Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 56 Carrying the Lantern to the Wuyin Pavilion

In Daxuan Kingdom, there are only a handful of places that can be called upper courts, and Yingge Courtyard is one of them.

This is the fantasy of many people in their lives, and it is also a fantasy that many people are destined to fail to realize.

From the appearance, Yinggeyuan does not look like a place open for business, but more like a magnificent and gorgeous mansion.

Xu Zhiqiong followed Wu Xu to the gate of Yingge Courtyard. The middle-aged man who came out to welcome the guests was not like a clerk, but more like a butler in a noble mansion. , and then lead the guests to the front yard.

There are five courtyards in Yinggeyuan. Except for the front yard for welcoming guests, the other four courtyards have their own names.

The first one is the Music Academy, a courtyard for studying singing, dancing and music.

The second is the Academy of Poetry, a courtyard for studying poetry and songs.

The third is the academy, a courtyard for studying the art of calligraphy and painting.

The fourth is Yiyuan, the courtyard for studying Go Shuanglu.

In the front yard, you can sit down and drink tea, listen to music, and meet familiar friends, but if you want to continue walking in, you have to know where you should go, what you are good at, whether you are good at music or good at Literature, is good at calligraphy and painting, or good at chess.

What if you are not good at anything?

Then it's better not to come here.

Chariot general Chu Xin once visited Yinggeyuan in order to realize his dream since he was a child, regardless of everyone's dissuasion.

He has status, status, and money, and he should be treated with courtesy and respect everywhere.

But here, he spent dozens of taels of silver, wandered around all night, and couldn't even find anyone to talk to.

How can people talk to you without a common language?

Afterwards, Chu Xin was furious and threatened to overthrow Yingge Yuan.

As soon as the words came out, memorials to impeach Chu Xin flew like snowflakes.

Yinggeyuan is a business run by the Ministry of Rites, and it is a sanctuary for the souls of civil servants. You, a vulgar martial artist, shouldn't come here. You're making fun of yourself, and you dare to behave wildly?
From then on, Chu Xin never mentioned the matter of Yinggeyuan again.

Yinggeyuan has always been unfriendly to Wufu, but the housekeeper who welcomes guests is very polite to Wu Xu. After all, they do business at night, and no one wants to trouble the yamen.

The housekeeper knew Wu Xu: "Qianhu, which courtyard are you going to?"

Xu Zhiqiong secretly worked hard in his heart: Go to the poetry academy, go to the poetry academy, go to the poetry academy...

As a promising young man in my previous life, I had memorized a lot of ancient poems. As a time traveler, it is standard practice to use ancient poems for comparison.

As a result, Wu Xu chose the Music Academy.

Music, Xu Zhiqiong also understands, who hasn't had a pure rock and roll time in their youth, it's just that the rock and roll music of the previous life is not suitable for this era.

Xu Zhiqiong also knows a little about the music of this era. He lingered in Goulan for a long time, and in many cases, he went there with an attitude of appreciating music.

But the music in the music hall is different from what he thought.

There are twelve pavilions in the Leyuan, and each pavilion has a pavilion owner, who is the leader of this pavilion. The pavilion owner is the signboard of this pavilion. Most of the time, it is for viewing. Guests who come to Yinggeyuan I want to see the elegant demeanor of the pavilion master, but I want to be the guest of honor, but the opportunity is too rare.

Under the leader, there are four Shuli, also known as musicians. These four musicians are the backbone of the pavilion, and the guests come to them. As long as they are talented and congenial with the beauties, the chances of entering the scene are still very high.

Under the beauties, there are sixteen little servant girls. If they don't get the favor of the beauties, there will be a consolation prize. This line.

If even the little servant girl is not found, this kind of person will be called Chu Xin and his like, which proves that he is not suitable for coming to a place like Yinggeyuan.

General Chu Xin didn't even find the little servant girl at the beginning, and it turned out to be a negative example of Yinggeyuan's repeated flogging of corpses.

Wu Xu chooses Wuyin Pavilion, the owner of which is named Xin Chu, and this may be the only pavilion in the Music Academy that is friendly to martial arts.

There are three floors in the attic. The first floor is the hall, where the guests enjoy singing and dancing. The performance in the hall determines whether the guests have the opportunity to stay overnight.

