After Su Chen and Peng Jingqing sat down, they were in the middle of the third row. There are more than a dozen tables in the first row, all of which are prepared for the adjutants of the Assassin's Mansion, the officials of the prefect, the officials of the county yamen, as well as some marquis and Confucian who resigned in Runzhou City.

People like the Assassin History, the Long History, and the Prefect hold their own identities, and even if they send an invitation, they will not come in person, but most of them will send one or two low-level officials to come over to cheer them up, or the stewards of the Hou Mansion, etc. Of course, there will be people who make an exception and come in person, such as Han Xizai, he likes this kind of occasion, and I heard that it is Su Yixuan's opera script, and he will not miss it for the first time to perform a stage play.

Xu Qingwan also came to the scene in person, behind her is the powerful Xu family, her father, grandfather, etc. were all made marquis by the imperial court, and she herself is the first talented woman in Runzhou, so being able to come to Hualou to support the scene is already a great face for Xiangyun Pavilion.

Even Sang's mother didn't expect that Xu Qingwan's talented girl would come in person and warmly welcome her to sit down.

The second row is the position of the nine major families, each with its own stewardship representatives, although "Shinong Industrialist" is the general four classes of society, and the merchant is at the bottom. But in the real world, if you really think that peasants and craftsmen have more status than merchants, you are guilty of dogmatism and a big mistake.

In the Southern Tang Dynasty, great attention was paid to economic development, and the status of merchants had been raised very high, although there were still many restrictions on the status of merchants in the law, not allowing them to be officials and careers, or there were restrictions on household registration ranks, and there were more repressive regulations such as paying taxes.

However, the Southern Tang merchants already had a strong influence, they had abundant funds, and often colluded with officials and businessmen, bribed officials, hired a large number of domestic slave servants, and became tenant owners of a large amount of land, deciding the survival of hundreds or thousands of tenant farmers. At the same time, many craftsmen were hired to work in their own workshops, etc., and the city had a great deal of power, and even the government rarely offended the Jujia family.

If the children of the Shangjia family become traitors and do bad things, they will often lose money, and the big things will be turned into small things, and the small things will be turned into small things. The old saying "the people do not fight with the rich, and the rich do not fight with the officials" is the true portrayal.

The poor "scholars, peasants, and workers" generally cannot afford to offend the merchants, just because they are rich!

Su Chen and Peng Jingqing sat on the table in the third row, where the powerful yamen, the sons of big families, the new Kegongshi, etc., as well as some young masters of the second-rate merchant families.

"Su Chen?" A cold voice came, calling out his name.

Su Chen turned his head to look over, and on the table on his right, he found an acquaintance: Cao Dan, the third young man of the Cao family.

The Cao family once plotted against the Su family's ancestral prescriptions and ancestral homes, etc., and Cao Dan was the one who pushed out the Cao family and set up a bureau to make him deliberately lose money and owe gambling debts.

It can be said that the death of "Su Chen" in the past was related to Cao Dan, and he was able to come back to life. However, he would not be grateful to Cao Dan for this, and the sense of justice in his heart made Su Chen and Cao Dan destined to continue to be hostile.

"Is there something wrong with shouting uncle?" Su Chen snorted back.

Cao Dan's face was angry, he got up and walked forward with two domestic servants, and he was about to teach him a lesson, but just a few steps forward, he saw Han Yunpeng who was sitting with Su Chen, and he was stunned, although he was not a Yanei, but he also followed some powerful sons in the city to get through that circle, and recognized that this was the little son of Han Shilang's mansion, nicknamed: Dapeng Gongzi!

Han Yunpeng glared at him, and then asked Su Chen, "Have a grudge?" ”

Su Chen said with a righteous face: "This is the third young master of the Cao family, who usually cheats and abducts, bullies neighbors, preys on the common people, molests women, cheats people for money, beats lonely old people and children, it can be said that he does all kinds of evil, but it's a pity that the family has a bit of stinky money in the pharmacy business, so no one has cured him." ”

When Cao Dan heard this, his face changed, and he said angrily: "You, you are spewing blood, slandering the reputation of Young Master Ben!" ”

After hearing this, Han Yunpeng couldn't hold it anymore, there are still such bad evil young people in this Runzhou City! It's just the son of a businessman, and it's even worse than the Yanei in their powerful officials' mansions, it's a bit too arrogant!

"Smack!" Han Yunpeng rushed up and slapped Cao Dan in the face, and then kicked him twice, and said angrily: "Okay, you are a wretch, you are so domineering, do you think that no one in Runzhou City can clean it up?" ”

Cao Dan was beaten, knowing the identity of Han Gongzi, he held his head and didn't dare to fight back, but the two family members behind Cao Dan didn't know, and when they saw the young master being beaten, they rolled up their sleeves and shouted and rushed up.

