Chapter 185: Five Tones and Twelve Rhythms

"Eh, look, look! Oh my God, this gate is so magnificent! Lao Gu shouted in surprise, and quickly ran towards the two huge stone gates.

The largest stone gate they had ever seen was probably the one at the entrance to Shangri-La. Built on the mountain, the whole mountain is the whole door.

Although the one in front of me is not as big as the entrance stone gate of Shambhala, the coral spar decorated on it is shiny, real and illusory, and it really looks like a crystal dragon palace......

The carved pattern on the gate is actually not complicated, it is a natural rock. But I don't know who is so thoughtful that the entire stone door is inlaid with coral. All kinds of colors and shapes are evenly and neatly arranged, making people suddenly find such a dazzling color in this boundless darkness of the sea.

In fact, you don't have to think about it to know that the one who can do this kind of thing is naturally Fusu. He had lived in seclusion all his life at the bottom of the sea, which meant that he had a lifetime to dress up the place as he wanted......

The area in front of the gate is very wide and flat, and the most amazing and unexpected thing is ...... In the open space on the right side of the door, there are dozens of bronze bells!

That's right, it's a chime-like instrument. Qin Zhen and the others roughly counted it, there were about 20 button clocks, more than 40 Ningbo clocks, and three large bells, a total of more than 60 bells, large and small...... This is definitely much larger than the chimes unearthed in the tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng.

The bells were indeed composed in the form of chimes, divided into three tiers and hung on a huge bell stand. The one that hangs directly on the top layer is called the button clock, and the one that hangs obliquely on the middle and lower layers is called the Yong clock. Although it is said that Fusu, the prince of Great Qin, is talented and elegant, a group of bells are placed in front of the door of this undersea secret palace...... It's still too incredible!

Lao Gu walked back from the door and stood next to the group of bells with everyone. He was just about to reach out and touch it, but Yebei stopped him at once and said, "Don't touch it!" I suspect that these are more than sixty bells. Dozens of different outcomes are represented. Which one is knocked first, the final result may all be different......"

Lao Gu's hand stopped in front of the bell in a daze, and he asked with a stiff expression, "Night Boss...... Would you knock on this thing? ”

"I won't ......," Yebei replied truthfully.

Lao Gu Gang looked at Juntian, who thought that Juntian shrugged his shoulders first and said, "Don't look at me, I won't either." ”

Lao Gu swallowed his saliva, and looked at He Xi with the last bit of hope. As a result, He Xi also said with a regretful face: "How many chimes do we have in China?" In 1957, the song "Dongfang Hong" was sounded in Xinyang, Henan Province, and the first chime was found. After that, it was unearthed in 1978 from the tomb of Marquis Yi. There are only two remaining pieces in the world, who dares to use them to practice and learn how to play? ”

“…… So, what should we do? No, what's wrong with this prince? How to use such an elegant thing as a mechanism to open the door? Lao Gu said and said, he was not angry. Because he is not an elegant person at all, and he can't stand these elegant things......

But at this time, Yudong, who had been looking at Zhong without speaking. But suddenly said lightly: "The Book of Rites. It has been recorded in the "Music Record" that the palace merchant horn is a feather, and the five tones and twelve rhythms all represent different meanings. The palace is the king, the merchant is the minister, the horn is the people, the levy is the matter, and the feather is the thing. Fusu, he put the whole world of Daqin on this set of clocks, the king of Shangguan, and the people of Li below, not a simple single musical instrument that we see......"

Listen to what Yudong said. Qin Zhen immediately lowered his head in shame. A sense of death arose more than a human being......

Look at people, the Four Books and Thirteen Classics are familiar with Cheng dù, who can come to two sentences with his mouth open...... Just a set of chimes. In Lao Gu's eyes, it is just a set of valuable cultural relics. In Qin Zhen's eyes, it may be a national treasure-level musical instrument, but no matter how much it adds cultural connotation, it is just a set of musical instruments. It is absolutely impossible to associate with the kind of lofty realm that Yu Dong just said......

Chimes are a musical instrument that existed as early as 3,500 years ago. Originated in the Zhou Dynasty, it prevailed in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Qin and Han dynasties. So discover this kind of stuff here. In fact, it should be reasonable. It's just that the night north says that the bell rings to represent different organs, which becomes a problem.

Now no one knows how the chimes are played, let alone how these 60 or so individual instruments are used to determine the rhythm. It's not going to be as easy to understand as a guitar, is it? And there are more than 60 pieces of large and small! How many possibilities do you have to save zài by trying one by one? Who knows what kind of melody Fusu used to design the mechanism in the first place? If you try one by one without a clue, it is estimated that you will die here in less than five times!

