Chapter 2 A play within a play
The tourist boats in the country are also divided into the best and the inferior, and Shen Erye has silver, but when he saw the reddish-brown bauhinia wooden passenger boat put down the pedals, the group laughed and left.
On the deck, Shun Yu secretly smacked his tongue, not mentioning the exquisite kitsch of the carved beams and painted columns and palace lanterns and curtains, but saw that the ship was divided into two layers: go to the upper floor first, it is a cabin for rest, Shen Erye and the guards wrapped the front and middle cabins, one cabin is placed with two beds, and the covers are all new azure sprinkling brocade satin mattresses, and there are lotus leaf small tables between the beds, and the incense is curled on the Boshan copper furnace, and in a gold-painted foreign lacquer plate, the teapot cup and tin bottle are complete.
Shun Yu and Shen Er Ye stayed in a cabin.
Speaking of her after leaving Beijing, when there was a shortage of rooms in the inn, she lived with Shen Erye, and the second master behaved like a bright moon and a clear breeze, bright and fair, and very compliant, which made her a little embarrassed for her relatives and villains.
After everything was finished, Shen Huan knocked on the door and asked the second master if he went to the bilge to play, and set up a small stage to eat tea and listen to music to pass the time.
Shun Yu was crooked on the bed, and after taking a bath every fifteen days, his whole body was as weak as a bone and marrow, and the futon was soft and warm, and his eyes became more and more hazy.
Second Master Shen looked at her and smiled: "How can you be so lazy in the daytime, get up and listen to music with me." “
Shun Yu didn't dare to refute, so he had to get out of bed with a strong spirit, slightly straighten his clothes, and follow him down to the bilge.
The bilge is indeed unique, on the stage you Ling is walking and brightening her voice, and under the stage there are several water-milled nanmu tables and chairs, there are two seats, six seats and eight seats, already sitting in the half, Shen Erye chose the window to sit with Shun Yu, Shen Huan Xu Jing and a few others sat on the side of the four-person seat.
The man in Tsing Yi was busy sending cakes and famous tea, and seeing that the river breeze was cold and cold, he went to take off the fork rod against the window, closed the fan, and then took two beautiful butterflies and colorful spike lanterns to hang, the light and shadow were bright against the stage, and the play was extraordinarily real.
Shun Yu swept around while eating tea, and most of the people who could take this boat were rich people who went south to the merchants or wandering gentlemen, and those prostitutes at the port were also there, specializing in singing and laughing on this boat.
almost fell to the sister on Shen Erye's wide back, went to cover the veil, although she was wearing a flower dan's head, but she was wearing light makeup to reveal her face, she was only sixteen or seventeen years old, her eyebrows were crossed, her eyes were wonderful, her cheeks were swirling with a smile, she was wearing a shiny little gold ring on her ears, a garnet red tight jacket, and she was wearing water green pants.
The play she sang sounded strange, Shen Erye waited for the play, and called her to him with great interest, and asked which one she was singing, and the sister took hands to greet her, but she was neither humble nor arrogant, showing a mouthful of glutinous rice teeth and replying, singing "Qiao Vinegar" in "Hongyan Ji", this play is a new work by Mr. Tang Qili, and the one who can sing this play in the capital is a full set, except for the senior sister Huang Siniang, it is her Huo Xiaoyu.
Seeing that she quietly showed a bit of complacent, she was sometimes quite similar to Shun Yu, Shen Erye couldn't help but smile and asked Xu Jing to bring the silver reward.
At this time, the guy sent a mention of Muxi rice wine, and Huo Xiaoyu was very good at being coquettish and stupid, biting his lip and saying, "This master doesn't want to know the origin of the play "The Story of Red Face"? If you want to know, why don't you give me a minute of wine? “
Don't say that he is a prostitute, but except for Xu Ling and a few other officials, no one dares to ask him to beg for wine and food.
