Chapter 128, Famous and moving capital (2)
Yueyang Tea House, private room on the fifth floor.
Chu Yao and a 20-year-old young man in brocade clothes sat opposite each other on the tea chair by the window, drinking tea while watching everything in Guoxue Square.
"You weren't interested in these things in the past, why do you want to join in the fun this year?"
Master Jinyi, Prince Kang's eleventh son Chu Qian, who is also the owner of Yueyang Tea House, asked Chu Yao with a smile.
Chu Yao never left the square, raised his hand and handed a list to Chu Qian.
After reading the list, Chu Qian said indifferently, "Isn't it just Piaomiao Palace and Tianbomen, do you need to be so concerned?"
Chu Yao withdrew his gaze and looked at Chu Qian: "Eleventh brother is getting more and more arrogant now, Tianbomen doesn't need to care about it, but Piaomiao Palace, how dare you ignore it?"
Chu Qian's face paused: "Isn't there a supreme master who hasn't appeared in decades, who knows whether he is dead or alive."
Chu Yao's eyes drooped: "Dong Jian is still alive."
Seeing that he was so sure, Chu Qian asked curiously, "How do you know? Could it be that you can still grasp the trace of the supreme master?"
Chu Yao glanced at him, then moved his gaze to the square again.
Chu Qian curled his lips: "What's interesting down there." Following Chu Yao's line of sight, he saw the white-curtained carriage, and Chu Qian immediately smiled jokingly.
"You're going to be seventeen this year. Speaking of which, you should say you're kissing. Why, did you fall in love with the young master of Piao Miao Palace? I heard that she is a stunning beauty!"
After hearing this, Chu Yao sneered and sneered: "It's just a gangster, how can you be worthy of me?"
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Chu Qian was a little speechless: "This is too much, Piao Miao Palace is an authentic sect recognized by the court after all, and they still have a bit of family background, so they are worthy of you, the son of the county king"
Facing Chu Yao's chilly gaze, Chu Qian gave a smug smile, and changed his words decisively: "I am definitely not worthy of you, the son of the county king."
Hearing what he said, Chu Yao snorted coldly, didn't say anything, turned his head and continued to look at the square below.
Chu Qian also looked over, saw that most people in the square were attracted by the white-curtained carriage, and said with a smile, "You don't like that young palace master, but some people are eager to join them."
"Anyway, taking down the young palace master is equivalent to standing behind a top master. This benefit is still very attractive."
Chu Yao was unmoved, his eyes moved around the square, and finally stopped on the tall stage in the northeast direction.
Chu Qian looked at the past, raised his eyebrows and said: "The Dongfang family is full of talents. Last year, there was a fifth girl, and this year, there are sixth and seventh girls."
Seeing that Chu Yao's gaze had been fixed on the two girls from the Dongfang family, Chu Qian's expression changed: "You guys must be interested in the Dongfang family, right?"
Chu Yao looked up at Chu Qian: "Brother Eleven thinks I'm not good enough for a girl from the Dongfang family?"
Chu Qian: "." With a coy smile, "You know, the Dongfang family, as the natal family of Empress Wende, has always been very proud. In the past two years, the people who proposed to marry the five Dongfang girls have almost broken the threshold. Why do you bother to join in?" That was hilarious."
Chu Yao's face darkened: "Chu Xuan married the legitimate daughter of Duke Qing's family, and Chu Zhao married the legitimate daughter of Baoding Hou's family. My wife's status cannot be inferior to theirs. The girl from the Dongfang family is the most suitable candidate. "
Chu Qian got stuck again, and after a moment of silence, he sighed, "Why are you doing this? Listen to Brother Eleven's persuasion, the most important thing is to choose a wife who suits your wishes, don't make a mistake just to compare with your two brothers." own lifelong event."
Hearing this, Chu Yao looked at Chu Qian in surprise: "Eleventh brother, you didn't say that before, you said that marrying a wife and a virtuous family is the most important thing, that's why you married a girl from the Baoning Hou family, why? Now it becomes the most important thing to agree with?"
