【Zhou Ye】The King of Luoyang

"This man, he was sent out by the imperial government before and stayed abroad. He definitely has the ability, but his old man is a scholar of the former Qing Dynasty. He is full of loyalty. He is not allowed to work in the government office that overthrew the bannerman. He simply I just herded sheep, and spent most of my time in the Peking Opera troupe, writing and writing music for Lalaqin. He wrote to me before, saying that he would follow this troupe and run around, and he would come to Luoyang soon... Um, could it be me? You have bad eyesight, did you see it wrong?" Ye Xiu said, scratching his clean chin.

Ye Xiuai's nonsense was true, but he was always unambiguous in business matters, and he would never make up such things to deceive Zhou Zekai.Jiang Botao asked almost without hesitation, "What is this person's name?"

"Tian Sen."

Jiang Botao and Zhou Zekai looked at each other, neither of them had heard of this name before, but according to Ye Xiu, it was not surprising that they had never heard of it. In times of chaos and turmoil, there are many capable people scattered among the people. Jianghu Yexiu.

He still wanted to know more, so he said, "Mr. Ye has a lot of friends..."

"How did you know each other?" Zhou Zekai cut off Jiang Botao's words.What Jiang Botao wanted to ask was precisely this meaning, but before the useful words were laid out, Zhou Zekai went straight in.

"Well..." Ye Xiu was still playing tricks, as if he was afraid that someone would steal his contacts, "When I lived in the capital, he heard about me from Wang Dayan, and came to me to appraise treasures crying. , we got to know each other once we came and went.”

Zhou Jiang already knew that Wang Big Eye was Ye Xiu's nickname for the owner of Weicaotang, Wang Jiexi, but he was so magnanimous, he called out Zeng Hua's name to deceive Zhou Zekai without any embarrassment!

Ye Xiu's tone was brisk, he was about to fly, and he missed the days when he lived temporarily in the capital, and it fell into Zhou Zekai's ears, as if he was flirting with each other.

"You guys know each other very well?" Still communicating with each other?Also meet in Luoyang?

"That's right," Jiang Botao said regardless of whether Zhou Zekai took the opportunity to delve into Ye Xiu's early relationships, or to inquire about the reliability of this man named Tian Sen, or both, and said, "Didn't you say that his old man Do you want to observe the festival for the old master, such a person is willing to work for the Zhou family?"

"Then why don't you want to, do you know why he asked me to appraise treasures?" Ye Xiu packed a bag of cigarettes, and smiled to make the key even bigger.

Jiang Botao said he didn't know, but he was thinking, maybe someone owed you a favor or lost a bet, so he had to repay the debt.

As for Zhou Zekai, looking at him in a daze, his mind was even more whirling.

Zhou Jiang all looked at Ye Xiu, waiting for an answer.

Ye Xiu smoked half a pack of cigarettes, still unsatisfied, and suddenly smiled, as if remembering something important, he swiped his cigarette, "Hey, it's almost noon, is Chef Wang Zhang back?"

Zhou Zekai turned to look at Jiang Botao with a blank expression. Jiang Botao didn't understand the details and was at a loss. Why, Chef King Zhang is also a key figure?

"You have to ask the housekeeper." He took a deep breath and said cautiously.

"Okay, let's finish the business first. What did you say just now?"

"..."

"The relationship between you two." Zhou Zekai interjected.

"Oh, speaking of him asking me to appraise treasures. That's because his family is sitting on a mountain and wants to sell antiques for money. So he also wants to find a decent job to turn around. It's just that his father passed away and has been serving filial piety, so he didn't come out of the mountain. I chatted with Xiao Jiang that day, I think, you need him and he needs it, just to connect the two of you. I haven’t met him yet, so I didn’t tell you.” In the last few words, Ye Xiu was right. Zhou Zekai said.

Zhou Zekai folded his hands on the table, stepped out with his right hand, took two steps forward, grabbed Ye Xiu's wrist, and squeezed it hard.

