Man Tanghong

Chapter 318 Nuo drama
Although Yingying and Yanyan in Li Shimin's "harem group" have their own merits and are not ordinary women, they are not as good as Zheng Guanyin.

Zheng Guanyin's appearance, temperament, figure, knowledge and other aspects can surpass all others.

With Li Shimin's lust, it would be strange if he didn't care about it.

So what about sister-in-law, what about other people's wives, maybe Li Shimin will find it more exciting.

"Mother!"

While Li Yuanji was frantically arranging Li Shimin in his mind, Li Chengqian rushed into the house with his head full of heat, and shouted at his eldest grandson excitedly.

Everyone in the house fell silent.

Young and small Yang, Yan, Wang, Yin and so on looked at Li Chengqian with incredible eyes, and then subconsciously looked at the eldest grandson.

The smile on the eldest grandson's face obviously froze, but it recovered quickly, and he waved to Li Chengqian with a smile.

Although it was only for a moment that the eldest grandson's expression changed, Li Chengqian still noticed it.

Li Chengqian's heart was raised, he quickly straightened his clothes, wiped off the sweat on his forehead, straightened his face, walked up to the eldest grandson in a regular manner, saluted the eldest grandson tremblingly, and then saluted the younger and younger Yang respectively. Wait for others to salute.

In the end, he saluted Li Yuanji with a twisted face.

Li Yuanji wanted to laugh, but held back, because he could see what Li Chengqian was thinking.

Li Chengqian should be very disturbed and depressed.

Depressed that his mother concubine arrived, and no one told him in advance.

After Li Chengqian finished giving the gift, the eldest grandson greeted Li Chengqian to his side, wiped the sweat from Li Chengqian's forehead, and praised Li Yuanji with a smile, "It's still the fourth brother who can educate children. This child has only been in the fourth brother's house for a few days. , it’s much stronger.”

Strong is indeed strong.

Playing wildly with Li Ling and others all day long, and eating nonsense when tired of playing, can you not be strong.

Li Yuanji couldn't help laughing seeing his eldest grandson duplicity praising himself, "Hahaha... my sister-in-law was joking, what kind of children would I teach? I just have a lot of rice, and Chengqian loves to eat, so I opened it up." Let him eat, so he grows strong."

The eldest grandson nodded with a smile and said: "The rice grain from the fourth brother's house really supports people."

Li Yuanji laughed, and said a few words with his eldest grandson, and then called Li Chengqian to continue playing.

Li Chengqian didn't dare to move.

The eldest grandson watched Li Chengqian's toes move a little bit outward when Li Yuanji asked him to go out to play.

The eldest grandson tried his best to restrain his emotions, and said to Li Chengqian in a gentle tone: "Let's go out and play..."

Li Chengqian smiled instantly, and there was no way to hide the emotions in his heart.

When he saw the eldest grandson staring at him with a smile, he immediately restrained his smiling face, sat up as a good boy, and kept telling the eldest grandson that he doesn't like to play, he likes to read, and he hopes that the concubine mother will teach him to read and write .

Li Chengqian has exhausted all his skills in disguising himself, but in front of his eldest grandson, he still doesn't look good enough.

The eldest grandson could tell at a glance that the well-behaved child she had taught had gone wild, but she couldn't re-educate Li Chengqian in front of Li Yuanji.

Li Chengqian was forced by his wife to Jiulongtan Mountain and handed over to Li Yuanji for education.

Even if Li Yuanji didn't teach well, or even didn't teach, she couldn't express any dissatisfaction in the face of this matter.

Because it is very likely that Li Yuanji will use this to get angry and ask her to bring Li Chengqian back.

Her husband insisted on sending Li Chengqian this time with a big purpose, and she didn't want to ruin his plan.

"Your Uncle Wang told you to play, so you can go and play. Remember to take care of your younger brothers and sisters."

The eldest grandson stroked Li Chengqian's head, smiled softly, and said softly.

Li Chengqian could feel that his mother wasn't lying to him, so he hesitated a little and said: "Then I will go and play with my younger brothers and sisters for a while, and watch them so that they don't bump into each other."

Although the excuse is a little immature, the thoughts are all written on the face.

But the eldest grandson nodded in relief, and said: "You can remember the safety of your younger brothers and sisters, mother is very pleased."

As he said that, he took the initiative to push Li Chengqian and let him go out to play.

A bright smile appeared on Li Chengqian's face.

He felt that his mother was really praising him, so he was very happy.

After saluting again to everyone in the room, he quickly exited the room.

The eldest grandson unobtrusively winked at the female officer who was guarding the door and watching her face all the time.

The female officer understood, and quietly left the door.

Holding the teacup, Li Yuanji saw everything in his eyes, but he didn't say anything.

Children, I like to use the method of herding sheep to educate. If you are not satisfied, you can take your children away.

Never force.

"Sister, sister-in-law is here today, one is to see you and fourth brother, and the other is to invite you into the palace to perform the Nuo opera in the twelfth lunar month with sister-in-law."

After the eldest grandson accompanied Yang Miaoyan to talk about the scene for a long time, he finally understood the purpose of his visit.

Nuo Opera, also called Nuo Dance, is the earliest and oldest sacrificial dance of the Han nationality to worship gods and dance ghosts, and to drive away plagues and avoid epidemics.

It is also the earliest and most primitive drama of the Han nationality.

It is the most solemn way of offering sacrifices.

Every year in the twelfth lunar month, a grand Nuo opera sacrifice will be held in the palace.

