The breeze blows, and the grass and trees under the stone platform sway gently.

The musicians took their places on the stone platform and sat around the hanging pavilion in a circle.

The pipa is played by the musician with his left hand, and the five fingers of his right hand play a tune with small strings that are cut like a whisper, and the pipa is the first to open. At the same time, the pianist's ten fingers are linked to create a leisurely and soothing round and penetrating sound, which is mixed with the sound of the pipa, and has the perfect coordination of the drums, and the sound of elegant music is like a natural sound.

The heated pavilion is cool.

When the breeze faded away, the pavilion became warm again.

After the breeze, the long qin listened to the soothing and melodious music, not only did not completely relax, but secretly became a little alert in his heart.

He was well versed in the rhythm of the movement, and he could hear the slightest hint of the strings in the music.

It's just that I still have a smile on my face, which is very natural.

He had already understood the purpose of the Qingqiu Fox King and the crown prince, which was nothing more than to win him over and make him a traitor to the Nine Shadows Kingdom. Now that his hometown is mentioned, Changqin guesses that this is like a bad person.

Thinking of this, Changqin was vigilant in his heart, but he still smiled at the fox prince Hu Qingping, who was sitting opposite.

The Yale on the stone platform attracted a lot of beast spirits in the forest, and they rushed to the vicinity of the stone platform and listened attentively to this wonderful music.

Yale resounded through the forest, and soon it was above the nine skies and through the clouds. The sound of music in the clouds is like the soul of a blue bird, so that the souls of birds and beasts in the sky come to hear the sound, hovering over the pavilion for a long time.

The music dances in mid-air with a clever rhythm and simple melody, and dances gracefully with its wings.

But I can't miss it in the beautiful rhythm.

And the long piano in the pavilion pretended to be deaf and dumb, and turned a deaf ear to the sound outside the strings. After eating a few bites of delicious food, I didn't forget to praise the deliciousness of this Qingqiu Fox Country dish.

As soon as he mentioned the deliciousness of these delicacies, Hu Qingping on the other side immediately said, "What is delicious in your envoy's hometown? In the future, if I go to the ghost country and know more about these delicacies, I can try these delicacies. ”。

Talking to Changqin, Hu Qingping never stood tall, but also to shorten the distance between himself and Changqin.

"That's a lot. After immediately thinking of Xiao Shizhu's explanation, Changqin simply followed the other party and said proudly: "But the most famous is the stove roasting, after brushing some good beast soul leg meat, brushed with a secret sauce, put into a special stone carved furnace, with the flame in the belly of our people, continue to bake." The heat is well controlled, so that the barbecue can be tender but not burnt, fragrant but not greasy. Then sprinkle some secret spices to make this barbecue aroma overflowing, and the more you chew, the more flavorful it becomes. ”。

I have to say that in addition to not leading troops to fight, Changqin can still do other things very well.

After a shortened statement, he actually swallowed a few times when the fox Qingping on the other side said it.

It seems that he is really hungry.

The two ghosts chatted while eating, and they were talking about some delicious topics. Hu Qingping explained every dish on the table to Changqin. As for Changqin, he told the delicacies of his hometown, the delicacies that could be recalled in the area of Zhurong Country in the past, to the prince of the Qingqiu Fox Country opposite.

Before you know it, you have passed three rounds of wine and five flavors of food.

The two ghosts were also full of food and drink, and Hu Qingping wanted to further implement his plan, so he raised his hand and patted it lightly.

After this crisp and loud applause landed, the musicians under the stone stage stopped playing.

After the birds and beasts around the stone platform were stunned, although they were still unfinished, they also slowly dispersed after the music stopped.

"I heard that your envoy is familiar with the rhythm of music and has a deep understanding of the guqin, so I specially prepared a small gift for you, I don't know if your envoy can like it. ”。

Hu Qingping had just finished speaking, and there were already palace slaves who had come to clean up the leftovers on the table. Immediately afterwards, a palace maid picked up a guqin and carefully placed it on the table in front of Changqin.

Changqin looked at it, and his eyes suddenly widened, and his eyes were full of surprise.

