It was already past You hour, and the medical office was about to go to the yamen. Zhou Man treated his injury well, prescribed some ointment, and happily went back to the county yamen with Bai Shan.
A group of little ghosts and yellow ghosts carried Yan Wangye and followed behind.
This group of people rented a house in the county town, but this is not the time to go back to rest, Bai Shan asked them to perform their actions except for the injured King Yan.
Zhou Man and Bai Shan leaned on the railing with their arms folded and watched. They nodded slightly after seeing them sweating profusely. "Ghost" is almost the same, but because of the movement habits and range of some actors, there seems to be a difference.
Bai Shan was very satisfied, so he said to them: "You guys go back and rest, come to the county office tomorrow to gather, and I will find you a good Lord of the Underworld."
The actors looked at each other and said one after another: "My lord, since there is someone to choose, why don't we call him over and let's perform it first?"
Bai Shan looked at the time and felt that he might not have enough time, and he still had to prepare something for meeting Governor Guo tomorrow.
So he refused, "Don't worry, tomorrow you will act on your own, just catch the yellow ghost and bring him to Lord Yan, he will not forget his main action."
The actors didn't want to lose this opportunity to make money, so they agreed after a little thought.
It was their people who were injured, what if the county magistrate took advantage of the trend and stopped performing Nuo opera
They also point to making some money this time.
As soon as Zhou Man and Bai Shan got home, they started rummaging through boxes and cabinets.
Xibing was stunned for a moment, then immediately asked: "Mr., lady, what are you looking for?"
Zhou Man pondered for a while and said: "Let Wu Yue come, she packed a lot of things at that time, she should know."
Bai Shan: "That mask was custom-made when we were in Yizhou. I don't know if it can still be worn now."
Zhou Man turned his head to look at his face, and reluctantly said: "It's not too bad, it should be able to wear it."
May came soon, and Bai Shan described it to her, "It's the box where we often put toys. We used to play with leftover small bows, slingshots, etc., and there is a mask in it..."
Wu Yue: "There are so many masks, which one is Mr. Lang talking about?"
She dragged a stool, took a box from the top of the cabinet, opened it, and took out several masks from the cloth bag on the side, "Mr. Lang Jun bought them and was reluctant to throw them away."
Bai Shan rummaged around and found a mask of Hades.
This is made of poplar wood, the texture is very light and thin. When they were in Yizhou, they asked the stall owner to order it, and they played a lot in private.
Bai Shan has always played the role of King of Hell, and this is a role he got based on his strength.
Zhou Man also took out his own mask, put it on and played with it for a while and said, "Tomorrow I will also wear a mask to play in the streets."
"Go," Bai Shan said, "You must remember to watch my performance."
Zhou Man said no problem.
Although he was confident that he remembered all the moves and could jump out, he still put on a mask and jumped in the yard twice, and Zhou Man checked for him and filled in the gaps.
The two of them and Bai Erlang often played Nuo opera in private, and they even danced privately with their classmates several times when they were studying in Yizhou Prefecture.
But it was the first time for a public performance.
In the past, the Nuo opera was danced for the students, and there were at most a few teachers, but this time they danced together in front of the whole city.
Thinking about it made me a little excited, so Bai Shan woke up early in the morning.
Zhou Man noticed that the people around her got up, she barely opened her eyes, and found that the sky outside was still only dim, so she turned over and continued to sleep, even pulling the quilt over her head.
Even though it is already May, it is still a bit cold in the morning.
Bai Shan got up and put on his clothes and went to paw Zhou Man, "Get up and watch me dance the Nuo opera."
Zhou Man lay still, muttering, "I'm sorry, I hate it so much, you should go."
Seeing that he couldn't move her, Bai Shan could only practice regretfully by himself.
After dawn, the county town began to be lively. Everyone knows that the county magistrate will preside over the opening ceremony of the Nuo opera at the gate of the county government office early this morning, and there will be zongzi distribution at that time, so everyone is ready to wait outside the county government office. .
Wearing a green official robe, Bai Shan stood on a platform in the square in front of the county government office and talked to everyone, "This is the first Dragon Boat Festival when this county comes to Beihai County. In the future, this county will spend the second and third Dragon Boat Festival with you all. Three, or even the fourth, fifth and sixth Dragon Boat Festivals."
"Recently, because of the interrogation and elimination of the bandits, people in the county have been flustered. The county has also heard that children in the city are crying more this year than in previous years. It is suspected that evil spirits are at work."
He said: "Whether the people in this county are sinister or evil, anyone who dares to hurt the people of this county will be executed in this county."
When the common people heard it, they were very moved, and they all called out that your lord is wise.
Bai Shan raised his hand to press down, and waited for everyone to calm down before he said: "People's hearts are evil, so we will cut off the evil hearts. We only hope that in the future, you will wait for your father to be kind, your son to be filial, and your neighbors to be friendly. , my Beihai County is famous and promising even in the whole Dajin, not to mention in Qingzhou City."
Bai Shan led everyone to look forward to the future, encouraged everyone, and then began to offer incense and open the altar.
Regardless of whether they understand it or not, everyone followed Bai Shan and worshiped.
After the worship was over, the small door on the side of the county government office opened, and a government servant brought out two baskets of steaming rice dumplings, which looked like they had just been fished out.
As soon as everyone saw it, they immediately crowded forward. This is a lucky rice dumpling issued by the yamen. Except for the one delivered by the county magistrate two years ago, they have never received it.
I heard that if you eat the lucky dumplings from the county government, you will have a sense of righteousness and will not be afraid of evil spirits.
Dong Xianwei and Fang Xiancheng had already prepared. When they saw them crowded, they immediately knocked on the gong and shouted: "Whatever is crowded, what is crowded, be honest, and line up to get them. The Yamen invited so many people to pack it for two days, enough for you to eat... "
"Be honest. If anyone is dishonest, let alone eat zongzi, I can even invite you to stay in prison for two nights."
Everyone will squeeze me, and I will squeeze you, and slowly quiet down, not daring to make any more noise.
Bai Shan glanced at them and saw that they were still in order, so he turned around and went back to change his clothes.
Zhou Man circled around him curiously.
They used to dance Nuo opera only wearing masks and never changing their clothes. This was the first time she saw Bai Shan in black clothes.
Lord Yan's clothes are mainly black, supplemented by gray, but the quality of this dress is average, the black is not thick enough, and the yellow is yellowish, it doesn't look majestic enough.
Wu Yue and Jiulan tucked back their waist and shoulders overnight, Bai Shan could barely fit in the clothes at this time, and when he stepped forward, he didn't have much of the stability of Lord Yan, but was a little more lively.
Zhou Man looked at it and laughed, "It's not as good as me, maybe I look better than you."
Bai Shan glanced at her, looked him up and down, and said, "You? You can't do it. You are too petite and short. How can you be as small as Lord Yama?"
The smile on Zhou Man's face fell, "Say it again."
Bai Shan stretched out his finger and said, "Don't say good things twice."
As soon as he finished speaking, he jumped back, dodged Zhou Man's sweeping legs, jumped out the door after two bounces, and laughed loudly: "You can't hit me."
After a while, he poked his head in from the door and called Wu Yue, "Take out my mask quickly."