There is a widely circulated oral saying in the Western Regions: "Loulan City is a good place."

This is a very simple truth. Loulan City is indeed a good place. No matter from any perspective, anyone can find their place here. The only disadvantage is that it takes a lot of money to gain a foothold in Loulan City.

The Western Regions, the barbarian land in the eyes of the people of the Central Plains, also regarded it as a remote place. There is no moral rules of the Central Plains, nor the love and dogma of the grassland, and profit-oriented.

The palace official has been here once, so he has a deep understanding of Loulan City. As soon as she saw the shadow of Loulan City, she talked about everything in Loulan City with Li Xuan. The one she mentioned most was the women in Loulan City, regardless of whether she was a woman herself.

When the palace officials talked about women, they were completely male tone, as if she was a familiar customer who had been a long time, stealing fragrance and jade were just a casual time.

The two of them entered the gate of Dongcheng smoothly. Loulan City is a prosperous city. It is protected by various forces and does not close the gate day and night. However, this is just the rules of Dongcheng. The access control of Xicheng is very strict and idlers are not allowed to enter.

According to the palace officials, although the buildings in Xicheng are full of exotic style, they are very bright and neat, which easily reminds people of Xijing, Dijing, Jinling and other places. However, Xicheng is very deserted, with few pedestrians and no favors. Dongcheng is the other extreme. Most of the houses in Dongcheng are dilapidated, and there are also a large number of temporary shanty towns. The streets are not as straight as Xicheng, but are twisted and serpentine by various sheds and stalls facing the streets. The streets in Xicheng are paved with bluestone slabs.

Even on rainy days, there will be no water accumulation. Most of the streets in Dongcheng are rugged and uneven. If it is rainy, there will be one puddle after another, muddy. However, Dongcheng has an advantage that Xicheng does not have in any case, that is, Dongcheng is very lively, with a large number of people, and people of all kinds gather here, including people from Central Plains, grasslands, Western Regions, Kunlun slaves, Hu people, barbarians, black-haired, red-haired, yellow-haired, and brown-haired, like a hodgepodge.

Li Xuandu rode a camel through the long city gate hole. The first thing that caught his eye was a wine shop. The one selling wine was a woman. It seemed that this had become a practice in the wine shop inn. A beautiful boss lady must be a business. From Li Xuandu's perspective, this boss lady was not ugly, but the years left indelible marks on her face. But in the eyes of a group of drunkards, this boss lady was like a fairy. From time to time, a drinker took the opportunity to buy wine to meet him. Some people drank directly on the counter after buying wine, while looking at some small ideas to take advantage of it. However, the boss lady is a man of many battles. He has a proper approach and advances and retreats, which always disappoints these drunkards who are not drunk.

Then, after walking forward, there was a brothel after passing by the restaurant. Several Hu Ji in thin clothes stood at the door, posing with her head, revealing her navel, shoulders, arms and collarbone. This surprised Li Xuan, who came here from the Central Plains ethics world, and thought that if an old Taoist master came here, I wonder what he would think, would he be criticized? Or would he become a guest? Or would he be a guest while criticizing?

At the same time, Li Xuandu also focused on the pedestrians coming down, which were all kinds of, including hiking, camels like them, and sitting on chariots carried by many people. The same was true for clothes, some were dressed in coarse linen, and some were silk and satin. Maybe many of these people came to Dongcheng for fun. After all, although Xicheng was good, it was too boring and far from comparable to Dongcheng.

The palace official reached out and pulled Li Xuandu's sleeve, raised his hand to point at a gorgeous beard not far away, and whispered: "Do you want to taste the new taste? Don't worry, I won't mind."

Li Xuan immediately became alert. He didn't know what tricks the palace officials were going to play, but he must be careful. Moreover, in some things, he would never believe the woman's right and wrong, so he shook his head and replied, "I mind."

The palace official did not expect such an answer and laughed, "Is there a cleanliness in Zifu?"

Li Xuan and others did not answer, just said, "Besides I mind, Su Su will also mind."

The palace official said, "I really don't know if you should be afraid of your inner self? Or you should be calm when you sit in your arms?"

Li Xuandu laughed at it.

The palace official stopped joking about Li Xuandu, pointed to a deserted street not far away and said, "I'll take you to a good place."

Li Xuan looked at it. Compared with other streets, the street was a little deserted and extended to the city wall. Many shops were simple sheds built against the city wall, which were very simple.

The palace official didn't wait for Li Xuan to reply, so he went straight to that direction, and Li Xuan had to follow behind.

The two walked into the street one after another. At this time, the sky was getting darker, but lights were lit around. The lamp oil candles seemed to be free, and they created a bit of the momentum of never sleeping city.

