Chapter 164 • Shadow Puppetry
The old man didn't pay much attention to the uninvited guest in front of him, and walked slowly towards the outside of the temple, thinking that it might be because he often walked, and although every step he took was slow, he was very steady.
"Old man, please stay!" Jin Hong turned around, took three steps and made two steps, and caught up with the old man who had already stepped out of the temple gate.
The old man looked at the young man who stopped in front of him with some confusion, and asked quite kindly: "I don't know what happened to the son calling the old man?" ”
Jin Hong arched his hand and confessed for the impolite behavior just now, "Forgive the old man, dare to ask what the old man is called, where is the person, why does it appear in this cheating temple?" ”
When the old man heard this, although he felt that Jinhong's question was a little abrupt, he still replied with a smile: "The little old man's surname is Liu, and he is the third in the family, so he is called Liu San in the family, a native of Dingshui, and his hometown is in Liujiagou, thirty miles north of Dingshui, but over the years, the little old man has made a living by walking the streets and alleys and performing shadow puppets, so he has been away all the year round and has not been back for many years." ”
While Liu San was speaking, Jin Hong carefully observed the other party, but he didn't find any clues, and couldn't help but secretly say: "Could it be that the suspicion is wrong?" ”
"Where is the old man going?" Jin Hong is still a little unwilling, you must know that in Dingzhou, which is in chaos, and the weather is cold, the people outside the city have either entered the city under the organization of the government, or they have moved their families to the south, how can there be anyone, even if there are people, they may not be in a state of mind to sit quietly and watch him perform shadow puppetry.
Liu San did not show impatience, but had the interest to chat, simply took off the bamboo basket on his back, came to the temple gate and put it down, and then dusted the snow on the threshold with his sleeves, slowly sat down and said: "Go out to find some food, now this Dingzhou is not very peaceful, most of the people outside the city have run into the city, Xiao Lao'er, a craftsman who walks the rivers and lakes, has no source of income, and the city side closes the door to death, not letting people in, saying that he is worried about Hu Meng's spies, and he has no choice but to look for it in the east village, and search in the west village, There will always be some food that I didn't take away, barely satisfied. ”
"And ...... you?" Jin Hong came to Liu San and sat down, and pointed to the bamboo basket next to him, to be precise, the shadow puppet inside the bamboo basket.
Liu San took out a shadow puppet with his hand with some nostalgia, and gently stroked it on it, as if he was caressing his most cherished baby, "Little Lao'er has no ability, he will only play shadow puppetry, since he can remember, he followed our father to learn to sing shadow puppetry, after he went, he left this set of shadow puppets to me, which is also passed down from the ancestors, although some have been sewn and mended many times, but if it is really reluctant to throw it away, after all, we who run the rivers and lakes, all day and night, there are only these things to accompany us, and there are some feelings." As long as you look at them, you won't feel like a lonely and helpless bad old man, so wherever you go, you always take them with you. ”
Saying that, Liu San suddenly looked at Jin Hong with hope and said, "If the son doesn't dislike it, let the little old man give you a performance, how about it?" ”
Jinhong didn't expect Liu San to invite him so enthusiastically, out of the mentality that more things are better than less, he instinctively shook his head and refused, but when he saw the other party's hopeful eyes, he immediately changed his mind, he read a lot of things from Liu San's eyes, and the most is the other party's love and dedication to shadow puppetry, but he suffers from no audience appreciation, this feeling, as if Huai Cai has not met, aggrieved and helpless.
"In this way, it will disturb the old man
Home. Jin Hong followed Liu San and walked back to the temple, he found a futon, sat cross-legged on it, and watched the old man opposite neatly arrange the scene of the shadow puppet show.
"Boom Boom Boom!" A shadow puppet character who looks like a female general, riding a tall horse, appeared on the curtain, accompanied by a professional drama, "After ten years away from home, I finally have to return to my hometown today, I don't know if my father and mother are okay?" ”
Although Jinhong doesn't watch much plays, he likes to listen to Mr. Storyteller when he was a child, and he often leads Yan Changfeng, Yan Wuji and Yan Shu to sneak out of the palace with three people, mixed in the teahouse, listen to those storytellers talk about storytelling, relish, unconsciously it is an afternoon, of course, they are all white prostitutes at that time, and they will never give someone else a reward for Mr. Storyteller.
Among them, there is the story of "Commander on a Snowy Night", and in Jinhong's impression, Yan Changfeng's favorite thing to listen to is this story, I didn't expect to see a different way of expression in this place and in this situation today.
Liu San was skillfully and devotedly performing shadow puppet performances behind the scenes, and Jin Hong also slowly indulged in with the other party's performance, clapping his hands and cheering from time to time, or shouting hello, which made Liu San behind the scenes more full of passion for performance, and he entered the state more and more.
In a trance, Jin Hong seemed to have entered the story and became one of the characters, he looked around blankly and found that the scene he appeared in was actually the ** part of the plot of the entire "Snowy Night", which was the scene in which the protagonist Zhang Xueer led the army to fight the enemy general.
