Chapter 1: The Death of the Dramatist

Chengdu is one of the most prosperous metropolises in Sichuan, a city you don't want to leave when you come, with beautiful scenery and a place for leisure. The small pavilion in the middle of the lake is full of idlers, eating, drinking, laughing and laughing, and sometimes the river blows a breeze. They talk about wine and play, pay for delicacies, and have beauties beside them, don't they hear of heaven on earth? It was late at night, and there was a constant flow of people. In this street and alley, or hurrying by, or wandering, or wandering in groups in this brightly lit city that never sleeps. The lights are bright and green, and the large and small vehicles are constantly flowing, like streamers shuttling up and down this viaduct, and the tall buildings on both sides stand in this night. Standing on the balcony and looking at the night view of the city is really refreshing!

In this ancient courtyard, it seems particularly quiet, according to legend, it has a history of 100 years, but it also seems a little weird and puzzling. I heard that the residents near here often have some strange things happening in this ancient courtyard, which makes people's backs chill and cold sweat, but after a long time, people are used to it, and strange things naturally become mediocre people. In the cold of winter, the weather was unusually cold, and frost condensed on the ground. The lawn above the ground, as well as the tree-lined path, looked a little frosty. A full moon hangs on the horizon and looks very lonely, the silver light is sprinkled, the earth is silver-white, the sky and the earth are clear, sometimes a little yin wind is made, the swaying branches, the blowing lawn, like an invisible person passing by, leading to this ancient mansion.

This house is a very old building, open two gates, inside is the hall, in front of is a low stage, obviously this place is a place for singing, idlers listen to the play of leisure and entertainment, the same is a teahouse, the man serves tea and pours water, a lot of noise, as noisy as a market. There are very few casual and chic places like this in Chengdu, and the upstairs and downstairs are full of people, who watch the play while drinking tea, which may be the way people live in old Chengdu.

"Good, good, good," there was a roar and applause like thunder, it was really lively here, like this wave, the first few waves did not subside, and then the waves rose again, and there were undoubtedly a few loud laughs or praises in this noisy sound.

"Haha, sing well, really have the style of a master."

"Well, the master's singing is different, it's really amazing."

"You are the unexpected, the hearts of the people are not pitiful, I don't know that the emperor is willing to obey the wishes of the people, why do you not see Ganlin descending for three years? It is only for the East China Sea that once filial piety was wronged, and now it is your turn in Shanyang County, which is all because the officials have no intention of correcting the law, making it difficult for the people to speak. "Looking at its stage, what is the play? This play is also "Dou E's injustice". This play is about the last years of the Yuan Dynasty, when floods continued for many years, and the people were in pain and fled from all directions. There is an old student surnamed Dou who entrusts his only daughter to be raised by an old woman surnamed Cai, which is really beautiful, Dou Nu and Cai's son are good and married. How could the world not work, Cai Nu's son died of illness, leaving only orphans and widows to rely on each other. Later, the father and son had no choice but to join Cai's family, but Nair did not leave for him to eat and wear. The evil son thought of a poisonous plan to poison Cai Nu, but the evil son's father snatched the poisoned chicken soup and drank it, killed him on the spot, and sued the government, which wrongly judged the unjust case and beheaded Dou Nu in the city.

In front of him, there is a flower nose and a white face, and the county official with a beard sits in the hall, and there are four or five officials standing on both sides. is like the image of the adulterous hall, showing ugliness, and then the background is above the county government hall, and there are three people kneeling under the hall, one is the evil son of the Zhang family, and the other is Dou E and Cai Nu, but Dou E is dressed in white, with a white scarf on her head, ** dressing, pink eye shadow, and shackles. Then the style of painting changed, it was the torture table, the executioner took the big knife and walked out and stood on both sides, Dou E knelt on the torture platform, facing the hall on the road, the backstage accompaniment, in line with the backstage accompaniment said: "My lord, please give the two zhang white silk to hang on the flag to rob the top, if the people's daughter Dou E is wronged, when the knife falls overhead, a warm blood is half on the ground, and it is splashed on the white silk." ”

Supervisor Guan Yun, "This is up to you." ”

Then he sang: "It's not that I, Dou E, punished such a headless wish, the grievances are not shallow, if there are no spiritual saints and the world, it may not be bright and blue, I don't want half a star of blood and red dust, the eight-foot flag grabs Su Lian hanging, and he sees it all around, this is our Chang Honghuabi, and the emperor cries the juan." Then three drums rang out.

Then Dou E said: "Now it is the dog days, if the people's committee is wronged, after death, three feet of snow will fall from the sky, covering my body." ”

Supervisor Guan Yun: "In this kind of dog heavenly way, you will have a resentment that rushes to the sky, and you will not invite a piece of snow, but you don't talk nonsense." ”

And the three drums made up the sound and sang: "You are the summer holiday, not the snowy day, don't you hear the flying snow in June because of Zou Yan, if there is a grievance like fire, I must feel that the six ice flowers are rolling like cotton, so as not to show my corpse, what do you want to be a plain white horse, and send out of the ancient Mo wilderness." ”

"My lord, the death of the people's daughter Dou E is really wronged, from now on, there will be three years of drought in Chuzhou."

