Chaos in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chapter 73 Zhong Shan Collection (2)

As Guan Ziyang played, more and more people moved closer to Dashi and stopped to listen.

Song strike.

All the onlookers applauded involuntarily.

"I seem to have become a real entertainer..." Guan Ziyang shook his head with a wry smile.

At this time, a flute suddenly sounded from the opposite side.

It was the "Farewell" he just played, which was changed to flute at this moment.

"At the end of the sky, at the corner of the earth, half of my friends are scattered..."

"Enjoy the rest of your life with a ladle of turbid wine, don't dream about the cold tonight..."

The flute player was hidden in a dense forest, Guan Ziyang couldn't see who the flute player was.

But he was sure it wasn't Xie Xuan, because Xie Xuan was mingling with the crowd of onlookers at the moment, giving him a smirk.

Guan Ziyang didn't understand what Xie An meant by telling him to play the piano...

As the sound of the flute dissipated, there was another round of warm applause from the onlookers.

"Is this provoking me?"

"Okay, then I'll do another song..."

Guan Ziyang sat upright again and plucked the strings.

"It's difficult to come to a song, I don't believe you can listen to it once and remember it!"

The sound of the piano flutters again...

"The familiar face of the person in the dream, you are the tenderness that I wait for, even if tears flood the world, I will not let go, I bear every moment alone, just because I made a promise..."

This "Beautiful Myth", Guan Ziyang once heard the Guqin cover version, which is very pleasant, mainly because the speed of the original song has changed a lot, and the Guqin is played very slowly.

Among them, the three tones of the guqin, the scattered tones and the overtones, have complicated changes according to the tones, and it is difficult to imitate them with the flute.

At the end of the song, Guan Ziyang felt proud: "See, you can still play the flute?"

As a result, after counting interest.

The sound of the flute in the dense forest sounded again, and he actually wrote down the score in such a short time, and played it on the flute instead.

It has to be said that Guan Ziyang adapted the songs of later generations with a strong melody. Whether played with the qin or the flute, it is very pleasant to listen to, which is very different from the music of the present.

Ended with the flute.

The onlookers no longer applauded, they were already intoxicated.

But Guan Ziyang heard a little trick, the sound of the flute was not a simple flute sound.

"Have internal strength!"

Guan Ziyang is already at the second rank, and he can inject Qi into the weapon, that is, inject inner Qi into the weapon.

"No wonder the sound of the flute sounds so breathtaking." Guan Ziyang thought to himself.

The only martial arts Guan Ziyang knows now is Tai Chi, so he has never tried using Qi into a weapon. The sound of the flute player in the dense forest gave him inspiration.

Guan Ziyang mobilized the self-circulating innate qi in his body, and a strand flowed into his fingers.

Then try to inject air into the strings.

"Which song will you play next?"

"Then let's play a national style song of my idol in my previous life!"

"Zheng~Zheng~"

"Red Dust Inn" sounded, breaking the calm again, and the quiet crowd focused their attention on Guan Ziyang again.

"At the end of the world is the wind and sand, the story of the world of mortals is called caring, the knife is hidden under the east fence of ordinary people, idle clouds, wild cranes, ancient temples..."

The man in the dense forest was wearing a black cloak, most of his face was covered, only his nose and mouth were exposed.

The corner of his mouth slanted, and he said lightly: "Have you mastered the use of qi to control the sound so quickly? It seems that Zhongrong really did not misunderstand the person..."

As Guan Ziyang played, he became more and more proficient at this feeling of breathing into the instrument.

He felt every vibration of the strings very clearly, as if it was beating in his heart!
Every time the fingertips are picked, the sound is transmitted directly into the mind through the fingers, and no longer needs to be heard through the ears...

At this time, the innate essence that had been sinking at the bottom of the dantian seemed to be attracted by something, causing ripples...

Guan Ziyang was taken aback.

"It seems to have caught a little bit of the shadow of Dao heart, is my Dao heart also music?"

After a while of ripples, the congenital essence returned to calm, no matter how hard Guan Ziyang played, no matter how hard he played, there was no reaction.

Despite being disappointed, Guan Ziyang played the song "Red Dust Inn" in its entirety.

After Guan Ziyang finished playing, it was still the same as before, but after a while, the same piece of music became the sound of a flute...

Guan Ziyang thought: "Could it be that this person is guiding me to find my Dao Xin? But why did I choose this time? Besides, who is this person!"

After the sound of the flute ended, the onlookers thought it would be Guan Ziyang's turn again, but Guan Ziyang did not rush to play this time, but stood up and bowed in the direction of the dense forest.

He said loudly: "Why don't you show up, you and I will play a song together?"

As a result, there was no response from the jungle.

After a while, the sound of the flute in the dense forest sounded again.

Guan Ziyang had never heard the opposite piece, but he guessed that he was testing me, so he quickly memorized it by heart.

"This fucking can't remember at all!" Guan Ziyang thought helplessly.

"The Queen Mother is here~"

At this moment, a high-pitched and sharp eunuch's voice sounded.

The sound of the flute stopped abruptly.

Then Guan Ziyang heard a rustling sound in the dense forest.

A black shadow loomed in the dense forest, and fled to the distance, and disappeared in a moment.

When they heard that the Queen Mother had arrived, the people around had already knelt down to greet her, not daring to raise their heads.

Guan Ziyang also quickly bent down.

The empress dowager's sedan chair stopped in an open space, and behind the sedan chair, there were about twenty court officials in official uniforms.

