The fourth child was born in Kuhaha. He was an orphan at an early age and was adopted by a poor man named Zhang Xianzhong. Therefore, they did not have the opportunity to go to the theater or listen to music. Some of them were performed by low-level actors such as social operas.
Children's nature determines that they like to be lively. I heard that Zhongxing Hou took them to see a theater and listen to music. This is more effective than anything else. Their teeth no longer hurt, their waists are no longer sore, and they were lying in bed with no energy before, but now they are full of life and vigor.
Up.
When Zhong Jinwei saw the fourth primary school, he was quite surprised by their energy.
Ma Xianglin was not interested in watching operas or listening to music, so he stayed at the inn and took care of his soldiers.
Li Laosi had a total of six men. Wang Peng took five Dongchang servants, plus the four minors who were nominally bodyguards. There were a total of fifteen people who protected Zhongxing Hou. They were led by Yi Cheng in a mighty manner.
Depart for Kaifeng Fangfang Temple.
Shangfang Temple is not very far from the inn, and it would be too ostentatious if everyone rode horses. Since Zhong Jinwei decided to pay a private visit incognito, he walked there.
Along the way, people were coming and going, shoulder to shoulder. Just looking at the situation in Kaifeng City, it was really a prosperous scene. Who would have thought that the northwest was full of hungry people, the Liaodong pirates were raging, and the southeast was rampant.
The fourth child has been staying in northern Shaanxi, and the most lively places he has ever seen are Gaojiabao and Yulin Town. But those two places can't be compared with Kaifeng Mansion. The four of them couldn't take their eyes away from it, and they just wanted to walk too fast and get angry.
Two eyes were not enough, and he simply forgot that he was still Zhong Jinwei's identity.
Fortunately, Zhong Jinwei doesn't care at all. He treats these four primary school students more like little brothers. If in later generations, these four primary school students were still primary school students, at most the primary school students sitting at the back, they would have experienced a broken arm.
Broken limbs, a bloody battlefield.
Wang Peng, Li Laosi and others also had this realization, and did not regard these four children as the real guards of Zhongxing Hou. They themselves guarded Zhong Jinwei and the fourth child to protect them.
Zhong Jinwei saw that the four children were all looking at a candy seller at a hawker stall, and they were still looking at it reluctantly after passing by, so he ordered Mr. Li to buy one for each of the four of them.
When Sun Kewang heard this, he hesitated and said to Zhong Jinwei: "Master Marquis, it's better not to give up. We are no longer children."
Zhong Jinwei watched the four children's throats making constant swallowing movements. Although the eldest said no, their eyes still slipped over to look at them involuntarily.
"Really?" Zhong Jinwei asked with a secret smile.
"The fragrant, sweet and beautiful candy man, freshly baked and still warm, come and take a look, come and taste it, if it doesn't taste good, you don't have to pay..." The vendor's hawking voice sounded at the right time,
After hearing this, the four children couldn't help but turn their heads to look.
Li Dingguo looked at it, then immediately turned back and said to Zhong Jinwei: "Master Hou, how about you buy one for the third and fourth brothers, so that my eldest brother and I don't need it."
"Haha..." Zhong Jinwei, Wang Peng and others started laughing. They kept laughing until Si Xiao felt embarrassed.
After Zhong Jinwei stopped laughing, he motioned to Li Laosi with his eyes.
After a while, Ai Nengqi from the Fourth Primary School, while licking the candy man, said to Zhong Jinwei: "Master Hou, when I grow up and make money, I will pay you back."
The other three people also nodded together and looked at Zhong Jinwei with eyes full of gratitude.
After hearing this, Zhong Jinwei was slightly moved by Ai Nengqi's simplicity. He walked over and touched Ai Nengqi's head, and said lovingly: "No need, this money will be deducted from your wages."
"Wage?" The four children asked in surprise when they heard this.
"Yes, you are my guards, of course I have to pay you wages. Okay, let's go, the show is about to begin." After finishing speaking, Zhong Jinwei patted the heads of the four of them, turned around and left.
From this day on, Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, Li Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi began to identify with Zhong Jinwei, and gradually regarded Zhong Jinwei as a relative besides Zhang Xianzhong.
When Zhong Jinwei and others arrived at the pear garden in the square in front of the temple above, people were already waiting at the door. This was because Yi Cheng had sent someone to notify them in advance.
