On the grain drying field in the small town of Gaiya, Wei En was having intense rehearsals with the actors of his chorus.

Wei En wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Everyone, take a rest. Flami, come here for a moment."

Flammy is a handsome young man with a tall and muscular body who is responsible for the male voice part of the recitation part. "Flamy, you have made great progress." Wei En said with a smile.

"Commander Wei'en, according to your request, I recite several times in the vegetable market early in the morning every day."

Wei En smiled and said: "How is it? Do you feel that your self-confidence has become stronger?"

Flammy said with a bitter face: "As you said, my feelings have indeed become much smoother. However, nowadays, almost everyone looks at me as if I are a madman, which is really uncomfortable.

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Wei En patted him on the shoulder: "It doesn't matter. It won't be long before everyone's eyes on you will change. What's the old saying? As long as you follow the right direction, the more you endure, the greater your gains will be. I believe it.

yourself!"

"yes!"

While the two were talking, Flami suddenly focused his eyes, looked behind Wei En, and said softly: "Uncle the mayor is here."

Wei En turned around and saw Tour walking towards him quickly, followed by two servants with buckets in their hands. What surprised him was that Tour's daughter Ruola was also following behind the mayor, with a face on her face.

He still had the same cold look on his face and was still mumbling something.

Tu'er came to Wei'en and said, "You have all worked hard on this hot day. Come, I'll have someone make some heat-relieving soup. Everyone should drink some to be careful of heatstroke."

Wei En smiled and said: "Uncle, you really took the trouble to come in time." As he said this, he waved to the girls and boys who were resting in the shade of the trees to come over and drink water.

The young people were busy and laughing. Several girls gathered around Ruola and asked questions, and Ruola also had a smile on her face, and she agreed without saying a word. Tuer rolled his eyes and pulled a question.

He turned to Wei'en and said, "Wei'en, by the way, I have something to discuss with you."

Ruola had a calm expression on her face, but her little ears seemed to stand up.

Wei En said: "What happened?"

Tur coughed and said, "I found the female singer you asked me to find."

Wei En said happily: "Oh, that's great. Why didn't you bring her?"

"Why don't I bring her here? My daughter, Ruola."

Wei En didn't believe his ears: "Your daughter? She, isn't she not interested?"

"Well. Originally, she had something to do. However, the choir's affairs are a major event in the town. Since there is a shortage of people in the choir, naturally I am not willing to stand by and watch."

"Oh." Wei En nodded and said, "The truth is correct. However, Uncle Tour, let me say something ugly first. Although she is your daughter, we have to let her try it first. If I think it won't work, then

You can’t force it either.”

Ruola suddenly let out a cold "hum", which startled the girls who were talking to her.

"That's natural. I understand the truth." Tour said with a smile. He was very confident in his daughter. He remembered that when Ruola participated in the opera performance organized by the school, she was well received by her teachers and classmates and won many awards.

Wei En said nothing more and continued to organize training. He walked up to Ruola and said: "Miss Ruola, thank you for joining the chorus. I hope we can have a happy cooperation."

Ruola said calmly: "You don't need to thank me. I'm doing it for my dad."

Wei En glanced at her. At this moment, Ruola's spring-like smile had disappeared, and her face became serious and indifferent again.

"Okay, I won't talk nonsense. Ruola, do you have any stage performance experience before?" Faced with Ruola's indifference, Wei En was too lazy to be polite anymore.

"Stage performance? Oh, I am now a member of the opera troupe of Norton College." Although Ruola felt that Wei En's words were very fresh, her reaction was not slow.

"Member of the opera troupe? That's great." Wei En clapped his hands lightly: "What role do you often play?"

Ruola felt a little annoyed when she heard this. It was a very honorable thing to be admitted to the opera troupe of Norton College, and if the troupe had a play about a prince rescuing a princess, she would definitely play the leading role. But it was just that

She is not playing the sentimental princess, but the handsome prince who always wields a sharp sword to kill the vicious and bravely saves the beauty in the castle. For this reason, she has listened to many words of praise from the young girls in Huaichun, and has received many tender feelings.

A love letter to a water girl.

