Everyone was confused and looked at Lei Qingzang, but they saw him take out the drumstick, swing out his hands violently at the same time, and hit a point above the center of the belly of the turtle. A thunderbolt hit the hole, and everyone took a bite. I was shocked. Although I saw Lei Qingzang hitting the belly of the turtle with my own eyes, it was really hard to imagine that the thundering sound was made by hitting a piece of skin. As if to confirm for everyone, Lei Qingzang rotated his arms and hit the belly of the turtle alternately. For a moment, thunder rolled in the cave, and the rhythm of Lei Qingzang's arms waved, which could be tight or slow. Voice.
Amidst the rumbling thunder, Lei Qingzang seemed to still have something to say. He jumped to the top of the ladder, clamped his legs on the wooden ladder, and moved the two-foot-high ladder a few feet, landing in front of the black back armor. This time Just one hammer struck between the rugged armor pieces, like striking gold and iron, and made a long sound like a dragon's roar.
Cheng Ang said to Nan Jiyun: "Nan Ba, does this monk know magic? It just seemed like this old black dragon was alive."
Nan Jiyun also shook his head and praised: "This is really strange. It is the first time that Nan has seen this song without a drum. The sound of just two stretched skins can shake the cave."
After listening to the conversation between the two of them, Lei Qingzang laughed loudly, jumped down the high ladder, and said: "Today is just a small test. If you cover two pieces of skin into a big drum, the sound will not shake the cave, but the sound will shake thousands of miles." .”
The ladder was only two feet high. Lei Qingzang floated down and fell without any feeling of heavy fall. The crowd burst into cheers.
Ge Ruliang crossed his hands and praised: "Master Lei is so skilled. I have been in charge of tanning for half a year, but I didn't find the joint where the leather is making sounds."
Lei Qingzang smiled and said: "It's not surprising to say that, although this earth dragon is huge, to be honest, it is still a crocodile and not a dragon. Its voice is as loud as a pig, so why can it let out a thunderous roar when it grows into a dragon? ?The former teacher is from Zicheng, Yangzhou, Huainan. I heard from him that the vocal position of the river crocodile is below the throat, and every time it roars, there is a drumming in the lower throat, while the vocalization of the dragon is not a guttural sound, but a ventral sound. This is because the belly of the dragon has developed over time. When the sand and gravel on the river bottom rub against each other, the plastron becomes extremely strong and tough, so it can inflate its belly and make a rumbling sound. What Haiqing is hitting is the toughest part of the dragon's belly, so it can make thunderous sounds when hit with a hammer. Voices."
Although he said it was "not surprising", everyone knew that this was not simple - even if they understood the truth, who could find the point of this?
Cheng Ang asked: "Oh, isn't that the same as practicing martial arts? The belly breath is up and the nose breath is down. But why does the belly armor sound like a drum but the back armor sounds like gold?"
Lei Qingzang said: "The sound of tapping on the back armor is the sound of 'point'. "Point" is a cloud plate, made of gold and iron, shaped like a cloud. Although the knocking sound is not loud, it has a long lingering sound. , the military clicks "point" for summoning purposes."
Cheng Ang said "Oh" and said: "If it is made into a drum, it can be used to strike the belly to move out of the battle and the back to withdraw the troops."
Lei Qingzang nodded and said: "If it's a war drum, it should be like this. My master once said that the sound of the drum can be heard for thousands of miles, which is an exaggeration, but the formation of hundreds of thousands of troops can only be a few miles away. One drum is enough to command the army, but Now that the world is at peace, this leather is like a war drum, but it is a waste of natural resources..."
"Yes." Mr. He responded: "With this drum as drum music, both "The King of Qin's Breaking Formation Music" and "Neon Clothes and Feather Clothes Music" will be greatly enhanced. They are both played in the same tune. What do you think, Li Sheng?"
Li Da quickly crossed his hands and said: "Of course, the Sacred Heart will be very happy to have this artifact, but..." He changed the subject and said: "It's just that the Lei Master of the drum department has obtained the divine drum, but it seems to be eclipsed by the blowing department... …”
This was meant to be a joke. Mr. He smiled and waved his hands, and was about to speak when someone in the audience said, "Don't worry, Mr. Li. This time the Western Army is going out to slay the dragon and offer drums to the saint. Naturally, the Eastern Army cannot fall behind. An Zhongcheng will present one hundred jade flutes for the pear garden."
