Marry a eunuch to catch demons

However, after Ye Ge left in a hurry that night, he headed back to the house where the lower-class guys lived in the theater garden.

At this time, there were already a few guys in the house who were off work, lying or sitting on the floor together on the big bunk, and Ye Ge might have to open the windows to let off the smell of sweat.

But now he couldn't care about these anymore, and he pressed his back against the door panel as soon as he entered the door, panting heavily.Ye Ge's heart was already in a mess, and he couldn't tell whether it was fear or discomfort. After a while, he plunged into his own bedding in a daze.

But this night, Ye Ge was destined to not sleep well.It didn't take long for him to develop a high fever, and he was in a daze, his throat was so dry and sore.

He wanted to struggle to get up to drink some water, but failed to get up after several attempts, and instead was pulled into a chaotic dream.

Ye Ge first dreamed that she was on the stage, wearing a red and gold costume, and Xie Zhen with a blurred face was sitting under the stage.But in a trance, he felt that he had fallen into Xie Zhen's arms, but the costume on his body had turned into a worn gray jacket, which made him feel ashamed and ashamed. He just wanted to leave Xie Zhen's arms, but he didn't want to see Xie Zhen in front of him. It turned into a dark ghost again, its sharp claws clasping his arm tightly.No matter how Ye Ge struggled, she couldn't break free...

It wasn't until dawn the next day that this continuous dream was over.

Ye Ge struggled to open his eyes. The workers in the same room had already got up one after another, yelling loudly in the room. Some of them had already packed up, so they pushed the door and went out. The gusts of cold wind blew straight onto Ye Ge. .

He also wanted to force himself to get up, but he didn't want to have no strength at all, and just a little movement caused a cold sweat all over his body.

Ye Ge knew that he might not be able to work today, so he wanted to ask someone he knew in the same room to help him take a leave of absence from the manager.However, Zhang Zhuzi, Hu Xiaojin and others who were familiar with him were not there, so Ye Ge had to hide under the quilt and wait for them to come back after washing.

It was during this time that a few guys not far from him gathered together to gossip, and it fell into Ye Ge's ears intentionally or unintentionally.

"Have you heard, Mr. Xie, he came to our theater again yesterday." The one who spoke was the most speechless among the clerks.

"Mr. Xie, is that also from the Xie family in the east of the city? I just know that the Xie family has an elder and a second master, and several young masters. Why haven't I heard that there is a third master in his family?"

As soon as the Matou heard that he had the opportunity to show off, he immediately began to talk endlessly: "You don't know that, although the Xie family's uncle and second master are mighty, but the Xie family's family background is like this." The third master earned it... But, for some reason, this third master has been away from home since he was a child, and only came back once in a few years..."

There was also a well-informed person on the side, who also continued: "Yes, I also heard that the Xie family's business houses and cloth stores are all opened by the Xie family with the money of the third master."

"I also heard that this time the third master will not leave when he comes back, and he is preparing to open a large factory on the Huaiyang River these days! He really stole the limelight."

"Oh, no wonder the class leader is willing to let Baoying come out to accompany him--when I went to the front yesterday, I was watching Baoying go upstairs. Those waists, legs, and faces are more exciting than women. I don't know that. The third master was served by him hehehe..."

The few people who got together would give a low laugh in satisfaction. Ye Ge was already feeling uncomfortable, but now he was very dizzy. He only felt that the quilt was weighing heavily on him, as if it was going to suffocate him to death.

But at this moment, an older Chinese character couldn't help but spat, and said very contemptuously: "Bah, what's the use of Baoying being born well, then the third master is just—"

Before he finished speaking, the door was pushed open, and the room immediately became silent.

Although Ye Ge was burning in a daze, she could feel something was wrong in the room, and turned her head to look in the direction of the door with difficulty. It was actually Meng Guanshi, who walked in slowly with his hands behind his back.

"You guys keep talking, I'm just here to talk to the pigeons." With a smile on his fat face, Manager Meng waved casually to the people around him, and walked to Ye Ge's bed by himself.

When Ye Ge heard Guanshi Meng's words, although his brain turned a little slowly, he also vaguely guessed that it might have something to do with what happened last night.

Sure enough, after a while, he felt a chill on his head, but it was Guanshi Meng who reached out to his forehead: "Hey, Ge Zi, what's wrong with you, your head is so hot."

Of course, Ye Ge couldn't answer him, but just shook his head and closed his eyes again.

Seeing this, Meng Guanshi sighed: "It's just right, the class leader asked me to come over to pass on a message, asking you not to go to work in the front, and you can take advantage of these few days to recuperate in the house."

