Great Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 6

Next, Zuo Ming took root in Anleju.

Keeping accounts, listening to music, drinking, shopping, and having nothing to do, he even made a deck of playing cards out of wood.

Although the whole deck of cards was nearly as high as a head because the wood chips were really afraid to cut too thin, Zuo Ming still had a great time playing against Zuo Qian and the old bustard.

Since Zuo Ming invented this wooden card game, the entire Anleju seems to be much happier.Some girls who don't need to pick up customers even go to the account room when they are free. Although they don't call, they like to watch.Especially every time they saw Zuo Ming being blown up by the old bustard so that the corners of his mouth twitched, they would laugh like silver bells.

And every time at this time, Zuo Ming would bite a finger-length wooden stick, and pat the table unceremoniously, "What are you laughing at! Are you happy to see me lose money?"

This sentence is repeated every time, but Zuo Ming never reneges on his debts. If he really runs out of money, he will just walk away and never borrow money to gamble.

Given that Zuo Ming is such a good gambler, the entire Anleju basically fell in love with this young man.

Just kidding, who doesn't like giving people money at every turn?
In fact, Zuo Ming was also very puzzled, he had been fighting the landlord for more than ten years, how could he not be able to beat these little fairies who had just learned about poker!
It turned out to be a clean yo who loses every time!

Lao Qian was also very puzzled, every time he played cards with Zuo Ming, he would silently follow and win.There is no way, Zuo Ming never cares about good or bad cards in poker, and will buy landlords whenever he has the opportunity.This is too much to buy, how can there be no reason not to lose?

Living like this, I was considered happy.

But this peace didn't last long, but was disrupted by two jealous young noblemen.

Because of the Jinling Wind and Dust Song (that is, the song made by Zuo Ming), many dignitaries and dignitaries have noticed this brothel in Dongshi. The Qing Dynasty person who sang this song—Miss Lian'er.

Don't tell me, although this girl looks only fourteen or fifteen years old, when she sings, even people like Zuo Ming are full of praise.

However, as the saying goes, people are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being fat.As soon as he became famous, countless dandy masters flocked to Anleju, vying for the place to take care of Lian'er.

However, there is only one Lian'er, how can she serve so many people?Moreover, these people are all high-ranking officials and dignitaries, and it would be bad to reject anyone.

For a moment, no matter whether it was Lian'er or the old bustard, it was extremely difficult.

As a last resort, the two came up with the trick of pretending to be sick.But after pretending for a long time, it is inevitable to make people suspicious.

No, today, two wealthy teenagers in gold and jade clamored to come to Anleju, and they all said that Lian'er should come down to pick up the guests no matter what, otherwise, the building would be burned down.

As for whose guest to pick up, both of them pointed to themselves with their thumbs.

For such two people, the old bustard would not dare to offend anyone.

She has already learned from the big shopkeeper that one of the two is Xiao Kai, the second son of the current crown prince Shao Fu and the former imperial historian Xiao Yu, and the other is the eldest grandson Ze, the son of the uncle of the current court.No matter who it is, she is not something that an old bustard can offend.

In desperation, she had no choice but to bite the bullet while laughing and persuading her, while using the excuse that she was sick and couldn't get any worse.

However, these two teenagers seem to be very different today, no matter what the old bustard says, they insist that as long as Lian'er is not dead, they must see each other.And he also bluntly said that no matter what today, even if he does not pick up guests, Lian'er must choose someone to be the next guest after Lian'er recovers from illness.

Upstairs could clearly see the situation below through the window. Lian'er was anxious and distressed at the moment. She knew that if she didn't handle this matter well today, she might not have a good life in the future.

At the very least, she will never be able to sing that song!Otherwise, these two teenagers are definitely capable of punishing her quietly.

However, just when she was about to despair, a sister next to her gave her an idea.

"Sister Lian'er, don't worry! I often hear that Zuo Ming in the backyard is a ghost with a belly full of bad water. Why don't sister ask him for help?"

After hearing this, Lian'er's eyes brightened.She had seen Zuo Ming before, judging from the wooden sign he invented, he was definitely not an idiot like the old bustard said.

With hope in her heart, Lian'er didn't dare to hesitate, and immediately she and her sisters secretly came to Zuo Ming's residence in the backyard.

At this moment, Zuo Ming was fighting hard with a roast chicken. When he saw two beautiful girls walking towards him, he recognized Lian Er and her sisters after a closer look, and said curiously, "Little brother's The game won't start until evening, why are the two sisters here now?"

"Who wants to watch you play cards! This time I came here because I have other urgent matters and I need your help." Unceremoniously interrupting Zuo Ming, Lian Er's sisters directly talked about the jealousy between the two wealthy sons in the lobby. over again.

Knowing the whole story, although the two women used a domineering tone, Zuo Ming decided to help them.

There is no way, be it in the previous life or the present life, beautiful women are all privileged.A three-good beauty like Lian'er, who has a delicate face and a soft voice, deserves the unlimited forgiveness of a dead house like Zuo Ming.

After pondering for a while, Zuo Ming already had a plan in his mind, "This matter is very simple. To put it bluntly, these two people have some personal grievances, and it is inconvenient to directly attack each other, so they just want to use this method to compete. .Since they want to compete, then you give them a chance! Later, you give them an upper line and let them match it. Whoever matches the upper line and the second line first, you will sing to him!"

