Chapter 344： Shadow puppet theater

Chapter 344 Shadow Puppet Theater

 Pei Anzhu and Shen Yueran were both short of money. After taking a taxi into Mizong Town, they booked the presidential suite of the best five-star hotel in the town and stayed in it.

Since it was evening, the two of them put away their luggage and went downstairs to find a place to have dinner.

What they are looking for is the kind of open-air bar and barbecue stall where they can eat and drink. When they are interested, they can also sing a few songs with a microphone. The main thing is relaxation and freedom.

The people eating and drinking here are all young people. Everyone knows each other well and we become friendly after chatting for a while.

Pei Anzhu and the others arrived in a hurry and were looking for travel tips. Unexpectedly, a man named Brother Cong came to chat with them and took the initiative to share the tips with them.

Brother Cong said:

“I am an outdoor travel agency, and every year I send many employees out to explore strategies, including routes, accommodation, food, attraction check-ins, or whether there is secondary consumption, these are all things our employees need to explore.”

“We have explored the Lost Town several times, and the guide is very detailed. I just have time this time, so I thought I would give it a try. Please add me on WeChat and I will share it with you.”

"If you want to go somewhere to play in the future, you can contact me and I will give you a guide. It is much more convenient than playing around outside by yourself. It also prevents you from being deceived. If necessary, you can also join our small group, which is better than ordinary ones. Tour group service must be attentive because we only do small groups...”

 Brother Cong was chattering away, and Pei Anzhu saw that he was pretty good, so he added WeChat and received the PDF file he shared.

"Thank you, Brother Cong. Let's go back and take a closer look." Pei Anzhu thanked him.

"You're welcome, we are destined to meet each other." Brother Cong waved his hand, "By the way, there is a shadow puppet theater mentioned in the guide. You must go and see it. Our employees are full of praise for this place."

Brother Cong was obviously an E person. He took Pei Anzhu and the others and talked a lot until the banquet ended at about ten o'clock in the middle of the night.

 Pei Anzhu and Shen Yueran returned to the room and opened the PDF sent by Brother Cong. They found that the content inside was really detailed. It clearly planned the daily route.

How long does it take to get somewhere, how much is the fare, or where are the places to eat at affordable prices, how to avoid repeated routes, how to visit the entire town with the highest efficiency, etc.

“Awesome!” Shen Yueran sighed after reading it.

"Then let's follow this route tomorrow." Pei Anzhu said, "It will take half a month to visit the entire town. I don't think we need that long. If we go out for a walk, we should be able to see where there are any problems."

“Then shall we go separately or together?” Shen Yueran asked.

"Let's separate and save time." Pei Anzhu said, "You have been studying Shu Yunguan's classics for a long time. I should also give you some opportunities to exercise independently. What's more, you have a little fox by your side, so you don't have to worry about it. Danger."

“Okay.” Shen Yueran nodded and quickly divided the exploration route with Pei Anzhu.

After the two divided their work, they washed and rested. Early the next morning, they had breakfast at the hotel and then split up to prepare for the small town to conduct a blanket search.

After going out, Pei Anzhu went east and Shen Yueran went west.

They also saw a few familiar faces from the Foreign Affairs Bureau. They were all disguised as tourists, but in fact they were lurking in, ready to support Pei Anzhu and the others at any time.

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Pei Anzhu walked slowly along the street paved with bluestones.

At a glance, everything you can see are red walls and black tiles, lanterns are hung under the eaves, and the shops on the street also have carved and hollow wooden doors, covered with transparent glass.

Overall, it looks like a market in a costume TV series.

Occasionally, a few young people wearing studio costumes or Hanfu walked by, holding oil-paper umbrellas, as if old shadows traveled through time and space and reappeared in the present.

I have to say, this place is beautiful. Pei Anzhu looked at the scenery for a while, then focused on the shops on both sides. Some sold jewelry, some sold handmade lipstick and rouge, and some sold thread-bound antique books. In short, everything fit in with the overall style of the place.

She looked at each room, and every time she noticed something was wrong.

The objects inside don't seem to be able to produce spiritual wisdom, and the feng shui of the store is normal. It doesn't look like a place that can breed evil things. It seems that it is difficult to find the destination.

After all, Zhou Jianbo’s wife has passed away long ago, and no one knows where she went during her lifetime.

It took about two hours for Pei Anzhu to finish shopping on one street. She turned in a different direction and walked toward a place she had never been before, and then passed a three-story antique building.

It says: Theater.

Handwritten posters are posted at the door of the theater, which state which plays are on today, when they will start, how much the ticket price is, and other information.

Pei Anzhu raised his head, looked at the three-story theater building, and then spread his consciousness to cover the entire town.

It was later discovered that the theater was actually located in the middle of the town, and the entire town was in the shape of a Bagua plate. Different streets divided the town into different blocks, and they met at the theater.

The theater itself is also a circular building, located exactly in the center of the Bagua Pan, and is also the eye of the formation.

Pei Anzhu raised the corners of his mouth slightly:

found it.

She could actually use her spiritual consciousness to cover the town and look for unusual things, but she couldn't tell Shen Yueran about this, so she had to pretend to work with him and spend some time looking for it.

Pei An, a skilled bamboo artist, was brave and did not feel that she could not take risks alone, so she walked in.

After entering, I discovered that this place was the shadow puppet theater that Brother Cong mentioned.

From the outside, I just thought it was an ordinary theater building. But once I entered the lobby, I found that the walls around the lobby were all carved shadow puppets. It was obvious that they were made by very skilled masters.

Each shadow puppet is carved with distinct features and lifelike features.

There are several rows of seats in the middle of the lobby, facing the stage. There is a curtain on the stage, which is obviously used for shadow puppet performances.

There are private rooms on the second and third floors. There are also guests who don’t like to be crowded with others. They have a private room by themselves, where they can drink tea, listen to the show and have a leisurely time.

Pei Anzhu was not short of money. She directly bought the ticket for the theater twenty minutes later, and then asked for the most expensive box on the top floor.

You can see more clearly if you are from a higher position.

After sitting in the box, Pei Anzhu drank tea while slowly exploring the theater with his spiritual consciousness. His spiritual consciousness passed through the lobby, the performance hall, the backstage, the kitchen and the tea room...

Finally, we came to the basement of the backyard on the first floor of the theater building.

There was an old man there, about sixty years old, holding a carving knife and carving shadow puppets one by one. He was carving very carefully. Every time he carved a knife, he gently brushed off the skin flakes on it with his fingers and blew on it again. Blow and keep it clean.

Judging from the look in his eyes, it seemed that he had put a lot of effort and emotion into the shadow puppet in his hands.

What worries Pei Anzhu even more is that the walls of the basement are also covered with shadow puppets, but these shadow puppets seem... to be alive, as if they have intelligence.