Lin Yun took Ying Ge and Xiang Ling to the Dongnuang Pavilion to listen to a play. When the three of them passed by the outer study, they saw a head sticking out of the window, and then quickly retracted it.

A moment later, Qin Zhong led Jia Lan out of the house, saluted Lin Yun, and congratulated him on winning the championship.

After seeing the ceremony, Lin Yun asked Jia Lan, "Brother Lan, when did you come here?"

Jia Lan: "I just came here not long ago. I came here with my second uncle Lian."

"Has Second Brother Lian gone back?"

"No reply. Second Uncle Lian is talking to Aunt Lin over at Dong Nuan Pavilion."

Lin Yun nodded, and then asked Qin Zhong: "You were the one who looked out furtively just now, right?"

"Sister-in-law, I was wrong." Qin Zhong lowered his head guiltily and admitted his mistake obediently.

"Have you finished the homework assigned by Mr. He?"

"Replying to my sister-in-law, it's done."

Lin Yun: "Now that I've finished my homework, let's go watch a show."

"Thank you, sister-in-law."

Qin Zhong was overjoyed when he heard this and asked Rajalan to go to the theater with him.

Jia Lan declined: "Qing Jing, you can go and play by yourself. I also want to read for a while."

Lin Yun advised: "Brother Lan, go and relax. Studying requires a balance between work and rest. You don't have to sit in a pile of books all day."

Jia Lan: "If my mother knew that I went to the theater, she would be angry."

Lin Yun: "It doesn't matter. If your mother blames you, just say it was my order."

Jia Lan said happily: "Thank you very much, Uncle Yun."

Lin Yun warned again: "Play for half an hour and come back. Don't time out."

"yes."

Qin Zhong and Jia Lan agreed and then ran away quickly.

…

Opposite Dongnuan Pavilion, there is an open space the size of a football field. It was originally used for physical exercise. Now a large stage has been built on the open space. There was a sound of musical instruments from behind the stage, accompanied by the voice of a girl singing opera.

Lin Yun didn't know anything about opera. He only heard Qin Keqing say once that this opera troupe was singing Kunqu opera.

When Lin Yun and others came over, they saw Jia Lian chatting with a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy in brocade clothes standing in the open space in front of the stage.

When Jia Lian saw Lin Yun coming, he quickly waved to him and said with a smile: "Brother Yun, come here and I will introduce someone to you."

When Lin Yun came closer, Jia Lian pointed at the young man and introduced: "This is Brother Qiang, the nephew of Brother Dongfu Zhen. He is in charge of the theater troupe."

The young man didn't wait for Jia Lian to finish the introduction, and saluted Lin Yun: "Jia Qiang greets Uncle Yun, and congratulates Uncle Yun for winning the championship."

Lin Yun returned the favor and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

"Uncle Yun, don't be polite. This is what a nephew should do."

Jia Qiang's posture was very low, which made Lin Yun feel good about him. He asked Jia Qiang: "How many artists are there in this troupe?"

Jia Qiang: "Reporting to Uncle Yun, there are twelve artists in the troupe, all girls. There are also five musicians and six handymen, a total of twenty-three people."

Jia Lian asked Lin Yun: "Brother Yun, do you want to go over and have a look?"

"OK."

Lin Yun and others came to the backstage and saw many girls rehearsing outdoors. However, none of them were wearing costumes, and it was impossible to tell who was playing what role.

Jia Qiang raised her hand and clapped her hands a few times, then smiled at the girls and said, "Ms. Lin's brother is here to visit us. You all should come over and say goodbye."

Several girls came forward and saluted Lin Yun: "Greetings to the uncle."

Lin Yun raised his hand to support him and said: "Everyone has some snacks. If your performance is wonderful, I will have someone give you red envelopes later."

"Thank you, uncle!"

At this time, the sounds of musical instruments and girls performing in the room stopped.

After a while, Daiyu was seen leading Zicuckoo, Furong, and Xueyan out of the house, followed by four or five girls and several masters holding musical instruments.

Daiyu bowed to Lin Yun and saluted: "Little sister, congratulations to brother for winning the first prize in the competition."

The three little maids also followed her and saluted, "Congratulations, Third Master, for taking the high school entrance examination."

The rest of the crowd also saluted Lin Yun, "Congratulations to Third Master for taking the high school entrance examination."

"Thank you everyone!"

After everyone had bowed, several servants moved more than a dozen small mazaars and invited everyone to sit down.

Daiyu sat down next to Lin Yun and smiled at him: "Brother, can we also buy a theater troupe in our house tomorrow?"

