The heavens from Bailuyuan

Chapter 261 Farewell My Concubine, You Are the Real Overlord

Arrived at Tianhe Tea Garden.

Bai Xiuzhu was already waiting at the door. Today she was wearing a short-sleeved pink gauze gown, with two pairs of jade arms like snow lotus roots half exposed, wearing ginkgo ruyi cloud shoulders, and a string of beads on the collar. Circle, very gorgeous.

Holding a white bag.

Beside him is the Ford sedan of the White House.

"sorry to keep you waiting."

Bai Gui got off the rickshaw, walked over, and hand in hand with Bai Xiuzhu's jade arm, said with a smile.

He could also estimate the approximate time, and estimated that Bai Xiuzhu was a little while earlier than him.

"It didn't take long."

"It's getting late, let's go to the theater."

"By the way, don't wear this outfit next time, it's so cold."

"It's going to be summer soon, and it's cold there."

"..."

The two were arguing.

From time to time, I walked into Tianhe Tea Garden.

"Welcome to Mr. Bai. Ever since Mr. Bai left calligraphy with us, the business of the tea garden has been improving day by day. I heard that when Mr. Bai was taking the imperial examination, there was an official document reported to the capital, saying that Mr. Bai raised auspicious..."

"This is bringing luck to our tea garden, and it is flourishing."

Not long after walking in the door.

Boss Liu came to receive him in person.

Flattery said one set after another, without repetition.

"Boss Liu is being polite now."

"The tea garden is located in a busy city, and every inch of land is expensive. My couplets are just icing on the cake."

Bai Gui replied.

The business of Tianhe Tea Garden is already good. During the rising period,

Leaving his calligraphy is just to add some help.

But before he came, he had heard from Cheng Huichang that there were indeed many celebrities who went to listen to a play after he left calligraphy in Tianhe tea garden, which made Tianhe tea garden a lot of fun for a while.

After all, this is the first time he has left calligraphy in the theater.

"Mr. Bai, please come in."

"There happens to be a vacant seat in the Tianzihao box, please take a seat..."

Boss Liu stepped forward to lead the way and said.

There are also ranks between boxes and boxes.

The box ticket he gave to Cheng Huichang was indeed good enough, but in fact he deliberately left room for it.

Tea!
Serve tea!

Serve good tea!
It sounds a lot more comfortable.

If Cheng Huichang came to listen to the play, this box ticket is the box written on it.After all, Cheng Huichang said she was an official's wife, but her husband, the Second Young Master of the Jin Mansion, had no power, so the box ticket he gave was worthy of her status.

Anyway, it's a free ticket, and Cheng Huichang doesn't care about anything deliberately.

But it was different for Bai Gui to come in person with a ticket.

It must be a Tianzihao box!

One is to show the sincerity of their Tianhe tea garden, after all, they have left calligraphy treasures for Tianhe tea garden, which can be regarded as friendship, and the other is to show favor to Cheng Huichang, and it is difficult for their tea garden to get any benefits, just to maintain communication.But if you give Bai Gui kindness, you will definitely get more benefits than if you give kindness to an official wife like Cheng Huichang...

Bai Gui thanked him and did not refuse.

Small favors, if you accept it, you will accept it.Not much harm.

On the Tianzihao box.

This place is indeed brighter than the box he was in last time, and there are fewer people around, so the concealment performance is better.

He sat down with Bai Xiuzhu.

I ate a few mouthfuls of dried fruit.

"Mr. Bai, I won't bother you and the Xian couple. There will be newcomers singing later, and I heard from the Guan family class that they sing well. If you have time to spare, you think they sing well, so join us..."

"Afterwards, our tea garden will also seal red envelopes, thank you for your kindness."

When Boss Liu left the venue, he hesitated for a while and said.

Hold the horn?Who can hold the horn?
The second-class ones are the performers. This kind of people are proficient in opera. If they hold the role, all circles will recognize it.

But it's not a famous actor, it can only be considered a minor celebrity, and if you want to become a famous actor, you have to continue to work hard.