I saw that there were countless soldiers fighting back and forth in front of me, and in the distance, a white-robed female general, wielding a silver dragon carved spear, riding a tall horse with pure white coat, came towards the side of Jinghong and killed the general violently.
Jin Hong thought that he was just a bystander to this battle, but the female general's murderous eyes were locked on him without any bias, and at this time, a soldier suddenly ran over beside him, pulled him and roared eagerly: "General! ”
Then he was pierced by a spear from behind, and the bloody tip of the spear was placed in front of Jin Hong, and he could even smell the smell of blood on it, all of which made Jin Hong suddenly wake up, he was actually not a bystander here, but also an important role, that is, the opponent of the protagonist Zhang Xueer in this battle in the story.
Zhang Xue'er picked up the gun and rode the horse, and soon killed in front of Jin Hong, the spear in his hand was hollow out, and the forest was cold like a dragon out of the water, unstoppable, Jin Hong immediately urged his own extreme martial arts to resist this rapid blow, but suddenly found that his body at this time was just like an ordinary person, and there was not a trace of extreme martial arts surging, between the lightning and flint, Jin Hong could only rely on his own instinct and previous combat experience, and reacted quickly, dancing with the long knife in his hand, and in the case of shaking the tiger's mouth numbly, he could open the deadly spear, However, although it did not hit the vital point, it left a deep wound on the left shoulder.
Jin Hong rolled again, dodging the horse's hooves that followed, and then quickly stood up, raised the knife in his hand, and turned to look at Zhang Xue'er, the white-robed female general who continued to rush forward because of inertia.
Zhang Xue'er, who stopped the war horse, did not drive forward again, but jumped off the horse, pointed a gun at the ground, and looked coldly at the enemy general opposite.
Jin Hong's brows were furrowed, although he didn't understand what was going on, but he knew that it was now
In order not to be distracted to think about these problems, but to focus all his energy on the battle with Zhang Xue'er, he vaguely felt that if he wanted to get out of this story, he could only break the original plot of the story.
And the original plot was that Zhang Xueer successfully killed the enemy commander and won the war, so if you want to break the original plot of the story, that is, the "enemy general" played by Jin Hong, who wants to kill Zhang Xueer, or at least not be killed by the other party.
Zhang Xue'er shook the snow-colored long behind her, and on a very handsome face, with a fierce aura that was very inconsistent with this face, she dragged the spear behind her and drew a flickering spark.
“!!!! ...... "Between a few breaths, the number of times the blades of the two sides have struck each other has exceeded ten times, the spear in Zhang Xue'er's hand is fickle, and the frequency of attacks is also very fast, stabbing, chopping, picking, and chopping are dizzying, Jin Hong is secretly glad that he is also good at speed, otherwise, in the battle just now, he may have been defeated.
Jinhong took advantage of the gap in the opponent's attack, seized the opportunity to immediately counterattack, the blade cut through the gap in the opponent's defense, and it was also within a few breaths, and he slashed more than ten knives in a row, although Zhang Xueer caught his attack steadily, but still had to sweep the spear and force back Jinhong's attack, and she herself quickly retreated two or three steps, looking at him with an incredible look.
Although this body is not an extreme martial arts cultivator, but fortunately, the body is very strong, and the steel knife weighing dozens of catties in his hand is like twisting a wooden bar, without any burden, which is the most fundamental factor for Jin Hong to be able to exert his attack speed.
Zhang Xue'er's face on the opposite side became solemn, wisps of dark cyan aura slowly rose from her body, and a familiar aura instantly made Jinhong's mind highly vigilant again, this aura was nothing else, it was the demonic aura he felt in the Dingshui Mansion.
"Sure enough, there is a problem!" Seeing this situation, Jin Hong still didn't understand the reason why he was dragged into this scene, and secretly said that the other party was cunning, and he also had a twelve-point spirit in his heart, closely watching the changes in Zhang Xue'er in front of him, only to feel that the scene around him had changed, and the originally noisy and noisy war scene had become a dark mansion.
Jin Hong is sitting at the desk, holding a book in his hand, at the entrance of the study, Zhang Xue'er is standing there pretty, looking at him with delicate eyes, this plot, Jin Hong's memory has no relevant information, only know that Zhang Xue'er has a sweetheart in the story, is a rich son, the two are in love with each other, and they planned to get married after Zhang Xue'er's victorious return, but the rich boy failed to survive that winter, but these are all simple in the story, and are not described in detail.
Come to think of it, Jinhong's identity now is that rich son, and he is the sweetheart of Zhang Xueer in front of him.
Zhang Xue'er walked over slowly, while walking, while untying the big wrapped around her body, when the was untied, a scene that made Jinhong almost spray nosebleeds appeared in front of him, only to see Zhang Xue'er up and down, only wearing a transparent tulle, the length can be over the root of the thigh, the mountains and rivers within the tulle looming, with her tall and fair body, well-proportioned proportions, and beautiful faces, all of which are factors that make men crazy, even Jin Hong, who has seen a natural woman like Li Siniang, has an almost uncontrollable impulse, which shows the great temptation of this Xue'er in front of him.
"Goblins!" Jin Hong cursed fiercely.