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Chapter 143: Fallen Leaves Startle a Broken Dream, Leisurely Strolling Amidst the Fragrant Dust and Falling Red.

  Omnipotent idle person sodu

  PS: The doomsday is coming, on this day of human survival, Guang An only wants to say - vote, let the writer survive, and then all readers can safely pass through the doomsday:)

  "Hmm... where's Xiang Er? Isn't she the one who loves listening to opera the most?"

  Tang Bao furrowed his brow and temporarily stopped teasing his "good brother".

  "Uh, tell Second Master, Xiang'er said she's not feeling well and won't be joining the fun."

  "Uncomfortable? This little girl, hehe......" Tang Bao held the playbill and looked at Zhou Yi, smiling: "Good..."

  "Brother... just call me Big Brother Zhou, it's more comfortable for me to hear." Zhou Yi really couldn't take it anymore.

  "Haha, alright then, Big Brother Zhou, you are my most honored guest today, come on and give us a show."

  Tang Bao smiled and handed the script to Zhou Yi, who had a passionate and fiery appearance, but was also extremely handsome, making it hard for Zhou Yi to refuse.

  "I'll just nod and agree..."

  Now Zhou Yi has also figured out 70-80% of Bao Er Ye's temperament. If he refused his "kindness", who knows what kind of trouble he would stir up? So, without another word, he accepted the playbill.

  In the past when I was a graduate student, Zhou Yi also followed the elegant and refined Kunqu Opera for several days. After achieving the 9th level of "Qin Art", he gained a deeper understanding of Kunqu Opera, which is known as the "White Snow of Yangchun".

  "In the first act, I'll perform 'Tiger's Den'. In the second act, let's do 'Yearning'..."

  Zhou Yi smiled and handed the script back to Tang Bao: "Things don't go beyond three, so of course you're the one to comment on this third act, Brother Bao."

  He can now be called Bao Ge Er and it sounds good, Liu Ke and others are secretly amazed, thinking that Zhou Lao Di is a capable person who can do anything, not only can he eat beautiful women, but also handsome men, awesome; At the beginning, Yang Cai drove a helicopter to rescue Zhou Yi. Zhang Zuo had also vaguely heard Zhu Xiao Hua say before, friends of friends are friends, now Zhu Xiao Hua and Zhang Zuo's relationship is also pretty good.

  "Good brother, you're really an insider!"

  Tang Bao was excited and coquettish: "The Tiger's Den is a must-play at the beginning, but this time The Thought of Vanity is played wonderfully. The cry of 'heh heh' connects with The Tiger's Den, the former is Lu Zhishen getting drunk and breaking the mountain gate, abolishing human rules; the latter is the monk and nun thinking of vanity and going down the mountain, breaking all barriers, it's a great connection, too good! I knew it, Brother Zhou is also an restless person..."

  I heard that Zhou Yi is a straightforward translation, I think your imagination is too rich, you should go write. Our family is just messy. How did it get entangled with being at peace or not?

  "Lao Liu, the third fold is 'Youyuan Jingmeng', and the fourth fold is 'Yiye Tingqin'. Tell Yulinglong that today Er Ye has a noble guest, let her put in some effort..."

  "Yes." Old Six took the note and hurried away. Tang Bao smiled and asked Zhou Yi, "Brother Zhou, do you think my two moves are good?"

  "It's all right then. If it wasn't a dream, it was infatuation... Fortunately, there are no kids around..."

  I Ching says you are a true teacher.

  "This is art, a masterpiece! Brother Zhou, you're also an expert, can't say it like that."

  Tang Bao's cheek was puffed out in anger, and he got even angrier...

  "Right, right, right. It's all elevated to an artistic level, high-end, high-end."

  What else can the Book of Changes say? In this era, as long as someone is lifted up, they will be touted as having revolutionary ideals if they promote voluptuous buttocks and breasts; but if they are trampled underfoot, even if they sing praises, people will say they are using the Spring and Autumn Annals' writing style to harbor evil intentions, and there's no use arguing!

  The gongs and drums sounded, figures flashed on stage, the play had begun.

  "Hu Dan Pao" is also known as "Drunkenly Hitting the Mountain Gate". The first half of the play takes its material from Water Margin, and it's a thrilling performance. Liangshan's number one, Lu Da, transforms into a big monk, kicking over Buddha statues in "Drunkenly Hitting the Mountain Gate", which is very satisfying. The second half of the play is an adaptation of a traditional opera, but it's too sorrowful, so when people order this play, they usually only ask for the first half, the martial arts part.