But the real first-class ones who can support actors are still celebrities and literati such as Bai Gui. If Bai Gui personally publishes a newspaper to praise him, then with the help of Bai Gui's fame, the role will immediately become popular.

For example, in "Farewell My Concubine", no matter how much you praise the role, there is no one word from the young master Yuan Shiqing!

Now there are no screens, and opera performances cannot be spread, and can only be fixed in one place, one theater.But the pen and ink articles of literati can really spread all over the world and make them familiar to the public.Furthermore, the status of literati has been high since ancient times, which has been passed down from ancient times to the present. After all... the two identities of officials and literati are often interlinked, so how can they not be high.

"If they perform well, I won't hesitate to praise them."

"I still have some loose change on hand."

Bai Gui crushed a peanut shell, ate the peanuts, and said casually.

He didn't like listening to operas very much, so he came here this time because he was bored and came with Bai Xiuzhu.

The two of them can't stay at home all day, they have to come out to breathe,

Personally publish it in the newspaper... It's impossible, but it's okay to give some rewards.Anyway, if he gave a reward, Boss Liu will return it in full, and there will be a red envelope at that time, so why not do it.

Boss Liu thanked him and left.

"I'm envious of you now, husband. You don't have to do anything, and someone will offer you the money."

"I'm afraid you don't want to..."

Bai Xiuzhu's beautiful eyes showed a look of admiration, she wondered.

Her family is not short of money.

But I have never seen such a thing as someone sending money directly to the door.

"What's the matter, Liu Sanbian and Tang Bohu, two great talents, not only don't need to pay money when they go to the brothel, but there are women in the brothel who give money."

"Compared to them, I feel ashamed..."

Bai Gui sighed.

Both Liu Yong and Tang Yin are frequent visitors to the brothel, and going to the brothel is not only free of female tickets, but also free of food and sleep.And early in the morning of the next day, the singers would give the two of them red envelopes and pay for their writing.

Well, the normal brush fee.

There is still a gap between him and these two.

"You still want to go to the brothel?"

Bai Xiuzhu glared at Bai Gui with her beautiful eyes, and said dissatisfied.

Bai Gui: "..."

The stage is elevated, gongs and drums are beating, and cymbals are beating.

The curtain opened.

A little girl came out babbling and babbling, her face was painted in powder, with a Ruyi crown on top, her head dotted with emerald greens, in front of the crown was a pair of obliquely combed bangs, covered with silver and blue brocade cloud shoulders, bordered with a Bead strings, a yellow embroidered cloak inside, a fish scale armor outside, and a waistband. Holding two swords in plain hands, she suddenly jumped into the eyes of everyone.

"Good! What a concubine Yu!"

People who are used to watching opera can tell at a glance that this is Yu Ji's appearance.The person who announced the curtain just now also said that this scene is Farewell My Concubine.So those who listen to the play will not be wrong.

But... I have heard a lot of Peking opera, and Yu Ji's appearance alone is not enough to move them.

But this Concubine Yu is tall and straight, enchanting and charming, with a pair of water-cut pupils and slender fingers, people are really convinced at first glance, this beautiful and troublesome beauty.

"He's a fake concubine Yu, man!"

Bai Xiuzhu glanced at Bai Gui, seeing that Bai Gui had never been as moved as the group of men listening to the opera in the courtyard below, she felt satisfied.

"male?"

"Although there is a collar at the throat, it can be seen that..."

Bai Gui frowned, took a few glances, and nodded.

Generally speaking, this kind of stage is far away, and there are cross collars covering the neck, so it is not easy to distinguish between men and women, but he has far-sighted eyesight, and is proficient in martial arts. Come, but after being reminded by Bai Xiuzhu, after a few more glances, you will understand.

"I didn't see the Adam's apple, but in Beijing opera, the male and female roles are pretending to be Concubine Yu..."

"Men need bangs on their foreheads, but women don't need to keep their hair long. This can be used to distinguish between men and women."

