When people can't see, other senses will become very sensitive. Ke Xun gradually smelled an unusual smell in the dark, some faint rust smell, and some candle-like smell, it seems that it is mixed with it. Mixed with a trace of indescribable fishy smell, not very fresh fishy smell.
Ke Xun was silent, his eyes drooping slightly, but his movements were a gesture of protecting himself.
After a while, there seemed to be more and more people around, and gradually there was a momentum of loud voices.
People seemed to be excitedly looking forward to something. Men and women were happily talking and laughing. In addition to the conversations of adults, there were children laughing or crying, and they could even be heard eating. The sound was especially loud. Even louder than speaking.
Ke Xun responded to the changes without change, standing in the same place like a mountain, his eyes lowered slightly, and he remained calm.
After a while, a different voice seemed to come. It was not loud, but the sound of 'gululu' sounded familiar. Ke Xun was suspicious when he suddenly felt that someone had touched him.
Immediately afterwards, a low voice sounded: "Ke Xun."
It's Yue Cen.
My own people suddenly came over, but Ke Xun's cold sweat that was about to break out happily flowed out, and his back soon became wet: "Sister Cen?"
Ke Xun felt that his cuff was being groped and grabbed by Yue Cen, and heard the other person say, "I am in the same situation as you, and I can only guess the surrounding situation with other senses."
It turned out that not only was he blind, but Yue Cen's eyes couldn't see anything at this time.
Ke Xun squatted down and quickly touched Yue Cen's wheelchair: "How did you find me?"
"People tend to lose a certain sense of balance in the dark. Fortunately, I'm in a wheelchair, so my sense of balance won't affect me too much," Yue Cen's voice was low, but clear, "because I used to' I've been blind for two months, so I'm very sensitive to some smells and sounds. I found it based on your smell. Fortunately, we're not far away, only a dozen meters away."
The "people" around were talking, laughing and eating loudly, so the conversation between the two did not arouse suspicion from "these people".
"It's weird here." Ke Xun supported Yue Cen's wheelchair and whispered, "Whether it's the smell or the voices of these people."
"Obviously, this is the territory of these people, or their world. They can easily see things and are very familiar with this environment." Yue Cen analyzed.
"Judging from their conversation just now, it seems that this is a big gathering, and it seems that there is some important event to be held here." Ke Xun rubbed his eyes, hoping to see a little light.
"I have two guesses. First, these people don't seem to be able to see or hear us. Second, these people shouldn't be human." Yue Cen said in a low voice.
Ke Xun has almost guessed the second point. He didn't say that he was afraid of scaring Yue Cen, but he didn't expect that the other party had already analyzed it: "Yes, their voices are very strange, and their endings are too sharp. Besides, I can only say what they say. If you understand 40 to 50 percent, it is not so much a dialect as it is the language of another species.”
Yue Cen said: "My wheelchair may have accidentally run into something just now. I heard a child's scream, as if crying and talking to an adult, but I couldn't understand it. It seemed that my tail was very it hurts…”
"Tail?"
"Yes, I should have heard correctly, it's the tail." Yue Cen still had lingering fears when he remembered the scene just now. The child was crying, and the adults around him only coaxed him with delicious food, and did not rush up to hold him accountable. "So I guess they probably won't see us. Also, they must be outliers."
Tail, then it doesn't belong to humans.
The surroundings suddenly cheered, and in addition to the cheers, there were also extremely sharp screams, which meant that they were overwhelmed.
With the sound of music, the lights in front suddenly turned on, and there was actually a brightly lit stage.
The antique stage has no actors at this time, only the sound of folk musical instruments.
Although the ancient stage in the dark night was indescribably weird, Ke Xun found that he could finally see something, which made his heart a lot calmer.
A gust of wind blew over, and the surroundings were filled with "crashing" sounds.
"We can only see this stage at the moment, and it's still dark around." Yue Cen felt that Ke Xun, who was beside him, seemed to be sitting on the ground. He could only judge by hearing that Yue Cen couldn't see Ke Xun at all.
Ke Xun did sit down with his legs crossed, his legs were numb all the time: "This reminds me of a painting I experienced before, called "Shadow", once it's night, some things can't be seen, just like silhouettes The pattern of the window frame exists, somewhat like the stage in front of you."
"Shadow? It's a niche work, right," Yue Cen said.
Ke Xun didn't feel a bit of admiration for Yue Cen, who entered the painting for the first time. It was rare that she could calmly discuss other paintings with herself in such a strange scene.
Soon, Yue Cen added: "I once saw an art exhibition, and there was a Fauvist painting called "Shadow". The author is Rong Rang. Based on his work, he should be a person with an extremely contradictory heart."
Ke Xun was extremely surprised: "That's right, I'm talking about this work, how could it be so coincidental that you've seen it before?!"
"That was two years ago, and that painting left a deep impression on me." Yue Cen was a little silent when he said this, and after a while he said, "Ke Xun, this coincidence is really... I feel more and more that, This is not easy, I seem to have been the candidate for the painting selection."
