Xue Chongxun went home and pondered for half the night, and then sorted out the strategic thinking of the "Long March athletes" proposed by Zhang Shuo. I remember that Li Guinian once said: If a person wants to make achievements in something, the most important thing is to understand his weaknesses; Xue Chongxun also figured out his weaknesses in political thinking: he thinks about problems quickly, but when it comes to the overall situation that is too broad and complicated, he can't think clearly, especially the details, he can't grasp the details, so he can only find a direction to take one step at a time.

Before he got the memories of his past life, he was not a political person at all; After recalling the past life, the way of thinking is easy to fall into a material mode, such as the microscopic Brownian motion mode, thinking that the details are irregular and ungraspable, but the details of things may be graspable, in the way of estimation...... Li Xuanyi and Li Ghost Hands may be better than Xue Chongxun in this regard, but unfortunately that person is a hermit and it is difficult to receive it.

This time, Xue Chongxun contacted the senior staff, and the excuse he found was still a hobby of music. Last time, the eunuch Yu Liben listened to the "ghost sound" at night, and also wrote down the score, but I don't know who made it, it happened that Li Guinian was still in Chang'an, Xue Chongxun invited Zhang Shuo, Yu Liben, and Li Guinian to the house to discuss the "ghost sound" together.

He invited Meng Xiaoyu to come to the house to play together, and I heard that now Meng Xiaoyu is becoming popular, and his reputation is getting louder and louder. A courtesan, who can speak in front of the king of the Tang Dynasty and celebrities, is naturally praised for his worth. Many gentlemen are eager to listen to Meng Xiaoyu's tunes to improve their taste...... Famous prostitute, is that how it came out?

After making an appointment, Xue Chongxun invited them to the back house on the shore of the "Listening to the Rain Lake" and sat in the grass hall to talk about it.

Yu Liben's face was indifferent, but it could be seen that he was in a very good mood, Xue Chongxun invited him to participate in the affairs of elegance, which was to look up to him, and he did not despise his eunuch status. The psychology of eunuchs is a kind of extreme inferiority complex and deformed self-esteem. He brushed his sleeves very chic and said: "I went to a Taoist temple in Luoyang Mansion in the middle of the year to listen to the sound of the piano at night, and I can't forget it for a long time." This song is unheard of in the world, or it is said to be composed by the famous man Li Guinian; Or Mr. Li's style is atmospheric, this song has a slight fat powder atmosphere, and it does not seem to be from Mr. Li's hand. The jury is still out. ”

Li Guinian glanced at the thin bamboo shoot-like shape of tea leaves in the teapot and said, "I don't know what Grandpa Yu said, what is the name?" ”

Yu Liben shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”

Xue Chongxun said with a smile: "Last time, Bai Qimei said that she wrote it, I don't know if she said it seriously...... I also don't think it's from Mr. Li's hand, like the song "Three Rivers Song" he gave me last time, which is magnificent and atmospheric, and makes people sit upright, like a fire......"

Li Guinian hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "The county king is too famous. ”

At this time, Zhang said with a smile: "Listening to Xue Lang and Father-in-law Yu, we all want to hear it, why don't we take the score out and let Mr. Li play, how about I listen to it?" ”

Yu Liben groaned: "The tone is very strange, just looking at the score is not enough, it is better for me to play the ugly first, with Mr. Li's talent, I will naturally understand." ”

Li Guinian said with a smile: "Unknown Yu Gonggong is also a fellow believer, and he is disrespectful and disrespectful. ”

Yu Liben felt good about this kind of communication, and said politely: "A certain class has an axe." He said as he looked at Meng Xiaoyu, who was sitting next to him. This little lady should not be Xue Chongxun's inner family, how can she let her inner family do three things to accompany her? I don't dress like a slave or maid, not to mention that a slave and maid should stand and wait, how can I sit with everyone regardless of height or height?

"Who is this little lady?" Yu Liben pointed to Meng Xiaoyudao.

Meng Xiaoyu smiled sweetly: "I am a courtesan and a friend of Xue Lang." ”

Yu Liben suddenly said: "To be able to sit in Xue Lang's mansion, the musical attainment must be not shallow, my song needs a woman to be harmonious, how about you come and make peace?" ”

Li Guinian hurriedly said: "Meng Niang will definitely be competent, last time she played very well with the pipa." ”

Meng Xiaoyu said in a crisp voice: "Mr. Li and Father-in-law Yu are both experts, and I learned from you." ”

Yu Liben took out the piano sheet from his sleeve and put it on the coffee table, then stopped talking, just closed his eyes and concentrated. He looked like that to Xue Chongxun, but he definitely didn't think so. Yu Liben's figure is very thin, his hair is gray, but his temples are neatly combed, the clothes on his body are spotlessly clean, and there are folded straight marks on the bright red robe. Yuli should be a person who pays attention to manners, and maybe a little cleanliness.

It hasn't rained in Chang'an for a long time, the weather is clear, the lake is sparkling, the breeze is blowing, and the scenery here is very good.

After a while, Yu Liben began to adjust the strings, and then hugged his fists and said, "Everyone, I am ugly." ”

Everyone returned the salute and listened very carefully, also out of respect for the performers. At this time, a quiet sound of the piano came to my face...... Rao is Xue Chongxun heard this song, and suddenly his body was cold, and the temperature in the hot summer seemed to drop to freezing in an instant. The ghost sound is not in vain.

