Chapter 914 History and Culture

Chapter 914 History and Culture

Chapter 914 History and Culture

In order to let the villagers better understand the history and culture of Qingshan Village, Xiaoxuan and Qi Tongwei organized people to sort out and compile the ancient books and legends in the village, and published a book about the history and culture of Qingshan Village. They also built a cultural museum in the village to display Qingshan Village's traditional farm tools, handicrafts and historical relics, so that the younger generation can better understand their roots.

In the process of cultural inheritance, some traditional art forms in the village have also been valued and developed. The Hongmei Opera, which was once on the verge of extinction, has regained its vitality thanks to the efforts of Xiaoxuan and Qi Tongwei. They invited professional opera teachers to the village for guidance and organized villagers to form the Hongmei Opera Troupe, which performs regularly in the village.

Whenever night falls, melodious opera sounds can be heard in the village square. The villagers sit together, enjoying the wonderful performances with happy smiles on their faces.

The actors of the Hongmei Opera Troupe were preparing nervously backstage. Tonight's performance was the classic play "The Peony Pavilion". Xiaoxuan and Qi Tongwei stood aside, watching the lively scene, feeling very happy. They had put a lot of effort into the revival of Hongmei Opera in the village. Now seeing the villagers' love for this traditional art, they felt that all their efforts were worth it.

The gongs and drums sounded, and the performance began. Xiaolan, who played Du Liniang, won a standing ovation as soon as she appeared on stage. Her graceful singing voice and agile posture fully interpreted Du Liniang's deep affection and sorrow. The villagers in the audience were immersed in it and cheered from time to time.

However, just as the plot progressed to Du Liniang's Dream in the Garden, something unexpected happened. Xiaolan's voice suddenly became strange, and the originally melodious singing became a sharp ghost cry. The voice seemed to come from the underworld, exuding a bone-chilling chill. The villagers in the audience suddenly became quiet, and the smiles on their faces froze, replaced by fear.

"This...what's going on?" Qi Tongwei frowned, feeling an ominous premonition in his heart. Xiaoxuan was also shocked. He stared at the stage, trying to find out what was wrong.

Xiaolan's performance became more and more bizarre. Her body twisted uncontrollably, her eyes rolled back, and she made strange noises that made people's hair stand on end. The children in the audience started crying out of fear, and the adults stood up one after another, not knowing what to do.

At this time, Uncle Zhang, the old head of the troupe, hurried onto the stage and tried to grab Xiaolan. But the moment he touched Xiaolan, Uncle Zhang screamed and fell to the ground, his face as pale as paper.

Seeing this, Xiaoxuan and Qi Tongwei immediately rushed onto the stage. Xiaoxuan hugged Xiaolan and tried to wake her up, while Qi Tongwei helped Uncle Zhang up and asked anxiously, "Uncle Zhang, how are you? What happened?"

Uncle Zhang pointed at Xiaolan with a shaking hand and said in a trembling voice: "Evil... evil spirit, this child is possessed by evil spirit!"

When the villagers heard Uncle Zhang's words, they were immediately in an uproar. "Hurry up and ask the witch to come!" "Did we offend the gods in some way?" All kinds of speculation and panic spread among the crowd.

Xiaoxuan and Qi Tongwei did not believe in these superstitions, so they sent Xiaolan and Uncle Zhang to the village clinic. After the doctor examined them, he said that the two were fine, but Xiaolan was still unconscious and made strange noises from time to time.

"Tongwei, this is too strange." Xiaoxuan sat on the chair in the clinic, frowning, "We can't just sit there and wait, we have to find out the reason behind it."

Qi Tongwei nodded and said, "I don't think this is caused by ghosts or gods. Maybe someone is deliberately doing this."

The two decided to start the investigation from within the troupe. They visited every member of the troupe and asked if there were any abnormalities before and after the performance. However, everyone said that everything was normal and they did not find anything suspicious.

Just when the investigation reached a deadlock, Xiaoxuan suddenly remembered that Xiaolan had received a mysterious package before the performance. He immediately found Xiaolan's family and asked about the package. Xiaolan's mother recalled that the package was sent by a stranger and no information was left.

Xiaoxuan and Qi Tongwei opened the package and found a costume inside, which was exactly what Xiaolan wore during the performance. They carefully examined the costume and finally found a tiny device at the collar, which looked like a miniature audio transmitter.

"So that's it!" Qi Tongwei suddenly realized, "Someone used this device to interfere with Xiaolan's voice and create a supernatural effect."

They continued to investigate along the clues and found that the package was sent from a neighboring village. They rushed to the neighboring village without stopping, and after some inquiries, they finally found the person who sent the package - a young man named Li Qiang.

Li Qiang denied it at first, but under the questioning of Xiaoxuan and Qi Tongwei, he finally told the truth. It turned out that Li Qiang was an online anchor. In order to attract attention and create a hot topic, he came up with this crooked idea after learning that Qingshan Village was going to perform the Hongmei Opera. He installed an audio transmitter in his costume and played the sound of ghosts crying and wolves howling during the performance through remote control, hoping to create a "supernatural event" and then shoot a video to post it online.

"I just wanted to be famous and make some money, but I didn't expect it to turn out like this." Li Qiang lowered his head and said regretfully.

Xiaoxuan and Qi Tongwei were angry and helpless after hearing this. They took Li Qiang back to Qingshan Village and explained the truth to the villagers. After the villagers learned the truth, they all criticized Li Qiang's behavior.

"How can you destroy our cultural activities for your own selfish interests?" an old man said angrily.

Li Qiang apologized to everyone in shame and said he was willing to bear all the consequences. Xiaolan also gradually recovered under the doctor's treatment. After she learned the truth, she was angry and sad.

"I love Hongmei Opera so much, but he desecrated it in this way." Xiaolan said with tears in her eyes.

In order to restore the impact, Xiaoxuan and Qi Tongwei decided to re-organize a performance of Hongmei Opera. This time, they strengthened the security measures to ensure that no accidents would occur. On the day of the performance, the villagers gathered in the square again, and the atmosphere was still warm. Xiaolan returned to the stage, and her performance was more devoted, perfectly presenting the image of Du Liniang in front of everyone. The audience applauded, and all the haze seemed to dissipate with this wonderful performance.

However, the story does not end there. In the process of investigating Li Qiang, Xiaoxuan and Qi Tongwei discovered that there seemed to be someone behind him. They continued to dig deeper along the clues and unexpectedly involved a bigger conspiracy.

It turned out that a wealthy businessman from a neighboring village had always coveted the land of Qingshan Village. He learned that Qingshan Village was developing better and better due to cultural tourism, so he wanted to create chaos, make the villagers lose confidence in development, and then buy up the land of Qingshan Village at a low price. Li Qiang was just a pawn in his hand.