Second Master Shen pursed the corners of his mouth, threw the pot and poured the bell for her, and wanted to pour it for Shun Yu, but he listened to the yin and yang in her words, how dare he ask Lord Shen to do it, take the wine pot and pour it full, and then pick up the bell and eat sullenly.
Huo Xiaoyu covered his mouth with his sleeve and ate all the wine, thanked Fang and said: "This joke is about the Jin Dynasty scribes, there is a man named Shen Zetang in the capital, with the beautiful appearance of Pan An, he is only eight buckets high, rich in five cars, three yuan in the imperial examination, and the official career is shared, and the official is as high as the first assistant." ”
Shen Huan and the others listened to it, and they all hummed and coughed their throats, Huo Xiaoyu didn't know why, and his eyes widened and he didn't dare to speak.
Second Master Shen swept over them lightly, and there was no sound in an instant, and then he turned to say gently: "Ignore them, you just have to listen to them." ”
Huo Xiaoyu said again: "Besides, Wen Luan, the daughter of the king of Jingjing, admires her cousin very much, but she does not dare to reveal it because of the world. How do you think that Yue Lao tied the wrong red rope, but the pair of golden finches were won by Shen Zetang, at this time he was in the year of marriage, so he went to Jingfu to propose marriage, Jingwang Sun was overjoyed, he couldn't ask for it, how could he be unreasonable, that Wen Luan was reluctant in every way, and had to marry him as a wife. ”
Xu Jing couldn't listen to it, and wanted to open his mouth to stop him, but was stopped by Shen Erye, his face was very calm, and people couldn't see what he was thinking.
Huo Xiaoyu paused and continued: "Later, Wen Luan thought that his cousin became ill, and he died of depression, Shen Zetang never remarried, a few years later, he was already a very human minister, one day the emperor gave a feast in the palace, he came late because of official duties, and when he hurriedly passed through the imperial garden, he heard that a woman was drowning, and when he rescued him and saw the appearance of a sinking fish and a goose, he couldn't help but be moved and couldn't help himself, just when the palace maid arrived, he realized that she was the queen .......of the dynasty. “
Second Master Shen frowned, gave Xu Jing a look, Xu Jing understood, and said with a cold face to Huo Xiaoyu: "I'm afraid that Tang Qili is already exhausted!" The drama is becoming more and more vain and bizarre, unreasonable, just talking about the Imperial Garden, even if he is a very human minister, how dare he walk around the palace at will, and the queen, there should be a lot of palace maids waiting around him, how can there be no palace maid around him when he just falls into the water? And how could it be so coincidental when he fell into the water, and he was bumped into by Lord Shen? What kind of bear-hearted leopard dare to covet the queen? “
Seeing that Huo Xiaoyu couldn't answer, he raised his hand and drove her away.
Second Master Shen was silent, and whispered to Xu Jing: "When you go to Zhenjiang, immediately repair a book and go to the capital, this "Red Face" is strictly forbidden to be sung, and if there is disobedience, you can not stay." “
Xu Jing should be inherited.
Shen Erye looked at Shun Yu at this time, and saw that she was holding the pot with her head down, pouring a bell and eating a minute, which was not very happy.
........... What girl would eat like this, he reached out and pulled the flask, it was so light that it had been poured to the point that there was no wine left.
Shun Yu raised his face, but saw that the two of them were red and half dizzy, his eyes were watery, he pouted and was dissatisfied, clutching his sleeves and begging for wine to eat.
Second Master Shen took a sip of the wine in his own Zhong'er, his face changed slightly, isn't this the rice wine brewed by Muxi? How can it be so strong!
"Second master, I still have to eat ........." Shun Yu was dumbfounded, glanced at the wine jug on Shen Huan's table, and reached out to grab it.
"My ancestor, you just stop meeting." How dare Shen Huan give her any more wine, the second master's eyes were cold....... He picked up the flask and threw it as far as he could.
Shun Yu was unhappy, looked back at Shen Erye, pointed at Shen Huan and complained very seriously: "He is a villain, and the second master beat him." ”