Chapter 45: The Carillon
In the afternoon, in the gazebo.
Cai Yan and Liu Yifan knelt facing each other, and there was a long case with a guqin in front of each other.
Dong Feng and Jiang Wei still didn't know what they were busy with, and they left after lunch. Only Wei Zhongdao is still on the side, it seems that as he said, today is going to be by Cai Yan's side for a day.
Wei Zhongdao sat on the railing of the pavilion, leaning against the pavilion pillar. Because it was behind Cai Yan, the unhappiness and anger on his face at this moment were not concealed in the slightest, obviously deliberately for Liu Yifan to see.
In the past, everyone who dared to approach his sister Yan would be frightened away by the sect behind him and this unkind face. It's just that today's set of combos doesn't seem to have much effect, and the other party is not affected at all.
Liu Yifan didn't squint, just looked at Cai Yan.
This Wei Zhongdao can be regarded as understandable, unless he does not appear in Cai Yan's field of vision, otherwise he will be hated by the other party for whatever he does.
This benevolent brother should be regarded as loving to a sick realm, in Liu Yifan's opinion, this kind of guy who can be called a psychopath is destined to be impossible to get together with Cai Yan, unless some miracle happens.
Cai Yan asked, "I heard Gongzi call the guqin a guzheng in the morning, it seems that this is the first time I have seen this kind of musical instrument with my own eyes, right?"
Liu Yifan smiled and said, "Yes, although I have heard of the name before, it is the first time I have seen the real thing, which makes Miss Cai smile." ”
Cai Yan smiled lightly and said, "In this way, Liu Gongzi should know nothing about the guqin." ”
Seeing Liu Yifan nodding, Cai Yan bowed slightly and said, "Then I'll give you a brief introduction." This guqin is passed down from the ancient era of chivalry. It is said that it was created by Fu Xi, the "Nine Heavens Xuanyin", who was the first in the world of martial arts at that time. Later, he was a hidden master, and the "Sixteen Dao People" Shun Dingqin was a five-string. ”
"A thousand years later, there were two top masters in the Huatian Sect, which dominated the martial arts at that time, known as the two kings of civil and military affairs. These two are brothers, and they are even more piano idiots. In the end, under the study of the two of them all their lives, King Wen Ji Chang added a string, and King Wu Ji Fa added a string, completely reaching a perfect state of guqin, which has been passed down to this day. Therefore, the guqin is also known as the Wenwu lyre. ”
Liu Yifan looked like a good student and listened very seriously. Although he has this knowledge in his mother's encyclopedia, he understands it in seconds. But where is the taste of the beauty explained in person, and the memory is more profound?
If his guitar teacher had been a beautiful woman, maybe he wouldn't have just played for a few days and then gave up.
Cai Yan continued: "There are many forms of this guqin. It will vary depending on the intention of the maker, or the materials used at the time. For example, the Jiaowei piano in front of me belongs to the Fuxi style. The name bell in front of Liu Gongzi is also called the bell type. ”
Of course, these are just external perceptions, no matter how similar the materials are, how the shape is the same, it is in the hands of the same person who cuts the qin, and the timbre of the piano is also very different. After all, the piano is a musical instrument, and the timbre is the most important. ”
Liu Yifan nodded and said: "This is the same as a person, even if it is a child born to the same father, no matter how similar the appearance is, the personality is different, and the achievements after growing up are even more different." But since people are human beings, a heroic and righteous spirit is the foundation!"
Cai Yan was stunned at first, but he didn't expect Liu Yifan to suddenly say such an analogy, and said: "It's interesting that Liu Gongzi understands it like this." ”
Then he continued: "Liu Gongzi, please see if there are many small white dots on this piano surface. This one is called Emblem, and there are thirteen of them. This characteristic is common to all instruments, in order to give those who have not achieved great skill in the piano so that they can find the correct phoneme. ”
"Although it can be used with both left and right hands when playing the guqin, it is completely different from Liu Gongzi's previous playing method. First of all, the little fingers of both hands will not be used. In the performance of the guqin, it is also called forbidden fingers. ”
"The fingering of the left and right hands is also different. Today, Liu Gongzi is a beginner, so let's start with the basic fingering of the right hand. Liu Gongzi, please imitate the appearance and position of my right hand. ”
Liu Yifan did as he was told, and the whole person was completely immersed in a state of learning. How long has it been since he graduated from college?
