The old master's face was a little kind and serious, and he said calmly: "Of course, it is still necessary to change the scene temporarily, so just now "The First Meeting of the West Lake" only sang a short paragraph, and after Mr. Zhao sings, we will finish the performance of "Broken Bridge", but we will use the original puppet back." ”

"Why use the original puppet? Isn't this puppet very good?"

The old master smiled, and he put the new puppet and his original puppet together: "Everyone, please see, if Xu Xian appears like this, can you accept it?"

Under the light, the beautiful Bai Suzhen has a hidden fairy aura all over her body, even if she just stands quietly like this, she has a feeling that she can fly into the air in the next second.

And the Xu Xian puppet next to him has no trace of popularity, that is a puppet, it is the kind of cane-headed puppet they are common, with a red face and hanging eyes, and they are used to seeing it in the past.

Seeing their expressions, the old master shook his head and smiled bitterly: "So it's not that I'm not rigorous, but ...... I can't help it. ”

He was really reluctant to let him give up the new puppet, but if he wanted the old and new puppets to perform on the same stage, it would not work, because the difference was too far and too dramatic.

Because he had to temporarily change the repertoire, Bai Suzhen sang the whole play alone.

After learning what happened, everyone in the audience whispered, and I don't know who suddenly shouted: "Then sing it again! I didn't see enough just now!"

"Yes! Do it again!

I patronized and doubted before, but when I looked back at it, I found that it was indeed different from the puppet show I watched on weekdays.

The master hesitated a little: "But our original repertoire is "Broken Bridge" ......"

"Oh, master, we have to learn to be flexible, you have to come out and make an appearance with a new puppet, don't you? ”

"That's it, why don't you do a set, just make a Bai Suzhen boring, and then get a Xiaoqing out and play "Double Snake Fight"!"

""Double Snake Fight" is not good-looking, but I watch "Water Man Jinshan" is good!"

They argued, and Shen Mange said in a low voice: "Brother Zi'an, what is "Double Snake Fighting"?

"Uh...... Yes and no. Lu Zi'an leaned over slightly and explained: "This is the script of Peking Opera, Bai Suzhen is Wudan, the front of the green snake is Jing, and the back is Wudan, which means that Bai Suzhen practiced in Mount Emei, missed the mortal dust, and went down the mountain." Over Qingfeng Mountain, meet the green snake. The green snake was originally a male and wanted to marry Bai Suzhen, but Bai Suzhen did not allow it, and the two fought. The green snake was invincible, turned into a woman, and the two became sisters and walked all the way. There are many scenes, among which the double snake fight is the most popular, so it is named "Double Snake Fight". ”

Shen Mange thought thoughtfully: "So that's ......"

At this time, the master and they had already compromised and adopted the best way, that is, after Mr. Zhao's performance, they would finish the performance of "Broken Bridge" in its entirety, but Xu Xian appeared in a long view, which did not affect the overall viewing.

After they stepped back, Zhao Yang quickly appeared.

There is no opening line, it is a fierce drum beat, and his song is a painting, a poem, a life history, which can resonate with people.

Lu Zi'an seems to have returned to that year, the difference is that he could only look from afar, but now he is sitting in the front row.

At the end of a complete song, it seems that the years he has experienced over the years have passed.

This kind of emotion spread until after listening to "Broken Bridge", until he returned home and took out the one-armed puppet, Lu Zi'an instantly left all the sadness behind.

Look at the time, it's not too late.

He took a shower and came out and opened the live broadcast room directly.

[Hey, the master is still live streaming so late today?]

[Familiar in the front row, master look at me, look at me! I'm your NC fan!]

[Tsk, a group of, I'm different from them, what I like is your wood carving! Master, you are familiar with me!]

[Outside the mountain, Qingshan Building, outside the building, you are pretending to be worried about your father. 】

Lu Zi'an had long been accustomed to the rhythm of their mutual fighting, and put the one-armed puppet on the table: "Well, I may not carve anything tonight, I want to see the structure of this puppet......"

He wiped his hands clean and carefully removed the puppet's head.

Every artist cherishes his puppet very much, especially pays attention to the maintenance of the puppet, the master is a person who loves puppets at a glance, how can his favorite puppet break an arm?

If you want to know why, you must first understand why this puppet can move, then you must first study what stage it is in.

The trajectory of Chinese puppet art is roughly divided into three stages.

The first is the stage of three carvings and seven paintings, which is by the artist first carving the head shape, and then painting the face, and the modeling mainly depends on the face.

The second is the stage of carving and painting, which generally appeared before the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Then there is the stage of plasticity and randomness, which is the puppet designed by modern and contemporary puppet artists using modern technological products.

Lu Zi'an carefully examined the carving and painting of this puppet, and felt that it should be in the style between the combination of carving and painting and the modern puppet shape.

The shape is relatively simple, and although the paint on the surface is a little dull, it is still not cracked, indicating that it is still well maintained.

He pressed the top of the puppet's head, and gradually groped inch by inch, until he finally felt a shallow bulge on the front sideburns.

After a few seconds of tapping with his fingers, he slowly pushed the entire skull to one side.

The "click" mortise and tenon structure was opened, and the head cover was slid one centimeter to one side, and then Lu Zi'an pulled it up and removed the entire head cover from the card position.

[Lift your skull, let me see your brain.] 】

[Your cerebellum is not growing well, no wonder you often fall when you walk......]

[Creepy ...... in the middle of the night]

Lu Zi'an did not rush to look at the mechanism inside the puppet's head, but looked carefully at the removed skull instead.

The edge should be varnish, smooth and delicate to the touch, and even after the baptism of time, you can still see the extremely finely polished knife marks inside.

Everything else is normal, but it seems that there is more than just varnish on it, there seems to be something else.

Lu Zi'an lifted the carving knife and carefully scraped it layer by layer.

Even if it was just this skull, the craftsman applied a full seven layers of lacquer, not only wrapped extremely tightly, but also the polishing under it was also very elegant, if it was not pressed to the mechanism, no matter how hard it was, it would not be able to open the puppet's head.

Lu Zi'an couldn't help frowning, and the carving knife paused on the table: Obviously it is an ordinary puppet, and ordinary performances don't need to be so closely protected, what is the reason why the craftsman is so cautious?

He pondered for a moment, picked up the puppet's body, and examined the severed arm carefully, and finally saw the traces of water immersion in an extremely deep dent.