Three days later, Long Er took Ju Muer aboard the most magnificent boat on the edge of Cuihu Lake.
Green Lake is the most famous scenic spot in Beijing. Although it is a lake, it stretches as far as the eye can see. If you look from one side of the lake, you can't see the edge of the other side. The lake is green and translucent, and the blue waves are shining, so it is named Cuihu.
This time, Long Er hosted a banquet for both sides of the Douqin and various officials, and rented three boats in total. The main ship is the largest, with three floors. All the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the main luthiers of the two countries are on this ship. Other officials and related people who came to join in the fun to take advantage and mainly eat, drink and have fun were divided into two slightly smaller boats.
Long Er arranged and assigned the personnel according to their interests and goals. It was the first time for Ju Muer to participate in this kind of feast, so she just quietly accompanied her and didn't say much.
After some courtesies, everyone toasted and talked happily. No matter what the original purpose of the qin envoys of Ximin Kingdom is, they are now served with delicious food and drinks, accompanied by beauties and fine wines, and they soon reveal their bad temper. But the chief luthier, Ya Lili, was in her thirties, quite serious, and only ate and drank quietly.
Long Er and Tian Shangshu exchanged winks, Tian Shangshu hurriedly dispatched a female officer to serve and accompany Ya Lili, she must not let her feel left out in this man's court.
Hua Niang would not crowd around a man to drink wine on such an occasion. They knew exactly what to do on an occasion, so they took turns to perform on stage, some dancing, some playing the piano, because they were against each other. Lou Huakui's reputation has been exhausted, for fear of being compared to other girls in the building.
Ju Muer was listening to the piano carefully, shaking her head to the sound of the piano, and every time she changed a piano girl, she would ask Long Er who it was. Long Er answered one by one. When he answered Lin Yueyao in Xichun Hall, Long Er suddenly realized that he had talked too much. He could name all these flower girls. Will his family Mu'er get into trouble with him again?
Fortunately, Ju Muer was very happy throughout the whole process, and Long Er was relieved. While entertaining, he scanned the audience, no one was interested in Hua Niang's playing the piano, those piano skills, in the eyes of these musicians, were just a show for fun. And everyone talked and laughed loudly, and the sound of the piano was naturally not pleasant to the ears. So in the whole venue, only Ju Muer was listening to the piano seriously, while Ya Lili, the chief violinist of Ximin Kingdom, stared at Ju Muer from time to time. This made Long Er frowned.
After Lin Yueyao finished playing the piano, she left quietly, and after a while, a girl from Rancui Building started to play. This time, Ju Muer didn't ask who it was, but told Long Er that she was a little tired and wanted to go out to have a rest. Long Er agreed and asked a maid to accompany her.
Ju Muer stood at the stern for a while, and suddenly felt a little cold, so she asked the maid to help her get a cloak. The maid left, and a familiar voice came out: "Madam Long."
"Miss Yueyao."
Lin Yueyao said: "I didn't expect Madam to come."
"My husband brought me here to see and see. It's very convenient to meet a girl by such a coincidence. I'm planning to find a girl because of something."
"What is it?"
"I want to get back the piano score that I entrusted to the girl before. Maybe I will have a chance to face the saint after a while." She didn't elaborate, but Lin Yueyao was taken aback: "Madam, are you planning to appeal to the saint?"
"I'm just planning to play it by ear. Girl, just return the piano score to me, and I will find a way."
Lin Yueyao was silent for a moment, and agreed.
The two of you have nothing else to do, let's just say goodbye. Lin Yueyao once again told Ju Muer not to disclose the relationship between the two of them, and Ju Muer agreed without hesitation.
When Ju Muer returned to the cabin, the flower girls had all retreated.
At this moment, a qin master from Ximin Kingdom was showing off his qin skills. Ju Muer sat down beside Long Er, who just happened to finish playing. Before he finished playing the piano, the other person played it immediately afterward, which seemed to be a contest.
As soon as Ju Muer heard the sound of the piano, she knew that the person playing the piano was Qian Jiangyi.
The more you study piano skills, the more you have your own style of technique, which is like a unique imprint branded on yourself.
A master playing the piano is indeed much better than Cai Huaniang's pleasing entertainer just now, but it is a bit less interesting, compared to Long Erye's.
