Chapter 66: The Legend of Huating
But soon Wang Xinyu knew that he was wrong, in fact, Huang Hui was not the prototype of Wang Xifeng, looking at Huang Hui's appearance, gentle and virtuous, honest and kind, no matter how you say it, it has nothing to do with Wang Xifeng. Wang Xinyu thought to himself: Am I being deceived by some so-called network information again? Could it be that Wang Xifeng has someone else?
After a few days of dating, Huang Hui wrote a letter to her grandfather. And Hong Sheng also joined the newly established literary team of the Ming Army and became a screenwriter specializing in writing plays.
Although Hong Sheng's parents have always advised him, saying that good iron does not hit nails, good men are not soldiers, and those who serve as soldiers are vulgar people, how can you be a literati and mix with those rough people all day long?
But Hong Sheng, who loves opera, refuses to listen to persuasion, because he knows that he can do what he likes to do here, and the current Ming army is a literate army. Every soldier in the army has to study, and the officer has to learn cultural knowledge. There are also some officers who are directly promoted from Xiucai and Juren, and they are called military cadet officers, according to that Brother Wang, what is the political commissar called......
Wang Xinyu also told Hong Sheng that in the army, educated people can also be promoted quickly, as long as they can use their cultural knowledge to contribute to the army, it will also be recorded in military merits.
So Hong Sheng became an officer of the literary team, a seven-rank official.
The stage next to the temple of King Qian in Hangzhou City, here was originally the Dragon King Temple of the Qiantang River, and when the temple fair of the King of Qiantang is held every year, it is very lively here, and there is a troupe singing. On weekdays, this is just an ordinary attraction on the edge of West Lake.
But that morning, the Qian Wang Temple suddenly became lively, and a large group of people wearing military uniforms and official uniforms came to the edge of the stage. Then some people began to set up the stage, put up a curtain on it, and arranged their props.
"King Qian's Temple is going to act!" The children rushed to spread the good news excitedly.
The children back then didn't have so much entertainment, and having a play to watch was their greatest happiness. I heard that King Qian's Temple was going to act, and a large group of children came.
When the adults in the family heard that King Qian's Temple was going to act, they didn't believe it. But then I think about it, the New Year is coming, maybe it's to celebrate the New Year, and acting is normal.
Before the start of the play, the audience was already crowded, crowded with black heads.
"Dear folks, fathers and elders! Today's stage is Huating Ji! An officer of the art team shouted from the stage.
The big banner above the stage had already written the three characters of Huating Ji, but there were many people who were illiterate, so the officer came to the stage and shouted again before the play began.
The curtain slowly opened, and a handsome young man and a beautiful girl appeared on the stage. Through lines, singing, and other expressions, the people watching the play knew that the young man's name was Xia Wanchun, and the beautiful girl's name was Qian Qinzhen. The story takes place in Jiangnan at the end of the Ming Dynasty.
Xia Wanchun, a young talent, studied under Chen Zilong, smart since childhood, has the reputation of a prodigy, knows the Five Classics at the age of five, and can write poetry at the age of seven. And Qian Qinzhen was born in a famous family, Lan Qianhui, and extremely virtuous.
Seeing the two of them strolling together among the flowers in the south of the Yangtze River, the two childhood sweethearts had no guesses, and the people in the audience cheered:
"Good! Good! What a pair of talented and beautiful women! ”
"Yes, may there be lovers in the world who will eventually become married!"
Qian Qinzhen gave birth to a daughter, but at this time, the music suddenly changed, becoming sad and intense. Because of the invasion of the Qing army, Hong Chengchou came to Nanjing with the Qing army, and Xia Wanchun's father resolutely abandoned his pen and joined the Ming army, bravely resisting the invading Qing army.
Then, mournful music sounded, and Xia Wanchun's father Xia Yunyi and teacher Chen Zilong were martyred.
When they saw the defeat of the Ming army and Xia Yunyi and Chen Zilong throwing themselves into the water and martyrdom, the audience was already crying.
The curtain was slowly pulled up, and after a while, after the curtain was opened again, a team of Qing troops appeared on the stage, and a large flag with the word "Hong" moved back and forth on the stage, representing the commander flag of the Qing army.
"I am Hong Chengchou!" A roe deer-headed rat, dressed in the clothes of a Qing court official, shaved most of his hair, leaving only a pigtail of money, appeared on the stage.
"Shoot him!"
"Kill this!"
"He was the one who killed that handsome young man's teacher and father!"
"Poor young man, he has just become a father, but his father and teacher have both been martyred! It's all Hong Chengchou! ”
The people in the audience were emotional, if it weren't for the Ming soldiers and soldiers maintaining order, I am afraid that someone would have rushed to the stage and dragged down the actor who played Hong Chengchou and beat him violently.
Next, the curtain fell. When it was opened again, the scene changed, and the handsome young man Xia Wanchun said goodbye to his pregnant wife and young daughter, and resolutely joined the army and joined the anti-Qing army.
The hearts of the audience were lifted, and people secretly prayed in their hearts: Child, you must live!
Unfortunately, good wishes were always disappointed, and Xia Wanchun was unfortunately captured and taken to Nanjing.
