bookcurios Chapter 23 The Missing Actor
Chapter 23 The Missing Actor
Yan Yufeng followed his gaze, and saw Mo Sanniang sitting quietly in the guest seat in a simple and elegant dress.
He said: "Should also be here to celebrate the birthday, it seems that Mo Sanniang and Song Xian have a good relationship."
Bai Yesheng touched his chin: "Not only is it good, I think the two of them have an affair."
Yang Xing gave him a white look: "Bai Yesheng, you haven't been such a gossip before, have you?"
Bai Yesheng blinked at him, shrugged, and said, "It's boring anyway, let's see the excitement."
In the middle of the hall, after Song Xian delivered a speech to the guests, Mrs. Jia also said a few words, and then the banquet officially started, and the maids filed in and served plates of delicate and delicious dishes on the table.
Only then did Yang Xing's expression soften a little.
After dinner, it's time to drink and listen to theatre.
The stage was set in an empty courtyard of the city lord's mansion. A group of people moved over. Yang Xing originally wanted to take the opportunity to slip away with the two of them, but he didn't expect to bump into Song Xian head-on just a few steps away, and had to follow to the bottom of the stage , listening to the singing on the stage, depressed.
Bai Yesheng asked him with a smile: "Yang Xing, why do you dislike listening to opera so much?"
Yang Xing broke the orange in his hand boredly, "Because I'm not used to it..."
"Then what do you like to hear?"
He thought for a while: "Let's sing, popular songs."
"Popular?" Bai Yesheng looked at the stage, "But this song is popular recently."
Yang Xing looked at him helplessly: "It's not this kind of fashion."
Only then did he realize that what was being sung on stage was "The Peony Pavilion".
That figure in Liyuan appeared in front of his eyes again that day, and he sighed: "It would be great if Boss Fang came to sing."
Someone next to him heard his words and said with a smile: "I'm afraid Boss Fang won't be able to come."
Yang Xing was startled, and looked at the person who spoke, it was a young man.
He asked curiously, "What happened to Teacher Fang?"
The young man shook his head: "I heard that he was sick, very sick."
Yang Xing immediately remembered Fang Jin and the mark on his neck.
Yan Yufeng also turned his head and asked, "Do you know what the disease is?"
The young man saw Yang Xing's kind face just now, and he didn't shy away from speaking. Now seeing Yan Yufeng's appearance, he was a little nervous, and said honestly: "I don't know the specifics. I heard that it is a very strange disease. gibberish."
"And sleepwalking in the middle of the night, it's scary."
Yang Xing and Yan Yufeng looked at each other, and they were sure that it might be the imprint.
The play here was halfway through, but there was a little commotion: the actor playing Du Liniang hadn't been on stage for a long time since he stepped down.
A servant ran to Song Xian's side and said a few words in a low voice, Song Xian's expression suddenly changed.
He looked at the place where the three of them were. Yan Yufeng's eyes were sharp, and he quickly noticed his gaze, nodded at him, and pulled Yang Xing to stand up, "It seems that something happened, let's go and have a look."
Yang Xing was still holding a lotus paste cake in one hand, followed Yan Yufeng for a few steps in confusion, and then remembered to call Bai Yesheng behind.
"Stop drinking! Come here!"
……
Bai Yesheng reluctantly followed.
Song Xian first asked the troupe to change a song and continue the performance, and then invited the three of them to go backstage together.
The backstage was very quiet, a bunch of people were standing around one person, seeing Song Xian at this moment, everyone was a little flustered.
Song Xian frowned and said in a low voice, "Who is in charge?"
A middle-aged man hurriedly emerged from the crowd: "Master Song! Why did you come here in person?"
Song Xian looked at him: "What's your name, what happened here?"
The middle-aged man bowed hurriedly and said, "The young one is Fang Bai, and he is the deputy head of Fang's class."
"Fang's troupe?" Yang Xing was taken aback, "Are you the troupe from Liyuan?"
Fang Bai saw that someone interrupted suddenly, but Song Xian didn't mean to be angry, and immediately understood that he was also a noble person, and quickly replied: "Yes, Song City Lord Song's birthday is today, and it stands to reason that our team leader should also come, but he was a few days ago. Tian has been feeling unwell since he finished singing, so he didn't come, and asked the younger one to celebrate the birthday of City Lord Song."
Yang Xing nodded, and asked again: "Why didn't you sing all of a sudden?"
Fang Bai's face was a little pale, and he said awkwardly, "This...it's strange...the Zheng Yu who played Du Liniang...is gone..."
"Missing?" Song Xian frowned, and looked around the room, "The backstage is so small that no one can find it?"
Fang Bai's voice was suddenly frightened, and he wanted to stick to the ground: "Yes, yes, it is reasonable to say that we shouldn't find it...but we..."
