Dressed as a beauty to be selected, the game starts in hell mode!

"puff……!"

Hua Wu spat out a mouthful of lychee paste water, and jumped up like a startled bird. He looked around quickly and asked Hong Yaer in his sea of consciousness, "What happened?! Are the people of King Yao Xiao Jing chasing us?!"

It was getting close to the hottest time of the day, and there were only a few people on the street. Hua Wu didn't see the person who was arresting her, and her heart tightened. Could it be that the person was hiding somewhere, watching her in the dark? !

"No! No!"

"Are the pursuers coming?"

Seeing Hua Wu's nervous expression, Hong Yaer realized that she had frightened her, and quickly explained, "Something happened to the big red silk drama..."

……

When Hua Wu knocked on the side door again, the sound of gongs and drums inside had gradually weakened, and it was obvious that the show was about to end.

"Who are you?"

The gatekeeper was an old woman with triangular eyes. When she saw Hua Wu's ordinary short and thin appearance, she spoke unhappily.

"Hello, Auntie! I'm from the Dahongchou Opera Troupe. Our troupe boss asked me to go home to visit my family for a day, so I'm a little late..."

"Please take me to find our boss..."

Hua Wu felt anxious as she listened to the gradually weakening sound of gongs and drums, but she still had to put on a smile and slip ten cents into the mouth of the old woman under the cover of her sleeve.

Hua Wu knew that it was easy to see the King of Hell but difficult to deal with the little ghosts.

She didn't have time to waste with this old woman, so she bribed her directly.

Sure enough, the old woman, who was originally very reluctant and had a mean and cunning look on her face, immediately smiled at Hua Wu after seeing the ten cents in her hand, and even looked at this thin boy with a more favorable attitude.

"Forget it. Since you are sensible, I will take you there myself."

"This was once the residence of a fourth-rank official. You, a poor boy, should be careful and don't sneak around... If you anger the housekeeper, I, an old woman, can't save you..."

He walked very slowly and kept talking all the way, which annoyed Hua Wu very much.

After much difficulty, they reached the guest house where the Dahongchou opera troupe lived, which was already a very remote courtyard in the mansion.

"Boss Xu! Boss Xu! The youngsters from your troupe are here..."

The old woman guarding the gate shouted impatiently, her tone revealing a hint of contempt.

……

At this time, everyone in the room of the Dahongchou Opera Troupe had a sad look on their face. In the middle of the room stood a young girl with gentle eyes and fair skin. Although she was wearing a straw hat and a cloth skirt, her beauty could not be concealed, especially her eyes, which were extremely beautiful, with a clear look in them and a fierce look in their eyes.

It was Xu Liniang, the only daughter of Lao Xu, the owner of the Dahongchou Opera Troupe.

"Dad! If that doesn't work, just hand me over!"

Xu Liniang's eyes were slightly red, but her voice was firm.

They, actors, were called the lowest class, lowly people. How could they fight against the rich and powerful officials?!

If they don't hand her over, none of their troupe will be able to leave the Zeng Mansion.

"How is that possible?!"

When Mr. Xu heard his daughter say this, he clenched his rough big hands into fists, his knuckles turned white, and he gritted his teeth.

That Mr. Zeng was already in his sixties or seventies, and now he actually wanted to take her daughter as his concubine, and asked him to send his daughter over today.

He never imagined that there would be such a shameless old man in this world!

Then Mr. Zeng can be my daughter’s great-grandfather!

When he thought about how Mr. Zeng wanted to use his power to force his daughter into marriage, this usually honest and simple man felt murderous.

His wife died early, leaving him with this daughter.

His daughter is his life. He will fight to the death with anyone who touches his daughter!

"Li Niang..."

Li Side, the mainstay of the stage, looked at Xu Li'niang with a painful expression.

Li Niang was beautiful since she was a child, and she was already the mainstay of their opera troupe when she was only eleven or twelve years old.

He likes Li Niang!

I’ve loved it since I was a kid!

However, he never dared to express his feelings.

Because, they, the actors, were of low status, and the children born to them were also of low status, and they could never escape this identity of being bullied at will.

Because they were of low status, they couldn't even change their careers.

He knew that the boss's greatest wish in life was that his daughter could marry a commoner and live an honest life, taking care of her husband and children, so that his daughter's children would not have to suffer the pain of being a lowly person.

If he married Li Niang, she would never be able to escape from this pit in her life, and their children would be slaves for generations.

So, even though he knew Li Niang's feelings, he still cruelly rejected her.

His happiest moment was co-starring with Li Niang in "Dream in the Garden". Only in the play could he love Li Niang wholeheartedly.

Originally, the troupe owner had already found matchmakers to introduce Li Niang to several families, but Li Niang refused to agree no matter what.

Li Niang said that if she left, the Dahongchou Opera Troupe would lose its pillar and would collapse.

She really couldn't bear to see the opera troupe founded by her father disbanded like this, leaving so many of her fellow brothers and sisters without food to eat.

However, he knew that Li Niang couldn't bear to leave him.

It is this hesitation and procrastination that has led to the current situation.

If he had known this would happen, he would have kidnapped Li Niang and married her to someone else. This would have been better than being raped by an old man today.

"Brother...it's okay..."

"At least, I can have enough food to eat in this mansion, and I can also support our opera troupe..."

Xu Liniang hid the reluctance in her eyes and spoke softly in a relaxed manner.

"Wuwu... Sister Li Niang, we can't bear to leave you..."

Three little girls, aged five or six, rushed up, hugged Xu Liniang's waist and burst into tears.

These were children abandoned by others that Master Xu picked up when he was performing everywhere. It was Xu Liniang who had taken care of them from the time they were babies until they grew up to this age.

To them, Li Niang is both a sister and a mother.

"Dad, Li Niang asks you for a favor..."

"When Da Ya'er, Er Ya'er and San Ya'er grow up, don't let them learn Kunqu Opera..."

Xu Li'niang's eyes were filled with tears as she spoke to troupe leader Xu.

The world is difficult, and it is even harder for the lowly women in the opera troupe.

They are just playthings to those powerful people.

She didn't want Da Ya'er, Er Ya'er and San Ya'er to follow her old path.

After hearing this, the maids cried even louder. The whole house was filled with sadness and even the air was filled with bitterness.

At this moment, a woman was suddenly heard shouting outside: "Master Xu! Master Xu! The young man from your troupe is here..."

Team Leader Xu was stunned, glanced around, and asked in confusion: "Are all the young people in our team still here?"

"one two Three……"

Eleven young men!

That’s right!

They're all here!

Where are the young people out there?!

With a puzzled look on his face, Class Master Xu wiped his face twice, slowly walked out of the house and came to the yard... He saw the young man who had just left the day before yesterday with a smile on his face, and said: "Class Master, I'm back from visiting my relatives..."

"Um... Auntie... I found our class owner, thank you!"

After saying that, he dragged the still confused Xu Banzhu back to the house. Looking at the gloomy atmosphere in the house, he said, "I have a way that should be able to help Li Niang!"

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