Chapter 3 Raising a Glass to Drink, More Joy and More Sorrow (4)
"Yiyun hug" leisure room, Xie Gongzi and Jia Shaohui talked more and more tacit understanding, just visited the second floor of the piano room and the memorial room, they talked about the guqin music, talked about the Zhou Dynasty, the female singer Han E on the way to Qi country, to Yongmen when the money and food were cut off, she sang and begged for food, its poignant singing "lingering sound, three days endlessly", later, there was a person named Hua Yuan named a piano "around the beam", dedicated to the king of Chuzhuang, the king of Chuzhuang played "around the beam" Guqin music, intoxicated in the sound of the piano music, seven days not to go to court, after the princess reminded, he woke up, felt that he can indulge in the qin music again, must go to the court, so, he will "around the beam" smashed, since then, there is no longer that guqin.
What makes Xie Wende more interesting is that Jia Shaohui told the story of the "Green Qi" guqin, it is said that the famous literati Sima Xiangru in the Han Dynasty was originally very poor, but he wrote very well, he wrote a "Ruyu Fu" gift to King Liang, King Liang saw that the words were magnificent, the rhyme was vivid, and he was very happy, so he gave back his treasure of the "Green Qi" qin to Sima Xiangru, the qin was engraved with the inscription "Tongzi Hejing", Sima Xiangru got the guqin such as a treasure, once the rich Zhuo Wang Sun set up a banquet to entertain Sima Xiangru, and asked him to use "Green Qi" Playing the piano, Sima Xiangru knew that there was a talented girl Zhuo Wenjun in his family, so he played the piano song "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix", and Zhuo Wenjun had long heard of Sima Xiangru's outstanding literary talent, and after hearing the sound of the piano, he knew the meaning of the piano, and at the same time envied his piano skills, he understood and felt that the bosom friend was rare, and at night, Zhuo Wenjun eloped out of Zhuo's mansion and quietly met with Sima Xiangru, and achieved a good relationship through the ages.
Xie Wende said: "The younger brother also heard that the Eastern Han Dynasty has the legend of the 'Jiaowei' guqin, and there are still famous people who still treasure this guqin. ”
Originally, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the writer and musician Cai Yong because of the court incident, in the escape "outlaw Jianghai, far away Wuhui", once rescued a sycamore wood in the fire, the sound of this wood is unusually crisp, he made the wood into a lyre, played the piano sound elegantly, he saw that the tail of the piano still left a scorch mark, then named "Jiaowei", Cai Yong was later killed, "Jiaowei" was collected in the royal library, more than 300 years later, Emperor Qi Ming reigned, specially ordered people to take out the "Jiaowei" , let the pianist Wang Zhongxiong play, Wang Zhongxiong played for five days, and improvised the "Annoyance Song" dedicated to Emperor Ming, and later after the death of Qi, the guqin went to the people, I don't know who collected it.
Of course, what interests Xie Wende and Jia Shaohui together is the story of Ji Kang's playing "Guangling San" before his execution. During the Wei and Jin dynasties, the Cao family and the Sima family had a fierce struggle, Ji Kang married Princess Wei Changle as his wife, belonging to the Cao camp, at that time the Sima family was planning to usurp power, the general Sima Zhao had wanted to win over the famous Ji Kang, but Ji Kang did not agree, all day with Ruan Ji, Shantao, Xiang Xiu, Liu Ling, Wang Rong, Ruan Xian together, drinking for fun, known as the "Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest" , Sima Zhao's general Zhong Hui envied Ji Kang's fame and wanted to befriend him, but Ji Kang politely refused, so he held a grudge and looked for an opportunity to frame Ji Kang, Ji Kang was imprisoned, and soon after the execution, on the day of the execution, 3,000 students in Luoyang East City asked for pardon, but Zhong Hui refused, three o'clock in the afternoon, Ji Kang played a song "Guangling San", when Ji Kang was beheaded, the sound of the piano was still echoing, but since then "Guangling San" has been lost.
The topic of guqin music made Xie Wende, a well-mannered and talented wealthy son, very excited, he felt that Jia Shaohui in front of him was his bosom friend, and in the excitement, he took Jia Shaohui's hand and said: "Brother Ren, please come with me!"
Jia Shaohui followed him, they went upstairs, walked into the memorial room, Xie Wende bowed to Xie An's statue, and then walked to the wall, turning the sandalwood painting scroll of Xie Xuan's portrait, this is, Peng Shaohui was surprised to find that the portrait automatically moved to the side, and a door in the wall also opened automatically, revealing a hole behind the door, it turned out that there was an underground secret room here.
Xie Wen took Jia Shaohui's hand and entered the underground secret room.
In the basement, there are several large bookshelves, as well as rosewood ancient bookcases, rosewood furniture and a few antique pianos, Xie Wende led Jia Shaohui to the camphor wood bookshelf, opened an ebony box, and took out two books from it.
Xie Wende said: "This is precious, the music scores in the piano room upstairs are all copied and copied, this is the original!"
When Jia Shaohui saw it, he was amazed! The Xie family actually had such a precious guqin score.
It turned out that in front of his eyes was the early Tang Dynasty handwritten scroll score "Jieshi Tune Youlan", this guqin score is said to have been made by Confucius, this is the earliest guqin score that can be seen before the invention of the minus word notation, Jia Shaohui turned it over, and saw that it recorded the performance techniques, such as the fingering of the left and right hands, the string sequence, the emblem, etc., which is really precious.
