When Shang Xiaoyun finished singing "Modern Girl", Zhou Hexuan secretly pointed to the side and whispered: "It's a woman."
"She must be a beautiful woman." Li Shoumin chuckled.
"Maybe she's an ugly girl. She's covering her face with a hat because she's too ugly." Zhou Hexuan was also so bored that he actually started gossiping with Li Shoumin.
Li Shoumin was afraid that Li Shuanzhu would hear him, so he whispered: "Chu Yupu's brother Chu Yufeng is now the Supreme Emperor of Tianjin City. That bastard is so lustful that beautiful women now have to cover themselves up when they go out, just for fear of being spotted by Chu Yufeng."
"That's it." Zhou Hexuan couldn't laugh or cry.
Li Shoumin no longer mentioned this issue, but turned the topic to Shang Xiaoyun, praising: "Shang's master's skill has increased again, and has reached a state of being neither tepid nor fiery, both strong and soft."
"I didn't expect Brother Shoumin to be so knowledgeable about drama." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.
After he said the words, he suddenly thought of another identity of Li Shoumin in later generations. This man not only wrote the popular "The Legend of Shushan Swordsman" under the pseudonym of Huanzhu Tower, but he was also an accomplished playwright.
Historically, Li Shoumin first liked to watch Sichuan Opera. After his family moved to the Beijing-Tianjin area, he gradually fell in love with Peking Opera. He had been a fan for many years, and finally had the opportunity to talk to Shang Xiaoyun in person. The two hit it off and became friends.
They worshiped Ba Zi and became brothers with different surnames.
Li Shoumin later wrote excellent scripts such as "The Concubine of the Han Dynasty" and "Mo Dai" and gave them to Shang Xiaoyun for exclusive performance. Once they were published, they became a sensation across the country.
From an ordinary Peking Opera fan to a famous playwright, Li Shoumin's life is still very fierce. Of course, that is all for another day.
Near noon, Xie Qingshe’s performance finally ended.
Everyone laughed and stood up to leave, but Li Shoumin shouted in surprise: "Winter Emperor!"
"What Winter Emperor?" Zhou Hexuan turned around curiously and saw that the hat of the woman disguised as a man next to him had been squeezed off, revealing a delicate and charming face.
Li Shoumin said in surprise: "She is Meng Xiaodong!"
Even if Zhou Hexuan is not familiar with traditional drama, he has still heard of Meng Xiaodong. This woman appeared on the stage at the age of seven, became popular in Wuxi at the age of twelve, became famous in Jiangnan at the age of fourteen, and was revered as the "Winter Emperor". I don't know where she is.
What kind of trouble did Nanfang encounter? At the age of seventeen, when he was on the rise, he suddenly retired and lived in seclusion in Tianjin for three years before re-appearing on stage.
According to the historical trajectory, Meng Xiaodong will marry Mei Lanfang next year, but the two soon break up. Twenty years later, she married Du Yuesheng, the leader of the Youth Gang.
Now is the last year that Meng Xiaodong has been studying in seclusion in Tianjin.
Li Shoumin once settled in Hangzhou, and he never forgets Meng Xiaodong. Just like a fan meeting his idol, he immediately catches up and says: "Hello, Winter Emperor, I saw your performance in Hangzhou. I am so happy to see you again!"
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Meng Xiaodong put on his hat again, shook hands with Li Shoumin with a smile and said: "Thank you for your love, it is a great honor."
Li Shoumin said excitedly: "My name is Li Shoumin. This is my friend Zhou Hexuan. "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is the novel written by him."
"Oh," Meng Xiaodong looked at Zhou Hexuan with interest and laughed, "I thought the author of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" must be a strong man who is proficient in martial arts."
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "I'm sorry, I let Miss Meng down."
"That's not true. Being gentle and gentle is quite nice." Meng Xiaodong pursed her lips and said.