The people in the audience sighed, and some people shouted emotionally: "Why? The sky has no eyes! ”
Hong Chengchou appeared on the stage, and Xia Wanchun, who was tied up by five flowers, was escorted to Hong Chengchou by the Qing soldiers. Hong Chengchou asked: "How do you know that a boy can be called a rebel?" Mistakenly fell into the middle ear of the thief! Submit to the government without losing the official! ”
Xia Wanchun deliberately pretended not to know that the person in front of him was Hong Chengchou, and looked up to the sky and laughed: "I heard that Hong Chengchou is my master, the battle of Songshan, blood spattered Zhangqu. The first emperor mourned and praised and moved Huayi! I often take Hong Chengchou as an example! Determined to kill to serve the country, how can he lose to Lord Hong? ”
"Presumptuous!" Zhao Liangdong shouted, "Huangkou Xiaoer, don't you know that the person in front of you is Lord Hong Chengchou? ”
"He's Hong Chengchou?" Xia Wanchun sneered, "Hong Chengchou has been martyred, and even the Son of Heaven personally mourns him!" Who is this in front of me? A shameless rebel, who actually calls himself Hong Chengchou? ”
Hong Chengchou was annoyed and angry, and brutally killed Xia Wanchun.
The audience had long been unable to cry, and the people were crying. Suddenly, a big man jumped up. The soldiers didn't stop for a while, and the big man jumped onto the stage, picked up the flat pole in his hand and was about to hit "Hong Chengchou" on the head.
"Hong Chengchou" was so frightened that he turned around and ran, and "Zhao Liangdong" behind him ran a step slower, and he heard a gust of wind behind him. He quickly turned his head, and the flat pole brushed past his ear and slammed into his shoulder, causing him to cry out in pain.
"Kill Hong Chengchou! Kill Zhao Liangdong! There was a thunderous roar from the audience.
"It's over! I can't control the situation! The screenwriter behind the scenes, Hong Sheng, was shocked. Speaking of which, the material for this script was provided by Wang Xinyu, and after being adapted by Hong Sheng, I didn't expect the effect to be so good!
The Ming army in the audience could not stop the angry crowd at all, and a large crowd of people rushed onto the stage one after another, fists, flat poles, shoes, stones, and bricks flew sideways. The actors who played Hong Chengqing, Zhao Liangdong, Wang Jinbao and Daniel Zhang had fled backstage, but that Hong Chengqi ran relatively slowly, and was still beaten up by the people. Zhao Liangdong ran fast and fled without a trace, and Wang Jinbao and Daniel Zhang were knocked to the ground......
"The king of Nanhai has arrived!" There was a long shout from under the stage.
Hordes of elite Ming troops came in and stopped the beating people. Hearing the arrival of the prince, the people knelt down one after another.
"Lord Wang? Yes? When Hong Sheng saw Wang Xinyu, his eyes widened in shock, his mouth opened wide, and he couldn't close it for a long time. He didn't expect that his eldest brother Wang would actually be a county king!
Wang Xinyu patted Hong Sheng's shoulder: "Young Master Hong, this scene you filmed is very good!" can play Hong Chengchou so hateful, this is a success! As he spoke, he added softly in Hong Sheng's ear: "When there is no one in the future, you still call me Brother Wang, it's more kind." When the next scene is over, please go and eat West Lake vinegar fish. ”
The next scene is Jin Shengsi, but because the period of this scene is relatively close, the people of Jiangnan all know the three major cases and also know about Jin Shengsi, so the sensational effect during the performance is not as good as the previous Huating Ji.
After the end of the play, Wang Xinyu invited Hong Sheng to go to the most famous restaurant on the edge of the West Lake.
"Brother Hong's play today is so successful! As a brother, I didn't expect Huating Ji to have such an effect! Here, a toast to the success of this show! Wang Xinyu picked up his glass.
After three rounds of drinking, Wang Xinyu remembered Wang Xifeng's stalk again, in order to solve the mystery of how Huang Hui was written as Wang Xifeng, Wang Xinyu lowered his voice and asked Hong Sheng, asking his wife if she was very spicy at home?
When Hong Sheng heard this question, he showed a very strange and innocent look: "Where do I look like someone who is afraid of his wife?" Lan'er isn't a shrew! Big brother, why did you suddenly ask this question? ”
"It's nothing, it's just a casual question." Wang Xinyu smiled maliciously. Later, Wang Xinyu learned that Huang Hui also had a younger sister, although she was only five years old, she was very naughty, very smart, and a little rude. When Wang Xinyu saw the little girl, he thought that maybe she was the prototype of Wang Xifeng.
"By the way, eldest brother, the clumsy letter has been sent, and the younger brother is worried that her grandfather and uncle will not listen to persuasion." Hung Sheng Road.
Wang Xinyu replied: "I don't dare to guarantee this, I hope they can listen to it!" ”
Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is a small year.
Beijing City, the Mansion of the Ministry of Rites. Huang Ji sat in the study, looking at the letter from Hangzhou.
Hangzhou City has fallen into the hands of "thieves", but Huang Ji and Huang Xigon's family in Hangzhou have not been implicated much, but a lot of family property has been confiscated, and everyone is fine.
"Grandpa, my sister and I are doing well now, my husband refused to listen to the advice of his parents at home, joined the Ming Army, and is now a seven-rank official. Grandpa, our family is in the south, and Zhang Shangshu also promised our family, if you and Da Gong are willing to come back to the south and no longer do things for them, Zhang Shangshu is willing to return our family property to our family...... If you have the heart to resign and come back, just mention it in your granddaughter's letter, and they will send someone to pick you up. ”
Huang Ji looked at his granddaughter's letter and felt full of emotion in his heart.
"The north and the south are separated, when will the old man go home to see his family!" (To be continued.) )