Shi Xin and Cai Yan left the Taiwei Mansion, and the next stop should be Sikong Mansion, where they met Cai Yan's father, Cai Yong.

Cai Yan lowered her head and looked at her toes, her steps moved very slowly, she looked up at Shi Xin, and her tone was slurful, "Senior brother, why don't we go and see my father first......

Shi Xin looked around with a relaxed face and interested. "Why?" he asked.

"Because ......" Cai Yan was stopped by him for a moment, thought about it and sighed softly, "Alas, after all, he doesn't agree with our affairs, and the meeting will only be more embarrassing." ”

"Why should we ask him to agree?" Shi Xin sneered, "Since he doesn't want you to be happy, why do you still listen to him?"

Cai Yan looked at the angry Shi Xin, although she also agreed with Shi Xin's words, but she had received many years of orthodox Confucian education, and "the order of her parents, the words of the matchmaker" had been deeply rooted in her bone marrow. Although she has a heart to pursue free love, how can she have the courage to break through the ideological imprisonment of many years?

When Shi Xin just woke up today, it was Cai Yan's most excited and indulgent moment in the past few years. She temporarily threw away the burden on her body, only immersed in the joy of the reunion between the two for the first time in months. But when the excitement gradually subsided, she had to accept the reality again: how should I face my senior brother?

Shi Xin finished sneering, looked sideways at Cai Yan, and saw that her big eyes were full of worry, and there were teardrops on her long eyelashes.

Shi Xin's heart ached, and his tone softened, "Yan'er, can you tell me how your father married you to Emperor Xian?"

"Hmm...... In fact, my father did not marry me to Emperor Xian. Or rather...... I have not yet been betrothed to Emperor Xian. ”

Shi Xin was startled, his eyes widened and asked, "What?"

"I'm angry with my dad too, but I can't blame him for everything. Cai Yan sighed faintly, "I married into the palace, which is the canon of the Holy Sect. The Holy Religion stipulates that if the leader of the Holy Religion is a man, he is the head of the sect and is married to the emperor, and if he is a woman, he is called a holy woman, and then he is married to the emperor and becomes an empress. The purpose of this provision of the Ordinance is to make the Holy Religion serve the royal family. ”

"The Three Elders of the Holy Sect have no other descendants besides me, and I am the only person who can ascend to the position of the leader of the Holy Sect. Originally, the three elders had the power to rewrite the canon. In private, Uncle Lu and Uncle Wang also mentioned it and asked my father if he wanted to do that, after all, the current emperor is no longer the emperor of the past, and the harem was ‖ by Dong Zhuo's husband. But my father didn't let go of his mouth when he died, and only pushed and shoved later. In fact, I know very well that he doesn't want to ruin the good reputation that the two brothers have earned over the years. ”

"The three elders of the Holy Sect, the three princes of the imperial court, they have too much on their shoulders. Even if they take care of me, they don't want to be famous. But once the canons are changed, Dong Zhuo will attract all public opinion, stir up trouble from it, pull a few elders from power, or use this matter to blackmail the Holy Sect to obey him, not only will the imperial court suffer, but none of us can be left alone. ”

Shi Xin listened to Cai Yan's words, and his heart was full of thoughts. This is a very complicated matter, which combines religion, politics, and human nature, and it is a major event that everyone pays attention to all the time, and if it is not done well, it will cause mutiny. Hearing Cai Yan's tone, on the one hand, she blamed her father's inaction, and on the other hand, she also sighed at the ill-fated situation and understood her father's approach. Why was he born Cai Yan? Why wasn't he a boy? Why didn't the other two uncles have offspring?

"Canon, canon, canon......" Shi Xin muttered to himself, "Yan'er, are the only people who can change the canon only the three elders?" Oh, by the way, I still don't know the organizational structure of the Holy Sect, can you give me a brief introduction?"

"The Holy Sect was founded since the time of Emperor Wu, and the first generation of sect leaders is Dong Zhongshu, and the biggest one under the sect leader is the three protectors, not the current three elders. The Holy Religion of all ages has served the royal family, and no one can change this. Later, Wang Mang usurped the government, and at that time the dynasty collapsed, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were Wang Mang's people. With lightning speed, Wang Mang led many high-level pulse masters to attack the Holy Sect and kill the sect leader and the three protectors...... At that time, the Holy Sect had a huge congregation, and he did not dare to ban the Holy Sect rashly, so he had to retreat to the second, appoint an incompetent person as the sect leader, and change the three protectors to the three elders, of course, the arrangements were all his own people. Later, Guangwu revived the Han Dynasty and took the Holy Sect back into his hands, but the position of the third elder has been used to this day. ”

Shi Xin nodded, "It turns out that there are such twists and turns. By the way, I heard that the Holy Sect has a Heavenly and Human Divine Book, which is the heirloom of the Holy Sect, and the successful contestants in this competition will be taught by the three elders, is this really the case?"

Cai Yan nodded and said: "I heard that there is such a thing, according to Uncle Lu, the Heavenly and Human Divine Book was lost in Wang Mang's time, but then it was found by chance. This is a secret that the Holy Sect does not pass on to the outside world, but the three elders actually told this secret in order to increase the attractiveness of the selection competition. ”

Shi Xin said: "That won't be a disguise, right? If it's really that powerful, why don't you let you cultivate?"

