Chapter 52: Liang Lian
In the surging crowd, the three of them floated and fell with the waves. Where the smoke and dust are billowing, there is the hustle and bustle of the world.
It's just that Xu Xian doesn't understand it very much, why Xiaoqing can watch others play with big knives, he can watch it with great interest, those few moments are not even martial arts in his eyes, at most it is just a style. But this did not prevent Xiaoqing from applauding with everyone. then pulled the sleeves of Bai Suzhen and Xu Xian to see the other excitement.
Xu Xian and Bai Suzhen glanced at each other, and they had to let her.
Looking around, after walking around the square a few times, the three of them were holding a string of red and bright sugar gourds in their hands, all of which Xiaoqing wanted to buy. Bai Suzhen casually gave the sugar gourd to a little kid next to him who was staring at the sugar gourd. Xu Xian tasted it and felt that the taste was far less than the rich fragrance in Xiao Qing's mouth. On the contrary, it was Xiaoqing's vigorous eating, which made Xu Xian guess that she probably couldn't feel the taste herself!
The "bell" finally sounded a gong, attracting everyone's attention, and began to gather around the stage, and the show was about to begin.
Xiaoqing frowned and said, "There are so many people!" It's not easy to squeeze through now. At this time, a small servant came up and said, "Master Xu, come over quickly, our owner is in a hurry." Leading Xu Xian and the three of them around the crowd to the back of the stage, Liao Qiu was busy arranging the final matters, and when he saw Xu Xian coming over, he only bowed slightly, so he concentrated on talking to Youling in front of him.
Xu Xian didn't want to disturb either, and followed the little girl along a path through the stage.
This trail is specially set aside for the convenience of guests to come to the theater and do not have to crowd with others. Walking through the stage, I saw that there were many elegant seats set up in front of the stage, and many people were already seated. Seeing Xu Xian and the three of them coming, whether they recognized it or not, they all surrendered their hands and called "Xu Huishou"
Xu Xian also smiled and returned the salute, and sat down at a square table with the two daughters, which was in an excellent position for viewing. Fresh fruits, peaches and plums were placed on the table for everyone to eat. Xiaoqing had already picked a big peach and nibbled on it by herself.
The two women sat around Xu Xian, although there were also many female dependents present, and there were many beautiful ones, but they were pale in comparison with them. Bai Suzhen inevitably gives people the feeling that they can only watch from a distance, but Xiaoqing's unscrupulous smile and youthful and lively appearance really made many people move, but looking at Xu Xian, this little bit of thought can only be contained.
Xiaoqing asked Xu Xian again about the content of the upcoming performance, but Xu Xian just smiled and didn't answer. She passed Xu Xian again and lowered her voice and smiled with Bai Suzhen, her blue eyes glanced at Xu Xian from time to time, making Bai Suzhen smile when she looked at Xu Xian.
The two daughters' hazelnuts came together in front of Xu Xian, whispering, the two beautiful faces smiled and stared, and the thin silver bell came, which made Xu Xian regret that he did not cultivate Tian'ertong. Sniffling, there is a faint dark fragrance coming, as if two different memories are intertwined and intertwined, constituting an inexplicable temptation.
After waiting for a long time, the audience's appetite was raised high, and then a gong sounded, and the bustling crowd immediately quieted down. Those who know how to do it know that they will not really open until the third gong sounds. A few opera artists performed ventriloquist and cross talk and other sections, and the finale was to be placed in the back.
The "bell" finally waited for the third gong to sound, and the play finally began.
Under the stage, thousands of heads are crowded, and the audience is like a tide. At the moment, he was silent, just concentrating and watching the performance on stage.
A plain-clothed woman pretended to be Dou E and sang on the stage, her voice was clear and soft, and everyone was in the spotlight. With the appearance of many characters, the story slowly expands.
Although this drama was written by Xu Xian, he came through time after all, and he knew the plot of the story well, so he couldn't always be as involved as the people around him. Looking back left and right, I found that the people around him were all attentive, and it can be said that there is no one like him who runs his mind.
But think about it on the other hand, the first time I watched a movie when I was a child, the first time I read a martial arts novel, his focus didn't go down at all, although when I looked back and watched it, I found that it was not as beautiful as I remembered, but it was also a precious memory.
