Longevity starts from Liaozhai

Chapter 115 The Lantern Festival
Probably because of the scare of the monster rebellion in Lingzhou City, the nightmare still haunted the city.Whether it is a powerful gentry or a small citizen, taking advantage of the coincidence of the Shehuo Festival and the Lantern Festival, every household will hang various lanterns at night.

In addition, a large number of wealthy households actively donated to the Lantern Festival. Starting from the sixth day of the first lunar month, the spring banners will be colorful and the spring lanterns will be in full bloom. There are precious bead lanterns shipped from Fuzhou, as well as local leather lanterns, silk lanterns, and paper lanterns from Lingzhou. Lamps, gauze lanterns.

Like previous years' lantern festivals, various fairy tales are drawn on the lampshades, and two types of stories are enthusiastically sought after.

One is the story of a celestial master catching ghosts, and the other is the story of a Bodhisattva who lowers his eyebrows and is merciful to all living beings.

This reflects everyone's hope that the gods will bless the peace.

Ying Ning likes to look at lanterns, so Qin Chuan asked Wang Fu to buy a good-quality white paper lantern and send it to him. He swiped his pen and ink, and instead of writing fairy stories, he described the heaven, earth, mountains, rivers, grass, wood, insects, fish, etc. , were all included in the exquisite paintings on the lampshade, and many lamp poems were inscribed on it. Considering that Ying Ning has not yet started to read, I thoughtfully read it to her several times.

It's just that she still doesn't understand the meaning of those verses, but she thinks it sounds good.

Yuhu and Bingyan came to play with Yingning for a while on New Year's Eve and then left.During the New Year's Eve, they are very busy, not to mention the land god.

The society of Shehuo means the god of the earth.

During this Shehuo Festival, it finally became famous in Lingzhou City, and later settled down to solve problems for believers and bless the new year with a bumper harvest. There will never be less incense.

At night, the lights inside and outside Lingzhou City look at each other, as if Lingzhou City has also become a galaxy.The Liang Dynasty already had gunpowder, which originated from Taoist alchemy and was discovered unintentionally.Nowadays, it has not been used in weapons on a large scale, but it is often used by tricksters in the folk, and things like fireworks are gradually popularized in the prosperous southeast.

But still a rarity.

This time, the wealthy households in Lingzhou City spent a lot of money and bought a large number of fireworks from surrounding places, which bloomed in the night sky from the sixth day of the lunar new year.

It was the first time for Ying Ning, Qing Qing, and Huang Sha to see such a magnificent scene, especially Ying Ning, who saw the fireworks and smiled more than seeing the lights.

Before I knew it, it was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

After Yuan Ye, the lively social fires and lantern festivals will subside.

Tonight will be the last carnival.

In the morning, Qin Chuan took Ying Ning and Qing Qing out.

First, I went to the square outside the Earth Temple in the northern suburbs. After the mass graves were bulldozed, the northern suburbs gradually became lively. Many foreigners flocked into the city to see all kinds of scenery. On the contrary, the locals in Lingzhou were used to seeing them and went out one after another. , Marriage temples are adjacent to each other, so they benefit from each other.

Because you first prayed to the land and asked for wealth in the coming year, you can go to the nearby marriage temple to ask about marriage.

In the square in front of the temple, there are many performers. Ying Ning likes to watch boys beat Taiping drums and dance white ropes the most, while Qingqing watches somersaults, kicking altars, and jumping on ladders.

Because the northern suburbs have always been sparsely populated, the square is large enough, and there is a lot of traffic, so the shops and small vendors have prepared goods from all sides early and are open all night long.

It's okay during the day, but at night, there are more people, almost comparable to the inner city.

Anyone who comes here can't remember that there used to be a random grave next to this place.Even if you know it, you don't care. In places where there are many people, ghosts don't dare to cause trouble, not to mention that there are two temples of the God of Land and the God of Marriage here.

After playing in the afternoon, Qin Chuan took Ying Ning back to the manor first. After Si time, the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival was the most lively time.

Because tonight, the recently famous living Guanyin will come to the square in front of the Earth Temple to sing operas. In the middle of the square, there is a fireworks stand, which is as high as ten feet, and is going to set off fireworks at night to illuminate the stage.

Living Avalokitesvara was originally from Suzhou, not a daughter, but a man.He is a master of contemporary Chinese opera. He combined the tunes of the north and the south to create a new euphemistic and beautiful singing style, which is called "Shuimo tune". water.

In recent years, Living Guanyin has become more and more famous, and even Shendu has fans of him.

He came to Lingzhou Mansion to take the stage, which naturally caused a great sensation.

Many people from other places came to participate in the Shehuo Festival and the Lantern Festival, and many of them admired the living Guanyin.

At night, it is crowded.

Qin Chuan took Ying Ning up to the roof of the nearby Earth Temple.

