Sun Erniang sent Hu Zhen away, then returned to the room, picked up the book written by Zhao Tai and read it. She was soon attracted by the stories in it.

The book that Zhao Tai gave this time was not a story about love, talent and beauty, but a tragedy.

Sun Erniang read it all night long and had two copies of the book copied and sent to Yangzhou and Lin'an. Then she found a few stage actors and rehearsed behind closed doors.

The theater's business was very good, and it was overcrowded every day. It suddenly closed its doors and announced that it would be arranging new plays, which made moviegoers in Chuzhou City look forward to it.

Even before the new play is staged, the buzz has already spread.

Ten days later, the theater reopened. People who got the news and heard about the new play wanted to see it first.

For a time, the private room was full, and the lobby was even more crowded, all talking about the new play.

At this time, music sounded from behind the stage, the guests quieted down, and then the curtain opened and the first act was performed.

Liu Changsheng, the mainstay, came out and even before he started singing, the guests cheered.

In the first scene of this story, a scholar played by Liu Changsheng decides to abandon his writing and join the army after hearing that Mongolia invades the south and slaughters people. He bids farewell to his mother and his newlywed wife Huiniang and heads to Bianliang.

The scholar was determined, and his wife played a song to see him off, and reassured him that she would take good care of his mother at home.

When the guests saw this, they thought it was another touching love story.

In the second scene, the scholar joins the army. As soon as he arrives at the front line, he encounters the Mongolian army besieging the city. The scholar immediately picks up his sword and gun and goes to the battlefield to resist the Mongolian invasion.

Although the scholar resisted desperately, the Mongolian army was strong and the scholar went through many hardships, but he was still defeated and seriously injured.

When the guests saw this, their hearts became heavy. The lobby was extremely quiet, and they were all attracted by the plot.

At this time, the heroine appeared on the stage and started singing. She heard the news that the scholar's army was destroyed, and that the country was ruined and the family was destroyed. The Mongolian army would soon attack, so she decided to move south with the scholar's mother.

Along the way, groups of defeated soldiers and ordinary people wanted to go south. They all said that if they came to the Song Dynasty, they could live a good life and have hope.

On the stage, the wife is fleeing while searching for news about her husband in the crowd.

The scholar sent someone home and learned that his wife was moving south with her family, so he resisted and headed south.

On the way south, the fleeing team was chased by the Mongolian army and suffered heavy casualties. Seeing this, the scholar became furious and ordered his subordinates to find his wife, while he decided to stay and stop the Mongolian army.

The scholar sang: "As soon as I retreat, the Mongolian cavalry rolls southward, and the Song Dynasty is not peaceful. I am a man from the Central Plains. I am a citizen of the Song Dynasty. I can't cross the river. I want to be a barrier for the Song Dynasty. I can't cross the river. I want to learn from my ancestors.

Hit the gun and become a great son of Song Dynasty!"

"Okay!" The guests in the hall cheered after hearing this.

Just when the guests thought that the next plot was about the male protagonist resisting the Mongols and the female protagonist escaping to the Southern Song Dynasty, and then the two met and lived a happy life, the female protagonist, who had gone through all kinds of hardships to escape to the Huaihe River, was told that they could not

Enter the Southern Song Dynasty.

At this time, the heroine worked hard, went through many twists and turns, spent all her savings, and finally found a ship willing to take her family to the Southern Song Dynasty.

But just when the guests thought they were about to escape danger and were about to cheer for their arrival in the Southern Song Dynasty, something unexpected happened. The warship on the river suddenly knocked over the fishing boat. The ruthless river swallowed up the refugees who fell into the water. Only the heroine,

I was lucky enough to escape to the south bank.

Seeing this, the onlookers were filled with indignation and resentment in their hearts.

When Zhao Tai was creating, he considered that the audience at this time might not be able to accept the tragic ending.

If the protagonist is too miserable and there is no happy ending, his drama will definitely be considered a bad drama, so the drama is intentionally divided into two parts.

The plot of this part ends with the heroine escaping to the Southern Song Dynasty alone, determined to go to Lin'an, and asked the Emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty to open the Huaihe River to accept refugees.

On the stage, the performance ended, and there were sighs in the lobby.

Many guests were dissatisfied with such an ending and were noisy and unwilling to leave. They even asked why the warship was allowed to overturn the boat and why the protagonist's family was not allowed to escape to the Song Dynasty.

At this time, Sun Erniang appeared on the stage with several pillars. Liu Changsheng, who had become a big name, explained to the guests: "Dear guests, this play is based on the incident where a warship collided with a fishing boat not long ago.

, which resulted in dozens of refugees falling into the water and drowning. Today we will perform the upper part, and we will perform the second part in a few days, and we will definitely give everyone a satisfactory ending."

After the guests heard this, they calmed down, and everyone left feeling a little uncomfortable.

When this new play was performed in theaters in Chuzhou, theaters opened in Yangzhou, Lin'an and other places also performed it one after another.

This drama is different from previous dramas, giving viewers a different experience. The experiences of the hero and heroine are more twists and turns, more miserable, and it is very sad to watch.

The more sadistic the plot is, the easier it is to arouse the sympathy of viewers, making them more sadistic and want a good ending.

Lin'an City, the Imperial Palace, and the Imperial Garden.

The favorite concubine of the Song Dynasty official family, Concubine Jia, after watching Zhao Tai's new play, felt depressed all day long. She sat in the garden, holding a handkerchief and sighing.

In this era, there are few entertainment options, especially for people like Concubine Jia who have no worries about food and clothing and do not have to worry about material life. It is almost difficult to meet their spiritual needs.

Since Zhao Tai's theater opened in Lin'an, theater viewing has become the spiritual food of some princes, nobles, ladies and ladies, including Concubine Jia, who have become fanatics.

Therefore, there was a new play in the theater, and Concubine Jia naturally wanted to see it.

At this time, Emperor Zhao Yun came over and saw that his concubine's eyes were red and she seemed to have just cried. He immediately felt pity for her: "My concubine, what are you doing? Who bullied you? I will make the decision for you!"

Concubine Jia quickly wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and forced a smile: "Your Majesty is fine. I just watched a play recently and felt sad for the people in the play."

Zhao Yun was a little confused, "What kind of play, who wrote it, made my concubine unhappy? I asked him to write it according to my concubine's wishes."

"Haha~" Concubine Jia smiled slightly, "I know His Majesty's wishes, but the play is well written. It is said that it is based on real events, but Hui Niang's experience is too tragic."

Zhao Yun couldn't help but become interested, "Oh, my beloved concubine said that, I really want to take a look."

In Chuzhou, after the fermentation of Zhao Tai's new drama, many residents in the city developed sympathy for the refugees gathered outside the city.

Not only did they donate supplies and help the refugees, some people even began to respond to Qiu Yue, asking him to help the refugees and strictly investigate the murderer who hit the fishing boat and caused dozens of people to drown.

In the Zhizhi Yamen, Qiu Yue heard the story told by his subordinates and couldn't help but became furious, "How dare an actor discuss state affairs!"
Chapter completed!