Chapter 62: The Legend of the White Snake Begins
Knock knock hey! Knock knock!
Hey, hey! Hey, hey!
"Wait for a thousand years, wait for a while~ Wait for a thousand years, I have no regrets~"
The second curtain opened, the scope of the stage instantly doubled, and suddenly the drums beat loudly, Yu Xiu'er, dressed in white gauze, and more than a dozen beauties danced in the middle of the stage.
"Who is in the ear, saying, Love me never change.
Just for this sentence, aha, there is no complaint when the intestines are broken······"
Yu Xiu'er's mulberry voice is more clear and sweet after Sun Xiangfu's training, and the stage with a horn-shaped sound amplifies the volume for her, which clearly reaches everyone's ears, and everyone's ears are instantly captured by this sound.
"The rain is heartbroken, the wind is tearful, the dream is lingering, and the love is far away.
The water of the West Lake, my tears, I would rather turn into a flame with you, ah~"
Singing this, which artist who had previously collected to perform fire-breathing on the street finally ended his fire-breathing performance for a few seconds and rolled off the stage.
At the end of the song and dance performance, everyone stared at the stage with excitement, and at this time, the third curtain was opened, and the whole stage was presented in front of the audience, and the background of the stage was a mountain forest painted with ink.
A fake white snake hanging by a white silk thread swam in front of the scroll, and at this time, an old man with a bamboo cane came out and grabbed the snake that was still writhing.
"Wow, snake, caught."
In the audience, although Sun Xiangfu reminded him in advance, some viewers still exclaimed, but there was no singing at this time, it didn't matter, and then, Sun Deshou with a bamboo flute came to the stage.
Almost like the original design, the little shepherd boy coaxed the old snake catcher with peaches and the sound of the flute, allowing the little white snake to escape, and the old man chased him off the stage, while the audience reveled in a wonderful flute sound.
Then, a burst of smoke suddenly came out of the stage, a little girl in white appeared in the smoke, and thanked the little shepherd boy for saving his life, the little shepherd boy was a little inexplicable, everyone knew that this little girl was the little white snake just now, and after a canvas of the old cow in the mountains and forests was put down, Sun Deshou and Zhao Ya slowly exited, and the three curtains in front of the stage were put down at the same time, at this time, the audience applauded and cheered, mostly for the wonderful flute just now.
Before everyone's applause calmed down, a crackling sound sounded, a thin piece of iron was shaken like thunder by the dubbing group on the side of the stage, when the curtain was opened again, the stage was already full of smoke, a huge white snake walked through the smoke under the control of the line on the ceiling, and the prop master used the cold light to grind the shining iron piece in the white candle, red candle swaying, the stage, suddenly filled with a terrifying atmosphere, with the last curtain up, the background ink painting is a mountain, The position of Lu Bai is written in large characters with a brush, 1,700 years later, in the third year of Emperor Kaihuang of Sui.
And on a rockery under the curtain, Yu Xiu'er, who has a human face and a snake body, is showing a pair of jade shoulders and is combing her hair, the audience in front of the stage is stunned when this picture is watched, this kind of performance is too visually impactful, and soon, there is a burst of smoke, Yu Xiuer has become a white dress and a white veil when singing the opening song, everyone knows that this is the white snake spirit.
Yu Xiuer had already secretly hung an iron hook on her back, and at this time she was hoisted by the person on the roof, and flew around the stage to the ground, and the background painting behind it was replaced, and in front of a temple, the word Emei Mountain was written.
At this time, the accompaniment group began to sing the song "Rescue the Suffering, Hi Yo, Guanyin, Hi Yo, Emei Golden Peak, Hi Yo, Show the True Body, Hi Yo, Good Men and Women, Come to Worship, Cihang Pudu, Destined People." ”
Then Yu Xiu'er knelt down to worship the temple with a few civilians dressed as civilians, and at this time, on the ceiling, a dignified beauty who was hanging fell from the sky, sitting in the air, and the two children on the left and right put their hands together, also hanging motionless in the air.
"Who's kneeling?"
"Bai Suzhen at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain, knock to see the master."
"What do you want from me?"
"Tuas Rong."
After Yu Xiu'er finished speaking, she started singing, and the choir and musicians on the side helped her sing and accompaniment.
"Bai Suzhen at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain, cultivating this body in the cave for thousands of years. Ah~ah~, practice diligently to attain the Tao, and be reborn as a human being. Ah~ah~
Wholeheartedly to the Tao without distractions, take refuge in the Three Jewels and abandon the red dust, ah~ah~, I hope that the Bodhisattva will come to enlighten, cross my Suzhen out of the mortal dust, hey, hey, cross my Suzhen out of the mortal dust······"
This is the first singing segment performed by the actor after the plot opens, and the audience sees this and knows what this drama is all about, it turns out that what is to be said is compiled into singing lyrics, in the vernacular, anyone can understand it, novel and beautiful tune, and the melody is easy to remember.
Subsequently, the plot almost followed the original version, Bai Suzhen and Guanyin sang a duet, and were instructed to look for a benefactor at the height of the West Lake, and this paragraph was over.
