Piano

Chapter Three

"...Do you want to listen carefully to what the hell you're talking about." Lan Xuesheng staggered, and almost gave Feng Xi a big gift on the spot.

——Although she has long seen that this girl's ability is far beyond that of a human being, she originally thought that she was at most the descendant raised secretly by a legendary hermit family, or someone who grew up in the mountains all the year round. It's just the little-known Kun Dao, she really didn't expect that she would admit that she was "not human" so straightforwardly!
——Sister, sometimes we don’t have to be so honest, really.

Lan Xuesheng tremblingly raised her hands to cover her face, Feng Xi over there saw her complexion, and was about to say something again, but someone grabbed her wrist first.

"It's time to get off work soon. There are people coming and going here, so it's not suitable to stay for a long time." Lan Xuesheng shook her head at the girl with a pale face, "Come with me, we can talk about it later if you have anything to say."

After she finished speaking, she didn't wait for Feng Xi's answer, and she ran all the way back to the apartment unswervingly, pulling people along.

After locking the anti-theft door again, Lan Xuesheng couldn't hold back the door and let out a long breath. Feng Xi raised her eyebrows with great interest when she saw her movements.

"You girl has a big heart." The girl carrying the violin case leisurely hugged her chest, "I told you I'm not human anymore, how dare you take me into your own home."

"Aren't you afraid that after I come in, I will silence you?"

"I'm afraid, but even if I'm afraid, there's nothing I can do about it." Lan Xuesheng supported the wall with one hand, and shook her head sadly, "After all, your skills are much better than mine. If you really want to kill me, I won't be able to run away at all."

"If you can't run away, you simply don't run away. What's more, you didn't come up and shot me, but you first explained to me the origin of the monster and revealed your identity—"

"There are indications that you probably don't want to be my enemy, and you may even ask me."

"Yes, after comprehensive consideration, I decided to bring you back first, lest you continue to spit out shocking remarks in the garden of the community, causing unnecessary trouble, and scaring the flowers and plants around you."

"However, I'm not completely unprepared." Lan Xuesheng said with a smile and took out her mobile phone, shaking it in front of Feng Xi's eyes quite proudly, "I edited the text message when I ran back, and there is an attached With my real-time location, if you really want to do something to me, I can call the police immediately!"

Oh yo, then you're great, aren't you?
The girl clapped her hands perfunctorily when she heard the words, pretending that she hadn't seen the intention of making amends hidden in Lan Xue's words.

Seeing this, Lan Xuesheng coughed slightly seriously: "Hey, it's useless not to talk about it, first tell me what's going on with you, and what's going on with that bird?"

"This thing is not troublesome to explain." Feng Xi put down the violin case with his eyes wandering, and crossed his fingers, "Have you heard of 'Fuxi Made Qin'?"

"Everyone who learns the qin should know this allusion." Lan Xuesheng didn't know why, "Of course I've heard of it too - Fuxi took the phoenix tree as his body and the silk as his strings, he followed the heaven and the earth, he imitated the heaven and earth, he combined the eight winds and the four seasons, he possessed The five elements, the five tones, and the five objects are like Zhou Tian, ​​and then they become a qin."

"What's wrong with that?"

"No problem." Feng Xi smiled, then raised her hand and patted the violin case by her side, "To be honest, I am the first violin made by Fuxi, and the one with broken strings that I showed you today Guqin is my body."

"Fuxi gave me the surname Feng, and named me after Chenguang, so my name is Fengxi—"

"As for that bird, it is just the most common one among the thousands of ghosts sealed in my body."

"The most, the most common one." Lan Xuesheng swallowed with difficulty after hearing this, "You're so right, I can't even imagine how ugly other monsters can be... Ah no, How scary."

"The scariest thing..." Feng Xi pondered, "It can set fire and eat people, do you want to see it?"

"No, no." Lan Xuesheng shook her head like a rattle instantly when she heard the words, and changed the subject abruptly, "So, why are there so many monsters sealed in your body?"

"Tsk, look at how courageous you are." Feng Xi smacked her lips, "It's probably my life."

"After all, the shape of the qin is taken from nature, and the law is based on heaven and earth. On the qin, there are dragon ponds and phoenix marshes, and things like Yueshan, Longjian, and Chenglu. They understand the five elements and combine the three talents. If you look at it as a whole, it is like a world. , it is most suitable to seal up these demons and ghosts."

"Additionally, during the clan period, demons and ghosts were rampant, and the lives of the people were miserable. As the current leader, Fuxi should take care of the people and when the demons are eliminated, he will seal those things in my body."

"That's it." Lan Xuesheng was thoughtful, and she took her chin and pointed to the violin case in a little confusion, "Then how did your strings break?"

"That's exactly what I want to tell you, Miss Xuesheng." Feng Xi smiled, her face slightly solemn, "You should know that Fuxi taught the people the theory of music back then, in order to ward off evil spirits, guard against adultery, and cultivate one's moral character." Rationality is the opposite of naivety."

"——To put it bluntly, it is to let everyone have one more way to express their emotions, cultivate their sentiments, and feel the way of nature." The girl tugged at the corners of her lips.

"And what I rely on in my practice is this 'anti-innocence' power."

"This thing is like the 'power of faith' mentioned in religion and your novels." Feng Xi paused, "When people worship gods and Buddhas, faith will give birth to faith; similarly, when people play the piano At that time, using the five tones on the qin to represent the five aspirations in the heart will also produce a kind of power."

"I am the first guqin born in the world. When I looked up to the heavens, due to the favorable location, I was born with a little more aura than the later generations of qin. Naturally, I can use the power of this rhythm to practice."

"But now, this power is about to dissipate." The girl's voice was steady and her eyes were sad, "People are gradually no longer willing to use five tones to reach five aspirations."

"Learning the piano seems to have become some kind of elegant hobby that can be shown off. For the sake of fame or profit, the players either sharpened their heads and drilled under the dazzling light, or clinging to the scores hundreds of years ago .”

"Beginners can't show affection, and most of the famous people are afraid of people's words and timid... Nine out of ten people are trying to figure out the thoughts of ancient people thousands of years ago, and nine people are trying to restore the charm of the past. "

"So the rhyme disappeared, and my practice has stopped since then." Feng Xi lowered her eyes and sighed, "This is not the most troublesome thing."

"The most troublesome thing is that after the rhyme dissipated, the originally harmonious five elements in my body also began to be chaotic."

"Gongtu, Shangjin, Jiaomu, Zhenghuo, Yushui, the five strings on the qin should harmonize with the five elements, if the five elements are disordered, the five strings will be cut off by themselves."

"The string is broken, the seal is loose——"

"Is that the bird that took the opportunity to escape?" Lan Xuesheng frowned slightly, her face suddenly pale as paper, "Wait...you just said that the bird is just the last one among the many demons sealed in your body. An ordinary one."

"Even if it can escape, doesn't that mean that there are far more monsters that escaped than this one, and the remaining monsters have a high probability of being stronger than it??"

"If you say that, then you, this, this, this!"

"Hmm~" Feng Xi smiled and clapped her hands, "Yes, that's why I want to ask Miss Xuesheng to help me repair and re-string the piano~"

　The title "Choose Wood No. [-]" is equal to the overall chapter name, which can be regarded as the volume name, because it is relatively short and will not be divided into volumes.

　　The combination of all the chapter titles is the production process of Guqin.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)