A knife in love

Chapter 501

(Starting from this chapter, enter the second volume of this novel "Headless")

It's early winter, the north wind is howling, and the sky and the earth are changing color.In the north and south of the Yellow River, it is already freezing cold.However, in front of Shangqing Palace on Cuiyun Peak in Mang Mountain in the north of Luoyang City, thousands of people gathered in front of Shangqing Palace, watching the famous Central Plains troupe "He Changxiu" perform the Poseidon Opera for seventeen consecutive days in front of Shangqing Palace.

Cuiyun Peak of Mang Mountain is only ten miles away from Luoyang North City. Although this mountain is not very high, it is extremely steep.In the past dynasties, when wars were raging everywhere, if a large army besieged Luoyang City, they would first capture Cuiyun Peak.Occupying this high point, you can have a panoramic view of Luoyang City from the top of the peak.Therefore, for thousands of years, this small mountain peak has shed so much blood and tears of orphans and widows.

The strange thing is that although this place has experienced wars and fires, the trees on the mountain are extremely prosperous.Every spring and summer, the trees on the mountain are lush and green like clouds, hence the name "Cuiyun Peak".Therefore, it is said that the Taishang Laojun made alchemy for the Jade Emperor. He searched all over the world and Kyushu, but found that Cuiyun Peak was a good place for alchemy because of the aura of heaven and earth.He built three thatched huts on the top of the peak, built a pill furnace, and refined ninety-nine 81 elixir for the Jade Emperor.After the Taishang Laojun succeeded, he floated away.In order to commemorate this event, later generations built a small temple here, and the incense was very strong.

After Tang Gaozu Li Yuan became emperor, he respected Li Er as the ancestor of the royal family, and built large-scale construction projects in various places to build the Taishang Laojun Temple.In the first year of Qianfeng Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty, the emperor issued an edict to build the Shangqing Palace on the top of Cuiyun Peak to worship the Taishang Laojun.This Taoist temple is the first Taoist temple named "Shangqing" in the world, and the word "Gong" is used in the name of the Taoist temple, indicating that it is a royal temple, and it is full of incense.And because Emperor Gaozong of Tang respected Lao Tzu as Emperor Xuanyuan, Shangqing Palace was also called the Temple of Emperor Xuanyuan.The people in Luoyang have always called Laozi the Supreme Laojun, so this Taoist temple is called the Laojun Temple.

Since the completion of the Shangqing Palace, the incense has been strong throughout the Tang and Song dynasties.It's just that after the Jin Dynasty destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, Luoyang became a battlefield, and the Shangqing Palace was destroyed in the flames of war.Afterwards, with the rise of the Mongols and the Yuan Dynasty, Lamaism was admired, and no one paid any attention to the Shangqing Palace.It was not until the founding of the Ming Dynasty that the Shangqing Palace was rebuilt, but the scale was not the same as in the past.It's just that the people of Luoyang have always believed in the Supreme Lord. After the reconstruction of the Shangqing Palace, the incense is extremely strong.

This year, there was a severe drought in Luoyang, and the Luoshui River was almost cut off.The magistrate was at a loss, and had no choice but to cry and worship the Supreme Lord in the Shangqing Palace, praying for rain.This was originally just a helpless move. Who would have thought that on the third day after praying for rain, it would actually rain heavily.The people in Luoyang rushed to tell each other, saying that the old man appeared and blessed the people of Luoyang.Therefore, at the end of the year, the local officials paid a lot of money to invite a theater troupe to set up a stage in front of the Shangqing Palace, and to perform the Sea God Opera for seventeen days in a row to thank the Taishang Laojun for his kindness.

The Sea God Opera is a rain-prayer opera spread throughout the Central Plains. At first, it was just sung around a table. Later, the scale became larger and larger, and it gradually became popular among the people.This time, the prefect of Luoyang received donations from seventeen rich merchants in Luoyang, and spent a lot of money to invite the most famous theater troupe "He Changxiu" in Mengzhou to perform seventeen consecutive days of drama in front of the Shangqing Palace. Feed to the fathers and folks of Luoyang City.

