Chapter 71.
The crowd was heading precisely in the direction of the theater.
“Hey, I’ve long heard that a theater troupe has come, but I’ve been busy, so I didn’t have time to go see it, today’s the Great Chu Celebration, so I always have to have a long time to see it.”
“The ones in front walk faster, if you walk slower you won’t have a front row.”
“Don’t step on my foot ah, do you want to go to see the theater troupe, or do you want to go to see the stage pillars, not afraid of your mother-in-law pulling your ears?”
The crowd was in an uproar.
For the people, they were busy with their livelihood during the weekdays, so they rarely had time to rest, and it was already considered excellent to be able to relax and watch a play at this time.
Zhou An and Yu Hang looked at each other and followed.
They were constables who maintained order, so naturally they had to follow in this situation to avoid problems.
The stage had been set up a long time ago, and there were already gongs and drums sitting on it.
Zhou An and Yu Hang came late, so they stood at the very back.
Of course, this also had an advantage.
Being able to look at the head at a glance would help them maintain order.
“It’s rare to be able to listen to a play.” Yu Hang padded up his feet and looked inside.
Readers, naturally, are concerned about a little style.
They compare whoring to style, listening to music to elegance, and playing and singing to talent.
These days a little packaging, it is quite literary.
In fact, Zhou An feels that the first two metaphors are okay, and the last one has to be changed.
Blowing …… should be considered a craft, or mouth art?
Mouth art, no problem!
Zhou An has no interest in listening to the theater, but he still has to maintain order now, so he will listen along for a while.
The first ones to come out were certainly not the most famous.
Even Zhou An, an amateur, could hear a bit of rawness.
However, for the people, as long as there was something lively to watch, it was fine.
On the stage, people came and went.
Under the stage, there was a lot of hustle and bustle.
From time to time, there are yells and clapping sounds, together with the role of the stage, the street is even more lively.
Zhou An had already changed several roles as he listened.
After a while, he saw that the people on the stage had withdrawn and walked up to a woman in an opera costume.
Also a singer, this woman was younger.
“Hey, Old Zhou, the grand finale is out.” Yu Hang poked Zhou An.
Zhou An said strangely, “The grand finale, why is it so young?”
According to reason, the grand finale should be a famous actor, singing this line of work, that all have seniority, it is impossible to be so young.
Even an ordinary opera troupe, not so young, looking like sixteen or seventeen years old.
Yu Hang sniffed, as if finally talking about what he was good at, excitedly said, “Look look look, I told you to read more, the finale is not the last one.”
While saying this, he also explained.
By the time Yu Hang finished explaining, Zhou An had also heard it clearly.
In the opera, there were actually a lot of doorways.
The last one was the main play, called the Grand Axis.
The penultimate one, because it was immediately after the main scene, was called the finale.
The fifth and sixth play is called the middle play, and the second and third plays are called the small or early play.
The first of the opening small play, called the opening gong play or hat child play.
The most artistic and appealing play is the last one, which is called the big axle.
The person whose fame and seniority are slightly inferior to the big axle but quite powerful is ranked in the penultimate appearance, which is called the finale.
“It turns out that the most famous corners have not yet come out.” Zhou An said.
Yu Hang nodded: “The grand finale is not bad, let’s just listen, I didn’t realize there was such a beautiful thing, while maintaining order, while listening to the music.”
The two of them were chatting here, and the opera stage had already begun to sing.
I have to say, worthy of being the finale of the corner, this technology is much better than before.
Looking at the young age, the singing style was not rusty at all.
After the grand finale, the applause and yells from the stage were even more energetic.
At this time, the drums that had been sounding all along became urgent and changed to another style of music.
Immediately afterward, a woman with a graceful figure and fluttering water sleeves walked out from behind the curtain.
The figure was soft and elegant, stepping on small broken steps and flinging long water sleeves, giving off a flavor of a woman from a water village.
Just walking out with this figure, it already made the people present unable to move their eyes.
“Not bad.” Zhou An also praised.
Even if one did not listen to the opera or watch it, this woman could make people clap their hands just by standing there and walking up a few steps.
The sound of the drums and gongs were changing.
The woman sang a tune along with the drums and gongs.
The opening was an extremely high level of skill, even the finale just now was not as good as the horse.
There was another round of applause from the stage.
Even Yu Hang also clapped and cheered.
Only Zhou An was different, gripping the long knife in his hand as the woman sang out the tune, his gaze gradually turning cold.
This voice, he was familiar with it.
More than familiar, he had seen this woman before.
That day by the river, through the corpse fetcher Feng Ye’s soul chasing, he had heard this voice, and it was that black-robed woman.
At this moment, the woman was wearing theater makeup and it was impossible to see her true appearance.
As Zhou An’s gaze turned cold, the woman on the theater stage also made a move, gazing her gaze at Zhou An here.
And with the sound of the woman’s singing, the sound of the gongs and drums gradually stopped, and the sound of cheering and clapping was slowly becoming smaller.
Sleeping, all of these people were asleep, including Yu Hang.
Zhou An also felt drowsy and sleepy, but fortunately, the air in his body flowed for a while, canceling out the sleepiness.
On the stage, the woman singing the opera stopped.
With a flutter of her water sleeves, the clothes on her body broke as much as they could, revealing the black clothes inside.
“Zhang Xiu Xiu?” Zhou An said in a cold voice.
Zhang Xiu Xiu slightly bent down, performed a woman’s salute, and smiled, “Concubine Zhang Xiu Xiu, I have seen Your Excellency, Your Excellency’s stance of wielding a long sword has always been in the eyes of Xiu Xiu without forgetting it.”
“Not too bold, daring to come over to me in person.” Zhou An drew his longsword.
Zhang Xiu Xiu smiled, “My concubine has been craving for Gongzi’s body for a long time, I really couldn’t help it before I dared to come over, and he also promised my concubine that he would create this opportunity for me.”
“Him?” Zhou An stroked his chin, “The mysterious person behind you? Who is it?”
The smile on Zhang Xiu Xiu’s face gradually turned cold, and her left and right hands twisted slightly.
Two objects appeared from the sleeves.
Zhou An: “……”
He really didn’t expect to see something so familiar here.
In Zhang Xiu Xiu’s right hand, he carried a long knife, while his right hand carried a …… pan.
This sense of immediacy made him feel like he was looking in a mirror.
“Is this your grasp?” Zhou An said indifferently.
“In the Five Elements Burial Method, water is good at mimicking all things.” Zhang Xiu Xiu walked slowly down the stairs of the dais with a graceful posture.
Her tone, however, was cold as ice.
“Your Excellency, you are as transparent in my concubine’s eyes, and my concubine has already simulated all of you.”
“Simulation needs time, until the first five days, concubine only all simulated through, simulation after the ability, can be higher than the ability of the gentleman oh.”
“Unless Gongzi had a major breakthrough in these five days, but that’s impossible.”
Zhang Xiu Xiu said while going to ten meters in front of Zhou An, her tone became murderous.
“Today, please ask the Gongzi for a water burial!”