A few days after coming to Bianliang, Lotte wrote a letter to the trustee to bring back to Pingyu, estimated the time, and the family had received a letter, and came to Beijing with a late seventh.

These days, Lotte is also very busy. There is no other reason, it has been more than 20 days since the enrollment, and the private test once a month is close to Taixue, and Lotte's real knowledge is unbearable, so he can only memorize the test questions given by Chen Yushi to deal with it.

Out of the fasting house, Lotte went to the front of the Piyong Gate, and saw Shakuchi waiting there.

When he saw Lotte, Shakuchi hurriedly came to visit him, and he presented the letter at home. When asked about the situation at home, Shakuqi 11 replied, his two-room concubine is very good now, and he will give birth in two or three months.

After the two exchanged pleasantries for a long time, Lotte saw that there was a bit of dodging in the eyes of Shakuchi.

Seeing Shakuchi's appearance, Lotte frowned lightly: "When you speak, you have a dodgy look in your eyes, could it be that something happened at home, don't you tell me quickly!" ”

Shakuchi replied: "Everything is fine at home, please rest assured, before leaving, my aunt and two aunts also instructed Xiao Hao to serve Mr. first, so that Mr. can study with peace of mind, and in the future, he will be able to expand the lintel of Lejia." ”

Regarding Shakuchi's words, Lotte was puzzled, and said bluntly: "Why do I see that you have a rather uneasy look in your eyes?" ”

Hearing Lotte's question, Shakuchi didn't dare to hide it, so he had to say: "This time there is not only a small person who came to Bianliang, but also some old acquaintances of gentlemen!" When the words fell, he took out an invitation card from his arms and offered it in his hand: "Sir's old acquaintances, let the little one present the invitation, and I hope that Mr. will appreciate his face." ”

Old knowledge? It's not just one coming, who could it be? Lotte was puzzled, took the invitation and opened it.

"Why are they here?" Flipping through the invitation, his eyes swept over a series of payments, and Lotte exclaimed.

It turned out that the person who invited the invitation was none other than the popular female actress in Pingyucheng. Sister Lan, Lu Rou, Shen Chan'er and other female actors have their names among them, and there are more than a dozen, all of which are all female actors who have performed words and dramas before.

With a soft sigh in his mouth, Lotte muttered in his heart, he originally planned to bring these female actors into the capital, and he thought that Bianliang would be the same ten years later, but he didn't expect these female actors to come on their own.

"Where are they now?" Lotte asked.

Shakuchi replied: "A dry girl rented a yard near Guanqiao. ”

Lotte commanded: "You wait here, wait for me to take a leave of absence with the school officials, and take me there." ”

Turning around, Lotte found a student to take a leave of absence, and went to the bridge with the shakuchi.

Out of the Biyong for two quarters of an hour, after the bridge Lotte followed the shakuchi to a house, Lotte knocked on the door, the door was a familiar little maid, suddenly to the shakuchi behind the Lotte, immediately a look of surprise, did not salute Lotte, rushed to the yard.

Lotte shook his head and smiled bitterly, and entered the courtyard with his head held high, and the sound of chirping came in an instant that startled Lotte, only to see Sister Lan, Shen Chan'er and other female actors immediately poured into the courtyard from each room and surrounded Lotte in the middle.

A group of female tricks chattered and fell, and they all said to Lotte a blessing, "I've seen a big official!" ”

Let the women get up, and then the women welcome Lotte to the hall and sit down, Lotte asked; "How did you get to Bianliang?"

To Lotte's surprise, Lu Nong was the first to speak: "Official, we are all hard-working people, although we are young and a little beautiful at the moment, but stooping down and laughing is not a long way to go, and I really don't know where to go in the future!" ”

"yes, yes!" Shen Chan'er also followed and said: "All the sisters know that it is not a long way to be in Pingyu, so they came to join the official, the official is a talented man in my Song Dynasty, teaching me words and dramas, it is also a way out for me in the future, and I hope Mr. will not refuse." ”

Sister Lan wasted no time in saying: "In order to follow the officials, several sisters have come to redeem themselves, and the officials should not chill our hearts!" ”

"Yes, official, don't let me be disappointed!"

"I'm going to rely on the officials!"

……

The rest of the female singers also said in unison.

Lotte smiled bitterly a few times and had to agree. I owe Lu Rou and Shen Chan'er a favor, this Sister Lan has always been good friends with her, and then Lotte remembered the prosperous image of the tile in Beijing, and there is no drama in the Great Song Dynasty at the moment, how can he refuse.

For the tile shop in Bianliang City, Lotte has also investigated. The street needs Sangjia tile, and the north is the middle tile and the second liwa. Among them, there are more than 50 large and small hook columns. The inner tile, lotus shed, peony shed, liwazi, yaksha shed, and leg stretching shed are the largest, which can accommodate thousands of people. In addition, there are Xinmen tiles, Zhujiaqiao tiles, Zhouben tiles, Hekangmen tiles and Zhoubei tiles.

These tiles are cultural and entertainment consumer markets, although the architectural form of the name tile is mostly a simple tile house made of bamboo and wood mats and other materials, to make it clear, this is no different from the illegal buildings of later generations, but there is no urban management in the Song Dynasty, otherwise even the royal street in front of the palace can become a vegetable market, the degree of prosperity and freedom of the Northern Song Dynasty city can be imagined.

