Chapter 7 Did you sing it yourself?

The play "Yuanmen Beheads the Son" tells the story of Yang Yanzhao, a general of the Yang family, who was furious and wanted to execute him by military law because his second son, Yang Zongbao, had a private life contract with Mu Guiying during the war with the Liao Kingdom. She Taijun and the Eight Sage Kings interceded twice for mercy.

Unable to succeed, Mu Guiying was eager to save her husband and offered the dragon-subduing tree in an effort to make the couple guilty and meritorious service. Finally, Yang Yanzhao relented and the couple defeated Xiao Houtian's gate formation.

When it was the turn of Mu Guiying, played by Shen Liangjun, to take the stage, Liu Tielan had just finished singing Taijun She and had just left the stage, and was taking off her makeup backstage.

Liu Xi took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention and stood on the edge of the stage to look in.

Shen Liangjun was very nervous when he sang Mu Guiying on stage for the first time, but when he glanced to the edge of the stage and saw Liu Xi standing there, he felt much more at ease.

Fortunately, our ancestor's sixtieth birthday will be held in the palace for three consecutive days. Today is the first day, and now it is a matinee. Most of the prominent figures in the capital have gone to the palace to celebrate their birthdays. Now in the theater

The people listening to the opera in the garden were not that serious, they were just enjoying themselves.

Otherwise Liu Xi would not have dared to suggest to Shen Liangjun how to sing the oboe.

After Mu Guiying came to power, she first had a few words with the buffoon Mugua, and then met Meng Liang and Jiao Zan outside the tent who were asking for help but wanted to go out for a drink.

Jiao Zan became the messenger between Mu Guiying and Yang Yanzhao.

The three characters have different singing styles, which is very interesting. Yang Yanzhao, an old student, Jiao Zan with a colorful face, and Mu Guiying, a Wudan actor, perform on the same stage and achieve each other's achievements. Therefore, this play can last for more than a hundred years.

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Today, she is singing opposite Mu Guiying, and Jiao Zan's role is called Song Youzhen. She was originally a female actor, but because of her ability, she was recruited into the palace's Shengping Department, which specializes in opera dramas, and became an inner court official.

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But because he had a bad temper and refused to please the official, he offended the eunuchs in the palace and was kicked out by others. Later he went to Tianjin Wei to develop.

However, although he mainly plays leading roles, he is capable of many trades. He came to work for Jiao Zan today because the theater manager knew that he happened to be in the capital for two days for something and asked him to come to the rescue at the last minute.

At first, Shen Liangjun came on stage and sang a few lines with the clown Mugua, and he was able to make do with it. But when Song Youzhen played Jiao Zan, he said two lines in vain. His momentum and figure were not comparable to those of ordinary small actors, and he became a little frightened.

He couldn't open his eyes anymore, his eyes were wrong, and his eyes hurriedly looked to the side for Liu Xi.

Liu Xi understood what he meant and recited in her mind, "Mud can't hold up the wall." She smiled at him and told him to relax, just open his mouth and act, and everything would be taken care of by her.

Shen Liangjun finally breathed a sigh of relief and began to sing as he had agreed during the rehearsal last night. He opened his mouth and Liu Xi followed his mouth shape and sang along.

"My family lives in Muke Village, Shandong Province. My name is Mu Guiying..."

As soon as Liu Xi's voice came out, Song Youzhen, who was playing Jiao Zan, felt a thump in her heart.

Shen Liangjun, who was playing the role of Mu Guiying, was still kneeling in front of him, but the voice he sang came from the back of his head. What exactly was going on? Is there anything else he didn't know?

It's just that he never imagined that, after not returning to Beijing for two or three years, the atmosphere of the opera shop in Beijing would have deteriorated to this point?

But unlike Boss Tan, he is still unwilling to break the rules of the industry.

Now that the audience didn't hear it, he couldn't change the scene in front of him, so he could only continue to perform, with a burst of coloratura, exclaiming and running into the account to report the news to Yang Yanzhao.

