Zhao Ta named the theater Caiyi, and there were no colorful phoenix wings in response to the scene, and he had a good heart.

The location of the theater is facing the street, but it is actually a large theater garden, and the building is in the garden.

The front pavement is covered, and there is a long wooden door covered with red silk in the middle, and it is a wide place after entering.

This place was originally bought by a foreign businessman to live, but I don't know if it was a business failure or some other reason, so he sold it.

Although the area is huge, the asking price is not high because it is in the southwest city, where there are many civilians.

After buying it, Qi Hongyu made some trimming and decoration, and the innermost part was a long and narrow townhouse, with two pavilions facing each other in front of the gate.

This pavilion was originally a scenery building, but it was changed into a theater building, with two floors, which can meet the standard of four theaters mentioned by Zhao Ta.

However, after Zhao Ta saw it, he felt that he was still a little childish, so he built an open-air stage in front of the second floor, facing the gate of the street.

This open-air stage grows up, which is different from the general pattern of the people in the backstage of the three-sided curtain, but the real four-sided open-air, with a makeup room built on the side, and the servants walking on the side.

Qi Hongyu found a total of three opera troupes with innocent backgrounds, all of which were wandering in the Gyeonggi territory.

As soon as these wild stage teams heard that it was the second king who opened the opera garden, they didn't even talk about the price, they just said that they could watch the reward, and the class owners who could sing wild opera everywhere were all flexible people, so they naturally knew what it meant to sing for Zhao Tan, and they were very likely to become an instant hit, and they would gain fame and fortune at that time.

The Yetai opera troupe is generally a family class, that is, a large family sings opera everywhere, because of this reason, Qi Hongyu did not put the three teams together, if the repertoire of the opera is too big and one team can't sing, let the other team take a hand.

These three teams are the Lu family class, the Zhang family class, and the Yu family class.

Among them, the Lu family class has the largest number of people, with twenty or thirty people, and the other two teams also have more than a dozen people each.

The opera garden was opened quietly, and Zhao Ta did not hold any ceremonies, nor did he alarm too many people.

At the beginning, it was just a traditional opera play, which was regarded as a trial stage, and during this period, it was always performed on the open-air stage for people to watch for free.

Although the opening of the theater was not publicized, and Qi Hongyu also concealed that Zhao Ta was the master behind it, but because it was free, the park was overcrowded every day.

As for those who can't squeeze into the garden, they just watch from the outside, and climb to the trees on both sides of Quyuan Street with their hands and feet.

In this era, entertainment life is poor, especially for ordinary people, dignitaries can also drink and listen to music, all kinds of feasts and drinks, but ordinary people do not have much to do except for shopping.

It was dusk after the performance on the open-air stage that day, and the three teams were cooking and chatting in front of the long and narrow house.

This house has been divided into three families to live in, although it is said that the peers are enemies, but now under the same roof, they all abide by the rules, but they don't talk to each other, which is quite a bit clear.

The head of the Lu family's class is called Lu Laowang, who is in his fifties, his face is covered with walnut lines, he looks old, and there is a slight gap between him and his actual age.

At the moment, he was sitting on a large bluestone, watching the women and women cooking on the stove, and lecturing to his sons and nephews.

He was heartbroken: "Alas, I sing in vain every day, not to mention the loss of money, and I have to hire someone to clean the garden, I really feel sorry for the prince." ”

Several sons and nephews who had become a family looked at each other, and knew that he was about to start talking about that old set of teachings again, and they had become accustomed to it for several years, so they all fell silent.

