Legends in Chu and Han - C324

The audience was silent. They held their breaths and waited for the talented girl to come out.

Li Yueyao was known as the “Jade Spring Maiden”. Not only was she well-versed in ancient history, her swordsmanship was superb, and her zither skills were peerless in the world, she was also considered one of the three great talents of the world along with the ice beauty and the Sichuan Phoenix.

Furthermore, Li Yueyao was the daughter of the Chu Nation’s Prime Minister, her status was already extremely high, and with her great talent, there was not a single general present who did not have a desire to pay respects to her. If Wan’er was a mysterious girl, then Yueyao would be a saint in the hearts of the people of Chu.

Although everyone knew that Yueyao was going to marry Pei Gong soon and they didn’t even have the rights to touch her hands, listening to her unparalleled zither music was also the greatest fortune in their lives.

After separating from the beauty for so long, he had been waiting for the jade lady to return to his embrace all the time. It was finally here, and no matter what, he couldn’t afford to lose Yueyao and Yu Ji.

Suddenly, a ring-shaped sound rang out as the five women walked into the tent through the tent curtains. Two female servants walked in front of the tent, each holding a zither.

The woman in the middle had beautiful features, snow-white skin, and a fairy-like elegance. She wore a long, pure white dress with a jadeite hairpin on her head, and danced with the steps of jade. Her figure was graceful, and her waist was slender like a willow.

The two girls behind held onto the corner of the talented girl’s long skirt to prevent her spotless plain dress from sticking to the dust.

When everyone saw Yueyao’s celestial appearance, their souls flew out, giving rise to a feeling of shock.

No matter whether it was Zhao Qi, Wei, Han Yan, or the other generals of the Alliance, all of them revealed a look of confusion. Although Yueyao was in the Chu Battalion, most of the generals had only seen her face three times.

“Yueyao!” Long Tianyu tried his best to suppress the impulse in his heart. Seeing Yueyao approaching, he couldn’t help but want to immediately embrace her body and love his dearly.

Li Yueyao slowly and gracefully walked past him, her beautiful eyes shined brightly, her gaze immediately fixated on him. No matter who it was or what it was, it was all meaningless to her.

Although he did not speak, that tenderness had already deeply shaken his heart. “Long Lang, Yueyao misses you!”

Their gazes met and were sucked in like a magnet.

Xiang Yu saw the subtle changes in and his gaze. Unable to conceal the jealousy and anger in her heart, her left hand uncontrollably grabbed onto the hilt of the Overlord’s Saber.

After Li Yueyao sat on the empty seat on the left side of Xiang Yu, the zither was placed horizontally, the fragrance of the incense was floating in the air, and the woman sat gracefully, her eyes sweeping across the guests at the banquet before returning back to her lover, nodding slightly, and saying: “With the fall of the King of Qin, the heroes of the realm stood up against the Qin, and because of the courage and righteousness of the heroes present, they overthrew the Qin system. Yueyao will play a tune here, I hope that all the heroes will be enlightened, if you are able to call yourself a king and remember the goodness that govern the world, then the citizens will be able to enjoy peace and tranquility. ”

Her short words were sonorous and forceful, and were beautiful like the sounds of nature. When everyone heard her words, not only did they feel relaxed and happy, but they were also moved by her words of encouragement and philosophy.

Xiang Yu and Chu Feng’s expressions were a little unnatural. They vaguely felt that using a talented girl’s identity in exchange for victory and Jiang Shan, would inevitably desecrate the West Chu’s Holy Maiden. They felt extremely embarrassed, and did not dare to look straight at Yueyao’s celestial appearance.

This was also the reason why he had personally killed before he left the mountain to join the Chu Army. The reason why he had accompanied him for forty odd years as his wife was because he was heartless, unloyal, and unattached. In order to fight for the world, he used any means he could think of, and that was what scheming and scheming!

Long Tianyu was too lazy to bother with Fan Zeng, Xiang Yu and the others, his mind was completely focused on Yueyao, how to take her away later was something he had to face.

Zhang Liang was moved by Li Yueyao’s words, he continuously nodded in deep thought, and he completely agreed with her reasoning.

Xiahou Ying, Fan Kuai, Yu Ziqi and the rest were observing the surrounding atmosphere of the banquet from all directions. Although they were also infatuated with their mistress’s zither skills, they did not dare to have any disrespectful thoughts about Li Yueyao, even though they admired and revered him too much. The fewer people there were, the clearer their reasoning would become.

From the beginning, Li Yueyao did not even glance at Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng, as if she was disdainful to interact with such people. Her eyes became focused and without saying anymore, she extended her slender jade fingers to caress the zither string, following that, ding dang dong dong dong sounds rang out, the sound was extremely beautiful, rich and melodious.

The guzheng is a string instrument, which was popular in Qindi during the Warring States period, so it is also known as “the guzheng”.

In the Han Dynasty, Liu Xi’s “Shi Ming”: “Shi string high anxious, zither also”, the name of the zither. During the Warring States Period, it had become a widespread trend, and in the Qin Nation, it was known as Qin Zheng. The Book of Remembrance by Li Si: “Fu Keng Weng, knock on the door, play the zither, and the sound of singing and singing, the fast eavesdropper, the true Qin sound.”

The zither is mainly composed of panel, base plate, edge plate, zither head, tail of zither, Yue Shan, code, zither nail, sound hole and zither string, etc.

The panel and bottom of the zither were made from six hundred year old parasol tree wood, and the head and tail of the zither were made from eight hundred year old sandalwood. The strings of the zither were made from bronze and were made from Sky Worm Silk, making them sound clear in color, elegant and refined.

Everyone in the banquet became intoxicated, and they did not dare to breathe too loudly for fear of disturbing the talented girl’s interest in playing.

The flute music was extremely wondrous, it swayed erratically, the gentle caress was like flowing clouds and flowing water, the sweeping force was like the roar of avalanches, and after a few twists and turns, it suddenly became passionate and entangled, as though it was crying. Yueyao was singing, “The brothel has fifty strings without an end, each string with a new year of thought; “There are tears in the bright moon’s pearls, the sun is warm, and smoke is fresh in the blue fields. This sentiment can wait to be reminisced about, only that it was already perplexed at the time …”

This poem was recited when Long Tianyu had nothing better to do, when he was practising his calligraphy. However, in the longevity spring, Li Yueyao had coincidentally acquired this poem, writing it down unintentionally, and upon seeing it, Li Yueyao began to resonate with Li Shang Yin’s《 The Jin Se》, mourning the death of the Chu Nation and his lament towards the world.

At this moment, the singing was shocking to everyone. Was this the ‘Book of Songs’? Was it ‘Chu Ci’? Why is it so new and unique, yet so fascinating, so easy to understand, so easy to resonate with?

The guzheng sounds again, a kind of extremely restrained passion bloomed through the bright dipper notes, as if gently telling the story within each person’s heart.

Her jade-like hand lightly pressed on the strings of her zither, and the sound of her zither stopped.

No one spoke at the banquet. They were all subdued by this skill.

Infected by this tune, Xiang Yu suddenly remembered the hero of the desert, the invincible father and peerlessly talented mother. A hundred thousand feet of pride welled up in her heart, she stood up and said: “As long as you hear this song, I’m afraid that you won’t be able to hear it again in the future. In this life, if you don’t do as you please, the people and matters of the past will never be able to hold you back. I, Xiang Yu, will have no regrets even in death! ” Who would have thought that after the song, it would stimulate Xiang Yu’s fighting spirit and make bold claims in front of all the generals, wanting to fight to the death with Long Tianyu at the peak of the stage!