Chapter 2930 Nuo Opera
Bai Shan put on a mask, avoided Zhou Man, and did not enter the house. He looked at himself in the water tank beside the garden. After confirming that there was nothing wrong, he walked to the door with his hands behind his back and said to Zhou Man inside: "Look, do I look good?"
Zhou Man looked at him speechlessly, "You're wearing the Yama mask and asking me if I'm good-looking. If I say yes, am I praising you or Yama?"
Bai Shan narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Now I am the King of Hell, and the King of Hell is me."
He extended his hand to Zhou Man and said, "Come on, let's go out together."
Manbao grabbed his mask and ran out, patted his palm and refused to let him hold it.
Bai Shan didn't care. He took the mask from her hand, put it on her, and when he was halfway through tying it, he asked, "Is it tight?"
"It's okay, it's like this, it won't fall off."
Bai Shan tied the mask on her.
Manbao has two masks, one is a judge mask and the other is a devil mask, both of which were made by craftsmen in Yizhou.
The judge's mask was because she couldn't get the role of the King of Hell, so she finally got the role of the judge, and the ghost's mask was because this ghost mask looked good.
Zhou Man thinks it is the best-looking of all the little ghost images. She usually wears this when watching Nuo opera, and only wears the judge's mask when she goes to dance Nuo opera with Bai Shan and others.
Now she is wearing a ghost mask.
As soon as she put it on, Bai Shan grabbed her collar from behind and said in a low voice, "Little devil, I have caught you."
Zhou Man slapped his hand away and ran to the front, "Hurry up, the people ahead are waiting anxiously."
The two of them went through the small door connecting to the front yamen. The actors had been waiting there for a long time. When they saw a little devil and a King of Hell walking in, they immediately stood up.
The yamen runners standing by opened their mouths wide. Although Bai Shan had changed into the clothes of the King of Hell and was wearing the mask of the King of Hell, his figure and temperament made it clear that he was still the county magistrate, right?
Not to mention the "little devil" who walked in almost shoulder to shoulder with him, that was Lord Zhou!
Bai Shan saw them and waved his hand and said, "Let's go."
Actors: ...
Yamen runners: ...
Everyone followed Bai Shan and Zhou Man forward in confusion.
When they reached the county government office, Zhou Man took the initiative to step aside. Bai Shan looked outside, then tilted his head to look at the little ghosts holding gongs and drums behind them. They reacted and immediately struck the gongs with a "duang" sound. The two of them then jumped out of the county government office, beating the drums hanging around their necks, and gathered at the bottom of the stairs with strange movements...
Bai Shan's aura changed. He looked forward sharply through the mask and jumped out of the county government office.
The people outside heard the gongs and drums and turned their heads to look over. Seeing these actors dressed in ghost messenger clothes beating gongs and drums and dancing as they rushed out of the government office, they shouted loudly: "Nuo opera! The Nuo opera has begun, everyone come and watch——"
It was the first time for many people, especially the children, to watch Nuo opera. Since there was no official organization, Nuo opera could be seen occasionally during festivals in the countryside, but it was basically not seen in the city.
So they were amazed and squeezed in, only to see a ghost surrounded by ghosts. The ghost with the most gorgeous clothes was jumping towards them. In just two steps, he was in front of them. He bent down, stretched his neck, and put his head in front of them, just looking at the children.
When the children saw the mask on his face, they screamed "Wow!", but their mother was very happy. She held the child and said loudly: "This is to drive away evil spirits and keep you healthy. Thank the King of Hell quickly, thank you-"
The child was infected by his mother and finally stopped crying with his eyes closed, but he was still hiding behind his mother in fear. When he opened his eyes to see him, the King of Hell had already left. He jumped nimbly and leaped forward surrounded by ghosts. When he saw someone he was interested in, he would jump over and stare at the person. After finishing the dance to drive away the evil spirits, he would jump back among the ghosts nimbly.
Those who received rice dumplings gathered around curiously, and even those who didn't receive rice dumplings couldn't help but gather around and move forward with the Nuo opera team.
Soon the street was crowded with people. Fortunately, they were wearing ghost masks and ghost uniforms, which made people look scary. Wherever there was a crowd, they would jump to the side to scare people, and then there would be an empty space in the middle, and the crowded crowd would slowly disperse, and there would be no need for the yamen runners to maintain order.
Cui Yuan was squeezed to the middle of the crowd. When the King of Hell saw him, he jumped up and performed a dance around him to drive away evil spirits. Cui Yuan bowed to him, but seeing that he would not leave, he could only helplessly touch his purse and grab a handful of copper coins to give to him.
Of course, Bai Shan did not receive the copper coins. There was a little devil holding a tray behind him. He immediately took the tray and took the money, shouting happily: "The King of Hell drives away the evil spirits and blesses you——"
Cui Yuan: ...Exorcising evil spirits is fine, but what about bestowing blessings?
Seeing the magistrate dancing with such abandon, the judge quickly jumped over, made a few perfunctory movements with his hands, and then approached Bai Shan and said, "Sir, we are going to catch the yellow ghost."
They have performed this dance twice to ward off evil spirits.
Bai Shan glanced at him and said, "Catch it."
Isn’t catching yellow ghosts the job of the big ghosts and the little ghosts?
Does he, the King of Hell, have to do this kind of thing himself?
Then you should stop running around. You are the King of Hell, you should be in the middle. If you keep leading everyone to run, how are they going to catch the yellow ghost?
Zhou Man squeezed in wearing a ghost mask, almost pushing the mask off. She said to Bai Shan, "Why haven't you caught the yellow ghost yet?"
The people who were watching with great joy finally realized, "Yeah, where's the yellow ghost?"
The yellow ghost who had been lagging behind finally ran to the front. He was about to cry. He should be the C position, okay? He should have the most scenes, although they were all scenes of being beaten and caught, but he should indeed be running in the middle.
Bai Shan finally reacted and retreated to the middle obediently.
The scene of catching the yellow ghost finally began.
The Yellow Ghost not only represents natural disasters such as floods, insect pests and epidemics, but also represents evil forces such as disobedience, unfilial piety and bullying of the weak. Catching the Yellow Ghost, judging it and sentencing it to death represents everyone's victory over those natural and man-made disasters, ensuring that this year and the future will have good weather, good harvests, safety of people and animals, and peace in the world. At the same time, it also teaches people to respect the elderly and love the young.
This is also the reason why Bai Shan took time out of his busy schedule to hold a Nuo opera in Beihai County. Recently, too many people have been arrested in Beihai County, and so many evil people and evil deeds have been uncovered. If they are not educated and deterred, I am afraid that some people will learn these evil deeds, which will then make the people's morals even more corrupt.
There is nothing more deeply rooted in people's hearts than entertainment, and songs and Nuo opera are the most popular.
Bai Shan, the King of Hell, dealt with the yellow ghost in front of everyone. The onlookers cheered loudly and were overjoyed.
The play is over.
Bai Shan cleared his throat to speak, and the judge was frightened. He quickly jumped forward, waving his arms, and said in a low voice, "Sir, you can't speak. We don't have any lyrics, we rely entirely on dancing."
Bai Shan glanced at him and swallowed what he wanted to say.
Forget it. Although he wanted to take the opportunity to promote laws and morals, he couldn't break the rules of the profession. So, if he doesn't want to say it, then don't say it. Humph, he will recruit people to come in and listen later.
See you at 9pm
(End of this chapter)
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