Chapter 33 first quarter

Three days later, a large number of military police suddenly poured out of the originally bustling and peaceful overpass, with one post at three steps and one post at five steps, and countless burly men in black short suits and sunglasses gathered at various intersections, sizing up passers-by. . The entrance of the Yueke Magic Hall was full of plainclothes men, forming a human wall around the entrance of the Yueke Magic Hall, and no one who had nothing to do with them was allowed to approach.The people who came and went were surprised. What kind of posture is this? Is there any big person about to appear?

Sure enough, after half an hour, more than a dozen cars lined up, drove into the overpass, and stopped at the intersection of Yueke Magic Hall. Dozens of richly dressed men and women got out of these cars, and the first one was Duan Shizhang!Duan Shizhang was followed by a woman in a fancy dress, with light makeup on. Although her brows were a bit cold, her figure, appearance, and temperament were extraordinary. She was definitely the most popular female movie star in the Republic of China era, and she was even compared to her.This woman is Liu Yin. Duan Shizhang was followed by some famous figures in the capital, Zhou Jianxing, the commander of the garrison in Beiping City, was among them, and everyone was accompanied by young ladies and wives, and they were dressed in bright clothes.

The police and plainclothes who had been waiting for a long time rushed forward, separated the idlers, and left a passage leading to the Yueke Magic Hall, allowing these people to walk in ostentatiously. Duan Shizhang led Liu Yin to the entrance of Yueke Magic Hall.Duan Shizhang looked up at the signboard, laughed, turned to Liu Yin and said, "Here it is! Today, the magician Zhang Xian is going to perform three magic tricks for us in a row! Liu Yin, you will definitely like it!" While Duan Shizhang was speaking, Steward Liu had brought Li Fengren, Li Jiao and a group of fellows from the Yueke Magic Hall to greet him. Li Fengren was sweating profusely, and greeted Duan Shizhang repeatedly: "Master Duan! Please! Please! It's a great honor, a great honor ! Flourishing and radiant, fluffy and radiant!"

Duan Shizhang didn't even look at Li Fengren, he walked in and said a little unhappy, "Where is Mr. Zhang Xian? Why didn't you see him coming?" Li Fengren quickly explained: "Mr. Zhang is preparing for magic tricks. He usually doesn't see anyone before the performance. Please forgive me, Mr. Duan." Duan Shizhang hummed: "Oh! That's fine, as long as the magic can be performed well." Li Fengren half-bowed, and invited Duan Shizhang, Liu Yin, and a group of dignitaries into the Yueke Magic Hall. Butler Liu had already made arrangements and allocated seats. Duan Shizhang and others sat in the private room on the second floor, facing the stage .

Duan Shizhang sat down and laughed: "A place like Tianqiao has such a foreign decoration! It's rare, rare!" Li Fengren said: "This is all Mr. Zhang Xianzhang's thoughts." Duan Shizhang waved his hand, Liu Steward asked Li Fengren to go out.Seeing that everyone had gone out, Duan Shizhang pulled Liu Yin's hand onto his lap, slowly stroked and smiled and said, "Liu Yin, I haven't seen you smile for a long time... I spent so much energy and summoned so many Come here, you must understand my painstaking efforts." Liu Yin withdrew her hand expressionlessly, and said, "Master, you have to worry."

It turned out that Duan Shizhang had arranged for Steward Liu to go to the Yueke Magic Hall for a talk three days ago. Zhang Xian and Li Fengren came forward to greet him and agreed to hold a special performance of three magic tricks for Duan Shizhang. The time was decided by Butler Liu.Naturally, Li Fengren played the role of complaining, and told Butler Liu that the Yueke Magic Hall was recently harassed, which made it unable to open. After hearing this, Butler Liu didn't know if he was really angry or just pretending. He slapped the table and was furious, saying that whoever dares to make trouble will be killed.Who is Steward Liu? He doesn't seem to be a showman. Duan Shizhang handles many of Duan Shizhang's private affairs. Find a swearing!After Bai Dao was settled, Butler Liu immediately arranged for it to be run by gangsters. Whoever dared to provoke the Yueke Magic Hall before Duan Ye came, and ruined Duan Ye's elegance, cut off his head and put it at home.

After listening to Chen Guo's arrangement, the hooligans like Huo Yajin, who are always preventing the opening of the Yueke Magic Hall, have been warned one by one by the gangsters from big to small in the capital in the past two days, and their courage is frightened. , How dare you have the slightest thought of harassing the Yueke Magic Hall, even dare not pass the door of the Yueke Magic Hall. As for Chen Guo, Duan Shizhang supported Zhang Xian, Chen Guo, Debaolou Zhao Guangyao, An Leju Sun Chengde and other profiteers from Tianqiao dare to say nothing?They hid at home and sighed, lamenting that this Zhang Xian was so powerful that he risked his life to meet Duan Shizhang, and even silenced Duan Shizhang. I am afraid that Duan Shizhang came to the Yueke Magic Hall and felt happy. They have a big backer, and no one dares to touch a hair of them.