Ju Muer whispered, "Sir."
"What for?" Long Er's voice could not hear any emotion.
"Let me drink and talk with my husband."
Long Er's heart skipped a beat. His family, Mu'er, really understood him. This fact made him curl his lips.
To him, it was extremely boring for several men to play the piano. He couldn't tell if Hua Niang was playing the piano, at least he could see her face, which was pleasing to the eye. He was bored listening to several men playing the piano, and bored watching his face, but he was sitting at the first place, he couldn't show his face, and he didn't want to leave the table, he really found it very boring.
And his Mu'er was willing to make him happy, which made him very happy.
"Don't you like listening to the piano?"
"It's more important to be fair."
Listen, this flattery is really comforting.
"Talking with you every day is nothing new." Long Er said in his heart that even if he was happy, he couldn't let her know, lest she get complacent.
"It's fresh."
"Is there? Tell me something."
The two chattered softly to make fun of each other, and there have been four or five people playing the piano over there.
At this time, the sound of the piano suddenly stopped. Ju Muer froze for a moment, not knowing what happened. Long Er looked up, and it was Ya Lili who raised her hand to signal to stop, and the player who played the piano was their luthier from Ximin Country, so naturally he obeyed her and stopped.
Ya Lili's eyes were staring at Ju Muer at this moment, which made Long Er quite unhappy. Before he had time to speak, Ya Lili spoke up: "In the wine shop in the south of the city, there is a girl, Mu'er, who is skilled in playing the qin, and the voice of heaven comes from herself. Mrs. Long Er is famous, and I have heard it for a long time." Ya Lili's words made her Everyone present turned their attention to Ju Muer.
Ju Mu'er smiled lightly, and bowed her body: "Thanks to the praise, I dare not be famous, but I was encouraged a lot when I was young."
Ya Lili didn't answer her polite words, but reported her family name: "My name is Ya Lili, and I'm the director of the Qinyuan in Ximin Kingdom. Mr. Boyin, the master of the piano in your country, is my bosom friend." "Best friend "The two words were bitten very hard, and the tone of the tone let everyone who heard it know that they might not be as simple as "confidantes".
Ya Lili didn't look at the crowd at all, and just continued: "Mr. Shi often travels around to study pianos. He has seen many piano masters in your country, but he only praised two people in front of me. One is Hua and Bai, Full of talent, wild as a dragon and elegant as a fairy. The second is you, Mrs. Long Er, who commented on your amazing talent and agility like a god."
Ju Muer was stunned. Except for the time on the execution ground, she had never met Shi Boyin before, and she never expected to be praised so highly by him. Having been affirmed by the fairy-like figure in her mind, Ju Muer clenched her fists in excitement.
All the luthiers on the side were a little bit dissatisfied, and it was all for nothing to boast about. This Ju Mu is just a child, how can he be praised so much
A luthier asked unconvinced: "When did Mr. Shi meet Mrs. Long Er?"
Ya Lili looked at the luthier coldly, and Long Er's gaze also turned to that person.
Ya Lili said: "Mr. Shi has a weird personality and doesn't like to socialize with others, but he likes to observe the piano player in the dark and listen to the sound of the piano. Neither Hua Yibai nor Mrs. Long Er knew each other, but because he heard his name, he found a chance Just listen to the piano. Instead of questioning what I said, this gentleman should think about why he is not praised by Mr. Shi. If Mr. Shi is also famous, Mr. Shi must have listened to Mr. Qin."
The man was red-faced by the rebuke, and wanted to argue a few more words, but seeing the faces of the people around him, and thinking about this occasion and everyone present, he gritted his teeth and shut up, and didn't say any more.
Ya Lili glanced around the people present, and said: "In our country, both women and men can learn to play the qin. Compared with each other, those who are capable will be ranked first. I have been with Mr. Shi for many years, and I have been taught by him, so my qin skills are outstanding. In this way, he became the director of the piano garden. Among the visiting piano envoys from our country, there are also three women. But the piano masters in your country, looking around, are all men, and those girls who play the piano are just showgirls." She Having said that, I laughed.
