Summary of the previous chapter: In order to create enough momentum for himself, Ma Xiaoquan not only went crazy while "barbecuing" the medicinal materials, but also made a spur-of-the-moment "Virgin Kiss" wine...
Ma Xiaoquan's words are undoubtedly a bombshell of absolute weight.
Murong Ziyan's appearance has been witnessed by everyone present. It can be said that, except for the pretty Ling'er, although the other ladies are beautiful, they are not as stunning as Murong Ziyan. Of course, Murong Ziyan's body
The aura of romance she carries makes her even more able to seduce the hearts of those noble men.
Having stayed in this era for almost 20 years, Ma Xiaoquan is very aware of these so-called gentry and nobles.
What does it mean to be a beast in clothes and what does it mean to be sanctimonious? Apart from anything else, everyone present, including himself, should be regarded as such.
Ma Xiaoquan curled his lips, stepped forward and stood in front of Murong Ziyan, and said to everyone: "Everyone, your words are unfounded. Maybe your wives are still a little unconvinced. Well, if there are any unconvinced ladies, they can come out.
How about a free competition of music, chess, calligraphy and painting?"
As soon as Ma Xiaoquan finished speaking, some women actually came out to compete with Murong Ziyan.
The men suddenly became happy.
This kind of competition is usually reserved for men. How come today when I attend the cavalry banquet, I am lucky enough to see a woman competing? This is simply...
Ma Xiaoquan looked at the crowd and saw that they had no objections. He raised his hand and asked his servants to bring in the two guqins.
"This is the first competition..." Ma Xiaoquan pointed to the guqin in front of him and said, "Competing with the nine-stringed qin, I wonder if the lady who goes on stage to compete dares or not?"
After Ma Xiaoquan's words, some of the ladies' faces suddenly turned red.
Nine-stringed qin? Aren’t all qins with seven strings? How do you play these nine strings?
As soon as Ma Xiaoquan asked the question, the ladies who came on stage and were eager to try it suddenly became 99% stunned.
Despite this, there were still two ladies who expressed their willingness to give it a try. Of course, it was just a try.
Ma Xiaoquan humbly made a word of invitation with both hands, and asked the two ladies to come up and play the piano respectively.
...
After two songs, although the sound of the piano is not that wonderful, it is not easy to be able to persist in playing it and play it completely.
"Pa bang bang..." Ma Xiaoquan took the lead in applauding.
The men also applauded.
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled, looked at Murong Ziyan behind him, and said to everyone: "Everyone, you may think that this nine-stringed qin cannot be played, right? Haha, unfortunately, I, a girl named Ziyan, can play it.
This nine-stringed harp..."
As soon as the words came out, there was an uproar in the venue.
It is common knowledge that a qin has seven strings. Although we have heard of a qin with nine strings, the only one who could actually play it was Yu Boya during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were hundreds of years ago. Not to mention anything else, although there had been masters playing the nine-stringed harp before, they were all hermits, masters who never saw the end of a dragon.
As for the Murong Ziyan in front of them, some of the nobles in Jingzhou also knew about her.
Murong Ziyan is a girl from Wangxiang Tower in Fancheng. Although she has not yet left the court, she is a promiscuous woman.
Although promiscuous women will learn some skills in order to please men, they are limited to ordinary skills.
It's a pity that these noble men thought wrong.
Not only in Wangxianglou, but also in Fancheng, and even in the whole of Jingzhou, there are few people who can match Murong Ziyan's piano skills. This was something Ma Xiaoquan heard from Zixiao.
In the impression of some nobles who have been to Wangxiang Tower, there seems to be one person who can play the nine-stringed qin. It seems that she is called Ximen Wuhen. How come you haven't heard of this Murong Ziyan?
Of course, these people who have impressions have also heard about it. As for Ximen Wuhen's appearance, none of them have seen it.
Cai Mao was unwilling again. He stepped forward and politely said: "Marquis Shenxian, you just let our wife perform the piano, why didn't Miss Zi Yan play?"
Ma Xiaoquan waved his hand and said: "General Cai, don't worry. If I can say this, Zi Yan will definitely know how to do it. Of course, in order to show my Zi Yan's skills, she will play the nine-stringed qin while
Making a Virgin Kiss…”
As soon as Ma Xiaoquan finished speaking, not to mention all the nobles and women present, even Murong Ziyan behind him was stunned.
Can Murong Ziyan play the nine-stringed qin?
The answer is, she won't.
So will she make Virgin Kiss?
Neither can she.
Murong Ziyan didn't understand why Brother Xiao Ma did this, but in return, even if she didn't know how, she would try to do it or even complete it.
Murong Ziyan had seen Ximen Wuhen play the nine-stringed harp before. Based on her memory and her already good piano skills, it was not impossible to imitate it once. Of course, this also had to be done without the presence of an expert.
Only under certain circumstances. If an expert is present, the secret may be exposed.
"Yeah" Murong Ziyan's heart tightened, she gritted her teeth, moved lightly, walked to the guqin, and sat down slowly.