Yan Yufeng said suddenly: "City Master Song, there is something here."
Song Xian suddenly looked at him with a startled expression.
Bai Yesheng had been standing behind the crowd with his hands folded, and now he lazily added: "Yes, and it's quite powerful."
Song Xian's forehead was a little cold sweat, why did the strange things happen one after another in Huaiyu City recently...
He dispersed the backstage people, leaving only Fang Bai.
Only then did Fang Bai realize that the three people in front of him had some supernatural powers, and immediately respected him: "Three great immortals..."
"Stop!" Yang Xing interrupted him, "Don't bark, tell me what's going on first."
Fang Bai hurriedly nodded, and said: "When he came during the day, Zheng Yu said he didn't feel well. At that time, I didn't pay much attention to it. I just thought he was on stage for the first time and was nervous."
"As a result, halfway through the performance of "The Peony Pavilion", he said that he was dizzy, and he kept hearing someone singing with him."
"I let him rest for a while, but in a blink of an eye, he disappeared."
"There is only one door for entering and exiting the backstage. I asked the people outside the door, and they all said that I didn't see it..."
"You said... is it haunted..."
Yang Xing nodded seriously: "Yes."
Fang Bai's calf immediately began to tremble.
Yan Yufeng asked, "This is his first time on stage?"
Fang Bai tremblingly said: "This "Peony Pavilion"... in the past, only our class leader could sing, and he sang it well. A few days ago, the class leader taught this song to Zheng Yu, and asked him to play Du Liniang instead of me in the future."
Yang Xing immediately asked, "Why doesn't your boss, Fang, stop singing?"
"This... I don't know either. We have always had to obey the decision made by Team Leader Fang. No one asked the reason."
Yang Xing pondered for a while, then asked again: "You just said, what did that Zheng Yu hear?"
"He said...he always heard someone singing with him..." At this point, Fang Bai shuddered, "I didn't pay attention at the time, but now that I think about it..."
Everyone fell into silence. After a long time, Yan Yufeng said, "The problem should still be Fang Jinhe."
Both Yang Xing and Bai Yesheng nodded in agreement.
Song Xian was a little puzzled: "Why do you say that?"
Yan Yufeng briefly told Song Xian what he had seen and heard in Liyuan that day, and then turned to Fang Bai, "When Zheng Yu came on stage, did he have anything like Fang Jinhe on him?"
Generally, monsters that can leave such marks cannot move on their own, and need to use some medium.
Fang Bai thought for a while, and suddenly realized: "The costume!"
"He...he is wearing the costume of Team Leader Fang!"
Song Xian asked: "Does he not have one himself?"
Fang Bai shook his head: ""The Peony Pavilion" is a new song, and it has not been performed a few times in total. We have only made one costume so far."
"And the production of the costumes was extremely difficult, so I didn't make a second body."
Yang Xing heard this, and asked again: "Is there anything special about that dress?"
Fang Bai sighed: "The clothes are all made of the best fabrics, and they are also filled with genuine gold threads, decorated with hundreds of pearls! To make such a dress, it cost more than half of our leader Fang's money." Savings..."
"...why spend so much money on a dress?"
Fang Bai shook his head: "We don't understand... the leader's decision."
"After the costume was made, the host loved it very much. Except for important occasions, he would never wear it lightly. Every time he stepped off the stage, he would take it off immediately and store it properly."
Yang Xing thought of the stunning sleeves, and sighed, no wonder it is so beautiful, it is all piled up with money, can it not be beautiful.
Bai Yesheng just felt strange: "You are willing to let Zheng Yu wear such expensive clothes?"
Everyone was taken aback when they heard the words, yes, how could such a precious thing be given to a newcomer so easily?
Fang Bai's expression became disappointed, and he said: "Team leader Fang said yesterday that he was going back to his hometown soon, and it was useless to ask for these things, so he scattered all his clothes and rouge to the people in the troupe. This piece of clothing was also the last one he gave to Zheng Yu, and he told him that he should sing "The Peony Pavilion" well and pass on Kunqu Opera well..."
Speaking of this, Fang Bai's expression was a little sad, "Everyone... Hero! Zheng Yu is a good boy, you have to help him, don't let him be eaten by ghosts..."
Song Xian thought for a long time, then looked at Yan Yufeng: "Young Master Yan, what do you think about this matter?"
Yan Yufeng walked around the background a few times, and after seeing the surrounding situation clearly, he said calmly, "He's not here anymore."
Song Xian asked in surprise, "Where did it go?"
Yang Xing suddenly had an idea in his heart. He looked at Yan Yufeng and found that Yan Yufeng was also looking at him. They said in unison, "Liyuan."