Once upon a time, there was a famous troupe called auspicious troupe, whose leader was named Lu Juncai.
Class Master Lu was a kind person, and the disciples he accepted were all poor children whose parents died during the famine years. Although the life of the troupe was hard, it was better than starving to death on the streets. Because of the loyalty of Class Master Lu, the rich and noble families were willing to invite the auspicious troupe to sing two plays to help with any happy event. This auspicious troupe also lived up to expectations, always able to figure out a good prize and win the applause of the whole city.
Over time, this auspicious opera troupe became more and more famous, but it was more difficult for people from other counties to invite the auspicious opera troupe out of the city to sing than to go to the sky. Due to the rules set by the head of the troupe, the auspicious opera troupe was not allowed to go out of the city. The common people thought that the rules of the head of the troupe were so strange.
Gradually, various versions of rumors spread out. Some said that Class Master Lu was timid and afraid of losing money in other counties. Some said that Class Master Lu believed in feng shui.
There were more and more versions of the rumors, and the rumors became more and more outrageous, but Class Master Lu never said a word.
Zhao Yinfa, the biggest rich man in the city, wanted to invite the auspicious troupe to the neighboring county to celebrate his uncle's birthday several times, but they were all rejected by the head of the troupe. For this reason, the relationship between the head of the troupe and Zhao Yinfa was somewhat stiff, and the troupe was most afraid of causing trouble, so on August 15th of this year, the head of the troupe invited Zhao Yinfa to a banquet to make amends. During the banquet, Zhao Yinfa couldn't help but ask the reason why the head of the troupe refused to leave the city, but he never thought that Zhao Yinfa's question would lead to a past that had made the head of the troupe sad for many years.
Forty years ago, class leader Lu was still a young man with strong blood. Because his family was poor, he entered the auspicious drama class to learn drama. Class leader Lu looked like Zhou Zheng, who was diligent and intelligent, and was deeply valued by the old class leader.
One year, the county invited the auspicious opera troupe out of town to sing, and the whole troupe got on a boat hired by the main family. The three-day drama was really full of color. The class leader received his wages, took everyone to thank the main family, and then took the boat back to the city.
It had already rained when the ship departed that day, and when the ship reached the middle of the water, the wind and rain beat the ship upside down and there was nowhere to hide. A wave came over, and the ship turned over in the screams of everyone.
"At that time, fortunately, I was good at water, and I swam to the shore with all my strength, only to save my life. The poor master's family and my more than a dozen brothers and sisters were all buried in the belly of the fish. Since then, it has been difficult for me to revive the drama troupe, and I swore a solemn oath to never take a boat again!"
After speaking, the five-foot man, Class Master Lu, burst into tears, and Zhao Yinfa's eyes turned red when he heard it.
Forty years ago, this matter was widely publicized by Zhao Yinfa, and the people of the whole city were more respectful to Class Master Lu. It was really a blessing for the whole city to give birth to such a loving and righteous person!
The next year, it was the birthday of Zhao Yinfa's uncle again. The old man was seriously ill, so he only had the wish to listen to the play of the auspicious opera troupe.
The family was helpless, so they had to find Zhao Yinfa again and ask him for help to ask the class leader Lu to leave the city. Zhao Yinfa looked embarrassed, and he thought in his heart that the city was surrounded by water, and it was really difficult to force Class Leader Lu to leave the city, but it was his own uncle's thoughts before he died.
That night, Zhao Yinfa invited the head of the troupe to his home and told him all about his uncle's desire for the auspicious troupe. Seeing the head of the troupe look embarrassed, Zhao Yinfa hurriedly said his thoughts: "I am willing to pay three times as much to invite the troupe to leave the city. The rest of the things don't need to be bothered by the head of the troupe.
At this point, Class Master Lu had nothing to say. A top gifter like Zhao Yinfa was not something the troupe could afford.
Class Master Lu returned home and called his son Lu Nianzu, who was practicing, to the inner room. He told her that the troupe would go out of the city to sing tomorrow and told her not to follow him. Lu Nianzu was still a seventeen-year-old child and wanted to follow the troupe out to see the excitement, but his father didn't allow him go.
Class Leader Lu saw his unhappy look and immediately swept away his usual kindness. He reprimanded his son with his eyebrows raised and his eyes raised. When he realized that he had lost his temper, he quickly pulled his son and said, "Dad, this is all for your own good!"
The next day, the troupe was ready to go, but the drummer in the troupe suddenly vomited and had diarrhea, and his face turned pale. The leader of the troupe thought for a while. In addition to this drummer in the troupe, only Lu Nianzu could play drums.
Lu Nianzu was very proud when the boat sailed on the water. Fortunately, he was clever and added laxatives to the breakfast of the senior brother who played the drums. Otherwise, how could he have the opportunity to come out with the troupe to watch the fun?
After the play was finished, the deputy head of the class said as the shopkeeper said, after thanking the head of the house, he quickly packed up his things and shouted for the troupe to get on the boat. That day, the wind was sunny, the river was sparkling, and everyone had just finished their work. It was hard to relax, and for a while, it was very uncomfortable, especially Lu Nianzu jumping around on the boat.
The boat sailed to the center of the river, and for some reason it suddenly bumped up, and everyone didn't care. But the boat swung more and more violently, and suddenly leaned to the left. Everyone exclaimed and quickly grabbed the boat, only Lu Nianzu was dancing on the boat, and he couldn't dodge and fell into the water.
The boatman hurriedly stopped the boat, and the senior brother who knew the water on the boat hurriedly jumped off, but after a busy job, he found nothing. Everyone was helpless and had to go back to the city first.
When Class Master Lu got the news, he seemed to have lost his mind and immediately asked the best water-based crew in the city to go down to the river to find it, but the body of Lu Nianzu seemed to have evaporated.
The news of Lu Nianzu's drowning spread all over the city, and the people of the city said that God really had no eyes, and actually took the only son of the kind-hearted and kind-hearted class master Lu. After class master Lu couldn't withstand the blow, he couldn't afford to be sick, and barely got up, he wandered madly on the edge of the water every day, muttering something in his mouth.
Someone with good deeds sat by the water and listened carefully to Class Master Lu. He was just curious, but he discovered a shocking secret.
It turned out that more than 40 years ago, it was not an accident that the auspicious opera troupe fell into the water. At that time, the head of the class still had a senior brother. Because the old head of the class was still hesitating about who would take over the head of the class and the head of the class.
It just so happened that the weather was bad that day, and the boatman was not sure, so he capsized the boat, killing everyone on the boat. The boatman had a bad retribution and died on the spot.
Everyone knew what happened later. Class Leader Lu took over the title of class leader as he wished, carried forward the drama troupe, and pretended to be kind. He said that he was too sad, and if he didn't take the boat out of town, he would actually be guilty.
After Lu Nianzu fell into the water, the people downstream also discovered a strange thing. Originally, since the auspicious opera troupe fell into the water, every rainy day, people would vaguely hear the sound of playing and singing on the water, and the troupe had everything except drums. But since Lu Nianzu fell into the water, on a rainy day, there was actually the sound of drums in the sound of playing and singing on the water, and people said that Lu Nianzu was killed by the ghost of the opera troupe.
In the rainy weather, there were really good people who went downstream to listen regardless of the mud, and came back with certainty.
For a moment, the whole city was in an uproar, and people sighed one after another. They couldn't see that the benevolent Lu class master was actually a generation of human-faced beast-hearted. Fortunately, God had eyes and tore his mask.