The queen must start from the head

Chapter 73
As early as the Tang Dynasty, the ten major musical instruments, pipa, huqin, chime bells, Xiao, flute, se, qin, xun, sheng and drum, were handed down.Today's Baiyi Plus Examination is the first test of music skills, naturally you have to choose from these ten categories of musical instruments.

Including Mu Lian, a total of 20 people participated in the music competition.

The 20 people sat in their respective positions and began to perform their own performances one by one in order.

Eight senior musicians dressed in dark robes and Confucian crowns lined up, sitting opposite the crowd. They were the judges of the first competition.

When a petty official asked the first contestant to start his performance, that person immediately straightened his clothes, sat upright in front of the table in an elegant posture, gently plucked the lyre strings on the table with his fingertips, and started his own performance. performance.

When the eight musicians first plucked the strings, they began to write.

Before playing the piano, the first thing is to sit upright, relax your shoulders, and ground your feet.After several musicians glanced at this person's posture repeatedly, they gave a mid-to-low evaluation in terms of sitting posture and demeanor.

Before the person played halfway through the song, when he accidentally ticked off a business note, one of the judges immediately raised his hand to signal the junior official of the examination room, who immediately understood and asked him to stop the competition.

This person was stopped before he finished playing the melody, and he was suddenly upset.

"The student hasn't finished playing the song yet, why do you want to stop me?"

The judge who just raised his hand said calmly, "Why did you stop you? There are three reasons. First, although you were sitting upright just now, your breath was rising, your heart was not sinking, and your manner was showy and impetuous. This is insincere. Second, you have misplucked the strings three times just now, which are Jiaoyin, Gongyin and Shangyin, which shows that you have not mastered the music you play to the point of perfection. Fisherman's songs focus on the artistic conception of the sunset and the fishermen fishing on the river, but you are about to play halfway through, but there is no overflow of artistic conception at all. Why should I listen to the second half?"

After listening to the judges' comments, the person blushed immediately, covered his face and left the table.

"This..." Xiaoguan subconsciously looked at the judge, but the latter shook his hand and said, "Don't worry about him, let's continue the competition."

The little official cleared his throat and said, "Please invite the second contestant to start his own performance."

The second contestant played Tao Xun, with a moderate sitting posture, and the tunes he played were novel and pure in tone.Many onlookers nodded their heads and thought the song was very good.

When he finished playing the song and was about to show his eight snow-white teeth to the eight judges, the eight judges had just finished discussing in a low voice how to evaluate this person's performance.

"Your music is a bit new, which is good. But playing Tao Xun pays attention to the long breath and melodious tune. You have a few obvious breath changes during the playing process, which shows that your breath is not strong enough. In addition, the tune is a little short. , and the structure is not complete. Therefore, the final grade we give you is the top grade."

The smile that this person hadn't shown disappeared immediately.

It should be noted that there are five grades in the assessment results of the Baiyi additional examination, low-grade, medium-grade, high-grade, excellent-grade, and extreme-grade.He only got an upper middle class, so I'm afraid there is no hope of admission!

Before he could feel lost, the next No. 3 and No. 4 contestants all made mistakes during the performance due to nervousness. Regarding this, some of the judges immediately raised their hands and disqualified them from continuing to play.

The atmosphere on the field became tense for a while.

The spectators off the court were all muttering to themselves, why is it so difficult to add a hundred arts to the test?so picky?
No.5, No.6, No.7..., until the performance of No.10 passed, the current highest score on the field is still No.2's top grade.This person couldn't help feeling a little excited inside, if it goes on like this, maybe...

"The next contestant, Mu Lian."

As the official sang, the place suddenly became quiet, so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Mu Lian slowly stood up from her seat, and saluted the eight judges with an impeccable gesture.Then, she slowed down her breathing, and slowly raised a jade flute in her hand.Jade lips kissed, ten fingers pressed, and a long and clear flute sound came from between her lips and teeth.

A quiet introduction seemed to lead everyone slowly into a beautiful and exquisite garden world.The sound of the flute began to be patchwork, and pavilions, towers, pavilions, small bridges, flowing water, and mist among flowers appeared indistinctly in front of everyone's eyes.

After the tone changed, the scenery in front of people's eyes changed. They saw crystal dew rolling on the lotus leaves in the water pavilion, and dragonflies standing on the little lotus. It was simply too beautiful to behold.