This day was the last day of singing a big drama, but the song "Xuanpinglou" was sung.The story is about the last years of the Han Dynasty, when the world was in chaos.Dong Zhuo, the governor of Bingzhou, was summoned by the general He Jin and Yuan Shao, the lieutenant of the Sili school, and led his army into Luoyang to crusade against the ten permanent servants.Dong Zhuo had always been ambitious. After entering Beijing, he first killed his boss He Miao, then forced Yuan Shao away, bought Lu Bu to kill Ding Yuan, annexed Ding Yuan and others' soldiers and horses, and monopolized the power of the court.Later, Dong Zhuo wanted to usurp the throne, abolished Emperor Shao, and established Liu Xie as the throne, who became Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.Afterwards, Dong Zhuo killed Emperor Shao and Empress Dowager He, occupied the imperial palace, and committed adultery.Situ Wangyun was outraged by righteous indignation, and set up a countermeasure to instigate Dong Zhuo's general Lv Bu to turn against Dong Zhuo.Lu Bu beheaded Dong Zhuo at Beiyemen, and Wang Yun was successful.But shortly thereafter, Xiliang soldiers mutinied to avenge Dong Zhuo and took advantage of the momentum to counterattack Luoyang.Wang Yun was trapped in Luoyang Xuanping Tower, and jumped off the tower after cursing the rebels.Although he didn't die on the spot, he was beheaded by the rebels downstairs in Xuanping, and a ray of loyal soul flew straight to heaven.

Playing Wang Yun on the stage is Naji, the lead singer of the "Hechangxiu" troupe.He played Wang Yun generously and tragically, swallowing mountains and rivers with anger.The people in the audience were fascinated by watching, and the sound of applause shook the whole field.By the time Wang Yun jumped down from the Xuanping Tower, a wooden platform more than three feet high had already been set up on the stage.Qu Naji stood on the high platform. After singing the opera, there was only thunderous applause from the audience, and the sound of applause shook the whole field.

Qu Naji started to sing, but at the end he flicked his beard and jumped off the wooden platform with a somersault.Unexpectedly, at this time, two urchins of eight or nine years old climbed onto the stage when their parents were not paying attention, and just happened to stand under the wooden stage.Qu Naji turned somersault, and saw that his feet were about to step on the heads of the two urchins.

Thousands of people on and off the stage, seeing a catastrophe was about to happen, were all dumbfounded with fright, they wanted to rescue the two children, but it was too late.

In the midst of this lightning, suddenly saw a figure rushing from the audience to the stage, rushing in front of the two urchins.At this moment, Qu Naji had already fallen.But the man stretched out his hands, grabbed one of the urchins and retreated quickly, and rescued the two urchins from Qu Naji's feet at the critical moment.

Qu Naji was in mid-air, seeing that he was about to trample the two urchins on the soles of his feet, he was frightened out of his wits.Although he is graceful and unrestrained on the stage, he can turn over from a three-foot-high wooden platform, but it is just a skill he has learned and practiced hard at ordinary times, not because he has martial arts.Being in mid-air at this time, it is absolutely impossible to move around.In the midst of panic, he saw figures flickering, and the two children had been dragged away from under his feet.

It was only a blink of an eye from Qu Naji turning over from the wooden platform to the rescue of the two urchins.Qu Naji had just let go of his heart, but he also came to the stage.Normally, when he was about to fall on the stage, Qu Naji would do a somersault, dissipate the force of the fall, and then roll to the ground.Two actors playing rebel soldiers would rush forward to set him up.It's just that just now he was only looking at the urchin under his feet, but he forgot to make a somersault on the stage.When he realized it, his feet were about to touch the stage.

