Chapter Ninety-Five: The Tang Dynasty Opera Troupe

"The rolling Yangtze River is passing away, and the waves are sweeping away the heroes. Success or failure turns empty. The green mountains are still there, and the sunset is red several times. On the white-haired fisherman river, accustomed to watching the autumn moon and spring breeze. A pot of turbid wine is happy to meet. How many things in ancient and modern times are laughing and talking. Speaking of the general trend of the world, it will be together for a long time, and it will be divided for a long time. Over the weekend, the Seven Kingdoms divided and merged into Yuqin. After the destruction of Qin, Chu and Han divided and merged into Han. The Han Dynasty revolted since Gaozu beheaded the White Snake and dominated the world,......"

Juxian Lou and Qingfeng Lou set up a big stage, the storyteller above began to talk about the Three Kingdoms written by Li Yong from memory, and several restaurants that were originally popular became even more overcrowded, because that is the era where there is such a form of things, those storytellers are trained in Xishan, there are men and women, old and young, but everyone's body language and expressions are performed vividly, so that watching and listening are visual and auditory enjoyment, the restaurant says one every day, says the Three Kingdoms in the morning, and says Journey to the West in the afternoon.

"Exactly: human snobbery is still in the past, who knows that heroes are white? Ande is as fast as Yide, and he punishes the negative people in the world! After all, what is Dong Zhuo's life, and listen to the following breakdown. ”

When the storyteller finished speaking, he bowed to everyone and left, and those who listened were not willing to do so, and they all quarreled.

"Don't go, let's talk about what happened to Dong Zhuo."

"Master add money, go on."

Anyway, no matter what they say, the storyteller just stepped down and left, as for daring to make trouble? They don't dare, because the boss behind Juxian Lou and Qingfeng Lou is too mysterious, and they can do so big in Chang'an, no one dares to make trouble, they were sealed by the emperor before, and then they opened it again, so what does it mean, don't say anything, some people don't listen to it once, they don't enjoy it, and they ordered a table of dishes to listen to the next period, and when they heard about Journey to the West, the whole Chang'an went crazy.

The poem says: Chaos is not divided into heaven and earth, and no one sees it. Since Pangu broke Hongmeng, it has opened up from Ziqing to distinguish turbidity. Covering the masses of beings to look up to benevolence, inventing all things to be good. If you want to know the Yuan Gong of the Creation Society, you must watch the Legend of Journey to the West...... Feeling Pangu opened up, the three emperors ruled the world, the five emperors Dinglun, and the world was divided into four major continents: Dongsheng Shenzhou, West Niuhe Continent, South Ganbu Continent, and North Julu Continent. This book list is Dongsheng Shenzhou. There is a country overseas, called Proud Country. The country is close to the sea, and there is a famous mountain in the sea, which is called Huaguo Mountain......"

"Then the Three Kingdoms are gone?"

"Saint, it can only be found tomorrow."

"It's so uncomfortable, this Li Yong is not up or down."

"Sage, Juxian Building has a new one."

"What, hurry up, write down and say so, how is Dong Zhuo."

"The saint forgives his sins, this time it's not about the Three Kingdoms, but about a film called Journey to the West."

"Oh, or not, write down and say so-and-so."

"Yes."

Li Er was fascinated when he heard it, and applauded again and again when he heard the wonders, but ......

"Exactly: Hongmeng has no surname at the beginning, and Wukong must be broken by stubbornness. After all, I don't know what Dao fruit to cultivate backwards, and listen to the next decomposition. ”

Li Er was stunned for a moment, then stood up and walked around irritably.

"It's so hateful, come here, arrest Li Yong into the palace."

"Saint, if this is known to the eldest princess......"

Now Li Er is embarrassed, indeed, in order to listen to the story of his son-in-law into the palace, if this is spread, it will not make the world's teeth laugh off, but it is really uncomfortable to hold it like this, it is like chasing a good-looking drama in the future, just when Li Er was at a loss, Huang Yan gave a good suggestion, because he also wanted to hear it.