Moreover, the Northern Song Dynasty has a strong commercial atmosphere, which is not inferior to the Celestial Dynasty in later generations, as long as you can pay the tax and silver, the yamen will not ask you where to set up a stall.

In the sheds of these tiles, there are checks to define the venues for geisha performances, and the content of the performances in the venues includes small singing, singing, miscellaneous plays, cane-head puppets, hanging silk puppets, miscellaneous hand tricks, cane kicking, history telling, loose music, dancing whirl, children's sumo, shadow plays, etc., and even in the tiles, there are also food, doctors, fortune tellers, and so on.

The only thing that is not there is the drama of words, and Lotte's plagiarism of the drama words of later generations can be said to be a product of the times.

Ladies and gentlemen, please note that the miscellaneous dramas of the Northern Song Dynasty and the drama of Lotte do not mean the same thing. Miscellaneous opera is a kind of miscellaneous opera, which is a traditional art form of the Han nationality that combines songs, binbai, and dance. It was first seen in the Tang Dynasty, and its meaning is similar to that of the Han Dynasty's "Hundred Opera", which generally refers to various programs such as acrobatics in addition to singing and dancing. "Miscellaneous" means miscellaneous, and "hundred" is also a description of many; The meaning of "drama" and "drama" is similar, but neither of them has the meaning of "drama" today.

Moreover, the miscellaneous drama has a very fixed performance form, which is usually divided into three sections, the first section is called "Yan Duan", and the performance content is familiar things in daily life, as an introduction to the formal part; The second section is the main part, presumably performing a story, rap, or dance; The third section is called the scattered section, also called miscellaneous dress, miscellaneous wang, and skill, and the performance is funny, funny, or occasionally acrobatic. Each of the three paragraphs is incoherent.

A miscellaneous dwelling contains singing and dancing, music, laughter, and acrobatics, which is quite "miscellaneous" in terms of structure and form, and it is no wonder that it is called a miscellaneous drama.

Seeing the arrival of Lotte, Sister Lan and the other maids were busy with the maidservants to book a banquet outside.

Lotte, who was deeply touched by the price of Bianliang, saw the table full of food and said: "The price of the capital is quite high, and there may be no income for a while, so you girls can save some expenses!" ”

I don't know how Lotte suddenly appeared in his previous life to see the Water Margin, the faces of the gang of gentlemen in the Gao Ya, paused, and said: "How many high-ranking officials and nobles in the capital, among them, there are many bullies in the wealthy Yaya, and there are many scoundrels. ”

Hearing Lotte say this, Sister Lan and the others were also warm, and said gratefully: "Xie Guanren is worried about me!" ”

After a few toasts back and forth, Sister Lan and the other female actors did not see their charming appearance in the wind and dust before, and said: "In these days when the officials are not in Pingyu, the White Snake Chuan and Liang Zhu and I have read all the words, and they are even more familiar with the lines in it, so it is better for the officials to set the roles in the play for us, and also rehearse well." ”

When all the women at the table heard this, they all nodded.

At the beginning, a group of sisters and sisters learned drama with Lotte, just to learn more tones and have more means to make a living when entertaining people in the future, in order to make their name more resounding. Sure enough, after Lotte's two-act lyrics were performed, his value immediately rose, which can be described as fame and fortune. When Lotte left and there was no drama to perform, he suddenly felt empty in his heart, especially after "The Legend of the White Snake" and "Liang Zhu" written by Lotte, after reading the script of the lyrics, the hearts of the female actors were immediately filled with the desire to appear in a new drama in two acts.

Not only the two-act drama of words, but also the person who studied in Beijing, are all influencing the hearts of these female actors. These female dancers simply spent some money to get rid of their lowly status and become the daughters of ordinary people's good families.

By chance, Sister Lan learned that Lotte had brought back a letter from Bianjing and asked Shakuchi to listen to it. Sister Lan and the other female actors thought that instead of messing around in the peace, it was better to go to the capital to persuade Lotte to perform these two scenes.

"The Legend of the White Snake" and "Liang Zhu" are both processed by later generations, and they themselves seem plump and real, although they are a little sad, but they are by no means as dull as the official model dramas directed by themselves before, with flesh and blood and a novel plot, which is very suitable for the appreciation of the current Great Song people.

During the banquet, Lotte just drank lightly, most of the time reminiscing about the memories of his past life, carefully tasting the characters in the two-act play, and setting the roles of the two-act play according to the temperament of each of the female actors.

After talking about the play, Lotte, who had not seen a woman for a long time, couldn't help but be excited, but now it was getting late, and Biyong was strictly disciplined, Lotte only asked for half a day off from Zhixue, and had to go back to report.

Besides, a group of female singers live in the same courtyard, no matter how thick-skinned Rao is Lotte, it is really difficult to attack these female singers.

"What a fragrant rouge!" When Lotte returned to the house, someone immediately said.

The rouge breath can't be erased, and Xie Chang and the others surrounded Lotte, with an ambiguous smile on their faces.

"Brother Le Xian, this time you are really not interesting enough!" Cheng Jin shook his head and said.

Zhang Jin sniffed a few times, and his eyes suddenly became extremely envious, "Brother Le Xian has more than one rouge aroma on his body, and according to Zhang's estimate, there are at least four or more." ”

Since entering Biyong, a group of people have never been close to women, and their lives are no different from monks.

This book was first published in Reading Rim