Winter Begonia

Shang Xirui didn't take anyone with him either, he just hailed a rickshaw and rushed to Sun's residence.The Sun Mansion used to be the mansion of a Zhejiang tea merchant. Although it was not comparable in size to Cheng Fengtai's Prince Qi's Mansion, it was very elegant and exquisite, with small bridges and flowing water, showing the charm of the south of the Yangtze River.Shang Xirui sang to its original owner in this garden a few years ago, so everything is familiar, he didn't want to be blocked before entering the gate today!

Two guards at the gate stopped him with a yell, saying that he would not be allowed to enter without an invitation.Shang Xirui has been rampant in Sijiu City for many years, this face is his passport, he puts this handsome passport in front of people, and asks in the tone of Emperor Zhengde's private visit: "Where are you from?" What? You don’t even know me?”

The two guards saw that his style was really not small, and with his appearance and age, he might be the son of some important person in the room. They didn't dare to speak rudely and yell at him, but insisted that he show the invitation card, and he would not let him go without the invitation card. Enter.Shang Xirui twisted his neck and raised his pass a little higher: "Let your boss come, I'll have a word with him." Before the guards could report, he thought of "Boss Shang" behind him, looked back, it was Xue Qianshan arrived late with a pretty dark-skinned girl.Xue Qianshan put one arm around the girl's waist, put the other on Shang Xirui's back, said with a smile: "Boss Shang! I said how can I do without you today! Fan Lian even lied to me not to come! Where is the big axis singing? Don't let Director Sun order! He doesn't know how to play, he just joins in the fun! Let's go, come in quickly! We are all late!"

The guard couldn't help reaching out to stop them, Shang Xirui stood still and smiled: "Oh. I don't have an invitation."

Xue Qianshan immediately widened his eyes sullenly, pointed at Shang Xirui to the guard: "You don't know him?"

The guards looked at Shang Xirui again, wondering who the hell is this?I have to know him?Together they shook their heads in wonder.

Xue Qianshan raised his tune, slapped the guard's chest with the invitation and said loudly: "Shang Xirui! Boss Shang! How can you still not know him when you enter Beiping City? Just remember it!"

The two guards were taken aback, they both stared at Shang Xirui, as if looking at some kind of diorama, and bowed to him while pressing their military caps.The dark-skinned girl also looked at him endlessly, her eyes filled with enthusiasm.Shang Xirui ran all over the four wharves, news came out endlessly, even though he had never heard of his play, never seen his real face, his name is so famous that it is very impressive.Xue Qianshan hugged the girl and dragged Shang Xirui, walked in the door arrogantly.The guards forgot all the invitations and made a surprised look at each other: "Shang Xirui? It's really Shang Xirui!"

"That's right! He sings Dan, and he's not short!"

"The face is white! The face is so white!"

Being able to meet Shang Xirui today is more insightful than meeting any big shot in the military and political circles!

Shang Xirui followed Xue Qianshan into the house, the sound of gongs and drums was overwhelming, the servants welcoming the guests wanted to lead them into the courtyard.Shang Xirui didn't want to appear in front of everyone so silently, without saying a word, but suddenly came again, what is this?It's a drop in price!If he wants to play, it must be at the right time!Must be eye-catching!Cheng Fengtai must be scared to death!Otherwise, I would rather not show up!So he stopped and said with a smile: "Actually, I sneaked here today to supervise a play for Zhou Xiangyun, so I won't go in. Don't tell anyone, he's a kid! When you hear me coming, panic can definitely cause trouble."

The girl looked at Shang Xirui's childish face, and dared to say that others were children, so she laughed out loud.Shang Xirui looked at her and smiled shyly for no apparent reason.Xue Qianshan felt very regretful: "You have come here, it's a pity not to show your voice!" Looking back at the girl, he introduced: "This Miss Yangjin came from afar and can sing a few lines of Beijing opera. I always heard that Shang Boss, I always said I want to meet you! I told you to take her to the backstage to see you tomorrow, today is such a coincidence, I just ran into you!"

