Chapter 126 Xuanji Lonely Island (1)
Shu'er sat in front of the case and carefully read the book written by Zhuge Congrong. Zhuge Congrong found two jade earrings in the drawer of the dressing table, matching the light green clothes Shu'er put on today. There was also an jadeite earring in the drawer. The pendant is carved into an extremely exquisite willow leaf.
Zhuge calmly took the earrings and necklace pendant to Shu'er and said, "This is jadeite produced in the Song Dynasty. Does your lord still like it?"
Shu'er smiled and said, "I was just reading in your "Jiuzhou Scenery" that there is an emerald mountain a hundred miles away from Yide, the old capital of the Song Dynasty, which is rich in emeralds. You also joked that the emerald mountain might be jade. The mines were empty, so the Song Dynasty went to devour the Qi Kingdom, which was rich in white jade." She put on two emerald green earrings, shook them and said, "Master Zhuge, do you think they look good?"
Zhuge calmly nodded and said: "I like the beauty as jade, fresh and natural. However, do you plan to always call me 'Master Zhuge'?"
Shu'er rolled his eyes and said, "Can't I follow the Xue family sister from Yaowang Mountain and call you 'Brother Zhuge'?"
Zhuge said calmly: "It's okay to call me 'brother Rong'."
Shu'er smiled and asked, "How do you know that I must be younger than you?"
Zhuge calmly said: "I was born in the thirty-ninth year of King You of Chu."
Shu'er counted his fingers and said: "The thirty-ninth year of King Chu You was the year when King Song ascended the throne... We were born in the same year!"
Zhuge calmly added: "I was born in the summer of the thirty-ninth year of King Chu You."
Shu'er said: "What a coincidence, I was also born in summer, it should be the season when sunset flowers bloom."
Zhuge smiled calmly and said: "It's a pity that my adoptive father didn't tell me exactly when I was born. Maybe he doesn't know either."
Shu'er said: "I do know where I was born, but since you don't know where you were born, we can't discuss seniority. Why don't we just remove the word 'Zhuge' and I'll call you ' Master, can you still live like this?"
Zhuge laughed calmly and said: "I call you Lord, and you call me Young Master. It seems that you are much older than me!"
Shu'er shook his head and smiled: "It's not about age, it's about qualifications!"
Zhuge calmly saw that Shu'er didn't go to get the jade pendant, so he pointed at the willow leaf jade pendant and asked, "My lord, you don't like this?"
Shu'er said: "It's not that I don't like it, but..." She took out a pearl pendant strung on a black cotton rope from her collar, "This pearl pendant is the only thing I brought from Song Dynasty when I was a child. I want to wear it all the time and keep it in my mind."
Zhuge calmly leaned over and took a closer look at the pearl pendant, and said curiously: "The thing my lord brought from the Song Dynasty was actually pearl music score! This is the notation method used by the musicians of the Zhou Dynasty. I am afraid that there are not many people in the world anymore. You know how to play such a piece of music." He asked with a smile: "Do you know what kind of music is engraved on this pearl of yours?"
Shu'er shook his head and said: "I have never asked, but since you said this is the notation method of Zhou Dynasty musicians, hundreds of years later, even if I asked, probably no one would know."
Zhuge calmly looked out the window at the sea view and said, "There are many harps on the island. When we get over, I will play them for you."
Shu'er asked curiously: "Young master, can you read such music scores?"
Zhuge nodded calmly and said: "My adoptive father taught me. My adoptive father and Mr. Dongfang of Prince Sheng's Mansion are close friends. Mr. Dongfang knew how to read this kind of music score, so he taught it to my adoptive father, who in turn taught it to me. You have this heart." Engraved on the pearl is "Jade Broken" written by Zhou Le Wang. It not only has the music score, but also the lyrics. The lyrics and music are all composed by Zhou Le Wang Ning Wang. This "Jade Broken" is the last piece he composed in his life. It describes What's more, the great Zhou Dynasty is full of smoke and Kyushu is falling apart. The tune alone has already made people feel heartbroken and heartbroken."
Shu'er asked: "What kind of lyrics are used in such a song?"
Zhuge calmly took the "Emperor's Biography" on the case to Shu'er and said: "The last page of this book is "The Broken Jade" written by King Le of Zhou Dynasty."
Shu'er turned to the last page, and there was a poem like this:
Through the ages, jade was shattered in one night. In the dancing pavilions and singing houses, merchant girls were in tears, still singing old-time harp music.
Chu crossed Bashu, Chen, Song and Zhaowei. Qizhou was founded. On a high white jade platform, you can see the beacon fire like a waterfall in the distance.
Luo Hua was worry-free and was burned to the ground. All seven strings were broken. Looking back, we can find where the broken edge of the sword is.
Wearing my armor, sharpening my rusty sword. Riding alone at night, at the end of the mountains and rivers, the King of Zhou has left without a trace.
Shu'er's hand gently stroked the page and murmured: "It turns out that the music score engraved on the pearl pendant I have been wearing is filled with such a tragic poem. I heard that Luohua, the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, was in the territory of Qizhou at that time
To the north of the Jade Capital, the nine states were divided and each established its own country. Luohua is now a dry land covered with weeds. The Wusou Palace was also burned down, leaving only piles of stones in the weeds. I have heard many versions from storytellers from various places,
Some say that King Le of Zhou hanged himself in Wuyou Palace, some say that he died on the way to escape, and some say that he died in battle, but no one knows where the last king of the Zhou Dynasty is buried."
Zhuge said calmly: "You must have never heard of the true version. As it is said in this poem, the fatuous emperor who had never fought in a battle finally put on his armor at the last moment, but he did not die on the battlefield.
He chose to flee after being defeated. He reached the end of the mountains and rivers, but the end was not a cliff, but a vast ocean. So he got on a small boat and wanted to drift with the current and die in the East China Sea, but unexpectedly..."
Shu'er opened her eyes wide and interjected: "Could it be..."
Zhuge nodded calmly and said: "The sea breeze is heading north. King Zhou Le would stare at the Big Dipper on the dark sea every day. Every night, he felt that he would never see the sunrise again tomorrow. Every night, it might be the end of his life.
One night. But on the last night, he saw a small island in the distance under the Big Dipper. He exclaimed, climbing up the Xuanji and looking down, hiding himself on a deserted island! Now it is floating and sinking, and it fills up the East China Sea invisible!
"
Shu'er asked: "King Zhou Le did not die on the land of Kyushu? He actually lived alone on a desert island for the rest of his life?"
Zhuge calmly replied: "This island is the 'Xuanji Island'.
There is this opportunity.”
Shu'er clapped her hands and said, "Of course I do! This is a unique monument that no one has known about for hundreds of years!"
Zhuge calmly pointed to the white sailboat on the beach outside the window and said: "Let's pack three or four days of food and water, and we can set off today."
Shu'er said: "But I have agreed to do something. In less than a month, I have to go back to Yuling. After that, I have to go to Zichuan to attend the three-year sword-delivery agreement with the King of Shu. The most I can do is
We can only stay on the island for three to five days."
Chapter completed!