In the past two years, Chu Qionghua was imprisoned by the old man's eldest son. It would not be unusual if he was simply killed, mutilated, or tortured in various ways, but the other party kept Chu Qionghua well in a small mansion for food and drink, and sent people to guard him, sleeping every now and then. him one night. Chu Qionghua's original story of resentment and tears, has gone all the way downhill since then. Liu Hanyun was very furious when he found out about this matter, thinking that it was equivalent to being a son who raped his late father's concubine, what a lewdness! He thought of Master Jin, and thought that if he was gone, what would his ineffective son do to Master Jin...
Liu Hanyun felt the same, trembling with anger, he directly sent several soldiers to Xiaoyanglou to rescue Chu Qionghua, then turned around and called the guy who was not as good as a pig and dog, and snarled fiercely. It is said that when the soldiers rushed into the small foreign-style building, Chu Qionghua was wandering around the room in pajamas with open arms and legs exposed. Looking at his face, he was so beautiful that it almost caused the soldiers to make mistakes on the spot. The soldiers had no choice but to find a fur cloak to wrap him around his head. Chu Qionghua screamed, but the soldiers couldn't speak clearly, so they sent him to Master Jin. When they left the house, the soldiers gathered together, and said in a nonchalant manner that it's no wonder that young master insisted on taking Boss Chu away regardless of his reputation when he separated the family. Woolen cloth
Shang Xirui stayed with Master Jin for a while, and Li Tianyao spent all day in Jin's residence. When Chu Qionghua was brought over, Li Tianyao was saying to Shang Xirui: "I thought you'd ask Commissioner Liu what kind of a great meeting gift you would ask for, you don't know, but your godmother would have asked for a magistrate. You just begged Chu Qionghua?"
Master Jin was also very dissatisfied, and felt that Shang Xirui was at a disadvantage because of his innocence, Liu Hanyun would agree to the stars and the moon at such a good time, but in the end he got an outdated actor! What's the point? Master Jin said: "You care about Chu Qionghua, could it be that you love him..." He glanced at Shang Xirui, his eyebrows almost raised to the back of his head. Shang Xirui waved his hands quickly. Master Jin just smiled, not convinced.
Chu Qionghua was able to escape from the tiger's den because he could sing well, Shang Xirui cherished his talents, looked up to him, and always thought it a pity that he was always in his heart. An actor has studied hard for several years and graduated from a teacher. He shed blood and tears and accumulated enough to pour down the Qinhuai River. It is even more difficult for him to sing well. It doesn't make sense to suffer so much bitterness, and in the end it's just for people's lust and fun. Shang Xirui spent a year wasted by Commander Cao's side, it hurts to think about it now, it's obvious that this is not the case. But his kindness was not understood by others, Master Jin thought, with Shang Xirui's carelessness, if he wasn't someone he cared about deeply, could he borrow an adult's favor to rescue him? The Nanjing theater circle knew about Chu Qionghua's house arrest, but no one had the thought of saving her. How can this matter be accurate? Maybe it's beautiful to stay in the rich nest! Why did Shang Xirui make the move
When Chu Qionghua stood in front of everyone like a dripping lotus, Master Jin couldn't believe it even more. Chu Qionghua is Tsing Yi, who is famous for playing tragic roles. With her own temperament and this description, no matter how downcast she is, she will never be too downcast, no matter how haggard she is, she will be even more moving. Li Tianyao also took notice. Master Jin knew it right now, and pretended to be very anxious to scold: "Damn Qiu Ba, you're going to freeze to death if you bring someone like this!" Turning around, he ordered his servants to boil water for Chu Qionghua to take a bath, and make some hot porridge , and said: "I can't tidy up the other bedroom for a while, so just put an extra bed and quilt in Guan Rui's room." Shang Xirui was about to protest, but Master Jin stroked Shang Xirui's shoulder and said softly: "You take care of yourself." Relieve, relieve." Shang Xirui said nothing. Master Jin thought he was passing the steps to Shang Xirui to hide his embarrassment, leaving the two of them to reunite that day, rare that no dinner was arranged.
