Yin Fu Daojun

Chapter 12
As the magistrate of Shanyin County, Jiang Wei can manage the public security of the county, but he can't control the personal freedom of the people. Surrounding the theater does not break the law or violate the law, so it is naturally outside his jurisdiction.

In addition, he is a rough man, he only knows how to practice martial arts and investigate cases, he can't appreciate this kind of delicate performance, he just treats it as a new theater troupe, openly soliciting customers, so he led the rest of the police back to the yamen for work.

However, he had his own ideas, Xie Duan was different, and Xie Duan did not belong to him. At this time, he glanced at the stage through the gap in the crowd, and his attention was immediately attracted.

He didn't go back to the yamen, but squeezed into the crowd to find out.

The stage was set up on the left side of the entrance of the restaurant. It was not too big, and the scenery was not gorgeous. Moreover, it was open-air and could be seen from 360 degrees. This also caused the entire restaurant to be overcrowded.

The periphery of the stage is surrounded by a wooden fence to separate it.

There are currently only two middle-aged men on the stage, one wearing a green turban and the other wearing a red turban, and their costumes are a bit weird.

The man in the red turban is performing with a whip in hand, while the man in the green turban is tinkering with a vase behind the scenes on stage.

The vase was half covered with a black cloth, making it hard to see.

Xie Duan was mingling among the crowd at the moment. He looked up and saw that besides the two middle-aged men, there were two other animals on the stage.

A monkey held a gong, danced and beat it, and after going around the stage, ran to the outside of the fence, asking for rewards one by one.

As for the other, it was a black dog.

I don't know what kind of skin disease it is. There are several places on the black dog's body, where the flesh is exposed, and there is no hair covering it.

Limbs on the ground, body thin and small, but the eyes are extremely clear, when you look carefully, there is even an illusion that these are not dog eyes.

The ballad just now came from the mouth of this black dog.

This black dog can speak human language?Can you still sing?
It would be unbelievable if you hadn't seen it with your own eyes.

It was precisely because of this scene that it attracted him all of a sudden.

After the song was finished, the onlookers were all enthusiastic, clamoring for another song, even throwing a lot of money for it.

Once the little monkey turns around, it will be able to reap a full gong.

"It's so easy to get money!"

Xie Duan hid in the crowd and watched, feeling a little envious.

Inadvertently, in his mind, a large number of scriptures, movies and TV dramas he had seen in his previous life, as well as famous songs he had heard, suddenly appeared. If they were performed in this world, he wondered how big the market would be.

"It's really strange! Monkeys can dance and dogs can sing. I really learned a lot today. This theater really lives up to its reputation."

"That's right! The performance of the previous two days was truly amazing."

"That's right! I came to see their performance right after the opening performance. The day before yesterday's 'Bone Bone Flower Dan' and yesterday's 'Poisonous Hand Exploring the Caves', good guy, how can they be praised with the word 'excellent'? It's hard to believe forget!"

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Around Xie Duan, several spectators continued to praise and discuss.

These words naturally fell into his ears verbatim. Judging from their expressions, it seemed as if they were possessed by demons, and their meanings were still unfinished.

"Brother, what's going on with this Yixiyuan?"

Xie Duan inexplicably felt a little strange, and couldn't help but ask questions.

A man with a dog skin plaster on his forehead took a look at him. Seeing that he was dressed richly and had an extraordinary temperament, he was probably the son of a rich family, so he smiled and behaved very politely.

"My lord, you don't know yet? This strange theater has only recently come to our Shanyin county. It doesn't play dance music, it doesn't perform juggling, it only performs strange plays, and the so-called strange plays are some weird things. Son, for example, in the scene just now, the dog uttered human words, recited poems and sang songs, in short, it was very exciting, you will understand after watching it, my lord."

The man explained briefly and continued to look at the stage.

Hearing what he said, Xie Duan was also interested. Anyway, it was still early, so he was not in a hurry to go back, and just took this opportunity to see it.

"Everyone, today is the third day of our Yixiyuan stationed in Shanyin County. First of all, thank you for your support. Without you, there would be no us. You are our parents!"

At this moment, the man in the red turban on the stage stepped to the center of the stage, bowed his hands to the crowd, and then said.

"Through these three days of performances, I believe everyone is already very familiar with our Yixiyuan, so let's not say much, what we just did is just an appetizer, and what follows is the latest finale of Yixiyuan!"

As he spoke, he pulled the dog leash and pulled the black dog off the field.

At the same time, another man came to the stage holding a vase and placed it in the center of the stage so that everyone could see it.

"In the four seas, we are all brothers! It's not easy for us to travel north and south, so we're going to play some tricks here for everyone's entertainment. If you feel comfortable watching, those who have money will play for money, and those who have no money will play for themselves."

The man in the green turban bowed his fists to everyone, then stood next to the vase, and stretched out his hand to remove the black cloth covering the vase.

Because it was the finale show, all the spectators were staring intently at the stage, as if they were afraid of missing something.

The finale of the last two days had opened their eyes, so they would not question the standard of Yixiyuan, they were all looking forward to it.

As soon as the black cloth was lifted, the entire vase was exposed in front of everyone.

"Head, head, there's a human head on the vase!"

"No! There should be a person in the vase."

There was a sound of exclamation, and several people were dumbfounded.

"It's really strange, how did she get into such a small vase?"

"The most amazing thing is that the vase will not break, which shows it!"

I saw that the ordinary vase was less than two feet high and five or six inches in diameter, and there was a young girl's head standing out of the opening.

Her long hair was coiled on top of her head, and her face was covered with rouge and gouache. It didn't look like she was dressing up, but she seemed to be deliberately covering up something.

"Everyone, this is the finale of the Yixi Garden today, Vase Girl! Our Vase Girl has a superb voice, if everyone bids to impress her, I can do a part for everyone on the spot."

Everyone was immersed in it, the man on the stage took advantage of the opportunity to speak, and a gong sounded, and the little monkey was very interesting and walked towards the crowd.

Many spectators couldn't bear the curiosity in their hearts and wanted to see how capable she was, so they paid for it without thinking.

Xie Duan was also deeply shocked when he saw this scene.

If monkeys could dance and dogs could talk before, he could still use his modern knowledge to make a reasonable explanation.

Then the vase girl in front of her looks a little weird.

Monkeys have a high IQ, and after special training, they can make many movements, so it is not uncommon for them to beat gongs and dance, and ask people for rewards.

The dog can spit out human words, and he thought that the performers on stage must be proficient in ventriloquism, but in fact they used ventriloquism to secretly perform substitute performances.

As for the vase girl, he once saw a piece of news that in modern performances, someone deciphered that the refraction of the mirror was actually used, which was a cover-up.

But in this world, he doesn't believe that anyone can make mirrors comparable to modern craftsmanship. Although glass already exists, glass mirrors were only introduced to China during the Ming Dynasty, and there should be no such things at this time.

What's more, the stage is open-air, and there is nothing behind the bottle. There is no use of props to achieve the purpose of performance.

That being the case, how should the vase girl explain it?

(End of this chapter)