The two people on the stage finished a play happily, and the string music stopped. They hadn't woken up from the play immediately, and stood there looking at each other in a daze. Hou Yukui has the famous voice of "Clouds Covering the Moon". It sounds like the beginning of the song, and it gets better and better as it goes on. It's like the first moon coming out of the clouds. It's clear and bright, and the dantian sound is supporting the cavity. It's hard to tell that it's almost seventy year old people. Several old people in the audience tasted it, and they all felt that he hadn't lost the same age, and the sword was not old. Shang Xirui is in his prime, singing such a little drama is like playing. The two were out of breath and blushing. On the contrary, Shunzi barked furiously while they were singing on the carved fence of the stage, and now she was so tired that she dragged her tongue and panted there. A girl came and wanted to take it away, but it still didn't agree, its claws hooked on the railing and didn't let go, obviously it didn't listen to it.
Fan Lian patted the table and shook his head in admiration: "This one is famous forever, today is really not in vain! This life is worth it!" Then he finished it with tea instead of wine, which was very satisfying. Cheng Fengtai couldn't hear any good work, but felt that something was wrong, why there was so much enthusiasm in the eyes of the father and father on the stage looking at each other.
Hou Yukui said, "Boy, let's go a little longer?"
Shang Xirui nodded: "Okay!"
Hou Yukui said, "Which section?"
Shang Xirui said: "Anything is fine!"
Hou Yukui said: "Hey! The tone is not small!"
Shang Xirui smiled shyly.
Hou Yukui said: "If you don't move, you won't be able to accept you!"
Only they could hear this short conversation, and the people below only saw them staring at each other for a while. Niu Baiwen knew that something happened to the two of them, so he ran up to the stage to be obedient. When Hou Yukui said this, Niu Baiwen smiled and said, "What are you talking about, old man? You are a conferred God! One more voice is what I wish for! It is for the sake of old Fujin!" He stretched his neck and asked Shang Xirui: "Boss Shang, do you see...?"
Hou Yukui stared: "Why ask him! I can't be the master of my child?!"
Shang Xirui nodded shyly again, expressing that it is true that everything is up to Hou Yukui, he has no opinion and obeys everything. Niu Baiwen laughed on the spot. Shang Xirui used to be so nice to Ning Jiulang, but because Ning Jiulang doted on him, he sometimes acted like a baby and argued. With Hou Yukui, he is as obedient as a rabbit.
Niu Baiwen laughed and said: "I dare to give you an idea. I don't need to change my attire when I sing at home. How about just playing "Fenhewan"?"
"Fenhe Bay" is similar to "Wujiapo" in appearance and content. However, as long as "Wu Jia Slope" speaks clearly and the voice is tuned, everyone can come on stage and vote for a section. "Fenhe Bay" is too much a test of workmanship. You can't perform without an expert, and you can't taste it without an expert. It is difficult for many famous actors to perform "Fenhewan" well, it is a very hard work. Moreover, these two people have never rehearsed, and they have never even met before today, so the difficulty is even greater, it is simply an adventure.
Hou Yukui looked down at Shang Xirui from above: "This is so difficult!"
Shang Xirui straightened his back: "Don't be afraid!"
Hou Yukui smiled in satisfaction, turned his head and said to Niu Baiwen: "This play is not very lively, I'm afraid it will be taboo today, you'd better ask old Fujin what it means."
The Empress Dowager Cixi loves to watch crafting dramas the most, and so does Old Fujin. The guests are even more eager to see the dramas of the two of them tonight. The customer nodded, and had nothing to say. All the plays were in the back row, and "Fenhe Bay" was reserved for the two of them.
Hou Yukui and Shang Xirui went backstage one after the other, Hou Yukui threw back something in his hand. Shang Xirui catches it reflexively, it's the ingot of silver for props in twos and threes.
Hou Yukui said: "Boy, it's okay." It was obviously meant as a compliment, but his tone was still so arrogant.
Shang Xirui smiled all of a sudden, and quietly asked Xiao Lai to put away the money, he wanted it as a souvenir and didn't intend to return it.
The two characters simply changed a few outfits to make the characters look different from before. On the contrary, it took a while for the little actor playing Xue Dingshan to put on his makeup. During this period, Hou Yukui sat with his eyes closed, while several attendants rubbed his shoulders, made strong tea and chopped fruit for him. Hou Yukui's decades-old tobacco pipe is very addictive, and after singing like this, he should take a puff. The attendant brought him a smoking set and was about to light it, but he didn't want him to wave his hand, so he withdrew it again. Tonight he was so excited by Shang Xirui that the old man was talking about teenage madness, he was in high spirits and didn't need big cigarettes to refresh himself.
