Chapter 280 Closed Disciple

Once it was decided to take in an apprentice, Mr. Cheng seemed happier than Li Qian, and without waiting for Li Qian to leave, he called his apprentice, informed him that he wanted an apprentice, and told him to be responsible for arranging the time. Call together many brothers and elders from the same sect, and come to watch the ceremony when the time comes.

Li Qian was sitting on the sofa opposite, listening to the old man's orders in a loud voice, a little puzzled. Wang Huaiyu explained to him with a smile: "In the Beijing opera school, orderly inheritance is emphasized, and the rules are big. The old man is the direct successor of the Cheng school. If he wants to accept disciples, it is of course a major event for the entire Cheng school and even the entire Beijing opera circle." Son, of course we have to arrange it in advance! When the time comes, we will open the incense hall!"

Hearing "Kaixiangtang", Li Qian was a little confused for a moment.

Immediately I thought of the Qinghong Gang in the old society, Tiandihui and Wei Xiaobao.

But fortunately, he quickly realized: Whether it is the Tiandihui in the novel or the Qinghong Gang in the old society, in the final analysis, they are just imitating appearances. The so-called Kaixiangtang may not be an invention of Beijing opera , but the Kaixiangtang of Peking Opera is definitely earlier than "The Deer and Ding Tale" and the Qinghong Gang.

Mr. Cheng Yunshan is nearly seventy years old, and he has not been on stage in recent years, and his disciples have been confiscated for many years. At this time, he suddenly announced that he would open a incense hall to accept disciples, which may cause another flurry in the Beijing opera circle.

As soon as the old man made a phone call, within an hour or so, seven or eight cars came in front of the villa one after another, and people came in one after another. When one came in, the old man solemnly introduced it to Li Qian.

Of course, Li Qian didn't know any of these people before, and Wang Huaiyu only knew a few of them, but... Li Qian had listened to the tapes of two of them!

So he knew that there were a few of them, and they were definitely the leaders of today's Cheng Pai veterans!

It has been a long time since I opened the mountain gate, and today I suddenly want to accept disciples. The disciples of the old man thought that this was probably a closed disciple, and they treated Li Qian very affectionately and politely.

In the tradition of the older generation of our nation, a master often values ​​two disciples the most: the disciple who opened the mountain and the disciple who closed the door.

The great disciple of Kaishan, that is the first apprentice, and is often the first one who can help the master. The unique skills in the hands of the master are often the ones he has learned the most comprehensively and solidly. Senior brother, so in the end, as long as this Kaishan great disciple is not too poor in aptitude, he can easily lead the juniors.

And the closed disciple, as the last apprentice, is often the most loved by the master, and the most attentive in teaching lessons. Most people even think that the master must keep a few tricks at the end of his life when he accepts his apprentices. Most of the time, this trick is not even passed on to the disciples who opened the mountain, and it will often fall into the hands of the closed disciples. .

In fact, to put it bluntly, the so-called "old son and grandson, the lifeblood of an old lady" in the folk proverb is exactly this truth. Closed disciples, to some extent, are similar to old sons.

Cheng Yunshan's first disciple is Fang Shaobai, a famous Peking Opera actor Li Qian has long known. Of course, meeting must be the first time. He is about in his early forties, he is not too tall, and his appearance is thin, which is exactly the same as the old man.

He didn't come too early. When he came, five or six disciples of the old man had already arrived in the room first, but as soon as he entered the door, he immediately became the focus of the audience. The group of apprentices of the old man stood up one after another, "Master" elder brother". After he nodded with many juniors, he first greeted the old man and old lady respectfully, and then looked at Li Qian and Wang Huaiyu.

He is almost a head shorter than Li Qian, but his eyes are warm and his smile is friendly. After greeting each other, he smiled and said to the old man: "Master, when you called just now, I wanted to say that this little brother's The name... is very familiar to me, and when I saw his face, I became even more skeptical, he couldn't be..."

Many of the old man's apprentices laughed heartily.

Li Qian was very embarrassed.

At this time, even the old man had a smile on his face, "Children, Mu Shaoai is lustful, how many women are there, isn't it normal?" The disciples other than Fang Shaobai pointed at each other one by one, "What are you laughing at? Just a few of you, which one is less troublesome than him?"

