break from my busy schedule was really pleasant.

Sitting in the fire, holding tea and watching the snow, Tang Cheng suddenly remembered a poem. He was idle and had nothing to do, so he chanted softly with a gentle voice:

The capital has snowed for ten days, and the houses are full of hazy houses.

Hu'er tried to swipe lightly, leaving the small window bright.

After stuttering the sound of the mantle sound, Tang Cheng laughed out loud. After traveling through time for a long time, he had more contact with the literati and poets of this era. Although he knew that he was far from being a literati of the Tang Dynasty, his occasional sourness, like now, was a habit of being sore and being used to it.

As soon as this thought flashed, Tang Cheng was about to lean over to add tea, he suddenly heard a crisp sound outside the door saying, "Cooking tea and watching the snow is so elegant, but the snow is so good that it is to sweep it. It's really burning the piano and cooking the crane!" As he spoke, a bright woman walked in under the protection of two servants.

The woman wore a hat to cover the wind and snow on her head. The hat was like a hat, with cloth hanging around the brim of the hat, which could cover her whole body with a knee. Beyond the hat was a whirlpool of black fox fur, which had been wrapped around her body more and more tightly.

Tang Cheng heard the woman's voice, but for a moment he couldn't remember who she was. At this time, the woman who had entered the room had already untied her blouse. After removing the hat under the servant's service, she immediately showed her unique style towards Yunjinxiang bun. The jade-like head stuck in her hair became more and more dark in her hair, and her skin was brighter than snow.

"The yellow forehead invades the hair", in the customs of women, it is necessary to apply yellow forehead lightly, but the yellow forehead used by this bright girl is not the usual yellow powder. She directly uses gold powder to outline a bright yellow wintersweet flower on her forehead, which complements the crescent-shaped flower in the middle of her forehead.

The eyebrows are painted with hanging beads and the decoration on the face is the most popular "drunk garden charm" nowadays. Combined with Yamato Haru's dotted lips, the bright and delicate look of a woman is fully set off.

This young woman was naturally romantic, and after this careful decoration, she became more and more dazzling. The room, which was originally set against the snow outside the window, was suddenly bright and bright as soon as she walked in.

I have to admit that there are always some women who can be loved by heaven and earth alone, thus achieving the unparalleled beauty of confusing people's eyes, such as the one in front of them.

"Qizhi. Why are you... here?" Ren Tangcheng never thought that on this snowy day in Chang'an, the capital, just as he was holding tea and reciting poems, the uninvited guest pushed the door and entered the ground, which turned out to be an old acquaintance in Yangzhou a year ago. As the top Qing Gong Gu Qizhi, the leader of the Happy Building, was the first Qing Gong.

"Why can't I come? Have you bought this Chang'an City?", gently shook off the snowflakes falling from the butterfly skirt of the golden mud, raised his head and frowned, and then said two words to Tang Cheng. Then he spread his eyebrows and smiled, "The mountains do not turn, the water, little thief, you are still running there this time?"

When I was in Yangzhou that day, Qizhi kept the fireworks all over the city, and its unparalleled beauty can be seen. This time, Yiyan Yixi added a bit of playful charm to the beautiful color. It's so unfair. This world is really unfair. The hard-working beauty really looks good in any posture.

Tang Chengzao had heard from Guanguan that the source of this "little thief" and the old story that Qizhi rushed to him after he left Yangzhou last year. When he heard about it, he was a little moved by her feelings for her, so he didn't care about the "little thief" at this time. He had been away from his relatives and came to the strange capital for more than a month. Just today, on the snow day of Daqi Township, I met such an old acquaintance. Although the two were far from knowing each other, meeting an old friend in a foreign land was a happy thing.

It was precisely because of this idea that Tang Cheng and Qizhi were not as rude as they were when they were in Yangzhou last year. They only smiled at her "little thief".

"Laifu, watch the seat." After giving the order, there was no movement. Tang Cheng leaned sideways and said in a stronger tone to Laifu, who was a little dazed, "Laifu!".

"Oh... OK... Yes," Tang Cheng's heavy tone woke up Lai Fu, whose eyes fell on Qizhi. His face turned red. With his neck shrinking, he hurriedly moved another Hu stool next to the fire cage. After putting the stool, the guy, who was already straightening his waist and going away, paused and bent down again, and used his sleeves to smear the already extremely clean Hu stool again.

