Chapter 8 Brother, I don't want to work hard

Lan He not only makes incense, but also builds incense mountains.

Three long incense sticks form a frame, and other incense sticks up according to the shape, piled up in the shape of a small tower below and above - so this is also called an incense tower, and the middle is empty for easy burning.

When Lanhe took the Fragrant Hills, Miss Hu felt the smell coming, and stared at him to take the Fragrant Hills, her eyes gradually became straight.

That's right... this is impermanence. Although he is delicious, it does not necessarily lack the things she likes to eat, such as these incense that the soul does not love...

After setting up, Lan He lit the incense, and with a "bang" sound, the flames jumped up from the bottom, and a thick aroma wafted up. The burned incense ashes are all white, and all fall into the incense pool, and the quality is as good as ever.

Lan He saw that the smoke turned into two strands, and got into the noses of Mrs. Hu and Lao Bai respectively.

Interesting to say, before it got into Miss Hu's orifice, the smoke was first wrapped around into the shape of a flower, and then she was sucked in.

Miss Hu swallowed a mouthful of the incense, her eyes glowing green, and the corners of her mouth grinned enormously. The tip of his tongue is occasionally exposed, as if he can wash his face.

She just thought that Lan He was too much like a starving ghost, but she didn't expect her turn to be even more anxious than Lan He.

Lan He still wasn't used to the appearance of the big girl Hu, and her eyes began to wander, like ignoring the ghosts she didn't want to see every time. He suspected that Miss Hu was an animal transformation, and Lao Bai sometimes made a terrifying expression, but he would not have such a beast-like mood.

With the surname of Miss Hu, Lan He suspected that she was not a human or a ghost, but a fox.

It is said that there are many ghosts and ghosts in the south, and there are many animal spirits in the north, especially foxes.

Ji Xiaolan said in "Yuewei Caotang Notes" that the characters are different, and the fox is between the characters; the dark and bright roads are different, and the fox is between the dark and bright; the fairy and the demon are different, and the fox is between the fairy and the demon.

It refers to the image of a fox who is both good and evil. Since Mrs. Hu is on duty here, although the image is occasionally a little weird, she should still be a decent identity.

Lan He's deduction is also to comfort himself and look directly at Miss Hu.

Miss Hu finished eating the incense and sighed contentedly, "It tastes really good."

"That's right, and he made all of these himself. There are also paper cows and paper horses, which he also folded. This is a fierce general of our Dongyue Yin Division." Lao Bai boasted triumphantly.

"What did he do?" Hu Da girl looked envious, although everyone was considered a family, her boss was the daughter of the big boss Lan He, but it was different after all, it was Qi Qi Ai who said to Lan He, "Where do you live? You go home."

Lan He: "..."

Lan He panicked, what's the matter?

"This, no, no, no, no."

Raising foxes? just forget it.

Miss Hu looked at her fingernails: "Do you think my fingernails are too long?"

It's really too long, that's it... Lan He looked at Lao Bai for help.

"Bending your waist for a few incense sticks, you're going to lose the empress's face!" Lao Bai reprimanded, looking at Lan He earnestly, "Brother, I don't want to work hard..."

Lan He: "..."

Lao Bai knew that Lan He wanted to quit even though he was impermanent, how could he support the Hu family, and after joking, he rescued him and said, "Miss, you know what time it is, we are very busy, and we don't even care about taking you back. superior."

"Okay." Miss Hu looked at Lan He regretfully.

...

The gifts have been given, and the food has been eaten. It is time to go back.

The fat baby hugged Lan He's leg and cried and didn't let him go. Lan He picked him up: "I'll see you later."

"And me." Miss Hu smiled again, two drops of saliva dripping from the corner of her mouth.

Lan He: "...Okay."

Lao Bai and Lan He went down the mountain together, claiming to have something to do, so they left in the other direction, and Lan He went back to the city alone.

I am impermanent, and I have nothing to be afraid of. Lan He hummed a song and floated back, but halfway through, the sound of gongs and drums came.

Lan He felt strange. This place is in the wild. The lights of the nearest buildings are far away. There are not many cars passing by at night. Where did the lively sound of gongs and drums come from.

He listened carefully, not only the sound of gongs and drums, but also the sound of babbling singing——

Meng Qing is a Sichuan Opera actor. She has been performing in a teahouse in Beijing with their troupe all the year round. Although it is called a troupe, it is really modern, and she even registered a company.

Beijing is a cultural center, although they are local operas, some people appreciate them. Usually, there are also some performances.

For example, this time, a Sichuanese boss invited them to perform at the leisure villa developed by themselves.

