Volume 1 Seven Grades of Taoist Priests Chapter 67 Watching a Play

Qi Xuansu stepped forward: "Yutai." ”

"Where's the girl?" Zhang Yuelu asked.

Qi Xuansu rarely took the initiative to say: "I suddenly feel that the title of 'Miss Tangtai' is a little rusty, why don't I call you the cousin?" ”

Zhang Yuelu thought for a while and said, "You also know, I shouldn't have been called Zhang Yuelu, this is a star name." I should be called Zhang Yuexin, or Zhang Xinyue, or Tan Taichu, so my words have nothing to do with Zhang Yuelu. When I was in time, my father gave me the table word, which was taken according to 'Zhang Xinyue', and the word 'Xinyue' came from Danyang Zhenren's "Wangpenglai", I don't know if you have read it? ”

"Danyang real people." Qi Xuansu struggled to recall the lessons of the Vientiane Dao Palace. If you say that the lyrics and poems, compared with the poets and poets, the level of Danyang Zhenren, Changchun Zhenren, Lu Zu and others is just ordinary, but because they are the patriarchs of the Daomen, they take advantage, so they are all frequent visitors in the books of the Vientiane Dao Palace, and he should have some impressions.

Zhang Yuelu didn't remind him, just gently wrapped his fingers around a wisp of green silk on his chest.

At this time, the good memory of the scattered people was highlighted, and Qi Xuansu really remembered: "Is it the sentence 'Removing the right life lamp is better than the day, and letting go of the happy moon through the blue sky'?" ”

"That's right, that's it." Zhang Yuelu nodded with a smile and said, "My watch word is 'Qingxiao'." That's why I don't talk much about my cousin. My name is 'Zhang Yuelu', but my cousin is called 'Qingxiao', and the two have nothing to do with each other, and others are inevitably strange. I can't explain such a big chase every time, what is my real name, what is the relationship between this table and my real name, it is too troublesome, so I simply don't say it, and there are very few people who know it. ”

"I'm honored to say that." Qi Xuansu said with a smile, "Qingxiao." ”

"Strange strange." Zhang Yuelu was a little uncomfortable, but she didn't allow Qi Xuansu to call her own words.

Qi Xuansu asked, "By the way, what is the play today?" ”

"It seems to be "The Peony Pavilion"." Zhang Yuelu took out two tickets and shook them in his hand.

Qi Xuansu hadn't heard much of the play, but he also knew the name of "The Peony Pavilion", and he didn't know how to evaluate it, so he could only say: "Classic." ”

Zhang Yuelu said: "If it is a ticket bought by the real person in charge, at his age, he can't accept new things, and only likes these classics." If it is a vote given to the real person in charge by someone else, if you vote for it, you will only send these classics. ”

Qi Xuansu smiled and said: "The left and right are classics, are there any non-classics?" ”

"Yes." Zhang Yuelu said, "It is said that there is a new drama that tells the story of Taoism and Confucianism in the last years of the previous dynasty. ”

Qi Xuansu became interested: "This is rare. ”

"I haven't seen it, I've just heard a rough idea from others." Zhang Yuelu said, "What I am saying is that the struggle between Daomen and Confucianism intensified, and Daomen sent Liu Jinyi, a scattered person from Jianghu, to join Confucianism and become an internal response. Coincidentally, Confucianism also sent Xie Yungan, a child of the family, to enter the Daomen and become an internal response. Because these two internal officials have the strong support of Daomen and Confucianism behind them, they were promoted quickly, and it only took a few years for them to become middle-level figures. ”

"During the Second Imperial Capital Change, Confucianism sent people to secretly arrest Zhang Baitian, and Liu Jinyi risked his life to summon him, so that Zhang Baitian successfully escaped. After this incident, Confucianism realized that there was an internal response of the Daomen, and while examining himself, he also hoped that Xie Yungan could find clues from the inside of the Daomen. However, at this time, Xie Yungan already had a premonition that the defeat of Confucianism was inevitable, and he was unwilling to follow the big ship of Confucianism to perish together, so he decided to betray Confucianism and become a real Taoist. ”

On the other hand, Liu Jinyi has to face huge pressure from Confucian hermits, life and death, and he doesn't know when the day is the way back. Buddhism says that the Abi Hell is also called the Infernal Hell, suffering uninterrupted, the body uninterrupted, the time uninterrupted, and the form inseparable. A person whose identity should not belong to him is like living in an infernal hell, and he is afraid that others will reveal his identity in his dreams. As long as you get out of this situation where black and white are indistinguishable, you can leave the Infernal Hell and find yourself. ”

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention. Qi Xuansu's face remained unchanged, but his heart gradually sank.

Because this play reminded him of his own identity, the members of the Qingping Society entered the Daomen, and the two identities, black and white, did not also fall into the situation of "Infernal Hell"?

He couldn't help but wonder if Zhang Yuelu had noticed something? That's why I deliberately said that.

For a while, Qi Xuansu's heart was already a little confused, and he could only barely control his expression and not let Zhang Yuelu see his abnormality.

Zhang Yuelu asked, "What do you think?" ”

Qi Xuansu reluctantly smiled and said: "I first knew about these two, or because of the Xuansheng card, Liu Jinyi and Xie Yungan are both spy cards, it turns out that there is such a story." ”

Zhang Yuelu proposed: "It's still a while before the opening, or ...... We sold these two tickets and went to see a new play? ”

Qi Xuansu was vigilant in his heart, but his face was not obvious: "This is not good, after all, it is the ticket of the real person in charge." Would you be angry if you let the real person in charge know that we sold the tickets he sent? ”

"It's okay, the real person in charge is not a stingy person, and he doesn't have the leisure to care about such trivial things." Zhang Yuelu didn't care and said, "Watching a play, what kind of play is not watching, as long as the money is used on the right path, it will not be considered to live up to the good intentions of the real person in charge." ”

Qi Xuansu didn't dare to object too much, so as not to arouse Zhang Yuelu's suspicions, but he had learned this girl's keen intuition, so he had to nod and say, "That's good." ”

"Follow me." Zhang Yuelu turned around and walked towards Taishangfang.