Everyone turned around to see Yan Zhuang of Pinglu Army. It turned out that Shuofang Jiedushi Wang Zhongsi secretly contributed a lot to Li Yong's dragon slaying. Not only did he send his subordinate Gu Huai'en to participate in person, but he also sent a large number of elite soldiers to assist Li Yong. Yong dispatched, and there were many soldiers of the Western Army among the boats on the river that day, so the formation and pulling of the net could be as strict as a military formation. The hunt lasted for more than half a year. The cost of feeding the people and feeding the horses was huge, and Wang Zhongsi shouldered the responsibility. Even the fishing nets for the hunt were helped by the Western Army. When weaving, they were tangled with the silk produced in the Western Regions. The silk is extremely light. It is extremely tough, so the dragon cannot break through it. The thin threads hanging from the dragon skin today are this thing.
Wang Zhongsi's holy family is prosperous. Last year, local officials reported that Emperor Xuanyuan, Laozi, came down to earth to reward spiritual talismans and wrote, "The potential should be changed to the Yuan Dynasty, and the Tianbao will last forever." So the saint issued a general pardon to the world and changed the Yuan Tianbao. As his most trusted minister, Wang Zhongsi naturally had to offer it. As a gift, I happened to learn that Li Yong from Jiangnan wanted to perform a righteous act of slaying a dragon. The two hit it off immediately. Wang Zhongsi contributed both money and effort to get the dragon skin to make a drum to dedicate to the saint. Today, Mr. Liyuan He gathered with the drummer. This was naturally done for Wang Zhongsi's sake.
Li Yong thought that it seemed that Yanzhuang had followed the tracks of the Western Army. Everyone knew that the Eastern Army in Fan Yang and Pinglu and the Western Army in Hexi and Shuofang exchanged detailed arrangements. There was such a big commotion in the south of the Yangtze River. It was impossible for the Eastern Army not to know about it. It seemed that An Lushan wanted to compete with Wang Zhongsi for favor. If Wang Zhongsi presented the drum, he would also present the jade flute.
Li Da smiled and waved his hands and said: "The preface is just a joke. Moreover, the quality of the instrument does not mean that it is made of expensive materials. What matters is the pitch."
"Li Sheng, although you are good at playing the flute, you don't know how to play the instrument. You had a flute made of evil bamboo before but didn't know it. It shows that you don't know the instrument." It was Xiang'er's grandfather Dugu Zhang who spoke. He didn't know When he appeared again, he stood next to Li Shi with his hands behind his back. There were many masters among the heroes, but no one noticed when and where the old man came. They all thought to themselves: "This old man's Qinggong can be called the realm of transformation. I am afraid that there will be no one like him in this world."
When Yan Zhuang saw Grandpa Xiang'er, he quickly crossed his hands and saluted, and said to An Qingxu: "Second Young Master, this is Mr. Dugu Wen, the seventh generation head of the Dugu family in Dongting. He is known as Zhuiyun Zhuyue Dugu Wen."
After An Qingxu and others heard this, they all saluted Dugu Wen from across the bank, but Li Ji didn't care. He didn't care much about other things except music. He respectfully saluted Dugu Wen and said: "婩I'm so humble, please ask Dugu Zhang to teach me."
Dugu asked Nianxu and said: "Xiao means the sound of music. Those made of bamboo are called the sound of human beings. Those made of bone are called the sound of earth. Those made of jade are called the sound of nature. "Zhuangzi: Qi Wu Lun" says: When a woman hears the sound of human beings, she I have never heard the sounds of the earth, and a woman has heard the sounds of the earth but not the sounds of nature... There is also a saying in Tao Tongming's "Zhen Gao" by Mr. Zhenbai: The jade flute and my god, the golden wine relieves my worries... It can be seen that the jade flute is the most precious treasure of Taoism, and its The sound of nature is connected with the spirit."
Yan Zhuang responded and said: "Now the saint practices the Taoist instrument, and it is in line with the holy intention to use the jade flute to play Yan music."
Li Da glanced at Yan Zhuang and asked Dugu: "My father-in-law Dugu is knowledgeable about the past and the present, and the younger generation admires him. However, although the jade flute has been seen in ancient books, no one has seen the actual object and knows nothing about it..." As he spoke, he glanced at Yan Zhuang again. .
