"In the sixth generation, there were more overlords, and the ruins can be seen in the capital. To this day, in the Qinhuai Dynasty, rituals and music are displayed among the heroes." (Li Bai, Tang Dynasty)
Jinling was renamed Jiangning Prefecture and established as the capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty after the founding of the country by Li Ming, the martyr of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Li Ming took "calming down the troops and pacifying the people" as his basic national policy, so that his future progress in the Central Plains would not be restrained, and he would fight against the Wuyue, Fujian, and Southern Han Dynasties on the same border.
Chu and other dynasties adopted the strategy of truce and cease war, and at the same time formed alliances with Khitan in the north to contain the Central Plains regime.
Internally, the corvee was light and the tax was light, the teaching of farming was encouraged, and commerce was encouraged. The sea trade with Khitan was carried out by exchanging tea, silk, and ceramics for sheep and horses, which promoted economic development. The national power became stronger, the imperial examination was launched, the Imperial College was established, and academies were built extensively.
, many northern literati came upon hearing the news, which led to the prosperity of Jiangnan literary style. The imperial capital Jiangning Mansion was an ideal place for these elegant scholars and poets to live.
Where literati gathered, there was naturally a place for reciting poems and having fun, so many romantic villas were established one after another. In order to cater to the hobbies of these literati and poets, the location of the villas was mainly along the beautiful Qinhuai River. For a time, Qinhuai
There are many pavilions on both sides of the river, so it is known as the Qinhuai Ten Mile Rouge Street.
In order to attract business, these colleges spent a lot of money to train outstandingly beautiful women in the buildings and teach them their talents in order to win the title of oiran. To win the title of oiran, it is not less difficult than to be named on the gold list. Not only beauty, but also
One has to be proficient in poetry, poetry, music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and the final winner will naturally be decided by those talented and famous literati.
At the end of the afternoon that day, a man in his forties wearing a green shirt and a mustache was walking on Rouge Street. He was followed by a man holding a sword. From time to time he looked at the signboards of the pavilions on both sides and slowly
As we walked, we stopped in front of the building with the "Huanchun Pavilion" plaque.
At the door of "Huanchun Pavilion", a butterfly lady who was over thirty years old and of average appearance was soliciting customers. However, when she saw that the man in his forties was wearing ordinary clothes, he had an extraordinary bearing.
He walked up to the man and gave the blessing ceremony, "The distinguished guest is very friendly. I think he came here because of his reputation, right?"
The forty-year-old man nodded: "Not bad."
"Oh, but I don't know which girl will be lucky enough to be admired by this distinguished guest?" Butterfly Lady said with a flirtatious look.
The man in his forties smiled faintly but said nothing in reply.
When the butterfly lady saw that he didn't answer, she smiled charmingly and said, "All the girls in this pavilion are very talented. I will definitely not disappoint our distinguished guest. Please come with us..." She turned around and led the way, welcoming the two forty-year-old men into the building.
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Twisting her slender waist, she waved the brocade handkerchief in her hand as she walked, "The courtesan of this season's Rouge Street is my Ruyue girl from "Huanchun Pavilion". She has been the winner for two consecutive seasons. She is not only beautiful and dignified, but also has many talents."
Elegance and celebrities are full of praises, and the flower hall of our pavilion is filled with many celebrities who come here every day... How about I help the distinguished guests..."
Perhaps in response to the shortage of flowers, the Rouge Street holds an oiran contest every three months.
But hearing that the Butterfly Lady's words meant to be rewarded, the forty-year-old man smiled slightly and winked at the attendant beside him. The attendant took out a silver ingot from his sleeve and handed it to her.
He smiled sweetly: "How can this be so embarrassing..." but put the money into his sleeve.
Passing through the courtyard with brocade flower pots, I came to the lobby. I guess it was because it was still early, but there were no other guests in the lobby. On both sides of the stairs leading to the second floor, there were several people wearing tulle and fragrant shoulders.
Half-exposed maid.
I saw a lady going up the wide staircase with low steps. She still had charm and a smiling face. The butterfly lady hurriedly walked forward, whispered to her, and then smiled charmingly with the man in his forties.
He bowed and left.
The woman was the madam in charge of the "Huanchun Pavilion". She gave the blessing ceremony to the forty-year-old man and said with a sweet smile: "How do you greet this distinguished guest?"