Of course, Chen Guo also felt strange, what method did Zhang Xian use to break into the heavily guarded Hui Xian Restaurant without anyone finding out?This is a mystery, just like Zhang Xian's magic, except for Zhang Xian and Li Yi, no one knows the answer. In fact, after all, Duan Shizhang's Mrs. Liu Yin is the most important.Since Liu Yin heard Duan Shizhang talk about Zhang Xian's risky behavior at the charity donation meeting, she seemed to be really interested.What kind of magic Zhang Xian wanted to perform, she had reported it through Housekeeper Liu one day earlier. Liu Yin saw the name of the magic trick, and she was even more willing to see Zhang Xian.So Liu Yin decided when to watch Zhang Xian's performance, and Duan Shizhang made intensive arrangements just to make Liu Yin happy.

The distinguished guests in the Yueke Magic Hall sat down one by one, and the music played. Li Fengren, Li Jiao and other staff were busy serving tea and snacks to the distinguished guests. These refreshments were no longer provided by the Yueke Magic Hall. The people sent by the housekeeper all eat things from Duan Shizhang's house, which are expensive and exquisite, and even a cup of tea is unaffordable for ordinary people. The stage was covered with heavy curtains and bright lights, and there was a space in front of the curtain, which was just right for hot performances. The Tianqiao artists who came to join Zhang Xian in the past were summoned by Zhang Xian this time for the purpose of warming up the field and separating the field. People like live donkeys, Zhangding bricks, and bald pots, when they heard the song in the Yueke Magic Hall The first performance was actually performed for people like Duan Shizhang, everyone was extremely excited, and they all showed their housekeeping skills.

The high-rollers in the audience have long been tired of watching the juggling in the heat, and they can do whatever they want, chatting and drinking tea, all waiting for Zhang Xian's appearance. The last hot show ended, the sound of the music changed, and the lights on the stage dimmed. All the distinguished guests in the audience realized that the main show was about to begin, and turned their heads to look up the stage. The light was turned on again, illuminating the middle of the stage, and with a sound of "嗵", white smoke rose, and everyone in the audience didn't know what was going on.

