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The breeze caressed the white and plump petals, and the magnolia tree trembled, as if it had caught a cold.Large pieces of petals fell one after another, falling on the soft fox fur like a cloud of smoke.

The white-haired young man standing under the magnolia tree stretched out his hand to pick up the magnolia petal that fell on his shoulder, and looked up at the magnolia tree.When the wind stopped, magnolias bloomed enthusiastically under the clear sky, like full clouds.

"Mr. Bai."

Bai Wangyan turned his head, and was watching Liu Ying who was wearing the green clothes beckoning to him. He casually dropped the magnolia petals, wrapped the thick fox fur around his body a little more, and walked slowly towards Liu Ying. past.At this time, another gust of cold wind blew the dropped magnolia petals to the middle of the street, and a carriage hurried past, driving it into the dust.

Seeing Bai Wangyan approaching, Liu Ying's face suddenly showed joy, and he hurried forward to greet him: "Mr. Bai, let's go in now."

Seeing him coming to the appointment alone, Bai Wangyan felt a little strange in his heart, so he looked to the side to inquire. Liu Ying immediately understood, and replied, "Mr. Ge has already gone first."

When what he was thinking was said, Bai Wangyan smiled: "Okay." He stretched out his hand to wrap the fox fur tightly again, and Liu Ying led the way to the courtyard with two magnolia trees planted at the door not far away. door to go.

The Magnolia Spring Banquet is scheduled to be held at the Lanhua Courtyard in the imperial capital every year when the Magnolia blooms.Lanhuayuan is famous for its magnolias in the imperial capital. Countless varieties of magnolia trees have been planted several generations ago. Every winter and spring solstice, when the earth has not returned to spring from the cold winter, only the magnolias in the Lanhuayuan are competing to bloom in the imperial capital. The courtyard is full. Xiangxue.

The strong fragrance of magnolia mixed with the cold wind slowly floated from the courtyard. Outside the Lanhua courtyard, there was a crowd of people, and scholars from all over the world continued to participate in this grand gathering.As soon as Liu Ying and Bai Wangyan stepped into the gate of the courtyard, someone came up to greet Liu Ying and exchange greetings with Liu Ying, while Bai Wangyan stood aside, looking into the courtyard.

Under the clouds and flowers, the small bridge is flowing, and the sound of Lingling piano is heard from time to time.The literati were either reciting poems and collaborating, or discussing piano skills. It was very lively. Bai Wangyan's eyes scanned the faces of these people, but he could not see the person he was looking for.

"Boyu, who is this?" Just as Bai Wangyan was looking around for Gu Huan, one of the people who had just chatted with Liu Ying brought the topic to this strange white-haired young man.

Liu Ying smiled hurriedly: "This is my good friend, Bai Wangyan." Hearing his introduction, Bai Wangyan cupped his hands at the people in front of him in a neutral manner.

The man let out an "ah" in surprise, and said, "This Mr. Bai, could it be Bai Wangyan who won the first prize at the Haiyu Yaji that day?"

Bai Wangyan hurriedly said: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be." He already recognized these people who had shown their faces at the Gathering, and he didn't want to entangle them too much, but unexpectedly he was recognized .

"Mr. Bai is too modest," the man said joyfully, "that day when I heard your piano sound like a phoenix singing and a dragon singing, I immediately wanted to make friends, but unfortunately I didn't have the opportunity for a long time."

"My friend is indeed excellent at playing the piano." Liu Ying nodded while listening to it. Others call him "Wu Ying Zhi", so he is also quite accomplished in the piano, but that day he listened to a piece by Bai Wangyan in the Drunken Bamboo Studio. , has long been convinced.But Bai Wangyan suddenly became anxious. He came to the Magnolia Spring Banquet just to find Gu Huan who made the painting. If he wasted time on other things, he might miss this unique opportunity.He hurriedly said, "It's really a compliment."

"Hey, Mr. Bai is modest," the man said with a smile, "I heard that Mr. Bai is a high-ranking disciple of the Shangqin Immortal. I wonder if I will be lucky enough to hear Mr. Bai play a piece at this gathering?"

Bai Wangyan had no choice but to evade and smile: "If there is a chance, I'm sorry, but Boyu and I still have to find someone, so let's go first."

When the man heard this, he hurriedly bid farewell to him, but when Bai Wangyan was about to step away, he heard a chuckle from behind him: "Shangqin Xian Gaotu?"

When the familiar voice came to his ears, Bai Wangyan felt as if his whole body was struck by lightning, and all he could think of was "Oops!" He didn't turn around, but just stood there, listening to the voice. The master is getting closer and closer.

To him, this man's footsteps were like a life-threatening spell.

At the same time, expressions of astonishment suddenly appeared on the faces of the few literati standing in front of him, but this expression was only fleeting.

At this moment, the man was already very close to Bai Wangyan, and his voice was much closer.

