377: Chapter 377 What exactly is this play?

One minute on stage takes ten years of practice offstage.

The Great Qin Art Troupe was intensely rehearsing the stage play "Swing the Great Saber at the Yunmengze Water Bandits."

This stage play consists of six acts in total.

The first act features the Yunmengze Water Bandits attacking a train and leaving behind arrogant words: "The perpetrators are the heroes of Yunmeng Marsh."

The primary purpose of the first act is to incite hatred, drawing the audience in to keep watching.

The second act shows the train's escort team suffering heavy losses, with the families of the fallen weeping and complaining.

The third act depicts the captured train guards being tortured; the fourth act shows the Great Qin imperial court in a rage, deciding to send troops to suppress the Yunmengze Water Bandits; the fifth act features the Great Qin Lou Chuan Soldiers attacking the Yunmengze Water Bandits; and the sixth act shows the Yunmengze Water Bandits being executed, with the Great Qin Lou Chuan Soldiers cheering in joy.

Overall, the plot of this stage play is relatively simple.

Even so, the Great Qin Art Troupe spent a month rehearsing and arranging it.

Finally, the time for the performance arrived, and the actors of the Great Qin Art Troupe were all filled with excitement and nervousness.

Meanwhile, Zhao Fusu invited the Parliament and the nobility to Xianyang Palace to enjoy the stage play performance presented by the Great Qin Art Troupe.

The officials of the Parliament and the nobles were all extremely curious.

It was their first time hearing of a stage play, and in their spare time, they were all discussing it.

"His Majesty the Head of State has invited us to Xianyang Palace to watch a stage play."

"What exactly is this stage play?"

"I haven't heard of it either, but it must be something novel and interesting; otherwise, how could it be performed in Xianyang Palace?"

"Do you all still remember His Majesty the Head of State performing magic in Xianyang?"

"I remember, I remember, of course I remember!"

Although the floating Paper, also known as Facial Tissues, was no longer a novelty in aristocratic circles.

But for the commoners of Great Qin, it was still something very miraculous, just as the Great Qin nobility had been shocked when they first saw it.

A noble who was better informed said, "I heard that this stage play is a new form of performance created by the Art Troupe. It seems they tell a story through actors playing characters."

"Telling a story through people performing? That is indeed fresh!"

"Yes, I really want to see it for myself soon!"

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While the Xianyang nobility were discussing the stage play, Zhao Fusu also used the newspapers to promote the Great Qin Art Troupe's upcoming performance of the big sword slashes the water bandits of yunmengze in Xianyang Palace. He also announced that after the performance in Xianyang Palace, the Great Qin Art Troupe would go on tour!

Once this news broke, the common people of all Xianyang immediately began to look forward to it.

A program that can be performed in Xianyang Palace—how could it be bad!

They were all incredibly expectant of the Great Qin Art Troupe's tour.

"What are you trying to do now!"

The people who study you are often your enemies.

Just as the person who knows you best is also your enemy.

When Fan Zeng saw that the Great Qin Art Troupe was recruiting actors, he wondered if Zhao Fusu was planning another major move.

Now, seeing the newspaper report that the Great Qin Art Troupe was going on a performance tour, he was certain that Zhao Fusu was indeed up to something big!

What a monster!

Fan Zeng rubbed his temples; trying to rebel within the borders of Great Qin was becoming increasingly difficult.

Take those Yunmengze Water Bandits, for instance; they were originally doing quite well.

They had initially thought to take things a step further by robbing a Great Qin train to obtain supplies for their development.

The result? They provoked Zhao Fusu. With one order from Zhao Fusu, they became a thing of the past.

Now, they were even being used as the "chicken killed to warn the monkeys" by Great Qin.

Fan Zeng narrowed his eyes. In his view, Zhao Fusu creating this stage play the big sword slashes the water bandits of yunmengze and sending it on tour everywhere followed the same logic as the First Emperor's love for imperial tours.

It was meant to awe and intimidate the world!

"I'm lying flat!"

"I'm lying flat!"

Fan Zeng was mentally exhausted.

He was just a bag of old bones himself.

A seventy-three-year-old man.

At this age, in ancient times when lifespans were short, most people would have already passed away.

It was time for him to enjoy life properly.

"The stage play 'Swing the Great Saber at the Yunmengze Water Bandits'..."

Fan Zeng was unable to enter Xianyang Palace to watch it, but he could go see it when the Great Qin Art Troupe went on tour.