The forty-year-old man answered the question incorrectly: "Is Miss Narcissus still in the pavilion?"
The woman looked stunned. She listened to the whispers of the Butterfly Lady who was welcoming the guests, and thought that this forty-year-old man was here to hold the Oiran like the moon. Unexpectedly, she found the Oiran from two years ago, the now expired Narcissus.
She had experienced the world for a long time, and after being stunned, she nodded quickly and responded: "Yes, yes, Narcissus is also a famous figure in my pavilion. He is both talented and beautiful, and his piano skills are top-notch. Your distinguished guest really has a good eye."
The oiran in the romance field is like a flash in the pan. Today he is just a newcomer smiling, but tomorrow he may be an old one crying. This Narcissus is both talented and beautiful, and his piano skills are even more extraordinary. He was very popular two years ago, but now there are few people to support him.
, but the woman was happy to hear this forty-year-old man order her.
"Huanchun Pavilion must have its own painting boat on the river, right?" The forty-year-old man said with a smile: "At three o'clock in the morning, please invite Miss Narcissus to play a song on the boat."
After a pause of words, he glanced at the attendant beside him, who took out two silver ingots weighing ten ounces and handed them to the woman.
"This is just a reward for the silver, and someone will settle the settlement with you afterwards together with the cost of the boat." The forty-year-old man smiled, then stared at the smiling woman who took the silver ingot and said: "But except for the Narcissus girl,
There is no need to arrange servants such as boatmen and maids in Huanchun Pavilion."
When the woman heard this, she pushed back the silver ingot she received in her hand: "Although the boat is owned by "Huanchun Pavilion", the slave family does not know the identity of the distinguished guest... How can this happen?"
She is certainly not stupid, how could she hand over the valuable painting boat and narcissus to an unknown person for two pieces of silver?
"Hey, it's okay if you want to know my identity." The man took out the fish charm from his sleeve and handed it to the woman. The woman took it and looked at it carefully, and her heart trembled, "I hope you will forgive me..."
The forty-year-old man raised his hand to interrupt her words, "There is no need to mention this matter to anyone, otherwise..."
When the woman saw his sharp eyes, her heart trembled, and she hurriedly said: "I understand, my lord, but please don't worry."
She can survive in this romantic field, so she understands the truth that disaster comes from the mouth.
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In the northeast of the city, the Qingfeng Posthouse was specially designed for the Liao Kingdom. It occupies a large area, with pavilions, pavilions, and winding corridors. Xiao Yanbei and a man dressed as a civil servant from the south courtyard of the Liao Dynasty were walking on the rain corridor in the posthouse.
In the middle, followed two feet away by Zhuo Wu and four guards.
"I have been in Jiangning Mansion for more than ten days. I will only meet with the Emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty once. The rest of the alliance affairs are handled by the emperor's younger brother Li Jingsui. These days, I have always been stubborn about the number of horses and have been arguing. It seems that my elder brother
It's disgusting that Liao seems to be taking advantage." After the civil servant finished speaking, his expression showed annoyance.
"Compared with his father Li Min, Emperor Li Jing of the Southern Tang Dynasty is very different. When he sent troops to Fujian, Xiao thought he was a capable emperor... Hehe, not only did he lose the opportunity to take over the Central Plains, but he also allowed Wu Yue to gain Fuzhou
place."
"Now they sent troops to destroy Chu, but they allowed the Southern Han to seize half of Chu's land. They used inhumane methods and did not know how to appease the people. Jiangnan is rich, but they increased taxes in Chu. I heard that Liu Yan, the general of Chu, is now rebelling against Tang. I'm afraid
His Chu Di was gained and lost again." Xiao Yanbei shook his head and said.
After Li Min's death, Li Jing succeeded to the throne. Taking advantage of the civil strife in Fujian, he sent troops to destroy Fujian. He used poor personnel and his subordinates fought for credit and failed to coordinate their advance and retreat. As a result, more than 100,000 troops and horses attacking Fuzhou in Fujian were defeated by the Fuzhou defender and 20,000 troops from Wu and Yue.
, greatly damaging your vitality.
At that time, the Khitans captured the capital of the Central Plains. Li Jing was exhausted in Fujian and lost the great opportunity to compete with Liu Zhiyuan for control of the Central Plains, which led to the rise of the Later Han Dynasty.
