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Chapter 481 Watching the drama (two in one)

The Chang'an City Renovation Project not only improved the dirty and messy living environment of the residents, but also re-planned various infrastructures. With Du Shaoqing's vision of surpassing the Tang Dynasty for thousands of years, and with the ability of the great craftsman Yuwenzhe, almost no one disliked the newly built Chang'an City.

Not only the people, but even the nobles praised each other, not praise their majestic momentum, but praise their ingenuity and extraordinaryness, giving people a feeling of being clever and clumsy.

Speaking of shadow puppets, the earliest record in history is in the history books of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, in the era of extreme lack of entertainment and leisure in the Tang Dynasty, when shadow puppets were performed, the people were rushing to pursue them.

The Grand Theater is managed by the court, and the people can apply for filing by borrowing it. The court makes a unified arrangement, which is very convenient.

Du Shaoqing took his daughter, and also his daughter's part-time escort, Xiao Miaomiao, and was directly led by the management staff to the central private room on the second floor, where the view is the best.

This is the first time Xiao Xuanxuan has heard of a shadow puppet scene. Seeing that the underside was full of people, the little girl looked curious.

"Dad, what is a shadow puppet? Does someone like you, like telling stories at night? There are so many people who are messy, how can you hear the stories?"

Du Shaoqing put his daughter on his lap and explained with a smile: "It's almost the same, but they are not telling stories by themselves, but representing a character with shadows and helping tell stories. You will know after a while.

Now everyone is looking forward to watching the show just like you. No one will talk when it starts later, so you must obey the order here. Not being allowed to talk will affect everyone’s watching the show. Do you remember it?”

"Yeah, remember!" The little girl was so obedient and cute in her father's arms. After saying this, she directly covered her mouth with her hands. At the same time, she also signaled her friends, and Xiao Miaomiao also blocked her mouth.

Not to mention, this big cat is probably almost becoming a sperm. It is really lying on the ground, obediently imitating Xiao Xuanxuan and putting her front paws in front of her head. Du Shaoqing almost laughed out loud. This person and tiger are really too cute. I don’t know how my daughter communicates with the big cat. This can be taught.

In fact, it is not surprising that animals have super high IQ. Many pet lovers know that many animals are smarter than others. If you don’t talk about anything else, you can see the most common husky.

So it is nothing strange that a tiger who grew up in a crowd to learn intelligence.

It was not long, and at the opening moment, the audience gradually lowered their voices. An old man with long beard walked to the middle of the stage and bowed to the audience: "Everyone, our Jiangnan Shadow Puppetry is fortunate to come to Chang'an and present a good show to everyone. It depends on everyone's strong support. I thank you here!

This year's drama, we have been playing wherever we go since the beginning of the year. We have almost walked half of the state road of the Tang Dynasty. There are all praises everywhere we go, and I believe everyone will like it.

Now, please enjoy the new shadow play - God punishes unfilial sons!"

After saying that, the man turned around and retreated. The audience was silent and even the lights went out.

Xiao Xuanxuan was not used to this complete darkness, grabbed her father's clothes and whispered: "Dad, why is it so gloomy? Will there be any bad guys?"

Du Shaoqing lowered his voice and comforted him: "No, it's about to start. Look, isn't this lighting the light?"

"Ah... it's really true, shadow, I saw the shadow..."

...Who said he was obedient and didn't say anything? He couldn't help but shout at the beginning?

Du Shaoqing quickly covered his daughter's mouth. The latter then remembered that he knew he had done something wrong. He was so scared that his neck shrank, but his eyes did not leave the bright spot of the stage for a moment.

Du Shaoqing couldn't help laughing, thinking that the child could only read novelty, and he could tell from the name that it was about adults. I'm afraid it was not what his daughter saw at such a young age. When she couldn't understand it, she would probably be boring.

A black figure soon appeared on the curtain on the stage, and the narrator also began to tell a story: "In Chang'an City, there is a noble official named Du..."

With the performance of the shadow puppet, gradually, the smile on Du Shaoqing's face disappeared.

The little girl listened attentively. The child was smart. Not only did she not understand it, but she muttered excitedly: "Oh, it turns out that it is telling the story of our family, including father, second uncle and third uncle and grandma.

