Chapter 442 Fraud 3
Li Sheng from Jiaxiang County is proficient in piano art. Occasionally, I passed by the eastern suburbs. Coincidentally, a group of workers here were digging for a guqin. Li Sheng was happy to see it and bought it at a low price. After going back, wipe it clean, and the guqin blooms and shines all over the house. Tune and play, the sound of the piano is clear, and I can't help but be happy, like getting a treasure. Put the guqin in a kit, hide it in the secret room, and refuse to show it to others.
Cheng, the county magistrate, became an idiot. At that time, the new official took office and went to Li's house to visit. Li Shengsu is pure and has little communication. It is rare for the county magistrate to take the initiative to come to the door, feel his kindness, and make friends with each other. Feast each other, poetry and wine friends, you come and go, gradually get familiar with each other.
Mr. Cheng is elegant and talks freely. Li Sheng loves his literary talent and often comes to the door. With such a feast and drink, I don't feel that time flies, and a year has passed.
On this day, Cheng Shi set up wine at home and entertained Li Sheng. There was a xylophone on the wooden table in the living room. Li Sheng was happy to see the hunt. He played carefully and couldn't put it down. Cheng asked, "Is it that Brother Li is also a person in the piano?" Li Sheng smiled and said, "One of the pianos is my favorite in my life."
Cheng said, "So it is. You and I have been friends for a hundred days, but I have never seen Brother Li Fuqin. Can you play a song for me? Burn incense and tune the strings while talking, and try your best to invite. Li Sheng happily agreed, and now he calmed down and performed the piano skills. Cheng listened attentively and praised, "Great master! Such a piano skill is unique. At the next time, I want to play a song. If there is any mistake, please don't laugh. While laughing, while playing the piano, he played a "Yufeng Song". The sound of the piano is clear, which has the meaning of being peerless.
Li Sheng fell in love with it and praised him sincerely: "Your excellency is a great talent! Please forgive me for taking the liberty and begging you to accept me as an apprentice and teach me piano skills. I am very grateful. Cheng Shi said, "You and I are friends in poetry, and we are friends with each other. Don't mention it again. As for piano skills, we can learn from each other and study together.
Since then, the friendship between the two has become deeper and deeper.
In a blink of an eye, another year passed, and Li Sheng got Cheng's true biography. However, every time Cheng's visit, Li Sheng only treats the ordinary Yaoqin, and never takes out the self-treasued guqin. That night, the two of them talked after drinking. Cheng Shi said, "I recently composed a new song. I wonder if Brother Li is interested in listening to it?" He waved his hand and played a paragraph of "Xiangfei Tune". The sound of the piano was sad, and he cried when he heard it.
Li Sheng is intoxicated and appreciates it.
Cheng Shi sighed: "Although the tune is good, I hate the unscrupulous piano. If there is a good guqin, this song "Xiangfei Tune" can be played better. Li Sheng didn't know what it was. He smiled happily and said, "It's a coincidence. There happens to be a guqin below. How dare you be secret when you meet a bosom friend?" After saying that, he entered the bedroom, took out the guqin and put it on the table.
The guqin is wrapped in a brocade bag, and the air is restrained and the light does not appear. Cheng reached out to untie the brocade bag, took out the guqin, and finely dusted it. With a few plays, the sound of the piano is graceful, soft in the middle, and it is unspeakably beautiful.
Li Sheng listened attentively, hit the knot and looked at ease, and his expression was intoxicated.
Cheng Shi said, "The technique is poor, and there is a negative piano. To tell you the truth, Brother Li, Zhuo Jing is also a good player in the piano. If he is played by his wife, he will be called perfect.
Li Sheng was surprised and happy and asked, "Is it that your wife can also play the piano?"
Cheng said, "It's not just yes, it's simply proficient. That song just now was taught by Zhuo Jing.
Li Sheng sighed, "It's a pity that men and women are different, and I don't have the chance to visit."
Cheng Shi said, "You and I don't have a good relationship. You don't have to stick to trifles. If you really want to listen to the piano, you can bring the guqin to visit tomorrow. I will try to ask Zhuo Jing to let her play a song through the curtain. Li Sheng nodded incessantly.
The next day, Li Sheng really came to the door with the piano in his arms. Cheng rectified the banquet and drank with each other.
During the banquet, Li Sheng presented the guqin and begged to listen to the song. Cheng's violin came in and immediately went out. I only heard the sound of footsteps, and a beautiful man came out. Salute through the curtain, and the fragrance is fragrant.
Suddenly, the sound of the piano in the curtain is melodious. I don't know what the song is. I taste it carefully, and I only feel that it is charming and makes people's soul fly over. At the end of the song, Cheng raised his glass to persuade him to drink, and the sound of the piano in the curtain rose again. This time, he played a song "The Ode of Leisure". Li Sheng was intoxicated and drank good wine. Several bowls of wine fell into his stomach. He was drowsy. If he stayed in love, he would lose his compulsion. When he thought of this, he got up and asked for Guqin.
Cheng Shi said, "Brother Li is drunk now. It is inevitable that he will lose if he holds the piano after drinking. Why don't you store the guqin here for the time being and pick it up tomorrow? At that time, how about making Zhuo Jing show his director and play as much as he can? Li Sheng had no doubt about it and nodded and agreed.
The next day, Li Sheng came as promised. Looking at what he saw, the courtyard door was closed, the courtyard was silent, and there was no trace of Cheng. He inquired about the doorkeeper and replied, "About five days, the adult took his family and left in a hurry. I don't know where to go. He said he would come back in three days."
Three days later, Li Sheng visited again, but there was still no trace of Cheng's family. Everyone was suspicious all over the house. Everyone went to Cheng's residence to check. There were only beds left in the room, antique calligraphy and paintings, and soft gold and silver, all of them were missing. He reported the matter to the county magistrate, and the county magistrate was also confused. He didn't know why his subordinates left without saying goodbye.
Li Sheng lost the piano for no reason, and his bed and food were useless. I remember that Cheng Shi said before that he was a native of Jing Chu, so he went thousands of miles to Chu to visit Cheng's whereabouts. The local people said, "There is no Cheng here. It's just that there was a Taoist priest who lived three years ago, who was good at gold art. Later, he disappeared for no reason. It seemed that he spent money to buy it. Official, I became the county magistrate of Jiaxiang County.
When Li Sheng heard the words, he suddenly said: It's enough to say that the Taoist priest is Cheng's, and the reason why he bought it. Official, it's all for my own Guqin. I have been patient for three years and perfunctory with myself. It's really abominable.