He planted peonies in the Tang Dynasty

This year, the Tubo rebellion was pacified, and the commercial routes in the Western Regions gradually restored order. Although the imperial court was temporarily cultivating health and rest, it would have the intention of going east to conquer the Khitan. In order to stabilize diplomatic relations in the Western Regions and encourage commerce, a series of decrees were issued. It is to order Taichang Temple to add a few Hufangs to the music workshops that have been purchased in the past.

Previously, although orchids often appeared in the palace and had a place in the Liyuan, but because the Taile Department represented the imperial court after all, the music workshops opened by many Hu people in Xishi City have not yet received a music salary.

Today, the music salary is [-] gold when it is distributed to the Taile Department. For a while, the Hu people's music workshops in the west city of Chang'an City are full of flowers.In order to wait for the good news, the Taiyue Department posted a notice in the Lihuiyuan of Chongrenfang. Li Shengping was full of plans and wanted to select a few musicians from among the many musicians to help the Chunyuan purchase musical instruments.

On this day, Su An was summoned to the main hall of Li, and immediately saw that the person sitting on the round stool was He Lian.He Lian remained silent, with his knees half a foot apart, and a shadow cast behind him.He squeezed the neck of the pipa with his hands, pressed the strings with his fingertips, and the muscles at the wrist were long and tight.At that moment, Su An realized that the appearance of holding the pipa by himself was so beautiful after all these years.

The gavel in Li Shengping's hand "ding" and knocked on a chime: "Han Lezheng said, Su An with five strings and He Lian with four strings, both of them can be regarded as outstanding talents." Su An smiled knowingly: "He Lianzhuicui, I'm fine." Li Shengping said, "So today, I want you to listen to "Taihe" carefully."

Court repertoires are strictly divided according to different occasions. For example, "Tai Ping Le" is used for state banquets, festive banquets, or Liyuan banquets and other scenes of singing and dancing.

However, the song "Taihe" mentioned by Li Shengping is a special music for welcoming the emperor. It must be dignified and dignified, and no changes can be tolerated.When the sound of jade on the chime sounded, He Lian's pipa also played, which was full of the fineness of elegant music, and the sound was correct and full.Su An could understand that Li Shengping was reprimanding him for changing Gong Yin during his usual practice.

"Lord Li, the supreme being is also a body of flesh and blood." Su An stepped forward, held up a chime, and said carefully, "The sound I changed is exactly the inadequacy of the melody of "Taihe". You can play it."

So, because of a mistake made by Gong Yin, Li Shengping promoted He Lian to Xia Yuan.Seeing He Lian thanking him and leaving, Su An was very confused, obviously Li Shengping had always been obsessed with pitch, and this pitch was indeed unpublished in the new six classics.

Li Shengping sat on the case and ordered eighteen small officials to come forward.Seeing that everyone was holding a pipa in their arms, Su An frowned.This is a method used to test the music of the school: let the listener repeat the tone sequence of various instruments in it. The difficulty is equivalent to using chopsticks to pick up a pearl in boiling water at a time.

The noise of "ding dong hissing" reverberated in the hall, like a pot of water gradually boiling. If ordinary people, few can stand such a test. Countless, he closed his eyes and listened, but he managed to pick out eighteen pearls one by one from the blisters, without any mistakes.

Li Shengping was very pleased, and tapped the Gongyin on the face of the chime again: "I have been searching for these years, and I finally found a pair of ears to solve a certain problem." Su An asked directly: "My lord wants me to help Chunyuan purchase pipas?" Li Shengping said: "That's right." Su An said: "Then if I do well, can I also go to Xia Yuan?" Li Shengping said: "Okay."

In this way, as if by fate, Su An became a person who both plays and buys pipa.Soon after, Chunyuan selected 64 hufangs in Xishi, and asked him to go together to check whether the pipas in each workshop were qualified.

Looking back, when he first came here, he heard from other musicians in the yard that there was a wine shop in Xishi where they trained parrots to play the gilded lute.Naturally, he had already been to the West Market, but his mood was different.

After passing the Suzaku Gate at noon, the pavilion flower forest is bathed in the golden sunshine in late spring, and the pink petals are falling like rain.Su An shook the pipa in his hand, and said with a smile, "Gu Lang, I'll play a new piece for you."

Gu Yue wore plain blue shirt as before, holding a roll of bamboo slips in his hand: "Look at you being so happy, you are not going to meet some handsome girl." Su An said: "I don't like girls, I just like you. "Gu Yue: "..."

From time to time, an official carriage with fragrant wood and green tassels drove up, and a golden magpie on the roof waved its wings up and down, as if it was about to fly into the sky.The coachman was none other than Gu Shiba, who could beat with a knife and drive a horse with a whip.

Gu Yue turned around and patted a leaf on Su An's shoulder with a bamboo slip: "Really grown up?" Su An looked down at the brand new black leather boots: "Don't dare dare not." Gu Yue said: " Asu." Su An smiled and turned to board the car.

"In the prosperous place of Yanliu in Chang'an, there are thousands of households in the west and east, and the west door is long and long to pass through Yangguan. , and now it is a piece of music played by Su An's strings. On the way, Su An strummed the strings, sometimes high and sometimes low, blending with the rhythm of the roadside Jiegu.

The style and appearance of the West Market is different from that of the East Market. The market prices are close to the people, and the architectural styles are different. There are golden spiers, round white domes, and groups of tents roaming the streets and alleys.

Seeing the official car of the Tai Le Department carrying the golden magpie, the flow of people gradually became denser, and all kinds of smells gathered together.Su An took a peek at Gu Yue, and saw that his clear willow-leaf eyes were still warm and peaceful.

Suddenly, a wall of fire sprayed out from the street in front of him, causing the horse to hoof and neigh. Uncle Gu was about to whip his whip, when a man with a brown beard and a round waist walked up, squinted his eyes, and helped Uncle Gu hold the rein of the horse.

"Daman, a miscellaneous family, plays the qin in a cross-mara, and plays the clarinet." Daman is a Turkic, and he speaks Chinese with an accent, "Guanjiaerlang, please sit in Daman's wine shop."

Gu Bo turned around and said: "Don't be alarmed, young master, the Turks worship fire and use fire as a gift, do you want to stop and have a look?" Su An said: "No, first go to the music workshop in Kucha, I like Kucha music."

There are countless flowers on the side of the road, and there are Brahmans performing illusions. The dancer stepped on the blade, twirling and jumping, and suddenly fell on his back on the blanket made of needles, letting the flute blower stand on his waist and abdomen, singing Last but not least.

Su An didn't stop the car, and wanted to go to Qiuci Music Square. When he arrived in the workshop, the waiter brought fine wine, and each wine glass was painted with dancers from the Western Regions in different poses.The owner of the music workshop follows the surname of the country of Kucha, surnamed Bai Mingsu. He wears Han costumes and has a Han accent: "Gu Lang is here? There are eight Kucha brothers here in Baisu, and the musical instruments are all behind the curtain. Feel free to visit."

Su An heard this, got up and walked inside.Bai Su said: "Young master Su is here too?" Gu Yue smiled and said, "I can't be the master this time, I have to listen to him." Bai Su nodded and raised the red curtain for Su An.