"Sage, I have an idea, wait a minute, call the queen mother and Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, and then tell them about this, it will be better for them to come forward."

Li Er listened and looked at the old eunuch who had followed him for many years.

"You still know so-and-so, just do it, but call the prince and the concubines of the harem, and the other princes and princesses, and if it's uncomfortable, it's uncomfortable together, hum~"

Li Er really had a black belly, so the whole palace fell into the quagmire of listening to stories, that desire to stop, desire to die, of course, not everyone is like this, because the two novels are mainly biased towards male audiences, as for the queen, those concubines and concubines and princesses, they are not very interested, and Li Yong ignores these things outside the window, and continues to write manuscripts in the study at home, because he has a bigger plan in the making, that is, to rehearse these stories and some positive stories of later generations into dramas, enriching the cultural cultivation of the people of the Tang Dynasty, It's just that the conditions are not fully mature now, because he doesn't understand, and no one has ever done this thing in this era, everything is groping, but Li Yong has already arranged for people to go to various places to search for talents in this area, mainly those women who can sing and dance in Qinglou, and some men who have talent in this area, and named this Tang Dynasty Opera Troupe. Day by day, the renovation of the Imperial Library has been half completed, and all kinds of books have been entered one after another, but it is still a month before the official opening, Li Yong also agrees with Zheng Liwan's opinion, or it will not be opened, and it will be opened with a full house, as for the Three Kingdoms and the Journey to the West continue every day in Juxian Building and Qingfeng Building, it is now the whole Chang'an tea and dinner to talk about the whole.

"Childe, the Quyi Troupe has already rehearsed several plays, see when you will go and see it."

"It's been lined up so quickly, yes, that Pei Niangzi is really a talent."

"It's not a child's discernment."

"Don't tell me these whiskers, you don't need these between me and you, you tell them to practice hard, and let them come to Chang'an in two days."

After Li Yong waited for Zheng Liwan to leave, he closed his eyes and leaned on the chair to think, he didn't even know that Wu Shun came in, Wu Shun looked at Li Yong's contemplative appearance and was deeply fascinated, so the contemplative appearance of men fascinated women the most, Wu Shun put down the hot tea and didn't dare to disturb him to think, when he was about to leave, Li Yong slowly opened his eyes and saw Wu Shun tiptoeing, she looked very funny, but it also made Li Yong's heart warm, because the women around him were so sensible and lovely, Wu Shun also found that Li Yong was looking at her, made her face have an embarrassing word printed on her face, and her pretty face was as red as a ripe apple, Li Yong didn't make fun of her, but thought she was very cute.

"Wu Shun, do you want to do something?"

Listening to Li Yong ask herself if she wants to do something, Wu Shun was also very surprised, she didn't know the property of Li Mansion because of her temperament, and she couldn't be as talented as her sister, and she was responsible for the diet of Li Tiehammer and his wife in the mansion at most, in fact, she also wanted to help Li Yong do something, but since she entered the branch of the mansion, Li Yong didn't deliberately arrange for her to do anything, and it also made her feel that she was the most non-existent person in the house.

"If you don't want to, forget it."

"No, no~ I do."

Wu Shun came back to her senses and hurriedly said, how could she not want to help Li Yong do things, Li Yong saw her excited and felt that she was a little silly and cute.

"That's the case, I built a quyi troupe a long time ago, as for what it does, you can understand it as spreading culture, more you look for Liwan's related things to see, they will come here in two days, now the head of the quyi troupe is Pei Qingxiao Lady is in charge, but she is only responsible for rehearsals, I want you to take care of the Shengtang Theater that will open in a while, and then I will ask Liwan and Wu Cao to arrange some people to help you, now it depends on your meaning."

