Chapter 16 Chapter XVI

Rong Lu's nurse shouted loudly, rushing Yang Xiaolou's excitement, and Yang Xiaolou went backstage with a flick of his sleeves. This made the theater even more chaotic.The owner of the Jixiang Theater was afraid that the garden would be smashed, so he hurriedly came to the stage, bowed deeply to the palace where Rong Lu was, and said, "Lord Rong, please calm down, please wait a moment, the show will be staged in a while. Because of the temporary change of the play, Not prepared." The boss's words temporarily suppressed the noise in the garden, and the audience listened and waited.Zhang San cursed secretly: "This old man Ronglu is really domineering, making the theater restless." Duke Luo Ying shook his hand anxiously: "Ronglu has many eyes and ears here, you'd better be careful."

After a while, the curtain opened and the performance began. Yang Xiaolou played Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, and another handsome Xiaodan played Yu Ji. "Xiang Yu" sang on the fan plate: He is brave in battle and invincible in the world.Destroy and win Qin, abolish Emperor Chu, and fight for the success of Huayi. (Poetry) Winning Qin Wudao mobilized military plans, annexed the six countries and separated them; (White) Solitary, King Xiang Yu.Since he cut off the land with the Liu Gang, he made peace and stopped fighting.Please go back to Taigong and Empress Lu; who would have thought that he would be capricious, meet the princes, and come to fight again.I think that there are only more than 300,000 soldiers in Chu. If we fight against him, I am afraid that we will not be able to win;Exactly: there is no news of Shu Liu's commanding troops, and I'm afraid that Zhou Yin will not come...

Zhang San was so absorbed that he saw a waiter handing over a plate of peanuts.Luo Ying said: "Third Master, please use it." Zhang Sanshun grabbed a handful and stuffed a few in his mouth: "Hey, it tastes good, crisp and fragrant!" At this time, "Yu Ji" on the stage sang: "The light of the toad is extinguished, and in the golden wind, the drum horns are cool." (Poetry) I recall how many frosts I have experienced since I entered the battlefield; God. (White) My concubine is Yu Ji, who is the overlord of Western Chu. She grew up in a boudoir, and she is young and skilled in swordsmanship. Since she followed the king, she has fought in the east and west, and it has been difficult and hard. I don’t know when peace will come. I just heard that the king is going to send troops to destroy In the Han Dynasty, the officials repeatedly remonstrated and refused to listen; they were afraid that they would be outnumbered and would be defeated by Liu Bang. Thinking about it, alas, I really worry about people! (Singing Xipi Sanban) The great prince is strong by nature, and his loyal words are usually I don’t want to listen; what I’m afraid of is that the West Chu land will be annexed by others, and I’ll live up to my heroic reputation for more than ten years.”

"Xiang Yu" (singing Sanban): Today, Li Zuoche is fortunate to the state of Chu, and he went to the harem to discuss with Concubine Yu to start an army. "Yu Ji" (white): The concubine takes over, the king is a thousand years old. "Xiang Yu" (white): flat body. "Yu Ji" (white): Thousands of years old. "Xiang Yu" (white): give a seat. "Yu Ji" (white): Thank you for your seat. "Xiang Yu" (white): What annoyance, what annoyance! .... "Yu Ji" (singing Xipi Shake Ban): Ever since I fought with the king, I have suffered from wind, frost and toil year after year.When will Lifang be freed from warfare and chaos, and the hardships and hardships of the people will be eliminated.

"Xiang Yu" (singing Sanban): I shot several generals in the Han camp. Although they were brave, how could they beware of being buried on all sides? At this time, I suddenly heard an evil slave in Ronglu's box shouting: "Master Rong said, quickly put Cai Wenji in "Wen Ji Returning to Han", Concubine Yang Gui in "Taizhen Gaiden", "Baimen Tower" Diao Chan from "The Story of the Chamber", Cui Yingying from "The Romance of the Ding Xiang", and Li Xiangjun from "The Story of the Ding Xiang" are all called, let's see which one is more handsome!" Before the words finished, several evil slaves echoed, some beat the boards with their fists, and some stomped hard on the floor.