The sky was getting dark, and a few crows fell into the distant mountains. There is no moon tonight, and there are only a few fishing fires on the pier, only the light of the fire on the stage shines on everyone's eyes. When Dou E was wronged and the drama was sad, everyone was like a disease, depressed and miserable. Even the lively and active Xiaoqing watched the development of the story intently, and Bai Suzhen's beautiful face was also dyed with a layer of melancholy.
When Dou E was tortured and was about to die, he complained about the set of lyrics of heaven and earth, and even Xu Xian's attention was attracted to the past, and the voice of this excellent singer on the stage was excellent, and the expression of indignation on his face was even Xu Xian.
Suddenly felt a warmth in her hand, it turned out that Bai Suzhen couldn't help but grab his hand, and under the light of a lamp, her eyes seemed to be shining. Xu Xian couldn't help but smile bitterly, this is too much into the play, but looking around, the female dependents sitting in the audience, one counts as one, all of them are in tears, suppressing their weeping, and wiping them with handkerchiefs. Even the big men have a few red circles.
The only exception was Xiaoqing, whose eyes widened and glared angrily, looking like she was going to go up to flatten people.
Xu Xian shook his head with a wry smile, holding Bai Suzhen's jade hand in the palm of his hand with his right hand, only to feel that the place where he started was as soft as a bone and slightly cool as jade. Bai Suzhen glanced back at him, smiled at him, and calmed down a lot. Xu Xian suddenly felt a pain in his thigh, it turned out that Xiao Qing couldn't help himself, but his hands were like iron tongs. Xu Xian had to pat the back of her hand with her left hand, and she relaxed a little. Xu Xian hesitated for a moment, and simply held it in his hand. I only felt that Xiaoqing's hands were slightly thinner and seemed to be more powerful, but they were just as smooth and cool in my hands.
The different body odors in the two hands made Xu Xian suddenly throw all kinds of things on the stage out of the clouds. Nowadays, the lights are dim, but in the eyes of the three of them, it is naturally no different from day, Bai Suzhen swept the light slightly, her jade face turned red, and she wanted to withdraw her hand, but Xu Xian grabbed it and refused to let go, so it was up to him.
Xiao Qing was the same when she first noticed it, but she also took Yu Guang and glanced at Bai Suzhen carefully, but saw that she was just looking at the stage intently, and finally did not withdraw her hand, but shook Xu Xian's hand hard, which made Xu Xian feel a burst of pain.
When the play is played, Dou E will be wronged and punished. Everyone recovered from a serious illness, and the joy on their faces was indescribable. When the last line is sung, the song freezes.
The whole scene seemed to freeze, and everyone was still immersed in the world of the song. Finally, the applause slowly burst out, like a boulder thrown into the calm lake, and the thunder in the field was all applause.
Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing withdrew their hands in unison, bowing their heads and having a little cowardice on their faces, compared to the applause of other tables, their table was much quieter. Xu Xian touched his nose and found a topic: "It's not bad, it's not as ugly as Xiaoqing said." ”
Bai Suzhen also praised: "Hanwen, your writing is really good. ”
Xiaoqing also nodded and said, "It's not bad." It was extremely rare to praise Xu Xian.
Being praised by them together, Xu Xian scratched his head, and was also a little embarrassed. Then Liao Qiu, the owner of the mustard seed garden, led the excellent singers to the stage again, thanked the villagers for their love, and said: "Do you know who made this song?" ”
invited Xu Xian to the stage, and then naturally there was a lot of publicity, of course, such a thing as "a daughter buys music" cannot be left unmentioned. To Xu Xian's surprise, but in terms of skills, his publicity methods are no less than those of advertising companies in later generations.
Finally gave the right to speak to Xu Xian, Xu Xian looked at the crowd under the stage, everyone's eyes condensed together, inexplicably a little uncomfortable, speaking in front of so many people, whether it was in the past life or in this life, it was the first time for Xu Xian, if it wasn't for the success of cultivation and the condensation of the spirit, it was really possible to be speechless.
Xu Xian settled down, sorted out his thoughts, and said, "Fellow villagers, fathers and elders, ......" As soon as he spoke, Liao Qiu was surprised, he didn't expect Xu Gongzi's polite appearance to be so loud.
