Phoenix and Dragon

The aggrieved son of the world has to start with a strange case that happened in the capital half a year ago.

It was said to be a strange case, but the details couldn't be escaped from trivial quarrels with the parents, and the repeated twists and turns were actually related to Li Mingyuan, the son of Prince Su.

It's a long story, the place where the crime happened is a well-known theater in the capital.

In the land of emperors and horses, in the west of the city, there is a theater called Zhengyi Temple.

The name sounds like a temple, but it is actually a temple.

In the previous dynasty, it was said that this place was still a monastery, and it was said that gods were worshiped in a decent manner. As for the one enshrined, the "five buckets of rice" Zhang Daoling, or the silver-whip and black-tiger Zhao Gongming?

Only the devil knows.

The folk rules of worshiping gods have always been absurd. If there is a lump of mud, it is regarded as a Bodhisattva. It is more than a broad-minded. In line with the principle of "the sea is tolerant to all rivers, tolerance is the greatest", arbitrarily surpassing the limitations of the gods and spirits. The short-sighted religious/religious affiliation is artificial Without any explanation, they collectively referred to them as "big fairy".

Therefore, it is impossible to test who was originally enshrined in this ruined temple.

In the early years of the Jin Dynasty, this place occupied the busiest area in the west of the city for nothing, but there was no incense and it was very dilapidated.

The originally solid beams and wood in the deserted temple were taken away by nearby residents to build a house, and a huge block of stone brick wall was taken away to build a stove. It is so out of shape, without the majesty of the statue, it truly explains what it means that a down-and-out phoenix is ​​not as good as a chicken.

Zhengyi Temple covers three acres of land, despite the wind and rain, there is only a mud platform for the gods standing in the west of Beijing without moving.

In this dilapidated place, there are no beams and roofs, no carved beams and painted buildings. Beggars who stay overnight will lament how dilapidated this place is, and children playing hide-and-seek will think how bare this place is. Over time, the old things in this place are chattering It has been passed down by the little common people for a long time, and it has become a vigorous legend about gods and ghosts that urges people to urinate.Among them, there are so many stories with rich imaginations such as "Yasha takes his life", "Impermanence takes people", "A certain ghost fell asleep and a fairy was locked here to clean the latrine" and so on.

So this place that no one loves to come to, has become worse and no one will come.

No one would have imagined that such a rotten wall that traffickers and pawns wouldn't bother to pee on, would later become a hot spot in Forty-Nine City. Stop talking to someone in a hurry.

As the saying goes, if you don't know how to do business, the blind hit the wall.

But in this vulgar world, there is still that blind man who is rich and powerful and doesn't know how to look back after hitting the south wall-a businessman who came to the capital from Zhejiang to do business. Insisting on buying it, the old man next door was so startled that he called him the upper body of a ghost, and chanted Amitabha Buddha in front of the altar—disregarding that the place originally enshrined maybe a Taoist god, and he couldn't understand the Buddha's name at all.

I don't know how the Zhejiang businessman works, but within a few days, the news came that this land was actually bought by this rich businessman!During this period, it is really unknown how much sincere concern this "people are stupid and rich" has received from the common people.

The businessman was not angry about this. He firmly believed that this place was a good place to gather money. He kept the mud platform as the center, surrounded by buildings on three sides, and set up stairs on both sides, and built a second floor on the ground. In the small building, a theater hall was built to entertain distinguished guests to watch operas here.

This opera house faces south from the north, with seats on the north, east and west sides, with eaves on the second floor, wooden carved flower covers on the stage, and embroidered lamps and railings in the room, all of which are luxurious. Appearing on stage, the reputation spread even louder without any surprise.

Here at night, romantic figures gather, dignitaries gather, and celebrities and rich people flock to it.

In just a few years, the Zhengyici Theater Building has evolved from a simple reception hall to a gathering place for the rich and powerful. The more prosperous the trend.

Back then, the little people who laughed at the businessmen for being "stupid and rich" were slapped in the face firmly, so they could only quietly find a place where no one was around to digest the "pain in the face", only hating themselves for not making a big deal out of it The fate of wealth is also blind.

If there is a theater building, there must be a theater troupe, otherwise you let the dignitaries sing and listen to the opera by themselves?