Yang Xiaolou, who played Xiang Yu, and Xiaodan, who played Yu Ji, panicked and were at a loss for a moment. The owner of the theater flashed out from behind the stage, and bowed to the box where Rong Lu was sitting: "Master Rong, please forgive me, I really can't invite you today, please calm down, Sir." "No!" "No!" The evil slaves became even more violent.Some evil slaves began to throw large handfuls of banana peels and orange peels onto the stage.Yang Xiaolou had no choice but to drag Xiao Dan, who played Concubine Yu, to the backstage in a panic. The evil slaves became more angry, shouted more fiercely, and cursed more harshly.Several evil slaves shouted in unison: "Fight!" With a move of "Swallow Drilling Clouds", they jumped off the stage.

Seeing this, Zhang San raised his hand, and the peanuts flew out.A few peanuts hit the eyes of some evil slaves.At this time, there was chaos on and off the stage. Luo Yinggong pulled Zhang San: "Hurry up and leave!" The two slipped downstairs and got out of the Jixiang Garden wrapped in the chaotic crowd.After walking for a while, the two were relieved to see that no one was chasing after them.Zhang Sanyi pointed to the front: "Look, Longfu Temple Fair, let's go, let's take a stroll." Luo Yinggong rubbed his stomach: "There is a drum here." Zhang San saw a small shop selling fried belly in the east of the road, and said: " Today, I will treat you to a belly-explosive meal."

The two entered the store, and just as they took their seats, the shopkeeper came over. He was wearing a black double-breasted padded jacket, and he didn't wear a hat in the cold weather. Green, frozen belly that has been covered will not go into the pot: wash everything three times and control the water, don’t engage in that big pot of soup business that deceives customers; judge the color by the heat, and see the kung fu between the belly silk, one white and one roll Ask around, there is no one in Beijing who doesn’t know about our stomach-boosting king!” Zhang Sandao: “People tell people not to come, but the goods are hospitable. You see, aren’t we here? Shopkeeper, let’s have a pound of belly-burp! "In a short while, the shopkeeper Wang brought two steaming plates of Baoduer and put them on the table.Zhang San took a look, the freshly boiled fried belly was steaming and fragrant.The louvers are cut as thin as blue silk, the green chrysanthemum petals are unfurled, and the snow-white belly kernels are like jade-carved shrimps.Zhang San shouted again: "Shopkeeper, heat up another pot of bamboo leaf green wine!"

The stomach was hot after drinking, and the two ate and drank a lot, having a good time.After eating, Mr. Luo Ying wiped his mouth and was about to leave. Zhang San grabbed him and said to the shopkeeper Wang: "Mr. Luo is a well-known talent in the capital. There is a lack of a couplet on your door. Why don't you ask Mr. Luo to write a couplet?" When Shopkeeper Wang heard this, he said with a smile, "That's a good feeling, I never thought I'd meet a master." He asked the boy to bring red paper, a pen and inkstone, and asked Mr. Luo Ying to inscribe the couplet, and said, "I've got a pair, and I'm so upset. Children's money and drink money will be waived."

Luo Yinggong picked up the brush, thought for a while, and wrote: "Half of the word Explosive is hot, and it is famous in Beijing, it all depends on the degree of fire." On another piece of red paper, he wrote: "Half of the word belly is meat, turning viscera into freshness, and the whole With one Zhuo." The horizontal drape is: "Wang's one unique." Everyone watched and applauded in unison. Shopkeeper Wang immediately pasted the couplet on the door, looked and looked, looked and looked, full of praise. The two were full of wine and food, and went to the Longfu Temple Fair again.There are wrestlers, foreign movie players, jugglers, big sword players, big drum singers, storytellers, bird trainers, and Dali Wan performers.There are hundreds of snacks in the stalls, "sweet in the south and salty in the north, spicy in the east and sour in the west", there are everything here.Beijing's fried sausage, fried liver, tea soup, pea yellow, donkey rolling, moiwowo, stewed fire, almond tea, and even fire; Sichuan's Tangyuan, Yanji grilled fish, eight-treasure lotus seed rice, double stuffed group, mincemeat oil Bao, Lanzhou beef noodles, stuffed skin, kebabs and so on.