The palace official came to the largest shop and guarded two big men in front of the door. Judging from their appearance alone, they were very fierce and ferocious, with their upper body exposed and many scars exposed, which was very shocking to others.

In addition to maintaining order, these two gatekeepers are also responsible for seizing the guests' weapons to prevent customers from fighting in the downtown area of ​​the store.

After both the palace officials and Li Xuan both set off the camels, they opened their hands to signal that they did not carry weapons, and then entered the store smoothly. As soon as they entered the door, Li Xuan felt a huge noisy wave coming towards them, with shouts, curses, smashing the table, and the sound of dice constantly hitting the dice cup.

Li Xuandu immediately understood that this was a gambling house. Is this a good place that the palace officials said? But he saw that the palace officials kept walking straight through the gambling house. Unexpectedly, there was another world behind the gambling house. It was a restaurant similar to the lobby of the restaurant. There were many tables for people to sit and drink. In the position where they were originally a storyteller, it was transformed into a high platform. Three Hu Ji wore veils but exposed their arms. The waists were twisting their waists on the platform. The drinkers under the platform would applaud from time to time, and would throw the copper coins in their hands on the platform. If a rich person threw a gold coin or Taiping money from the Central Plains, the Hu Ji would salute and thank the guest.

It was obviously not the first time the palace official came. He took Li Xuandu straight to a remote corner. As soon as he sat down, a friend came forward to ask. The palace official first stretched out two fingers and then made another gesture. The man understood it and turned around and left.

Li Xuandu sat opposite the palace official, and his impression of this place was not bad or good. He was a person who liked quietness, but he was very quiet and thoughtful. Occasionally, he had a different feeling when he came to such extremely noisy places. No matter what, these places were very popular. However, Li Xuanduye was sure that Qin Su must have hated such places. She hated both noisy and these people who looked unfair.

The lights are brightly lit here, filled with tables of all sizes, and there are all kinds of drinkers sitting. The guys are busy and not messy.

Soon, the guy who asked the palace official returned, with a tray in his hand, with several plates of exquisite side dishes, two luminous wine glasses, and a delicate crystal bottle, which was red like wine transported from the Western Regions.

It was not until this time that the palace official said, "The wine here is a unique one. It's not that the quality of the wine is. The key is that it has a complete variety. You can drink Fenjiu, Huadiao, and Yellow wine here, as well as the popular spirits on the grassland. Of course, there is also a kind of wine and ale wine, which is specialized in the Western Regions. I heard that they have also produced a new cider, made of a fruit called "Apple". There is no such fruit in the Central Plains. The wine made is very sour. I have not tasted it yet."

Li Xuandu said: "Are you here to drink?"

The palace official asked, "What if it is?"

After saying that, she didn't care whether Li Xuan agreed or opposed it. She picked up the crystal bottle, pulled open the crystal bottle plug on it, and poured wine into the cup in front of Li Xuandu.

While pouring wine slowly, the palace official said: "You must pay attention to the wine utensils when drinking. You should use a wine glass if you drink Fenjiu. The ancients have a poem saying: "The jade bowl contains amber light." It can be seen that the jade bowl can increase the color of the wine. As for wine, of course, you must use a luminous cup. The ancients' poem says: "The grape wine is luminous cup, and you want to drink the pipa immediately. Don't laugh at me when you lie drunk on the battlefield. How many people have returned from war in ancient times? "After the grape wine is served in the luminous cup, the color of the wine is no different from the blood, and drinking is like drinking blood. It is also echoing the words "The ambition to eat the meat of the barbarians when they are hungry, and laugh at the thirsty drinking the blood of the Huns" in the poem "Isn't it great?"

After saying that, the palace official just filled a glass of wine, not a drop, not a drop, and then she gave it to Li Xuandu with a luminous glass filled with wine, "Drink!"

This "drink" is really as good as a man, and he is a little generous, which makes Li Xuan inexplicably remember Hu Liang. He was also so bold when he drank Hu Liang and drank together.

Thinking of the old friend, Li Xuan became interested. He picked up the wine glass and drank the blood-like wine inside in one sip. He felt a little bitter and a little astringent. After the bitterness, it slowly smelled sweet and sour, which was similar to the feeling of being spicy and mellow after drinking Fenjiu.

Li Xuandu looked at the bottom of the cup and looked at the palace official.

The palace official was not polite, so he poured himself a cup, and drank it all in one go, and took a picture of the bottom of the cup.

Just like that, the two of them started drinking one cup after another. After a while, the crystal bottle was empty, and Li Xuan didn't even feel anything, but the palace official was already flying on his cheeks, which was particularly bright and charming under the lights.
Chapter completed!