Li Shishou's image of Bao Gong in "Selling Flowers".
Guanghao. All actors who belong to the "flower face" industry pay great attention to the shaping of Bao Gong's image, and the famous Huangmei opera artist Li Shishou (1892-1939) is one of them. This famous "living Bao Gong" on the stage of Huangmei Cai Tea Opera that year, not long after Xiang Yasong "shopped" in the early years, he had the honor to sing with him on the same stage, and he still remembers the Bao Gong drama he played. This article is based on the discussion of the famous Huangmei opera artists Xiang Yasong, Yu Haixian, Xiong Lihua, Gui Sanyuan and others, as well as the materials from the investigation in Li Shishou's hometown.
Li Shishou's family lived in the Southern Song Dynasty ** Mu's fourth son Yue Zhen, the fifth son Yue Ting took refuge near the "Wulang Pass" (now Yangmei Ridge, Dahe Town, Huangmei County), since he was a child, he liked the story of Yue Fei and the anecdotes and legends of the Yue brothers, and learned to become the Yue family boxing, and was the only martial arts person in the late Qing Dynasty to the early Huangmei tea opera artists. The Yuejia boxing, with magical moves and rigorous routines, provides unique conditions for Li Shishou to play the majestic and upright Bao Gong. The actors who played the flower girl and Cao Ding with Li Shishou are all artists who have been famous for many years, such as Chen Jihe, Zhou Blacksmith, Dong Yande, Shuai Maocong, Guo Zhenmu, Ke Huoying, Yu Haixian and others.
Li Shishou played Bao Gong, the face and costumes are learned from Han opera, his image is: two faces painted with black oil paint, big eyes and bright eyes, thick sword eyebrows, a bright moon painted on the forehead, wearing a black, square, long winged "Xiang Mink" on both sides, wearing a "black man", wearing a black Dulong python robe, and wearing "Gaofang" court boots, showing the image of Bao Gong as a fair and honest, upright and upright official.
"Selling Flowers" is one of the 11 Bao Gong plays in Huangmei Opera, although Bao Gong only appears in the eighth and ninth scenes, but it is very heavy. First use the opening gong, and then take the twenty-four hammers, send the burly and solemn Bao Gong out of the field, and then stand on the left side of the stage table, facing the front of the stage in the middle, stretch his sleeves, cut his hair, and appear. After the debut, he held the jade belt on the robe with both hands, and leisurely walked to the middle of the stage with the "cloud step" under the support of the dynasty, Ma Han and other dragon sets, and read the "introduction" to the audience: "A piece of loyalty, for the official integrity, to protect the lord of the splendid future." After reading it, he straightened his crown again, cut his beard, stretched his sleeves, and supported the belt, turned around and walked to the front of the desk, and read the "Fu Word": "The black python robe with gold and jade seal, a piece of Dan heart protects the Song Dynasty;."Even if the royal family and relatives violate the royal law, they will not be forgiven!Bao Zheng, the word is positive, the king of Song was a minister in front of the car, and the official was a scholar of Longtuge University and the Yin of Kaifeng Mansion. Only because of the famine in Chenzhou for several years, the saint ordered Liu Yanei's son and son-in-law to go to release grain, who knew that the two thieves took the opportunity to release grain, wantonly looted people's property, killed innocents, and the people of Chenzhou sued the royal court. The saint ordered him to go to Chenzhou for the second time to release grain and reassure the people, find out the truth, and execute **!Today's official business is over, and the road back to the court. Dynasty, Mahan, and the lord prepared a sedan chair. ”
Since Li Shishou learned opera, he has paid great attention to reading white, he uses refined Chinese rhyme, and his speech is clear, and he performs the priorities and subdued tones of the above-mentioned confessions. showed Bao Zheng's courage to fight against the feudal society, and at the same time explained the reason why he went to Chenzhou to eliminate violence and peace.