He studied the Taoism of the man in Tsing Yi to hide from the void, and combined with the breath holding technique, the Taoism was performed with the soul, and Ying Ning and Qingqing hid outside the lights below and blended into the night.

Soon after they arrived, the living Guanyin appeared on the stage wearing the Guanyin necklace.

The title of the opera sung is "The Story of Guanyin Fish Basket", and the content is:
In the previous dynasty, the parents of Zhang Zhen and Jin Mudan were married by fingertips, and they grew up 18 years later.Zhang Zhen was ordered by his father to go to the Jin Mansion to recognize his relatives. Jin Mudan's father, Jin Chong, left Zhang Zhen to study in the mansion and remarried when he was nominated for the gold list.Seeing that Zhang Zhen is both talented and beautiful, Donghai Jinxian carp spirit turns into a golden peony. At night, he goes to the library to have a private relationship with Zhang Zhen.After being recovered, Jin Chong's family couldn't distinguish the authenticity of the two peonies, so they had to ask an upright and upright official to settle the case and arrest the demon.The carp essence is the first to capture the real peony and escape, but is defeated by the celestial master of Longhu Mountain on the way, and is put into the fish basket by Guanyin on the way to escape.After the carp essence was spared from death, he converted to Buddhism and finally became the Fish Basket Avalokitesvara.

The content is roughly the same as the Avalokitesvara Fish Basket Tale that Qin Chuan had seen in modern times, but the details are different. He originally read that the upright official was Bao Zheng, and the carp spirit was defeated by the Eight Immortals sent by the Jade Emperor on his way to escape.

However, the little carp spirit alarmed the Jade Emperor and sent the Eight Immortals to capture it. It felt like killing mosquitoes with a sledgehammer. What's more, the carp spirit escaped. In the end, Avalokitesvara put it in the fish basket.

It's really hard to explain.

Whether it is read by him in modern times or seen now, the story is lackluster.

However, Huo Guanyin lives up to its reputation. Under its exquisite opera tone, it vividly shows a picture of life in Jiangnan Water Town. The distant, soft and graceful opera tone also condenses the elegance, softness and softness of southeastern culture. Every word is full of poetry, especially the delicate love between Li Yujing and Zhang Sheng, which is vulgar but not flattering, elegant but not colorful.

But Ying Ning felt drowsy when she heard it, she was looking forward to it in vain, it might as well be as fun as spitting fire.

Qingqing was engrossed in watching it, and she thought in her heart, if there is Avalokitesvara enlightening her, it would be great to let her practice the snail Avalokitesvara.

She still hasn't made substantial progress in her practice.

At the end of the song, Ying Ning had had enough, Qin Chuan took her home.

While Qingqing was washing Ying Ning, someone from outside the village came.Lanterns were also hung high on the gate, and the person who appeared under the firelight was a refined middle-aged man, followed by two followers, who were quite skilled in martial arts.

"Boss Wei?"

The middle-aged man is Huo Guanyin, whose surname is Wei and his name is Liangye.

Huo Guanyin was a little surprised, "Qin Xianggong actually recognizes me?"

He was wearing a Guanyin costume on the stage, and he looked like a woman. When he stepped off the stage and took off his makeup, he was completely different from the stage.

"Boss Wei also recognizes me? Please come in."

Qin Chuan invited Living Avalokitesvara to the side hall of the manor, where they took their seats.

He asked: "Boss Wei, we are strangers to each other. You must have something to do when you come late at night."

Wei Liangye: "May I ask whether Liu Yi's biography was written by Qin Xianggong?"

"Exactly."

Wei Liangye praised: "Qin Xianggong is a great talent, to write such a romantic and bizarre story. Xiao Ke has an unfeeling request, and wants to ask Qin Xianggong to compile it into an opera. As for the reward, Qin Xianggong said the number."

Qin Chuan: "Boss Wei came here late at night, and that's why?"

Wei Liangye: "Should have come to visit during the day, but unfortunately, I have to take the liberty to visit late at night due to the entanglement of mundane affairs. If there is any offence, please invite Qin Xianggong Haihan."

Although Qin Chuan is known as the number one talented person in Lingzhou, Wei Liangye is well-known across the country and is a recognized master of opera. He has many princes and princes' children as his fans. Even the governor of Yujiang, a feudal official like Yujiang, can speak up , If you go to the capital of God, you will inevitably be sought after by the rich and powerful.

What Qin Chuan didn't know was that Wei Liangye had an academy background.

The academy has the inheritance of a hundred schools of thought. Among the hundreds of schools of thought in ancient times, there is a sage who incarnates as an actor and sneaks into the palace to persuade the king by talking, laughing and sarcasm.

Wei Liangye took the seat of that one in the academy.

