Chapter Thirty-Eight: Guqin Luqi

"Okay, you and I are friends, can Yan'er tell me about Lord Sima and his wife?" Huo Guang felt that it was not good for the atmosphere to be so embarrassing, so he quickly changed the topic and said. Fortunately, Huo Guang is not a hypocritical person, so it is natural to change his name to call Li Yan Yan'er.

Li Yan is also a thoughtful woman, and she naturally began to talk about some things about Sima Xiangru and his wife. Huo Guang listened very carefully to this, after all, this is the real Sima Xiangru and Zhuo Wenjun, not a simple record in the history books.

In fact, for Li Yan, Huo Guang not only because of Li Yan's beauty, but also because of his familiarity with history. As we all know, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has set up two queens in his life, but Chen Ajiao was deposed in his early years, and Wei Zifu was involved in the witch case, so after the death of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the two queens were not buried in Maoling. Even in the end, even Mrs. Gou Yi, the mother of Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty, was only buried in Ganquan Palace because she was given death by Emperor Wu, and she did not even have the title of queen.

Therefore, the tomb of Empress Maoling has been empty for many years, but the last person to enter here is Li Yan, who has been dead for many years. And Li Yan was posthumously crowned queen after the death of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and was buried in Maoling with the queen's gift, and this series of actions came from Huo Guang's hands.

Why did Huo Guang advocate posthumously enshrined Mrs. Li as the queen, instead of burying the orthodox queen Wei Zifu, who had been rehabilitated, in Maoling? Whether it is public or private, Huo Guang should be biased towards Wei Zifu, and even the current Huo Guang feels very strange about this, is there really any unknown relationship between Huo Guang and Li Yan in history?

Huo Guang looked at Li Yan beside him, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart.

"Yan'er, I want to ask you to do me a favor!" Suddenly, Huo Guang looked at Li Yan solemnly and said.

"Why are you so polite? What do you say! Li Yan seemed to really regard Huo Guang as a friend, as if she would agree to Huo Guang's request.

"I want to ask you to help me tell a ......lie," Huo Guang took out the Qiang flute that had been prepared and said with some hesitation. At this moment, Huo Guang also felt a little guilty, because since he knew Li Yan's identity, Huo Guang had approached him with the mentality of using Li Yan, but now Li Yan is really friendly with him, so that Huo Guang has a sense of guilt for deceiving and using Li Yan.

Huo Guang said the excuse that Huo Qu's illness had come up with for him.

Li Yan was a little hesitant at first after listening to Huo Guang's words, but after only a moment of hesitation, she said affirmatively: "No problem, in fact, it's okay, I think since Lord Sima lives in seclusion here, he doesn't want others to disturb him, so it may be beneficial to everyone." ”

After listening to Li Yan's reasoning, Huo Guang smiled helplessly. Because Huo Guang proposed to pretend not to know Sima Xiangru's identity to visit, just to increase the chance of getting close to Sima Xiangru, but Li Yan considered it from two aspects: Sima Xiangru and Huo Guang, Huo Guang didn't know whether Li Yan was smart or too kind?

"Ah Guang, after the stone gate in front, it belongs to the range of Maoling, and we will arrive soon." The carriage traveled for about half an hour, and Li Yan said as she looked at the scenery outside the carriage. At this time, Huo Guang also looked out of the car, and sure enough, he saw a pair of magnificent stone ques in front of the avenue.

The Maoling Tomb of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty still existed more than 2,000 years later and was still a famous tourist attraction. However, in later generations, Huo Guang has not been to Maoling, so this is the first time Huo Guang has come to Maoling, but Huo Guang estimates that there must be a big gap between the Maoling of later generations and the current Maoling, at least after two thousand years, the ground construction of Maoling is almost destroyed, and the current Maoling is truly complete.

It is recorded in the history books that 'one-third of the tribute in the world is given, one is for the mountain temple, one is for the guests, and one is for the mountain mausoleum. In other words, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty used one-third of the world's financial resources to build Maoling, and its scale can naturally be seen.

"Ah Guang, enter the village in front of you and turn left to my house." Li Yan guided the coachman into a village, and hurriedly pointed ahead. Maoling is a large geographical area, which even includes a Maoling county with a population of more than 200,000, and there are countless villages scattered in it.

Parking the carriage outside Li Yan's house, Huo Guang visited Li Yan's family as a friend, and then went with Li Yan to Sima Xiangru's house across the wall. Of course, this so-called wall is just a simple row of fences.

Sima Xiangru's secluded home in Maoling was very simple, and it looked no different from the surrounding farmhouses. If it weren't for the fact that Sima Xiangru and Zhuo Wenjun lived here, no one would have thought that this small farm courtyard was inhabited by Sima Xiangru, the former Zhonglang general, and Zhuo Wenjun, the daughter of a rich family.

And from here, Huo Guang can also see that Zhuo Wenjun seems to be really the same as recorded in history, although this girl was born rich and noble, she is not a pampered person. can live in such a simple farmhouse as a peasant wife, then it is not surprising that Zhuo Wenjun sells wine!

"Ah Guang, you're really lucky. It seems that Aunt Sima is at home, and when you listen to the sound of the piano, Aunt Sima is playing. Li Yan was very familiar with Sima Xiangru and his wife, and he reached out and pushed open the firewood door of Sima Xiangru's farmhouse, just like pushing open the door of his own house.