The second floor of the attic is the residence of the servant girls, and the third floor is the residence of the pavilion master and musicians.

There were more than [-] guests in the hall, Wu Xu paid five liang of silver for the pollen first, and chose a seat in the front of the middle to sit down with Xu Zhiqiong.

This five taels of silver is equivalent to the tickets for two people. Everyone has to pay a ticket to enter the attic. Each person must pay at least two taels. Go around the attic.

"Tonight, I have to find a way to stay here."

This is Wu Xu's order. Tonight, the two of them must find a way to win the hearts of the two girls in Wuyinge.

One leader, four beauties, sixteen servant girls, twenty-one people.

There are more than [-] guests in the hall, with a [-]% chance, the pressure of competition is not too great.

What Xu Zhiqiong needs to understand now is the rules, what kind of people are eligible to stay here overnight.

Wuyin Pavilion must have something to do with Wu. If it was a martial arts competition, Xu Zhiqiong wasn't worried at all. With Wu Qianhu here, unless Dean Lin also came, everyone here would be rubbish.

But this is not a place for martial arts competition, but a place for enjoying music, because the singing and dancing here has a chilling air, so it is called Wuying Pavilion.

According to Xu Zhiqiong's understanding, the killing spirit should be a loud battle song.

But Xu Zhiqiong sat in the hall and listened for half an hour, but he didn't hear the chill.

The four Shuli played the instruments, and one Shuli blew a long note while playing the flute. Xu Zhiqiong estimated that the long note lasted about [-] seconds.

This breath is really long enough, if you blow it for a while, Xu Zhiqiong should probably fall asleep.

The pavilion master Xin Chu led the dance on the stage, and sixteen servant girls accompanied Xin Chu in the dance.

Using the long sound just now, for nearly twenty seconds, Pavilion Master Xin Chu led the twelve servant girls to make a movement together, standing on one foot, and then squatting down.

Just this movement, for twenty seconds...

This is Yale, this is Yangchun Baixue that ordinary people can't appreciate!

Xu Zhiqiong didn't dare to complain that the show was boring, it was because he didn't have enough cultural background.

However, he took a closer look at the guests around him, and there were not a few of them in his situation.

In Yinggeyuan, is there anyone who really appreciates music?

Have!This gathering place of literati, real literati all have elegant artistic pursuits. In the Music Academy, there are many guests who really like music, but they will not come to Wuyinge, because they feel that the spirit of killing will destroy the music. Elegant.

There are two types of people who come to Wuyinge, one is literati with limited talents and learning, and the other is warriors with literary and artistic feelings.

Do these two types of people really listen to music?

There are also, but the number is not many, and more people want to use their limited talents to win a chance to stay overnight. In the future, there will also be a talk at the wine table: "Yinggeyuan, I have been to that place and slept for a night. , that's what happened!"

This proves that the threshold of Wuyinge will not be too high.

While thinking about it, the pavilion master's dance is over, and the main show begins. The pavilion master Xin Chu will come up with a question to decide who can stay overnight.

Look at the business they do, the competition among buyers is so fierce.

Xin Chu is very beautiful. In terms of appearance alone, she is the first in the twelve pavilions of the Music Academy.

But Xin Chu has a problem. There is a heroic spirit between her brows and a cold arrogance in her eyes. These are the traits that literati dislike the most. Compared with other lofts, Wuyinge is also a little colder.

Xin Chu's first question was musical instruments.

The rules are simple, as long as a piece of music is played with an instrument, it is considered a success.

The threshold is really not high, but Wu Xu was dumbfounded, he doesn't know how to play musical instruments.

"Do you know?" Wu Xu asked in a low voice.

Xu Zhiqiong pondered for a moment and said, "Whether you will or not, it's hard to say."

"Yes, yes, no, no, what's wrong?"

Xu Zhiqiong said: "Let's just watch."

The four Shuli who played instruments in the attic just now are all professional players, and Xu Zhiqiong can't judge them by their standards.

But this is not a professional selection test after all, let's look at the performance of other guests first.

The first guest volunteered: "I can play drums!"

Xin Chu nodded and said, "Please!"