Miss Yangjin reached out first, shook Shang Xirui's hand, and said hello, with an obvious foreign accent.Shang Xirui always felt awkward shaking hands with women, he withdrew his hand and said in a perfunctory way: "Okay, we'll see you backstage some other day. Please join me!" After sending Xue Qianshan away, Shang Xirui stood on a hollowed-out flower window on the wall of the corridor Behind, with hands behind their backs, looking inward at this good show.

In the yard, Cheng Fengtai just sat down on the chair.He is very busy today!Cheng Meixin was coaxed by him to come to the hall to appreciate his face, and Cao Guixiu had just returned from the station to attend the third sister's wedding, and by the way, he also came to meet Director Sun and talk about military affairs.Cao Guixiu was dressed in military uniform, tall and straight, and sitting next to Cheng Meixin, he looked like a copy of Commander Cao with a more refined style, but his facial features were not quite the same, he had a pair of phoenix eyes with single eyelids, which made him look much weaker.As soon as Cao Guixiu arrived, Director Sun had no intention of watching the show at all, and the two of them clasped hands and chatted with serious faces.Cheng Fengtai sat between his sister and Fan Lian, heaved a long sigh of relief, then turned his head to greet Chang Zhixin and his wife: "Uncle and sister-in-law, today's event, I'm doing okay, right?"

Since Shang Xirui didn't come, both their husband and wife came.Chang Zhixin looked at him and smiled to express his appreciation. Jiang Mengping was going to sing a supporting scene later, so she wore a pink printed cheongsam, which was much brighter than usual. She said happily, "Brother-in-law is really rare in this outfit today!"

Cheng Fengtai stretched out his arms to show off: "Am I well dressed?"

Jiang Mengping nodded: "It's beautiful!"

Seeing her innocent appearance, Cheng Fengtai thought of Shang Xirui, they grew up together, occasionally their expressions and tone were very similar, he couldn't help laughing at her: "Sister-in-law's eyes!"

After watching the play for a while, there was an actor in the dressing room waving to Cheng Fengtai, Cheng Fengtai went away for a while before sitting down again, heaving a sigh of relief.Fan Lian looked at him, and said in a low voice: "You really work hard for Chang Zhixin. You should be closer to me! Why don't you care about my affairs?"

Cheng Fengtai glanced at him indifferently: "What's the matter with you? Have you caused trouble again?"

Fan Lian lowered his voice: "When are you going to tell my sister about my child?"

Cheng Fengtai said: "Why are you so stupid? Tell your sister now, what should she do if she wants to see Zeng Aiyu? Zeng Aiyu looks like someone in the entertainment field, and she will show her feet when she sees it! A child born to Miss Wu, your sister can wait to see it ?”

Fan Lian frowned, Cheng Fengtai leaned over and said with a smile: "You have to hold your breath! When the child falls to the ground and Zeng Aiyu leaves, you wrap the child in a rag, hold it to your sister and have a good cry. You cry, child Crying too, how miserable the two of you are going to be, it seems that you can't survive and you're about to throw yourself into the river, I'll give you another side drum..." He imitated the tune of the actors, and pulled a playful tone: "Qi Huo Son!"

Fan Lian patted his thigh and praised: "You are a bad boy!"

Cheng Fengtai stomped his legs, and slapped his hands away: "Are you ashamed to pick on me? Zeng Aiyu was always busy with me for you, and I took her to the hospital for examination time after time, you Did you manage? You didn’t take out a coin! You owe me, you know?”

Fan Lian bowed to him secretly: "You know, you know, didn't I fall out with her? I get angry when I see her, and I have to quarrel. Only you, brother-in-law, are troubled."

On the other side, Cheng Meixin raised her voice and interjected: "What are the two brothers talking about? Just let me go after you called me? Saying it makes me happy too?"

Cheng Fengtai grabbed Cheng Meixin's hand and never let go, said with a smile: "Okay, this will make my sister happy." While taking out a velvet bag from his pocket, he opened it to find an oval emerald ring, Go straight to Cheng Meixin's spare finger and put it on: "This is rarer than diamonds. There may not be an emerald among the thirty diamonds on the market."

