Hua Yehuo said loudly: "As the second head of Huoshan Hongxing Village, and at the same time as an actor teaching Zuo Dharma protector, I will tell you about these past events!"

The entire hall suddenly became quiet, listening to Hua Yehuo's story with rapt attention.

It turns out that the story can be traced back to the first year of Yi Zhong more than 40 years ago, that is, the year when Yuan Liaochen first ascended the throne.

At that time, there was an orchard with pear trees in the Royal Forbidden Garden, called the "Pear Orchard", and there was a theater troupe. During festivals and important occasions, the theater troupe would perform in the pear orchard or perform in the palace.

The master of the troupe was Jia Zhe, and the entire troupe were Jia Zhe's apprentices. Xiao Zhengqing, Hua Yehuo and Hong Sanjin all belonged to that troupe. At that time, they were all still childish children.

Yuan Liaochen asked the troupe to perform a play on the night of Queen Huyanwanchan's birthday, but the script written by Jia Zhe repeatedly dissatisfied Yuan Liaochen, so the script was revised repeatedly, and Huyanwanchan's birthday was getting closer and closer. By the time the script was completely finalized

At that time, there were only two days left before Huyan Wanchan’s birthday.

This play lasted for more than an hour, and two days of rehearsal time was completely insufficient. During the rehearsal, all the actors complained. Therefore, when it was actually performed, the effect was not ideal, with words forgotten, missing words, and words skipped.

Mistakes occurred frequently, but I still managed to get through the performance.

In order not to affect Huyan Wanchan's interest, Yuan Liaochen did not pursue too much with the troupe.

After the performance, Yuan Liaochen took Huyan Wanchan for a walk in the pear garden. After all, the night view of the pear garden is quite artistic, and there are also swings, wooden horses and other playthings.

Until the middle of the night, Huyan Wanchan was tired from shopping and wanted to return to the palace. However, when she was driving, she unexpectedly discovered that her pet puppy was missing. So all the palace maids, eunuchs and accompanying guards devoted themselves to killing the pet.

While searching for the puppy, he searched the whole pear orchard but there was no sign of the dog.

Yuan Liaochen asked: "Have the actors' rooms been searched?"

The leading guard replied: "They were all asleep, so I didn't disturb them."

"Search! Search from room to room for me! These actors may not have any good intentions!" Yuan Liaochen ordered.

So the guards searched every room for a long time before returning.

"Your Majesty, I found a pot and several sets of bowls and chopsticks in a room!" said a guard.

Yuan Liaochen said angrily: "I asked you to find the dog, why should you report the pots and pans if you find them!"

The guard replied: "Your Majesty, there is cold broth in the pot, and there are bones in the bowl. They look like dog meat bones."

Yuan Liaochen's expression changed drastically: "Call all the actors over to me!"

Everyone gathered in front of Yuan Liaochen. Yuan Liaochen was furious and said: "Those who ate dog meat at night will stand up to me!"

Jia Zhe took the lead and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, we have stewed a dog in the kitchen tonight. Although the amount is not a lot, everyone has a share, and those who can't eat the meat can also drink a mouthful of soup. So it depends on whether you eat it or not."

If the dog meat people stand up, then our entire troupe will have to stand up. However, I dare to ask Your Majesty, is it not allowed to eat dog meat?"

Yuan Liaochen gritted his teeth and said: "Why can't you eat dog meat? But you also have to check whose dog you ate! Not everyone's dog can be stewed and eaten!"

Jia Zhe was puzzled: "The dog meat shop sells meat dogs specially made for eating. Why can't they be stewed?"

Yuan Liaochen touched his head: "You won't shed tears without seeing the coffin! You still have to quibble! The Queen lost a dog in the opera garden, and you just happened to eat dog meat. Can such a coincidence happen in the world?"

Jia Zhe frowned and said: "Your Majesty, even if we eat the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard, we still dare not eat the Queen's dog!"

Yuan Liaochen paced back and forth: "You, you, you! You are very good at acting, and you are very good at acting! You can act without changing your expression, and you can act flawlessly! But stealing the queen's dog is a serious crime, and sophistry and not admitting it is even more of a crime of deceiving the emperor!"

Jia Zhe argued: "Your Majesty, we really didn't eat the Queen's dog!"

Yuan Liaochen shook his sleeves angrily: "Come here, throw all these actors into the prison and torture them!"

Speaking of this, Hua Yehuo was filled with indignation: "How old were we at that time? Leader Xiao, I, and Protector Hong were not very old at that time. We were all still children. We were thrown into the sky prison and tortured severely!"

Upon hearing this, everyone present shuddered.

Yuan Liaohong was younger than Hua Yehuo. In the first year of Yi Zhong's reign, he was still in his infancy and had no idea about these past events. Others had never heard of it, except Jiang Lie, but Jiang Lie only knew a little bit about it.

Hear.

If Hua Yehuo does not publicly talk about these past events today, they may eventually be buried in the dust forever. Jiang Lie recalled at this time that when Jiang Luo talked about the past events of Yi Zhongsanxian Shi Zhutian, he mentioned that Yuan Liaochen did not let Shi Zhutian

The reasons for the Yingling Cult's rebellion were written into the history books, which made Jiang Lie even more curious about the subsequent development.

The purpose of torture was to extract a confession, which is commonly known as beating into submission. However, no one in the theater troupe at that time, no matter men, women, old or young, was willing to admit to this unwarranted crime.

At that time, the Minister of Punishment was merciful, but Yuan Liaochen's purpose was to torture someone until they confessed. He believed that confessing was better than being beaten to death, but no one was willing to do so, so he had to pick up Jia Zhe while he was sleeping.

hand made a sign.

So the entire troupe was exiled to northern Xinjiang.

When Hua Yehuo talked about this, he couldn't help but choked up: "It's a long way from Shenshi City to Northern Xinjiang. We were rushing every day, non-stop. How old were we then? We didn't even know how long a mile was.

How long is the road? Ten miles is how long the road is. I only know that every day

I was exhausted from walking all day, and had to be whipped. On the second day, both of my feet were bruised and bruised. We just cried and kept crying. The guards thought we were noisy, so they

If you know how to whip with a whip or beat with a stick, we will cry even more."

Everyone present was moved by it.

Hua Yehuo continued: "I don't know how many people died on the road, but I didn't expect that all of us children would make it to Northern Xinjiang alive. It was not easy on the road, and the days after arriving in Northern Xinjiang were even harder. We were all just like slaves.

Every day is about building border crossings

But how old were we then? How could we move those bricks and stones? But we had to move them even if we couldn’t move them, otherwise we would be beaten by the supervisors. We were afraid of being beaten, so we had to work honestly.

.However, those days were indeed not lived by humans.”

After more than ten days of hard work, something finally changed.
Chapter completed!