After finishing speaking, Zuo Ming gnawed on the grilled chicken again.

However, after a while, he found that the two women didn't seem to want to leave, but instead looked at him eagerly.

"Fuck! Isn't it! Sister, aren't you a nobleman? It shouldn't be difficult to make a couplet, right?"

After understanding the pleading in the eyes of the second daughter, Zuo Ming said speechlessly.

"Naturally, I can come up with a couplet, but I'm afraid it's too superficial, and they will easily correct it. In that case, it would be too shameful." Lian'er rarely showed a trace of shame, and said embarrassingly.

"Then you can't count on me either! I'm just an idiot, how can I understand the kind of things played by literati and poets?"

This time Zuo Ming didn't buy it, he couldn't open it, if he opened it, he couldn't hide his talent for piracy.

However, beauty is really a kind of magical creature, not only can she make you forgive her unconditionally, but she can also melt away all the men in the world with her watery eyes.

Zuo Ming, a beautiful woman, was already overwhelmed. Standing in front of her were two natural beauties who would rarely be seen in future generations. Zuo Ming surrendered in less than ten breaths.

Immediately, he picked up his own homemade towel from the stand beside him and wiped his mouth and hands. At this time, the two women laid out the paper and rubbed the ink for Zuo Ming in an extremely obedient manner.After Zuo Ming cleaned up the oil stains on her body, Lian Er handed a brush to Zuo Ming respectfully with a happy face.

He took the writing brush very usefully, and Zuo Ming began to write on the paper without thinking about it. He didn't have many words, but this pair caught the eyes of the two girls.

"What a 'ancient tree withered, this wood becomes firewood'! Young Master is really talented! It's just that this one is missing, Young Master will write another one!"

"Isn't it? Only one pair, I'm afraid it's too shabby! Good things come in pairs, why not write four!"

"Yes yes yes! Just write four!"

Seeing the two girls singing together, Zuo Ming's face darkened immediately, "Damn! Shouldn't there be two when good things come in pairs? How come there are four at your place? Why don't you just say eight?"

"Young Master, if you want to write eight, you can! We are thinking that this paper is too small. Hehehehe!"

When people are in good spirits on happy occasions, the stone in their hearts falls to the ground, and Lian'er suddenly laughs cheerfully with Zuo Ming.

"That's right! If the paper wasn't too small, you should have written eight pairs! Don't even look at who is begging you to do something, if someone else is begging to write pairs for our sister Lian'er to see, pity Elder sister may not even go to see it! You kid is in the midst of blessings, and you don’t know how to be blessed!”

Lian'er's sister next to her also yelled arrogantly, as if Zuo Ming owed her by nature.

Zuo Ming realized that he wanted to reason with women, and he was really wrong, so he just kept his head silent and continued to write.

After a while, three other pairs of different lengths appeared on the pure white paper.

They are: "Lonely and cold window empty and widowed", "Green water has no worries, and the face is wrinkled by the wind" and "The hook is for the old, and the hook is for the exam. The old exam is for children, and the children are for the old."

These three sentences are naturally not considered quatrains in later generations, they are basically just common couplets that are well-known to everyone, but in today's Tang Dynasty, they are not ordinary.

When the two girls saw each other, they kept praising their talents.Zuo Ming, who had just listened to it, was a little tired, so he happily returned to the middle building with these four couplets.

Zuo Ming, on the other hand, continued to launch a fierce offensive towards the roast chicken on the table.

This is a roast chicken that he spent a month collecting materials and made himself. Even if he is overstretched, he will eat him into a pile of skeletons.

Just when Zuo Ming was enjoying the first decent food when he came to Datang, the mezzanine of Anleju caused a lot of trouble because of the appearance of these four sentences.

Xiao Kai and Changsun Ze stopped arguing to see Lian'er at this time, because Lian'er had made it very clear that although Lian'er was just a clean lady, she would not recruit people without virtue.

The meaning is obvious, if you can't even match such a simple pair, what qualifications do you have for me to sing for you.

At this moment, Lian'er's compulsion can be said to be raised to the peak.If Zuo Ming was here, he would give a thumbs up in admiration and exclaim loudly, "It's really a good feign!"

This time Lian'er was happy, but it greatly hurt the self-esteem of the scholars in Chang'an City.

After seven days, no one was able to match even one pair.

Ever since, many unconvinced scholars began to clamor that this is a scam, and these four sentences are simply quatrains, and no one can match them.

Regarding this rumor, not only many scholars believed it, but even Lian'er seemed to believe it. At that time, she hurriedly came to ask Zuo Ming whether it was true or not.

In Zuo Ming's heart at the time, let alone how tired he was.Without saying a word, he wrote down all the next sentences of the four pairs.

When you look at it, they are: "Women are good, girls are better", "A handsome beauty is accompanied by a lonely person", "Qi Shanyuan is not old, but has a snow-white head" and "One person is big, two people are heaven, the sky is greater than human affection, human affection is greater than heaven" .

Seeing these four sentences, Lian'er was extremely ashamed.Immediately, he kept owed Zuo Mingdao.

As for Zuo Ming, he forgave her again without principle!
Who made her a beautiful woman!Beauty should have privileges!
(End of this chapter)