Liaozhai: A scholar should draw a sword

Chapter 210 The Death of Hua Dan
When all the students were talking about it, Zhou Yu smiled and said, "You can't just focus on how exciting the story itself is.

Instead, learn to analyze and think.

Everyone in the story has a different background, different encounters, different styles of life, and different endings.

Therefore, you must learn from it the way to behave in the world and learn to distinguish right from wrong.

For many things, you can't just look at the appearance, because the eyes can sometimes deceive people.

You have to learn to observe from different angles.As the saying goes, when viewed horizontally, it forms a ridge, and when viewed sideways, it forms a peak, with different distances and heights.

No one is perfect, even sages make mistakes, let alone ordinary people.

Take Zhu Laoshi in this story as an example, I am afraid that he can be called a typical representative of ordinary people in the market.

He is kind-hearted, but it is inevitable that he will have some selfish psychology.

He took Qin Chong in, although he had a kind side, but he also thought about having someone who would inherit the family business in the future.

After being deceived, he repelled Qin Zhong and drove him away.

Later, when I understood the truth of the matter, I also knew how to correct my mistakes..."

After some hints from Zhou Yu, a group of students began to discuss again, expressing their opinions and analyzing each person in the story from their own point of view.

Zhou Yu listened and expressed a few opinions from time to time.

He didn't want to forcefully change the students' thinking, after all, everyone has their own worldview.

These students have all been assessed and screened, at least in a sense, they will not have any deviations.

The next day, the group continued their journey back.

Today, I came to a small town with mountains and rivers.

Although the town is located in the mountains, it is rich in products, close to the official road, and there are ferry boats, there are many merchants coming and going, it seems quite prosperous.

A theatrical troupe came to the town, and they planned to sing for three days before leaving, but they were very popular and the venues were full.

After all, most of the opera troupes who come to the town to sing are grass-roots troupes, and this troupe is very professional in all aspects.

As a result, rich local families also invited opera troupes to perform at home.

Ever since, the troupe stayed and took turns performing the troupe's specialty operas.

When Zhou Yu and his party arrived, the troupe had already performed in the town for more than ten days, and the popularity was still very strong. Even some people from neighboring villages came to watch the show.

The head of the theater troupe is named Sun Chun. He has two proud disciples, one is Wang Cheng and the other is Li Yu.

The two disciples are not very old, Wang Cheng is 19 years old, and Li Yu is 17 years old, but they have solid foundations, and they can be called the pillars of the troupe and the leading actresses.

Huadan is a female character on stage.

However, most of the performers on stage are men playing female roles.

After arriving in the small town, Zhou Yu heard that the troupe sang well, so he took a few students to the theater together.

In the scene he watched, it was Li Yu who took the stage.

As soon as he played, the audience applauded like thunder, which shows how popular he is.

While walking, like a weak wind supporting willows, gracefully, she opened her mouth to sing, her voice was melodious and melodious, and there was no trace of reverse singing at all, just like he was originally a woman.

Men play Hua Dan in reverse, using false voices to imitate women's voices.

However, men and women are different after all. No matter how similar the imitation is, you can always hear a little unnaturalness when you listen carefully.

Especially Zhou Yu, how can his hearing and discrimination ability be compared to ordinary people?
Even he couldn't hear a single flaw.

Perhaps, this is the reason why the troupe is so popular.

Puzzled, Zhou Yu stopped paying attention to the opera itself, and looked at Li Yu carefully... After looking at it, he finally discovered the clue.

This person is clearly the body of a man and the soul of a daughter.

This is fundamentally different from the sissy that people often say. A sissy has the body and soul of a man, but behaves like a woman in words and deeds.

After Zhou Yu's careful observation, he found that this Li Yu was not simple, and he didn't know whether he was taken away or what happened.

In short, body and soul do not belong to the same person.

Could it be that he is also a time traveler?
Zhou Yu suddenly had a strange thought.

After all, he was also a time traveler back then, his body belonged to others, but his soul belonged to him.

Although this possibility is extremely small, Zhou Yu can at least be sure that the Li Yu in front of him is no longer the real Li Yu, and there is a woman's soul in his body.

This is why he can interpret a female character so vividly.

Because he is a daughter's family in his bones.

After discovering this secret, Zhou Yu didn't say anything, and decided to observe more to see what was going on with the other party.

After the play ended, Zhou Yu took the opportunity of giving a reward to chat with Li Yu, but he didn't find any doubts.

