Chapter 051: Art Garden (6)
A lush bamboo forest shades an antique pavilion that opens on all sides; The four corners of the roof are warped into the air, giving people a charm of entering the Han and Tang dynasties.
At the top of the gazebo with a vivid charm sits a woman with outstanding faces, wearing a pale yellow floor-length skirt to show the nobility of her status; Ling's virtual bun is draped in gold, which sets off her charm and elegance.
This is a generation of talented women Cai Wenji, Cai Wenji at this moment should be the shadow of the Xiongnu after returning to the Central Plains; As soon as Liu Minfu saw her image, his eyes bulged out like a frog.
Yes! Cai Wenji is so beautiful! It was so beautiful that Liu Min, a later medical doctor, was riveting his bones, and there was a commotion inside!
Liu Min did not watch Cai Wenji's play based on historical materials in later generations, but no one who played the protagonist was the original in front of him.
The original Cai Wenji in front of her is dignified, charming, beautiful, and moving, and can lie on the ground with the four beauties of China, Xi Shi, Wang Zhaojun, Diao Chan, and Yang Yuhuan.
Liu Min was excitedly chattering in his heart, activating the memory cells in his brain; Reminiscing about Cai Wenji's life experience.
Cai Wenji is a young man in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and now it is the eighth year of Kaibao in the Great Song Dynasty; There are hundreds of years apart between them, so there is no doubt that Cai Wenji, who appeared in front of Liu Min's eyes, is a fairy.
Whoever is a man of great talent in the world or a woman of outstanding grace will die in the flesh in the world; The soul will be collected by the Emperor of Heaven; The Emperor of Heaven will summon them (her) together to continue to serve Qiankun Cangyu, and Cai Wenji belongs to this kind of person.
Liu Min's Boya, Confucius, Shi Kuang, Wang Jixin, Yan Liben, Gongsun Auntie, and Yang Yuhuan mentioned earlier, like Cai Wenji, are all people retained by the Emperor of Heaven.
Cai Wenji, who was sitting on the gazebo, was concentrating on playing the Hu Ji at the moment, her face was facing north; The north used to be a desolate place where she was plundered and temporarily sheltered, and Liu Min and Wen'er did not alarm her after they walked up; Instead, he stayed far away and listened to the beard.
The sound of Hu Ji is sometimes sad, sometimes excited, and sometimes resentful, which can't help but arouse Liu Min's infinite reverie - this is an island, why does Cai Wenji play Hu Ji on the island......"
Liu Min was thinking silently, but saw Cai Wenji stop playing the Hu Ji; picked up a pipa beside him and played the eighteen beats of the weeping Hu Ji.
In the crying of the pipa, Cai Wenji led the singing:
I didn't do anything at the beginning of my life, and after I was born, Han Zuo declined. The heavens are unkind, and the earth is unkind, so I am at this time. The road is in danger, and the people are in exile and mourning together. The smoke and dust cover the wilderness, and the ambition is obedient and righteous. Who should I sue if I am not suitable for the vulgar and humiliated? After a while, the piano was beaten, and no one knew how angry he was.
Rong forced me to be a housekeeper and drove me to the end of the world. The clouds and mountains are thousands of miles away, and the wind is thousands of miles away from dust. There are many violent and fierce people like a snake (hui), and the control of the strings is arrogant. The two beats are desperate, and the heart is broken and sad.
This is the first and second beats of the eighteen beats of Hu Ji, and Cai Wenji has finished chanting and playing; Suddenly, he played and sang Bai Juyi's "Pipa Xing":
Don't have sorrow and hatred,
Silence is better than sound at this point.
The silver bottle burst into the water slurry,
The iron cavalry stood out with the sound of swords and guns.
At the end of the song, beware of drawing,
The four strings sounded like a cracked silk.
The east ship and the west boat are silent,
Only see the autumn moon in the heart of the river.
In the middle of the plucked strings,
Straighten out your clothes and look good.
said that she was a woman in the capital,
The family lives under the shrimp toad tomb.
Thirteen learned to become a lute,
The name belongs to the first part of the workshop.
Qu Ba once taught good people to serve,
Makeup is every time Qiu Niang is jealous.