Han Yunpeng is sixteen years old, when he was a child, he learned rough martial arts from the boxer in the home nursing home, and he could just use it in a fight, one elbow hit Jia Ding's abdomen, and the other kicked the second Jia Ding in the chest, and then punched him badly, Cao Dan and Jia Ding were beaten.

At this time, the deacon in charge of public security in the Xiangyun Pavilion brought people over to maintain order, and when he saw Han Yunpeng beating people, he didn't dare to be rude to him, but just pulled the shelf, and after asking the reason, he learned that Han Yunpeng was in charge, and he wouldn't say anything about accountability, so he directly let the three members of the Cao family carry him out.

Su Chen didn't make a move from beginning to end, smiled at Han Yunpeng who sat down again, and stretched out his thumb: "Yes, if you visit the Qinglou once, you can also eliminate harm for the people, and you are worthy of being the son of Dapeng!" ”

Han Yunpeng grinned and said: "If he dares to offend Brother Su, he will offend me, and if I see him once in the future, I will beat him once." ”

Su Chen nodded: "Well, good brother, there are blessings to share, and there are enemies to share!" ”

Peng Jingqing was not interested in this, and patted the table: "You two be quiet, the play is about to start." ”

Su Chen and Han Yunpeng glanced at each other, they didn't dare to speak, among the three of them, the real Tyrannosaurus Rex was here!

At this moment, the bell rings, and the opera is about to open.

There were hundreds of people in the lobby, all of whom were quiet, full of curiosity about the stage play.

Many people in the audience have a cold attitude towards this, hoping to see Liu Monong's jokes in Xiangyun Pavilion.

Even inside the Xiangyun Pavilion, there is a group of sisters led by Cui Qiaoer, who have prejudices against Liu Monong's group of close people, and expect them to smash the pot this time, fail the performance, and make a big joke. They all thought about it in private, as long as they acted averagely, they immediately coaxed them off the stage.

At this time, silk and bamboo music sounded, and the stage curtain slowly opened.

The lights in the lobby began to go out, the light became dimmed, and everyone's eyes were forced to look at the stage, and the atmosphere was in place.

On the stage, the props are very conspicuous, the garden rockery, and the courtyard of the house are very realistic.

Many big lanterns brightened the lights, and an old woman came out of the stage, playing Mrs. Cui, and began to have a little girl named Yingying in the preface, and the wedge part of the script was performed.

Subsequently, Zhang Sheng, played by Shen Jiaru, appeared on the stage, and was about to enter Beijing to catch the exam, when he came to the gate of a mountain temple, and happened to meet Cui Yingying and the matchmaker......

The plot is compact, the characters are full, and the lyrics and songs are coordinated, and in the process of acting, a song will be sung, which should be in response to the occasion, this kind of mixed song and dance plot expression really surprised the audience, more vivid than the storytelling, richer than listening to the music, and immediately attracted everyone's attention.

The audience applauded and cheered from time to time, especially Cui Yingying's beautiful appearance, Zhang Sheng's scholarly heroism, and the matchmaker's playful and cuteness, which were performed very vividly on stage.

After about half an hour's work, the two-fold play was all performed, and the audience was still unsatisfied, and after learning that the play would be performed ten times in a row, the story could be completed, and they were all immediately interested, and they were even more curious about the direction of the story that would happen later.

"Su Yixuan, there is a bias!" Han Xizai was full of emotion, after watching this kind of opera, he suddenly felt that he had dozens of singers and gentlemen in his house, just dancing and singing, which was really not interesting.

The representatives sent by Tongque Tower, Red Sleeve Fang, and Cuiwei Pavilion had their faces as dead as ashes, and they felt that something was wrong, and they had to hurry back to deliver the news, so that Hua Dan and Lao Bustard could find a way to deal with it.

Cui Qiaoer and other daughters in Xiangyun Pavilion had both jealous and envious expressions, as well as unwillingness and disappointment. Liu Monong's performance was successful, and they felt that in the Xiangyun Pavilion, they were likely to be purged.

After watching it, the talented girl Xu Qingwan liked the story, dialogue, lyrics and songs of the drama very much, and felt that this was very Su Yixuan's style, so she couldn't help but get up leisurely, looked around, and thought in her heart: Xiangyun Pavilion's first performance in the West Chamber, won't Su Gongzi come to watch?

At this moment, she suddenly saw a figure in the crowd, quite similar to Su Yixuan's figure and side face, her eyes lit up, her expression was happy, and she walked over quickly, and the target she approached was exactly - Su Chen!