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Chapter 249: Go on stage again (asking for monthly ticket)
Xiao Loufang finally had a peaceful sleep.

Ever since that dusky evening ten years ago, when his new helper, with a flattering smile on his face, handed him the pipe...

He hadn't slept so peacefully in a long time.

Xiao Loufang woke up before dawn.

Feel it carefully: the feeling of being bitten by thousands of ants in the body actually did not appear again!

For a moment, he really regretted it.

But he soon shook his head bitterly: Lord Xu's medicine pill took effect, and I became a human being again.

But...can everything go back to normal?

I am no longer the "Xiao Lou Fang" who was famous in Champa.

I am hated by gods and abandoned by ghosts.

I let down everyone around me.

How could I let down someone who has been so kind to me?

Xiao Loufang got up and lit the lamp. There was paper and pen on the table.

Unfortunately, there is only white paper.

The performance notices at the entrance of the troupe are all written on red paper.

But... Xiao Loufang thought: This is both the notice of my last performance and my obituary.

White paper—just right.

He ground the ink and began to write seriously.

But my arms were shaking, so my handwriting was not neat.

This body has been really ruined by opium.

He put down his pen and rubbed his hands and arms vigorously, wondering if he could endure another performance.

Then he picked up his pen again and wrote down the play to be performed:

Give up Xuzhou.

Finally, using a slightly larger font, he wrote down the actors in the performance:
Xiaoloufang!
These three words were quite beautiful, and Xiao Loufang was very satisfied.

After finishing writing, I blew it dry gently and it was dawn.

From outside came Dafu's loud voice, calling Fanzhe to get up.

Xiao Loufang blew out the light, put on her clothes, fetched some water to wash up, and carefully washed every part of her face, neck, and hands.

Then comb your hair neatly.

When he opened the door, Jia Yi and Mao Dabing were waiting for him outside.

"Sir, please have breakfast."

Xiao Loufang nodded. Breakfast was made by Lin Wanmo himself.

Xiao Loufang, Xu Yuan, and Zhang Laoya ate slowly and savory, then wiped their mouths with a snow-white handkerchief and said, "Let's go."

His magic can only be performed on the stage.

Xu Yuan had already made arrangements and ordered Lang Xiaoba to go to the Liang family troupe in advance and inform them that he wanted to borrow the stage this morning and pay silver according to the market price.

Troupe Leader Liang asked doubtfully, "There's no show this morning, so Lord Xu doesn't have to pay for using the stage.

I just don't know which actor will be performing for Master Xu?"

Troupe leader Liang thought that Xu Yuan wanted to listen to opera, but he looked down on these troupes from Champa and thought they must be famous troupes invited from big places like Luocheng.

Team Leader Liang was somewhat dissatisfied. If the team's reputation was not loud enough, Team Leader Liang would find an opportunity to whisper some gossip in Lord Xu's ear.

Lang Xiaoba: "Xiao Lou Fang."

"Who?!" Boss Liang thought he had misheard.

"It's Xiao Loufang."

"Ah? This..." Boss Liang was speechless.

Lang Xiaoba had already strode away, checking everywhere around the stage to ensure the safety of the adults.

Boss Liang was confused, so he went to the door and waited there to see what was going on.

Soon, we saw Lord Xu and others riding horses, followed by a group of captains.

In the middle of the team was a prison van covered with black cloth.

After careful searching, Team Leader Liang found Xiao Loufang among the people around Lord Xu!

Xiao Loufang is in good spirits.

It was very different from the consumptive look he had shown me every day for the past ten years.

"Ah!" Boss Liang shouted, and hurried forward to greet Master Xu. He bowed and said, "Master, you're here. Please come in quickly. Everything is ready."

While he was speaking, his eyes were always on Xiao Loufang.

The latter smiled at him, full of apology.

"Are you... okay?" Xiao Loufang nodded. "I've been a burden to everyone these years."

Boss Liang was extremely excited. Lord Xu actually cured Xiao Loufang!
He worked on this for several years, but finally had to give up.

