Cai Yan's words made Han Zhan stunned, and he suddenly remembered that the real opera should have risen in the Song Dynasty, and after the perfection of the Yuan Dynasty, it was officially formed in the Ming Dynasty. As for the Han Dynasty, although there were also "hundred operas", they were actually a general term for folk songs and dances, acrobatics, martial arts, and magic, not the kind of opera that I understood. Since there is no such thing as "opera" in this fashion, it is normal for Cai Yan, a talented woman who is rich and rich, not to know what opera is.

Seeing that Han Zhan was silent, the empathetic Cai Yan said with a smile in order to resolve his embarrassment: "Childe, why don't you tell the concubine, if you transform the story of "The Female Concubine" just now into an opera?" ”

"In the previous dynasty, there was a kind of martial arts entertainment based on the horn and the storyline and soundtrack, which was called the horn play." Han Zhan asked in an uncertain tone, "I don't know if you know?" ”

"Of course the concubine knows." Cai Yan nodded, and then asked: "Emperor Wu set up Yuefu, collected Xiangmo songs, and promoted the development of music and dance. After the imperial court opened up the road to the Western Regions, some dances in the Western Regions also flowed into the Central Plains one after another, so the hundred opera performances were unprecedented, and even the court presided over several large-scale hundred opera performances. After briefly popularizing the common sense of Baiju to Han Zhan, she asked tentatively, "If Gongzi needs someone to perform, he can contact the Yuefu Ling in the palace, he is the person in charge of instrumental music, singing and dancing, and music performances." ”

Han Zhan felt that Cai Yan was reasonable, this kind of thing needs professionals to be responsible, so he walked to the door and shouted outside: "Someone!" ”

With the shout, the butler patch in the backyard appeared in front of Han Zhan, and he lowered his head and asked respectfully, "I don't know what Gongzi commands?" ”

"Quickly send someone to invite the Yuefu Order!"

Patch said yes and turned to leave. But after just taking two steps, he was stopped by Han Zhan. Patch hurriedly stopped, turned to look at Han Zhan, and didn't know what else his son-in-law had to tell him. Who knows, he saw Han Zhan shake his head and said: "Anyway, the Yuefu Order is an official of the imperial court, and now that the hour is late, if Ben Hou rashly recruits him into the mansion, I am afraid it will cause gossip." Forget it. ”

Although it was late and I couldn't ask the Yuefu order to enter the mansion, the eighth aunt lived in the mansion, and it was the same to ask her for advice about instrumental music, singing and dancing, and music. Thinking of this, Han Zhan continued: "Patch, go and invite the Luo Bu family over, Ben Hou has something important to ask her." ”

"Rob's?" When Patch heard Han Zhan's order, he couldn't help but ask in a daze, "Who is Childe talking about?" ”

Han Zhan was so angry that he almost kicked over, he had seen a stupid person, but he had never seen such a stupid person, he said angrily: "It's the eighth aunt, isn't he from Luo Bu's family now?" After Han Zhan said this, Patch understood who the person he wanted to call was, he smirked twice, turned around and ran away.

The eighth aunt felt very strange when she heard the patch say that Han Zhan was looking for something for her. In any case, he is considered to be Rob's family, and if there is anything, he should go directly to Rob and then ask him to convey the words to himself, instead of directly asking the housekeeper to call him over.

But since it was Han Zhan who recruited him, the eighth aunt didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly followed the patch to the back hall.

There was still a long way to go from the back hall, and the eighth aunt heard the faint sound of people singing music inside. She couldn't help but slow down and asked curiously: "Butler, did Master Hou invite someone from Lefang to the mansion tonight?" ”

The eighth aunt's words asked the patch, he shook his head and said, "No, there are only three people in the back hall, Gongzi, Miss Cai and Captain Xiahou." ”

"But, butler, listen carefully, there are clearly people singing in the hall." The eighth aunt pointed in the direction of the back hall and said to the patch: "You said that there are only Hou Ye and the three of them in the hall, so it can't be that Hou Ye is singing, right?" ”

"Maybe it's really Master Hou singing." Patch said with confidence: "I guess Master Hou recruited you here overnight, it must have something to do with the song he sang." ”

"Butler!" The patch's words aroused the eighth aunt's great curiosity: "Why does Master Hou suddenly think about singing?" ”

"Eighth aunt, don't ask again." Patch smiled and said, "Anyway, we're going to the back hall soon, and when you hear what Childe says, you'll understand what's going on." ”

When the two walked into the back hall, Han Zhan was singing Li Zhaoting's lyrics in the part where the silver was given in the back garden: "...... The warmth and coldness of the people are too hateful, the world is shocking, the father's official residence was a product, and he often gave favors to Feng Shunqing, but today he turned his face and didn't recognize each other, and he bullied people to withdraw from the marriage...... "Seeing the eighth aunt following behind the patch, he pointed to the empty space next to him, signaling the two to sit down first, and he continued to sing.

The eighth aunt only thought that Han Zhan's singing was good, but she didn't know what it was, so she asked Cai Yan curiously in a low voice: "Miss Cai, I don't know what song Hou Ye is singing?" It's the first time I've heard it from a concubine, and it's really good. ”

Cai Yan smiled faintly and replied in a low voice: "Gongzi said that he made up Huangmei Opera, and the song is called "The Female Concubine". ”

"Female colt?!" After listening to Cai Yan's words, the eighth aunt was dumbfounded, and hesitated for a long time before she asked, "Miss Cai, will there be a woman in this world?" ”

"It's not clear in a few words about this matter, let's continue to listen to Childe's singing." Cai Yan whispered: "When he finishes singing, he will naturally explain why he called you here." ”

The eighth aunt nodded, closed her mouth, and quietly listened to the Huangmei opera sung by Han Zhan. Huangmei opera sings in a simple and smooth voice, is known for its bright lyricism, and has rich expressiveness; The performance is simple and detailed, and it is known for being real and lively. Han Zhan liked Huangmei Opera very much before he crossed over, and he would listen to it a few times when he had time, and over time, those famous Huangmei Opera were familiar to him. Although the level of singing is not as good as that of professionals, it is more than enough to shake the ancients of this era.

Han Zhan sang in one breath until Li Zhaoting was arrested by Father Feng's father, and then stopped. He took the hot towel handed over by the patch, wiped the sweat on his face, and then beckoned to the eighth aunt: "Eighth aunt, did you hear the Huangmei opera sung by Ben Hou?" ”

"I heard it, Hou Ye sang so well. The concubine never dreamed that Hou Ye actually had such a good voice. When the eighth aunt heard Han Zhan ask herself, she hurriedly responded, "I don't know if the Hou Ye summoned the concubine here late at night, but what kind of Huangmei opera is it related to?" ”

"Eighth aunt, you guessed right, Ben Hou recruited you here, and it is indeed related to this matter." Han Zhan walked to the main seat and sat down, looked at the eighth aunt and asked, "Do you have a girl with a good voice?" Send a few to Ben Hou tomorrow, and Ben Hou will personally teach them to sing this Huangmei opera. ”