Chapter 4 Lion Dance

In the first year of Guangxu, the Qing government signed unequal treaties with foreign powers, allowing foreigners to claim the title of king in China, and Foshan was no exception. Liu Yongfu, who was originally the leader of the Guangxi Heaven and Earth Society, was an anti-Qing righteous man, and was later recruited by the Qing court. But how did he know that not long ago, Liu Yongfu actually received an order from the court, asking him to lead the Black Flag Army to Annam to fight the French.

The warships were lined up, the black flag representing the Black Flag Army was fluttering in the wind, and on the main ship of the Black Flag Naval Army, Ye Xuan followed Huang Feihong to the high platform of the ship, and saw a thin middle-aged man wearing an official hat and a Qing Dynasty official uniform holding a paper fan in his hand, and a golden knife and horse sitting in the center.

Although the middle-aged man's face is clear, his eyes are bright, and he has a majestic aura like an abyss.

"Lord Admiral, the grass people are late, please forgive your sins!" When Huang Feihong saw the middle-aged man, he immediately hugged his fists and apologized.

"Hahaha, it's not too late, it's not too late, Feihong, you can come to see off this old man for me, I'm very relieved. Come on, please! Although Liu Yongfu is a commander, he is not informal, laughed, and pointed to a Taishi chair beside him.

"Thank you, sir!" Huang Feihong arched his hand and walked to the chair and sat down, while Ye Xuan walked behind Huang Feihong and stood still.

Liu Yongfu also saw Ye Xuan, it was estimated that he was just an apprentice of Huang Feihong, this kind of identity couldn't enter his eyes at all, and he just ignored him with a swipe.

"It's auspicious!"

"Let's get started!" Liu Yongfu waved his hand.

Knock knock knock!! Choking!! ---

On the main ship, gongs and drums sounded in unison, and two lion dancers danced a red public relations lion, rising, normal, rising, doubting, scratching, greeting, saluting, jumping, scrutinizing, sleeping, coming out of the hole, exerting power, going upstairs and so on, and the ship was not lively for a while.

From modern times, although Ye Xuan has also seen the lion dance, but the lion dance at this time is very different, Ye Xuan also came to Bao Zhilin to know that the lion dance at this time is divided into the northern lion and the southern lion, and the southern lion is divided into three lion species, the red is the Guan Gong lion, representing loyalty and victory, because Guan Yu is the god of martial arts and wealth in the minds of the people of Huaming Kingdom, so the Guan Gong lion represents wealth; Yellow is Liu Beishi, representing Ze by the common people, benevolence and royal nobility; Black is Zhang Feishi, representing domineering and bravery, so Zhang Feishi is generally only used in competitions or kicking hall challenges, and red and yellow are common for general celebrations.

"Ding! System task: Assist Huang Feihong to complete the lion dance (1000 cultivation points will be awarded for success in the mission, and 500 cultivation points will be deducted for failure of the mission.) )”

Just when Ye Xuan was watching with relish, suddenly the voice of the system came from his head.

"What's going on? How could it suddenly be released to assist the master in the lion dance, is there a situation? Looking at the lion dancers who had already danced to the end and were ready to pick green, Ye Xuan suddenly had a detailed premonition.

"Bang bang! ---”

The firecrackers were ignited, and the lion dance also reached the most important moment of green picking, the lion stood up, and the lion's mouth was about to pick green, when several gunshots rang out.

With a bang, a shot hit the lion's head, the lion dancer was frightened, grabbed the red rope with one hand, and Qingqing, who was originally only two people high, suddenly pulled the red rope to the top of the boat pole, and the whole lion immediately flew out.

Ye Xuan, who had just been issued a mission by the system and knew that there might be an abnormality, clearly saw a British flag warship not far away, several British soldiers were shooting towards this side with spears, and they heard the sound of firecrackers as gunfire.

Swish!

Huang Feihong, who was originally sitting on the Taishi's chair, saw the lion flying, flew out violently, grabbed the reins on the ship, and the whole person swung in the air, catching the red lion flying in the air.

Something happened suddenly, and everyone on the battleship was stunned. But Ye Xuan was not stunned, and when Huang Feihong flew out, he also grabbed the reins and swung to Huang Feihong's side.

"Beat the drums!" Huang Feihong grabbed the lion's head, and when he saw that several people beating drums had stopped, he immediately shouted.

"Good! Knock knock! --- "The drums are beating!"

"I'm coming!" Seeing that the fallen lion was about to pick up the lion's tail, Ye Xuan shouted, jumped over and grabbed the lion's tail and got into it.

"Master, be careful of foreign devils shooting!" Ye Xuan glanced worriedly in the direction of the British warship.

"Ah Xuan, be careful!" Huang Feihong saw that it was his apprentice, and a trace of relief flashed in his eyes.

"Yes, master!"

Ye Xuan's eyes were resolute, he nodded heavily, and then stepped forward steadily with his legs, grasping the lion body with both hands, and dancing with Huang Feihong.

