Three Kingdoms King of the North

Han Zhan, who has seen the Three Kingdoms, decided to use Cao Mengde's strategy of separating Ma Chao and Han Sui to deal with Yang Qi and Penglai Ling.He pointed at Jushou with his hand, and said to him: "Gongyu can write a book, Shan and Penglai Order, and tell him the old things in Beijing. , deliberately let Yang Qi know about it. After Yang Qi learned about it, he would ask for a book to read. If he saw the important places on the above, he would erase everything. He only guessed that it was the Penglai order who feared that he knew something very confidential, so he erased it by himself. In this way, There must be a quarrel between the two of them, and if you send someone to instigate them in the future, the two will naturally turn against each other, and maybe they will kill each other before I do anything."

After hearing Han Zhan's plan, Ju Shou was taken aback for a moment, but then he figured out the key point, and praised again and again: "My lord, this plan is really wonderful, it will definitely make Yang Qi and Penglai turn against each other. I will go back to revise the book now, and send someone to deliver the order to Penglai overnight."

After Jushou left, Han Zhan looked down at the outline of the story written in front of him, and suddenly felt that if he wanted to finish the story of Journey to the West, he might not be able to finish it in a month or two, so he took a pen and erased it.After thinking about it for a while, I felt that changing the story of the female consort might be more popular with Han Yan and others.

Thinking of this, Han Zhan crumpled the paper on the table, threw it on the ground, took another piece of paper, and wrote down the stories of the female consort that he recalled on the paper one by one.Of course, he modified the content that was not suitable for this dynasty. For example, when Feng Suzhen went to take part in the imperial examinations to save Li Zhaoting, she changed it to be an official in Beijing after being named Xiaolian. .

After Han Zhan made such a change, he seemed to feel that there were many unreasonable things in this story. He raised his pen and wanted to erase this story and write a new one.At this moment, he suddenly heard someone coughing heavily behind him, which made him shiver in fright.

Before he could turn around, he heard Han Yan's laughter behind him, probably amused by Han Zhan's reaction.Han Zhan just wanted to turn around and reprimand Han Yan, but he heard Cai Yan's familiar voice: "Yan'er, don't be naughty, I see you scare your brother."

"You guys are here!" In front of Cai Yan, Han Zhan really couldn't lose his temper with Han Yan, so he turned around and grinned, and said, "I'm going to look for you in the backyard."

"Brother, what are you writing?" Han Yan saw the piece of paper that Han Zhan put on the table at a glance, and reached out to pick it up. Because the movement was too fast, Han Zhan didn't stop it even if he wanted to.

Han Yan glanced at the title, with a strange expression on her face, she read in a low voice: "The female son-in-law?!" Then she turned her head and asked Cai Yan, "Sister Zhaoji, have you ever heard of a female son-in-law? ?”

"No, I've never heard of it." Cai Yan looked at Han Zhan with a smile on his face, and said to Han Yan, "I think this should be a story that your elder brother just made up and is going to tell us."

"That's right." Han Zhan heard Cai Yan talking to him, and quickly echoed, "I'm writing an interesting story, and I plan to tell it to you later."

Knowing that Han Zhan made up the story, Han Yan grabbed Han Zhan's arm and said impatiently, "Brother, since your story has been made up, hurry up and tell us in the backyard. You I don’t know, we stay in the backyard every day, we can’t go anywhere, people are almost suffocated.”

Hearing what Han Yan said, Han Zhan thought to himself: Should I introduce Peking Opera, Huangmei Opera, and Yue Opera in advance?With these kinds of dramas, not only Cai Yan and Han Yan can relieve their boredom, but also the emperor Xiandi of the Han Dynasty, the military officials of the court, and the common people in Beijing can have something to entertain themselves.When everyone's business life is enriched, no one will always think about dealing with themselves.

Seeing Han Yan dragging him to the backyard, Han Zhan quickly broke free from her hand and said to her, "Yan'er, don't pull me, why don't I go with you? I'll go to the backyard now and tell you this new story. made up stories."

