Origin Chapter 624: A fire in winter

Seeing that Wu Zhongyuan's eyes were filled with curiosity rather than disgust, Jiang Tao was relieved, and he bent over and raised his hand to invite Wu Zhongyuan into the side hall. actor.

While waiting for the musicians and singers to come, Jiang Tao took the opportunity to rush around Wu Zhongyuan to plead guilty. The reason he pleaded guilty was that Jiang Zheng died not long ago. It stands to reason that he should not sing and dance at this time. Seeing as an unfilial son with Passover etiquette, he pleaded guilty and worried about burying Wu Zhongyuan, as if Wu Zhongyuan himself did not pay much attention to etiquette.

This scale is difficult to grasp, and it is also very difficult to express, but Jiang Tao is very good at this. He speaks skillfully and tactfully, and is humble and respectful. A measured person will never take a leader as a friend. Leaders, no matter how good they are to themselves, are leaders.

In modern terms, the material foundation determines the superstructure. If the material civilization is not good, there is no energy to develop spiritual civilization. At this time, people's life is very difficult, there are almost no entertainment activities, and singing and dancing are all luxury goods. Because of its rarity, Wu Zhongyuan was curious.

There are many musical instruments in the side hall. Wu Zhongyuan turned his head and found that the most popular ones were chimes and drums. In addition, there were pipa, erhu, flute, qinse, xunsheng, and there were not many varieties.

As for why in modern archaeology, only metal musical instruments such as chimes have been unearthed, it is because the materials used in other musical instruments will gradually decay over time and cannot be preserved in modern times.

After returning for so long, Wu Zhongyuan seldom heard music except for the sound of Donghai Xinyuehu's qin, so he couldn't help but feel curious. After a while, the musicians came, knelt down and saluted Wu Zhongyuan and Jiang Tao, wishing them longevity Chitose.

Although Wu Zhongyuan ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, he never claimed to be long live. Now he suddenly hears others wishing for a long life and a thousand years. Chubby, with a round face and small eyes, he's really a bit of a bastard.

Jiang Tao didn't know why Wu Zhongyuan suddenly turned his head to look at him and hurriedly raised a glass to invite a drink. Wu Zhongyuan responded with a smile.

There are more than ten musicians. The musicians come first, and the actors come later. There are more than 20 people. After the actors arrive, the etiquette is more humble. You must know that at this time, the status of the musicians is very high, almost the same as the warriors. The class belongs to the spring and white snow above the court. The status of singing and dancing actors is very low, equivalent to the lower Liba people on the streets. This is exactly the opposite of modern times. In modern times, singers and actors have high status and are praised to the sky, while the status of artists engaged in art is rarely known.

The two sat down, Jiang Tao raised his hand slightly, and the performance began. It was pure music. The actors stood on both sides of the stage and did not end.

The chime belongs to the main instrument. Ring the bell first. Wu Zhongyuan can't understand the rhythm, and he can't tell which Gongshangjiao Zhengyu is. He just feels that the musicians are playing too slowly, but he can't hear any beauty and melodiousness. He is just a widow. Tasteless.

Actually, a slow rhythm is not bad. There are also songs with a slow rhythm, but he really can't enjoy the rhythm of these musicians' percussion this time. Once the hammer hits, the reverberation does not completely disappear, so he will never continue to beat down. In less than a minute it knocked him off to sleep.

The musician from below was serious, and Wu Zhongyuan heard it from above. What kind of music is this? This is clearly a lullaby.

Just when I was bored and inactive, the style of music finally changed, and a new instrument, the erhu, was added.

The structure of the erhu is very simple, but it is very difficult to control. It can be played with passion, or it can be played with grief and sorrow. This time the musicians are taking the latter path, slow to death, humming, humming, Squeaking and twisting, it was like sending a funeral to a funeral, and it made Wu Zhongyuan want to go down and beat people.

On the other hand, Jiang Tao has an intoxicated look. Culture and art are interlinked. After all, he didn't grow up in ancient times. I really don't understand people's preferences for culture and art.

I listened patiently, and soon Wu Zhongyuan found the pattern. At this time, the music was gradually adding musical instruments, and then the flute was added. The sound of the flute is still relatively melodious, but it is not good if it is played too slowly. Yes, procrastination.

Most of the musicians are men, and there are very few women. The musicians have a solemn look on their faces when they play, and they seem to be very devoted, but he just can't enjoy such a slow rhythm. How slow can be described in detail , there is a song in modern times called the love of a lifetime, the rhythm is slow enough, and the rhythm played by these musicians is three times slower than the love of a lifetime. It is not accurate to describe it with multiples. sleepy.

When the guqin was added in, the actor started dancing. The first stage was a solo dance. The dancer was a young woman in her twenties. She was tall and slender. She wore very little clothes, all of which were silk clothes. The rhythm of the dance was also Very slow, trying to express the beauty of a woman's body, although occasionally throwing a sleeve, but the overall feeling is still twisted, more twisted and hypocritical, less enthusiastic and passionate. Love, not good-looking, boring.

