031 [Winter Emperor]
When Shang Xiaoyun finished singing "Modern Girl", Zhou Hexuan secretly pointed to the side and whispered, "It's a woman." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"A pretty woman for sure." Li Shoumin chuckled softly.
"Maybe it's an ugly girl, because she's too ugly to cover her face with a hat." Zhou Hexuan was also very bored, and actually talked about gossip with Li Shoumin.
Li Shoumin was afraid that Li Xuanzhu would hear it, so he whispered: "Chu Yupu's own brother Chu Yufeng is now the emperor in Tianjin City. That bastard thing is extremely lustful, and now the beautiful woman has to cover it up when she goes out, just for fear of being targeted by Chu Yufeng. ”
"I see." Zhou Hexuan couldn't cry or laugh.
Li Shoumin no longer mentioned this stubble, but turned the topic to Shang Xiaoyun and praised: "Shang's skills have risen again, and they have reached the realm of tepid, rigid and soft. ”
"I didn't expect Brother Shoumin to be so savvy." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.
As soon as he said his words, he suddenly thought of Li Shoumin's other identity in the future. This gentleman not only wrote the popular "The Legend of the Swordsmen of Shushan" under the pen name of the lord of Huanzhu Mansion, but also a highly accomplished playwright.
Historically, Li Shoumin first liked to watch Sichuan opera, and after his family moved to the Beijing-Tianjin area, he gradually fell in love with Peking opera. He has been a ticket friend for many years, and finally had the opportunity to talk to Shang Xiaoyun in person, and the two hit it off at first sight, so they became brothers with different surnames.
Li Shoumin later wrote excellent scripts such as "Concubine Han Ming" and "Mo Dai", and gave them to Shang Xiaoyun for exclusive performances, which caused a sensation all over the country as soon as they came out.
From an ordinary Peking Opera ticket holder to a famous playwright, Li Shoumin's life is still very tough, of course, that's all for later.
Near noon, the performance of the Xieqing Society finally ended.
Everyone laughed and got up to leave, but they heard Li Shoumin shout in surprise: "Winter Emperor! ”
"What Winter Emperor?" Zhou Hexuan turned around curiously and saw that the hat of the woman next to him dressed as a man was squeezed off, revealing a delicate and lovely face.
Li Shoumin said in surprise: "She is Meng Xiaodong!" ”
Even if Zhou Hexuan is no longer familiar with traditional dramas, he has heard of Meng Xiaodong's name. This woman debuted on stage at the age of seven, became popular in Wuxi at the age of twelve, and became famous in Jiangnan at the age of fourteen, and was respected as the "Winter Emperor". I don't know what trouble she encountered in the south, she suddenly retired at the age of seventeen when she was popular, and lived in Tianjin for three years before re-entering the stage.
According to the historical trajectory, Meng Xiaodong will marry Mei Lanfang next year, but the two broke up quickly, and she married Du Yuesheng, the leader of the Green Gang, twenty years later.
Now is the last year of Meng Xiaodong's seclusion in Tianjin to study art.
Li Shoumin once settled in Hangzhou, and he never forgot Meng Xiaodong, just like a fan met an idol, and immediately caught up and said: "Hello Donghuang, I watched your performance in Hangzhou, I'm so happy to see you again!" ”
Meng Xiaodong put on his hat again, shook hands with Li Shoumin with a smile and said, "Thank you for your love, it's an honor." ”
Li Shoumin said excitedly: "My name is Li Shoumin, this is my friend Zhou Hexuan, and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is a novel written by him. ”
"Oh," Meng Xiaodong looked at Zhou Hexuan with interest and said with a smile, "I thought that the author of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" must be a strong man who is proficient in martial arts. ”
Zhou Hexuan smiled: "I'm sorry, I disappointed Miss Meng." ”
"That's not true, it's good to be polite." Meng Xiaodong pursed his lips and said.