Ruola's face became colder and colder: "They are just some minor characters, don't worry about them."

Wei En saw the color change on her face, but he felt wrong in his heart and said disapprovingly: "Which star didn't start with a small role? This requires you to keep working hard and play your current role well, lively, and act like a real person.

It’s the same thing, I believe you will definitely get more praise and applause.”

Ruola seemed to have the legendary Samadhi fire in her eyes, and she gritted her teeth and said, "Why are you so wordy? Whether I perform well or not is none of your business."

Wei En was stunned for a moment, and his face slowly darkened. No matter how beautiful a girl is, as long as you don't like her, you will never be able to tolerate your kindness only to be replaced by cold words and reprimands.

"Well, you read the poem once, and I'll see if you can do it." Wei En was too lazy to talk about gentlemanly manners.

Ruola raised the poem manuscript, took a deep breath, adjusted her emotions, and read it carefully. After listening to Wei En, even though he was a little reluctant, he had to admit what Tula said. Ruola was indeed

A suitable person to recite this poem.

Wei En is not a small-minded man who abandons his official career for personal reasons. Just like that, Ruola joined the choir of Gaia Town that day. She is a serious and responsible girl, although Wei En does not understand why she is so unfaithful to him.

, but when everyone practiced together, Ruola's clear voice, beautiful face, and demeanor that were no less than that of a professional actor immediately added a highlight to the entire show, making Wei En feel more confident.

On this day, everyone gathered at the grain drying ground to prepare for training as usual, but Wei En was nowhere to be seen.

Carmen asked: "Miss Ruola, Mr. Wei En hasn't come yet, should we wait for him?" If Wei En is temporarily absent due to something, Wei En usually lets Carmen organize everyone's rehearsal on her behalf. But since Ruola joined the team, Carmen has been thinking

The exquisite girl noticed something was wrong between Wei En and the mayor's eldest daughter, so she asked Ruola's opinion first if anything happened.

"What are you waiting for him to do? Anyway, when he comes, he is just gesticulating. The weather is so hot, let's practice first and go first." Ruola said. In the past two days, Wei En ran to the carpenter Hansen when he had nothing to do, and he didn't know what he was tinkering with.

So everyone started rehearsing, and after another half day, Wei En appeared in the grain drying field, carrying something behind him.

Everyone stopped, and Wei En smiled and said, "Sorry, I'm late." He bowed slightly to express his apology.

Everyone said it was no problem, and Wei En said: "Everyone, take a rest for a while, drink some water, and moisten your throat. Alva, Benson, you two come here." After saying that, he untied the things on his back.

Alva and Benson were the two accompaniment musicians of the chorus, one was in charge of the bagpipes and the other was in charge of the snare drum. When they walked closer to Wei En, they saw that he was holding something strange in shape that they had never seen before.

Wei En smiled and said, "Do you know what this is?"

Benson had a flexible mind and looked up and down for a while, then he asked tentatively: "Mr. Wei'en, is this a musical instrument?" Although he had never seen this bulky-looking thing, there were six nylon strings of different thicknesses tied to it.

, which gave him a clue.

Wei En laughed: "Well, that's right. Its name is the six-stringed qin, and it is a very convenient instrument to play." As he said that, he explained the qin to the two of them: "This side is the head, and there are winding strings on it.

The slender part in the middle of the piano button is called the neck. The support between the headstock and the neck is the nut. The front is called the fingerboard, and six steel wires are tied to it for playing. These on the panel

The round hole is the sound hole, and the lower end of the panel is the bridge, which is used to fix the other end of the strings. There are some round wooden boxes in the shape of one large and one small, called resonance boxes, which are used to produce sound." After finishing speaking.

, Wei En held it in his arms, and with a flick of the fingers of his right hand, the harp made sounds like tinkling spring water and swaying wind chimes.

Benson and Alva opened their eyes wide. They took the six-stringed harp into their hands and looked at it carefully. They imitated Wei En's example and plucked the strings. Sure enough, it also produced a few notes, but not as well as when Wei En played it just now.

Smooth and pleasant.