Chu Qionghua took a bath and ate porridge, her face showed no expression, she was blank, like a shell carved from ice. Shang Xirui sat on the embroidered pier by the bed, stared face to face with Chu Qionghua for a while, the people around him always circled around him, how could they comfort others, held back for a long time, and held Chu Qionghua coquettishly Qionghua shook her arm and choked out a sentence: "Boss Chu, don't be sad!"
This sentence has no content at all, and saying it is tantamount to saying nothing. Chu Qionghua ignored him.
Shang Xirui thought about it, and felt that he should be regarded as Chu Qionghua's senior in this respect, the past is too bad to look back on, but who made him so kind, willing to expose his scars to enlighten Chu Qionghua. Shang Xirui's intention of talking about the past is that we all have the same identity, when we met the same thing, I'm fine, why can't you think about it? However, Chu Qionghua's story is about an involuntary Wang Huo snatching a marriage, while Shang Xirui's is about a wild and lively Robinson's adventures, there is a huge difference. The more Shang Xirui talked, the happier Chu Qionghua listened, the more self-pitying he became, he simply closed his eyes: "Thank you, Boss Shang, for your kindness, I want to be quiet by myself." Then he turned and fell asleep. Shang Xirui knows how difficult it is to make someone happy, but why did he insist on making Chu Qionghua happy, it was always someone else who made him happy! Standing up and flicking the hem of her clothes, Chu Qionghua was about to close the door and walk away when Chu Qionghua suddenly said quietly: "Boss Shang, you shouldn't have saved me..."
Shang Xirui was taken aback, and said in his heart that if you don't pay for your life, I'll kill you right now.
Chu Qionghua lived with Master Jin for a few days, and Master Jin gradually realized that Shang Xirui and him were innocent. Chu Qionghua sat there in a daze without saying a word all day long, her face full of sadness. Shang Xirui was quite polite to him, after being polite, he turned his head and went out to have fun, eating, drinking and listening to ditties with some old friends in Nanjing, during which time he was the closest to Li Tianyao. Shang Xirui thought about the help that time in the Liyuan Guild Hall, he was responsive to Li Tianyao's request, he even had the courage to pay a visit to his family once, visited the eight children that Senior Sister Cui gave birth to over the past ten years one by one, sent a message I spent the New Year's money again, had lunch, and intercepted a fight between husband and wife. After the meal, Li Tianyao sent Shang Xirui out for a walk, shook his head and said: "It's so boring to stay at home, looking at that old face of a stinky woman every day is really tiresome! I'm going to Shanghai once, Lei Shuang and them came to see me Let's go play, you and I go together!"
Shang Xirui shook his head when he heard it, the last thing he wanted was to see a place like Shanghai with high-rise buildings and concessions everywhere, as if he was in a foreign country. For example, he doesn't like Tianjin very much, but the people of Tianjin are really good at acting, and the people of Shanghai don't know how to play, so they listen, watch and make noise, go there to make fun of it! Li Tianyao understood his thoughts very well, and said: "Don't shake your head, your new play should have been staged in Shanghai, the people of Shanghai are fashionable, so they will." Shang Xirui laughed: "I don't like talking to laymen. Dealing with each other!" Li Tianyao said mysteriously: "Then let me tell you a piece of news, you must go with me after hearing it, believe it or not? Boss Xue Lianxue is going to sing Song Jiang's poems in Tianchan on New Year's Day, won't you go? "
Li Tianyao saw Shang Xirui lit up at that moment like a light bulb.