  Kunqu's "Drunken Strike at the Mountain Gate" is a perfect blend of martial and literary arts. In terms of martial arts, Lu Zhishen's drunken imitation of the eighteen arhats' sitting and sleeping postures in front of the mountain gate is more difficult than artistic gymnastics, requiring decades of practice to master; as for literature, the lyrics of this opera are exquisite, worthy of being called "Yang Chun Bai Xue" (a style of Chinese poetry). The famous line "Coming and going without a care, naked and unencumbered" almost enlightened Jia Baoyu, the Second Master, to Buddhist truth, and is capable of deceiving even the most honest and simple-minded men into becoming bald donkeys...

  However, this play is brilliant but lacks the appearance of Yu Linglong, which is a bit regrettable. The big monk on stage probably also saw that he was not very popular, and after singing half a verse, he touched his head and exclaimed: "Wow, wow, the great land of China is full of spring everywhere, everyone loves girls, but I'm bald... I'd better go down..."

  After finishing a somersault, he fell into the background, but it made the audience laugh. Even Lian Bao Er Ye couldn't help but laugh and said: "This bald donkey is interesting! Old Six, reward him with 1 million yuan and tell him to change his profession to being a crosstalk actor next time, I'll support him!"

  "Alright, Second Master, I'll go now." Old Six also chimed in and smoothed things over, and the matter was dropped...

  The second act is based on the Qing dynasty's "Niehai Hua" 'Si Fan', which tells the story of a young nun who refuses to sleep with a handsome young man, feeling that she has wronged him. But who is this handsome young man? In fact, it's a bald little monk.

  This play is even more interesting, the monk and nun sing with deep affection, wanting to escape down the mountain to become husband and wife. Although the actor playing the monk has changed his costume, looking at his eyebrows, eyes, and figure, he is still obviously the previous Lu Siniang, but in the last act he was majestic and seemed like a heavenly killer descending to earth, this time however, every eyebrow and eye corner is charming, teasing the little nun's eyebrows and eyes are full of spring, her figure becoming even more slender.

  "My goodness, why isn't it Jade Linglong yet?"

  Bao Er Ye saw that Xiao Ni Gu was Yu Ling Long's junior sister, and he became somewhat unhappy: "This play is the one Big Brother Zhou chose, what does Yu Ling Long mean? Is she trying to steal the show or take over?"

  Lao Liu hastily said, "Second Master, please don't blame me. Miss Yu has spoken. 'Surprise Dream' and 'Listening to the Qin' are both plays that test one's skills, so she must exert herself fully, therefore this time let Shifu Mei go on stage..."

  "Hmph, it's just her excuse, Yuling is now too arrogant." Tang Bao snorted: "Tell her, after the performance of Listening to the Qin, come over and apologize to Brother Zhou with a drink!"

  At this moment, there was a burst of laughter from under the stage. It turned out that Little Nun Zhao Se Kong had sung "But I wish to give birth to a child, but it's not clear whether it will bring me joy or kill me" and then batted her eyelashes. She stepped down from the stage with a charming smile, and this immediately made the audience under the stage excited, one by one shouting loudly: "Surprise Dream! Jade Linglong! Surprise Dream!"

  It's also worth mentioning that Zhou Yi and Bao Er Ye's performance was great, the moment "Si Fan" appeared, it stirred up those people's inexplicable desires. The subsequent shocking dream was even more so, with Yu Linglong singing in a elegant yet provocative tone; not to mention men, even women couldn't help but feel their faces flush with excitement, feeling that certain place burning with heat and moisture...

  "Alas, the purple and red flowers have bloomed everywhere, but all are withered and fallen within these broken walls. What a fine day and beautiful scene, yet who can appreciate it in this deserted courtyard?"

  As a pleasant tune sounded, the long-awaited Jade Linglong finally appeared on stage, and her opening song was met with thunderous applause. The thousand-gold lady was about to reveal her infinite charm; who could remain unmoved, whether they were gentlemen or scoundrels?

  "No wonder this Jade Leng Leng is so popular, the lyrics, the tone, and the performance. Any one of these can capture people's souls, whether you understand the opera or not, just watching the performers is enjoyable..."

  Just by looking at this Kunqu diva for a moment, Zhou Yi secretly nodded in agreement. Indeed, success is not accidental, just look at the few steps Yu Linglong took when she came on stage, and that fellow apprentice who sang "Thoughts of Vanity" was instantly outdone. If she was an unripe pear, then Yu Linglong was a ripe red apple - how could they be compared?

  This passage "Youyuan Jingmeng" is quite romantic, saying that the teacher accidentally taught a sentence "Guan Guan Ju Jiu, in the river's continent; elegant and virtuous girl, gentlemen love to pursue", so Miss Du Liniang suddenly felt inexplicably melancholic, thinking I'm pretty too, why don't I see any gentleman coming to pursue me? Then she became more and more infatuated, all day long she couldn't eat or sleep, just expecting some poor scholar to appear, and then...

