Formulaic Plays Excerpts: Pan Jinlian Seducing Her Brother-in-law, Ｎocturnal Lament, Fan Lihua's Punishment of Her Son

《Pan Jinlian Seducing Her Brother-in-law》

After a young and pretty woman, Pan Jinlian marries a short and ugly man, Wu Dalang, she felt so sad and unsatisfied. Suddenly, her husband’s younger brother, Wu Song appears, who is extremely charming and handsome. Jinlian then decides to use her whole bag of tricks to seduce Wu Song. How should Wu Song handle her seducement?

《Ｎocturnal Lament》

Since Xi Liao is a colony of Zhong Yuan, the king of Xi Liao, Sha Lilong needs to offer tribute to Zhong Yuan every year. Lilong is indignant, so he decides to dispatch troops and attack Zhong Yuan. After the military general of Zhong Yuan, Zhao Guozhong knows that, he wants to eliminate the army from Xi Liao at Mount Erlong. Although Lilong’s army gets defeated soon, Lilong successfully lures Guozhong into a valley, which is actually a trap for him to use fire as weapon against Guozhong. His army is completely annihilated by Lilong’s fire attack and Guozhong is trapped in the valley. Finally, he sallies out after crying for a whole night.

《Fan Lihua's Punishment of Her Son》

A female military general, Fan Lihua orders her foster son, Yinglong to search for military intelligence. However, he does not listen to Lihua and goes to search for marriage instead. After Lihua knows that, she is so angry and decides to apply decapitation to Yinglong as penalty. Fortunately, after Lihua’s husband, Bi Dingshan uses his whole bag of tricks to intercede for Yinglong, Lihua finally allows Yinglong to avoid death penalty by performing exploits. .