On the south bank of the Yue Kingdom, Qinhuai City, after the great flood twenty or thirty years ago, this ancient city famous for its singing and dancing has regained its vitality.

There is a Wuyi Lane in the west of the city, and there is a piano hall at the end of the alley that teaches people to learn the piano.

The owner of the piano hall is a pair of sisters, the elder sister is called Bai Qiu'er, and the younger sister is called Bai Dong'er.

Bai Qiu'er is about ten years old, and Bai Dong'er is nearly twenty-eight.

These two sisters also don't know where they learned the piano skills, and as soon as they play the piano, they are like flowing clouds and water. Therefore, it attracts a lot of guqin lovers to learn and gather in the piano hall.

On this day, a young man came to the piano hall, who looked like a crown of jade and had a graceful demeanor.

Sister Bai Qiu'er stepped forward and asked, "Sir, your surname, are you here to learn the piano?"

The young man smiled, "Not bad. In Xia Qinguan, the word is less traveling, and I come here and want to learn the piano from Master Bai. ”

Bai Qiu'er looked him up and down and asked, "Mr. Qin, how many years have you studied the piano before, and what level have you reached now?"

Qin Guan shook his head: "The disciple doesn't know anything about playing the piano. ”

"Ah, then you have to start from scratch? The library charges beginners a tuition fee, one or two silver a month. ”

"No problem, Master Bai, this is ten taels of silver, please accept it. ”

Bai Qiu'er put away the silver, and then called her sister over: "Mr. Qin is just a beginner, so you are responsible for your sister." ”

Bai Dong'er was only fifteen years old, and she was still a young girl in her cardamom years, with good looks, lively and cute, and ran over to Qin Guan and said, "The children I teach here are all eight or nine years old, and the oldest is only eleven or twelve years old, Mr. Qin, you won't mind, right?"

Qin Guan smiled: "It's okay, you just treat me as a young child." ”

Bai Dong'er led him to a big room next to him, sat with a dozen boys, each with a piano in front of him, and then began to teach him how to play the piano.

Qin Guan studied in the piano hall for an hour every day, whether it was windy or rainy, every afternoon, he came on time, and after learning, he sometimes went to Bai Qiu'er's other class to watch their performances, but he only watched for a short time and left.

His progress in learning the piano was very fast, so fast that Bai Dong'er was surprised.

"Mr. Qin, you really haven't practiced before?"

"It's true that I'm a beginner, but there are people in my family who like this, so I don't know anything about seeing them play the piano. ”

Bai Dong'er smiled sweetly: "Then I'm going to speed up the progress, you have learned the elementary fingering, and there are intermediate and advanced skills below, as long as you can keep up, I will teach you everything." ”

"Thank you, Master Bai. ”

Bai Dong'er waved his hand and said, "I'm young, don't call me master, just call me by my name." ”

"It's not appropriate, is it?"

"Suitable, suitable. ”

Qin Guan smiled slightly: "That's good." Dong'er, before I came, I heard that your grandfather was good at playing the qin, and he was a well-known pianist, right?"

Hearing this, Bai Dong'er's face changed, and she no longer had an innocent image, and only said after a while: "That's right, my old man was the first violinist in Qinhuai City back then, but his hands were abolished many years ago, and the piano shop under his name was also taken away by others, so my sister can only make a living by teaching piano." ”

Qin Guan asked, "How old is your grandfather this year, and what is the situation when his hands are wasted?"

"My grandfather is 70 years old this year, and he is not in good health, and the muscles in his hands have withered, and he looks like skin and bones. ”

"When I finish learning the piano, can you take me to his old man's house, I still want to learn how to play the piano with him." ”

Bai Dong'er's little head shook like a rattle: "No, no, my grandfather has not wanted to see anyone except his own family since he was disabled!"

Qin Guan didn't say much: "Learn the piano first, and then talk about making the piano when I can play a tune." ”

Three months later, Qin Guan's skill in playing the piano had surpassed that of all the apprentices in the piano hall.

Some apprentices have been studying in the hall for a long time, and some people are good at playing the piano themselves, and they came here just to learn, but these people can't help but be impressed when they see Qin Guan's piano skills in three months and listen to him play it once, as if it is a natural sound.

The two hall owners, the Bai family sisters, were full of praise for him: "Mr. Qin, you can become a teacher." We have already taught all the techniques that can be taught, in this mortal world, your piano skills are almost to the limit, and if you want to go up, only the immortals can do it. ”

Qin Guan thanked him repeatedly, and then once again proposed that he wanted to see the old man.

