Chapter 22: Journey to the West
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As soon as Zhou Chong's voice fell, I saw a round figure walk up to the stage, making a circle around with a smile on his face, and then said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, please do not invite the officials, villain Xu Jing, today I will tell you a piece of "Journey to the West", but the villain's Journey to the West is different from all the previous storytellers' Journey to the West, so I will invite you to taste it today!" ”
Seeing the people on stage, Zheng Jing, Li Zheng and Zhang Jing were all stunned, they never expected that it was Steward Xu who came to the stage. Zhou Zhong next to him was very calm, but he also knew for the first time that Steward Xu's real name was Xu Jing.
In addition, there are many people in Fengyou Teahouse who know Steward Xu, after all, he used to be a frequent visitor here, and now these people are very surprised to see Steward Xu actually take the stage to tell a story. However, he soon reacted and began to cheer, especially the old tea friends who had a good relationship with Steward Xu before, and they were even more energetic.
Listening to the applause below and feeling the attention of everyone in the audience, Steward Xu not only did not feel the slightest nervousness, but also felt very excited, and even his whole body was a little fluttering, in the words of later generations, that is, Steward Xu is a person with a strong desire to perform, and he enjoys being watched by others very much.
I saw Steward Xu walking behind the bookcase on the stage under the gaze of everyone, and then picked up the silence wood on the table and slapped it hard, and the tea guests in the audience immediately fell silent.
Chaos is not divided into heaven and earth, and no one can see it.
Since Pangu broke Hongmeng, it has opened up from Ziqing to distinguish turbidity.
Covering the masses of beings to look up to benevolence, inventing all things to be good.
If you want to know the Yuan Gong of the Creation Society, you must watch the Legend of Journey to the West.
Steward Xu finished reading the opening poem of Journey to the West, then looked around the audience, and then continued to speak: "It is said that Pangu opened the sky, the three emperors ruled the world, and the five emperors Dinglun, the entire world is divided into four continents, namely Dongsheng Shenzhou, West Niuhe Zhou, South Jubu Continent, and North Juluzhou, and there is a small country overseas in the East Shengshen Continent......"
The content of Steward Xu's story is not exactly the same as Zhou's rewritten Journey to the West, some more literary things have been ignored, but a lot of details have been added, such as the first time is that Sun Monkey was born from a stone, and then apprenticed to learn art, in which at the beginning in order to describe the extraordinary birth of Sun Wukong, Steward Xu added many scene descriptions, and then the group of monkeys frolicking also added a lot of details, and even sometimes learned the movements of a few monkeys. It's a pity that his body shape really doesn't look like a monkey, and it often attracts a laugh.
The opening scene of Journey to the West is very grand, that is, it points out the origin of Sun Wukong, and attracts the appearance of Heavenly Court, and at the end of the story, it tells the hardships of his apprenticeship at sea. In the past, Journey to the West mainly revolved around Tang Sanzang, but the beginning of Steward Xu was based on Sun Wukong as the main character, especially this character's mysterious background and learned a lot of skills, which attracted many listeners at the beginning of the whole story, and waited until Steward Xu finished the first time, and the entire teahouse was silent, and no one dared to interrupt Steward Xu in the middle.
"Good!" Seeing that the people around him were stunned, Zhou Zhong slapped the table and took the lead and shouted. At this time, the people around also woke up, and the applause was continuous, and even a few of them stood up and shouted excitedly, Steward Xu's storytelling level is still secondary, the key is that this story is too attractive, and they can also hear it, the Monkey King in the story should be the monkey walker in the previous Journey to the West, but Sun Wukong's life experience is much more complex and bizarre than that of Monkey Walker, and it is also more attractive!
Seeing that the tea guests liked the stories they told so much, Steward Xu was even more proud and saluted everyone. But before he could stand up, the raindrops of copper coins were thrown onto the stage by the rewarder, and at the same time, a few acquaintances shouted: "Steward Xu, let's do it again, I haven't heard such a wonderful story for a long time!" ”
The shopkeeper and the guys in Fengyou Teahouse also didn't expect that Steward Xu, a half-storyteller who came to the stage through the back door, would be so popular. Any industry is divided into grades, and the same is true for Mr. Storyteller, some of the more famous storytellers, teahouses and restaurants are vying to invite people to the store to tell stories permanently, not only will the store not take a cut, but even will post money to Mr. Storyteller, after all, a good storyteller can bring a lot of traffic to a store.
The shopkeeper of Fengyou Teahouse is surnamed Liu, and he is the guy who was scared by Zhou Zhong and hid in the kitchen last time and didn't dare to come out. Although Shopkeeper Liu lost a mess in Zhou Chong's hands, he was also a shrewd guy, seeing that the guests welcomed Steward Xu so much, he immediately signaled to the guy next to him, so a clever guy immediately sent tea to Steward Xu, and then helped Steward Xu pick up the money on the table and put it away.
Originally, Steward Xu just wanted to step down after the first lecture, but the tea guests below did not let him go, and he had to let him speak for another paragraph, and even the shopkeeper Liu also stepped forward to request, and he also promised in a low voice that from now on, Steward Xu will no longer take a cut of stories in the teahouse.
