Chapter 128: The Joy of Chimes
The Tian family is rich and rich, and it is an old aristocratic family that other big businessmen can't match, so this dinner is also extraordinarily luxurious. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
In the quaint dark hall, Zhou Bian sat on the top seat, accompanied by Tian Yi and Taishi on both sides, and the two sides below were the nobles of Luoyang number, there were more than 20 people, it seems that the family banquet in Tianyi is quite high, and it is not everyone in the city who has a share.
Extravagant drinking utensils, exquisite meat, and beautiful maids are not the most attractive places, but the amazing is still to come.
After the wine arrived at the third round, Tian gave an order, and the maids on both sides opened the curtains on both sides, it turned out that this hall was far more than that, there was space on both sides, and after the curtain was opened, two tall chimes came out.
There are also musicians in the royal family, but they all use small instruments, such as tall combination instruments like chimes, but after crossing over, Zhou Bian is still the first time to see them. I still remember that a set of chimes were unearthed in Suizhou, Hubei Province, which was a sensation in the world and was even listed as the eighth wonder of the world. Thinking of this, Zhou Bian couldn't help but take a few more glances at the chime, Tian Yi was an old man, and hurriedly explained, "King, this chime is handed down by my ancestors, and my ancestors also have a knighthood. In fact, there are also in the Luoyang Palace, and if the king likes it, he can let people play it every day. Now, please enjoy the joy of my field. Saying that, Tian Yi clapped his hands twice, and immediately the musicians got busy.
I saw the musician delicately raise the small hammer in his hands and strike it on the body of the bell, and suddenly the melodious bell rang in the hall, and the buzzing echo reverberated in the hall, causing the noisy wine hall to quiet down at once, and even those nobles who were quite a bit bohemian also quieted down. This bell naturally seemed to strike on Zhou Bian's heart, invading his heart, and the beautiful scale wanted to wash his whole body, and the domineering flow flowed into his limbs, and his whole body seemed to be immersed. The echo of one scale is not finished, and the second one comes again, the height is different, and in the echo before and after, it seems that another warm current has invaded.
However, this was the prelude to the music, and after a few intermittent scales, a magnificent auditory drama began. The musicians keep their hands and feet, knocking on and knocking, shuttling back and forth, this music is sometimes high, sometimes low, sometimes cheerful, sometimes steady, so that people's hearts also float, just like a baby in the mother's arms, and like grass bathed in the sun, so comfortable, so harmonious.
As if auditory satisfaction wasn't enough, dozens of dancers floated into the hall after the music reached a climax. The cyan long sleeves dance with the high and low of the music, like the wind blowing through the willow leaves, like water overflowing the ridges, the dance posture is elegant and lively, and the dancers are dignified and charming. After the long sleeves are waved, a gust of fragrant wind hits, and the auditory, sight and smell senses are the best enjoyment of this moment.
After a passage of long-sleeved dancing in Tsing Yi, the music was obviously lowered, Zhou Bian opened his hazy eyes for some reason, and sure enough, another dancer floated in, the difference is that this dancer is much petite and dressed in pink. The slender figure had already entered the field, and was surrounded by the dancers in Tsing Yi in a circle, like the stars holding the moon, and like lotus leaves lined with lotus flowers, which immediately drew Zhou Bian's eyes and attention to the petite dancer.
And this dancing girl lives up to expectations, her soft and boneless body, writhing like a water snake, and then blooming like a flower, sometimes covered by cyan, and sometimes flamboyant on cyan, and outside the dance, the most moving thing is to look back and smile, but this smile is only aimed at Zhou Bian alone. There is a beautiful dance outside the bel canto, and there are beautiful women outside the beautiful dance, Rao is Zhou Bian is determined, and he is also deeply attracted at the moment.
After a dance, the whole house was shocked. And as the music stopped, the dancers in Tsing Yi came out, and there was still no sound in the hall, until the king sitting on it applauded, and then the applause thundered like a thunderous sound, if it wasn't for the blessing of the king, where did you get such enjoyment, and the excitement was that the nobles in the audience couldn't help themselves.
After the applause rang out, Zhou Bian's heart was relieved, followed by surprise, one was amazed by the beauty of ancient Chinese literature and art, and the other was surprised by the heritage of the Tian family.
Seeing the king's surprised appearance, Tian Yi smiled lightly, "King, is this music, this dance, still eye-catching?" ”
Zhou Bian smiled back and nodded slightly, but he didn't speak. The Taishi on the other side spoke, sighing, "My Great Zhou Dynasty established the country with ritual music, but now the royal family is declining, the princes are strife, and I don't know when my royal family will be able to play the music of the phoenix for nine days again!" ”
Legend of the civil and military time, there is a phoenix chirping in Qishan, so the king of Zhou won the world, then set the phoenix to sing nine days for the royal exclusive music, one to praise the virtue of civil and military, the other to also restrain the princes with the level of music, obviously the royal family declined, I don't know how many years this national feast has not sounded. At this time, I didn't think about this moment of celebration, the Taishi actually mentioned this sad words, it seems that the Taishi is always worried about the rise and fall of the royal family.
But obviously now is not the time to feel nostalgic for state affairs, Zhou Bian coughed lightly and laughed, "This kind of music is really lingering, making people not know the taste of meat in March!" ”
Taishi also reacted, and hurriedly praised again and again, "Exactly, although the old man is the head of the royal family, he has never heard such a moving joy in his life. ”
Master Fangcai's words made Tian Yi frown, but at this time, he naturally let go again, and said with a smile, "Could it be that the king only listened to this music and didn't watch this dance well?" My family has been choreographing these dancers for a long time, and today is their first appearance. ”
After hearing Tian Yi's words, Zhou Bian noticed that the dancers in the field had not all withdrawn, and the petite woman in pink was still in the field, but she was staring at herself at this time, and when she saw her eyes, she blinked back blinking, very playful, and she couldn't remember the word seduce at all, and then she called out to see the king and knelt down to salute.