Now that the Chu Territory was conquered and the new peace was initially established, he allowed his subordinates to increase taxes in the Chu Territory, which also made the Chu people resentful and rebel. The Emperor of the Southern Han Dynasty took the opportunity to send troops to attack Chu Territory and captured half of the Chu Territory. Naturally, the Chu Territory was restored with great success.
Lost momentum.
"He is good at reciting poems and composing poems, singing, dancing and drinking wine every day. How could it be the behavior of an emperor who opened up new territories..." Xiao Yanbei stopped speaking suddenly, turned to look at the rockery five feet away to the left, and said in a deep voice:
"Who are you? Now that you are here, why bother hiding?"
Zhuo Wu and the others behind him were startled and secretly ashamed. They all walked to Xiao Yanbei's side and drew their swords to protect them. However, they saw a middle-aged man wearing a green robe and a mustache coming out from behind the rockery.
He bowed to Xiao Yanbei and said, "I have met your envoy in this humble position."
The person who came was the man in his forties who had gone to the "Huanxiang Pavilion". Although he greeted him with courtesy, he did not give his name.
Xiao Yanbei frowned slightly when he heard the forty-year-old man call himself the envoy, "Your Excellency...?"
The man glanced at the people around Xiao Yanbei, but did not reply. Xiao Yanbei understood what he meant, and said to the people around him: "Everyone, please step aside for now."
Everyone looked hesitant, and Zhuo Wuyan next to him said: "You guys should step back, I'll just stay here with you."
After everyone retreated, the man clasped his hands again and said: "Qu Yuan, the captain of the Longwu Army, has heard for a long time that the envoy has extraordinary martial arts. Today I can see the results, and his reputation is well-deserved."
The guards in the Imperial Palace and the palace of the Southern Tang Dynasty were different from the establishment of surrounding countries. There were no dedicated personal guards. Instead, six field forbidden troops were also responsible for the responsibility of the bodyguards. This Quyuan Captain's position was also equivalent to a personal guard.
Commander, he is in the state of great spiritual consciousness. He just sneaked into the post house and approached the rockery when he was noticed by Xiao Yanbei who was talking, and he admired him deeply.
"Oh? What's the matter with Mr. Naqu?" Xiao Yanbei was surprised. The safety of his daily walks in Jiangning Mansion was protected by the Dragon and Tiger Guards of the Southern Tang Dynasty, but Qu Yuan didn't know it.
"By the order of the King of Yan, I have come to invite the envoy to speak to you." After saying this, Qu Yuan took out a gold-plated folding post from his arms.
Zhuo Wu stepped forward to take it and handed it to Xiao Yanbei. Xiao Yanbei opened it and saw that it read:
Your Excellency the Envoy’s Notes:
Huaijiang crab fat, flower carvings are mellow, like a bonfire roasting sheep, and the wine is flowing and strong. Looking at the bright sky, the sound of the piano waves in the heart, now the boat is waiting, hoping that you will come and move. Li Hongyi respectfully presents.
Xiao Yanbei looked at the red private seal on the post, pondered for a moment, then looked up at Qu Yuan, "When?"
"At three o'clock in the hour, I have prepared my carriage and am waiting at the side gate behind the pavilion. I would like to ask the envoy to come forward."
Xiao Yanbei nodded and did not answer.
"The young one will leave first." Qu Yuan bowed and saluted, then turned around and disappeared into the rockery.
Zhuo Wu hesitated for a moment, "Who is this King of Yan...? How could he act so mysteriously?" Although he had followed Xiao Yanbei for many years, he knew very little about the princes and courtiers of the various countries.
"This King Yan is the relegated eldest son of the Emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and I am a stranger to him...I heard that he was brave and decisive at a young age. Now I see that he is acting cautiously, which shows that his scheming and strategies are also extraordinary. The strength of the Southern Tang Dynasty in the future may depend on this son.
How is your ambition?"
Looking at Zhuo Wu with a puzzled look on his face, Xiao Yanbei smiled: "The Emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty originally appointed Li Jingsui as the emperor's younger brother as a temporary measure, but based on what I have seen from Li Jingsui's meetings in the past few days...
This younger brother of the emperor is prudent in his actions and has extraordinary strategies, just like his father Li Ming."