After that, I chatted with the head teacher Sun Chun for a while.

According to Sun Chun, their family has been in Liyuan for generations, and it has been passed down to his generation for the tenth generation.

Li Yu and Wang Cheng are his favorite pupils. Li Yu started his career early, entering the industry at the age of five, and it has been 12 years since then.

Wang Cheng started late, and used to be a vagrant. A few years ago, Sun Chun found that he was quite talented, so he took him in and asked him to do odd jobs in the troupe first, and learn some basic skills in his spare time.

Unexpectedly, Wang Cheng soon joined the door, which surprised Sun Chun, making an exception and accepting him as a disciple.

In just a few years, Wang Cheng has grown up, and has become one of the two pillars alongside Li Yu in terms of singing skills and popularity.

When the conversation was about the same, Zhou Yu said goodbye and left, saying that he would come to join us tomorrow.

Unexpectedly, that night, a strange case happened in the town.

About two or three miles away from the town, there is a big house. The owner of the house is named Lu Deshui, who is in his forties.

This person can't read a few big characters, and after inheriting the ancestral business, he only knows how to spend time and money.

A few days ago, he went on a long trip, and when he came back, he heard that there was a popular theater troupe in the town, so he brought people to the theater.

After watching one scene, I was fascinated by Li Yu's singing.

So, they went to Sun Chun and said that he wanted to find some people to sing in his mansion, and he specifically named Li Yu.

Not long after Zhou Yu left, Sun Chun brought Li Yu and several other members of the troupe to the Lu Mansion, and sang an opera according to Lu Deshui's order.

After singing, Lu Deshui applauded loudly, and said to everyone in the troupe: "Everyone has worked hard, I have prepared a banquet, please be sure to enjoy a few drinks."

Naturally, Sun Chun would not refuse to fight with kindness, and under the leadership of Lu Deshui, they all joined the table.

During the banquet, Lu Deshui was very enthusiastic and kept persuading him to drink.

When he was almost drunk, he called Sun Chun to the front hall, took out a small wooden box prepared in advance, put it on the table, and opened the lid.

Inside, there are ten ingots of silver neatly placed, all of which are ten taels of one ingot.

"Guru..."

It has to be said that the temptation of silver is quite great, making Sun Chun swallow involuntarily.

If it was exchanged for 100 taels of silver bills, perhaps the impact would not be so great, but when the ten ingots of cash fell into the eyes, people couldn't help but want to rub them in their hands.

What's more, the troupe came out to sing operas, and the income was not very high. After all, most of the audience were ordinary people.

If only relying on the support of the common people, the theater troupe will not make any money, and may even lose money.

After all, the theater troupe has to support so many people, and it also needs to provide tea and so on to the guests.

Theatrical troupes want to make money, relying on the rewards of some rich people, or going to the rich people's homes to sing operas, and the appearance fee is generally not low.

To put it simply, the common people are just trying to gain popularity, and they have to count on the rich to make money.

It's just that the money of the big family is not picked up for nothing. Like Lu Deshui, it is 100 taels for a move. Since he took over the theater troupe, Sun Chun has never met it a few times.

Coupled with the observation at the banquet just now, Sun Chun had a vague guess.

As expected, Lu Deshui pointed to the small wooden box with a smile and said, "Squad Leader Sun, you've always been an outcast. Even if I don't tell you about some things, you should be able to guess what I want."

"This……"

Sun Chun hesitated for a moment.

Of course he knew what Lu Deshui wanted.

Speaking of which, it was only the first time for Li Chun to deal with such a thing. Many theater troupes would encounter such a thing, and it could even be said to be a normal state.

The reason why Li Chun hesitated was because Li Yu had an accident in a month.

At that time, just like today, a wealthy businessman asked Li Yu to sing an opera at home, and asked Li Yu to stay that night.

The next day, Li Yu was sent back to the theater troupe, unable to walk, with injuries all over his body.

A few days later, Li Yu recovered from his injuries, but he disappeared.

He left a letter saying that he has nothing to miss about his life, and he hopes everyone will forget him.

Sun Chun was so anxious that he led people to look around, but they couldn't find anyone.

As a result, two days later, Li Yu returned to the troupe, his mental state improved a lot, and he began to hang his voice and practice singing as soon as he came back, much to Sun Chun's surprise.