After that, the background cloth becomes all black, and the gold and silver ingots are hung by the people on the stage ceiling with black silk threads, flying over the stage, because the black background hides the existence of black threads, everyone really thinks that these gold and silver are suspended in the air and flying.
The drums sounded, and the sound of the court duet sounded, and everyone knew that it was the treasury silver of Qiantang County that was stolen, and Yang Zhi County of Qiantang County forced the head catcher Li Gongfu to arrest the thief who stole the treasury silver.
When he got here, the actor Xu Xian also appeared, Xu Xian, played by Sun Xiangfu, was endorsed as soon as he appeared, and he was frustrated, causing some of the scholars present to shake their heads, but the dialogue here is very funny, and many people couldn't help but laugh out loud, especially when he said the line 'Everything is inferior, only reading is high', which attracted a burst of applause from the literati present, but as soon as the painting style changed, Xu Xian was sent to Qingyutang by his sister to study medicine, which made the literati disappointed.
Here, in the dialogue, Xu Xian changed Sun Simiao's prescription to Zhang Zhongjing's theory of typhoid fever, showing his talent for medicine.
After the performance of this paragraph, the five ghosts dressed as the harlequin and Xiaoqing dressed as a man appeared, and it caused the audience to exclaim and laugh several times, everyone also knows that it turned out to be a goblin who made a mess and stole the treasury silver, and then Bai Suzhen came to Xiaoqing's lair, and there was a goblin fight, which was flying away, turning over his heels and floating white yarn, the scene was very lively, especially when Bai Suzhen turned out of the male yellow sword with his empty hands, the whole restaurant remembered a moving exclamation, and after that, When Xiaoqing turned into a beautiful girl in a puff of smoke, the audience was even more shocked.
Xiaoqing is played by Yao Hongsleeve, and she became Bai Suzhen's follower in the play. Then the style of painting changed again, and it became Xu Xian carrying a hoe to go out to collect medicine, and the cheerful male and female duet music instantly intoxicated all the audience, and in a burst of crisp lark singing, Xu Xian saw a monk Fahai dressed as an old snake catcher.
After that, the audience has begun to get used to the strange scenes in the play, and before they know it, half an hour has passed, and then the three curtains have fallen, and the intermission is about to rest.
"Boom~!"
The pent-up emotions of the audience exploded in an instant, and after applauding, regardless of whether the people next to them knew each other, they began to discuss the drama that they didn't understand, what they didn't understand, and admired the stage design and the magic of the plot.
On the table closest to the stage on the second floor, Wang Lin and Zheng Xuancheng, Lu Wenyuan, Cui Mian, and Cui Shaoyuan glanced at each other, and they all saw the look of amazement in each other's expressions.
"Brother Wang, this drama is really good, in just a few moments, there are more than a dozen kinds of music, more than a dozen singing segments, all of which are extremely beautiful, the person who invented this drama is a great talent, I can't wait!" Zheng Xuancheng took the lead.
"Yes, with this drama, it's hard for this Wangjiang Tower not to be popular!" Lu Wenyuan answered.
"Now, I'm afraid that we can't deal with this person arbitrarily, look at the people in this building, if you don't let them continue to watch this drama, they will probably drown in their saliva." Cui Mian also answered.
This is the benefit of Sun Xiangfu's star halo, no matter how great Ren Wanglin's ability is, he doesn't dare to be angry, so he has to pour himself a glass of wine hatefully and take a sip.
In Li Shimin's private room, many concubines were also fascinated and talked about each other, but Li Chengqian, who was ignorant, pointed to the stage and said to Li Shimin, "Father, I also want to go on stage to perform a drama, this drama is so fun." ”
"Nonsense, you are the crown prince, you must pay attention to your identity." Before Li Shimin could speak, Empress Eldest Sun slapped Li Chengqian's little hand pointing to the stage.
was categorically rejected by Empress Changsun, Li Chengqian was very unconvinced, but he didn't dare to contradict it, he was just angry, with tears in his eyes.
If it was usual, Empress Changsun would probably punish Li Chengqian to go back to the palace to copy the book, but today everyone's interest is high, and she can't sweep everyone's interest, so she asked him to watch the second half with everyone.
"Guanyin doesn't need to be so nervous, it doesn't hurt for children to have some curiosity, I was still playing treasure and fighting with people on the street when I was thirteen years old!" Li Shimin didn't have the consciousness that children's education needs to be grasped from an early age, but persuaded the eldest grandson queen to say a word.
Hearing this, Li Chengqian's face was a little better, and he hurriedly ran to the toilet to urinate, and then ran to the railing again to occupy a good position.
In the backstage, Sun Xiangfu and Yu Xiuer were excited, they succeeded, from the audience's response, they received feedback, this new form of performance has been recognized by everyone, and even, it will definitely be sought after by everyone, and the feeling of being recognized by others is simply wonderful.
"Xianggong, the next performance is even more difficult!"
"Don't worry, there's no problem with the husband, enough rest, let's start!" Sun Xiangfu and Yu Xiu'er drank some water, and also let the accompanist and the accompanist solve their personal problems, and they were ready to go on stage again.