A bus took everyone to the Leisure Villa on the outskirts of Beijing. Everyone on the bus was still discussing. Recently, a hotpot city wanted to poach their troupe. The actors in the class are basically from Sichuan, and everyone is accustomed to chatting in the local accent.

After arriving at the Leisure Villa, the performance will begin in the evening. The stage is open-air, and everyone should hurry up and start putting on makeup.

Today's performance is the classic ghost play, "The Detective" in "Burning Incense".

There are many ghost plays in Sichuan opera. Ghost plays refer to operas with ghosts in the story, or even with ghosts as the protagonist. For example, "The Story of Wupen" is known as the first ghost play. This play has a very cute original name - "Ding Ding Dong" Be a pot ghost", but itself is known for its horror.

And there are so many ghost plays in Sichuan Opera that even a unique danjiao industry has been formed: ghost fox dan.

Among them, there are also differences, Guidan and Xianhudan, who play the roles of women who are ghosts and foxes respectively. Guidan plays with Lingzi, and Hudan plays with Lingzi, which is one of the most interesting skills of Guihudan.

And today's "Love Detective", Meng Qing plays the female ghost Jiao Guiying.

Meng Qing carefully put on makeup and wiped her face, remembering that some dramas played ghosts in the past, and hung a piece of paper money on her ear as a sign.

At this time, Meng Qing heard the class leader asking, "Where's Lingguan? Where is Lingguan?"

This "Ling Guan" is not someone's name. It is an old tradition in Sichuan Opera. Whenever a ghost play is to be performed, especially a play with many ghost characters like Mulian Opera, in order to prevent ghosts from causing trouble, an actor will be invited— - Usually the head of the crew, dressed as Wang Lingguan, the legendary Taoist patron saint, came out to smash the stage at the beginning, and then came out to sweep the stage at the end, which meant swept away demons and monsters.

Because they did not perform even a big show, they have simplified these ceremonies. They just chanted a mantra at the beginning of the show, and when they finished sweeping the stage, they didn't need to open their mouths, just sweep them in all directions with a broom.

But even if it's simple, people can't disappear.

The homeroom teacher looked around, and finally found someone in the toilet, and that face didn't know what to eat, and he had diarrhea.

The class leader held his nose and communicated with him for a long time, but he couldn't come out. Usually, he played the role of the spiritual officer.

When Meng Qing was waiting, she saw the substitute spirit officer holding the golden whip and chanting a spell at the front of the town stage.

She couldn't help saying to the actor next to him who played the male lead Wang Kui, "Did he pronounce it wrong?"

Wang Kui's actor was called Li Chuan, and he also nodded, "It seems so."

Although they have not read it themselves, but after listening to it for a long time, they can also hear that the person in front is wrong. It was a temporary substitute, and no one in the audience could hear it, so he was fooled.

Times have changed, and no one cares too much.

This fold of "Love Detective" is regarded as the high part of "Burning Incense".

It is about the heroine Jiao Guiying who hanged herself and died and turned into a ghost. She went to the study of Wang Kui, the heartless man. After feeling that he was no fun, she killed on the spot.

Soon, Meng Qing will appear.

Her steps are light and quiet, Ayako moves without wind, and her feet are not exposed at all. She really floats like a ghost, and her solid basic skills immediately attracted applause from the audience.

With the development of the plot, the soft and beautiful ghost, after discovering that the scumbag has no heart, suddenly becomes a deadly ghost, and the plot is very tense and intense.

This open-air stage performance, in the big night, always felt the cool breeze, Ren Mengqing performed hard, and she was so hot, she actually felt a little cold on the back of her neck. Maybe it's colder because of sweat.

Meng Qing exited the stage with applause, but her legs were a little weak. Fortunately, Li Chuan helped her, and the two were ready to remove makeup. The stage is set up in the square for the convenience of the audience, and the "backstage" is of course indoors at a distance.

This leisure villa is in a remote place, you can see the mountains when you stand inside, and there are only faint lights in the flowers and grass on the road.

As Mengqing walked, she felt a little strange: "Did we go the wrong way, why is it just the two of us."

It wasn't just them who had the curtain call, there were other actors as well, and the audience also left, so it shouldn't be so deserted no matter what.

"Impossible, I remember it clearly, it's this way." Li Chuan has a good memory and is sure that he is not going the wrong way, but seeing that there is no one around, he also feels strange, "Maybe they go the other way... ... let's go, we're almost there anyway."

There's no one, which is really weird. Mengqing was beating a small drum in her heart when a voice came from behind: "Miss Mengqing, Mr. Li Chuan!"

Meng Qing stopped and looked back, only to see a middle-aged man in a Chinese tunic suit chasing up from behind. In the darkness, his face slowly revealed, with big eyes and a high nose bridge, looking at Mian Shan, "Hello, I just watched yours. The play is really good!"