Cheng Meixin's eyes lit up, and she muttered, "Oh! You still have a conscience."

Cheng Fengtai said: "You are my own sister, can I let you suffer a loss for me?" Cheng Meixin didn't want to admit that she didn't suffer a loss by exchanging one thing for another, so she raised her hands on purpose, looked left and right, and said critically: "But this green It doesn't match the skin."

At this time, Fan Lian knew how to repay her kindness, so she poked her head over to take a serious look, and then said swearingly: "Sister has fair skin, this color is just right for her, and it's fine to change the color of nail polish to a lighter color!" Cheng Fengtai then said from Colombia Together, he boasted about the origin of the emerald.These two crooks annoyed Cheng Meixin, waved his hands and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, like two brokers. Let's watch the show!"

Cheng Fengtai was good at dancing with this long-sleeve, Xue Qianshan took advantage of the opportunity to mess up his arrangement, jumped on the stage and praised Miss Yangjin, saying "I'll add to the fun for you all, I've never heard of it before".Cheng Fengtai was so angry that he even scolded the bastard twice, but he had no choice but to drag him down.This Miss Yangjin has a mysterious background. It is said that she is the illegitimate daughter of a great nobleman in Tibet and a Han Chinese.The Beijing opera she sang has a Tibetan tune, and she can sing up and down several tunes, but she is unique. She sings the familiar "The Drunken Concubine", and a layman like Cheng Fengtai can hear her uniqueness. , There was a wildness hidden in the loud voice, and he said to Fan Lian: "It's quite rare, no wonder Xue Er is frightened."

Everyone in the audience applauded, and Fan Lian also slapped her: "It's really a wonderful work in Liyuan! Xue Er copied it!"

Cheng Fengtai looked at Xue Qianshan's complacency from a distance, and was not pleasing to the eye. Out of a vulgar mentality, he nodded his chin to the stage and asked, "What do you think is better than Boss Shang?"

Fan Lian snorted and laughed: "A layman! Just ask silly words! She is like a house made of colored paper, and Boss Shang is a white pagoda made of Hanyu! It's not a material at all, how can it be compared! Shanghai coaxing the master and wife, earning face for a good friend, and it’s hard to sing right with others!" He shook his head: "Stop this stupid talk, don't let the teacher and business boss hear it, look at what you ask... I don't know Get angry for him!" Cheng Fengtai said resentfully, but at the same time felt very proud.

Shang Xirui listened to the Tibetan accent through the flower window, at first it sounded like a flower blooming on the tips of his ears, and after a while, the Tibetan girl flicked Li Qiaosong's huqin to the south Tianmen has gone - even Li Qiaosong failed to catch her!The audience below are still applauding, but Li Qiaosong's subsequent chords are full of anger!Shang Xirui sighed, thinking that if it was on the stage and there were some theater fans who really knew how to play, the teapot would have flown up long ago, and the officials and gentlemen of the hall would be really sticks!Listen to everything is good!

Then there was La Yuehong's work drama "Sanchakou". Cao Guixiu was born in the army and loved to watch some martial arts. Leaving Director Sun behind, he watched this play attentively, and then sighed: "Shuiyun Tower is here, Shang Why didn't the boss come?" Director Sun felt that he had neglected the distinguished guest, and looked at Chang Zhixin reproachfully.Cheng Fengtai hurriedly said: "I see Boss Shang is not in a hurry today, wait for the third lady to get married, and let Boss Shang make two martial artists. Today I have to listen to Sister-in-law Ping, it's really rare for Sister-in-law Ping to show her voice."

Of course Cao Guixiu also knew about Jiang Mengping, who was a red star in Pingyang back then, but he only thought about Shang Xirui, nodded and said: "Boss Shang's martial arts is better than his dan roles." Turning to Director Sun, he said La Yuehong: " This kid's Rentanghui must have been taught by Boss Shang. I don't think about anything in the resident, I just want to watch Boss Shang's fighting scenes, every move and every style is really kung fu!"