Only the youngest son was only sixteen years old, and it was the time to be rebellious and lively, so he couldn't help puffing out his cheeks and retorting: "The prince is not short of money in the class, what kind of family is idle in the father's hands." ”

Lu Youwang glared when he heard this: "Isn't it distressing for the prince, the prince is a good person, and I feel sad to see him lose his silver money in vain." ”

Lu Xiaolang was puzzled: "The prince's family has a big business, where do you care about these little money, you can't say that you can't open a drama garden just to play fun, how can you think about earning those three melons and two dates." ”

Lu Youwang picked up the stick next to him and beat it: "When the prince is so boring with you, if you really want to have fun, just raise the team in the house, why bother to open a garden!" ”

Lu Xiaolang still wanted to pout, but the stick had already been beaten down, and he immediately hugged his head and ran away.

Lu Youwang scolded in his mouth: "If you don't learn something that has no skills, I knew that I wouldn't take you out when I finished harvesting the wheat, and I would do it at home!" ”

Lu Xiaolang shouted while running: "Do you think I am willing to come out, how good it is at home, not to mention the tiredness of coming out, I have to suffer some idleness." ”

His legs and feet were fast, and Lu Youwang didn't really chase after him, and after being pulled by several nephews, he continued to chatter: "One generation is not as good as one generation, it's really not as good as one generation!" ”

Lu Xiaolang was a good runner, and he didn't go far to the gate, he looked at the ear rooms on both sides of the courtyard gate, both of which were inhabited by people, and they were the stewards who took care of the garden, and they were all said to be people in the palace.

He did not dare to disturb, but thought of going out for a spin to see if there was any fun to see, when a carriage stopped outside the gate.

The carriage is freshly painted on wood, carved with moire beasts and birds, and heavy curtains, driven by two people.

Lu Xiaolang immediately stopped, this carriage is not something that ordinary people can sit on, not to mention that the carriage in front of him looks noble, I am afraid that some big man is coming.

Although he didn't pay attention to many of Lu Youwang's words, he still remembered some special advice, at the moment, this is doing things for the second king, and he must be careful everywhere, especially the people who come from outside, they must not be nobles, so don't rush.

Lu Xiaolang immediately stood on tiptoe to the side and waited, only to see two people coming out of the carriage, a man and a woman, all of whom looked like fairy figures, and couldn't help but look at it stupidly for a while.

He saw the two men go into the chamber, and in a moment the steward of the chamber bowed down and came out, and took them into the garden.

Lu Xiaolang immediately panicked, this must be a big man, but why did he still come inside, he hated that he didn't hide away just now, and he didn't stand at the moment, and he couldn't go.

He also lost the spirit to deal with his father, so he lowered his head and made a respectful appearance, but in fact, he looked at an unknown insect on the ground, and thought about the little lady in the Yu family's class.

The steward led him respectfully, and as he passed by, he stopped and a voice rang out.

"You're from the theater troupe?"

When Lu Xiaolang heard this, he immediately panicked in his heart, even if his legs and feet were half soft, was he talking to him?

could have sung and played on stage, and they were used to seeing the scene and would not be afraid of people, but they were wild on the stage, and most of them sang to ordinary people, at most some rich families or suburban owners.

But how can those statuses be compared with those of princes and princesses? What kind of people did the two kings associate with, the ministers in the court, the officials of the East and West Mansions, and the Shangshu of the Six Ministries.

I'm obedient, although Lu Xiaolang was flustered in his heart, he was clever in singing, so he hurriedly saluted and said, "The villain is from the Lu family." ”

"Lu Jiaban?" The young man who spoke was Zhao Ta, he heard Qi Hongyu say that the three teams of Lu, Zhang, and Yu have many wild platforms in the Gyeonggi area, no less than 100 of them, and these three teams are carefully selected from them, not to sing well, but to be upright and innocent.

Integrity means that there are no moral defects, such as stealing things from the master's family, blackmailing the master's family, or even the women in the class selling their performances on stage and offstage, called the opera troupe, which is really the kind of prostitution.

Innocence means that the origin must be well documented, the household registration must be clear and correct, it must be a good household, and there is nothing suspicious about the identity, and it cannot be a spy sent by the Western Xia of the Liao State.

