"Master Mu, why are you here?" Yang Xianrong didn't want to provoke more people, so he just asked him very indifferently, "The palace is still under curfew." ”

Master Mu grinned and thought to himself, "Didn't you blow shakuhachi?" However, he didn't dare to say this, and lowered his head and said, "Yes, yes, the curfew is also to check the situation everywhere." The palace people who cleaned Yingliu Lake were afraid that there would be unjust ghosts, so they all shirked and didn't want to come over to clean it. The slave was also in charge, so he came over hard. ”

"Well, thank you for your hard work." Yang Xianrong nodded, "This palace is here to see, there is nothing else." ”

"The queen mother also came to blow shakuhachi? This ......" Master Mu hesitated.

"What do you say first?" Yang Xianrong was very kind, "Don't worry, this palace is just here to try the timbre, if it is blown in the Tianyuan Palace, I am afraid that it will affect the rest of others." ”

"Yes, yes, the queen is considerate." Master Mu hurriedly bowed down again, "The weather is pretty good tonight, but don't stay too long, I'm afraid the night will be cold." ”

"Okay." Yang Xianrong held his shakuhachi, "Does Master Mu know that there is an old lady who knows shakuhachi on the fourth day of the new year?" ”

"Hey, is it all like this?" Master Mu's voice couldn't help but raise a lot.

"What do you mean by that?" Yang Xianrong followed closely.

"That's Mama Yu, just an old palace maid, who can play shakuhachi, but it's not so magical." Master Mu looked helpless, "Maybe it's because on the shore of Yingliu Lake, it will seem that the voice will be tactful and listening." Anyway, the slave is familiar with Mama Yu, and he didn't hear how good she was at all. ”

"Oh? Where is she? Yang Xianrong glanced at Lan Xiang, Lan Xiang's eyes narrowed, and she looked around.

"If you want to see her, I'll call her, and she'll live in the utility room to the south."

"Okay." Now that you have a direction, you naturally want to see it.

Soon, Master Mu brought an old lady and walked over quickly.

This Mama Yu is actually over sixty years old, and her figure is slightly rickety, but her spirit is quite good, and there is still some heroism between her eyebrows and eyes.

"I've seen the Queen Mother." Mama Yu knelt down and kowtowed.

Yang Xianrong glanced at her clothes again, the light of the lantern was not bright, and it was only vague to see that her palace clothes were also worn, and even the hem was a little torn and turned into strips of cloth.

"Why didn't Mama Yu leave the palace to retire?"

"There is no one at home for a long time, and I signed a dead file with the palace." Mama Yu is very well-behaved, even after the salute, she didn't stand up immediately, "The old slave is old, and he originally wanted to go out of the palace to retire. However, Master Mu took pity on me, and felt that if the old slave was allowed to go to Jinyong City to retire, he might not have good conditions in the palace. He said that it would be good for me to feed the fish every day on the shore of Yingliu Lake, and if I was really sick, I would go out of the palace again. ”

"Well, there is a need for manpower everywhere in the palace, and since Master Mu has arranged it like this, so be it." Yang Xianrong didn't want to care about so many things, looking at this Mama Yu's body was still tough, her face was very soft and kind. "Some people say you're good at playing shakuhachi?"

"It's just a lie. The skill of shakuhachi is important, but the most important thing is the shakuhachi itself. Mama Yu glanced at the shakuhachi in Yang Xianrong's hand and asked, "Those few syllables just now, but the queen mother played them?" ”

"Oh, yes. It's practice, and I haven't blown it for a long time. Yang Xianrong picked up his shakuhachi, a little surprised.

"Can you let the old slave try your shakuhachi?" Mama Yu looked at the shakuhachi in Yang Xianrong's hand.

"Okay." This shakuhachi was bought by her in Taean County, and it can't be considered a valuable thing. I was just thinking about whether I should find an expensive one, maybe the tone would be better.

Mama Yu took the shakuhachi, stroked it once, and played a short song facing Yingliu Lake.

A few strands of syllables overflowed, and faintly under the moonlight, fish could be seen jumping out of the water.

Yang Xianrong and Lan Xiang were a little speechless by the situation in front of them, and glanced at each other.

Lan Xiang exclaimed: "Mama Yu's skills are really amazing. ”

"False praise." Mama Yu took the shakuhachi, wiped it clean again, and handed it back to Lan Xiang. "The queen's shakuhachi is really ordinary, not a boutique."

"Hmm." Yang Xianrong didn't hide it, "It's just that it was brought over by Tai'an County and bought on a whim." ”

"It's too ordinary, just blow it casually on weekdays. If it is performed at the big cold banquet now, this is really not possible. ”

"How do you know that Hongu wants to perform at the Great Cold Banquet?" Yang Xianrong was shocked.

Mama Yu may have consciously said the wrong thing, so she quickly knelt down again, leaned over and said, "The old slave has trespassed, and you shouldn't speculate about the master's meaning." ”

"It's okay, you can say it." Yang Xianrong waved his hand, "Get up and talk back, this ground is also cold." ”

"Thank you, Queen." Mama Yu was very grateful and thanked her again and again. "Actually, many concubines and ladies in the harem have already begun to prepare for the big cold banquet. Concubine Li and Rumeiren, who died before, came to the old slave and asked if they could learn a thing or two. But the old slave said that this shakuhachi learning is not overnight, or because of a piece of music, you can be able to astonish, and you must practice all year round. ”

"Hmm." Hearing Concubine Li's name, Yang Xianrong remembered what happened to Concubine Li's father that day, and sighed softly. "I heard that Concubine Li also got a music score, but is it true?"

"The old slave doesn't know about this." Mama Yu shook her head, "When Concubine Li came here to practice, she was very devoted, maybe it was because of this that she drowned, it's a pity." ”

"Man is in the ground, and he has passed." Yang Xianrong could only sigh a few times.

"The old slave is not good at blowing shakuhachi, but he can do shakuhachi." Mama Yu's eyes suddenly flashed, "I don't dare to boast, but the shakuhachi made by the old slave can indeed be said to be unparalleled in the world." It is capable of penetrating the mind and dispersing the souls of the dead. ”

“…… How so? ”

"If the queen mother is willing, you can move to the old slave's residence, which is in the utility room over there, and the shakuhachi made by the old slave is placed in it."

"Okay." Yang Xianrong was also curious, especially when he saw the rhythm of Mama Yu's blowing of the ruler just now, he became more and more interested and wanted to see it.

At Mama Yu's residence, Yang Xianrong saw a jet-black shakuhachi.

Generally speaking, shakuhachi is made of bamboo. But this shakuhachi is not bamboo to the touch, and it is even a little cold, as if there is a cold air gushing out of the ruler hole, which makes people feel inexplicably afraid.

"The queen can try to play a song, and you can feel it right away." Mama Yu admired Yang Xianrong very much, and took a fancy to this shakuhachi at a glance, "Your vision is really different." ”

Yang Xianrong was also suspicious, and played a tune of "Sauvignon Blanc" that he had used as an exercise.

Soon, she realized the difference.

The shakuhachi is full of spirituality as if it had come to life, and often just one syllable was blown out, and the rest of the sound seemed to flow out, without any effort at all.

If it weren't for the fact that she couldn't remember the rest of the score, I'm afraid she would have to keep playing.

"This ...... Sure enough, it's extraordinary. What is it made of? I feel like a fairy, and I can even understand the mind of the performer. Yang Xianrong stroked this shakuhachi and sighed.

Mama Yu smiled brightly, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes gathered together, "The queen knows the goods, this is made of human bones." ”

(End of chapter)