Before the Jin Dynasty, most theater troupes never stayed in one place exclusively.

It is fate for an actor to run around in life, look up and down, and read several states in a row, and eventually grow old in a wrong way.

Putting aside the hard work of shoulder-carrying vehicles on the road and boats traveling by water, if special circumstances are encountered on the way, they often fail to get on stage on time, and instead ruin their own signature business for nothing.

This kind of thing can never happen in Zhengyici Theater Building.

When the Zhejiang merchants built the Zhengyi Temple, it was specially used to entertain dignitaries in the capital and pave the way for their business contacts. When the dignitaries wanted to watch a play for fun, you, the host, opened your mouth and said, "Sorry, my lord, the troupe is still on the way." Didn’t make it there”——this is simply a desperate attempt to catch the flames and burn your body, you don’t have to wait until tomorrow, today you don’t have to beg for a living in the capital, roll up your bedding, what? Stay cool and go.

Therefore, although there are occasional performers from other troupes in the Zhengyici Theater Building, and more often other famous actors who are well-known in the capital come to play, but generally, this play is hired by a troupe.

The name of this class is "Jixiu". The musicians and actors in the class are all excellent in skills, the voice is delicate, and the body shape is amazing. The stage is lit every day, and the number of guests is very large.

The serious financial backer of the troupe is naturally the Zhejiang businessman who built the theater building, but the external troupe owner of this troupe is someone else.

This person's surname is Yi, his first name is Yi Gang, and he has no children, only one daughter who is twenty-eight years old.Although Miss Yi grew up in this romantic land, her family education was strict, her conduct was always upright, but her appearance was quite beautiful. Years ago, after being a matchmaker, she was ordered by her parents to be married to Fuqing troupe, another big opera troupe in the capital. Tsing Yi famous actor Chen Ziyun.

In the former dynasty, actors belonged to the "lower class" and belonged to the humble family.If someone's family had an opera singer, it would be a misfortune for the family, a great shame and a great shame, and the dead would not be allowed to enter the ancestral grave.

In the Jin Dynasty, Emperor Sejong felt that the low status regulations were too impersonal, so he acted vigorously and resolutely led the reform/new, ordered the abolition of this rule, and compiled those "untouchables" into good citizenship.

Emperor Sejong's move was undoubtedly unprecedented, and it gave these actors a fair background.

However, it has only been a few dynasties since the promulgation of this decree, and the deep-rooted and old-fashioned discrimination in the minds of the older generation has not been completely eliminated. The attitude towards actors is still the same as before, consciously superior, It's not that men with poor conditions who can't get a wife are basically unwilling to marry girls from the opera family.

However, both Yi and Chen are looking for a living in Liyuanhang, and they both come from this family, and no one will underestimate the other. It can be regarded as the opposite of each other. The two young people are both male and female. They are very satisfied with each other, it can be regarded as a good marriage, the Chen family has passed the three books and six rituals, and they are only waiting for the girl from the Yi family to pass the door next year.

Miss Yi's family is a sensible girl. Since she was six or seven years old, she has been taking care of the play garden with the class leader Yi Gang, serving tea and water and doing some cleaning work, but it doesn't matter.

In recent years, the girl has grown up, and her appearance and figure are exquisite. As a father, Yi Gang is afraid that his daughter will cause trouble here innocently, so he gradually doesn't let her do these trivial things. He often puts her in the background and tells the two A boy went to the theater to clean up.

This arrangement worked, the theatrical building welcomed guests as usual, and the theater troupe continued to perform as usual. For several years, everything was safe and sound.

There is an unpredictable situation in the sky, and people will be banished.

Unexpectedly, Team Leader Yi was so careful about his daughter's affairs. He could see his daughter getting married, but at this moment, something happened!

One night a few months ago, there was a performance of "Noodle Making Vat" on the stage. It was a gag play and the singing was lively.

The garden was full of guests, laughing one after another, looking after the two boys in front of them, but they didn't know what they ate, and they were all running.

Miss Yi had no choice but to go out to refill water for the guests by herself.

This time, something went wrong.

One of the guests watching the show took a fancy to Miss Yi's appearance, gave orders, and kidnapped the girl when she was defenseless.