Of course Wu Shun is willing, as for why Wu Shun was chosen, in fact, Li Yong does not have too many candidates, Zheng Liwan and Wu Cao are in charge of the huge business and Xishan industry, and Gao Da is in charge of Jiangnan affairs, although Wu Shun's temperament is a little softer, but he should still be competent in charge of entertainment, so Li Yong wants her to give it a try. Wu Shun happily left Li Yong's study, and then found his sister and Zheng Liwan, and told them what Li Yong meant, they were also curious about why Li Yong had such an arrangement, but they were too busy now, and they really couldn't take care of this entertainment matter, so they told her the details of the Tang Dynasty Opera Troupe and the Tang Dynasty Theater, and then arranged a few subordinates for Wu Shun, so Wu Shun, the entertainment tycoon, was opened, and the Tang Dynasty Theater was actually renovated by Zheng Liwan's previous acquisition of the opponent's shop. The area is not very large, the two-story building can accommodate more than 200 people, and the whole decoration is according to Li Yong's requirements, that is, the kind of theater in the Qing Dynasty. Two days later, Pei Qing took the entire Tang Dynasty Opera Troupe and the guys to Chang'an, and naturally performed a few scenes that they had rehearsed skillfully for the Li Mansion, seeing that everyone in the entire Li Mansion was addicted to it, and seeing their reactions, Li Yong had already foreseen the scene on the opening day of the theater, as for him, in the era of all kinds of entertainment in later generations, he was not very interested in opera, mainly because he didn't understand, everyone in the Li Mansion kept applauding and spent it in tears from time to time, Wu Shun was also full of interest in her career, Because she had never seen such a good affair, she quickly discussed with Pei Qing about related things, Pei Qing was actually a singer in a green building in a county town in Henan Province, and was later found by Li Yong sent to collect people, so he brought it back to Li Yong to see, Li Yong was also attracted by this little girl's innocent appearance and tragic life experience, coupled with her talent for song and dance, Li Yong made a decision to leave her, and let her be responsible for the choreography of the quyi troupe, she also lived up to Li Yong's expectations, under the guidance of Li Yong who didn't even have half a bucket of water, Practicing the taste of later generations, coupled with the script written by Li Yong, made this little girl deeply involved in this career, which also made Li Yong feel that this little girl was born for this. Li Yong was very satisfied with Pei Qing and the entire quyi troupe, so he handed it over to Wu Shun to take care of, and the theater was scheduled to open three days later.

On the first day of the third month of the seventh year of Zhenguan, an inconspicuous building in Chang'an East City tore off the red cloth covering the plaque in the noise, and the Shengtang Theater officially opened, and Li Yong and his family were waiting at the door early.

"Brother Li, congratulations, what kind of theater did this kid do, and a few of our brothers came to cheer him on."

Duan Zhixuan, several veterans and Li Da Hammer smiled and hugged their fists to say hello, Li Yong's father was also a person in the army before, but his position was not as high as these people now, but people in the army are like this, plus Li Da Hammer is the former batch of veterans, so he naturally feels more cordial, not to mention that he is still the in-law of today's saint.

"Brother Duan, look at what you said, you can come to give that kid face, come, I'll take you in."

The generals and Wenchen who were invited over all arrived one after another with their families, and the reputation of the Tang Dynasty Theater could be regarded as a hit, just when these people were eating snacks and drinking tea and chatting inside, a sharp voice came.

"The saint and the queen have arrived~"

This frightened the people inside, they didn't expect Li Yong to invite Li Er and the queen to come, the people outside all saluted Li Er's frame, Li Er took the eldest grandson Wujian dressed up and walked out of the carriage, hand in hand into the theater, the people inside saw them and saluted them, Li Yong saw Li Li behind Li Er and his wife, the little girl also made a grimace to him, Li Yong also smiled secretly, Li Er's family group is a bit much, in addition to the queen, there are Wei Guifei, Yang Guifei, Yin Concubine, Zheng Fei, Prince Li Chengqian, Li Tai and several princesses, Li Er looked at this theater, and didn't find anything special, but felt that it was very ordinary, and he didn't want Li Yong's other industries to be as luxurious, in fact, some of Li Yong's industries were not luxurious in decoration, and they would change due to different goods, just like this theater, he just wanted more people to come and see, be influenced by the culture of opera, and change more people's thoughts, if there were other dynasties, Li Yong would not dare to do this, but the Tang Dynasty was a very inclusive dynasty, and many things were a blank slate, This makes him dare to do a lot of things.

