Yan Fei Die Wu

There is a place of fireworks in Jinling, named Baihua Pavilion, which is famous far and wide. There are many high-ranking officials and nobles, and children from rich families come to have fun.Tonight, as usual, the general guests come like clouds.On the street, the footsteps of two young masters are also heading towards Baihua Pavilion. "Jinyang, where are you taking me?" asked the son on the left holding a folding fan.Jin Yang put away the folding fan and pointed forward, "Here, Baihua Pavilion." Looking in the direction, he knew where it was, and turned to leave, but Jin Yang pulled him back, "Hey, why did you turn around and leave? "

He half turned back and said, "What are you doing if you don't go? Are you going to stay here overnight?" Jin Yang said with a smile, "Vulgar, unbearably vulgar! You know, there is a rumor here." Seemingly aroused the young master's curiosity, he turned around Facing him, "Oh? What kind of rumors?" Hitting his arm with a folding fan, "Go, talk while walking."

So, the two continued to move forward, and Jin Yang told him in detail, "A few days ago, I heard that a strange woman came to this Baihua Pavilion three years ago, who played a good piano, and many people proposed marriage to her. But she promised that if someone can understand her meaning, she will marry him."

The young master frowned and muttered four words, "One string and eight notes?" Jin Yang nodded, "That's right, as for what it means, so far no one has been able to figure out why this string and eight notes come from. No one is destined to embrace a beauty."

He who had been thinking about it made a voice of agreement, "Well, is it the octave played on a string? Or something else?" Speaking of this, he couldn't help laughing, "It's a bit puzzling." Jin Yang was mysterious With a smile, "How is it? Interested now?"

Arriving at the gate of Baihua Pavilion, the waiter in front of the door greeted, "Young masters, please come in!" After entering, the waiter asked, "Young masters, do you have a girl you know?" Both of them shook their heads, Xiaoer continued to ask, "I don't know what kind of girl the two young masters want? We have four seasons, five greens, six greens, and double lotus..." Before he finished introducing, the young master on the left looked at Jin with a smile. Yang, "This little brother's mouth is not simple." Xiao Er smiled cheerfully, "The two young masters..."

After the voice was heard, the two knew, Jin Yang said, "I wonder if Miss Qu is here?" The second brother looked at them with a smile on his face, "Could it be that the two of you also came here to propose marriage?" The young man on the left asked, "Propose marriage? "Smiled secretly, "I'm on this trip just to listen to the piano." The younger brother looked at them suspiciously, and asked casually: "The two of you are here."

Follow him into the small elegant hall separated from the front of the hall. There are only five round tables in it, and four tables are already full.Walking to the unoccupied table at the back, he lifted up his gown and wanted to sit down. The melodious sound of the piano played. Jin Yang, who had already sat down, looked up at the young man who was standing motionless by the stool, and tapped his arm lightly with a folding fan. Once, signal him to sit down.

Withdrawing his mind, he slowly sat on the stool and listened quietly to the universe in the piano.There are no high mountains and rivers, no lingering sorrows, no sorrows and sorrows, and some are just the pain of separation and reunion, which is sad and eloquent.After the song stopped, those people in the audience applauded and cheered, and a person stood up from the middle table, "Miss Qu, can you please play the eight strings and eight notes you said in your mouth? I am here today to propose marriage." The song girl didn't say a word, she touched the middle string with her hands and started to play.

Everyone was listening quietly, and when the girl finished playing, he lowered his head and frowned, thinking for a long time but did not get an answer.Miss Qu asked: "How is it? Can you hear the meaning of the piano?" She raised her head, "Girl, I only know that there are five tones in the world, Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng, and Yu. You can only distinguish them on this string. Playing these five tones, how come the theory of eight tones? Could it be that the girl deliberately made things difficult?"

Miss Qu pursed her lower lips, "So far, Young Master is the most intelligent person I have ever met, unlike some people who always pretend to be clever and add three temperaments that no one knows." After a pause, she continued Said: "It's just, please read it carefully, young master. Where does the octave come from?"

After the words fell, the young master sat down, and someone stood up again, "Miss Qu, why do you have to use this kind of thing that few people in the world can understand as a condition for your marriage? Why do you want to marry simply? Marriage, why bother so much effort? It’s not as real as gold ten thousand taels, why don’t you just marry me and be rich forever.” Miss Qu glanced at him, “Young master’s words are wrong, the sound of the piano is missing, you can hear The person who misses this is the person the little girl is looking for."

At this time, the young man next to Jin Yang stood up and walked to the middle, the two looked at each other, but it was Miss Qu who spoke first. "My lord, do you have something to ask?" He nodded lightly, "Girl, do the sound and body of your qin come from a green qiqin?" With his words, Miss Qu's eyebrows moved slightly, and she said : "Young master is very knowledgeable."

He put his head down and smiled slightly, "Miss, you have praised me. In the sound of the girl's piano, it seems that swallows are flying and butterflies are dancing, and they are going to the east and west." Unknowingly, the eyebrows of Qu girl showed melancholy, she stood up and saluted, " Gentlemen, please forgive me for feeling unwell." After saying that, she walked sideways to the outside of Xiaoya hall.

Seeing her leave, everyone accused him of talking too much. "I don't understand anything, and we're messing around here, causing us to sit here for nothing." "That's right, I've never seen such an ignorant person." "..." When you say something, what he says, Jin At a loss, Yang pulled him back who was still standing there looking at Miss Qu's disappearing back, "It's all you, why are you listening to the piano now that this servant is gone?"

