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At that time, that era, it was an era of dreams, the world was brewing changes, all kinds of modern things began to appear one after another, and the world was already hovering before the dawn of modern civilization.

But how to wander, the kind of electronic robots that can move without being led by hands still haven't appeared, and those things are all crazy dreams in science fiction.

Therefore, when the little girl on the stage said that the little monkey in her hand could dance and sing by herself, everyone shook their heads in disbelief, and even the foreign envoy curiously asked her if she had put a music box in the belly of the little monkey, using the clockwork principle or the hourglass principle.

The girl did not answer anything, but after raising her eyebrows and smiling lightly, she asked Lafayette if she could start the performance immediately.

For the little girl and the monkey in her hand, not only the envoys of various countries were curious, but even Lafayette also looked fresh, so the Queen Mother didn't care about so many palace rules, and immediately asked the drum masters to cooperate with the performance, to see the monkey in the little girl's hand "dancing mechanical dance".

After a short communication between the little girl and the masters and eunuchs of the court, Chief Manager Li took the eunuch and the man who came up to get the mahogany box and sand down.

After that, the little girl put a wooden stick beside the little monkey, and then put the puppet monkey on the ground, and then she stepped back six meters and stood quietly by the red velvet stage of the big theater.

Nodding, signaling, the gong and drum master opened the point, three blows and three dozen drums lit, everyone listened, it was the well-known "Journey to the West" by Lafayette, "Linggen pregnant stone Wukong out, East China Sea Dragon Palace to seek divine needle" A passage through the door.

This passage is about a story when Sun Wukong just got the road and obtained the Dinghai Divine Needle in the East China Sea, which can be regarded as a big climax in "Journey to the West". Speaking of which, it is also riding the wind and waves, reflecting the scenery of her birthday of the Queen Mother of the West.

It's also a coincidence, originally there was this part of the content in today's drama, but it's a pity that when the Queen Mother Xi watched the song list, she disliked that this part was not enough trouble, and there was also the content of "committing chaos and forcibly seizing", which coincided with the internal and external embarrassment of her Qing Dynasty.

Therefore, in this regard, the Empress Dowager Xi did not choose, not only did she not choose, but also forcibly crossed out the list of plays that had been sent to the envoys of various countries.

At this time, at the girl's signal, the gong and drum master played this drum beat again, and the Queen Mother of the West was naturally surprised, but in addition to the accident, her curiosity still prevailed, and even the Lafayette told the envoys and the emperor around him, "I want to see how this puppet, if people don't hold hands and don't mention it, how to perform this play." ”

By the time Galeries Lafayette spoke, the long and skilful passage had been completed, and the opera was playing the drums and the Jinghu ensemble.

At the same time, the puppet on the stage and the woman who controls the puppet...... But it still didn't move.

But the effect of the puppet not moving is to make the envoys of various countries in the audience talk about each other, and in this discussion, everyone casts their questioning eyes on the girl standing on the middle line of the stage.

Here, our Mr. Dagrober recorded in detail the girl's appearance and the scene in which she stood with her puppet.

He recounted: "...... While the festive drums sounded continuously, the puppet remained motionless as if it were dead. Seeing this, the atmosphere of the whole theater was extremely embarrassing, and everyone looked at the girl with a cold face, under the white skirt and red blouse, she actually felt eerie at the moment, although the smile on the corner of her mouth was extremely beautiful and confident, but it was more as stiff as a wax figure, motionless like a statue......

In short, as the festive drumbeat in the Peking Opera continued, the atmosphere of the scene was not driven by the sound of music, but was made by the motionless puppets and the only living person on the stage...... Ghastly.

Suddenly, Da Grob even had a hallucination, as if the girl standing on the stage was not a person, but the goddess of death who ruled for hell in Norse mythology, or the "Pandora" who brought endless suffering to mankind in Greek mythology.

This feeling may have been a strong mental suggestion, and as this suggestion continued, it seemed that everyone present was enveloped by this strange sense of dead silence, and everyone invariably tightened their faces, as if they all had a premonition that something terrible was about to happen.

Time passed quickly and slowly, but it was obviously not a way to stalemate like this, and then Lafayette was really impatient to wait, so he ordered Xiao Lizi next to him to come up to the stage to ask, and to tell the girl "...... If you can't do it, go down quickly, don't stand there stupidly, it's embarrassing. ”

After receiving the commandment, Mr. Li got up and rushed to the stage to ask, but when this little Li Zi just walked to the bottom of the big stage, the envoys of various countries behind him suddenly let out a burst of exclamations!

Puzzled, he turned around and looked at the ministers of the same country, but the ministers of various countries were staring at the big stage at the same time.

That kind of look, even a fool can see it, it must be caused by some amazing change on the stage.

Therefore, this Chief Manager Li immediately turned his head and looked at the stage.

Who knew that at this glance, our Chief Manager Li staggered back at that time, and then stretched out his thumb and shouted, "God!"

Because at this moment, he was stunned to see that the girl in red still didn't move, but the puppet monkey that was originally lying on the theater had completely disappeared.

At this time, the monkey is playing around with a golden hoop stick in one hand, and the other hand is constantly scratching its ears and cheeks, showing the appearance of a monkey, and the most interesting thing is that the puppet's eyes will blink, adding a lot of funny to its vivid performance.

The action of this monkey wood carving jumping over and hanging the wooden hook upside down was so vivid that it detonated the atmosphere of the audience in an instant. Lafayette couldn't help but say it, and Manager Li naturally didn't have the need to speak, so he retreated to the side knowing that he was amused.

In this way, with the operation of the mechanical puppet, the real finale of this Yuzen birthday performance officially began.