Chapter 494 Han Zhan Tells a Story

When he came to the backyard, Han Zhan saw that there were quite a lot of people in the room. In addition to Xia Houyun and Lihua, there were also several singers such as Jade and Ah Nuan.Seeing Han Zhan entering the room, everyone hurried forward, and saluted him in unison, "I'm waiting to see you, son!"

Although Han Zhan is now the Marquis of Anyang, he is young after all, so in the backyard, he asked everyone to call him son, instead of calling him master, master or something like that.He stretched out his hand to help, and said to everyone, "There is no need to be too polite, just sit down."

After everyone sat down, Han Yan excitedly said to everyone, "Today my elder brother is going to tell a story, everyone is quiet, and listen to what story he is telling."

Han Zhan went straight to the head of the big round table in the middle of the room, and after sitting down, he raised his head and said to the girls standing around, "Everyone, please sit down."

Seeing that Han Zhan had already taken his seat, Cai Yan and Xia Houyun sat down on his left and right sides, while Han Yan sat across from him.After the four sat down, the rest took their seats one by one.

After Han Zhan and everyone else were seated, he coughed lightly, cleared his throat, and said, "I have nothing to do, Benhou will tell you a story about "The Female Consort" today..."

Before she finished speaking, Fei Cui, who was sitting on the lower right hand, tilted her body, put her head close to Ah Nuan, and asked in a low voice, "Female son-in-law? Ah Nuan, have you ever heard that son-in-law has women?"

Ah Nuan quickly glanced at Han Zhan who was sitting in the main seat, and whispered, "Don't talk, listen to the young master's story."

Jade didn't get the answer she wanted from Ah Nuan, so she couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.I wanted to ask again, but I was afraid that other people, like Ah Nuan, also didn't know what was going on with the female son-in-law.She could only sit up straight, look at Han Zhan, and wait patiently for him to tell a story.

The original storyline of "The Son-in-Law" was that Feng Suzhen and Li Zhaoting were childhood sweethearts, and her mother made the decision to marry.Later, Li's family fell into decline, Feng's mother died of illness, and her stepmother forced Li Zhaoting to withdraw from the marriage because she hated the poor and loved the rich.Feng Suzhen gave money to Li Zhaoting from the garden, but was caught by Feng's father, who accused Li of being a thief, sent him to prison, and forced Suzhen to remarry someone else.

Feng Suzhen disguised herself as a woman and escaped from the house. She took the exam under the name of Li Zhaoting in the capital.On the night of festive candles, Suzhen revealed her identity to the princess, and with the help of the princess, she reversed the case for Li Zhaoting.Later, the emperor accepted Suzhen as a righteous daughter and released Li Zhaoting, who had been imprisoned unjustly; he also recruited Suzhen's brother and ex-convict number one scholar Feng Shaoying as his new son-in-law.The two couples married Qin and Jin at the same time.

If Han Zhan lived in the Ming Dynasty, then this story can be copied directly.But at the end of the Han Dynasty today, there is no imperial examination, so naturally there will be no new champions, and such things as winning the champion and being recruited by the royal family will naturally not appear in the story.Otherwise, Han Zhan would not have such a headache when choosing a story.

After Feng Suzhen ran away from home, Han Zhan turned it into a lodging in a certain place. When he met the master’s son who was a heavy soldier, Suzhen cured the other party’s stubborn illness by relying on her excellent art of distorting yellow.In order to express his gratitude to Suzhen, the owner of the family accepted Suzhen as his adopted son, and asked his son to replace him as Xiaolian.

Apart from being recruited by the court, the best way to become an official in the Han Dynasty is to be filial and honest.After Han Zhan made such a change, the whole story became more reasonable, and he told it more smoothly.The following storyline became that after Suzhen was promoted to be filial and honest, she went to a certain county as an official. In less than a year, she managed the local area so that she never closed the house and did not pick up things. Because of the appreciation of the emperor, she was recruited to the capital. To be an official.When meeting the saint, the emperor saw that Suzhen was handsome and unmarried, so he was happy for a while, so he recruited her as his son-in-law.

