Chapter 5 act four

The time is summer, morning. The location is the garden of Mingzhai, Beijing—there is an altar inside. figure Gao Xiucai Gao Yongyi Ding Shuangxi Mrs. Gao Yu Tie Zitian Fugui Master Ming Qiu Ertou Feng Tiejiang Niu Dahai Wu Qi Xiangu Jia Xiangu B He Tiangeng [Curtain opening: The garden in the house, one gate leads to the street, and the other gate leads to the courtyard.There are rockery, lotus ponds and kiosks.The altar is in front of the rockery, there is a god tablet on the incense table, a bowl of clear water is offered in front, and a stick of longevity incense is lit. [The garden was carefully arranged, but it no longer looks like it: weeds grow on the rockery, the lotus leaves in the pond are withered, and a few clothes are drying outside the small pavilion, covering the inside of the pavilion.

[The sound of cannons rumbles outside, and there is a faint sound of killing. Gao Xiucai (wandering alone, standing still, listening to the sound of killing and cannons outside) The sound of killing is so loud!However, it has been more than two months since I came to Beijing. I have attacked Jiaominxiang and Xishiku, but I can’t take down the dead. What’s the matter?I can't figure it out! Could it be that the fortune of the Celestial Dynasty has come to an end, and the catastrophe is coming, is the world really dominated by foreigners? ...What should I, an old scholar like me do? [Gao Yongyi and Ding Shuangxi come in in a hurry, and first salute to the altar.

Brother Gao Yongyi!Have you seen Tian Fugui? Gao Xiucai did not!What's the matter?Did he get away with it? Gao Yongyi didn't have that, but he didn't show up much these two days! That kid Ding Shuangxi is always so sneaky! Third Brother Gao Yongyi, pay attention and keep an eye on him! Gao Xiucai!Brother, we have been here for more than two months, how is it going? Can Gao Yongyi lose his temper?Third brother! Mr. Ding Shuangxi, don't worry!Fight if you win, fight if you don't win, you can win! Gao Xiucai, I can hold my breath, I'm not in a hurry!However, is our style of play in line with the military strategy?We fought bravely, but we also played chaotically!

Ding Shuangxi is brave enough!Be it a mess or not! Double happiness for Gao Yongyi, it must be better to be brave and calm! How about Gao Xiucai?Double Happiness, you still need a little ink in your stomach!Brother, what do you think should be done? Third brother Gao Yongyi, you still need to write! That's great Gao Xiucai!If a scholar doesn't write, isn't it true that heroes have no use for their talents?Speak up, second child! Gao Yongyi, please make up a set of words carefully, and you must be clear and straightforward. You are not allowed to repost, copy a few more copies, and ask Shuangxi to post them.

What did Gao Xiucai say? Gao Yongyi made it clear: There are more than 100,000 gods in Beijing, and they are all fighting bravely. They should be invincible, but there is no general leader, and they always fight, so they can't make a name for themselves! Senior brother Ding Shuangxi, you go talk to the senior brothers of the gods from all walks of life and introduce one, isn't it all right? Gao Yongyi can't do that!They disagreed.As soon as I go, they will definitely say deliberately: You should be the chief.Well, we are young and have shallow knowledge, so we can't hold back the stage!Put up some leaflets first.The god group is talking about it all the time, and soon there will be a chief executive, right?

Gao Xiucai Hmm!Ok!The second child is right!It's not in vain to enter Beijing, second child, you have learned a lot!You look like a general with both civil and military skills!Second child, we are asking the Queen Mother for guns, do you have any letter? Gao Yongyi (shaking his head) Not at all!I don't understand, I can't figure out what's going on!As soon as we entered Beijing, our superiors valued us very much, but once we started fighting, they seemed unwilling to really do it! Ding Shuangxi looked at those officers and soldiers, as if they were not here to fight, but deliberately blocked us from attacking us!Take Jiaomin Lane as an example, a long snake formation of officers and soldiers stretched out, densely layered, covering Chang'an Street, telling us to huddle together at the edge of the South River.Soldiers are good, but those who lead soldiers...

