Chapter Twenty-Three: Spring and Snow
"What?" The eldest brother asked the driver outside the box.
"The car ahead of the road chief stopped." The coachman replied.
The eldest brother opened the door in front of the carriage, Chen Fan also looked along the gap, only to see that someone got into Jia Daochang's car, and did not see the specific appearance, and then the carriage in front of him continued to move forward, the eldest brother also closed the door, and everyone continued to set off.
After this interruption, Chen Fan had no intention of continuing to ask, and it was a pity that he couldn't ride a horse, otherwise, he could have asked for a horse to ride, and by the way, he could take a look at the scenery on the road. Fortunately, it was better to sit in the carriage than to ride a horse, and the carriage was not in a hurry or slow, and it took about half an hour to reach the port.
Chen Fan got out of the carriage and saw two or three stalls selling snacks set up in two or three places, the business of the stalls was not bad, most of the people who ate were dressed as fishermen, it was currently noon, it was estimated that they had just sold out of fish, went to the stall to have lunch, and then packed up their things and went home.
There is a five-sailing boat parked by the river, with a huge hull, solid and smooth texture, giving people a feeling of sturdiness and reliability. This is a battleship, there are still some soldiers standing on the board, the eldest brother led everyone to board the ship, the ship did not delay, immediately set sail and sailed to Gusu.
At this time, everyone was concentrated in the cabin on the second floor, Chen Fan was curiously looking at the two new members of the team, one was about the same age as him, at most one or two years older, and the other was a little older, but it would not exceed twenty, the common characteristics of the two people were that they looked like Sven, elegant manners, and handsome faces.
Jia Daochang took the lead in breaking the silence, "Poor Dao Jia Shuo, come to introduce you to the next two friends, this is Yuying, erudite and talented, excellent piano skills, this Yajun, diligent and studious, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are all fine." Master Jia introduced to everyone.
"Yuying, Yajun, isn't this a name you've heard when you were eating at Mochizuki Tower? How did you get together with Jia Daochang? And it was their stage names that were told, and they didn't deliberately hide their identities, which is strange. Chen Fan was secretly curious in his heart, but he pretended not to know on his face, without the slightest surprise.
"Don't dare, the mage is too pretty. My little brother and I bothered this time, and we should play a song on the piano and express our gratitude, I don't know if you are willing to appreciate it? Jade Shadow replied.
"I can't ask for it, in Xia Chen Daotan, what do you need on the ship, although I am informed, this time the boat can go to Gusu in about three or four hours, and dinner will be prepared by the next, I hope you don't want to refuse. The names of Jade Shadow and Yajun have been admired for a long time, and it is really fortunate to be able to see them today, but the building boat is simple, and the two of them have been wronged. "As the receptionist of this ship, the eldest brother took the conversation first.
"Chen Langjun is polite." It was still Jade Shadow who replied.
"I'll introduce you to the two, the mage and the iron brothers were in the same car with the two just now, I won't say more, this Xiao Qing is my aunt's cousin, he has a good martial arts, that is Huang Yan, Huang Shi, is the cousin's master, this brother Chen Fasheng, you can call him Fasheng, now the level of chess skills is quite high, this time he has entered the top ten in the county, and Yajun is the same age, you can learn from each other." The eldest brother introduced. Hou Feng next to him, I don't know if I forgot to introduce it, or I ignored it, when I talked about this, I didn't continue to say, as for the eldest brother's little girl, I didn't follow up to the second floor.
Chen Fan nodded politely to the two, took over and said: "This Hou Feng, Brother Hou, is my companion, his martial arts are much stronger than me, and he is righteous, as for me, I am not as good as my eldest brother said, and my chess skills are average, and there are no masters in the small county town, plus I am lucky, but I just won by luck." "Chen Fan doesn't want to talk too much now, in case he loses the chess, it will be so faceless.
"You can ask Yajun for advice, this opportunity is not it, let Brother Wei see how your chess skills are, even your father is praising you now." The eldest brother didn't seem to want to let Chen Fan go.
"Let's listen to Yulangjun's piano first, this is a real rare opportunity, I haven't heard anyone touch the piano for a long time." Chen Fan diverted the topic and said.
"Exactly, exactly, there is Brother Lao Yu." The eldest brother didn't continue to be serious, and turned to look at Jade Shadow.
"Then I'll be ugly." Yuying took out the piano she was carrying, put it on the desk, adjusted it gently, and played it like that.
The sound of the piano moved lightly, gradually high, Chen Fan looked at the fingering of the two hands of the jade shadow intently, the fingering of the piano has scattered, supported, split, wiped, hooked, etc., Chen Fan because of the reason for mapping the piano score, he knows, but he has not experienced it personally, today I saw the playing of the jade shadow, and the desire to learn soared, but unfortunately he only copied a song "Yangchun White Snow", and this song is not, but this does not prevent Chen Fan from hooking the strings in his heart and thinking about the playing of "Yangchun White Snow".
After the song was played, the sound of the piano stopped abruptly, and Chen Fan didn't know it.
"Good song, the piano sound is tactful, the frustration is melodious, this "Narcissus", in the hands of Brother Yu, is perfect. You see, the Dharma students were stunned. The eldest brother of the Chen family said.
Seeing that Chen Fan was still staring at Yuying's qin, everyone couldn't help laughing.
