After the excavation of the tomb of King Chu, Tan Xiao not only kept in touch with Mu Fei, but also added the WeChat messages of Ji Lao and Professor Mo.

Although the two experts were busy excavating and couldn't often chat with Tan Xiao, a high school student, they always had a way to connect.

As soon as Tan Xiao woke up the next day, he received a voice from Ji Laofa:

[Tan Xiao, our excavation work is very smooth, and it is expected that the first press conference will be held next week to report the situation, thanks to you and the comrades of the 404 Office. We wrote a thank you letter to the 404 office and prepared a pennant, and we are going to send a thank you letter to your unit, uh, your school, and a public thank-you. 】

Speaking of which, Mu Fei also applied for a remuneration for Tan Xiao at the outsourcing price at the 404 Office, and helped him twice before. The financial process is not very high, but it is always a thought.

Ji Lao said that the thanks are the excavation team's own. If it is not inconvenient to say, it is not as simple as a thank you letter, and the archaeological documentary on the tomb of King Chu that is being filmed will probably have to shoot a chapter.

This is the first time that Tan Xiao and Ji Lao have communicated after adding WeChat, Ji Lao got up early, and it was already seven o'clock when Tan Xiao saw it, so he quickly said: [Thank you, Mr. Ji. 】

He asked, "Have you figured out how to make it up?" 】

Ji Lao: [......]

Regarding this problem of "academic fraud", Ji Lao and his team have also pondered for a long time, and many of their things are now derived after they have archaeological conclusions.

Then there are some things that need to be made public, whether they should be compiled, and how they should be compiled. These things are now much more cumbersome than the excavation work on site, and the material can write bald heads.

Even including the thank you letter written to Tan Xiao, you can't tell the truth about the details.

Ji Lao: [...... This is not to confess to you, and to speak to the outside world in the future, please declare that there is an oral tradition in your family. 】

Of course Tan Xiao has no opinion: [OKOK]

He got up and went downstairs as he spoke, Tan Chunying hadn't gotten up yet, this was not unusual, as a full-time wizard, Tan Chunying's working hours had always been more free and lazy, anyway, the auspicious time was set by himself. Especially now that we don't accept tourists, and there are no invitations to performances.

Tan Xiao has known independence since she was a child, and she went out to buy soup dumplings.

When he came back, Tan Chunying also got up, and sat in the courtyard while making a hat and talking to someone on the phone: "Yes, yes, I'm back, I'm back, the concussion hasn't healed yet, I'm afraid it's not up to it." ”

What did he say over there, Tan Chunying said "oh" twice, opened his mouth and took a bite of the bun that Tan Xiao handed in front of him, and said, "I don't want to miss this good opportunity, why don't I let my son go alone, do you think it's okay?" ”

Tan Xiao: "? ”

Where are you going to sell him to work?

Tan Chunying hung up the phone and said to Tan Xiao: "Remember the recent tourism festival." ”

Tan Xiao: "Hmm. ”

The tourism festival looks at the propaganda every day, everyone in Nanchu knows it, and in addition to talking about the spring shadow, Tan Xiao is very impressed by the fact that the opening ceremony of the tourism festival is about the same time as the supermoon.

"Originally, I wasn't asked to perform at the opening ceremony, and you know that I had a concussion and didn't make it." Tan Chunying stomped her foot a little regretfully, and died of anger at the thought of missing a publicity opportunity to show her face.

"But there are still various projects in the future, and now I am asked to perform, and there is a temporary shortage of people for a program that was originally arranged."

In recent years, Nanchu has focused on the development of tourism and night economy, and this tourism festival is also under the capital, which is the peak tourist season, and the opening ceremony of the government also held a party.

It's not that the curtain is over, but later, a variety of regular street flash mob performances, street folk performances and other programs are arranged.

This time, it is to hold an open-air performance and light show in Yueshan Park, which is known as one of the "Ten Scenic Spots of Southern Chu", which is to combine folk culture and popular culture in order to attract more age group tourists.

"I can't miss it again, I didn't go to the opening ceremony, they invited someone to dance the Duangong dance." Tan Chunying is still a little worried about his peers, although it is not a business they deliberately robbed, but the result is not bad, and the competition in the cultural tourism industry is also great this year.

