Xiang Dong said with a smile: "Please forgive me, Mrs., wearing a mask to dance, it is still this young lady's own request, she is not a singer, this time she is willing to dance for everyone, it is not a secret, if she is not willing to dance, even my king cannot force her, so I can't force her to take off her furniture, it can only depend on whether she is willing or not."

Listening to Xiang Dong's words, not to mention men, even women's interests were aroused, Chun Yu Zhongxiu immediately said: "This young lady, can you take off your furniture and let us see the real face?" ”

The masked woman turned to Chunyu Zhongxiu and said, "I have heard that Miss Chunyu is knowledgeable for a long time, I don't know if you can know if the song of Chu is still sung by the concubine?" ”

Chun Yu Zhongxiu was slightly stunned, is this masked woman going to test herself? Therefore, he said with a smile: "If Miss Fang is sung in Chu Yan, the concubine really doesn't know, but Miss is sung in Yayan, and the concubine can naturally hear it, what Miss sings is still the song of [Phoenix Bird], but the song of [Phoenix Bird] is classical, but in order to remember King Chu Zhuang, the words were recompiled, so the later songs of [Phoenix Bird] were all sung with this word, and the ancient words could not be examined." ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately understood what was going on with the song of the [Phoenix Bird]. Because the song of [Phoenix Bird] is an ode to the king of Chuzhuang.

King Chu Zhuang is the twenty-fifth monarch of Chu State, and he is also the most accomplished monarch in the history of Chu State, and he is also a monarch who created many idioms.

At the beginning of the succession of King Chuzhuang, there were natural disasters in the Chu country, there were disasters outside, the country was in great trouble, and the king of Chuzhuang succeeded to the throne for three years, but he hid in the deep palace, hunted and drank all day long, ignored government affairs, handed over the affairs of the court to Dou Pan, Doujiao and other powerful ministers, and hung a sign at the gate of the palace, writing: 'Those who admonish will not be forgiven!' Therefore, he is regarded by the people of the country as the king of desolation. The ministers of Chu were very worried, and one of them, Wu Ju, came to see him and gave a mystery to the king of Chu Zhuang.

Wu Ju's myth is: There is a big bird in the country, on the top of the South Mountain, it does not fly and does not sing for three years, why is this bird?

King Chuzhuang replied: This is a phoenix bird, if it does not fly, it will soar into the sky; If you don't make a sound, it's a blockbuster.

After that, the king of Chuzhuang was really like a phoenix, a blockbuster, away from the wine, personally managing the government, working hard internally, removing the ministers, rectifying the rule of officials, killing many corrupt officials and corrupt history, so that the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the national strength increased greatly.

The era of King Chu Zhuang is also the era when the Chu State is strong to the peak, which makes the people of Chu infinitely nostalgic, so the Chu people make this song of [Phoenix Bird] to remember the great achievements of King Chu Zhuang.

The significance of the Chu State Mission playing the song of [Phoenix Bird] for the plateau is naturally self-evident, that is, comparing the plateau with the King of Chu Zhuang, which is a very high courtesy in the Chu State.

The masked woman nodded and said, "Miss Chunyu is really knowledgeable, and this song is the song of [Phoenix Bird]." ”

Chunyu Zhongxiu smiled and said: "Don't dare, Miss sang very clearly just now, if you can't hear this, you won't be embarrassed." ”

At this time, Luo Mingzhu said on the side: "When the concubine was in the Jixia School Palace, there were several Chu brothers, so I heard them talk about it, the song of Chu is unique, and the most famous of them are three: one is [Nine Songs], which is the song of the gods, which is still created by Dayu, but unfortunately all the countries are lost, and only the Chu State remains; the second is [Yangchun White Snow], which is the Yale of Chu State, and is said to be the Emperor of Heaven to make the plain girl pass to the world; The third is the [Lower Riba People], which is the folk song of the Chu State. There are hundreds of lyrics and songs in [Yangchun Baixue], and this song of "Phoenix Bird" is one of them. I don't know if what the concubine said is right. ”

The masked woman turned to Luo Mingzhu and said, "What Mrs. Duanmu said is good, but does Madame know the origin of this [Lower Riba Man], [Yangchun Baixue]." ”

Luo Mingzhu raised her eyebrows slightly, shook her head, and said, "I don't know this concubine." ”

At this time, Chun Yu Zhongxiu said: "There is a little bit about the origin of [Lower Riba People] and [Yangchun Baixue], and I am here for a little bit. ”

Luo Mingzhu let out an "oh" and said, "I would like to hear Miss Chunyu's details." ”

The masked woman also said, "Please also ask Miss Chunyu to give advice." ”

Chun Yu Zhongxiu said calmly: "The song of [Xiali Ba Ren] is actually divided into two songs: [Xia Li] and [Ba Ren]; Below, the nations often think that it is the place where the untouchables live, but in fact, it is wrong, and those who are inside are also the places where the people live; Below, underground also; Therefore, Xiali is really the burial place of the deceased of the people, and the song of [Xiali] is the funeral song, which is still used to bury relatives and send mourning. And [Ba people] is still the song of the people of the country of Ba, Chu and Ba have fought for hundreds of years, and there are many people in the country of Chu, because of the song created by the people who miss their hometown, the country of Ba was destroyed by the state of Chu, so the song and the song of [Xiali] are combined, and it becomes the song of the [Xialiba people]. And [Yangchun Baixue] is also divided into two parts, [Yangchun] is the funeral song of the Chu clan; [Bai Xue] is a song to praise the ancient saints, but the deceased of the Chu clan has many benevolent elders who can be called holy, so [Yangchun] [Bai Xue] is also integrated and becomes the court of Chu Athens. I don't know if Zhong Xiu is right. ”

The masked woman nodded and said: "When the concubine was in the Chu State, she heard the two big names for a long time, not only well-informed, erudite and versatile, but also proficient in the study of music and rhythm. ”

Listening to their conversation, Gao Yuan was also greatly surprised, it seems that this masked woman is really not an ordinary person, although the status of musicians in this era is not high, but poetry and songs are extremely important, not a simple entertainment, the Zhou room has sent the minister Yin Jifu to collect and compile folk songs, even Confucius has revised the [Book of Songs], noble brothers, scholars and others have learned poetry and songs since childhood. Therefore, this masked girl can talk about the music of Chu with Chunyu Zhongxiu and Luo Mingzhu, then she must be a girl from a noble family, but she doesn't know why she will act as a dancing girl.

