In the hut, in front of Hu's table, there are three people with a pot of wine and a few skewers of meat.

Wine is good wine, meat is hot-boiled meat, and people are generous people.

The fresh breeze is blowing outside, and the wine is cooked in the clay stove inside.

Eat a bite of meat, sip a sip of wine, and enjoy the feast. It’s leisurely and beautiful!

After a few glasses of wine, Lu Xiaoxian and Zhang Yizhi became familiar with each other. He smiled and said: "There are no friends anywhere in the world, so why should we meet before? It is fate to know Wu Lang. Today I regard you as my confidants.

How about forgetting everything you said after leaving this door, only in this way can you speak freely?"

There are no friends anywhere in the world, so why meet before? What Lu Xiaoxian said is both appropriate and touching. Zhang Yizhi was full of curiosity about Lu Xiaoxian. He and Cui Shi looked at each other, then nodded and said: "

no problem!"

"Okay, please sit down and listen to the new song I composed!"

After that, Lu Xiaoxian started singing.

Lu Xiaoxian's singing voice is naturally not as good as those of courtesans in brothels, but it is more familiar. His singing voice is pure, loud, ethereal, and melodious; the melody is like flowers that are constantly blooming, the tone is ups and downs, the rhythm is ever-changing, and the scales jump rapidly, always maintaining harmony.

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"A song is indeed worth a thousand pieces of gold! Wu Lang, what do you think?" Cui Shi couldn't help but sigh after hearing this.

Zhang Yizhi intended to test Lu Xiaoxian: "I have always heard that Mr. Lu is famous for his talent. It is rare to have delicious wine today. Can Mr. Lu write a poem about wine?"

Lu Xiaoxian was not polite and asked: "Just one song?"

Zhang Yizhi was stunned and said with a smile: "As long as Mr. Lu can do it, of course the more the better!"

Lu Xiaoxian opened his mouth and came: "Listen to this song! Lanling's fine wine is filled with tulips, and the jade bowl contains amber light. But it makes the host drunk, and the guests don't know where they are in a foreign country."

Without waiting for Zhang Yizhi's praise, Lu Xiaoxian said again: "Listen to this song again! Those who abandon me will not be able to stay in yesterday's day, and those who mess up my heart will be troubled today. The wind is sending autumn geese thousands of miles away, and I can enjoy this high-rise building. Penglai

The article builds the bones, and the small thanks in the middle are clear and the hair is clear. They are all full of joy and excitement, and want to go up to the blue sky to catch the bright moon. Cutting off the water with a knife, the water will flow more, raising a cup to relieve sorrow, and the sorrow will become more sorrowful. Life is not satisfactory in the world, and the dispersion in the Ming Dynasty will make the boat flat.

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"And this one! The golden wine is worth ten thousand dollars, and the jade plate is worth ten thousand dollars. I stop to drink and throw chopsticks, but I can't eat. I draw my sword and look around at a loss. I want to cross the Yellow River, which is blocked by ice. I'm about to climb the snow-covered mountains of Taihang. I'm free to fish.

On the blue stream, I suddenly rode a boat and dreamed of the sun. The road was difficult, the road was difficult, and there were many divergent roads. How can I find peace now? There will be times when the wind and waves break, and I will hang my cloud sails and sail across the sea."

Lu Xiaoxian plagiarized three poems by Li Bai in one breath, the first of which was a classic, leaving Zhang Yizhi and Cui Shi dumbfounded.

Zhang Yizhi has always had his eyes set on the top, and now he truly admires Lu Xiaoxian's poetry skills from the bottom of his heart: "Master Lu, I have seen countless talented and famous people, but I can't write poems like Master Lu."

It’s so easy to pick up, but it’s so rare!”

Lu Xiaoxian stopped as soon as he felt good, and changed the subject in time: "Wu Lang, if we just talk about poetry, although it has artistic conception, there is no heroic spirit, how can it be done by a man?"

"Master Lu is right!" Cui Shi agreed from the side.

Zhang Yizhi suddenly smiled: "Being respectful is worse than obeying orders!"

Lu Xiaoxian suddenly said: "How about we have a thumb fight?"

"Thumb battle?" Cui Shi and Zhang Yizhi were stunned.

Thumb fighting is a kind of drinking order. Two people make a move at the same time, and each guesses the total number of fingers they have extended to determine the winner. In later generations, it is also called punching.

It's not that Cui Shi and Zhang Yizhi didn't know about thumb fighting, but they had never engaged in thumb fighting. On the occasion of thumb fighting, saliva usually flew everywhere, and it was difficult to classify it as an elegant activity, so scholars generally did not engage in thumb fighting.

