Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 129 July th

July 7, night.

The "Spring Breeze Tower" was unprecedentedly grand.

How could someone who has the honor of being the first to listen to Miss Yuyaonu singing her new song be an ordinary person?
Every guest in Chunfeng Tower at this time was either rich or noble.

Yuyao Nu was waiting in the room, feeling restless for a while.

She was not nervous but excited.

She was sure that the methods taught to her by the young master would definitely make her successful.

She knew very well that after today, her position would be secure.

Even if she never produces a new song in her lifetime, her position will be as stable as a rock!

Because she will become a master of her generation, create a whole new school, and she will be revered as an ancestor by all the brothels in the world!
The young master had not come back yet, and Yu Yao Nu stood in front of the window, waiting for a long time. It was almost time for the show to start, but there was still no movement.

Outside, the flattering voice of Chang Mama urging them to get on could be heard. Yu Yao Nu let out a long sigh and forced herself to calm down.

She opened the green screen window, but only half-closed it, then turned and walked outside...

……

Zhiwei Hall was crowded with guests. The second and third floors were filled with Shen He's colleagues and subordinates from the Guoxin Institute.

It happened that the Jin envoys had just left, and there was not much work to do at the Guoxin Office. Many people who had temporarily stopped their rest in order to welcome and entertain the Jin people took leave and came to attend Shen Goudang's birthday banquet.

Even his superior Zhang Dingbang, Zhang Gongfeng, came.

Because he had heard that Eunuch Li Rong was planning to promote Shen He in the near future.

By then, Shen He will also be a sacrificial official. If we don’t build a good relationship with him now, when will the right time be?

Quite a few people heard the news, so almost all of Shen He's current colleagues were present.

Among them were even Mu Yaban’s men.

Mu Yaban and Li Yaban have been fighting openly and secretly for a long time. Unfortunately, although Mu Yaban is the most capable, he is always suppressed by Eunuch Li.

Therefore, it was inevitable that some Mu officials would consider changing their allegiance.

However, if you want to change your status, you have to be useful.

Even if an ordinary little person wants to join Eunuch Li's faction now, Shen He will not accept him.

For example, Yu Kongmu spent too much during the investigation of Yang Yuan, and the expenses for eating and drinking were too much, and they are still not reimbursed.

Mu Yaban came forward to plead for him, but the accounting officer of the Guoxin Office refused to make any concessions.

Yu Jiguang also realized the situation. Taking advantage of Shen He's birthday, he prepared a birthday gift and rushed to "Zhiweitang" to have a meal and a drink.

Unfortunately, the deacon stationed at the door accepted the gift but did not let him in.

Yu Jiguang walked down the stairs angrily, looked back and spat fiercely.

"Bah! A bunch of dogs who look down on others! I, a monk, came to you to surrender, but you still look down on me! Things change over time, don't look down on me because I'm poor and middle-aged. Wait until I become rich one day..."

Yu Kongmu went away cursing.

Shen He is celebrating his birthday today, so naturally he sits at the head of the main table.

However, the seating arrangement was rather subtle. As Zhang Gongfeng, the immediate superior, it was almost impossible to tell who was the boss and who was the subordinate in terms of rank. They were almost sitting side by side.

After three rounds of drinks, servants and guards from the second floor came up one after another to toast.

After drinking for a while, Shen He apologized, left the table, and went to other private rooms to toast.

After visiting various private rooms on the third floor to toast, Shen He went to the second floor.

When they saw Shen Goudang coming in person to toast, the servants on the second floor immediately became excited.

Shen He couldn't help but frowned slightly as he listened to them playing finger-guessing games, joking and chatting about all sorts of things.

However, in today's situation, it is obviously not appropriate to ask everyone to shut up, which will spoil everyone's mood.

Shen He looked around vigilantly and saw some servants from the Zhiweitang carrying wine between the tables and helping to filter the wine. He said, "Brothers, brothers..."

The partition of the private room on the second floor was opened. After hearing his shout, the guests at various tables who were shouting and yelling gradually quieted down and looked at him.

Shen He smiled and said, "Today is Mr. Shen's birthday. Thanks to all the brothers for coming. Today, you and I are gathered here happily. Let's drink to our heart's content and don't leave until we are drunk!"

There was a thunderous applause from all around.

Shen He pressed his hands together, waiting for the noise to die down, and said, "Now that the food and wine have been served, let's drink to our heart's content. No one else should hang around here. Tell them all to go down, and clear out everyone above the second floor, except for our brothers from Guoxin Institute."

Everyone cheered.

"Yes, yes, yes. I'm not a flashy girl. If anyone wants you to pour wine, go away, go away."

"Damn it, you're just a waiter serving wine and trays, you're so sleek and handsome, even more handsome than me, get out of here."

Among the servants serving wine on the second and third floors, four or five were imperial guards who had sneaked into the "Zhiweitang". They had heard that these guards were becoming more and more outspoken and were hoping to gain something from them.

However, they didn't expect that Shen Gou was very alert and actually wanted to drive them away.

Yuan Chengju secretly hated them, but he did not dare to disobey, so he had to retreat downstairs with the others.

Shen He finally felt relieved and continued to toast each table with a smile, chatting and laughing. …

The Chunfeng Building was not crowded.

