Chapter 50: Chess Challenge
The originally deserted booth gradually became more crowded, and they were all watching Ji Yanning guess a few tunes.
Now she has guessed the most among all the challengers, even if she can't get the guqin, others have already looked at her differently.
There are a lot of treasures in the Treasure Pavilion, and there are naturally guqin scores, most of the qin songs they produce come from guqin scores, and some of the songs ordinary people have never even heard of them, but Ji Yanning is like a fluent answer.
"The old people are scattered. Ji Yanning had already replied to the eleventh track.
All the people around gathered over, and heard that the phoenix tail guqin was worth a lot of money, and it was one of the treasures of the town store of the Treasure Pavilion, and no one could win it away even after being placed in this lantern festival for several years, could it be that it would fall into the hands of this girl today?
Someone whispered that she was invited by the Treasure Pavilion to deliberately understand the question, but looking at the pale faces of the violinist and the vendor, he knew that their people were also starting to panic.
The reason why I took the name of the phoenix tail guqin was because I thought that no one would guess it all.
But this girl doesn't know where the demon came from, and she can answer them all.
The vendor glanced at the luthier, who took a deep breath and continued to raise his hand to play.
He stopped after playing a small paragraph, and looked at Ji Yanning.
The eyes of everyone around also looked at Ji Yanning.
Ji Yanning frowned this time and thought deeply.
She couldn't have guessed. ”
"I've guessed the title of eleven songs, which is very good. ”
"If you guess the last song wrong, it's a pity!"
"That's it, I can't guess eleven songs and one can't guess, the result is the same, I didn't catch anything, why bother!"
"What do you know, if you can guess eleven songs, it must be everyone who is in music, how can you compare with ordinary people!"
Everyone was talking, but Ji Yanning didn't speak.
The violinist said, "Girl, have you guessed what the song is?"
Ji Yanning said: "Can the pianist make sure that this piece is played correctly? If it is "Wu Wu", the "leave" in the fourth section should be a sign sound, and if the song is "Rainy Mid-Autumn Festival", then the beginning of the sixth string should be a loose sound. If it's a different piece, I can't guess it, I'm willing to gamble and lose, but can I ask the pianist to play the whole piece again?"
"This ......" the pianist was momentarily speechless by Ji Yanning's words.
Unexpectedly, he did encounter a hard stubble, and he glanced at the vendor for help.
"She's right!"
"Could it be that you don't want to hand over the guqin, so you deliberately embarrassed the little girl!"
The people around began to shout, after all, Ji Yanning guessed so many tunes, in the eyes of everyone, it was no longer comparable to ordinary laymen, since she said that the pianist played the wrong one, it was boring.
Ji Yanning just stood there quietly, not seeming to care about the other people's discussions, just looking at the pianist in confusion.
The piano master got up and saluted Ji Yanning: "The girl's skills really make the old man admire." ”
Ji Yanning bowed her head, which was considered a return gift, and she turned her head to look at the vendor: "Can I take this qin away now?"
The vendor laughed, so many people watched, they couldn't go back on their word, and said: "Naturally, it's okay, our owner said that this piano originally belonged to someone who was destined, but I just hope that the girl can play a song, and we can give the owner an explanation." ”
Ji Yanning slowly walked onto the platform set up by their stall, looked at the guqin, reached forward and stroked it, she gently hooked her fingers, and made a pleasant sound.
She sat down, raised her slender white hand and put it on the guqin, and stroked it gently.
A melodious sound flowed from her fingertips, and even in the noisy streets, it could not weaken the sound. It's just that the song she played seemed to have a faint sadness, it sounded like being in the sad autumn wind, as if there was no emotion, the golden fallen leaves were swirled by the autumn wind, floating in the air, helpless, and finally fell to the ground.
The more the song is played, the more sad it becomes, as if being alone in the cold winter, the chill is biting, the feeling of loneliness and powerlessness makes people feel hesitant, and with this blankness, the sound of the piano gradually eases down.
At the end of the song, I was still in it, unable to extricate myself.
"Third brother, you are actually here, so we can find it!" Shen Yanlan's voice brought Shen Qingyi back to his senses, but the song was still in his ears.
He said, "The girl was very good at playing the piano, so she stopped and listened a little longer. ”
Shen Yanlan looked around: "Where is there any girl with high piano skills?"
Shen Qingyi looked back and saw that the people in the stall had dispersed at some point, and the girl who played the piano did not know where to go.
Shen Yanfang said: "It must be because you think we are too boring, so you deliberately sneaked away, hmph, you didn't help us with the couplet, so we didn't get the reward." ”
Shen Yu'an was not convinced: "You let the third brother help you in the morning, you have to make your own move, why do you blame others if you can't win?"
"I don't care, third brother, you must help me win things today!" Shen Yanfang pouted.
