After the water swing, there is a water puppet show. This is also a traditional show. A small boat is built with a colorful building, just like a stage where puppet shows are performed on dry land. After a burst of music, a pair of wooden puppets come out.
The puppets are a man and a woman, and the clothes on their bodies are all reduced to those of real people. One looks like a scholar, and the other is a beautiful lady. The accessories such as folding fans and rings are as real as they are, very fine.
These puppets can perform dances, play balls and other activities. When Yunyan returned to where they were staying, many people were too nervous to watch the performance. Only the people from Kaifeng Prefecture watched with relish.
"I wonder what kind of performance this year will be?" Yun Yan was very interested.
There are musicians who come out to sing, "Carp eyes look at the peach blossom bank, looking forward to the affectionate Qiao Liang Lang. Ping Chi Zhong and Meng Chunguang, you and I will become a phoenix in our lifetimes."
At that time, there was an exclamation from the shore.
Although this lyric is not from "Wangqingyu", it is obviously about the story of "Wangqingyu". The Beijing people are very familiar with this play, and as soon as they hear it, they know that today's water puppet has adapted "Wangqingyu" Content.
Even Yun Yanhui laughed after being shocked, looking forward to how the puppet show would be played.
Since it is "The Fish of Hope", then the pair of puppets are naturally He Lishu and Liang Fuxue.
I saw the wooden puppet Liang Fuxue picked up a fishing rod and threw it into the water, while the wooden puppet He Lishu on the side was trembling and looked very panicked. Next, when Liang Fuxue's pole moved, he actually caught a small carp!
He Lishu stepped forward and pushed Liang Fuxue forward, as if asking him to put the fish back, causing the audience on the shore to laugh and applaud.
The water puppet show originally had puppets kicking balls, fishing and other actions, but it used to be a simple action performance. This time, the plot was added, and the original technology was integrated to make it more interesting. It is really a breakthrough.
I have to say that the emergence of Bian opera has brought a lot of ideas to Bianjing folk artists.
Yun Yanhui was really interested in seeing it, when Chen Lin suddenly appeared, "Yun Xiaolang!"
Yun Yanhui quickly stood up, "Chen Banban, what are you looking for from me?"
Chen Lin said with a funny look: "The official family saw that you dragon boat teams are all sad and bleak, only Kaifeng House is laughing and laughing, so I asked me to come to you and ask."
Yunyan replied: "..."
Yun Yan was speechless in return, eh, is it our fault for being strong without pressure
He followed Chen Lin and saw that Renzong was not very happy and said: "The Kaifeng government is full of strong men. It seems that you are very confident, but what's the point of this comparison?"
"... This can't blame us," Yun Yan said with a bitter face, "We are not equal to other yamen in strength. If we look very sad, it's too fake, right?"
Renzong snorted, "Don't be too confident."
Yun Yan whispered back, "We're not very confident either. Have you seen the people from the Censor Station? They're so despicable. They directly bought people to raise the bar..."
Yunyan "betrayed" the censor's desk and turned her attention away.
"What?" As soon as Renzong heard it, he looked at the pole, it was not obvious from a distance, but there was a very high contestant in the Censor's desk, so what Yun Yan said back was probably true.
Renzong fell into deep thought.
Yun Yan slammed back and said, "The official family, it's time to revoke their qualifications for the competition!"
"You go back first," Renzong suddenly shook his hand, "I know what to do, this game is indeed a bit dull, like the imperial court's self-entertainment."
"?" Yun Yanhui felt inexplicable. He was obviously accusing the Censor of cheating. Where did Renzong want to go
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After Yun Yan walked back, she saw Chen Lin inform each team one by one, and suddenly felt a little bad!
At noon, the competition for the dragon boat competition officially began, and people from various government offices boarded the boat separately. Everyone first rowed under a flying rainbow bridge, this is the starting point, and the benchmark is in front of the water hall.
People on both sides of the strait are cheering, and Kaifeng House has received the most cheers.
Yun Yanhui sat on the bow of the boat, turned back and said, everyone raised their hands and greeted the people. After interacting with them, the cheering became even more enthusiastic. When the other officials saw it, they followed suit.
The gongs and drums were loud, accompanied by fierce drum beats, and a military academy at the end waved the flag fiercely, symbolizing the start of the game!
Twenty dragon boats set off quickly, shouting horns and paddling.
For the common people, this is indeed not as fierce as the more intense races in previous years, but when the dragon boats are approaching the finish line, they know they are wrong.
There is no doubt that the fleet of Kaifeng Prefecture ranks first. The second place was also Yun Yanhui's old friend, the officials in the tea case. These people have been traveling all year round, and their physical strength is still good, only a little behind Kaifeng Mansion. As for the third place, it is the Censor Desk.
At this moment, the second crew member suddenly lifted the oars and stabbed the person shouting at Kaifeng Mansion in the waist, and the person fell into the water like dumplings.
The rhythm of Kaifeng Mansion suddenly became chaotic, and the audience also shouted. Yun Yan heard it, and then turned to look, and was immediately stunned.
It is impossible for the people in the tea case to break the rules so openly, so it can only be... Renzong changed the rules!
Yun Yan looked back and saw Renzong smiling on the water hall.
Yunyan replied: "..."
As for so hard
At this time, the boat of the tea case had already taken the opportunity to overtake and became the first.
Yun Yan had an idea and turned around and said, "Poke the people from the Censor Terrace!!"
The people from Kaifeng Mansion got the order, and they all picked up oars and attacked the third-ranked Censor Terrace.
All the Censors: "???"
I rely on - what are they doing? !