Huang Feihong as the leader of the southern lion dance, known as the "Guangdong lion king" reputation, he will be the folk traditional art of lion dancing excavation, sorting, hard training, on the basis of the original southern lion dance skills, absorb and integrate the skills of martial arts lion dance, by the high pile lion dance, folk martial arts plum blossom pile and the southern folk lion dance routine, and into the local folk style characteristics, the skills are difficult, the choreography is ingenious, the integration of dance, martial arts, acrobatics, strength, aesthetics in one, the formation of a new school of lion dance.

Although Ye Xuan has only been in Baozhilin for a few months, he has also participated in the lion dance of the senior brothers in the door, although he dare not say that he is powerful, but he is also poor. Moreover, he has insisted on squatting for an hour every day under Huang Feihong's instructions in the past few months, and his steps are more steady than those of ordinary martial artists.

Huang Feihong was in front and Ye Xuan was behind, the two danced on the ground a few times, and then Huang Feihong put his feet together, and the whole person jumped lightly, and immediately stepped on the rope tied to the sail pole.

The ropes are only the thickness of a thumb, and although there are a few, they are very difficult to stand on. Ye Xuan saw Huang Feihong flying up and his body was steady, and he admired it in his heart, knowing that this was Huang Feihong's solid and excellent light skills. However, he did not admit defeat, stepped on the rope with both feet, supported the lion body with one hand, grabbed the rope with the other, and chased after Huang Feihong with both hands and feet.

"Do you dare to go up?" Huang Feihong stepped on the rope, stopped, looked at Ye Xuan behind him with a lion head and shouted.

"No problem, master!" Dare that his face was already covered with beads of sweat, Ye Xuan still squeezed out a smile and smiled at Huang Feihong.

"Okay, be careful!"

Huang Feihong nodded, supported the lion's head with both hands, stepped on the rope with both feet, and walked towards the top of the pole step by step.

Ye Xuan followed behind Huang Feihong, bowing down, bending his back, supporting the lion body with one hand, holding the rope with the other, his face was flushed, panting like a cow, the clothes on his body were already wet with sweat, and he looked like a wolf.

However, although he looked like a wolf, Ye Xuan followed closely behind Huang Feihong, and at this time, the horse steps of several months finally showed the effect, although the rope was only as thick as his thumb, Ye Xuan could feel the force and step on it steadily.

The drum beat became more and more rapid, Huang Feihong and Ye Xuan finally climbed to the top of the pole, Huang Feihong's feet wrapped around the rope, and his hands suddenly supported the lion's head and bit Qing Yi on the top of the pole.

"Ahh ---”

Just when Huang Feihong raised the lion's head to pick the green, Ye Xuan, who was originally supporting the lion's body with one hand, was pulled by Huang Feihong when he lifted the lion's head, his body shook, and his feet were wrong, and the whole person suddenly lost his balance, screamed, and fell heavily to the board of the boat with the green vegetables spilled on the green.

"Ding! Congratulations on helping Huang Feihong complete the lion dance and reward 1000 cultivation points for successful missions. ”

Just when Ye Xuan thought that his mission had failed and his mood sank to the bottom, a beautiful system voice sounded in his head again.

Huang Feihong saw his beloved disciple falling, he was a little worried, took the two red shafts on the blue, borrowed his feet on the rope, and the whole person fell lightly on the board: "Ah Xuan, are you okay?" ”

"It's okay, master!" It was indeed a little tired just now, Ye Xuan lay on the board of the boat, and a relaxed smile appeared on his face.

"Hmm!" Seeing that Ye Xuan was really fine, Huang Feihong nodded, and then with a lion head, he jumped under Liu Yongfu's platform with a lion, threw his hand, and the two red shafts in his hands shot at Liu Yongfu.

Seeing the red shaft that came from the burst, Liu Yongfu was not in a hurry, grabbed it with his big hand, and held the two red shafts firmly in his hand.

Huang Feihong threw the lion head on his head towards the person next to him, his legs were slightly bent, and the whole person jumped close to the height of the foot and landed firmly beside Liu Yongfu.

Liu Yongfu's palm changed, grabbed one end of one of the red shafts, and the other flew towards Huang Feihong. Huang Feihong stretched out his hand to catch the other side, the red shaft unfolded, Liu Yongfu looked at it, and saw four big characters written on the iron painting silver hook, and laughed: "Top Gun!" ”

Then he threw another red shaft at Huang Feihong, Huang Feihong shook his hand and unfolded it, and there were four big characters on it, Liu Yongfu laughed and said: "Chivalrous!" ”

"Hahaha, hahaha......!!!" Liu Yongfu and Huang Feihong looked at each other, looking at the British battleship not far away, and the two suddenly laughed.

It's just that although this laugh sounds bold and cheerful, Ye Xuan heard more helplessness, unwillingness and tragedy from the laughter of the two.