Song Youzhen didn't make a scene in front of her, so Shen Liangjun and Liu Xi relaxed and continued singing.

However, Song Youzhen didn't respond, and Liu Tielan, who was removing her makeup backstage, couldn't stand it any longer.

"What did this brat sing just now? How old is he that he dares to change his style when he comes up?"

As he spoke, he took off half of his makeup and was about to come to the edge of the stage. He didn't want to be temporarily tripped by the theater manager, so he didn't come over for a while.

This gave Liu Xi and Shen Liangjun more room to operate, and the play ended smoothly without any surprises.

Even at the end of the song, the audience cheered a few times.

Liu Xi and Shen Liangjun were so proud that they huddled together and winked, each with their own little plan in mind.

However, Liu Tielan was still kept in the dark at this moment. He learned that Song Youzhen was singing in the opera today. Although he was not a little bit younger than him, he was senior and could be regarded as his uncle, so he

After he finished the show, Liu Tielan led Shen Liangjun to pay homage to him.

"Uncle Song, please excuse me for taking your apprentice with you today. I'm really causing trouble for you."

Song Youzhen was still wiping her face and removing makeup. She glanced at Shen Liangjun in the mirror and couldn't help but snort.

"It's not a big deal, but I'm afraid it's been a long time since I've been back to the capital, so I'm a bit old-fashioned. I don't know if Beijing opera can still be sung like this now."

Liu Tielan didn't know the truth at the moment, but she thought Song Youzhen was unhappy about the two lines Liu Xi had just sung wrong, and was about to step forward to explain. However, Song Youzhen raised her forearm, put down her handkerchief and turned around.

He leaned back slightly against the dressing table, with his right leg elegantly placed on top of his left leg. He had a rather leisurely demeanor, which instantly relaxed the already tense situation.

"Don't be nervous. I'm not a powerful person now. If what I say sounds good to you, just listen to a few words. If it doesn't, you just think it's a fart."

As he spoke, he suddenly became more serious, looked at Shen Liangjun and said: "It's just that there are no outsiders here right now, and since your master still recognizes me as his uncle, I'll ask you to ask me a question, and you just have to answer it well. What I said just now

Did you sing the play yourself?"

Shen Liangjun's heart skipped a beat, thinking that what was supposed to come had finally come.

For a moment, his hands and feet were stiff and his mouth was numb. He hesitated for a long time and was speechless.

Liu Tielan also frowned when he saw it. He couldn't figure out Song Youzhen's intention, so he had to laugh next to him, slapped Shen Liangjun hard on the arm and said: "You stinky boy, is it so difficult to answer my uncle's question to you? On the stage.

There are so many people here, how can you sing it by yourself? Uncle Master, don’t mind, this kid has never seen the world, so he can’t speak anymore——”

"Tie Lan, don't rush to reply. I'm asking him."

Song Youzhen was not in a hurry, she just waved her hand at Liu Tielan and still looked at Shen Liangjun, waiting for his reply.

But how could Shen Liangjun have such courage?

If it were revealed that Liu Xi sang for him and Liu Tielan was so embarrassed in front of his uncle, it wouldn't be a matter of being beaten. Liu Tielan could drive him out of the troupe.

So he hesitated for a long time, not daring to speak. He only glanced at Liu Xi from time to time with his narrow eyes.

Liu Xi was also very excited at the moment.

Who would have thought that by such a coincidence, it would be Liu Tielan's uncle who plays the role today?

Just now she thought that it was done and the troupe's losses were finally restored. However, the master was not happy and could at most teach them a lesson and not make the same mistake next time.

Things are different now. Looking at this posture, there is a risk of being kicked out of the school.

So at this moment, she turned her back to the three people, standing facing the pillar and pretending to be invisible, chanting the spell over and over again in her mind: "You can't see me, you can't see me."

But she didn't look at Shen Liangjun, but someone was looking at her.

Song Youzhen turned her head slightly towards her, and the corners of her lips curled up slightly: "Oh, that's her."
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