Winter Begonia

Shang Xirui's Zhuge Liang came on stage, but Cheng Fengtai didn't recognize him, it took him a while to wake up.Although he doesn't understand how good his singing skills are, Cheng Fengtai understands where Shang Xirui excels.Shang Xirui is like a first-class movie star, when others act, at most they act like what they act, but he acts what he acts.He changed his clothes and came to the stage, took a step, and waved his fan. It was really Kong Ming who had come back to life, and the three-foot stage locked Wolong.

The crouching dragon on the stage was terrified, the old man's huqin still didn't follow his voice, he believed in the horse freely, sometimes it soared up to [-] miles, sometimes it flew down three thousand feet, it sang Shang Xirui's anger.Minister Jin and several guests who knew how to play frowned.If this was singing for Commander Cao, the piano player would have been dragged out and shot.I barely cover the front part, until the most famous Adagio, "I am originally a casual person in Wollongong", the violin player has to show off his skills, and he plays extremely vigorously, full of tactful tricks, which makes the Shang Xirui has no room to interrupt.However, in good conscience, He Shaoqing's eldest disciple is top-notch in kung fu. After a period of free play, people who know the goods will applaud him.The luthier had had enough of the limelight, returned to the original tune, and started playing the Adagio, but Shang Xirui stopped singing.

Shang Xirui turned and walked towards the luthier, took off his beard, and said earnestly: "Human, you can't do this."

The pianist was stunned.Minister Jin and the others looked at the stage with special interest, and Cheng Fengtai was even more excited than watching a play.The luthier has gone too far, but what is Shang Xirui singing now?

Shang Xirui taught: "When Uncle He was alive, he often said that the strings must follow the voice, you can't leave the voice of the horn, you have to hold the tune. My brother wants to show off your huqin, so that you can make a lot of noise. Okay, but how can the people on the stage sing? If they don’t perform their duties and keep their duties, this play will never be performed.”

Shang Xirui's reasoning is very true, but speaking like this in front of so many people does not give the luthier any face.That luthier was always arrogant and conceited, so he didn't buy it. He stood up slowly, put the white handkerchief on the huqin on his shoulders, and said drunkenly: "I'm a kid who doesn't have all the hair on his mouth and sells it there." Hun, it turned out to be the boss of Shang Da. Don’t say it, although Boss Shang doesn’t know a few words, his words are quite literary.”

Cheng Fengtai also felt that Shang Xirui was very good at using idioms, so he nodded in agreement below.

"I'm not talented. I have learned the piano from my teacher for 12 years, but I don't know what it means to follow the voice and what is the accent." The luthier tilted his head, uneasy and kindly said: "Listen to the voice of the boss Shang just now, and learn the piano with the teacher." It has a very deep origin, and it is also the well-known "civil, military, and Kun chaos, six scenes are transparent" in our Beiping city. You will say, why not take advantage of the advantages of the officials today, and you can give me a paragraph, let me also See and see." As he spoke, he tore off the white handkerchief, and threw it on Shang Xirui's shoulder involuntarily.

Shang Xirui didn't expect him to be like this, a little regretful that he had offended the drunk by speaking sharply just now, and now he is on the verge of riding a tiger.When he sang on stage, even if there were hundreds of thousands of people staring at him, he could sing and act freely.But once he leaves the scene, he will feel uncomfortable if he is looked at twice more, like now he stands helplessly on the stage, his cheeks are slightly hot.It's not impossible to pull it off, but in this way, Minister Jin may be offended, and the meeting will break up unhappy.

But Minister Jin said with a loud laugh: "Since that's the case, let Boss Shang come for a while, and treat it as an extra reward for us."

Minister Jin issued a transfer order, Shang Xirui had nothing to say, turned around and bowed slightly to the audience, sat down and put two stacks of white handkerchiefs on his lap, really ready to play the piano.The play tune was on the sidelines, but I couldn't regret it in my heart. I knew that the player who played the violin was a frivolous person, and it was inevitable that he would have to drink during the year, so why was he so stupid that he was invited here.Such a fuss, offending Minister Jin is a trivial matter, and he will not be afraid of him when he returns to Nanjing after the work is over.But if you offend Shang Xirui, who is thriving and popular, will he still have to eat in the future?Playing mentions and tunes in my mind that Shang Xirui is an expert in singing, Huqin is probably the same thing, Zinura made a couple of beeps, Boren boasted that he was good at everything, if he had a dozen or so plays, it would be the end of it, He quickly put his ear to collude with him: "Boss Shang, tell me."

Shang Xirui thought for a while, and said: "Call out Fan Lihua just now, and let her pick out her good running water allegro."

"Aren't you sure about going out?"

Shang Xirui smiled lightly and said, "It's all the same."

Xi Titiao stared at him, looking at him in embarrassment, thinking hey boy!Don't overwhelm yourself with this face. The following masters are all knowledgeable. If they made a mistake and were taken short, they will have something to say when they turn around in Beiping City. How can you put your little face on it? ?It's kind of me to ask you!