With his status and status, being so polite to Qin Chuan, apart from his usual modesty, is actually for the sake of Liu Yichuan's adaptation of the opera.

It is indeed easier to promote Liu Yichuan as an opera.

Qin Chuan also thought of one more thing, and he had an idea in his heart, "It's not difficult to adapt Liu Yi's biography to an opera. In fact, when I wrote this story, I already had an idea of ​​an opera in my heart."

"Really? That's great." Wei Liangye was overjoyed.

Qin Chuan changed the subject, "But I have two requests."

"Mr. Qin, please tell me that as long as it is possible to do it, it must be done."

"Your Majesty will go on a long journey, but he still needs a good horse that can travel long distances. Boss Wei travels all year round. I think he has a good eye for this. I would like to invite Boss Wei..."

"It's easy to say, our troupe has good horses. If Qin Xianggong doesn't like it, I'll transfer it from other places. Even the official horse can find a way for you." He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Qin Chuan would What a rude request, I didn't expect it to be such a trivial matter.

Could it be that the problem is behind.

He held his breath and waited for Qin Chuan to make a second request.

"That's very good. My second request is that I want to invite Boss Wei to perform a performance of getting on the wrong bridal chair and marrying the right man once a month in the next year. I wonder if Boss Wei has read this story?"

Wei Liangye never expected that Qin Chuan would ask him to sing a specified play in January.Most of the operas he sang are based on Shinto teachings. Even if they involve love, most of them are stories about talented scholars and beautiful ladies, and they have won gold medals, and they rarely get involved.

He had read the story about getting on the wrong bridal chair and marrying the right man. There was no such thing as Shinto teachings in it, and it was not a common story about a gifted scholar and a beautiful woman. But this story is really attractive. The heroine and other characters are all vivid in my mind, unforgettable.

It's just that he has never tried this kind of opera.

People are often more afraid than curious about things they have never tried.

He was a little embarrassed: "To be honest, Xiao Ke has never tried this kind of opera. I'm afraid it's because he can't sing well and ruined the signboard. How about Qin Xianggong compose the repertoire and let some disciples try it first?"

Qin Chuan thought that if your disciple came, the effect would not be so good.

To get married in the wrong sedan chair to expand the influence of the right man and add more marriage incense to Yuhu Bingyan, Wei Liangye, a modern-day superstar similar to the king of heaven, must come out.

He smiled and said: "Those who have achieved great achievements have always had the determination to break the shackles of their predecessors. If Boss Wei only wants to be a famous contemporary master, then let it go. If he wants to be famous forever and be remembered by future generations, can't he rely on Guanyin?" Can a Shinto enlightenment story like Fish Basket really work? To be honest, my sister fell asleep after listening to Boss Wei singing. Children don’t like it. Do adults really like this story? It’s nothing more than Boss Wei The drama is so good, even if it is a different story, the grown-ups would love to hear it, but that's all."

These words touched Wei Liangye's mind. He has the best acting style in the world, but he always feels that he is short of a famous masterpiece.

When he saw Liu Yi's story, he felt like a treasure. After asking around, he found out that it was written by Qin Chuan, the most talented person in Lingzhou.

Now it seems that marrying the right man in the wrong sedan chair was also the work of the other party.

Whether it is Liu Yi's biography or the wrong sedan chair, they are all out of the mold of the predecessors (kē jiù).

Wei Liangye fell silent.

Qin Chuanfu said slowly again: "This is exactly what Boss Wei has always been doing. Why can't he get out of it so far? Don't you think it's an exaggeration?"

This is a passage from Zhu Xi, a great Confucianist in Qin Chuan's Huayong Confucianism.

Wei Liangye was considered a half-educated man, and he was greatly shocked when he heard the words.

Qin Chuan said again: "Shimen's Shinto teachings are still in the mold of human desires. They are called sacred, but they are actually rotten. Why can't Boss Wei get rid of it?"

After all, Wei Liangye wanted to become a family, thinking of immortality.

If you want to be immortal, you cannot follow the predecessors.

"What Qin Xianggong said is true, Xiao Ke has been taught."

He was not enlightened by Qin Chuan, but faced up to his inner desire to leave an immortal name. Only by facing up to the role of human desires can he be sanctified and establish an immortal name.

This point is actually quite contrary to contemporary Neo Confucianism.

But Wei Liangye traveled all over the world and was used to seeing the world, and the principles of the world he felt in his heart were inseparable from human desires.

He is not orthodox in Neo-Confucianism, and naturally he doesn't care about the dogma of Neo-Confucianism.

It's just that the rules of etiquette should be strictly observed. This is the way to behave in the world.

Everyone is like this, but you want to be independent, that's not good.

Qin Chuan's words had the effect of clearing the clouds and fog for him.

To be honest, he himself vomited in the play of Avalokitesvara in Fish Basket.