According to Master Jin's wishes, Shang Xirui will stay in Nanjing for ten days and a half months, on the one hand, to build a relationship with Liu Hanyun while the iron is hot, and on the other hand, let Master Jin hold rare goods to show off and attract people. But Shang Xirui has already met a lot of guests and had a lot of dinners for him, the days to come are long, so it's not easy to squeeze too much. Master Jin packed Shang Xirui's bags and went on the road, and Chu Qionghua followed. Chu Qionghua didn't like to stay sad for a moment, and was frightened day and night, fearing that the enemy would come to kidnap him again after the turmoil subsided. Master Jin is an opera singer and old bustard, sooner or later he will be sold out again, although Shang Xirui is not considerate to others, he is sincere and will never betray a friend. Chu Qionghua followed Shang Xirui closely along the way. That beautiful face is bright and white in winter, her eyes are watery, her figure is precarious, at first glance she looks like Shang Xirui galloping while dragging a beauty kite. It was inevitable that there would be some bumps and bumps on the train. People with ulterior motives would smell Chu Qionghua's femininity, and would always wander over and turn their heads to look at him a few more times. Chu Qionghua was already frightened by this man, and looked out of the window with a face of humiliation. At this time, Shang Xirui would thump the small square table in front of him in a rough voice: "What are you looking at! Look at your grandma! I'm so annoying!" The other party heard his northern accent, unreasonable, guessed it must be It was the young master of the landlord who Baoxizi came to the south to escape the winter. Li Tianyao shook his head and smiled. Shang Xirui pulled up Chu Qionghua's scarf, covering half of his face. This winter, both Shang Xirui and Cheng Fengtai acted as flower protectors.
The three arrived in Shanghai and booked three rooms at the Peace Hotel. Chu Qionghua sat in a daze all day long, Shang Xirui persuaded him and refused to listen, and simply ignored him completely. Shang Xirui's visit to Shanghai this time is also a secret, because he also has many friends and movie fans in Shanghai, and it may be too much for socializing. He still doesn't like Shanghai very much now, but once he thinks that this is Cheng Fengtai's hometown and the place where Cheng Fengtai lived since he was a child, Shanghai has a special meaning in his heart. Shang Xirui's mind is rough, this particularity is fleeting, he still remembers what Cheng Fengtai said to take him to play in the big world. During the few days when Xue Lian started playing, Li Tianyao moved from the Qinhuai River to Sima Road, still lingering in the place of fireworks. Shang Xirui had nothing to do, he dragged him to spend time together, in fact, he just took off his shoes and lay down on the couch, eating snacks and listening to the girl playing the piano and singing. Li Tianyao joked that Shang Xirui was a quyi expert in a brothel, Shang Xirui felt very honored, one of his hobbies was to find audible music among amateurs, and compared the quyi level of the brothels he visited In the first ranking, the best pipa is Xiao Yutao, and the best singer is much better. Li Tianyao was very dissatisfied, put down the pipe and put on her shoes, said: "Let's go, I'll take you to listen to the best one, so that you can open your eyes in Shanghai Beach! Go back and be greedy for Mr. Du Qi!"
Li Tianyao took Shang Xirui to the most famous book apartment in Shanghai. The Book Apartment is a small western-style building deep in the alley, painted pink and blue, it is actually a high-end brothel. At this time, the lanterns are just coming on, and there are a few cold snowflakes floating in the sky. Li Tianyao knocked on the door, Shang Xirui felt ashamed, stood under the steps staring at a wintersweet tree, keeping a long distance from Li Tianyao. The door opened not long after, but the maid sent out a girl. The maid tied her shoelaces and held an umbrella for her, full of hospitality. The girl had short student-style hair cut to the ears, wore a cotton gauze mask, put her hands in the pockets of her coat, bent her back and coughed lightly twice. She looked like a tuberculosis patient, Li Tianyao couldn't help taking half a step back. The girl took the umbrella, casually looked at Li Tianyao, Li Tianyao also looked at her, the girl's eyes were surprisingly bright, she didn't look sick.
Li Tianyao took Shang Xirui into the house and whispered in Shang Xirui's ear: "Look at how fashionable Shanghai has become, even girls come to whore girls." Shang Xirui looked at him and said with a smile: " You know that's what they do?" Li Tianyao smacked his lips: "Here! I don't think you can trust people! I'll know if I do this or not." Shang Xirui listened impatiently to his nonsense: "Nonsense!" Li Tianyao turned to the maid and said with a smile: "I came here in a hurry today. I don't know if Yue Lai is free? I'll bring my friends to listen to her sing a song, and let Yue Lai entertain us as she pleases. Just a cup of tea."
