Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Giant Paper Boat
Mei Sijun knew a rough idea from the conversations between these people.
Obviously, they themselves knew that there were ghosts who wanted to harm people, but they didn't dare to run, and the implication of this was very interesting.
The night was already very deep, and now "Miss Lin" was the baby bump of the class owner, for fear that she would not rest well and spoil her throat, so after a few words, she led someone to carry the corpse away.
Seven days......
Mei Sijun thought that this strange talk would start only when he arrived at the [Nanzhifang] theater.
Unexpectedly, the beginning of this strange talk turned out to be a direct way for all of them to experience what happened back then for a hundred years.
She looked at the bright moon in the night sky, and her mind was surging.
Is this a soul that has traveled through a hundred years, or is it trapped in a dream woven after the death of a group of ghosts?
Mei Sijun listened to the sound of the boat breaking the water waves, thinking about how to break the situation this time.
The most important thing is to figure out what other people's identities are now, there is no doubt that they should have taken the "protagonist" card, so how to inform everyone, I am the protagonist of "Miss Lin"?
In addition, Mei Sijun is also particularly interested in the Huangquan opera, which is completely different from the yin opera.
When he was a child, his father once said that there are three kinds of operas in the world, which most opera troupes can't sing.
The first is the yin play, which is sung by the living to the dead, and everything is handled by the living.
The second is the ghost play, the ghost play is a play sung by the dead to the living, and those who hear the ghost play basically can't live.
And the last one is Huangquan Opera.
Although the Huangquan opera is also a play sung by the living to the dead, everything is ...... Run by the dead.
These three kinds of dramas are not normal to say, and can even be said to be thrilling and terrifying, but most theater practitioners are eager to do so.
Without him, since ancient times, there has been a saying that people or things that are stained with some ghosts must always be extraordinary.
Even if it's a play.
Therefore, the ancestor of the Mei family has always dreamed of listening to those three legendary plays.
It's a pity that these three kinds of plays have been lost in later generations.
Probably because there are fewer people who know them, and they pay more attention to them, and even many industries are in a single line, and there are taboos such as passing on men and not women, so that once a natural and man-made disaster is encountered, there is a high probability that it will be lost.
In addition to these three kinds of plays, most of the mysterious, mysterious and unpredictable industries and traditional crafts are probably lost in time like this.
Therefore, whether everything that is experienced now is an illusion or a real soul crossing, it is a great luck for Mei Sijun!
He can see with his own eyes what these three plays are all about.
The boat was still moving, Mei Sijun had not slept, and the mist in the reeds became more and more mysterious under the desolate moonlight.
[Nanzhifang] is a large group, and this kind of troupe is generally complete in structure and has a large number of people.
At a glance, in addition to the big ship, the small boat that walked in front seemed to have divided positions.
On the wooden boat in front of the left are all stewards, stewards are divided into clerical stewards, military stewards and small stewards, who are respectively responsible for managing the cultural and martial arts of the troupe, as well as the trivial matters of the backstage.
On the wooden boat in front of you on the right is a boxman, who is generally responsible for the management and maintenance of props such as armor and helmets, as well as the color, paper, pen and ink, and oil used to clean and ugly faces.
Walking on the left side of the ship is the inspector, who is indispensable, and all the odd things such as placing tables and chairs on the stage, placing bed tents, spraying fire, and throwing mats are all handled by inspectors. Taking tables and chairs as an example, there are various forms and changes such as infield tables, outfield tables, inside and outside figures, large seats, small seats, main chairs, inverted chairs, etc., and the height and air chairs still need to be guaranteed to be accurate, timely, and stable. In addition, due to the shuttle between the stage and the backstage, between the actors and the band, the inspector also needs to secretly deliver information, and even fill in the omissions to save the scene.
Walking on the right rear side of the boat is the musician, and the drum and flute in charge of the drama are also indispensable.
As for the curtain makers, the ones who manage the water pots, and the ones who urge the drama generally have a variety of miscellaneous things, so they are on this big ship.
In short, the actors in charge of the performance and the collaborators in charge of logistics add up, [Nanzhifang] has a total of one big wooden boat, seven small wooden boats, a total of no less than thirty or forty people, which is already a very large troupe.
There are a total of eleven people in his group, and if all the souls cross here, it will account for at least one-third of the troupe, which is also a good thing.
It's just that...... Is everyone really here?
Just as he was thinking about it, Mei Sijun suddenly heard a shout!
"Ghost ...... The ghost ship is coming! ”
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"The ghost ship is coming!"
Qin Manjiang was woken up by a shout, his body stiffened, and he quickly got up.
The four musicians around him were all pale and looked out in despair.
Qin Manjiang followed their gaze and looked out of the cabin, and was stunned for a moment.
A huge white ship, just silently and silently out of the gray mist, this ship ...... It's just weird!
It was at least ten meters high, and a boat of this height could not be placed in such a river, but not only was it silent, but it did not even press down a little on the surface of the water.
A strong atmosphere of terror enveloped the entire troupe fleet.
The class leader Zhao Qigong's eyes were ruthless, but there was nothing he could do.
He has traveled all over the world in his life, but he has never seen such a strange thing.
But he still recognized what it was.
It's a paper ship!
The white hull is clearly folded with paper, and no matter how tall or big it is, it will not have a draft.
In addition, there is a pole two or three feet high on the bow of the big white boat, and a white flag on the pole is floating in the night wind, with three words written on it - Nanzhifang.
"Ban...... Class master, it's really her, it's really that woman who pesters us and has to sing Huangquan opera! ”
Chen Xiangkui, the military manager who managed the martial arts, stood behind Zhao Qigong, his voice trembling.
"Let's ...... Spend money to find a master to do a ritual, I'm worried...... We're going and there's no return......"
"This star really wants to retire"
Without waiting for the class leader Zhao Qigong to speak, a voice suddenly came from the tall white paper boat:
"Welcome!"
"Welcome!"
"Welcome!"
The whole troupe looked up and saw layers of paper figures standing on the tall hull!
Their clothes were colorful, their faces were painted with strange red balls, their eyes were blank, but their mouths were full of laughter, and these boys and girls made their voices in unison, which instantly made everyone's scalps tingle!
Qin Manjiang also looked at the scene in front of him with shocked eyes.
The paper boy and girl on this ship gave him a very strange feeling, not only him, but also at this moment...... The other ten members of the dark place all looked at the white boat that came out of the fog and the paper figures......
This time, the ghost seems to have self-awareness?
They've never encountered anything like this before, and generally speaking, ghosts are pure malice that they can't communicate with at all.
But this time, you can clearly feel that it has a "mind".