After getting up the sedan car, a sudden gust of strange wind blew off the top of Bao Gong's sedan chair. He ordered the dynasty to go after the top of the bridge, and sang in a high, rough, and honest flower-faced seven plates: "Only then can I hear the roar of the strange wind, and I can hear the howling of ghosts and gods next to my ears!"Which royal relative is domineering?Presumably the victim is looking for an old bag again!When the dynasty returned: when the roof of the sedan chair was lifted to the garden of the national abbot Cao Ding, Li Shishou flashed his eyes and shook his hand with his handrealized that this must be the traitor Cao Ding who bullied others and did evil. He decided to temporarily rest in Tianqi Temple, open the incense case, and accept the "Yin Notice". After a while, he heard the "ghost complaint" of the flower girl Zhang from the gong and drum ideas, and it turned out that it was she who was wronged by Jiuquan who lifted the roof of the sedan chair. She had gone to Cao's Mansion to sell flowers before her death, was seen by Cao Ding, greedy for beauty, forced her to be a concubine, after she refused, Cao Nao was ashamed and angry, and ordered the evil slave to beat her to death and bury her body under the flower stand in the northwest garden of Caofu. Her husband Liu Shijun dreams.
Knowing, thinking of Nanya's revenge, unfortunately fell into the hands of Cao Ding and put him in a water prison.
In the face of this major unjust case, Li Shishou focused on portraying Bao Zheng's thoughtful, resourceful, and god-like character. He believes that if ordinary gangsters accept the "ghost accusation," they can be interrogated and questioned. However, this time, it was the father of the Empress of the West Palace, the emperor's father-in-law, the prince's master in the court, and a powerful ministerAfter careful consideration, Bao Gong decided to solve the case and try Cao Ding after obtaining the body of the flower girl. He took out a name card from the sedan chair and came to Cao's mansion to pay homage, preparing to drink and act at the opportunity.
Bao Gong arrived at Cao's mansion, and after a courtesy conversation with Cao Ding, he took the opportunity to observe Cao Ding's expression, and the two of them were relatively straight, haircut, and toasted together. After drinking two glasses, Bao Gong pretended to overdose, got drunk during the banquet, and stopped drinking, the purpose of which was to go to the Northwest Garden to observe on the spot, and the contradiction began to intensify. In order to cover up the facts of the crime, Cao Ding only agreed to open the Northeast Garden and let Bao Zheng enjoy the flowers and sober up. Bao Zheng thought that there were no famous flowers in the Northeast Garden, and he didn't want to appreciate them, so after walking a circle, he decided to enjoy the Northwest Flower Circle. Cao Ding had a premonition that Bao Zheng was "not good", and wanted to refuse Bao Gong's tour, but knew that his temper and character were strong and unyielding, and he would never stop until he achieved his goal, so he carried the emperor and queen out and wanted to subdue Lao Bao: "The Northwest Garden was given to the mother of the West Palace by the saint, and the old minister was ordered to guard it here." If the minister of the court wants to go to the Northwest Garden to watch the flowers, he must have the Holy Imperial Decree to enter, without the Holy Decree, there is a crime of bullying the monarch to open the Northwest Garden, the old man does not dare to obey the order, please forgive the Duke of Longtu!”
Bao Gong was very clear about Cao Ding's intention to use the "Imperial Garden" to block his investigation of the case, he saluted first and then soldiers, stood up, stretched his beard and sleeves, and used his tall posture to be arrogant and domineering, pretending to be a hero to fight back against Cao Ding: "Why did the Taishi say this!."I Wen is releasing grain in Chenzhou to return to the dynasty, which can be regarded as a meritorious ministerSlowly, it is the garden of the Taishi, that is, the Jinluan Palace of the Song Prince, and the old bag can also do a few lines and swing a few ways!"Tell him to open the gate of the garden. Cao Ding resolutely did not open, and continued to use the imperial power, the rear power, the status of the Taishi, and the national ruler to suppress Bao Zheng, at this time Bao Zheng raised his right hand water sleeve, his eyes were wide, and he was full of angerDynasty, Mahan!Split the Northwest Garden!Bao Gong gave an order, the dynasty virtually split the door, and Cao Ding pretended to be calm. Bao Zheng walked into the Northwest Garden, looked around, and found that there were three kinds of flowers and plants planted on the flower platform in the northwest corner, such as plantains, begonias and daffodils, and couldn't help laughing three times. This laughter shows that Bao Zheng has won the first victory in opening the garden to inspect the corpse, and he wants to quickly dig up the flower platform and take out the corpse of the flower girl;But I thought that in case the corpse was transferred by the Cao thief, the flower platform was dug up, and I was speechless, so I pretended to say, "The old man had a dream last night: I dreamed that there were two cylinders of gold and silver under the old lady's flower platform, why not dig it out, and you and I will divide it equally?"”