Bai Xiuzhu explained.

She doesn't listen to many operas, but Farewell My Concubine is a famous piece in Peking opera.She listened to Mrs. Jin's house a lot, and she knew some details that others didn't know.

"interesting!"

Bai Gui shook his head and continued to enjoy the performance.

"I followed the king, fought east and west, endured the wind and frost and toil, year after year, hated only the Wudao Qin, and burned the soul..."

"It only caused the people to suffer repeatedly..."

Concubine Yu has beautiful eyebrows, red lips and white teeth, and her pupils look like teasing and shy, making people feel indistinguishable from male and female.

She held a long sword in her hand, with a foot-long yellow tassel hanging down from the hilt, gracefully dancing on the stage.

Stepping, sword dancing!
"Your Majesty is returning to camp."

Overlord Xiang Yu's Jingjiao, who painted a steel fork Wushuang face, also came on stage.

"Your Majesty—"

Concubine Yu sighed.

"You will be panicked after this trouble."

Overlord Xiang Yu supported him.

"Good singing!"

Off the court, there was thunderous applause.

Many people started to cast reward money, silver dollars, pearls, golden melon seeds, bracelets, gold leaves, etc., anyway, whatever they had in their hands was cast.

Some people are entrusted with it and specially join in.

And some really thought the play was sung well and were happy to join in the show.

Outside the box.

The boy knocked on the door, but he didn't dare to come in without authorization, and whispered outside the door: "Mr. Bai, Boss Liu said that these actors are very good at singing, Lao Fei, can you see if you can be kind and support me? Afterwards, Liu The boss will definitely thank you."

Originally, Boss Liu wanted Bai Gui to see it for himself, and thought it was pretty good, so he put in a bounty, which was regarded as a win.But now seeing that Farewell My Concubine's appearance has the potential to become a famous actor in Yanjing, so I quickly asked the servant to ask the guests in the nearby box to see if they can win the show.

This is similar to that of a girl in a brothel, hair is very important.

If the first encounter is a good start, the future development will be smooth sailing.

"can!"

"You write...Bai Meihe Kan rewards 150 silver dollars!"

Bai Gui thought for a while and said.

The opening scene of Farewell My Concubine was really good, so he, who doesn't like to listen to operas, listened to it all at once.But that's all. If Boss Liu didn't mention this, he would only reward a few silver dollars at most, and the increase would not be so great.

He has money, but he doesn't want the money to go to waste.

But now that Boss Liu is willing to tell the truth, he will naturally not be too polite.

These 150 silver dollars are quite a lot.

He is a newcomer, and if the bounty is high, others will see some clues.

And money is not important, what is important is that the theater wants to use some of his fame.

Tianhe Tea Garden didn't make Bai Gui feel uncomfortable, everything was respectful, Mo Bao gave him two hundred silver dollars, and invited him to the Tianzihao private room, he would not deliberately avoid it now as a favor.

The boy outside the door was overjoyed, and was about to shout out at the top of his voice.

Another servant at the door of the box next door shouted: "Eunuch Zhang Zhai rewards you with three hundred silver dollars, and a jade-carved red coral tree—"

At this time, the servant standing at the door of Baigui's box shouted: "Bai Meihe rewards 150 silver dollars—"

After he finished yelling, he was a little depressed.

If there are too many, there is nothing to do with glory.

Just now, the bounty given by Eunuch Zhang in the Zhang residence far exceeded Bai Gui's reward.

There was an uproar in the audience.

"Eunuch Zhang is so grand, it's rewarding so much money."

"That jade-carved red coral tree is worth at least several hundred silver coins, and it is estimated to be a treasure in the palace..."

"Heh! This father-in-law is not just a simple appreciation, maybe he has taken a fancy to this male concubine Yu, and there are quite a few people who hate him."

But the second half of the sentence is just whispering in a low voice, and I dare not talk about it aloud, for fear of breaking a taboo and causing trouble.

"what?"

