Chapter 55: The Opening

On the third day of July in the third year of Qianfu, it is advisable to open the market and open a volume.

The Shunlai Building in Chengtian Town is full of friends and is very lively.

Many people heard about it yesterday, and Shunlailou didn't talk about commenting on books today, but changed to acting, and this troupe not only didn't take a penny, but also said wildly, saying that the increase in alcohol should not exceed 30%, and the difference in expenses should be made up by themselves, which is really a big breath!

Many good people inquired one after another, but they were very excited, it turned out that this troupe sang Peking Opera!

What is Peking Opera?

I haven't heard of it, it doesn't matter, follow the word "Beijing" and guess down.

Tokyo Luoyang, Xijing Chang'an, Nanjing Shu County, Beijing Taiyuan, Tang Sijing, all of which are where the humanities flourish, no matter where this "Peking Opera" comes from, it is estimated that there must be a bit of a real style, otherwise how can it be so big.

Okay, the cannon of Guihe's class hasn't started to fight yet, and the building is almost crowded.

Before the morning arrived, many people had breakfast, so they came directly, ordered some dried and fresh fruits, and then asked for a pot of old wine, just waiting for the opening, and threatened, if you sing well, lunch will be eaten here, and the shopkeeper is almost out of sight, let the young man go to urge, see if it can be staged in advance, and was directly pushed back, people are expensive and Ban said, saying that it is the hour of the hour, a moment earlier, not good.

This temper, this posture, not only did not arouse public anger, but made everyone look forward to it.

There was still a moment left before the hour, and many people heard the news and came, and in the end, there was no seat in Shunlai Building, which was second to none in Chengtian Town!

Those who have money go directly to the box on the second floor, and those who don't have money come late again, so they simply stand directly on the first floor, and ask for a pot of wine, so I stand and wait to see the excitement.

On the bustling first floor, there are three tables that stand out.

At the table on the left, there is only one handsome young man.

The young man was alone at a table, his aura was very strong, he was dressed in white clothes and white robes, sitting at the table with his back straight, looking forward to Shengwei, the black cloth bag in his hand was tightly tied, I don't know what blade was hidden in it, even when he was drinking and singing, the cloth bag never left his left hand a foot away.

Dressed in white and black, coupled with this kind of style, at first glance, he is a ranger, or the kind that is very difficult to mess with, even in the crowded Shunlai Building, the only person occupies a table, and not many people come forward to make noise, let alone come forward to fight the table.

The table at the head of the right was full of people, four big men and a simple young man, surrounded by stars holding the moon.

The heroine's posture is acceptable, but she knows how to use her innate conditions, and the laughter revealed intentionally or unintentionally is very crisp, and a smile can hook a few big men to laugh unscrupulously, and the honest young man who can also hook his face is flushed, and he can also hook everyone in the restaurant to watch frequently.

It's just that every time the four big men laughed, they would look around viciously, as if they were looking for an unlucky guy who "dared to flirt with women", so that they could "act chivalrous".

At the middle table, there is a man and a woman, it should be a father-daughter or master-apprentice relationship, the girl is very cheerful, every move is not muddy, everywhere is full of youthful atmosphere, and the middle-aged man, but very calm, even in the midsummer atmosphere of Guannai Road, he also wears a blue Confucian robe meticulously, between raising his hands and feet, he has his own bearing, which makes people can't help but admire.

These three tables, more or less have a vacant seat, many people who are standing and drinking, would rather stand than share the table with them, if the young man in white is sharp, and the table of the woman and the strong man is evil, so that everyone avoids it, then, the table of the father and daughter, purely because of the elegant bearing of the middle-aged man, makes people ashamed of themselves, and can't bear to come forward to disturb.

However, whether it was the three tables or the other drinkers in Shunlai Building, they all stared closely at the high platform on the first floor of Shunlai Building, waiting for the show to begin.

The hour has come.

A miscellaneous junior student of the Guihe class came to the stage, hung a pair of red mustaches in the center of the high platform, hung a sword, and finally placed a copper basin in the middle of the high platform, which was filled with a large amount of paper money, and then stepped off the stage.

What's going on?

The discussion gradually increased, and there were those with big tempers, who scolded directly.

But I didn't want to, and there was a shout from the background:

"Open the ......"

The voice is high-pitched and full of charm, overpowering the noise of the audience, and there is quite a kind of aftermath posture.

Before many drinkers came back to taste, there were already "high-pitched gongs and drums" in the background.

Big cymbals, big cymbals, big gongs, under the command of the drum beat of Niu Si beating a single skin drum, hit loudly, and there is a tendency to take the lead.

The afterlife reappeared, and a "hanging cloud" fire was thrown high.

The "Spirit Officer" appears.

Wearing a red back, a red face, a fiery red mustache, a sleeve in his left hand, and a whip in his right hand, he shouted and appeared proudly in the smoke of fire.

The martial arts field changed to "walking horses and gongs and drums".

The spirit officer danced the whip, rolled up his sleeves, and jumped off the horse.

The entire stage suddenly turned into a sea of red.

This section has a name, called "Dancing Spirit Officer", which is a small play that must be performed by the troupe at the beginning of the stage.

Three times in that life, he took the stage and caught a live rooster in his hand.

The spirit officer stopped, turned out a dagger, raised the knife in his hand, cut off the head of the chicken, and sprinkled the high platform with chicken blood, which was the town to ward off evil spirits.

The later life threw the fire "beam" again, and lit the copper basin to reward the gods with money and food.

The spirit officer walked around the platform, throwing scraps of red paper with his hands.

In the end, Xiao Wangquan appeared on the stage and swept the scraps of red paper from the audience to the backstage, calling it "collecting money".

Subsequently, the God of Wealth came on the field.

The god of literature and wealth wears a red robe, wears a mask, holds a banner, and writes four big characters, "Heavenly Official Blessing", dancing in the accompaniment of small gongs, this is "Dancing plus official".

Then, the God of Literature and Wealth went down, and the God of Martial Arts came on.

Wu God of Wealth wears "Erlang Fork", inserts the golden flower in his ear, obliquely wears yellow silk, holds a mask, gold background, smiling eyes, black beard, called "God of Wealth face", holds a huge ingot of paper paste, in the accompaniment of nine and a half hammers, jumps twice on the left and right of the high platform, this is "Jumping God of Wealth".

In the end, Wu Caishen threw the ingots high and smashed them on the shopkeeper He, who had long been stupid, and finally ended this unique opening ceremony.

The visitors who came to the building by the way were all stupid.

Who has ever seen such a rigorous opening ceremony?

Jumping spirit officer, jumping plus official, jumping God of Wealth.

Three small plays, each with a dress, singing and dancing, and gong and drum accompaniment, although some can't understand it, but if you think about it carefully, you know that the rules in it are too big!

Everyone was deeply shocked, and for a while, no one dared to comment on this extremely novel performance.

Many drinkers, unconsciously, turned their eyes to the middle-aged man at the middle table, no way, who made him look the most knowledgeable.

The girl was also a little itchy, and asked in a low voice, "Dad, are they...... What is this for?"

"Reward God!"

The middle-aged man said categorically, and then smiled:

"I didn't expect that this little drama troupe has such strict rules and a very different weather, which makes me ......look forward to the subsequent plays."

As he spoke, he picked up the wine glass in front of him, tilted his head suddenly, and drained the wine in one gulp.

"When the float is white!"