The person who greeted Zhong Jinwei was a Kaifeng official who managed the opera house. Yi Cheng had explained in advance that Zhongxing Hou was visiting privately incognito and his identity was not allowed to be revealed.
Therefore, the officials did not dare to be too obvious. After a brief salute, they led Zhong Jinwei and his party to the box on the second floor.
Officials greeted him and there were many guards, so it was inevitable that he would attract attention. However, those who saw him thought they were people with status in Kaifeng Mansion.
Zhong Jinwei's box was the best among all the boxes. It faced the stage and was very close, so he could clearly hear the actors singing on the stage. There were tables and chairs in the box, and tea and snacks were placed on the table.
Zhong Jinwei asked the four children to sit with him and let them eat and watch the show. He also asked the officials to bring some more stools over for the guards to sit on.
There is another box on the left and right of this box. For safety reasons, Wang Peng asked the officials privately to learn about the conditions of the boxes on both sides. He felt relieved when he felt that everything was OK.
After all, Wang Peng was from Dongchang, so he still had some experience. He arranged for a fan servant and one of Li Laosi's subordinates to wait beside the gate on the first floor. There was also a combination of the fan servant and Li Laosi's subordinates outside the box on the second floor.
Everyone was guarding Zhong Jinwei in the box. Of course, the postmaster and the officials in charge were also waiting on Zhong Jinwei in the box.
The opera has not started yet, but the people in the opera house are already full. Because of the huge fire of the opera, ordinary people cannot enter the opera garden now. The lobby downstairs is basically full of people with status, so it is not as noisy as on the street.
They were all chatting quietly with people they knew well.
Not long after, it was time for the show to begin. After the gong sounded, the whole audience fell silent and everyone began to watch the show.
Zhong Jinwei and Dongchang Banyan had seen this play, and they were the first troupe to perform in a play at that time. Therefore, Zhong Jinwei didn't feel particularly impressed when watching it.
It was the first time for the fourth primary school students to watch this drama. Compared with the social dramas they had seen before, they felt better. Because social dramas are still dramas, which are very different from reality. And this drama not only simulates reality, but also performs in a realistic way.
Or a real event.
Therefore, the four children watched and ate at the same time, and gradually turned into watching without eating, and fell into the drama.
The performance of those in the lobby below was similar to that of the fourth child. The difference was that they could control their emotions better and fell into the drama much later than the fourth child.
As the scenes of the play end and begin, the story told in the play unfolds in full swing, slowly entering the climax of the play.
Some voices began to appear in the lobby, but they were still under control and the voices were not loud. They were commenting on the story expressed in the play.
Suddenly, Zhong Jinwei heard a "clang" from the box next door, as if something fell to the ground, and then a voice sounded: "Bring two more bottles of wine!"
Immediately afterwards, a person who looked like a servant spoke in a low voice, probably trying to persuade the person who had just spoken loudly.
"I'm having a drink. Why don't you say anything? Go and get the wine." The man's voice was still loud, causing everyone sitting in the lobby to watch the drama to raise their heads and look over there with dissatisfaction.
The soundproofing effect of this box was really poor, and since it was next door to Zhong Jinwei, he could hear it clearly. However, he had a good temper and did not lose his temper. He continued to watch the drama while paying attention to the reactions of the audience in the lobby.
This made the official in charge secretly relieved that he didn't have to be in a dilemma.
There was only a moment of movement in the box, and then it fell silent again. Therefore, everyone's attention was focused on the drama again.
People in the lobby slowly began to curse the inhumane Jianlu in a low voice, but some people were commenting on the acting skills of the actors on the stage. There was no public outrage as Zhong Jinwei imagined, and they shouted: Down with Jianlu, for the sake of the Liaodong compatriots.
Revenge scene.
When the play finally ended, most people were talking to their familiar people about the brutality of the Jianlu and the tragedy of the protagonist's family, and then turned around and began to discuss the characteristics of the play. As if the stories in the play were just stories,
Still far away from them.
Zhong Jinwei was a little disappointed, the effect was not as good as expected.
Just as he stood up and prepared to leave the box and return to the inn in disappointment, another voice came from the box next door: "Whoever wrote this bird drama is really bad!"
When the postmaster and the officials in charge heard this, their faces suddenly changed. Isn't this the face of the imperial envoy, the Marquis of Zhongxing?
The two men immediately looked at Zhong Jinwei, wondering what Zhong Jinwei's reaction would be.