In Daxuan Kingdom, there were only a handful of places that could be called upper courts, and Yingge Courtyard was one of them.
This is the lifelong fantasy of many people, and it is also a fantasy that many people are destined to fail to realize.
From the appearance, Yinggeyuan does not look like a place open for business, but more like a majestic and gorgeous mansion.
Xu Zhiqiong followed Wu Xu to the gate of Yinggeyuan. The middle-aged man who came out to greet the guests did not look like a waiter, but more like a housekeeper in a noble house. He was well dressed, spoke appropriately, neither humble nor overbearing, and arranged the carriages and horses for the guests.
, and then lead the guests to the front yard.
There are five courtyards in Yinggeyuan. Except for the front courtyard used to welcome guests, the other four courtyards each have their own names.
The first building is the Music Courtyard, a courtyard where singing and dancing music is studied.
The second building is the Poetry Academy, a courtyard where poetry and poetry are studied.
The third building is the Academy, a courtyard for studying the art of calligraphy and painting.
The fourth building is the Yiyuan, a courtyard for studying Go and Shuanglu.
In the front yard, you can sit down and drink tea, listen to music, and meet familiar friends. But if you want to continue walking in, you have to know where you should go, and what you are good at, whether you are good at music or not.
Literature, whether you are good at calligraphy and painting, or good at chess.
What if you're not good at anything?
Then it's best not to come here.
In order to realize his dream since childhood, Chu Xin, the general of the cavalry, visited Yinggeyuan once despite everyone's dissuasion.
He has status, status, money, and must be treated with courtesy and respect wherever he goes.
But here, he spent dozens of taels of silver and wandered around all night, without even finding anyone to talk to.
How can people talk to you if you don’t have a common language?
Afterwards, Chu Xin was furious and threatened to overthrow Yinggeyuan.
As soon as the words came out, memorials to impeach Chu Xin flew like snowflakes.
Yinggeyuan is a business run by the Ministry of Rites, and is the refuge for the souls of Daxuan civil servants. You, a vulgar warrior, should not come here, asking for trouble, and dare to act wildly?
From then on, Chu Xin never mentioned the Yinggeyuan incident again.
Yinggeyuan has always been unfriendly to Wu Xu, but the housekeeper who welcomes guests is very polite to Wu Xu. After all, we are doing business at night, and no one wants to cause trouble with the lamplighter's office.
The housekeeper knew Wu Xu: "Qianhu, which courtyard are you going to?"
Xu Zhiqiong secretly made a conscious effort in his heart: Go to the Poetry Academy, go to the Poetry Academy, go to the Poetry Academy...
As a promising young man in my previous life, I memorized a lot of ancient poems. As a time traveler, it is standard practice to use ancient poems to pretend to be a comparison.
In the end, Wu Xu chose Leyuan.
Xu Zhiqiong also understands music. In his youth, who has not had an innocent rock and roll time, but the rock music of his previous life is not suitable for this era.
Xu Zhiqiong also knows a little about the music of this era. He has been hanging around Goulan for a long time, and in many cases, he goes there with the attitude of appreciating the music.
But the music in the orchestra was different from what he thought.
There are a total of twelve pavilions in the Yueyuan. Each pavilion has a pavilion owner, who is the leader of this pavilion. The pavilion owner is the signboard of this pavilion. In most cases, it is for viewing. Guests who come to Yinggeyuan are
I want to catch a glimpse of the master of the pavilion, but I want to be a guest, but the opportunity is too rare.
Under the leader are four beauties, also known as musicians. These four musicians are the backbone of this pavilion, and guests come to them. As long as they are talented and learn to get along with the beauties, the chance of joining the court is very high.
Underneath the beauty, there are sixteen little maids. If they don’t get the favor of the beauty, there is a consolation prize. These sixteen little maids are handsome, literate, and talented. It is not in vain to have such a confidant.
This line.
If even the servant girl is not found, this kind of person will be called Chu Xin and others, which proves that he is not suitable to come to a place like Yinggeyuan.
General Chu Xin didn't even find the servant girl at first, and ended up becoming a negative example of Yinggeyuan repeatedly whipping corpses.
Wu Xu chose Wuyin Pavilion. The owner of the pavilion was named Xin Chu. This was probably the only pavilion in the music academy that was relatively friendly to Wu Fu.
