Antique food: The general dotes on his lucky wife

The opera troupe is called "Baixiyuan" and it is one of the famous opera troupes in the northwest. They have been running back and forth outside to perform. It is almost the Chinese New Year and they have returned to Yunzhou City.

After all, Yunzhou City is the most prosperous town in the northwest. During the Chinese New Year, the gentry and nobles here will invite opera troupes to sing at their houses for a day or two. If Baixiyuan is not here at this time, what if Baixiyuan's house is often invited? If other theater troupes are lost, Baixi Garden may lose an important guest next year.

So when Baixiyuan heard that the Lord of Huaishan County had come to invite them to sing at his house, the whole troupe was shocked!

Under normal circumstances, a house with at most a dozen or so people can perform the whole show, and as long as the protagonist is good-looking and has good kung fu, the supporting roles are not important.

After all, a troupe can only support a few protagonists in a play. If more people are invited, there are no special requirements. Generally, one or two people in a house can support the scene.

But when Baixiyuan heard that Huaishan County was the main theater audience, most of the theater troupe came directly this time. If it weren't for the fear that too many people would disturb Huaishan County, the whole theater would have to follow. coming!

Moreover, most of the people who come to the theater are all "elites". Even the supporting actors are among the best. The play for the head of Huaishan County must be the best!

Because Lin Changqing is a military commander, so in order to seek good luck, Baixi Garden prepared two plays today, namely "Mulan" and "The Drunken Concubine". Chen Xi originally wanted to relieve his boredom, but after watching the plays selected by the theater troupe, he felt that Not bad, so he nodded.

However, after watching the two scenes, Chen Xi was a little surprised that the same man played Hua Mulan and Yang Guifei.

"Let them take off their makeup and come over in a while."

After listening to the drama for nearly a day, Chen Xi was indeed in a much better mood.

No wonder they are one of the best opera troupes in Yunzhou City. They sang this opera well, and Chen Xi plans to reward them.

Upon hearing Chen Xi's request, everyone in the theater troupe was very happy. After taking off their makeup, they immediately lined up and stood in front of Chen Xi.

The one in the middle is naturally the absolute protagonist of the two scenes. The man who plays Hua Mulan and Yang Guifei is the first to appear.

"Duan Qicheng, a grassroots citizen, pays his respects to the county chief." Then other people came forward to salute one by one.

Chen Xi glanced at Duan Qicheng a few more times: "Your roles as Hua Mulan and Yang Guifei were both good. How old are you and how many years have you been singing?"

Duan Qicheng had long noticed that Chen Xi looked at him more than anyone else, and now he was so excited when he heard Chen Xi also called his name: "Back to the county master, Cao Min is twenty-four this year and has been acting for sixteen years. "

Chen Xi was surprised: "Then you joined the theater troupe at the age of eight?"

"Back to the county leader, when Cao Min was eight years old, there was a disaster in his hometown. Cao Min was separated from his family. Thanks to the troupe leader, Cao Min survived. Since then, he has been practicing and singing in the theater troupe."

"Sure enough, it took only a quarter of an hour on stage and ten years of hard work off stage. I watched you sing twice in a row today, and your voice is still clear and not damaged at all. But what's the secret?"

"Back to the County Lord, if the throat problem occurs if the abdominal cavity is used more and the white throat is used less, it will save a lot of effort."

Chen Xi nodded.

"You all sing well. Anyone who comes will be rewarded. He will be rewarded fifty taels, and no one else will be rewarded twenty taels!"

Everyone was immediately overjoyed and kowtowed to Chen Xi in thanks.

Then Chen Xi asked everyone to get out, and the troupe quickly packed up and left the Lin Mansion.

In the following days, Chen Xi invited several ladies to come over for tea, and invited Chen Ji's stewards to discuss matters, so that he no longer waited for idlers to cause trouble every day.

But she never expected that a ridiculous rumor would begin to spread in Yunzhou City!

"I'm so angry. There were so many people watching that day. The county master just asked the stage pillar of the theater a few words. Why do they insist on saying that you have fallen in love with a young actor!"

Chen Xi was also speechless: "Someone wants to harm me!"

Before Lin Changqing went to Cangzhou, she secretly hated him for not being able to show affection and being spread rumors. As a result, she "cuckolded" him while he was not at home. Now it's better. Rumors and gossips have taken off. Lin Changqing will definitely be furious when he comes back. !

"County Lord, don't be angry. We have found out where this rumor came from. The first person who said these things was a customer of Tanji Restaurant. Later, for some reason, more and more people spread the rumor. There must be someone behind it. I did it on purpose, trying to ruin your reputation! Baixiyuan has already cooperated with me to explain, and they will definitely not let the person behind it succeed!"

Chen Xi nodded coldly: "Check inside Baixi Garden to see if someone is deliberately talking nonsense, but your attitude should be softer and don't offend them before there is concrete evidence!"

Dong Baozhen was stunned: "The county chief suspects that someone inside Baixi Garden deliberately leaked the situation that day?"

"I don't know, but you can't go wrong if you check!" After all, so many people came that day, who knows if there is any secret work from the enemy country.

Because it was Dong Baozhen, Meng He and the two nuns who suggested that Chen Xi listen to the show, but now that they heard something was wrong, everyone was in a bad mood.

Originally, Chen Xi was looking forward to Lin Changqing's return as soon as possible, but now, Chen Xi thinks that he should continue to stay in Cangzhou. It won't be too late for him to come back after she finds out all these messy things!

But sometimes people are so unlucky that their teeth become clogged even after drinking cold water!

On the second day after Chen Xi learned about the rumors, Lin Changqing suddenly returned!

Lin Changqing came back, his face covered with dust. He only had time to wipe his hands and face before coming over to see Chen Xi's condition.

When he saw that Chen Xi's belly was bigger and his face was fleshier than before, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"I'm going to wash up first, then I'll come over and have dinner with you!"

After Lin Changqing left in a hurry, Chen Xi quickly said to Dong Baozhen, Meng He and the two nuns: "Obviously, this matter cannot be hidden from your lord. If your lord asks you what happened, don't be so smart as to hide anything. I am aboveboard and not afraid. rumor!"

Except for Dong Baozhen, everyone else nodded.

Chen Xi naturally saw Dong Baozhen's appearance clearly, and then called Dong Baozhen to him, "What's wrong?"

Dong Baozhen said carefully: "Master, I don't think the general will be happy if you say it so frankly!"

Chen Xi rolled his eyes at her: "I know, but I have a clear conscience!"

Dong Baozhen said in his heart: You have a clear conscience, but you did say a few words to the actor that day, and you even gave him a special reward!

Since coming to Chen Xi, Dong Baozhen has almost forgotten the stern General Lin in the past, but after this incident, especially when it had something to do with her, Dong Baozhen suddenly felt like her skin was tightening!

She could almost predict that the general would not be angry with his master, but people like them would not feel so comfortable!

Dong Baozhen quietly called her brother and told him to catch the murderer who spread the rumors as soon as possible no matter what method he used!

Only by making amends, maybe we can get through safely this time!