When I was five years old, my Lyra was stolen by three dog thieves, and then I was suddenly controlled by a mysterious force, shaking the bell and chanting a spell, and just after I had finished my "practice", the three dog thieves actually fulfilled my curse on the highway: they had a car accident, and all three dog thieves broke their hands and feet as I had cursed.

My parents thought that the dog thief had broken his hands and feet in a car accident, and that it had nothing to do with my so-called "practice" of ringing the bell and reciting the incantation, and that it was a pure coincidence that the three dog thieves had broken their hands and feet in the car accident as I had cursed.

However, when I was six years old, another strange thing happened related to the guqin, and my parents began to wonder if the thousand-year-old guqin in my hand really had supernatural powers.

That strange thing, that is, I took the guqin with my father to a fishing ground, my father was fishing process, I was suddenly controlled by a mysterious force, in the fish pond picked up the guqin while playing while chanting the incantation, it actually caused the whole fish pond to jump to the shore in horror, until I stopped playing the piano and chanting mantras, the fish pond did not return to calm.

This incident caused my parents to suspect that the thousand-year-old qin in my hand had a mysterious power that could control the fate of all living beings.

For this suspicion, my parents secretly looked up some history about Guangxi Zhuangren Tianqin behind my back from time to time.

They carried me behind my back, pondering over and over again, something like:

In ancient times, Tianqin is a kind of magic instrument of the ancient Zhuang people, and the person who plays Tianqin is called "Tianpo", and Tianpo's Tianqin is a heavenly divine object, which is usually not allowed to move......

Tian Po plays the lyre to heal people's disasters. When Tianpo plays the Tianqin, she wears a long skirt and a beaded velvet hat, and holds the Tianqin while playing, singing, and dancing......

Although it was difficult for my parents, especially my father, who had graduated with a master's degree in political education, to fully believe that Gu Tianqin in my hands had supernatural powers, at least he was aware of it, or had some suspicions.

After these two events, my father cleaned up the study and made room for Lyra, instead of casually placing it on the shoe cabinet in the garden at the gate.

Although every time my parents brought the piano to play for me, they did not burn incense to worship, but when they took or put the piano in their hands, they gently removed or put it down with both hands, and their expressions were very solemn and pious.

Obviously, there is some contradiction in the psychology of parents. Because this thousand-year-old Tianqin at home really has supernatural power, will this power be double-edged? That is, it can ward off evil spirits for us, but at the same time, will it be ...... for us?

It is true that they also understand that at this time, not only should they not transfer Gu Tianqin to others or abandon him into the wilderness, because they are afraid of Gu Tianqin.

Although they were worried and worried in their hearts, they didn't dare to tell Wei Xiaotang, the original owner of Gu Tianqin, maybe they remembered the heavenly motto of "heaven must not be leaked".

Our family of three really understood that the ancient Tianqin in our family had supernatural powers, which was caused by an entrance exam when I was seven years old.

In May of that year, all primary schools in the city began to accept new student registration.

In recent years, the city has developed rapidly, and in a few years, it has developed from a small fishing town by the sea to a coastal city with a population of nearly one million.

The competition for places is fierce due to the low number of places enrolled in primary schools every year, and the enrollment of many children of immigrants with household registration. In order to ensure fairness, justice and openness, the enrollment quota of each school in the city is under the control of the Municipal Education Bureau, and the principal has no autonomy.

My father and mother had already discussed that they must find a way to let me go to the city's No. 1 Elementary School. The reason for this consideration is that the first primary school arranges lunch and lunch break dormitories, while other schools do not have these two conditions, parents must send their children to school at 8 o'clock in the morning, pick up their children at the school gate at about 10:30 p.m., and send their children back to school at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. If I go back and forth like this, my parents won't have to go to work unless they go to work.

Although my parents strongly wanted me to enroll in the city's No. 1 Primary School, none of our family of three were registered in the city's No. 1 Primary School.

However, when we were about to register, we suddenly got the enrollment news of the city's first primary school that students who did not meet the requirements of their school's enrollment location conditions, if they had artistic expertise, could also sign up, pass the exam, and be admitted to the school's art class.

My parents thought that when I was in kindergarten, I used to play ukulele for a few months, but then switched to Lyra. Although Lyra does play well, Lyra is not a subject in the exam.

According to the school's art class enrollment requirements, my parents took me to Central Primary School for an interview on Saturday.

When I arrived at the interview location, I found that there were a lot of children who participated in the interview. My father chatted with a familiar parent, and then I learned that the art class recruited 30 people, and as many as 300 people signed up.

Parents can't help but be a little disappointed.

The interview is not very complicated and not very formal. Perhaps the school considered that if it was too formal and complicated, it would be easy to cause complaints from parents. After all, the relevant departments at the higher level have clearly stipulated that it is strictly forbidden to hold entrance examinations for primary school freshmen. It's the same, compulsory education has been implemented for a long time, what kind of test are you going to take!

My parents stood aside, and after the two female examiners told me to come to them, one of the female examiners said to me, "I'm beating the beat with the palm of my hand, and after I'm done, you have to continue to call the teacher." ”

After the examiner explained the requirements, he first beat a beat, and then stopped and asked me to follow along to see if I was playing accurately.

My parents at the door laughed, probably because they knew I had a great sense of rhythm.

