Nu Yalang of Tang Dynasty

Looking at Yu Junniang and Yin Yu's retreating figures, Zhou Jun shook his head helplessly.

The Tang Dynasty had a very strong sense of sex and family. Even if they tried their best to redeem Yu Junniang and help her get rid of her humble status and become a good person, it would be even harder to get her parents to agree to the eldest son marrying a prostitute.

After putting away the playbook of The West Chamber, Zhou Jun walked to the entrance of the nunnery and picked up his horse. Along the way, he thought about his eldest brother's future marriage plan, and finally returned home.

First, he went to the wing room and put away the records of prisoners and the playbook of The Romance of the West Chamber. Zhou Jun came to the hall again and saw Zhou Dinghai asking about Zhou Ze's homework.

"Autumn is approaching, is there any teaching in the school about self-reliance by surrendering ultimatums?"

Zhou Ze bowed and said: "It's done."

Zhou Dinghai nodded and said, "Be careful and don't make any mistakes."

Zhou Ze nodded in agreement.

Zhou Jun walked to Zhou Dinghai and saluted: "Father."

Zhou Dinghai turned his head and said: "Jun'er is back? Everything goes well for Gongshi?"

Zhou Jun responded.

Zhou Dinghai said a few more words to Zhou Jun and then went to the study.

Seeing his father walking away, Zhou Jun pulled his eldest brother Zhou Ze aside and said, "Is Qiu Wei sure?"

Zhou Ze was stunned and replied: "Yes."

Zhou Jun nodded: "Brother, you should work hard. Hengcai is waiting for good news."

This sentence sounded a little confusing to Zhou Ze, but he still thanked him.

Zhou Jun couldn't say much now, so he just gave a few more instructions and left.

On the morning of the next day, Zhou Jun went to Director Cheng with a copy of the Chinese tunes prepared by Xie Qin and Ruo'e and asked him to review it.

Chief Cheng opened it and read it again, and sighed: "Ms. Xie Qin is someone who has watched me grow up. She is a first-rate person in terms of talent, learning, mood, and work. Unfortunately, she is not a man."

Zhou Jun also responded with a few words.

Chief Cheng returned the book record to Zhou Jun and said: "The book record of Zhongqu is just like this, there is no need to change it."

"As for Nanqu's Bolu, Xiyunna is a Hu girl and behaves rudely. I'm afraid she can't be counted on, so Hengcai can go to Hongzhi and ask for Bolu."

Speaking of the word "hongzhi", Mr. Cheng's eyelids twitched, and he added: "When dealing with that woman, remember to be careful, otherwise you will fall into the urn without paying attention, and you will not even know it."

Zhou Jun heard the fear behind Chief Cheng's words and just nodded and wrote down the matter.

Chief Cheng: "As for the books of Beiqu... Hengcai will look at repairing some of them. Liu Xiaoxian is a newbie, so I don't think he can be of much help."

Zhou Jun raised his hands and said yes.

After informing Chief Cheng that Kan was out, Zhou Jun took the book and the three volumes of the playbook of The West Chamber and left Shangshu Province. He first had some lunch in Dongshi, and then rode horseback to Pingkangfang.

Arriving at the gate of Gu Ran's residence, Zhou Jun asked the woman at the concierge where she knew the location.

I'm lucky today, Xie Qin is at home.

As etiquette was essential, Zhou Jun asked the woman to inform her while he waited at the door.

After a while, Xie Qin came to the door in person, still with a slight smile on his face, and just asked: "Why does Zhou Lingshi have time to come here today?"

Zhou Jun cupped his hands to Jie Qin and said, "Someone has a book that I would like to ask Jie Duzhi to review."

Xie Qin looked confused: "What book?"

Zhou Jun nodded and said, "It's a play."

Xie Qin was even more confused: "Evaluate the script?"

Seeing Zhou Jun pretending to be sophisticated, Xie Qin was curious and turned sideways to lead the way: "Zhou Lingshi, please come in first."

Following Xie Qin into the house, Zhou Jun took out three complete volumes of "The Romance of the West Chamber" from his arms and placed them on the desk.