Well... I just don't know if I'm there?"

That's right, this shadow play tells the story of the Du family in Chang'an City. The title is God's punishment of unfilial sons, and it tells the scandal of Du He poisoning his biological mother.

Du Shaoqing couldn't help but discuss why there was such a drama?

Although it was a little exaggerated when I listened to this person's story, the general context was not different, which shows that the writer of this play must have quite accurate information.

After all, the Du family was also the powerful and nobles of the dynasty. The shadow puppetry troupe was just a group of ordinary people. How dare they expose the family embarrassment of criticizing the nobles like this?

Is it someone instructing him behind the scenes, or is it that these people have a grudge against the Du family?

For a moment, Du Shaoqing fell into deep thought.

The level of this opera troupe is still quite high, otherwise it would not be possible to have the ability to perform in the Chang'an Grand Theater. As the story progressed, the heartstrings of the audience were also raised once, sometimes nervous, sometimes angry, sometimes moved, sometimes cheering...

But Xiao Xuanxuan left her father's arms and asked Xiao Miaomiao to stand up and walk to the window. She sat on the big cat and bit her fingers to watch the show.

When the play ended, the ending was a thunderous thunder that punished the unfilial son. Du He was killed by five thunders in the street. This thunder of the unfilial son was also successfully concluded, and all the people cheered.

Although the people of Chang'an knew that this was an exaggeration from the other party, Du He was beaten to death by the people and was not struck by lightning, this did not affect everyone's enthusiasm for watching the show at all.

The cheers of the people made Du Shaoqing come to his senses and took a closer look. Where did his daughter go? Where did he go?

What's wrong? My daughter lost when watching a shadow play?

The next second, Du Shaoqing saw a colorful tiger breaking out of the audience below. Xiao Xuanxuan rode a big cat, like a little general, and headed straight to the curtain on the stage.

Before the audience could react, the big cat had already rushed up, and the curtain was pulled down, revealing the people behind.

Have those people seen this scene? A tiger suddenly appeared in Chang'an City? So they were all scared.

Xiao Xuanxuan pointed at several people angrily and cursed: "Who are you? Why do you say that to me, my third uncle? My third uncle is a good person. He did not poison my grandmother, nor was he struck to death by lightning. Now he is fighting outside.

If you say bad things about my family, you will be beaten. My little meow is super fierce.

Come on, little meow, let me show them one!”

As he said that, he also took pictures of the big cat under the seat, and the big cat cooperated to roar at the few people.

In an instant, the stage and the audience were in chaos. The audience was so scared that they ran around, fearing that the tiger would be injured. The staff did not dare to come up to maintain order. The actors on the stage were targeted by the tiger and did not dare to make a sound. They stared at the little girl on the tiger's back, trembling one by one.

Among them, there were people who were not afraid to stand up. These were common little meows. They knew that this tiger would not hurt people, so they were not afraid.

"Little princess, you are probably young and ignorant. Du He poisoned his biological mother, that is, your grandmother. This is true and your father knows it too, so they didn't talk nonsense, and everyone can testify."

Xiao Xuanxuan turned around with anger and asked, "Impossible. I was in Chang'an when grandma was sick. Dad cured her. She said that grandma took the wrong medicine herself, not the poison of Uncle San. Why do you bad guys wrongly accuse me of Uncle San?"

The people laughed one after another, saying that the children are so naive. It is obvious that the miracle doctor deliberately coaxes the children. How can they tell the truth?

"Yes, just go back and ask your father. So many of us testify, we won't tell lies, right?" someone persuaded.

Xiao Xuanxuan was so angry that she was itchy, "Hmph, who knows, maybe you were lying to me together? In short, my third uncle must be a good person. He was not struck by lightning and was fighting in the Northeast forever.

You bad guys, I warn you, if you hear you talk bad things about my third uncle, I will let Xiao Miaomiao eat you all one by one..."

At this time, the old man in charge of the opera troupe stood up with courage, "Whose child are you? Why should I stand up for Du He?"

Someone next to him quickly explained: "This is the little princess Xuanyang in Chang'an, the daughter of the genius doctor Du Shaoqing and Princess Changle. Du He is the third uncle of the little princess."