Qu Naji's heart trembled, knowing that if he stepped on the stage so straightly, his legs would be broken immediately.He was very anxious, and thought to himself that if he broke his leg, it would be a trivial matter if he was seriously injured, but if he made such a big ugly appearance on the stage and ruined the name he had worked hard for most of his life, he was afraid that "He Changxiu" would become a laughing stock. There is no future.

Just when he was desperate, he suddenly felt a strong force roll over from right to left, pushing on his waist.Qu Naji was startled, and flew to the left.This force was used just right, after sending him out Zhang Xu, it can barely dispel the force of his fall.Just hearing a "bang", Qu Naji fell lightly on the stage.

The two actors playing the role of rebel soldiers had long stood aside. Seeing that the play was about to fail, they were panicking when the host suddenly floated over and fell right in front of them.Surprised and delighted, the two rushed forward to set up Qu Naji.

Thousands of people in the audience were fascinated by the sight, seeing Qu Naji flying up at a moment's notice, and saved a play that was supposed to be smashed, they immediately cheered.

After the big play was over, the people in the audience refused to leave, standing where they were and arguing a lot.But Qu Naji walked back to the stage, clasped his fists at the audience and said: "My friends, I almost made a big scandal today. Fortunately, my friends from all walks of life helped me, not only saved me, but also saved He Changxiu's signature .He Changxiu, old and young, and more than 20 people, I am very grateful to the kindness of the two friends. Could you invite the two friends to come and see?"

These thousands of people just saw that someone rescued the two urchins, but Qu Naji was finally pushed by someone's internal force and flew out, ordinary people could not see that there was help.So when Qu Najib mentioned "two friends", he was taken aback.

Qu Naji waited for a while, but no one answered, he knew that the person who shot did not want to reveal his identity in front of everyone.He knelt down, kowtowed three times to the audience, then stood up and said: "Great kindness, great virtue, I will never forget it."

All the people wanted to see who rescued the child, but there was no answer, and they all dispersed.Dozens of hawkers have set up their stalls around the stage, some selling steaming cross-bridge rice noodles, some selling fragrant wontons, and some selling sugar blowers, which children like most.Therefore, after leaving the stage, many people did not go down the mountain immediately, but gathered in front of the stall.

Seeing the people dispersing, Qu Naji hurriedly jumped off the stage, walked a few steps, chased after a man in a gray and white robe, and said in a low voice: "This friend saved people, I am very grateful."

After Qu Naji finished speaking, he knelt down on one knee and saluted the man.

I saw that the man was over 40 years old, wearing a square scarf on his head, and although the off-white robe on his body was a bit old, it was very clean with starch.A square face is not angry but prestige, the left hand is behind the back, but the right hand is holding a fan.

Seeing Qu Naji suddenly giving a big gift, he hastily stretched out his hand to help Qu Naji up, and said in his mouth: "Don't dare, how dare, Master Qu is too polite."

Qu Naji stood up straight, and said to the man: "If you hadn't rescued me just now, those two urchins would definitely have been injured at my feet. At that time, not only Changxiu and I will lose everything, I'm afraid I will also lose everything." He will be arrested by the government and thrown into a big prison, where he will be tortured severely, and maybe he will be executed in the end."

The man laughed, and said: "Master Qu made this matter too serious. I didn't expect Master Qu to have superb martial arts, and to save people rashly, it's superfluous, it's ridiculous."

Qu Naji was startled, and said: "Where did this start?"

The man said: "Just now I saw that the troupe master was about to fall onto the stage, but he flew out of thin air. This lightness skill is very remarkable, I can't do such a subtle change."

Qu Naji shook his head and said, "You don't know. Just now I saw that I was about to break my legs, and suddenly I felt a strong force lift me out, otherwise I would have to make a fool of myself."

The man's expression changed, and he said, "Master Qu, is what you said true?"

Qu Naji smiled wryly, and said, "You have saved my life, how dare I hide it from you?"

The man's expression changed, his smile disappeared instantly, and he murmured, "I never thought that there is such a master hidden here, so I want to meet you."

(End of this chapter)