But he didn't know that Xu Xian naturally brought the mana of the Great Thunder Sound Technique between his words, but it was not just a loud voice. When the Buddha propagated the Dharma with this, the birds and beasts also stopped for it, calling it the golden lotus with a mouth, and the witty words gave birth to flowers. In fact, it is impossible for a lotus flower to spit out, just a description of its power.
Although Xu Xian is far inferior to the Buddha, he has also entered the doorway, and he recounted the various experiences of coming to Suzhou on the stage, and the hardships and difficulties of compiling books. At the beginning, it was still a little sluggish, but slowly it became smooth and excited, because it was honest and not deceitful, which strengthened the power of the Great Thunder Sound Technique, although it was not as clever as Liao Qiu's clever tongue at a glance, but it made everyone more convinced, and Xu Xian has been treating countless patients for a few months, and he has already established a reputation and added to his persuasive power.
The audience is different from the quiet when Fang Cai performs the opera, only listening to countless responses, sometimes even higher than Xu Xian's thunderous sound. Liao Qiu next to him was also a little surprised, he didn't expect Xu Xian to have such an appeal.
It's not that they have a lot of power, and they don't have a lot of wisdom. This is not something that can be achieved by power or wisdom, because "those who love the people will be loved by the people, and those who cherish the people will be cherished by the people."
Bai Suzhen stared at him, and also felt honored. This is the man I chose and loved by Bai Suzhen!
Xu Xian invited all the doctors who participated in the compilation of the book to the stage together. Although this group of doctors has never lacked gratitude, but standing on the high platform, cheered and praised by these tens of millions of people, it is the first time in their lives, the legs under the robe are soft, no one knows what to say, only feels dizzy. In a word, "it's so face-saving", so that most people still remember the scene at this moment when they are old, but they can't forget to bring a sentence, Xu Guogong stood next to me back then.
The next fundraising was a great success, not only the gentry with abundant family resources, but also ordinary people, who came to power one by one, a few papers, and a few taels of accumulation, no matter how much, Xu Xian must ask for his name and record it on paper. Later, the stonemason was asked to carve a huge monument and stand in the temple of the Three Emperors Patriarch.
But the amount of money he got in the end made Xu Xian also startled, in this way, plus the 15,000 taels of silver he got from selling the song, it would not be a problem to support the compilation of this book at all, and there would be a lot of surplus. Liao Qiu smiled and asked, "I wonder how Brother Xian plans to use this money?"
Xu Xian said: "Take it from the people and use it for the people." ”
Liao Qiu's eyes lit up, "It's a good one to take from the people and use it for the people." If you are an official, you shall be a blessing to all people. ”
"As long as I am in the first place, I will want Xu Xian to be an official. In the prefect's yamen, a young man said lightly, but it was Liang Gongzi who had met Xu Xian in Yipinxuan.
Governor Chen was careful on the side, and said: "Liang Gongzi, that's not the case, the imperial examination is a national scholar......
Liang Gongzi suddenly interrupted: "What do you think I am better than Pan Yu?"
Governor Chen was stunned by his jumping thinking, and didn't know how to answer for a while, Pan Yu did see it when he came to Suzhou, although he was able to become the prefect of Suzhou, he was promoted by King Liang, but after all, he was only a marginal figure of King Liang's faction, and he didn't want to get involved in factional struggles. Pan Yu came to Suzhou, of course he was going to meet the prefect, but he only felt like a spring breeze, and he was also impressed by him, a person from a Jinshi background. It is very different from the feeling of facing Liang Gongzi now.
But he couldn't directly say that he was afraid of offending Liang Gongzi, but he didn't want to be too inflammatory, so he prevaricated: "I don't know how to compare?"
Liang Gongzi's eyes narrowed dangerously, and his heart was full of anger, he had already sensed his real answer from Governor Chen's performance, that is, he was inferior to Pan Yu. That's what he's most concerned about right now. Since Pan Yu entered Beijing, he has always gotten such an answer.
Originally, Liang Lian relied on the strength of King Liang to run rampant in Beijing, and the stars held the moon. But since Pan Yu entered Beijing, the situation has slowly changed. Liang Lian has fought with him countless times, but regardless of his words, poems, swordsmanship, martial arts, or even appearance, Pan Yu has to steadily suppress Liang Lian and win countless praises. even set up many conspiracies and played countless poisonous schemes, all of which were easily seen through by Pan Yu.
