Travel through the heavens

In the evening, Fang Muye took Yuzhen and Lin Xiaowan to Shuntian Theater.

It was because a customer of the clinic mentioned during the day that Hangzhou's biggest celebrity, Boss Cha, had returned from a performance in another city and would be performing at Shuntian Theater tonight.

Boss Cha is a very good singer and also has Kung Fu skills. Peking opera emphasizes "singing, reciting, acting and fighting". He has integrated Kung Fu into Peking opera, far surpassing his peers in "acting and fighting". He uses body movements to express the emotions of the characters, and is praised as "other people's opera is to listen to the opera, but Boss Cha's opera is to watch the opera".

Whenever Boss Cha starts a show, all the big bosses, young girls and concubines in Hangzhou would rush to the theater. If they were slow, they wouldn't even be able to buy a ticket.

Yuzhen was also a fan of Boss Cha's plays. When she heard that Boss Cha was going to perform a play in the evening, she became interested.

Fang Muye saw that Yuzhen wanted to go, and he also wanted to meet Zhou Xiyu's good friend, so he decided to take her to the opera, and also took Lin Xiaowan, who had performed well recently, along.

The three of them arrived at Shuntian Theater early, showed the ticket inspector the tickets that Lin Xiaowan had grabbed in the afternoon, then walked in and found a seat.

As the audience came in one after another, the theater was already full even though there was still some time before the show started. There were even many people standing on the first and second floors, which shows how popular Boss Cha is.

About a quarter of an hour later, suddenly a burst of intense gong and drum sounds rang out, indicating that the performance was about to begin.

Fang Muye and the other two were sitting in the back. After the gongs and drums sounded for a moment, he saw a man in black dressed as a martial artist, holding a spear, flying across the audience seats in front at high speed, which immediately aroused applause and cheers from the audience.

Fang Muye and the other two also followed suit and cheered.

Others cheered because of Boss Cha's surprising appearance, while Fang Muye cheered because of Boss Cha's profound martial arts. He was still unable to achieve the skill of flying sideways over ten meters.

After Boss Cha landed, he squatted down, walked forward on his toes, and quickly circled the audience seats. He stood up at the entrance, then threw the spear in his hand onto the stage. He then jumped up, flew into the air to the stage, and grabbed the spear that had just arrived on the stage.

Landing, turning around, a flower stand, the curtain opened, and the lights came on.

"well!……"

The audience stood up one after another, cheering loudly and clapping hard.

Some rich ladies and wives were especially crazy and kept screaming.

Fang Muye sighed: The fans of this era are also very enthusiastic!

But we have to admit that Boss Cha is handsome and handsome, and his appearance as a martial artist is even more heroic. His words, actions, manners and expression all show the bearing of a general, and he completely dominates the stage.

No wonder he is so popular. Even Yuzhen and Lin Xiaowan beside Fang Muye were clapping and cheering.

The show finally began amid the audience's applause and the sound of gongs and drums.

The play sung by Boss Cha is called "Carrying the Cart", which consists of six parts: "The Rise of the Overlord", "Making Trouble in the Tent", "At the Side of the First Scene", "At the Side of the Second Scene", "Fighting" and "Carrying the Cart". It is a major play of a martial arts actor and comes from "The Romance of Yue Fei".

Yue Fei's weapon was a spear. In order to maintain his status, there should not be anyone who was better than him in using a spear, but there was one in the book.

This man was Gao Chong, the most powerful general under Yue Fei. He single-handedly attacked the Jin army's grain camp and wanted to burn the Jin army's grain and grass. The Jin general Ha Tielong ordered his men to push the iron pulley down the mountain.

The iron pulley weighed 400 jin, and it had a thousand jin of force when it was pushed down. The mountain road was narrow and there was no way to retreat, but Gao Chong easily lifted it up with his spear.

He picked up eleven iron trolleys in a row. When he picked up the twelfth one, his mount fell down due to exhaustion. Gao Chong was thrown to the ground and was crushed to death by the iron trolleys because he was caught off guard.

