Gong Yizhu said with a leisurely smile, "If you think that the difference in placement is the difference between superior and inferior, then sir, I am willing to give in today and let you try to be superior for once."
Luo Jiujiang struggled a bit, but the air around him was thick and sticky like glue, wrapping him up like a silkworm chrysalis, unable to move. He could only float and sink with the music played by Mr. Gongyi. He couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I was just joking just now. I really shouldn't have argued with you, Mr. Gongyi. Please put me down."
Gong Yizhu smiled and said in a cheerful voice, "Before, whether to lift it or not was up to you, but now it's up to me whether to put it down or not."
At this point, Gong Yizhu paused, then couldn't help laughing at him: "You're so quick to give in, kid."
"Survival wisdom is to cut losses in time and quit while you're ahead." Luo Jiujiang chuckled, "Besides, you're my elder and you're wholeheartedly doing me good. It's not shameful to be submissive to you. It's only because you're so kind that you'll allow me to joke around with you. If it were anyone else, there's no room for that!"
Gong Yizhu laughed in silence, knowing that Luo Jiujiang had seen through it.
He was originally worried that Luo Jiujiang was too clever, and relying on his extraordinary talent and good brain, he would sometimes lose sight of the important matters and get into trouble that he shouldn't have because of his words. That's why he took advantage of this little joking incident to teach him a lesson in a humorous way.
But he hadn't expected Luo Jiujiang to be so alert. The moment he lifted him into the air with one finger, he had already understood his intentions from beginning to end. Not only did he immediately apologize in a coquettish manner, but he also didn't forget to fawn over him. His reaction speed was so fast that it saved Gong Yizhu a lot of unnecessary spitting.
Gong Yizhu was about to let him go, but after a moment's thought, he held back. "I wanted to keep you up for an hour, but since you're so clever, I'll let you go. Listen to me play a piece of music, and if you can say a few useful words, you don't have to stay that long."
Considering Luo Jiujiang's talent, this action is almost the same as letting him go lightly.
Luo Jiujiang's eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly.
When the music poured out from Gongyi Zhu's fingers, the sound of wind blowing through the bamboo forest, the chirping of birds, the swaying of grass outside the window... all the noise from the outside world seemed to disappear.
If we say that when we first met at Lelu, Gong Yizhu played the welcoming tune that captured the scenery of the four seasons, then this guzheng piece now fully expressed the vastness of the universe.
Luo Jiujiang was practically praising Mr. Gongyi's skill in using the syllables to propel him up into the air. As the music rose and fell, Luo Jiujiang's entire body swayed in the air, and his soul seemed to have escaped from this body long ago. Accompanied by the artistic conception of the music, he ascended to the precipitous peaks, the vast wilderness, the polar glaciers...
Mr. Gongyi initially started with a very low pitch, so low that Luo Jiujiang's feet could almost touch the ground. As soon as the strings touched his hands, the majestic momentum rose step by step, as if a person was standing at the foot of Mount Tai, looking up, and felt that it was like a pillar supporting the sky, and touching it could shake the heaven and earth.
As the tune rose, the intensity of the melody gradually increased. Luo Jiujiang was lifted up by the tune, and his chest felt as if he was climbing the mountain himself, and the ups and downs were much more violent than at the beginning. The towering mountain peak was still far away, but its shadow had already appeared in front of him, almost making him stretch out his hand to draw it.
The pitch rose steadily, and Luo Jiujiang's body rose upwards. In his soul, he also climbed over treacherous and bizarre boulders. With a resounding thud, he landed on the summit, becoming the lone, unshakable peak. Then, the music's magical rhythm drew him upward, and he saw only misty clouds and an endless sky.
——The sky is just a finger away from him, and he is ten thousand feet away from the sky.
Luo Jiujiang stretched out his hand, and in a trance he only touched the snow-white ceiling painted with putty.
At this moment, his body and soul were so in harmony that he was completely captivated by the world depicted in the music.
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After the song was over, Mr. Gongyi considerately gave Luo Jiujiang some time to calm down.
"Is there anything you want to say?" He looked at Luo Jiujiang expectantly. "Just talk about it, anything is fine."
Luo Jiujiang was still hanging in the air, but he no longer had the playful look he had at the beginning; even every strand of his hair looked solemn.
He raised a finger upwards and said solemnly, "Blue sky." Then he turned his wrist and pointed straight down, "Thick earth."
Then he turned his elbow and pressed his fingers against his heart: "First-rate."
Despite the splendor of all things in the world, in the end, all that can be said is the majestic sky, the thick earth, and human beings themselves between heaven and earth.
The sky is blue, the earth is thick soil, and he is the best in the world.
Gong Yizhu was slightly startled when he heard this, and the fingers pressing on the strings loosened involuntarily. The airflow that was supporting Luo Jiujiang suddenly disappeared. He felt a weight on his body, and he rolled over calmly and landed on the ground, standing steadily.
"..." Gong Yizhu was about to speak, but stopped himself. After opening his mouth several times, he could only sigh with regret: "If your master wasn't my lifelong friend, I would really compete with him for his disciple."
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