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Cai Wenji's "Pipa Xing" is sung in selected segments, and when Wen'er heard it, she cried a lot.
Liu Min knew that Cai Wenji's chanting touched Wen'er's pain, and hurriedly grabbed her hand and held it tightly.
That's so creative! Liu Min was originally bathing in the art garden of the Xuanji Cave Qin Academy, and in Wen'er's words, her bathing and resting are several years of piano skills and singing skills; But Wen'er turned into a boat and brought her to the island.
Liu Min was incredible at first, but when she heard the melodious and sad sound of the beard; I learned that Cai Wenji was playing "Hu Ji Eighteen Beats", and "Hu Ji Eighteen Beats" was created by Cai Wenji in grief and resentment after being robbed by the Hun soldiers and becoming the princess of King Zuoxian.
Liu Min and Miss Wen'er walked excitedly to the place where Cai Wenji played the Hu Ji, but what they saw was a lush bamboo forest and an elegantly built pavilion; Cai Wenji sat on the top of the pavilion and looked north, concentrating on playing and singing the "Eighteen Beats of Hu Ji" composed by herself.
It is not surprising that Cai Wenji played and sang her own work "Hu Ji Eighteen Beats", but she then played and recited Bai Juyi's "Pipa Xing".
And Wen'er, the girl who escorted Liu Min to the island, is the one in "Pipa Xing".
When Bai Juyi created "Pipa Xing", there seemed to be only one pipa girl, but with the development of the times, the performance of "Pipa Xing" is no longer limited to one person, but two or even more; Wen'er and Qing'er are the two pipa girls who play "Pipa Xing".
Liu Min grabbed Wen'er's arm tightly, and Wen'er's emotions were controlled; Liu Min's feelings have been integrated into Cai Wenji's piano and singing.
Whether it is "Hu Ji Eighteen Beats" or "Pipa Xing", it is a touching and heartfelt swan song for the ages.
With the sound of the piano and singing with resentment and sorrow, Liu Min seemed to see Cai Wenji walking on a long road paved with humiliation and pain.
At the end of the long road is a barren land where the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the cattle and sheep are low; The war in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty made the Huns living here ready to move, and Cai Wenji was looted by the Huns; Because of her beauty and talent, she was presented to King Zuoxian by the Hun soldiers.
"Rong forced me to be a housekeeper and drove me to the end of the world. The clouds and mountains are thousands of miles away, and the wind is thousands of miles away from dust. There are many people who are violent and fierce like snakes, and the control of the strings is arrogant. The two beats are desperate, and the heart is broken and sad. ”
The second beat in "Eighteen Beats of Hu Ji" is Cai Wenji's confession of her forced marriage, and since then, this weak woman in the Central Plains has been suffering in the Xiongnu ethnic group for 12 years; In the wild life of being uprooted from his homeland, he endured the humiliation and resentment of being captive, and it was difficult to communicate emotionally with King Zuoxian.
Cai Wenji has always been unaccustomed to eating raw beef and mutton that exudes a fishy smell, and King Zuoxian, as a Xiongnu, has been accustomed to using force to conquer women; Therefore, beatings and insults are common.
Cai Wenji issued a sigh of "I am the only one who has a thin life, and I am the most bitter".
After living like this for 12 years, Cai Wenji ushered in a turning point in her life.
After Cao Cao's defeat at Chibi, after several years of recuperation and recuperation, he began to regain his military prestige; Soon he was named the king of Wei, and his prestige in the north was very high.
Cao Cao remembered that Wen Ji, the daughter of his teacher Cai Yong, was still in exile in the Xiongnu; Thinking of Cai Yong's heirless and Wen Ji's talents, he decided to ransom Wen Ji for returning to Han with a lot of money at all costs.
However, Cao Cao had no good plan for a while to take Cai Wenji back from the Xiongnu Zuoxian King; The mood is very dull.
At this time, the Xiongnu Shan Yu called Chuquan to Yecheng, the capital of Wei, to congratulate; Cao Cao put Hu Chuquan under house arrest as a hostage.
In the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208 AD), Cao Cao sent an envoy to the Southern Xiongnu with the golden bi as a heavy gift, and explained to King Zuoxian that Cao Cao wanted to redeem Cai Wenji and return to Han......