Master Luo Cao

The small county magistrate is serious but not rigid, and he does extraordinary things at extraordinary times. He asked passers-by where Chunlai's squad is, and he and Kou Luoche rushed into the backstage, and said to the back of Zheng Chunlai's neck: "Squad leader Zheng, I heard You guys are going to play a play tonight, "Legend of the Fox Fairy" written by Xiaochunlou?"

Zheng Chunlai only felt a chill on the back of his neck, and his hairs stood upside down. He turned his head and saw that it was Fu Yunshu. He was very surprised, "Magistrate Fu? Why did you come here suddenly?"

"Hush," Kou Luoche put his index finger in front of his mouth, and said softly, "Master Fu is traveling in plain clothes, so don't say anything."

Zheng Chunlai hastily covered his mouth and nodded.

Fu Yunshu said in a low voice: "I heard about your troupe's new play, and I was curious, so I came to ask specifically." After a pause, he asked, "You tell me the truth, is this opera excerpt really written by Xiaochunlou?"

Zheng Chunlai held up three fingers, patted his chest and said, "It's absolutely true, the little one was also a manuscript I found in his room not long ago, and this kid has been secretly writing without letting me know!"

Fu Yunshu asked: "In that case, why didn't you report it?"

Zheng Chunlai choked, "This..."

Kou Luoche smiled and said: "Squad Master Zheng, what is the crime of deceiving the court officials? You have to weigh it carefully. It is not worth it to suffer such a big crime for a few copper coins."

Zheng Chunlai felt guilty all of a sudden, his eyes were evasive and he didn't dare to look at them, he murmured for a moment, and said: "My lord, it is true that Xiaochunlou didn't write the playbook... But it can't be regarded as not being written by him..."

Fu Yunshu said coldly: "Speak clearly!"

Zheng Chunlai closed his eyes, and said bravely, "What I found in his room was not a ready-made playbook, but... an essay."

When Xiaochunlou disappeared for no reason earlier, Zheng Chunlai had already turned his room upside down, but apart from some facial features, costumes, rouge and gouache, there were bottles and jars of various pills that he had collected from everywhere. , nothing special, and did not leave a farewell letter to Zheng Chunlai, so he locked the room and never went in to see it again.Later, when he came back from meeting Fu Yunshu in Jiuhe County, Zheng Chunlai thought more and more about the disappearance of Xiaochunlou after being dialed by Fu County Magistrate. He flipped anxiously, and accidentally dropped the wooden box containing the bottle on the ground. The wooden box was not very strong, and it fell to pieces, revealing another thing inside.

Xiaochunlou's essays.

It turned out that the flower heads were not in the bottle, but in the wooden box containing the bottle.The wooden box is not small, but the interlayer is only a thin layer, so Zheng Chunlai didn't notice it before.He hurriedly opened it to take a look——

"It contains some stories about his encounter with the fox fairy!" Zheng Chunlai said, "Xiaochun Building is not on stage, and the big guys don't buy it. Our theater troupe is not as good as before. After finally getting such a book, I will find it. People watch it edited, edited, and edited, and wrote... it became a play excerpt."

"Why didn't such important evidence be handed over to the Yamen?!" Fu Yunshu shouted angrily in a low voice.

Zheng Chun knew he was wronged, lowered his head and said with a mournful face: "My lord, it's not that I don't want to, it's just that the troupe can't support without Xiaochunlou. He has disappeared for so long, it's hard to say whether he will come back. There are dozens of mouths to feed, so I have to make a bad move."

Kou Luoche patted Fu Yunshu on the shoulder reassuringly, then turned to Zheng Chun and said, "We won't stop you if you want to support your family, and we didn't come here on purpose to make trouble. , but Xiaochunlou's essay is of great importance, you need to give it to us."

As soon as he heard that the fortune was not broken, Zheng Chunlai showed joy and nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, I will take it and give it to the two adults!"

After a sound of clappers, Huqin and Tanggu started together. Huadan in costume babbled and babbled on the stage, holding her orchid fingers, her eyes rolling, and sang: "Last night, the rain was dredging and the wind was ruthless. How to destroy Zhong Haitang, let me go and see."

Kou Luoche sat in a corner of the front row, and said softly to Fu Yunshu beside him, "I have seen a lot of stories about the scholar and the fox fairy, but I don't know how the opera girl and the fox fairy will develop."

Fu Yunshu lowered his head and flipped through Xiaochunlou's essays that he had stolen from Zheng Chunlai, and said in a low voice, "Isn't Xiaochunlou the opera singer?"

The picture on the stage has changed, a large pot of crabapple flowers was put on it, Hua Dan was holding a handkerchief and pretending to watch over there, when a puff of smoke rose from the other side of the stage, the mist cleared, and a white-clothed, dragged figure appeared. The man with a fox tail and a fox mask turned his head and sang to the audience: "Thousands of years of practice are lonely, and even with a blazing heart, riding the wind and fog into the world of mortals, I saw such a beautiful young lady at a glance. Immortals are surprised and delighted, wait for me to come forward and teach this little lady to be a husband and wife for life with me."

Kou Luoche said with a smile: "In order not to teach others to guess that this is Xiaochunlou's own business, Zheng Chunlai has really painstakingly changed the gender of the people in the essay." It's kind of interesting when it comes out, I can't help but pinch the melon seeds and start nibbling.Turning to see Fu Yunshu looking at the booklet seriously, he raised his hand to close the book, met Fu Yunshu's astonished eyes, and persuaded: "The light here is too dark, be careful reading it. There are only a few short essays in it, which I didn't read before. Have you seen it all?"

