Dong dong dong!
The gongs and drums sounded three times, and the grand opera began.
Luo Shihai, the troupe leader, truly lived up to his reputation as an opera fanatic. Even in this play that mocked people with strange, sarcastic tones, he managed to craft it skillfully with a complete narrative and a convincing appearance.
The story was about a despicable person in Xianyang City who behaved lawlessly, only to have a foolish son who secretly harassed his own father's concubine and was pinched to death out of anger by the father.
The foolish son's vengeful soul lingered and possessed a monkey, transforming into a monkey demon that wreaked havoc everywhere.
A righteous hero heard of this, got drunk, went up the mountain, and beat a group of monkeys, then slayed the monkey demon.
The story was simple and even somewhat crude.
The performers were not famous, and some were even apprentice newcomers.
