At night, the snow outside is falling, and the inside of the opera garden is indeed lively.

As the girl who played the pipa walked off the stage, there was a burst of cheers and clapping from the stands. Standing next to the railing on the fifth floor, Jiang Qingjiu and Liu Jiang were holding a handful of peanuts in their hands, watching the characters on the stage slowly appear one by one, and couldn't help but take a few looks.

Jiang Qingjiu turned around and turned his back to the stage, but Liu Jiang was still watching.

Jiang Qingjiu patted Liu Jiang and said, "When did the owner of the drama garden you said appear up?" ”

Liu Jiang put a peanut in his mouth, and at this time, the following drama was singing to the first climax, he couldn't help but applaud, and then turned back embarrassedly: "The owner of this opera garden is a master of singing, and this opera garden can develop into today's scale and popularity, on the one hand, because of the careful operation of the ancestors of the owner of this theater, and on the other hand, because the current master of the theater sings a must, but I don't know if he will go on stage tonight." ”

"Oh, is it so famous?" said Jiang Sake curiously.

Liu Jiang turned around, turned his back to the stage, and thought for a while,

"If you want to say how famous, it has not reached the level of being famous all over the country, but it is quite famous in our area. For example, my uncles and many monks from some temples like to come here to listen to operas. In their words, it's to 'meditate'. ”

Jiang sake somewhat understood, no wonder it was still lively in the middle of the night.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound on the wooden staircase, a special sound that only leather shoes could make when they stepped on it.

The man who came up gradually appeared all over his body, this man was wearing a retro black suit, a pair of shiny leather shoes on his feet, and a lot of white hair on his head.

The two stood by the railing and watched the man walk past them.

When the man had already walked out not far away, Liu Jiang looked a little nervous and said, "It's him, the owner of the opera garden is this person." ”

Jiang Qingjiu poured the peanuts in his palm into his mouth, patted Liu Jiang's shoulder, and the two followed like tourists.

The owner of the opera garden did not notice the two, there were many tourists here, and he had long been accustomed to the flow of people who wore them around.

Out of the singing building, outside is a garden composed of rockeries and small lakes, and now there is no green in sight, and as far as the eye can see, it is full of white.

On the edge of the garden is a corridor with red lanterns on both sides and large lanterns hanging under the tiled roof. The white light is responsible for illumination, while the red lantern is responsible for festivity and beauty. At this time, there are some people taking pictures in the garden and corridor.

After walking through the short corridor, at the end of which was a wide house with five pairs of vermilion gates, which were brightly lit, but at this time due to the cold weather, only one door was opened. In and out of it are actors in costumes and heavy makeup,

The owner of the opera garden stepped into it, and Jiang Qingjiu and Liu Jiang also followed.

The room was spacious, with large air conditioners in several corners, and the buzzing machines were constantly emitting heat.

There were people coming and going, some tourists and actors asking for photos, and some were preparing to go on stage.

Seeing the owner of the opera garden unhurriedly through the crowd, he went out from the other end of the house.

The two immediately followed. Outside the door of the house, there was a winding path paved with stone slabs, which had been covered with a lot of snow, and fresh footprints were still left on it, and in the distance there seemed to be a separate courtyard.

At this time, the old man who was in charge of the stage walked in, he was a festive-looking comedian on stage, but he was a veritable backbone off the stage.

The old man looked a little anxious, and hurried over, his mouth kept spitting white air.

At this time, a few people came over to support him, and the old man pulled them away, just now the owner was still in front, why did he disappear after a while.

"The owner, you see the owner, there are still more than ten minutes, it's time for him to play. But the man was gone. “

The little actor on the side was smiling, as if he hadn't felt the seriousness of the matter yet,

The proprietor went back to his house. “

Her voice was very good, with a hint of softness, which made the old man sigh, and he couldn't lose his temper at her, and said: "Liu Liu, you go and hand over the owner, just say that he will play soon." “

"Well, okay. The little girl named Liu Liu ran over lively.

At this time, the old man's keen eyes looked at Jiang Qingjiu and Liu Jiang who were sitting in the corner.

The old man strolled over, with a rolling coercion.

Both of them were nervous. are ready to do it, although the other party is an old man, but who knows what level he is, in case the two of them are planted in his hands,

The old man stepped forward and asked with a very kind attitude: "What do you think of our two gentlemen in the background?"

Jiang Qingjiu and Liu Jiang both sighed secretly in their hearts at the same time.

"It's good, there's a garden outside, there's snow, and there's all kinds of costumes inside, it's the first time I've seen it. “

Liu Jiang said from the bottom of his heart.