Qizhi faced with her close-fitting body, and her stubborn appearance was really a bit unbearable. She only frowned when she saw Tang Cheng. Seeing Tang Cheng like this, Qizhi closed her gaze from Lai Fu to cover her lips with a "quizzle" chuckled.

Alas, Tang Cheng could only do nothing if his close body was so unsatisfied with the beauty, "It's cold on the snow, please sit down and warm your body." After reaching out to invite him, Tang Cheng followed Zhang Liangchang, who had just walked in behind Qizhi.

"This is the top sign of the master who invited Zhenyuanzi from Yangzhou, Huainan Road. Today, I just arrived in the capital. I said I wanted to come and see the garden. If she had anything wrong, I would like to ask the official Tang to take care of the master's face." Chang pointed at Qizhi and explained softly.

After hearing this, Tang Cheng was surprised how Zhang Liang could get such a red and purple top card, but he knew that Chang Sui might not be able to know the situation, so he didn't ask in detail, "Where is your master?"

"The master came together just now. When he met the third prince outside, he ordered Xiaodi to come in first and he would arrive later."

"Well, I understand. Look at you covered in snow, find a place to warm up your body." After a long gift, Tang Cheng turned around and returned to the edge of the fire cage.

Seeing that Lai Fu looked like he was in a bad mood after seeing Qi Zhizhi, Tang Cheng was too lazy to call him again. He took another top-quality white porcelain tea set on the book table next to him, put it in the crushed round of tea, and then simmered a cup of tea in the fire cage.

After all the tea leaves in the cup were stretched out and the whole tea water also showed a transparent and crystal clear blue color, he handed it to Qizhi, "This tea is the purple bamboo shoots of Guzhu picked before the Cold Food Festival this spring. The water is the fresh snow collected from the plum tree outside. The fresh snow is served with new tea, try it." After handing over the tea, Tang Cheng lifted the corner of his clothes and sat down opposite him.

While baking on the fire cage, Qimao looked at Tang Cheng brewing tea with interest. The best-quality white porcelain of the Xingkiln kiln is known for its thinness. At this moment, the green tea soup slightly reflects a light green luster through the wall of the cup. The tea water in the cup is like green jade, and there are also green tea leaves rising and falling with the water. In the rising tea fog, it is just a cup of tea, but this look is as fresh and distant as the top-quality landscape paintings, full of spring.

"It looks so good, but I haven't cooked it yet. Can I drink such raw tea?" Shimao, who is sitting opposite Tang Cheng, has collected all the charm of her in the Happy Tower in Yangzhou. Because she did not deliberately please others, she has returned to her usual posture and showed a casual and pure purity that Tang Cheng had never seen before.

Tang Cheng knew the origin of Qizhi's question. Drinking tea at this time is different from the simplicity of later generations. When people wanted to eat tea, they always first crushed the tea cakes with a grinder and then added raw water to boil them. In the meantime, they had to add raw water twice like cooking dumplings. After the tea boiled three times, they used a fine silk screen to filter out the tea foam and drink it. Among them, they could also add sugar or other seasonings such as ginger and garlic. This specific method of drinking tea is called "sencha". Compared with the cooked tea in this way. Tang Cheng's tea that was rinsed with water at will naturally be "raw" in Qizhi's view, so this is why.

After more than 1,300 years, it was really troublesome to explain the different tea drinking customs. Tang Cheng didn't want to talk too much, and he had nothing to say after hearing the question. He just picked up his own teacup and took a sip to demonstrate.

"What a light tea flavor." Compared with the peanut tea that people like to add ingredients at the time, the tea that Tang Cheng made was indeed light. Qizhi, who was curious, took a sip and sighed not long after he let out this sentence. Suddenly, he said in surprise: "What a fragrant aftertaste!"

Upon hearing this, Tang Cheng smiled with a smile, and this smile was as light as the tea in his hand.

Looking at Tang Cheng's proud chuckling, Qizhi lowered her head and took another sip, and after sucking for a moment, he said, "Although this tea is light, the fragrance of the tea has been savored for a long time, um..." At this point, Qizhi, who tried hard to describe the feeling of drinking tea, seemed to be a little exhausted, until she turned her head and saw the snowflakes floating in Fenyang outside the window, and suddenly smiled and said, "By the way, this tea and snow taste the same."

As soon as Qizhi said this, not only Lai Fu was serving him, but even the two servants she brought couldn't help but smile. The girl was talking nonsense. What kind of smell can snow have? How could tea taste the same as snow?

