The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

(Thanks to the sub-class Laohe for the reward, the sub-class has worked hard.)

Teng Wang Zhao Zongdan was in a happy mood, and his eyes seemed to be closer to Su Jin. After chatting for a while, a figure flashed at the entrance of the hall, and an old man in black hurried in with the hem of his long gown.

Su Jin knew this person, and this person was Mr. Qin who accompanied King Teng in the small restaurant that day. Su Jin would not regard him as an ordinary staff member at this moment, because he already knew that this Mr. Qin He is the chief steward of the gangsters in the four cities, needless to say, he must be one of King Teng's confidantes.

Qin Guanshi came into the hall with smiles all over his face, made a fat promise, and then lowered his hands and said to Zhao Zongdan: "My lord, the Xiyuan stage is ready, can you see if you and your lords should move to the west?" In the garden, a group of actors are waiting for you."

Zhao Zongdan patted the armrest of the chair and said: "Very good, everyone, let's start, then Master Chen may be waiting impatiently."

Everyone heard the teasing in his tone, and said one after another: "Then let's go quickly, in case this Chen Jiao. Mother is anxious, go back and talk to that Mr. Sanbian, Liu Sanbian is furious If you write words to scold us, then you will lose face."

King Teng laughed loudly, stretched out his hand to beckon to Su Jin, and said, "Young Master Su, come and walk side by side with me."

Su Jin hurriedly said: "How to make it happen, the prince will go first, and the next one will follow."

Zhao Zongdan seemed very satisfied with Su Jin's humility, and said with a smile, "Let's go."

Su Jin swept his eyes, and suddenly met a gloomy and cold gaze. He took a closer look, and found that the owner of that gaze was Mr. Qin; With a smile on his face, Su Jin's heart still clicked. He knew that this Mr. Qin must have known about the past few days.

But Mr. Qin knew it, but King Teng didn't know it.

"Mr. Su, please move. Mr. Su is honored today, the prince is very happy." Mr. Qin said with a smile on his face, and stretched out his hand as a gesture of invitation.

Su Jin clasped his fists and bowed: "Please, Mr. Qin, Wangfei Fangchen, how can I not come here, I am so loved by the prince, how can I not know how to praise you."

Mr. Qin's beard trembled with a smile: "Mr. Su is a distinguished guest. Please make sure you are a noble person because of the prince's face. My son, please follow the adults. I will go to the front to take care of you. You must not embarrass me."

Mr. Qin's words have a pun.

"Go and do your own work, sir. Don't worry. Although I am dull, I am confident that I will not get lost." Su Jin also said with a pun.

"Hahaha, that's not necessarily the case, this Prince Teng Mansion is huge, beyond your imagination."

"No matter how big it is, it's just a palace, not the inner courtyard of the palace. Don't worry about me, sir."

Mr. Qin's face changed slightly, and he said with a smile: "So I won't accompany you less, so I can keep an eye on the road." After saying that, he turned around, flicked his hem, and walked away quickly.

Su Jin sneered secretly, followed the crowd, walked through several long corridors of houses, entered a round door with carved flowers, and then walked forward dozens of steps along a small path covered by rockery with gurgling water. It suddenly became clear.

I saw a large open space with green grass already filled with tables, desks, chairs and chairs. Dozens of large mahogany tables were neatly arranged. A huge Qiluo umbrella is propped up to block the still bright sunshine in August.

In the east, a high platform rises from the ground, and a large stage is surrounded by red pillars, colorful curtains and carved fences, which is extraordinary in style.

Su Jin applauded secretly, the King Teng, who knows how to enjoy himself, did not know how much money he spent on such decorations. He thought he had tens of thousands of coins in his pocket, and his family property looked like a small 30 yuan. He is considered a rich man; only now do I know that all this is nothing compared to King Teng.

Comparing yourself with the prince is like comparing yourself with beggars on the street. The gap between the rich and the poor is like a cloud. <Feng waved his hand and said: "Sit, everyone sits, why bother to be formal, it's better for old acquaintances to be more at ease."

Everyone thanked them, but stood still, and waited until King Teng, Tang Jie and other officials were seated before they all sat down; Haven't come out to meet people yet."

The maid was silent and didn't go to invite her. Zhao Zongdan frowned and said, "What's the matter? Are you still going?"

Before the maid could answer, Mr. Qin, who was standing by, quickly bent down and whispered in his ear: "The princess is losing her temper inside."

Zhao Zongdan said angrily: "What's the trouble again? This little lady is becoming more and more difficult to serve, she is really hopeless."

"The princess thinks that the hairpin inlaid with gold and jade made the previous day is not good-looking, so she just refuses to dress up, and even smashed the big glass fish tank imported from Yi Tanli country that Lao Qi gave you the previous day."

