Standing on the banks of the Han River's tributaries, the large and square theater is a hand-drawn rendering of the exterior and interior by Zhou Huai'an, and then the contemporary craftsmen have played on the specific details, and finally built a kind of antique on the outside, but quite Western-style alienated on the inside.

Therefore, this square building is like the same seal, with a height of five stories/six zhang and a side length of twenty zhang. The first to third floors of the interior are all performance areas that run through the floors, and are divided into large and small theaters. Then there are transitional auxiliary compartments such as aisles, tea rooms, and lounges.

The fourth, fifth, and partly terraced buildings are connected by corridors and stairs on the outer floors, and the functional areas including various dormitories, canteens, prop rooms, packing rooms, and warehouses are located.

Outside the main building, there are moat-like artificial ditches and pools around, and only a dozen arch bridges of width span it. It is not only used as a part of the greening measures and artificial landscape of the supporting rockery, but also for the need for fire prevention in case of emergency.

As one of the few exemplary public buildings of the Taiping Army, in addition to regular performances and internal rehearsals, this theater also occasionally accepts rentals from folk opera troupes, courtyard painting boats, and even individual homes for the rest of the time, as a maintenance subsidy.

After several years of transition, adaptation and elimination, most of them have found a new livelihood that can support themselves and even live a decent life without betraying laughter, as well as the corresponding value and meaning of life.

Of course, as a debut performance project, most of the materials and synopses of the scripts were provided by Zhou Huai'an on his own initiative, and then supplemented and adapted by the corresponding professional vocal ensemble into specific works that conform to the style of this era.

Of course, it's all more positive content. For example, Nezha made trouble in the sea, split the mountain to save his mother, and the stone monkey made trouble in the heavenly palace, and so on, which are lively and enjoyable, and are rich in myths and legends with the meaning of the spirit of resistance.

Otherwise, it is "Liang Zhu", "Peony Pavilion", "Save the Wind and Dust", "Peacock Flying Southeast", "The Story of the Purple Hairpin/The Biography of Huo Xiaoyu", "Broken Mirror Reunion" from the perspective of the bottom market, exposing the darkness of the government and the corruption and depravity of the family.

or works such as "Mirror Flowers", "Classic of Mountains and Seas", and "Sou Shen Ji", which describe overseas wonders, and reinterpret various human stories and adventure legends.

However, on today's drama repertoire, there are not only the comical satirical dramas "Three Levels in a Row", "Five Heavens and Cities", "The Minister of Destiny", but also the comedy dramas "Three Laughing Marriages", "The Legend of the White Snake / Green Snake", "A Chinese Ghost Story" and "Painted Skin".

as a privilege not intended to cause a sensation, a riot, or any other nervous feeling; Zhou Huai'an and his entourage stopped directly in the corner of the courtyard outside the theater; A semi-enclosed corridor resembling a wind and rain bridge leads straight into one of the largest sites.

Although today is not the most lively New Year's holiday, or a special session for the old labor army; But it also coincided with the days when those military families and staff families got the hospitality vouchers as benefits, and came to watch the drama in batches.

So in the hall below, from the seats with cases in the front row to the benches in the back row, they are already full of seventy or eighty percent. And with irrepressible curiosity, joy, and impatience, the buzzing of each other's ears was repeated, and I watched the three songs and dances used to briefly introduce the background before the start of the play.

"Yesterday was like that flowing water."

On the oblique side of the stage, in the exclusive box on the third floor with the best view, hearing the familiar tune of "Mandarin Duck Butterfly Dream" as the opening, Zhou Huai'an couldn't help but use a certain melancholy and feeling of being suddenly separated from the world.

Then, as the plot unfolded, it attracted the attention of the vast majority of people; Zhou Huai'an couldn't help but recall some things. Because what is more funny is that the types of literary and artistic works that several women around me like are not the same.

For example, Qingluo, who first appeared around him, probably because it has something to do with his birth environment, likes "The Oil Seller Monopolizes the Oiran", "The Biography of Li Wa", "Huo Xiaoyu", "Save the Wind and Dust" and other popular works of the Mandarin Duck and Butterfly School in the form of family members;

The small pendant is a romance story that is more fond of wind and snow and joy and sorrow. But what is good is "The Imperial Flower", "Half Mirror Yuan", "The Family of Gold Powder", "The Palace of Eternal Life", "The Story of the West Chamber", "The Peach Blossom Fan", "The Pipa Story", etc., which are related to the background of the times and the fate of the family and country; And then inadvertently, he would secretly hug his head with the skeleton spirit and cry in a hurry.

My Lady also likes martial arts themes, especially "Empress Qi Yinglu", "Shanglin Chun", "Long Trunk Xing" and "Jade Hairpin Han", "Ping Trace" and other themes, with self-improvement and self-confidence women occupying the dominant role; The kind of heart that is overflowing with words.

As for Cao Hongyao, who looks delicate and cowardly, he prefers excerpts such as "Strange Tales from Liao Zhai", "Fengshen Bang" and "Notes on Reading Wei Caotang", which are different from ghosts and spirits, and often curls up in a ball in shock, but I can't help but read it.

"Half cold and half warm autumn, iron by your side, quietly watch the streamer flying."

