With the sound of a gong, all the noisy sounds in front of the Confucian Saint Statue Square were immediately extinguished.
Looking up at the square, students from the School of Liberal Arts, officials from the Ministry of Rites, and the envoys from the Great Zhan Kingdom, all three parties had finally arrived.
The officials of the Ministry of Etiquette looked around and saw that everything was ready. Without further ado, they immediately began to announce the rules of today's competition.
According to the previous rules of Qindao challenge, it is nothing more than the two sides setting a best-of-three game, or a best-of-five game, and then the two sides will send out players to compete one by one.
But this time, when the officials of the Ministry of Rites were about to announce the rules, Elder Bai of the Great Zhan Kingdom waved his hand and stopped him: "Wait a minute..."
The hand raised by the official of the Ministry of Rites slowly lowered it again, then turned back to look at the Da Zhan delegation and the others in confusion: "I wonder if Elder Bai has any opinions?"
Elder Bai took a step forward and said, "Yes, I think the previous challenge rules are too boring, so I want to change the rules for this Qindao challenge."
When the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the Academy of Arts heard this, they immediately frowned.
Elder Bai then continued: "For this challenge, I think we should follow the rules of the Four Kingdoms Competition and have a dragon match. Because this is not a formal Four Kingdoms Competition, it would be too time-consuming to end with ten songs.
But the number of songs is too few, and the full strength of both sides cannot be revealed, so I think seven songs will be the best. I wonder what the Academy of Arts thinks?"
After hearing the words of Elder Bai from the Great Zhan Kingdom envoy, the Literary Academy had not yet agreed, but the people around him had already made a fuss, and many of them were inquiring.
"Dragon competition, what kind of competition method is this?"
"The challenge between the two countries is to have a dragon race, which is interesting."
"What is the purpose of this great Zhan Kingdom? I think it's because of bad intentions!"
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At the same time, behind the crowd, Su Ping'an heard the rule from the front, and he also asked Long Xuan beside him, "What is the Dragon Race?"
Long Xuan looked at the huge crowd in front of him, his face was extremely troubled.
Originally, he thought he had arrived early enough today, but he was still stuck in the middle of the crowd. He couldn't see the beginning from the front or the end from behind. Later, it became really uncomfortable to be squeezed, and finally he couldn't move forward, so he just walked forward.
Able to withdraw.
At this time, listening to the news that kept coming from the front, he could only sigh gloomily, and then explained to Su Pingan.
It turns out that this dragon competition is a commonly used method for koto competitions during the Four Kingdoms Competition, in order to allow the four countries to show their own koto strength as much as possible.
When a strong Qin Dao player reaches a certain level, their strength is often within a small gap. Sometimes it is difficult to judge who wins and who loses. It depends on the crowd's feedback and style. There is also a fear that some people may appreciate different styles of music, thus
It affects the final result, so there is this dragon competition.
The judging treasure used in the Dragon Competition is also a little different. It is a special judging treasure, Dragon Jie Bamboo.
The dragon-jointed bamboo is a cultural treasure similar to bamboo. It has only one section at the beginning, and contains the charm of dragon. Only when the performer's music reaches a certain level of popularity, the bamboo will slowly grow taller. The quality and difficulty of the music, and
The higher the popularity, the faster the dragon knot bamboo will grow.
The rules of the Shikoku Koto Competition are generally limited to ten pieces of music. Each country prepares ten pieces of music for the competition. After the performance, which country's dragon-jointed bamboo grows the tallest in the end?
Which country's Qindao wins.
Moreover, as the dragon-jointed bamboo continues to grow, the dragon charm contained in it will become clearer. When the bamboo has more than ten joints, the dragon soul will even appear, so this is called the Dragon Race.
After all, the competition in the dragon competition is not only about how well the piano masters play, but also about how many pieces the piano masters are familiar with.
The more songs you are proficient in, the more advantage you will have in the competition.
"So that's it..."
After listening to Long Xuan's story, Su Ping'an suddenly realized, and then he couldn't help but change his face and asked: "So, will the Dragon Competition also limit the number of people who can compete in Qindao Wenxiu?"
