On that day, the sky was clear, because I heard that "The Legend of the White Snake" and "Liang Zhu" were about to be performed, which made the crowd of people near the Baokang Gate tile shop surging and becoming bustling. From a distance, the front of the gate of the Baokang Gate tile shop is filled with a different kind of joy, hanging various colored flags, red lanterns and other things in front of the gate, and there is a dragon and lion dance team, which sets off the joyful atmosphere more and more.

Many people waited outside the tile shop early in the morning to watch the performance of the two-act drama of words, but they were stopped by the people guarding outside the theater, and they could not enter the theater even if they paid money.

One after another, the female performers of the capital who were invited by Lotte arrived, as well as a group of members of Taixue, in addition to Zhou Bangyan, Chen Yushi and other literati, who are now guarding outside the theater. There are many high-ranking officials and magnates in Bianliang City, and many officials and scholars of ordinary rank are very low-key, either riding in a small sedan chair or walking in a car.

When the time came, Lotte gave an order, first the sound of firecrackers and fireworks was everywhere, and after the sound of firecrackers stopped, the gongs and drums were noisy, and the dragon and lion dance team outside the theater began to play.

After the excitement, a group of guests entered the theater in the tile shop and sat according to the seats marked on the tickets.

In the background, Lotte is also busy, arranging details one by one, for fear that there will be a trace of mistakes.

Everyone just sat down, and in the sound of the song "Liang Zhu", "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" officially opened.

Before the actors appeared on the stage, the melodious and tactful song "Liang Zhu" immediately shocked everyone in the theater, and this song "Liang Zhu" was naturally hummed by Lotte according to the memories of his previous life, and a group of musicians recorded and practiced and played repeatedly. This tune from later generations is naturally completely different from the popular Ya Sing and Sing in the Song Dynasty, and listening to it in the ears of many people, it is natural to have a novel feeling.

The music is coming to an end, the curtain opens, Shen Chan'er who plays Liang Shanbo and Lu Nong, who plays Zhu Yingtai, slowly come on the stage, immediately attracting everyone's attention.

The story of the drama has integrity, the characters are full, the plot is vivid, plus the costumes and props, the storyline is slowly revealed, and the backstage music and the switching of the backstage scenes give the Song people a strong impact.

This kind of drama was placed in later generations, and ordinary people were easy to nap when they watched it, but in the Song Dynasty, this was tantamount to representing the vane of the new dynasty tide, the Song people loved the trend, and the Bianliang city preferred the love scene of enjoying the wind and the moon.

In addition to the stage background, props and soundtrack, when Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai turned into butterflies, Lotte put a lot of effort into practice, and deliberately opened a passage on the stage, and when performing a scene of turning butterflies, he used several skins to store smoke, and when Zhu Yingtai jumped, he ordered someone to release the smoke, and Lu Nong, who played Zhu Yingtai, took the opportunity to enter the passage in the stage, and then above the stage, someone manipulated two puppet butterflies to rise, and the whole play ended.

A play "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" saw the female leaders with tears in their eyes, the scholars and officials sighed, and the female actors were moved by the plot, most of the marriages of these children and officials were arranged by their parents at home, and this performance aroused the resonance in their hearts.

A scene of "Liang Zhu" was performed for more than an hour, and during the intermission, a waiter served tea and snacks to the audience.

"This music boy's book is mixed to read, and it is admirable to arrange the stories recorded in the "Ten Paths and Four Chronicles" and "Xuanmu Chronicles" into words and dramas." Zhou Bangyan said with a smile, and his expression became more and more curious as he spoke: "The song at the beginning is not a song or a word card, and it is different from Yale singing and different from singing, which really makes the old man curious. ”

Chen Yushi, who had seen the official model drama before, was also stunned by this "Liang Zhu", obviously this scene has been greatly improved from the previous official model play. Not to mention the plot, especially the scene of turning into a butterfly, it gives people a fantasy feeling, and the tricks in juggling are kneaded into the drama.

"Ah...... Yes...... Yes...... The beautiful scenery of the West Lake is in March, and the spring rain is like wine and willows, and it is like smoke......"

Just when the people in the theater were still immersed in the pathos of "Liang Zhu" and couldn't help themselves, the next moment, a song "Crossing Love" suddenly spoke, causing everyone to be shocked.

Hearing "Crossing Love" in his ears, Zhou Bangyan suddenly stood up: "It's a special tune again, it's completely different from the previous tune, the old man has learned the music of the world in Dasheng Mansion, but he can't tell what tune it is, when did my Da Song Dynasty get such immortal music?" ”

"It seems to be the voice of Rakuten!" Chen Yushi next to him said that after getting along with Lotte for nearly a year, how could Chen Yushi not hear Lotte's voice.

Zhou Bangyan set his eyes on Chen Yushi and said, "You mean to say that this song is also composed by Lotte?" ”

"Late students guess yes!" Chen Yushi replied. Zhou Bangyan had some friendship with Chen Yushi's uncle, Chen Qiang, so the two had a closer relationship.

Zhou Bangyan sat back in his chair and sighed: "This person should be today's ghost, and his poetry and singing are not inferior to the old man, and he is even victorious!" ”

Just as the two were talking, the smoke on the stage protruded, causing instant screams under the stage, and when the smoke dissipated slightly, I saw a huge puppet white snake appear on the stage, and under the manipulation, the giant snake swam hideously, and soon after a burst of smoke, I saw the huge puppet white snake disappear, and a beautiful woman dressed in white appeared in front of the audience.