"I asked about this performance, on Saturday night, you don't want to study late that day. They seem to have invited a band, and Granny Mi's square dance team will come to dance and work together, and when the time comes, they just need to rehearse a few times in advance. ”

Tan Chunying remembered that Tan Xiao was a sophomore in high school, and was a little hesitant, "You don't have a lot of homework now, if you can't finish it, I'll go by myself, I should be able to hold it in half an hour." ”

"Don't, next Saturday? I'll go. Tan Xiao felt that it was better to let Tan Chunying rest more, although he had a talisman on his body, he was still somewhat worried, his own mother was very reckless. It's not a problem with homework, and it's not the first time he's assisted his mother in a similar performance, but it's the first time he's asked to take on his own burden.

It's just an accompaniment to the drums, so it's not a big problem.

As soon as Tan Chunying agreed, the poster immediately added Tan Xiao's name.

Tan Xiao took a look, and their program was sandwiched between a children's Kunqu opera program and a song joint singing program. His name is also in parentheses after him, saying that he is the inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of Southern Chu.

He didn't take it seriously, but when he arrived at school, two classmates he didn't know came to him, and Ai Ai didn't dare to talk to him.

After standing for a long time, Tan Xiao also waited patiently for them to speak, staring at each other with wide eyes, how could he know who the other party was without speaking.

After a long time, the two classmates called him: "Tan Xiao? ”

"Huh?" Because he wasn't in his seat, Tan Xiao couldn't call the names of these two.

"Well, we saw a poster, are you going to work with the Zhurong band? I love them, can you help me get an autograph. ”

"Excuse me, excuse me."

"It's okay if you're not available......"

The two of them looked at Tan Xiao nervously, for fear of being rejected, didn't they see how cold Tan Xiao was to Kong Xuan.

The Zhurong Band is the band invited by Nanchu City to perform together with the spirit master.

"Yes, if they have time, I'll ask for an autograph and write your names." Tan Xiao is very easy to talk to, they are all classmates, help to ask for an autograph.

Those two classmates wrote their names in his notebook, and at the same time wanted to wipe their tears, they were in the same class as Tan Xiao in their first year of high school, and there was no us in his eyes after all!

……

Tan Xiao usually doesn't pay much attention to the band, but after chatting with his classmates, he learned that this Zhurong band is a local band in Chu Province, which is active in the provincial capital all the year round, and is also a little famous in the local and national fan circles.

In addition, most of the content they create is based on local culture, so I invited them this time.

This time, the band was going to perform three songs, and Tan Xiao and the square dance team gave them one of the songs called "Leaving the Fire".

Tan Xiao only needs to beat the drum at the beginning, interlude and end to add a bit of folk atmosphere, so the rehearsal is actually not difficult.

On Saturday, Tan Xiao cleaned up the drums at home and wiped them again.

The Peacock God seems to be resident in the world now, seeing that he is cleaning up the drums, and walking down from the offering table, Shi Shiran said: "Where are you going?" ”

"It's not a practice, it's a show." Tan Xiao held the drum and said.

When the peacock god heard it, it was a little unpleasant, so he walked around the drum and said, "Where the witch sounds, the gods are also entertained." ”

The meaning of the peacock god is that in the sacrifice, the shamans used songs and dances to please the gods, and the birth of music and dance was inseparable from the primitive religion.

"Mmmm, now it's the crystallization of human art." Tan Xiao dragged the drum and walked out, "God bless me with a smooth performance." ”

I only heard the peacock god "hum" heavily behind him, but Tan Xiao couldn't help but laugh.

Tan Xiao followed Tan Chunying to set off, although Tan Chunying didn't perform, he had to go to the scene to communicate with the organizers.

The two of them went to the rehearsal of the performance site half a day in advance, and the venue of the event is Yueshan Park, which has a huge area, with mountains and rivers in it, and is open to the public for free, and has always been a good place for Nanchu citizens to go outing, take a walk, and enjoy the coolness.

The stage has been set up, and there is a prefabricated room behind it that serves as a temporary lounge and dressing room.

It was only at this time that they saw the four members of the Zhurong band, composed of lead singers and keyboards, bass, guitar, and drummers.

The female lead singer shook hands with Tan Chunying first, and then looked at Tan Xiao with interest.

