3. Cailuan puppet show
In the evening, Bai Jigeng, the former magistrate of Pengcheng County, stood respectfully in front of the main hall of the military government office, holding a famous priest. Before, You Yi had already gone to welcome the Dayin to return to the palace from the southern suburbs. Now the person who entertained him was the court officials in the palace and the prosecutor Liu De's room, the left minister of the Left Secretary of the Shangshu Province. Liu had long heard that Bai Jigeng was talented and agile. He had made plans to rebel against Xu, Hai and Yi from the Pinglu Army, so he was very respectful and invited him to the table and quickly asked the kitchen yard to set up a banquet.
But in order to show respect for Xingyuan and Fengxiang's double-profile Dayin, Bai Jigeng never refused to attend the seat and stood there, saying that he would wait for Dayin to return.
"Why don't you do this?" Liu Deshi was very uneasy.
Bai Jigeng conspired with Li Bing, so that Xuzhou and the main rush of the canal transportation will return to the court. Later, the furious Pinglu army sent 20,000 elite troops to attack Xuzhou. Bai Jigeng organized more than a thousand officials and civilians to resist to death, which led to the situation where Zhang Jianfeng moved to Xuzhou and made great contributions to the court. Therefore, the emperor specially ordered that Bai Jigeng be promoted to Xuzhou as the deputy governor, Xu Si observed the judge, and given silverfish in a red garment.
Now the northwest is in full swing for the military service. When the emperor thought of Bai Jigeng, he chose him as the governor of Fengzhou, so Bai Jigeng brought his family and came from Xinzheng, Xinzheng, his hometown.
Under the steps of the military mansion, Bai Jigeng's three sons stood.
The eldest son Bai Youwen, the second son Bai Juyi, the third son Bai Xingjian, and the fourth son Bai Youmei, who was just born and still in her infancy, was held in the arms of Bai Jigeng's wife Chen and sat in the sedan parked in the courtyard.
Because the military government office and the Yamanyuan Courtyard were adjacent, there were many Dingwu Army soldiers coming and going in and out of the courtyard. The three sons of the Bai family looked at the group of soldiers with obvious fear and disgust.
In fact, it is not for anything else. When the Bai family lived in Xingyang, they happened to witness Li Xilie's rebellion. Seeing how the group of soldiers who were doing nothing killed and plundered, they naturally lacked a favorable impression of this group (in the historical perspective, the Bai family once took refuge in Yuezhong due to the wars in the Central Plains during the middle age of Jianzhong, where there was a family industry. Now, thanks to Gao Yue's wise and magical martial arts, he captured Li Xilie in time. Therefore, after the historical line changes, the Bai family stayed in Xingyang until Bai Jigeng took office in Fengzhou).
"Look at Lotte, it's a female Taoist priest!" At this time, the eldest brother Bai Youwen suddenly stabbed Bai Juyi.
Bai Juyi and Bai Xingjian looked back and found that in front of the Yabingyuan building, there was a woman wearing a blue crown, thick eyebrows and starry eyes, and she was quite beautiful. She was fighting with the Dingwu Army's teeth soldiers and their wives and children who were coming over haha.
She was originally surrounded by a small slut, but when she arrived in front of the military palace, she was more energetic and flexible than the one who was an official inside. After a while, she crawled in from the dog beneath the wall and disappeared.
After a while, at the strong request of these people, the girl said yes, okay, and then took out a few puppets from the box she carried with her and began to perform the story of the Buddhist scriptures.
Bai Xingjian burst into laughter, "It's interesting and interesting. This Taoist female crown has become a Buddhist essay."
Bai Youwen and Bai Juyi also laughed.
But the nun was very serious. After her body, eyebrows and eyes were in place, she said that I will perform seasonal changes for you now.
The soldiers, children and women of Dingwu Army were all smiling, applauded and said yes, and asked what seasonal text was?
The Taoist nun said it was "The Grand Marshal Zhu attacked the Thieves and Qianlong Palace".