At this time, a beautiful woman in a cheongsam came down from the upstairs, and said with a smile: "Boss Li used to be not such a stranger. This year, he has lost less, and he is the same as Yue Lai!" Lead them into the small living room. If you don't know the truth, just looking at the interior of this house, you really can't tell what kind of business it is for! The living room is decorated with many books, glassware, and oil paintings, and there are bouquets of plain silk fake flowers in the vases, which are extremely elegant. Shang Xirui sat with hands tied, listening to Li Tianyao and Wu Yuelai chatting about old times, learning the Jiangnan dialect, and it took a cup of tea before he got to the point. Wu Yuelai was very generous. He immediately gathered his shawl and stood up, saying: "I can see that this friend of Boss Li is an expert. I'll listen to "The Story of the Purple Hairpin" for you."
Before Wu Yuelai opened her mouth, she put on a posture and made her appearance, Shang Xirui saw her eyes and knew that this girl was talented, and when he stared at her and finished singing, Wu Yuelai bent his knees and said with a smile: "Should show ugliness, show ugliness, Don't laugh at me, sir." Shang Xirui let out a relieved sigh in his throat as if drinking fine wine, and nodded with his finger, but the words just couldn't come out of his mouth. Li Tianyao was worried for him, pressed his hand and muttered: "You talk as soon as you say, this gnashing of teeth is trying to eat people?"
Shang Xirui said: "Your master is Yao Xifu!"
Wu Yuelai was stunned: "Ah! Can you even hear this?"
Shang Xirui smiled and cupped his hands towards Yuelai: "So, you are my senior sister!"
Wu Yue took a look at Li Tianyao, smiled hesitantly at Shang Xirui: "I haven't corresponded with Master Yao for many years, please forgive my ignorance."
Li Tianyao patted his thigh from the side: "I said, you don't know him? Boss Shang Xirui!"
Wu Yuelai let out a loud exclamation.
This time, the small sitting turned into a long sitting, the two of them stayed in the study until late at night, Shang Xirui had agreed with Li Tianyao that he would not sing a word when he came to Shanghai, and he would talk to anyone who urged him to open his voice again Flip. Right now, he and Senior Sister Yue Lai are pairing up, singing a few lines of famous passages from Master Yao in duet, and laughing at each other when they talked about learning opera in the past. Wu Yuelai is a master in the social field, even a young man like Shang Xirui, who is as cheeky as Shang Xirui, will hit it off when he comes to her, sign her the Gongchi notation, and promise to give her the record. If Li Tianyao hadn't interrupted to say goodbye, the two of them would have talked for a long time.
After leaving the gate of Yuelai Book Apartment, Shang Xirui and Li Tianyao are on their way home. Shang Xirui walked around the brothels with his friends, and for the first time he found the girl interesting, and said to Li Tianyao: "It's so strange, it's so late before I know it, I talk so much today, it seems like I've known Wu Yue for a long time."
Li Tianyao smiled and said, "Isn't that right! You can see that she is open to the market, but she rarely keeps people overnight. Talking can capture people's hearts, what a skill!"
Shang Xirui nodded approvingly, compared to a big brother in his heart: "I wanted to invite her to Shuiyun Tower! Now it seems that her ability is really good, much better than singing!"
After three or four days, Yuelai Shuyu's maid brought Shang Xirui theater tickets. In the conversation that night, Shang Xirui said that he came to Shanghai to see Xue Lian's play, Wu Yuelai remembered it so well, he really sent him the theater ticket, it was a box ticket, and he agreed to go to the theater together with Shang Xirui. Along the way, what Li Tianyao admired the most was Shang Xirui's womanhood, cleared her throat, and said: "Although I don't approve of you cheating on Mr. Cheng behind your back, who told me to be better than your boss Shang? Naturally, I want to protect you and protect you. Moreover, Second Master Cheng himself has a wife, and you have a little relationship with the girl, so he must be tolerant."
Shang Xirui blushed: "What a mess!"
Li Tianyao saw that he was inexperienced with girls, so she touched him on the shoulder and pointed out kindly: "I'm going to stay in Shanghai for two months. We can all see Xue Lian, so I won't go this time. When you arrive That day, we will go to the book house first, then come to the moon, and then go to the theater together, huh?"
Shang Xirui raised his voice and said: "I'm not going!"