Xie Qin looked at the title of the book, read it again, and said softly: "The title of the play is quite interesting."

Looking at Zhou Jun again, Xie Qin asked: "But Youxi?"

Zhou Jun shook his head.

Xie Qin: "Could it be a song and dance show?"

Zhou Jun shook his head again.

Xie Qin looked confused: "What kind of show is that?"

Zhou Jun stretched out his hand and said: "You can know everything by just looking at it."

Jie Qin glanced at Zhou Jun, then carefully picked up the first volume of "The Romance of the West Chamber", opened the first page, and read softly: "The sorrow of spring makes the horse's hooves busy, the wind and clouds fail to hope for the whole life, the book and sword drift away.

From all directions, you will never know that you are on the Yellow River..."

As soon as Xie Qin picked up the book, she never put it down again.

While reading the book, she was immersed in the plot of The West Chamber, sometimes with a smile on her face, sometimes with slight resentment and anger, sometimes with sadness and tears.

Zhou Jun sat aside and didn't rush her, just waited quietly.

Zhou Jun waited for almost an hour.

Xie Qin only saw the last page.

"The waning moon still shines in the Beidou, and the twin stars shine in the west wing..."

Unconsciously whispering this last sentence, Jie Qin reluctantly closed the page of the book, pressed the book to his heart, closed his eyes and took a long breath.

After a while, Xie Qin finally opened her eyes and accidentally saw Zhou Jun beside the desk. She was startled and apologized repeatedly: "Don't blame Zhou Lingshi. I was fascinated by this and treated you so slowly for no reason."

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Zhou Jun waved his hand nonchalantly and asked, "How about the script?"

Xie Qin sighed: "The poems and songs are slightly flawed, but the story and the drama are... but they are excellent."

After saying this, Xie Qin put The West Chamber on the desk, stood up and saluted Zhou Jun and said, "I would like to thank Zhou Lingshi."

Zhou Junqi asked: "Thank me?"

Xie Qin: "This play has never been seen before. It is like the sound of a bell, and like an enlightenment. It is like the sudden enlightenment in the Buddhist family, which builds a spiritual platform for the concubine."

After a moment of pause, Jie Qin glanced at Zhou Jun secretly and asked in a low voice: "Did Zhou Lingshi write this play?"

Zhou Jun quickly waved his hand and said: "No, this play was written by many people."

Xie Qin was stunned and said to himself: "No wonder, there are many places where the writing style is very different in the play."

Jie Qin looked at Zhou Jun and asked: "In this connection, I don't know what Zhou Lingshi has inherited?"

Seeing that he couldn't hide it, Zhou Jun had no choice but to say: "This story and this scene, someone has some ideas."

Xie Qin was stunned when he heard this, and then looked at Zhou Jun with a little more inquiry and curiosity in his eyes.

Seeing this, Zhou Jun quickly said: "It's just that I saw the story and the scenes in this play accidentally from a book."

Xie Qin leaned forward and asked: "I wonder which book Zhou Lingshi read the story of The West Chamber? And which book did he read a similar play? There must be a title, right?"

Zhou Jun touched his chin and looked elsewhere: "It seems to be an ancient book, I can't remember it clearly."

Jie Qin stared at Zhou Jun for a long time, and the latter was sweating coldly.

After a while, Xie Qin smiled, sat up straight, and after thinking for a moment, asked: "Zhou Lingshi sent his concubine to read this book, do you want her to appear on the stage?"

Zhou Jun nodded and said: "Yes."

Xie Qin picked up the three volumes of the playbook of Romance of the West Chamber, stood up, and walked outside.

Zhou Jun also stood up and asked, "Do you know where you are going?"

Xie Qin turned around, smiled at Zhou Jun and said, "If we want to make The West Chamber appear on the stage, we still need to find someone to carve it out."

"I dare to teach Zhou Lingshi to know that uncut jade requires a craftsman's axe. As long as the Romance of the West Chamber is slightly polished and put on the stage, it will definitely shine and be famous in Chang'an!"