With the transition from the elegant Andante to the enthusiastic Allegro part, people's enthusiasm for viewing is also mobilized. They only feel that there are a group of children playing and playing in the garden in front of them. The scene is so joyful.

The audience present felt mesmerized, but the eight judges on the stage had different expressions, and their eyes were full of amazement.As the last adagio came to an end in a soft breath, the song finally stopped.

Everyone was still reminiscing about the beauty of the flute sound, but they didn't come back to their senses at this time.

Only an old judge looked at Mu Lian with complicated eyes and said, "I've never heard this song before, does it have a name?"

"It's called "Journey to Gusu". There is a fairyland above, and Gusu below. The beauty of Gusu is better than the fairyland on earth. This song was composed by an old man in Gusu. I just used it here to make a fool of myself."

"Gusu? Is it the source of the famous Su embroidery in Northern Qi?" The old judge asked.

Mu Lian smiled brightly, "This is natural. The land of Gusu is home to outstanding people and is a paradise that ordinary people cannot encounter. If anyone thinks that as long as their surname is Su, anything related to Su was invented and created by her. It is too shameless and makes people laugh."

Several other judges looked at each other when they heard the words, and they discussed in low voices for a while again, and finally the oldest old judge read out the result of Mu Lian's competition.

"This song "Journey to Gusu" has a beautiful and soothing tune, and the performer is skilled. It can lead us to tour the beautiful scenery of Gusu together in the playing room, and the artistic conception is profound. The old man thinks that Mu Lian deserves the highest level."

The examiner, the chief examiner and others who sat on one side and remained silent, exchanged glances with each other when they heard the result being read out, some of whom looked somewhat helpless.

This Mu Lian is really no longer someone they can suppress.

After today's Hundred Arts additional test is over, outsiders will only know that the famous judges invited this time are very strict, but only they know the inside story.These judges all went through special channels a few days ago and were sent here by the monarch to publicly supervise the additional exams of Baiyi. These officials could not give orders to the former at all.

It wasn't until this moment that bursts of thunderous applause erupted from the belated crowd, and many people even shouted Mu Lian's name.

To the constant cheers from the onlookers, Mu Lian just sat down calmly and did not respond.

With Mu Lian's superb results ahead, the rest of the performers felt a lot of pressure, and this mentality seriously affected their performance.

After the first competition ended, Mu Lian's name was listed on the top of the results of the first competition.

No.2 is a young student who has won the top grade.He looked up at the gleaming name on the top, and he couldn't help sighing, the gap between the top grade and the best grade is too big.

However, it is an honor to be able to hang one's name on the back of the admirer.

Imperial City, Embroidered Women's Workshop.

"Shameless and generous, she really said these words in front of everyone?" There was a hint of embarrassment in the female voice like the sounds of nature.

The maid waiting in front of the colorful bead curtain whispered, "Yes. She did say that."

After a while, the person behind the bead curtain came out straight away, and the bead curtain automatically parted in front of her. The moment she appeared in the room, all the exquisite carvings in the whole room were eclipsed.

"Miss..." The maid standing in front of the bead curtain immediately knelt down on her knees, not daring to look up at her.

"Mulian, you first insulted my innocence by writing obscene books, and today you ruined my reputation in front of everyone. I must avenge this revenge! Even if you are a saint!"

The maid's head kowtowed even lower, and almost her entire face was pressed to the ground, not daring to speak.

"Think of a way to release the news to those old monsters, saying that there is a great opportunity and a big secret hidden in Luohuang Mountain. Mu Lian just got the tip of the iceberg of this opportunity. In less than a year, from A mortal has become a saint. The Tianmen under Tianhai City will open soon, and when that time comes, they will definitely drop by Luohuang Mountain."

When she heard the last sentence, the maid couldn't help shivering, goosebumps all over her body.

But in the next second, a burst of green light suddenly burst out in her eyes, and immediately the whole person regained her composure, and she backed away after saying a promise to herself.

Su Zhiyao looked at the back of the maid who left, and said softly to the air in front of her, "Can't you even trust the people around me? Even they have to be controlled by secret methods?"

After a moment, a black shadow emerged from the bead curtain behind her and turned into a human-shaped shadow standing behind Su Zhiyao. Only a strange voice came from the shadow.

"Zhiyao, no matter what I do to the people around you, it's all for you."

Su Zhiyao turned her head slightly and looked behind her, but there was nothing behind her, except for the swaying bead curtain, there was nothing.

(End of this chapter)