The old man in charge nodded and said to Xiao Xuanxuan with a stern face: "Child, you are young and ignorant and do not understand the good or evil of people's hearts. Go back and stop making trouble here. Whether Du He is good or bad, your adults know best."

"Yes, little princess, since you remember your grandmother was sick back then, did you know that Du He was beaten to be disabled and his hands and feet were broken? If he hadn't done anything bad, who would have beaten him to be disabled?" An insider reminded.

Me, I...

Xiao Xuanxuan remembered this and didn't know how to answer. She didn't want to admit that her third uncle would poison her grandmother, so she sat on the back of the big cat and burst into tears.

The audience is embarrassed now. What's going on? Why is this scene like a group of us bullying a child and making them cry? What should we do? Who will coax it?

When Xiao Miaomiao saw that the little master was bullied and cried, she was immediately furious. She roared at the last person who spoke, and was about to jump over. The man was so scared that his soul was rising. He stood there and closed his eyes. After his heart was finished, he was about to explain it to this point.

But when he opened his eyes, he found that he had not died. He stood in front of him with a tall figure facing him with his back to him.

Xiao Xuanxuan shouted in tears: "Dad, they are all bad people, they are all talking bad things about Uncle San. Uncle San is a good person, right?"

Du Shaoqing walked up to hug her daughter with a look of relief, carefully wiped her tears and comforted her: "Of course, your third uncle is a good person.

Let's go home, don't scare others here."

Xiao Xuanxuan pouted and said, "Hmph, I'll scare them to death, a group of liars."

At this time, the shadow puppet manager stood up and scolded Du Shaoqing: "Is this the one who is Du Fu Du, a genius doctor in Chang'an? What you mean is that you want to open your eyes for Du He?"

Du Shaoqing paused, looked back coldly at the man, and said disdainfully: "I am talking to my daughter, do you want to talk more?"

The old man instinctively retreated, but then he stepped forward and said loudly: "As we all know, Du He poisoned his biological mother, and his behavior was the first priority in unfilial piety in ancient and modern times. If such things can be overturned, then I wonder what good and evil are in the future?

Doctor Du is famous for his reputation, so should he also gain a ignorance of his conscience because of his closeness or distantness?"

Du Shaoqing stared at the old man and said with deep meaning: "Who made you famous for your younger brother like this? He did not hesitate to leave his hometown and traveled half of the Tang Dynasty a year, and did not even go home on New Year's Day, and ran to Chang'an City thousands of miles away?"

The old man was stunned, and then his face turned red and said, "Don't swear by the prince consort. I lead the team to run through my whole life, be honest, never for fame and fortune, and never be instructed by others to do things.

Although we are ordinary people in the market, we cannot be as noble as the prince consort or the reputation of the prince consort, but we cannot be so arrogant."

The manager of the Grand Theater approached and explained to Du Shaoqing: "Mr. Prince Concubine, their Jiangnan shadow puppet troupe is very famous. People all say that they do not seek fame and fortune, but only punish evil and promote good, so we can allow them to borrow the Grand Theater to perform."

Du Shaoqing refused to comment, and the old man stared at Du Shaoqing with a fire and said, "Old man, I am fifty-six years old this year. When my family was poor, my parents would rather starve to death than leave my last bite to live.

So my regret in this life is that I have not been able to respect the two elders for a day, and even if I take care of them, I will never have a chance to eat.

If ordinary people want to have filial piety to their parents, then Du He is better. His biological mother finally managed to support him and grow up, but he did not know how to be filial, and instead poisoned and harmed him. How could such a great evil survive in the world?

That is, when I was not in Chang'an, if I were there at that time, I would have eaten this guy's flesh and blood, and would not have just interrupted his limbs and left him in the world."

...

Du Shaoqing was shocked by the old man's overwhelming hatred. This is said too naturally. My brother doesn't know you, but he is like killing your parents. Tsk, you are cruel enough!

Even Xiao Xuanxuan, who was probably heard, was so scared that she lay in her father's arms and silent.

The audience who had not left around whispered, "The Tang Dynasty governed the country with filial piety. People who are unfilial to their parents cannot be tolerated in the world. Du He, a lieutenant, should be killed!"

Xiao Xuanxuan looked at her dazed father and whispered: "Dad, let's go back, here, I don't like this."
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