Since the world has changed, several theaters in Peking have also closed down one after another, in the past, how many rich young masters squeezed through the door to see the famous actors who sang Hua Dan, but now the theater can't be run, without this platform, no matter how beautiful Hua Dan is, no one cares.

The people who sing Hua Dan are all young men with good looks and figures, and their youth is just right, and men and women will bend their waists for them, but after all, once this line of work becomes a corner, it is not a character that ordinary people can afford.

On the contrary, it is easier for the Oiran of the Qinglou to see, chaos is the way, who cares about face, there is money and food, and the troubled times can be free, everything is not important.

But the older generation of the corners of the pear orchard left the pear orchard after becoming famous, and the rest were either some old people who played drums and gongs, or children whose bodies had not yet grown, and they couldn't stand the scrutiny, and the visitors didn't buy it.

Since the incident when Liyuan passed through the gendarmerie, Tanaka Yukawa wanted to kill Xi'er, and the leather monkey was punished as a handful of loess, so Liyuan hid Xi'er Xue and did not let Xi'er haunt the public eye again.

And Xi'er also had a pimple in his heart because of that incident, the death of the skin monkey, including Jiang Sheng's farewell, Xi'er has always felt guilty, he was already weak and sick, and he had heart disease, every time he was sick, he chanted the names of Jiang Sheng and the skin monkey, and it has been like this for two years.

Singing in the theater is different from performing in the countryside, Hua Dan, as the top brand of the pear garden, does not appear easily, and when she appears, the mountains and the sea echo her, and there must be a thousand gold.

In the countryside, dancing sticks and somersaults and playing monkeys are the highlights, and those like Hua Dan's group of Wenwen who are weak and singing female voices are reduced to inferiority, so Xi'er has been helping in front of and behind the stage during this time, and does not sing on stage.

It is said that the pear orchard tour arrived in Dayao Village, and the stage was placed under the bathhouse at the head of the village.

The rich man who opened the bathhouse was a middle-aged fat man, surnamed Gao, although he was not a landlord, but he had a business mind, and he liked drama and literature, and often went to the theater to support the scene.

Master Guan arranged the troupe under the bathhouse, which naturally earned enough face for the gold owner, and it was inevitable that he would reward half a bag of white rice, or even two pieces of ocean.

After the stage was set up, Master Guan finished his salutation on the stage and let the apprentices perform.

A group of disciples first danced the auspicious play, and then there were some simple Peking operas, the villagers watched boring, walking in twos and threes, Master Guan looked anxious, pinched the middle of the opera, he came to the stage and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, you go slowly, the next one on the stage is our Liyuan Dawusheng, give you a Lin Chong night to press the field, if you think it is good, please reward the money, go out to rely on friends, here it depends on your masters." ”

Someone in the audience said: "Lin Chong went to Liangshan and died after all, if you want to come, you will come to Guan Erye." ”

"Come to Zhao Yun, the five tiger generals, Zhao Zilong is full of guts, and the army of ten thousand people will take the head of the enemy general from it like probing for something, I want to see Zhao Zilong!" Another person in the audience shouted.

"I think it's better to let Zhao Zilong and Guan Erye fight and see which one is great!"

A group of people in the audience shouted, Master Guan looked embarrassed, and the people below asked, "Is it impossible to act?" ”

"You can do it!" Master Guan said sonorously. "Everyone, wait a moment, put on makeup backstage and take the stage, you can see if it's exciting!"

After Master Guan finished speaking, he picked up the tent and went backstage, and saw that Hu Xiaomeng was still hooking Lin Chong's face, and scolded: "Bastard, it's all about Zhao Yun Guan Yu, so I quickly turned red." ”

Hu Xiaomeng put down his eyebrow pencil and said: "Master Guan, the villagers don't know how to play, we have to have rules and evidence, how can they act, how can there be a fight between Zhao Yun and Guan Yu?" ”

Master Guan said: "There is a play called Zhao Yun and Guan Yu, and they can't act and make it up, your master went to contact the theater to find a job in the wind and rain, and he was so tired that he was still sick in bed, you tell me the rules of a ghost?!" ”

Now Hu Xiaomeng is sixteen years old, it is the age of the prime, upright, able to take charge of himself, when he was in the pear orchard, except for Master Long and Master Guan, he was the head of the pear garden, and a group of disciples even respected Hu Xiaomeng more than Master Guan.

Hu Xiaomeng said: "Okay, Zhao Yun and Guan Yu, I will play one of them, who do you call to play the other?" ”

Except for Hu Xiaomeng, none of the people present have a martial arts student, if they let them turn their heads and play a mantis boxing or something, let them play the ancient famous generals, they can't play the essence of the gods at all, but they will be embarrassed.

Xi'er hesitated for a moment and said, "Master, senior brother is here to play Guan Yu, and I will play Zhao Yun." ”

Xi'er's height is the tallest one in the Liyuan opera troupe except for Hu Xiaomeng, and he is handsome, and playing a little Zhao Yun is not a disobedience.

Hu Xiaomeng said: "Xi'er, didn't you hear the clamor outside, this is not a literary drama, you are a Hua Dan, no matter how solid your basic skills are, you can't play the essence of Zhao Yun, when the time comes, the sword has no eyes, you haven't practiced the number of ways to turn over the flower gun, if I can't handle an unstable action, if I hurt you, not only will the drama be smashed, but you will become a cripple again, how can we continue this drama team?" ”

Xi'er lowered her head and said, "Can't we pick the spear slowly?" ”

"Do you like the female version of Zhao Zilong?" Hu Xiaomeng took off his crown and slapped it on the dressing table, looking aggrieved.