"This is the granddaughter of the old housekeeper who has followed the old man in Tianfu for many years, she is only twelve years old this year, she grew up in Tianfu since she was a child, she can sing and dance, and she is handsome, and the old man also likes it. Although there is no shortage of maids around the king, but like my Qiannu, with all due respect, I'm afraid it's not bad, if the king doesn't dislike it, how about bringing Qian'er into the palace tonight? Tian Yi smiled slightly, there seemed to be a little bit of obscenity in his eyes, at least Zhou Bian thought so.
With the memory of young people in their twenties in later generations, how did Zhou Bian not know the purpose of Tianyi, he didn't think that this ancient man was really open, looking at Tianyi's eyes, Zhou Bian bet that what this old man thought in his heart was definitely not as simple as simply sending a famous maid, an old man said that he wanted to send a nine-year-old young beauty, and it had to make people think a little obscenely, and Zhou Bian's goosebumps were about to rise. But the female junior, hugging the gold brick, this is not false, but she is only nine years old, well, but after a little thought, you can understand Tian Yi's thoughts, men generally remember the first woman they have, Tian is the idea, so why not his own granddaughter? It's also simple, there is definitely no status if you send it now, because the king is not yet an adult and can't get married, presumably he wants to send one now to stabilize his status first, and then marry his granddaughter in the future, or he Tianyi doesn't have a granddaughter at all.
After thinking about this, Zhou Bian calmed down in his heart, okay, it's not that I'm polluted by the rotten feudal system, but the sacrifice I have to make to get the support of the big nobles for the sake of the royal family, or maybe I follow the customs, after all, as the king, I will also know three palaces and six courtyards in the future, Zhou Bian didn't want to be too weird, so Zhou Bian nodded at Tianyi, although it was still a little heavy at the beginning, but he felt relaxed when he raised his head. Then he looked at the girl under the scene intently, and he didn't look closely, only to find that although the twelve-year-old girl had not yet opened, she was clearly already a beautiful embryo, with a melon seed face, willow eyebrows, a high nose bridge, and a cherry mouth.
Seeing Zhou Bian nodding, Tian Yi also smiled, "Qiannu, you will be the king's person in the future." Don't come up to serve the king yet! ”
When the petite woman in red heard the sound, she kowtowed to Zhou Bian and Tian Yi respectively, and then walked up with a spring color, walked up with lotus steps, consciously sat on Zhou Bian's side, and flexibly cut off a piece of meat for Zhou Bian with her slender little hand, and put it into the small cup in front of Zhou Bian. During the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the nobles ate and would not personally cut the meat of Dakuai, so there were maids to do it for them, and before this job was done by the maid Qiao'er brought by Zhou Bian, seeing that the business was robbed, Qiao'er naturally pouted, but then laughed again, reached out and cut a piece of meat and sent it to Zhou Bian's cup, "King, this is tender vegetarian meat, the king likes to eat the most." ”
The most difficult to accept the grace of the beauty, how did Zhou Bian not know that this Qiao'er was jealous, it seems that because he is usually angry with the people around him, he has developed a temper, but Zhou Bian naturally doesn't mind, so he secretly reached out and pinched Qiao'er's hand under the case, which made Qiao'er's face bloom like a flower, and glanced at that Qian'er like a demonstration. Qiannu sat so close that she couldn't see this little movement clearly, but she was obviously very well cultivated, she just smiled back, and then she still sat there dutifully.
Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Tian Yi turned his head with a smile, and tapped his hands a few times, and the musicians on both sides rang the chime again, but some other instruments were added, and the whole tune became excited, like a peer military music. Obviously, the next dance was biased towards the military formation, and sure enough, a group of shirtless and barefoot men rushed up with a shield in one hand and a sword in the other.
The men were obviously divided into two teams, accompanied by music, bowing down and jumping to fight, which seemed to bring the onlookers on the field into the fierce ancient battlefield. When the music is low, the men's steps are slow, as if they are ready to go, when the music is cheerful, the men are dancing in two circles inside and outside, as if the samurai are looking for each other's flaws in order to kill each other with one blow, when the music is high, the men are attacking, as if they are acting out a great battle, and when the music is desolate, the men have fallen halfway, as if they are mourning for the coldness of the war, and finally when the music is excited, the men of the winning side are lined up, as if they are returning triumphantly to wait for the king's reward.
After a dance, the men all retreated, Zhou Bian sighed again, the previous dancing girl was pleasing to the eye, but the war song after made people feel the war as if they were there, and the artistic level of the ancients was really high. The applause of the audience thundered, obviously stronger than the one just now, maybe everyone was shocked just now, or maybe everyone had never seen this war song before.
And Zhou Bian also slapped twice, not for Tianfu, but for these artists. Unexpectedly, when he swept the field below, he saw Bai Gui's eyes, and instantly Zhou Bian understood what Bai Gui meant, so he nodded, and Bai Gui also nodded back.
"Lord Tian, this king has something to say, please be quiet." Zhou Bian turned his head to Tian Yi and said.
Although he didn't know what the king was going to do, Tian Yi, who had already served the royal family, naturally obeyed, raised his hands and pressed down, and shouted a few times, and after a while, the audience was silent, obviously Tian Yi still had a very high status among the Luoyang nobles.
I only heard Tian Yi say loudly, "The king has something to say, please listen!" ”
So everyone turned their attention to the young man sitting on the high platform.