Li Tianmu, Shi Jinghong and others escorted the jade-faced demon fox to Hong Kong Island. At sunset, they arrived at Hengdian Town and stayed at an inn. During dinner, Shi Jinghong said to Li Tianmu: "Master Li, have you been to Hengdian before?
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Li Tianmu said: "I've never been here before, this is the first time."
Shi Jinghong said: "Since this is your first time here, maybe you don't know the three good things about Hengdian?"
Li Tianmu smiled and said: "I am ignorant and ignorant. I don't know what are the three best things about Hengdian?"
Shi Jinghong said: "Hengdian has good mountains and good water, but they are not as good as Zaju. Does Li Daxia like to watch Zaju?"
Li Tianmu said: "I have seen some of them, but I can't say I like them. My junior sister Dong likes to see these things and often drags me to see them."
Shi Jinghong asked: "Which dramas have you watched?"
Li Tianmu thought for a while and said: "I have read "The Injustice of Dou E", "Single Sword Club", "Single Whip to Seize the Palm", and "Dream of Western Shu"." After a pause, he added: "I have also read "Han Dynasty".
"Gong Qiu", "A Chinese Girl's Lost Soul", "Moon Worship Pavilion", "The Romance of the West Chamber", and "Horse on the Wall", that's probably all."
Shi Jinghong said: "Daxia Li has watched a lot of dramas, but unfortunately he has never seen Hengdian's anti-Japanese drama."
Li Tianmu asked: "What is an anti-Japanese drama?"
Shi Jinghong said: "It's a drama about fighting against Japanese pirates. Because this kind of drama is performed very well, people call it the drama about fighting against Japanese pirates. It's so cute. It's a coincidence that I happen to be staying in Hengdian tonight. Are you interested, Daxia Li?"
Come along and watch the anti-Japanese drama?"
Li Tianmu smiled and said: "Go ahead, it's also free to be idle."
Shi Jinghong ordered his men to keep an eye on the jade-faced demon fox, and he and Li Tianmu left the inn, walked through the streets and alleys, and came to the door of a theater. There was a table at the door with a dustpan on the table, and there were copper coins in the dustpan.
There was a waiter sitting behind the table. When he saw the guests, he stood up and said, "Are you two watching a show?"
Shi Jinghong said "hmm".
The waiter said: "Ten cents per person."
Shi Jinghong had no change in his pocket, so he took out a small ingot of silver, threw it into the dustpan, and said, "The tea money is all in there."
The shopkeeper responded: "Okay, sir, please come in."
There is also a waiter standing at the door. If the person outside the door shouts "Please come in, please." It means that the visitors are ordinary and there is no need for the person at the door to greet you. But if the word "Uncle" is added to the call, it means that the visitors are ordinary.
It means that the visitor is distinguished, so the person at the door should come forward to greet the distinguished guest and take the distinguished guest to a seat in the front row.
Li Tianmu and Shi Jinghong stepped into the hall. They saw that the hall was spacious and surrounded by a circle of lanterns, shining like daylight. To the north was a stage with three rows of tables in front of the stage and chairs behind the tables. This was for distinguished guests.
There is an additional fee for preparation. After the three rows of tables, there are more than a dozen rows of benches for ordinary guests to sit on.
At this time, one and a half rows of VIP seats were filled, and several rows of ordinary seats were also filled. The theater's attendance rate was not bad, reaching 60-70%.
The waiter at the door heard the greetings from outside and saw Li Shi and Li Shi coming in. He smiled and said, "You two gentlemen, follow me." He led Li Shi and Li Shi to sit down at the VIP seats in the second row, and then left. The other man
The waiter brought a pot of fragrant tea, melon seeds, spiced peanuts, and exquisite snacks. He poured two bowls of tea and placed them in front of Li and Shi.
Shi Jinghong saw that the stage was empty and the red curtain hadn't opened yet, so he asked the waiter: "The show hasn't started yet?"
The waiter smiled apologetically and said, "To tell you what, sir, one performance has just finished, and now there is a break so that the guests can go to the latrines to drain the water. The second performance will start soon."
Shi Jinghong said "hmm", picked up the tea bowl, took a sip, frowned and said: "This tea is really bad, man, please bring me a pot of the best Mingqian Longjing."
The waiter smiled apologetically and said, "Master, wait a moment, I'll go get it now."
Li Tianmu also picked up the tea bowl, took a sip, and said, "This tea is okay, not too bad."
Shi Jinghong laughed and said: "What's the matter? It's just this broken tea, how can you drink it?"
Li Tianmu smiled and said: "It seems that Master Shi is a master of tea tasting, and I feel inferior to you. I don't have much research on tea tasting, so I can't taste the quality of tea. However, I know that tea has three virtues. Does Master Shi know which ones they are?"
Is it virtuous?”
Shi Jinghong pondered for a moment and then said with a smile: "Tea has three virtues? I really don't know. What are the three virtues? I would like to hear the details."
Li Tianmu said: "Drinking tea can help digestion, relieve sleepiness and reduce desire. These are the three virtues of tea."
Shi Jinghong smiled and said: "Oh, that's it."
Li Tianmu said: "There is a little story about the three virtues of tea."
Shi Jinghong said: "A little story, what story? Let's hear it, Master Li."
Li Tianmu said: "Once upon a time, there was a mountain with a temple. There was an eminent monk practicing in the temple. The eminent monk had a friend who was a woodcutter. The woodcutter knew that the eminent monk liked to drink tea, so he asked the eminent monk, "Why do you like tea so much?"
Besides being delicious, what are the benefits of drinking tea?
"The eminent monk said: 'Drinking tea has three benefits. One is to digest food, the other is to get rid of sleep, and the third is to reduce desires. The woodcutter said: 'These three benefits are all disadvantages to me.' The eminent monk was puzzled.
