Chapter 151: Stealing Life (20)
The three madmen are stubborn people, and no matter what the five ghost Taoists say, whether it is the three madmen who are benevolent or not, they ignore this master, and they believe that Ciren has some grievances in their hearts. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The Five Ghost Daoists, who had read countless people, naturally saw that their apprentice was a stubborn person, so they simply stopped talking when they said it.
Although the three madmen are stubborn, they are not the stubborn donkeys who can't listen to the words, they drank two sips of stuffy wine and quit the five ghost Taoists to go out to find a result, the time between master and apprentice is still short, and the five ghost Taoists are naturally not very clear about the stubborn temper of the three madmen, but they happily think that what they just said was listened to by the three madmen, so that now they are not very comfortable and want to go out for a walk, after all, he was also young and came from that age.
Out of the tavern, the three madmen were in a slightly more comfortable mood, probably because their eyes were now a lot more open, and there was a lot less oppression in the building, and they went to the lively place, which was also an experience he summed up by himself, as long as it was a lively and abnormal place, no matter what kind of person he was, he would always get up, after all, compared to people, most of them were social animals, and this was instinct and had nothing to do with occupation and status.
On the way, the three madmen saw one or two people dressed in the same military uniform as the ghost puppet, but these two people were not as tall and burly as the ghost puppet, but rat-eyed people, plus the two of them walked one after the other and looked around from time to time, in the eyes of the three madmen, it really looked like the wolf and embarrassment that the old people said.
Seeing the hope, the three madmen immediately followed, only to see the two of them wandering in the crowd one after the other, occasionally moving slightly, as if they were thieves, but they were a little bolder than being thieves.
The three madmen for unknown reasons squeezed around in the crowd and walked towards the two marching people to keep up to see what was going on, and when they got a little closer, the three madmen saw that the reason why the two of them were so beathing, it turned out to be one after the other in the crowded crowd covering each other to do some things to steal chickens and dogs, and the movements were skillful and abnormal, a knife with a hook in his hand seemed to be dancing at the fingertips of the two, and then look closely at the knuckles of the two people were thin and long, but the palms were wide and abnormal, The three madmen even speculated that all thieves had such hands.
At the moment when the three madmen were stunned, the two people, who were already sensitive, had already seen that the three madmen were staring at them, and they made a look at each other and disappeared into the flow of people, and the three madmen were so angry that they couldn't help but scold: "It's really damned." ”
Hearing the three madmen suddenly utter these strange words, the people crowded around him all cast strange glances at him, and the three madmen are now completely immersed in the remorse of losing those two thieves, where would they care about this.
The three madmen in the trance were carried by the crowd and rushed to the center, only to see that it was an open-air stage that had just been erected, and the green color was like a blooming flower, which looked extremely dazzling in the flow of black and gray people.
On the left side of the stage hangs a portrait of a woman with a fat pink phoenix crown with eyes microwave flow as if it is a big living person, next to the portrait there are a few big characters in regular script, the three madmen recognize the word: flowers and flowers for another year, a handful of embroidered red ancients.
"You see it's really embroidered red!"
"But it's not, and I don't know what the first song of the year is?"
"You don't know this, the first song of the town's troupe this year is "The Drunken Concubine".
"What? No, it's all a song. ”
"No, I heard that this is all ordered by the head of the Liu family."
"If you want to say so, I'm afraid that the only one who can afford so many silver taels at once is the Liu family."
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Listening to the discussions of others, the three madmen heard some doorways, and he had a bold guess, this head of the Liu family is similar in age to Ciren, is Ciren the concubine of the Liu family, or ...... Thinking of this, the three madmen turned their heads sideways and asked the old man on the side: "Dare to ask the old man, why does the head of the Liu family want the entire town's opera troupe to sing this "Drunken Concubine" for the first time?" ”
The old man grinned when he heard the three madmen ask, showed his few remaining teeth, and said, "Young man, you are asking the right person, as far as I know, the reason why the head of the Liu family chose this song is for one person." Saying this, the old man deliberately sold a pass, and suddenly stopped talking, leaving only everyone to guess where they were.
The three madmen wanted to say the name of Ciren, but they were afraid that the old man would think that he was knowingly asking, so he hid what he knew in his heart, and after enduring it, he continued to ask: "Uncle, you are really appetizing, tell me what kind of person it is?" I think it must be a beautiful woman. ”
When the three madmen said this last sentence, a benevolent face seemed to appear in front of them.
"Haha, as soon as the kid heard your words and your accent, he knew that you were a foreigner, and it didn't take long to come to this town!"
"Hey, hey! Uncle, you are really good-eyed, and I can't hide anything from you. The three madmen complimented.
The old man heard that the three madmen were so good at talking, and he felt that he had whetted everyone's appetite and said: "This thing is also a strange thing, this master of the Liu family was just a coolie carrying bags on the dock before he made a career, and at that time there was a horn in this Taiping Town, and that singing body is really not comparable to these people now." ”
Hearing what the old man said, the three madmen couldn't help but interject and said, "Is that horn called Ciren?" ”
The old man raised his head and showed doubts in his deep eyes, and then said: "What the little brother said is right, but that Jiao'er is called Ciren, I really can't imagine that the little brother even knows this." ”
Hearing the displeasure in the old man's words, the three madmen hurriedly said: "Where, where, I was just hearsay when I was in the tavern just now, but I didn't think that there was really such a person." After saying that, he smiled awkwardly.
After listening to the three madmen say this, the old man returned to his demeanor and smiled before and said: "That's right, Ciren's fame is not weak at all compared to the current corners, but this has been a lot of life since ancient times, and Ciren married the leading salt merchant in Taiping Town at that time before he was twenty years old and became a concubine, and since then he has not performed on stage again, which can be regarded as an official retirement." ”
"But what does this have to do with the head of the Liu family?" The three madmen asked puzzled.
At that time, it was rumored that the head of the Liu family had vowed to marry Ciren when he was carrying a bag on the dock, and that everyone laughed at him for talking about his dreams, but the young man didn't think so, but this is also strange that in just a few years of hard work, the young man who used to sell coolies turned into a thief and occupied the salt merchant's family business, and of course, there is also that Ciren." The old man put his finger up when he said this, and it could be seen that he was very appreciative of the head of the Liu family, after all, this was a successful case of Diaosi's counterattack at that time.
"And then?" The three madmen asked curiously.
"Later, this Ciren once again sang this "Drunken Concubine" on stage, but after that time, there was no news, I am afraid that he is living a fairy-like life in Liu's mansion."
After listening to the old man's words, the three madmen were shocked to realize that no one knew the news that Ciren had died......