Fu Yunshu said: "If this case is not solved for a day, I will feel uneasy." Even though he said this, he still obediently closed the book.

Kou Luoche said: "After all, we are going to the state capital. After finishing our business, we will go to the Yunjian Temple to find out."

Fu Yunshu nodded and said, "Okay."

Xiaochunlou wrote in his essay: On April [-]th, I went to the prefecture with my master to sing an opera. After singing a song, I coughed continuously. When I saw the handkerchief again, I had hemoptysis. I was panicked. Ling, Chunlou went alone and got a lottery. Fortunately, the presiding officer of the temple said that there will be good news in the near future, and I feel a little at ease.

On April [-]th, on the way back to the hometown, there was a heavy rain. Chunlou and the opera troupe hurriedly hid in an abandoned ancient temple in the field. The heavy rain continued, and they might spend the night here.

At night, Chunlou woke up from a dream, and everyone in the troupe had already fallen asleep. For some reason, there was a sound of howling foxes. Chunlou walked out of the temple gate with a knife, but saw a boy with buns. He disappeared for a moment. Chunlou searched for several hours. , You can see the fairy under the hydrangea.The fairy's face is dazzling, and Chunlou's body is mortal, so she can't look directly at it.

The fairy said that seeing each other is a destined person, and she can make a wish in Chunlou.Chunlou said that mortals are greedy. I have two wishes. One is to be healthy and free from illnesses; the other is to be favored by fairies and be my husband and wife forever.The fairy got angry and walked away.Alas, it's too late for Chunlou to regret.

The opera singer who stretched her neck on the stage and watched the show for a long time finally turned around. Seeing the strange man who suddenly appeared behind her, she took three steps back in a very artificial manner, pinched the orchid finger to cover her face shyly, and sang: "Where is the handsome man from? Silent Falling in front of my family without a breath, I am really ashamed of my family."

Fu Yunshu also held a handful of melon seeds and looked at it seriously, and Kou Luoche approached to the side and said: "The mask is so big and it still pokes on the face, how can she see that she is a handsome gentleman?"

Kou Luoche said: "Xiaochunlou didn't even see the face of that Laozi fox fairy clearly, so she wanted to be a husband and wife with her. It can be seen that the adaptation of this play is quite reliable."

The male fox fairy sang: "Don't be afraid, little lady, don't be ashamed, little lady, Hu just saw you standing there for a long time, and was confused and confused. Little lady, how dare you ask why you are so crazy? Why are you so bewildered?"

The opera singer sang: "To tell the truth, Mr. Hu, my family went out to see the crabapple flowers, but saw that the crabapple flowers had already fallen. I was heartbroken and hurt. I don't know what to do."

The male fox fairy turned his head and sang to the audience: "This fairy can move mountains and seas, and can turn stones into gold. Why don't you worry about making the little lady smile? Let me cast a spell." Flicking his fingers at the withered crabapple tree, Bangzi There was a light knock, and immediately two people quickly changed the crabapple flowers into a pot of blooming ones.The male fox fairy sang again: "Little lady, don't be sad and sad. When the flowers fall and bloom again, just look there!"

The opera singer raised her head and said "Ah" in surprise, she made a Xizi holding a heart and staggered around the Begonia flower three times, then turned her head to look at the male fox fairy, and sang: "Lang Jun, ah, where are you from?" Immortal wandering here? How can you make the falling flowers bloom again, and make the slaves' hearts bloom?"

"Let's not hide this, little lady," the male fox fairy took the initiative, moved in front of the singer, gently held her hand holding the handkerchief, and sang: "I am a Taoist fox in the eight hundred miles of Dongting Lake. Immortal, I got to see my lady today, she is so beautiful that she fascinated me, I am willing to give up that cave and my fairy residence, just to be able to be a husband and wife with my little lady.”

Fu Yunshu ate melon seeds and said indifferently: "Does Dongting Lake still produce foxes? Don't be a crab crawling out to bluff people."

Kou Luoche said: "Maybe it's a water fox, but it's hard to say."

The singer loosened her hands and the veil fell to the ground. She turned her head shyly and embarrassedly, and sang: "Lang is an immortal in the sky, and slaves are the mud under his feet. If the clouds and mud meet, they will be separated. The fairy is in the heaven, but the slave is Go down to the top, dare not climb high, dare not dream."

The male fox fairy sang: "Don't compare yourself to clouds and mud, don't talk about climbing high. If you can cross a boat with a hundred years of cultivation, and sleep with a thousand years of cultivation, if you can stay with the little lady, I am willing to practice for another 1000 years, just to cast spells for you, see This crabapple is blooming."

Fu Yunshu ate up all the melon seeds in his hand, and clapped his hands lightly. As the temperature at night became cooler, he put his hands into his sleeves and said, "It's kind of interesting. The fox is very persistent in love at first sight, but I don't know if this opera girl is still there." How will you continue to refuse."

As soon as the words fell, the opera singer on the stage sang: "I never thought that my husband's love is higher than the mountain, and my husband's love is deeper than the sea. I dare not let you down. I am willing to promise you this lifetime, and I will be a husband and wife with you forever." Leaning lightly in the arms of the male fox fairy.

Kou Luoche said: "She doesn't seem to want to continue to refuse."

The male fox fairy held the beauty in his arms, and sang to the audience: "I have practiced for thousands of years, and once I get out of the horse, it is really easy to catch. This little lady is both fresh and delicious, and I must enjoy it well." Saying this, he took off his mask , revealing a delicate and handsome face, grinned and smiled at the audience.

The author has something to say:

I don't know anything about opera, all the above are nonsense, any similarity is purely coincidental.