Brother Gao Xiucai, why did you teach me this? Gao Yongyi (getting angry) Third brother!Hey!I know what Shuangxi said, I am anxious day and night!But I am a senior brother, so I have to hold my breath again!If I wasn't a big brother, it would be easy, I will fight to the death, crunchy! [Sister-in-law Gao comes running away. Mrs. Gao's second child!Second child!Hit tight, go up! Gao Yongyi double happiness, let's go! (Ding Shuangxi exits hurriedly. Gao Yongyi runs two steps, then stands still) Sister-in-law!Do you see it? Mrs. Gao, what is it? Gao Yongyi As soon as we entered the city, we found a small temple on the east side to live in.But Lord Ming must invite the altar here, and come here every day to burn incense and kowtow.For two or three days, he didn't come again.What does that mean?

Mrs. Gao has a lot of rumors, saying that foreign soldiers are coming soon, could it be... If Gao Yongyi is really like that, sister-in-law, I think you have to take the fairy girls out of the city first, and you must not let the girls fall into the hands of foreign soldiers! Sister-in-law Gao's second child, I will not come if I come, and I will not come if I want to!Wife, no more! Daughter, it's gone!I have nothing but hatred!It's not bad for me to die here! Hi Gao Yongyi!But what about those fairies? Sister-in-law Gao has never been wronged, and no one will risk her life to enter Beijing!Don't worry, second child, we won't lose anyone in Qingdengzhao!

Gao Yongyi is right!Sister-in-law, go to the west courtyard and see what they are doing.See some edges and corners, let's get ready! Hello Mrs. Gao!I will go! (corner gate) Mr. Gao Yongyi, guard the altar carefully! (Down) Gao Xiucai, don't worry!A strong general has no weak soldiers! (Monologue) That's what I said, but what is the ending?Can't see through!It seems that everything is vague, and there is no clear line!How to do it?what to do! Yu Tiezi (calling weakly in the pavilion) Mr. Xiucai!gentlemen Is Gao Xiucai Yu Tiezi? Yu Tiezi is me! (seriously injured, crawls out slowly) It's me!

Gao Xiucai Tiezi, what do you want, I'll get it for you, don't move!Mr. Yu Tiezi, good sir!Help me, I will kowtow to the altar before I die! Gao Xiucai is a child like a little tiger, so young, so courageous and ambitious, he must die! (holds him up) Yu Tiezi, child, you, your hands are already cold! Yu Tiezi's hands and feet are cold, but his heart is still hot! (moves forward slowly) Sir, how was our call today? Gao Xiucai didn't know yet.Probably, probably still very tight! Mr. Yu Tiezi, we will win, for sure!Win today, win tomorrow! (Kneeling before the altar) All celestial beings, help us!I, Yu Tiezi, are worthless, don't worry about me!Please bless the big brothers!I kowtow, kowtow now, and kowtow even after I die!How many * hook scorpions tower ふ 萱  dumb 畚 晡 木 根 ⒉ call fear Miao difficult to make a lot of scare 埽  also shot * peacefully sleeping in the ground!

