The one who spoke was Mr. Gui, the leader. He sat there without getting up. He faced Zhang Xu and said, "Zhang Dian, you haven't been in Chang'an for a long time. How did you know that Li Taibai was ostracized by Yang Taizhen and Gao Lishi?"
Zhang Xu looked a little guilty and said: "Turtle Nian, don't be angry, I heard what others said."
It turns out that Mr. Gui is Li Guinian, known as the "Sage of Music". The three brothers Li Guinian, Li Pengnian and Li Henian are all worshipers in the church. Guinian is good at singing, Peng Nian is good at dancing, and Henian is good at musical instruments.
Li Guinian stood up and said: "Everyone, I was on good terms with Mr. Taibai in the year of Guinian. I have personally experienced what Zhang Dian said. In the second year of Tianbao, I planted peony for the first time in the ban, and got four books of red, purple, light red and white. , transplanted to the Agarwood Pavilion in the east of Xingqing Pond. On that day, the flowers bloomed, and the saint took the light of the night. Concubine Taizhen came to enjoy the flowers with her in a chariot. She was ordered to select the best disciples in the pear garden to serve as attendants. Guinian and his younger brother Henian also accompanied them. On the side, he said: "When appreciating famous flowers and treating concubines, how can I use the old music words?" So he ordered the turtle year to hold the golden flower paper and announce it to Li Hanlin.
Li Hanlin was indeed drunk that day and could not ride a horse, so he could only be carried into the palace on foot. When he arrived at the Xingqing Pool in the East, he still did not wake up. He ordered him to drink honey water, but Taibai said: "We need more water." Drink three cups of Xiliangzhou rose peach wine before you can write lyrics. "
Jiang Shuo smiled and said, "What you said is indeed very Mr. Taibai's style!"
Li Guinian said: "That's right! The Holy One is also a gentle man. He did not reprimand Taibai for his transgression. Instead, he ordered the wine to be served according to Taibai's instructions. Concubine Taizhen personally held the Puli Qibao Cup and drank wine for Taibai. This is all This is what I saw with my own eyes in the year of the Turtle, and Concubine Taizhen is not unhappy at all. Moreover, I am also studying civil and military affairs, and I am a warrior. If there are subtle metaphors in Taibai's words, how can the saint not notice it, but the warrior knows it?"
Jiang Shuo thought to himself: This is a polite thing to say. Li Guinian continued: "But Taibai was scratching his boots frequently while sitting in front of the case. It turned out that he had swollen feet from a hangover and it was quite uncomfortable to sit. Gao Lishi saw him and came forward. Take off his boots for him, so it is said that the warrior took off his boots on his own initiative, not because Taibai forced him to do it."
Anqing Zongdao: "Yes, I think that General Gao is a high-ranking official of the first rank and a duke. Taibai only serves the sixth rank Hanlin. Even if he relies on his favor, he cannot force a strong man to take off his boots."
Li Guinian said: "A strong man is called a virtuous official. He is obedient but not flattering, and admonishes but never offends. He really appreciates Taibai's talent, so he took off his boots for him. It has nothing to do with his rank. Taibai drank wine and took off his boots. , immediately wrote like a god, and continued into three chapters of "Qing Ping Diao". At that time, the saint tuned the jade flute to the tune, led the disciples to play music in the year of the crane, and sang in the year of the turtle..."
At this point, Aunt Gongsun suddenly interrupted Li Guinian and said: "Guinian, you are very lively, but we are not satisfied with it. Why don't you sing it for us now?" When this statement came out, all the guests at the scene applauded!
Li Guinian slapped his thigh and said, "That's fine. Today, in the Year of the Turtle, I will share these three chapters of Qing Ping Le with all the guests. From now on, there is no need to believe in rumors or lies."
This Qingping tune is an old theme of Yuefu, and many musicians are good at playing it. Gongsun raised her hand and the pipa behind the curtain began to play. Unexpectedly, after only playing a few notes, Li Guinian walked directly to the curtain and suddenly lifted the pipa. He opened the curtain and said, "No, no, how can your way of playing match Taibai's words?"
