In addition to the two strings of civil and military, the other five strings, Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng, and Yu, represent the five social levels at that time, namely the king, the minister, the people, the matter, and the thing.

The first thing Fang You's eyes observed was the shape of this guqin, and there were more and more shapes of the guqin in the past.

Each shape of the guqin can bring people a different feeling, although there are many shapes, but the manufacturing principle of the guqin is mostly the same, and the sound effect is not much different.

However, the guqin is the most common with five shapes, Fuxi style, Fuxi is the ancestor of the humanities admired by the Chinese nation, ranking first among the three emperors. Many inventions and creations in ancient Chinese culture are mostly related to him.

It is said that this style of qin was invented by Fu Xi. In the "Book of Qin" and "Flute Fu", there are records of "Fuxi cutting the tong for the qin" and "Xi Xixi making the qin". The shape of the "Fuxi-style" piano is round and simple, with a half-moon bend in the neck and waist, and the timbre is magnificent.

The most famous Jiuxiao Huanpei in the existing guqin in China, is the Fuxi style, the Tang Dynasty guqin handed down all over the world, there are only more than 20 now, in the ancient Chinese society, the qin culture is extremely splendid, not to mention the princes and nobles, even if the literati and elegant guests, including some singing women in the Qinglou, all have the instrument, can be handed down, but there are very few, which shows the difficulty of the preservation of the guqin.

This is also the reason why at the auction of the small island country, Wube Siren took out a Tang Dynasty guqin as a bid, and everyone was so amazed.

The second is the Zhongni style, also known as the Confucius style, which is said to have been made by Confucius, with an elegant and pure sound, just like Confucianism, and is the most common in the guqin.

The third is the Lianzhu type, which is created by a Yishi in the Sui Dynasty, the shape is more exquisite than other guqins, some exquisite, its pronunciation is clear, the sound is mellow, but this kind of piano style is loved by many people, and transformed into the appearance they like, and the most famous waterfall Lianzhu qin is made by King Ning Xian in the Ming Dynasty according to the Lianzhu style, which is called the first qin in the Ming Dynasty.

And the sound of a spacecraft launched by Tie Lijian to find aliens into outer space that year has a record made of flowing water in ancient Chinese songs, and this song is also used to perform the piano with this waterfall beads.

The fourth is the setting sunset style, listening to its name, it will be associated with the boundless sky, that touch of brilliant sunset, its sound is majestic and loud, and it is most suitable for playing some magnificent music.

The fifth is Shennong style, according to legend, it is made by Shennong, Shennong and the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan style and called the two emperors of Yan and Huang, for the progress of Chinese mankind, has made an indelible contribution, this kind of modeling, is also the oldest place in the guqin modeling, its shape is simple and primitive, is the most common modeling.

No matter what the shape of the qin is, it is roughly divided into three kinds, one is made by the sage, there are Zhongni, Fuxi, Shennong style, the second is made by the literati, there is Luoxia type, Lianzhu type, the third is the emperor made the qin, Xiangwang qin, Luwang qin, including the waterfall beads made by the king of Naning Xian also belong to this category.

There are many other styles of pianos, some of which do not have pictures, and Fang You can only read them on the information, but cannot know their true appearance, these five are the most widely circulated shapes.

However, the piano in front of him is not among these five types, nor is it among some of the piano types that Fang You is most familiar with.

The Warring States guqin, most of them are Shennong style and Fuxi style, among which the Zhongni style created by Confucius has also appeared in historical materials, and several other types such as Feizhu style were created by the literati of the Sui Dynasty, which naturally cannot appear on the guqin of the Warring States Period.

The Warring States guqin in front of me is red and black, but some of the color has fallen off, it looks a little shabby, and it can be handed down from the Warring States period to the present, this guqin may have undergone countless times of maintenance and coloring, and in some places, it is inevitable that traces of repair can be seen.

This red and black color is the most commonly used in the guqin, similar to the cinnabar-like color, which makes the guqin full of a simple meaning.

However, when Fang You carefully inspected, he found that the body of this qin was thicker than the Tang Dynasty guqin he obtained, which must be the characteristics of the Warring States guqin.

Just now I just took a general look at the shape of this guqin, and then Fang You sat at the table, looking at the body seriously, this qin does not have strings, but from the position of the fixed strings on the left and right, this should be a lyre.

Suddenly, when looking at the piano surface, Fang You's face changed slightly, staring at this piano surface tightly, only looking at it twice, his face showed a look of surprise, "Plum blossom break, sure enough, what Chu Lao said is not false at all, just from this plum blossom, you can know the age of the guqin." ”

"Mr. Li, what is plum blossom break, is it these cracks?" Looking at Fang You's look of surprise, Matsumoto Mingdao couldn't help but ask with a puzzled face, he could still understand other antiques such as porcelain, but he couldn't know the age of this guqin at all, and he couldn't even guess the approximate age.

