Chapter 18: Remember the days we were together
On the square stage, with a red background curtain as the background, the actors in front are babbling and singing with the accompaniment of the huqin.
First of all, a playman dressed as a personal guard came to the stage, his body was as thin as a black snake, his long hair was shawl, and he was originally in a vertical line up and down
The pupils rolled open like a kaleidoscope due to the current situation of the enemy: "King Qi, the enemy army is attacking from all sides, and I am here to report!" β
The person he reported was wearing yellow armor, and his face with a white background was painted with the unique "Wushuang face" in Yaning Peking Opera, which was dedicated to the hero Chu Bawang in ancient history - according to legend, Chu Bawang was a beautiful man, but because he killed countless people and had a tyrannical temperament, he painted a flower face;
And because he is a bloody man, he pays attention to love and righteousness, and is a tragic figure, so he paints two large pieces of black eyeshadow that slopes downwards on his eyes, symbolizing his unfortunate fate in the future.
"Command the generals to meet the enemy on all sides!"
The close attendant didn't dare to raise his head: "King Qiyu, the eight thousand disciples have been dispersed!" β
When the Chu Overlord heard this, his eyes widened angrily: "How can this be true!" Chief soldiers, follow the lonely to fight out of the encirclement! β
The attendant clasped his hands in front of him, "Obey!" β
Hong Yuesheng followed Feng Die to lie on the wooden beam roof of the ancestral hall auditorium, secretly watching the play, Lingzi also came, she was lying on Hong Yuesheng's back, at this time she had to squeeze between Hong Yuesheng and Feng Die, and also pretended to watch the play.
In the mirage of the capital, whenever the ancestral hall is overhauled, the class will be invited to sing to congratulate. However, Feng Die and Hong Yuesheng have been short on money recently, so Feng Die took him along the side road to climb up to the roof along the alley outside the ancestral hall and into the top of the auditorium in the ancestral hall.
The auditorium under the two of them was full of people from the Old City Military Region, and this time it was a chartered venue in the old Yaning Army Compound, and a well-known troupe was specially invited, not ordinary civilians could enter if they wanted to.
"Sister Fengdie, what is this play about?" Hong Yuesheng asked Feng Die in a low voice, and he didn't understand the characters in the play.
Feng Die turned her head, because of the sweltering heat in the auditorium, she had coiled up her hair that had just grown a little and pinned it with a red lacquered chopstick, like a rush grass braided on top of a basket.
There was a soft light in her eyes as pure as spring water:
"This play is a story about the ancient Chu overlord who was ambushed during the battle, embattled, thinking that everyone had betrayed his relatives and said goodbye to his concubine in the camp. This thing is interesting, you can watch a few more plays, and you will understand it slowly."
Hong Yuesheng nodded. Lingzi also let out a "grunt" and nodded vigorously.
Hong Yuesheng gently squeaked Lingzi and joked: "What are you coaxing?" β
Reiko giggled. It's true that watching the drama is a little early for her age, but she doesn't care much, and it's already very happy to be taken out to play at night, not to mention that the two people she loves the most are still around.
On the stage, a concubine character wearing a ruyi crown and bright makeup on her face came to the stage wearing fish scale armor, a yellow embroidered cloak on her shoulders, and colorful shoes on her feet.
"Sister Fengdie, this corner looks like you!" Hong Yuesheng said.
"Yo, the young man is very good at talking." Feng Die smiled, and a shallow wine vortex appeared on her right cheek, "Come on, if I'm a concubine, you're still an overlord!" β
Under the roof, the overlord of Chu had already pulled the woman to sing: "Concubine, hurry up and go with Gu!" β
But seeing that the concubine shook her head, "Your Majesty, if you can break out of the siege this time, please retreat to Jiangdong, and then try to revive the Chu State and save the people of Li." She changed her words: "If the concubine is together, won't it involve the king to kill the enemy?" That's it! Let the sword at the king's waist be before the king. β
King Chu asked urgently: "What! β
The concubine returned sadly: "Don't worry about you." β
When the overlord of Chu heard this, he hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade him: "Concubine, you, you, you, don't look for this short-sightedness!" "O king!" The concubine pushed away the overlord and sang in a mournful voice: "The prince of Han has led his troops to sweep the land, and he is surrounded by singing, the king is exhausted, and the concubine is not alive." β
In the audience under the stage, there was the prince sitting in a good position in the middle of the fourth row, dressed as always in a straight old Yaning reserve non-commissioned officer uniform, and the old Yaning Emperor ** emblem symbolizing imperial power was hung on his chest. Next to him is Kiki, who wears rose-colored lipstick and cyan eyeshadow, and most of the tutors in the general military compound are strict, so usually little girls are definitely not allowed to wear makeup or something, but the tutoring is strict, in fact, parents don't pay much attention to the management of their children, which is why Kiki can turn this loophole.