When one delves into it completely, time always flies. When Cai Yan taught Liu Yifan the eight fingering techniques of "wiping, picking, hooking, ticking, hitting, picking, splitting, and supporting" on his right hand, it was almost evening.
At dinnertime, Cai Yan, who has always rarely spoken, suddenly praised Liu Yifan's talent in the piano. Dong Feng and Jiang Wei looked surprised and admired, and Liu Yifan was ashamed to see it, but he could only say that he praised it falsely.
Only Wei Zhongdao didn't say a word from beginning to end, just silently wiped out the food in front of him, I don't know if he took the food as Liu Yifan to vent his anger.
After dinner, everyone gathered together to cook some plum wine, and after chatting for a while, they prepared to go back to their respective houses to rest.
At Cai Yan's request, Liu Yifan brought back the carillon used to learn the piano in the afternoon, saying that from now on, he would cultivate his feelings with this piano and try to keep the piano from his body.
Liu Yifan knew that Cai Yan was imparting her experience to herself without reservation, and thanked him again and again, and was grateful in his heart. But I still couldn't recognize it and complained a little: If it is time to untie my hand, will it be difficult to let the guqin be smoked outside the door?
Liu Yifan went back to the house with the carillon in his arms. didn't notice at all that Wei Zhongdao was stunned when he heard that Cai Yan actually asked Liu Yifan to hold the trumpet carillon to cultivate his feelings.
and after reacting, the murderous posture that seemed to be going to be eaten alive, and then swallowed and flayed.
But even if Liu Yifan sees it, he won't understand anything, at most, he thinks that the vinegar jar is about to start spraying vinegar again.
Liu Yifan, a musical instrument and a double white with experience in the rivers and lakes, how did he know that this carillon is one of the four qins of the Zhiyin Valley.
It is impossible for ordinary people to even see each other, and even the old friend of the valley owner Cai Yong is extremely rare to touch. Now Cai Yan is so casually asked Liu Yifan to cultivate feelings.
Wei Zhongdao knew that this piano must have only been lent to Liu Yifan temporarily, but this was also a signal that could not be ignored. He obviously felt that Cai Yan's attitude towards Liu Yifan had changed.
He has been practicing piano skills for ten years, just to be able to enter the heart of Cai Yan, who has loved the piano since he was a child. I want to know her better, get closer to her, so that people who have called him Zhongdao brother since he was a child can look at him differently and take a step forward in their feelings.
But although he is diligent, he suffers from the lack of talent in the piano. It may seem very powerful to outsiders, but he knows that it is far from being able to enter the eyes of his Yan sister. He was depressed, he was afraid, because Cai Yan gave him more and more distance.
Perhaps it is this kind of frightened love that makes Wei Zhongdao change from being cheerful and heroic to being so timid and narrow-minded now.
And he has always been worried that one day there will be that person with superb piano skills to attract Cai Yan. But I didn't expect it to come so quickly, so inexplicably, what made Cai Yan look at it differently would be a person who couldn't play the piano!
Wei Zhongdao's back when he left the pavilion was a little lonely, and no one knew that the fire in his heart was burning at the moment.
Liu Yifan returned to the bamboo house, thinking that Cai Yan said that he wanted to cultivate a relationship with the qin, and he would not leave his body, so he simply slept in the same bed with the carillon.
In the next two days, between the two of them teaching and learning, they felt that time flew by, and it was time for Cai Yan and his party to return to Rejuvenation Valley.
The only thing that made Liu Yifan feel strange was that Wei Zhongdao's figure disappeared during this period, and he never appeared again since that day.