Even the head of the imperial censor station who was watching the battle from the shore jumped his feet in a hurry and shouted to the officials and colleagues on the side: "What's going on with this Yunyanhui, Baofutai! What's going on with them? !"
Bao Zheng looked innocent, how did he know
Yun Yanhui: Who will you stab if you don't stab you
The benchmark is still high, and it seems to be even higher. Only the Censor Terrace has a tall person at the scene. Since Renzong wants to play, of course they should cooperate, focus on the Censor Terrace first, and let others fight.
So, the people from Kaifeng Mansion swayed the boat, stopped the people from the Yushitai, and began to focus on them, ignoring that one ship after another passed them.
The people from the Censor's desk were so devastated that they avoided and fought back, while scolding: "Yunyan Hui! What are you beating us for? The tea case stabbed your people!"
"There is an injustice, and a debt to the owner. Don't be unreasonable!"
"Don't reason with them!" Yun Yanhui shouted, reasoning with the people from the Censor Desk is the most unwise, because you can't reason with them, which Yun Yanhui knows very well, "Poke them all down! "
The officials of the Censorship Station fell into the water one by one, and were picked up by the rescue boat on the side, but they were disqualified from the competition. Later, when some people saw the tragic state of their colleagues jumping into the water, they became afraid and simply took the initiative to dive.
As for the real creditor tea case? As the first place, they are now being besieged by more than a dozen other dragon boats!
Spectators on the shore were collectively petrified.
They originally thought it was an ordinary dragon boat competition. In previous years, the dragon boat competition also played small tricks, but this year they are all officials. Shouldn't that be the case
Who knows, it's more than that! Where are these people making small moves to attack the opponent directly!
Most of the dragon boats have reached the benchmark, and now there is a melee, not only stabbing people with oars, but also suicide attacks, that is, jumping on other people's boats and pulling as many people as possible into the water. There are also tactics such as combining verticals and horizontals to join forces to attack other teams.
- It is also because of these actions that many talents have discovered that this may have been agreed in advance, not a temporary play. Those who fell into the water did not climb back, but were picked up by the boat beside them.
Those who came to the competition were all young and strong officials. They could afford it and had a good time.
After a moment of astonishment, the people came back to their senses and let out even louder shouts and laughter.
How can you see such an unimpressive side of court officials
Yun Yan went back here, and took the people from Kaifeng Mansion to "kill the censors". Li Zeyun, who led the team there, showed a sad and angry expression. He was already honored. Now he is lying beside the dragon boat in Kaifeng Mansion. , "Master Yun, what about you?"
"For the sake of victory, it's worth it!" Yun Yan replied decisively, "I'm sorry, Xiao Li, there are no masters and students on the battlefield!"
Li Zeyun looked shocked, and before he had time to complain, Yunyan pulled his ears back and let go of the pain and swam to the boat.
"Then we can go to the battle!" Zhao Hu shouted.
"Wait," Yun Yan called back, "Is it necessary for us to go to war? Fifth Master!"
Bai Yutang threw the oars in response, and moved his wrists a bit. He didn't need to continue rowing at all. He directly used light body kung fu and stepped on the water to ride the waves, causing the people to exclaim.
The people from Kaifeng Mansion slowly crossed towards the finish line.
Bai Yutang, on the other hand, had already stepped on the bow of someone else's boat, and when he looked up, two or three people were scrambling to climb up the pole.
Bai Yutang chuckled lightly, stood up from the ground, stepped on top of a person's head, jumped to hug the pole, pulled Jin Cai off with two strokes, and stood on the top of the pole, crouching on the top of a child's fist, steadfastly when!
At this time, the boat of Kaifeng Mansion also rowed forward, Bai Yutang turned over, and landed on the bow of the boat from a height.
The drums stopped, and the winning team was the Kaifeng government!
After a brief silence, the people screamed and applauded vigorously for Bai Yutang's wonderful performance. There were also countless little ladies who saw Bai Yutang's figure and face, and they were all affectionate and whispered quietly.
Bai Yutang was very proud, and he lifted Jin Cai up and raised it a little arrogantly, and immediately attracted a tidal wave of voices.
Seeing this scene, Zhan Zhao, who was relatively calm, shook his head helplessly.
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Above the water hall, Renzong, the concubine, and other important officials were also very enjoyable to watch.
The competition for the dragon boat just now not only showed the very detached side of the officials they knew who were usually very gentle, the fierce confrontation, and the unparalleled lightness of Bai Yutang, which was full of ornamental.
Renzong took the lead in applauding and nodded towards Kaifeng Mansion with a smile.
If it is compared to the competition, then today's competition will definitely not be as good as in previous years, but the competition for the competition under the final benchmark is also far behind in previous years.
After the game, everyone changed their clothes and went back to the color booth to sit down. Many people were still talking about the interesting events in the game just now, which caused bursts of laughter.
Compared with the results of the game, the process is more interesting to everyone.
Of course, the behavior of the Kaifeng House chicken thieves was also blamed, because most of the time they hid behind and beat the censor, so they were the least casualties.
"It's really a mantis catching a cicada, and the oriole is behind!"
"Actually, Guard Bai has already won the championship, and he still left us some time to show his figure!"
"Haha," Yun Yanhui also teased, "Now the little ladies in Bianjing probably have one more dream lover. Bai Guards two times before, they were very handsome, and then they were all the little ladies' applause. I see, it is estimated that someone will entrust Baofutai as a matchmaker tomorrow."
"Yeah, we fought for so long in front of us, and in the end the limelight was taken away by the white guards."
Bai Yutang folded his arms and gloated: "I think Brother Yan will be besieged by the censors before tomorrow!"
Yunyan turned her head to look, and the people from the Censor's Desk were all staring at him, wishing they could shoot him into the water with their eyes.