The guqin in front of me is Fuxi style, which is cut by the jade paulownia wood core in the underworld, the wood color is like jade, transparent and round and transparent, and it is equipped with a mussel emblem. The moist and delicate white jade piano and goose feet are exquisitely carved and give people a warm and moist beauty. Yueshan Jiaowei and so on are all made of red sandalwood, and the process is regular and does not appear abrupt. The body is painted vermilion and the antlers are gray. The whole body of the piano is dominated by small snake belly broken lines, and occasionally calf hair broken lines. The broken lines on the bottom of the piano are hidden like a sword, and the edge of the sword is raised, highlighting the antiquity of the piano surface.

Again, only in the ancient books of the Netherworld, I had seen a piano that was exactly the same as the guqin in front of me now.

"Your envoy must know that when the ancient gods were alive, they saw that the phoenix was gathered in Tong, which was like a piano, so he took 3,000 jade tung wood cores and soaked them in the ice water of the North Styx Sea for 3,300 years to prepare to cut the tung for the piano, and after scooping it up, only 30 pieces of wood core were left to be incorruptible and immortal. After carving and polishing, it was finally made into five guqins, which were called condensation. Hu Qingping, who was on the other side, saw that Changqin's eyes were straight, so he said slowly: "The ice spring is cold and the strings are condensed, and the condensation will not be silent for a while, so there is the first guqin in the underworld." ”。

"The five condensations are all about three feet six inches long, and five symbolize three hundred and sixty-five days in a year. All the instruments are about six inches wide, symbolizing the six seas and six directions. The piano is about two inches thick, which symbolizes the two poles of yin and yang. Changqin took the words, his eyes were indeed as if he was nailed to the guqin, and he was reluctant to move away, and at the same time, his mouth was like a river, telling everything he knew: "Because it is made according to the shape of the phoenix's body, its whole body corresponds to the phoenix's body, with a head, a neck, shoulders, a waist, a tail, and a foot." He also took the ice silk and condensed it into strings, and it took a lot of 7749 years to make seven strings for the guqin. The exposed part of the piano body, passing through the Yue Mountain and the dragon gum part, turns to a pair of goose feet at the bottom of the piano, symbolizing the seven stars in the sky. There are thirteen emblems on the surface, symbolizing the twelve months of the year and a leap month. ”。

As he spoke, Changqin's surprised gaze kept wandering left and right on Qin.

After a pause, Changqin said: "The front of the piano is wide and the back is narrow, symbolizing the difference between dignity and inferiority. The five strings of palace, business, horn, sign and feather symbolize the five social levels of king, courtier, people, affairs and things. The remaining two strings symbolize literature and martial arts, and have the meaning of the grace of monarchs and ministers. The qin has three kinds of timbres: overtones, press tones and scattered tones, which symbolize the harmony of heaven, earth and man. Since then, the underworld has had a number of etiquette. ”。

The fox Qingping on the other side of what Changqin said was stunned, and his face was full of surprise. He never expected that Changqin knew more than him.

After that, the war between the gods and demons began, and the five stalks were destroyed in the flames of war. There are two left, one of which was taken to the world by the ancient gods, and its whereabouts are unknown since then. After the founding of the Beiyin Dynasty, the remaining one also disappeared from Luo Yu Mountain and disappeared without a trace. Changqin slowly raised his head, looked at the opposite prince fox Qingping's confusion flashed in his eyes, and asked in surprise: "Why, why is this condensing guqin in your ghost country?"

Hu Qingping, who was relieved from his stunned thoughts, explained to Changqin: "It was fished up from the cold spring ice water under us." When I was young, I accidentally dropped the jade pendant given by my father into the water when I was playing here, so when I went down to salvage, I found this guqin lying quietly at the bottom of the spring. ”。

"I see. Changqin, who calmed down a little, sighed leisurely: "The prince is really blessed, I didn't expect that this guqin, which was once only seen in ancient books, was accidentally found by you." ”。

Saying this, he Changqin immediately showed envy.

But composure also sobered him up, and his sanity returned. Coupled with the previous off-string sound, Changqin secretly thought that Hu Qingping took out such a valuable thing at this time, and it was unlikely that it was to show off his wealth.