How could Lu Xiaoxian not know what they were thinking, so he deliberately said in a narrow-minded manner: "Is it because of your status?"

Upon hearing this, Cui Shi was not happy: "When it comes to you, why are you talking about identity? Isn't it just a battle between thumbs? I will accompany you to the end!"

Zhang Yizhi was not to be outdone: "Come on, come on, we will fight for 300 rounds."

As a result, the three people's eyes were blood red, spittle flew everywhere, they roared like thunder and fired cannons, and chanted and sighed three times.

Drink the wine happily. If you lose, you will tilt your neck, turn the bottom of the glass to the sky, swipe it on your mouth, pour it again, and take a sip, without hiding the evil or being slippery. The winner will gain glory, and the drunk will be drunk with courage...

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In Luoyang, the sacred capital, many descendants of the Tang royal family and high-ranking officials from other places purchased residences, and Li Qianli was no exception. His residence in Luoyang was located in Guandefang.

The name "Guande" comes from the Baiguan Shexi established here in the Sui Dynasty, which means "shooting to observe virtue". Archery is one of the six arts. The ancients believed that archery can test people's moral character, because archery requires calmness and concentration.

Energy and long-term training are required, so those who can shoot arrows well must be calm and focused.

During the Sui Dynasty, the Imperial College, the highest academic institution in the country, was located here. Nowadays, most of this place has become the territory of the officials' children.

Li Qianli's trip was to offer good luck to His Majesty, and the pomp was quite grand. It was already afternoon when he arrived in Luoyang City and settled the group.

After dinner, Li Qianli and Murong Zhen called Lu Xiaoxian into the study.

"My dear nephew, how are you these days in Luoyang?" Li Qianli's face was red and he was obviously in a good mood.

"Not bad! Thank you uncle!" Lu Xiaoxian looked at Li Qianli eagerly, "Have you received my letter?"

"received!"

"Are everything ready?"

Li Qianli nodded: "Everything is ready, now I'll let you take a look!"

After that, Li Qianli took out a piano case from a cabinet, put it on the table and opened the case. A Guqin was displayed in front of Lu Xiaoxian.

"Guess, what kind of piano is this?" Li Qianli asked with a proud look on his face.

Lu Xiaoxian shook his head: "I don't know anything about Qin, please give me some advice!"

"Have you ever heard of the Jiaowei Qin?"

Of course Lu Xiaoxian has heard of the Jiaowei Qin, which is a famous guqin in the Han Dynasty. It is said that when Cai Yong was living in seclusion in Wudi, he was playing the Qin one day when he heard the crackling of wood when a fire was burning next door, so he immediately

He ran over, snatched out a large piece of Paulownia wood that was burning, and bought it. When he returned home, he worked hard to make the wood into a qin. Because there were burnt marks on the end of the qin, it was named "

"Jiaowei Qin"

Lu Xiaoxian was shocked: "Could this be Jiaoweiqin?"

He looked at the piano carefully and saw that there were burnt marks on the tail.

After looking at it, Lu Xiaoxian couldn't help but sigh: "Uncle, you really put in a lot of effort!"

Lu Xiaoxian just told Li Qianli in the letter that Wei King Wu Chengsi liked guqin and ancient music, and asked Li Qianli to find a way to suit him. Unexpectedly, Li Qianli had such magical powers and found such a famous piano.

"and this!"

Li Qianli took out another small box and opened it. The aroma was fragrant, and the whole room was filled with a delicate fragrance.

Lu Xiaoxian leaned over to take a look. There were two white wax-like objects in the box, one long and one oval.

Lu Xiaoxian reached out and took a piece, put it under his nose and sniffed: "What is this, so fragrant?"

Murong Zhen said from the side: "This is the raw material of ambergris."

Lu Xiaoxian sniffed and said, "This is the first time I have seen such a fragrant raw material. It is many times more fragrant than agarwood."

Legend has it that ambergris is the saliva of dragons in the sea when they sleep. It drips into the sea water and solidifies. It is produced after being washed by the sea water for a long time. The quantity of ambergris is very small, and most of it is a royal tribute. Some royal courtiers want to show their identity.

Searching for ambergris in every possible way and wearing it as decoration.

In Luoyang, the capital of the gods, you can sometimes encounter Persian merchants and Indian merchants selling ambergris, whose value is almost the same as the same weight of gold.

Li Qianli bought these spices for twenty taels of gold.
Chapter completed!