Director Sun responded with a few words, and then secretly ordered La Yuehong to take off her makeup and come over to chat with Mr. Cao.Cheng Fengtai didn't bother to think about the filthy intentions in this, he wondered why Cao Guixiu was so obsessed with business bosses all of a sudden, he didn't know Mr. Cao loved to watch theaters so much in the past!Don't just follow Commander Cao and have other intentions for Shang Xirui!During the year Shang Xirui lived in Cao's house, it was hard to say that he was young and flirtatious.Cheng Fengtai immediately felt that the brothers and sisters of the Cao family plus his father, a nest of sex embryos, all coveted his little actor!this is not?My sister is getting married soon, and my brother is here again!Cheng Fengtai wanted to ask Fan Lian about Cao Guixiu, but he realized that he was too jealous of his husband, he was ashamed to speak, he would be laughed at.

The finale was originally Jiang Mengping's "Phoenix Returns to the Nest", but Jiang Mengping changed the play temporarily and asked a lady official to sing it together.Miss Guan's surname is Wang and her name is Leng. This time she is living in Beijing with her father on business.Wang Leng is well-known in the music industry in his hometown of Wuhan, and the voters are old students. For a delicate and small girl, it is very difficult and worth seeing-what's the point of a girl singing like a girl?If the girl sings like the old man, then she has the ability!Just now she sat next to Jiang Mengping and chatted a lot, and now she has made friends, and when it came to singing, she didn't panic at all, she agreed graciously, and it seems that she often appeared on stage.Jiang Mengping took her hand affectionately, and the two stepped onto the stage to discuss the tuning with Li Qiaosong.Jiang Mengping has a docile and respectful personality, and her popularity in the early years has passed the excitement. At this moment, no matter what, she is unwilling to steal the limelight from Wang Leng, a young fancier, so she chose "Search for the Orphan and Rescue the Orphan". , she played Cheng Ying's wife with very few libretto, and she mainly listened to Wang Leng's Cheng Ying.

Shang Xirui has been watching every move on stage from behind the window, when he saw Jiang Mengping coming on stage, his expression tightened, his figure moved accordingly, as if about to pounce forward, his eyes froze .The hollow pattern of the flower window cut Jiang Mengping's figure into pieces, Shang Xirui's first thought was: She is dressed in red today, she is so tacky!

Jiang Mengping stood on the fixed stage, opened her mouth to read a passage, Shang Xirui smiled slightly when she heard it; then when the huqin played, she sang a few lines from the second reed, Shang Xirui listened intently, couldn't help but slapped her hands and laughed One sound: It's just a year of separation, and each has his own income.Back then Jiang Mengping and him were collectively known as Pingyang Shuangbi, and Danjiao Erxi was still his half-master, but now it is really far behind!Not to mention not making progress, he has actually regressed a lot, his throat is muddled, and there is a stale breath in his mouth, which means he is slightly stronger than fancier.Even if Jiang Mengping is still staying in Shuiyun Tower, she doesn't deserve to share equal shares with him, so she can only take a second-hand Tsing Yi to set off for him!And his career, like the rising sun in the east, is flourishing day by day. The dream of the two of them becoming famous all over the world when they were young will be realized by him alone!

The schadenfreude in Shang Xirui's heart was about to kill him, he thought viciously: "Half a lifetime of hard work, all for nothing! This is the retribution for your elopement! You just listen to my records, look at my posters, and hug the man Cry!" Actually, he would never be so vicious towards other opera singers, and he left all the viciousness among his peers to Jiang Mengping.

After Cheng Ying sang on stage, it was still too early, Wang Leng's father urged his daughter to take out a fold of "Sitting in the Palace" from "Si Lang Visits His Mother" to reveal it, and then Jiang Mengping happily accompanied Tie Jing Princess, Shang Xirui just noticed Yang Yanhui, listened intently, and couldn't help but slap again - the Hou school singing voice is full of tunes, it's more like Hou Yukui than Hou Yukui's apprentice, it sounds like it's better than Jiang Mengping .I said in my heart that with such singing skills, performing arts is not called showing ugliness, and it is not shameful in front of experts.Listening to it, Shang Xirui felt relieved, took a cup of tea from the tea tray brought by a passing servant, the servant didn't know where Shang Xirui came from, why was he standing on the porch shaking his head like a dean, no Dare not give him tea.Shang Xirui flipped the tea bowl lid back, took a sip, closed his eyes and hummed softly, he listened to Wang Leng with great interest, but suddenly a strange sound came to his ears.

