Foshan Theater is said to be just a grass stage team, but in the late Qing Dynasty, listening to opera can be regarded as one of the few entertainment projects for the common public, so every time the theater opens, it must be full.

But today is different from usual, there was a crowd of people outside the fence of the theater, and there were at least one or two hundred people waiting to buy tickets to enter.

What is strange is that when the theater owner happily began to sell tickets after the Admiral accompanied a group of foreign devils into the theater, those who were waiting to buy tickets to watch the theater somehow dispersed, and none of them came forward to buy tickets, which made the theater owner depressed.

When Huang Shaohong took Lin Yunkai and Ya Chasu, two disciples, to the gate of the theater in a sedan chair, the owner of the theater greeted him, but he looked sad.

After getting off the sedan chair, Lin Yunkai saw the boss crying with a sad face, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Boss, on this day of the gong, no matter how you look at it, you are about to cry!" ”

The theater owner smiled bitterly and said: "It's a good day to start the gong, but you see that in addition to the Admiral and those foreigners, how can anyone come to see the play, there were so many people just now, I don't know why they are all gone, how will our troupe live next month!" ”

Huang Shaohong smiled: "Okay, don't worry, I'll charter it this time, and I won't lose you any amount of money!" ”

The boss was overjoyed when he heard this: "That's so embarrassing!" ”

Huang Shaohong waved his hand: "The folks in the township, it's not bad for this!" ”

Where does the owner of the theater still have the meaning of being worried at this time, the old folds on his smiling face can catch flies, and he bowed down and said: "Master Huang, please come in quickly, Lord Admiral has been waiting for a long time, since you have chartered the venue, I will close the door and open the gong, and the person who comes again, let's not let him in!" ”

Huang Shaohong shook his head with a smile, sent the sedan chair man back, and took the two apprentices into the theater under the guidance of the boss.

The boss led the way, and also gestured, beckoning the guys to seal the door and open the gong.

When Lord Admiral and General Wigans saw Huang Shaohong arrive, they both stood up to salute, and the former smiled:

"Not long after this official took office, he always wanted to make some achievements to serve the court, he was reckless in his actions, and he was offended a lot before, please forgive me, today I invite Master Huang to watch the play is to turn the war into a jade silk, and I hope you and I can work together to contribute to the prosperity of Foshan in the future."

He said it very politely, but his eyes flickered, and it was obvious that his heart was different.

Huang Shaohong waved his hand and said: "Where did the adults say, you are an official of the imperial court, Huang is just a martial artist, if you want to offend, it is also Huang who can't do it, and only if you offend the adults!" ”

The two smiled and gestured to each other to be seated.

After Wiggens sat down, he said in English: "Huang, we meet again, today the Admiral invited me to watch a good show, I didn't want to come, but as soon as I heard that you were also coming, then what reason do I have to refuse?" I just don't know if this scene is happy or sad. ”

After saying something profound, Wiggens laughed with Jishan beside him, as if it was something funny.

At this time, a guy from the theater served tea to everyone, Huang Shaohong took the tea cup and blew the tea leaves floating on it, and then said with a smile: "There is a saying that 'if you don't open the gong, you will never know which play you are singing, whether it is joy or sorrow, you will know ...... after watching the play'"

Just when he brought the teacup to his mouth and wanted to take a sip, Yu Guang clearly noticed that the admiral and the two foreign devils were staring at the teacup he was holding.

Huang Shaohong guessed in his heart that the two foreign devils had guns and people, and they would definitely not be so careful, thinking that this tea was the handiwork of the Admiral.

I can't help but sigh in my heart, these Qing court officials, outsiders in foreign wars, insiders in internal fighting, are not fart when they fight with foreign devils, and there are many such dirty means to deal with their own people!

Just when Huang Shaohong wanted to knock over the tea cup 'accidentally', a martial artist with a painted face suddenly rushed out from behind the stage: "Master Huang, that cup of tea can't be drunk!" ”

Hearing this voice, Huang Shaohong naturally stopped the teacup and looked at the person, while the admiral was stunned, and then slapped the table fiercely: "Presumptuous, I and Master Huang are drinking tea and watching a play here, you are such a person who dares to disturb." ”

At this time, the boss of the troupe who was waiting hurriedly stepped forward: "My lord, this is our troupe doing chores, called Liang Kuan, you can take care of it!" ”

Lord Admiral said coldly: "It turned out to be a miscellaneous person, and he dared to disturb Lord Ben's Yaxing, come on, break his leg for me!" ”

Huang Shaohong heard the boss say that this face was Liang Kuan, and he was surprised, the last time they met, there was a little unhappiness between him and Liang Kuan, but he didn't expect that the other party would be uneven today.

But thinking of what he had to do for a while, this Liang Kuan was really a trouble, so he immediately put the teacup aside and said to the admiral: "Slow down, this person is just a miscellaneous person, just drive it out, don't make a big fuss, let's watch the show...... Watch the play! ”

When the admiral saw him put down the tea, he was angry and couldn't say anything, so he waved his hand at the boss of the troupe, meaning to quickly drive this person out.

The boss of the troupe kicked Liang Kuan: "Don't leave yet!" ”

Liang Kuan said to Huang Shaohong: "Master Huang, they ......"

Huang Shaohong's eyes widened: "Don't worry about what happened just now, don't get out of here!" ”

Liang Kuan was stunned, and his face showed an angry look: "It turns out that Huang Feihong is this kind of person, phew, it's my business to die or not!" After saying that, he spat hard, turned around and walked outside.

Huang Feihong once heard Mr. Mei Baojiu sing a Peking Opera 'The Legend of the White Snake' on TV in reality, and that was the first time he felt that the opera singing was so amazing.

At this time, on the stage is the legend of the White Snake of Cantonese opera, which sounds low and full of energy, but it has a different flavor than Beijing opera.

Listening to the singing of the actor who sang the white snake on the stage, 'babbling, babbling', Lord Admiral smiled at Huang Shaohong:

"Master Huang, look at this white snake and green snake, although the mana is high, it can't escape the palm of Fahai's hand, whether it is a human or a demon, it is better to be honest and abide by the rules." This sentence is clearly meaningful.

Huang Shaohong smiled indifferently: "That's because they are too honest, if I were the white snake, I would have demolished the Jinshan Temple and killed the old monk, and when he was weak when the white snake gave birth, would he take advantage of the weakness!" ”

Lord Admiral laughed: "You white snake, but you are obsessed!" He picked up the teacup in his hand, as if he wanted to drink tea, but suddenly his hand shook, as if he was not holding it steadily, and the teacup immediately fell on the stands and shattered.

At this moment, many people with black scarves and steel knives suddenly poured out under the stands and on both sides of the stage, obviously ambushed here for a long time, and the leader of them roared:

"Huang Feihong, you deceived the market and harmed the party, and today our 'Iron Knife Society' will eliminate harm for the people!"

The sudden change made the actors on the stage suddenly chaotic, where can they still take care of singing, the green snake and Xu Xian hugged each other, the white snake and Fahai rolled together, staggered, and ran towards the backstage.

As soon as these masked and knife-wielding gangsters appeared, they made it clear that they wanted to find trouble with Huang Feihong, and rushed towards the stands when they reported the number, and the Admiral and the two foreign devils had already gotten up and retreated.

The strange thing is that the admiral did not have the slightest fear on his face in such a scene, but instead had a mocking smile: "Master Huang, the personal grievances of your Jianghu people, this official is not easy to interfere with!" ”