Seeing that Wu Zhongyuan's eyes were curious rather than disgusted, Jiang Tao put his mind at ease, bent over and raised his hand to invite Wu Zhongyuan into the side hall, and instead ordered someone to light the brazier, bring refreshments and drinks, and at the same time send someone to summon musicians and servants.

While waiting for the musician and singer to come, Jiang Tao lost no time in rushing to Wu Zhongyuan to circle and ask for sin, the reason for his guilt was that Jiang Zheng had died not long ago, it stands to reason that he should not sing and dance at this time, and he was worried that Wu Zhongyuan would see him as an unfilial son who exceeded the number of etiquette, and he was worried that Wu Zhongyuan would be buried, as if Wu Zhongyuan himself did not pay attention to the number of etiquette.

This scale is difficult to grasp, and it is also very difficult to express, but Jiang Tao is very good at these, saying cleverly and tactfully, humble and respectful, a measured person will never take the leader as a friend, a leader is a leader, no matter how good he is, others are also leaders.

In modern terms, the material base determines the superstructure, the material civilization is not good, how can there be any energy to engage in spiritual civilization, at this time people life is very difficult, there is almost no entertainment, singing and dancing are luxuries, and it is precisely because of the rarity that Wu Zhongyuan will be curious.

There are a lot of musical instruments in the side hall, Wu Zhongyuan turned his head to look around, and found that the most are chimes and drums, in addition to pipa, erhu, flute, qinse, xunsheng, there are not many varieties.

As for why only metal musical instruments such as chimes have survived in modern archaeology, it is because the materials used in other musical instruments have gradually decayed over time and cannot be preserved in modern times.

It's been back for so long, except for the sound of the piano of the East China Sea Xinyue Fox, Wu Zhongyuan rarely hears music, so he can't help but be curious, and after a while, the musician came, knelt down and saluted Wu Zhongyuan and Jiang Tao, praying for a long life.

Although Wu Zhongyuan ascended the throne and became the emperor, he never regarded himself as a long life, and now he suddenly heard others pray for a long life, and he felt very harsh.

Jiang Tao didn't know why Wu Zhongyuan suddenly turned his head to look at him, and hurriedly raised his glass to ask for wine, Wu Zhongyuan responded with a smile.

There are more than ten musicians, the musicians came first, the servants came late, there were more than 20 people, the etiquette was more humble after the musicians came, you must know that the status of the musicians at this time is very high, almost a class with the warriors, belonging to the spring and snow above the court. And the singers who sing and dance have a very low status, which is equivalent to the lower riba people on the streets. This is the exact opposite of modern times, where singers and actors have a high status and are praised to the sky, while the status of artists engaged in art is rarely known.

The two sat down, Jiang Tao raised his hand slightly, and the performance began, which was pure music, and the servants stood on both sides of the stage, and did not end the stage.

The chime belongs to the main instrument, first ring the bell, Wu Zhongyuan does not understand the rhythm, and he can't tell what Gong Shang Jiao Zhengyu is, but he feels that the musician is too slow to beat it, but he doesn't hear any beautiful and melodious, it is just dull and tasteless.

In fact, the slow rhythm is not impossible, and the slow-paced music is also very good, but this time he really can't enjoy the rhythm of these musicians' percussions.

The musician knocked solemnly from below, and Wu Zhongyuan listened to it from above, what kind of music is this, this is clearly a lullaby.

Just when I was bored and excited, the style of music finally changed, and a new instrument, the erhu, was added.

The structure of the erhu instrument is very simple, but it is very difficult to control, it can be pulled with enthusiasm, and it can also be pulled with sorrow and sorrow.

On the other hand, Jiang Tao looked intoxicated, culture and art are the same, he didn't grow up in ancient times after all, and he really didn't understand people's preferences for culture and art at this time.

Listen patiently, soon Wu Zhongyuan found the rule, the music at this time is gradually adding musical instruments, and then adding the flute, the sound of the flute is still relatively melodious, but if it is blown too slowly, it will not sound good, and the tone will be dragged and pulled.

Most of the musicians are men, there are very few women, the musicians are also solemn when they play, and they seem to be very devoted, but he just can't enjoy such a slow rhythm, how slow it is to be very specific, there is a song called the love of a lifetime, the rhythm is slow enough, and the rhythm played by these musicians is three times slower than the love of a lifetime, and it is not accurate to describe it with multiples, in short, it means that the person who listens is uncomfortable.

When the guqin was added, the Lingren began to dance, the early stage was a solo dance, the dancing was a young woman around 20 years old, tall and slender, the clothes on the body were very little, all were silk clothes, the rhythm of the dance was also very slow, and tried to show the beauty of the woman's limbs, although occasionally a sleeve would be thrown, but the overall feeling was still twisted and pinched, more twisted and pretentious before the flower, less enthusiastic and passionate, not good-looking, boring.

The first dancer is the head of these dancers, in modern terms is the leader of the dance, this woman will sing when dancing, the lyrics roughly mean that a left-behind woman misses and cares about her lover who goes out to fight, the word lover is a derogatory term in modern times, but in the entire feudal society it is a positive word, generally referring to two people who really love each other.