When Han Zhan said this, Jade, who couldn't sit still, burst out laughing.Everyone was listening with gusto, but when Fei Cui interrupted her, they naturally looked at her with some dissatisfaction.Seeing everyone staring at her, Fei Cui explained with some embarrassment, "I think this emperor is so confused that he can't even tell the difference between men and women."

Lihua, who had already been fascinated by what she had heard, said to Fei Cui dissatisfiedly, "If you were the emperor, I'm afraid you would never have imagined that your minister would be a woman..."

Before Li Hua finished speaking, she was interrupted by Cai Yan, "Li Hua, don't say such things about the Holy Majesty, be careful that disasters come out of your mouth. Let's continue to listen to the son's story. My son, hurry up and tell me, Feng Suzhen was recruited as a son-in-law. Won't the princess see through the bridal chamber?" She was eager to know the next story, and the last two sentences were for Han Zhan.

"That's right, big brother, tell me quickly." Han Yan couldn't bear it anymore, and kept urging Han Zhan, "Has Feng Suzhen been found out by the princess? How did she deal with it after she was found out?"

The most difficult process of recruiting relatives in the whole story was all made up by Han Zhan, and the rest is the content of the original work, so it is naturally extremely easy to tell.When talking about Feng Suzhen's identity being discovered by the princess, he suddenly felt that his arms were being grabbed. He didn't need to look to know that the people who grabbed his arms were Cai Yan and Xia Houyun sitting on the left and right.

Han Zhan couldn't help feeling secretly happy. He knew very well that his story must be wonderful. The suspense in the story deeply attracted them and made them nervous involuntarily.But he was happy for a short time. When it was said that the princess threatened Suzhen, saying that she would sue the emperor and put her to death, he suddenly felt pain from both arms, especially Xia Houyun, a woman who was born as a general. It was so big that it almost broke my arm.

Han Zhan gasped, and said to Xia Houyun with a bitter face, "Yun'er, can you let go of your hand? Benhou's hand is almost broken."

Realizing that he had caused trouble, Xia Houyun blushed, and quickly let go of Han Zhan's arm, and said a little embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, my lord, I was too nervous to hear this, and I couldn't help it for a while. Please forgive me, lord." Cai Yan, who grabbed Han Zhan's arm on the other side, also hurriedly let go.

The following story is naturally a happy reunion ending for everyone.After everyone listened, they all breathed a sigh of relief.Cai Yan smiled faintly, and said to Han Zhan, "Master, the story you told today is really unique. I have never heard such a story before. I wonder if you can continue to tell it to my sisters tomorrow?"

"No problem, Benhou is fine at home recently, so you can tell stories slowly."

Cai Yan heard something was wrong from Han Zhan's words, and immediately restrained the smile on his face.She turned her head to the other people sitting at the table and said, "It's getting late, young master must be tired long ago, everyone should go back and rest." When everyone heard Cai Yan say this, they all got up from their seats and said goodbye.

After Cai Yan waited for only himself, Xia Houyun and Han Zhan to be left in the room, he asked tentatively, "My lord, from what you said, I don't seem to plan to go to court in the near future?"

"That's right." The people in front of him are all the people he trusts the most, so Han Zhan naturally doesn't need to hide his true thoughts, he nodded and said, "Benhou is too powerful now, if I go in and out of the court every day, I'm afraid more people will be killed." The courtiers were uneasy, and simply said that they were sick at home and would not go to court, so as not to become a target of public criticism."

Cai Yan's father, Cai Yong, died at the hands of Wang Yun, so she naturally understood what it would be like for a person with too much power in the court.However, those who controlled the government in this dynasty did not end well in the end.Therefore, she very much agrees with Han Zhan's way of retreating bravely.She nodded and said, "Young Master, I think it's not a bad thing to show up in the court less. Then in the next few days, I will trouble you to tell stories to the sisters in the backyard every day."

