Chapter 52: Fake is more real than real

Late the next night, on the siege of a fortress south of the Black Wind Ridge, a neat and uniform team was striding forward with mighty and unyielding steps.

The person at the head of the team is none other than Wang Baoshan, and the patrol mission in his camp tonight is this southern fortress.

Since the establishment of the military system, each battalion has a clear division of labor, standing guard during the day, practicing weapons, and patrolling at night.

The entrances and exits of the various fortresses in all directions of the Black Wind Ridge are tightly defended, and the slightest wind and grass can immediately transmit information to each other and join forces to counterattack.

Otherwise, the Axe Hall Gang led by Zhang Kai, a team of nearly 1,000 people, how could they have been defeated so miserably.

Wang Baoshan led the soldiers in the battalion to go to different places every night to inspect according to the military orders issued by the shogunate in the army. This dark and blind night is a bitterly cold weather, although it is fortunate and difficult, but fortunately, there are not so many things during the day, and the big night is also leisurely.

Tonight, the moon and stars are sparse, and the vast mountains and forests are covered with snow, like piles of white cotton, which are misty, wrapping everything on this land, making the world empty and quiet.

The branches of the nearby wild trees, crystal clear icicles, hang upside down. Under the light of the moon, under the blowing of the night wind, they refracted a little dazzling ice.

"Big brother is fortunate, come to the meeting and drink some hot tea......" Du Xiaosan saw that Wang Baoshan was leading the team, and as soon as he finished his inspection, he greeted him. He made a special trip tonight, saying that he was visiting Wang Baoshan and that he would accompany him to keep vigil.

On the walls of the fortress, there are several arrow towers, all of which are square wooden structures. There are no windows on all four sides of the room, only a row of small lookouts, which were specially built to shelter from the wind and snow when standing guard. Although the space is not large, it can fit seven or eight people.

Wang Baoshan settled the other soldiers and let them rest in the other arrow towers for a while, roast the fire, and drink some hot tea. I took Liu Qing with me, accompanied Du Xiaosan, and entered the arrow tower in the middle.

At this time, in the center of the arrow tower, there is a large brazier, which is burning wood charcoal, and the arrow tower is baked warm.

The three soldiers who were in charge of guarding this arrow tower hurriedly gave them their places, and returned Wang Baoshan to the three of them, each pouring a bowl of hot tea.

"General, it's been a great job... Let's go outside to guard the meeting, and you will bake the fire..."Among the three soldiers, a man who looked a little calm, after he finished speaking, he took the other two soldiers out of the arrow tower.

After they went out, Du Xiaosan nodded, very satisfied with their approach. And approvingly: "Big brother, the soldiers in your battalion are really good!"

"The third brother smiled, on such a cold day, you still came to accompany me, it's really embarrassing, come and drink some hot tea..."Wang Baoshan picked up a bowl of hot tea and handed it over.

Du Xiaosan took it, took a sip of hot tea, rubbed his hands to roast the fire, and asked Wang Baoshan again: "Big brother, where did you get this guqin... Is it really that amazing?"

Last night, in front of the valley fortress in the eastern area of the Black Wind Ridge, what happened was so bizarre and weird that everyone in the Black Wind Ridge knew about it.

There are no wonders in this world, and people have always had a deep affection for those strange things. Therefore, Wang Baoshan, who is the main person, has become a figure in the Black Wind Army who has attracted much attention overnight.

If it weren't for the restrictions of the military order, I don't know how many curious people would go to Wang Baoshan to find the answer in broad daylight.

Du Xiaosan also belongs to one of the types of people who are more curious, as soon as he heard that his eldest brother Wang Baoshan had a strange and magical treasure, he immediately thought about it and ran to him. But during the day, Wang Baoshan wanted to rest, so in order not to disturb him, he had to wait until the evening, and ran over to patrol the night together, saying that he wanted to see with his own eyes the magic of the guqin.

Of course, Wang Baoshan couldn't postpone it, so he had to follow him. Just now, because I had to patrol the entire southern boundary, I didn't have time. Now that he was free, he had no choice but to take off the piano case from behind his back, hold it and go outside the arrow tower, and let Du Xiaosan follow him.

This time was different from the past, Wang Baoshan found a clean place by himself, sat down cross-legged, and put the piano case on his lap. He was not in a hurry to take out the Mochizuki Guqin, but rubbed his hands and touched the case, as if he was thinking about something.

I don't know how long it took, Wang Baoshan breathed a little, and his hands began to pull up in the air, as if he was practicing out of thin air, playing the strings.

Look at his serious posture, this is the rhythm of playing that guqin by himself!

When he did this, he was also forced to be helpless, and in the entire Black Wind Ridge, all kinds of rumors about him now made him suffer deeply. He is a very low-key person, he doesn't like to be too public, and he knows the truth of his guilt.

Therefore, in order not to cause unnecessary trouble, he had to write and direct a piano playing scene by himself.