Then do you need to handcuff me to the bed?

Ye Xiu turned his wrist in Zhou Zekai's hand, lay on his back, hooked his long finger, scratched into Zhou Zekai's palm, scraped it, and said with a half-smile, "I'm still brooding, didn't I just do it smoothly?" , Hey, anyway, you have avenged everything." Last night, he was still served with sticks.

After being reminded by him, Zhou Zekai didn't know which detail of "revenge" he thought of, his expression was slightly dazed, and his face turned red.

Fortunately, Jiang Botao wandered around the room with his hands behind his back, and he didn't see the little secret in their hands—even if he saw it, he wouldn't be surprised, whether it was to Ye Xiu or to Zhou Zekai who was with Ye Xiu.He asked Ye Xiu how to find this person, and instead of Ye Xiu, he sent someone to look for him.

Ye Xiu withdrew his hand, serious, "I asked Shunyi and the people, and they said that Tian Sen went to Wen County first, and came back before their last performance the day after tomorrow."

Zhou Zekai's palms itch from being scratched by him, he clenched his fists and said, "Let's go together."

In the final analysis, it is the person he wants to use, and he has to meet him personally before making a decision.

One day later, in the evening, Zhou Jiangye and the three arrived at the Dangui Theater by car and went straight to the backstage.It was an hour or so before I left the stage, and it was the busiest time in the backstage. People used to run when they walked, and shouted when they talked.

The owner of the Osmanthus Theater walked sideways in front, using his thin body to clear the way for Young Marshal Zhou.The three of them crossed the high and low sound wall, and came to a slightly quiet corner, where several luthiers were sitting in a circle to rehearse.

Zhou Zekai saw Tian Sen who was slandered by him as a "little boy". He had a typical physique of a strong northern man, with a Jinghu nestled on his burly body, making him look particularly exquisite.

Before Ye Xiu could introduce the two of them, Tian Sen jumped up and ran to him, his eyes glowing, he took his hand, raised it to his chest, and held it tightly. points, people can not help but move.

Tian Sen said incoherently, "You!...Yes, yes!" Then he dragged Ye Xiu away.

Zhou Jiang looked confused, and Jiang Botao turned to Zhou Zekai in surprise. He also knew that Ye Xiu had it?How dare you throw your face in front of outsiders.Zhou Zekai didn't want to give any explanation.

But when Ye Xiu was dragged away, they had to follow.I saw Tian Sen marching in front of him, Ye Xiu was dragged behind by his wrist, reluctantly staggering, looking from a distance, Tian Sen seemed to be walking with a cloth bag behind him.

"What are you in a hurry for? It's none of my business if anyone owns it." Ye Xiu struggled, trying to free his hand.

Tian Sen shouted, "Concubine Yu is here!"

"That's none of my business! I don't even know her!" Ye Xiu said, looking around for Zhou Zekai, "Xiao Zhou, tell me, don't you?"

"...Yes." It's hard to say anything else, this Zhou Zekai can testify.

Jiang Botao was wondering if Tian Sen could be trusted.

Tian Sen held Ye Xiu, Ye Xiu hung Zhou Zekai, Jiang Botao fell at the end, a group of four people blew into the innermost room like the wind, bumped into a middle-aged man who was so anxious that he was dressed like a boss, and the five of them fought Face to face, to explain the cause and effect clearly.

It turned out that the play tonight was Farewell My Concubine, and when it was time to go on stage, Huashan, who played the concubine concubine, fell ill and couldn't even get out of bed, let alone sing and dance. Two "Concubine Yu" came, but unfortunately they were not good at learning, the boss was afraid of smashing his famous brand, and he didn't want them to come up as a last resort, he was hesitating. I played tickets with him, even though Ye Xiu is a fancier, but his singing and appearance are not inferior, just... the appearance may be a bit of a problem, but it is better than driving ducks to the shelves, and he has the same figure as the "Concubine Yu" lying on the bed In the same way, the costume fits well, no one needs to use it.