The thoughts before coming to the backyard came to Han Zhan's mind again, and he tentatively asked Cai Yan, "Zhao Ji, tell me, if the story Benhou just told is expressed in the form of opera, will it be better?" How many people like it?"

Han Zhan originally thought that after he said these words, Cai Yan would immediately help him make suggestions.Unexpectedly, after she finished speaking, Cai Yan looked at herself with a confused face, and after a long time, she asked, "My lord, I don't understand what opera is?"

Three Kingdoms King of the North

Chapter 495 The Huangmei Opera that came out ahead of time

Cai Yan's words stunned Han Zhan, and he suddenly remembered that the real opera should have arisen in the Song Dynasty, perfected in the Yuan Dynasty, and formally formed in the Ming Dynasty.As for the Han Dynasty, although "Hundred Operas" also appeared, they are actually a general term for folk songs and dances, acrobatics, martial arts, and magic, not the kind of operas I understand.Since there is no such thing as "opera" at this time, it is only natural that Cai Yan, a talented woman with a lot of education, does not know what opera is.

Seeing that Han Zhan was silent, the considerate Cai Yan smiled and said in order to relieve his embarrassment, "Master, why don't you tell this concubine, if you turn the story of "The Concubine" into an opera? "

"In the previous dynasty, there was a kind of martial arts entertainment based on jiaodai, with storylines and soundtracks, which was called jiaodaixi." Han Zhan asked in an uncertain tone, "I don't know if you know?"

"Of course I know." Cai Yan nodded, and then asked, "Emperor Wu set up a Yuefu, collected alley songs, and promoted the development of music and dance. After the imperial court opened up the road to the Western Regions, some dances from the Western Regions also flowed into the Central Plains. Therefore, Baixi The performance is unprecedented, and even the palace has hosted several large-scale performances of a hundred operas." After briefly popularizing the common sense of a hundred operas to Han Zhan, she asked tentatively, "If you need someone to perform, my lord, you can contact the palace. In the Yuefu order, he is in charge of instrumental music, singing and dancing, and music performances."

Han Zhan felt that what Cai Yan said made sense. This kind of thing needs to be handled by professionals, so he walked to the door and shouted outside, "Come here!"

Following the shout, Patch, the housekeeper in the backyard, appeared in front of Han Zhan. He lowered his head and asked respectfully, "I don't know what your order is, sir?"

"Send someone quickly to invite Yuefu Ling!"

Patch promised, turned around and was about to leave.But just two steps away, Han Zhan stopped him.Patch quickly stopped in his tracks, turned around and looked at Han Zhan, not knowing what else his son had to tell him.Unexpectedly, Han Zhan shook his head and said, "Anyway, Yuefu Ling is an official of the court. It's too late now. If this Marquis rashly recruits him into the mansion, it may cause gossip. Let's forget it."

Although it was getting late and we couldn't ask the Yuefu order to enter the mansion, Bagu lived in the mansion, and it was the same to ask her for advice on instrumental music, singing and dancing, and music.Thinking of this, Han Zhan went on to say, "Patch, go and invite Rob's family over. The Marquis has something important to ask her."

"From Rob's family?" Patch heard Han Zhan's order, and couldn't help asking for a while, "Who is the young master talking about?"

Han Zhan was so angry that he almost kicked him. He had seen stupid people, but he had never seen such a stupid one. He said angrily, "It's Bagu, isn't he from Rob's family now?" After Han Zhan said this, Patch understood Who is the person to call, he smirked twice, turned and ran away.

Bagu was surprised when Patch heard that Han Zhan had something to do with him.In any case, I can be regarded as Rob's family member. If there is anything, I should go to Rob directly and let him pass the message to me, instead of asking the housekeeper to call me over.

But since it was Han Zhan who recruited, Bagu didn't dare to neglect, and quickly followed Patch to the back hall.