Chapter 176: Fill in the word game
Away from the enchanting prostitutes, the group continued to move forward and soon arrived at the center of Beishi Street, where there was a stage, and the stage was surrounded by people waiting to watch Nuo opera. Nuo, composed of herringbone and difficult characters, means that people encounter disasters and are shocked to see ghosts. The word is Nuo. According to the literal explanation, it means that people ask for help from God when they encounter difficulties. Nuo opera is a drama transformed from the primitive Nuo festival activities. Performers wear colorful flower robes, exaggerated masks and headdresses.
With the help of Mo Shi and Mo Wang and others, Chen Danxia and others squeezed in front and stood up. Soon, the people who danced Nuo opera came out. Nuo opera was different from other operas, with dancing as the main ones and singing as the second. The faces worn by the performers were a bit scary. Chen Danxia now understood why Chen's mother didn't let them come out to watch Nuo opera. This Nuo opera was a bit like a group of demons dancing around.
The opening scene was a wax sacrifice, and the performer who dressed as the God of Land sang: "The earth is contrary to the house! The water returns to its valley! Do not make insects! The plants and trees return to its marsh!" The God of Land took it and made it into rice ears, tied with yellow stripes, waving it on the left and right.
After singing several times in a row, the land god stepped down and five people came up. Their headdresses said hemp, millet, sorghum, wheat, and beans respectively, representing the grains. They sang on the stage: "...Son of the Holy Ming, sit in the court, good weather, and good grains..."
After the God of Grain went down, it was the turn of the Heavenly Official to speak, and the Heavenly Official sang: "In front of the Auspicious Hall, wealth and longevity are at the right time. The incense is over every day, and the Heavenly Official will never leave you... I saw the red clouds coming, and I wonder which great immortal is coming?"
"The God of Medicine is here!" The God of Medicine responded and came on the stage. "There are four hundred and four diseases, and there are eight hundred and eight prescriptions for medicine. There are strange diseases among strange diseases, and there are strange prescriptions within strange prescriptions. The magical medicine is given to the people, so that everyone will not suffer from all diseases, and the health of the young and old, and will not encounter plagues." By singing, the God of Medicine took out the prepared elixir from his waist bag and sprinkled it down.
The onlookers rushed to grab the medicine, and Chen Danxia was not willing to participate at all. Who knew what the people on the stage were doing, so don’t get cured, but instead became sick. Chen Danxia grabbed Shen Bomi’s sleeve and was squeezed away by someone. She was also far away from the stage. She wanted to squeeze over and continue to grab Shen Bomi.
But there were too many people, and Chen Dan, who was small and weak, could not squeeze over. She shouted, "Brother, second brother, second brother Cheng, don't forget." But the sound of gongs and drums was too loud, and no one heard it.
Cheng Jue seemed to have a feeling. Looking around, there were too many people, all his eyes were his head, and his brows frowned slightly, "Little Jiumei, Xiao Jiumei."
At this time, the God of Medicine King gave the pills and sang: "I saw a red cloud coming, I wonder which immortal came?"
"The God of Wealth is here!" The God of Wealth came on the stage, and he carried a paper-pasteed golden cicada, "spread money, spread money everywhere, and gold and silver are spread on the blessed ground, and wealth and glory for thousands of years!"
The stage is even more lively. Some people dislike the pills, but no one dislikes the copper plate. Everyone sang in front of the stage. The God of Wealth sang: "The year is divided into four seasons, four seasons, December, dragon lanterns dance in the New Year of the first lunar month, kites flying in the suburbs in February, willows are green in the Qingming Festival, peony flowers are red in April, May..." He sang while sang, and Chen Danxia was squeezed farther away from Shen Bomi and others by the man who picked up the copper plate.
"Miss Chen Jiu, I want my master to see you." A man stood in front of Chen Danxia and said.
Chen Danxia was shocked, "Who is your master?"
"You will know when the girl goes." The man smiled.
"What will happen to you if I refuse to go with you?" Chen Danxia asked tentatively.
"The girl is a smart person, so I don't need to say this clearly. Please, girl." The man pinched his finger joints and made a cracking sound.
Chen Danxia licked his lips and his eyes were flowing. There was crowded here. The elder brother and the others didn't know where they were squeezed. She had zero chance of escaping. Whether it was the dragon pond or the tiger's den, she had to make a breakthrough and said calmly: "I'm going to lead the way if I'm here."
"You polite girl, please follow me." The man did not take Chen Danxia far. He walked more than a hundred meters and turned into a teahouse and went straight to the third floor. There were two people standing at the door of the second private room. Chen Danxia didn't know each other, but looking at the posture of the two standing, it seemed like they were people from the palace. There were only a few people who could take the palace guards on the street. Who would be the people in the room?
He had arrived at the place and was about to see someone. Chen Danxia didn't even guess. The man pushed open the door and signaled Chen Danxia to go in. Chen Danxia's heartbeat a little, took a deep breath, raised his legs and walked in, and the door was closed behind him.
A man wearing an embroidered brocade robe with a brown and yellow embroidered colorful pavilion figure stood with his hands behind his back and against the window. The sunlight shone on him, covering him in a aperture. He heard the sound of closing the door, slowly turned around, his lips raised and his eyes were bright.
"You are here." Gao Yan's tone was ambiguous, as if they had made an appointment to meet here.
Chen Danxia pinched his sleeves and asked estrangely: "The prince is here to come over, don't know what's important?"
"Sit down and say." Gao Yan pulled open the chair, lifted the brocade robe, and sat down.