"Did you hear that the boy who sang the reward just now said...Bai Meihe was rewarded with 150 silver dollars? Bai Meihe should be that famous writer. He also came to Tianhe Tea Garden to listen to the opera?"

"Don't you know? Boss Liu from Tianhe Tea Garden invited Baimei and a pair of calligraphy last year, and spent two hundred silver dollars."

"Hiss! Such a high touch-up fee?"

"High? People don't like it if it's low."

"However, Eunuch Zhang overwhelmed Bai Meihe's appreciation just now. I wonder if the two will fight?"

"Thinking about it too much. What kind of thing is Eunuch Zhang? He's just a eunuch in the palace in the past. How can he compare with such a hot figure like Bai Meihe?"

"Who knows, big shots like to fight for face."

in the box.

Hearing these conversations, Bai Gui shook his head and ignored them.

He talked to an eunuch because he lost his position.

People like Zhang Gonggong are said to be powerful, but they can only bully ordinary people.With the connections in the palace in the past and his wealth, the government generally wouldn't care too much about him, but if he really messed with the current dignitaries, he wouldn't be able to get any good results...

Just a eunuch!
This matter has not waited for him to think about it.

The servant outside knocked on the door and shouted: "Mr. Bai, Eunuch Zhang has come to apologize to you."

"Fun!"

"As expected of a eunuch, he still has the ability to observe words and emotions."

Bai Gui couldn't help shaking his head and smiling.

He doesn't care about this matter, but there will always be someone who cares.

Some people send a word, and eunuch Zhang can't eat and walk around.

If it was reported that Bai Meihe, the son-in-law of the Bai Mansion and a great literati, was overpowered by a dead eunuch, what would others think?
There are plenty of people who are courteous!
"Let him in!"

He said.

Since eunuch Zhang chose to come to apologize, Bai Gui couldn't handle it.

There was no deep hatred between the two of them.

The box door creaked and opened.

An old eunuch dressed as a Qing Palace eunuch walked in, followed by some court ladies shaking fans.

"Mr. Bai..."

"The miscellaneous family accidentally bumped into you just now, please don't take it to heart."

Eunuch Zhang smiled apologetically with an old look on his face.

Even though it is now in the Qing Dynasty, he is a eunuch, and he is not a real celebrity in the palace. How can he compare with someone like Bai Gui? He also hunted to Chang'an with the Queen Mother. The Empress Dowager's goddaughter...

Compared with Zhou Ying..., he is a fart!

Bai Gui's identity is the person he usually avoids.

I have already remembered it in my heart!

"Just a little misunderstanding."

"Eunuch Zhang came over to make an apology, as long as he feels it."

Bai Gui said calmly.

"Mind?"

"Look at my memory, come on, come on, this is the compensation money that the miscellaneous family prepared for Mr. Bai. It is a total of one thousand silver dollars, all of which are checks from Jardine Matheson. After returning to the house, the miscellaneous family will prepare a generous gift for Mr. Bai! "

Eunuch Zhang immediately pretended to slap himself, and smiled apologetically.

It's not terrible to offend Bai Gui now, as long as you have enough money for compensation.Maybe he can use this to gain access to Bai Gui's network.

"I will accept the compensation money!"

"But you don't need the generous gift you prepared!"

Bai Gui raised his eyebrows, he had a delicate mind, and he could see through Eunuch Zhang's thoughts at a glance.

Don't look at him accepting a thousand silver dollars in compensation, it seems a bit inhumane.

Too much!
But in fact, from Eunuch Zhang's point of view, to resolve this misunderstanding, let alone one thousand silver dollars, he would give two thousand silver dollars.Compensation is based on status, status is not enough, he thinks a penny is too much, but status is far beyond him, it is not a big deal to lose all his net worth.

In addition, Bai Gui just listened to the wind commentary and knew that eunuch Zhang didn't seem to be a good product, and the money was probably ill-gotten gains, so he wouldn't feel any psychological burden if he accepted it.

"Yes, yes, Mr. Bai is right."