"Master Guan, the spectators outside are urging tightly, and the old man who is watching the play upstairs is also a little impatient." A lean child ran in and said.

"A few of you, go to the field first, pick a flower gun or somersault, Zhao Yun and Guan Yu are not allowed to stop if they don't play!" Master Guan ordered.

A group of children received the order and lined up to walk out, gongs and drums sounded, and there was a cheer outside.

Master Guan sighed and said, "Zhao Yun, I'll act!" ”

"Master Guan, how old are you?" Hu Xiaomeng looked at Master Guan with a surprised expression.

"Don't look down on people, think that when the old man and I were also proficient in all eighteen kinds of martial arts, if I hadn't followed your master into the pear orchard, maybe I would have been an anti-Japanese hero!" Master Guan said as he went to wash his hands and burn incense, asking the apprentices to quickly hook his face.

After a stick of incense, the stage opened, Guan Yunchang stepped on the stage with the Qinglong Yanyue Knife, with a red face and long beard, and his robe danced, which was really majestic, and the audience applauded.

Guan Yunchang first sang a powerful drama, and after a while, Zhao Zilong walked out from behind the scenes, holding a spear, heroic, with two red hooks drawn in the corners of his eyes, and he couldn't see the wrinkles on the actor's face if he didn't look carefully.

The two of you say a word, when it comes to the key, the Qinglong Yanyue Knife and the Red Tassel Flower Spear fought together, the movements opened and closed, and the audience applauded.

Guan Yunchang and Zhao Zilong fought for a long time, the Qinglong Yanyue knife was on Zhao Zilong's neck, and Zhao Zilong's spear was also against Guan Yunchang's heart.

Hu Xiaomeng looked at Master Guan's sweaty face like rain, panting out of breath, and said: "Master, you are not angry enough, put away a flower gun, and I will lose to you in one more round." ”

"Sensei said, no matter how powerful Zhao Zilong is, he can't win against Second Master Guan, and the martial saint can't be defeated, this is the rule, you can beat you." Master Guan retracted the spear as he spoke, swinging the Qinglong Glaive Knife away.

The two soon fought again, and the adults and children in the audience were all excited, these actions were extremely dangerous and fancy, and they couldn't be played without a few years of kung fu, everyone usually fights with one paw and one fist for me, and when you are in a hurry, you move the knife and move the stick and throw it up and down, left and right, how can there be such a good look on the stage?

Suddenly, Zhao Zilong's spear on the stage let go, and was kicked in the abdomen by Guan Yunchang and flew out, Zhao Zilong hit a carp, only to hear a muffled snort, Master Guan couldn't stand up with his waist, Hu Xiaomeng slashed his head, and the spear in Zhao Yun's hand was suddenly broken into two.

"Sure enough, Master Guan is more powerful, the Martial Saint is the Martial Saint after all!" The villagers in the audience shouted.

The Qinglong Yanyue Knife in Hu Xiaomeng's hand was on Zhao Zilong's neck, he withdrew his hand and hugged his fist to everyone in the audience, and then glanced at Xi'er, who lifted the curtain behind the scenes.

Xi'er held the gong and didn't move, a villager took out a copper plate and a gross ticket and threw it on the stage, so many villagers followed suit and threw money on the stage.

Xi'er put down the gong and stepped forward to help Master Guan, and Master Guan hugged his fists to the villagers in the audience and said: "Thank you for the reward, Zhao Zilong thanked him first, thanked him first!" ”

After Master Guan finished speaking, Xi'er hurriedly supported him, and when he arrived at the dimly lit stage, a group of apprentices immediately stepped forward to support Master Guan and carried him to the theater box to rest.

"Twist your waist, Master Guan, how can you do such a dangerous move at your age." The master who followed the gong said.

"Don't tight, don't tight."

Master Guan waved his hand and said, the sweat on his face soaked his clothes, and the villagers in the audience left the scene one after another after throwing the bounty.

After a while, the brothers and sisters who cleaned up the stage came back with a bag of reward money, Master Guan looked at the money in the money bag and shook his head, and said, "Help me to wash my face, I'll visit Master Gao, the reward money of big families is not easy to beg." ”

As soon as Master Guan's words fell, a junior apprentice ran in again, elated, holding a stack of Yuan Datou in his hand, and said, "Master, Master Gao's reward." ”

Everyone saw Yuan Datou with a sword, and these Yuan Datou alone didn't know how many times more money than the money in the money bag, Hu Xiaomeng hurriedly said: "Count how many pieces there are." ”

The apprentice counted, smiled and said, "Senior brother, a total of ten yuan!" ”

Hu Xiaomeng smiled and said: "It can be regarded as meeting a generous financier, which is enough for us to eat for half a month." ”

The apprentice scratched his head and said, "Oh yes, Master Gao also said that he wanted to meet Xi'er, and asked you why Xi'er didn't come to the stage?" ”

"Master Gao wants to see Xi'er?" Master Guan frowned, glanced at Xi'er, who was beautiful and innocent, and muttered. "After all, Master Gao is the owner of the food for us, so we can't be lazy."

Master Guan held his waist, sweating like rain and couldn't move, Hu Xiaomeng said: "Master Guan, you are resting, I will take Xi'er to meet this old man and thank others." ”

"It's fine." Master Guan stopped talking and stopped, and when he saw Hu Xiaomeng washing his face, he didn't say anything after all.