Everyone was solemn and respectful when they heard this, so the nun flew up and down, flew up and down, and sang while talking and singing, with a loud and touching voice.
Although the three brothers of the Bai family were far away, they couldn't help but be fascinated by hearing it.
The white-faced person in the puppet and the big belly was Zhu Taiwei Zhu Li, and the other black-faced person was the traitor Dong Qin (Li Zhongchen). Dong Qin held a knife in his hand and threatened Zhu Taiwei to rebel in Qianlong Hall, while Zhu Taiwei angrily scolded him (of course it was sung by Wu Cailuan):
"I hit the thief's scepter, Liaodong hat, etc. I rub the body and ears, and the sound is heavy. I am a soldier from Youzhou, and my red blood and loyalty to the Tang Dynasty. I want to learn from Zhang Xun of Suiyang and follow Yan Gaoqing of Changshan. Dog thief Dong Qin, eating the jade scepter in my sleeve, will definitely make you bleeding from this evil canal, and it will make me loyal and unyielding!"
Then the female Taoist priest raised her eyes, her hair flew (Bai Juyi obviously felt a slap in her heart), extended her slender waist, and flipped her fingers cleverly. The Puppet of Zhu Taiwei really made a move to throw a tablet, while the Puppet of Dong Qin made a vivid scream, and then she showed her fierce look and drew her sword to kill Taiwei Zhu.
Everyone exclaimed, and many women were infected and shed tears.
Taiwei Zhu was in the fall and was still shouting, "Li Linggong's army is outside the palace city. I am determined to kill the thief, but I am powerless to turn the world back. I am sad!"
Seeing this love and scene, Bai Juyi couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Since ancient times, even if it is a puppet show of changing the text, the word "love" is nothing more than the word "love"!"
Then the soldiers pestered the nun and rapped the sermon again, saying that you were singing better than the monks in Huguo Temple, so just sang "The Story of the Han Gong's Carrying Pole in Zhenhai Jun"! I heard that you can also summon the divine thunder and refine the alchemy, right? The nun even said that it was no longer possible. I came to the military mansion to find the eldest son of Gao to play. How could you spend too long with you?
As I was talking, someone walked in on the avenue outside the courtyard holding a halberd and shouted that Da Yin would return to the mansion!
The soldiers of the military mansion hurriedly Robai was beside the road, and the three sons of the Bai family were also restrained and avoided one side.
Gao Yue wore a very special casual dress, wearing a black veil, riding a horse and a light cart. When he entered the courtyard, he saw the female Taoist priest and said helplessly, "Sir, why are you exercising a literary puppet show in front of the Yajianyuan?" He was still in the school and was not back. You go and play with Da'er."
"Oh." The female Taoist priest immediately packed up his box and turned toward the side door of the yard of the back building of the military mansion.
When she caught a glimpse of Bai Juyi standing under the steps of the main hall, she stuck out her tongue and passed by her side.
Bai Juyi had a fever on his face and was embarrassed.
Gao Yue hurriedly got off the horse, climbed the steps and saluted each other with Bai Jigeng.
Then the banquet was held at night, and all the important officials and generals of Xingyuan Prefecture attended the event, which was very grand, which made Bai Jigeng feel a little flattered.
During the meal, Gao Yue saw Bai Jigeng's temples were already stained with snow, about sixty years old, and his sons were not old, and Bai Youwen was only about twenty years old. Gao Yue particularly valued Bai Juyi, who was only fifteen or sixteen years old at that time, about the same age as Li Yan.
Later, Liu Deshi told Gao Yue that Han Yu's father was also very old when he was born to him. Because Han Yu's mother was a maid, Han Yu's brothers were much older than him. Han Yu's biological mother remarried after his father passed away, so Han Yu never mentioned his mother.
Bai Juyi is different. The four brothers were all born by Bai Jigeng and Chen.
But the problem is that Bai Jigeng and his wife Chen are actually relatives of uncles and nieces.
Chapter completed!