The thatched hall is simply arranged, with a table on one side, a piano case, two mats, and a biography bed for teaching in the upper sitting position. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

A few people were sitting on the mat around the table, water was boiling on the stove next to the table, and Mr. Ram's newly acquired childish scholar was sitting quietly on the side. He fled Jiangbei to Jiangzuo, and his parents died on the road.

The piano case is behind Zhou Sitong, a guqin with a black lacquer surface under the oil lamp and a fine crack that spreads like a frost flower is placed on it.

Su Musha can't understand the rhythm of music, but senior sister Ye Qiudi likes to pluck the strings, so Su Musha likes to listen to the sound of the piano, and he dares to be interested in chopping the piano.

"The piano is lovely, and the piano is forbidden. Placing the piano on the table, Zhou Sitong said: "In the past, the sages made the piano, and the sound of all things in heaven and earth was in it; the piano had a head, a neck, shoulders, a waist, and feet, corresponding to the human body. Therefore, the qin is a closeness between man and heaven and earth. ”

"The selection of materials for the qin is very particular, and the Taoist priests of the Xiaoyao School often use paulownia wood and catalpa wood when cutting the qin, do you know why?" Zhou Sitong asked.

"Paulownia is yang, and catalpa is yin. Shuyu, who was sitting next to Su Musha, replied for him: "Take the paulownia wood on the top, take the catalpa wood on the bottom, match the softness of the paulownia with the rigidity of the azusa, and match the rigidity and softness of the sound with the yin and yang of the material." ”

"Not bad. ”

Zhou Sitong looked at Shuyu in surprise, and bowed his hand and said: "The selection of materials for the qin is like choosing a gentleman, first of all, it needs to be calm and not easy to have fire; secondly, it is taboo to be too strong, and it is easy to deform and crack if it is rigid; and the most important thing is to stick to it to ensure the stability of the heart and wood." ”

Zhou Sitong stroked the surface of the piano and said: "It takes a long time to see people's hearts, so it is best to choose old wood for chopping the qin." ”

"But it's not easy to find an old wood that's really suitable for chopping the harp. Zhou Sitong said to Su Mu: "Not everyone has the same good luck as the medicine king entering the mountain and meeting the ancient wood.

The story of "The Medicine King Enters the Mountain and Meets the Ancient Tree" Su Musha is very familiar with it, and the Medicine King is the ancestor of the Medicine King Gu Ye family. The medicine king went into the mountains one day to collect medicine, and met an injured old ape. The ape has spirituality, and after the medicine king rejuvenated it and cured it, the next day, the old ape carried out the 10,000-year-old paulownia wood from the deep mountains and valleys to repay the grace of saving his life.

The queen of medicine cut the giant wood into two qins, one is called "spring and summer", and the other is "autumn harvest and winter storage".

The two famous pianos are the treasures of the Medicine King Valley, but unfortunately they disappeared in the catastrophe hundreds of years ago and have never appeared in the world again.

"Spring grows and summer grows, autumn harvest and winter storage. Shuyu sighed lightly, the disappearance of the two famous pianos was the most regrettable thing for the disciples of the Medicine King Valley.

"I'm not out of luck. The ram said happily: "Not long ago, when the old man was walking in the countryside, he happened to meet a villager who was carrying a piece of sycamore wood on his shoulder and wanted to send it home to make firewood. At that time, for some reason, the old man knocked lightly on a whim, and heard the beautiful sound of the sycamore wood, knowing that it was a good material for making the piano, so he kept it and prepared to ask Brother Zhou to cut it for the piano. ”

"Oh?" Su Musha thought of Ye Qiudi's guqin, his heart moved, and he arched his hand: "If Mr. Ram has any leftover good materials, can he bear the pain and let Su Mou also cut the qin?"