Eunuch Zhang bowed his head and presented a check from Jardine Matheson before leaving.

"The thousand silver dollars will be donated when I get home later."

"Just donate it to the school."

Bai Gui handed the check from Jardine Matheson to Bai Xiuzhu and said.

Such a big family as Baifu has a fixed donation almost every month.Rich and conscientious, donations are not much for family property, and donations can also have a good reputation.

Moreover, most people would not swallow donations from the White House and the Golden House without permission.

It would be more appropriate to give Bai Xiuzhu a donation.

"Well, I'll give it to my sister-in-law when I get home."

Bai Xiuzhu accepted the check.

It's only one thousand silver dollars, which is a lot, but she doesn't lack this little money, and she won't embezzle it.

The two looked down the stage, and the show was over.

Although the scene of Farewell My Concubine is a famous play, it is usually not the first time a newcomer has just appeared on stage.

Fortunately, Tianhe Tea Garden probably knew the strength of Farewell My Concubine and Jingjiao, so they were not assigned to the last round, and it was the third-to-last round.

Time passed and the last scene was over.

During the period, the male actress who played the concubine Yu and Jing Jiao who played the overlord Xiang Yu also came to the box to thank Bai Gui.

Thanks for watching this time.

They haven't become famous yet, so they don't dare to put on any ostentation.

Even if you become famous, if you meet people like Bai Gui to watch it, you have to come over to express your gratitude, and there is no saying that you should ignore the possibility of such a scene.

"Let's go, I'm tired too."

Bai Xiuzhu got up and said.

Bai Gui nodded, and the two held each other's arms, planning to leave.

Just walked out the door, in the corridor.

He heard the voices from the box next door, the voices of Eunuch Zhang and Concubine Yu.

Eunuch Zhang watched and rewarded a lot.

The first one to thank was Bai Gui, and the second one was Eunuch Zhang.

"You are so beautiful, it's a pity to be Concubine Yu, why not follow me, follow me..."

"Follow me and you will eat delicious food and drink spicy food."

"Even if I want to sing on stage, I will hold you..."

Eunuch Zhang laughed.

Inside the door, there was the sound of furniture knocking and falling.

"Senior Brother, Senior Brother..."

"Say something."

Yuji panicked.

Bang!
Bai Gui kicked the door open.

The box door is locked with a wooden bolt. When watching a play, there is a stand window deliberately reserved. When not in use, just draw the curtain and close the window.

The red wooden door was smashed to pieces by his kick.

Everyone in the box was stunned, looking at Bai Gui who broke in through the door.

"Mr. Bai, why do you..."

Eunuch Zhang was pressing Yu Ji step by step, pushing her into a corner, when he heard the movement, his body froze for a moment, and when he was about to yell, he suddenly saw that it was Bai Gui who broke the door, and a smirk immediately appeared on his face. A flattering smile.

His body trembled like chaff, and he didn't dare to speak much.

He is not an ignorant person, and he knows that what he does is not very honorable.

It's something that can't be brought up on the stage in private.

Someone saw it, and accusations are normal.

But..., ordinary people often dare not criticize, just like this overlord Xiang Yu Jingjiao, he dared not talk too much, he did talk too much just now, but he was quickly suppressed, his status is not good, the actor's dirty things can't be overturned .

"Eunuch Zhang, look! You're bumping into me again!"

With a cold face, Bai Gui glanced at Eunuch Zhang.

He's not someone who likes to meddle in other people's business.

If he heard about this incident by chance, he probably wouldn't care too much.But now things happened right under his nose, Yu Ji and Bawang just rushed over to express their thanks, Eunuch Zhang is not someone he can't afford to offend..., justice should be done.

"How about making an apology to Mr. Bai? Three thousand silver dollars!"

"I hope Mr. Bai will forgive me once!"

Eunuch Zhang gritted his teeth.

The yamen will not care about such trivial matters.But if Bai Gui takes care of it, the yamen will definitely take care of it.

"Money... is a trivial matter."

