Zuan and his companions then noticed a spacious stage in front of them, where a group of actors were singing opera, and the people at the surrounding tables were cheering, creating a lively atmosphere.
After traveling all day, Zuan and the others felt much more relaxed sitting down. Weisuo even grabbed some fruits and pastries from the table and started stuffing them into his mouth.
"Are you that hungry?" Jing Teng couldn't help but glance at him again when he saw him wolfing down his food.
“I just gave them a gift, so I’ll eat more to make it back,” Vesso replied vaguely. “Besides, I just threw up too much and I’m starving now.”
Jing Teng and Qiu Honglei gently withdrew their hands from the melon seeds, clearly disgusted by him.
Then a play began, and a new play started, drawing everyone's attention, who had been distracted.
It turned out to be a story about a rich young lady and her lover enjoying romantic moments under the moon and flowers. Jing Teng and Qiu Honglei watched with smiles on their faces, clearly finding the love story very touching.
However, the situation quickly changed when a wealthy young man took a liking to the young lady and pursued her with all sorts of tricks.
However, the young lady was extremely devoted to her lover and showed no interest in the wealthy young man, leaving him disappointed and leaving.
Next, the lovers finally got married and held a wedding ceremony.
Qiu Honglei couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: "I knew it would be a happy ending, after all, it's a wedding banquet."
Jing Teng nodded in deep agreement.
However, the two women's expressions suddenly froze, because the plot began to develop in a strange direction.
The wealthy young man also appeared at the wedding. After getting the groom drunk, he helped him to the bridal chamber and took the opportunity to rape the bride.
Not to mention the two women, even Zu An was dumbfounded. This must be a scene from a Japanese adult film.
The bride's parents arrived at the scene, only to be beaten to death by the arrogant young master of the wealthy family, who then fled in fear.
The bride was crying her eyes out. She originally planned to report the incident to the authorities the next day to avenge her parents, but the officials arrived overnight and said that the groom, drunk, had taken advantage of a woman and suddenly went to his sister-in-law's bed.
Seeing this scene gave Zaun a sense of déjà vu, as it seemed that when he first came to this world, he was also framed and ended up in Xiao Zhao's bed.
The play on stage continued. The officials said that when the groom committed the assault, his parents-in-law rushed over and berated him as a beast, but the groom accidentally killed them. The bride's husband also died suddenly and was imprisoned. In the end, the two were sentenced to be drowned in pig cages.
Qiu Honglei looked on with anger: "This is outrageous! This corrupt official has no conscience."
Jing Teng was relatively calmer: "Officials in this world are all like this. You've seen it all before, so it's not surprising."
Zuan glanced around and saw that the spectators nearby were all watching with great interest, completely absorbed.
He wondered if it was appropriate to perform such a play on such a joyous occasion.
Something seems off here.
He got up and struck up a conversation with the customers at the nearby table, hoping to glean some information from them. However, they all wore strange smiles and didn't respond to him at all, their eyes glued to the stage.
Zuan felt a chill run down his spine, returned to the table, and whispered to the others, "Something's not right!"
Qiu Honglei and Jing Teng nodded in agreement, realizing that something was amiss.
Just then, while peeling peanuts and putting them in his mouth, Wei Suo pointed to the stage and exclaimed, "Look!"
Then, a turning point came on the stage. A royal envoy happened to pass by and investigated the case, clearing the couple's name and sentencing the wealthy young man and the officials he had bribed to death.
Several officials were either cut in half at the waist, beheaded, or even subjected to the death by a thousand cuts.
That's not the key point; after all, it's all just a performance.
But in the eyes of Zuan and others, it was too realistic to see the actors playing those characters being pressed onto torture instruments, with knives falling and blood flowing freely.
A human head rolled down in front of them, its eyeballs bulging out, blood and tears seeping from its sockets. It was not a prop, but a real human head!
"Stop!" Zuan shouted. What on earth was going on at this manor, or was someone using the show as an excuse to commit murder?
Suddenly, Qiu Honglei cried out in alarm. Zu An hurriedly turned around and saw that the tea in their cups had turned blood red, and the fruits and pastries on the plate had all turned into maggots and rats.
Vesso, who was enjoying his meal, froze instantly upon seeing this scene!
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