Troupe Leader Liang couldn't help but step forward and tightly grasp Xiao Loufang's hand: "Great, great! You're still young. Sing a few good shows. We'll still be the Xiao Loufang who's famous all over Champa!"

Xiao Loufang did not answer, but took out the white notice she had written from her bosom.

He bypassed the troupe leader Liang and posted it in front of the theater door himself.

"Why are you writing this on white paper? It's unlucky. I'll have someone rewrite it on red paper for you..."

"no need."

After Xiao Loufang finished speaking, she walked into the theater first.

Everything is still so familiar, yet there is a sense of distant strangeness.

Xiao Loufang stood under the stage for a moment, lost in thought.

Then he went backstage and borrowed various costumes from other members of the troupe through sweet talk.

I also took the oil paint and the mirror.

Paint your face in front of the mirror.

Everyone in the Extermination Department watched quietly.

Xiao Loufang's hands were still shaking a little, but he painted more and more smoothly. In the time it took to stick an incense stick, he had finished the facial mask.

The moment he turned around, everyone in the Cleansing Department, including Xu Yuan, was in a trance.

This facial mask is absolutely amazing!

It is very similar to the iron back cover.

Of course, a facial mask painted with oil paint cannot look very similar to a real person.

But for some reason, its temperament is exactly the same as that of the Iron Back Cover.

This is the skill of "Xiao Lou Fang" who was once very popular in Champa!

He put on the costume again, stretched his body, and after adjusting it several times, everyone felt that there was an iron back cover inside the prison van, and there was another iron back cover outside the van.

"it is good!"

Before the opera even started, Xu Yuan couldn't help but exclaim "good".

Xiao Loufang went on stage, but did not start performing immediately. Instead, she made a paper man out of bamboo strips.

Life-size.

After the face is painted, the third iron back cover is drawn!

Xu Yuan secretly guessed: this is Xiao Loufang's way of "liberation".

Xiao Loufang hid the paper figure behind the scenes of "becoming the prime minister".

If this paper man is exposed in advance, his magic will be ineffective.

After making all the preparations, Xiao Loufang nodded to Xu Yuan: "We can begin now."

The captains lifted the iron back cover out of the prison wagon.

He still maintained that posture.

The iron back cover was placed on the stage, and Xiao Loufang gave the band a hint, and the gongs and drums suddenly sounded.

The show begins.

Lin Wanmo hooked his finger, and the shadow puppet behind the iron back cover broke away, quickly shrank to the size of a palm, and fell back into Lin Wanmo's hand.

Almost at the moment the shadow puppet was separated, a thin thread invisible to living people emerged and pulled the soul covered by the iron back cover away.

Xiao Loufang made her appearance, her voice clear and crisp, her tone melodious and winding: "I am the Iron Back of Champa!"

The "thread" was suddenly disturbed by some force, untied from Tiebeigai's soul, and tied to Xiaoloufang again.

Just as the iron back cover was able to move, its whole body suddenly shook, energy surged in its chest and abdomen, and a layer of light blue fire flashed in its eyes!
"Dragon Fire!"

This dragon fire was about to burn Ironback's body and soul together.

Xiao Loufang took a few quick steps on the stage to the rhythm of the gongs and drums, came to Tiebei Gai, and patted his shoulder.

The Ironback opened its mouth and spit out a gray-blue flame with a "whoa" sound.

Xiao Loufang opened her mouth and took the flame. Liang, the troupe leader who had been standing behind the "Enter the Prime Minister" curtain, lifted the curtain to reveal the paper figurine and shouted urgently, "Get out of here!"

Xiao Loufang knew that she couldn't be impatient and had to follow the rules on stage.

Every step must be based on the band’s ideas.

The music became faster and faster. Xiao Loufang ran towards the paper man, staggering and unable to hold on any longer.

When he was still two steps away from the paper man, he suddenly fell down, stretched out a hand and touched the paper man.

In an instant, the silk-pulling technique and dragon fire were all transferred to the paper figure.

The paper man was pulled into the air and burned into ashes with a bang at a height of seventy or eighty feet!
(End of this chapter)