"Could it be one of the senior brothers below?" At this moment, the gentle voice pierced his ears like a needle, and Bai Wangyan felt his scalp go numb, and he tightly clenched the handle of the fan in his hand.And Liu Ying who was beside him looked at the approaching person, obviously also very surprised.

"It turned out that Mr. Qi is here." Liu Ying smiled.

The visitor wore a jade crown on his head, a bamboo-colored outer robe, and an off-white long robe inside. He embraced a white cat with mandarin duck eyes, and was accompanied by a thin and weak book boy.While scratching the white cat's chin, he smiled at the white-haired young man with his back facing him, who couldn't see his face: "I'm Qi Miao, with Wuya, who was born under Kunlun Shang Qiuming's sect, and ranks seventh in the sect. I don't know." Who are you?"

The person I least want to meet unexpectedly met at such an important Magnolia Spring Banquet!Bai Wangyan felt a splitting headache for a moment, but the gazes of the onlookers were fixed on him. He had no choice but to take a step back, turn around, and turned to the seventh disciple of Shang Qiuming who "questioned" him. Smiled: "Brother Qi."

Qi Wuya raised his eyebrows, and said with a sneer, "My master has only accepted seven disciples. Your Excellency may not be a member of my master's sect if you are so face-to-face."

As soon as these words came out, the other people couldn't hide their surprise on their faces.This Qi Wuya is well-known in the imperial capital, but everyone knows it. He studied under the Kunlun Qin Demon Merchant Qiu Ming. He only learned the art of piano but not martial arts. He became a court luthier at a young age, and he was deeply loved by the little emperor. .Unexpectedly, the famous person in front of the emperor would come to this magnolia spring banquet!

It's okay for others to say, but this Qi Wuya is the most difficult to pass the test... This kid is so thoughtful that he doesn't lose to him. When he first started, he was thrown to him by his master. If he continues to stay here, he will miss the point.Bai Wangyan couldn't help but sigh inwardly, God probably couldn't see that he was going smoothly now, so he insisted on making something difficult for him.

"Is what he said true?" Liu Ying asked Bai Wangyan in a low voice when she saw that Qi Wuya was swearing.Bai Wangyan could only sigh, thinking about how to lie to his master later, he said to Qi Wuya: "There is indeed a hidden secret... I am indeed Mr. Shang's disciple."

Qi Wuya sneered and said: "I've never heard of you, and I can't tolerate someone pretending to be a master's name. If it's really a master's disciple, then you can only tell from the piano!" Said: "Move out my piano."

As expected, this kid was still hiding his temper under a gentle appearance, Bai Wangyan couldn't help but feel even more troubled, he didn't want to cause any disturbance in the imperial capital, but he accidentally bumped into it because this sentence insisted on playing the piano.Now, he can only hope that Qi Wuya doesn't recognize who he is, if he does...

This is probably the most difficult outcome.

Now there is no way to evade it. If he shirks, he will be regarded as a liar pretending to be Shang Qiuming's disciple. Bai Wangyan had no choice but to give up the opportunity to admit his love, and Qi Wuya smiled slightly: "Then respect is worse than obedience."

Qi Wuya saw that this person was not afraid in the face of danger, but his heart was even more contemptuous, he grinned: "Okay, then please."

At this time, the seemingly thin book boy had already brought Qi Wuya's piano by himself, and the three of them walked to the paulownia piano table placed in the pavilion. After setting up the piano, Qi Wuya looked at Bai Wangyan and said A gesture of please.

The qin placed on the qin table has been well maintained, the surface of the qin can be seen as a lesson, the black lacquer reveals a faint bamboo green color, and the sapphire qin is decorated with bamboo-colored qin ears, Bai Wangyan saw this qin , My heart suddenly sank.

Seeing that Bai Wangyan was in a daze at the piano, Qi Wuya couldn't help but asked with a smile, "Mr. Bai, isn't he afraid?"

For so many years, how many third-rate luthiers have claimed to be under Shang Qiuming's sect to bluff and deceive, but he would really like to see what this white-haired young man is capable of!Shang Qiuming has taken in a total of seven apprentices, it is absolutely impossible to add one more.The senior brother and the master have not seen each other since their quarrel, and the other senior brothers either died or disappeared. Among the teachers, he is the only one who does not practice martial arts and has not been involved in the disputes between Jianghu and Jianghu.There are only a few people in the teacher's school, and they pretend to be full of nonsense if they want to come up, it's really ridiculous!

But this prematurely gray hair... Qi Wuya always felt a hesitation in his heart.

Of course, Bai Wangyan wasn't afraid. He stretched out his hand to caress the piano, and his thoughts had already returned to more than ten years ago.He is most familiar with this qin named "Yaozhu Tingfeng", even the four characters engraved on the back of the qin are very clear.

But he can't say.