Shang Xirui sat in a corner, silently going through the trick in his mind, he felt sure of it. Although acting with the elders will test their skills, but they can handle every step of the way, so they can handle it. In tonight's play, I'm afraid it's impossible to be ingenious and win a lottery. I can only see the truth in the steady state.
Hou Yukui closed his eyes and said, "Boy, who is the master?"
Shang Xirui didn't know it was talking to him, he lowered his head and didn't respond, Niu Baiwen hurriedly bumped his arm, Shang Xirui said blankly: "Huh?"
Niu Baiwen leaned into his ear and said, "Ask your teacher!"
Shang Xirui hurriedly said: "Oh! My tutor, Shang Juzhen. It was enshrined by the former Shengping Department."
Hou Yukui opened his eyes to look at him, then closed them again: "Shang Juzhen, the jade unicorn! No one of the older people knows him. He and I are old friends! He has come to the capital too? Hey! Old thing."
Hou Yukui stayed out of the world for many years, Shang Xirui was so popular, big newspapers and small newspapers took turns publishing biographies, but he still knew nothing about Shang Xirui's life experience. Shang Xirui said: "The teacher passed away many years ago." Hou Yukui immediately showed surprise on his face, when asked about the circumstances of Shang Juzhen's death, Shang Xirui refused to go into details, so he explained in a few words.
After hearing this, Hou Yukui was silent for a while, then suddenly smiled: "He's a few years younger than me! He's way ahead of me! Back then, he was the only one who was competitive and looked down on one or the other. Dare to point fingers! Now that the worms and rats are buried in the soil, what a fart!"
Shang Xirui's master was so despised, Shang Xirui's expression was still calm, as if he didn't have any sense of righteous indignation.
Hou Yukui said again: "Shang Juzhen was born to sing, who taught you Dan opera?"
This is a long story, and I can't explain it clearly for a while. Shang Xirui said: "Dan opera is learned piecemeal, the Dong family learned a little, and the Western family learned a little, it doesn't form a system. Later, Jiulang sorted it out for me." In other words, he learned it by himself without a teacher. Hou Yukui closed his eyes and didn't ask any more questions.
The actor playing Xue Dingshan finished his makeup, and the show began. This "Fenhe Bay" Cheng Fengtai has also watched Shang Xirui act in the past, and every time he feels like watching a movie. In fact, compared to movies, the audience below can’t clearly see the expressions of the actors on the stage, because it’s too far away, not to mention theaters and theaters, where foreigners often watch the theater with binoculars—just to see the real thing . Tanghui Opera is considered the shortest distance, at least two or three feet away. But Cheng Fengtai seemed to be able to see Shang Xirui's expression, he could still see Shang Xirui crying when he acted to the point of sadness. However, this time the show was different from other places, there was no applause or applause, everyone in the audience was silent, and everyone's eyes were staring straight.
Cheng Fengtai was a little worried, and asked Fan Lian: "How is this acting? It looks good to me!"
Fan Lian stared at the stage, gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "What's good! This is a state of transformation!"
Cheng Fengtai thought to himself that since the acting is good, why are you still gnashing your teeth so fiercely. Cheng Fengtai realized that apart from "The Palace of Eternal Life", he was quite an amateur in other plays. He turned his head and wanted to ask Fan Lian for advice, but Fan Lian waved his hand and almost hit his nose: "Brother-in-law! Don't make trouble! The best eyesight in this life is today It's over! Let's talk about big things later!" At this time, let alone brother-in-law, even parents and mothers, Fan Lian, don't bother.
In the sad atmosphere created on the stage, the large pieces of red silk in the Shouting Hall looked bleak and cold. Cheng Fengtai looked around resentfully, and saw that the guests were all in tears, Prince Qi was wiping his tears and blowing his nose, he was more emotional than when he saw old Fujin. Old Fujin also wiped his tears with a handkerchief a few times, and Prince An leaned over to persuade him, probably to comfort Er Niang not to take the trick seriously, but it didn't work, and Old Fujin was still tearful. Prince An was very uncomfortable, he didn't know whether this event was for birthday or funeral, he wanted to stop the stage, but Lao Fujin refused.
Cheng Fengtai was also thinking in his heart that this is not the idea of a small actor! That one is short of strings, he only cares about singing happily, regardless of what occasion it is today. Turning around and offending the prince to chase after the debt, enough for him to drink a pot.