Speaking of spies, after Zhao Ta came back from Jinguo, he had specially checked the origin of Yan Baohua's husband, found Tong Guan for this matter, and also found the pacification envoy along the two roads in Hebei, and it took more than half a year to determine his identity.

This person's so-called "Liu Lang" identity as a scholar is actually fake, and even this person has never entered a formal school at all.

This person was born in a hereditary military family on Hebei East Road, because he was born elegant in appearance and looked bookish, so he was selected by the Ji Yi Division of the border army, and planned to train him as a spy and send him to Liao.

The man then entered Tokyo and spent a year in the Privy Council's speed room, during which time he underwent various trainings, especially essays and poems, almost cramming, in order to package him as a reader.

So this person had a year's experience in Tokyo, knew many things in Tokyo, such as Zhao Wenxiu's pen, Pan Gu's ink ingots, etc., and also practiced a Tokyo accent, and a year later, this person left Tokyo to go back to the border army, and was sent to Liao soon after.

And this person was initially able to pass back information in Liao, and later after the Liaojin War, this person gradually lost news, generally speaking, as long as the spy has no intelligence for half a year, then Ji Yisi's side will judge that it will be exposed, and will not take the initiative to contact again, and if there is no news for a year, it will be judged to be dead and start to deal with the aftermath.

This person is not surnamed Liu, but surnamed Yang, with a single name and a Lang, three brothers in the family, ranking second, and he and the eldest in the family are both border soldiers.

After Zhao Ta got the detailed information of Yang Lang, he didn't say much, and directly sent someone to send three thousand taels of silver and a letter to the Yang family.

The Yang family actually thought that Yang Lang was dead for a long time, after all, Ji Yisi had done the aftermath and also sent a bereavement pension.

Zhao Ta explained in the letter the process of his "friendship" with Yang Lang.

This process is naturally fabricated, saying that he and Yang Lang met in Tokyo, hit it off at first sight, and became friends, but they didn't know each other's true identities.

Later, Yang Lang left Tokyo, he couldn't find it for a long time, and he was puzzled, so he sent someone to investigate, found out Yang Lang's true origin, and then traced it all the way to determine Yang Lang's identity, but unfortunately Yang Lang had been martyred for the country at this time.

In the letter, he also wrote that in fact, Yang Lang had a confidante when he was in Tokyo, and the two had a private agreement for life, and after Yang Lang left, the woman had been waiting for him to return.

But in the end, what I waited for was the unfortunate news, this woman was very sincere to Yang Lang, and the day after she got the news, she actually committed suicide by hanging herself and followed Yang Lang.

Therefore, Zhao Ta hopes that the Yang family can include this woman in the name of Yang Lang's wife, after all, the two have made up their minds for life, and they have lived in Tokyo for a period of time, it may be that Yang Lang is afraid of his uncertain future, so he did not bring this woman back to Hebei.

Zhao Ta also said that he also hoped that Yang Lang Jiuquan would not be lonely and fulfill the wishes of the two, and he wrote down the woman's name, surnamed Yan, and the two-character Baohua.

Zhao Ta also said that if the Yang family has descendants who are smart and want to find a way out, they can send them to Tokyo to find him and be cultivated by him.

is such a letter full of loopholes, but it makes the Yang family convinced, and even grateful.

Because of Zhao Ta's status, how could he lie to them.

Especially the last one mentioned in the letter, cultivating a descendant of the Yang family, this is not an ordinary grace.

The Yang family is a military household, with a low status, this military household is not the same as the forbidden army family, the military household is the person designated by the government to send the army when the war is fought, and the military household must be sent out during the war, and the military household is hereditary, and this identity is extremely difficult to get rid of.

But with Zhao Ta's promise, then his Yang family will have a vein to completely get rid of the identity of a hereditary military household, and with Zhao Ta, it is very likely to get ahead and glorify the ancestors, which is a great reward.