The two came to the west end of the temple fair, only to hear the yelling.Five strong men with long sticks were fighting with a strong man with long sticks.Zhang Sandao: "This is the five tiger sticks of the Huahui. This is the story of them performing a "Dongjia Bridge". It is said that during the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, a bully named Dongjia built a bridge. Passing money. One day, Zhao Kuangyin passed the bridge, and the Dong family asked him to pay the money. He was very angry, so he reasoned with the bully, but the reasoning failed. The bully called his five sons to fight with Zhao Kuangyin. Zheng Ziming passed by selling oil, He acted bravely and pulled out his shoulder pole to help Zhao Kuangyin defeat the five sons of the bully. Because the five sons of the bully were called the Five Tigers, this stick was called the Five Tigers Stick. Later, Zhao Kuangyin became the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, and Zheng Ziming became the founding father..." After the performance of the Five Tiger Cudgels, the brawny man jumped up to Zhang San and bowed: "Master Zhang, you are also here to visit the temple fair!" Zhang San nodded.The strong man said: "Third Master, you can also perform for the brothers." Zhang San said with a smile: "Today is your sitting meeting, so there is no reason for me to perform." Those strong men with sticks also Come to persuade Zhang San to perform.Luo Ying said: "Today is the second day of the Lunar New Year. It's a happy day. You might as well put on a show and add to the fun." Zhang Sandao: "Come out, two of you, stand still with sticks in your hands, I will perform a trick and sleep on the sticks." Two strong men each held a wooden stick and stood three feet apart.Zhang San shouted, turned over, and got on the head of the stick. One stick supported his arm, and the other supported his neck.Zhang San stretched out his limbs, pretending to be sleeping as if nothing had happened.The two strong men with sticks turned pale with fright, one shouted: "My stick is so light, it seems that no one is on it." The other strong man sighed: "Master Zhang is so powerful in lightness kung fu, it is really indescribable After a while, Zhang San made a move of "carp straightening", then turned over and lay flat on the two sticks, breathless, and the onlookers cheered in unison.Zhang San yelled, spun in mid-air, and stood firmly on the ground. Zhang San didn't change his face, and said to Luo Ying as if nothing had happened: "Go, let's see Master Wan playing with the Zhongban." But there was endless applause from the Zhongfan field.Flags of various colors were hung on a bamboo pole about three feet high. The two layers of umbrellas were colorful, and there was a beautiful cloth mask in the middle. Duke Luo Ying looked from the crowd and saw that the person holding the flags was a tall, handsome middle-aged man. man.He put the flag on his head for a while, moved it to the tip of his nose, moved it to his mouth again, and put it on his arm again.Zhang Sandao: "This is Master Wan Ba ​​who is good at battling camps. He is the King of wrestling in Nancheng. He has more than two hundred disciples. His power is boundless, and his wrestling methods are unpredictable..." At this time, Master Wan Ba ​​called out: "Bao San Come up quickly!" At this time, a bright young man in his teens, wearing a shabby blue jacket and fat green trousers, turned out from the side, and climbed onto the middle banner.It turned out that there was a small chair tied to the top of the middle banner, and the young man named Baosan sat on it, performed various handstands, and performed various graceful movements, and the onlookers sighed one after another.Someone threw silver coins on it, and the treasures caught them one by one with their hands and put them in their pockets, while the other coins were caught in their mouths.Underneath, Baye Wan did a few moves such as "Overlord Lifting the Top", "Front and Back Carrying Flowers", "Left and Right Carrying Mountains", "Big and Big Elbows", and then waved, Bao San smiled and floated down from the streamer , bowed to the crowd, got into the crowd and disappeared. Wanba was about to finish playing with the central flag, Zhang San stepped forward to say hello, and said, "Today, Master Ba also showed his skills, which is really enviable." Master Wan Ba ​​patted the dirt with his hands: "I'm happy today, for my disciples Congratulations." Zhang Sandao: "Just now that little guy is really good at