  Then the white rich beauty ran to the backyard to play, originally wanted to dispel the melancholy mood, but saw the spring scenery, she was melancholy again 'Ah, I'm such a beautiful girl, isn't it like this spring? Beauty is beautiful, but when autumn comes, it will decline. Now I have come to appreciate the spring color in the garden, but who should appreciate my spring color?'

  So the white rich beauty returned home and had a spring dream, dreaming of a poor scholar with the surname Liu, who was sunny one moment and cloudy the next, and suddenly they were in love. In short, the white rich beauty woke up early to find herself becoming a 'poet'.

  She was wearing a pale yellow spring dress, the fabric thin and transparent, revealing her snowy skin. Only her plump thighs and slender calves were visible as she stepped out into the spring breeze with elegant steps, like a flower swaying in the wind. Her beautiful eyes were half-closed, as if lost in thought, and she hummed to herself: "He's so eager, his heart racing tight... Ah, I'll slowly savor this moment of love... Slowly savor this moment of love..." A crimson shadow of cherry blossoms floated down from the sky... Was it my dream soul entwining with his? Fallen leaves startled me out of my dreams, and as I strolled through the fragrant dust, I counted the fallen red petals...

  This passage is sung to the extreme, and it's also elegant to the extreme. If you don't have a few points of classical literature skills, carefully pondering and weighing, you really can't hear those places that violate 'spiritual civilization construction'.

  Look, that young man has taken a liking to me, snuggling up against my fragrant shoulder with a pouty face. I, on the other hand, am playing hard to get and intentionally teasing this poor guy...... Skipping three thousand words, let's get straight to the climax. What can be said is that the red shadow of the scattered flowers is what? It's the heart of the rich beauty, which has been toyed with until it's hanging in mid-air for half a day...... In short, you're so wicked, making her feel like she's about to ascend to heaven and die at the same time, her heart has flown away and is lost...... Then skipping another three thousand words, the rich beauty woke up with a happy smile but still refused to believe that what happened earlier was just a beautiful dream. She wandered around the house, taking leisurely steps in search of the "fallen red" (i.e., the scattered flowers).

  Here is the translation:

  The critical spirit has emerged here. All this is due to the harm caused by feudal ethics, which makes a good and beautiful woman like Du sister, a talented and virtuous lady, have to seek pleasure in her dreams. Isn't it time for criticism? This is where our Kunqu opera surpasses those vulgar and obscene works of the bourgeoisie, like "The Peony Pavilion". We are the refined and elegant ones, while they are just coarse and plebeian, with a huge difference in taste...

  If an ordinary actor performed this play, it would only make people smile. But Yuling was different, when she sang with excitement, her slender waist twisted, her jade legs slowly fell, her powdered face turned red, and her chest rose... Suddenly, her small foot kicked out the two flower shoes, revealing a pair of white as snow, smooth as jade, toes slightly curved, and tightly wrapped 32-code small feet. With each step, she took another step forward. Occasionally, the soles of her feet were exposed, which was even more tender than the soft tofu that had just been taken out of the pot. The countless men and women in the audience felt their breathing become urgent, their hearts hot, and they shouted in their hearts: "Damn it! This seductress is more tempting than Cang's teacher, Master Bao, you have a good eye!"

  This is the charm of touring gardens and surprising dreams, which can rely on one actor and a few singing words to bring all the audience into a dazed and confused, cloud-like and rain-like atmosphere; The beauty of the lyrics is that they are elegant and refined, and both the refined and the vulgar appreciate them. It's also worth saying that our ancestors were great, just look at how they found this delightful point!

  The worst was Yuling, who had piqued the interest of all the hypocritical beasts, but she stepped down from the stage with a charming smile and a swaying waist. At this moment, Lu Tihua from "Drunken Fist" and Xiao He Shang from "Thoughts on Vanity" came out again, picked up Yuling's embroidered shoes and recited: "Oh no! Miss has lost her heart, could it be that she also lost these embroidered shoes? Let the bald-headed monk catch up with her and return them to her..."

  "Tai tai tai......"

  He also went down. The audience under the stage, along with Bao Er Ye, were all staring with their eyes wide open, and in their hearts they were cursing: "Damn it! How could he still owe money? That was the original flavor..."

  "Oh, good brother..."

  Tang Bao felt a burning sensation in his heart and couldn't help but grab Zhou Yi's hand, gritting his teeth as he said: "Look at this Jade Linglong, isn't she a little demon? It's all because I didn't discipline her properly."

  This is also watching a play and getting emotional, he accidentally said what was in his heart.

  "Oh? Then why didn't you pick her up?"

  Zhou Yi gently pushed away his hand and asked with a smile, her eyes full of meaning.

  "Uh... let's just keep watching the play, Brother Zhou. The next act of 'The Western Wing: Listening to the Zither' is even more wonderful..."