Yan Zhuang understood this and laughed loudly: "I don't know if the barbarians of Pinglu Army are good at controlling Xiao."
Li Jie was confused by what he said, and said with some embarrassment: "Don't blame Yan Sheng. One hundred jade flutes were presented to the saint, and it would be better if they were kept in a high cabinet. If the saint likes them, he would order them to be played in the pear garden, as if..."
Yan Zhuang added: "If the performance is not good, not only will the Liyuan disciples be in danger, I'm afraid An Zhongcheng will also be in trouble."
Li Da nodded solemnly and said: "The way to accompany the emperor is not a child's play."
Yan Zhuang said: "This is one of the reasons why I waited here to come to Jianhu Lake." After saying this, he glanced at the twelve followers behind him. The twelve people all walked to the stage, took off their baggage, and stood on the stage. The edges were arranged neatly in a row and then retreated. When the twelve people returned to their original place, Yan Zhuang signaled with his eyes again. He Qiansui who was beside him stepped forward, first put his right hand on his chest and bowed to Dugu Zhang as a barbarian, then he respectfully opened one of the bags and bowed again. , return to the original place.
Everyone unconsciously gathered around to see what was in the baggage. As if to satisfy everyone's curiosity, Duguzhang jumped onto the stage and grabbed a few things in the baggage and held them up for a closer look. Everyone followed his gaze and looked up. It turned out to be several jade tubes of different lengths. These jade tubes were all red. When illuminated by the firelight, the jade tubes looked extremely transparent, revealing the golden rings inside. of markings. Although everyone did not know what the jade tube was used for, they all knew that it was a rare and beautiful jade.
Dugu Zhang held a jade pipe in his left and right hands and struck each other, but what he heard was a very clear and crisp sound, not the jingling sound of ordinary jade. Dugu Zhang nodded with satisfaction and said: "Good red jade, the world only knows that beautiful jade is produced in the Western Regions, but The Khotan white jade is warm and moist, so it is the best choice for making jewelry, but the jade flute has a mediocre sound quality. This northern red jade is harder, and the jade flute has a wider sound range."
Yan Zhuang crossed his hands and said: "Dugu Zhang is a great expert. One look at it and you can tell that this red jade comes from the north, and this jade comes from Fuyu. Last year, An Zhongcheng led his army north to Pinglu for 1,500 miles and crossed the Khitan land. After more than a hundred battles and fifty thousand beheadings, I got this thousand tubes of red jade."
Many people in the world have heard of An Lushan's ability to lead the army in over 100 battles, beheading 50,000 people, and so on. I'm afraid 99% of it is water, but Pinglu Town is already in the northeast of the Tang Dynasty, and the land of Fuyu is still there. To go 1,500 miles north, we know that this red jade is not easy to come by.
Duguzhang held a tube horizontally, peering into the jade tube, and said: "I have heard for a long time that my husband is good at managing jade, and now I know that this is true. Red jade is brittle and easy to break. This jade tube is polished to be very straight, and the inner hole is It is extremely round and round, which is really rare..."
Yan Zhuang said: "Creating these jade tubes did not happen overnight. This is ancient jade, and its origin is not trivial. Fuyu was in Xuantu County in the Western Han Dynasty. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered him to pay tribute to two thousand red jade tubes. Facing a generation of heroes, , Fuyu did not dare to neglect, he selected the best red jade stone, and used the whole country to make the jade tube. This processing method, it is said that Fuyu people polished it with hair. "
Dugu Zhang said: "The hair seems to be weak, but it is actually extremely strong. This is also believable."
Cheng Ang asked: "What happened next? How come they hid everything without paying tribute to Emperor Wu?"
Yan Zhuang smiled and said: "Brother Cheng, don't be impatient. Listen to me and tell you slowly. It is possible to polish the hair, but jade is hard. Polishing two thousand pieces will not be done overnight. It took more than a thousand tubes to be made. Emperor Wu said After the collapse, Emperor Zhao, Emperor Xuan, and the Han Dynasty were busy running the Western Region Protectorate and had no time to take care of the Northeast. As for the tribute that the late emperor wanted on a whim, no one remembered it. And polishing these jade tubes consumed too much manpower and material resources. The Han Dynasty Instead of asking for them, Fuyu happily pretended to be dumbfounded and hid these tributes..."