"This prodigal bitch, you can't give her a good face if you put your nose on your face. You go and tell her that if you make trouble tomorrow, you will be driven out of the house and sent to the village in the countryside to feed the animals. I don’t know how to be blessed, if this king didn’t look at her father’s face, I would never pay attention to her trouble.” Zhao Zongdan scolded angrily.

Mr. Qin said softly: "My lord, calm down, everyone is here today, don't make people see the joke; the villain will go to invite you, if it really doesn't work, he will say that the princess is ill, and you can just say a few words on your behalf, so you can save money." I feel uncomfortable twisting hands and feet with you."

King Teng thought for a while with a pale face, "It's up to you, go quickly."

Mr. Qin promised to beckon the maid, and walked away quickly; Zhao Zongdan suppressed the fire, turned around, chatted and laughed with everyone, and after a while, several maids, the concubine and empress, covered their faces with light veils, came from one side. Walking slowly on the path, everyone turned their backs on their backs to salute and say hello. Zhao Zongdan walked forward with a smile on his face, took the princess's hand, and sat down gracefully. He was a gentle and good husband.

Everyone thought that the concubine would be there, so they naturally wanted to say a few words, but they didn't expect that with a wave of the prince's hand, the stage would immediately start to act.

It was the first time for Su Jin to watch a play, and he didn't like the play where the face was painted like a monkey's butt, and Yiyi Yaya was as smelly and long as an old lady's foot wrap, not to mention that there were two old men on the stage, After talking about it for a long time, Su Jin didn't think a word was funny.

In fact, Su Jin knew about the drama department of this era. The zaju dramas of the Song Dynasty were very interesting. Hundreds of zaju dramas were staged every day in the Washe Goulan of the major prefectures. Living life, created a large number of scripts and libretto, because most of these people are students of ordinary people, so the things created are quite common people, and the form of expression is mainly in the form of comedy and gags.

During Renzong's reign, zaju had reached a higher stage. Not only the common people liked to watch it, but also dignitaries and dignitaries gradually liked to invite actors to perform zaju for major ceremonies on festivals and festivals.

These zajus have gradually come into formal regulation, just like the lyric boards, and gradually formed a set of four paragraphs; Some stories are sung, funny raps or dances, and the fourth section is miscellaneous, which is mainly about teasing content, which is for fun after watching.

Of course, Su Jin is not interested in these things. The only reason for Su Jin to persevere is that Li Shishi will come on stage to sing later. Yong's best friend; although I haven't met Liu Yong yet, it doesn't hurt to meet his confidante.

But this drama was long and boring. Su Jin looked at the big and small officials around him who were laughing and laughing, and couldn't help being surprised. People are really different. Do you want to blame this on cultural differences?It is said that they are all descendants of the dragon, and it is really unreasonable to talk about cultural differences.

Su Jin couldn't hold it anymore, leaned on the back of the chair and fell asleep in a daze. After an unknown amount of time, Su Jin was startled by the thunderous applause, looked around in a daze, and saw a group of people on the stage. A woman in Tsing Yi disappeared behind the scenes in a blink of an eye, and the curtains on both sides of the stage were slowly drawn, and everyone was talking happily.

Su Jin hurriedly pulled an official beside him and asked, "Dare to ask this lord, what happened just now?"

The official looked Su Jin up and down a few times and said, "Didn't you watch it? Isn't the skill of Chen Shishi with the golden voice of Bianliang still in your eyes? Tsk tsk tsk, that figure, that voice, the body is like a willow branch dancing in the spring breeze, and the sound is like an oriole Ming Cui Lin."

The official squinted his eyes and thought about it, and he was full of admiration, with a look of intoxication on his face.

Su Jin opened his mouth wide and couldn't close it for a long time: "Is it Chen Shishi who performed just now?"

The official looked at Su Jin contemptuously and said: "This brother is just entertaining you guys. Mr. Chen announced his family name when he came up. You must have heard it. Besides, who else can sing such a good song except her?" .”

Su Jin was so annoyed that she almost slapped herself, why did she fall asleep, and she didn't do anything bad last night, didn't she just grab Huan Niang and kiss her mouth for a while, and touched the little white rabbit on her chest?How could he be so sleepy that he overslept and missed Chen Shishi's appearance.

The official looked at the red mark on Su Jin's face from the back of the chair, opened his eyes wide and said, "Don't tell me that you have been sleeping until now."

Su Jin nodded in shame and said, "He fell asleep, damn it."

The official rolled his eyes, looked at Su Jin like he was looking at a broken shoe, shook his head and smacked his lips, and said, "You can fall asleep when Master Chen sings a song. I can tell you that you not only missed It’s a good song, and I missed a good word. The song "Magpie Bridge Immortal" sung by Chen Shishi was composed by the prince himself, and the word was written by a new talent. I heard that it was on the spot, and you will regret it. .”

After speaking, he smacked his tongue and curled his lips, looking gloating.Su Jin was annoyed at first, but after his exaggeration, he regretted so much that his intestines turned green.