  Zhou Yi secretly smiled to himself, thinking "You think you can still hide that 'thing' from me? But it's good that you have such a big influence, if not for this little problem, who knows how many young ladies would be 'taking leisurely strolls and counting the fallen red leaves'? So just keep this little problem as a memento..."

  After a ten-minute break, the show resumed on stage, which was also the final big play of today. Yuling sang with passion, and the young masters in the audience waited with bated breath; if the previous "Touring Garden Dream" was still half-hidden, then this "Listening to the Qin" was the real deal: a poor loser counter-attacked a white-rich beauty, a salted fish turned over to welcome the return of a lovely girl, pushed to Yu Mountain and threw off her stockings, shook her head and determined the fate!

  This is what's called refreshing! Why can this play "The West Chamber" surpass "The Peony Pavilion" and "The Peach Blossom Fan", being introduced into various types of plays, and still be popular after a hundred years? It's because it carries the dreams of countless otaku, breaking free from feudal shackles and scoring with the goddess - how cool is that?! Of course, fujoshi can also find their own thrill in it, only they're identifying with the goddess who got scored, fantasizing about the pale-faced young scholar, and entering a state of "dreamy infatuation"...

  Everyone's happy, that's what truly matters!

  This play is very interesting, with comparisons and slaps in the face, and a grand finale. However, the most exciting part is still the two scenes of listening to the qin: One scene is after Zhang Sheng saved Yingying at Pusai Temple, and Cui Lao Furen played tricks, saying that Yingying already had someone else, and turned the two lovers into siblings, and even more so. As a result, Zhang Sheng became depressed, spending his days pretending to study at the Cui residence, staring blankly and reciting poetry, saying "Waiting for the moon in the western wing, welcoming the wind with half-open doors, the shadow of flowers on the wall moves, I suspect it's the jade person coming". That is to say, even a poor guy like me is confused, always hoping that our good things will be as full as the moon, and not daring to leave the door open for you. I opened the window, but had to say it was blown by the wind...... Ah, the flowers and grasses on the wall are moving again, is it the white rich sister who came?

  Meow...

  Poor guy walked over and took a look, it turned out to be just a cat, so he felt even more depressed. So he played the piano all day, looking like this will eventually lead to a serious illness.

  Hongniang actually had a crush on the young scholar, but she also knew that she was just a maid and feared that she wasn't good enough for someone who read books. So she promoted her love spirit by learning from Lei Feng, every day telling Bai Fumei: "That Zhang Sheng is so pitiful, he's been playing the piano for you in the western wing all day, aren't you too heartless? Don't you worry that he'll get lovesick?"

  A wealthy beauty heard that I was indeed the most moving, and Zhang Sheng was infatuated with me. I'm too great! So she softened her heart and ran to secretly listen to Zhang Sheng play the piano, and also met Zhang Sheng in person. This is the first act of "Listening to the Piano".

  The second act is about a white-rich-beauty who thinks she's a goddess, so she nitpicks at the poor losers, and after meeting them once, she takes their souls away. But she herself has calmed down, saying things like "Why doesn't Zhang San study hard, strive for excellence, and contribute to the realization of the Four Modernizations?" but instead he just thinks about me? This is not good, it's not welcomed by the people, I must be dignified.

  She was so infatuated with him that she stopped seeing others, and even went to the backyard to play the piano by herself. You say it's pretentious or not? As a result, Zhang Sheng was naturally attracted over, and the poor guy got excited and jumped over the wall. The rich beauty immediately turned her face away, saying you're not polite, I won't play with you anymore, 886......

  Poor Zhang Sheng didn't know that this was the white rich beauty playing tricks, so he got sick and almost died. Hong Niang hurriedly scolded Cui Yanyan, "Are you trying to torture the poor guy to death?" The white rich beauty also panicked, "How can he be so fragile?" No way, I have to go, can't let him die, what a fun little bookworm!

  Then she left, and... (omitted a thousand words).

  The climax and highlight of this play are in two places, listening to the piano. This fold of listening to the piano will reflect it, letting the audience ignite in the process of love friction between Bai Fumei and Qiong Diaosi. However, Cui Yingying is not as likable as Xiaohongniang, and even a bit annoying, let's see how Yulinglong will perform.

  Qinlai...

  Tang Bao tilted his head in thought, then suddenly said to Lao Liu, "Bring me my Hu tail qin. Yes, the one from the Warring States period!"

  "Jiǎo wěi qín? Hái zhàn guó nián jiān de!"

  Translation: "A Jiutailin? Still from the Warring States period!"

  Zhou Yi couldn't help but take a glance at this treasure and thought to himself: "Others are playing the piano on stage, what's with all the commotion you're causing?"

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