Chapter 31: The Broken Strings

Time is no longer a concept for me.

Every day is a repetitive process of opening your eyes, eating, being in a daze, and sleeping.

I often hear people say that death is not terrible, but waiting for death is terrible.

I'm really experiencing the meaning of this sentence now, especially after my body becomes conscious.

When my body regained consciousness a little bit, I was happy at first, but the next second I couldn't laugh.

Because Fan Ziren told me that this is the period when the spine and my body are fused, and I can't move.

In order to prevent me from writhing subconsciously, Fan Ziren directly fixed me on the hospital bed with rubber belts and wooden boards.

After the old man tied me up, he even took a mirror and held it up in front of me to show me how embarrassed I was.

It's no different from zongzi......

I don't remember exactly how I got through this torturous time, but I remember the day I got out of bed after I recovered, and because I hadn't stood for too long, I fell hard and ate.

During this period, I asked Fan Ziren why there are so many ghosts looking for us to see a doctor since there is a hospital in the underworld.

He just said one word and left me speechless.

He said: "There are so many hospitals in the yang world, why do you have to go to a small clinic when you are sick?" ”

finally managed to be discharged from the hospital, and as soon as I walked out of the hospital gate, I saw Yu Qin standing across the street, her face full of concern and guilt.

And the paulownia piano, which has always been inseparable from her, is gone......

"Miss Yu, thank you for wasting one of your pianos."

I walked up to her and thanked her sincerely. You know, the piano master's piano is more important than their lives.

"By no means, I asked Gongzi to find Zhong Xuan, otherwise Gongzi's spine would not have been broken. In the final analysis, the little girl owes the son. ”

Yu Qin said guiltily, almost kneeling for me, I quickly reached out to help her up, only to find that her eyes were already full of tears.

"I don't blame you for this, in fact, my unreliable master also asked me to find Zhong Xuan, so even if you don't say it, I always have to meet him."

I paused and then asked, "By the way, last time I asked you why you were looking for Zhong Xuan, but you didn't tell me, can you tell me the reason now?" ”

Yu Qin wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with the back of her hand, raised her head and glanced at me, then glanced to the side again, sighed and said, "I'll take my son to a place." ”

With that, she turned around and left, and I followed with a slight hesitation.

I'm a person who has already died once, so there's nothing to be afraid of.

There are not many ghosts on the road today, Yu Qin led the way in front of the head without saying a word, and I was rarely silent.

I don't know how long I walked, Yu Qin suddenly stopped, I was thinking about something else, and I almost bumped into it.

"Here it is."

Yu Qin looked at the open space in front of him with a resentful look in his eyes, and said leisurely.

I wondered, "A clearing? What's going on here? ”

Yu Qin sighed deeply and said, "Take Gongzi to the place where we met." ”

As soon as I finished speaking, I felt dizzy in my head. When I came to my senses, I found myself in the palace!

On the dragon chair, there is an emperor who does not know which dynasty!

Next to me, just like on TV, there are hundreds of civil and military officials wearing court clothes.

Above the main hall, kneeling was a man in ragged clothes and shackled feet. From behind, the man was scrawny, with disheveled hair and the stench of not showering for a long time.

I walked up to him curiously, and after just one look, I recognized him.

Zhong Xuan!

I was stunned, and my anger rushed to my head, almost subconsciously, and I clenched my fist and slammed it at him.

But the next moment, I was stunned again, and my whole body actually passed through his body.

Only then did I realize that I was in Yu Qin's memories at this time, and everything in front of me had already happened and could not be changed.

I can only be a spectator and quietly watch the events unfold.

"I heard you play the piano well?" The emperor asked Zhong Xuan with a frown.

Zhong Xuan's eyes lowered, and he snorted coldly: "People who have lost the country, no matter how good they are, what can they do?" ”

The emperor was not angry, and chuckled and said, "You are a minister of the fallen country, and you should have been a ghost under my sword, but I left you with a life, do you know why?" ”

Zhong Xuan opened his eyes, looked at the palms full of carrion, and sneered: "I am a musician of the former dynasty, not a literary or martial artist, you left me alive, just to listen to me play a song." ”

"Bold! My emperor is the Ninety-Five, and you dare to call it 'you'! ”

As soon as Zhong Xuan finished speaking, a burly man stood up and scolded angrily.

The emperor waved his hand and said, "It's okay, since I am a minister of the previous dynasty, it is normal to have some resentment towards me. ”

After a pause, he continued: "Now I will give you two paths, one is to give you a white silk; The second is that if you can make me and this civil and military official cry, I will spare your life and grant you a request. ”

Zhong Xuan's eyes lit up, he slowly raised his head to stare at the emperor, and said in a deep voice: "Is this true?" ”

"You don't joke."

"Okay, bring me my harp."

A moment later, two guards walked into the hall carrying a paulownia wood piano and gently placed it in front of Zhong Xuan.

This piano has only five strings, and the rest have been broken.

"This broken string can also be used?"

"Can you play music with only five strings? Isn't this a blatant attempt to find death? ”

The civil and military officials discussed a lot, and they had already sentenced Zhong Xuan to death in their hearts.

"You only have five strings, and you can play music?" The Emperor wondered.

Zhong Xuan gently rubbed the strings and said lightly: "Fuqin uses the heart, not the strings." ”

"Okay, come on."

"Zheng ......"

The sound of the piano came, like a pearl falling on a jade plate, instantly suppressing all the noise.

Zhong Xuan's ten fingers are like butterflies, and he flies over the paulownia piano from time to time, and the sound of the faint piano is like the song of birds in the empty mountains, which makes people think that they are in the mountains and forests in a trance.

Suddenly, the sound of the piano became urgent, and the sound of birds suddenly disappeared.

Instead, it emitted a murderous aura, like the roar of a war horse on the battlefield, and the listener was full of fighting intent, only to feel that he was killing the enemy and then fast!

After the war, the sound of the piano calmed down, and the disarming returned to the field, but the brothers who had killed the enemy side by side in the past had been buried under the loess.

His wife, children, and mother sat under the paulownia tree in front of the house, looking forward to his return every day, but what he was waiting for was a set of battle armor......

The sound of the piano has stopped, but the mood of everyone in the audience cannot be calmed for a long time, the aftermath is still hovering in the ears, and two lines of hot tears quietly slide down.

"I ...... Crying? ”

After a long time, the emperor suddenly woke up and muttered to himself in disbelief.

The rest of the people came to their senses one after another, clutching their sleeves and wiping the tears from their eyes.

"Zhong Xuan......" the emperor shouted, but he couldn't say anything.

Zhong Xuan stood beside him, let the tears slide down his face, and said leisurely: "I want someone in your prison." ”

The emperor glanced at His Royal Highness's civil and military officials, nodded and sighed: "I didn't expect you to be able to play such a superb sound with a broken string." You don't have any jokes, just say who you want. ”

"My love, Yu Qin."