"And the King of Yan is not weak, and he is relegated to the eldest son... I am afraid that the Emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, who is always scheming, will be difficult to do well in the future."
Xiao Yanbei, as a member of the Khitan uncle's Bali family, was well aware of the cruelty of the fight for the throne. He thought that if the rumors were true, how could the young and scheming King Li Hongji of Yan give up the throne? This would surely lead to chaos in the Southern Tang Dynasty.
Li Ming, the great martyr of the Tang Dynasty, died, and the courtiers established Li Jing as emperor in accordance with the rules of the succession of imperial powers in the past dynasties. The Southern Tang Dynasty was also surrounded by enemies. Li Jing's younger brother Li Jingsui was a man with both civil and military skills. He had high prestige in the court, so Li Jing became the emperor.
He ascended the throne based on the customs of his elders, fearing that people would not accept it, so he made an oath of alliance in front of Li Min's coffin, and the brothers eventually succeeded each other, but it also left troubles in the future.
"The private invitation from King Yan this time must be related to our alliance with Liao. The Emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty has been delayed in making a decision. It must be due to the party dispute between the DPRK and China..." Xiao Yanbei paused, "Go and meet him."
Yes, let’s see what King Yan has in mind?”
At three o'clock in the morning, a carriage carrying Xiao Yanbei and Zhuo Wu drove to the Qinhuai River. When they arrived at the bank, under a row of long and short willow trees that were fluttering in the wind, Qu Yuan, dressed as a coachman, pulled the rope to stop the horse and lifted it.
Opening the curtain, "Your Majesty, please move."
Xiao Yanbei and Zhuo Wu got off the carriage. It was getting dark now, but they saw bright lights on both sides of the river. On the river house with carved railings and painted sills, between the curtains and screen windows, red makeup could be seen, and bursts of silk and bamboo instruments were playing and singing in their ears.
As soon as I heard the sound, there was a five-foot-long painting boat parked in front of me. There was a pavilion on the back of the cabin roof, with a crystal bead curtain hanging down. It was surrounded by a three-foot-high carved wooden railing from the front cabin roof, which was like the pavilion.
The columns are connected.
The corner lanterns hanging on the corridors on both sides of the boat were already lit at this time. Two boats were seen laying the gangplank to the shore, bowing roundly and saying: "My lord, please get on board."
Arriving on the boat, Qu Yuan led the two of them into the six-foot-deep forward cabin. The front cabin was separated from the middle cabin by a carved sandalwood wall with an arch. On the top of the arch hung an inscription with the words "Xianzhi" written on it.
There is a plaque, and two good-looking maids are standing beside the door.
Seeing Xiao Yanbei and others coming in, the two maids knelt down and saluted, then raised the bead curtain, and saw a young master with a jade crown on his head and a tooth-white moire brocade suit coming up from the middle cabin to greet him.
He cupped his hands and saluted: "Li Hongji has met the envoy."
Xiao Yanbei looked at Yan King Li Hongji, who was about twenty years old, with a resolute appearance and quite majestic appearance. He nodded and returned the greeting with cupped hands: "Xiao Yanbei has met His Highness King Yan."
The middle cabin is nearly three feet long and is separated from the rear cabin by a wooden wall carved from sandalwood. There are calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall. An Arhat bed is placed under the calligraphy and painting. It is separated by a low table in the middle. The cabin windows on both sides are open.
A bead curtain is hung, and two chairs with coffee tables are placed under the middle window.
The floor of the cabin is covered with a carpet embroidered with brocade flowers, the ceiling is painted with a pattern of a fairy flying to the moon, and the ribbons on clothing embellished with gold powder sparkle in the light of lanterns hanging around.
Li Hongji led Xiao Yanbei to the Luohan bed and seated the host and guest. Zhuo Wu sat on the high chair by the window. At this time, a maid served tea. Xiao Yanbei felt the ripples of the boat and knew that the boat had left.
Walk along the shore.
"Your Majesty the Envoy has a distinguished reputation, and I have admired it for a long time. Last year, when Si Wen Fu Ma and the Princess got married, I was trapped in the battle with Wu and Yue and did not have the opportunity to go to congratulate you. Today, I am going to pay homage to the Holy Envoy. I learned that the Envoy Sir has arrived, and I want to go.