Because Chunfenglou and Mr. Qu’s storytelling are different, they all focus on high-end games.

On the top floor, every table was placed with platters of cold dishes and candied fruits and vegetables.

The guests were sitting there, and even though the top floor was packed, it wasn't so noisy or the air was polluted because there were too many people.

The entire top floor has been specially renovated, and the sound emitted from the direction of the stage has a good sound focusing effect, allowing the sound to be clearly transmitted throughout the venue.

The play has begun.

In this era, there already existed a form of drama called "zaju".

However, the drama at that time was divided into three parts, and these three parts were not adjacent to each other and each performed separately.

The opening part is usually an "erotic section", which is usually a short song and dance. The dancers wear very economical dance costumes and skirts and sing and dance to liven up the atmosphere.

Next comes the "Zheng Zaju", where some actors will come out and sing a story using the tune of a large piece of music.

At the end, there is a "miscellaneous performance", which usually imitates the jokes made by country people when they first come to the city, to make everyone laugh and then end the show.

As for the roles, there are usually five types in zaju: the last role, the lead role, the second role, the second role and the lonely role.

The last one is the person who coordinates and arranges the whole drama, the lead one is the one who explains the characters and introduces the plot, the second one is the comedian who makes people laugh, and the third one is the one who plays the role of an elder or an official.

Just from the character settings and these three unrelated plays, you can imagine how simple drama was at that time.

What Yang Yuan taught Yu Yao Nu was a subversive change.

An outsider from later generations, who had only a superficial understanding of drama, was astounded by the little things he taught Yu Yao Nu.

Even if she didn't have any new songs today, her transformation of zaju alone would be enough to make her a patriarch of the opera industry who should be praised as being on par with Emperor Minghuang of Tang.

Under Yang Yuan's transformation, the classic four-act story of beginning, development, climax and ending was completed in one go, without any warm-up song and dance or closing acrobatics.

As for the roles, there are sheng, dan, jing, mo, and chou, all kinds of roles are available.

This is also the reason why they rehearsed day and night for many days. Everything is new, a new theatrical model that they could never have imagined before.

This made the opera troupe that was invited from Dawazi extremely excited, and they didn't want a penny of the originally agreed remuneration.

Just based on the new drama model they learned from the jade-waisted slave girl, it is a priceless skill for them.

The entire troupe, from top to bottom, worships Miss Yu Yao as a deity.

The distinguished guests who came here today all came for Miss Yuyao's new song.

However, in Yang Yuan's plan, this song by Miss Yu Yao was to be performed as the theme song and it should be played at the right time.

Therefore, the whole play begins with a story.

This is actually a big challenge for the guests who are eager to listen to new songs.

In particular, Prince Enping Zhao Yu was sitting in the audience.

He had a criminal record. Just because he was not satisfied with a farce he had seen before, he tied up the owner of the troupe and forced him to change the script.

That’s right, the person who was kidnapped by Prince Enping and taken home to revise the script was the owner of the troupe on stage.

Liu Shangqiu was afraid that he would cause trouble again in Miss Yuyao's place today, so he asked someone to move his table next to Prince Enping. If Prince Enping suddenly lost his temper, he could stop him in time to avoid ruining Miss Yuyao's good deeds.

However, once the show started and the curtain opened, people were instantly immersed in the plot.

Not only did Prince Enping Zhao Jue quickly calm his impatience and immerse his thoughts in the plot, but none of the many distinguished guests present uttered an impatient sound.

After the beginning of the story was over, the curtain in front was actually drawn.

This kind of scene change mode was something the audience had never seen before. Fortunately, although the curtain was drawn, the music and lyrics did not stop. Everyone quickly understood that this was to facilitate the re-setting of the scene later.

Not allowing everyone to directly see the servants going on stage to change the background and props will obviously help the audience to focus their thoughts and not be distracted from the story.

So, apart from a few people who were admiring the scene, the entire building became even quieter.

The story begins with Li Xilie, the governor of Huaining Army of the Tang Dynasty, plotting a rebellion, and the imperial court sends Yan Zhenqing, the Grand Tutor of the Crown Prince, to pacify the rebels.

Li Xilie led his adopted sons and generals to intimidate Master Yan, but was severely rebuked by Yan Zhenqing.

Li Xilie then tried to win over Yan Zhenqing, so he hosted a banquet for him and invited a group of actors to perform a play, using stories to satirize the court.

Yu Yaonu played the role of Yu Niang, the leading dancer of this group of actors and actresses. She witnessed Yan Zhenqing's mighty and unyielding image, and his righteous image of not being tempted by wealth and fame.

Afterwards, Li Xilie asked Yu Niang to serve in the Zen temple where Grand Tutor Yan was staying, intending to use the beauty trick to soften the Grand Tutor.

At the same time, he sent his adopted son Wang Fan to monitor Yu Yaonu. If Yu Niang did not obey his orders, she would be beheaded.

The prologue ends here, leaving countless suspense and causing the audience to stretch their necks, just wanting to know what the actor is going to do and what the final result will be.

The curtain opened and the audience fell silent.

On Yang Yuan's side, a big drama officially began...

(End of this chapter)