Don't go to work in the front...do you not want me to meet Mr. Xie...

Ye Ge was in a daze, and couldn't think of the key to it, but tried to open his eyes and looked at Guanshi Meng.

Unfortunately, he was so ill that his vision blurred after a while.He could vaguely feel what Meng Guanshi said to the guys in the room again, but he couldn't hear clearly, and soon fell asleep again.

This time, Ye Ge didn't know how long he slept, and he didn't wake up until he was so hungry that he couldn't stand it.

It was already night outside, and the room was dark, with thick oil paper pasted on the windows, covering the light of the lanterns hanging on the porch outside in sevens and eighties.

Perhaps it was because of the high fever that had just passed, Ye Ge felt light and without any strength, but his mouth seemed to have been overdried, and there was only a bitter taste of numbness.

The previous play should not be over yet, and he could faintly hear a few gongs and drums.But because of this, no buddy came back to the house, and Ye Ge couldn't find anyone who could help, so he had to sit up on the cold bed, planning to find something to eat.

But as soon as he lifted the heavy quilt, he froze in place.

The north wind blew the lantern shaking, and the remaining lights became increasingly dim, but it was in this light that Ye Ge clearly saw a dark figure standing at the door of the room.

He was wearing a weird Tsing Yi theater gown, the wide sleeves were hanging down without support, almost dragging to the ground.But looking up, he only had a very small and shriveled head, and his black and withered face was no different from a skeleton in the dark night.

Ye Ge couldn't help holding his breath, he wanted to find something to defend himself, but all he had was a dry and cold bedding.The sound of the wind outside scattered the sound of the play, and the intermittent "babbling" sounded very much like the ghost cry heard last night.

At this moment, the man in the costume suddenly moved stiffly, one side of his body shrugged and leaned forward, his two arms were weakly swinging with the movement, and then the other side continued to move forward.

This kind of action was weird and funny, Ye Ge didn't dare to be careless at all, and could only keep retreating on the bed.

But just as he was concentrating on the person in front of him, something grabbed his shoulder suddenly.

Ye Ge almost stopped breathing, he could already think of what was behind him, and he didn't dare to move.

But the thing behind him didn't let him go, and soon his other shoulder was also grabbed, and then a dry face with a long nose and mouth, with a strong smell of shame, arrived in front of him .

Ye Ge was so smoked by the smell that he almost vomited. He wanted to struggle to avoid it, but found that his body could not move at all, and his consciousness gradually became blurred.

Ye Ge really couldn't remember all the things after that, he just vaguely felt that the two withered men in the room supported him one by one on the left and the other on the right, and when he regained consciousness a little, he found that he had already He was taken to the backstage of Liuxiang Pavilion, a small booth used for makeup.

The two withered men seemed to have made arrangements, and placed Ye Ge in front of one of the dressing tables.Ye Ge's body was still unable to move, he tried his best to keep himself awake, looking at the environment behind him through the bronze mirror on the dressing table.

I saw the two people who brought him here before were standing stiffly behind him at the moment. Not long after, a person in a pink costume came over.

A few candles were lit in the makeup room, and Ye Ge was able to see the appearance of these people clearly.

They were indeed wearing costumes, but they were very old, and there were even large pieces of damage in many places.What surprised Ye Ge even more was that their faces were not skull-shaped as he thought before. Although the heads were small, they were covered with a layer of hair. Their eyebrows and eyes were very similar to those of humans, but their noses and mouths were extremely thin. , it looks like...a fox.

Connecting with the fishy smell he smelt before, Ye Ge became more certain of his guess, and the fox-headed man in pink who just came in had already walked in front of him.With slender, dry black hands, he took out all kinds of inks and powders from the dressing table, and smeared them on Ye Ge's face very stiffly and clumsily.

It's a pity that his craftsmanship is really difficult, and after several tosses, Ye Ge's face was painted red and white.Ye Ge looked at his own image in the mirror, his eyes were almost filled with tears just now, but now he suppressed it again, almost laughing and cursing.

But the man in pink didn't stop there. After he finished painting Ye Ge's face, he turned around and swayed to the hanger where the costumes were placed. He didn't care what kind of clothes he was wearing, he just hugged a ball and walked back. , and then began to put on Ye Ge one by one.

But the clothes are not as good as ink, it's not that he can do whatever he wants, the man in pink struggled for a long time before he managed to dress Ye Ge crookedly.

At this time, the sound of firecrackers suddenly came from the stage separated by a wall, and the two people who brought Ye Ge here before, as soon as they heard the firecrackers, immediately walked to Ye Ge's side, one left and one right again. Ye Ge stood up and quickly walked to the curtain leading to the stage.