Chapter 57: Apprenticeship with Cai Yong

With Cai Yong's consent, Ding Xiao hummed a short paragraph of "Ambush on All Sides".

At this moment, Cai Yong couldn't be calm anymore, so he grabbed Ding Xiao's hands and asked excitedly, "Does this song have a name and score?!" ”

"This song is called "Ambush on All Sides", which is made by the younger generation because Xiang Yu was surrounded by him, but unfortunately the younger generation does not understand the rhythm, so he just hums it casually in his spare time."

Ding Xiao sighed faintly, and then asked, "The junior is trying to ask Cai Gong, if Cai Gong has time, can you help the junior compose this song?" ”

"I have time now!" Cai Yong hurriedly said, "If you hum it again, the old man will help you write the score immediately." ”

"It's a long time coming, why should Cai Gong be in a hurry?"

Ding Xiao smiled indifferently and said his true purpose, "Actually, what I want to ask for the most is calligraphy. I wonder if Gong Cai can take me as an apprentice? ”

Ding Xiao originally came through time, the calligraphy is very ugly, every time he sends a letter to his father, he is embarrassed to write a letter, just let people pass on a message, and Cai Yong's most powerful thing is calligraphy, so he started to apprentice.

"Absolutely!"

Cai Yong was overjoyed, Ding Xiao had made achievements in many fields he was familiar with, and he was very interested in his appetite, so without the slightest hesitation, he agreed to come down in one bite.

"Great!"

Ding Xiao is also happy to be in shape, Cai Yong is a great Confucian in the world, once he apprentices, he can not only learn calligraphy, but also can justifiably step into the circle of scholars, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone!

"Student Ding Xiao meets the teacher!" He hurriedly bowed respectfully.

"Okay, haha, you are very talented, and you will teach you what you have learned in your life!" Cai Yong looked at Ding Xiao and laughed with a satisfied expression.

"Thank you, teacher!"

Ding Xiao goodbye.

"Okay, this division also worships, that song "Ambush on All Sides", you can hum it again now, right?" Cai Yong said eagerly.

As he spoke, he ordered his servant to bring a pen and paper, and looked at Ding Xiao with a look of hope.

"Okay."

Ding Xiao smiled helplessly, and hummed sentence by sentence.

But in fact, he would only hum the most classic short paragraph at the beginning, and he would soon finish humming, which made Cai Yong very uncomfortable.

"No, your song shouldn't be over yet, no, it should have just begun, how can it be gone?"

"That can't be helped, that's all I remember." Ding Xiao smiled bitterly.

"Think again! It's too sloppy at the end, it's obvious that it's just starting to ......"

Cai Yong said, so he ordered someone to get his "Jiaowei Qin" and began to play according to the score.

Jiaowei Qin is one of the four famous pianos in ancient China, as soon as the sound of the piano came out, the people present were all moved, and they listened attentively, not daring to speak.

Only Ding Xiao dared to speak.

"Cai Gong, these two sentences should be a little faster, yes, yes, at this speed! Next here, half a beat slower, good, that's ......"

A moment later, the beginning of "Ambush on All Sides" was perfectly restored by Cai Yong, with a melodious and sonorous sound, which perfectly reproduced this famous Chinese song.

Everyone present was intoxicated and empathetic.

"It's an extraordinary treat to play a famous piano with a famous song." Ding Xiao couldn't help but sigh.

At this moment, a pleasant female voice suddenly came from behind her.

"Father, what is this? That's so good! ”

Before the words fell, Cai Wenji's shadow appeared in the field, and it could be seen that because of this song, she witnessed the grief of Dong Zhuojun's brutal crimes, and suddenly improved a lot.

"Yan'er is back, come and see your senior brother."

Cai Yong greeted in a good mood.

"Division...... Elder brother? ”

Cai Yan looked around and asked with a blank expression, "What senior brother?" ”

"It's Ding Xiao Ding Gongzi, who just recognized him as an apprentice for his father." Cai Yong introduced with a smile.

"Won't it?"

Cai Yan's eyes widened, and he looked at Ding Xiao in disbelief, "He? Why did his father take him as an apprentice? ”

"Haha, this song is written by Ding Xiao, how do you feel?" Cai Yong asked with a smile.

"This ...... Impossible, right? ”

Cai Yan looked at Ding Xiao again, and after confirming that the other party only had habitat cultivation, he said that it was difficult to understand, "Habitat cultivation can have this attainment on top of music?!" ”

"Little junior sister, in fact, I don't know the rhythm, this little song is just a casual hum in my spare time...... Thanks to the teacher's understanding of music, he composed it into a sheet music. Ding Xiao said modestly.

"Oh?"

Cai Yan's eyes were full of wonder, "I don't know how to make such a pleasant tune, I am afraid that few people in the world can do such a talent." ”

"More than that."

Cai Yong said with a smile on the side, "Your senior brother has also made some achievements in mathematics and articles. ”

Speaking of this, he turned his head and instructed Ding Xiao, "Xiao'er, your junior sister has liked to read since she was a child, especially proficient in poetry, give your "Man Jianghong" to your junior sister to read, and let her study hard." ”

"Okay then."

was able to show off in front of a talented woman, Ding Xiao still had a sense of accomplishment, so he recited Yue Fei's "Man Jianghong" again, and this time, his emotions were fuller, and his memory was particularly tragic.

“…… Stay from the beginning, clean up the old mountains and rivers, and face the sky! ”

After reciting the last sentence, when he looked at Cai Yan again, the other party's eyes were already full of shock.

"Thirty merits, dust and earth, eight thousand miles of clouds and moon...... This, is this really what you wrote? ”

"Of course."

Ding Xiao raised his chin proudly, and his heart was secretly refreshed.

"Is there really such a talented person in this world?" Cai Yan was still a little unconvinced.

It stands to reason that Ding Xiao can write such articles, which is enough to be a teacher and open the door to accept apprentices.

In other words, Ding Xiao's cultivation should at least reach the master realm!

"Hehe, haven't seen your senior brother yet?" Cai Yong urged beside him.

“…… Be. ”

After hesitating for a moment, Cai Yan still nodded and agreed, and then said to Ding Xiao, "Cai Zhaoji has seen Senior Brother. ”

But right away, she realized something was wrong.

"Wait."

But she didn't expect that when she opened her mouth, Ding Xiao actually said the same sentence.

"Uh, you say it first."

Embarrassingly, the two spoke again, and said the same thing.

Cai Yan's face turned red and he couldn't help lowering his head.

"Lady first, you say it first." Ding Xiao gave way very gentlemanly.

"Ladies first?"

Cai Yan was slightly stunned.

You know, in this patriarchal society, the status of women is extremely low, and it is the first time she has heard this statement, "Why? ”

"It's nothing, it's just my courtesy as a gentleman, no, as a gentleman." Ding Xiao laughed.

"I see."

Cai Yan's eyes lit up, and then he smiled, "Okay, I'll say it first." Actually, I wanted to ask my father, why did I call you senior brother? It stands to reason that I started earlier than you, and my cultivation is higher than you, so you should call me senior sister. ”

"You girl has been competitive since she was a child, and she even competes for this......"

Cai Yong shook his head and smiled, and then explained on the side, "You are fifteen this year, sixteen, one year older than you, you naturally have to call him senior brother." ”

“…… All right. ”

Cai Yan pouted and nodded, then turned his head and asked Ding Xiao, "What did you want to say just now?" ”