There are three floors in the attic. The first floor is the hall, where guests enjoy singing and dancing. The performance in the hall determines whether the guests have the opportunity to stay overnight.
The second floor of the attic is the residence of the servant girls, and the third floor is the residence of the master and the musicians.
There were more than fifty guests in the hall. Wu Xu first handed over five taels of silver in pollen and chose a seat near the middle to sit down with Xu Zhiqiong.
These five taels of silver are equivalent to the tickets for two people. Everyone must pay a ticket to enter the attic. Each person pays at least two taels. If you can successfully stay in the attic, the tickets are not in vain. If you fail, you have to pay for the ticket elsewhere.
Walk around the attic.
"I have to find a way to stay here tonight."
This is Wu Xu's order. Tonight, the two of them must find a way to win the hearts of the two girls in Wuyin Pavilion.
One leader, four beauties, sixteen servant girls, twenty-one people.
There are more than fifty guests in the hall, and the probability is 40%, so the competition pressure is not too great.
What Xu Zhiqiong needs to understand now is the rules and what kind of people are qualified to stay here.
Wuyin Pavilion must be related to martial arts. If it is a martial arts competition, Xu Zhiqiong is not worried at all. With Wu Qianhu here, unless Dean Lin is also here, everyone here will be rubbish.
But this is not a place for martial arts competitions, this is a place for enjoying music. Because the singing and dancing here have a chilling atmosphere, it is called Wuyin Pavilion.
According to Xu Zhiqiong's understanding, the chilling atmosphere should be a loud war song.
But Xu Zhiqiong sat in the hall and listened for half an hour, but he could not detect the smell of murder.
There were four Shuli playing the instruments. One Shuli blew a long sound while playing the flute. Xu Zhiqiong estimated that the long sound lasted for almost twenty seconds.
This breath is really long enough. If you blow it for a while longer, Xu Zhiqiong will probably fall asleep.
The person who leads the dance on the stage is the pavilion master Xin Chu, and the dancers for Xin Chu are sixteen servant girls.
Taking advantage of the long sound just now, for nearly twenty seconds, the Pavilion Master Xin Chu led the twelve servant girls to perform a movement together, standing on one foot, and then squatting down.
I did this movement for twenty seconds...
This is Yale, this is the spring white snow that ordinary people cannot appreciate!
Xu Zhiqiong did not dare to complain that the performance was boring because he did not have enough cultural background.
However, he carefully observed the guests around him and found that there were many in his situation.
Is there anyone who really appreciates music in Yinggeyuan?
Yes! This is a gathering place for literati. Real literati have elegant artistic pursuits. In the Music House, there are many guests who really like music, but they will not come to Wuyin Pavilion because they feel that the chilling atmosphere will destroy the music.
The elegance of music.
There are two types of people who come to Wuyin Pavilion, one is the literati with limited talents and the other is the martial arts people with literary and artistic sentiments.
Do these two types of people really listen to music?
There are also some, but not many in number. Most of them want to use their limited talents and knowledge to gain a chance to stay overnight, so that they can have something to talk about at the wine table in the future: "Yinggeyuan, I have been to that place and slept there one night."
, that’s all!”
This proves that the threshold for Wuyin Pavilion is not too high.
While thinking about it, the Pavilion Master's dance was over and the main show began. The Pavilion Master Xin Chu came up with a question to decide who could stay overnight tonight.
You see in this business, the competition among buyers is so fierce.
Xin Chu is very beautiful. In terms of appearance alone, she is ranked first among the twelve pavilions of the Yueyuan.
But Xin Chu has a problem. There is a heroic spirit between her eyebrows and a cold arrogance in her eyes. This is the trait that literati dislike the most. Compared with other pavilions, Wuyin Pavilion also seems a bit deserted.
The first question Xin Chu asked was musical instruments.
The rules are simple, as long as you play a piece of music with an instrument, you will be successful.
The threshold was really not high, but Wu Xu was dumbfounded because he didn't know how to play a musical instrument.
"Can you do it?" Wu Xu asked in a low voice.
Xu Zhiqiong pondered for a moment and said, "Whether he will or not, it's hard to say."
"Yes, I will, and if I don't, I won't. What's wrong with that?"
Xu Zhiqiong said: "Let's take a look first."