Hearing the lyrics on stage, Qiqi hurriedly hugged the prince's arm happily and said loudly: "Prince, you are singing on stage!" β
The prince glared at Qiqi complainingly:
"Shhhh Watch the show quietly! Don't know how to shout. I said I wouldn't let you come! It's not coming, it's not honest when it comes. β
"Come on, you didn't want to bring me here at first, or didn't you get me by that phoenix butterfly sister again."
"Say it again? Besides, it's cool to stay! β
A few adults in front of them looked back at them a few times.
Kiki was obedient and silent, but stayed in her seat sulking with a pout. The prince no longer cared about her, but turned his attention to the entrance of the Great Hall, where the bear had just finished talking to a charming male figure dressed in a feminine fashion, with a turban, and often flicking a handkerchief in his hand, when the figure swiped his orchid finger over the bear and disappeared from the entrance. The bear walked down the corridor and rubbed into the row of seats behind the prince and Kiki, who had to stand up to make way for him as he passed through the row, and blocked many of the spectators behind him.
"Hey! Stupid big guy, what are you doing?! β
"Hey, it's blocking us from watching the show, and those who arrive late will stay in the back row!" The back-row audience complained.
The bear turned his head and glared at the complaining man viciously, and the man stopped gnawing.
The bear finally rubbed behind the prince, put his head close to the prince's ear and whispered:
"It's all done at the Haruniran Hall, and the Yaksha potion you need ......" As soon as he said Yaksha, he lowered his voice, "I can do it tomorrow." β
"Hmm. Not bad. The prince replied softly.
Bear continued to report: "In addition, the news of the arrival of Ambassador New Meda Busoya has been confirmed: tomorrow several members of his personal guard will be the first to step on our old city, and we have already got the itinerary." According to the prince's idea, the boy who made the bait was also arranged, and it is said that he is the fastest runner in this area, called "Hong...... What's coming. He'll lure people to Thirteenth Street, and our people will be ambushed there, and they will be caught alive. β
The prince nodded with satisfaction, waved his hand, and let the bear push it down and continue to watch the play.
Kiki was already angry at this time, and he had to hold one of the prince's arms as if he was fine, the prince was tolerant of many people, and he had just learned a comfortable news, so he let Kiki hold him.
Unexpectedly, the bear nodded Kiki's shoulder again.
"Brother Xiong, what are you doing! Didn't the prince say to keep you busy! Kiki looked back at the bear complainingly.
"This is what your shooting teacher asked me to bring to you, so that you can use more snacks." Bear said and stuffed a piece of paper for Kiki before turning to leave.
Kiki took the paper and looked at it, it was the report card of the shooting training in the Revival Society during the day, and she only got half of the score.
She didn't care at all, secretly crumpled the report card into a ball, threw it under the seat, and then continued to hold the prince's arm, and leaned her head on the prince's shoulder to watch the play.
On the stage, the overlord of Chu has repeatedly dissuaded the concubine: "Wow! Concubine, don't look for such a short sight! β
The concubine suddenly pointed to the account door and shouted in horror: "Prince Han! He, he, he, he's in! β
The overlord of Chu didn't know if it was fake, so he immediately turned around and looked, "Wait for Gu to look at it......"
As soon as he turned around, the concubine pulled out the sword on his waist, and the king of Chu realized that he had been deceived, and suddenly lowered his head, and was surprised to see the sword scabbard that was empty from his waist......
"Ah, this ......"
Before the words could be spoken, the concubine was seen holding a sword in front of her, and a red ribbon representing blood poured out from the front of her neck. King Chu was shocked, and hurriedly stepped forward to hug the concubine, but found that it was too late, and couldn't help but feel remorseful, raised his head to the audience, and grinned and wailed:
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!"
The phoenix butterfly on the roof was fascinated, and after Hong Yuesheng listened to the phoenix butterfly's explanation, she also somewhat understood the plot behind: the encounter between the overlord of Chu and the concubine made him sigh in his heart: "The overlord of Chu is such a hero, why can't he take away his beloved......" He muttered in his heart, and suddenly felt Lingzi scratch himself with his claws.
"What's wrong? Younger sister. He looked at Reiko.
"Brother, I want to pee...... I want to pee" It turned out that there was an urgency, Lingzi pressed his pants with a small paw, and whispered with a blushing face.
Hong Yuesheng put her finger to her lips: "Can you wait a little longer?" β
Lingzi shook his head, "Hold back, I can't hold it back......"
Hong Yuesheng was helpless, picked up Lingzi and wanted to take her out, but it was obviously too late, Lingzi couldn't bear it, so he urinated out in his pants, and the urine seeped through his pants and dripped from the hollow wooden beam roof.
Droplets of urine slid through the air particles reflected by the lights on the stage and landed directly below the audience.
"Oops, there's dripping!"
Kiki cried out in a low voice, and the prince looked at Kiki tirelessly, "Don't make such a fuss. He reprimanded in a low voice.
But then water dripped on his face, and he wiped it with his hand, put it to his nose and sniffed it.
A rancid smell of urine!
He immediately looked up and saw a figure in the shadows on the roof, but it was too dark to see his face.