A person came out from the white smoke, it was Zhang Xian, dressed in a gray robe, he cupped his fists and bowed to everyone in the audience, and said: "Misters and wives, welcome to the Yueke Magic Hall, I am Zhang Xian, today I and I Li Yi, his assistant, will bring you a wonderful magic show." Everyone in the audience was either rich or noble, and they had seen a lot of things on the scene. It was the first time I came to the Yueke Magic Hall today, and I didn't think it was special when I saw Zhang Xian appearing on the stage, so the applause was scattered a few times, and I gave up. Zhang Xian didn't care, he raised his head and took a deep look at the elegant room in the middle of the second floor, just looking at Liu Yin. Liu Yin and Zhang Xian looked at each other, her body shook slightly, but she calmed down immediately, she glanced at Duan Shizhang from the corner of her eye, Duan Shizhang was looking at Zhang Xian, and didn't care.But when Duan Shizhang saw Zhang Xian, he still turned to Liu Yin and said, "This man is Zhang Xian, does it look familiar to you?" Liu Yin said coldly: "It looks familiar, but unfortunately I've never seen it before." "Oh?" Duan Shizhang smiled, "Liu Yin, your words are always so funny." Liu Yin said: "What the master asked is also very interesting." Duan Shizhang was full of smiles, stretched out his hand to grab Liu Yin's jade hand, dragged it over and put it on his lap.Liu Yin struggled, but she didn't break free, so Duan Shizhang groped. Zhang Xian didn't pay much attention to Liu Yin and Duan Shizhang, turned around and walked back to the curtain, made a "rise" motion with his hand, the curtain slowly opened, and the curtain was completely bright. When the curtain was fully opened, the people in the audience could see clearly what was behind the curtain. It was actually a huge picture scroll nearly two people high and four or five people long, hanging by ropes and placed in the middle.On this scroll, what is drawn is rather simple. It is a landscape painting in ink and wash. There are mountains and rivers far away. There is a thatched hut on the left side. Beside him stood a woman in plain clothes looking into the distance.Although the old man and the woman have simple lines, they are both life-like in size, and they look vivid, as if they can walk out of the painting. Under the stage, there were those who were good at appreciating ink paintings. After a few glances, they whispered to the people next to them and nodded slightly, which meant that the paintings were not bad. Duan Shizhang in the private room looked at the woman in the painting, touched Liu Yin's hand and said, "Liu Yin, do you think the woman in the painting is a bit like you?" Liu Yin withdrew her hand fiercely, and said coldly: "Master, just look at it, can you stop making fun of me?" Duan Shizhang laughed without being angry at all, and said, "Liu Yin, I mean the woman in that painting is pretty. Ha ha!" Liu Yin glanced at Duan Shizhang, and said nothing. As Duan Shizhang said, the woman in Zhang Xian's painting does indeed look a bit like Liu Yin, with willow-leaf curved eyebrows and a small cherry mouth. The most similar thing is the eyes, which are also very cold and beautiful. Zhang Xian walked around in front of the painting slowly, as if he was looking at something, stood in the middle of the canvas, slowly raised his hand, and touched the painting.People in the audience looked puzzled, but they couldn't figure out what Zhang Xian was going to do for a while. Zhang Xian leaned sideways, pressed one hand on the canvas, and suddenly pressed down, half of his hand disappeared into the painting.Someone sitting close to the stage witnessed Zhang Xian's hand entering the scroll, and a hand drawn in ink appeared faintly in the scroll, and he yelled in shock.Before everyone could react, one arm of Zhang Xian had already penetrated into the painting, and a corresponding sleeve appeared in the painting.Now everyone could see clearly, someone stood up abruptly, forgot to move the cigarette in his hand from his mouth, and stared at Zhang Xian firmly. Duan Shizhang sat on a high place, saw very clearly, and slowly stood up, he couldn't believe the scene in front of him, the painting was not damaged, it was almost motionless, but Zhang Xian was really entering the painting. Zhang Xian walked further in, and half of the person had slowly disappeared into the painting, and when he moved his body again, the whole person had disappeared.The audience couldn't help it this time, and there was a lot of surprise. It turned out that there was an extra man in a long robe in the scroll, facing everyone sideways. It was indeed a man drawn with ink! The lights at the four corners of the stage were extinguished, leaving only the lights cast from behind and above the canvas, making the characters in the painting more conspicuous, like an illusion.Suddenly someone shouted in the audience: "Oh my God! It's moving! People are moving!" I saw "Zhang Xian" move on the canvas, moving forward like a puppet for half a minute, leaving the initial position, and the movement is very obvious, moving every two seconds, changing position and body shape.In the eyes of everyone in the audience, "Zhang Xian" in the painting is walking towards the old man and woman in the painting. There was no sound in the arena, and half of the people had stood up, looking at the spectacle in front of them. "Zhang Xian" walked in the painting, and soon came to the old man. The old man and the woman also moved. The old man stood up to greet each other, and the woman bowed slightly. "Zhang Xian" sat down with the old man, the woman also came over and sat on one side, "Zhang Xian" played chess with the old man, the music was melodious, and the picture looked very peaceful. But in the blink of an eye, the music stopped, and suddenly changed to a fierce and dignified tone. I saw a huge goshawk in the painting attacking, spreading its wings, the sky was dark, "Zhang Xian", the old man, and the woman in the painting stood up, They ran away one after another, but a gust of black wind rushed in, instantly covering the people and the hut in the painting, and they were never seen again.The canvas shook violently, the blackness spread, and soon covered the entire canvas, and the sound of the music was sad and desolate. When the blackness dissipated, only "Zhang Xian" was left on the canvas, and the other scenery, old people, and women were all gone. . "Zhang Xian" in the canvas felt lost, turned his back to the audience, and gradually retreated outward. When walking to the edge of the canvas, the lights dimmed, and "Zhang Xian" slowly retreated from the canvas and stepped onto the stage , no longer an ink portrait, but a real person. The lights turned on again, the music changed, and it was the original tune again. Zhang Xian turned around, walked a few steps, and there was nothing in the canvas. With a smile on his face, Zhang Xian gave a deep bow to the stunned audience, and said in a loud voice, "You're showing your ugliness!" It was only then that the crowd in the audience recovered from the bizarre scene just now. Somebody applauded involuntarily, and then there was a round of applause. Everyone stood up and applauded sincerely. The magic performed by Zhang Xian is also one of the ancient Chinese tricks that have been lost for a long time. It is called Zhuliang Modongju. Zhuliang is the name of a person, and Modong is the way of expression. Only people can tell that Zhu Liangmo's movement technique is the movement of people, objects, and scenery on the scroll, ranging from three to five changes to more than a hundred.After being lost, no one has restored Zhu Liangmo's moving technique for hundreds of years until the appearance of Zhang Xian.