Long Xuan nodded and said: "Yes, in previous dragon competitions, both sides could only play three people at most. Sometimes the draw would end with ten songs, and sometimes there would be twenty songs. So
After the exam, it will be a great test for both parties' preparations for the piano practice and the music repertoire for the meeting.
Once the preparation is not enough, when all the repertoire that the piano master knows by himself is used up, he will usually be weak later on, and that is the key to the final victory."
Su Pingan nodded, his expression a little solemn.
Thinking about it, if there is no limit on the number of participants for the ten pieces of music, then the four countries in the Four Kingdoms Competition can select some Kotobunsu, and prepare the pieces in advance that they have worked hard for many years, and then only need to go to the competition.
Just come up with your strongest piece and play it. That way the battle won't be about the true strength of Koto Bunshu, but who is more prepared.
Now that the number of people is limited, it is different. One person can be proficient in one piece of music, or two pieces of music, or three pieces, but it is impossible for one person to know ten killer pieces. This is even more important for piano masters.
Quhai.
Just like playing King of Kings, you compete for a hero pool to see who has more heroes. Once a few are banned, there will be other heroes to top it. It's the same principle.
Sure enough, soon there was new news from the Liberal Arts Academy and Da Zhan State. The two parties had set the number of participants to... two!
This competition puts great pressure on the two Kodo scribes who are about to participate in the dragon competition.
Just when the two parties had discussed all the rules and the officials of the Ministry of Rites were about to announce the start of the competition, Elder Bai stood up again and stopped him: "Wait a minute..."
The official of the Ministry of Rites frowned and thought: What trouble is this old man going to make?
But he was an official of the Ministry of Rites, and his every word and deed represented Daxuan, so naturally he would not say what was in his heart directly. He looked at the old man with a white beard calmly and said, "I wonder if Elder Bai has any objections?"
Elder Bai then looked at the people of Shendu who were waiting to watch the excitement in front of the square, and then said loudly: "I met a man who called himself Prince Lou at Qingfeng Restaurant a few days ago. At that time, I made an agreement with that Prince Lou that we
We will meet again at the Qindao competition, and he will also challenge our country, the Great Zhan, to play the piano.
So today, I don’t know if this young prince Lou still keeps what he said, and whether he still dares to come out and face the challenge of my elder Zhan Qinxiu!"
"What?"
"Is this true?"
"Is he trying to let Little Prince Lou take up a spot in the Academy of Arts to face the challenge of Da Zhan Guoqin Xiu?"
"I know Mr. Lou, but I only heard that he is good at eating, drinking, and having fun. I haven't heard that he knows how to play the piano, right?"
"this……"
For a moment, everyone in the square was dumbfounded.
People in the liberal arts college were also dumbfounded.
The officials of the Ministry of Rites were also dumbfounded.
Even Long Xuan and Prince Lou were dumbfounded.
Only Su Ping'an narrowed his eyes slightly and was a little startled, but then he smiled, and the smile was very cold, "This Elder Bai is really thoughtful. I didn't expect that he left behind with the young prince Lou."
The promise was actually caught by him and used here, this trick is really high!"
There is no doubt that this is a trap or a conspiracy.
Perhaps when Elder Bai made an agreement with Prince Lou at Qingfeng Restaurant to see Prince Lou during the Qindao challenge, the old man had already planned all this.
He deliberately chose to change the rules of the piano competition, and also limited the number of people to two people, just to force the young prince Lou to fulfill the agreement at this moment, and then occupy one of the two people who challenge the Academy of Arts.
Everyone in the whole city knows who Little Prince Lou is. He is good at eating, drinking and having fun, but he doesn't know anything about Confucianism or Taoism, let alone the Taoism of the piano.
Once he becomes one of the two comparison persons, it will obviously be just a decoration. At that time, the piano player who challenges the Great Zhan Kingdom will only be the piano master of the Academy of Arts.
One person has to choose seven pieces of music to challenge and perform them. You can imagine the pressure.
"Damn it, we were tricked by this old man!"
Long Xuan contacted the cause and effect and quickly thought of Old Man Bai's conspiracy. He immediately threw the fan in his hand to the ground with anger on his face.
Even after hearing about this agreement, the faces of the big guys from the Liberal Arts Academy all darkened.
