Chapter Seventy-Two: Apprenticeship

Early the next morning, Jin Yuan Bao took the jade unicorn to greet Mrs. Jin neatly, and in the past few days since she came back, both of them were busy and tired, and they hadn't really said hello to Mrs. Jin.

As soon as the two of them reached the door, they heard the faint sound of the piano coming from inside.

Jin Yuan Bao took the jade unicorn and stopped to listen, and said with a smile after a while: "It's "Flat Sand and Falling Geese", it seems that my mother is in a good mood today." ”

The jade unicorn doesn't understand this kind of elegant music, slowly and leisurely, east and west, I really don't hear any charm, but I am happy to hear the gold ingot, and she can only be patient.

At the end of the song, Jin Yuan Bao walked in with the jade unicorn, applauding as he walked: "The sky is high and refreshing, the wind is calm and the sand is flat, the clouds are thousands of miles, the sky is flying, borrowing the ambition of the bird, writing the heart of Yishi." Mother, your "Flat Sand and Falling Geese" is really wonderful. ”

Mrs. Jin pressed the strings that were still trembling slightly, raised her head, looked at the two, and smiled slightly: "I haven't played it for a long time, and my hands are rusty." ”

"My son and daughter-in-law have come to greet you. Mother, you are so humble, really excellent. After saying that, Jin Yuan suddenly turned his head to look at the jade unicorn: "What do you think of my mother's playing?" ”

Where does the jade unicorn know what guqin, what ancient music does it know, even if it is stunned. However, after listening to it for a long time just now, I still heard a little bit of meaning left and right, and in a hurry, I simply blurted out: "Uh...... It's loud and powerful. ”

Both the gold ingots and the golden lady froze.

Not good...... Jade Qilin thought to himself, and then explained: "That, I'...... From the sound of the mother's piano, I heard the feeling of the Iron Lady. ”

Mrs. Kim listened. was stunned for a moment, and then laughed loudly: "Although Xiaoxuan is popular, she is also my bosom friend." "Just finished speaking. She seemed to suddenly remember something, "Don't say I forgot, I've heard that Xiaoxuan's guqin is a must, so it's better to play a song today, so that I and Yuanbao can also feast our ears." ”

Ha? The jade qilin was stunned, and looked blankly at the guqin, the piece of wood with a few filaments. It's called Guqin? She didn't even recognize anything, let alone play a song, and I was afraid that it would be a problem whether she could play it well.

Jade Qilin hurriedly waved his hand and excused himself: "Those are all rumors. Compared with my mother, my two hits are not worth mentioning at all. ”

However, when Mrs. Jin saw her like this, she thought she was modest. He smiled more and more and persuaded him: "Xiaoxuan." Don't be humble in front of your family. You play the guqin well, even the Queen Mother knows the Tao, is it still fake? ”

"My mother is so happy today, don't be stingy, play a song." As he spoke, Jin Yuan pulled the jade unicorn and pressed her to the stool in front of the guqin.

The jade qilin stood up reflexively, which startled the gold ingot.

She hurriedly found a rut for herself: "I use my own guqin and zheng." Use other guqins...... Uh, no. ”

Mrs. Jin raised her eyebrows slightly, looking very interested: "Yo." Xiaoxuan seems to be not only an expert, but also everyone. ”

"I see that your guqin is in the dowry brought from Nanjing, so I'll let Ah Fu get it." The gold ingots were about to step out of the door as he spoke.

The jade qilin hurriedly stopped him: "No, no." ”

The gold ingots had a look of surprise on his face.

"I mean to say......" Yu Qilin stammered and thought of an excuse: "I mean to say, playing the piano should be emotional, since my mother wants to listen, then I have to prepare well." It's better to decorate it another day, I'll arrange it another day, and dedicate a song specifically to my mother. ”

"Why is it so troublesome for you to play a tune?" The gold ingots were a little dissatisfied.

