Chapter 445: Taimiao Festival (3)
In the Rui Palace, the princess and Jiang Yuyan chatted.
The old concubine has a unique son who inherited the position of King Rui. There are two other daughters named Princess each. Jiang Yuyan is the daughter of the eldest princess and is the same as King Rui. The youngest daughter of the concubine is devoted to practicing Taoism alone and does not walk outside.
Now that Jiang Yuyan is back, the old concubine loves her granddaughter and sends all kinds of rewards. When the princess saw that her cousin was favored, she was happy to have a good relationship with her.
On that day, the two were chatting and laughing at home, and suddenly heard that Xun Yi came to visit him.
"You said, you want to get the big music chimes from my house?"
"That's right." After Xun Yi sat down, he felt as if he was smearing honey on his lips: "The two sisters are getting more and more beautiful. They didn't dare to recognize them when they came in. The three of us stood together, and those who didn't know thought they were brothers and sisters."
How old are Xun Yi younger than him? Li Xinghong, the princess's son, is only one year younger than Xun Yi. Although Jiang Yuyan has no son, she seems to be as old as Xun Jing.
The second girl covered her mouth and smiled: "You have such a sweet mouth, tell me, what's the matter?"
"Your Majesty ordered my brother to prepare for the music of the Great Rain on the Day of the Great Festival, but you also know that this musical style must be used with a three-layer, fifty-toned shelf. There are only two blocks in the Music Office. I remember seeing it in the palace when I was a child. Can I use it temporarily?"
"It's just a performance, why should I be so rigid and dogmatic?" Jiang Yuyan smiled and said, "Sister teaches you a way. You can use five-tone chirp, seven-character egret, thirteen jade amber, eighteen pieces of all blocking the big music, twenty-five pearls and half frost, just make it together?" Jiang Yuyan said that it is the common name for various chirp bells. Small chirp bells in groups of three or five, and medium-sized chirp bells are grouped with thirteen or eighteen. Twenty-five chirp bells can be placed on double-layer or three-layer bells.
"Face." Xun Yi certainly knew that using a little editor's bell could be replaced. At worst, he could remove the chimes on the rack and reorganize them. But it was not good to watch during the high ceremony. What's the matter with a group of people who were trivial?
Bells are a symbol of rituals and music. The more chimes there are on the shelf, the more they can express their identity.
"The most famous thing about Dahui Shangyue is to use the fifty-legged chimes to perform." Because the chimes are as tall as walls, they are often called "blocks". "This kind of high sacrifice, of course, requires such high fifty-legged chimes."
Originally, Xun Yi and the other four used a three-layer, fifty chime bell, and they could play it. However, the four of them had no tacit understanding and hindered each other when playing, stood by the bell and injuring others to beat and play music. After using two chime bells, they seemed a little empty.
So Xun Yi and Master Liu discussed and simply took apart the Dahui music, let others learn separately, and then found a few people to play together. The Dahui music is very long and difficult to recite and perform, but if the rhythm of the chapters is separated, it may be more convenient. Moreover, it is easier to cover up the noise in the ensemble and not easy to make mistakes. To put it bluntly, it is to use more people to fill in the numbers.
In this way, two chimes are obviously not enough. However, the creation of chimes has always been the most troublesome of various musical instruments.
It is very easy to find a skilled craftsman to work overtime to make it. Although it is difficult to beat the drums, staying up late for a day must be enough. But what about chimes? Chimes are gold instruments and are the most expensive instruments in terms of materials.
Time was not enough to cast new chimes, so Xun Yi could only borrow them outside in the name of the court.
A small bell with three or five or seven mouths has a Chi pattern, which can be owned by scholars. However, a thirteen chime carved jade amber on it is not a nobleman, and it cannot be owned by it. The spread of the music of the clock and the music of the clock is restricted invisibly. Folk music workshops can teach zithers, zithers, flutes, and flutes, but how many schools can teach chimes?
The fifty chime bells symbolize royal power, and only princes and super princes can own it except the palace.
"It's not enough to get two chimes? Two chimes and some small bells are very good to use." Jiang Yuyan looked at the princess: "We haven't used the chimes for many years, can we still use them now?"