,ask why?
"The woodcutter said: 'My life is miserable. I don't have enough to eat. If I use tea to rinse my intestines and help digestion, it will be miserable when I get hungry and have nothing to eat."
Shi Jinghong smiled and said: "Ha... interesting and interesting. What are the other two disadvantages?"
Li Tianmu said: "The woodcutter said: 'What's worse is that drinking tea can help you get rid of sleep. If your stomach is growling with hunger, you will look forward to falling asleep quickly. When you fall asleep, you won't know you are hungry. If you drink tea, you will get rid of sleepiness.
If you go to bed, you feel hungry and cannot sleep, then you will suffer the old sin."
Shi Jinghong smiled and said: "What the woodcutter said makes sense, what is the third disadvantage?"
Li Tianmu said: "The woodcutter said: 'Especially the third disadvantage is the worst. I am so poor that I can't even eat enough. The reason why my wife still follows me and doesn't starve is because of the fish water on the bed.
Zhihuan, if I drink tea and lose my lust, and don’t do that with my wife, can she still live a hard life with me? Wouldn’t she run away?”
"Ha..." Shi Jinghong said with a smile, "This story is interesting. The three bad things the woodcutter said are all reasonable. Hey, this poor man is really pitiful." After a pause, he added: "Master Li, I didn't expect that.
You know how to make up stories."
Li Tianmu said: "I did not make up this story, it was told to me by Brother Geng." Speaking of Geng Zhenggang, Li Tianmu showed a sad look on his face, and said: "I don't believe that Brother Geng is what the Jade-Faced Demon Fox said.
That kind of person."
Shi Jinghong said: "I don't believe it either. I think the jade-faced demon fox must have been instigated by someone to slander Elder Geng. When we get to Hong Kong Island and meet Mr. Dongwu Sheng, the truth will naturally become clear."
At this time, the gong sounded, the stage curtain slowly opened, and a tall and burly actor dressed as a soldier appeared.
Shi Jinghong said: "The show has finally begun."
Just listen to the actor saying vividly: "You are so majestic and high-spirited. I crossed the river with the commander and went to Goryeo to fight against the Japanese pirates and make my name famous. My name is Hu Aiguo. My grandfather was killed by the Japanese pirates when he was three years old."
, our whole family hates the Japanese pirates to death, thank General Qi Jiguang Qi for driving away the Japanese pirates along the coast and avenging my grandfather. Now the Japanese pirate Xiaotuodou has invaded Korea again. It is simply unreasonable, other than 'fuck him'
We don’t have a problem.”
Li Tianmu smiled and whispered to Shi Jinghong: "This line is too ridiculous. His grandfather died when he was three years old. Where did his father come from? He can't even talk about it."
Shi Jinghong smiled and said: "That's right. No wonder it's called a magical drama. It's really a bit magical."
At this time, another short actor dressed as a Japanese pirate came onto the stage from behind in an extremely obscene manner with a sword in his hand and shouted "Bagya Road".
The actor who played the Ming army soldier Hu Aiguo took out a bun from his arms, took a bite, showed it to the Japanese pirate, and asked: "Japanese little potato, do you know what this is?"
The Japanese pirate said: "These are steamed buns stuffed with chives."
Hu Aiguo said: "No, this is not an ordinary bun. This is called 'Bao Zi Lei'. It is not only edible, but can also fry you to death."
The Japanese pirate shouted disdainfully: "I don't believe it! Try blowing me up."
Hu Aiguo shouted: "Then you will die!" He threw the remaining half of the bun at the feet of the Japanese pirate. Only someone in the background shouted "Boom!"
When the Japanese pirate heard the sound, he leaned back, fell on the stage, and said: "The bun thunder was so powerful that it blew me up to death. The Ming Dynasty is the kingdom of heaven, and we, the Japanese, are not as good as us. We Japanese people are all stupid little potatoes."
Most of the audience in the audience laughed happily when they heard this.
Suddenly I heard someone shouting: "What the hell, this is a trick to coax children. If our court had such powerful Baozi Lei, they would have attacked Japan in the 20th year of Wanli. Do we still need to fight them for so many years?"
It’s just nonsense.”
Li Tianmu heard the voice coming from behind, turned around and saw that the words came from the mouth of a young man. The man was sitting in the row behind Li Tianmu. He had an elegant appearance, dressed in the attire of a young gentleman from Vincent, holding a folding fan, and looked elegant.
There were several thugs in the theater who were watching the show. They were all sturdy men in strong suits with belts tied around their waists. These people gathered around, and one of them pointed at the young man and shouted: "If you want to see it, if you don't want to see it, get the hell out of here."
Dan, don't make trouble, if you keep acting carelessly, I'll slap you with my big mouth."
The young man sat back on the chair, fanned slightly, looked at the big man with a smile, and said: "Who are you slapping? I told you to fan yourself, do you believe it?"
Seeing that the other party was not convinced, the big man became angry and shouted: "Damn it, I think you are looking for trouble. Come out, come out." The young man was sitting in the middle of the third row. The big man did not want to go over for fear of disturbing other spectators.
beat him.
The young man smiled and said, "Come out as soon as you come out. Are you afraid of you?" He stood up and walked over until he got close. The big man grabbed the young man and tried to grab the young man's clothes and beat him.
The young man turned sideways and glared at the big man. The big man shivered immediately, and then his eyes glazed over.
The young man said to the big man: "Slap yourself in the mouth."
The big man slapped himself in the mouth without hesitation. Everyone was stunned by this sudden change.
Li Tianmu kept watching, and when he saw this scene, he exclaimed in his heart: "Ah, how can this person use the soul-stirring technique?"