In ancient times, many of the pear garden women sang on stage during the day and received customers as prostitutes at night, although some were forced to make a living, most of them coveted the yellow and white things. Everyone in the world is ruthless and ruthless, and the drama is unrighteous, which is called a warning word. However, in the drama of life, who is not a drama?
In the last year of jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, when Tao Anran, who was born in Jinshi, was released from Zhixian County, Xi'an County, the capital of Quzhou, Zhejiang Province, a case occurred, and the complaint submitted by Liu Daixian and Yang Dayong, who took over the drama class, cried and sued the township gentleman Niu Jinfu forcing his daughter Xiugu to die, and Tao Zhixian immediately launched an investigation, the truth was that the ruthless mother was amorous, and the fake drama really sang a love story that was lingering and pitiful...
Yangcunwu, more than twenty miles away from the city, is a small and unremarkable village, but it is quite famous in the local area, why? Only because the people in this land, one side of the water and soil, the other side of the people, whether men or women, are engaged in singing. Among them, the drama class of Liu Daixian and his wife is the most well-known, the head of the family, Liu Daixian has white skin and beauty, a graceful and colorful body, and her voice is as loud as a warbler, Liu Daixian is not only beautiful, but also able to speak eloquently and schemingly. Her husband Yang Dayong is only the nominal head of the family, and she is the real class leader.
"Prostitutes, prostitutes, subordinates, and pawns ( i.e. prostitutes , dramatists , servants , jailers ) " were the most inferior professions in ancient times, and women accounted for two unworthy people in one body, so they were considered to be the most despicable people in the world. In ancient times, female Dan, singing on stage during the day, accompanied the rich people who played to bed at night, even her husband, most of them were willing to be the green-headed man, after all, she was also to earn money to support her family, which is now called the norm in the industry. The sound of the warbler's crying swallow, the state of the willow dancing flower turning over, is the best play of Danjiao, and it is most likely to make people lose their souls. Liu Daixian is even more of an expert in this field, and every scene is like a fish, but women, there are always times when the color declines, relying on youth to eat for so short a few years, fortunately, she thinks that she has a successor.
She has a daughter, named Xiugu, born like a flower, willow thin waist, thousands of delicate, can be called a beautiful woman, thirteen or fourteen years old, not yet able to do cost drama, with her mother often perform. There was a young scholar, surnamed Tan name Chu Yu, is a prodigal prince, originally a Huguang people's clan, traveled to this place, as soon as he saw Xiugu was confused by five fans, all day in the name of watching the play, in and out of the theater, often hiding in the corner with affection to watch Xiugu's smile ...
Which girl is not pregnant? Xiugu's fiery gaze at this handsome teenager was almost powerless. Who knows, Xiu Gu's mother Liu Daixian originally regarded her daughter as a fortune tree, she herself is well versed in the way of happy men and women, men meet their favorite beautiful women, just like hungry people meet food, can only make it smell fragrant, can not make the next basket, once the basket, do not feel interested. Therefore, she kept Xiugu under very tight control, and in addition to studying drama, she was not allowed to meet an idle person and say a gossip. That Tan Chuyu peeped for half a year, and there was still nothing he could do.
Coincidentally, this "Daixian class" lacks a "zhengsheng", to find a clever teenager and Xiugu a classmate to play, Tan Chuyu is suffering from no chance to get close to Xiugu, joyfully went to see The Daixian couple, asked to learn the drama, the Daixian couple saw him look good, and tried the voice, very happy, the same day let him worship Mr. Xiu, and learn the drama with Xiugu. Tan Chuyuben has read many books, and it is not difficult to learn to play from the touch of bypass. Of course, more importantly – he finally got up close and personal with the goddess in his heart.
Tan Chuyu's thoughts, Xiu Gu Yan has no reason to know, the girl is also already deeply rooted in love, how to teach the drama of the gentleman, more severe than the parents, the same recitation of the script, not allowed to turn the head and ears, when the work is afraid of its body. The two learned art at the same window, but they were very similar to Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, and they had no chance to pour out their heartfelt feelings.
It was hard to survive until the master came to the stage, who expected that the rules of the theater room were even more severe than the boudoir. But anyone who is a female Dan can flirt, only those in the same class cannot flirt, the rules left by the grandfather, and the people in the same class are brothers and sisters. To be in cahoots with each other is like sisterhood, which is an obstacle to ethics. Let you laugh and play on the stage, that is the need of the plot, once off the stage, you must respect each other as guests. If you do not follow the laws set by your grandfather, not only will your business not flourish, but everyone who passes through the class will be plagued by bad luck.