I'm here to pay my respects at the post house, but I'm afraid of hearing criticism, so I invited Tang Tu. I hope your Majesty the envoy will forgive me." Li Hongji sat on his seat, turned sideways and raised his hands.
Xiao Yanbei smiled when he heard that there was a hint of truth in his polite words: "The King of Yan is a brave young man. This envoy has already heard about the famous name on the way before arriving in Jiangning. It is a blessing to be invited today. How can I say it is abrupt?"
Your Majesty, Prince Yan, is being polite."
After Li Jing succeeded to the throne, he changed his father's policy of "quelling the troops and pacifying the people" and took advantage of the civil strife in Fujian and Chu to invade with troops. However, this also aroused suspicion between Wu, Yue and Southern Han, and triggered a melee for territory.
The leader of the Wuyue Kingdom had always been on good terms with the Central Plains Dynasty. Last year, the Northern Han Dynasty and Liao soldiers allied forces to attack the Later Zhou Dynasty. Guo Wei was deeply afraid that the Southern Tang Dynasty would take the opportunity to go north, so he ordered the King of Wuyue to attack the border of the Southern Tang Dynasty to contain the Southern Tang troops from moving northward. Li Hongji was young and brave.
He led the army to defeat Wu and became famous from then on.
Therefore, the civil servants Han Xizai, Chang Mengxi, and Jiang Wenwei supported the northern scholars, and there was a faint tendency to persuade Li Jing to make Li Hongji the crown prince. However, the Jiangnan nobles, including Feng Yanji, Feng Yanlu, and Song Qiqiu, supported the emperor's younger brother.
On Li Jingsui's side, there was a factional dispute in the court.
Li Jingzhi was a man of great talent but had no idea of how to use talents. Every day, he drank wine, sang and danced with Han Xizai and Feng Yanji, singing and dancing to the wind and the moon. The dispute between the two groups of cliques gradually evolved into a battle of wills between literati.
Regardless of the interests of the church, they fight for the gains and losses of personal opinions.
This time, Xiao Yanbei was sent as an envoy to the Southern Tang Dynasty, hoping to form an alliance to attack the Later Zhou Dynasty. The Southern Tang Dynasty also wanted to form an alliance, but suffered from a lack of horses, so they asked the Liao Dynasty to donate 3,000 horses. However, the Khitan had gone through civil strife, and its national power was still weak, so it only wanted to
Three hundred were given as a gift, and the rest of the horses were required to be exchanged for tea and silk from the Southern Tang Dynasty. This affected the interests of the Jiangnan gentry and plutocrats and made the alliance unable to negotiate.
Although Li Hongji was only twenty years old, his courage and insight were extraordinary, and he had the ambition to take over the Central Plains. When he learned that Xiao Yanbei had come to jointly discuss the matter of attacking Zhou Dynasty, he thought that the opportunity was rare, so he took advantage of it and went to Beijing to meet the emperor.
He wanted to invite Xiao Yanbei to get together and express his feelings, but he was afraid that others would find out and be suspected of overstepping his bounds, so he sent Qu Yuan to sneak into the post house to send invitations.
While the two were exchanging pleasantries, Xiao Yanbei felt the boat pause for a moment, guessing that the boat must have reached the shore. There was a sound of footsteps, and when he looked up, he saw that the beaded curtain of the arch had been rolled up, and he didn't know when it had been replaced.
Qu Yuan, who was dressed in a satin robe, walked in and bowed to Li Hongji: "Your Highness, the food is ready to be served."
Li Hongji laughed and stood up, "Your Majesty, envoy, please follow me to the open platform on the top of the boat to watch the bright moon reflecting on the waves and listen to the beautiful lady's music..."
Qu Yuan walked towards the right side of Luohan's bed and pulled it with his hand. A door appeared on the wooden wall separated from the back cabin. It turned out that there was a secret door hidden in the partition wall. Then he saw a door sloping up the level.
The stairs appear in front of you.
After Li Hongji said "please", he led Xiao Yan north up the stairs. After exiting the stairway door, there was a pavilion with crystal bead curtains hanging on three sides, one foot and five feet long and two feet wide. There was a round table in the middle of the pavilion.
, there are several drum piers placed beside the table.