After going on stage, Sun Chun found that Li Yu had undergone a subtle change, and she acted like a daughter, including her singing, which sounded softer and softer, just like a real woman.

Although Sun Chun was a little strange about this, he didn't think too much about it. He only realized and improved after Li Yu suffered a serious illness.

Seeing that Sun Chun was hesitant, Lu Deshui couldn't help but lower his face and said, "Why, does Team Leader Sun mean that he doesn't like this humble person? Or is he looking down on this 100 taels of silver?

If it's too little, you can make a price. "

"No, no, master Lu, please don't misunderstand, the thing is like this..."

Li Chun briefly talked about Li Yu's previous experience.

Then he said: "I'm afraid that his mood will be unstable and make Master Lu unhappy..."

Hearing this, Lu Deshui couldn't help but nodded: "So that's the case, I understand. In fact, Team Leader Sun is not afraid that Li Yu will make me unhappy, but that Li Yu will be overwhelmed again, right?"

"This...Master Lu is discerning. After all, if something really happens, I will feel sorry for it."

"Don't worry, I will never treat Li Yu badly, I really appreciate this little guy."

"That's fine, that's fine..."

Having said that, Li Chun was relieved.

So, I went to talk to Li Yu again.

Originally, he had prepared a long phone call to comfort him, but unexpectedly, Li Yu readily nodded and agreed.

As a result, Sun Chun was very happy, and so was Lu Deshui.

But I never thought that something really happened.

In the middle of the night, someone heard a "bang" sound from the room, as if something heavy fell to the ground.

So, I subconsciously ran to the door and called a few times, but there was no response from the room.

The servant felt that something was wrong, so he forced the door open, but something really happened...

The room was filled with a strong smell of blood, and Lu Deshui was lying on the ground with his head bleeding, and he had no breath.

But Li Yu hanged himself, but for some reason the rope broke and he fell, and the sound heard by the servants outside was exactly the sound of him falling.

As soon as Lu Deshui died, Lu's house was in chaos.

Not long after, the manager of the mansion ordered two servants to report to the county government overnight, and then personally led them to the troupe, where they tied up Sun Chun and the others, saying that they were waiting for the government to come and punish them.

After daybreak, this strange case spread quickly, causing a commotion among the townspeople.

After Zhou Yu heard about it, he couldn't help frowning.

To others, this is a strange case, and to him, it is even more a strange case among strange cases.

After all, he knew in his heart that Li Yu was not an ordinary person, but a combination of two people whose body and soul belonged to men and women.

There must be something hidden in this case.

Lu Deshui and the county magistrate have always had beneficial contacts, so as soon as the servants of Lu's mansion reported the case, the county magistrate immediately sent people to the town to thoroughly investigate the truth.

It stands to reason that there is nothing to investigate in this case. The murder scene was in Lu Deshui's room, and no one had entered it during the period.

After some investigation and questioning, a policeman who came along with the county government's arrester analyzed: "Master arrester, it seems that this Li Yu had a conflict with Master Lu and killed Lu in a fit of rage. My lord, I will commit suicide in fear of crime afterwards."

In the end, the catcher shook his head: "I'm afraid it's not that simple. I asked the class leader, and Li Yu himself agreed to stay, and he didn't express any dissatisfaction..."

"What if he lied?"

"This possibility is not ruled out. However, with Li Yu's weak body, how easy is it to kill Master Lu?

Even if it is unprepared, there will be a little movement..."

"Well, this is indeed a bit strange. Could it be that Master Lu is drunk?"

"Let Wu Zuo finish the autopsy first."

After a while, Wu Zuo finished examining the two corpses and came back to report the results to the head catcher.

"After inspection, Master Lu died of being struck by a heavy object. The murder weapon was the copper candlestick in the house, and the fatal wound was on the top of his head..."

"But then Li Yu is a little strange..."

Hearing this, the head catcher looked puzzled and said, "Why is it so strange?"

"I can't say it. I always feel that his corpse is a bit weird. I have been in the industry for many years and have never encountered such a situation."

"What's weird?"

Wu Zuo thought for a while, and replied: "It's hard to say, it's just a feeling, it feels like he should have been dead for a long time, it doesn't look like he died last night at all.

But strangely enough, his body showed no signs of decay.

In short, just the autopsy alone, it is true that he died last night, but based on my years of autopsy experience and feeling, it looks like a corpse that has been dead for a long time..."

Saying that, I am also confused about the arresting head.

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(End of this chapter)