Shen Qingyi watched her sister play petty, and just chuckled: "Okay, brother help you." ”
At this time, Ji Yanning was about to go back with the two maids, and he had a lot of harvest today, and the two maids couldn't take anything else.
Ying'er said: "I knew that I should have come out with Ji Guard, let him carry things, we can still have the strength to turn around twice." ”
As she was talking, she saw a familiar figure not far away, and suddenly her eyes lit up.
"Miss, look! It's the shopkeeper and the little servant of Bao Chang Kee!" Ying'er pointed to the deserted stall not far away.
Ji Yanning looked in the direction she pointed and saw the shopkeeper and the servant.
The shopkeeper also looked up and saw Ji Yanning, and stepped forward to salute her: "Miss." ”
Ji Yanning glanced at the deserted stall, which formed a clear contrast with the bustle next to it.
She asked, "Does Po Cheong Kee participate in the Lantern Festival every year?"
The shopkeeper replied truthfully: "Yes, almost all the shops in Cangzhou that can shout their names will participate, one is for the excitement of the Lantern Festival, but also to improve their own fame, the rewards are all things in the shops, according to the price, the more people who participate in the shops will be rewarded by the government." ”
Ji Yanning looked to the side, and there was a lot of silk there.
The shopkeeper explained: "These materials used as rewards are reported every year, and the housekeeper Wu approves them. ”
"What are our rules here?" asked Ji Yanning, and she saw a chessboard next to her.
The shopkeeper replied: "It is to break the broken Go game, these chess games are collected in the book, according to the degree of difficulty divided into ranks, through the seven levels can get an ordinary brocade, eight levels to get cloud brocade, break nine levels to get a cloud brocade and Shu brocade each, all break the game to get the best silk in our store five horses, worth six hundred taels." ”
Ji Yanning glanced at the chess game set up by the shopkeeper and said, "Put away all the chess pieces, put three chessboards out, and change the rules." ”
Although the shopkeeper was puzzled, since the eldest lady ordered it, he just did it.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for this to attract a lot of people.
After shopping for a long time, Shen Yanlan and the others had a lot of fun, and gradually became tired, so they thought about going back.
"There are so many people there, wouldn't there be anything good?" Shen Yu'an pointed to the stall not far away and said, but he didn't remember what the reward was when he came here just now.
Shen Yanlan glanced at the stall lined up and said, "There are so many people, don't go over to join in the fun, anyway, we have gained a lot today." ”
Shen Qingyi said: "If you are tired, go back." ”
Originally, he was still a little curious, so he could only nod, and the group continued to walk forward.
Shen Yanlan and Shen Yanfang talked and laughed all the way, and Shen Qingyi followed aside, occasionally looking for the girl who was playing the piano just now in the crowd on the street.
It was the first time he had seen someone so skilled on the piano, and the sorrow in the song touched the hearts of the listeners, and he remembered her sad eyes in his mind.
"Eh, you look at the road!"
A strong man who had been facing him bumped into Shen Qingyi's shoulder, and the two turned their heads to look at each other, and the strong man complained with some dissatisfaction.
Shen Qingyi reacted and turned around and apologized: "I'm sorry." ”
Seeing him apologize, the strong man stopped pursuing it, turned his head and continued to walk forward.
Shen Qingyi raised his head, but saw a familiar side face not far away.
It's the girl just now!
Shen Qingyi's heart moved, and his mood suddenly became a little complicated.
"Third brother, what are you looking at, didn't you say going home?" Shen Yu'an asked puzzled.
Shen Qingyi looked back at him and said, "I seem to have seen a friend I haven't seen for a long time, you take your sisters back first, and I'll go over to say hello." ”
Shen Yu'an didn't suspect it, so he responded.
Seeing them walk away, Shen Qingyi turned around and walked in the direction of Ji Yanning.
There were a lot of people in the booth she was in, and I thought she was here to win something again, but when I asked, I realized that everyone else was challenging her.
The rules are very simple, pay two cents, as long as you win her, you can get 1,800 taels worth of silk.
One thousand eight hundred taels is too tempting for ordinary people, which is why it attracts such people to be eager to try.
She plays against three people at the same time, and when she loses, she replaces the next one.
With such a single-minded and triple purpose, I thought it was easy to deal with, but the people who went to challenge lost batch after batch, and so far, no one has been able to win her.
Shen Qingyi watched from the side, the expression on her face was indifferent, and there was no sadness in her eyes when she played the piano, giving people a sense of alienation, even if she played three games of chess alone, she didn't seem to have any pressure, picked up the chess pieces and glanced at the chessboard and fell off.
She is wearing a white dress today, with a magnolia hairpin on her head, her willow eyebrows are curved, and her dusty posture seems to be the white lotus that can be seen from a distance in this crowd.
In a few moments, the three men were already defeated, and three more went to challenge.
Shen Qingyi looked at her chessboard carefully, she was indeed superb in chess, and most of the time she just glanced at the chessboard to know where the best choice was.
He suddenly wanted to play against her.