Gao Chong's divine power is unprecedented in ancient and modern times.

On the Peking Opera stage, the scene is mostly blurred, with an actor holding two flags, representing the iron pulley. When a spear comes over, the actor does two front flips, which means the iron pulley is being lifted up and flying.

When Boss Cha performs "Carrying the Pulley", he is carrying a table.

Three eight-immortal tables weighing dozens of kilograms were thrown out one by one by two extras from the audience.

When the first table was thrown, Boss Cha picked it up on the table leg with a wooden spear and caught it steadily. Then he lifted the table and flew it over his head. The table landed on the stage on one leg and turned several times before settling on all four legs.

When the second table was thrown, Boss Cha bent over and leaned back continuously, and at the same time turned the spear in his hand. The table was hit by the force of the spear and flew into the air. After several times, he picked up the spear and the table flew neatly onto the first table.

The third table was thrown, and Boss Cha caught it with the butt of his gun. He then turned around and threw the table toward the audience seats under the stage. The table flew more than ten meters away, spun in the air over the heads of the audience, and flew back. He used his gun to pick it up, and he also jumped into the air. After the table fell on the first two tables, he also landed on them.

Then Boss Cha rolled down from the three tables, landed on the stage, struck a pose, and laughed continuously. At this point, the show, which had lasted about an hour, was over.

There was immediate applause and cheers from the audience.

There was a strange gleam in Fang Muye's eyes, not because of Boss Cha's acting, but because of Boss Cha's kung fu, because he actually saw the shadow of Xingyiquan in Boss Cha's body posture.

Xingyiquan is essentially a fist formed by removing the gun from the body. Its appearance is that of a fist, but its inner meaning is that of a gun.

Boss Cha showed off his Xingyiquan skills when he used a gun on the stage just now.

Didn’t he learn ape-fighting and Tai Chi from Zhou Xiyu? How come he also knows Xingyiquan?

Fang Muye was puzzled. He turned to Yuzhen and Lin Xiaowan and said, "Wait for me here. I have something to do backstage."

Yuzhen and the other two agreed, and Fang Muye went backstage. After asking the theater staff, he found the room where Boss Cha was.

I knocked on the door, and Boss Cha's clear voice came from inside: "Come in."

Fang Muye pushed the door open and saw Boss Cha sitting behind the dressing table opposite, seemingly about to take off her makeup.

Boss Cha saw that the man had sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, and he looked very impressive, but he was not someone he knew, so he asked, "What does this gentleman want to see me for?"

Fang Muye smiled and clasped his fists in greeting, saying, "Boss Cha, sorry to bother you. I wonder who taught you Xingyi Quan?"

As he spoke, he performed a few Xingyiquan postures: "I don't mean anything else. That person might be an old friend of mine from the same school."

Fang Muye came to see Boss Cha. Although he was curious about his knowledge of Xingyiquan, he also wanted to take this opportunity to get to know him. After all, he was also a practitioner of Yuan Jishu.

Fang Muye wanted to learn the art of ape fighting. If Zhou Xiyu's way was not feasible, he could only start with Boss Cha. It was time to meet him first to pave the way.

Boss Cha was moved, stood up, clasped his fists, and said with a smile: "So you are a friend of Xingyiquan, what a honor! Two years ago, I had a packer named Fang Er."

Peking Opera costumes are packed in wooden boxes, and there are various requirements for placing the costumes backstage, so there are people who are specifically responsible for packing, and they have a very high status.

Boss Cha continued, "I happened to see Mr. Fang Er practicing boxing. His body was straight and steady, his steps were like plowing, and his feet were like taking root. We performers saw such a good posture, just like collectors saw a thousand-year-old antique and wanted to possess it. I paid tribute to Mr. Fang Er for quite some time, and he finally taught me the posture of Xingyi Quan."

Fang Muye smiled and said, "I see. I wonder where Mr. Fang Er is now?"