Cao Ding is a thief with a weak heart, clever words and arguments, he denies that there is gold and silver under the flower stage, even if there is also the Cao family, if he digs the platform to get money, Bao Zheng is a stolen official!Bao Zhenggong ordered Wang Dynasty and Ma Han to dig the flower platform, but Cao Ding stopped him and was not allowed to do it. Bao Zheng was like a mountain against Cao Ding, pulled him aside, and ordered the king and the horse to dig quickly. After the excavation, the corpse of the flower seller was found, Bao Zheng saw that the evidence was conclusive, he was furious, and asked Cao Ding loudly and sternly: "Under this flower platform... Where is the corpse of a woman?!Cao Ding was speechless for a while. Li Shishou showed his prestige at this time, his eyebrows were cold, and he wanted Cao Ding to answer, the cold light in his eyes was like two sharp swords piercing Cao Ding's chest. Bao Zheng shot back: "Shut up!."You first preach that the Northwest Garden is the royal garden of the Holy Lord's enshrinement to the queen, and those who are ministers have no holy decree, and it is the crime of deceiving the king to open the Northwest GardenWhere is the holy decree to bury Yahuan here?Could it be that the Northwest Garden is the ancestral tomb mountain of your Cao family?!You talk to me!You talk to me!Cao Ding was speechless when asked. Bao Zheng pressed step by step, "If you don't want people to know, unless you don't do it!."Li Shishou was particularly high and powerful when he read these ten words, the gongs and drums were played, the phoenix nodded, and Bao Zheng sang with a high pluck, and had a showdown with Cao Ding: "Standing in the garden and scolding loudly, Cao Ding's old thief did not abide by the king's law, and he obviously killed the flower girl... With this sentence, Bao Zheng raised his right hand and raised his sleeve, stretched out two fingers with his left hand to ask Cao Ding continuously, and the gong and drum struck hard. Cao Ding is still unrepentant, and still insists that the female corpse is a girl, not a flower girl;But he was extremely frightened in his heart, and said, "Bao Heitou has beaten those five halls of Yama!."Li Shishou sang with a flowery face and seven plates: "Yin Baozheng of the Southern Yafu is the king and the people are the people." Seventy-two headless cases can be tried, and the broken tile kiln is interrupted. Tiger head bronze guillotine cut Bao Mian··· In the conversion of gongs and drums, this sentence "Mai Tone" turned to "Flower Face Fire Attack", focusing on Bao Zheng.
's angry emotion: "My nephew is ruthless when he commits a crime!."Zeng Ji Renzong did not recognize his mother, and forty military sticks beat the unconscious monarch, and the unconscious monarch knelt down to recognize his mother. Jun is a king, a minister is a minister, slow to say that you are a small country, Song Tianzi violated the king's law and acted according to the law!Cao thief did not admit his guilt when he died, and clung to the trump card of his country, comparing himself to "Mount Tai", scolding Bao Zheng as an "ant" and "** in the well" Bao Zheng couldn't hold back anymore, twisted Cao Ding's robe, and took his old bottom: "The position of Taishi is not obtained by virtue of three articles and seven splendid articles;is not compared with the martial arts of three bows and two arrows, but the nepotism in the daughter's sedan chair is connected!So he held the board with his right hand and twisted Cao Ding's face with his left hand. Cao Ding hit the bag with a boxer, and the bag turned around and stopped it with his hand. After facing the saint, the saint authorized him to go to the south to interrogate Cao according to the performance of Zhu Bao Zheng.
When Xigong Niangniang heard that Bao Zheng was going to behead her father, she hurriedly sent a eunuch to threaten Bao Zheng: "Only the Taishi is allowed to be here, and the Taishi is not allowed to be bad!."In the face of power, Bao Gong had already put his personal life and death and official position out of the degree, he rolled up his sleeves, shook the "black man", shouted, and the earth shook: "Ahh·· Don't mention the West Palace, it's just a matter of mentioning the West Palace, and the West Palace will not be spared!Dynasty, Mahan, drag the old thief to the tiger's head, beheaded!This verdict won a round of applause from the audience, and the selfless Bao Gong, who punished evil and promoted good, finally avenged the flower girl and Liu Shijun.