The first actor to dance is the leader of these actors. In modern words, the lead dancer. This woman can sing while dancing. The lyrics roughly mean the thoughts and feelings of a left-behind woman who went out to fight a lover. The word lover is a derogatory word in modern times, but in the whole feudal society it is a positive word, referring to two people who truly love each other.

There are more and more types of musical instruments, and more and more actors participate in dancing and singing. In the end, it looks like a large-scale musical dance, no, it is more like a funeral procession, whistling and beating, crying and crying. , The leading dancer's arm-waving gesture is like throwing paper money into the sky during a funeral.

As the saying goes, you can't tell the difference between good and bad without comparison. Compared with these actors' twisting their waists and sending their hips and muttering, he prefers Jiang Nan's sharp screams when facing the enemy. It's more real and more Wild and charming.

Jiang Tao misunderstood Wu Zhongyuan's gazing around. He just regarded him as self-respecting and was embarrassed to look directly at him. He even wanted to give him these musicians and actors. In fact, this was Jiang Tao's real motive for inviting him to watch the song and dance.

Wu Zhongyuan is not tired of Jiang Tao's behavior. It is normal for his subordinates to please their superiors. Although he doesn't like a jester like He Shen, he doesn't like a loyal minister like Ji Xiaolan. The emperor is already tired and upset Chaos, no matter how unpleasant the courtiers talk about unpleasant disobedience all day long, wouldn't it be more annoying, and it is also a blessing that Qianlong was a Taiping emperor. If it was replaced by a stressful emperor in troubled times, he would have already sent that guy to the frontier.

Wu Zhongyuan declined Jiang Tao's gift, and Jiang Tao also found that he didn't seem to be very interested in beautiful singing and dancing. When the song was over, he said to the foreman, "Change to a more cheerful song."

Wu Zhongyuan wanted to say something to stop him, but thinking that there was still half an hour before lunch, he didn't say anything and let the musicians play again.

As soon as the musician was ringing the bell again, Wu Zhongyuan sighed helplessly, but before he could finish his sigh, the flute was added, and then the sheng, which is a kind of musical instrument very similar to the yu that has been used for a long time. It's just that there is no Ying at this time, only Sheng.

The next step is the drum. The drum sound is relatively low. Once the drum sound is added, the rhythm is no longer a rhythm. , Wu Zhongyuan finally found the feeling.

While finding the feeling, Wu Zhongyuan suddenly frowned.

Seeing Wu Zhongyuan frowning, Jiang Tao just thought he didn't like the song and was about to raise his hand to interrupt, but Wu Zhongyuan raised his hand before him and said, "Don't interrupt, continue."

Jiang Tao didn't know why, so he looked at him suspiciously.

Wu Zhongyuan didn't say anything to explain. The reason why he frowned was because the music played by the musician felt a little familiar to him. Although he couldn't remember what it was for a while, one thing was certain. The rhythm of the first piece does not belong to the ancient times, but a modern song.

After listening for a while, but unable to recall, Wu Zhongyuan turned to look at Jiang Tao, "Stop the chimes, and the other instruments continue."

Jiang Tao relayed the instructions, the chimes stopped, and the rhythm became clearer. This piece belongs to the relatively fast rhythm category, but it is not very fast. It should be a modern popular music.

Because the musical instruments used to play the tune are quite different from modern musical instruments, although Wu Zhongyuan feels the music is very familiar, he can't recall what the tune is.

At this moment, the lead dancer began to bring people into the dance. This time the dance style has changed greatly, the movements are accelerated, and the rhythm is relatively strong. It is completely different from the previous relaxation. Although it is not as enthusiastic as modern dance, it is It is also like fighting on the battlefield, with great strength. When shrugging and turning around, there is a faint shadow of Western dance, but it is not as shocking as Cha Cha dance.

Jiang Tao has noticed that Wu Zhongyuan's expression is different, but he doesn't know why his expression is so solemn. He is watching nervously. Wu Zhongyuan raised his hand and said, "The tune is accelerated."

"Speed ​​up a beat." Jiang Tao ordered the musician loudly.

The musician hurriedly accelerated the rhythm, and in order to keep up with the rhythm, the actor had to speed up the rhythm of the dance.

Wu Zhongyuan listened to the tune quietly and suddenly remembered what kind of tune it was. It was a very old song called a fire in winter, but the original singer of this song was not Fei Xiang or Gao Lingfeng , This piece came from the West, and the original singers were several foreign women.

Looking at the actor's dance again, it clearly has Western characteristics. Although it is still soothing, it is obviously not a Middle-earth style.

"Your Highness?" Jiang Tao looked at each other suspiciously.

Wu Zhongyuan turned his head and glanced at Jiang Tao, then said in a deep voice, "Stop."

Hearing Wu Zhongyuan's words, Jiang Tao hurriedly got up and gave the order, the musicians stopped playing, and the actors returned to both sides nervously.

Wu Zhongyuan also stood up, frowning and looking around the audience, "Who taught you this song and dance..."