This pair of lovers first had their parents wary, and then they were detained by their husbands, and now together with their friends in the class, they had to spy on each other, lest the two of them do something unfavorable to everyone and involve everyone. I had to be on the stage, using drama to describe myself, using drama to convey love, although the drama text is false, the love is true. Other scenes are reluctant when they go on stage, and they are happy when they get off the stage. Only Tan Chuyu and Xiugu, who are "born" and "dan", look forward to going on stage to be a loving couple in the play, and they are quite in love when they step down. The two had privately sworn that Tan Chuyu would never marry him, and Yang Xiugu would never marry another woman, and if her parents did not tolerate it, she should follow the example of "Liang and Zhu", live and sleep differently, and die in the same cave.
This "birth" and "dan" are originally a pair of bi people who are the sum of heaven, and with the true feelings revealed in the bone marrow, they vividly interpret the feelings of boys and girls who steal incense and steal jade, and snuggle up to the red and lean on the green. The performance of pouring out true feelings makes people watch without emotion. When singing about the bitter feelings such as life and death, the audience often sees tears, and when the bitterness is sung, the whole audience must be happy and thunderous. Suddenly, this "Daixian Class" became famous, and all the rich and noble families had dramas, not far away hundreds of miles, and they all rushed to invite each other.
When Liu Daixian saw that her daughter was as red as the sun, she spent all her thoughts on her, hoping to teach her some deceptive methods so as to take advantage of a lot of money. Who expected, Xiugu had already secretly agreed, and the root of love was only on Tan Chuyu. How could he entrust his own ice and jade body to others. The rich family's children took out a lot of silver to get to know her, and Mo said that she would not even fake a smile. Others regard her as the flesh of her heart, and she regards her as a thorn in her eye, and when she does not agree, she flicks her sleeve away. Others brought cloth, jewelry, etc. to please her, and she would not even look at it.
Liu Daixian, who wanted to make a lot of money from her daughter, was so angry that she didn't listen to what she said, followed by scolding, scolding, and then beating, who ever thought that this Xiugu's temperament was as solid as a rock and would never obey. Seeing that his mother was so threatening himself, he would no longer appear in the drama, saying that if he continued to force, he would crash to death. Liu Daixian could not help her daughter, so she had to follow her.
This year, the "Daixian Class", which had been singing in Changshan, Longyou and other counties, was invited back to Xi'an by Niu Jinfu, the richest squire in Xi'an County, and Liu Daixian had been "cultivated" by him when he debuted, which can be said to be Liu Daixian's "old friend". Now seeing Xiugu's flower appearance and feminine posture, many times stronger than her mother, I don't know how many times, I found out that it was still a body that had not yet broken the melon, and I wanted to fight to marry her as a concubine. That night, Liu Daixian stayed in the mansion, very hospitable, and had to relive the old friendship with him. On the occasion of affection, Mu Xiugu's beauty and desire to marry a concubine made of heavy gold were said.
Liu Daixian was greedy for money, seeing that her daughter did not listen to her own words, and the means of pleasing people she taught, she ignored them, and was worried that the white silver had nothing to do with herself, just happened to meet Niu Jinfu, who was willing to spend a lot of money to marry her relatives, really sleepy people met the fragrant soft pillow, but still did not move, pretending that her daughter was still young, but it was also a verbal pretext such as the pillar of the drama class, Niu Jinfu knew that its prevarication was false, the bottom of the set was true, so the wealth was generous and generously offered out one hundred and two gold, plus the sky-high price of a manor house as a dowry. Liu Daixian was overjoyed, and immediately promised with joy, agreeing to marry a daughter after the end of the Three Yan Gong Temple drama in early October.
At the request of the Yangong Temple on the Anxi River, the "DaiXian Class" began to be sung from the end of September until the third day of october. While accepting Niu Jinfu's dowry, Dai Xian always hid it from Xiugu, until the evening of the second year of junior high school, he made it clear to his daughter: "I gave birth to you, and I spent a lot of effort to teach you, I really expect you to earn a family business for me, who expected you to blindly and willfully not listen to advice, the business of this drama class is not suitable for you, it is better to clean up the line earlier, marry someone!" Niu Lao Ye wan family furniture, you married him, although he is a partial aunt, it is not an insult to you, I have accepted the dowry, tomorrow night will be married, you don't want to be willful, provoke the old woman is not happy. ”
Xiugu listened, like five thunderbolts, tears like broken pearls slipped down. Hurriedly kneeling in front of his mother, Chen said, "The child is already a married woman, so why would she marry someone else?" Dai Xian angrily rebuked, "Parents still don't know, which one is your husband?" "It is Tan Chuyu, who is called my husband on the stage every day, since I came to power, on which day is not he as a husband, I am a wife?" Who doesn't say that we are a pair created in heaven and earth, and now we have been husband and wife for several years, and the mother lets the child marry another, how does this make it? ”
In fact, knowing the mind of the daughter Mo Ruomu and Xiu Gu, would Dai Xian not know that Tan Chuyu Yijie sang a poor "birth", "will he marry his daughter to her?" After listening to Xiugu's words, she laughed unconsciously and said, "My son, where do the couples on the stage do it accurately, what is the drama?" Drama is the meaning of ridicule, how can you be serious, you see a few women married to zhengsheng? Xiugu still insisted, saying that she was not Tan Chuyu and did not marry. DaiXian scolded him and uttered harsh words, even if you don't marry, you have to marry, and you can't decide the marriage of your children.
