Although the street was peaceful, Lan Ziyi could clearly feel the hardships that constituted this peace. How hard is it for people to make ends meet, so how hard is it to put up some façade?

After walking two miles further, Lan Ziyi heard the faint sound of gongs and drums in the square, turned his head to look into the alley, and saw that in the far side of the workshop, there were actors rehearsing on the stage in the depths of the alley, and many people around were pointing around the stage. Lan Ziyi thought in his heart, why there was still a stage here, why didn't he pay attention to it before.

I don't know why Lan Ziyi is not the only one who has a stage here, and many of the soldiers who escorted Lan Qianzhen into Beijing have turned their heads and ears to inquire about this Western scene, and Tao Laoqi opened his mouth to explain to them when he saw this:

"There are many theaters in the two counties of Beijing, and every festival the two counties will hire opera troupes to sing on stage, so that the poor families in the neighborhood can also enjoy the blessing of the Son of Heaven. If there is a happy event on weekdays, if there is a happy event, the birthday of the rich and noble family in the community, or other things that show their faces, they can also hire an opera troupe to sing on stage for the neighbors. Back then, I served Saburo Shiro as a guard in Beijing, but I watched under the stage. ”

When a sergeant heard this, he asked:

"Uncle Lao, the general was also a guard in the capital back then, although his position is not high, he will not be reduced to the point of having no money to watch the play, uncle, what are you doing with this?"

Hearing this, the old peach stroked his beard and laughed:

"When I followed San Lang Shiro in Beijing, which of the eight major opera troupes in Beijing I hadn't seen? Which corner haven't I heard? How could I be so rare? ”

The sergeant coaxed:

"Don't blow it, uncle, you will just talk about it, and brag in front of us! Which of the eight major opera troupes can be compared to these grass stage troupes? If you really have seen the eight major opera troupes, how can you join in the fun? ”

When the sergeants heard this, they started to make a fuss, and even the Taicheng guards who were in charge of the guards were attracted by everyone's conversation and listened with their ears sideways. Lan Qianzhen saw that the military advisors were laughing wildly, and he was afraid of making Tao Lao Qi angry, so he interjected:

"What the old cangtou said is true, when I was in the capital, I did often go to the stage in the city with Cangtou to listen to the plays of the grass stage team."

The sergeants listened to Lan Qianzhen's words before they believed it, but the sergeants' doubts were not dispelled, but because of Lan Qianzhen's testimony, they became more interested, and some sergeants asked:

"General, what's so nice about this grass platform team? Why are you crowding around with so many people? ”

Tao Laoqi had Lan Qianzhen to testify, and his waist immediately hardened, and he explained triumphantly:

"You know a fart, you just want to be lively when you watch a play, where is the excitement if you don't crowd it? When there are many people watching the play, the audience can sing together when there are many people, and the audience scolds in unison when they see the people on the stage having grievances, and the audience is happy together when they are wronged, and the people in the audience cry together when they are emotional. I can't feel that feeling at all if I don't hear it in the crowd, you think it's squeezing and I feel happy here! ”

When the sergeants heard this, they laughed and said:

"Hey, isn't that just a big show, who of us hasn't heard of it?"

Immediately, everyone laughed together. After everyone laughed, Lan Ziyi, who had been silent beside him, opened his mouth and asked:

"Uncle Mi'er, who is Shiro?"

Tao Lao was laughing with the sergeants, and when he heard Lan Ziyi's question, his face sank suddenly, and Lan Ziyi wondered if his face would cramp so quickly.

Tao Laoqi did not answer Lan Ziyi, he only said:

"I have no intention of saying a few words, young master, don't be more serious."

Lan Ziyi knew that his father was the third in line, and Tao Laoqi usually called Lan Qianzhen San Lang, so who was Shiro that Tao Lao mentioned just now? Lan Ziyi turned his head and asked Lan Qianzhen:

"Father, do you still have a brother alive?"

Lan Qianzhen didn't answer, and Lan Ziyi asked again:

"I often hear people mention the name Lan Qianjun in the capital, and this person is quite related to my family, could it be that the Shilang mentioned by Uncle Er's is that Lan Qianjun?"