Therefore, the Yang family followed Zhao Ta's words in everything, naturalized Yan Baohua, and even gave the two of them a crown.

The spy and secret wars of the Great Song Dynasty, Northern Liao, and Western Xia for more than 100 years have infiltrated and lurked with each other, and there are many stories of singing and crying, joys and sorrows, which can not be told for a while.

The most important thing about the innocence of this troupe is to eliminate the identity of the spy, and the three teams of Lu, Zhang, and Yu, and the people from the Broken Jade Building have all checked their hometowns and confirmed that they are all century-old households, so they were finally decided.

Zhao Ta said to Lu Xiaolang as he walked, "What's your name?" ”

Lu Xiaolang was stunned for a moment, and at this time he didn't have the intention of going out to hang out, so he followed beside him: "Back to the nobles, the small ones don't have a tuba, and they have always been called Xiaolang at home." ”

The steward who led the way shouted in a low voice: "His Royal Highness King Qin is in front of you, don't be rude!" ”

When Lu Xiaolang heard this, he immediately trembled, and his legs were weak and he wanted to kneel.

He didn't expect that the young man in front of him was the second king, Zhao Ta's reputation was too loud, especially in the market, at the age of Lu Xiaolang, what he paid attention to was the heroes and heroes, Zhao Ta wrote lyrics and filled in the music, he didn't care too much, but recovering Huaixi and exterminating the thieves was a real hero in his heart.

Zhao Ta said: "It's free, just reply well." ”

Lu Xiaolang hurriedly said: "Thank you Lord Wang, Lord Wang, but if you ask, the villain will not have to answer." ”

Zhao Tan casually asked him about the troupe as he walked, and gradually Lu Xiaolang was no longer nervous before, but answered very appropriately.

When they arrived at the house, the steward called everyone over, and then introduced Zhao Tan's identity, and everyone was excited, so they wanted to pay a big salute.

Zhao Ta shook his head and stopped them, then sat on the chair brought by Lu Laowang, and after asking some questions, the little lady next to him took out the script of the white hair.

Zhao Ta said: "This king has a set of plays here, divided into five excerpts, there are not many characters in it, from today onwards, the three of you will rehearse separately, but remember that the content cannot be passed on." ”

The three class leaders nodded yes together, they knew that this must be a new play, after all, if it can't be leaked, it will definitely not be an old drama.

Zhao Ta said again: "The three families must be able to sing, and which one sings well at that time, this king will have an additional reward." ”

The eyes of the three families lit up when they heard this, and the reward of the prince was no better than that of the owners of ordinary rich farms, and it was impossible to say that a single reward could be worth a year's wages.

The three class leaders also looked at each other, and they could see what each other was thinking, and they began to compete secretly.

Zhao Ta smiled at this time, turned his head and looked back: "This king has a subordinate who loves to listen to music on weekdays, and he is haunted by this Dao soul, and I brought him here today." ”

As he spoke, a coachman behind him stepped forward with an embarrassed face, but it was Ouyang Bei.

The three class masters didn't know what they meant, and Lu Laowang snorted: "......What does the prince mean?"

Zhao Ta pointed to Ouyang Beidao: "Since my subordinates love this way deeply, this king wants to fulfill him, and left him a job in this play, from today he will live in the opera garden to practice, what is not enough, you teach him more." ”

The three class owners shouted "don't dare" in their mouths, but they wondered very much in their hearts, this singing is not an easy job, why do the prince's subordinates still have this hobby?

Ouyang Bei was also stunned at this time, Zhao Ta called him over to catch the car, and he didn't mention it at all, why did he suddenly think of letting him act?

He scratched his head and said, "Childe, which one of your subordinates is playing?" ”

Zhao Ta lowered his eyelids slightly, his eyes fell on the script and said: "There is a splash of skin in this play, called Ouyang Renzhi, you can play him." ”

(End of chapter)