Du Xiaosan, who happened to be a quartermaster, came to him to understand the situation, and Wang Baoshan felt that it was also a good way to show him the plan, so that he could help him and solve those rumors.

When the state reached its best, Wang Baoshan turned his head to look at Du Xiaosan who came over, feeling a little ashamed, and said in his heart: "I'm sorry, third brother... Brother, I have no choice but to do this!"

Of course, Du Xiaosan couldn't hear Wang Baoshan's inner thoughts. When he saw Wang Baoshan looking over, he thought he was saying that he was ready to play. He nodded with a puzzled face, and his expression was mixed with a little expectation.

"Third brother, I have poor piano skills, and I'm afraid that you will laugh, so when you can play, don't look at me, it's better to stand behind me..."

Wang Baoshan deliberately found a prominent position at the edge of the wall, sitting here, in front of the empty wilderness, the moonlight could just shine on the Mochizuki Guqin, and he could also turn his back to other people.

In this way, it forms a visual misunderstanding for the people behind him, so as to avoid being seen by others, his fraudulent behavior.

"Big brother, this ......" Although Du Xiaosan was puzzled, he had no choice but to stand behind Wang Baoshan, and the other soldiers who came to see the excitement also did the same.

Just in the hearts of the people, when they were puzzled, the sound of the piano suddenly sounded, melodious, and the sound of the sound suddenly frustrated, all the way up, passionate and bursting in, like a mountain torrent erupting, the momentum is huge, the listener is excited, and the listener is agitated and excited.

When this exciting sound of the piano reached its limit, the Mochizuki guqin in Wang Baoshan's hand suddenly disappeared.

The fingertips stopped, the piano stopped, and silence returned to the surroundings.

This silence makes people empty, as if all the melodies and tunes of Fang Cai are like illusory dreams, and people do not feel real.

But the rhythm that remains in everyone's ears is still in progress, lingering, and endless.

But just when the rhythms that everyone had reminisced in their minds were about to stop, the sound of the piano sounded leisurely again. But this time, it was not so exciting, but also frustrating, deep and tactful, fluttering, like rushing water, in the gushing charm, so that everyone seemed to be in it, and there was a trickling river in their ears......

I don't know how long it took for Du Xiaosan's immersive state of mind to gradually sober up.

He looked at the white snowy mountains, reminisced about the graceful and beautiful music in his mind, and for a while, he couldn't help but be excited.

I saw him, his face was full of excitement, and he came casually:

A snowstorm is white,

A piece of piano and a heart;

Stars and moon are silent and the night breeze accompanies them,

Forget to cut off the dust and eliminate distractions.

After chanting the verses, Du Xiaosan's whole person was extremely smooth, and he praised Wang Baoshan's piano skills at the moment. It's also because he wasn't interesting enough, and he didn't tell himself when he learned such good piano skills.

He praised the sound of the piano, which was really amazing, and made him so obsessed that he couldn't extricate himself.

Wang Baoshan was ashamed of what he said, he just pretended to be on the Mochizuki Guqin, and touched it at will, how could Du Xiaosan listen to it and have such a big reaction.

To this day, he still can't figure out what's so strange about this Mochizuki guqin.

Just now, when he put his hand on the strings, his mind was blank at first, and then there were strange pictures, like what kind of flash flood erupted, what river water was slow...... and other scenes, like flowing clouds, in his mind, the evolution and circulation.

These pictures made him feel shocked, and he no longer dared to touch them indiscriminately, and his hands were off the strings. When he played later, his fingers didn't touch the strings, and no picture appeared in his mind, and he was immersed in the moving sound. It wasn't until a dark cloud obscured the moonlight in the night sky that the Mochizuki guqin stopped playing.

Although it is a fraud, the performance of the audience next to him is genuinely fascinated.

Others don't say it, just take the scholar Du Xiaosan as an example, he grew up under the influence of the breath of books since he was a child, boasted of being a master of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, knows everything, and has an almost critical attainment in music and rhythm, which is not comparable to ordinary people.

Now even he clapped his hands and applauded, Wang Baoshan's fake trick, but when it is true and false, true and false, this fake is more real than the real one!

In this way, Wang Baoshan has become famous since then, and all kinds of strange theories about him are self-defeating, of course, this is also thanks to Du Xiaosan's evidence collection and publicity.

Perhaps in order to avoid getting into trouble again, Wang Baoshan applied to the shogunate for daytime duty, and nothing strange happened in the subsequent daily tasks.

Life in the barracks was already heavy and boring, so within a few days, the soldiers of the Black Wind Army gradually became indifferent to Wang Baoshan's affairs. It's just that occasionally someone, after tea and dinner, treats it as a joke.

In this way, there are not as many people who pay attention to Wang Baoshan as before.

What Wang Baoshan wants is this effect, people are superficial, and it is best to be a low-key person. Otherwise, you will be watched all the time, and you will not be able to be free in your daily life.