Dozens of soldiers with spears surrounded the luan sedan chair, and then the eunuch shouted again: "The Queen Mother Yizhi, all the gentlemen~"

Guan Ziyang wondered: "Why is the queen mother here, but the Zhongzheng official has not yet arrived, and there are only a few quarters of an hour before the ceremony begins."

According to the usual practice, the Queen Mother will not participate in this kind of Nine-Rank Zhongzheng Gathering. Why did she suddenly show up this year?

Not long after the Empress Dowager arrived, Zhong Zhengguan and the students finally entered the arena stepping on the spot.

After the Zhongzheng official finished seeing the queen mother, they each found a place to sit down.

One was sitting on a rock, the other was standing by the spring with his hands behind his back, the other was leaning against a tree, and the other was simply sitting cross-legged on the ground.

The only one Guan Ziyang knew was Xie An, who was lying on his side on a branch with his chin resting on one hand...

Seeing the five Zhongzheng officials scattered all over the open space, their postures are still so loose.

Guan Ziyang was dumbfounded.

"Ah...wouldn't this be a little too casual..."

Unexpectedly, no one was surprised except him in the field.

Although the five Zhongzheng officials have different shapes, they are all of extraordinary demeanor, and this unrestrained style is indeed just like the natural way that is respected at the moment.

The person standing by the side of the 'One Man Spring' is Sima Yu, the nominal initiator of this Gathering.

He shouted: "Students from Yangzhou, please come in."

Suddenly, there was a gap in the crowd of common people.

Forty or fifty well-dressed young men walked slowly into the center of the open space.

Guan Ziyang quickly jumped off the boulder, and under Xie Xuan's guidance, he also followed into the crowd.

At this time, an old eunuch beside the queen mother's sedan chair suddenly said: "The queen mother Yizhi, those who just played the piano and flute, please come out and see you."

Guan Ziyang glanced at Xie Xuan, with an expression of being hurt by you, and then walked out of the crowd to meet the Queen Mother.

"Guan Ziyang, west of the Fuling River, see the Queen Mother~"

A pair of jade hands stretched out the car curtain and opened it slightly, the Empress Dowager said: "Students are free."

After Guan Ziyang got up, the queen mother said again: "You are Guan Ziyang? You are such a handsome young man."

"General Xie once said to Aijia that your talk is 'fresh and refined, extremely elegant', and I heard that Mr. An Shi said that you are 'young and ambitious, and can promote the Northern Expedition'."

"Even General Sima Huan, the Great Sima, once wrote a letter to the Ai family, 'Fuling's Shu family, Guan's Ziyang, is worthy of great use, and he is Xiaolian' recommending the Ai family to hire you as an exception."

"That's all. Shi Shilang, Marquis of Ruyin, who just arrived in our Great Jin Kingdom, actually praised you in front of Ai's family."

"Aijia just met you for the first time, but your name has been ringing in Aijia's ears for a long time."

Everyone in the venue, whether they were students or onlookers, even the many dignitaries beside the Empress Dowager's sedan chair, were in an uproar!
Guan Ziyang's heart was shaken, and he thought to himself: "So many people are threatening me behind Mrs. Chu?"

"Xie Yi and Xie An are fine. After all, I have already boarded the Xie family's boat. It's just that Huan Wenwen and Shi Kun recommended me?"

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Knowing that the flute player had gone away, the queen mother sighed slightly: "Today, the Zhongshan Gathering, celebrities from the state of Jin, and talented scholars from Yangzhou gathered here. I wanted the two of you to play a piece together for this grand event, but the master didn't want to show up." body, it is not convenient for the strong to make things difficult for the family."

After speaking, he lowered the curtain.

What the queen mother said to Guan Ziyang made him, who was originally unknown, become the focus of dozens of students present.

Everyone looked at this young man of the common clan who had never met in surprise.

Then Sima Yu shouted: "The Zhongshan Gathering is about to begin. The students who have been ordered, please choose a Zhongzheng official, and just stand beside him. The time is half an hour."

Then dozens of students huddled together and whispered.

Xie Xuandao: "Ziyang, the rules this year are different from those three years ago. How should we choose? Should we choose my uncle?"

Guan Ziyang said: "The prime minister only said that we should choose the official, but he didn't say what to do after the election. Didn't your uncle tell you in advance?"

"Prime Minister Sima Yu is the chief examiner among the Zhongzheng officials. Before the start of the Zhongshan Collection, he was the only one who knew the rules."

At this moment, a person squeezed over from the crowd, and that person patted Guan Ziyang on the shoulder, and said, "Brother Que, so you are the real relationship owner!"

Guan Ziyang smiled awkwardly: "Where, where, I am still fainting."

It was Liu Chang who came.

He said with a smile on his face: "The people who recommended you in front of the queen mother are all the top figures in our Jin country! You are also a commoner, how can you be so prestigious."

Then he leaned into his ear and said softly: "I think, this year's 'Shangpinwuhanmen' rule, I'm afraid it's about to be broken."

"What?"

"Why? You still pretend that before the Yaji started, the queen mother singled you out and praised you so much! Isn't it a great face for you?"

"I think this time, you can at least reach the fifth rank, breaking the rule that the common people are not allowed to rank above the sixth rank!"

Guan Ziyang sighed: "Hey, Brother Liu doesn't know something!... Forget it, let's discuss how to choose the official first."

"If it's really the fifth rank, then it's all over. Today he didn't come here to set the rank, but to get the first place..."

Of course, there is no need to tell Liu Chang about these words...

(End of this chapter)