Shang Xirui said he wouldn't go if he didn't want to go, he and Wu Yuelai still met at the theater on the day of the play. Wu Yuelai was wearing a brocade cheongsam, a mink coat, and a full set of jewellery. She was as elegant and watery as a hosta flower in the book apartment, but now she is a red peony in full bloom. When we met this time, Shang Xirui felt that she was very strange again, even her expression and attitude became very different, and she needed to get to know her again.
The two chatted for a while in the private room, and when Xue Lian came on stage, Wu Yuelai automatically quieted down. The reason why Xue Lian's "Song Jiang Poetry" made Shang Xirui worry about him, of course there is something extraordinary about him. Needless to say Xue Lian's singing, reciting and beating, but if Shang Xirui hears it, it will never be the same. The rare thing about Xue Lian is that he was able to write Song Jiang's poem on the white curtain wall while singing the opera, his hands and mouth were in unison, and the words and opera flowed smoothly, expressing Song Jiang's passionate emotions at that time. Be present. That handwriting is also remarkable, with decades of pen and ink skills, it is really a double enjoyment to see his brush strokes, it is so chic and happy!
During Shang Xirui's acting career, he was able to learn three-pointers in both the southern accent and the northern dialect, but Xue Lian's ability was beyond his reach. So when Xue Lian called the curtain call, Shang Xirui lost his mind again, he forgot that he was Boss Shang, stood up and shouted hello with all his strength, if he seriously raised his voice, he would be like Zhang Fei "A roar at the head of Dangyang Bridge, drinking water from the bridge and flowing back". The theaters in Shanghai are relatively quiet in general, not as noisy as Beiping and Tianjin. The whole theater was startled by his sound. Good guy, I thought there was a thunderbolt in the sky and the ceiling was split. Xue Lian was also taken aback on the stage, and looked down the stage blankly. Wu Yuelai sat up straight, took a funny look at Shang Xirui, and thought to herself that such a big boss, how could he still be booed like a theater fan? This is too immodest!
A few lights on the seats illuminated the auditorium clearly, and suddenly an exclamation came from downstairs: "Boss Shang?!" It was Sheng Ziyun, who had returned to his home in Shanghai for the New Year.
Shang Xirui's identity was revealed by Sheng Ziyun, and he was about to step back. The reporters present were smarter than monkeys. When they heard that they were called Boss Shang, they immediately understood, how could they miss such news, and turned their heads one by one Facing Shang Xirui is a flash of light. Wu Yuelai calmly tugged on Shang Xirui's sleeve: "Let's go, they should catch up in a while!" She took Shang Xirui, and the two trotted all the way to the actors' dressing room as if they were hiding from ghosts Go, that place has always been free for idlers, it is safer. Several of the actors in the dressing room were Shang Xirui's old acquaintances, some even knew Wu Yuelai, it was a surprise meeting, a group of people chatted around the two affectionately, Xue Lian came back.
Shang Xirui felt very guilty when facing Xue Lian, as a fellow performer, he knew how immoral and harmful it would be to steal the limelight. Don't care how hard Xue Lian sang tonight, how strange it is, once Shang Xirui's cover-up is exposed, all the news in Shanghai tomorrow will be his, and there will be no Xue Lian anymore. Because Shang Xirui admired Xue Lian, he didn't want Xue Lian to hate him, standing in front of Xue Lian flirting, he squeezed out a innocent smile, looking extremely cute.
Xue Lian was very self-restraining, she hugged Shang Xirui's arm with both hands, shook him, and said with a smile: "Hey, my boss Shang, why don't you tell us when you come to Shanghai? A surprise for me?"
Shang Xirui faltered and explained a few words, but no one could clearly hear what the child was muttering, Xue Lian didn't care, and said: "It's not my courtesy to the boss, it's not appropriate for you to hide like this, it seems Your boss has something to hide, don't those reporters want to spread rumors even more? Even if you don't care, it's rude to this lady." As soon as he took Shang Xirui's hand, he walked out: "I just talked to Zuoer After saying hello, he said that Boss Shang specially invited me, Mr. Xue, to meet and talk with everyone. It would be nice of you to meet and talk with everyone!"