Gao Xiucai (arms him) Alright!OK!Go back and lie down!Tell me, boy, do you have a message for your mother? Yu Tiezi has nothing to say, nothing to say!I did not win, I am sorry to God, I am sorry to man! Gao Xiucai, don't say that!do not!National affairs are not your business alone, but you shed blood first!Blood will not be shed in vain! Yu Tiezi (to take off the red envelope, talking to himself) Can't take this off!I want to wrap my head in a red cloth and close my eyes, so that Lord Yan can recognize me as a Boxer! (Tie off the red belt, to Gao Xiucai) Give this to Mom!Tell her: This is not a belt, but a breath, with this spirit, we can stand up straight, and we will no longer be bullied! (Go in the opposite direction to the pavilion, towards the corner gate of the house) The Gao Xiucai Pavilion is here!Right here! Yu Tiezi, I'm going over there!There are many spare rooms in the house, I will "sleep" there, so as not to make the elder brother feel sad when he sees it! Gao Xiucai, what do they want to ask? Yu Tiezi doesn't need to tell them!I "slept" without success, not worth mentioning! Forget about me, as if there has never been a young man like me, I feel better in my heart! Gao Xiucai, well, Yu Tiezi, hold on to this little tree, hold on! (Yu Tiezi supports the little tree) Yu Tiezi, please accept my worship! (bow down) Yu Tiezi (couldn't help Gao Xiucai, only shouted eagerly) Get up!stand up! Gao Xiucai (standing) Yu Tiezi, you made an old scholar understand what a real Boxer is, you made my old bones harden!I was worried just now, what is the outcome of this matter?what about meYou, Yu Tiezi, make me stop worrying about myself!These days, I have thought about it carefully: within the four seas, we are all brothers.There is an ancient saying that we must treat each other as brothers. Those who want to ride on our necks are not brothers but enemies, right? Yu Tiezi is right!Come on, don't wait for them to come back, see me! Gao Xiucai is leaving!I hold you by the arm! (same as entrance corner gate) [Tian Fugui and Ming lords came in through the corner gate like thieves when they were kneeling, and hid behind the stones of Taihu Lake, and they came out after they left.Tian Fugui holds a shovel. Tian Fugui has no one else, good!That poor scholar just came back, and I sent him to the west with one punch!where is the thing On the right side of Master Ming's pavilion, under the fifth stone. Tian Fugui hurry up! (Run to the right of the pavilion, digging stones) Look, Master Ming, can we still go to the city?The foreign soldiers are coming soon, it's true! Tian Fugui is going!I have a way!You should help me! Master Ming me?Don't you know that my nails have been maintained for many years?What a pity to break it! Tian Fugui's life can't be saved, so what about his nails?My Lord Ming! My lord!I really didn't expect that the Boxers would cause such a big disaster!Once the foreign soldiers came in, they didn't stay behind! Tian Fugui, you were so devout back then, you set up an altar in your garden and kowtowed to burn incense every day! Master Ming is one moment at this time, and another moment at that time!The imperial court originally banned ordinary people from practicing the troupe, but once the troupe entered Beijing, even the Queen Mother dared not say that the people's hearts are available, and the troupe is a righteous people!If I don't believe it, they dare to say that I'm a bastard and kill me!Think about it, if it weren't for that, how could we, who do important things for the court, easily allow ordinary people to rebel?Set up an altar here to protect me and my family! Tian Fugui, your calculation is really good! (Dig out a small box) This is it? Master Ming (quickly takes it) That's it! What good things are in Tian Fugui?pearl?Diamond? Master Ming, don't worry about it!Let me tell you something intimate: If you treat me well, I will treat you well!When the world is at peace, I'll get you an official of the fifth or sixth rank, it won't be difficult at all!move!Don't let the group see it.They fight foreigners here for a few more days, so we can escape further! Mr. Tian Fuguiming, you are so dark! Master Ming, are you not yin?Everyone is working hard, you are picking up cheap everywhere!The pair of emerald rings you got yesterday are worth one thousand taels of silver! Tian Fugui, if you look down on me, my Lord Ming, let's break up and go our separate ways, okay? Master Ming, look, look, you are really young and thin-skinned, you can't help but tease him!Come on!This is not a good time to pick eyes and bicker! Tian Fugui, let's go! Mr. Ming has lived in such a fine house and garden for several lifetimes, I really can't bear it! Tian Fugui hum, when the foreign soldiers came, I heard that an altar was set up here, it would be strange if it burned down! Can Master Ming really do that? Tian Fugui, think about it yourself! Master