Short Story "Jin Ling's Beautiful Prostitute"

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Qinhuai River is a river dug manually in Nanjing City. It is said that this river existed as early as the time of Qin Shihuang and was dug under the order of Qin Shihuang Yingzheng. At that time, Ying Zheng unified the world and had just become emperor. He was very superstitious. He heard from a shaman who was "good at observing the sky" that there was an "emperor spirit" in the capital. He couldn't help but worry after hearing this, because he wanted his descendants to inherit the Qin Dynasty for generations to come. In order to vent the dragon energy and cut off the dragon veins that competed with him for the world, Qin Zheng inspected the entire capital and decided to dig an inland river from east to west and divide the capital into two halves. Because it was opened by Qin Shihuang and the water from the Huaihe River was diverted, it was called "Qinhuai River". At that time, Nanjing was called "Moling", but in the Three Kingdoms it was changed to "Jianye", in the Song Dynasty it was called "Jiankang Prefecture", in the Ming Dynasty it was called "Yingtian Prefecture", and in the Ming Dynasty the capital was moved to Beijing, so it was called "Nanjing". Why has this been called "Jinling" in all dynasties? Legend has it that King Chu Wei of Chu State buried gold here, so it was called Jinling. Jinling used to be just a small county town. Later, the six kingdoms of Wu, Song, Jin, Qi, Liang and Chen all established their capitals here, which made it prosperous. Later generations called it the "ancient capital of the Six Dynasties".
Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, also built his capital in Jinling and built city walls along the north and east banks of the Qinhuai River. The outer city was 120 miles long and had 18 gates, such as Yaofang, Fengtai, Ande, etc.; the inner city was 60 miles long, and had 13 gates such as Jubao, Qilin, Hongwu, etc. It's really like a dragon in the east and a tiger in the west. The imperial city was built in the north. The Qinhuai River was also developed from south to north to the foot of Jiming Mountain. To the left of Jiming Mountain is Zhongshan, which is also called "Fuzhou Mountain" because it looks like an inverted boat. Behind the mountain is Xuanwu Lake. There are many bridges on the Qinhuai River, including Qingxi, Wende, Huaiqing, Wuding, Sixiang, Pearl, Lotus, Da Bridges, etc., such as flying rainbows spanning the bridges, making the Qinhuai River gorgeous and enchanting. There are scattered trees on both sides of the river, and there are many buildings and pavilions. Painted boats are cruising in the river, and music and singing are lingering from morning to dusk. What a bustling resort! No wonder people all over the world yearn for this place, and tourists flock to it like ants all year round.
There are many prostitutes and brothels on the shore, and the singing and dancing girls are like clouds. They are extremely beautiful, some are hidden in the bead curtains, or some are leaning on the railings to seduce, seducing people's soul with their wonderful skills, and making their eyes sway. The prodigal son of a wanderer is addicted to sex, his bones are soft and his spirit is flying, and he cannot extricate himself.
After Ming Taizu ascended to heaven and his grandson succeeded him, King Zhu Di of Yan rebelled and took over the world, changing his name to Yongle. He believed the slanders of traitorous ministers and massacred all loyal men, young and old, and all his wives and daughters, big and small, were not turned into prostitutes.
Emperor Yongle also ordered the construction of the sixteenth floor in Jinling. It was a place where the concubines made money. It was very luxurious, with carved beams and painted buildings, and jade and beautiful buildings. The sixteenth floor is: Chongze, Shicheng, Heming, Zuixian, Lemin, Jixian, Qingyan, Danfen, Meiyan, Liucui, Gufu, Acura, Nanshi, Beishi, Qingliang and Laibin. It was specially designed for the residence of the official prostitutes who had lost their status. It was managed by the Jiaofang Department and there were also yamen public cases. At the end of the year, the Jiaofangsi handed over the two sums collected in a year to the "gold flower treasury" in the palace as money for the concubines.