When she smiled, the luthiers of Ximin Kingdom also laughed. Tian Shangshu and the officials of the Yuesi Mansion suddenly looked ugly, and the male luthiers were all suffocated.
This is clearly humiliating Xiao Guo.
At this time, Ju Muer said: "There is indeed a difference in the relationship between the two countries. There are too many people who practice piano in our country, men, women, old and young, officials, businessmen, farmers and workers, all like to practice piano. Everyone knows the piano, not for the sake of that official Part-time job, but in pleasure, but in enjoyment. Everyone plays the qin in the same way, and no one has more strings than anyone else."
After Ju Muer finished speaking, everyone fell silent. They didn't know what she meant for a while, as if she refuted Ya Lili's remarks, and seemed to slap those male luthiers who thought highly of themselves. Thinking about it carefully, it seems that there is no meaning at all, ambiguous, neither happy nor annoyed.
But Long Er was thinking in his heart, just now that the male luthier was not convinced that Mu'er was being praised, he knew that his wife would definitely find opportunities to make him look bad, just like how he made her feel bad when he showed her prestige. On the stage, when she turned around, she found a reason and poured tea all over her body.
Now that Ju Muer reprimanded both Ya Lili and the male violinist in her country, she still can't say anything, which made Long Er feel very happy, and grinned. That kind of feeling is that my wife is very majestic and honorable as a husband.
After a moment of silence on the court, Ya Lili suddenly said: "Back then, Mr. Shi was invited by the Minister of History of your country to go to his mansion to study and decipher a so-called wonderful piano score for him. Mr. Shi asked me before he left. Are you willing to resign from the position of the director of the Qinyuan and travel around with him to find the wonderful sound of the Qin?"
The field is still silent, and everyone can't help but listen quietly.
"Mr. Shi's first wife died early, and he told me that he would never marry again. But I was all about him and never considered marrying someone else. If he doesn't marry, I won't marry. We just want to be confidants." Good. If it is fate, I can be a lifelong confidant with the person I love, and I will be satisfied. But that day he said so suddenly, I was overjoyed, and I agreed. He also asked me, do you want to hold the wedding with the etiquette and customs of the Xiao country, or the Ximin country? of… "
Ya Lili paused at this point: "It's just that Mr. Shi is gone and will never return. No matter which country's etiquette and customs are used for the wedding, it will not be possible. I will always be his confidant." She spoke Her tone was calm, but Ju Muer's eyes felt hot when she heard it.
While listening, Long Er paid attention to the expressions of all the luthiers from Ximin Kingdom present. Those people showed grief and indignation, obviously they already knew about this story. The marriage that he had been looking forward to with all his heart ended up being beheaded by the man in his hometown. After hearing this, Long Er felt a little worried. What exactly did they intend to do when they came to Xiao Country
"Mr. Shi was beheaded that day, and I was seriously ill in bed. I thought I would go with him, but God spared my life. It's just a pity that I couldn't see Mr. Shi for the last time, and I couldn't hear him play the last song .Now that I come to Xiao Country, I want to meet the two young men whom Mr. Shi praised highly. Unexpectedly, Hua Yibai has also passed away, and the remaining Mrs. Long married into a wealthy family, but it is not easy to see. Mrs. Long is not on the list of luthiers, I was very regretful at first, but fortunately I have this opportunity today..." When she said this, she waved to a luthier next to her, and the luthier understood and moved one Qin came over and placed it in front of Ju Muer.
Long Er frowned tightly, this Ya Lili just satirized Xiao Guo that the women who played the piano were all flower girls, what's the point of setting up the piano now? If she dared to let his family's Mu'er perform to humiliate her like a flower girl, he would make her look bad on the spot.
But Ya Lili said: "It seems impolite to ask my wife to present a piano, so I want to ask my wife to play a piece with me, how about it?"
ensemble? What does this mean
Long Er looked at Ju Mu'er, saw her concentrating on thinking for a while, and nodded in agreement.
Ya Lili smiled slightly: "So, I'm here first. I wrote this piece for Mr. Shi."
After saying that, before Ju Muer was ready, she began to jingle and bounce.
Everyone at the table held their breath and listened to the piano quietly. Xiao Guoqin masters are very curious about what kind of skills the director and chief luthier of Ximin Guo's Qinyuan practice.