Senzo

Chapter 329
On the south bank of the Yue Kingdom, Qinhuai City, two or thirty years after the great flood, this ancient city famous for its singing and dancing has regained its vitality.

In the west of the city there is a bird clothing alley, and at the end of the alley there is a piano hall that teaches people how to play the piano.

The owner of the Qin Pavilion is a pair of sisters, the elder sister is called Bai Qiuer, and the younger sister is called Bai Donger.

Bai Qiu'er is about double ten years old, and Bai Dong'er is nearly twenty-eight years old.

The two sisters don't know where they learned the qin skills. Once they play the qin, it's like flowing clouds and flowing water.Therefore, many guqin lovers are attracted to study and gather in the piano hall.

On this day, a young man came to the piano hall. He looked like a crown jade and had a personable demeanor.

The elder sister Bai Qiuer came forward and asked: "Sir, what is your surname, are you here to learn the piano?"

The young man smiled and said, "That's right. I'm in Xiaqin Guan, and I don't have many words. I came here because of the reputation, and I want to learn piano from Master Bai."

Bai Qiu'er looked him up and down, and asked: "Mr. Qin, how many years have you learned the piano? What level are you at now?"

Qin Guan shook his head: "I don't know anything about playing the piano."

"Huh? Then you have to learn from the beginning? This museum charges tuition fees for beginners, one or two taels of silver a month."

"No problem, Master Bai, this is ten taels of silver, please accept it."

Bai Qiu'er put away the money, and then called her sister over: "Mr. Qin is just a beginner, so my sister will be responsible for you."

Bai Dong'er was only 15 years old, and she was still a young girl with a pretty face, lively and cute. She ran over to Qin Guan and said, "All the children I teach here are eight or nine years old, and the oldest is only eleven or twelve years old. Mr. Qin, You don't mind, do you?"

Qin Guan smiled: "It's okay, just treat me as a child."

Bai Dong'er led him to a big room next to him, sat with a dozen boys, each with a piano in front of them, and then began to teach him how to play the piano.

Qin Guan studied in the piano hall for an hour every day. No matter it was windy or rainy, he would arrive on time every afternoon. After learning, he would sometimes go to another class of Bai Qiuer to watch their performances, but only for a while. I left after a while.

His progress in learning the piano was so fast that Bai Dong'er was surprised.

"Mr. Qin, have you really never practiced the piano before?"

"I'm indeed a beginner, but some people in my family like this, so seeing them play the piano for a while is not considered ignorant."

Bai Dong'er smiled sweetly and said, "Then I will speed up the progress. You have already learned elementary fingering, and there are intermediate and advanced skills below. As long as you can keep up, I will pass them on to you."

"Thank you, Master Bai."

Bai Dong'er waved her hand and said, "I'm young, don't call me Master, just call me by my name."

"Is it inappropriate?"

"Appropriate, very appropriate."

Qin Guan smiled slightly: "That's good. Dong'er, before I came, I heard that your grandfather is good at chopping the qin, and he is a well-known great qin master, isn't it?"

Hearing this, Bai Dong'er's face changed, she no longer had an innocent image, and after a while she said: "That's right, my old man was the number one luthier in Qinhuai City back then, but his hands were useless many years ago. The piano shop was also taken away by others, so my sister can only make a living by teaching piano.”

Qin Guan asked: "How old is your grandfather? What is it like to lose both hands?"

"My grandfather is 70 years old this year, and his health is very bad. The muscles in his hands have withered, and he looks like skin and bones."

"When I finish learning the piano, can you take me to meet his old man, I still want to learn how to play the piano from him."

Bai Dong'er's little head shook like a rattle: "No, no, since my grandpa has been disabled, he doesn't want to see anyone except his own family!"

Qin Guan didn't say too much: "Learn the piano first, and then talk about making the piano after I can play a piece of music."

Three months later, Qin Guan's skill in playing the piano has surpassed all the apprentices in the piano hall.

Some apprentices have been studying in the gymnasium for a long time, and there are some who are good at playing the piano, and they come here just to learn from each other. However, these people can't help but be moved when they see Qin Guan's mastery of the piano in three months and listen to him play just once. Admire.

The two sisters from the Bai family, who are the owners of the museum, were full of praise for him: "Mr. Qin, you can become a teacher. We have already taught you all the techniques that can be taught. In this mortal world, your piano skills have almost reached the limit. If you want to improve, Only the people of Xianjia can do it."

Qin Guan thanked repeatedly, and then asked to see the old man again.

Bai Dong'er still shook her head: "No, no, no. My grandfather doesn't want to meet outsiders."

Bai Qiu'er also said: "Mr. Qin, there is really no way. The old man has been disabled for many years, and he sits at the window basking in the sun every day. Apart from our sisters, he doesn't want to see even members of the same family."