When the song of "Streamer Dance" sounded again in the intermission, the girl came back to her senses from the immersive performance plot.

"I don't know where Lang Jun studied at the beginning, and he studied under that hidden teacher. There are so many things to know. Even the arrangement and composition are not left behind. ”

Hong Yao'er gently inserted the wetness in the corner of her eyes and said with nostalgia.

"Everything comes from life and what I have seen, to be honest, I have been to many places in my early years, visited and studied too few people, but the most consulted is Baidu."

Zhou Huai'an replied.

"Baidu Master?"

Hong Yao'er was surprised

"It is known as all-encompassing and omnipotent, omniscient, and I don't understand anything, but I can get something by asking Baidu."

Zhou Huai'an smiled and said:

"Then there is Longkong Mountain and Sonic Temple; There are many like-minded people who seek advice and discuss the Tao all day long. There are also famous masters who praise one side, and they will talk in the middle and answer questions for all sentient beings. It was unprecedented, and it has endured through many changes."

"Could it be the Nalanda Temple that has been sought by Master Xuanzang?"

Hong Yao'er couldn't help but show an expression of admiration and fascination.

"It's about the same, but it's not limited to the source of Buddhism; All the three religions and nine streams, all the sons and hundreds of schools, all have their own essence and place of discussion; Because of the imitation of the Buddhist altar, it is also called the forum"

Zhou Huai'an thought about it, it was really similar in nature.

"For example, good soldiers, martial artists, forums with military and equipment, good historians, forums for ancient warfare, literature and history, good literature, forums for poetry and words, good travelers, and forums for tourism and food. But those who are confused must have an answer. ”

"How can there be such a place in this world where sages gather, is it still the blessed land of the cave in ancient rumors, or the retreat of the sages of the hundred schools of the pre-Qin princes like in "Peach Blossom Spring"? ."

I don't know when I walked into the box, but I couldn't help but open my voice.

"It's almost there,"

Zhou Huaian couldn't help but laugh dumbly, in the face of the threat of 404 being disconnected and taken off the shelves at every turn in the future, these places have really become a paradise in a sense. Thinking of this, he sighed again and remembered infinitely:

"It's just that I can't go back now, or I'm no longer here."

"Isn't it the immortal residence of the three mountains of Penglai overseas? Is Lang Jun really a genus of immortals? ”

The red medicine that opened her eyes wide and looked more and more delicate and cute, but she asked more and more curiously.

"Well, guess for yourself!"

Zhou Huai'an smiled and said.

"Are the immortals as good as you... Shameless? Don't you claim to be from Buddhism? ”

But it was my fair lady who chuckled again.

"The so-called Buddha is the Tao, and the Taoist ancestor is even more in front of the Buddha. The ancient immortals and sages naturally have a difference between three, six, nine and so on, just like the Xuanyuan Emperor didn't also have three thousand maids and soared, shedding the allusion of "Su Nu Questioning". Double cultivation is also one of the three thousand avenues in ancient times. ”

Zhou Huai'an is right; In my heart, I can't help but think of a new trick in the future.

For example, when you want to applaud your love in front of a girl who is infinitely shy and honest like a lamb, you can shout something like "Eat the crit of my immortal", "It's time to cultivate", "Accept the empowerment from the immortal." "Watch me slay the red dragon and break the white tiger." to increase the corresponding interest is not.

However, the easy time of sneaking out to watch the drama always flies by extraordinarily. Although it was a vaguely familiar and unremarkable scene along the way on the return trip, the red medicine leaning behind the curtain still looked interesting, and it was not enough to look at it.

"Why don't we come down and take a walk, let's let the carriage and horses go back first."

Zhou Huai'an suddenly said in his heart.

"I'm afraid it's not good."

Hong Yao'er turned her head in surprise and declined, but the fingers she crossed together and twisted gently revealed another mood of expectation.

"It doesn't matter, as long as you arrange the hands and tails of the front and rear guards, you can accompany me to watch the market style and people's livelihood under the rule of the Taiping Army for a while, what about it."

Zhou Huai'an continued to be relieved.

"That, that, just listen to Lang Jun."

She tried to suppress the somewhat cheerful tone and said softly.

Although it is an arranged political marriage, this girl has been working hard and diligently, learning how to be a good enough match for the role of a virtuous helper, so Zhou Huai'an doesn't mind being a little tolerant and indulgent in her daily life.

After all, she lives in a high-gate mansion all day long, and she is hugged in and out, and she is also in the spotlight when she acts outside, which is really a little depressing and constrained for a girl of her age. So it's good to put that aside for a while and let yourself go for a while.

After all, what Zhou Huai'an wants is a good partner in his family and career who can be cheerful and attentive, with his own ideas and creativity, rather than being forcibly shaped and distorted by various tangible and intangible rules.

"But we can't go on like this. You have to find a place to change your outfit.,Otherwise, this opportunity will be in vain.。。 ”

Zhou Huai'an stopped her again

"It's hard to do it. It's in this car? ”

However, in the face of the surprise that Zhou Huai'an had prepared for a long time, Hong Yao'er was a little embarrassed and twisted.

"Don't worry, each other is already husband and wife, what if I help you dress."

Zhou Huai'an said calmly with righteous words.