Standing in the room, the little maid who had been following Miss Qu poured a cup of tea for her, "Sister Yuanluan, why did you leave the table suddenly? Is it because of what the young master said just now?" Miss Qu, who sat down quietly, held up the teacup After taking a sip, "I left the table because I know that no one can understand the eight notes tonight." The little maid tilted her head and thought for a long time, "But, Sister Yuanluan, it seems that the young master has not finished what he said just now. Why don't you listen?"

She got up and took a few steps, "Don't listen, it looks like everyone else, just pretending to understand. It's just a mistake to say Yan Feidiewu, who knows if his next words will be the same as before?" It is better not to listen, otherwise, I will be disappointed again tonight." At this point, the little maid only nodded and said nothing.

In the early morning of the next day, in this big house, the young master who went to the Baihua Pavilion with Jin Yang last night was practicing martial arts with an old man in his sixties.He heard a call from inside the house, "Qingliu." He retracted his palms and looked back, "Father, mother." The sixtieth old man also retracted his palms and turned to look, "Master, madam."

A middle-aged man walked over with a smile, "Master Du." He bowed back and turned his head to Qingliu and said, "Second Young Master, I'm here today, and we'll continue practicing tomorrow." Looking back and forth between the master and Qingliu, he bowed , "Farewell, old man."

After the old man left, Qingliu asked, "Father, are you going to the piano shop?" The master and his wife looked at each other and replied, "No, an old man came here today, and this old man used to be one of my father's friends." A good friend, your mother and I are going to take you and Jinxiang to pick up their family." Qingliu nodded clearly, looked around, "Huh? Where's the elder sister?" The wife who just came replied: "Jinxiang is dressing up, This should come out."

The words came out, and a voice came, "Father, mother, Qingliu." Several people looked at each other, and went to the carriage ready at the door.After half an hour, the family of four arrived at the gate of the city. Qingliu got out of the carriage first, and then reached out to help Niang and Jinxiang get off the carriage one after another.After the master jumped out of the carriage alone, he glanced at the city tower, "It's already time, brother Shen Xian will arrive soon." Before he finished speaking, a man looked behind the window of an incoming carriage and opened the carriage. Noren, "Stop, stop quickly."

Before the carriage came to a complete stop, he jumped off the ground and hurried towards the four people who had seen them. The master also walked with a happy face.When the two sides met, they were full of joy, they just smiled without saying a word, that brother Shen Xian opened his mouth first to break the silence, "Brother Ye, I haven't seen you for more than ten years, but you are still so energetic."

Seeing the three people following, he bowed to the woman in the middle and called out, "Sister Ye." She smiled back, and Master Ye laughed heartily, "How can you compare with Brother Shen Xian, now he is like a fish in water, and the business of the piano shop is getting better and better. It's getting more and more prosperous." He still didn't change his smile, "It all depends on Brother Ye."

Speaking of this, Master Ye turned sideways and introduced, "This is my daughter Jinxiang, Erlang Qingliu, you met when I was young." He turned his head to the two, "Jinxiang, Qingliu, is called Uncle Shen." The siblings Looking at each other, Shi Li called out: "Uncle Shen." At the right time, a woman and two young girls appeared behind Shen Xiandi, but one of them was supposed to be a servant girl, and she followed closely behind the young girl in the middle.Also at the moment when Qingliu bowed and saluted, her gaze was focused on him, as if there was an irreversible wave hidden between her eyebrows and eyes.

A group of seven people rode the Ye family's carriage together. On the way, Brother Shen Xian and Brother Ye chatted about their parents, glanced at the two siblings and said, "Brother Ye, I remember that when I saw Jinxiang and Qingliu, one was only four years old and the other was only [-] years old. Two years old, now one is slim, and the other is even more handsome and aura." Master Ye laughed a few times, "I also remember that brother Shen Xian hadn't married yet, but now he has a virtuous wife and a good-looking daughter. I really envy others .” Listening to the words of these two people, it seems more like complimenting each other.

One of the two girls who heard the compliment couldn't help but said, "Uncle Ye, Dad, stop complimenting each other like this, it will embarrass both sister Jinxiang and me." They laughed After getting up, Master Ye shook his hand, "Okay, no need to exaggerate. Is Brother Shen Xian's visit to Jinling this time for business or pleasure?" Master Shen replied: "Business is second, and the main thing is to bring your wife and daughter for entertainment. I will take this opportunity to visit you, Big Brother Ye."

Master Ye nodded with a smile on his face, "It's just that Brother Shen Xian is too far away, he must live elsewhere and doesn't want to visit the humble house." Master Shen shook his head, "Otherwise, Brother Ye, the place I live is not far from you anyway, just walk around often. Alright." Master Ye only responded with a laugh, "Okay, but tonight, Brother Shen Xian, you can't refuse, you must come and have a drink with Brother Yu." He also nodded heartily, "That's natural."

After delivering the person to the house where they lived, Mr. Ye's family said goodbye to him.After entering the house, Miss Shen walked into the arranged room, and the maid said, "Miss, you rest here, and I'll boil the water." As she spoke, she walked towards the kitchen.The two elders were discussing something in the living room, "Master, do you think it is feasible? Come to Jinling this time." Master Shen sat quietly on the stool, "We have to try whether we can do it or not. .” Madam took a deep breath, “I hope so.”