So I asked again: "Boss Shang, the masters who came here today have several famous tickets, and some who love to play the piano, their ears are sharp! Don't you show them the good ones?"

Shang Xirui sighed: "It's the same. Uncle, go."

Nodding his head, he said, this one is crazier than the one just now, or how to say young and energetic, a newborn calf.If you really want to slap yourself in the face, you will have no complaints against anyone if you fall into this madness!

Fan Lihua took off half of her make-up, and took off her head and face, so she didn't have time to put it on again, so she casually put on a pink danjiaoer costume and went on stage in a hurry.She whispered to Shang Xirui: "The Ugly Match. Bandits raise troops to make trouble."

Shang Xirui nodded, and with a move of the bowstring under his hand, the sound of the piano poured out like running water, covering the actress' voice airtightly, this must be what he just said "Touching"; Every place is filled up, which means "following the voice".Cheng Fengtai couldn't hear anything else, he just felt that it was very smooth, light and graceful, but Fan Lian over there was really enjoying it, shaking his head.Cheng Fengtai asked: "Why, very good?"

Fan Lian said: "Not so good. Unexpected! He still has this hand!"

In just ten sentences, Xipi Liushui really flows by like flowing water.The guests stood up and clapped their hands in applause. I don't know if it was directed at the throat or the piano.Then everyone in the audience turned their eyes to the luthier, to see how he would worship him.The violinist blushed and clenched his fists at Shang Xirui: "Teach me!" After saying that, he didn't want the violin anymore, pushed everyone away, and ran away in a hurry.

In this farce, it was Shang Xirui who stood out, but everyone in the audience was happier than him.Especially the teaser, rushing Shang Xirui to brush off his clothes and serve him tea, really treating him like a once-in-a-century baby.

Minister Jin waved, called Shang Xirui down to talk, and said with a smile: "Boss Shang, this is a good show!"

It was a word of praise, but Shang Xirui's face became hot.He stood in front of him with low eyebrows and said, "I'm really sorry for disturbing Minister Jin's meeting."

Minister Jin looked at him with a smile for a while, then changed the topic, and suddenly said: "That's right. Although the luthier is at fault, it's only on his side. Don't you know that Boss Shang has disturbed the whole scene when he stepped forward."

Everyone was taken aback when they heard this, they didn't expect that Minister Jin would say something similar to blame to embarrass Shang Xirui.

Shang Xirui was also dumbfounded, but quickly replied with a calm expression: "No matter how good the safflower is, it needs to be matched with green leaves. The work on the stage is linked one after another, and one link is blinded, how can others get better? The duty of singing in an opera is to work hard and show all your abilities, not to cover up your shame, to fool the stage, to fool the audience."

Minister Jin listened, with one or two points of surprise on his face, half or nine points of admiration, and nodded deeply: "Okay, you said it very well." From the first time I saw Shang Xirui today, I felt that he was joking. Zhong's demeanor seems to have the charm of Ning Jiulang, and now looking at his answer and opinions, he is really on par with Ning Jiulang.After admiring from the bottom of his heart, he said: "If everyone can be like you, regardless of difficulties, not greedy for ease, and have a strong ambition that does not humiliate the industry, China will be strong."

Cheng Fengtai and Fan Lian looked at each other, not sure if Jin Zizi was on purpose or not, this sentence seemed to be addressed to them both, and they couldn't answer it even if they choked, after all, Jiang is old and spicy.

Minister Jin turned his head to the play and ordered: "Let the show continue on stage, I'll talk to Boss Shang for a while." The play asked the waiter to bring a chair for Shang Xirui to sit on, and go No mention of arrangements.Minister Jin was no longer in the mood to watch a play, he just chatted with Shang Xirui: "Looking at Xue Jinlian just now, there are a few figures I have never seen before, I don't know where they come from?"

Shang Xirui knew that Minister Jin used to be Zhong Ziqi of Ning Jiulang Gaoshan Liushui, who was very good at acting, so he respected him a lot, and said: "I added it myself, you can see it, can you still see it?"

Minister Jin nodded again and again: "Excellent. According to me, it's better to act like this in the future." He laughed and said: "Both you and Jiulang have this ambition. Jiulang always said in the past that he wanted to change the play, but he was timid. Follow the rules, but it's just embellishment. It wasn't until I met you that I seriously innovated dramas. I remember a few years ago, you and Jiulang had a "Emperor Flower", didn't you? It is said that the book is well written, and the body and singing are better." Minister Jin seemed to be talking about something funny, and said with a smile: "I have always regarded Prince Qi as a blatant nonsense, deceiving the public, and offending the party and the state. It is enough to see that this drama is really on fire."

Shang Xirui said: "It's written by Du Qi. Jiulang and I have a good figure and an accent."

"It's a pity that I was in Nanjing at that time and I missed it. I heard people say that you went to Tianjin to perform for the emperor?" Minister Jin sighed: "Also said, when you sang 'Who's Jiangshan is eternal' , the emperor is crying?"

