Chapter 154: Gala Performance

Nanjing city is famous for thousands of years, the Ming Dynasty two capitals, Nanjing is one of them, if it is not for the emperor Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing, I am afraid that so far, this Nanjing is still the capital of the Ming Dynasty. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

There is a poem: "The beautiful land in the south of the Yangtze River, the imperial state of Jinling." ”

Nanjing has always had the reputation of "the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties", and the prosperity brought to Nanjing by the Dingdu of the Six Dynasties has become a resort with abundant products in the southeast. Although the Six Dynasties were all gone, the prosperity of Nanjing City was still undiminished. is in response to the sentence "The old things of the Six Dynasties flow with the water, but the cold smoke fades and the grass is green", but although the country has not died now, it is common for business girls to sing the last song of "Back Garden" from time to time. Nanjing's wealth is famous in ancient and modern times, but the most important of them is the Qinhuai River. Qinhuai River is very famous in history, ten generations of prosperous place, people often say: "the clothes and cultural relics, flourishing in the south of the Yangtze River; When it comes to the Qinhuai River, it is well known that it is naturally the literati, talented and beautiful women and red fans of Qinglou here. It is true that the title of "the area of the smoke and moon of the six dynasties, the place where gold dust gathers" is not in vain.

When night falls, the lights are on, the flower street and willow lane are reflected brightly, under the red lights, the evening market has just ended, and the night market is very lively. The streets and alleys are crowded with people, busy traders are preparing their own business, and people in their leisure time are also watching from their own tours, looking at the interesting things on the banks of the Qinhuai River. However, it was at this time when everyone was thinking about it, and suddenly the crowd was restless as if it had exploded, and people began to run to tell each other. Needless to say, the people who were idle followed the people in front of them, and those businessmen who were busy with business actually put down their work and followed the flow of people. Looking at their expressions one by one, with curiosity and excitement on their faces, it seems that they were moved by some strange news?

The place of Fengyue has its own Fengyue thing, Nanjing City has the richest man, called Fujia, this person has been in business for three generations, accumulated countless wealth, to his generation, even bigger, the scale of wealth can be said to be rich and rival the country. The so-called 'rich businessman must be lustful', this phrase is also very appropriate to describe this person, this person has no other hobbies, the biggest hobby is to like beautiful women. Therefore the events of this night are related to this person. The Qinhuai River is a place of smoke and moon, during which the beauties are like clouds, this night is an extraordinary night.

It turned out that the rich armor invited all the Oiran heads of the Qinglou in the Qinhuai River to gather together to perform, and the gathering place was naturally the first in the Qinhuai River, the leader of the Qinglou - Zuiyue Building.

Inviting the top brand of the Oiran of Qinhuai to perform is a big deal, and only a wealthy person like Fu Jia can do such a thing. Therefore, this gala performance can be said to be a grand event in the Qinglou art world, but all the Qinglou who are invited to join it attach great importance to it, hoping to take this opportunity to perform and make their respective performances more popular and eye-catching. And the Zuiyue Building, which held this event, could not be taken lightly, it was expected that there would be many people who came to watch tonight, and the bustard was very afraid of something, so he blocked the news, and the preparations were only carried out secretly. But after all, the paper still can't contain the fire, and when the party is about to be held, people will naturally know what's going on, so the news spread, and soon the news spread throughout the Qinhuai River, and people also happily hurried to the Zuiyue Tower to watch.

The square venue is divided into two levels, the first level of the high one is about eight feet high above the ground, it is a very broad eight-foot high platform, the stage is paved by the red carpet, directly on the second floor of the main entrance of the Zuiyue Building. The lower level connects the three sides of the high platform, which is three feet lower than the high platform and is the grandstand. It is full of seats, even if the territory is very large, it is still full, and there are naturally onlookers outside the stands, and the performance has begun at this moment, and the stands are surrounded by water, but even so, there are still many people rushing here. At this time, the voices of people were full of voices, and the sound of cheers and cheers often rose.

There are all kinds of people sitting on the stands, and the people sitting on the seats in the stands opposite the high platform are all gorgeously dressed, some wearing brocade clothes, official uniforms, and silk and satin, and men, women, and children seem to be high-ranking officials and nobles. On the left side of the stands are young girls, all rubbing rouge and powder, wearing heavy makeup, obviously the girls who came to see the excitement in the green buildings. There are also women on the right side of the stands, but there are old and young, the old ones have fancy makeup, and some are still holding dry cigarettes, all of them are sitting, and they seem to be the old bustards of the green buildings. There were girls standing next to them, and they might all be entourage maids. On the stands, there is a banquet, and the spectators can eat and drink while watching, but the vision is that people are mostly attracted by the wonderful performances on the high platform, and they are engrossed in watching it, and they don't care about the food in front of them, so you can imagine how wonderful the performance on the high platform is.

I saw a dance by the woman on the high platform, and suddenly the audience applauded, and then the master of ceremonies announced: The next one to appear - the first patron of the Spring Festival Building, the performance program - "Ni Dress and Feather Dance", the audience applauded thunderously.

After a while, I saw a woman in green clothes coming up, but seeing her neat makeup and beautiful appearance, she walked with a pipa in her arms. And the reaction from the stands, it is known that this woman is very popular. She smiled at the three onlookers on the stage, bowed and sat down slowly. This "Song of Ni Clothes and Feathers" is a song composed by Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty for Taoism, which was lost after the Anshi Rebellion. During the Southern Tang Dynasty, Li Yu and the Great Zhou Dynasty made up most of it, but when the city of Nanjing was broken, it was burned down by Li Yu's order. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Jiang Kui discovered the eighteen sections of the score of the Shang tune. These fragments are still preserved in his "Songs of the White Stone Daoren", so they have been passed down to future generations.

But seeing that she plucked the strings three or two times on the shaft, she waited for the tone to be adjusted and then lowered her eyebrows to continue playing, and the interpretation began. Her cheeks and tufts work in harmony with the playing. I saw that she turned the shaft to pluck the strings three or two times, it was not a tune first love, its pipa skills are superb, it is really a string string to suppress the sound of thoughts, as if to tell the life of the unwilling, low eyebrows letter procedures to continue playing, say all the infinite things in the heart, the big string is as urgent as a drizzle, the small string is cut like a whisper, the noisy cut is wrongly talked, the big beads and small beads fall on the jade plate. It's just that the talk is cold and condensed, gloomy, the water slurry is cracking, the knives and guns are ringing together, and the aftermath is tactful, silent and sound. The spectators were so stupid that they listened to it, and it was a long time since the song ended, and then some people came to their senses, and the shouts suddenly sounded, and they all applauded.

The waiter slowly retreated, and the master of ceremonies announced: The next one to appear, the head card of the Red Flower Building, the painting girl, the performance program - "Luo Shen Futu", the scene is still as active as before, and the appearance is also a beautiful woman, dressed in green, the maids have prepared the four treasures of the study, and the canvas is supported. But seeing her technique is fast or slow, light or heavy, it is really a wave of electricity, changeable, as if hearing ghosts and gods, always see the dragon and snake walking, step by step dragon flying phoenix dance, pen walking dragon snake, not long, this "Luo Shen Futu" jumped on the canvas.