As he spoke, he snatched the pipa from the panicked musician's hand, held it horizontally in his arms, and said as he walked: "At that time, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty played the jade flute. In the Year of the Crane, the music was played with the konghou, and sixteen musicians played it with silk and bamboo. Today In the Year of the Turtle, I can only play the pipa instead." As he spoke, he twirled his hands with one hand to set a tune, and then started singing along with the tune.
There are three chapters in Qingping Diao, all of which are four-line seven-character music. Li Guinian walked to the center while singing, but what he sang was the first chapter:
The clouds are like clothes, the flowers are like faces, the spring breeze is blowing the threshold, and the dew is thick.
If we hadn't seen him at the top of Qunyu Mountain, he would have met at Yaotai under the moon.
Li Guinian's voice was bright, sometimes high-pitched and sometimes melodious according to the music. His singing was clear and clear, something he had never heard in Jiang Shuo. Zhang Xuqian witnessed the performance and said: "These two 'thinking' are used most wonderfully, causing a trance. It is the same as the mad grassland. The sound of the Turtle Year is raised and the spirit is radiant, which is in harmony with the Taibai Ci."
Li Guinian ignored him and sang the second chapter:
The dew on a branch is fragrant, and the clouds and rain in Wushan are in vain.
May I ask who in the Han Palace looks like it? Poor Feiyan Yi Xinzhuang.
It was the chapter mentioned by Zhang Xu. After Li Guinian finished singing, he explained: "Some people say that Taibai uses Wushan as a metaphor for the beauty who gathers fornication, and Feiyan as a metaphor for the humble palace children. In fact, there are many Wushan and Feiyan in palace music. The poem "Qing Ping Tiao" was written in response to an imperial edict. If Taibai thought this way, he would be walking on the scales of a dragon and walking on the tail of a tiger. If you are not an extremely foolish person, you should not do this."
Although Zhang Xu acted crazy, he was not a confused person. He knew that he had mistakenly believed what others said, so he couldn't help but blush. He jumped up and said, "I, Zhang Dian, made the mistake. I will apologize to you." As he said this, he followed The singing voice in the third chapter of Li Guinian's "Qing Ping Tiao" is waving his sleeves and spinning around, but the words in this chapter are:
The two famous beauties are in love with each other, and the king looks on with a smile.
To explain the infinite hatred of the spring breeze, the agarwood pavilion leans against the langan in the north.
It turns out that Zhang Xu learned the "worship dance" from Hu Lixing. The bow dance is a kind of etiquette for juniors to express their respect to their elders and subordinates to superiors. Zhang Xu's bow to Li Guinian at this time was naturally an apology, but Zhang Xu Drunk, Jiang Shuo danced crookedly and staggered around. It was said to be a worship dance, but Jiang Shuo looked like he was doing a drunken fist.
Anqing Zongdao: "There are three chapters in "Qing Ping Diao". The third chapter only describes the real scene of the Tang Emperor and his concubines admiring the wood, peony and agarwood pavilion. In Taibai language, he wrote the famous flowers vividly and vividly, and even wrote about the unparalleled beauty and wind god. , reading the words and sentences in the three chapters is like feeling the spring breeze fill the paper, and the eyes are filled with flowers."
Li Guinian said: "It's well said. The three chapters of "Qing Ping Diao" were completed and the saint was very happy and praised him very much. Even though Taibai had given the gold and returned it, the saint often asked the church to promote singing. If he was really offended by the lyrics, How can I still perform in the palace if I don’t have Lux and Taizhen?”
Zhang Xu, who was dancing with all kinds of tricks, actually fell to his knees, kowtowed to Li Guinian and said, "Zhang Dian was wrong, please forgive me." Zhang Xu claimed to be Zhang Dian, and his behavior was indeed crazy. He was even crazier than Li Guinian. He was much older. He knelt down when asked and even kowtowed. Everyone was shocked. Li Guinian quickly put down his pipa, helped Zhang Dian up and said, "Old Zhang Dian, are you going to shorten my life? I I just want to take this opportunity to banish the immortal with a wonderful song, and let the world know that Concubine Taizhen and the powerful warrior have never framed Taibai, and they are not just to quarrel with you."