When the Zhou Mansion was short of money, Steward Xu was also very moved when he heard the assurances of the shopkeeper Liu, and he could only look at Zhou Chong, and Zhou Chong thought about it for a while, and the most reluctant also nodded to Steward Xu secretly.
With Zhou Chong's approval, Steward Xu immediately announced that he agreed to everyone's request, and when he rested for a while, he added a paragraph, which made the guests in the teahouse applaud, and then the three or five groups began to discuss the Journey to the West they had just heard while drinking tea.
"Wenda, Steward Xu, what is this?" Zheng Jing and the three of them only had time to ask this question at this time, and they were also attracted by the opening story of Journey to the West just now.
"Hehe, it's actually nothing, it's just that the younger brother was bored and wrote a novel during this time, and I wanted to sell it to a bookseller for some money to supplement the family, but I didn't expect it to ......"
Zhou Zhong did not hide it from Zheng Jing and the others, and he planned to publish a book but was not famous, so he wanted to make a name for himself by telling stories, and naturally a bookseller came to his door at that time. In addition, Zhou Zhong also took out the manuscripts of the first three times from his arms and let Zheng Jing and them taste it.
Zheng Jing and the three of them were originally very interested in the new version of Journey to the West told by Steward Xu, and now they were all surprised to hear that it was from Zhou Chong's hand, but when they saw the manuscript, they showed an unbelievable expression, because they never thought that Zhou Chong would be able to write such a wonderful story.
Wen ...... Venda, this ...... Is this really what you wrote? Zheng Jing is the oldest, but he is the most surprised, after many years of friendship, he found for the first time that his close friend is not only a prodigy of the imperial examination, but also has such a talent for writing books.
"Wonderful! Wonderful! Although this is only the beginning, it has opened a grand world, and the image of Sun Wukong, a splashing monkey, is even more vivid, making people want to read the next paragraph after reading a paragraph, which is really an unprecedented strange book! At this time, Zhang Jing also shook his head and said, but his eyes were still staring at the manuscript, and the fan in his hand knocked on his palm again and again, as if he was enjoying a beautiful music.
Compared with the older Zheng Jing and Zhang Jing, Li Zheng's reaction was more like that of a young man, only to see that after he watched the third episode, he suddenly slapped the table with a flushed face and shouted "happy", which startled the people around him.
"It's so exciting, it's so exciting! Recruiting troops and buying horses made the four seas and thousands of mountains ambushed, robbing the Dragon Palace and stabbing the heavenly court at once, and the most unfortunate heavenly court did not dare to crusade, this is the big husband...... Hmm~Hmm~"
Zhou Zhong heard Li Zheng say more and more unspeakable, and almost said rebellious words after the last time, so frightened that he jumped up and covered Li Zheng's stinky mouth, so he didn't say any taboo words. Zheng Jing and Zhang Jing were also startled, and glared at Li Zheng fiercely. At this time, Li Zheng found out that he was not in the private room, and there were people all around, in case someone with ulterior motives heard what he wanted to say just now, it would be a big trouble.
Thinking of this, Li Zheng also wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, smiled at Zhou Chong and the three of them, and then grabbed a few more manuscripts and read them seriously, but his expression became more and more excited, his face turned red, and he smirked twice from time to time, and the whole person was completely immersed in the grand world described in Journey to the West.
Although the first three chapters of Journey to the West are not very wordcounted, they spread out the entire Journey to the West, and they portray Sun Wukong, the main character who is vivid, so it is very attractive. And just when Zheng Jing and the others were intently looking at the Journey to the West in their hands, Steward Xu also finished resting at this time and began to talk about today's second scene on the stage, and the result was the same as the first one, which once again aroused the applause of countless people, and even the people in the private room upstairs were attracted to it, standing in the corridor or stairs on the second floor and listening with relish.
However, the popularity of Journey to the West is still far beyond Zhou Chong and Steward Xu's expectations, and when the second lecture is over, the guests in the teahouse give more rewards, and they have asked for another talk, and several old friends of Steward Xu even ran to the stage to pull him, and he was not allowed to leave if he didn't talk about the third scene, and the people below also coaxed one after another.
Seeing this situation, the shopkeeper Liu of Fengyou Teahouse was also very embarrassed, he was mainly afraid that Steward Xu's throat would be tired. After all, with the current situation, the name of Steward Xu's storytelling will definitely spread all over Songjiang in the shortest possible time, and there will definitely be a large number of guests who come to visit tomorrow.
Steward Xu also felt tired at this time, so he made amends to his friends and the people in the teahouse, indicating that he really can't talk about it today, if he wants to listen to it again, tomorrow afternoon is still the old time, and tomorrow's story will be even more exciting!
After Steward Xu finished speaking, under the cover of Shopkeeper Liu and the guys, he quickly ran out of the teahouse, as for today's reward, he also took it, but now Fengyou Teahouse still relies on him to attract guests, and it will definitely not swallow up his money.