"No courtesy, I am also an audience today, so you don't have to be formal."

"Saints, queens, princes, ladies and gentlemen, princesses and princesses, please come with me, your position is in front."

Why didn't Li Yong arrange Li Er's box on the second floor, in fact, there is a misunderstanding here, the best visual distance is actually about five meters away from the stage, rather than looking down from a high place from a distance, after Li Er and the others sat down, other ministers and their families also sat down, Li Er and their small tables were placed with all kinds of exquisite snacks, and the clerk also began to serve them tea and send them the catalog of today's performance, the catalog said Dingjun Mountain, The West Chamber, Quanmei Case, Mu Guiying broke the sky, just when everyone was full of expectations, The pure and lovely little lady Pei walked to the front of the stage and said in a gentle voice.

"Thank you all for coming to watch the performance of our Tang Dynasty Opera Troupe today, and now please enjoy Dingjun Mountain."

After speaking, he left the stage, and then the gongs and drums were noisy, and various musical instruments cooperated with each other, bringing a different auditory experience, so that Li Er was refreshed by everyone, and then the curtain was lifted where it was written, and several people wearing costumes similar to generals walked out, holding props like weapons in their hands, and their faces were also painted with various colors of paint, and the performers used a variety of moving tones, and Youman or mighty posture to perform, everyone in the audience was deeply attracted to it, and they all applauded loudly everywhere, Seeing the sadness, it is not to grit your teeth or to cry silently, the so-called gold list in the play is empty and rich, and the fake husband and wife in the cave room are flowers and candles, although it has been the same throughout the ages, it is always appropriate to wear heavy makeup and light makeup, it is you who put on the phoenix crown and xia clothes, I covered my eyebrows, and the red curtain was torn open, and there was an excerpt play...... What kind of face is behind the heavy makeup, what kind of story is sewn in the gorgeous costume, what is in life, what is told in the story, gathering and scattering, joys and sorrows, ups and downs, ups and downs, sunny and round, all on the stage, flowing into a sound and colorful history, satisfying how many plain and unwilling mediocre hearts, Huang Zhong, the general of Shu Han in Dingjun Mountain, killed Xiahou Yuan, the general of Cao Wei, so that those veterans and old handsomes were addicted, Zhang Sheng, a scholar of the West Chamber, and Cui Yingying, a young lady of Xiangguo, broke through Sun Feihu, Cui Mu, Zheng Heng and the others' obstructions eventually became dependents, so that those young ladies and princesses were deeply infected, and even those ladies and princesses thought deeply, this kind of anti-feudal etiquette and religion left a crack in their hearts, the viciousness of the Quanmei case was like the selfless Bao Gong who hated the great duke, and the ruthless concubine Chen Shimei who was not afraid of power made Li Er and everyone present applaud loudly, and even the usually gentle and elegant Empress Changsun stood up and shouted.

"Okay, good chopping, should be killed."

Some people who are too deep in the play to see what Chen Shimei did, they rolled up their sleeves and wanted to rush to the stage, if they weren't held by the guards, something really happened, Mu Guiying's heroic Mu Guiying in the Tianmen Formation reminded Li Er and others of the late Pingyang princess Li Xiuning, Li Er's tiger eyes were moist, and those active young ladies and princesses secretly envied Mu Guiying, the four plays were performed for the next six hours, if it weren't for the different people performing in each play, who could carry it, as for those who watched the play, naturally don't think about it, Because they have long been attracted by these scenes, don't feel tired, when the performance ended, everyone was still reluctant to leave, Li Er and Queen Changsun praised Li Yong for doing a good job, and Changle secretly took Li Yong's hand, full of admiration for the little star. Li Yong's Tang Dynasty Theater and Quyi Troupe were an instant hit, and the tickets for the next day were sold out, it was really hard to find, the ticket window of the theater was full of queues every day, and now the people in Chang'an City hummed a few words at every turn to enjoy it.