Wu Yong followed Yuan Shu and the others back to the previous private room, and after everyone drank freely, they got up and left the orchid wine shop, preparing to go back to their respective homes.

They have not yet performed the crown ceremony, just like the minors of the later generations, if they do not return home with a hangover, they will come home the next day, and they will inevitably be punished, and besides, they are all powerful families, and the rest environment in the home is several times stronger than in this wine shop, and no one wants to suffer and live in the wine shop, so everyone is very conscious, and without the urging of others, they propose that today's meeting end here.

However, when the group staggered to the door, they found that the bartender was driving the two people out of the orchid restaurant with several strong and strong Hu people.

Wu Yong raised his eyes and saw that the two people who were kicked out by the bartender were an old man and a young man. The old man was lame, about fifty years old, gray-haired, and emaciated; The boy had a large blue birthmark on his face, about eleven or twelve years old, and he was very small, as if he had not grown up.

At this time, the old man was constantly whispering and pleading,

"My lord, can you settle the cost of these performances, I and other wanderers rely on this money to survive!" As soon as he heard that he was asking for money, the bartender immediately reluctant, and shouted: "It's not my master who invited you over, you should go to the group of resters who invited you to come over to perform." After saying that, he asked the old man to throw all his belongings out of the door, and at the same time warned: "Take your things and leave quickly, don't affect our wine shop's business, otherwise you will break your other leg!" "Maybe the Hu man who threw the thing did it on purpose, and after the item was thrown out, it was suddenly spilled all over the ground.

Especially those silhouettes of different shapes, when the breeze blows, they float everywhere. The old man didn't bother arguing with them, and hurried with the young man to pick up his belongings.

Wu Yong picked up a silhouette of a character at his feet, looked through it carefully, and immediately understood that this old man should be the shadow puppet performer who was interrupted by everyone in the orchid restaurant not long ago.

"Nobleman, can you give us back the silhouette in your hand?" A timid voice interrupted Wu Yong's musings.

Wu Yong glanced at the birthmark on his face, took out a handful of copper coins from his arms, handed it to him along with the silhouette in his hand, and said, "Here you go!" The young man looked at Wu Yong stunned, then quickly lowered his head, snatched the silhouette, turned around and ran away.

Wu Yong looked at the copper coin in his hand, smiled wryly and shook his head. Although the boy didn't say it just now, he knew that his actions had hurt his self-esteem.

The young man returned to the old man, and the two of them packed up all their belongings together before confronting the bartender and the others again.

From the beginning to the end, the bartender and a few strong Hu men stood by and watched from the sidelines, neither stopping them from packing up their belongings nor driving them away.

The old man sorted out his belongings, took a deep look at the bartender and the others, and then picked up his belongings and said to the young man with sorrow: "Let's go, don't have a conflict with others!" The young man glared at the bartender and the others angrily, then helped the old man and asked, "Grandpa, where are we going next?" ”

"Take a step, take a look, we have the craftsmanship passed down by our ancestors, and we can't die of hunger!" The old man comforted.

Wu Yong looked at this lonely figure of a big man and a small person, and felt a little unbearable, so he hurriedly called the grandfather and grandson: "Father-in-law go slowly, the kid has something to say~"

"What's the matter with this little Langjun?" When the old man heard the shout, he stopped and asked with some confusion. Wu Yong said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, I am a child of the Houfu, I want to invite you to perform in the mansion for a few days, there is food and drink every day, and there is a reward of fifty yuan, of course, you can leave at any time if you want!" The old man immediately protected the young man behind him, and said nervously: "Xiao Langjun, don't laugh, we are all disabled people, how can we have such a high treatment!" Wu Yong was a little embarrassed, as the saying goes, the heart of defense is indispensable, and the old man's approach is not wrong at all.

But he really wanted the old man to stay, because after a while it was Zhuo Taijun's birthday, he always wanted to surprise everyone, and when he saw the old man performing today, he thought of choreographing a shadow puppet show to celebrate Zhuo Taijun's birthday.

Then he looked at Yuan Shu and the others beside him, his eyes lit up, and he said to the old man: "Don't worry, old man, these people around me are all children of the Jiuqing family in the middle of the court, if you still don't believe it, we can let the owner of the wine shop here testify." The old man hesitated, and the young man behind him poked his head out, glanced at Wu Yong, shook his arm and said, "Grandpa, let's promise him, he doesn't look like a bad guy~" Wu Yong touched his nose, it was the first time he was commented on by a teenager like this.

"I hope Xiao Langjun is the talker! I can't force me to stay! The old man hesitated again for a long time before saying.

"Don't worry, the food is naturally full, I can also arrange for you to live in the house, and you don't need money for daily expenses!" Wu Yong was overjoyed and immediately promised.

"That'...... Thank you Xiaolangjun! The old man finally agreed, and then with the support of the young man, he came to Wu Yong's side.

Yuan Shao and the others were completely stunned, and they asked with some confusion: "Wu Yong, what are you leaving them for?" Wu Yong didn't mention Zhuo Taijun's birthday, but said with a smile: "I see that the sisters in my family are very bored on weekdays, so I thought about inviting them to perform in the house for a few days." When a few people heard this, they laughed,

"That's a good idea, when you finish the performance at the house, let them go to my house to perform for a few days." Today they returned late, still thinking about what excuse to fool their families, but they didn't expect that there was a ready-made one.