Chu Qian coughed twice: "People, they will always change. The troubles in Prince Kang's Mansion are not much less than yours. Didn't I have a difficult life before? Naturally, I want to marry a girl from a good family background. With support, I can live a more relaxed life, too."
"But in the past two years, I suddenly realized that if the wife who accompanied me didn't understand me, it would be really uncomfortable. I don't even know what to say to your eleventh sister-in-law."
Chu Yao looked at Chu Qian indifferently, and pointed out sharply: "That's because your business has started in the past two years, and you don't think you need the Baoninghou Mansion anymore, and you don't want to spend your time trying to please Eleven Sister-in-law."
Chu Qian's face froze when he was told, and he retorted stiffly: "Am I that kind of person? You make me look like a heartless person."
Chu Yao expressionless: "You are."
Chu Qian: "Brother Yao, I found that your mouth is really getting more and more poisonous. I am brother, can you save me some face?"
Chu Yao kept a calm face: "The face is earned by oneself, not given by others."
Chu Qian didn't want to talk at all.
But Chu Yao continued: "Brother Eleven, no matter why you married Sister-in-law Eleven in the first place, since you are married to someone else, if you are still a man, you should be responsible to them to the end, instead of thinking that you can't use the Yue family anymore Leave people aside."
Chu Qian laughed angrily: "I hear what you mean, if I treat your eleventh sister-in-law badly, I'm not even a man anymore?"
Chu Yao gave him a 'that's it' look.
Chu Qian was panting with anger, and stared at Chu Yao fiercely.
Who knows, Chu Yao ignored him at all, and stared at the square below.
Chu Qian was angry and helpless, so, the sobbing brat who hid behind his **** grew up, and knew to teach him the other way around.
"What are you looking at? What's there to see?"
Chu Qian got angry for a while and healed himself up. He followed Chu Yao's line of sight and looked down: "Hey, who does that little girl belong to? She looks cute enough, like an auspicious doll in a New Year picture."
Chu Yao laughed: "Pleasant? Don't be fooled by her harmless face, that girl is a dead pomegranate, it hurts when it hits her." Then, she muttered again, "After a year, it became round again."
Chu Qian didn't understand: "What pomegranate? Do you want to eat pomegranate?"
Chu Yao's tone was filled with disgust: "I don't like eating pomegranates. There are too many pomegranates, which is troublesome."
Chu Qian: "." Aren't you talking about auspicious dolls, why are you talking about eating pomegranates?
Chu Yao looked at Shi Fuxin and Shi Dinghao who were standing in the temperament assessment area, and his eyes didn't stay for long.
With the girl from the Gu family who was a teacher of Tianbomen, whether the siblings are really talented in rhythm or not, they are destined to leave in despair today.
Not to mention, I really want to see that girl look downcast.
Guoxue Square, temperament assessment area.
There is no fixed standard for the temperament assessment. The only condition for passing is to impress all the assessment teachers present.
This point is not generally difficult.
After all, everyone has different preferences and appreciation abilities. There are five assessment teachers, but there are not many of them, but it is not an easy task to impress them all with rhythm.
There are nearly a hundred students applying for the temperament examination. The assessment teacher saw too many people, discussed it, and said to the applicants: "If you have acquaintances among you, you can choose to play in an ensemble. As long as the ensemble music moves us, the two of you will be admitted.”
The ensemble can maximize strengths and avoid weaknesses, and some students immediately showed joyful expressions.
Shi Fuxin and Shi Dinghao also looked happy.
Although the two are confident in their skills, the effect of the qin and flute ensemble will undoubtedly be better.
"Sister, let's play the song "Butterfly Dance" on the music score with the two Qin Xiao ensemble later."
Shi Fuxin nodded: "It's the spring of March, and the flowers are in full bloom and butterflies are coming. Let's let the people of the capital witness a feast of butterflies later."
The order of assessment is based on the order of applicants. Shi Fuxin and Shi Dinghao registered earlier, ranking seventh and eighth.
Soon, the assessment begins.
The students who dare to apply for the exam really have real skills, and their skills are good. As soon as the melody is released, it attracts a large number of audiences who love rhythm.