Sure enough, after the examiner finished beating the beat, I raised my little hand and started playing in a patterned manner. After a pause, one of them said to me, "Let's take another long one to see if you can keep up." With that, it was a long beat.

As soon as the examiner stopped, I stretched out my hands and played easily and smoothly, without any mistakes.

The two examiners looked at their parents and said with a smile, this child has a very good sense of musicality, and the long beats are all right, and we have never met a child with such a good sense of rhythm.

Next, the examiner asked me which instrument I would use. I said, "I used to play ukuleles, but then I stopped playing them, and I only played Lyra." ”

Hearing about Tianqin, the two examiners looked at their parents suspiciously, and after a while, they laughed at themselves and said, "We don't know what Tianqin is." ”

After a pause, both examiners looked a little sorry and said to their parents, "Your son's sense of rhythm has nothing to say." However, it would be nice if he knew one of the piano, erhu, pipa, guzheng, even if it was a flute. As for Lyra? This one...... Probably doesn't count. ”

Hearing the two examiners say that Tianqin doesn't count, my father was anxious, and walked up to the two examiners to introduce what Tianqin is, and at the end, he said: "Guangxi Zhuang artists have played Tianqin programs many times on the central stage, and in recent years, every Guangxi Folk Song Festival has Tianqin performances, which are very popular, why is Tianqin not a national musical instrument?" ”

After repeated efforts by the father, the two examiners finally agreed to report to the principal. After all, the final decision is in the hands of the principal.

My parents thanked me politely and politely said goodbye to the examiner and walked me out of the examination room.

After the examiner reported my situation to the principal, the principal looked very distressed.

At this time of year, he is deeply distressed because of the admissions.

He thought in his heart: Huo Jiuyin's parents are all civil servants in the city, and his father is still a department-level leader, if I decide not to admit him, then won't I offend others?

The principal knew that the cadres in the city, no matter what department or what level, were more powerful than them as teachers. Although there are not many officials protecting each other now, and the higher-level discipline inspection commission is also keeping a close eye on the enrollment work, if people can be a department-level leader, it is not a fuel-efficient lamp, if I never enroll his son in an art class, in case he goes to find a bigger leader to pressure me, it will not be a troublesome thing.

The principal finally thought: These two examiners are really, as examiners, you can do it, and if you don't do it, you can't do it, it all depends on your words. Well, this time, this is obviously handing over the contradiction!

The principal is a very safe person, otherwise, he would not be able to be the principal.

The principal racked his brains for a long time, and finally his face sank, and he decided to kick the ball to the examiners.

He said: "I have never been a word. I am not alone in the recruitment of art classes. Well, inform his parents and tell their son to bring that ...... What is it called...... In addition, in order to ensure fairness, openness and justice, you may wish to call a few parent representatives, and then use secret ballot, one vote per person, and decide whether to admit or not on the spot. ”

When the principal said this, a smile like a flower bloomed on his face, and he was glad that he could so easily share this pressure and concern with the examiners.

At 9 o'clock in the morning of Sunday, in the music teaching and research department of the city's No. 1 Primary School, a total of 20 examiners, including me, were composed of nine music teachers and the principal, as well as ten parent representatives.

When the examiner called my name, my father hurriedly helped to bring the Lyra into the examination room, which the examiners had seen for the first time, which looked like a curved bow playing cotton.

The examiners and parent representatives who were sitting in the precarious position all looked at the Tianqin in surprise, maybe some of them may have seen it on the video, but it is still quite surprising to see the real thing up close.

I was wearing a pair of white bib pants with a red tank top, curved eyebrows, and a pink face. Before leaving, my mother dressed me up carefully.

I sat on a small chair and, according to the preparations I had prepared in advance, played in the form of "Dutian", tied a small bell with a red cloth around my right foot and neck, and then began to play and sing after my right foot was cocked into a jiro leg.

The song I play and sing is called "Prayer", and I play and sing while beating the beat with my right foot.

There was no sound in the classroom except for my singing, the sound of the lyre, and the sound of bells. When I first started playing and singing, some of the examiners and parent representatives were still talking to each other. But soon, a happy smile slowly bloomed on everyone's face. After about 10 minutes of playing, I followed my parents' repeated instructions in advance, stood up, bowed deeply, and walked out of the examination room.

My parents took me away. We went to another classroom next door and waited for the results.

What happened later was told to us later.

Others said that after my parents took me out of the examination room, there was a strange scene at the scene: the entire examination room, all the examiners and parent representatives, including the principal, sat quietly in their places for a long time, as if they were hypnotized by the music of Lyra, and as if their souls were taken away by the music of Lyra, left their bodies, and flew to a far away place, and all that was stained on the chair was their flesh.

It seems that after half a century, the examiners finally waited for the spirit to return to possess the body, and then they silently raised the pen in their hands and wrote "agree" respectfully on the "whether to agree to the admission" column of the ballot.

Later, whenever the principal and the director of the music department mentioned me playing the Tianqin, they all said with emotion: At that time, whether before or after the exam, I told myself more than a thousand times, no matter how well he played, I couldn't write "agree", after all, the few remaining degrees were all promised to the relevant leaders in the city...... However, at that time, it was as if there was a mysterious force that grabbed my hand holding the pen tightly and forced me to write "yes...... Of course, I'm definitely not saying that Huo Jiuyin is suspected of cheating.