Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng and Yu, these are the ancient five tones.

After Mi Zhirong retired and left the study, Ji Ning continued to read a primer on ancient music and rhythm.

Of course, there are also seven scales in the ancient rhythm: Gong, Shang, Jiao, Qingjiao, Zheng, Yu, and Changgong.

This is called the Grace scale, but it is rarely used.

In other words, in ancient music, there are basically only five positive tones, and compared with modern music, there are fewer partial clear angles [F(4)] and changing palaces [S(7)].

Before the crossing, Ji Ning had learned some music knowledge in music classes in elementary, junior high and high school, and he could barely sing simple notation and staves, that is, a song that he had never heard before, and he could basically watch the sheet music and sing it independently.

In addition, I learned some ancient Chinese music in high school music class.

Therefore, he is not completely ignorant of music.

The "Four Friends of the Literati" of the ancient scholar class: piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting.

Among these four talents, he can make a move in Go, an amateur six-dan.

Before crossing over, he had always admired the ancient style, so he devoted a lot of effort to the ancient skill of Go.

Calligraphy must be practiced for many years, and the piano art must also be learned, although it is not expected to be proficient, but at least there is a certain level, so as not to laugh and be generous. As for painting, he gave up completely.

Two days later, it was time to make an appointment with Tang Jie, Han Yu and the other four to get together.

In the evening, Ji Ning arrived in front of the gate of Tianxiang Building by carriage.

The carriage stopped in front of the gate of Tianxianglou, the curtain was lifted by He An, and Ji Ning came out of the carriage and saw Tang Jie, Han Yu and others walking towards his car.

"Haha, Brother Ji." Tang Jie, Han Yu and the others greeted Ji Ning with a smile and shouted.

Ji Ning jumped out of the carriage and smiled at Tang Jie, Han Yu and the others: "Brother Tang, Brother Han, Brother Xie and Brother Song, I'm sorry, I'm late, so I've kept you waiting for a long time." ”

"Where. We've just arrived, too. We arrived early, and there was at least one stick of incense left before the appointed hour. Tang Jie, Han Yu and others said.

The five of them said and walked together into the Tianxiang Building.

Han Yu smiled and said to Ji Ning: "Speaking of which, I really can't wait. ”

"Haha, so am I." Song Rui echoed with a smile, "It's not everyone who can listen to Liu Ru is girl playing the piano and singing so closely. We only have a chance if we are stained with Brother Ji's light. ”

Tang Xie and Han Yu nodded approvingly.

It turned out that they had a meeting in Tianxianglou this time and invited Liu Ru to accompany them.

In normal times, Liu Ru holds a banquet to entertain customers, and the number of people is at least eight or more. I want to entertain this kind of small scale today, as long as there are four or five people, there will hardly be it.

Tang Jie, Han Yu and the others understood that they didn't have that face, and they must have been willing to do it for Ji Ning's face.

"I'm alone, but I don't want to move Liu is girl." Ji Ning said modestly with a light smile.

The five of them were talking and laughing as they walked towards the main building of Tianxiang Building.

After most of the incense was burned, Ji Ning and the others climbed to the fourth floor of Tianxiang Building, and under the guidance of the maid of Tianxiang Building, they entered a small hall with elegant decorations.

After Ji Ning and the others took their seats, the maids of Tianxianglou rushed to bring up wine, tea, snacks and snacks.

After eating and drinking, Tianxianglou originally planned to leave five maids to come down to serve, but Ji Ning and the others felt that it was inconvenient for outsiders to chat, so they directly sent the five maids away.

At this time, the back of the gauze curtain was still empty, and Liu Ru had not yet arrived.

It's not that Liu Ru snubbed Ji Ning and the others, but that Ji Ning and the others entered the hall some time in advance.

However, Ji Ning and the others were not in a hurry, the main purpose of their visit to Tianxianglou was to gather, not to listen to tunes.

After pouring a glass of wine, Ji Ning and the others chatted casually.

“…… Brother Ji, have you heard? Zhang Linwu left Jinling City. Han Yu said to Ji Ning, "I heard that when he left, he didn't see him off at all, only Qin Feng and Wu Bei didn't want to go, so they saw him off." ”

"Is there such a thing? Are you sure? Ji Ning asked with some frowns, a bad premonition rose in his heart.

Although he didn't know why Zhang Linwu had been targeting him since the first meeting, at the bonfire, he suddenly tried to force him into a desperate situation. However, his strong counterattack did make Zhang Linwu lose face and couldn't get off the stage at all.

With Zhang Linwu's arrogant character of the second generation of officials, he didn't take any revenge, and left Jinling City like a defeated lost dog, how could this be possible?

Ji Ning instinctively felt that it was impossible, worried that Zhang Linwu was just temporarily retreating, and then secretly attacked him, making him unguardable.

Han Yu and the others didn't think so much, and directly said with a mockery: "Not bad." In the past two days, many people have been preaching, and they all say, 'Yes! ’”

"Zhang Linwu doesn't have any talent, but it's just that his father is a transfer envoy and thinks he is right. There have long been many people in Jinling City who have looked at him unpleasantly. Song Rui said with a smile, "It's ridiculous that he doesn't have any self-knowledge at all, and he dares to provoke Brother Ji in public, and he wants to compare his poetry with Brother Ji." It made the prince of Chongwang and the lord of Huaizhu unhappy. ”

Tang Xie saw that Ji Ning didn't have a smile on his face, but there was a faint solemnity between his eyebrows, and he couldn't help asking, "Brother Ji, what's wrong?" ”

"Nothing." Ji Ning came back to his senses and said with a light smile, "A passerby, let's not discuss him, so as not to spoil the interest." ”

"Come, let's have a drink." As he spoke, Ji Ning raised his wine glass.

Tang Jie, Han Yu and others raised their glasses one after another and had a drink with Ji Ning.

When drinking a glass of wine, they couldn't help but admire Ji Ning's city government in their hearts, and if they were them, they would definitely not be able to take the opportunity to fall into the well and laugh in shame.

After a while, Liu Ru finally arrived.

Behind the curtain, Liu Ru raised her glass and wanted Ji Ning and others to apologize for her late, Tang Jie, Han Yu and others laughed and excused Liu Ru with a smile.

After drinking a drink, Liu Ru began to play the piano and sing, singing "A Cut of Plum and Red Lotus Fragrance and Residual Jade in Autumn" written by Ji Ning to Qin Yuanyuan, Tang Xie and others quickly immersed themselves in the sound of the piano and singing.

"A Cut of Plum and Red Lotus Fragrance Residual Jade in Autumn" was made public by Qin Yuanyuan at the Mid-Autumn Festival Poetry Meeting in Chongwangfu, and now it is also very famous, and it has long been spread to the capital and spread to the whole world.

This song is especially loved by women, and it is sung by the deep boudoirs and children of famous ladies in Jinling City.

The sentence "I only frowned, but I was in my heart" sang countless women in Jinling City to the point that I don't know how much Luo Pa was wet with tears.

Ji Ning also listened to Liu Ruye's singing with some intoxication, and couldn't help but compare Liu Ruye's singing with Teresa Teng's singing.

Obviously, compared with the tune of Teresa Teng's version, the tune of the name of "A Cut of Plum" is more tactful and less flexible.

However, it was sung by Liu Ru, which was completely natural. Ji Ning listened, compared, unconsciously forgot the contrast, and was completely immersed in Liu Ruye's beautiful singing.