But there are too many people in the square, the sound is too noisy, and the effect of the performance is not satisfactory.
"Why did you set the assessment site on the square? This is too affecting the performance."
The students are complaining.
"Because only when it is set up in a square full of people, can we truly distinguish the superiority of the skills." A haughty voice sounded.
Everyone searched for the sound and found that the person who made the sound was a servant girl.
Holding the guqin in her hands, the servant girl stood behind a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl in blue with a proud expression on her face.
"That's the daughter of the official secretary."
"I heard that the second girl Gu learned from Tianbomen, and Tianbomen is the best at temperament."
Tianbo Gate?
When Shi Fuxin and Shi Dinghao heard this name, they quickly looked at each other.
The two couldn't help but think of the music that taught them ambushes from ten sides.
Yueyin is the former head of Tianbomen.
At this moment, the head ring of Tianbomen is still in their hands.
Does this mean that Tianbo Gate belongs to them?
Just as the two of them were thinking about this, it was the second girl's turn.
The second girl from the Gu family is ranked sixth.
Maybe it was to highlight her own specialness, maybe to attract everyone's attention, or maybe to prove her certainty, the second girl Gu took the initiative to propose the last assessment.
"I know that everyone came from other places to rush for the exam. It's not easy to go to Beijing. You have to work hard all the way, and you have to fulfill your wish to make this journey worthwhile."
If she plays first, the assessment teacher probably won't be able to listen to other pieces, and it will definitely affect the judgment of other students.
Regarding her piano skills, Miss Gu is quite confident.
Shi Fuxin and Shi Dinghao listened to these words strangely, but the other students were moved, and even the assessment teacher looked at the second girl Gu with satisfaction.
If number six does not take the test, it will be number seven's turn.
Shi Fuxin frowned and looked at the second girl Gu. With her being courteous first, if they refused to give way, they would definitely cause dissatisfaction afterwards.
"Teacher, let's take the exam later, let others come first."
Hearing this, the assessment teacher, the students applying for the examination, and the onlookers were all speechless.
Miss Gu's courteousness is because of her superb skills. Where did these two come from? Do you need them to give way?
"Okay, don't imitate me, hurry up and get on stage, don't waste time."
Amidst the urging of the assessment teacher, Shi Fuxin took the guqin from Xiaofang with a blank face, and then walked up to the bandstand with Shi Dinghao who was holding the flute.
Before taking the stage, Shi Dinghao looked at the students applying for the exam: "We let you go, you didn't want it, don't regret it."
"Teacher, let's play "Butterfly Dance" with piano and flute."
Butterfly Dance?
What song is this?
Just when everyone was still wondering, the melodious sound of the piano sounded, like a spring breeze gently touching the heartstrings of everyone, causing waves of ripples.
Then, the ethereal flute sounded from the sky like the morning sun falling on the forest.
The sounds of the piano and flute collided together, like a stone thrown into a calm and waveless Bitan, causing layers of ripples, which spread out round after round.
First, the people in the temperament assessment area, then the adjacent area, and then, the sound of the piano and flute ensemble reached the ears of everyone in the square, and it continued to spread out.
Everyone who heard it couldn't help but be inspired, a sense of joy and relaxation suddenly emerged from a state of ignorance that suddenly became clear, and people couldn't help but be intoxicated by it.
Yueyang Teahouse, just as Chu Yao noticed the movement in the rhythm area, he found the brocade vase at his waist vibrating. When he opened it, he saw the black butterfly in the bottle that seemed to want to break out of the bottle.
Chu Yao frowned, what happened to the ghost dish?
Before he had time to think about the reason, he heard Chu Qian beside him exclaim. Looking for his reputation, he saw countless colorful butterflies flocking to Guoxue Square from all directions.
The butterflies that suddenly appeared in the sky attracted everyone's attention, and the students in other assessment areas even stopped the assessment.
Soon, everyone knew that the butterfly was attracted by the sound of the piano and flute in the rhythm area.
Seeing more and more butterflies, everyone opened their mouths in shock.