It was Shang Xirui's first honor so far to enter a play under the imperial edict.At this time, it has not been long since the fall of the Qing Dynasty, and Yu Rong, the imperial family, is still there.The actor and his party, who sang the emperor and general, and played the talented lady, they ate the food left by the ancients, and subtly, they respected, yearned for, and respected the old dynasty.Therefore, this will probably be the first honor in Shang Xirui's life.Afterwards, Emperor Xuantong praised him face to face, and gave him a lacquer fan with peonies and red plums. On the fan, there were poems inscribed by the emperor and a private seal.

But Shang Xirui thought about it carefully for a long time now, and said: "I don't know if the emperor cried that day, when I sing, I never look at the seats."

When Shang Xirui was singing, Emperor Xuantong was just a "seat" underneath.Cheng Fengtai wondered secretly, this little actor's tone is really unusual!

"Is "Emperor Flower" still playing now?"

Shang Xirui replied: "After Jiulang left, the play was suspended."

"why is that?"

"Other people's son-in-law can't always play what Jiulang wants."

Minister Jin pondered for a while, then Fang asked, "Is Jiulang still in touch with you?"

Fan Lian winked and led Cheng Fengtai to listen to people's privacy, but in fact, there was no need for him to remind, Cheng Fengtai listened most seriously.

"Thanks to your blessings, everything is fine with Jiulang. But now his voice has collapsed, and he can't sing at all. He only plays Pai Gow with Prince Qi every day."

Both Cheng Fengtai and Fan Lian secretly thought that this little actor lacked a heart.Everyone in Beiping City knows that Minister Jin and Ning Jiulang once had a romantic relationship.Although this feeling has become a memory, but he said so bluntly about the fun of Ning Jiulang not holding the pipa in the future, Minister Jin felt so uncomfortable.

Minister Jin's face did not change, and he smiled with relief, "That's good. He has sung for a lifetime, so it's time for him to rest." Just as he was talking, an attendant came over and asked Minister Jin to listen to an urgent call from Nanjing. .Minister Jin said sorry, and limped away.As soon as he left, the smile on Shang Xirui's face immediately became active, Cheng Fengtai grabbed his arm and pushed him onto Minister Jin's chair, Shang Xirui laughed out loud, and on the right, Fan Lian had already Poured a glass of wine and waited for him.

Fan Lian angrily lowered his voice and laughed, "Brother Rui, you are so capable of opening your mouth! I count you as good as you are! Let's see what you say! Let that old cripple declare a meal for us brothers!"

After finishing speaking, he got the wine glass and forced Shang Xirui to drink with his head up.Shang Xirui didn't know what to do, he drank a glass of wronged wine in a daze, he ate too quickly and coughed.Cheng Fengtai took a rose made of honey from the fruit dish and put it near his mouth, he swallowed it with his silver teeth, and the coughing stopped slowly.

"Boss Shang, is it delicious?"

"En. Delicious."

"anything else?"

Shang Xirui still has a sweet tooth like a child, looked at him and nodded: "Yes!"

In fact, the fruit plate is on the coffee table next to it, you can grab it with your hand, and you don't have to have Cheng Fengtai's consent to eat it.But Shang Xirui was very reserved outside, he didn't dare to move too much, he would be bluffed.

Cheng Fengtai said: "You tell us something about Minister Jin, this plate is for you to take it down and eat slowly."

"What is it?"

Cheng Fengtai smiled so much that he glanced at Fan Lian, Fan Lian probably guessed it too, and smiled obscenely.Cheng Fengtai said: "Look at Minister Jin, he never leaves Ning Jiulang in three words. Tell us what happened to the two of them in the past."

Shang Xirui listened and said silently: "I don't know."

"Why don't you know? Don't you and Ning Jiulang have a close relationship?"

"I just don't know about this." Shang Xirui thought to himself, this is Jiulang's most private matter, even if he knew it, he couldn't tell you!Looking back at the mahjong table for a pastime, it ruined Jiulang's reputation!

"Minister Jin is coming back, I'm going to play a show!"

Cheng Fengtai just tugged on Shang Xirui's sleeve and did not let go, Minister Jin really came back with a limp, Shang Xirui got anxious and stood up suddenly, and the costume was far from what Shang Xirui made himself Exquisite, the material is probably not strong, and the fringe around the cuffs tore apart in Cheng Fengtai's hands.

"Second Master! Look at you! These are his clothes!"

Before Cheng Fengtai had time to say anything, the little actor tore off the fringe from his hand, and ran away annoyed.Fan Lian patted the armrest and laughed loudly: "Brother-in-law, you broke your sleeves before you divided your peaches."

Cheng Fengtai scoffed at him: "What a mess." He also felt a little boring in his heart.

Minister Jin limped and finally came to the front, sat down and sighed as if tired: "Brother Lian, what's the fun? You are the happiest today."

Fan Lian put away his smiling face, coughed twice, and watched the show seriously.