Did Xue Lian eat white rice for a few years more than Shang Xirui, ever since Shang Xirui glanced away and ran away, he immediately thought of a countermeasure, not to let this kid grab everyone's attention for nothing. Not only that, but he has to use his tricks and ask Shang Xirui to carry the sedan chair for him! Being led away by him, Shang Xirui also wondered, isn't it just a few reporters, he dared to hit him, why did he hide away? It was because Wu Yuelai had never seen the world before, so she was very nervous with him.
Shang Xirui came on stage, said hello to the seat gently, and asked the reporter to take a photo, because he felt sorry for Xue Lian tonight, so he sang a scene as requested to add to the fun. Xue Lian made the best use of what she had, used Shang Xirui's child as much as she could, and earned enough face. When he got off the stage again, Wu Yuelai had already left, but Sheng Ziyun waited for him infatuatedly and sent him back to the hotel.
Early the next morning, Li Tianyao thought that Shang Xirui probably slept out last night, but who would have thought that at 6:30 in the morning, the next room was babbling. Li Tianyao decided to have a good joke with Shang Xirui later, they each had breakfast in their room, and with it came a copy of the day's newspaper. Shang Xirui took so many photos on stage yesterday, but the one that came out was Wu Yuelai snuggling beside him and tugging at his sleeve, the two flustered, it looked like something was wrong! Li Tianyao read the news through, then folded the newspapers and sighed. He, an outsider who doesn't know the world, is worried about Shang Xirui.
Li Tianyao didn't tell Shang Xirui what happened in the newspaper, after less than half a day, Shang Xirui knew it himself. The newsboys on the street yelled something like "Shang Xirui's visit to Xue Lian in Shanghai is actually a private meeting with Wu Yuelai" to make Shang Xirui forget his friends. Shang Xirui covered his mouth and nose with a scarf, went up and snatched the newspaper and flipped through it, seeing the picture of himself as a thief, he was so angry, and then looked at the time and place of the characters written in the report, although it was true, others It's all made up, how can a piece of news still write about the psychological activities of the hero and heroine? He was played by the reporter again! The newspaper boy was waving his arms, yelling to attract business, Shang Xirui said angrily: "Stop shouting! It's all nonsense!" Throwing the newspaper into the newsboy's hand, he turned and left. The newsboy pushed him away a few steps, and yelled at him in Shanghai dialect: "You have something wrong! Do you want to buy it after reading it! Country man!"
Li Tianyao had originally prepared for Shang Xirui to return to Peking to avoid scandals, but when his colleagues learned that Shang Xirui was coming to Shanghai, they enthusiastically set up a banquet to entertain him. The owner of the record company also came here in person to discuss cooperation with Shang Xirui. Shang Xirui thinks that returning to Beiping at this festival now seems like a guilty conscience, a scandal is really not worth it, so taking it easy to have dinner parties and discuss business with friends from the theater industry is to feel ashamed of Wu Yuelai, something that didn't happen in the first place, It is true that what he said was true, and it must have tarnished Wu Yuelai's reputation. He told Li Tianyao about his guilt, seeing how stupid he was, Li Tianyao couldn't help stroking Shang Xirui's hair like a dog's hair, and said with a smile: "You really don't know how old you are My character! Gossip with you will increase your social status! The rumors are that your business boss is under Wu Yuelai's pomegranate skirt. Wu Yuelai is eager to strike while the iron is hot and let the reporter publish a serial! You think about it for yourself, it's nothing A false name, or a courteous woman, are you too angry?" Li Tianyao said the words, suddenly he was inspired, seeing that Shang Xirui was rewarded by countless people along the way, he guarded Baoshan and returned empty-handed, that's not okay ! Find a way to get Shang Xirui to partner with him for a few scenes, with Shang Xirui's reputation, the box office can't be wrong!
During Shang Xirui's stay in Shanghai these few days, Sheng Ziyun was the happiest. Sheng Ziyun asked his family to borrow a car to take Shang Xirui around every day, like a little follower. Now, Shang Xirui has no manager, no actor, no Xiao Lai, and no Cheng Fengtai, only he dominates all day long, never been so quiet! He sat next to Shang Xirui, talked to Shang Xirui, took Shang Xirui out to restaurants according to his own ideas, not to mention how beautiful he was! However, such a beautiful life was completely disturbed by Cheng Fengtai within half a month of the first month!