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Chapter 372 "Xiagu Fragrance"

When the car stopped slowly and Su Yan led the two out of the car, Jiang Hong and Xue Junyu were shocked almost at the same time.

In front of them was a majestic and magnificent wooden building with classical structure, with Soviet-style painted walls and small gray tiles. At a glance, the corridor was undone, with high eaves and teeth. It was unique in shape and style. It is a bright red lacquer gate, and the word "Lanling" on the plaque in front of the gate is strong and powerful. It is not difficult to see that it is from the hands of famous masters.

Jiang Hong vaguely guessed something, looked at Su Yan, Su Yan smiled slightly, and made a gesture of invitation:
"Teacher Jiang, God Xue, let's go in and sit down?"

Jiang Hong and Xue Junyu looked at each other, and without refusing, they slowly pushed open the vermilion door under the leadership of Su Yan.

After entering, the astonishment in the eyes of the two people was even greater. This theater building is more exquisite than they imagined.

Lanling sits facing south from the north, with five purlins in depth and a front porch. There are three south rooms in the east of the courtyard, five purlins and a front porch in a hard mountain style.

In the west is the theater building, which covers an area of ​​about [-] square meters. It is three rooms wide from east to west, and [-] purlins deep from north to south. The second-floor rolling shed is suspended from the top of the mountain. One piece of linen, one piece of cloth, six ash and two pearls of oil, the color painting uses gold thread and large dots, and the color painting of dragon brocade and square heart, and a large number of leaching powder and gold pasting techniques are used, which is gorgeous and breathtaking.

The canopy in the middle of the theater building is the pool seat, and the south is the stage.

There are balconies on the three sides of the Taipei, East and West sides of the theater, a room with three purlins in depth, and draped eaves on the second floor.

There is a wooden carved cover on the top of the stage, and an overhead wooden ladder on the side leads to the second-floor balcony.

Behind the stage is the backstage for makeup, on the opposite side of the stage and on the side is the audience theater building, the front of the upstairs is an official box separated by wooden boards, the back is a large table and chairs, and both sides are full of big stools, which are used for scattered seats upstairs. .

At this moment, Su Yan led Jiang Xue and the two of them to the second floor of the scattered seats. On the downstairs stage, once in a lifetime, when they were playing against each other, Huadan in Tsing Yi was wearing a gorgeous costume and beautiful makeup. She stood in the center of the stage with light sleeves. Dance, the lotus steps are moved lightly, the hands are thrown, the red lips are slightly parted, the melodious and melodious tone, and the round and beautiful singing voice follow, which makes the listeners feel refreshed.

However, in the seemingly noisy and bustling theater building, the pool seats underneath were empty, and the three of Su Yan were actually the only audience in the huge theater building.

The three of them listened quietly, none of them spoke, as if they were completely immersed in the opera, and seemed to be wandering in their own thoughts.

Until the end of the song, all the people on the stage thanked the three people for their blessings, and then disappeared in the background one by one.

Only then did Su Yan look at Jiang Hong again, "What does Teacher Jiang think of this theater building?"

Jiang Hong seemed to be completely immersed in the opera just now, until he heard Su Yan's question, he suddenly came back to his senses, but instead of answering her, he asked instead:
"That came out just now, but the peerless heroine Liu Qingchen from the famous Kunqu opera "Xiaguxiang"?"

Su Yan nodded with a smile, "Teacher Jiang's attainments in Kunqu opera are indeed well-deserved, and he guessed it after just listening to a few sentences."

"Really are?!"

Jiang Hong was surprised.

"Xiaguxiang" is the posthumous work of Meng Yanzhi, a famous Kunqu opera master in country C. It tells the life of a generation of chivalrous girl Liu Qingchen fighting swords in the rivers and lakes. However, Master Meng's life was not at the right time. Therefore, before he died, it is said that he handed over the lower part of "Xiaguxiang" to his friend for safekeeping, but its whereabouts are still unknown.

Today's "Xiaguxiang" is only the first volume, and it is only a fragment in the Kunqu Opera circle. It is only for Liu Qingchen to discuss swords with the great knights in the Jianghu. However, the final outcome is still unclear.

But just now, Jiang Hong was very sure that the Tsing Yi Hua Dan was Liu Qingchen, and the story he performed was not in the existing "Xia Gu Xiang". That remnant.

Soon, Su Yan solved his doubts for him.

"Clap--"

Su Yan clapped his palms twice, and the door of the box with scattered seats was pushed open by someone, and an old man over fifty years old wearing a long gown came in, holding an old thread-bound book in both hands, and handing it to Su Yan respectfully:

"Please take a look, distinguished guest."