There is a pillar more than ten meters high in the center of Guoxue Square. As the butterflies flew, Shi Dinghao jumped up a few times and flew up to the pillar. Then, he stood on the pillar and played the flute attentively.
The misty and melodious sound of the flute spread farther and farther, centered on Guoxue Square, and spread in all directions.
At this moment, in the inner city and outer city near the Guozijian and Guonujian, wherever there are lush flowers and trees, there are countless butterflies dancing, attracting countless people to stop and watch.
On the Guoxue Square, all the butterflies danced to the sound of the piano and flute, with Shi Fuxin as the center, spreading upward and outward like a spiral.
People in the square may not feel much about this scene, but those people on the tall buildings saw this scene, and they were all indescribably shocked.
The intoxicating sound of the piano is melodious; the sound of the flute is soul-stirring.
At this moment, the entire Guoxue Square and its surroundings seemed to have pressed the pause button, everything was quiet, and only the sound of the piano and flute remained in the world.
In Baichuan Restaurant, Shi's family members were nervously watching Shi Fuxin and Shi Dinghao. When they started the assessment, everyone's hearts were raised.
At this moment, looking at the butterflies dancing in the square, even the old lady who was as steady as Shi walked to the window and stared intently at the grandchildren in the square.
She was so surprised!
Even if her grandchildren were full of confidence before, she still didn't believe in their abilities, but at this moment, she was completely convinced.
It is inevitable for the grandchildren and granddaughters to enter the Imperial College and the National Women's Academy for this piano and flute ensemble.
At that time, Master Seven and several masters from Qianji Academy were also in Baichuan Restaurant, looking at the nephews and nieces who were immersed in the performance in the square, their faces were full of complex expressions.
They actually played the famous song of the former dynasty - Butterfly Dance!
According to the music score, the song Die Wu was improvised by court musicians on the day when the founding emperor of the former dynasty ascended the throne.
I thought it was an exaggeration, but I didn't expect it to be true.
The sound of the zither and flute lasted for as long as a cup of tea (more than ten minutes). As the butterflies flew away, everyone slowly recovered from the shock.
"That's your twin brother and sister?"
"Yes."
On the outskirts of Guoxue Square, Shi Dingxuan stood respectfully behind a hale and hearty white-haired old man.
Grandpa Xiahou sighed: "The sound of the piano and the flute has been heard for at least a dozen streets. Your brother and sister are not weak in internal strength."
Shi Dingxuan smiled modestly: "It's just for self-protection."
Grandpa Xiahou smiled and said nothing, was he just protecting himself?
Those two little guys are said to be only twelve years old this year. To have such internal strength at such a young age is enough to shock him.
Time positive sum.
When he heard about the wrong embrace of the children in Wuchangbo's residence, he felt sympathy for Shi Zhenghe, but at this moment, looking at the enchanting Shi Dingxuan four siblings, he was only jealous.
On the street opposite the Guoxue Square, Shi Zhenghe led a team of patrol officers, looking at his son and daughter in the square with bright eyes.
This is his child, his pride!
"Boss, your children are really amazing!"
"Where is it, so-so, these two small ones are very naughty, and the two big ones are better."
Public Yamen: "."
"My sister Yin is going to enter the martial arts formation later, I don't know if I can make it through?"
"Certainly possible."
"Well, I also believe in Sister Yin. She is much more reliable than her younger siblings. Both younger ones can pass the examination. She must be fine."
Public Yamen: "."
Boss, is this showing off?
Yueyang Teahouse, looking at the quiet ghost dish, Chu Yao's eyes fell on Shi Fuxin and Shi Dinghao's sister and brother, and the eyes flickered non-stop.
Shizheng and this family brought so many surprises!
Chu Yao shifted his gaze to Shi Fuyin in front of the martial formation. Will she be normal?
"This song should only exist in the sky, and it is rare to hear it in the world."
"The song is one of them, and the butterflies flying all over the sky are shocking."
In the square, while reminiscing about the previous scene, everyone looked at Shi Fuxin who came off the stage holding the piano, and Shi Dinghao who flew down from the pillar.
(end of this chapter)