Mrs. Jin smiled calmly: "I understand, everyone is pursuing the ultimate performance and showing the most perfect side." A few days later, on the night of the full moon, listening to the piano under the moon is also an elegant thing. ”

The gold ingots glanced at the jade qilin: "Okay." The shelf is so big, don't be able to get off the stage when the time comes. ”

"A full moon night?" The jade qilin looked nervous.

"What? Still can't do it? Could it be that you still have to go to that kind of lake and mountain scenery before you are willing to play? The gold ingot's eyes narrowed slowly, as if he was beginning to suspect her.

"Okay!" Jade Qilin hurriedly puffed up his chest, "Of course!" A full moon night is a full moon night! ”

After asking for peace, Mrs. Jin pulled the gold ingots and talked about the short things in the family, and the jade qilin hurriedly slipped out and went straight to Gu Changfeng's medical hall when she saw this.

The jade unicorn rushed into the medical hall in a hurry, and when he opened the curtain, he saw Jiang Xiaoxuan standing in front of the desk pounding medicine.

She hurriedly stepped over, took a deep breath, patted her chest, gasped and asked, "Jiang ...... Uh, Cher, do you know how to play the guqin? ”

Hearing this, Jiang Xiaoxuan glanced up at her, lowered her head and continued to pound the medicine: "Yes." ”

"Aren't you playing well?" The jade unicorn looked excited.

"Sort of." Jiang Xiaoxuan poured the medicine from the nest into the porcelain jar on the side.

"Then ......" Yu Qilin saw that her hands were not busy, so he coquettishly took her arm and said, "Then can you teach me?" ”

"Huh?" Jiang Xiaoxuan was stunned, "Teach you the guqin?" ”

Jade Qilin nodded: "Yes." Mrs. Jin knew that Miss Jiang played the guqin well, so she asked me to play a song, but I really couldn't put it off, so I had to agree to perform in a few days. I can play cotton, but I really can't play the piano? ”

Hearing this, Jiang Xiaoxuan smiled lightly, pulled out her arm, put another handful of herbs in the nest, and began to continue pounding the medicine: "Aren't you quite good at talking nonsense?" Even Steward Liu can deceive him, so it is not difficult to make up another one to deceive Mrs. Jin. ”

The jade qilin blushed, but he still said stiffly: "Hey, am I doing it for myself?" If I don't tell a lie, we'll be in a gang last night! ”

"Mrs. Jin wants you to play the piano, what does it matter to me? It's you who promised to perform. Jiang Xiaoxuan was busy with herself.

Jade Qilin was anxious: "But now I'm you!" We are grasshoppers on a rope, and if I expose my stuffing, you can't run. ”

"Guqin can't be learned in three or five days, and you can't pass it without more than ten years of hard work." Jiang Xiaoxuan shook her head helplessly.

"More than ten years?!" The jade unicorn froze.

Jiang Xiaoxuan shrugged and stopped. looked at the medicine and continued to pound it again: "So even if I want to help, I can't help it." ”

The jade unicorn was heartbroken: "Can't help?" That's a big deal. ”

"Who's afraid of whom?" Jiang Xiaoxuan said it very lightly. It seems that he is really not afraid.

"I'm not afraid, I'm alone, I'm ......" Yu Qilin's eyes rolled, and then he said: "But if this matter is exposed, what will happen to Nanjing Jiangge's hometown?" ”

Hearing her words, Jiang Xiaoxuan's heart tightened, and the medicine hammer couldn't help but pause.

Seeing her like this, the jade unicorn knew that she had said something she cared about. hurriedly said: "Mrs. Jin wants to find out that I am a fake and report to the Queen Mother, do you think the Queen Mother can make your Jiang family feel better?" Even if they treat you badly. But that's your loved one, you don't want them to be convicted because of you, do you? Okay, okay, I'm verbose, it's a big deal that I'll admit to my wife now that I don't know how to play the piano at all! "Say it. and he made a gesture to leave.

Jiang Xiaoxuan hurriedly stopped her: "Wait!" ”

The jade unicorn stopped. But he didn't look back, but the corners of his lips were already faintly revealing a sly smile.

