When Zhou Jun opened his eyes, the sky was already bright outside the window.
He stretched out his hand to wipe his face, and was a little surprised to find that the corners of his eyes were moist.
There were footsteps outside the door. Zhou Jun quickly wiped his face with his sleeves and sat up from the bed.
Huayue opened the door and walked in, saying to Zhou Jun: "Breakfast is here. Come and eat after you wash up."
Zhou Jun nodded, dressed and tidied up, and walked out of the room.
Sitting down next to the desk, Zhou Jun looked at Huayue's newly made skirt and was stunned for a moment.
Huayue lowered her head and looked at herself, and said with some embarrassment: "Rou Xing told me that when a woman goes out today, she needs to put on clothes newly sewn by her own hands, which is why she wants to beg for help."
"I'm clumsy and can't make clothes, so Rouxing lent me one of her new clothes."
"How's it going? Does it look good?"
Zhou Jun looked away, coughed twice, took a bite of the steamed cake, and said vaguely: "It looks good."
Huayue looked at Zhou Jun and asked, "Where are you going when you enter the city today?"
Zhou Jun: "You'll know when we get there."
After breakfast, Zhou Jun went to Zhongyuan again and was told that Pang Gong still had not returned, so he rode on horseback and took Hua Yue to Chang'an City.
Entering the city from Chunming Gate and walking along Fang Street, Hua Yue saw the crowds of people on the street, but they were all heading in the same direction, and he was filled with curiosity.
Zhou Jun went to the north gate of Pingkang Square and saw that there were too many people in the square, so he left his horse in the stable outside the square gate.
He entered the square gate with Hua Yue and then went all the way south to the temporary Luoguan Pass in the southwest corner.
Zhou Jun took out a red note from his arms and handed it to the servant guarding the gate.
The latter opened the red paper, saw the names inside, and flipped through the directory next to him to compare. After confirming his identity, he bowed and invited Zhou Jun and Hua Yue to enter the customs.
Huayue entered the door and saw the treasured temple in front of her. She said, "I know this place, Bodhi Temple. Are we here to burn incense?"
Zhou Jun smiled and shook his head: "It's not about burning incense, but we have to walk a little further. We'll be there soon."
Hua Yue's face was full of confusion: "Not here yet?"
After walking along the path inside the temple for a while, Zhou Jun took Huayue up the steps in the backyard of Bodhi Temple, and the view in front of him suddenly broadened.
I saw a magnificent stage set up in an open space far outside the backyard wall. Countless people gathered beside the stage, crowding the entire place to the brim and making it very lively.
Huayue looked at the stage and was so shocked that she couldn't open her mouth from ear to ear.
Zhou Jun took her to a corner and sat down on the floor.
Hua Yue looked at the noisy theater in the distance, the shocked look on her face still not fading away, she just heard her say: "So you said it was a surprise, you just brought me to watch the show."
"I don't understand. There is also a theater troupe in the other garden. Why do you have to go to all the trouble to come here to watch the theater?"
Zhou Jun sat and smiled and said: "This scene is different from the ones in the other gardens. You will know after watching it."
As soon as they finished speaking, a man's voice came from behind the two of them: "Hengcai."
Zhou Jun looked back and found that the person coming was Shao Chang. He quickly stood up and saluted: "Shao County Cheng."
Shao Chang smiled and waved his hands and said: "Don't claim to be an official, just read and read."
Zhou Jun nodded and changed his title again.
Shao Chang glanced at Hua Yue beside Zhou Jun, was slightly startled, and quickly said: "Jade is a secret number, and a beautiful woman is by his side. Hengcai is really lucky."
Zhou Jun didn't argue, he just smiled.
Shao Chang lowered his voice and said to Zhou Jun: "Can I take a step to speak?"
Zhou Jun told Hua Yue to go and come, and followed Shao Chang to a remote place.
Shao Chang cupped his hands towards Zhou Jun and said in admiration: "Hengcai's Xuanhuang Technique is truly deified!"
Zhou Jun knew that what Shao Chang was talking about was that he had previously predicted that Prisoner He's term was coming, so he raised his hand and said: "A certain way is not deep, it is just a random guess."
"This matter is confidential, please keep it confidential."
