204.Mandarin Duck Cinema (I)
Behind the Living Buddha, I saw four banners with a few words written on them: "Consciousness is immortal, the cycle of life and death, the incarnation is reappeared, and the wish comes." ”
It seemed to be very esoteric, but I didn't ask too much, and after Qihong stood up, I left with Xiwen under his leadership.
Qihong nodded like a tribute to this lama's stronghold, his hands pinched into the shape of orchid fingers, and he gave a five-body bow to the ground, and finally recited a mantra that I had never heard before.
Zhao Xiwen shook her head at me and motioned for me not to disturb him, and I did so, after all, I didn't want to give the guide in front of me any unpleasant impression.
When Qihong finished the ceremony, he said to me, "It's okay, let's go." ”
"You know the way?" I looked at him.
Qihong nodded, and said very humbly: "The Living Buddha has long said that there will be a group of destined people to come here, and now that you are here, you are in response to the words of the Living Buddha." ”
I smiled and I said, "Qihong, how long have you been here?" ”
Qihong pinched his fingers and said, "I am nineteen and a half years old this year, and I was killed by both my parents when I was half a year old, and then adopted by my master, so it has been nineteen years. ”
"What about your master?" I asked.
Qihong sighed: "I have already driven to the west." ”
"I'm sorry for bringing up your sadness." I said, I followed Qihong into my van, and under his guidance, I came to a wasteland in the suburbs, although this is Taihu Lake, but seriously, there are no people around, and the wasteland is overgrown with weeds and yin qi, which looks very weird.
Qihong said: "The two donors will come with me, and after I show you the way, I will be considered to have completed my mission." ”
"Thank you, Mage." I said.
At this point, we walked through layers of bushes to an abandoned house by the lake, which was clearly a stage.
The stage looks like a gazebo from the outside, but its top is two meters high, maybe less than two meters, it has only one wall, the other three sides are hollowed, and only two large red pillars support the roof.
The two sharp corners of the roof eaves are straight into the sky, and the shape of the eaves is also very designed, there is a quaint atmosphere, I looked at the surrounding pattern, I said: "This big yard is so beautiful, why is it deserted now?" I think it's a very popular place with a beautiful view and a well-preserved house, but it's ......."
"There's a story here, and it's not something the locals want to tell." Qihong stroked the top of the big red pillar with one hand, "This place is haunted." ”
I frowned and hurriedly looked at Qihong.
And Qihong sighed: "Your Excellency may not know that there was a fire here that killed many people, and then it was renovated, but after the repair, people often saw dead dramas here, or in the middle of the night, there were Hua Dan playing flower guns here, or singing...... That's what we call a ghost show. ”
I felt a chill, and I didn't dare to disturb Qihong, only then did I know that Qihong's parents died here, of course, his parents were not dramatics, but repair workers.
Things are in the Republic of China period, when the warlords towered, and the land of China was divided into military regions, at that time there was a lake, a small circular lake, and it was divided into two regions, north and south, it looked like two mandarin ducks, of course, this thing was also because of the mandarin ducks.
It is said that there was a very famous Hua Dan here at that time, called Li Qiaoyun, who was a person from Hubei, and later came to Suzhou during the great drought at home, and Suzhou has always been the land of fish and rice, the people are rich, and some people with dreams also came to this area to find the day of their beginnings.
And when Li Qiaoyun was twelve years old, he came here with his mother, begging for food all the way, and life was very difficult, and Li Qiaoyun himself was born in a landlord family, and his mother was the third aunt who resisted, and she was as beautiful as a flower, so this beauty was also inherited to Li Qiaoyun.
Li Qiaoyun's mother turned out to be a play, and later was favored by the local landlord, after a good show of the overlord's hard bow, Li Qiaoyun's mother had Li Qiaoyun, at that time, the idea was old, and Li Qiaoyun could only follow the landlord.
It's just that the later drought caused a plague, the landlord got sick and died, and the huge family ran out of the hard-working mother and daughter, and Li's mother taught Li Qiaoyun acrobatics in order to earn food.
And Li Qiaoyun is also very sensible, in three years, she practiced those skills very proficiently, plus she herself is outstanding, she is an unborn beauty, and she was soon favored by the opera master of Mandarin Duck Lake, and accepted as an apprentice, and the opera troupe owner later got along with Li's mother, so the master and apprentice became a father and son, and the class owner is also an honest man, since Li Qiaoyun has become his daughter, he has passed on his skills for decades to Li Qiaoyun, and made Li Qiaoyun a very famous Hua Dan.
Li Qiaoyun's acting skills, kung fu on stage, and her appearance immediately brought endless wealth to the troupe, and people rushed to see Li Qiaoyun's play from other places to see it.
And Li Qiaoyun himself is a person who has endured hardships and experienced everyone's beautiful education, naturally speaks decently, and is deeply loved by people, as long as there is Li Qiaoyun's play, it is basically full, and a stool was sold for five oceans at that time, which was very unbelievable for the price at that time.
And Father Li used the money he earned to make the troupe more brilliant, but he didn't know that bad luck would follow.
At that time, the warlord in Suzhou was an Anhui warlord, and the local warlord leader was called Wang Dechang, and his son was even more uneducated, and greedy for money and lustful, people were afraid of his father, and they did not dare to contradict him.
Wang Dechang was very anxious when he knew about this matter, and this Wang Dechang only had one son under his knees, and the other four were daughters, and the folk customs at that time were even more patriarchal, so Wang Dechang saw that his son was obsessed with such a drama girl, so he ordered the theater to be sealed.
And Wang Zhenyu disobeyed, he said that he couldn't watch the show, it was better to let him die, so Wang Dechang had no choice, he was equivalent to a local emperor, and he was quite helpless about this matter, if the theater was reopened, people would say that he would go back on his word and not be credible.
But if the theater is not opened, it will be his son's lovesickness, more and more serious, so that day, he let his son charter the scene, alone to watch a day of play, this play is very magnificent, but it is to interpret some of the pain and suffering of the people, Wang Zhenyu was very shocked, Wang Zhenyu, who had nothing to do, suddenly found his conscience and wanted to stop his father's behavior.
But it provoked Wang Dechang's anger, he thought that Li Qiaoyun confused his son and let his son go against him, so he ordered the theater of 32 people, all locked up in the theater, lit a raging fire, and burned the theater.
At that time, everyone was not spared, but a strange thing happened, when people took out the corpses, Li Qiaoyun's corpse was cut off!
After Wang Zhenyu knew the news, he knelt in front of Li Qiaoyun and kowtowed to make amends, but something strange happened, after Wang Zhenyu went back, it was as if he was in the middle of an evil spirit, and he cried when he saw people, and he cried bitterly.
When Wang Dechang felt that something was wrong with his son, after suddenly entering, he saw that Wang Zhenyu was obviously an old man, and he actually spit out a woman's language, and his voice was exactly the same as Li Qiaoyun, saying that Wang Dechang's life was numbered, and on the night of August 15, the dead would come to him to ask for his life, even his family would not be spared.
Wang Dechang was completely frightened, so he let his mother-in-law and children move overnight, and called the mage to block the palace, but the real disaster began......