Chapter 133: Performance (1)

"Midsummer Festival" morning, Daqiao District.
The flow of people gradually gathered at the entrance of the Wujiuhu Hotel, so that the bridge connecting the two banks of the Huai River through the city was a bit congested, causing great inconvenience to traffic.
The bridge area of ​​Ascatraz is located in the center of a connecting city. A big river named "Wing River" divides the city into the upper city and the lower city. The upper city on the north bank of the Wing River is the administrative district and the temple. District, the Xiacheng district on the south bank of the Wing River is a wharf area and a slum area, which just separates the settlements of the rich and the poor.
But both the poor and the rich can quickly rush from the settlement to the Daqiao District without detours. This is why the real estate in Daqiao District is expensive, and the Five Flagon Theater is worth 200,000 gold coins but there is no market. The reason why ordinary wealthy businessmen want to buy it but cannot buy it.
The festival celebration of "Midsummer Festival" has not yet begun. Only in the evening, on a clear midsummer night, the celebration songs will be sung in the small squares near the major hotels and taverns in the city.
In the Midsummer Festival of previous years, there was not much festive atmosphere during the day, and there would not be so many people gathered together.
Today, the crowd gathers to watch the performances of the Bradlow Theatre Company. These people hold numbered ticket stubs in their hands, hoping that they will be lucky enough to be drawn and watch a wonderful stage that only aristocrats can enjoy for free. drama.
At 8 o’clock in the morning, Xiaoping, which was built yesterday, stood up and stood up with a loudly voiced messenger. He took out a piece of paper, and he was responsible for reading the winning numbers aloud, so that the citizens holding the winning tickets could enter as soon as possible. field.
Citizens gathered in large numbers, and there was a mixture of fish and dragons. There were even many movie thieves who tried to mess up and steal in troubled waters.
The organizers of this performance had been prepared for a long time. All the Amn guards in the Daqiao district were assembled, and even some guards in other districts were deployed to maintain order.
This is Luo Feng’s request to the mayor of Barana. He said that for safety reasons, the city hall must send enough guards to the town on the day of the performance. Otherwise, if there is chaos and stampede, the citizens will suffer unnecessary casualties.
There were also a lot of nobles who came to watch the performance. The ten newly renovated luxurious private rooms in the theater were booked by nobles and wealthy businessmen ten days ago. One luxurious private room is enough for a noble family to sit.
In other words, even if you don't count the nobles who spent high prices to buy winning tickets to watch in the ordinary auditorium, there are at least ten wealthy families, nearly 100 nobles and their relatives.
Mayor Barana can disregard the life and death of petty citizens, but she cannot ignore the safety of the nobles and wealthy businessmen. In addition to gathering all the guards in the bridge area at the entrance of the Pentacho Theater, she also mobilized hundreds of guards from other areas , To ensure the safe and smooth progress of the performance.
There is another reason why Luo Feng made such a request. He knew that yesterday's behavior of driving away the scalpers and giving tickets offended the Shadow Thieves Guild, which planned to make a fortune from it. With the urination of the shadow thieves, he will definitely not give up. Today If we don't arrange more guards, the movie thieves will definitely jump out and make trouble, so that the public performance of the Bradlow Troupe will not go on.
Sure enough, there were shadow thieves mixing in the crowd to make trouble, but before they could create much chaos, they were caught by the waiting Amn guards and sent to prison to whip.
The small commotion among the crowd was calmed. Thousands of people gathered by the Amn guards waited quietly for the call. It also took a lot of effort. In the end, good results were achieved. The crowd was in order, and people listened carefully. Pray, I hope I can become the lucky winner.
"Number six hundred and sixty-six!" The messenger roared.
A young guy in the audience was taken aback, took out the ticket stub and took a closer look, and his brows were instantly happy.
The young man's name is Jack. He is a dock worker. He is not a stage play enthusiast. He has watched two stage plays in his life. After all, the tickets are very expensive and his income is low. It is difficult to maintain such entertainment expenses. .
He just joined in the fun yesterday and received a ticket, but he didn't expect to be lucky and won the prize.
"Lucky young man, if you are willing to transfer this ticket, my master is willing to buy it with 200 gold coins!"
A middle-aged man dressed as a housekeeper squeezed by him, took out a bag of gold coins from his arms, and shouted.
The young man hesitated, but it was 200 gold coins, which is more than a year's salary!
But he still shook his head, rejected the middle-aged man's proposal, and walked to the gate of the Five Flagship Inn with the ticket stub.
During this period of time, the city of Ascatraz was full of rumors about "the most exciting stage play in history is about to be staged". Jack's ears must hear the cocoon. His curiosity has long been raised. I really want to see what the legend can A wonderful drama that made the noble women cry all over.
What's more, although he is engaged in heavy physical labor every day, when he returns home, he always drags his exhausted body to learn about culture.
He is very talented in art. In painting, he has mastered a lot of skills in self-study. In addition to painting, he also taught himself to read, write, read, and even know some music knowledge.
Jack's dream is to become an artist in the future, instead of staying at the bottom forever, being an individual worker, but an ambitious young man.
It's just a year's salary. If you miss that wonderful stage play, it might be a lifetime regret.
"Number seven hundred and thirty-six!"
A young girl jumped up happily. She was dressed luxuriously and was surrounded by two bodyguards. She was a young lady from a wealthy family.
The girl's name is Liz, she is the daughter of Sir Camton's family.
Her parents are not stage fans, so her expecting parents to pay a large sum of money to set up a luxurious private room to take her to watch the show fell through, so the housekeeper can only help her buy regular tickets without telling her parents, but the housekeeper returns to tell All she bought was a lottery ticket, and she might not win the lottery, but she was furious.
That stupid butler didn't know how to buy more tickets for the lottery, at least the winning rate would be higher!
But the housekeeper told her that the lottery ticket in the black market had already risen to 30 gold coins, and buying more may not win the prize.
Lisi could only pray for Tamora's favor. She came here early in the morning with the only lottery ticket to wait for the news. She didn't expect the prayer to work, and the goddess of luck loved her very much today.
"One hundred and forty-seventh!"
"Moradin's hammer turned out to be me!"
"Number sixty-fifth!"
"Aha, Sheila Perilol (the halfling love goddess) has taken care of her faithful followers!"
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In this way, citizens of different identities and races followed the call of the messenger and took the ticket stubs and walked into the five-flap theater. Some of the winners transferred the tickets on the spot to the noble butlers and servants who bought them at high prices. .
After checking the tickets, Liz walked down the stairs of the Five Flagon Inn and came to the entrance of the theater. She was surprised to find that the theater had undergone tremendous changes.
She is a small theater fan, often comes to the theater to watch plays, and is very familiar with it, but today she feels very strange.
There are flower baskets on both sides of the corridor leading to the theater’s gate, the ground is covered with a red carpet, and a lot of magic lights are added to the top of the surrounding walls, and an oil painting is hung under each lamp.
As she walked through the corridor on the red carpet, she glanced at one of them casually, then stopped, she was so surprised that she could not speak.
"Oh my God! The painting skills are so superb, it's a masterpiece!" The noble girl couldn't help but exclaimed.
"Yes, Master Bradlow's painting skills are indeed amazing."
Suddenly a young male voice interrupted next to him: "The technique he used is very different from the traditional technique of Fei Lun painter. The composition is also novel and bold, which makes people feel pleasing to the eye."
The aristocratic girl quickly turned her head and saw a handsome and strong young man standing beside her, his eyes bursting with strange light, and she was intently looking at the oil painting poster on the wall.
The young man was dressed plainly and did not look like he came from a rich family.
The girl blushed involuntarily.