Then, the wind behind the stage blew in front of the stage, and the executioner Yun, "What? It was cold for a while. ”

Crying: "Mother-in-law, wait for the snow to fly in June, three years of drought," and then sang, its tone is sad, lamentable, pathetic, and pitiful, "Then you will show your soul Dou E," and then play Dou E, who played Dou E, looked at the front desk, his eyes came out, his eyes were wide open, looking at his facial expressions and his panic, and he fell down and died.

What did he see on stage at this time? He saw the girl in white sitting in the middle of the audience, her face was slanted down, her neck was very crooked, her face was as pale as paper, her eyes were dark, her smile was very dark, there were still traces of blood between her eyes, and there was a gap between her necks, as if her head had been sewn up with needles and threads, and a small amount of blood flowed out between the stitches, staining the collar. The fallen actor never stood up again, and his frightened eyes were glazed. Suddenly the stage and the audience panicked, the audience stood up, wanted to go to the stage to watch the end, but was stopped by several security guards who entered the stage, evacuated the crowd, and then several men walked out of the backstage and carried the fallen play behind the scenes.

Immediately, a middle-aged man walked out and said to the audience calmly: "Everyone, please be restless, don't be impatient." ”

From the noise, the voices of several men came out and said, "How is Master Bai?" What just happened? "Dou E, who fell on the stage, is played by the stage name Bai Lianhe, a man who is good at playing female dans, graduated from the Central Academy of Drama, and his real name is Bai Yan, also known as Bai Yanzi. It seems that the audience in the audience is very concerned, thinking that something has happened to Master Bai, and there is a roar.

The middle-aged man shouted: "Quiet, quiet, please rest assured, Master Bai is too tired, currently resting in the audience, believe me, I will meet you soon, you all go back," the audience dispersed, and a man came out of the backstage, very panicked: "Boss, boss, Master Bai is not good, what should I do?" ”

The boss turned around and exclaimed, "What? Later, he said, "Hurry up and call the emergency number," and finally the boss called the police.

The death of the white swallow shattered the previous peace here, and the ambulance drove in and stopped in the courtyard from outside the gate. After that, the police car arrived, stopped behind the ambulance, and the paramedics walked out on a stretcher. At this time, the white swallow was lying on the stretcher, silent, and then pushed into the ambulance, there were many crowds of onlookers next to him, and the major news media came forward to interview, scrambling to report and ask the reason, but they were all blocked out of the cordon, a row of security guards stood out, and the onlookers stood aside waiting for them to tell the reason, and then the police entered the blockade scene, walked out and faced the major news media and said: "This matter is still under investigation, and the truth will be revealed soon," and then took the videotape as evidence.

According to the preliminary diagnosis of the hospital, the cause of death was sudden cardiac arrest death, perhaps due to excessive work pressure and overwork.

The moon and stars are scarce, the irony is surging, and in this ancient mansion, the peace is still there. The old trees in front of the courtyard, dead branches and leaves, and lonely grass. The wind is cloudy, sometimes a few drops of rain, and the clouds are cloudy and cannot be dispersed. Meteors pierced the sky, wailing and weeping in this courtyard, mysterious and weird, with the death of the white swallow emerged, hinting in the dark. There is a cloudy wind and rain, and there are countless people. In the darkness of the night, they wandered among them, and suddenly there was laughter, faint and flickering, dark or light, until the dawn of the day.

The next morning, the fog was cloudy, and the sun was slightly visible in the sky, and there was no temperature for her. When the cold wind rises, it adds a little desolation. The flow of people around, the large and small vehicles, and the noisy metropolis, are in a hurry. There are many tall buildings, and there are a few people wandering, and the dew hits the glass windows and drips down. Yuan Qi sat up, braced his waist, yawned, looked at Lingling next to him, and was still asleep, kissed her forehead, showed a faint smile, and then got up, stood in front of the window, opened the curtains, looked up at the sky and took a deep breath. Walk out and gently close the door and walk into the kitchen to be served.

Lingling turned around on her side, stretched out her hands to signal for a hug, and touched it with her hands, feeling empty next to her. He opened his sleepy eyes, rubbed his eyes, and cried, "Monkey." ”

Wearing red pajamas, he got up and sat on the edge of the bed, slipped on the slippers under the bed, walked out slowly, hugged him from behind, and laughed: "Monkey, what are you doing?" ”

"I'm down there," then turned to Lingling in front of him and said, "Why did you get up so early, it's cold in the morning," and held her hands and said, "Look at you, your hands are cold." ”

"Oops, it's fine."

"Why don't you lie down in bed quickly, what should I do if I freeze?"

"Okay," Lingling walked out with a smile, lying on the bed, gently closing her eyes, and still smiling from time to time.

After a long time, Yuan Qi walked to the bed with a bowl of hot noodles and woke up Lingling, the egg flowers floated on the soup noodles, like white clouds, and there were a few green vegetable leaves on the noodles to show more fragrance. Lingling got up and looked at the bowl of noodle soup, and called softly, "Husband." ”

"Alright, let's get up and eat."

This bowl of noodle soup is so warm! It warmed her heart, and then Yuan Qi walked out and brought his own noodle soup and ate it together, I think this is the harmony between husband and wife, the warmth of a small family, this is really good, very Xinfu, the real Xinfu, Xinfu does not need money to decorate.