On the second day, the cow Jinfu dressed neatly, led the flower palanquin to wait in the corner of the stage, and after waiting for the scene to disperse, he carried the delicate beauty to get married. Before Xiugu took the stage, she gave a deep salute to the people in the same class, saying: "Today I will say goodbye to you, get along for a few years, today's drama is the real drama, please be careful." After finishing his words, he looked at Tan Chuyu with deep affection, and the two seemed to have the same heart, and they could not see the slightest sense of sadness. What was sung on the stage today was "The Record of Jingchao", singing to the emotional place, it was really a word and a tear, touching the pain in the heart, not only their own tears were gushing, but even more than a thousand people who watched the play all wept bitterly.
The stage was set up outside the temple gate, the first half was cut off on the shore, the second half was in the water, waiting to be sung until Qian Yulian bouldered the river section, actually made a real play, turned around and jumped fiercely, jumped into the river, the Tan Chuyu who was dressed as "Wang Shipeng" saw the situation, followed xiugu jumped into the turbulent water, the people who were full of people, almost scared to death, shouted together, and asked people to salvage. At that time, when the heavy rain was beginning to clear and the flash flood broke out, the Xin'an Creek, also known as the Qu River, poured thousands of miles, the two jumped down, and in the blink of an eye, they were washed away without a trace...
The crowd was in a mess, clamoring to save people, but where to go to salvage? Liu Daixian saw her daughter throw herself into the river and commit suicide, on the stage, beating her chest and feet, crying non-stop, her daughter was gone, and the cash cow fell down without saying. I am afraid that I will return the dowry of Niu Jinfu myself. Thinking in his heart, he simply took Niu Jinfu to court, saying that he relied on wealth and forced his daughter to die.
Tao Zhixian was not a confused official, and soon found out the origin of the matter, and Shengtang rebuked Liu Daixian, who was greedy for money, and Niu Jinfu, who was delusional that the old cow ate tender grass, and sentenced Liu Daixian to return the land title deed and the dowry of the hundred gold to Niu Jinfu, but also ordered Niu Jinfu to build an ancestral hall for the martyr Xiugu next to the Yangong Temple for people to worship. Remembering that liu shengxian and his wife's daughter had died, they did not correct their false accusations and were expelled from the public court, and the case was closed.
But it is said that xiugu and Tan Chuyu, who jumped into the river, were miraculously rescued by a fisherman, and with the financial support of a kind fisherman, Xiugu followed Tan Chuyu back to his hometown in Chuzhong, and after this disaster, the prodigal son Tan Chuyu returned home, he thought bitterly, initiated a fierce attack, studied hard day and night, although Tan Chuyu's parents died twice, he was also a child of the family, his livelihood was supported by his uncle, and there was a red face and confidant in life, and he said that the prodigal son did not change his gold, and he could not be kan for three years, he came out to take the exam, no matter whether it was a big exam or a small exam, he always had no false hair, and he entered school, middle lifting, and middle school. After the temple examination, the Fujian Tingzhou Fujie Tui was selected.
When they went to the temple, the couple deliberately detoured to Qu, Yan and other places, and went to thank the old fisherman and his wife for their life-saving grace, and after the farewell, the two of them actually ghostly made the gods pass by the Yangong Temple again, but they saw that there was more than one small ancestral hall next to the temple, and a ragged woman tore her heart and lungs and cried out Xiugu's name, when the two fixed their eyes on it, it was not the mother Liu Daixian who was, it turned out that today was the third day of the first month of October, the day of the Xiugu Festival, and DaiXian came here to worship her daughter.
Xiugu's eyes were already red, after all, blood was thicker than water, and mother and daughter met each other, as if in a dream. At that time, Yang Dayong had died of illness, the drama class was also dissolved because of the lack of Xiugu, Liu Daixian had raped and slipped for a lifetime, but she became a lonely person, and whenever she thought of her daughter, she was bitterly reprimanded. In the face of the daughter of "resurrection from the dead" and Tan Chuyu, she has no place for herself...
At the repeated requests of her daughter and son-in-law, she also went with the two to Fujian to take up her post, but she locked herself up in the Buddhist hall all day and rarely went out.
rethink:
Even if you calculate a thousand things, it is not as good as trying to live yourself. When the world laments that life is like a drama, but they do not know that they have entered the play, whether it is "birth, dan, purity, end, ugly", it is the horn that plays itself well, it is the time when the drama ends and the curtain ends, and it is not until the end of life that I know regret.
References: "Ming and Qing Qi Case", "Lian Chengbi", etc.