Shao Chang nodded quickly and said: "Hengcai is relieved, I should keep my mouth shut."
Zhou Jun breathed a sigh of relief. Just when he was about to say something else, he heard another familiar voice.
"The show has begun, what are you two waiting for here?"
Zhou Jun followed the sound and found that the person speaking was Yin Yu.
Shao Chang looked at Mr. Yin, smiled bitterly, and said to Zhou Jun in a low voice: "I have free time in the future, so I'd like to be the host of a certain person, and I won't mind it if I hope Heng."
Zhou Jun nodded and said: "I should go to the appointment."
After Shao Chang left, Zhou Jun looked at Yin Yu and saw that she was wearing a plain robe, with no makeup on her face, and she still looked a little tired.
Zhou Jun cupped his hands towards Yin Yu and said: "Congratulations to the great virtuous eunuch. He has passed away. The country and the people are all sad."
Hearing Zhou Jun talk about his teacher, Yin Yu smiled reluctantly and thanked the former.
Zhou Jun suddenly remembered something and asked Yin Yu, "Does Mr. Yin know Kong You?"
Yin Yu was stunned: "Kong Bohong? Of course I recognize him. He is the teacher's foreign disciple."
Zhou Jun: "Do you have any dealings with Mr. Yin on a daily basis?"
Yin Yu nodded and said: "When the teacher did not leave Chang'an, he valued Kong You very much and often told others that although Bo Hong was an official slave, he had great talents."
Speaking of this, Yin Yu said with a smile: "I don't know whether Kong You is a great talent or not, but Kong You's homework is very good. No matter what questions the teacher asks, he can answer them in writing."
"Sometimes, when the homework is too difficult, I will go to Kong You for help. Every time he helps me, even if the teacher looks at the answer, he can't tell it is from him."
"Because of this, even though he is an official slave and a convict, my relationship with him is pretty good."
"A few days ago, when the storybook of The West Chamber was on sale, I bought some and gave them to friends. I also gave him a copy of Kong You."
When Zhou Jun heard this, he frowned and asked, "Have you ever given Kong You the script of The West Chamber?"
Yin Yu nodded and said, "Yes, after he read The West Chamber, he asked a lot about you."
Zhou Junqi asked: "My matter? What did you ask?"
Yin Yu said while recalling: "It seems to be nothing, just some trivial matters."
"For example, how did I meet you, what interesting words did you once say, and how did you write the storybook of The West Chamber? Those are the questions."
Zhou Jun was silent for a while, feeling suspicious in his heart.
Kong You asked Yin Yu about these things, but why?
While the two were talking, they heard a burst of earth-shattering cheers coming from the stage outside the courtyard wall.
Looking around, it was The West Chamber that had officially begun.
Yin Yu's eyes lit up and she said to Zhou Jun, "I won't talk to you anymore. I'm going to go to the theater first."
Zhou Jun nodded, and with his thoughts full of thoughts, he came to Hua Yue's side again and sat down.
Huayue was concentrating on watching the performance on the stage and did not notice Zhou Jun's expression.
After a while, the first act was over, and the actors who played the roles of Zhang Sheng and Shu Tong walked off the stage.
Hua Yue then turned around and said excitedly to Zhou Jun: "So the play you are talking about is The West Chamber!"
Zhou Jun nodded and said: "The story I told you before was turned into a script and put on the stage. Do you like this surprise?"
Huayue beamed with joy, pulled Zhou Jun's sleeve and said, "Of course I like it! I can watch the drama of The West Chamber today. It is really the happiest day since I came to the Tang Dynasty!"
As soon as I finished speaking, I heard a gong sound coming from the stage, but it was the second turn and the performance started.
Under the eager anticipation of thousands of spectators, a stunning beauty with fragrant elegance, as quiet as an orchid, floated onto the stage.
After the woman appeared, the originally noisy audience suddenly became quiet.
Everyone opened their eyes wide and looked towards the stage, not daring to make any loud noise for fear of disturbing the beauty for no reason.
I saw the woman lightly opening her red lips and singing sweetly: "I lock myself in the boudoir every day, my eyebrows are wrinkled; I can't sing high and fly far, I can't say the word Yingying in vain..."