Everyone laughed, and Li Qian was even more embarrassed.

At this time, the senior brother named Li Zhixuan who arrived just now said in a serious manner: "Old man, we don't recognize what you said! What kind of business is that about us? It can be compared with our little senior brother." Is it?"

Everyone laughed again. Although the old man pretended to be sullen, there was a smile in his eyes, "The one you married last year, is it the third or the fourth child? She is pregnant, right? Come back and hold her for me to see with your mistress. "

Li Zhixuan chuckled, "No problem, I'm still waiting for your old man to give you a name! We went to check, and this time, it's 10 out of 10, he must be a fat boy!"

... ... ...

When there were too many people, the chatter became mixed. In the old man's villa, it was lively for a while, and finally quieted down again.

Fang Shaobai, the elder brother of the Cheng family, told his master about his considerations and arrangements in detail, and many junior brothers, including Li Qian and Wang Huaiyu, could only stand aside and listen quietly.

In the end, the old man nodded directly to Fang Shaobai's apprenticeship process, "You are thoughtful and the arrangements are proper, so I will do as you say!"

So, a set of rituals that even Li Qian found complicated and cumbersome was settled down.

Of course, the time is TBD.

Those who need to participate in the ceremony, in addition to the many disciples of the old man, there are also many celebrities in the circle. Everyone is very busy, especially now that the theater system is implemented, only the disciples of the old man are scattered in Peking Opera Theaters in various provinces across the country Yes, there are a total of seven or eight, so it is natural to gather a day when as many people as possible can come back as much as possible, and then hold the apprenticeship ceremony.

With so many disciples coming, plus Li Qian and Wang Huaiyu, the old lady wanted to keep food, but the old man thought there were too many people, so he sent many disciples away with the sentence "I don't care about food", leaving only Fang Shaobai and Li Zhixuan are in charge of accompanying the guests.

Li Zhixuan is a fine individual, he can make jokes and shake his burden, he just opens his mouth, Fang Shaobai is a stable person, like a big brother, and he is a leader in today's theater world, the two are exactly the same. and Wang Huaiyu, as a student that the old lady values ​​very much, has known them before, and his identity as a university professor and master tutor has enough aura, so the three of them chatted, and they complemented each other. .

On the contrary, today's boss, Li Qian, although he sat with the three big brothers, most of the time he just listened quietly to what they had to say, and rarely spoke unless someone took the initiative to ask him.

To be honest, for him, the experience this morning still makes him feel like a dream.

He hadn't even thought about it before, he just wanted to learn a few plays in his spare time. It is said that it would be a waste of his time to let Master Cheng's disciples, such as Fang Shaobai and Li Zhixuan, teach him. Unexpectedly, in the end, he actually joined the old man's sect and officially became a disciple in this sect.

For him, this is not a small pressure.

Because he knew very well in his heart that he never thought of going on stage to sing at all.

Three minutes on stage, ten years off stage.

But where did he find so much time to practice hard offstage?

... ... ...

The old man didn't want to get involved in the topics among young people. After the arrangement was made, the two apprentices were left to accompany the guests, and the old man and the old lady went out for a walk holding hands as usual.

After he left, Fang Shaobai and Li Zhixuan, the two senior brothers, gave Li Qian a brief introduction to the old man's family and the current situation in the Cheng School.

The old man is highly respected in Cheng Pai, but it is not too early to accept apprentices, and there are not too many disciples. Up to now, not counting Li Qian, there are a total of seventeen disciples who have formally worshiped under the old man's door. So, wait for Li Qian After worshiping the teacher, it is the eighteenth. Among these seventeen disciples, nine are currently staying in Shuntian Mansion, and eight have been transferred to theaters in various provinces.

In addition, the love history of the old man is beyond what the disciples can say. As the eldest disciple of the old man, Fang Shaobai only introduced that besides Mrs. Lu, the old man had a total of three concubines who joined the family. Mrs. Lu had one son and one daughter successively, and the three young teachers had two sons and three daughters. Among the seven children in total, five have been married successively, and they all moved out to live elsewhere. Of course, each of the master's concubines has their own house. Now, the only one who is still with the old man and the old lady is their daughter named Cheng Suping, who was born in their fifties.