Ming, then, then, I don't want to leave! Tian Fugui, are you willing to burn to death here?You who have been high-ranking officials are really wordy!What do you want?Say it!I don't have time to grind tofu with you! My lord!On weekdays, if you dare to speak to me like that, you would have already been slapped in the face!Tell me how to get out of town!If there is no chance, I will burn to death on my kang. Anyway, I have eaten and worn out all the good things, and I have not lived in vain in this life! Mr. Tian Fuguiming, listen up!You have to go and change your clothes, it's too much. Put on short clothes, I have red cloth here, you also wrap your head, and put on "grandfather's code".When I met the group at the city gate, I saw that they were our own people, so we wouldn't let us go out. Master Ming has what you said.However, if you cover your head and meet foreign soldiers, it will be lively, and you will definitely die! Lord Tian Fuguiming, take a closer look at me: With my intelligence, can I wear only red cloth and not white cloth?When encountering foreign soldiers, throwing the red cloth and raising the white flag, it's no trouble at all! Master Ming, you young man is more resourceful than the Minister of Military Aircraft!However, what should I do if I can't get out of the city with a white flag? It would be even better if Tian Fugui took the foreign soldiers to search for the Boxers!I know which small temples the regiments live in, and once I dig out one, I take it out and give it to foreigners, and I have made a great contribution! Hello Ming!it is good!I admire you!I, head wear Dingdai, three-eyed Hualing, greet you! (Please be safe) Tian Fugui (returning the gift) dare not do it!Don't dare to be!Sir please! (Let Master Ming go first) [Gao Xiucai heard what they said, and came out through the corner gate, blocking their way. High school student Gao Xiucai, please be well, my lord! (no please) That's all, Master Ming! Gao Xiucai (spitting lord Ming fiercely) Bah! Master Ming (reverse) what's going on?Spit all over my face, it's so dirty! Tian Fugui, old clapper, get out of the way!Otherwise, I'll flatten you with a shovel! Gao Xiucai Tian Fugui, I will never talk to you again!Not only do you have no sense of humanity, you don't even smell like cats and dogs! Tian Fugui, I (want to fight)... Master Ming, don't fight!Do not fight!I'm afraid of fighting!Gao Xiucai, get out of here!Otherwise, you can come with me too, as a companion! Gao Xiucai is coming with you?did you see that? (showing the red belt in his hand, tied around his waist) I am also a boxer! Master Ming, you are so confused, you don't want to live anymore! Gao Xiucai confused?After hearing what you just said, I understand everything!I can see with my own eyes how domineering foreigners and foreign religions are. That's why I came to Beijing with my seniors.When we entered the city, we lived in a small temple, slept on the land, ate stick noodles, and did not move the grass or trees of the common people.I originally thought that with so many pure, loyal and righteous citizens, the higher authorities must be touched, and the upper and lower levels can really work together with one heart and one effort to turn the crisis into safety. However, I think you people above are too high, too big.You have other plans, you see that the group people are not easy to mess with, so you call your senior brother every day, and when you rush to see that the limelight is not right, you want to escape quickly, and you want to surrender with a white flag, become traitors, and kill righteous people!You only know that you have yourself, but you don’t know that you have people; you only know that you have a family, but you don’t know that there is a country!Foreigners are rampant because you are as cowardly as mice!The people have no clothes and no food, because you have sucked up the people's fat and people's ointment!You eat inside and out, bully the weak and fear the hard!The Boxers are ten or a hundred times stronger than you!Brothers have a heart, you don't even have a bone in your body!I won't say any more, let's see what you do with me, Master Ming! Master Ming, this is really, really, how unreasonable! Tian Fugui, let's go!No need to talk to this old lunatic! Gao Xiucai is not allowed to move!Without me, you are not allowed to escape from here! Tian Fugui is so funny!Old Clapper, you are looking for death, don't blame me! (holding a shovel to shoot) Mrs. Gao (comes out of the corner door in a hurry, holding Tian Fugui's arm) Tian Fugui!You are a thing that eats inside and out, and takes advantage of the fire to rob!I understand now, you must be the one who let Sun Zhi County go!Now, you're infatuated with this high-ranking official named Ming again, betraying the Boxers!You plan to escape, hehe, don't even think about it! Tian Fugui stinky bitch!let go!Don't wait for me to kill