Chapter 109: The Person Outside of Fate
Yuyin Pavilion.
Room on the second floor.
Li Nuo looked at his wet shoulder with a helpless look on his face.
Women really are made of water.
He just wanted to try out his new musical ability. If he had known it would make her cry, he would not have played it.
Seeing her crying so sadly, those who didn't know the situation would think that it was the son of an official who ruined a good family.
However, Leke’s top scorer is really amazing.
The same song, when played by him, has a completely different effect.
Even if Fenghuang was the arranger, his playing effect was not as good as his.
Li Nuo pushed Fenghuang who was crying on his shoulder and said, "Hey, stop crying. You've made my clothes dirty."
She had makeup on her face, and this was the clothes he had just changed into today.
Phoenix clutched his shoulders tightly, sobbing and saying, "Stop talking, you're so annoying!"
Li Nuo pushed hard, but found that it couldn't be moved at all.
This woman is quite strong.
After trying several times, Li Nuo had no choice but to give up.
After an unknown amount of time, Fenghuang finally stopped crying and silently left Li Nuo's shoulder.
Seeing Li Nuo staring at her, she snorted and asked, "What are you looking at?"
Li Nuo said honestly: "Your makeup is ruined by crying. Your face is covered with red, white and black spots. Don't you want to wash it?"
Fenghuang covered her face and ran back to the inner room.
The door slammed shut.
After a moment, Li Nuo slowly walked out of Yuyin Pavilion.
His shoulder was wet, with red and white streaks on it, which were the rouge and powder on Fenghuang's face.
Although Phoenix looks weak, she is actually very strong.
When she cried on Li Nuo's shoulder, Li Nuo couldn't push her away.
I have to say that her piano skills are indeed good, but she just happened to meet a more talented master.
The top scorer in the music subject who received an "excellent" evaluation is naturally no ordinary person. Liu Shang has obviously reached a certain level in the art of music.
He has no special skills, but he can control the emotions of the listeners with just a simple piano.
This is the result of his neglecting his skills.
It’s hard to imagine how strong he was during his peak period.
After leaving Yuyin Pavilion, Li Nuo returned to Dali Temple again.
After learning what happened after he left, he realized why the code was lit up.
Liu Shang felt his self-esteem was hurt and practiced the piano frantically in the cell.
What's outrageous is that in just a short period of time, he actually managed to gain the recognition of the code.
Li Nuo once thought that the code obtained the ability of the prisoner at the moment he was imprisoned.
Now it seems that it is not.
Liu Shang just now didn’t like the code.
But after he played it a few times, found the feeling and improved his technique, he was immediately recognized by the code.
I just don't know whether this dynamic ability capture only counts the time he spent in prison, or is deeply bound to him and will change as his abilities change.
If it's the latter, doesn't he have to keep urging the other party?
Otherwise, if during the imperial examination, the opponent's ability suddenly fell below the recognition line of the code, he would have to wait to be humiliated.
Li Nuo thought about it and decided that it shouldn't be the latter case.
Otherwise, the criminals captured before have died, and their abilities should have disappeared.
The second time he left the Dali Temple, Li Nuo breathed a sigh of relief.
In any case, he no longer had to worry about the imperial examination.
Even if he did not have Liu Shang's peak strength and could not win the top spot in this subject, his ranking would not be too far behind.
The tears of the Phoenix are the best proof.
As the carriage drove towards the Song Mansion.
Yuyin Pavilion.
Phoenix sits in front of the mirror and puts on makeup.
When she was changing her clothes just now, she even put on some makeup, wanting to show her best side in front of that person.
It's not that women dress up to please themselves, but that they want to prove themselves.
As a result, not only did she fail to show her most beautiful side, but instead she exposed her most embarrassing side.
She really couldn't understand it.
Did he come to Yuyin Pavilion just to mock her piano skills and show off how good his own piano skills are?
But I have to say, it is really high.
After just one listen, he can play the original song exactly.
You can also hear the story behind the music through the appearance of the melody.
She felt that Li Nuo understood the song better than she, the composer.
How could he not know anything about music?
He is clearly a master of music who has reached the pinnacle of skills.
It was not that Phoenix had not seen such a master of music before.
But those few masters, without exception, have all passed the age of 60 and have been immersed in the art of Taoism all their lives.
But even they couldn't play to the level he just played.
The joy of learning does not get better as you get older.
Even though their understanding and perception of music have reached the pinnacle, their aging bodies can no longer support their perfect performances as when they were young.
