From 65438 to 0894, Mei Lanfang was born in Beijing. At the age of 8, he began to learn drama and practice martial arts. /kloc-at the age of 0/0, he performed on the same stage with Hua Dan Tian Jiyun's famous song Yucheng Ban, and the performance place was mostly in Tianleyuan, Xianyukou, Beijing. The actors on the same stage are all elites in the music industry: old students Meng Xiaoru, Jia Honglin, Gao Qingkui, Wu Shengtian Nong Yu (son of Tian Jiyun), Dan Wang Jiao Fang Hui, Lu Sanbao, Hu Suxian and young student Zhang Baokun. A few years later, he became more and more popular and began to attract the attention of theater owners. 19 13 In the first phase of Shanghai Tangui, Mei Lanfang was invited to Shanghai for the first time to perform on the same stage with the famous Wang Feng-qing. Also performing on the same stage are Tan Guizhong's famous actors, such as Wu Sheng, Yang Ruiting, Lao Sheng Xiao, eight-year-old Hong (), Shuang Chu (Kuoting), Liu Shoufeng and Liu Shoufeng.
After Mei Lanfang arrived in Shanghai, she first co-starred with Wang Fengqing in Colorful Buildings, Women's Deduction, Yutangchun and Cosmic Front, which were well received by the audience, and then performed Wu Jiapo and Imperial Monument Pavilion. His superb acting skills, full of emotions and emotions have conquered the vast audience in Shanghai. Wang Fengqing admired this rising star and suggested that Mei Lanfang sing "Big Axis". So, on the third day of singing/kloc-0, Mei Lanfang performed a new row of woodcut Zhai. When the Shanghai audience saw the new singer from Beijing, she even sang the drama of Beijing Opera Bruce, and she performed very well. They were all very excited and applauded warmly. Then, Mei Lanfang rehearsed "Rainbow Pass", playing the Oriental family who avenged her husband. The combination of singing and playing was equally handy and a great success. His name soon became popular in Shanghai.
19 14 Winter, shortly after Shanghai Zaiyu returned to Beijing, Shanghai Dangui Phase I sent another letter inviting Mei Lanfang and Wang Fengqing to perform in South China. This time, Mei Lanfang and Wang Fengqing sang together in Shanghai for 34 days, and Mei Lanfang added several plays, such as Drunken Guifei, Broken, and Wuhuadong, and did not return to Beijing until the middle of June 65438+the following year 10. This time in Shanghai, Mei Lanfang became more popular than last time and became famous for some time. Before Mei Lanfang returned to Beijing, Yu Zhenting, the class leader of the "Double Qing Class" in Beijing, made a special trip to Shanghai to find Mei Lanfang and invited Mei Lanfang to join his troupe after returning to Beijing. Yu Zhenting's wife is the aunt of Mei Lanfang's first wife, Wang Minghua. Because the two families have such a relationship, it is difficult for Mei Lanfang to transfer it away, but he also considers that Tian Jiyun's Yu Chengban is his old club, which is not easy to offend. He is in a dilemma for a while and can't think of a way to kill two birds with one stone. He did not immediately promise Yu Zhenting, but promised to go back to Beijing and consider it as appropriate.
After Mei Lanfang returned to Beijing, Tian Jiyun got wind that Yu Zhenting wanted to poach Mei Lanfang as a cash cow from the troupe. He didn't know the situation in detail, thinking that Mei Lanfang had "changed her flag" and was very angry. He asked his housekeeper, Zhao Shixing, to warn Mei Lanfang: Don't pick up the troupe again. "If you don't listen, break your legs and never sing again." I don't want to. It was Mei Lanfang's uncle Qin Zhifen who learned about it. Qin is also a Peking Opera artist. Born in Udan, he studied martial arts under Wei, a famous martial artist and calligrapher in Tianjin. Wei's superb martial arts were only passed on to Qin Zhifen, so Qin practiced a real kung fu, and he mastered everything with a knife, a gun, a stick and seven whips. Mei Lanfang learned how to hit children on stilts in Wu Dan in his early years, which was taught by his uncle himself. When Qin Zhifen learned that his nephew was threatened by Tian Jiyun, he suddenly became angry, helped him up and personally escorted Mei Lanfang in and out.