Lao Gu asked a little puzzled at this time, "Huh? Where did you say those two dogs and men gone? We can't open a mechanism. Will they be able to get in? If they can't get in, where can they be now? There is no fork in the road along the way, and it evaporates and disappears out of thin air? ”

Lao Gu is now biting Aoki Shigeaki to death, no matter when, the first thing that comes to mind is him.

Juntian looked around at this time and said, "This bell has never been moved, and this door has never been opened. If one of the two of them can understand ancient Chinese musical instruments, then now that Shigeaki Aoki is seriously injured, it is impossible for them to try lightly without certainty. So, hehe, that woman should choose to take Aoki to hide first, and then wait for us to open the mechanism. ”

"That is really insidious! It's all/like that, and you're still going to reap the benefits of the fisherman? I'm blind! Lao Gu said angrily.

And Yebei now feels that there is no need to waste time on those two people, and the real key is to open the mechanism first to get in. Regardless of whether Aoki Shigeaki is present or not, they will have to find a way to study and open this mechanism.

But the problem is that this thing is just too complicated! As the most complex and massive musical instrument in the world, how can these laymen solve the mystery of elegance left by Fusu?

The sound and melody that these more than 60 bells can produce are all different. The smaller the chime, the higher the pitch and the lower the volume; The larger the bell, the lower the pitch, but the louder it is. Therefore, the casting of these large and small bells, each of which has a different size and shape, has a very important impact on the whole chime.

Just when Qin Zhen felt that this matter had come to a dead end and began to be a little at a loss, Yebei and Juntian suddenly looked at Yudong at the same time, and said meaningfully: "Since you can empathize with what Fusu has done so much, do you also have some thoughts about this Zhong?" ”

Qin Zhen, Lao Gu and the others also looked at Yu Dong in surprise after hearing this, yes, Lao Gu asked for a long time just now, and the only person who didn't ask was him. Because Lao Gu knows that when Yudong doesn't speak, he may not answer if you ask, so it's better not to ask.

Now it seems that this may not necessarily be an unsolvable puzzle! He hasn't spoken yet, he hasn't said anything yet! This proves that there is still hope for Yiqiē......

Qin Zhen hurriedly walked up to Yu Dong, and said to Yu Dong, who was still calm and contemplative: "I'm starting to doubt now, are you the reincarnation of that son Fusu?" Otherwise, the two of you have had some kind of confidant relationship. I don't care if you were bosom friends like Zhong Ziqi and Yu Boya in your last life, I want to know now, can you really understand this set of chimes? Can you say what's in your heart? Our brothers are like this now, they don't know about chimes, they don't know about the five tones, and they don't know much about Fusu! It just so happens that you seem to know everything now, so why don't you hurry up and say it so that we can understand it too?! Qin Zhen said that he couldn't say anything that was unfavorable, and anxiously asked what was going on with Yudong.

Yudong didn't mean to sell Guanzi on purpose, but he wasn't really the reincarnation of Fusu, and he still had to think carefully in the face of these more than sixty bells that were related to the lives of all of them.

"According to the perspective of the symbiosis of the five tones, the 'palace' sound is the lord of the five tones, the king of the five tones, and the commander of all the sounds. The palace belongs to the earth, the image of the king. Shang belongs to gold, and the elephant of the minister. The horn belongs to the wood, the image of the people. The sign is fire, the image of things. Feathers belong to water, the image of things. The five tones represent the world and the five elements. I think from here on, Fusu used the Five Elements as an organ. Yu Dong quietly looked at this huge set of ancient musical instruments, and said faintly profound words that everyone didn't quite understand.

After speaking, Yu Dong looked at everyone, as if he was making some kind of decision, and said a little solemnly: "Let me try......"

Of course, this "try" means that there is a possibility of failure. To fail here is to die. And it's not just about Yudong's comfort alone, but also about the lives of all of them.

However, everyone's trust in Yudong is needless to say. He said he could try it, so let him try! Whether it is life, death, success or defeat, everyone is willing. No one will blame anyone for this unsure thing.

Yu Dong walked behind the chimes with some heaviness, then exhaled softly, picked up a T-shaped hammer on the side, glanced at all the bells, and whispered to himself: "Palace, Zhongye, in the center, open to the four directions, sing Shi Shisheng, for the outline of the four tones...... It should refer to this ......" After saying that, he knocked it down without hesitation.

"Bell" ...... The low bell spreads! In this cave at the bottom of the sea, it seems so empty and far-reaching! This voice can knock on the hearts of those who hear it, and it can convey the weight and vicissitudes of history. This is really a sound that the world has never heard before...... (To be continued......)