At night, every house on the sixteenth floor is illuminated by gauze lanterns, jade candles are brilliant, and the firelight is shining like daytime. Singing in a low voice, dancing and singing, drinking and drinking, and playing silk and bamboo in succession. It is noisy day and night, noisy day and night. There is a poem from the ancients that laments:
The luxurious sixteenth floor of Jinling The orchestra blows the sparkling water
The flowers in the alleys are blooming in the Qin Garden
The orioles sing in the autumn of the Han Dynasty
Only for the imperial concubine, why should a woman be abandoned for sin and humiliation
Although the prostitute smiles, her heart is sad Tears rain down on a river of sorrow
Chapter 1
In the Jiajing period, although the scenery on the 16th floor was not as prosperous as in the early Yongle years, a kind of "resort" emerged, called the "Old Courtyard", also known as "Quzhong Courtyard". As the name suggests, the place is very elegant, with winding paths and exquisite details. As expected - the front door faces Wuding Bridge and the back door faces Chaoku Street. Chaoku Street is where Taizu of the Ming Dynasty minted coins. There are many prostitutes here, the houses are clean, the flowers and trees are sparse, the railings are carved, and the windows are decorated with silk curtains. The courtyard is filled with bonsais, all of which are exotic flowers and plants. There are ancient vases and tripods in the room, and the calligraphy and paintings are from the Tang, Jin, Song and Yuan Dynasties. Cooking tea will make dragon balls and bird tongues, and burning incense will make phoenix cakes and ambergris saliva. The golden scales in the pool are dazzling, and the strange rocks are jagged and abrupt. It's really a battle between every family to win, and every family to be beautiful, in order to attract customers from all over.
Whenever guests come to visit, the door is half-opened and the bead curtain is hung low;The dogs wagged their tails and barked happily, the parrots called and brought tea, and the mother came to the hall to greet them with a smile; when they entered the pavilion, the flower girl followed them, surrounded by maids. During the day, you can play tricks on your mind and prepare for the garden turns; at night, you can play the harp and the harp and perform operas. It was really loud and noisy. Naturally, the people who patronize this place are well-to-do princes, spoiled children of rich families, who wear gold and silver for their hair, and smile with riches, while the poor can only look at the door and sigh.
Those rich men with millions of dollars must live in beautiful prostitutes and visit famous prostitutes. But this prostitute is not easy to come by. She must have amazing talent and appearance, unparalleled skills, praise from customers, and a reputation far and wide. The people who come to meet the famous prostitutes are all young men who use the money collected from the common people to show off their power and show off their power. However, most of them have money in their pockets and no ideas. They pretend to be gentle and frequent the brothels. Those famous prostitutes hated them the most, but they didn't dare to offend them, so they ridiculed them in their words. Some wrote poems to ridicule them, and some used songs to criticize mulberry trees and locust trees. It was really generous to make people laugh.
Prostitutes all have one wish: to be a good person - to meet a good man and marry them! They envied "Su San" for meeting the kind and righteous "Wang Jinlong", becoming the governor's wife, going from the eighteenth level of hell to heaven, and enjoying endless glory and wealth! Therefore, they never refuse to serve officials and want to seize this great opportunity. Furthermore, there were "official prostitutes" in the dynasty. Those wives and daughters who were killed by the King of Yan and were deprived of official status were all called "happy households", and they could never be rid of their inheritance from generation to generation. If any official falls in love with her and gets married to her, he will get rid of her "joy" and escape from the sea of ​​fire forever!
There was a man named Hou Jie, the second son of Hou Taichang. He was an official in Beijing and was promoted to the chief minister of Yuanma Temple. He knew the good and evil of horses because he had been in charge of horses for a long time. At this time, Wei Zhongxian was wielding great power in the court, and he felt that the horses in the court were not agile. He knew that although the horses produced in the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Shu were not big, they could climb mountains and cross rivers as easily as they could walk on flat ground, so he sent Hou Jie there to buy horses.