Li Yinghong said: "This young lady, can you take off your furniture now, let us see your true face." After a pause, he said, "There is also the family background of the young lady." ”

At this time, Chun Yu Zhong Xiu smiled and said, "Although I haven't seen the true face of this young lady, Zhong Xiu can guess a thing or two about the family background of the young lady." ”

The masked woman owed Chunyu Zhongxiu and said, "Please teach Miss Chunyu." ”

Chun Yu Zhong Xiu said: "Don't you dare to give advice, but please forgive Zhong Xiu for being tempted, but Miss Wu Xiyan of Chu State." ”

"Boom!"

The entire hall immediately sounded a burst of exclamation, Wu Xiyan is the talented woman of the Chu State who is as famous as Chun Yu Zhongxiu and Luo Mingzhu, if this masked girl is really Wu Xiyan, then the three talented girls are actually gathered in this small Lingshou. Of course, if this masked girl really has to be dancing at night.

After the voice stopped for a while, the masked woman said, "How did Miss Chun Yu guess the identity of Xi Yan?" ”

Although everyone estimated that Chun Yu Zhongxiu's guess was nine times out of ten, but listening to Wu Xiyan admit it herself, she was still very excited, the three talented women really gathered, this trip to Lingshou was really not in vain, but everyone was also curious, how Chun Yu Zhongxiu guessed that this masked girl was Wu Xiyan.

Chun Yu Zhong Xiu said: "Although Zhong Xiu has not been to Chu State, but the name of Miss Dance, admired himself for a long time, I heard that Miss Dance is Chu Guo Ruo Ao's family, and since childhood proficient in music, by his preference for singing and dancing instruments, volunteer to collect the world's songs, into songs and dances, even at the cost of ' Dance's surname, I just saw Miss's dancing and singing, which is not comparable to ordinary musicians, Zhong Xiu was a little skeptical, but he was not sure, and later saw Miss and asked about the music of Chu State, so that he could be sure that if it was not Miss Dance, who else could have some singing and dancing skills, and be proficient in the music of Chu State. ”

After everyone listened, they also admired Chun Yu Zhongxiu's judgment, among the three talented women, Chun Yu Zhongxiu is known for being well-informed and erudite; Luo Mingzhu was a student of the Jixia School Palace, so it was named after Wenxuan; Only Wu Xiyan is proficient in music and rhythm, can sing and dance, and is also the only talented girl who has no real marriage at present.

Although the younger brothers of the clan are proficient in music and lyrics, but those who practice dance skills are generally only learned by the singers in the female lu, and Wu Xiyan was born in the family of Chu - Ruo Ao, but she likes singing and dancing skills, and the family can't resist her, so she has to let it go, and as a result, she actually learned to become a singer and dancer.

Ruo Ao was originally a branch of the Chu royal family, and the ancestor was Xiong Yi, the seventeenth monarch of Chu. Although Xiong Yi has been the monarch for 27 years and has many grandchildren, he has made no achievements and has no nickname after his death. According to the custom of the Chu State, if the monarch does not have a nickname after his death, it is called "Ao", and because Xiong Yi is buried in the "Ruo" place, it is collectively called "Ruo Ao".

Since the monarch is inherited by the son-in-law, so after the son-in-law succeeds to the throne, the other sons must set up another clan name, in order to violate the taboo of the monarch, Xiong Yi's sons are numerous, and the clan names are Dou, Cheng, uncle, etc., and these clan names are collectively called "Ruo Ao clan". This is the origin of Ruo Ao's family.

During the period of six generations of monarchs from King Wu of Chu to King Zhuang of Chu, Ruo Ao had a pivotal position in the state of Chu after several generations of management, and held important military and political positions for a long time, almost monopolizing the positions of Ling Yin and Da Sima of Chu State. And if Ao also has its own private armed "Ruo Ao's pawn", in the battle of Chu and Jin Chengpu, the Chu army took 600 Ruo Ao's pawn as the middle army, although the Chu State was defeated in that battle, but Ruo Ao's pawn was free to enter and exit in the Jin army, beheading the general and capturing the flag, showing his majesty.

However, during the reign of King Chuzhuang, if there was a civil strife in the Ao clan, they competed for power and profit with each other for nine years. And the king of Chu Zhuang took the opportunity to take back the power, and tried his best to suppress the Ruo Ao clan, since then the status of the Ruo Ao clan has declined rapidly, and there is no longer the energy to call for wind and rain in the Chu State, but after all, it is a thin camel bigger than a horse, and its descendants still appear from time to time in the late Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States of Chu State politics, which cannot be underestimated.

Ji Nu, who is proficient in singing and dancing, is very popular among the clan, but Wu Xi has outstanding appearance and can sing well, but she is not married yet, which shows that Ruo Ao still has a lot of power.

And now there is the last suspense, that is, whether Wu Xiyan will take off her furniture and reveal her true appearance.

I wish you all a happy Chinese New Year and everything is easy