Meng Xiaoyu was still reading the score, Yu Liben played for a while, raised her head and gently glanced at her, she stopped smiling, opened her small mouth, and followed the melody and sound.

This piece is really unique, and the feelings it expresses seem to be very light, but it is not. It does not have the lingering and touching love of righteousness and brightness in "Chu Yin", nor does it have a poignant emotional outpouring, let alone a praise of heroism and unyieldingness...... It seems to be moaning without illness, but it can infect people with that subtle feeling, suffocating with sadness, suffocating with melancholy, and making people feel chest tight, what is it expressing?

After a song, Meng Xiaoyu suddenly cried, Xue Chongxun hurriedly took out a handkerchief and handed it over, and kindly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Meng Xiaoyu sobbed pitifully: "I don't know, I'm so uncomfortable...... I'm sorry guys, but I lost my temper. ”

Xue Chongxun said: "Okay, don't cry, it's just a song, it's telling other people's feelings, don't fall into it." That's not true, it's just a tune. ”

Meng Xiaoyu looked at Xue Chongxun with teary eyes and nodded, "um".

Yu Liben's fingers pressed on the strings, and he was speechless for a long time.

Li Guinian said with certainty: "This song is by no means from the hands of myself and the disciples...... It is undeniable that the talent of the person who writes the music, but it is harmful to listen to this kind of rhythm too much. ”

Xue Chongxun asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Li Guinian said: "Bibiased (radical) and obscure things will make people fall into despair and pessimism, and make people lose their peace of mind." The rhythm will affect people and things, in the past, Emperor Yang was poor and extravagant, in order to eat the best duck meat, it was not enough to use precious medicine when feeding livestock, and every day he called the palace prostitute to play the rhythm for the livestock, and I heard that the duck meat fed in this way was delicate and tender......

Xue Chongxun suddenly felt that Emperor Yang of Sui was really creative, but he didn't know if the legend was true. He thought again: Is it really Bai Qimei's doing? Is she as biased and gloomy as Li Guinian said?

He thought of Bai Qimei again, and he didn't know how she was now, whether she was beaten by the enemy. I remember that she loves to laugh and pretend to be pure, is it the same as this song in her heart?

At this moment, a slave maid walked to the edge of the cottage and said, "Yu Langjun, Madame is back, and Princess Sun is with her. ”

Princess Sun? Xue Chongxun didn't react to this title for a while, and after a while, he realized that it was Sun's family, Li Yan'er, and her mother. How did Sun come to his house?

Xue Chongxun hurriedly got up and said, "I'm sorry, my mother-in-law is here, I'll come when I go, please take a moment." ”

Li Guinian often went in and out of the mansions of officials and magnates, and was well-informed. The people Xue Chongxun invited today, a prime minister and a popular eunuch, must not only be for the purpose of studying any music. The same was true of the last meeting, everyone left, and Zhang said that he stayed in Xue Chongxun's mansion to talk about things.

It just so happened that Xue Chongxun had something to do now, so Li Guinian took this opportunity to say: "Since this is the case, I will leave first, thank you for the hospitality of the county king." ”

Xue Chongxun didn't stay long, hugged his fists and said, "I'm really sorry today...... Come, send off. ”

Meng Xiaoyu found that Li Guinian looked at him intentionally or unintentionally, and also realized that Xue Chongxun and the people in the court might have something serious, so he also took his leave.

Only Zhang said that he and Yu Liben were still stable, and they had no intention of leaving. It's not that they're thick-skinned, it's that they guess there's something else they haven't said. Xue Chongxun asked the house slaves to send Li Guinian and Meng Xiaoyu, and said to the two people who stayed: "The two of you will wait for me for a while." ”

Yu Liben said: "You and I are not outsiders, don't be too polite, Xue Lang hurry up and pick up my mother-in-law, I will drink tea with Zhang Xianggong first and wait...... This Gu Zhu purple bamboo shoots are really good tea, and it is difficult to buy the best one. ”

Xue Chongxun said with a smile: "I still have a lot at home, I'll give you a little later." Then he went out of the cottage and asked the slave to lead the way, and went to see his wife's family.

Xue Liu is very good at doing things, and has already taken the Sun family to rest in an inverted room next to the gatehouse of the back house. By the time Xue Chongxun passed, everything had been arranged. He walked in the door, immediately bowed down and said, "Mother-in-law came to the cold house, there is a disappointment, please bear with me if you are rude." ”

Sun was a little surprised to see Xue Chongxun: "Aren't you with Prime Minister Zhang and them, will it delay things if you rush over now?" Business matters! ”

Xue Chongxun said: "It's not a serious matter, it's just chatting with a few friends." ”

Li Yan'er said happily after hearing this: "Black ...... Husband, take me there later, I want to hear them play the piano and sing. ”

Sun suddenly straightened his face: "Do you really think it's idle talk? Xue Lang's interaction with courtiers is the main thing...... Besides, Yan'er is a family member, you can't meet guests casually, unless Xue Lang asks you to go, you must remember! ”

Li Yan'er had no choice but to let out an "oh".

Sun said again: "I should have apologized, but it was really rude to come uninvited." However, I was worried that Yan'er didn't understand the rules and couldn't keep her in the palace for too long, so after thinking about it, I asked His Highness to allow me to live in the palace for a while, and I would like to discipline Yan'er a lot. ”

Xue Chongxun said: "You are an elder, don't say that, you can come whenever you want." ”G