Li Guinian helped Zhang Xu up, but he didn't expect Zhang Xu to fall backwards. Jiang Shuo hurriedly rushed to help Zhang Xu from behind, but heard him snoring slightly and turned out to be asleep. He asked Li Guinian: "Mr. Turtle, there is something I don't understand. Since the saint loves Mr. Taibai so much and Yang Taizhen and Gao Lishi did not slander him, why did Mr. Taibai only stay in Chang'an for one year before he was given gold and released?"
Li Guinian and Jiang Shuo helped Zhang Xu back to the couch together, then sat on the edge of the couch and said, "My little friend, your question is a question shared by everyone in the world. In fact, the Holy One loves Taibai very much, but Taibai himself doesn't want to be a Hanlin scholar." Enshrined.”
Jiang Shuo was surprised and said: "Mr. Taibai has been working hard for half his life and only wants to enter the court. How can he not want to be an imperial scholar?"
Li Guinian said: "What Li Taibai did was to worship the Imperial Academy, not to be a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. To put it bluntly, it was similar to the worship service in the Jiaofang like us, which was to write poems for saints to relieve their boredom. However, Taibai had great ambitions in his heart, but he didn't want to To be a literary jester, it’s just that although Taibai has unparalleled poetic talent, his so-called statecraft is mostly just talk on paper, but he knows it, so apart from writing poems and poems, the saint has no other vocation.”
Jiang Shuo remembered that he had heard Li Yong say that Li Bai's so-called vertical and horizontal skills were just rhetoric, but he still did not give up and asked: "That doesn't mean I will give him money and give him back."
Li Guinian said: "Tabai saw that there was no hope for his official career, so he didn't even pay much attention to poetry. He drank so much every day that the saint cherished his talents and did not feel the blame. But Taibai got worse. He was more drunk and less awake. The saint had no choice but to give him back the gold."
Jiang Shuo was silent for a long time after hearing this, knowing that Li Guinian did not need to hide anything from him, and most of what he said was true.
At this time, the maid came to serve dishes again, but they were fried noodles "Flame Zhankou", "Tang'an Delicacy" made of minced meat rolled into pancakes, scones "Jinsu Ping" sprinkled with fish roe, and steamed pastries wrapped with crab roe and crab meat. "Gold and silver clipped flowers cut straight".
Smelling the aroma of the pastries, Zhang Xu woke up, sat up and said: "Hey... when did you come in the Year of the Turtle? Eat quickly, eat quickly!" He grabbed a flame cup and stuttered. When he got up, Li Guinian was both angry and funny. He just shook his head and said nothing. Zhang Xu grabbed another piece of golden millet and gave it to Jiang Shuo and said, "You can eat it too." But he said to Li Guinian, "I will introduce this little friend to you." You know, this Jiang Shuo was Taibai's boy when he was in Nanling."
Li Guinian said to Jiang Shuo, "Is what Zhang Dian said true?" Jiang Shuo nodded, and Li Guinian smiled and said, "What a coincidence. How did you end up here? Taibai is my trickster. Friend, what I just said is true, so don’t be offended."
Jiang Shuo hurriedly crossed his hands and said he didn't dare.
An Qingzong came up and said: "Mr. Gui, you still don't know that the name of Jiang Suzhi has become very famous in Hebian in the past two days. It is said that it was this Caobang who cut the dam with an iron ax and broke away the sand in the river. Young Master Jiang Shuo goes back to the river."
Jiang Shuo was shocked after hearing this. Since An Qingzong knew his name and knew that he was the young leader of the Cao Gang, it was natural that An Qingxu and his party told him. I am afraid that Cheng Ang and Yan Jun had already joined forces. Following Wei Jian and everyone in Caobang for days, they almost forgot about Cheng Ang.
Li Guinian said: "It's strange, it's strange. Looking back, you were originally a book boy, but how did you become the co-owner of hundreds of thousands of boat people?"
Jiang Shuo said: "It's a really long story... I don't know where to start..."
Suddenly there was a sound of 筚篭篏, and then the sound of harem drums. The rhythm was like the curfew drums on a city tower. All the maids said in unison: "Everyone, please come back and sit down. In a moment, the aunt will lead the disciples to perform their skills."