Bai Dong'er still shook her head: "No, no, no." My grandfather didn't want to see outsiders. ”

Bai Qiu'er also said: "Mr. Qin, there is really no way. The old man has been disabled for many years, and he sits at the window every day to bask in the sun, and he doesn't want to see him except for our sisters, even if they are members of his own family. ”

Qin Guan smiled: "I have an immortal method that can restore the old man's arm to its original state." ”

Bai Dong'er immediately shouted: "You deceive people, how can there be such an immortal method?"

Qin Guan said again: "In addition to being able to treat the disability of my arm, I also have an elixir that can make him twenty years younger in an instant. ”

When Bai Dong'er heard this, she couldn't help but stick out her little tongue: "You brag that your skin is getting bigger and bigger, how can there be such an elixir?"

Bai Qiu'er's expression became solemn: "Mr. Qin, what you said is true?"

Qin Guan nodded: "Whether it's true or not, you'll know it at first sight." After learning the piano for three months, you always have an impression of whether you are a good person or a bad person. ”

Bai Qiu'er gritted her teeth: "Then I'll take you over." ”

Bai Dong'er pulled her sleeve: "Sister, grandpa will scold you!"

"If you are scolded, you have to give it a try, I see that Mr. Qin is not an ordinary person, if he is an ordinary person, he can't learn such superb piano skills in three months!"

"That's right. It's the first time I've ever seen someone learn the piano so fast, it's a miracle. ”

The two closed the piano hall and led Qin Guan to the depths of Wuyi Lane.

There is a small courtyard at the bottom of the alley, which looks very quaint, not like the newly built one after the great flood, the courtyard is full of bamboo, five or six houses in the middle, and there are three wings on each side.

Qin Guan followed the two sisters to the main hall, and when he went in, he saw that a skinny old man was sitting at the window basking in the sun, his arms were hanging low, and his sleeves were empty, as if he had no arms.

Seeing someone come in, the old man simply turned his head away.

Bai Qiu'er walked over and shouted, "Grandpa, I invited a gentleman to come over, and he said that he could heal your hand!"

The old man snorted coldly: "My hands have been wasted for more than thirty years, if you are not a member of the immortal family, don't say such big words." ”

Bai Dong'er walked over, reached out and rubbed the old man's shoulder, and said, "Grandpa, just let him try." ”

The old man turned his head, glanced at Qin Guan, and asked, "Young man, who sent you? Why do you want to see the old man? Could it be that Yue Lu's animal is still not dead and wants you to come over to see if the old man is dead?

Qin Guan didn't say much, and immediately shook the sleeves of his robe, and a breeze blew through.

After the old man was blown by the breeze, he felt comfortable all over his body, as if after taking a nap in spring, facing the warm sun, the pores of his whole body had been opened. Immediately afterward, he felt that his arms were itchy and numb, as if there were ants crawling on them.

He was taken aback at once, for he had lost his sense since his arm was crippled, and now he suddenly felt it again, how could he not be surprised?

"Dong'er, you help me roll up my sleeves. ”

Bai Dong'er hurriedly went to pull up her sleeves.

Just as the three of them watched, they saw the old man's withered arms quickly become fuller.

The old man tried to raise his hand, but he was able to lift it, he tried to grab the other hand, and he caught it, and it was very strong!

"Ah, is this true? Grandpa's arm is fine!" Bai Dong'er jumped up suddenly!

Bai Qiu'er also became very excited: "Mr. Qin, are you an immortal master?"

The old man was a little uneasy while rejoicing: "Immortal Master, you rescued the old decay, I don't know what it was for? You weren't invited by Yue Lu, right?"

Qin Guan shook his head: "I don't know any Yue Lu. Old man, I have an elixir here, you eat him. ”

The old man hesitated a little: "What kind of elixir is this?"

"A longevity pill, eating it can prolong your life for 20 years!"

"Immortal Master, you actually have such an elixir?"

The old man immediately took the pill and swallowed it without saying a word.

After the tea ceremony, the old man's body became erect again, and his gray hair became black, looking like a middle-aged man in his forties, although his figure was still thin, but he was obviously much stronger.

The two sisters of the Bai family were stunned. Because there have been too many changes, one is an old man in his last years, and the other is in the prime of life, it's like coming back to life!

The middle-aged man stood up, bowed to Qin Guan and said, "My surname is Bai Mingzhu, thank you for the immortal master's life-saving grace." I wonder what you command?"

Qin Guan said: "I want to learn the method of chopping the qin with you, I don't know if it is feasible, what conditions do you have, just say." ”

Bai Zhu frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "It is said that the immortal master gave me a new life, so I should teach it to me." However, my Bai family has ancestral rules, which can teach the general art of chopping the qin, but cannot teach the three holy methods of chopping the qin. Unless someone can bring our Bai family's children back into the Immortal Sect, I will teach him the most advanced method of making the violin. ”

Qin Guan asked, "So, is the ancestor of the Bai family from the Immortal Sect?"