Ask Baiju to perform for the sisters in the family, what a perfect excuse it seems! At this time, the moon is sparse, and most of the shops on both sides of the street are closed, and there is no such lively scene as during the day.

When the people found the coachmen, they went home separately. The journey was unimpeded, and Wu Yong and his party soon returned to the Hou Mansion to say goodbye to Zhu Yuan, and after Wu Yong led the grandparents to the other courtyard.

At this time, Cheng Zhao was waiting for Wu Yong to return, and when she heard a knock on the door, she immediately ran over to open the door, and then she was stunned, looked at the grandchildren who followed Wu Yong, and asked suspiciously: "These two are?" Wu Yong explained with a smile: "I watched their shadow puppet show today, and I thought that you were bored at home every day, so I invited them over." Cheng Zhao was so moved by Wu Yong's words that he hurriedly invited everyone into the house, and then asked the names of his grandfather and grandson.

"The old man's surname is Zhao, and his name is Ah Qing." When the old man saw Cheng Zhao and Cen Sheng and others, he was really relieved.

After everyone got to know each other, Wu Yong arranged: "Yan Zhan, you take them to wash up, and they will live with you in the future." ”

"Wait!" Yan Zhan just wanted to agree, but the old man stopped him. Seeing that everyone was looking at them suspiciously, the old man smiled awkwardly and said, "This child is actually my granddaughter, and the wine shop is mixed, so I will dress her up as a man." Can Xiao Langjun arrange for her to live in the maidservant's room? ”

"Ugh!" Everyone was stunned, and Ah Qing also hid behind the old man shyly. Cheng Zhao and Wu Yong glanced at each other, then walked up to Ah Qing with a smile, took her hand, looked at it carefully for a while, and then said to everyone with a smile: "It's really a sister!" Next, Cheng Zhao took Ah Qing to wash, and Wu Yong followed the old man to Yan Zhan's room.

As soon as he entered the house, the old man carefully sorted out his belongings and said with a smile: "They are all things that make a living, but they have to be carefully cared for." Listening to the old man's words, Wu Yong looked at the contents of his box.

These silhouettes come in all kinds, from people to animals, and they are all made of delicate sheepskin, which feels good to the touch, and it takes a lot of effort to make them like this.

Wu Yong was unconsciously immersed in this thing, and he couldn't put it down. The old man saw that he was so obsessed, so he said: "If Xiao Langjun likes it, the old man can send some ...... to you" Wu Yong waved his hand and said with a smile: "Old man, don't be like this, the kid gets these, except for an occasional glance, it is useless, it is better to stay in your old hands." ”

"Indeed!" The old man didn't persuade him again, these silhouettes were not easy to make, and he didn't want to give them away. Wu Yong put down the silhouette and asked with a smile: "Today I watched the old man's performance, and there were many animal sounds, how did you operate?" ”

"I don't have him, but ventriloquism!" The old man explained. Then he coughed lightly, moistened his throat, and began to imitate the cries of various animals, and in a while there were sounds such as horse neighing, ape howling, dog barking, wolf howling, black crying, bird noise, warbler chirping, rooster chirping, cicada chirping, frog singing, and so on.

Not only animal sounds, but also the old man can imitate all kinds of human sounds, such as the cry of a baby, the panting of a woman, the scream of a girl, the angry sound of a man, and so on.

"It's a stunt!" Wu Yong couldn't help but praise it, he felt that the old man's ability was by no means something that ordinary people could imitate.

In the room not far away, Cheng Zhao was helping Ah Qing take a bath, and when he heard these movements, he asked with some doubts, "What is this sound?" It's just dark, how can there be a rooster crow? And what's going on with this wolf howl? Ah Qing completely let down his guard against Cheng Zhao, so he explained with a smile: "It's Grandpa's ventriloquism, and I will too!" As she spoke, she imitated it vividly, although it was not as real as the old man's, but it was enough to impress Cheng Zhao.

Wu Yong's side, after waiting for the old man to show off his ventriloquism, he suddenly asked: "Uncle, the kid has a story, can you help see if it can be changed to a shadow puppet show?" Then Wu Yong relayed the recently adapted "The Legend of the White Snake".

This story is based on the integration and adaptation of the plot of the later TV series "The Legend of the New White Lady", in fact, he prepared the Huangmei opera version of "Five Women's Birthday" for Zhuo Taijun's birthday.

The old man listened to Wu Yong's "The Legend of the White Snake" narration, and instantly indulged in it, and soon fell into a strange and unbelievable story, the place name is plausible, the content is bizarre, there are demons, people, Taoist immortals, there are Confucian students, and even Buddhist monks are listed.

In particular, the strange poem was so deeply embedded in his mind that he couldn't help himself.

"The beautiful scenery of the West Lake in March, the spring rain is like wine and willows, and there is a fate to meet thousands of miles away, and it is difficult to hold hands on the other side, and it is difficult to cross the same boat for a hundred years, and sleep together for a thousand years." He has been running around for shadow puppetry all his life, and he has heard many folk gossip, but it is the first time he has heard such a gripping and undulating story.