Lin Yun was shocked when he heard this. This cheating girl didn't even ask how much money it would cost to buy a theater troupe.

Jia Lian hurriedly said: "Sister Yu'er, it costs a lot of money to buy a theater troupe. It's enough to have a theater troupe in our house. If you want to watch a play in the future, just go to the house over there."

Daiyu hurriedly asked: "How much silver does it cost to buy a troupe?"

Jia Qiang: "Reporting to Aunt Lin, I spent more than 30,000 taels of silver to buy this troupe."

Daiyu stuck out her tongue after hearing this and never mentioned buying a theater troupe again.

Lin Yunxiao asked: "Sister, what music were you listening to just now?"

Daiyu: "The song is called Shou Yan, and it has a good scenery at the beginning. It was sung by Fang Guan of Zhengdan."

After saying that, she waved to a little girl wearing a purple silk jacket and said, "Fangguan, come here and meet my brother."

Fangguan came over, saluted Lin Yun and said, "My slave, please pay your respects to the third master."

Lin Yun carefully looked at Fangguan who was standing in front of him. The little girl was quite pretty, with a fair oval face and dark almond eyes. Her facial features were perfectly matched, giving her the face of a heroine.

Daiyu smiled at Lin Yun and said, "Brother, let Fang Guan sing a song for you."

Lin Yun quickly waved his hand and said: "They have to rehearse today, so I won't interrupt them. It won't be too late to listen again tomorrow."

Fangguan was a little disappointed when she heard this. She had long heard that Miss Lin's brother was a fourth-grade general, and he also won the first place in this year's general examination. If she showed her skills in front of him, she might be favored by him, and she would not have to work hard to sing in the future.

Already.

Lin Yun looked at the faces of several girls, then pointed to a weak girl with an appearance somewhat similar to Daiyu and asked, "What's your name?"

The girl stepped forward and saluted: "My name is Ling Guan."

"As expected, he is a senior official."

Lin Yun asked with a smile: "Can you sing A Dream in the Garden?"

The young official hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "This slave can sing."

Lin Yun was stunned when he heard this. He thought to himself: "Shouldn't this person refuse sternly? How could she admit that she can sing?"

Daiyu said hurriedly: "Sing a few lines for my brother to listen to. He doesn't like opera very much."

"Slave, please respect your order."

Jia Qiang quickly called a musician and asked him to accompany Lingguan.

As the music sounded, Lingguan walked to an open space, performed, and sang:

The orioles are chirping in the dream, and the chaotic years are everywhere, and people are standing in small courtyards and deep courtyards. The smoke is gone from the sticks, and the remaining embroidery threads are thrown away. This spring is as sentimental as last year~

"Dream in the Garden" was selected from Tang Xianzu's "The Peony Pavilion". Although Lin Yun didn't know Kun Opera, he still knew the story of the Peony Pavilion. In addition, Ling Guan's movements and gestures were very graceful, which made him enjoy watching it with gusto.

These little maids had almost never seen an opera. Today they saw Ling Guan's performance. Even though they didn't put on makeup, they were still fascinated.

Fang Guan was very depressed. She was a Zhengdan, and this piece of "Frightening Dreams in the Garden" was her specialty, but now she was allowed to have the Young Guan shine in front of noble people, which made her feel extremely embarrassed.

After singing a song, Lin Yun clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Good singing!"

Daiyu hurriedly said: "Brother, just saying yes is not enough, you need to be rewarded."

Lin Yun raised his hand and touched his chest, feeling embarrassed immediately. He had rushed over in a hurry and didn't even take the banknote.

Daiyu knew from the look on his face that her brother didn't have any money.

She pulled out a gold hairpin from her head, walked to Ling Guan, inserted the gold hairpin into his bun, and said with a smile: "This is a reward from my brother."

The senior officer quickly bowed to Lin Yun and saluted, "Thank you, Third Master."

Lin Yunchong ordered Ying Ge: "Tell your sister Ping'er later and reward each of them with ten taels of silver, half for the musicians, and two taels for the handymen."

Yingge nodded quickly and said, "I will remember this, slave."

Everyone in the troupe was overjoyed when they heard this, and saluted Lin Yun together: "Thank you, Third Master, for the reward!"

…

On the way back to the inner house from Dongnuang Pavilion, Lin Yunchong asked Daiyu: "Sister, for your birthday this time, did you post an invitation to Aunt Li's two little sisters?"

Daiyu: "It's sent. Aunt Li will send someone to send the two sisters over later."

"Just send it out."
To be continued...