"Don't dare, it's just a little foolishness. Boss Wei has realized something, and that's your own enlightenment. Even if I don't say these things, you will still go this way in the future, sooner or later."

Wei Liangye: "Qin Xianggong's demeanor seems to be somewhat incompatible with the current world's eminent learning. I don't know who he learned from?"

Qin Chuan: "I don't dare to say that there is any teacher's inheritance, but what I do is nothing more than 'nature is the sect' and 'study is valuable'. I secretly think that although the world is big, if you have a desire to do good and have a conscience, even ordinary people can do it. Sage."

Although Wei Liangye has a great reputation, his singing status is still low. Others praise him but despise him.

Qin Chuan's words really spoke to his heart.

"Qin Xianggong has a mind like the sea, but it's just not fun to say this outside."

Regardless of Confucianism, Buddhism or Taoism, heretics are often more hateful than pagans.Among them, only the Dao Sect is slightly better, because there is no such thing as a dominance of the Dao Sect.

Laoshan and Longhushan have been fighting for thousands of years, but no one dares to say that he is the number one Taoist.

However, the power of the Taoist sect has always been vigilant by those in power, because there are many examples of Taoist sects rebelling and sweeping the world in history.

Buddhism's troubles are nothing more than occupying land and encircling the population.

The Taoist sect rebelled several times, almost overthrowing a unified dynasty.

So in the Liang Dynasty, the control of the Taoism was extremely strict, but it gave the Buddhism room to grow and grow. There were many believers among the people. It seems that the Wenxiang Sect and other cults mixed with Buddhist teachings also have the strength to rebel.

But it still cannot be compared with the Tao of Heavenly Masters and the Tao of Taiping in the previous generation.

Throughout the dynasties, the country has always been destroyed by the weak, but the Han Dynasty has been destroyed by the strong.

With the strength of Tianhan, at the end of the year, it can also suppress the surrounding alien races, but when the Taipingdao incident happened, most of the world fell, and the flames of war were everywhere.

He directly dug a grave for Tianhan.

Qin Chuan smiled slightly: "It's also some nonsense. I don't recognize it when I go out of this door."

Wei Liangye couldn't help laughing, he felt that Qin Chuan was a little crazy, but it was just like this that it seemed that Qin Chuan had a true temperament.

In his view, people have no temperament and should not have deep friendship with them.

In the wind and dust, there are many gentlemen of temperament, and in the rivers and lakes, there are often children who love each other.

He is half a scholar and half a man of the rivers and lakes.

Qin Chuan is also a bit of a quack.

If Qin Chuan knew what he was thinking, he would definitely laugh at it. He has experienced more rivers and lakes than Wei Liangye.

That's the real arena, the kind that kills people.

"Is Boss Wei busy tomorrow?"

"Even if something happens, for Mr. Qin's side, he can get rid of it."

"Then I will come to you tomorrow with the manuscript."

"Okay, is one night enough time?"

"Enough, the draft is ready, if you are not satisfied, I will polish it again."

"With Qin Xianggong's talent, it would be ridiculous for Xiao Ke to raise his beak. Tomorrow, Xiao Ke will meet you at the Dragon King Temple. Qin Xianggong can come at any time."

"Okay." Qin Chuan thought to himself, look how knowledgeable Boss Wei is, a certain old dragon, uneducated, and likes to point out his manuscripts.

If it wasn't for the Dragon Scale Fruit, he wouldn't serve her.

So Qin Chuan sent Wei Liangye out.

Then I called Qingqing, red sleeves added fragrance, and wrote books at night.

This time, he used his primordial spirit to write, and he was distracted for two purposes.

While writing the opera about marrying the right man in the wrong sedan chair, he wrote the opera about Liu Yichuan.

He changed the name of Liu Yichuan and called it "Crystal Palace."

At the end of the writing, he had an idea in his heart, why not tell Yuhu and Bingyan another story.

Yuhu is the Peach Blossom Empress, so he wrote a story about Peach Blossoms, with the background of the country’s destruction and family destruction, he wrote a rather chivalrous story. deep impression.

As for Bingyan, it is Empress Hongluan.He wrote a story and opera based on the matchmaker in Yingying's biography.

I hope that when he returns from his study tour, after the fermentation and dissemination of these stories, the incense of the Marriage Temple can be greatly improved.

In the end, Qin Chuan wrote the Sapphire Case as the end of the Lantern Festival.

He sang this poem to Qingqing during the Mid-Autumn Festival, but he didn't write it out because it wasn't a Mid-Autumn Festival poem.Now the timing is right, just before the study tour, and it will be published in Ming Pao tomorrow, which can once again consolidate his position as the top talent in Lingzhou.

"Dongfeng puts flowers and thousands of trees at night, and blows them down, and the stars are like rain..."

(End of this chapter)