Fang You suddenly smiled and shook his head, "These are not ordinary cracks, but broken lines that represent the age of the guqin, have you seen them, these broken lines are intertwined with each other, forming a circle, like a blooming plum blossom, this is the plum blossom break." ”

"Just like the annual rings of a big tree, this instrument made of wood, naturally there will be some changes with the age, this broken line, is the symbol of the ancient guqin, but also among the many musical instruments in China, only the guqin will appear characteristics, this unique phenomenon, is due to the wooden expansion and contraction of the qin, as well as the different degrees of aging of the lacquer and gray texture on the qin, formed after countless years, the wooden expansion and contraction of the qin, mainly manifested as the vibration of the surface of the qin when playing the piano, in the long run, plus some other influences, Broken lines will appear. ”

"There are many broken lines of the guqin, such as the broken back of the turtle, the belly of the snake, the broken cow hair, the broken flowing water, the broken ice pattern, etc., which is like a broken line like a plum blossom, which represents the very old situation of the piano, and it is also the rarest and most precious one of the many broken lines, there are records of the history of the qin, the plum blossom is not broken for thousands of years, that is, the plum blossom is broken, at least it represents that it has a history of more than 1,000 years." Fang You looked at the broken plum blossom on the piano surface, and his heart was full of surprise.

The plum blossom broken pattern can be said to be the most precious one of the broken lines of the guqin, and it represents a long time, and its broken guqin is far better than the timbre of the guqin without broken lines.

After listening to Fang You's narration, Matsumoto Mingdao and a few people looked at the broken lines on the guqin, and were a little deeply shocked, from these cracks in the guqin, they could even know its age, they felt that Fang You's proposal was very right, they should go to the university, learn more about antiques and archaeology, to make up for their shortcomings.

Fang You looked at the entire piano surface, an old guqin, not only there will be a kind of broken lines, but even if there is a plum blossom broken in a position, it can also be called a plum blossom broken qin, in addition to the plum blossom broken on this guqin, he also found some common broken lines such as snake belly broken, but these broken lines are far less precious and old than the plum blossom break.

When he was looking closely, one of the broken lines couldn't help but make his eyes widen, and he couldn't believe it, "It turned out to be a broken turtle's back, which is not far from the broken age of plum blossoms, and a more precious broken line. ”

On this body, Fang You found the broken lines like the back of a turtle, and some of the broken lines on the back of the turtle seemed to be mixed with broken plum blossoms, which was really unexpected to him......

Speaking of which, the turtle back broken line is more rare than the plum blossom broken, there are very few turtle back broken on the guqin in the past dynasties, its age can be said to be difficult to compare with the plum blossom broken up and down, there are reviews of the history of the qin, it is difficult to buy the turtle broken line, in order to illustrate the preciousness of this broken line.

Listening to Fang You's words, Matsumoto Mingdao and a few people naturally knew the preciousness of this piano, and they couldn't help but be a little lucky, fortunately, Fang You came to the small island country in time, otherwise, if they sent this piano to the auction house or the black market for auction, it would be an irreparable mistake, they couldn't imagine that a piano that looked so dilapidated turned out to be a precious cultural relic.

"This piano with a turtle's back and plum blossom broken lines must not be an ordinary thing, it can be handed down from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the present, and every owner who gets it must have tried his best to maintain its perfection." Fang You looked at the guqin with two precious broken lines, and with great anticipation in his heart, he began to look for possible inscriptions on the entire guqin.

The guqin that has been handed down over the years, most of them are engraved with the name of the qin and some information, just like the famous qin Jiuxiao Huanpei, at its piano pool, it is engraved with the four characters of Jiuxiao Huanpei, and in other positions, there are also celebrities who have obtained this qin or some inscriptions of the Qinxing Poetry Society.

After looking at the front of the guqin for a while, Fang You found some inscriptions, but they were the handwriting left by some literati who obtained the qin in the Qingming and Qing dynasties, but he never found any handwriting about the name of the qin.

And there are only a few literati in the Qingming Dynasty, it is simply some weird things, this guqin has been handed down from the Warring States period to the present, but there is no appreciation and lettering of other dynasties on it, this is already a very big doubt, is it on the back, thinking, Fang You suddenly carefully turned the guqin over, on the back of the qin, he also saw the beautiful broken lines.

The broken lines on the guqin are not only a symbol of the age, but also increase the beauty of the qin.

On the back of the qin, but on the back of the qin, he also didn't find any handwriting, and the Warring States guqin without handwriting can't be believed.

Can be preserved so well, by no means in the tomb for a long time stored objects, only heirlooms, can be so complete, a guqin made of wood, in the tomb of that kind of environment, I am afraid that it has long been decayed, in modern times, there have also been unearthed a few Warring States guqin, but its decay has been difficult to pick up, but also can not play the piano.

It can be handed down from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the present, it is by no means a nameless thing, and the literati of the Qingming and Qing dynasties have engraved handwriting on it, and they have praised the pure timbre of this piano and the melodious echo of the words.

In addition to the handwriting left by these well-known literati, Fang You did not find any other words on the entire guqin, which is the most puzzling place for him, even if this guqin is not a famous qin, it is impossible to only have the words of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Fang You also wondered if this guqin was also hidden by others with a skin like the Venus Dragon Inkstone and Yue Fei Zhengqi Inkstone, but he didn't find this situation from some wood paint falling off.