Qizhi's words blurted out like a poet's inspiration suddenly appeared. The feeling was extremely sudden. It was just that synesthesia, which was similar to inspiration, was the most inexplicable thing. Even Qizhi herself felt that this sentence was really unrestrained. Then she was laughed at by the servants, and her face became increasingly unhappy. When she was in Yangzhou, Hong Agu, who was extremely annoyed by Tang Cheng, was about to appear.

"Good words", just at this moment, Tang Cheng, holding a teacup, looked at the snow falling outside the window, turned his head and looked at Qizhi and praised: "These two things seem to have nothing to do with each other, but tea and snow are both the spiritual roots of heaven and earth. The two just get the same word "Qing". If you can say this sentence, it is Huigen. Finally, it is not a loss to the top-quality Guzhu purple bamboo shoots and Xinxue."

"Yes, that's what I mean." The anger that had just emerged on Qizhi's face instantly turned into a smile. He snorted heavily from his nose, turned his head and glanced at Lai Fu and the two servants proudly, and then his eyes fell on Tang Cheng's face and smiled, "Your words are so sour, but they make sense."

"Haha, what did Young Brother Tang say make Miss Qizhi so happy?" As the person arrived, Zhang Liang, who was also wearing a blouse, walked in from outside.

After Zhang Liang came in, he sent the two servants, and even Lai Fu was sent to the next room by him. He took the tea that Tang Cheng had personally rushed out, and the three of them sat around the fire cage.

"Tang Cheng... Well, you really should have a good word for it. Otherwise, it would be too disrespectful to call Tiantian's 'Young Brother' and call him the name directly. It's really awkward." After laughing at himself, Zhang Liang pointed at Qizhi with a smile and said to Tang Cheng: "You said that day, I need to invite a talented Hong Agu to the terrace for the opening of this new garden. How about it, Miss Qizhi, you are satisfied with it?"

When Zhang Liang said this, Qizhi's eyes, which were always misty at that time, suddenly turned to Tang Cheng. Seeing her expression clearly, she was extremely concerned about Tang Cheng's evaluation.

Upon hearing this, Tang Cheng smiled slightly, "This is your garden. Whether you make or lose money depends on you, you are satisfied. What else can I say?"

Zhang Liang laughed when he heard this, while Qizhi frowned, obviously dissatisfied with Tang Cheng's avoidance of the truth and the falsehood.

Afterwards, the two discussed some preparations and details of the business after the garden opened. Qiori was not interested in these things. After barely staying with them for more than half an hour, she could no longer sit still when she saw the heavy snow outside. She called the servant lady next door to serve and put on the wind blowing and went to the garden outside to enjoy the snow.

Not long after Qizhi went out, maybe she climbed a certain height and saw a plain view of silver. Such scenes were rare in Jiangnan, so she could hear her screams of surprise from far away in the house.

Hearing this cheerful exclaim, Zhang Liang smiled. "Young brother, to be honest, what do you think of her?"

"Yangzhou is the number one city in Jiangnan. Qizhi can firmly sit in the position of the courtesan in Yangzhou Happy Building, which is no less than the number one prostitute in Jiangnan. In the past two years, all the dignitaries or romantic children who have been to Yangzhou have never heard of her. In addition, I heard her poems when I was in Yangzhou last year, and this girl has a very good understanding. Not to mention her appearance, the most rare thing is her natural charm. In addition, her age, especially her identity as a priest, has a huge advantage. She must be famous, and has talent. In addition, her age and identity as a priest, it is perfect for her to be a new town. Slowly...", said this. Tang Cheng, who suddenly stopped talking, paused for a moment and rubbed his hands and said, "Since your brother can get her, then our original local garden opening program will have to be changed."

"Oh", the opening program has been agreed on a long time ago. Hearing this, Zhang Liang was stunned, "How to change it?"

"I haven't thought about it now," Tang Cheng pondered and shook his head, "But it's a pity that there is no need to have such a good pillar. He has to find a way to hype her. Yes, it's hype. What is hype? It's just a hype. The more popular the hype, the more it will be when the new garden opens."

"The words you use are always weird. Forget it, just think about it. I'll do it after thinking about it." After Zhang Liang said that, he looked at Tang Cheng who was frowning and thinking with great interest, and suddenly asked with a smile: "Listen to the people who came to the capital, this girl is not a good deal. She can't even see a good face along the way. But when I came here just now, I was skeptical about her. Since you have such a high evaluation of her, why didn't you say it just now?"