Su Yan took it carefully, and then handed it to Jiang Hong, "Mr. Jiang, do you want to take a look?"

Jiang Hong felt dizzy when he saw the big words "Xia Gu Xiang Volume [-]" on the cover, and even took it with trembling hands. When he opened it, the corners of his eyes were actually a little moist.

Based on his years of research on Kunqu Opera, he recognized at a glance that the handwriting inside was Meng Yanzhi's own handwriting.

Jiang Hong looked at Su Yan, "You..."

Su Yan curled his lips into a smile, stood by the railing on the second floor, looked at this beautiful but deserted theater building, and said to himself:

"Each of Mr. Jiang's works has ups and downs and different story styles, but they all have one thing in common. There is always a character who loves opera, especially Kunqu opera. From Bai Junru in "White Orchid Grass" to Feng Wan in "Woman Heroes"..."

"Ms. Jiang seems to have an obsession with Kunqu Opera. Why?"

Jiang Hong looked at the "Xiaguxiang" in his hand and didn't speak.

Su Yan didn't need him to answer, and continued:

"People say that Meng Yan made countless friends in his life. It is impossible to know who he gave "Xiaguxiang" to before he died, and why that friend never made "Xiaguxiang" public after that has always been a question. The unsolved mystery, most people's guess, is that the friend wants to monopolize "Xiagu Xiang"."

Speaking of this, Jiang Hong's emotions suddenly lost control: "That's not it!"

Su Yan nodded lightly in affirmation.

"It's not true. The real reason is that that friend accidentally lost "Xiagu Xiang" on the way to avoid the disaster. Because he was ashamed to face the expectations of his dead friend and Kunqu opera lovers all over the world, he kept silent. And I Out of curiosity about Mr. Jiang, I looked up the relationship between Mr. Jiang's family and Kunqu Opera, only to find out that Mr. Jiang's grandfather was one of Meng Yanzhi's friends, and he should... be the one who lost "Xiagu Xiang" .”

Jiang Hong opened his mouth, and it took a long time before he said:

"You...how did you know?"

Su Yan raised his lips and smiled:
"Guess."

Then he turned to look at the old man who brought "Xiagu Xiang":

"Uncle Ma, tell me about the origin of your "Xiagu Xiang"."

Uncle Ma nodded, then turned around and bowed deeply to Jiang Hong before saying:

"My grandfather was a farmer at the foot of Truffle Mountain when he was young. He once received a family of guests who took refuge here. After the guests left, when grandma was cleaning up the house, she found out that the other party had missed this book. The guests did not leave a word. Grandpa Grandma doesn't know how to return it, so she can only keep it properly so that the guests won't be able to find it when they come back, but they haven't been waiting for a long time."

[ps: The prototype of Lan Ling is Beijing Zhengyi Temple Theater Building, because the background is C country, it is inconvenient to have too many Chinese elements, so Lan Ling is used, forgive me.

The description of the layout of the theater building in this article also comes from Baidu Encyclopedia. The reason why I don’t draw it by myself is not because the crow wants to be lazy, but because I want the little cute who has never been to the Zhengyi Temple theater building to understand the reality of it to the greatest extent. How beautiful. 】

　"Xiaguxiang" and these are all my own nonsense. There is no master Meng in Kunqu Opera, nor "Xiaguxiang". The portrayal of a heroine is either an assassin with a mission like Nie Yinniang, or she finally enters the court like a red-haired girl, or she lives with hatred like Xie Xiaoe, or like Wu Feixia, it is said that there is a nine-day mysterious girl gifted to the gods. Needle possesses magical skills. These are not the heroines I imagined. A heroine should be a pure heroine. She has a body of martial arts that she has learned and practiced hard. She has no missions and no hatred. She only has a simple wandering world. , her final destination is the rivers and lakes, not the court.

　　I really stayed in the library for a whole day, looked through all kinds of historical materials and documents, but couldn't find what I wanted, and finally I had to write by myself, constructed "Xiagu Xiang", and outlined Liu Qingchen.

　　I originally wanted to write Liu Qingchen's story, but after typing more than 2000 words, I deleted it. I think Liu Qingchen should not be concretized. When she is concretized, she will not be beautiful.

　　So I just used a few adjectives to let her end, what does the most perfect heroine look like in your mind, what does Liu Qingchen look like, I really like the words of singer Ma Di, when a song comes out At that time, it doesn't belong to him anymore. What you hear is a story that you only know yourself, so I don't make Liu Qingchen concrete, and leave it to the little cutie to imagine. She is the heroine that each of you defines in your own mind. .

　　It took a whole day to write only such a chapter, I am so good o(╥﹏╥)o
　　
　
(End of this chapter)