"Alas. Sure enough, the fox Qingping didn't take out this thing at this time to show off his wealth. He sighed and shook his head at the long qin, and said regretfully: "It's a pity that I don't know how to play the music, and I can't play the guqin, so I have never played this guqin, and this kind of good thing is really a waste in my hands." ”。

"Since your envoy knows so much, why don't you play a song with this one, so that I can hear what the first instrument made by this ancient god sounds. Soon, Prince Fox Qingping put away his regrets, and cast a look of expectation and request at Changqin: "I don't know if there is this ear blessing in the next place?"

Changqin was already vigilant, thinking that Hu Qingping had to pull him to be a traitor, and after thinking about it for a while, he secretly had a plan, so he nodded and agreed.

"It is my honor to be able to play the first guqin in heaven and earth, and it is also a guqin made by the ancient gods themselves. Slowly stretched out the long piano with ten fingers stretched out and put the ten fingers on the strings of the guqin, but he was not in a hurry to play, but looked directly at Hu Qingping, showing a little hesitation with a cautious look, and asked cautiously: "But this is the treasure that you finally found the prince, do you really feel free to let me play it?"

"Absolutely. Hu Qingping nodded his head without hesitation, but he didn't see the look on Changqin's face, and the expectant gaze after finishing speaking at this moment, all pretended.

Changqin loves the guqin very much, to the point of obsession, but he loves his ghost country even more.

How could he betray the Nine Shadows Kingdom for a guqin?

Changqin will always remember that it was Xiao Shizhu who sent troops without hesitation to help him quell the rebellion and take revenge. And at that time, Xiao Shizhu was not as powerful as it is now, but he still stood up resolutely in the Netherworld Mansion when no one helped Changqin.

For this alone, it is impossible for Changqin to be ungrateful.

What's more, he found that he was really not suitable to be a prince, even if he betrayed Xiao Shizhu, it was nothing more than sending someone else to the fence;

Hu Qingping once again underestimated the willpower of this human soul who was close at hand, and his loyalty to the Nine Shadows Kingdom and Xiao Shizhu.

Seeing that Hu Qingping nodded in response, Changqin couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart, so that he could follow his own plan and perform the trick naturally and smoothly.

Changqin immediately took advantage of the joy to show a natural pleasant color, and at the same time no longer hesitated, the ten fingers of both hands moved slowly, and the fingertips crossed the strings, plucking the seven strings on this guqin.

The sound of the piano sounded, and the sound of the piano was so loud that it was like a bell ringing and a horn sounding loudly, which was deafening. Once played, it is like thousands of horses, galloping past your ears.

Changqin's face was focused, and his eyes were fixed on the ten fingers flying past the strings in front of him, and the sound of the piano made people feel refreshed, ready to try.

Hearing the opposite, Hu Qingping seemed to see an army of 100,000 suddenly standing in front of him, waving his military flag to hunt in the wind, just behind Changqin.

My heart suddenly froze, and I secretly thought: "With such a murderous sound, could it be that our strategy has been revealed?"

Just thinking of this, the sound of the piano suddenly became poignant, like the autumn wind and snow, cold and cold, without pleasure.

Hu Qingping suddenly saw Changqin opposite, and the corners of his eyes flashed with crystal clear tears, and he was slightly stunned.

He didn't understand the sound of the piano very well now, and there was nothing else but desolation.

While Hu Qingping was busy figuring out the deep meaning of the piano sound, a tear from Changqin slowly dripped and fell on the back of his hand. The ten fingers continued to move without pause, and the fingertips slashed across the glittering strings, playing an even more sad melody.

A kind of sadness of losing the country, a kind of helplessness under the fence, was played by the long piano, and the misery in the heart was so vividly expressed.

For a while, even the prince fox Qingping opposite him, and the palace maids and palace slaves on the stone platform were all sad from their hearts, extremely sad.

The painful and sad past of the past comes to mind one by one.

The ears echoed with a rarely agitated piano song, and the bass was mournful and poignant, like crying. The poignant melody and bass are mournful and beautiful, making people want to cry more and more when they listen to it.

After a long time, the long piano stopped playing, and it was already in tears, his eyes were slightly red, and the homesickness on his face was unobstructed, mixed with sadness.

Seeing this, Hu Qingping secretly speculated in his heart, feeling that it was not Changqin who discovered his conspiracy, but just recalled the past.