The guest took the drumstick from Shuli, boom boom boom boom!start knocking.

The rhythm is steady and powerful, but he only has this rhythm.

Wu Xu could tell that this guest was from a military camp, and he should be beating a marching drum.

At first, the three Shuli played the tune with the guests. After knocking for a while, the Shuli stopped.

How can he let others cooperate with him all the time?

Xin Chu stretched out her hand, signaled the guest to stop, and said politely: "Guest officer is not in a good mood tonight, and will come back another day."

The guest was very unconvinced: "I'm in high spirits, very high, I'll give you another paragraph..."

Before the guest finished speaking, Xin Chu brought the tea.

Serving tea means seeing off guests, and cold and arrogant eyes mean that no rejection is allowed.

The two servant girls politely sent the guest outside the door. Fortunately, the guest was sensible and left obediently. If not, someone else would come to see him off.

Another guest stood up and said, "I can play the piano."

Shu Li, who was playing the guqin, got up quickly and gave up her seat to the guest, who played a song "Voice of Heartfelt Love".

This guest did know how to play the piano, but his level was not good enough, and he was bumpy and interrupted several times. Fortunately, the other three Shuli cooperated and let him play the music reluctantly.

Xin Chu nodded to a servant girl, and the servant girl stepped forward and said to the guest: "My concubine also loves to play the piano, and I have learned two new pieces of music, and I would like to ask the guest officer for advice."

"Don't you dare, I would like to listen to the girl's advice." The guest got up and followed the little girl to the second floor, which means that the overnight stay was successful.

That's all right?

Then I can too!
Xu Zhiqiong stood up and said, "I can play the flute!"

Wu Xu glared at Xu Zhiqiong: "Don't talk nonsense."

I can't answer the first question, and there is a second question, don't let the Pavilion Master throw Xu Zhiqiong out right now.

Xu Zhiqiong's expression was very serious: "I really know how to blow the flute."

Shu Li, who was in charge of playing the flute, cleaned the flute and handed it to Xu Zhiqiong.

Xu Zhiqiong tried the tune. This is an eight-hole flute, which is similar in pitch to the G-key flute that Xu Zhiqiong was familiar with in his previous life, and the fingering is also the same.

He really knows how to play the hole flute. Although it was only a hobby in his previous life, it is not difficult to play a complete piece of music.

Xu Zhiqiong chose an ancient song from his previous life, and was about to start playing when a musician suddenly asked, "Which song do you want to play, sir?"

"Uh, which one..." How can I tell you that.

Another musician asked: "Let's talk about a tune, I'll wait to play with the guest officer."

"Let's play together..."

Just now I was looking at the rules, but I forgot an important detail. To play an instrument, you have to play with other musicians.

How to play together?

Xu Zhiqiong knew nothing about the tunes of this era.

"Yes, is there a sheet music?"

The musician playing the qin brought a sheet of music, and said to Xu Zhiqiong, "The guest officer chooses at will, I am familiar with these pieces."

You are familiar, but I am not.

I have never heard of these songs, and I am not familiar with this score.

Gong Shangjiao Zhengyu...

The numbered musical notation corresponding to Gongshangjiao Zhengyu is 12356
Find the simplest piece of music, maybe you can handle it.

Which piece is the easiest?

Xu Zhiqiong thought for a moment, then said to the musician, "Please bring a pen and paper."

The musician brought a pen and paper, and Xu Zhiqiong wrote on the paper:

"Feather, Zheng, Jiao, Shang, Gong,

Jiao, Shang, Gong, Yu, Zheng"

……

Xu Zhiqiong wrote a score and gave it to the musicians.

The musician watched it for a while, then shook his head and said, "I've never heard this piece before."

Xu Zhiqiong nodded and said, "This piece was improvised by me."

"Impromptu?" Even Xin Chu was quite surprised.

Xu Zhiqiong nodded: "The title of this song is "Walking to Wuyin Pavilion with a Lantern". Everyone, thank you."

Xu Zhiqiong adjusted his breath and began to play.

When the music started, Xu Zhiqiong's mind echoed the classic melody from his previous life:
"Laughing in the sea, surging tides on both sides of the strait..."

(End of this chapter)