Mr. Guo slowly talked about the theme of this meeting.

"That's right, next month is Your Majesty's birthday, and according to the custom, the country of Eight Sounds will play Chinese music in the palace every year."

Ling Yi is aware of Chinese music, Northern Qin good music, the original compilation of the national music chapter, is the Taichang Temple 34 musicians, a collection of 42 provinces and cities, seven states, four directly under the jurisdiction of all the musical instruments, it took half a year to compile.

Chinese music is divided into eight sections, each section has half an hour, and if you want to complete a song, it must take four hours, and because of this, unless it is a large-scale memorial or other event, the general court activities, only the first section can be played.

Ling Yi didn't speak, so naturally someone asked, and an elder who was also over half a hundred years old was puzzled: "Elder Guo, what Shicai said about the life and death of the Eight Sound Country, could it be related to national music?" ”

Mr. Guo stroked his white beard: "Elder Li didn't guess wrong, this year's Chinese music, I'm afraid that the eight-tone country will not be able to perform." ”

"What?"

As soon as the words came out, it immediately caused the other three to be shocked, if the emperor can't play the eight-tone country on his birthday, where is it only related to the life and death of the eight-tone country, and it is clearly related to everyone's life and death.

Ling Yi didn't move, listening to the other people.

Elder Li was shocked, "Why can't you play?" But what's wrong with the personnel? ”

Chinese music is not an ordinary song, which includes dozens of musical instruments, the tune is even more complex and changeable, it is an extremely difficult to play the rhythm, and even many instruments are only played by the locals.

Mr. Guo shook his head, a little regretful: "If there is a problem with the personnel, there is a solution, the first section of Chinese music is the most important part, respectively with the guzheng, gonghou, huqin, gyaya, liuqin, hubusi, rewapu as the leading, among which the liuqin, whose timbre is not easy to be covered by other instruments, is the most ----"

Elder Li thought for a while, and had a guess in his heart, but he didn't dare to ask, but Elder Zhang, who was sitting at the head of him, asked, "It's not a matter of personnel, it's a matter of playing musical instruments, and I ask Elder Guo to speak up." ”

Mr. Guo sighed and continued: "Although there are many liuqin in the Eight Music Country, there is only one four-stringed liuqin from the hand of the Qin Sage, and the string of the liuqin is not an ordinary silk string, but a steel wire string made of a hundred years of Xuangang, which is the only one in the world. ”

Speaking of which, who else doesn't understand, even Elder Wen, who is aware of the hindsight, knows what is going on, and stands up directly in shock, almost knocking over the table: "What does Elder Guo mean, what's wrong with this liuqin?" ”

"The strings are broken, I don't know why." Mr. Guo's face finally turned angry.

He is a person who loves the piano, and a peerless piano is ruined like this, can he not be heartbroken?!

Ling Yi knew in his heart that if it was naturally damaged, Mr. Guo would probably not be angry, so he thought about it and asked, "Could it be that this string is man-made?" ”

As soon as she spoke, the others looked at her.

Elder Li immediately vetoed: "Impossible, everyone knows that the instruments used to play Chinese music are stored separately and guarded every day, how can they be artificially destroyed, Elder Tsuji is questioning the guards of the Eight Tone Country?" ”

Ling Yi stood up and said apologetically: "I'm just guessing, whether it is natural damage or man-made damage, Elder Guo must have already made up his mind." ”

The three elders Li Zhangwen looked at Mr. Guo again and asked in unison, "Is it really man-made damage?" ”

Old Mr. Guo glanced at Ling Yi for a long time before nodding and said in a deep voice: "Although the broken strings are treated as naturally broken as possible, the old man has been dealing with all kinds of pianos all his life, how can that little trick be hidden from me." ”

"It seems that someone wants to be the enemy of the Eight Sound Country, and they actually avoided the strict defense of the Eight Music Country and quietly destroyed Liuqin." Ling Yi finally concluded.

After finishing speaking, he was stunned by several people, and there was silence in the room.

The Eight Sound Country is the industry of the Ling family, this is to be the enemy of the Ling family in disguise, and the Ling family is also the largest clan, not to mention that the Ling family has always been to convince people with virtue, who will be the enemy of it.

Mr. Guo coughed lightly to break the silence, "It's okay if other instruments are broken, but only this one, it has not been replaced, the four-string treble, the timbre is unusual, not to mention the steel wire strings, the timbre of this liuqin is not easy to be covered, even if it is replaced with a similar one, according to the emperor's cultivation in the rhythm, it must not be hidden, and when it is discovered, it is the crime of deceiving the king, but if the national music cannot be played, it is also an unforgivable sin." ”

This seemed to be a dead end that couldn't be walked out, and several people in the room were silent, except for Ling Yi's covered face, the rest of the elders all showed a solemn look on their faces.

This is really a matter of life and death for the individual and the country of Eight Sounds.

Elder Zhang thought about it, and suddenly said, "That Mr. Liao from Xicheng is a famous artist who repairs musical instruments, have you ever asked him?" ”

Mr. Guo snorted: "After I found out that the strings were broken, I immediately invited Mr. Liao to come over, but he was helpless, even if he barely repaired it, the timbre was different from before, and the liuqin was ruined." ”

The old man's tone was full of pity.

A few other people's feelings felt like they had fallen to the bottom.

Elder Wen couldn't help but tremble and asked, "Then what now?" Why don't we jointly write a book to explain that Liuqin was deliberately sabotaged? ”

"If you say it bluntly, according to today's temper, I am afraid that I will anger the people of the Eight Sound Kingdom, and even the Ling family, it will be difficult to escape the responsibility." Ling Yi said slowly.

Elder Li almost couldn't sit still, "No--- it's not like it, although this --- the Eight Yin Kingdom and the Ling Clan are the same, the emperor won't involve too many people for a piano----"

Ling Yi looked at him expressionlessly, "This is a big deal, and it can't be solved by Elder Li's words." ”

Elder Li was choked up, in fact, he himself knew that even if the emperor did not involve the Ling family, even if he did not involve the entire Bayin Kingdom, at least he would find a few main people to be responsible for this matter, and those few people would only be their elders.

"So what the hell should ---- do?" Elder Li leaned back on the stool in a gloomy manner, and said in his heart that he had lived for most of his life, and he had not yet enjoyed the blessings of his children and grandchildren when he was over half a hundred years old, and his head was about to move first.

Although Ling Yi didn't say it on his face, he had some speculation in his heart.

This elder discussion ended in silence, and Elder Guo had always been the most optimistic, and at this time he barely squeezed out a smile to comfort the others.

"Don't worry too much, just now it was just the worst plan, there are still two months before the emperor's birthday, at least we still have time to think of a solution."

Having said that, Li Zhangwen and the three of them could barely squeeze out a smile, so they bowed to each other and said goodbye.