Several people had already walked out of the theater while talking and laughing, Meng Xiaodong was about to call the car to leave, Li Shoumin hurriedly said: "It's noon, let's go down to the restaurant to eat together." ”
Meng Xiaodong's personality was quite straightforward, and after a little hesitation, he nodded and said, "Okay." ”
Li Shoumin took the lead to find a restaurant, and Zhou Hexuan smiled evilly and whispered: "If you like it, don't be cowardly, be bold to chase it, I support you!" ”
Li Shoumin rolled his eyes and said rather speechlessly: "Brother Hexuan, you think too much." ”
Zhou Hexuan was bored with himself, he was too lazy to talk nonsense with Li Shoumin anymore, so he took out his cigarette and swallowed the clouds and smoked it.
Meng Xiaodong waved his hand to scatter the smoke drifting in, and took the initiative to ask: "I heard that Mr. Zhou is working under Chu Dashuai?" ”
"Sort of." Zhou Hexuan smiled bitterly, his identity was indeed a little embarrassing.
Meng Xiaodong said: "What Chu Dashuai did in Tianjin, didn't you persuade him? ”
Li Shoumin helped Zhou Hexuan explain: "Brother Hexuan is also involuntarily, he was arrested by Chu Dashuai to deal with the errand, how can he speak?" ”
"That's just as well." Meng Xiaodong nodded. She was taken by a certain marshal in the south back then, and she refused to give in before fleeing to Tianjin, and she knew how difficult it was for these warlord leaders to deal with.
Xinming Grand Theater is the People's Art Theater of later generations, the nearby wine shops are dense, lively, entertainment and leisure places are numerous, it is a good place for the middle class in Tianjin to eat, drink and have fun, Chu Yupu's expropriation does not seem to affect the prosperity here.
Everyone didn't go far before they saw someone playing tricks on the roadside, and there were twenty or thirty people inside and outside to watch the excitement.
"Good!"
"One more!"
Although I can't see the situation inside, just by the loud applause, I know that the performance over there is very exciting.
That's when the villain appears.
"Well? Why? ”
Seven or eight thugs carried sticks and menaced, and the crowd of onlookers hurriedly retreated, for fear of being affected by the pond fish. But they are reluctant to go far, standing on the sidelines and pointing and continuing to watch the show, like the cold-blooded people written by Mr. Lu Xun.
waited for the crowd to disperse, and Zhou Hexuan saw the situation inside. It was two short, lean men, dark-skinned and shiny, dressed in old-washed, patched gowns, with two red tassel guns on the ground.
The gangster leader kicked the red tassel gun away and shouted, "Who allowed you to play tricks here? Haven't visited the docks! ”
One of the men clasped his fists and saluted, and his mouth was in a Shanxi accent: "Brothers, I just want to beg for food, if there is anything that breaks the rules, please forgive me." ”
"Excuse me! From Qiandezhuang (Tianjin People's Park) to this side, it is all Li Ye's territory, which one dares not to worship the wharf? The gangster leader pointed to the bounty on the ground and shouted, "Pick up the money and take it away, and beat these two strangers severely!" ”
Zhou Hexuan smiled bitterly and shook his head when he saw this, there are too many such things, he doesn't want to take care of it, and he can't manage it.
But what happened next was completely unexpected by Zhou Hexuan-
The group of thugs was just about to go up and grab the money, when the prodigy who hadn't spoken before suddenly stood up and shouted, "Who dares to try it!" ”
"Beat me to death!" The gangster leader yelled.
The two sides immediately fought together, and the moves of the two prodigs were very ordinary, not as fancy as in the movie. But every time they throw a punch, they will put down a thug, the kind that really puts them down, and they can't get up.
Zhou Hexuan was dumbfounded, he finally saw the real kung fu!
The gangster leader finally felt frightened, and hurriedly took out an iron whistle, stuffed it into his mouth, and blew it: "Phew!!!! ”
The police came so quickly, less than a minute after the whistle sounded, two big black leather caps rushed to the scene, raised their guns at the prostitute and shouted: "Don't move!" ”
Well, the police are here to help the gangsters.