"It's too fast, and it's held by so many people every day. This girl has a bad temper and can't praise her in person." Tang Cheng thought about the serious business, but didn't care about Zhang Liang's words of teasing, and asked curiously: "It's strange to me that Qizhi is the money tree in Yangzhou Happy Building. I heard that the boss is the brother-in-law of the Huainan Road Observer, and his relationship is also hard. Why is he willing to let you move this money tree to the capital?"

"Why, Prince Prime Minister wants to ask for a singing girl in Yangzhou, but can the Huainan Road Observer still not be willing to give up?" When he said this, Zhang Liang, who had always been elegant and had no businessman, smirked with a rare smirk, "Who doesn't know who can have a certain identity in Beijing? Although Prince An is indifferent and has little trouble, as long as he opens his mouth, no one dares to refute this face. Even if Qizhi is popular, he will be a singing girl in the end. Huainan Road Observer is guilty of offending our Prince An for a singing girl?"

"It turns out that it's a big banner to pull the tiger's skin." Seeing Zhang Liang's rare side, Tang Cheng couldn't help laughing, "But you have to be careful that the day was exposed."

"What kind of stuff is exposed? Could it be that the observer dares to confront the prince in front of the ground?" Zhang Liang waved his hand indifferently, and said with a smile: "Tang Cheng, you have never seen the prince, so you don't know how calm his temperament is. Don't say that the prince is too late to see foreign guests on weekdays. Hey, even if the observer of Huainan Road is intent, I'm afraid there will be no chance."

Although Tang Cheng had never met the Prime Minister, he was not unfamiliar with him with history books. For three hundred years, the Emperor of Tang Dynasty had to say that he was the most calm emperor, he had to recommend the Prime Minister who gave up the throne twice. If the first arrear was due to the pressure of his mother Wu Zetian, he had to protect himself the second time. Combined with this understanding and think about what Zhang Liang said, Tang Cheng really had to admit that what he said made sense.

After talking about Qizhi's affairs, Zhang Liang, who had a smile on his face, seemed much more serious, "I won't talk about this anymore. But when I came here just now, I happened to meet the Third Highness. I heard that you have taken over the affairs of Wei Bo, Wei Yu and others?"

"I have this idea, but the third prince dare not put this on me. It's okay, I just let go of my hands and feet."

"Tang Cheng, you can't blame the Third Prince. After all, this is a big deal. You have no foundation in Beijing and the time is short. You are worried about your third Prince."

"This is also human nature, I know. The same is true. The Third Prince has said to me in person. I have to ask you to comfort me again. Why is that so?" Tang Cheng smiled so loudly when he said this. Seeing this, Zhang Liang sighed in his heart. He thought that those who are really talented are most arrogant and cannot bear the doubts. He was really afraid that this matter would make Tang Cheng and the Third Prince have a deep heart.

"It's good that you can think so." Zhang Liang smiled and stood up to serve Tang Cheng with a cup of tea. "If you want to say that the two Wei and Gao who were newly replaced by the Imperial Guard, Wu and the four of them are the hard-core confidants of Empress Wei. Now they are red and purple. It's really not easy to gather them together. What kind of constitution do you have? Let's listen."

"It's not just not easy, it's impossible." Tang Cheng took the iron chopsticks and closed the fire. While bringing up a piece of smoke and dust, the charcoal fire in the fire cage also burned even more vigorously.

Zhang Liang was stunned when he heard this, and his hand holding the tea cup was hanging in the air in a daze.

"Even the third prince can't do this, let alone me. I never thought of gathering them. To solve this problem, I have to start from the overall situation of the generals of the Imperial Guard." Tang Cheng put down his fire chopsticks and took the tea cup from Zhang Liang's hand, and smiled and said, "But don't ask how I want to be, snakes have snake paths, crabs have crab paths, no matter what cats can catch mice, it is a good cat. As long as you can find a way for me to get two Wei, if I can really succeed in the future, I will give you half of the credit."

"What can I keep it in my hands? Okay, then I'll wait and see." Tang Cheng said this. Although Zhang Liang was curious, he didn't ask any more questions. After pondering for a long time, he shook his head helplessly, "I really have no good idea to take Erwei here, but these two people are very handsome and often go to and from the fireworks in Pingkangfang. Why don't we think of a solution after our garden opens..."

"You mean they often go in and out of fireworks brothels?"

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