Chapter 21: Willow Head on the Moon (1)
The moon rises to the willows, and people make an appointment after dusk.
At this time, the streets were extremely lively, basically in groups of three or five, usually men and women, and there were quite a few people. They were dressed in high-end clothes to celebrate the grand day of the year, but Li Ye discovered that many women were dressed in men. It can be seen that even in the late Tang Dynasty, in Chengdu, where the terrain was closed, the atmosphere was still relatively open.
In this place full of festive atmosphere, the most lively place is undoubtedly the two sides of the river. On the river, cruise ships with various lanterns stay in the middle of the river, with various performances, especially playing Sichuan operas on the stage, which is extremely popular.
At this time, there was no saying about Sichuan Opera, but called Sichuan Opera, so naturally there was no face change. Moreover, the performance form of Sichuan Opera is relatively single, not as colorful as later generations, but for people in this time and space, it was definitely very exciting. Moreover, in the Tang Dynasty, Sichuan Opera had a high status and even had the reputation of "Shu Opera is the best in the world", which shows that.
Of course, in addition to Sichuan Opera, there are various other performances. The river area is limited, but the shops on the streets on both sides are also very lively. In addition to the merchants full of lanterns to attract business, many local wealthy families sent the singing and dancing teams in their mansions to perform, which was extremely lively.
These performances were particularly exciting in the eyes of Li Ye and others. Perhaps only Zhang Wei, Pei Rong and others were not as interested as they imagined. It might be because Chengdu’s Shangyuan Festival is not as good as Chang'an. However, Li Yi, Li Shu and others were very interested, especially Li Yi, who saw everything. If it weren’t for Li Shu and others, they might be dispersed by the crowd. It would be a troublesome to find it at that time.
Even Xiaoying and Xiaoyue were very excited. If it weren't for her identity, she would have gone to play with Li Yi, Li Shu and others.
"Brother Seven, there are people who are doing acrobatics there. Let's go and have a look?"
Just as Li Ye was standing in front of a shop guessing riddles, Li Yi, who had come out of nowhere, pulled Li Ye's sleeve, trying to let him follow him to the place he wanted to go. Looking along the place he pointed at, there was a flash of fire in the distance, and someone was performing performances such as spitting fire. The outside was surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside, and the onlookers were applauding from time to time.
"Okay, go as long as you want, but don't run around." Li Ye patted Li Yi's head docilely, looking like a brother.
In fact, Li Ye doesn't like this acrobatic performance very much. He knows everything about this, but since Li Yi likes it, let's go with him to check it out.
"Thank you, Brother Seven!"
Hearing Li Ye's agreement, Li Yi jumped up happily and hurriedly ran towards the place where he performed acrobatics in the distance, forgetting Li Ye's advice. Fortunately, two personal soldiers and Li Yi's close eunuch followed closely, and the other party did not get separated. Seeing that Li Yi ran so fast alone, Li Ye and others were not very relieved, so they called everyone to go over and take a look. Tonight was the Zhongyuan Festival, and it was good to have a lively look.
"Okay, it looks so good."
"One more!"
"Dear Chengdu Prefecture fellows, I wish you all the fun on the Spring Festival here. If you think our performance is good, those with rich will support you with money, and those with no money will support you with personal performance. In the next program, we will perform for everyone to become a living person."
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There are indeed many people watching acrobatics, and Li Ye and others took a lot of effort to squeeze in. Of course, Li Ye and his group had so many people, and they would definitely squeeze out some other people. They couldn't see acrobatics well, so the people who were squeezed out were naturally unhappy. However, when they saw those vicious personal soldiers, they all chose to endure this tone.
When Li Ye and others squeezed in, they found that Li Yi, surrounded by personal soldiers, was watching with relish. He waited for someone and squeezed in for a long time, but he didn't know why this guy fell in there.
"Wang Peng, reward you with a consistent amount of money."
When Li Yi saw a man holding a gong and asking for money one by one, he was very generous.
"Yes, Master."
For ordinary people, Yi Guanfu is quite a lot, but for Li Yi, King Mu, it is nothing. When he came to Chengdu, Li Yan, his brother, still rewarded him with a lot of gold, silver and treasures. In addition, he was not in the palace, but lived in Li Ye's Shou Palace. He usually had no expenses, so he naturally had money. When Li Yi's personal eunuch Wang Peng heard the order of his master, he immediately took Yi Guanfu from the personal soldiers next to him and placed it in the gong.
Seeing the heavy money in, the strong man holding the gong was stunned for a moment, and the people around him were also stunned. Fortunately, the strong man quickly realized that he knew that he could make such a big deal when he met a young master from a wealthy family. Didn’t he see that everyone else would give rewards of a few cents? The most was only a few dozen cents, and the rewards of the child in front of him exceeded the money he had collected before.
"Young master, what performance do you want to see? The villain is the leader to perform one for you."
"Perform one for me?" Li Yi didn't expect that this money was so powerful. She was stunned for a long time and didn't expect that the other party would perform. It seemed that they were all very good, so he turned his attention to Wang Peng, "Wang Peng, what do you think are good?"
"We... the villain thinks that the performance of the rabbit just now is good, and the pigeon is good." Wang Peng thought for a while, and then said something safer.
"Well, this is not bad," Li Yi nodded and said to the strong man, "Just perform what he said."
"Okay, then I'll perform another one, but it will take a wait until the next few shows are finished."
Seeing Li Yi's request, Li Ye couldn't help but shake his head. Isn't this a embarrassment for the other party? Then magic tricks like turning into pigeons are all required to prepare in advance, but the other party should have expected this situation tonight.
He knew the performance methods of these people in front of him, but he saw through it and didn't say it out loud. It was just a fun thing, so there was no need to expose it.
Just as Li Ye was watching the performance in front of him patiently, Li Hong next to him suddenly leaned into his ear and said, his tone was a little anxious, "Young master, the second lady is gone."
"What? Didn't the second sister be with us?" When Li Ye turned around, he found that not only the second sister had disappeared, but the seventh sister and Xiaoying had disappeared. He was immediately anxious and shouted to the people next to him, "What are you doing? Didn't you let you look for people? Why don't you find it for me?"
Li Hong and others were panicked and quickly searched around, including Li Ye, but he was not tall. Even if he jumped up, he could only see a crowded crowd, and he could not find the second emperor sister and others.
"Young Master, let's stop watching." Wang Peng also saw the movements on Li Ye and hurriedly persuaded the little ancestor in front of him.
"Why? I haven't watched the performance I ordered yet?" Li Yi was a little unhappy.
Wang Peng was very anxious. Even in early spring, he was sweating coldly on his head, "Little ancestor, second lady and the others are lost."
Second Miss? Li Yi thought for a while before she realized that the so-called Second Miss was his Second Emperor's Sister. He turned around and found that not only his Second Emperor's Sister did not see it, but also his Seventh Emperor's Sister, only Li Ye and others were looking around, not knowing what they were doing.
Seeing this situation, Li Yi did not use her temper, but walked outside under the escort of her personal soldiers.
"Just just now, I, Zhou, agreed to this young man here... Hey, why is this young man missing? It's okay if the young man leaves. What Zhou said is still the only thing. Next, I will perform tricks for everyone, and I hope everyone can support you."
Just as the wonderful trick performance started again, Li Yi and the others squeezed out of the crowd and met with Li Ye and others.
Chapter completed!