Passing through Jinling, his disciple Moren picked him up and took him to his mansion to cleanse him of the dust. While drinking, he said, "Lao Shitai has had a hard time traveling to Yunnan and other places. The disciples have nothing to show their respect to you. I have a fan, so I asked her to support you. What do you think of Lao Shitai?" Hou Jie laughed and said, "The ancients said: There are two or three close friends, and one is Jiao Didi. Red dress; twinkling candles, like a dice bowl. These are all wonderful things. Why not? "It turns out that this is a strange policy created by Emperor Yongle. All officials can invite prostitutes to accept banquets, but they are not allowed to stay overnight in public, but there is no way to investigate the lovers.
So Moren ordered his family to bring the powder head. She walked in quietly and kowtowed to Hou Jie. Hou Jie liked her very much when he saw her beauty. When he asked her what to say, she had a Beijing accent and a sweet voice, which made him feel more and more cute.
Mo Ren ordered the woman to sing beside him, and the orioles were singing. After drinking under the lights, Hou Jie joked with the official prostitutes, showing signs of lingering. Moren smiled and said, "This girl is quite charming. If Lao Shitai doesn't think she is despicable, how about keeping her with her?" Hou Jie also liked this idea, and it was exactly what he wanted, so he thanked her and said, "Since you accept your elegance and love, how dare you disobey your order?" Moren ordered to withdraw from the table.
Mo Ren took Hou Jie to the study room and saw that the bed had already been made. The two sat and talked for a while, and Moren said to Hou Jie: "The night of fun is short, and a moment is worth a fortune. I forgive you for not accompanying me." After saying this, he cupped his hands and walked out. The official prostitute came up to serve Hou Jie and took off his clothes to go to bed. She also took off her clothes and went to bed.
Hou Jie was already lustful and reached out to touch her body. The skin was very fine and her breasts were soft and tender. They were quite touching. He was busy stroking her body. `````` Afterwards, he hugged her and lay on the bed together, and asked her softly: "I heard you speak with a Beijing accent, how did you get here?" She was silent at first, and after asking again and again, she said with tears: "My surname is Liu, from Beijing. My father is a scholar. Unfortunately, she was killed by an adulterer. The family was fined and confiscated, and she became an official prostitute. My mother died in grief and followed her father." Hou Jie asked : "Then what are you going to do in the future?" "I hope I can get out of the fire pit, be the wife of a good man, and die without regrets!" After hearing this, Hou Jie suddenly felt pity: "You are decisive, I am destined to be married to you, and I should save you." The woman was about to get out of bed and kowtow, but he hugged her: "No, no." She kowtowed dozens of times on the pillow. Hou Jie emotionally pulled her to sleep. The woman appreciated his kindness and showed off her coquettishness.Hou Jiexing moved again, interacted with her again, and then went to bed.
The next day, Hou Jie told Moren that Liu would be expelled. Moren smiled and said, "Since Lao Shitai likes it, do you dare to disobey her? Did you just take Lao Shitai with you now, or do you keep her here temporarily to wait for her return?" Hou Jie waved his hands repeatedly: "It's not that I want to marry her, you find a young man to marry her honestly." "My disciple has a young official who has no wife and children, so it is worthy of marrying him." After speaking, Moren called the official and took out ten taels of silver from the treasury and gave him to pay for the flowers and candles. He and his wife thanked him profusely and left.
"Lao Shitai saved people from the fire pit, and his Yin skills are extremely great!" Moren praised. Hou Jie cupped his hands and said goodbye: "I'm sorry for the emperor's life, but it's inconvenient to stay for a long time. The good thing has been done, so I'll say goodbye!" Mo Ren couldn't keep the hard money and sent it hundreds of miles away.