Everyone's voices pulled Chen Fan out of deep thought, Chen Fan didn't mind everyone's jokes, and then said: "Big brother said yes, it must be excellent, my eldest brother praises people, but he is even harsher than my father, if you want to come to Yulangjun's piano skills, it must be amazing." ”
"What do you mean, aren't you learning the piano? What do you think of it yourself? It's been a long time since I've heard you play the piano, Aqing, you live close to Fasheng, have you ever listened to Fasheng play? The eldest brother was very dissatisfied with Chen Fan's idea, and immediately pulled Xiao Qing up, it seemed that he was preparing to find the allies.
"Nope." Xiao Qing immediately shook his head, it seemed that he had no intention of helping Fa Sheng in this matter of playing the piano.
Fortunately, under the influence of Gong Qing, although Chen Fan is not intimidating, when it comes to reasons, it is also a set of reasons, "Brother, isn't my knowledge shallow, I haven't heard this song, I don't know what it is, how to judge?" If you take me out for a walk, listen to music, and gain a long insight, then I must know it too. "I secretly said in my heart, you go to the South Wind Pavilion, I know, next time you don't take me, there will be a statement.
"Then what song will you make? If you don't play it too, please give you some advice. The eldest brother said without hesitation.
Chen Fan quickly thought in his heart, mainly because he didn't know any tunes, and all he remembered was "Yangchun White Snow", but at present, the fingering is unfamiliar, and it can't be said to be rusty, because he hasn't played it at all, so he can only ask for help.
At the moment, he saluted Yuying and said: "Yulangjun, I learned "Yangchun Baixue" earlier, but I can't remember it clearly, I wonder if Langjun can teach me?" Chen Fan is convinced that as long as he watches someone play it once, he should be able to play it, after all, the score is in his mind.
"Fa Sheng Mo is not joking?" Suddenly, Yajun next to him took over and said, "How can this "Yangchun White Snow" be taught all at once, why don't you change the song?" ”
Chen Fan wanted to change, but he only copied this one before leaving, and he couldn't do anything else, could it be that there is nothing else to say about this "Spring and White Snow"? I secretly doubted in my heart, but I didn't have to change it! At the moment, he said: "I'll learn this piano another day, why don't I talk to Yajun about a game?" "If playing the piano and chess are all pits and have to jump, Chen Fan would rather choose to play chess.
"Fa Sheng, playing the piano is playing the piano, and hand talk is hand talking, you can play the piano first, and then talk with your hands." The eldest brother next to him interjected.
"Brother, don't you know, I didn't bring my piano with me when I went to Gusu this time, I wonder if the eldest brother lent it to me?" Chen Fan replied without hesitation, thinking to himself, if this is not his brother, I will have to let you teach me to play, hey, could it be that the eldest brother wants to play? But fortunately, it also gave the eldest brother a problem, either he opened his mouth to borrow it from Yuying, or he brought it himself, and then he knew his thoughts.
"How can I have a piano, and I never play it, I wonder if Brother Yu can lend it to his brother to play?" The eldest brother did not hesitate to shirk himself first, and then borrowed from Yuying.
"Of course, if you can listen to the sound of the piano, let alone lend it to the Fa Sheng, you can give it to the Fa Sheng." Jade Shadow said generously.
Chen Fan knew that he couldn't shirk it at this time, so he walked over and said, "Then I'll try." ”
Yuying had already gotten up, let go of the seat, and asked Yuying to play again at this time, which was obviously inappropriate, and gently tried the technique on the strings at the moment, although it was a little rusty, but the basic movements were also smooth. No longer hesitated at the moment, and played according to the music score in his memory.
What Chen Fan didn't know was that "Yangchun and White Snow" is one of the top ten ancient Chinese songs, "Yangchun" "takes all things to know spring, and the wind is light", and "White Snow" "takes the awe-inspiring and clean, the sound of snow and bamboo". Due to the superb art and great difficulty, there is an idiom in China, called Qu Gao and Low is from playing "Yangchun White Snow", which means that it is easy for people to echo the low difficulty of the sound, and there are many people, but because "Yangchun White Snow" is very difficult, there are very few people who echo it, and there is also the idiom Qu Gao and Less.
Chen Fan felt that his fingers were a little rusty at first, but the more he played, the smoother he became, and gradually raised his head, his eyes did not need to look at the strings, and he could still clearly feel the position of the piano, just like typing with a computer, although he did not look at the keyboard, he could still type out each word accurately. Especially when I played the second half of "White Snow", the cool feeling on my body came faintly, the sound of the piano was cold, through the air, pure and elegant with strength and strength, smooth as the wind with ethereal elegance, a song, no more jerky, Chen Fan slowly closed his eyes and carefully experienced the feeling of playing just now.
"Fa Sheng, is that you? Is that you? Chen Fan opened his eyes and looked at his eldest brother with wide-eyed eyes and curiosity.
"Who are you? Have we seen it? Chen Fan asked the eldest brother very cooperatively.
"You don't know me anymore?" The eldest brother shouted, "I'm your eldest brother!" ”
"Oh, if you're my eldest brother, then I'm Chen Fasheng." Chen Fan nodded and said calmly.
"Poof!" Yajun next to him couldn't help laughing.
The eldest brother looked at Yajun, and then at the other people with smiling faces, a little embarrassed, and said at the moment: "Aren't I nervous about you, why are you playing the piano so well?" Listen to the music in the future, Fa Sheng, you can play it for me. You just played "Yangchun Baixue", do you know, "Yangchun Baixue", this is a very difficult score, no, you won't say that you learned a song "Yangchun Baixue", and as soon as you learn it, it is "Yangchun Baixue"? ”