your dog! (To Master Ming) Don't you run fast? Ouch, Lord Ming!My legs are cramping!Come and carry me on your back! Gao Xiucai hahaha, there are people worse than me! [Ding Shuangxi helps Qiu Ertou in, and Qiu Ertou is injured. Sister-in-law Gao, Double Happiness, come quickly!Don't tell this traitor to run away! Ding Shuangxiqiu was injured on both heads! Tian Fugui (to Master Ming) run!quick! Qiu Ertou, let me see who dares to run away! Ding Shuangxi has two heads, don't move!I go! (holds Qiu Ertou) Qiu Ertou (breaks away) Tian Fugui, traitor, you can't escape! (Grab Tian Fugui, throw him out, and he himself falls down) Mrs. Gao has two heads!Two heads!How is it? Ding Shuangxi has two heads!Wake up! Gao Xiucai wake up! Qiu Ertou (sitting up abruptly) Shuangxi, let's go, we have to call! Mrs. Gao what?You were hurt, badly! Qiu Er's head is seriously injured, and he won't heal here!Die, die in the open!Let's go, double happiness!If others stop me, you will always accompany me! [There is loud cannon fire outside, a "huge bomb" flies in and lands on the side of the pavilion with a puff. Master Ming (fainted from shock, falls down) Oh my god! Ding Shuangxi (picking up the "cannonball") Mr. sister-in-law!The foreign soldiers are coming soon!Look, watermelon! Gao Xiucai cannon beat watermelon?What kind of joke is this? Sister-in-law Gao Shuangxi was right!Officers and soldiers release watermelons to deceive us and not offend foreigners, right? Gao Xiucai hum!After a trip to Beijing, I have learned a lot, and there are so many surprises! Qiu Ertou and the others put off fake guns, we are really desperate, who is right and who is wrong, God knows!Double Happiness, let's go! Sister Gao, don't go!When I invite the big brother back, we can discuss what to do! Lord Ming (sitting up) Brother, Xiangu!Send me out of the city before the foreign soldiers arrive, it will be to your benefit! Ding Shuangxi, if you speak again, I will shoot you to death! Master Ming, don't do that, I'll be good, I'll be good! [Gao Yongyi, Feng Tiejiang, Niu Dahai, Wu Qi, Xiangu A and B come back together, all very tired.Everyone asks the altar, and then sits down. Sister-in-law Gao and fairies, go and boil water for the senior brothers! fairy girl Fairy B is! (to boil water) Brother Qiu Ertou!I threw Tian Fugui to death!If I'm wrong, you can punish me! Brother Gao Xiucai!I sue Tian Fugui: infiltrating the gods, ulterior motives, taking advantage of the fire to rob, and robbing people's property, the first crime;If you have these three crimes, you will be punished for death! Gao Yongyiqiu Ertou, you are right! Qiu Ertou, am I right?Well, fellow seniors, let's see you again! Gao Yongyi, what are you doing? Sister-in-law Gao, you have been injured! Qiu Ertou, I was injured, following you is your burden!I will fight!I won't say anything, if you think I look like a boxer, just ask me to go! Blacksmith Feng's second head!brother!Go to the horizon, my old Feng will carry you on my back!You are not a burden, you are my brother and sister! Gao Yongyi Angkor!Send him to the small temple and get some medicine!What went wrong, I ask you! Hello Wu Qi!I will look at him with good eyes!Let's go, Ertou, what are you waiting for? [Qiu Ertou refuses to leave. Second sister-in-law Gao, listen to everyone!Isn't it more vigorous to fight if you recover from your illness? Mrs. Wu Qi is right!When you recover from your illness, I will accompany you. Wherever you go, I will go! (Takes Qiu Ertou away) Gao Xiucai!Groups are different from groups!There is Tian Fugui, and there is Qiu Ertou, what should I say? Ding Shuangxi (to Lord Ming) Get up!See you big brother! Hello Ming!it is good!big brother!I'm very sorry to see you short these two days! Mrs. Gao, yes, you are busy!Busy packing up gold and silver treasures, trying to escape from the city!You know that the foreign soldiers are coming soon, so don't tell us and make preparations! Mr. Ming, that was my negligence, I am very sorry!Now, let me tell you a few good words: We, if we can't beat foreign countries, don't take advantage of the bull's horns! Gao Yongyi is talking nonsense!You are afraid of foreign countries, but our Boxers are not! Master Ming is!yes!You are not afraid!I have no bones!This is not surprising: my family has a great career and a great title, so it is inevitable to be more delicate; as for you, you are used to the wind and rain, so you should be tough, aren't you?Come on, now that things have come to an end, no one should complain about anyone anymore, let's discuss and deal with it!See this little box?It's not big, and there aren't many things inside, but it's priceless, precious, and light!You guys send me out of the city properly, we will add two to one to make five, half of you and half of me, okay? Everyone (laughs) Hahaha... What about Master Ming?how?Too little?Brothers, you can follow me to the house. I still have