"Thank you." Meng Qing thought, it turned out to be a fan of the show. It seemed that he did see him under the stage just now, and he kept standing excitedly.

The middle-aged man was very enthusiastic, "As soon as Miss Mengqing appeared on the stage, I felt that the kung fu was really good. You have caught this ghost's characteristic of 'walking from the wind' too accurately. And when he finally asked the scumbag for his life, that demeanor, It really reminds me of Cai Yueqiu! But Cai Yueqiu is a man, and he has more strength than you. When I shook hands with him, I could feel the strength. Oh, I digress, I haven't seen such a wonderful Jiao Guiying for a long time. What an excellent ghost..."

The richer his expression, the more shocked and suspicious Meng Qing and Li Chuan became.

Without him, Cai Yueqiu is a famous senior, a male actor in Sichuan opera, and his role as Jiao Guiying is very famous.

It is said that "the king of Zhou is often in the river to absorb water, and Tan Yunxian has a tryst to release Pei. Yang Sulan is drunk, and Cai Luoluo captures Wang Kui alive at the Sea Temple." Among these four classics, Cai Luoluo refers to Cai Qiuyue.

However, this statement is quite historical, and it has been left over from the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China...

How could this middle-aged man have seen Cai Yueqiu and shook hands with someone!

Meng Qing was feeling extremely strange. When she suspected that there was something wrong with his brain, she saw the middle-aged man stretch out his hand and said, "To be honest, I know a group of old fans who are also meeting tonight. I don't believe you can act well, only me. Look. I want to invite the two of you to play a show, so that they can also experience it, how about it?"

He waved his hand and took a few steps by himself.

Only then did Meng Qing and Li Chuan notice their feet, and their blood turned cold with just one glance. There was no shadow of this man on the ground, and he was floating away.

...

Lan He followed the movement and looked over there. He didn't want to look at it at first, but he saw a loudspeaker and a small microphone lying on the roadside, which were still in good condition.

I saw a rough stage set up in a wasteland. On the stage, there were two actors. They were dressed up, and they were acting as opponents. It was one of them. .

In addition to the drum music class on the side, there were more than a dozen audience members under the stage, watching intently.

On the stage, the young one pushed the old one: "Hey, you immortal..."

The audience under the stage scolded bitterly: "Vicious daughter-in-law!"

Lan He came from the side. He stood not far or near, covered by the tall grass, and looked intently.

The two actors on the stage were in low spirits, but they were indeed alive, but those who were playing music and watching the show all had pale faces and stiff smiles.

Because of this, even though the two Dan characters played one bullying the other, both of them had tears in their eyes and trembling legs.

——Just looking at the blue and white faces in the audience, Li Chuan and Meng Qing were scared to death, and they were able to persevere.

It's not enough for them to play a love detective, these...fanciers, they want to play again. The only courage had was gradually worn away, and couldn't help but wonder if could go back.

Lan He was watching, when suddenly someone behind him suddenly said:

"It's you?"

Lan He originally thought it was a ghost, but when he looked back, he saw a black robe with black hair and a rosary around his neck. It was the soulless person he met when he and Yan San sent ghosts together, and he was pleasantly surprised: "Yes. you!"

It's really you. Song Futan didn't have time to ask the name of this ghost messenger, how big is the underworld, and he can meet again.

If it weren't for the ghost who wore a mask and had the words "come all come" on the hat, this should be the only one, and he wouldn't dare to recognize it.

Seeing the surprise in Lan He's eyes, Song Futan's mood became lighter, and she nodded reservedly.

Lan He looked at him in surprise: "Why are you here, are you dead?"

Song Futan: "..."

Song Futan: "The soul leaves the body."

"No way." Lan He felt that something was wrong, "I only sent you back that day."

Song Futan fixedly looked at him: "You said, 'Fast horses and whips'?"

"..." Lan He smiled awkwardly, "I originally wanted to give you a horse, but who knows that there is only... Hey, did it break halfway, and you have been floating until now?"

Song Futan: "It's gone again."

Lan He thought it was very strange, so she resisted saying that the frequency of your separation from the soul is about to catch up with this impermanence of mine: "Less soul again? What have you done, you have been separated from the soul in such a short time, and it was also brought by these ghosts. Is it right? Since there is no discount, what about the donkey I gave you? You have not lost it!"

Song Futan: "??"

Song Futan: "War donkey...?"

The implication is about: how dare you say that.

Lan He: "Is there a problem? I'm a strong general of the Dongyue Yin Division!"

The author has something to say: Lao Bai: I am a fierce general of the Dadongyue Yin Division! Super fierce!