During the Jiajing period, there was a scholar named Sun Mingyin. Why the name "Yin"? Because he was born with six fingers on his right hand, just like Tang Bohu back then, his family hoped that he would also become a great talent in the future. Little did he know that the talented man was often ridiculed by others even though he was not successful. Some people lied to him and said: "You want to be Tang Jieyuan and watch the sun rise from the west tomorrow." He was so stupid that he got up early the next day and faced the west to watch the sun rise. He stood there until noon and said in surprise: "Hey - I didn't see the sun come out. How come I'm in charge?" When everyone found out, they laughed so much that they gave him the nickname "Sun Dai". Sun Dai sometimes knew that he was being teased, but he didn't care about it, so even the mature ones among the crowd came to make fun of him, not to mention the frivolous ones.
Sun Yinfan went to a friend's house and saw a singing prostitute sitting there, so he turned around and walked out! Those friends deliberately hid the prostitute, lured her home, and locked the door outside. He couldn't get out, so he had to sit down. The prostitutes came out to sing songs and drink wine, and made ugly gestures in front of him, clasping their arms and touching their breasts. The friend ordered the prostitute to sit next to him, held his hand and poured wine into his mouth, and even drank with him. His cheeks turned red, his neck was red, and beads of sweat rolled down like loose beads. When everyone saw this, they clapped their hands and laughed.
There was a woman named Azhu, who was only eighteen years old. She had the appearance of a wild goose and closed flowers. Unfortunately, she fell into the world of romance by mistake. She had always wanted to marry a handsome and talented man, but she hadn't met him for a long time. Sun Yin's friend Wei Song encouraged him and said, "You are a person who reads the books of sages and does sages' deeds. The sages say that there are three types of unfilial piety, the greatest is not having children. You are not young and have no brothers, so you cannot delay the marriage." Sun Yin said: "Brother Wei said it is true, but I regret that there is no suitable one, so we have to compare each other." Wei Song laughed and said: "People say you are stupid, you are really stupid! You have to find a way to do this. If you don't use your brain like you, no one will want your beard until your beard is white!" Sun Yin became anxious when he heard this: "I really have no choice, so please help Brother Wei find me one." "I have a stunning woman, and what I want is like you.才貌双全的,不知你······”
孙寅一听绝色,急忙打断他话:“要,要!不知此女姓甚名甚?”“就是阿珠啊——”孙寅再呆,阿珠的大名也是知晓的,喜上了眉梢:“那就有劳魏兄引见。”
“但You have to be willing to spend money, and you need it as a meeting gift, right?" "Yes, yes, yes, yes!" He nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, "I will try to get the money so that you can do things." Sun Yin's family was poor and his parents died early. In order to get the few taels of silver, he pawned his winter clothes, but he only got two taels of silver. I hesitated in my heart: What can I do with this little money? He was thinking while walking on the road, but unexpectedly he bumped into someone! "Ah, I'm looking for you!" He looked up and saw Qian Cheng, and asked, "What do you want from me?" "I went to a relative's house to pay my respects, and I would like to ask you to write a memorial for me." Sun Yin shook his head like a rattle when he heard this: "I don't have time, I don't have time, I have something to do today, and I still have three taels of silver short. Where's the kid? You'd better find someone else to write it!" Qian Cheng stopped him and said, "Brother, you're stupid again. You've written this memorial at least 12 or 8 taels, but you want to stay with someone else for the sake of this little guy?" Sun Yin couldn't help laughing: "Stay, stay, I'm going to my brother's house."
Although Sun Yin was idle, he was good at writing articles. He thought about it and wrote it in one go. He wrapped eight taels of silver with him. Sun Yin left happily.
Sun Yin and Wei Song went to Azhu's house and handed the five taels of silver to his mother. "You guys wait outside. "After my mother finished speaking, she went in. After a while, her mother came out. Sun Yin asked: "What do you have to say, young lady? "My mother smiled and said: "Mr., please take a guess? "Does it mean that you have to win the election before you can marry me?" "My mother shook her head. "But you want me to be selected as a Jinshi and enter the Imperial Academy? "Mom still shook her head. "I can't guess this. Please tell me." "Sun Yin said helplessly. "That lady said it was so funny. She said that if my husband cuts off the extra finger, she will marry you. Sun Yin frowned after hearing this, and said after a moment<