There is also a volume of "Baishi Taoist Songs" in the "Ancient Grievances" qin song, which is one of the lyrics and music scores made by Jiang Kui in the Song Dynasty, the book originally included the Divine Comedy "Yue Jiu Song" ten songs, the words are ordered, slow, near, and committed seventeen songs, "Ancient Grievances" is the only one that has been handed down.
Jia Shaohui feasted his eyes and was very excited, almost forgetting his special task of entering Xie Mansion, he said to Xie Wende very happily: "Xie Mansion is really a wealthy family, and it is a blessing to see such a precious piano score here, and the virtuous brother treats the elder brother so much, I am very grateful! Quickly save the piano score, don't damage it, I'll take a look at other books!"
Jia Shaohui glanced at the bookshelves, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a very old and strange wooden box on the other shelf, he pretended to read other books, and opened the box when Xie Wende was not paying attention, there was a lot of dust on the box, and no one had touched it for a long time, only to see some messy rice paper inside, with a lot of words written on it, he took it out and looked at it.
Xie Wende said: "Brother Ren, don't look at those, those are some drafts left when the Xie clan genealogy was reconstructed, not the book of the classics, there is nothing to see!",
Jia Shaohui was a thief, thinking that he had been found peeking at the manuscript, so he hurriedly covered it up and said: "The Xie family has an extraordinary family history, which is admirable, and it is a pleasure to learn about it." ”
He flipped through the draft casually, and suddenly, the draft in front of him made Jia Shaohui's heart beat violently, and he discovered a big secret from the draft.
The draft of the genealogy recorded: "After the Duke of Qi and the Duke of Kun, the Duke of Shang, the Duke of Yi, the Duke of Yi, the Duke of An, the Duke of Wan, the Duke of Shi, and the Duke of Tie worshiped the generals and glorified the court; Xuan Gong met a strange person in the training and got a secret book, but because of the busy war, he had no time to practice according to the secret book, so he immediately made a wooden box with strange wood, hid the secret book in it, set up a secret charm mechanism, and passed on the secret to future generations....... ”
Jia Shaohui was about to look down, Xie Wende had already come over, he took the draft, put it in the box, and said: "Brother Ren don't look at it anymore, this draft has been stored for many years, the smell is not good, let's go up, this is the secret room of Xie Mansion, my father generally does not allow outsiders to enter, the younger brother and the elder brother have a fate, I invite you to come to see the guqin score, it has been delayed for a long time, and my father is looking for it, it is really inconvenient!"
Jia Shaohui had no choice but to reluctantly leave the underground secret room with Xie Wende, and just drank a cup of tea in the downstairs leisure room, Xie Wende's servant Yang Feiyang came to shout: "Lord Jia is fine, the son is above, the master ordered the little one to invite the two of them over, everyone no longer drinks, I don't know if Lord Jia is still drinking, wait for the family to show down." ”
"Thank you very much, I'm full of wine and food, and I'm talking about poetry with Gongzi Xie, it's over!" Jia Shaohui replied.
The three of them soon arrived at the living room of the main building, where everyone was drinking tea, the Hou Ye was talking heartily, everyone echoed and smiled, Peng Haoze saw Xie Wende and Jia Shaohui returning to the living room, so he said: "The two scholars are very popular, and they are very close to each other, are they afraid that we will be drunk? Where are you hiding to talk about poetry and papers? The two gentlemen are not with us laymen, right?"
Hou Ye said: "You free and easy drunk, not only the two of them want to avoid you, but many people are also afraid of avoiding you!
"Master Hou is right, it's still Steward Xie who is smart, he lured the subordinates away, so that everyone can be clean!" Peng Haoze said.
Xie Yizhi said on the surface: "It's good to do your best, just do your best!" But he was so embarrassed that he smiled bitterly because he was forced by Peng Haoze to be a traitor by default.
Wu Xiuwen accompanied Xie Jingxi to send off the Hou Ye, and returned to the living room with Xie Jingxi, at this time, An Haihou left, Wu Xiuwen's waist stood up, he raised the teacup and said: "Colleagues, today I thank Lord Xie for inviting everyone to Xie Mansion to gather, delicious food and wine, everyone is very happy, please raise the teacup, this cup of tea will be substituted for wine, thank you Lord and everyone in the house for your hospitality, Quanzhou Mansion has Lord Xie, added a lot of fun, everyone do!"
Xie Jingxi and Xie Wende raised their teacups, and Xie Jingxi said repeatedly: "Master Wu doesn't have to be polite, there is something inconsiderate, pay it off, forgive me!"
Wu Xiuwen finally said: "Lord Xie and everyone in the mansion have been busy for a day today, you can say goodbye! I wish you all happiness!" He is the governor of Quanzhou Mansion, and he is the most qualified and suitable person to say this farewell at this time. As a matter of fact, as a veteran of officialdom, Wu Xiuwen has always felt that today's banquet at the Xie Mansion is unusual, and it is not as simple as thanking him for holding such a banquet with such care, but he really can't figure out what it is for? In addition, Peng Haoze, deputy chief of the Ship Department, also looked very strange today, as if he was drunk but not drunk, and he was sober at critical times, but sometimes he was so arrogant that it was difficult to understand, which was really strange! Wu Xiuwen was puzzled.
A lively and joyful thanksgiving banquet is over, in front of the wine and food, everyone frequently toasts to each other, each has its own purpose, each has its own heart, no one can figure out, in the banquet, who is really satisfied, happy, who is more experienced melancholy, sorrow?