But what annoyed him the most was that every time they met, the other party could still greet him with a gentle smile and call him "Liang Gongzi." "It seems that he has never been regarded as an enemy, or at least not at all. So much so that later King Liang also took Pan Yu to teach him a lesson. It's not terrible to fail, it's terrible to find out that you're not an opponent of the same level, and you don't have the power to fight back at all.
When he was still drinking in the gold nest in the capital, Pan Yu had already taken a few guards and went south to win over the two gangs of Caoyan to seek benefits for the family. And the main purpose of his trip, like Pan Yu, was to win over the forces of the two gangs, and the rectification of Xu Xian should have been only a secondary purpose. But before they knew it, both of them got their priorities wrong.
Pan Yu was deeply concerned that coming to Jiangnan to see Xu Xian was far more important than dealing with those two gang leaders. And Liang Lian's resentment towards Pan Yu made him redouble his hatred for Xu Xian. If it were an ordinary person, he would have been arrested and imprisoned for a crime, and his surname would have been taken. But Xu Xian is famous, and his literary name is spread all over the world, but he can't do this.
Chen Zhifu saw that Liang Gongzi's face was uncertain, but he regretted it, I praised him for his two sentences, why bother to offend this gentleman for this trivial matter, and was about to remedy two sentences, but heard Liang Lian said: "Chen Zhifu, Qiu Yu is about to arrive! Father has already made arrangements, and you will also be one of the main exams at that time!"
It is the provincial academic administration that organizes the township examination, and gives the qualification of Xiucai. The person who presided over the township examination was appointed by the imperial court, and there were generally two main examiners, one for the positive and the other for the deputy. The main examiner has to be from the capital, but the deputy examiner can be a local official.
Governor Chen understood what he meant, and was shocked, but he was surprised: "Xu Xian is originally from Qiantang, and he should go back to Hangzhou to try it." ”
Liang Gongzi sneered: "You don't have to worry about this, he has to take the exam in Suzhou." At this time, the imperial examination was also very strict, not where you wanted to take the exam, there was something similar to "student status", which was controlled by the provincial academic administration. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for Xu Xian to participate in the autumn festival in Suzhou, but as long as he transfers his student status to Suzhou, Xu Xian has to take the exam in Suzhou.
Governor Chen's brows furrowed, and he said, "What does the prince mean, do you want Xu Xian to fall first?"
Liang Gongzi shook his head and said with a cruel smile: "No, he will cheat in the autumn season, you should be more 'careful' when you are on patrol." ”
Governor Chen was shocked in his heart, this was to frame Xu Xian by himself. Cheating in the field can be a big or small crime, at least it is a "never hire", if it is to set an example, it is not impossible to be exiled from the army. But as the main exam, if he wants to slander Xu Xian for cheating, it is also easy to do it, "I, Chen Lun, am entrusted by the Holy Lord to serve the imperial court, how can I do such a thing!"
Liang Gongzi took out a red envelope from his sleeve and threw it on the table, "I heard that Lord Prefect, you have been happy with your son recently, this gift money is a little bit of a small meaning for me, you have to take care." After saying that, he ignored it and walked out by himself.
Chen Zhifu looked at the red envelope on the table, sat softly on the chair again, and sighed deeply.
Since that conference, Xu Xian's life has been very brisk, not only the problem of funding has been completely solved, but since then, many people in the medical Tao have come to Suzhou to participate in the compilation of the book.
This allowed the medical book, which could never be completed before the autumn season, to be completed before the autumn season, and also allowed him to save a lot of time to review his homework and prepare for the township exam. And the relationship with the two daughters of Qingbai seems to have not changed, but it seems to have changed a lot. It's just that the marriage date with Bai Suzhen is still far away.
One day at the time of dinner.
Bai Suzhen suddenly said: "Hanwen, the boiling glass should have almost merged into the waters, and it is about to come to Taihu Lake!"
Xu Xian felt a little sorry in his heart, these people were only busy with their own affairs, but they ignored her affairs. "Sister, let's go to Hanshan Temple tomorrow!"
Bai Suzhen smiled sweetly and said, "Okay!"
(To be continued)