After so many years in the Ming Dynasty, Cui Xie could tell the east, west, north and south even with his eyes closed. He asked the horses to walk for so long, the more he walked, the more he felt that the direction was wrong.
If you go to Xie's house, you should go north, but why is this road facing southeast
The horse's hoof gradually slowed down, and he stuck his head out from the lapel of his coat, but saw that he had reached a large mansion in front of him. The gate of the house looks a little old. The front of the gate is the ordinary Ruyi gate. There are two small blue lions under the gatepost, but there are no lanterns outside the gate, and it is quiet inside as if no one lives.
Xie Ying stepped off the horse, took out the key, opened the door, and led him in through the main entrance.
The yard is also quite spacious. Entering it is the main yard with three rooms and five frames. Each side yard has several small yards and a garden. Xie Ying left the horse in the barn in the outer courtyard and took him around the courtyard. The lantern illuminated a few sweet-smelling golden trees, root osmanthus, and blooming crystal chrysanthemums and hydrangea, and asked, "Why? Like, have you seen it?"
Cui Xie said with a smile: "It's not just a glimpse, it's enough to officially move in and live. Brother Xie bought this house for a different business, or to be the pacifist envoy. I'm afraid that there will be too many people in the family to ask for gifts. Move out to avoid it?"
Xie Ying smiled lightly: "My cousin and nephew from my hometown are going to Beijing in the next two years. It is inconvenient for my uncle and sister-in-law to live together. I will buy a house to prepare, and maybe move out later. The genius has packed up, there is nothing to entertain at home, and there is no servant to entertain guests, you must not dislike it."
cousin
Cui Xie suddenly remembered that he had said that he wanted to pass the position of Qianhu, who is now the governor, to a nephew. Could it be this nephew
He gave a soft "hmm" and replied, "This garden is a little bit south of the city. If you move here, the value will be far away. It's better to move the female relatives here. I also have a girl and a female gentleman at home, and I can help you take care of them. Hold on."
Xie Ying smiled, took his hand to the main yard, and replied as he walked, "This place is near your home, and if I want to move, I'll move here, and it will be more convenient for us to communicate with each other. The youngest son has come all the way from Nanjing, and the orphans and widows still live in the old house with peace of mind.”
It's not that the two people are convenient to travel, it's that the two people are convenient to travel, right
Cui Xie looked down at the hands that the two of them were shaking, and suddenly a secret joy arose in his heart. He tightened his fingers and asked in a low voice, "Why is there no family in the yard? Where's the troupe? Do I watch a play?"
Xie Ying pulled him into the main room, took out the candles in the lantern and lit a room with candles, turned around and locked the door, and said with a smile, "I've agreed to invite you to watch the new play, it will naturally make you watch it. But this play It's not from a new troupe, it's my own messing around, please don't laugh if you don't sing well."
This, this, Xie Ying is too good at playing!
The alcohol in Cui Xie's veins poured onto his face, and his blood pressure jumped to several hundred.
It's a pity that Xie Ying didn't change her clothes, but moved the chair to the opposite side of a low screen with a white cloth on the altar table. There are two candlesticks in front of the screen, and the outer side of the candlestick is erected with a curved copper cover. The candlelight is reflected on the screen diagonally behind by the polished copper sheet. There are also tall candlestick stands on both sides of the screen, which also reflects the candlelight on the screen, making the white cloth extremely bright.
Under such a light, Cui Xie also clearly saw that there were some cut pieces of paper piled up in front of the stage, as if they had been cut out of his courtyard book.
At a glance, he recognized Xie Qianhu, who was wearing a fifth-grade official uniform and a cape. There were a few horses next to him, and there were people who looked like officials, scholars and civilians cut out from the Three Kingdoms, but he didn't see any. Beauty, can't see which play it is.
Although the figures were all drawn on paper, a thick piece of hard white paper was pasted on the back, and a nursery was glued underneath, allowing the paper figures to stand on the table.
Cui Xie has been wearing it for so long, and he still doesn't know much about Daming's entertainment activities. He can only guess based on his experience watching the Spring Festival Gala: "Could it be... a shadow play?"
"That's not true," Xie Ying put down a piece of drawing paper from above the screen, on which was drawn neat streets and alleys, covering the only similar curtain between this small paper play and the shadow puppet play: "This play is all about me. If it is prepared by one person, there is no place to ask people to carve shadow puppets. Since it is impossible to ask people to perform, I have to make a curtain and set up a few figures according to your rehearsal, and I will sing in the back. "
"Isn't this animation..." Isn't this like the paper-cut cartoon he watched when he was a child
Cui Xie accidentally said the word "animation", but Xie Ying didn't hear anything unusual. After tasting it, he felt that the name was good, so he recognized it: "A painting that can move is not an animation. It's a good name, but it's a pity My character is too rough to move, and I live up to my good name."
He placed a few small portraits in front of the screen, and next to a small bamboo carriage, he said, "Most of the characters here are cut out from "The Pipa Story of Wang Yaoniang", but I want to give them to you It's not the story of Pipa, but a new play..."
He raised his head and smiled at Cui Xie: "How about it called "Cui Gongzi Zhuangyuan Ji"?"
This play tells the story of a prince from a Beijing official family who met Xie Mou, Qianhu of Jinyiwei, when he went out of the city. He helped Xie Qianhu catch Xu Zushi, who wanted to commit a crime, and won the emperor's honor. Then he studied for the imperial examination in the countryside, and finally was admitted to the champion. s story.
Most of the portraits were cut out from the courtyard book of "Pipa Ji". Since there was no such character as Cui Scholar in the original book, Xie Ying cut out the scholar from the earliest "Lianfang Lu" and faced Cui Xie himself. The self-portrait depicts the facial features, but it doesn't look very similar. But he drew it with his own hands, so Cui Xie looked at it how he looked, how he looked like, and touched the ink lines he had drawn, and he liked it so much that he didn't know what to say.