"It's really a little brother Wow, hello, I'm Ah Mao, you can also call me Sister Mao Mao." The female lead singer wanted to pinch Tan Xiao's face, and said with a smile, "We are also half fellow villagers, my grandmother's house is in Nanchu, and many relatives in the family still live here, which school are you?" ”

"Nanchu No. 1 Middle School." Tan Xiao quietly remembered the appearance characteristics of these people, but fortunately, they all had very obvious memories because they were wearing performance costumes.

"I have a cousin who is also in the first year of high school in Nanchu No. 1 Middle School, maybe you have seen it." Mao Mao grinned.

It's a pity that Tan Xiao knows only a limited number of people in school, and many of her classmates are not familiar with each other, let alone different grades. On the one hand, it is because of face blindness, and it is more likely that he works and studies at home in his spare time, and a person has only so much energy.

"By the way, brother, do you know why we cooperate?" Mao Mao took off his jacket, revealing his flower arms.

Isn't it because the previous one didn't have time? Find my house to substitute. Tan Xiao wanted to say this, but after thinking about it, he said:

"The ancestor of the Chu people, Chongli, served as Huozheng, and was named 'Zhurong', and Zhu is the meaning of Wu Zhu, and the spirit master belongs to the same Wu culture, this song also writes a lot of ancient fire myths, and Wu drum music can increase the atmosphere."

Band four: "......"

"I'll go, if you explain like this, I will feel that we are a match made in heaven." Mao Mao said in shock, "Hahahaha, but I actually want to say that I watched the video of Ms. Tan's performance before I came, and I think it's a good match." ”

Tan Chunying smiled and nodded beside him, he was indeed a folk artist.

Hi, she has been performing for so many years, and the Internet is full of her traces, and she even has her own account.

"Let's be one." Mao Mao seized the time to talk about Xiao and the song, and gave the sound a try.

The drum brought by Tan Xiao is also erected, and the drum is carved with the pattern of the phoenix catching the snake, which can be said to be in the same vein as the "phoenix bird hanging drum" in the tomb of the king of Chu, and it is very Chu land. This is also why, Tan Xiao was able to recognize the phoenix bird hanging drum at a glance before.

"Are you an antique? It looks very old. Mao Mao couldn't help but touch the drum body.

"It's an imitation, the original product is indeed many years old, and my mother donated it to the museum." Tan Xiao explained that there are actually a lot of old antiques handed down from their family in the past, especially the drums, bows and other magic tools necessary for spiritual masters, "but the production method is still handmade, and it is estimated that it has been used for more than ten years." ”

"No wonder, it took a long time." Mao Mao liked the phoenix pattern very much, and took a picture with her mobile phone.

There were already a lot of actors on the scene, and everyone had to come to the makeup and rehearsal in advance. Tan Xiao also saw a group of children running around in the lower grades of primary school, which was probably the children's Kunqu opera program in front of them.

Kunqu opera originated in Kunshan, but this art has long spread to all parts of the country, and Chu Province can be regarded as a major province of opera, with dozens of local operas itself. Because Kunqu Opera is so popular, there is also a Kunqu Opera Troupe in Nanchu, which absorbs the characteristics of some local operas, and performs and opens classes on weekdays, which is also somewhat famous among local opera fans.

This time, the dolls are going to act in a Bao Gong play, that is, a play with Bao Zheng and Bao Gong as the protagonists, like "Qin Xianglian" and "Chisang Town" are all Bao Gong plays.

What they want to perform is the passage of Bao Gong's opera "Bao Gong's Indemnity" in Kunqu Opera.

Tan Xiao reached out and grabbed a child who hit her lap while running and jumping, picked it up and handed it to the parents.

"I'm sorry." The parents took it smoothly, "Let's go, it's time to hook your face." ”

The kid was round and cute, and he looked back and squeezed his eyes mischievously.

Tan Xiao looked funny, and when he saw that he was caught and pressed on a stool, the makeup artist quickly hooked his yin and yang face with oil paint, and drew an oblique crescent moon on his eyebrows.

Bao Gong's face has always been black and white yin and yang faces, plus a crescent moon, corresponding to the legendary Bao Qingtian day and night yin.

After the makeup artist finished sketching, he rushed to the next shift in other places, but as soon as the others left, the stage manager came to check on him.

"I wonder if this face is crooked?" The person in charge doesn't know much about opera masks, but he only knows that this crooked look is very uncomfortable, which makes him have obsessive-compulsive disorder.

The child's parents said, "The makeup artists are gone, it seems that they are a little crooked......"