Chang Zhixin and Fan Lian left their seats, ran to the back to smoke and talk, only five or six steps away from Shang Xirui across the wall.According to ordinary people, with the huqin being so loud on stage, one must not be able to hear other people's conversations, but Shang Xirui's ears are not ordinary, and Chang Zhixin's unlucky voice, even if it turns to ashes, he can recognize it inferred.

Fan Lian smoked a cigarette, and lit one for Chang Zhixin, and said with a smile, "The two fanciers showed their faces today. It's rare, rare! It's a pity that your enemy didn't come. We'll see Zhou Xiangyun later. .”

Chang Zhixin took two puffs of cigarettes: "I don't think it's a big deal for you to take the two of them so seriously! If he is really that close to Cheng Fengtai, how can he not give him face today?"

Fan Lian smiled and said, "Don't you know him enough? No matter how good you are, you can't stop him from playing his temper."

Chang Zhixin was puzzled and said: "Cheng Fengtai is quite a good person, how could he be so confused that he got involved with him! Apart from his appearance, he is not bad, what else is likable, what is worthy of liking Him? I don't think Cheng Fengtai is a lustful person. You are a real brother-in-law, so you don't want to persuade him? "

Fan Lian's thinking was similar to Chang Zhixin's.As a movie fan, he held Shang Lang as a living Bodhisattva; as Cheng Fengtai's brother-in-law, he always disapproved of the relationship between the two, so he could only smile wryly at this moment: "Is my brother-in-law a person who can listen to advice?"

Chang Zhixin said again: "Look, I know Shang Xirui better than you. Cheng Fengtai's disaster is coming!"

Fan Lian sighed: "Hey, don't talk, don't talk. I hope they will be well!"

When Shang Xirui heard this, the blood all over his body seemed to be mixed with gasoline, it burst into flames!Without thinking about the consequences, he clutched the tea bowl tightly and came out from behind the wall in a murderous manner. When he saw Chang Zhixin, he neither barked nor scolded. head!The tea bowl shattered with one blow, and there was half a bowl of hot tea left in it, which was all spilled on Fan Lian's face next to him. Fan Lian thought it was Chang Zhixin's hot blood that was thrown out by Shang Xirui, so frightened that his legs went limp, relying on it Zhu Qiang yelled: "Boss Shang!!!"

Everyone looked back to this side.

Seeing Shang Xirui, Cheng Fengtai was stunned, and then shuddered, as if he saw a yaksha descended from heaven to slaughter here, he called to heaven in his heart.Jiang Mengping saw Shang Xirui grabbing Chang Zhixin's collar as if he was going to do something, and half of Chang Zhixin's face was soaked in blood, he must be seriously injured!She ran towards them recklessly, completely forgetting that she was a girl, not as strong as Shang Xirui's finger.Unexpectedly, someone was ahead of her, Cao Guixiu felt excited when he saw Shang Xirui's fists and kicks, he ran up to him in two or three steps, grabbed Shang Xirui's joints and forced him to let go.Shang Xirui's eyes were already red with anger, he punched subconsciously, Cao Guixiu dodged as soon as he dodged, turned around and wanted to punch him on the shoulder again.The two exchanged their moves and exchanged a few sets of fists. That was real martial arts, not an ordinary street fight, no one dared to go up and pull it.Cheng Fengtai was dazzled by the sight, Cao Guixiu was a master at playing life after battle, fearing that Shang Xirui would suffer, he screamed in anxiety.Shang Xirui is indeed lacking in actual combat, fighting against a murderous soldier, those beautiful kung fu seem to be out of control.After a few moves, Cao Guixiu saw the opportunity and hooked Shang Xirui with his foot, tripping Shang Xirui on his back, and punched him in the stomach again.Originally, taking advantage of this move, Mr. Cao would be able to pin Shang Xirui to the ground with a fierce tiger descending the mountain.But La Yuehong was halfway through removing her make-up, when she heard the sound, she came to help!Seeing their class leader lose a fight and be bullied, is that okay? !Silently, he jumped up and kicked Cao Guixiu in the neck, kicking Cao Guixiu a big somersault!That kick seemed to be kicking Director Sun's heart, and the old man and Cheng Fengtai also called out in distress.