kung fu, and I think he has a bright future." Wan Baye Mao Yiyang: "His name is Bao Shanlin, he was born in a poor family, he is a good young man, he is smart, and has a good way. He is also upright, and he is my favorite apprentice." Zhang Sandao: "Is the eighth master busy with official business recently? If you have time, go to my place and have a drink or two." Wanba master looked up at the sky: "The world of the Qing Dynasty may change, good There are a lot of things to do in the camp, and your place is far away from the city, so I haven't had time to go there, let's meet again when we have a chance." Zhang San bids farewell to Baye Wan, and he and Lord Luo Ying come to listen to the Dharma drum again.The Fagu Laohui originated in the reign of Emperor Kangxi and has a history of nearly 200 years. The performance teams are all covered with flowers and wrapped around their heads, which is dazzling.Fagu uses five percussion weapons, namely cymbals, drums, cymbals, hairpins, chrome and clang, which are called five-tone continuous cicadas.These musical instruments were originally magical instruments in the hands of monks.Now it is used to celebrate a good harvest and bring good luck. Zhang San listened carefully to the music, it was pleasant to the ear, as quiet as the autumn moon on a flat lake, as moving as swallows flying and butterflies dancing, when the high tide was like flowing clouds and flowing water, when it was at its peak, there was a tendency of mountain rain and wind filling the building.The cymbals are flying up and down, and the weather is myriad.The drums are like thunder, with great momentum, which makes the viewers feel excited and invigorated.With the tight gongs and drums leading people to a storm-like climax, the rain will clear up in an instant, and the flowing water will be gurgling, very charming, and the song will end with a lingering aftertaste. Luo Yinggong pulled Zhang San and said: "Don't listen to it, you will be fascinated after listening to it for a while, go over there and watch foreign movies!" A man in a gray cloth gown pointed to a two-meter-high color painting on the stage and sang and sang.Beside him was a red-lacquered wooden stand half the size of a washstand, on which a snare drum, a small gong, and a cymbal were all fastened.After a section was sung, the man pulled the rope in his hand, and the gongs and drums started to ring together.Luo Yinggong said to Zhang San: "Speaking of this foreign film, there is a very interesting story! In the Tang Dynasty, there was a lecherous emperor who collected beauties from all over the country to Beijing every year. Once, he selected beautiful women from Suzhou and Hangzhou. More than a dozen young and beautiful girls were sent to the capital. When the emperor saw it, Long Yan was overjoyed, and immediately took him into the palace as concubines. After a while, all these beautiful and beautiful concubines were frowning and homesick. The eunuchs and maids served all kinds of services to no avail, which made the emperor helpless, so he summoned the ministers to discuss the matter, and declared that whoever could make the concubines happy would be rewarded. Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng, the army guards After listening to it, I made some calculations in my mind, and guessed it was about ten, so I played the emperor and said: "The concubines are young and far away from their hometown, so of course they miss their families." What's your plan?" Ministers Peng and Li said, "Your Majesty, you can let the concubines tell about the scenery of your hometown in the inner palace, and we will describe it outside the inn, and then draw pictures one by one according to what the concubines said. Hang it on the wall of the inner palace, so that the concubines can get rid of their nostalgia when they see the paintings as if they were at home. The emperor nodded repeatedly after hearing this, so he ordered to do it. The next day, eight colorful paintings of Suzhou gardens and Hangzhou West Lake scenery Hanging out, the two ministers, Yuan and Li, also made up libretto, beat gongs and drums and sang and sang. The concubines listened to Liannei, feeling cordial, and each of them smiled. The emperor rewarded these two ministers, and He ordered them to enter the palace every day and sing for the concubines. Later, this form of singing gradually spread to the people, and it became a foreign film..." Just as he was talking, Zhang San suddenly felt someone pulling his skirt from behind.