Seeing that Mei Lanfang was indifferent to his warning, Tian Jiyun decided to give Mei Lanfang some color to see, and warned Qin Zhifen not to mind his own business, so as not to ask for it. Mei Lanfang lives in Whip Lane, Beijing. One day, the steward of Tian Jiyun was reported to lead 36 soldiers with swords and spears, and took Mei Village directly. He hurried to the Qin family from the back door and told his uncle about it. Qin Zhifen asked him to avoid it first, while he hurried to Whip Lane unhurriedly. When he came to a clearing at the south exit of Whip Lane, he happened to meet the gang. It turned out that the other party learned that Mei Lanfang was hiding in the Qin family and went straight to the Qin family. However, none of them knew Qin Zhifen. When steward Zhao saw someone blocking the way, he was frightened and said, "Who are you? Why do you care about the Mei family? " Qin Zhifen said, "My surname is Zu, your ancestor!" The words sound just fell and a slap in the face came, and the bony steward Zhao was immediately knocked down. When other martial artists saw that Zhao, the steward, was beaten, they immediately rushed to surround Qin Zhifen and fought. See Qin Zhifen hurriedly tore open the gown. With a whoosh, he pulled out a three-foot horse stick for self-defense and waved and danced. Those martial arts practitioners only play games on the stage and practice their skills. Where can they stand Qin Zhifen's real kung fu? In a blink of an eye, some hurt their legs, some hurt their waists, and all left their guns and sticks and ran away.
After Tian Jiyun threatened Mei Lanfang and Qin Zhifang to lose the case, where can he swallow this tone? He decided to find another chance to fight Qin Zhifen. Qin Zhifen also knew that Tian Jiyun wouldn't let go, and strengthened the prevention. Sure enough, one evening a month later, Qin Zhifen took his son and nephew to visit the night market in Stone Hutong. Suddenly, he found four martial artists eyeing up. Knowing that it was Tian Jiyun's thugs, he rushed into a nearby "Yi Ju Chang" dried fruit shop and entrusted his two children to a familiar shopkeeper. A man came into the street and both sides glared. Then I decided to play in an empty field nearby. After several people came to the open space, Qin Zhifen untied a pair of seven-segment Strafe from the waist and began to fight. The two sides played in darkness, and in a short time, one of them couldn't dodge, and Qin Zhifen slapped his head and suddenly his face was covered with blood. Another man got a whip on his back and couldn't move. The other two ran away when they saw a bad situation. Qin Zhifen shouted angrily at the back: "Go back and tell your boss that the singers should be loyal, and don't interfere with Mei Lanfang's actions in the future, or you will be unable to stand it if you run into your grandfather again."
After two contests, Tian Jiyun was temporarily silent. However, Qin Zhifen did not dare to relax, and still protected Mei Lanfang, just like a private bodyguard. At that time, Feng Gengguang, the governor of China Bank, who strongly supported Mei Lanfang, specially found a staff pistol and personally delivered it to Qin Zhifen's door, asking him to use it for self-defense to prevent accidents, but Qin Zhifen politely declined, saying that he had protected his nephew with his real kung fu.
Besides, when Mei Lanfang saw that things had come to this, she felt a little guilty when she thought that Tian Jiyun, the owner of Zhuang Zi, had been very kind to herself. In order to avoid trouble, I took the initiative to contact Tian Jiyun. The two sides agreed to perform in the "Yucheng Class" in Tian Jiyun for a period of time, and then transferred to the "Shuangqing Class", and Tian Jiyun's face was saved. Mei Lanfang has been acting in the "Double Clear Class" from April to September, 19 15, rehearsing "Evil Sea Surging Waves" and performing several Kunqu operas, and her fame is getting higher and higher. Yu Zhenting was responsible for protecting Mei Lanfang's safety, and Qin Zhifen excused himself. Soon, Tian Jiyun unexpectedly sent someone to Mei's house to ask for relatives and friends. Despite old grievances, the Mei family married Wang, a relative of the Wangs, to Tian, the son of Tian Jiyun. The two families finally got back together.
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