Sister Lan'er was born charming, coupled with makeup and background props, she wanted to look like a fairy, and once she appeared, she attracted full applause.

The tent borrowed an umbrella, the White Lady stole the Ganoderma lucidum fairy grass, the water flooded the Golden Mountain, the broken bridge, the Leifeng Tower, the Shilin Sacrifice Tower of Xu Xian's son, and Fahai escaped from the crab's belly to escape to death.

"Color!"

A play "The Legend of the White Snake" was performed for two hours, and when the curtain was about to close, Zhou Bangyan stood up and cheered, and the stage was full of color.

From the time of self-interpretation to the approaching unitary time, the two-act drama was performed for three hours, and the audience continued to sound "color" in their mouths, and the applause was even more thunderous. In the colorful sound of the audience, the actors on the stage had to disappear into the backstage after repeated resignations, and the crowd continued to talk and gradually leave reluctantly.

The two scenes of Lotte are very distinctive, a comedy, a tragedy, the combination of joy and sorrow both makes people happy and sighs, fortunately, the philosophy of the Chinese people is subtle and elegant, everyone is to endure the inner turmoil, and the stroll of their own identity is to leave the tile.

"Brother Le Xian, this is a little different from the words you wrote "The Legend of the White Snake"!" After the play ended, Xie Chang, a fellow student of the dormitory, went backstage and asked by finding the reason for Lotte.

"What's the difference?" Lotte just smiled and said a little slyly: "I forgot to tell you that I only wrote the first half of "The Legend of the White Snake" on the market, and the second half will not be published in a few days!" ”

Xie Chang was looking for Lotte to be fake, and wanted to get a glimpse of the true faces of many little ladies in the background, but he was blasted out by the shakuchi people who were guarding the backstage, under the pretext that the idlers in the background were exempted.

The "Legend of the White Snake" performed in the tile is very different from the "Legend of the White Snake" published by Lotte in the outside market, the legend of the white snake in the book, Lotte only writes that the White Lady was suppressed under the Leifeng Pagoda, which is specially done by Lotte for the sake of drama, and now the two acts of drama have been very successful, and the second half of the treatment will naturally be printed.

Later, Zhou Bangyan wanted to find Lotte to discuss the matter of the music, but he couldn't find any trace of Lotte anyway, just because Lotte was called by Master Li at this time and asked Lotte to write out that Ma Weipo quickly.

Of course, the entertainment life of the Song Dynasty was good, and the small singing, purines, miscellaneous dramas, mutual captures, and puppet shows among the tiles were all dazzling, but when they encountered the drama words that only came after a few years, they immediately showed that they were powerless.

Although many people could not enter the theater, they had to sit outside the theater and listen to the movement in the theater, although they could not really hear the lines inside, but the wave after wave of applause ignited people's desire to watch even more, and as soon as the next morning, some people lined up in front of the theater waiting to buy tickets.

The ticket price is divided into three, six, nine and so on, surrounded by a number of private rooms specially reserved for guests, and the price of the front and rear row door signs is also obviously different.

Since the first performance began, all the performances have been full, and there are still some people who can't buy tickets, and some people have started a scalping business that is used to reselling.

In just seven days, in the streets and alleys of Bianliang's inner and outer cities, you can hear someone humming the tunes in "Liang Zhu" and "The Legend of the White Snake".

There are two performances a day, and each person is on the stage for two hours a day. In just seven days, Sister Lan, Lu Nong, Shen Chan'er and other female actors are all popular, and there is a faint trend of winning the Oiran in the capital. In the background, all the female actors thanked Lotte, and since then, they no longer need to force their faces to smile and look at people's faces to beg for life, that is, in the future, Shaohua will be easy to go, and there will be no need to live such miserable days.

Gently helping up the female plays, although Lotte has a smile on his face, there is a different feeling in his heart. Nine years later, under the deception of the god stick Guo Jing, the Jin soldiers broke through Bianliang City, what a miserable scene, can these delicate ladies avoid that disaster?

No one knew what Lotte was thinking, and the women were all dazed on their faces, just watching Lotte leave alone after helping everyone up, and they didn't understand why Lotte was depressed.

The two-act drama became popular, and the scholars in Biyong were naturally happy to be in the jinshi, and those who did not have high school also left their troubles behind because of these two plays.

Due to the restrictions of Transsion in this era, the theater in the Baokangmen tile can only accommodate a maximum of 300 people, even if it is forced to add seats, it can accommodate up to 400 people. This makes it impossible for a lot of people to buy tickets. It also makes many people come to find Lotte, and there is only one requirement, that is, to buy tickets. Mo said that he was a student in Biyong, and even a group of officials in Taixue also came to Lotte to ask for tickets.

The gentleman is ashamed of his words, and Lotte is naturally embarrassed to ask these people for money, but it is impossible not to ask for money. It costs money to rent a tile shop venue and buy props and costumes, and the actors and miscellaneous actors in the Lejia class also have to pay salaries.

It's just that now Biyong is starting to get busy again.

It has been some time since the spring release list, and the excitement of the students who have taken the Jinshi examination in Taixue has also returned to the original calm, and the Zhao Guanjia has given the Gongshi a wedding banquet in Biyong in recent days, and then the Zhao Guanjia and the Manchu Dynasty civil and military affairs are accustomed to Linxing Biyong, and the officials in charge of Taixue, Guozijian and Biyong began to get busy.

This book was first published in Reading Books