The young people gathered around at this time, looking at this new thing and talking about it. Ruola stood outside the crowd and watched for a while, with a look of surprise on her face: the accompanist of the opera troupe of Norton College

The band is equipped with a violin, but it is a valuable instrument. Even in Rio Fort, ordinary families cannot afford to buy a violin, let alone the remote town of Gaia. The intuition in her heart told her

, the function and value of this musical instrument in Wei En's hands are absolutely extraordinary.

Wei En continued: "Our chorus accompaniment is vigorous and powerful, but it lacks variety during the transition and seems stiff. With this six-stringed qin, it can make up for the shortcomings of the bagpipes and snare drums. Moreover, when the poem is recited, there is the accompaniment of the six-stringed qin."

, can create a very wonderful musical atmosphere.”

Carmen said eagerly: "Mr. Wei En, are you going to accompany us during the performance? Then you can play a song now and let us enjoy it."

"Yes, yes, please play a song quickly, I can't wait any longer." Everyone cheered after hearing Carmen's suggestion.

Wei En smiled and said, "Okay, let's go under the shade of the trees. It's too hot here."

Everyone cheered loudly and surrounded Wei En and walked towards the woods. Ruola silently looked at Wei En's back among the crowd, feeling a little strange in her heart as to why this man who she didn't like was so quickly welcomed by everyone.

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June 24, 1985

There were still three days left before Count Singer's birthday, and the choir of Gaia Town had already prepared. Before departure, Wei En found the old town mayor Tour who was preparing to pack.

"How do you know I have deer antler paste?" Tuer asked in surprise as he looked at Wei En's stretched out hand.

Wei En smiled and said nothing.

"Did Vincent tell you? Yes, it must be him. Apart from him, there is no other hunter in the town who can hunt the wind deer." Tur murmured.

Wei En still smiled and said nothing.

"What do you want velvet antler paste for?" This velvet antler paste is boiled from the antlers of mature deer in the mountains. It is a very rare and precious medicine. No wonder Tour felt a little distressed.

"Of course it's useful, and it's related to this trip." Wei En said.

After hesitating for a long time, Tuer finally couldn't resist the persistent Wei En, so he had to take out a small bag of solidified deer antler paste from the bedroom. Wei En took it and said with a smile: "Thank you, uncle, your generosity will be favored by God."

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Tur stared at Wei En's left hand as he put the deer antler paste into his pocket, and sighed: "You have already taken away my coffin, why are you talking about this?"

Wei En smiled and said: "Generous people are happy, and happy people are healthy. This is something that even gold cannot buy."

Tour said angrily: "Who said I was generous? I was forced to have no choice."

Finally, the chorus, led by the old mayor, set off on the road to York City. Wei En originally wanted to temporarily arrange Fanny's home in Tours, but Fanny cried and made trouble, refused to agree, and said nothing.

Wei En had no choice but to go with him. Considering that there were many girls traveling with him this time, and it was better to take her out to see the world than to stay at home, Wei En softened his heart and agreed.

Along the way, Fanny saw nothing new. She was always chatting around Tuer and asking questions non-stop. Tuer was very patient and answered every question. Wei En also gained a lot of knowledge with him.

Yorkshire City is located in the southeast of the Kingdom of Kant, two days away from the small town of Gaia. It is adjacent to the Xihui Mountains. The territory under its jurisdiction is mostly mountains and hills. The population is not large, only about one million. It is the largest among the eighteen counties in the kingdom.

One of the smallest counties.

However, Wei En learned from the book that a few years ago, Yorkshire was originally a plain area with mostly fertile farmland. It was a land of plenty. However, due to the coming of the "wrath of God", a city rose up out of thin air.

The mountains stretching for thousands of miles and towering like clouds have seriously damaged the geographical structure of Yorkshire. In addition, during the ten-year Holy War a hundred years ago, this place has always been one of the main battlefields where millions of troops were raised. So after the war, Yorkshire

Once devastated, many areas are full of empty houses, and there is no human habitation within dozens of miles.

Over the years, the four continental kingdoms have been in a period of recovery and development, and Yorkshire's population and economy have gradually improved, but compared to the past, it can only be a thing of the past.

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