Qi Xuansu had no choice but to follow behind Zhang Yuelu.

This is the first time Qi Xuansu came to Taishangfang, Qi Xuansu's intuitive feeling, Taishangfang is worthy of being the first of the twenty-four squares, from the streets to various buildings, all reveal exquisiteness, not inferior to Xuandu. Because today is the Xia Yuan Festival, lanterns are hung on both sides of the streets and on the heights of various buildings in Taishangfang, which are brightly lit, like a city that never sleeps. And unlike other squares, Taishangfang is not a complete residential area, but has the function of a part of the "city", in addition to the theater, there are also chess clubs, tea clubs, painting clubs, book clubs and so on.

However, when Qi Xuansu asked, Zhang Yuelu had a disdainful attitude and said, "Hang a sheep's head and sell dog meat." ”

Qi Xuansu understood, and was even slightly diverted, and the idea of wanting to find out was born, which indirectly calmed the uneasiness in his heart.

Zhang Yuelu glanced at Qi Xuansu and said, "A pot of tea costs a hundred Taiping dollars, can you afford it?" ”

"Is the tea made of gold or is the tea melted from gold?" Qi Xuansu was surprised, "Why don't you grab it?" ”

Zhang Yuelu said: "Although I am not from a wealthy family, I have also heard that some tea is much more expensive than gold. I remember that there is a kind of tea, there are only a few old tea trees left in the whole world, and the annual output is less than ten catties. ”

As he spoke, a two-story building was already in sight.

Zhang Yuelu said: "It is said that it is a theater, but it is actually called Tianyinlou, after all, it is too expensive to pay for every inch of land in Taishangfang, and the rent is too expensive." ”

This Tianyin Building is just located at the intersection of the three streets, the left is Yuyang Street, the right is Shaochu Street, is facing the natural street that Xuan Su and Zhang Yuelu came to, it can be described as an excellent location, at this time the big red lantern is hung in front of the door of Tianyin Tower, the lights are brilliant, the flow of people is like weaving, and the noise is very.

Qi Xuansu was surprised: "It's so lively! There are still many rich people in Yujing City. ”

Zhang Yuelu said deliberately: "What is this? Two hundred Taiping dollars for one place, just a few more places to charge. ”

Qi Xuansu heard that Zhang Yuelu was talking about him and Sun Yongfeng, so he couldn't help coughing lightly, and said to him: "We also learn from these ticket sellers?" ”

In the dark corner, there are several ticket sellers, constantly asking people who have not bought tickets if they want tickets.

This is completely different from the cold Yujing in Qi Xuansu's impression.

Zhang Yuelu led Qi Xuansu to the ticket sellers and explained: "Actually, it's not so lively usually, but today happens to be the Xia Yuan Festival, so there are more people." ”

When a ticket seller saw the two, he took the initiative to greet them and asked, "Do you want a ticket?" The back row seat ticket, 30 Taiping money, the back row standing ticket, 10 Taiping money. ”

This is almost double the price of the normal fare.

Zhang Yuelu took out his two tickets and shook them slightly.

"A private room ticket on the second floor?" The ticket seller's face changed slightly, "Since the two of you have tickets, if you don't go to the theater, can't you go here for fun?" ”

Qi Xuansu only then knew that the tickets were also divided into three, six, nine and so on according to the location, and most of these tickets were given to the real people in the hall by others, since they were given to the real people in the hall, of course, they couldn't let the real people go to the hall on the first floor to squeeze together with others.

Zhang Yuelu said: "I don't buy tickets, I sell tickets." ”

"Selling tickets?" The ticket seller was stunned.

Zhang Yuelu said: "These two tickets will be sold to you at the original price, as long as 200 Taiping dollars." ”

The ticket seller was first surprised, and then rejoiced, you must know that this kind of private room ticket on the second floor, no matter how early you queue, you can't buy it, and you have already been arranged to go to your own place before the ticket is sold. In other words, this is a priceless good thing, the original price of a piece is only one hundred ping, and he can double or triple it when he changes hands.

"Really?" The ticket seller was still a little incredulous.

Zhang Yuelu said in a bad voice: "If you buy it, you will get the money, and if you don't buy it, I will find someone else." ”

"Don't, don't. I buy, I buy. The ticket seller was afraid that the duck in his mouth would fly, so he hurriedly took out two large tickets and handed them to Zhang Yuelu.

Zhang Yuelu gave him the ticket, and smiled at Qi Xuansu with two large tickets.

Qi Xuansu sighed: "After going around, in the end, it was sold, it is better to listen to me at the beginning." ”

Zhang Yuelu glanced at him: "You are for money, I want to change my taste, I can't generalize." ”

After that, Zhang Yuelu led Qi Xuansu out of Tianyin Tower and went to a small theater with a deserted courtyard. Because today is the big day of Tianyinlou, all the business here is very bleak, so naturally you don't have to find a ticket seller, you can buy tickets normally, and the price is also heaven and earth.

Zhang Yuelu spent fifty Taiping dollars to buy two tickets for the private room on the second floor, and entered the small theater with Qi Xuansu.