Xie Ying's face also showed a bit of color, and he sat at the desk with his arms around him, arranging the little paper figurines to stay in a suitable position, and sang a paragraph back and forth, and then sang another paragraph when changing posture and background.
Almost all of the lyrics are directly used in the pipa to memorize the opera lyrics. The scenes of the Wang family and his wife and the black-clothed thief have been deleted, and the scenes of Feng Yun have been changed to form a set of tunes. Not only the lyrics are old, but the action scenes are not very delicate. Those little paper figures can only stand on the table and cannot fight and turn around. They are not as good as the puppet shows arranged by the artists outside.
However, Cui Xie listened with relish. When some people wanted to touch the two paper figures, they slammed the little figures against him a few times, just like children playing with dolls. Cheer up.
Xie Ying felt stupid when he did this, so he specially brought this new house without anyone. But when I was acting, I saw that the people who listened were so devoted, and I got rid of the embarrassment in my heart, and finished the show seriously.
The ending of this play is that Cui Gongzi was admitted to the top prize, Xie Qianhu came to congratulate him, and the two thanked Tianen together.
Xie Ying got up after singing, sang a sip of herbal tea, and said with a smile: "This new play is not well arranged, just try my best, I wish you the champion next year."
No, the play isn't over yet.
Cui Xie shook his head and said, "My talent is limited, and I was able to be admitted to Juren because of the teaching of a famous teacher. If I know a little and make progress, I'm afraid I won't be able to get into the top spot. This play is not right, I think it needs to be changed."
Xie Ying said with a smile: "What to change, which scholar's story didn't win the top prize in the end? It was also made up by people, and naturally it was made up for the best. People who sang me below the exam thought it was boring."
Cui Xie nodded: "Brother Xie said that editing dramas is indeed something that people who watch dramas love to watch. Then, do I have to make up something else that I love?"
He put down the paper figure in his hand, straightened his back, looked at Xie Ying and said slowly, "I also want to hear the story of Scholar Cui's marriage to Master Xie after he became a senior and a junior."
The cup in Xie Ying's hand swayed slightly, and the sound of water was soft. He slowly put the cup on the table, walked over to meet Cui Xie's burning eyes, touched the corner of his eyes, and sighed in a low voice: "But I didn't prepare a picture of Cui Zhuangyuan and Xie Qianhu wearing wedding dresses. , how do you sing this marriage drama?"
Cui Xie closed his eyes and smiled slightly: "How about singing about Xie Zhenfu and Cui Juren getting married? I still remember the lyrics of the song, or should I sing it to you?"
He was also bold, and dared to sing the tune no matter how far he ran, and he said, "You love me so much, I love you heroic... After being called a young man's heart, he will be reunited until he is old."
Xie Ying sat quietly on the armrest and listened, endured the desolate tone of voice and listened to it several times, and finally couldn't help pulling him into the chair together, bowing her head and kissing him.
Reunited forever until old age.
How could he not want this ending.
Why don't you want to call yourself a young heart and be reunited with Cui Xieyong until you grow old
He also sang this perfect first several times, bit Cui Xie's earlobe lightly and said, "Next time I will be two little people in wedding dresses and add this scene."
Cui Xie asked him to bite until his chest became hot, and he would spit out sparks when he breathed, and said in a hoarse voice, "Don't bother, next time you might as well wear two wedding dresses and sing directly to me."
If he wants to be a champion, he doesn't even change his clothes, so he just wears a big red robe to marry Xie Ying;
Xie Ying took a breath and said slowly, "Okay."
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It happened that after watching a play, Xie Ying sent Cui Xie back to Cui's house.
The next day, one was going to sit on the board of directors, and the other was going to attend the Luming Banquet. Just lying down, Cui Xie's spirit was completely stirred up by this scene. No matter how much alcohol stimulated him, he was always in a state of sleepiness and excitement, and he couldn't fall asleep.
It wasn't until nearly dawn that he slept in a daze for a while, but before he fell asleep, he was awakened by a thought that suddenly entered his mind.
cartoon!
Xie Ying even made a paper-cut animation for him. Couldn't he, a modern person, make a handmade animation for him to see
In the Qing Dynasty, there were foreign films. You don't have to have electricity to watch this thing! Now that he has pencils, it's much easier to draw pictures. If you draw a simple comic strip, wrap it around a shaft like film, and then ask someone to grind a glass or crystal convex lens...
After he is admitted to the jinshi examination, he will get this thing out and ask Xie Ying to watch a really active "Cui Gongzi Zhuangyuan Ji", no, "Cui Gongzi's Marriage Story", wouldn't it be beautiful
If you can't make a cartoon, you can draw it into a comic book first, and then make a few clothes that are the same as in the picture. The two of them are facing the picture book, wearing the corresponding clothes, and it's good for cosplay.
Cui Xie was so excited that he couldn't lie down, he took out a pen and paper to write a draft and calmed down. I don't know how long after painting, the sky was getting brighter, Cui Qi followed Xiao Songyan and knocked on his door, telling him to change into new clothes earlier and go to the Luming Banquet.
Cui Qi saw that his cheeks were dizzy, the table was full of manuscript papers, and he was diligently lowering his head to move his pen. Before he saw the book or painting on it, he praised him: "Young master is so diligent, you got up so early to prepare? Today's Luming Banquet The poems you wrote will definitely overwhelm all sentient beings and give Li Xueshi a face!"
Ouch! Thanks Poetry!
Cui Xie threw the pencil away and hurriedly drafted the draft. His red face suddenly turned blue. He closed his eyes and turned to Li Dongyang's manuscript document. Let's see if we can learn from one!