"The prince unpacked his bags to help the refugees, and he is a model for us and other scholars, why is a mere piano enough to worry about?" Ram Zigao smiled heartily: "The piano that Brother Zhou cut for me will be completed tomorrow, and I will give it to the prince first." ”

"No, no, no. Su Musha shook his head and said, "I decided to learn the technique of chopping the qin with Mr. Zhou first, and then chop the piano myself." ”

As if he had guessed Su Mu's thoughts, Zhou Sitong said: "If the prince gives the qin to the person he cares about, the newly cut qin is not a good gift." ”

"Why is that?" the outsider Su Mu was surprised.

"Guqin, guqin, only when it is ancient, can it be called a real qin. Soyu explained.

"Not bad. Ram Zi Gao also said: "The piano has spirituality, like a life, the longer the time, the more cracks, the more spirituality, and the looser the timbre." ”

Zhou Sitong stroked the surface of the piano and said, "This piano is at least two hundred years old, and the lacquer surface has such cracks." ”

"Of course. Zhou Sitong smiled and said: "There are many vassal and elegant people in Jiankang City, when these ignorant children come to me to buy guqin, I will use the method of steaming and chilling the paint to crack the lacquer, and then sell it to them at a high price." ”

Ram Zigao joked on the side: "Brother Zhou's cheating methods are quite high, if you are not a person who really understands the piano, you really can't see it." ”

Obviously, the old gentleman is not a pedantic person, and he rarely talks about benevolence, righteousness and morality.

Zhou Sitong pointed to the cracks on the surface of the piano and said: "The difference is very simple, after erosion of time, the paint surface is naturally cracked, and the port is as sharp as a sword." And if the fire is steamed and cracked, it will damage the texture of the body, as if a person has been consumed, and the port is less sharp. ”

"In this way, it is really difficult to send the newly cut piano. Su Musha was a little discouraged.

Although he and Ye Qiudi are childhood sweethearts, they have no guesses, but carefully speaking, there are really not many gifts he really gives her with his heart. This departure from the valley is the first time that Su Musha has left the Medicine King Valley to walk the rivers and lakes. When he left, he kept thinking about what he should give his sister to show his gratitude when they met. Knowing that she likes to pluck the strings, I just had the idea to give her a good piano that I cut by myself. But now it seems to be reckless, and when the piano can be used, the two of them will already be ancient.

"In fact, there are other ways to make the lacquer surface of the guqin naturally crack in a short period of time without damaging the texture of the body. Shuyu suddenly said, "It's just a great creation, and it will take a lot of effort from the prince." ”

Su Mu covered his temperament and waved his hand: "You say." ”

"The natural cracking of the surface is nothing more than the internal force of the body following the texture, which is changing with the impetus of time. "Shuyu said, "If the prince uses the internal force of rigidity and softness, exquisitely grasps the strength and angle of the palm, and uses the internal force to pull the internal tension of the piano body, conform to the texture, and without the slightest mistake, he can use the force to shake the lacquer surface out of the sword pattern." ”

"Just the size of the time, it can withstand the erosion of hundreds of years, which is a real ingenuity. Shuyu said: "Of course, if the prince's kung fu can be so rigid and soft, and the control is so exquisite, it will already become everyone." ”

Obviously, Su Mu's laziness in practicing made Shuyu really unbearable.

"The Taisu Heart Sutra is the most gentle internal strength in the rivers and lakes, and it is not difficult to think of it as a gentle traction. ”

Su Musha ignored Shuyu's dissatisfaction, carefully pondered the possibilities, and said: "But the Lianshan palm is the most rigid and fierce palm in the world, and it is full strength when it comes out, and it is difficult for me to control the strength and angle exquisitely, so that there is rigidity in softness, softness in rigidity, and rigidity and softness are simply embarrassing for me." ”

Shuyu listened to Su Musha's tone, if this method was feasible, he would really practice like this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said: "Lianshan palm is naturally not successful, but the prince must not forget that you are also carrying the ancestral mastery of the Langya Su family." ”

"Dial the clouds with your hands, from loose to soft, accumulate softness into rigidity, soft on the outside and rigid on the inside, soften the rigid hair, and combine rigidity and softness, isn't it the fist of the Su family's cloud dialing hands?"