a few Kangxi multicolored vases and Qianlong’s imperial pen for longevity. You can take them as you like! Gao Yongyi bring the box! Mr. Ming, leave the city, send me out of the city, and then divide the things! Blacksmith Feng (grabs the box) Bring it here! (handed to Gao Yongyi) Gao Yongyi (takes the box and throws it into the lotus pond) Fuck you! Ouch, Lord Ming!That is lifeblood! Gao Yongyi bah!What kind of people do you take us for?Are we here to pick up bottles and jars?With a high official like you, how can the world not be chaotic!Double Happiness, take him down, look! Ding Shuangxi is! (To Master Ming) Let's go! Master Ming Shuangxi senior brother, I am honest!When you get there, I'll pick out two valuable things for you and tell them to take a look!Please, please! Ding Shuangxi stop talking nonsense, let's go! (Lord Oshiaki enters the corner gate) [He Tiangeng runs in. Senior Brother He Tiangeng, I heard that foreign soldiers entered Yongding Gate!The officers and soldiers on Qianmen City had already fled down the city, and the god group went up!But some people also said that they were not foreign soldiers, but old regiments from the Northwest. It would be better if Feng Tiejiang was an old regiment; as for foreign soldiers, we are not ambiguous!Anyway, if you are poor, it doesn't matter where you die; if you die at home, you don't necessarily have a coffin! Niu Dahai is right!It's better for the officers and soldiers to withdraw, so as not to get in our way! Mrs. Gao's second child, what do you say?Whoever has no grievances will not be a boxer.However, the group of Gaojiatun must have been brought out by the two of us, so we have to come up with a good idea for everyone! Sister-in-law Feng Blacksmith, please don't say that!When the Boxers are God's will, no one blames your Gao family!Brother, listen to your words, you say go west, we will never go east! Everyone is right!That's right! Brothers Gao Yongyi, do we want to have a good fight or not? Feng Tiejiang almost gritted his teeth! Hi Gao Yongyi!The foreign soldiers are here, good!Let's go out of the city and fight against the foreign soldiers!Outside the city, we are familiar with each other and we have green gauze tents. With our strength and wit, we will surely win the battle!Here, the Empress Dowager Xi, Master Ming, and Tian Fugui all lied to us, making us unable to display our abilities.When we get outside the city, we decide for ourselves, we fight as we want, we don't get angry with others, we don't get fooled by others!What do you guys think? Brother Niu Dahai, you are right! If Mrs. Gao can't fight like this, she just fights like that; if she survives, she can win! Hello Blacksmith Feng!Sister-in-law said it well!You can fight whatever you want, but I just won't fight the white flag and kneel down to the devil soldiers! What did Mr. Gao Yongyi say? Gao Xiucai, I don't understand military tactics, so I dare not talk nonsense!I have been with you for so many days, so I can understand that the people are not the people of the subjugated country, but the imperial court is the imperial court of the subjugated country!People can be used but not used, officials can be killed but not killed, sad!Not much to say, I will follow you, die without complaint! [A loud bang.Wu Qifei came running. Brother Wu Qi, foreign guns hit the front door!The officers and soldiers fled in all directions! Seventh brother Gao Yongyi, quickly bring all our people back, gather outside the small temple, wait for the order, and rush out of the city! Wu Qi is! (run away) Sister-in-law Gao Yongyi, take the fairies to the west courtyard, transfer back to Shuangxi, check if there is any food, borrow some, and don't touch anything else.Meet together outside the small temple! Sister-in-law Gao and fairies, let's go! (Leads them into the corner gate) Master Feng Gao Yongyi, brother Tian Geng, you are the pioneers. Feng Tiejiang He Tiangeng is! Brother Gao Yongyi Dahai, you are in charge of the rear team. Niu Dahai is! Mr. Gao Yongyi, if you hold the god card, wherever you go, you will find the god card.God bless you! Gao Xiucai God bless you all! (Holding up the magic card) Our country is a big country, and our people are good people. Don't let foreigners treat us like a piece of fat and eat us up, and destroy us! Gao Yongyi still has it, and Yu Tiezi too! Gao Xiucai, I'm wearing his red belt! (A stray bullet flies and hits him) Ah! (fall down) Mister everyone!gentlemen! Gao Yongyi (takes up the magic tablet, holds it in his arms, and kneels down on one leg) Third brother!Yu Tiezi!Brothers who fell asleep!Let's all sleep well!With us, no matter how many foreign countries, how many foreign guns and cannons, they will never be able to eat us up or destroy us! [Everyone bows their heads and asks for an inquiry.The sound of guns and guns outside was even more urgent, and the sound of killing shook the sky.