"I'll teach you ......," Jiang Xiaoxuan sighed.

"Hmm!" The jade qilin slowly turned his head, and there was no smile on his face, as if he was still very reluctant.

Jiang Xiaoxuan glanced at her, quickly pounded the medicine, poured it into the porcelain jar, walked to the basin on the side, cleaned her hands, and wiped her hands. Then he said to her, "Come with me." With that, he led the jade unicorn towards his house.

Jiang Xiaoxuan's house has a long case and a guqin. It's just a simple piece of silk cloth to cover the dust, and it looks like she caresses it from time to time.

The piano looked quaint, not as ornate as the one seen by Madame Kim, and there was a lot of dust in the crevices, which looked old.

seemed to feel that the jade unicorn was looking at the qin, Jiang Xiaoxuan said casually: "Changfeng listens to me and I can play the piano, this is what he pawned in the pawnshop outside." ”

Hearing this, the jade qilin burst out laughing: "I didn't expect that nerd to be very considerate." ”

Jiang Xiaoxuan's face turned red, and she quietly lifted the silk cloth, slowly sat down next to the guqin, and left the position of the fuqin to the jade qilin.

The jade unicorn was eager to try even if he was excited: "Can you start?" Don't worry, I learn things very quickly, when the fat tiger taught me to fish in Goose Mei Mountain, I went down the net is ten catties and eight catties, and the fat tiger can't catch a dry stare; Fat Tiger taught me to deliver the cows in the farm, and I just pulled it out with my handβ€”"

The jade unicorn said it with relish, but Jiang Xiaoxuan was terrified when she heard that she was delivering a cow, she really couldn't stand it, and couldn't help but whisper: "Have you said enough?" ”

Yu Qilin was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that he was a little selfish, and hurriedly smiled and said, "Enough, you speak." How do you play this piano? ”

"It's not time for you to touch the piano yet, so go burn a pot of incense." Jiang Xiaoxuan pressed the strings carefully and tried the strings.

"Incense?" The jade unicorn looked dazed.

Jiang Xiaoxuan said indifferently: "Fuqin has been an elegant thing for literati since ancient times, and the eight desolations of the iQue are one. Burning a pot of incense will help you calm down. ”

The jade qilin brushed his chest for a while, and said, "I'm very calm now, I don't have to be so troublesome, right?" ”

Jiang Xiaoxuan squinted at her, her eyes were a little gloomy, and she asked word by word: "Do you teach me or I will teach you." ”

"Okay...... Jade Qilin pouted and got up to burn incense.

Seeing this, Jiang Xiaoxuan nodded with satisfaction, "I'll tell you about the structure of the piano first." This is Yueshan, also known as Linyue, which is the highest part of the qin; The big of these two sound grooves is called Longchi, and the small one is called Fengnuma. This is called going up the mountain and going down, there are dragons and phoenixes, symbolizing the ...... of heaven and earth."

However, before she finished speaking, she couldn't go on, and the jade unicorn made a room of white smoke next to the incense burner, and her eyes couldn't open it when it was so thick and fierce.

Jiang Xiaoxuan covered her mouth: "Ahem, what are you doing?!" ”

Jade Qilin looked at her innocently: "You don't want to burn incense...... Ahem...... Peace of mind? I'll burn a little more and get into the state quickly! ”

Jiang Xiaoxuan was about to faint: "Why are you ordering so much?" ”

"You didn't say much." Jade Qilin muttered dissatisfiedly.

"You ......" Jiang Xiaoxuan looked at the smoke in the house getting thicker and thicker, and finally couldn't stand it anymore, and shouted, "Help!" And he rushed out.

The jade unicorn looked at her back with disdain, and said to herself: "Isn't it the incense you said?" Now I have to run again...... I'm not like you...... Ahem...... This...... Ahem...... Delicate ......"

As she spoke, she couldn't bear it anymore, and rushed out of the city with her nose covered. (To be continued......)