After all, Zhu Rongguo's army once suffered a crushing defeat when he returned to China to quell the rebellion. Changqin fled in the chaos of the army, and since then he has been an official in the Nine Shadows Country, which is no longer a little-known thing.

After thinking about it for a while, Hu Qingping thought that Changqin must have been inspired by feelings, and after recalling his life experience, he would cry while playing such a sad piano song.

"I'm sorry to make the prince smile. After a long time, Changqin hurriedly raised his hand, covered his face with his sleeve, and wiped away tears and tear stains. But he couldn't wipe the sadness on his face.

"Your envoy is really proficient in music, and a piano piece can be played with such vivid feelings, and the sadness can be clearly heard through the piano sound. Hu Qingping sighed, and said: "It seems that this piano has found its owner." ”。

Changqin was stunned suddenly, looked at Hu Qingping opposite with an incredible gaze, and was speechless for a long time.

"I don't know the rhythm of music, and I don't know the piano skills, isn't this qin a waste in my hands?" Hu Qingping smiled and said: "I think it is better to send it to the ghost envoy and let it play more famous songs that have been famous for centuries." ”。

"This is too precious, and besides, if a gentleman does not win the love of others, how can I accept such a valuable gift. Changqin pretended to be surprised, stood up, and waved his hand at the prince fox Qingping again and again.

"The prince doesn't have to postpone, it's not about winning people's love, it's about complementing each other. Haoqin naturally has to be worthy of someone who understands it" Hu Qingping also stood up and said urgently: "I hope the prince will not postpone it." ”。

Changqin pretended to be stunned again, and only after a long time did he come to his senses, and asked Hu Qingping in a daze: "What do you call me?"

"Prince. Hu Qingping looked directly at Changqin's stunned eyes, and said bluntly: "You are the crown prince, the orthodox prince of Zhu Rongguo, isn't it right?"

The mountain breeze blows, and the grass and trees around the stone platform are swaying. The stone platform and the hanging pavilion were silent.

"I'm not, I'm not a prince now. After a while, Changqin in the Hanging Pavilion waved his hand in a panic and said, "I'm just a ghost envoy of the Nine Shadows Kingdom now, not a prince." ”。

Seeing his panicked appearance, Hu Qingping was secretly happy in his heart.

At this moment, the long qin muttered in a low voice: "It's gone, there's nothing to Zhu Rongguo, there's nothing left." ”。

The tone was full of loss and helplessness, and he slowly lowered his head as he spoke, wiping away the tears that flowed from the corners of his eyes again.

"Alas, the country is ruined, and sending people under the fence is not a long-term solution. Seeing this, Hu Qingping vividly interpreted the sorrow of the rabbit's dead fox, and squeezed out a few tears, followed the long qin with sadness, choked up, and said: "This kind of life is embarrassing." ”。

Changqin on the opposite side only cared about squeezing his tears, but did not make a sound, still bowing his head and crying silently.

He was carrying out a secretly planned mission according to Xiao Shizhu's deployment.

It made Hu Qingping think that he had hit the point, and when he was secretly happy, he said: "However, with the friendship between my country and your current lord, maybe I can beg my father to ask for a request for the King of Nine Shadows, so that he can seal you back to China and continue to be the King of Fire, inherit the land and people of Lingzun, and the royal power." Won't the prince be free again without restraints?"

"Really?"

Changqin, who suddenly looked up, looked at Hu Qingping's eyes with a little more expectation.

It seems to show that he is returning to his homeland like an arrow, and he also shows his desire to restore the identity of the prince and his agreement with Hu Qingping's proposal.

"Of course. Hu Qingping nodded without hesitation, and then said sonorously: "Unless the prince wants to send people under the fence for the rest of his life in the Nine Shadows Kingdom, otherwise, my father and I will definitely help." ”。

Words and sentences, so loudly. In firmness, it seems that it is incumbent on each other to help each other.

Surprise flashed on Changqin's face, and then he knelt on the ground with both knees, and when he kowtowed to Fox Qingping, he said in a grateful and urgent voice: "If the prince and the fox king can help me realize my wish to return to the country, Changqin is willing to saddle up the horse from now on, and everything will be done." ”。

When Hu Qingping saw him like this, his eyes narrowed, and his eyes were full of pride.