Putting his hands softly on the Yao Qin, there was a slight ripple in his heart.
"Thing thump..." The jade hand gently stroked the strings, making a clear sound.
Just this sound attracted the attention of everyone present.
There were also people among the gentry who were interested in music theory, and some even made great achievements in it.
"Good piano..." The nobles who understood music theory said this in unison inadvertently.
Murong Ziyan's beautiful eyebrows twisted slightly, and she glanced tenderly at Ma Xiaoquan, who was not far away in front of her. Then, her green and green jade fingers slowly plucked the strings.
Ma Xiaoquan actually didn't know whether Murong Ziyan could play the guqin, especially the nine-string guqin.
Speaking of this nine-stringed harp, it was an antique that Ma Xiaoquan dug out from Ma Bing's house, and coincidentally, there were two of them at once.
What Ma Xiaoquan never expected was that Murong Ziyan would actually play the nine-string guqin.
When he was at Wangxiang Tower, Ma Xiaoquan once heard Zi Xiao say that there is no other woman in the world who can play the nine-stringed qin except Ximen Wuhen.
Ma Xiaoquan, who had no idea about music theory, naturally did not understand what Zi Xiao meant when he said this. Therefore, when Ma Bing pulled out these two guqins, Ma Xiaoquan did not hesitate to take them out for the women to compare.
Listening to the music played by Murong Ziyan, Ma Xiaoquan was a little drunk.
At this moment, Murong Ziyan suddenly stopped. She raised her head, stretched out her hands, and signaled the servants to pick up the grapes.
The servants did not dare to neglect, and quickly and respectfully served a plate of picked grapes.
Murong Ziyan smiled brightly, causing all the men present to feel dizzy, while the women became even more jealous of Murong Ziyan.
At this time, Ling'er stepped forward, gently picked up a grape, and slowly put it into Murong Ziyan's mouth.
Ling'er's movements were very clever. Her small hands deftly blocked Murong Ziyan's mouth. Although everyone wanted to see how Murong Ziyan chewed the grapes, it was a pity that they could not wait until a small cup was filled.
Grape juice, no one saw it.
Ling'er's right hand appeared, and Yuan, who had been silent in Ma Xiaoquan's left eye, suddenly said: "The soul of Ma Xiaoquan is that hand, the fragment of the soul of space, don't forget it."
Ma Xiaoquan responded angrily: "I know!"
...
Murong Ziyan didn't chew many grapes, she could only chew one grape at a time.
Because she still had to play the piano, half a stick of incense was not available, and a fine layer of fragrant sweat was already oozing out on her forehead.
At this time, Ling'er, who had been "fighting", suddenly raised his head, and the servants quickly stepped forward and pulled up a layer of light blue gauze.
This layer of gauze just surrounded Murong Ziyan and Ling'er, and also blocked the sight of everyone present.
It was at this time that a melodious song floated out from the gauze.
"...Four lives of reincarnation, four lives of enlightenment, four lives of cause and effect, four lives of love, four lives of destiny, four lives of tribulations, four lives of love for a thousand years..."
As soon as the song started to sing, Ma Xiaoquan, who was about to laugh, was stunned.
"Is this... a letter of filial piety?" Ma Xiaoquan muttered to himself, and then he suddenly shook his head.
The letter of filial piety was given to him by his master Huang Shigong, and Ling'er was Ma Xiaoquan's former senior sister. Although Ling'er later became Ma Xiaoquan's wife, and her identity was "relied" by Ma Xiaoquan from senior sister to junior sister, Ling'er entered the society before him.
Master, this is an indisputable fact.
Ling'er was present when his master gave him a letter of filial piety, and the four lines that Murong Ziyan sang just now were exactly the four lines that Ling'er had read.
"...Four lives of reincarnation, four lives of enlightenment, four lives of cause and effect, four lives of love, four lives of fate, four lives of calamity, four lives of love for thousands of years..." Ma Xiaoquan has not paid attention to this sentence for a long time.
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Ling'er once said that the master would give the book of filial piety to the person with whom he is destined. According to Ling'er, the person with whom this book is destined is himself. So, these four sentences naturally have some meanings, or...
.....what does it foreshadow?
Just when Ma Xiaoquan was about to think further, the singing and piano suddenly stopped.
His thoughts were suddenly interrupted.
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head helplessly, raised his head and looked up, only to realize that at some point, the blue gauze had been removed, replaced by an even smaller wine bottle being held by Ling'er's delicate hands.
pot.
Murong Ziyan didn't know when she left the stage, at least when Ma Xiaoquan came back to his senses, he didn't see her.
Ling'er raised her eyebrows, took a step forward with the wine pot, and said loudly: "The Virgin Kiss has been brewed, but you can't drink it yet. It still needs some time to ferment..."
Cai Maoyi became anxious and asked quickly: "How long will it take?"
Ling'er was slightly disgusted with Cai Mao, but still said patiently: "One day and one night!"
Cai Mao made a sound and said slightly: "Then can you separate some and keep them?"