Qin Guan smiled and said: "I have a fairy method, which can restore the old man's arm to its original state."

Bai Dong'er cried out immediately: "You are lying, how can there be such a fairy method?"

Qin Guan said again: "In addition to treating the disability of the arm, I also have an elixir that can instantly make him 20 years younger."

Bai Dong'er heard this, and couldn't help sticking out her little tongue: "You are getting bigger and bigger, how can there be such a elixir?"

Bai Qiu'er's expression became serious: "Mr. Qin, is what you said true?"

Qin Guan nodded: "If it's true, you'll know it when you see it. After learning the piano for three months, you will always have an impression of whether you are a good person or a bad person."

Bai Qiu'er gritted her teeth: "Then I'll take you there."

Bai Dong'er tugged at her sleeve: "Sister, grandpa will scold you!"

"You have to try it even when you are scolded. In my opinion, Mr. Qin is not an ordinary person. If he is an ordinary person, he would not be able to learn such superb piano skills within three months!"

"That's true. It's the first time I've seen someone learn the piano so fast. It's a miracle."

The two closed the piano hall, and led Qin Guan to go deeper into Bird Clothes Lane.

There is a small courtyard at the bottom of the alley, which looks very simple and unsophisticated. It does not look like it was newly built after the great flood. The courtyard is full of bamboo. There are five or six houses in the middle, and there are three wing rooms on each side.

Qin Guan followed the two sisters to the main hall, and when he went in, he saw a skinny old man sitting by the window basking in the sun, his arms were hanging down, and the sleeves were empty, as if he had no arms.

Seeing someone coming in, the old man simply turned his head away.

Bai Qiu'er walked over and shouted: "Grandpa, I invited a gentleman over, he said he can cure your hand!"

The old man snorted coldly: "My hands have been useless for more than 30 years. If I am not a member of the Xian family, don't speak such big words."

Bai Dong'er walked over, reached out and rubbed the old man's shoulder, and said, "Grandpa, let him try."

The old man turned his head, glanced at Qin Guan, and asked: "Young man, who sent you here? Why do you want to see the old man? Doesn't that beast Yue Lu still give up and wants you to come over to see if the old man is there?" Dead? Go back quickly, even if the old man dies, he will not teach him the Three Sacred Techniques of Chaiqin!"

Qin Guan didn't say much, and immediately shook the sleeves of his robe, blowing a breeze.

After the old man was blown by the breeze all over his body, he felt comfortable all over his body, as if after a nap in spring, facing the warm sunshine, the pores of his body had been opened.Immediately afterwards, he felt itchy and numb in his arms, as if ants were crawling on them.

He was taken aback immediately, because he had lost his sense since his arm was disabled, and now he suddenly felt it again, how could it not surprise him?
"Dong'er, help me roll up my sleeves."

Bai Dong'er hurriedly rolled up her sleeves.

Under the gaze of the three of them, they saw that the old man's withered arms quickly became plump.

The old man tried to raise his hand, but he was able to lift it up. He tried to grab the other hand, but he caught it too, and it was very powerful!
"Ah, is this true? Grandpa's arm is healed!" Bai Dong'er jumped up all of a sudden!
Bai Qiu'er also became very excited: "Mr. Qin, are you an immortal master?"

While the old man was happy, he was a little uneasy: "Master Immortal, I don't know why you helped the old man? You were not invited by Yue Lu, right?"

Qin Guan shook his head: "I don't know Yue Lu. Old man, I have a pill here, you eat it."

The old man hesitated: "What kind of elixir is this?"

"A longevity pill, eating it can prolong your life by 20 years!"

"Master Immortal, you actually have such a pill?"

The old man immediately took the pill and swallowed it without saying a word.

After the cup of tea, the old man's hunchbacked body became tall and straight again, and his gray hair also turned black. He looked like a middle-aged man in his 40s. Although his figure was still thin, he was obviously much stronger.

The two sisters of the Bai family were stunned.Because the changes are too great, one is an old man in his dying years, and the other is a man in his prime, it's like being brought back to life!
The middle-aged man stood up, bowed to Qin Guan, and said, "My surname is Bai Mingzhu. Thank you, Master Immortal, for saving my life. What orders do you have?"

Qin Guandao: "I want to learn the method of chopping the piano from you. I don't know if it is feasible. What conditions do you have, just tell me."

Bai Zhu frowned slightly, and muttered: "It is said that the immortal master gave me a new life, so I should teach it all. But my Bai family has an ancestral rule that I can teach the general art of making the piano, but I can't teach the three skills of playing the piano. Holy law. Unless someone can bring our Bai family's children back into the fairy gate, I will teach him the most advanced method of violin making."

Qin Guan asked: "So, the ancestor of the Bai family came from the immortal sect? But I don't know which sect it is?"

(End of this chapter)