"Hey, there's really a piano!" Huo Guang didn't pay much attention at first, but after Li Yan said this, Huo Guang really heard a melodious sound of the piano coming from the farmhouse.

"Why can't it be Lord Sima?" Huo Guang asked.

"It won't be Uncle Sima, he has been bedridden for several months, and he usually walks around the yard at most, and I haven't seen him play the piano for almost half a year." Li Yan stopped and whispered in Huo Guang's ear. Huo Guang also knew at this moment that Sima Xiangru had been bedridden for half a year, so it meant that he was really about to die soon!

"Aunt Sima, are you at home? Yeona has come to see you! Li Yan stood outside the house and asked inside, but out of politeness, she didn't go in directly.

"Oh, it's Yan'er! Come on in. As soon as Li Yan's voice fell, the sound of the piano in the room stopped abruptly, and then the voice of a middle-aged woman came from the house. This voice sounds no different from an ordinary peasant woman, and just listening to the voice will not be associated with the famous talented girl Zhuo Wenjun.

"Ah Guang, let's go in." Li Yan glanced at Huo Guang and motioned for him to go in together. Huo Guang nodded and didn't say anything, and followed Li Yan to the house.

"Yan'er, who is this?" As soon as Huo Guang entered the house, he saw a village woman in ordinary cloth clothes greeting him and Li Yan. Huo Guang found that the woman in front of him should be in her forties, the corners of her eyes were already full of wrinkles, and her hair was a little gray, and her image was indeed very different from Zhuo Wenjun in Huo Guang's imagination. But after thinking about it carefully, Huo Guang was immediately relieved, and the understanding of Zhuo Wenjun by later generations mostly stayed on the love story between her and Sima Xiangru, and that was the most glorious years of Zhuo Wenjun's life. But in fact, she is just an ordinary woman, she will also grow old, and she will no longer look good, and the Zhuo Wenjun that Huo Guang sees now is just what she looked like in her old age!

"Hello auntie, my name is Huo Guang, I am a friend of Yan'er, I heard that Yan'er said that my uncle and aunt are proficient in music and rhythm, and I am here to visit the two of you today." Huo Guang's eyes scanned the room, and there was no figure of Sima Xiangru in this room, and then he said the words that he had prepared a long time ago.

"Oh, it's Yan'er's friend, then you're welcome, please take a seat! We have nothing to entertain in this mountain and wild place, please bear with me if you neglect the little brother! Zhuo Wenjun greeted Huo Guang like a simple and kind neighbor aunt, but after all, she was from an extraordinary background, and she could see at a glance that Huo Guang was not an ordinary child.

"Auntie is polite, I heard my aunt's piano music just now, it is already a natural sound in the world, this is worth the trip!" Huo Guang was very good at talking, and a small sycophant slapped it, which made Zhuo Wenjun smile as well.

"The little brother is really good at talking, and a woman from a mountain village is just playing indiscriminately. It made the little brother laugh, and if the little brother liked it, the woman would play another song for the little brother! "Zhuo Wenjun himself is also a person who likes music and rhythm, although he lives in seclusion in the mountains and wilderness, and lives a life of coarse tea and light food, but he still enjoys playing the piano in his spare time.

"Yes, yes! Yan'er really wants to listen to Aunt Sima's piano! Li Yan echoed at the right time, and after a few words, Zhuo Wenjun and Huo Guang didn't feel very angry.

"Yes, yes, the little nephew can't wait!" Huo Guang is also thick-skinned enough, and after knowing each other for less than a quarter of an hour, he directly called himself his little nephew. But he thought in his heart: 'It is worthy of the talented girl Zhuo Wenjun, how can she not look like a mountain village woman when she speaks, no wonder Li Yan is under the influence of their husband and wife, although she is in the mountains, she also has the demeanor of everyone's ladies! ’

"Then it's ugly." Zhuo Wenjun smiled and sat back in front of the window, where the guqin was placed. Perhaps Zhuo Wenjun himself didn't realize that although he regarded himself as a village woman over the years, there was a big gap between his words and deeds and that of a real village woman.

Huo Guang's gaze also moved with Zhuo Wenjun's figure, and finally landed on the guqin in front of her. Huo Guang saw that in front of Zhuo Wenjun was a guqin with a black body and a faint glow of green, like green vines wrapped around the ancient tree. Looking at this guqin, Huo Guang suddenly said in his heart: "Could it be that this is Guqin Luqi?" ’

According to legend, "Luqi" was originally a famous piano, which was owned by King Liang in the Western Han Dynasty. Later, because King Liang admired Sima Xiangru's literary talents, he gave the famous piano "Luqi" to him. In the Jin Dynasty, "Luqi" has been listed as one of the "four famous pianos" in ancient times, and it can be said that "Luqi" represents Sima Xiangru. According to historical records, Sima Xiangru's famous piano "Luqi" is exactly what Huo Guang saw in front of him.

Although he hasn't seen Sima Xiangru himself, but at this moment, he has seen the famous piano "Luqi" that countless descendants yearn for, and Huo Guang has already felt that this trip is worth it!