The four Shuli who just played musical instruments in the attic are all professional players. To judge by their standards, Xu Zhiqiong is not good at it.
But this is not a professional selection test after all. Let’s take a look at the performance of other guests first.
The first guest volunteered: "I can play the drums!"
Xin Chu nodded and said: "Please!"
The guest took the drumstick from Shuli's hand and started beating.
The rhythm is steady and sonorous, but this is the only rhythm he has.
Wu Xu heard that this guest was from a military camp, and he should be playing a marching drum.
At first, the three Shuli ladies played music together with the guests. After playing for a while, the Shuli ladies all stopped.
He keeps banging, how can he ask others to cooperate?
Xin Chu stretched out his hand to signal the guest to stop, and said tactfully: "The guest is not in high spirits tonight, please come back another day."
The guest was very unconvinced: "I'm in a high mood, very, very high. I'll give you another paragraph..."
Before the guest could finish speaking, Xin Chu picked up the tea.
Serving tea means seeing off guests, and the cold and arrogant eyes mean that you cannot refuse.
The two servant girls politely sent the guest to the door. Fortunately, the guest knew what he was doing and left honestly. If he didn't know what he was doing, someone else would have seen him off.
Another guest stood up and said, "I can play the piano."
Shuli, who was playing the guqin, quickly stood up and gave up her seat to the guest, who played the song "Revelation of Heartfelt Feelings".
This guest did know how to play the piano, but his level was not very good. His playing was bumpy and interrupted several times. Fortunately, the other three Shuli cooperated and allowed him to play the music reluctantly.
Xin Chu nodded to a servant girl, who stepped forward and said to the guest: "I also play the piano and have learned two new songs. I would like to ask the guest for advice."
"Don't you dare? I'd like to listen to the girl's advice." The guest got up and followed the servant girl to the second floor. This was regarded as a successful stay.
Is this okay?
So can I!
Xu Zhiqiong stood up and said: "I can play the flute!"
Wu Xu glared at Xu Zhiqiong: "Don't talk nonsense."
If you can't answer the first question, there is a second question, so don't let the Pavilion Master kick Xu Zhiqiong out right now.
Xu Zhiqiong's expression was very serious: "I really know how to play the flute."
Shu Li, who was in charge of playing the flute, wiped the flute and handed it to Xu Zhiqiong.
Xu Zhiqiong tried the tune. It was an eight-hole flute. It had a similar pitch to the G-key flute that Xu Zhiqiong was familiar with in his previous life, and the fingering methods were also the same.
He really knows how to play the flute. Although it was just a hobby in his previous life, it is not difficult to play a complete piece of music.
Xu Zhiqiong chose an ancient song from his previous life and was about to start playing when he suddenly heard a musician ask: "Which song do you want to play?"
"Uh, which song..." How can I tell you this?
Another musician asked: "Tell me a tune, so I can play it with the guests."
"Ensemble, ensemble..."
I was just looking at the rules, but I forgot an important detail. To play an instrument, you need to play in harmony with other musicians.
How to play together?
Xu Zhiqiong knew nothing about the music of this era.
"Yes, is there any music score?"
The musician who played the piano brought a book of music scores and said to Xu Zhiqiong: "Your Majesty, please choose at will. We are all familiar with these pieces."
You are familiar with it, but I am not.
I have never heard of these songs, and I am not familiar with the score.
Gong Shangjiao Zhengyu...
etc……
Xu Zhiqiong thought for a moment and said to the musician: "Please bring me a pen and paper."
The musician got a pen and paper, and Xu Zhiqiong wrote on the paper:
"Yu, Zheng, Jiao, Shang, Gong,
Jiao, Shang, Gong, Yu, Zheng"
…
Xu Zhiqiong wrote a score and gave it to the musicians.
The musician watched it for a while, shook his head and said, "I've never heard this piece before."
Xu Zhiqiong nodded and said, "This piece of music was improvised by me."
"Impromptu?" Even Xin Chu was quite surprised.
Xu Zhiqiong nodded: "This song is called "Walking to Wuyin Pavilion with a Lantern", everyone, please express your humility."
Xu Zhiqiong adjusted his breath and began to play.
When the music started playing, Xu Zhiqiong’s mind echoed with the classic melody from his previous life:
"The sea is smiling, the tide is rolling across the Taiwan Strait..."