"The main reason is that I don't like the rotten ass of intersex people!"

Seeing this scene, Bai Gui already had some guesses in his heart.

Based on what Boss Liu said earlier, this is the Guan family class, so it is Cheng Dieyi and Duan Xiaolou from Farewell My Concubine.

He has seen this movie, it is quite a classic movie.

Boss Liu rushed over after hearing the news.

He took the care yard of the tea plantation.

It is impossible for those who run entertainment venues to have no nursing homes.

"Eunuch Zhang, offended."

When Boss Liu saw this scene, he knew who to help.

One is a humble old eunuch with no power or influence.

The other, needless to say.

The old eunuch was taken away, and with Bai Gui's handwriting, he turned it over to the newspaper officer.

Although this kind of hermaphrodite's rotten ass behavior is not easy to convict.But in ancient times, it was a society ruled by man, and it was not difficult to weave accusations.For a wealthy family like eunuch Zhang, since they have Bai Gui's endorsement, they have no worries. There are not a few people who are greedy for eunuch Zhang's wealth, and they will surround him like hyenas and devour the remains.

And this kind of thing... is not enough to cause Bai Gui's reputation.

Eunuchs have always been cast aside by civil officials, and this has been the case since ancient times.

Eunuch Zhang is not a good eunuch like Sanbao Eunuch, he has a bad reputation!
Not to mention that Bai Gui and Eunuch Zhang had conflicts, even if there were no conflicts, no one would show mercy when such a person died.

"The little nun was only twenty-eight years old, and her hair was cut off by the master when she was young. I am... a girl, not a man. Why are you wearing a yellow sash around your waist and a straight gown..."

Concubine Yu was in a trance, singing "Si Fan".

He suddenly glanced at Duan Xiaolou, saw Bai Gui again, and said with a smile: "You are the real overlord, he is a fake overlord! A fake overlord cannot become a real overlord after all, and even if an actor on stage sings, it will be a fake..."

"Junior Brother, Junior Brother, what's wrong with you?"

Duan Xiaolou was startled, and it took him a long time to recover. Seeing Cheng Dieyi's appearance, he quickly thanked Bai Gui, then shook Cheng Dieyi's shoulder and asked.

"I am fine."

Cheng Dieyi came back to his senses, woke up, and pushed Duan Xiaolou away.

He forced a smile, straightened his clothes to Bai Gui, and said, "Thank you Mr. Bai for your help this time."

"Just a little thing."

Bai Gui shook his head.

He can only help for a while, not for a lifetime.When the road is rough, it's okay to draw a sword to help, but if he is asked to help Cheng Dieyi for the rest of his life, he can't do it.

He held Bai Xiuzhu's arm, and the two walked down the stairs.

For him, this is just a trivial matter, nothing to be concerned about.

Waited half way down the stairs.

He turned his head, glanced at Cheng Dieyi, and asked, "Concubine Yu, what song is that 'Little Nun Year [-]' you sang just now?"

"It's Si Fan!"

Yu Ji replied.

"How did you sing later?"

"The little nun was twenty-eight years old, and her hair was cut off by the master when she was young. I am a girl, not a man..."

Yu Ji continued to sing.

"This sentence is wrong, you should say that you are a man, not a girl, you are too deep into the drama!"

"Getting too deep into the drama, even if it's worth watching for others, it's not good for yourself."

"People and drama must be separated!"

Bai Gui shook his head, finished his words, took Bai Xiuzhu downstairs, and never looked back.

"Dieyi, Mr. Bai is right, we need to separate the drama."

"You're too deep into the drama."

Duan Xiaolou persuaded.

He said this sentence to Cheng Dieyi countless times, but after he finished speaking, it was still useless.

But as a senior brother, there are only these obligations that he can fulfill.

How to live is one's own business.

Not his.

"Ah."

Surprisingly, Cheng Dieyi nodded this time, and said calmly: "I am a man, not a woman."

He came out of the play.

He walked out naturally.

(End of this chapter)