The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

When Shang Xiaoyun finished singing "Motanga Girl", Zhou Hexuan secretly pointed to the side and said in a low voice, "It's a woman."

"It must be a beautiful woman." Li Shoumin laughed softly.

"Maybe she's an ugly girl, because she's too ugly to cover her face with a hat." Zhou Hexuan was also so bored that she actually started gossiping with Li Shoumin.

Li Shoumin was afraid that Li Shuanzhu would hear him, so he whispered: "Chu Yupu's brother, Chu Yufeng, is now the Supreme Emperor in Tianjin. That bastard is extremely lustful, and now beautiful women have to cover up when they go out, just because they are afraid of being targeted by Chu Yufeng."

"So that's how it is." Zhou Hexuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Li Shoumin didn't bring up this issue anymore, but turned the topic to Shang Xiaoyun, and praised: "Master Shang's skill has increased again, and has reached the state of tepidity, hardness and softness."

"I didn't expect brother Shoumin to be so good at acting." Zhou Hexuan laughed.

After he said the words, he suddenly thought of another identity of Li Shoumin's descendant. This gentleman not only wrote the popular "Shushan Swordsman Biography" under the pseudonym of Huanzhu Louzhu, but also a highly accomplished playwright.

Historically, Li Shoumin liked to watch Sichuan opera at first, but after his family moved to the Beijing-Tianjin area, he gradually fell in love with Peking opera. He had been a fan friend for many years, and finally had the opportunity to talk to Shang Xiaoyun face to face. The two hit it off and became brothers with different surnames.

Later, Li Shoumin also wrote excellent scripts such as "Hanming Concubine" and "Mo Dai", which were given to Shang Xiaoyun for exclusive performances. Once they came out, they caused a sensation all over the country.

From an ordinary Peking Opera fanatic to a famous playwright, Li Shoumin's life is still very fierce, of course, that's all for later.

Near noon, the performance of Xieqing Society finally came to an end.

Everyone talked and laughed and stood up to leave, but Li Shoumin shouted in surprise: "Dong Huang!"

"What Winter Emperor?" Zhou Hexuan turned around curiously, only to see that the hat of the woman disguised as a man next to her was squeezed out, revealing a delicate and lovely face.

Li Shoumin said pleasantly: "She is Meng Xiaodong!"

Even if Zhou Hexuan is not familiar with traditional drama, he has still heard of Meng Xiaodong's name. This girl took the stage at the age of seven, became popular in Wuxi at the age of twelve, and became famous in the south of the Yangtze River at the age of fourteen. She was honored as the "Winter Emperor". I don't know what kind of troubles she encountered in the south. She suddenly retired at the age of seventeen when she was popular, and lived in seclusion in Tianjin for three years before reappearing on stage.

According to the historical trajectory, Meng Xiaodong will marry Mei Lanfang next year, but the two soon broke up. Twenty years later, she married Du Yuesheng, the leader of the Youth Gang.

Today is Meng Xiaodong's last year of studying art in seclusion in Tianjin.

Li Shoumin once lived in Hangzhou, and he never forgets Meng Xiaodong, like a fan who meets an idol and immediately catches up and says, "Hi Donghuang, I saw your performance in Hangzhou, I am so happy to see you again! "

Meng Xiaodong put on his hat again, smiled and shook hands with Li Shoumin and said, "Thanks for your great love, I am very honored."

Li Shoumin said excitedly: "My name is Li Shoumin, and this is my friend Zhou Hexuan. "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is his novel."

"Oh," Meng Xiaodong looked at Zhou Hexuan with interest, and laughed, "I thought the author of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" must be a strong man who is proficient in martial arts."

Zhou Hexuan smiled and said, "I'm sorry, I let Miss Meng down."

"That's not true, it's nice to be polite." Meng Xiaodong pursed his lips.

Several people had already walked out of the theater while chatting and laughing, and Meng Xiaodong was about to call a car to leave when Li Shoumin said quickly, "It's already noon, let's go to a restaurant for dinner."

Meng Xiaodong's personality is quite straightforward, he hesitated for a while before nodding and said: "Okay."

Li Shoumin took the lead to find the restaurant, and Zhou Hexuan encouraged him with a smirk in a low voice: "Don't be cowardly if you like it, go after it with courage, I support you!"

Li Shoumin rolled his eyes and said rather speechlessly, "Brother Hexuan, you think too much."

Zhou Hexuan felt bored, too lazy to talk nonsense with Li Shoumin, took out his cigarette and started puffing.

Meng Xiaodong waved his hands to disperse the drifting smoke, and asked aloud, "I heard that Mr. Zhou works under General Chu?"

"Probably." Zhou Hexuan smiled wryly, his identity was indeed a bit embarrassing.

Meng Xiaodong said: "Didn't you persuade General Chu to do what he did in Tianjin?"

Li Shoumin explained to Zhou Hexuan: "Brother Hexuan couldn't help himself, he was arrested by Marshal Chu to answer his errand, how could he speak?"

"That's true." Meng Xiaodong nodded. She was fled to Tianjin when she was spotted by a certain commander in the south and refused to give in. She knew how difficult it is to deal with these warlord leaders.

The Xinming Grand Theater is the People's Art Theater of later generations. The nearby restaurants are densely populated, very lively, and there are many entertainment and leisure places. It is a good place for the middle class in Tianjin to eat, drink and have fun.

The crowd didn't go far, and they saw some people performing tricks on the side of the road, and there were twenty or thirty people inside and outside to watch the fun.

"good!"

"another one!"

Although I couldn't see what was going on inside clearly, I knew that the performance over there was wonderful just by the loud applause.

At this moment, the villain appeared.

"What? What are you doing?"

Seven or eight hooligans came menacingly with sticks, and the crowd of onlookers hurriedly retreated, fearing that the fish in the pond would be harmed. But they didn't want to go far, they stood on the sidelines and continued to watch the show, just like the cold-blooded citizens described by Mr. Lu Xun.

It was only after the crowd dispersed that Zhou Hexuan could clearly see what was going on inside. They were two short, thin men, with dark and shiny skin, wearing worn-out short jackets full of patches, and there were two red-tasseled guns on the ground.

The gangster kicked the Hongtao gun away, and shouted loudly: "Who allowed you to play tricks here? Have you ever visited the pier!"

One of the men clasped his fists in salute, and spoke with a Shanxi accent: "Brothers just want to ask for food, please forgive me for breaking the rules."

"Forgive me! From Qiandezhuang (Tianjin People's Park) to here, it's all Master Li's territory. Who would dare to visit the pier?" Get up, take them away, and beat up these two foreigners!"

Seeing this, Zhou Hexuan smiled wryly and shook his head. There are too many such things, and he doesn't want to take care of them, and he can't take care of them.

But what happened next was completely beyond Zhou Hexuan's expectation——

The group of gangsters were just about to go up to grab money, when the busker who hadn't spoken before suddenly stood up and shouted, "Who dares to try!"

"Hit me to death!" the gangster yelled.

The two sides fought immediately, and the moves of the two buskers were very ordinary, not as fancy as in the movies. But every time they punched a bastard, they would knock down a bastard. If they were really knocked down, they wouldn't be able to get up.

Zhou Hexuan was dumbfounded, he saw the real kung fu!

The gangster finally felt scared, he hurriedly took out an iron whistle, stuffed it into his mouth and blew it: "Woo!!!!!!"

The police arrived so quickly, within a minute after the whistle sounded, two black leather caps rushed to the scene, pointed their guns at the busker and shouted: "Don't move!"

Well, the cops are here to help the gangsters.