Cao Guixiu took this bad move and was kicked dizzy. He sat on the ground for a while, shook his head and opened his eyes, and stopped fighting.I saw him looking at La Yuehong, suddenly moved the corner of his mouth, and smiled sinisterly!This smile was scarier than fighting, La Yuehong's heart trembled, she took a big step back and lowered her head, not daring to take a half step forward.

Over there Jiang Mengping stood in front of Chang Zhixin, glared at Shang Xirui as if about to bite, and cried, "How long are you going crazy!"

Shang Xirui got up and approached like a wild beast.Although Jiang Mengping was afraid, she didn't give up a single step. Her love for Chang Zhixin was like going up the mountain of swords and down into the sea of ​​fire, no worse than anyone else!The siblings looked at each other, but Shang Xirui froze under her gaze.

Jiang Mengping suppressed her tears, and shouted in pain in her throat: "You beat me to death!"

She had said the same thing to him before, at that time Shang Xirui couldn't do anything, threw a brick and ran away crying.Today she used this sentence to threaten her again!Shang Xirui didn't even know that Jiang Mengping's small singing voice could make such a thick and loud voice that made his chest heave.He looked at Chang Zhixin, then at Jiang Mengping.The couple didn't know what grievances they had with him in the previous life.The husband took away his sister first, and now he came to provoke his second master, as if determined to shovel away all the people he cherished from him!The wife forgets everything when she has a man, and when she is in a hurry, she threatens to die, as if she has confirmed that he is reluctant to take her life!

Shang Xirui rushed forward, not knowing what to do.Cheng Fengtai rushed up, hugged him from behind, dragged him and walked out the door.Shang Xirui fought hard, Cheng Fengtai hugged him stiffly, and whispered in his ear: "Who are you going to kill? You kill me first!" Shang Xirui's body tensed, still unwilling .Cheng Fengtai pulled out his voice and said: "Director Sun, I'm sorry, I'll take Boss Shang home first. You go on to the show!" He dragged Shang Xirui away alive, leaving everyone looking at each other in dismay.

At this time, Cheng Meixin came into play. She showed her talent as a social butterfly, reorganized the hall with a smile on her face, arranged for Fan Lian to send Chang Jiang and his wife for medical treatment, and arranged for actors to perform.The rest of the people witnessed a gossip, although they saw it from the beginning to the end, but they were ignorant. They knew that Boss Shang had beaten someone. They didn't know who it was; they didn't know why it was hit.Sit down by yourself and talk with your friends separately, making the atmosphere into another kind of weird noise.Especially today's honored guest, Cao Guixiu, made a special effort to save face, tidied up his military uniform and patted off the dust, sat down again and waited to listen to "Exodus of Zhaojun".After he sat down, he rubbed his neck expressionlessly, hissing hissingly. Director Sun was afraid that he would get angry after being kicked, so he looked at him cautiously, but he suddenly turned his head and smiled, and said, "Sun Director, Boss Shang's play is enjoyable, right?"

Director Sun said that it is not addictive, nor is it not addictive, so he laughed twice.Cao Guixiu turned his head to catch a glimpse of La Yuehong, and called him, "Boy! Come here!"

Both Director Sun and La Yuehong thought that Cao Guixiu was going to take revenge.But Cao Guixiu insisted on calling La Yuehong from the other side of the yard to this side, and when he came, he turned a blind eye and ignored it for a while.La Yuehong was put aside by Qian, lest he would draw his gun suddenly, and was worried.Director Sun also accompanied him with trepidation, feeling that this eldest son was more difficult to deal with than his father, and he was a bit puzzled.