The single-skin drum on the stage sounded knock knock, and the overlord of Chu was holding his concubine and looking up to the sky and roaring:
"I'm !! angry"
"Who's on the roof! So bold!! The prince was so ashamed that he stood up and pointed to the roof and shouted, despite the fact that he was watching the play!
βAs the saying goes, dare to break ground on Tai Sui's head, but today it turned into peeing on the prince's head!
Hong Yuesheng on the roof knew that he had stabbed the basket, picked up Lingzi, took Feng Die's hand and wanted to run, but he pulled it empty, and the face of Feng Die in front of him somehow became distorted, and her voice seemed to come from under the water:
"Run! Keep running, don't stop! β
Hong Yuesheng found himself running in the alley like a girl, Lingzi was not in his arms, he wanted to stop, but his body was out of control, he turned around to find Fengdie and Lingzi, but saw Zhong Jiu chasing after him, and scolded:
βCatchhim! HeβsathiefοΌ (Catch him!) He's a thief)!"
His head turned back to the scene in front of him, and he had already rushed into a house, and found that a pair of naked ** were entangled inside, and the young short-haired woman sitting on it had her back to Hong Yuesheng, and the colorful phoenix tattoo on her back spread her wings and flew under the continuous stretching and closing of her shoulder blades. It's a phoenix, and the man under him is actually another self!
Feng Die turned her face and said to him with a ruddy face, "Is this what you want?" β
The other self below him also said to him, "I know that you have always wished that you were lying here." β
"I, I didn't ......" Hong Yuesheng blushed with shame, raised his hand to cover his face, and when he opened his fingers again, he saw Lingzi, she was picking up a candy and taking it into her mouth, closing her huge eyes and giggling, her three-petal mouth closed one by one, like a flower opening and closing.
"Woo, sour! β¦β¦ But, but, Lingzi, I like it. β
He hurriedly reached out to grab Lingzi, but Lingzi dissipated like smoke between his fingers, and was replaced by Zhong Jiu, who grabbed his hand:
"From today onwards, we are brothers! BROTHER!β Nakahisa said.
"Let go of me, I'm going to find Lingzi and Fengdie!" Hong Yuesheng wanted to get rid of Kai Zhongjiu's hand, but she didn't expect that the hand was getting tighter and tighter, and it cuffed herself like a cold iron tong.
"Why are you in a hurry? It's already too late! Zhong Jiu laughed, laughed very strangely, laughed and laughed, blood-red blood left from his forehead, more and more, as if the whole world was dripping blood, until it was painted all over Hong Yuesheng's vision, and then in the blood-red background, a face made of blood appeared, more and more three-dimensional, and it turned into the face of the prince - his throat was cracked, and there were blood vessels connected up and down, and the sound came from the depths of the ruptured throat, like the voice of a demon coming from the wind tunnel:
"Traitor!!"
"I'm not a traitor!" Hong Yuesheng shouted at that terrifying face.
"Accept your fate! You come from a humble background, you grew up in a poor street, you only need to know one thing, you have nothing, you are nothing! β
Hong Yuesheng covered her ears, closed her eyes tightly, didn't want to see the prince's hideous face again, and shouted hysterically:
"I'm not without nothing! I want to be a hero one day! β
Feng Die appeared on the right side of the blood-forged prince at this time, looked at Hong Yuesheng with a wry smile, and said with a winter white breath: "Then tell me what kind of person is a hero?" β
Hong Yuesheng raised her head and looked at Feng Die: "Hero...... A hero is someone who can protect you and your little sister and eat the dumplings you make every day! β
"Really?" Lingzi appeared to the left of the Blood Prince, standing in a row with the other two, and stopped stammering when he spoke: "But brother, you killed us all!" Is this a hero? As she spoke, blood trickled down her eyes. She opened her hands, which had been protecting her chest, revealing the black hole in her chest.
"I," Hong Yuesheng looked at the three of them and retreated tremblingly, "I don't want to, I really don't want to!" β
He kept retreating, and suddenly felt someone behind him put his hand on his shoulder, he quickly turned his head in horror, and saw that it was Feng Die looking at him affectionately, and said softly: "Yuesheng, remember the days we were together." β
As she spoke, tongues of fire erupted from her mouth, and the flames spread to her face, half of her face's skin melting in the flames, revealing the skeleton wrapped in it.
"Nope! Don't! β
Hong Yuesheng screamed and suddenly woke up.
The vast starry sky in front of you...... Oh, it doesn't seem to be -- because a group of faintly fluorescent deep-sea jellyfish had just swam from above, and the undercurrent of the deep sea rolled over the transparent sealed roof in front of him, and he felt his body return to its most primitive equilibrium, although it was constantly getting lighter, slowly floating upward, like a speck of dust floating in the air......
Boom!
A heavy electric shock dragged him back into the real world, and he heard the ticking of the ECG monitor measuring his heartbeat, and a woman's voice:
"Phew, his heart is finally beating again!"