A few people had already walked out of the theater while chatting and laughing. Meng Xiaodong was about to call for a car to leave. Li Shoumin quickly said: "It's already noon, let's go to a restaurant to eat together."
Meng Xiaodong has a quite straightforward personality. After a moment of hesitation, he nodded and said, "Okay."
Li Shoumin took the lead to find the restaurant. Zhou Hexuan smiled evilly and encouraged in a low voice: "If you like it, don't be cowardly. Go after it boldly. I support you!"
Li Shoumin rolled his eyes and said speechlessly: "Brother Hexuan, you are thinking too much."
Zhou Hexuan was looking for trouble and was too lazy to talk nonsense to Li Shoumin, so he took out his cigarette and started puffing on it.
Meng Xiaodong waved his hand to disperse the floating smoke and asked proactively: "I heard that Mr. Zhou is working under Marshal Chu?"
"That's right." Zhou Hexuan said with a wry smile. His identity was indeed a bit embarrassing.
Meng Xiaodong said: "Didn't you advise Marshal Chu on what he did in Tianjin?"
Li Shoumin helped Zhou Hexuan explain: "Brother Hexuan couldn't help himself. He was forcibly arrested by Marshal Chu to answer the mission. How can he speak?"
"That's true." Meng Xiaodong nodded. She was attracted by a certain general in the south and refused to give in, so she fled to Tianjin. She knew how difficult these warlord leaders were to deal with.
Xinming Grand Theater is the People's Art Theater in later generations. There are many lively restaurants nearby, and there are many entertainment and leisure venues. It is a good place for Tianjin's middle class to eat, drink and have fun. Chu Yupu's extortionate expropriation does not seem to have affected the prosperity here.
They didn't go far when they saw someone performing tricks on the roadside. There were twenty or thirty people inside and outside watching the fun.
"good!"
"another one!"
Although I couldn't see clearly what was going on inside, I knew the performance there was wonderful just by the roar of applause.
Just then, the villain appeared.
"What? What are you doing?"
Seven or eight gangsters carrying sticks came with force, and the crowd of onlookers quickly dispersed, fearing that they would be harmed. However, they did not want to go far, and stood on the edge pointing and continuing to watch the show, just like the cold-blooded citizens described by Mr. Lu Xun.
After the crowd dispersed, Zhou Hexuan could see clearly what was going on inside. They were two short, lean men with dark and shiny skin. They were wearing short coats that were washed out and covered with patches. There were two red-tasseled guns on the ground.
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The gangster leader kicked the red tassel gun away and yelled loudly: "Who allowed you to do tricks here? Have you ever visited the dock?"
One of the men clasped his fists in greeting and spoke with a Shanxi accent: "Brothers, we just want to beg for food. If there is any violation of the rules, please forgive me."
"Excuse me! From Qiande Village (Tianjin People's Park) to here, this is Master Li's territory. Who dares not to visit the pier?" The gangster leader pointed at the reward money on the ground and yelled, "I picked up all the money.
Get up, take them away, and give these two strangers a good beating!"
Seeing this, Zhou Hexuan smiled bitterly and shook his head. There were too many such things, and he didn't want to care about them, and he couldn't.
But what happened next was completely beyond Zhou Hexuan's expectation——
The gangsters were just about to go up and grab the money, when the busker who had been silent before suddenly stood up and shouted: "Who dares to try to touch one!"
"Beat me to death!" the gangster leader yelled.
The two sides immediately started fighting. The moves of the two buskers were very ordinary, not as fancy as in the movies. But every time they punched a gangster, they would knock down a gangster. They really knocked him down and they couldn't get up.
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Zhou Hexuan was stunned. He finally saw real Kung Fu!
The gangster leader finally felt scared. He hurriedly took out an iron whistle, put it into his mouth and blew: "Ugh!!!!"
The police arrived very quickly. Less than a minute after the whistle was blown, two black leather men rushed to the scene, pointed their guns at the busker and shouted: "Don't move!"