In fact, there are not a few times when children perform with full makeup, they usually sing without body, and parents really haven't observed what the details of this face look like, and the crescent moon is crooked. It's okay not to say it, but when you say it, it's really crooked and a little awkward.

"I feel uncomfortable, alas, why did people leave, you can change it for him." The person in charge hurriedly ordered, and ran to the next group of people.

The parents scratched their heads, there was no oil paint, but fortunately his wife had white eyeliner, and then borrowed eyeliner, so she painted and painted by herself.

The little actor dressed as Bao Gong puffed out his mouth and said, "Our teacher draws like this every time." ”

"That's your teacher." The child's father tried hard not to shake his hands, and corrected the crescent moon.

……

At half past seven in the evening, the program officially began, first the landscape light show in Wolsan Park, which immediately gathered a large number of people, including tourists and citizens.

Tan Xiao didn't stay in the prefabricated room anymore when she was waiting for the venue, and went outside with Tan Chunying to watch the light show and shows.

About half an hour later, Tan Xiao saw a group of little hairy people dressed up in costumes running to the stage, and when the small bag passed by, he touched the little guy's head.

It's all made up, and it's rare that it's not difficult for him to recognize. Hey, if only everyone had a different face.

Xiao Bao Gong turned around and recognized Tan Xiao, and stuck out his tongue at him,

"Hey, this kid." Tan Chunying casually caught a glimpse and shouted, "Why is the crescent moon crooked?" ”

"Huh?" Tan Xiao watched him put on makeup and knew the reason for this, but he was a little puzzled, "No, it turned out that the painting was crooked, and then the person in charge asked his parents to correct it." ”

"No, our Nanchu old customs, no matter what team, the crescent moon on Bao Gong's face is painted upside down." Tan Chunying said funny, "The legend is that in the past, the troupe had a correct painting, but the ghosts thought it was the real Bao Gong and came to complain." ”

"And this is exquisite?" Only then did Tan Xiao know why Tan Chunying pointed to the obviously positive face and said crookedly, it turned out that this crescent moon should have been painted obliquely.

"Mm-hmm, but they're kids, they're fine." Tan Chunying took two steps forward indifferently, "You said that this kid sings, it's really cute." ”

With the dense gongs and drums, the little actors have already come to the stage, still fully open the microphone, walk decently, staring at the eyes and reciting the lyrics: "The righteousness is awe-inspiring, the heaven and the earth are moving, and the bronze is shining!" ”

The audience cheered and shouted: "Okay! ”

This little actor is really not stage frightened, the audience applauded, he behaved more steadily, singing and playing, meticulous.

Xiao Bao Gong took a round step, turned around and faced the stage again, and his eyes caught a glimpse of two people in the audience almost sticking to the entrance of the stage, a man and a woman, relatively short, wearing Hanfu.

In recent years, there are really a lot of people who wear Hanfu as regular clothes, especially Hanfu photo museums are opened next to many scenic spots in Nanchu, and tourists are dangling around in Hanfu, and it is not unusual for the sons and daughters on the streets to be full.

Even in Xiao Baogong's class, there are also many little girls who can wear modified Hanfu skirts, so the clothes of these two audiences didn't make him feel wrong, but they stared at themselves with their heads on the stage, which was a bit weird.

It stands to reason that the audience can't get so close, and there are security guards below, but the security guards don't care about these two people.

While Xiao Baogong was performing, he was strange and couldn't figure it out.

At this moment, he was shocked, ordered someone to open the door, and closed the case, the two people in the audience listened, their eyes lit up, and they actually climbed to the stage: "It's our turn, it's our turn!" ”

Tan Xiao also noticed that there were two people in front of the stage, but the security guard didn't say anything, he thought it was also an actor.

But when the two climbed up the stage, Tan Xiao felt that something was wrong, but no one stopped them.

- As soon as the two of them climbed, their whole bodies were exposed, including the soles of their shoes with peony paper-cuts.

Take a closer look, all the streamers of the "Hanfu" they wore were not knotted, and in the hot weather of the autumn tiger, they wore five sets of tops, and the lower body could not be seen clearly, but it was obvious that there was more than one, and the color was blue and red.

Five collars and three bodies, decals on the soles, it would be strange if Tan Xiao couldn't recognize it.

These two are wearing shrouds. ：，，.