Thousands of people participated in the sacrifice, and the audience included all civil and military personnel in Chang'an City.

The officiant is the most honorable person in the Tang Dynasty, that is, the emperor Li Yuan of the Tang Dynasty.

When Yang Miaoyan heard that her eldest grandson was going to invite her to perform the Nuo opera in the twelfth lunar month, her face became solemn at a speed visible to the naked eye, which shows how important the sacrifice of Nuo opera is in the hearts of Tang people.

Yang Miaoyan asked, "Sister-in-law, isn't the eldest sister-in-law handling this matter in previous years?"

Changsun Rao glanced at Li Yuanji meaningfully, and said to Yang Miaoyan with a wry smile: "It was true in previous years, but this year I don't know what's wrong, father insists on you and me to take care of it."

Yang Miaoyan couldn't help but said: "But I didn't receive my father's order."

The eldest grandson patted Yang Miaoyan's hand and said, "I've told you now, don't you already know?"

Yang Miaoyan instantly became dumbfounded.

Li Yuanji could understand that Changsun and Yang Miaoyan had a wry smile and a dumbfounded one.

According to his understanding, Nuo opera sacrifices are different from ordinary sacrifices. It is not as simple as standing in front of the Taimiao, returning to their respective positions, listening to the sacrifices of the ancestors, or God and Jiuyou.

Nuo opera sacrifices are to be performed. It is a kind of sacrifice in which thousands of people wear faces, which are commonly known as masks, and sing and dance to show ghosts and gods in all directions, as well as the heavens and the secluded world.

The repertoire is very long, it must be complete, it must have a beginning and an end, and it must have a beginning and an end.

Therefore, the sacrifices in Nuo opera are very long, and often a sacrifice lasts for two or three hours.

In order to avoid mistakes, and to satisfy the ghosts and spirits of the eight directions and the heaven Jiuyou, Nuo opera sacrifices need a lot of manpower, material resources, time and energy to rehearse.

Although Li Yuan is the officiant, he only needs to show his face when it's real.

But Changsun and Yang Miaoyan, as managers, have to show their faces every day and work hard.

So the eldest grandson had a wry smile on his face, and Yang Miaoyan couldn't laugh or cry.

Li Yuanji tried his best to recall the memories of Nuo opera sacrifices in his mind, and found that Nuo opera was like a combination of drama, dancing gods, ancient music, and classical dance.

In other words, drama, dancing gods, and some ancient music and classical dances evolved from Nuo opera.

In drama, there is the theory of Shengdan, Jingmo, and Chou, and in Nuo opera, there are also theories of Wei, Jing, Sheng, Dan, Chou, Wai, Tiedan, and Xiaosheng.

There is obviously an inevitable connection between the two.

However, the combination of drama and dancing makes Li Yuanji feel a little out of harmony.

Li Yuanji felt that this sense of disobedience should be the only one in Datang.

After all, he is a master of drama and dance who knows first, and then Nuo opera.

The Tang people only knew Nuo opera, but they didn't know about drama and dance.

Especially the great jumping god, who has been played badly in later generations.

When it comes to jumping gods, people always feel a sense of ignorance.

It is precisely because of the blessing of this feeling that Li Yuanji feels that Nuo opera is full of disobedience no matter how he looks at it.

But he can't say such things, and he can't even share them with others in private.

Because at this time, what is important is the important affairs of the country, and the sacrifice is in the Rong.

Sacrifice and war have a very high status in people's hearts, and there is no room for criticism.

Li Yuanji is sure that if he dares to say his true thoughts on Nuo opera, once it is spread, someone will stand up and point his nose at him and call him a barbarian and a barbarian.

Even if they will die, they will not hesitate.

In this era, the royal family is a spirit that is not afraid of power, especially the royal family that has its own flaws like the Li family, they can be fearless.

"Sister-in-law, you shouldn't have told me."

Yang Miaoyan said with a wry smile.

Yang Miaoyan understands the Nuo opera sacrifice and can barely handle it, but she doesn't want to interfere in such matters.

Although the mother-in-law has passed away, the elder sister-in-law and second sister-in-law are still there.

This kind of thing should never have happened to her.

The eldest grandson blinked at Yang Miaoyan and said, "This is what my father meant, not me."

Seeing that Yang Miaoyan smiled wryly and did not answer, the eldest grandson said again: "Father's life is difficult, neither you nor I can refuse."

Yang Miaoyan nodded with a wry smile.

The father's fate is indeed difficult, not to mention that the father's fate also carries the king's fate.

"Then you pack up and go into the palace with your sister-in-law."

Seeing that Yang Miaoyan agreed, the eldest grandson was going to take Yang Miaoyan back to the palace.

After saying this, he looked specifically at Li Yuanji and said, "The fourth brother will continue to play Fang Xiangshi this year?"

Fang Xiangshi is a deity widely believed by the ancient folk, who is in charge of expelling epidemics and avoiding evil spirits.

In the Nuo opera sacrifices in the Tang Dynasty, there were four members of the Fang Xiang family, each leading twelve disciples of the Huangmen, a party of divine beasts, and 120 retinues.

The predecessor played Fang Xiangshi twice, so the eldest grandson asked this question.

But Li Yuanji was obviously indifferent to this kind of thing, and refused without hesitation.

The eldest grandson asked Li Yuanji if he had chosen another position.

Li Yuanji decisively said that he has a brain disease, and the doctor said that he is not suitable for singing and dancing outside in the cold wind, so he did not participate.

(End of this chapter)