Hearing this name, Li Qian was stunned. At this time, Wang Huaiyu smiled and said: "Coincidental. Qian and I just heard this little junior sister's play, "Wujiapo" just two days ago!"

Fang Shaobai smiled when he heard the words, "Junior Sister Su Ping didn't want to learn opera at first. After all, the whole family, her brothers and sisters, all sing opera, so she is not very interested. Although she has followed her since she was a child, thanks It was Teacher He Sufen who was the teacher. She was on stage at the age of seventeen, but later, she was admitted to the Huaxia Drama Academy secretly and studied acting for four years. She said that she wanted to be an actor in the future. But the old man disagreed! This A young junior sister with a good foundation and a rare aura! Singing Tsing Yi is really aura! In the end, the old man said, you have to come back to sing opera. It’s a pity not to sing opera. So she came back and now I am Same, hanging over the National Peking Opera Company."

While everyone was chatting, someone just came back from the outside.

As soon as the door opened, Li Zhixuan laughed: "It really means that Cao Cao Cao Cao is here! Look, little junior sister is back!"

... ... ...

Although it was a few days ago after listening to "Wu Jia Slope", Li Qian was deeply impressed by Cheng Suping's appearance and singing on stage, but when he saw Cheng Suying without makeup at this time, he But still couldn't help but shine in front of his eyes.

As we all know, Tsing Yi and Zheng Dan generally don't pay attention to fancy dresses in Beijing opera, but even if Cheng Suping plays a role like Wang Baochuan, her makeup is light, but she still has aura. Almost no makeup is applied, she looks more beautiful than on stage, but she looks much more elegant.

Her whole person seemed so plain.

After entering the door and putting down the key, she smiled lightly and came over here, "Brother Master is here!" Then she greeted Li Zhixuan, "Hello Sixth Brother!"

Li Qian and Wang Huaiyu stood up one after another.

Fang Shaobai introduced them, "This is the teacher's student, Mr. Wang Huaiyu, this is Li Qian, the master has decided to accept him as an apprentice."

Cheng Suping was stunned for a moment, but then nodded with a smile, "My mother mentioned Brother Huaiyu many times, but unfortunately I haven't seen him before." Then, a pair of deer-like eyes looked at Li Qian , with a smile on his lips, "Little Junior Brother, hello!"

Li Zhixuan couldn't help laughing suddenly.

Fang Shaobai also laughed and said, "Finally there is someone who can let you call me Junior Brother!"

Cheng Suping just smiled lightly, and said: "Master, you sit with them, I'll go to the kitchen to see. My mother must have arranged for Aunt Liu again, right? I'll help." While speaking, he rushed to Li Qian and Wang Huaiyu Nodded, turned and went.

The four sat down again.

Li Qian suddenly said without thinking, "It's a pity that she doesn't act in movies."

... ... ...

During lunch, Mr. Cheng was very happy, so everyone drank a few cups with him. After the meal was over, Cheng Suping saw off the guests on behalf of his parents, watched everyone drive away, and then went back.

The old man had already gone upstairs to snore, and this sleep after lunch every day was a rule he hadn't changed for decades, but the old lady returned to the piano room and started playing the piano.

Cheng Suping leaned against the door and listened for a while, then said with a smile, "Mom, today's harvest is not small. I think the piece you played just now is not bad. Is it a new one?"

The old lady turned around with a smile and asked, "Do you think it's good?"

Cheng Suping smiled, thought for a while, nodded, and said, "Massive! The typical classical style is suitable for the style of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. If this is paired with a similar style of words, it will definitely sound good!"

The old lady smiled, "Unfortunately, your mother is old, so you can only listen to this kind of music and promote it for the younger generation."

Cheng Suping blinked when he heard the words, "Didn't you write it?"

The old lady nodded, and said: "Isn't your father going to accept closed disciples? It's that young man. When we talked about this in the morning, he played his work for us, that's this part! But... I should be I misremembered a few sounds, alas, I am old and my brain is failing!"

Cheng Suping nodded slowly, she didn't seem too surprised, but asked lightly: "Are there any lyrics?"

The old lady replied: "It is the poem "Linjiang Immortal" written by Yang Shen, the wise man at the beginning of the book."

Cheng Suping thought about it for a while, nodded calmly, and said, "Not bad. It's very suitable."