"I was just about to say this: You were selected for the painting selection, but for various objective reasons, you were not able to enter the painting smoothly."
Yue Cen chuckled in the dark: "This time, my wish has come true."
Ke Xun was infected by her ease and couldn't help but smile.
A rain-like sound of gongs and drums rang out, and suddenly there was a singing on the stage, and it was unclear whether it belonged to Peking Opera, Qin Opera, or Silk Strings. , but the tail sound was pulled very high and sharp, not like a human voice.
Soon a person appeared on the stage, a twisting matchmaker with flowers on his head and moles on his face, twisting his body mechanically.
This matchmaker is completely flat, like a piece of paper.
It turned out to be a shadow play.
The audience under the stage applauded one after another, and there were bursts of harsh "crashing" sounds, making Ke Xun more and more confirming one of his thoughts just now.
Yue Cen didn't say anything, but with the opponent's IQ, Ke Xun thought she should have guessed it.
There was no dialogue between the two, and they couldn't make eye contact in the dark, but a common voice emerged in their hearts: concentrate on watching the play and watch the changes.
The stage was already lively. In addition to the matchmakers, there was also a team to send relatives. They carried the sedan chair along the way to blow and beat, which was very lively.
Ke Xun squinted his eyes and used his excellent eyesight to see the shadow puppet figures on the stage clearly. As the drum beat quickened, the shadow puppet figures also exaggerated and danced, and soon the shapes of these figures changed. .
As if it was because of the crazy dance that made them show their original shape, the faces of these people became more and more pointed, and gradually they became thinner into a dove-shaped, hu-faced, mouse-like mouth, and a slender tail appeared behind them. .
Mice, this is a group of shadow puppet mice in costumes!
The team of the mice to send their relatives is reminiscent of a very famous folk tale—a mouse marrying a daughter.
The joy on the stage also drove the audience off the stage. Everyone sang and danced along with them.
Ke Xun felt that Yue Cen's hand came to his wrist along his sleeve, patted it lightly, and then left.
It was as if the other party was judging whether Ke Xun was still in the flesh, whether he had been assimilated by other people and turned into a shadow puppet.
Indeed, the piercing "swipe la la" sound around him made one's heart very uneasy, and even gave rise to an imaginary, as if he had merged into it and turned into a shadow puppet carved out of a donkey's skin. The transparent state, if you smell it carefully, it still smells of tung oil, and it is rendered with gorgeous colors.
"How many versions of "The Mouse Marries a Girl" have you watched?" Yue Cen asked in a low voice.
"I've only seen one, the cartoon version." Ke Xun replied in a low voice.
"I've seen several versions of folk tales, some of which are played as puppets and shadow puppets."
Ke Xun didn't have time to ask Yue Cen why he had watched so many plays, but at this time he just said, "What is the shadow play about?"
"I've seen two versions of shadow puppets, one with a mouse and another with a cat."
It's just an ordinary "The Rat Marries a Girl", but on this occasion, hearing that the mouse's groom is a cat is actually creepy.
The sedan chairs on the stage are still swayed by the sedan chairmen, gongs and drummers are playing festive music to send their relatives, and the matchmakers are exaggeratingly twisting and turning beside the sedan chairs...
The enthusiasm of the audience under the stage has not diminished, cheering and applauding, accompanied by bursts of terrifying "crashing" sounds.
Ke Xun didn't know what to do now, but the scene on the stage was obviously the key. If he knew what was about to be staged, he might be able to avoid danger in advance.
"Tell me about the cartoon version first, the mouse bride's groom is..." Yue Cen asked first.
Ke Xun found that the bigwigs with relatively rich knowledge don't seem to watch cartoons very much... Ke Xun said concisely: "It's also a cat. The mouse father chooses a groom for his daughter, and the mouse hole is very dark, so they choose the sun as the groom, and the sun Afraid of the dark clouds, the dark clouds are afraid of the wind, the wind is afraid of the wall, the wall is afraid of the mouse, the mouse is afraid of the cat, and finally the mouse married his daughter to the cat. As a result, the cat ate the bride and the bridegroom... But I think the shadow puppet story should be more relevant, After all, the stage is a shadow puppet show."
Yue Cen was silent for a while, and just when Ke Xun was about to reach out his hand to check whether the other party was still there, he heard Yue Cen whisper: "I seemed to have overlooked a problem just now, maybe we were led astray by the shadow play. In fact, "The Mouse" The most classic way of expressing the story of "Marrying a Daughter" should be New Year pictures."
"New Year's picture?" Isn't the picture you are currently in a New Year's picture
"Yes, including the different versions I mentioned just now, such as the Wuqiang New Year's picture in Hebei, where the groom is a mouse in the shape of a human, dressed in red and green, using a green toad as a horse, walking at the end of the marriage team. Front… "
Before Yue Cen could finish speaking, there was a sudden uproar in the audience.