However, through some gray tires under the wood paint, Fang You knew why this qin could be preserved until now, and after the Tang Dynasty guqin of Wubu Siren was brought back to Wuyang, Chu Lao used that guqin as a basis and explained a lot of knowledge about the guqin to him.

The gray tire under the wood lacquer of this guqin is made of pure antler frost tire, which is the unique lacquer tire on the Tang qin, and it was also invented by the Tang Dynasty qin craftsmen, pure antler frost tire as the name suggests, is made of antlers, and then ground into powder, mixed with lacquer, painted on the qin, its most significant feature is that it is as bright as a star, which is a phenomenon manifested by the unique color of the antlers.

The piano made of pure antler frost tires is sturdy and durable, and it is also the only reason why the Tang Dynasty guqin can be preserved until now.

If it weren't for the aura he saw in his eyes was cyan, I am afraid that Fang You, with the knowledge he had learned, would have decided that this qin was a hand-me-down Tang qin, but anything can be faked, and the aura that evolved into the antique cultural relics with historical time is not possible to counterfeit, and the cyan aura can already represent that this piano was stored in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Saying that, Fang You launched the retreat technique again, in order to carefully observe the body of the qin before, he had already stopped the retreat technique, and now he started it again, and suddenly the wisps of cyan aura were free from the body of the qin and absorbed into his body.

This cyan aura is very rich, indicating that this piano is definitely a fine thing, Fang You looked at the body shrouded in cyan aura, and fell into thought, this guqin is constantly free of cyan aura, if it is seen by others, it will definitely be shocked, and it will be regarded as a fairy qin.

Suddenly, when Fang You was staring at the body of the qin and thinking, a touch of yellow flashed in front of him, which made him come back to his senses in an instant, his eyes showed a look of surprise, looking at the aura that was free from the body of the qin, he hadn't found it just now, but now, in addition to the cyan, there was already a trace of yellow aura in the body of the qin.

Could it be that this is a Song Dynasty guqin, made by the Song Dynasty, and then smeared with the lacquer tire invented in the Tang Dynasty, but how to explain the cyan aura in it, if it weren't for the yellow aura being too rare, Fang You would probably guess so.

It's just that the yellow aura that suddenly revealed here is very rare, and it only appears little by little, and there is no such cyan aura at all.

This situation made Fang You have doubts in his heart, the body of the piano is full of cyan aura, then this yellow aura may have been repaired in the Tang Dynasty, and the materials used were revealed.

Why didn't it appear just now, but waited for a while before appearing, according to some of Fang You's experiences since he got the escape technique, it didn't appear at first, and the aura that appeared later was usually that there were objects hidden in it.

Just like the Venus Dragon Inkstone, he also discovered the red aura on it first, and then when he was about to leave, he suddenly saw the yellow aura exuded from it, and from this, he got the Venus Dragon Inkstone.

Suddenly, at this time, he thought of one thing, that is, there are only two generations of Ming and Qing dynasties on this piano, and before the Yuan Dynasty, no one left any handwriting on it, maybe this yellow aura can help him solve everything.

Fang You immediately controlled the retreat technique first, ignoring the cyan aura, and only paying attention to the source of the yellow aura, the cyan aura would be emitted in every place in the body of the piano, but this yellow aura was only free in a few fixed positions, and there were seven places in total.

Is there really something hidden in this qin, Fang You's heart is full of anticipation, just like the expectation when he is hunting for treasures, and he keeps looking at the entire guqin in order to find out the suspicions.

When he kept watching, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional, if he had the art of Mu Dun, then the secret of this guqin would be discovered by him instantly, but unfortunately, now he got three kinds of art of escape, water, earth, and gold, but there is no existence of Mu Dun technique.

He deduced from the location and appearance of the aura that the thing with the yellow aura must be in the body.

There are several holes on the back of the qin, which are the dragon pond wind swamps of the guqin, which is an indispensable part of the guqin structure.

From these two holes, he could vaguely see some of the inside of his qin, but Fang You checked it, but he didn't find anything.

Looking at the entire guqin body, Fang You suddenly stared at the front body of the guqin, and he thought of a difference that he had observed before, that is, the body of this qin was far thicker than the Tang Dynasty guqin.

And through the hole on the back of the guqin, nothing was found, could it be that this Eastern Tibetan Province is in the thick body of the front of the qin.

Fang You tapped lightly, but he didn't find anything suspicious, as if the piano was solid, and nothing existed in it.

However, he didn't give up, he still knocked on the body of the piano little by little, and launched the escape technique, with the help of the position of the yellow aura, to find the suspicion.

This yellow aura has a total of seven positions, as if it is distributed on the guqin like the seven strings of the guqin, but the aura revealed is very thin.

Fang You couldn't help but smile helplessly when he kept knocking on the body of the piano, this was the strangest and most difficult antique he had found since he got the escape technique and kept Taobao to pick up leaks, he knew that there was something in it, but he didn't know where to start. (To be continued.) )