Chapter 1718 Dou Le
Boom, boom, boom!
Waves of drum beats sounded, forming an exciting drum music.
The wealthy families in the city were so happy that they took out their big drums and asked their eldest son to stand on the cart and play the drums to celebrate.
The coachman pulled the cart, followed by his master, the remaining young masters, and many servants, shouting: "God bless the great Chu, we have defeated the soldiers, and the soldiers have been beaten away!"
Dang, Dang, Dang!
People in the alleys couldn't afford big drums, so they came out with gongs, beat the gongs and shouted: "We win, we drive away the thieves and beasts!"
Clang, clang, clang!
Someone even took out a big cymbal that looked like a hat and kept beating it to make a domineering sound.
The man next to him who was playing the gong was not happy anymore, and he banged it hard until the sound was louder than the big cymbal. Belongs to this Iron King’s gong!”
The person playing the big cymbal got angry, so he hit the big cymbal harder and started fighting with the person playing the gong. This was very painful for the people playing the drum on the same street.
Seeing that the sound of his drum was outshone by the sound of gongs and cymbals, Mr. Ba shouted dissatisfied to his eldest son: "Boss, haven't you eaten? Use more force. This drum is the king of Baile, give me some pounding." You have so much momentum, how can you be outdone by this inferior gong and cymbal? Do you want to be laughed at by others in your family?!"
There have always been festive events, and every household would celebrate by beating gongs, drums, playing instruments and singing. There would also be some secret fighting over whose musical instrument was louder.
Young Master Bada is very aggrieved. He is a scholar, and his body is not as strong as those men in the market. Moreover, he plays a big drum, while other people play gongs. The sound is louder than the big drum. Even if he beats it to death, the sound is louder than the gong. But people.
But Mr. Ba didn't care, and stared at Mr. Ba with a look that said, "If you can't beat them, I will kill you."
Young Master Bada had no choice but to play the drums desperately. He was almost exhausted, but the sound of the drums was still overtaken by the sound of gongs and cymbals.
"Dad, I can't do it anymore. For the sake of us being father and son, please spare your son." Young Master Bada couldn't bear it any longer. He panted and begged for mercy. He was so tired that he hugged the drum to rest.
"You're a useless thing. You don't even have the strength to beat a drum. Quickly step aside and let your second brother get on." After scolding Young Master Ba, he asked his second son to get on the cart and continue to play the drum. The government office left on the main street.
It is an unwritten rule that when there is a big happy event in the city, every household will converge towards Fuya Zheng Street from different streets and alleys, dance and have a good time, and then go home.
"Hey, thank you dad. You just have to look after your son. I'll try to earn this face back for you!" Young Master Ba Er was very happy that he could finally steal the limelight from his boss.
But within three-quarters of an hour, he regretted it... Damn, drumming is indeed a tiring job!
"Second brother, you are a martial arts practitioner. You are stronger than your elder brother. You can't even play the drums? What do I need from you?!" Mr. Ba was furious, feeling that his two sons had been embarrassed by him.
The Hu family, who played gongs, and the Zhang family, who played cymbals, who had been following his family like ghosts, laughed and said, "What's wrong with Mr. Ba? Why are you so angry on this big day? Both young masters are pampered. It's normal for people to not be able to play the drum. If you really can't, could you give me a tael of silver and I can help you play the drum to Fuya Street?"
"Get lost! Mr. Hu, don't feel uncomfortable here on your big day!" Mr. Ba scolded the Hu family and Zhang family.
But after the scolding, he asked the steward to quietly give each family one tael of silver and ask them to stand still for a quarter of an hour, so as to put some distance between them and not steal the limelight from his family's big drum.
The Hu family and the Zhang family were happy to do so. They thanked Mr. Ba and relied on the large number of people in the two families to stop several families behind them who were beating gongs.
Master Ba was very satisfied. He scolded his two sons and told them to play the drums and leave quickly to avoid being caught up and having to spend another two taels of silver!
The street was crowded with people, and by the time they arrived at Fuyazheng Street, the whole street was already buzzing with gongs and drums, and various musical instruments were playing in unison.
The most domineering ones were the Fengjia Escort Agency. I don’t know what they were thinking, but they actually set up a suona array, and a group of escorts were blowing loudly. Everyone was so noisy by the earth-shattering suona sound that they wanted to curse.
Magistrate Hao was hiding in the government office, stuffing his ears with cotton wool, but he was still so noisy that he wanted to die!
"When will these loud noises stop? Are they going to stop letting people live? They are so noisy that my brain is swollen."
Qi Tongzhi also plugged his ears and said with a splitting headache: "No, this group of people is really, even if they want to celebrate, it will make people feel more comfortable. Why are they playing musical instruments?"
In the previous dynasties, the style of madmen was prevalent, and fighting music has been around since then. But what people fight are elegant musical instruments such as harps and harps. How can they be like them? Fighting against gongs, big cymbals, and suonas can literally kill people!
Qi Tongzhi said again: "Leader Lou, just pass on my order and let them have fun for half an hour. Although the battle has been won, there are still many things in the city. And we are not going to die in this battle." "Little people, it's almost the Hungry Ghost Festival again, we can't make such a fuss, we have to feel a little sad."
Naturally, the whole city should celebrate such a joyful event of defeating the bandits. Magistrate Hao couldn't help but order a stop and ruined the celebration, so he was the one to do the evil thing.
After hearing this, Magistrate Hao felt satisfied... Sure enough, it is right to be cruel. After he punished Qi Tongzhi shamelessly a few times, Qi Tongzhi became afraid and began to act based on his expression.
"Yes." Lou Bantou led a group of yamen servants out of the yamen and shouted to the people who were celebrating with music: "Qi Tongzhi has an order. The Ghost Festival is approaching. Since the main purpose is to mourn the dead, celebrate half a day." Let’s disperse after an hour!”
But the noise on the street was too loud. Lou Bantou shouted until his voice broke, but the others didn't hear him and continued to beat the gongs and drums.
Gu Jinli and the others also came out in a carriage to see this rare excitement. Fortunately, the horses pulling the carriage were replaced by war horses, and their ears were blocked. They could withstand the disturbance, but they were not disturbed by these gongs. The sound frightened me.
"Oh my God, this is so crazy. How many men are playing drums with their shirts off?" Ji Zhenniang covered her eyes and looked at the people who were playing drums with half of their clothes off... It's a pity that their bodies are not at all good. Not as good looking as Xie Cheng!
Hey, she is a lady, a good woman, how can she think about something that is not enough?
Gu Jinli was speechless and slapped her on the back of the head: "Are you crazy? Cover your face, shake your shoulders, stamp your feet, pretending to be shy? What are you talking to yourself about? I am a lady and a good woman, I can't look at it. Look, what on earth are you thinking about that is inappropriate for children?"
Ji Zhenniang was so excited that she said what she was thinking. After hearing Gu Jinli's question, she looked at Gao Lei who was looking at her, her face turned red with embarrassment, and she shouted: "That's nonsense, I'm How can a serious woman think of those bad things?"
Gu Jinli was fanning himself with a fan and said with a smile: "I didn't say you were immoral. Why are you so anxious? Besides, you have given birth to a child. Can you stop pretending to be an innocent and ignorant girl?"