"so big……"
Seeing the theater gate slowly opening and the wooden buildings appearing behind the gate, Huang Chang and others were shocked.
Although the theater was already very large from the outside, they didn't realize that there was something hidden inside the theater until the theater door opened.
Looking around through the gate at this moment, the theater is extremely vast. At the same time, nine wooden buildings with simple styles but with different differences stand in the courtyard, distributed in nine palaces, and exuding radiant brilliance. Intertwined to form a huge light shield covering the entire theater.
"Guest officers, welcome to this theater."
Just as Huang Chang and the others were observing the scenery in the courtyard, a shrill and gloomy voice suddenly sounded, and then they saw a hunched and hunchbacked man, dressed in black, with a dimpled face, looking very old, as if The old man who was about to die at any time emerged from the shadow on the side of the courtyard door, and then walked towards Huang Chang and the others with a somewhat stiff figure: "This theater is divided into nine floors, and each floor has a good show waiting for the honorable guests. Tasting, only those who pass through the ninth floor can be regarded as passing."
"Regardless of how many people are there, are you going to break through the ninth floor?"
Huang Chang's eyes were locked on the hunchbacked old man, and the fire in his eyes was faint, and then he seemed to see through something, squinted his eyes slightly, and asked: "In that case, wouldn't it be more advantageous if more people pass through the barrier?"
"of course not."
The hunchbacked old man chuckled and said: "Although the theater only has nine floors, there are countless good plays in each floor. There are plays for one person, and there are plays for thousands of people."
Speaking of this, the hunchbacked old man paused slightly, and then continued: "Of course, as a lottery, this theater will provide certain rewards to passers every time they pass the first floor. The higher the difficulty, the more exciting the show, and the corresponding The reward will naturally be higher."
"I see……"
Hearing the words of the hunchbacked old man, a bright light flashed in Huang Chang's eyes, and he suddenly asked: "By the way, I have something to ask... Do you know where all the staff in this playground have gone, or what happened? What's the matter?"
"Sorry, guest, we are servants of the theater. The theater is our heaven and our land. We don't know anything except the theater."
The hunchbacked old man slowly shook his head and said slowly.
The hunchbacked old man's way of speaking was very strange, as if he was always slowing down a beat, and he seemed extremely sluggish.
"Well, that's okay."
Huang Chang nodded when he heard the words, and said, "Then let me ask some questions about this theater. You said that this theater is divided into nine floors. I wonder if each of the nine floors has its own special features?"
"Nine buildings, nine kinds of operas, the buildings are different, and the operas have different songs. As for the specific mystery, the guests need to taste it themselves."
The hunchbacked old man said slowly: "However, I can assure you that the plays in the theater are definitely unrivaled in the world and will not disappoint the guests."
"In that case, I'll wait and see."
Seeing that there was nothing to be asked from the hunchbacked old man, Huang Chang nodded, and then led the crowd towards the first theater building ahead.
The old man was still standing there, looking at them quietly, even his expression and movements didn't change at all, as if he had turned into a sculpture.
...
"Brother Huang, this old man must know something, why don't you find a way to take him down and force him to question him?"
Following behind Huang Chang, Zhuge Youlong asked in a low voice.
"It's useless, it's just a puppet, you can't ask anything."
However, upon hearing Zhuge Youlong's words, Huang Chang shook his head and said.
"puppet?!"
Hearing Huang Chang's words, Zhuge Youlong and the others were startled.
They had also carefully observed the old man just now, but they didn't see any flaws. They just felt that he was an old man with good cultivation, but not too strong.
But now Huang Chang told him that the old man was a puppet?
"That's right, this old man's disguise is so deep that even my Pofayan pupil can't see through it. If Faji hadn't secretly reminded me, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to see through his reality."
Huang Chang nodded and said, "Anyway, everyone, be careful, this place...is not easy."
Just like what Huang Chang said, he didn't see that the old man was a [puppet] just now, until Fa Ji reminded him in his body that he vaguely realized that something was wrong.
As for how Fa Ji discovered the specialness of this old man, Fa Ji herself can't explain it clearly, it can only be said to be a dark feeling.
But in any case, it is definitely not easy for this theater to make a puppet so realistic!
...
In this way, under Huang Chang's reminder, everyone cheered up and came to the first theater cautiously.
This theater building looks very luxurious, it can be called carved railings and jade, with copper paint inside and outside, it has a sense of magnificence, but it is not vulgar.
And above the main entrance of the theater building is a plaque with the word "Ping!"
...
"flat?"
Looking at the word Ping on the plaque, Huang Chang frowned slightly: "Whether it's a theater or a theater building, they all look very Chinese, and with the word Ping...could it be Peking Opera?"
"What is the relationship between Peking Opera and Ping characters?"
Hearing Huang Chang's words, Xia Die asked curiously.
"Peking opera was originally called Pingju, but later became the mainstream opera in Beijing, so it was called Peking opera or Beijing opera."
Huang Chang smiled and said, "I used to study opera for a period of time in my spare time, so I know something about it..."
Speaking of this, Huang Chang paused, and said thoughtfully: "If this is the case, then the other floors should also be related to other genres of opera, but the strange thing is that there are eight major opera genres in China, but there are nine here. A theater building, I don’t know what will be in this extra theater building..."
"I only care about whether there are any beautiful young ladies in this theater building, but are all the opera actors beautiful..."
Hearing Huang Chang's words, Xiangyuan waved his hands and said with a smile, "Let's go, I can't wait to think of the beautiful young lady."
"Walk!"
Although Xiang Xiang still had that laughing look, everyone could clearly sense the urgency in Xiang Xiang's heart, so they all speeded up and stepped into the gate of the theater building.
Buzz buzz!
The next moment, the sky and the earth flowed, and the mountains and rivers changed, but what appeared in front of everyone was not the scenery inside the theater building, but seemed to be inside a tent.
Outside the tent, there were faint bursts of singing coming from all directions.
"Thousands of miles of barrenness will never return, and for whom will I join the army for thousands of miles..."
The tone of this singing voice is a bit strange, not only has a hint of gracefulness, but also has a sense of grandeur, and at the same time, the tone is also slightly different from the language that Huang Shang and others have heard before.
This seems to be a kind of singing in Peking Opera.
"This is……"
Hearing the faint 'singing sound', Huang Chang was taken aback for a moment, then his face changed slightly: "This is Chu Ge... Chu Ge who is besieged on all sides!"
"I know what kind of drama this is!"
"This is the most classic piece in Peking Opera - Farewell My Concubine!"
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