Hu Yanhao and Tao Laoqi heard Lan Ziyi say Lan Qianjun's name, their faces changed suddenly, and they both looked at Lan Qianjun at the same time. Although the other people around them didn't say it explicitly, their interest was also aroused, and they all wanted to hear what this Lan family's private matter looked like.

Lan Qianzhen has been walking silently after being asked by his son, without saying a word, Lan Ziyi waited for a long time and couldn't wait for an answer, so he had to ask again, but Lan Qianzhen didn't plan to let him continue to ask, before Lan Ziyi opened his mouth, Lan Qianzhen said separately:

"Who are those people around the stage? Looking at their ragged clothes, they don't look like they are from the capital. ”

Lan Ziyi turned his head to look at his father, and he said:

"Father, you haven't answered my question yet."

Hearing this, Lan Qianzhen roared:

"That's because I'm asking you questions!"

Lan Qianzhen looked at Lan Ziyi with horizontal eyebrows, Lan Ziyi also stared at his father stupidly, the father and son froze like this, and no one let anyone, and the others around pretended not to see and turned their heads in other directions. After a while, Lan Ziyi sighed, he knew that his father would not let go, so he turned his head and sighed:

"The people of the capital are indeed not dressed like this, looking at their idleness, it should be the homeless people outside the city who have been let in."

The people next to him breathed a sigh of relief when they heard Lan Ziyi's relief, and Hu Yanhao took over and said:

"Yesterday I followed the general into the city and didn't see any displaced people all the way, and today I am about to enter the palace but I see so many people appearing in the capital, which is not a good sign."

Lan Ziyi said absent-mindedly:

"This matter is under the management of Jingzhao Mansion, and I don't know what Du Ji thinks."

Hu Yanhao said: "Du Ji was imprisoned in the Yushitai last night, young master don't know?" ”

It's not that Lan Ziyi doesn't know, he just can't remember things in his heart. After listening to Hu Yanhao's explanation, Lan Ziyi remembered this, and he nodded in response.

Lan Ziyi's question just now seemed to arouse Tao Laoqi's heart, he lowered his head and rode on the horse a little sullenly, and after Hu Yanhao finished asking, Tao Laoqi spoke:

"General, you have settled down in the capital, if there is nothing to do, I want to go out in the next few days."

Lan Qianzhen said:

"Is the old man going to Yuhang? Go ahead, I'm fine, it's okay for you to stay there for a few more days, it's not a hurry to go back to the customs. ”

Lan Ziyi heard that Tao Laoqi was going to Yuhang, so he naturally connected him with Yuhang Ji Tanyun. Thinking of the words that Ji Tanyun said when he was in Yuhang that day, Lan Ziyi confirmed the relationship between Lan Qianjun and his family in his heart.

After that, everyone didn't say anything, everyone came to the Nantian Gate in front of the Yuhe and got off the horse early, and the accompanying Taicheng Wei took the horse and detoured to the Zhaoxian Gate, Lan Qianzhen threw out a bag of silver to Hu Yanhao and said:

"From now on, it will not be a place for you to go, Lao Hao, you took the silver and found a place to go with the brothers, and I don't know when you will be able to come out of the palace today."

Hu Yanhao said:

"I'll wait for the general here, and the general can go with peace of mind."

Lan Qianzhen instructed Tao Lao Qi again:

"If the old man wants to go, you don't have to wait, I still have silver, you can take it and make a coil, just be careful of those people on the road."

Tao Laoqi was obviously thinking about other things, and after he got Lan Qianzhen's permission, he squeezed out a smile and said:

"I don't need the general's silver, I have a coil."

Then the two sides made a move, and Lan Qianzhen carried Lan Ziyi across the imperial bridge together. As soon as the father and son crossed the imperial bridge, the Taicheng guards waiting outside the Nantian Gate stepped forward to greet each other, and the flag chief headed by him bowed his hand:

"OEM, Weihou, and then there is the imperial city, please disarm the two of you, and let the villain collect it for you first."