Then he hurriedly leaned over and picked up the long qin, which was trembling slightly with excitement: "The prince doesn't have to be so polite, get up quickly." ”。

In Hu Qingping's opinion, half of the task given to him by his father Qingqiu Fox King has been completed, and the rest is how to persuade Changqin to secretly join his camp......

Shuoyue Island, in the northern harbor.

It's still full of sails and seagulls flying. The harbor is bustling with hustle and bustle.

A big treasure ship docked in the harbor, slowly raising the white sails and the dragon flag of the Northern Yin Dynasty, slowly sailed away from the harbor, and headed towards the sea.

This big ship was carrying the ghost officials and sailors of the Beiyin Dynasty who had transported the compensation materials here, as well as Wei Zheng, who was responsible for taking them back to Liutian Continent.

There were also dozens of tall transport ships like mountains and islands that left with the big ship, all of which were from the Northern Yin Dynasty.

The only difference is that it comes with a load of goods and coins, so the draft is deeper and the travel speed is slower. Now when I left, the warehouse was empty, the draft was naturally shallower, and the speed had increased.

When the flagship's big treasure ship slowly sailed out of the stone forest surrounding the sea around Shuoyue Island, it finally saw the vast blue sea and blue sky again.

Lord Wu of the Beiyin Dynasty, who was on the boat, stood at the head of the bed with a scepter in his hand, looking into the distance in front of the treasure ship, and the place where the sea and the sky were successive.

Looking at the vast sky and sea, Lord Wu's mood did not suddenly brighten.

What Lord Wu experienced on Shuoyue Island is still vivid in my mind.

In addition to the strength of the Nine Shadows Kingdom and the advanced infrastructure facilities that opened Lord Wu's eyes, when Wei Zheng was released, Ying Zhao's words and deeds and Wei Zheng's attitude were still fresh in Lord Wu's memory.

Therefore, he also secretly became suspicious of Wei Zheng.

Why does Ying Zhao still need someone to explain when he speaks? Why does he have to be sneaky? Why didn't Wei Zheng dare to look directly at it, not dare to answer, let alone refute Ying Zhao?

All of this made Lord Wu have to suspect that Wei Zheng might have defected.

And Wei Zheng was indeed treated well, not only his complexion was ruddy and shiny, but he also made a lot of fortune.

Compared to when he was in the hell under Luo Yu Mountain, the treatment was indeed much better.

Lord Wu was originally reluctant to suspect Wei Zheng in his heart, but judging from the general signs, Wei Zheng seemed to have reached some kind of agreement with the Nine Shadows Kingdom, which made people have to be suspicious.

The blue waves are rolling, and the big treasure ship rides the wind and waves, all the way north on the sea.

Lord Wu, who was still standing on the deck, and who didn't come up with a result after thinking about it, summoned a ghost official to his side and asked, "What is Lord Wei Zheng doing?"

The ghost officer thought for a moment and said, "He didn't do anything, he kept himself in his cabin after getting on the ship, and he didn't do anything." We weren't allowed to go in, maybe Lord Wei needed to rest and sleep. ”。

When Lord Wu heard this, he motioned for the ghost official to go down first.

After the ghost officials left, Lord Wu stood on the deck facing the sea breeze, and the suspicion of Wei Zheng in his heart became even heavier.

Who has nothing to do and locks himself in the cabin for most of the day, and doesn't allow him to disturb him?

He felt that Wei Zheng's actions, as long as they were combined with Ying Zhao's words and deeds towards Wei Zheng that night, were very good.

It's just that although Lord Wu expected it so, he didn't dare to be arbitrary.

After thinking about it for a long time, he decided to repair the book first and tell Emperor Xudu all this, so that it would be better for His Majesty of the Northern Yin Dynasty to decide.

Thinking of this, Lord Wu was no longer standing on the deck, he turned around and strode towards the cabin. After going to repair the book, the flying pigeon passed the book to the capital of Xudu.

But he will never know that the suspicion in his heart is that Xiao Shizhu asked Yingzhao to leave a generous 'heavy gift' to him, the Northern Yin Dynasty, and the Emperor Xudu.

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