Chen Danxia's eyes flashed slightly, and he sat down at the farthest from him, that is, the chair opposite him.
"Don't be so cautious about me. I have no malice to you." Gao Feng said with a smile.
"The prince forced someone to invite me over, but it was incompatible with the etiquette. This was the biggest malice." Chen Danxia said in a deep voice.
Gao Yan was blocked by her words, but she was not angry. The little girl liked to behave like a little girl. As long as she didn't get through the bottom line, he could allow her to smile and carry a pot of tea. Chen Danxia didn't want to drink tea. Who knew if he had any strange things in the tea? "If you have something to say, please tell me. My two brothers will be anxious after a while."
"Don't worry, wait a moment." Gao Yan slowly brought a cup of tea. He asked someone to invite Chen Danxia to come for a temporary purpose. He did not bring the things with him. Although he remembered them clearly, he could draw them, but it was of great importance. He did not dare to be careless, for fear that if something went wrong, it would be misleading.
Chen Danxia frowned slightly, wait a moment, who can wait? The only one who can call Prince Dong is the current saint; but why does the current saint meet her? She is very ordinary and should not have a title in front of the current saint? Could it be that Gao Ju? But there is nothing she can do in front of the current saint? Chen Danxia is full of doubts, but he dare not ask too much, and silently holds up the teacup to warm up.
"I heard that you like playing chess, come and play chess with me in the same game." Gao Jing ordered directly.
"The little girl is not good at chess skills, so she is afraid that she will be interested in the prince. The prince should find another opponent." Chen Danxia refused. She wanted to choose an opponent when playing chess, but she was not in the mood to face Gao Yan.
Gao Yan snorted coldly, and Chen Danxia pursed his lips and said nothing.
The room was silent, one slowly savoring tea, and the other couldn't sit still. The water in the cup gradually became cold, and Chen Danxia was a little uneasy, so he resigned again, "If the prince is fine, please let the little girl take her back."
"I have something to come to you." Gao Jing put down his cup and said.
"If you have something to do, please tell me." Chen Danxia urged.
"Wait." Gao Jing curled his lips and smiled. The little girl is just a little girl, so she can't help but feel so calm.
Chen Danxia had to wait patiently. The Nuo opera downstairs had been finished and the crowd was scattered. Shen Baimi was shocked and found that it was not Chen Danxia who was holding his sleeve. He was shocked, "Sister, sister, where are you?"
Looking around, Chen Danxia could not see him. He saw Shen Baiyu, "Did you see your sister?"
"Isn't my sister with you?" Shen Baiyu asked with wide eyes.
"My sister is gone." Shen Bomi said with a sad face.
"How is that possible?" Shen Baiyu was also anxious, "Sister, sister, sister."
Brother Cheng Jue and Mo Si and Mo Wang heard the call and surrounded him. When they learned that Chen Danxia was gone, Cheng Jue immediately said: "Let's look for it separately, and we will meet here in a quarter of an hour."
"Okay." Several people responded and looked for it separately.
Someone knocked on the door upstairs, and Gao Feng said, "Come in."
The door was pushed open, and a middle-aged Confucian scholar came in; Chen Danxia saw that the Confucian scholar was wearing a cotton robe and his temperament was not as good as the one in the top position, so he knew that he was not the current saint; the middle-aged Confucian scholar was Mr. Huang, one of Gao Yan's aides, who saluted Gao Yan and said, "I have seen the prince, I wish you goodbye to him."
"No need to be polite if you do it, take out the things." Gao Jing was impatient when he waited.
Mr. Huang quickly took out a purse from his arms, took out a stack of paper from the purse, and handed it to Chen Danxia. Chen Danxia took it with a confused look on his face, and opened it, and his cherry lips slightly opened in shock. The paper was drawn on the paper as the crossword game that she had in the later part of each issue when she read "Huaxi".
Gao Feng kept paying attention to Chen Danxia's expression. Seeing this, he knew that he had not found the wrong person and smiled lightly: "Chen Jiu, you can unlock this barrier for me. I promise you the position of concubine."
Chen Danxia's gaze moved from the paper to Gao Yan, "Thank you for your love, but the little girl can't stand it. Please allow others to be the concubine." This self-righteous man, who doesn't want to be his concubine?
Reject without hesitation.
Gao Yan's face darkened, "What's the point of that boy Xu Lang? Can you refuse me for him?"
"I reject the prince, it has nothing to do with him." Chen Danxia raised the paper in his hand, "Prince, can you tell me who is designing this?"
"The person who designed this was Zhang Shancong, a talented man from the previous dynasty." Gao Yan had nothing to hide.
Chen Danxia has read official and unofficial history. The official history has recorded a lot of contributions to this great talent. Unofficial history records the romantic affairs of this great talent. She once suspected that Zhang Shancong was a time traveler, and now it can be confirmed. The crossword game designed by Zhang Shancong is marked with horizontal and vertical lines in upper and lowercase English letters, and the first pass is written on the grid, and on the right side of the grid, a: Li Bai's "Qingping Dict", b: The same artistic conception of poetry and paintings.c...
"Prince, I can help you untie this, but it will take some time." Chen Danxia said with a stack of paper.
"How long?" Gao Jing asked.
"Five days, five days later, I will fill in the answer and I will send someone to the royal palace." Chen Danxia dared not tell that she had seen through Aunt Li's identity.
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Note: I have never watched Nuo opera, and many of the Nuo operas that have been passed down to this day have become distorted. I simply piled up the found information and some information about Qin Opera to write a Nuo opera. Please forgive me if you have researched.
Chapter completed!