After Li Hongji invited Xiao and Zhuo to take their seats, he heard the sound of footsteps coming from the stairwell, and saw several women in colorful clothes, holding red lacquer food boxes in their hands, coming from the staircase door one after another, and a table of delicacies was placed in a moment:
Bird's nest shredded chicken soup, abalone mixed with loosestrife, braised chicken with mushrooms, braised fish maw ham, shark skin chicken juice, fish tongue mixed with bear paws, hibiscus eggs, gizzards and goose palms soup, steamed anchovies, drunken shrimps, steamed crabs, soup
steamed stuffed bun.
After the toothpaste and gold cups were displayed, Qu Yuan opened a jar of wine sealed with yellow mud. When he smelled the aroma of wine, Qu Yuan held the wine jar in his hand, poured the wine into three silver pots, and handed them over.
Three maids, each holding a pitcher, came to the table and filled up the wine.
Li Hongji tapped his palms lightly, and with a "ding-ding-dang-dang" sound, the crystal bead curtain in front of the pavilion rolled up, and he saw wooden railings on three sides and a nearly three-foot-long cabin roof platform with a piano table in the middle.
, a woman in her late twenties, wearing a white dress, a bun with exposed hair, eyebrows and phoenix eyes, and bright makeup, was sitting on the soft carpet behind the case. Not far behind her, two people knelt and held hands.
The maid holding the palace lantern and the incense rising from the Boshan stove beside the piano table.
When the beaded curtain was rolled up, the woman stood up. Her white clothes were fluttering in the breeze, and her temples were lifted back. She looked like a fairy. She made a blessing ceremony to Li Hongji and the others, then sat down to play the piano.
Between the rise and fall of the fingertips, the sound of the piano is like the dripping spring in a deep stream, clear and ethereal, exquisite and clear, gurgling and flowing, and suddenly seems to be merged into the sea.
Suddenly I saw the woman's hands leaving the string, her beautiful eyes slightly closed, and her ten fingers moving together again, at a slow and slow pace, but it sounded like the rapids retreating bravely, with long overtones, and also like the sound of fish jumping and splashing on the quiet lake, and the sound of jingling beads.
The bomb makes people feel restless.
At this time, clusters of lotus lanterns were seen on the Qinhuai River, looming and twinkling like stars in the sky. When Li Hongji and the three of them listened to the music, they felt like the world was upside down.
With a few words, the cups were pushed and replaced, and the maids kept adding more wine. Not a single dish on the table was touched. The song was about to end, and a jar of Huadiao weighing twenty kilograms was finished.
Amidst the lingering sound, three maids holding small silver hammers came to the table, took down the steamed crabs that were as red as persimmons, and helped the three of them to knock the crabs out of their shells. Li Hongji, Xiao Yanbei, and Zhuo Wu
Fang was just awake, but he heard Li Hongji smile and say: "I doubt that I am dreaming in the rivers and lakes, but I am also on the rivers and lakes. The artistic realm of Narcissus girl's piano realm makes people unaware of the reality. I am laughing at Jiangning's literary flow,
They are all blind and deaf."
The implication is that he is ridiculing the literati and poets who select courtesans for their artlessness, but they do not realize that Narcissus's piano skills are extraordinary and refined.
As everyone knows, the so-called bosom friend is closely related to the state of mind of the person who plays the piano and listens to the music. Although this Narcissus is young, he has experienced the coldness of the world in this romantic field. In the past two years, he has gradually gone from being surrounded by stars to being ignored, and the desolation and coldness during this period
The meaning of steepness is naturally deeply felt in my heart.
But it also made her understand the true meaning of being unfazed by honor and disgrace. At this time, her state of mind was not tempted and fettered by glory and wealth, and she would not be miserable. The meaning of the piano was naturally transcendent and untainted.
Li Hongji, Xiao Yanbei, and Zhuo Wu originally had their own problems in their hearts. For example, Xiao Yanbei and Zhuo Wu had cultivated in the realm of spiritual thoughts. When their minds were broken, they first heard the sound of the piano and the flowing water. It was natural and comfortable. They relaxed and listened.
Next, I was unknowingly brought into the country by the meaning of the piano, but when I listened to the music, I felt like it was overwhelming. When I broke through the dangers, I felt as if my ideals had been realized, and I was finally satisfied with the wine.