The variety of musical instruments is increasing, and the number of dancers participating in dancing and singing is also increasing, and in the end it is like a large-scale music ball, no, to be precise, it is more like a funeral procession, blowing, blowing, crying, and the leading dancer's movement of waving his arms and sleeves is like throwing paper money into the sky during the funeral.

As the saying goes, you can't tell the good from the bad without comparison, compared with these servants' twisting of the waist and sending the crotch and muttering, he prefers Jiang Nan's screams when facing the enemy, how real, wild, and charming.

Jiang Tao misunderstood Wu Zhongyuan's looking around, only when he respected his identity, he was embarrassed to watch directly, and he wanted to give these musicians and servants to him, but in fact, this was Jiang Tao's real motive for inviting him to watch singing and dancing.

Wu Zhongyuan is not tired of Jiang Tao's behavior, it is normal for his subordinates to please his superiors, although he doesn't like the kind of courtiers like He Shen, but he doesn't like the kind of loyal ministers like Ji Xiaolan, the emperor is already tired and upset, and if he is a courtier, he will be even more upset if he talks about ugly disobedience all day long, and it is also a loss that Qianlong is a Taiping Emperor, if he was replaced by a troubled emperor with great pressure, he would have been assigned to the frontier by that guy.

Wu Zhongyuan declined Jiang Tao's gift, and Jiang Tao also found that he didn't seem to be very interested in beautiful singing and dancing, and when the song was over, he said to the musician in charge, "Change to a more cheerful tune." ”

Wu Zhongyuan wanted to say something to stop him, but when he thought that there was still half an hour before lunch, he didn't open his mouth and let the musician play again.

As soon as he heard that the musician was ringing the bell again, Wu Zhongyuan sighed helplessly, but before he finished his breath, the flute was added, and then there was the sheng, which is a musical instrument very similar to the flute in the indiscriminate refill, but at this time there was no zhu, only sheng.

Then there is the drum, the drum sound is relatively low, as soon as the drum is added, the rhythm is no longer the sound of Feifei, it begins to be more enthusiastic, and when the guqin is added again, the sound is high-pitched, the rhythm is accelerated again, Wu Zhongyuan finally found the feeling.

While finding his senses, Wu Zhongyuan suddenly frowned.

Seeing Wu Zhongyuan frowning, Jiang Tao only thought that he didn't like this song, and was about to raise his hand to interrupt, but Wu Zhongyuan raised his hand before him and said, "Don't interrupt, continue." ”

Jiang Tao didn't know why, and looked at him suspiciously.

Wu Zhongyuan didn't say anything to explain, the reason why he frowned was because the music played by the musician at this time felt a little familiar to him, although he couldn't remember what the song was for a while, but one thing was certain, that is, the rhythm of this piece did not belong to ancient times, but a modern song.

After listening for a while, he couldn't recall, Wu Zhongyuan turned his head to look at Jiang Tao, "The chimes stop, and the other instruments continue." ”

Jiang Tao relayed the command, the chimes stopped, and the rhythm became clearer, this piece belongs to the category of relatively fast rhythm, but it is not very fast, it should be a modern popular music.

Because the instruments used to play the music are very different from modern instruments, Wu Zhongyuan feels that the music is very familiar, but he can never remember what the music is.

At this moment, the leading dancer began to bring people into the dance, this time the dance style changed greatly, the movements accelerated, the sense of rhythm was relatively strong, and the previous soothing was completely different, although it was not as enthusiastic as the modern dance, but it was also like a battlefield, with great strength, shrugging and turning around when there was a faint shadow of Western dance, but it was not like a surprise like a dance convulsion.

Jiang Tao had already noticed that Wu Zhongyuan's expression was different, but he didn't know why his expression was so solemn, and he was watching nervously, Wu Zhongyuan raised his hand and said, "The tune is speeding up." ”

"Speed up a beat. Jiang Tao shouted an order to the musician.

Hearing this, the musician hurriedly sped up the rhythm of the dance, and in order to keep up with the beat, the servant had to speed up the rhythm of the dance.

Wu Zhongyuan listened to the tune quietly, and suddenly remembered what kind of song this was, this is a very old song, called A Fire in Winter, but the original singer of this song is not Fei Xiang, nor Gao Lingfeng, this song is from the West, and the original singer is a few foreign women.

Looking at the dancing posture of the Lingren, it obviously has Western characteristics, although it is still soothing, but it is obviously not a Middle-earth style.

"Holy Lord?" Jiang Tao looked at each other suspiciously.

Wu Zhongyuan turned his head to glance at Jiang Tao, and then said in a deep voice, "Stop." ”

Hearing Wu Zhongyuan's words, Jiang Tao hurriedly got up and ordered, the musician stopped playing, and the servants returned to both sides nervously.

Wu Zhongyuan also stood up, frowning and looking around at everyone in the audience, "Who taught you this set ......of songs and dances?"