Jiang Qingjiu also praised: "Whether it is the theater, or the corridor or the courtyard, it all reveals a simple and heavy sense of history, and this opera garden is very substantial." “

When the old man heard this, his originally festive face immediately seemed to be smiling, and he said happily: "What the two of you said is the point. “

At this time, the owner of the opera garden rushed to the gate and walked in, followed by a cold wind.

Seeing this, the old man arched his hand and said, "If you two have needs, come to the front desk to find me." The old man didn't accompany the two of them first. “

Looking at the old man accompanying the owner of the opera garden, he slowly disappeared in front of him. Both sighed.

Jiang Qingjiu asked, "Have you been to the opera garden before?"

Liu Jiang sat aside and replied: "The number of times is very small, and I have never met this old man like today, so it is impossible for this old man to recognize me." ”

Seeing Liu Jiang's vow, Jiang Qingjiu felt a little relieved.

The two walked out of the changing room, passed through the corridor, and went to the garden, if they wanted not to alarm the people in the garden, they went to the inner courtyard, and it was estimated that they could only climb through the garden.

A footprint on the snow made a rustling sound.

Entering the depths of the garden, it is already off the beaten track, but the scenery here is truly extraordinary. When I want to come to the daytime, Yingai will have people come to play.

When we reached the end of the round forest, there was a low wall in front of me, and the low wall was crawling with plants, but because of the heavy snow, it was covered with a thick layer of snow. A branch stood tall and came out of the snow.

The two looked at each other and decided to climb over the wall and get in.

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At the same time, behind the stage, the old man smiled and reported to his owner,

"Owner, I saw the figure of the Liu family in the back, could it be that they knew. ”

The owner of the opera garden was not in a hurry, and asked, "Who is in the Liu family?"

"The junior of the Liu family, Liu Jiang. “

The owner of the opera garden smiled confidently and said, "If you find out, how can you send such a junior here, let him slowly wander around." It's just a junior, and it can't do any harm. “

......

In the dilapidated house outside Xi'an, Zhao Danzhu, who had just sent the three people away, and the mysterious man sat on the sofa very tiredly.

After calming down, the two of them didn't pay much attention to the things they planned to start the new year, and all they remembered was what happened in the River Styx.

"What do you think was the one on the Yellow Springs Road who pulled the two of us in?"

Zhao Danzhu still asked while smoking a cigarette, and the ashtray next to him was almost full.

The mysterious man thought for a moment and returned, "Maybe it's the old man." “

Speaking of the old man, the two couldn't help but sigh in their hearts, there can be someone in this world who is strong enough to be able to compete with the ghost king, and the ghost king seems to be a little jealous of the old man, what kind of existence is such an old man who can easily enter the underworld?

Zhao Danzhu sat up, a trace of red blood appeared in his eyes, but at this time he was in high spirits and did not feel tired.

"You're saying the old man wants to kill us. “

"Yes," replied the mysterious man, "at least that's what the ghost king said, and from the old man's words, I think he must have discovered us, and knew what we were doing, and wanted to get rid of us." “

Zhao Danzhu let out an "oh", took a puff of cigarette, and then remembered the conditions for the ghost king to let them come, and asked, "Do you say that the formation we arranged in the underworld is useful?"

The mysterious man also sat up from the couch at this time, poured himself a cup of hot water, and took a few sips. When I walked to the corner, my stomach growled.

There were several square gray bags in the corner, and the mysterious man skillfully opened one of the large bags and took out a bag of compressed biscuits from it. He took out a few pieces, put them in his mouth and chewed them, and sat back on the couch with a glass of water in his other hand.

"Since the ghost king has said that this is useful, it is naturally useful. “

The mysterious man said in a somewhat muffled voice.

Zhao Danzhu on the side got up and took out a few biscuits and sat down again, chewed a few mouthfuls and swallowed them in a hurry, reached out and picked up the coffee on the table and drank it, and then sat back as if he was very satisfied.

"You said that the old man and the ghost king's agreement, will the ghost king abide by it?" Zhao Danzhu asked.

The mysterious man thought about it, the reason why the ghost king was willing to rescue himself and Zhao Danzhu under the old man's hands and let himself and Zhao Danzhu come back was not to use the formation we set up in the underworld to let his soldiers break through the barrier and come to the world. The old man demanded that even if the ghost king himself had the power to break through the barrier, he could not come out of the underworld, let alone those yin spirits, let alone the generals. The old man seems to have absolute superiority and self-confidence, and he also promised the ghost king not to repair the enchantment within ten years. Although on the surface, the ghost king seems to have compromised with the old man, but secretly sending us back is not to go against the old man's wishes.

The mysterious man smiled dismally, stretched lazily on the sofa, and said, "Have a good rest, forget about the heavy of the underworld, it won't be long before that great plan begins!"