"The Book of Heaven and Man is not something that everyone can cultivate, there are many cultivation restrictions, maybe I am not strong enough, so the three elders did not teach it. ”

Cai Yong's Sikong Mansion is next to Taiwei's Mansion, although Cai Yan is grinding, he has arrived in a blink of an eye.

Looking at the familiar door, Cai Yan raised his feet and put them down, reluctant to walk in.

Seeing that it was a young lady, the two doormen hurriedly opened the door and bowed to each other. Seeing that Cai Yan didn't move for a long time, he looked at her curiously.

Shi Xin laughed, pulled Cai Yan's sleeve, and stepped in first.

Cai Yan entered his house, of course, there was no need to report, they walked around the hall, did not see Cai Yong, and heard the next person say that he was playing the piano in the garden.

Cai Yan led Shi Xin to the garden.

Shi Xin followed Cai Yan, and heard the sound of the faint piano coming from a distance. As you get closer, the sound of the piano grows. Although Shi Xin didn't understand music theory, he recognized the song immediately. I have heard Cai Yan play this song too many times, and it is "Yangchun White Snow".

The two turned a corner in the garden and came to an arched bridge, and through the small red, green and green garden, they could clearly see Cai Yong's back.

Shi Xin and Cai Yan stopped, and Cai Yan whispered in his ear: "My father's pulse is the Jiaowei qin, and the sound of the piano is stronger than my green qiqin, so the "Yangchun White Snow" he plays is different from mine, you listen carefully." ”

Shi Xin listened attentively. Sure enough, although the rhyme of "Yangchun and White Snow" played by the two is similar, Cai Yong's voice will be more sophisticated and masculine. And Cai Yan's voice is more energetic and feminine.

In the history of his previous life, Cai Yong was a Confucian master in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, a writer, a musician, and a calligrapher. He is famous for his filial piety, and he didn't want to be an official, but he was recommended by Taiwei Qiao Xuan (not Xiao Qiao's father). After Dong Zhuo's heavy weapon, within three days, successively served as the imperial history, the secretary of the imperial history, the Shangshu, the servant, the Zuo Zhonglang general and other positions, the Gaoyang Township Marquis, known as "Cai Zhonglang". Cai Yong was imprisoned for lamenting Dong Zhuo's death on Wang Yun's throne, and died in prison soon after at the age of 60.

But the world is so funny, in this life, Cai Yong and Wang Yun have become friends of life and death, and they are also one of the three princes and one of the three elders.

Shi Xin searched for information about Cai Yong in his mind and analyzed it carefully. Judging by the historical figures I have come into contact with so far, their personalities are similar to before. Judging from Cai Yong's lament that Dong Zhuo died because of his kindness, his literary accomplishment is very high, but his personality is too upright, not tactful, and not suitable for politics.

After the song was played, Cai Yong didn't look back, turned his back to them and said, "Come here!"

Cai Yan pulled Shi Xin, who was still looking at himself, and the two walked over.

Because of Cai Yan, this is the first time Shi Xin has seen Cai Yong, and deep in his heart, this is the first time he has met his future father-in-law.

Shi Xin's attitude was respectful, and of course it was a great gift. He bowed to the end: "After the end of school‖ enter Shi Xin, meet Lord Sikong, the second elder is good!"

"Hmph, Yan'er, come here, don't stand so close to other men. ”

Although the distance between Shi Xin and Cai Yan was enough to stand for one more person, the old man still felt that the two were too close. His eyes were about to bulge, and his face was naturally ugly.

Last time, Cai Yan had a big quarrel with Cai Yong because Shi Xin was in a coma, but her father was a father after all, and she respected him very much in her heart. Seeing her father's black face, she had no choice but to be apprehensive, looked at Shi Xin, and walked over to Cai Yong's side with lotus steps.

Cai Yong never asked Shi Xin to get up, he kept bowing. Cai Yong had enough of the spectrum, and in order to avoid embarrassing Cai Yan, he shouted coldly, "Get up." ”

"I was playing the piano just now, and you seem to be listening intently. "Yangchun White Snow" is composed by Shi Kuang, a musician of the Jin Kingdom in the Spring and Autumn Period, with a long history and a long history. What do you hear?"

"Master Sikong's music is elegant, his piano skills are at the peak, and the younger generations are too fascinated by it, how dare they say anything famous?"

"You don't have to be too humble. I heard Wang Yue say that when you were in Julu, you once instructed Yan'er in the piano skills, and Yan'er defeated Zhou Yu under your guidance, and also learned to compose music by himself. It seems that you still have some knowledge of music. You just say yes. ”

"It's a test!" Shi Xin's heart snapped up as he realized the question.

looked at Cai Yan and saw her smiling and nodding slowly, as if encouraging him to give it a try. It is a fact that Shi Xin once pointed out Cai Yan's piano skills, but when he woke up today, he didn't know what he said, which made Ji Kang, who was superb in piano skills, crazy and forgetful. These glorious past events made Cai Yan quite reassuring of him.

Shi Xin laughed bitterly in his heart, and thought of some strange words of praise. At a glance, I saw Cai Yong's expression of seeing a joke, full of disdain, as if to say, just because you want to pursue my daughter?

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