"I don't know, I have to go to the warehouse to check it out." The princess looked at Xun Yi: "How many big bells do you guys need to play together?"
"The sixteen people play the ensemble, but we need five big bells." Xun Yi wanted to use a chime alone to draw the song as the main theme.
"Five blocks?" The two women were shocked, and the princess said, "Yan'er said it well. You use two blocks of bells to make high platforms, and then other musicians hit the small bells, and others can't say anything."
"Not good, not good." Xun Yi's obsessive-compulsive disorder, how could he allow himself to cut corners when playing this musical rhythm? Moreover, the grander the ritual, the easier it is to invite gods to come.
"Then where are you going to borrow it in addition to our family?" The princess was worried for Xun Yi: "This kind of big bell is a heavy instrument of rituals and music in every family, and we rarely use it in our own family. After a long period of disrepair, I am afraid the sound quality is not good."
"So my brother went to various royal palaces, and Prince Wei has already negotiated." Prince Wei is currently opening convenient doors to do good deeds, and this kind of thing that can still sell the court's face will never be rejected. "He used the chimes together, and the old prince also said he would play in person."
"That's right, the old prince liked Zhong Lu's voice the most when he was young. His chimes must be well maintained." The princess thought of the emperor's uncle and smiled: "So, where is the other block?"
"In the past, the big bell that Emperor Gaozu gave to my Tianzu was placed in the ancestral temple. I have ordered people to go home to get it and report it to the palace. In extraordinary times, it can be used temporarily." The Xun family currently has not enough titles, so they cannot use the fifty-law bell, and they were sealed in the ancestral temple early on. But now, in order to play such a great music, they can only use it at once.
"The prince has just entered the throne, and our chimes are indeed usable." The princess ordered someone to lift the chimes out. Xun Yi nodded after checking it: "It's still done, the sound quality is good."
So the princess ordered someone to pack it for Xun Yi and send it back.
Xun Yi wanted to leave, but suddenly he was stopped by Jiang Yuyan: "Slow down, I have heard people say these days at home that you have an engagement with Miss Yingfu?"
"No," Xun Yi sat down again: "Ying Xiu and I have known each other for many years and we are in love. Since my sister knows Qi Zheng'an, it is best to persuade him to stop thinking early." Xun Yi was very dissatisfied. The world circle was too small, and after wandering around for a long time, he and Qi Zheng'an could still get along with each other?
Jiang Yuyan didn't know why the Qi family wanted to marry Ying Xiu, but she only vaguely heard that Ying Xiu seemed to be able to prosper the husband's family. The girl's body was a secret of the Shennong family, and Jiang Yuyan didn't know it.
On one side is his brother-in-law and on the other side is his cousin. Jiang Yuyan couldn't make a decision. So she temporarily hid in Prince Rui's Mansion.
"Can you invite Miss Ying to come out to see Miss Ying? Let your sister take a look at Miss Ying." Jiang Yuyan needs to ask Ying Xiu's own thoughts in person with the attitudes of the three parties involved.
"Okay, tomorrow I will ask her to come to Prince Rui's Mansion to pay homage to my sister. When I get married with her, I will need my sister to help me make a set of Quanfu Daxi Mandarin Duck Cotton."
Seeing Xun Yi's expression of certainty that he would be married to Ying Xiu, Jiang Yuyan smiled bitterly. The power of the Qi family did not have a great relationship with the Shinto. If he was really serious, he would probably be unfavorable to Xun Yi.
The chime bells were packed and sent to Taimiao, and the princess came to Li Xinghong again: "Hong'er, please send your uncle back to the house. Don't walk around on the road. If it is taken away by a kitten or dog from a family, I will only ask." The princess said something, and Xun Yi pondered for a while and asked Li Xinghong to send him away.
Along the way, Li Xinghong deliberately changed the route. Xun Yi saw Li Xinghong's route and gradually understood. Is he afraid that he would run into someone?
"Who is your mother guarding? Is it because the Zheng family is trying to cause trouble for me?"
Li Xinghong looked around with a thousand miles away and said casually: "It's okay, I'm watching the scenery."
As he was speaking, a silk scarf floated from the air and landed straight at Xun Yi's feet. In the distance, a woman rushed over to be continued.
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Chapter completed!