Without more than ten years of hard training, no matter how talented you are, it is impossible to reach this level.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel a little angry.
All the major intelligence agencies of Daxia are a bunch of incompetents!
They had been investigating this young master for eighteen years, and the result they came up with was actually just a fool...
Anyone who believes it is a fool!
Song Mansion.
After spending a long time in the Dali Temple and Yuyin Pavilion, it was almost time for dinner when Li Nuo returned to the Song Mansion.
After dinner, he and his wife went back to their room.
These days, the two of them would read for a while before going to bed.
The couple sat opposite each other at the desk. Song Jiaren glanced at Li Nuo's shoulder and said, "Your clothes are dirty. Change them and put them aside. I'll ask them to wash them tomorrow morning."
Li Nuo actually just changed into this dress this morning.
But just now, Fenghuang held her shoulders forcibly and cried bitterly. The rouge and powder on her face were smeared on Li Nuo's clothes, causing his shoulders to be stained.
Li Nuo had just changed his clothes. When he turned around, he saw his wife holding the dirty clothes he had just changed and smelling them.
Li Nuo suddenly realized something.
Fenghuang had just cried on his shoulder for so long, and her scent was very strong. It was very likely that his clothes were stained with her scent.
Magistrate Pei once mentioned to him that whenever he went to a brothel, he would prepare a set of identical clothes, take a bath outside, change clothes and then go back.
Li Nuo did not usually go out and fool around with other women without telling his wife, so naturally he would not think of these details.
He took the initiative to explain: "I just came back from the Dali Temple and passed by the Yuyin Pavilion. I heard a musician playing a good song, so I went in to listen for a while. It happened that Miss Fenghuang asked me to teach her piano skills. I played a sad song and she was moved to tears. She insisted on lying on my shoulder and crying. I couldn't push her away - that's how my clothes got dirty."
This is what happened, Li Nuo didn't tell a single lie.
Song Jiaren put down her clothes and didn't say much.
Li Nuo felt that she didn't believe it.
He looked at her and asked, "You don't believe it?"
Song Jiaren said calmly: "No."
She still remembers the lesson from last time.
Muer is right.
Husband and wife should trust each other.
Even if she didn't believe it, she wouldn't say it.
She had never heard him play the piano, and didn't even know he could play it. Last time, he said he knew nothing about music.
But since he said so, she had no choice but to believe it reluctantly. What else could she do?
Li Nuo could see that she didn't believe it.
In order to prove his innocence, he borrowed a zither from Song Yu.
By tomorrow, this ability will disappear, and unless he gets rich, he won't be able to wash it off even if he jumps into the Yellow River.
I saw a zither when I was drinking in Song Yu’s room a few times before.
This thing is required for the imperial examination. Even if you are tone-deaf, you still have to have a musical instrument.
Song Yu's zither was covered with a layer of dust and the pitch was not accurate.
Li Nuo wiped the entire piano and tuned it.
Seeing that he looked serious, Song Jiaren felt a little moved. Could it be that he really could play the piano?
Under her somewhat surprised eyes, Li Nuo slowly placed his fingers on the strings.
After a soothing prelude, the story gradually begins.
Music is the language of the soul.
Even without words, people can still feel the emotions that the player wants to convey.
A good musician can control people’s emotions through music.
Fenghuang actually has some talent. Her piano skills are just so-so, but her arrangements are really good.
Song Jiaren didn't understand music, nor did she know the story behind the song, but she just felt an inexplicable sadness.
This kind of sadness is simply uncontrollable.
As the music became more and more sad, her beautiful eyes were first covered with a layer of mist, and then tears began to fall one by one, and she couldn't stop them...
After Li Nuo finished playing the last note, he looked at Song Jiaren, who was wiping her tears with her sleeves, and asked, "You should believe it now, right?"
Having just tested it on Phoenix, Li Nuo is very confident in his ability.
Unless she has a heart of stone, she will definitely cry.
Obviously she is not.
Song Jiaren wiped her tears, turned her head, and asked, "Didn't you say last time that... you knew nothing about music?"
Li Nuo smiled and said: "That's just a humble statement. In fact, I also know a little bit about music."
Seeing his wife cry, he actually felt a sense of accomplishment.
If beating doesn’t make her cry, will playing with a bullet make her cry?
At this time, Song Muer came running in from outside, seeing the tears on Song Jiaren's face, she looked at Li Nuo and said in shock: "Brother Li Nuo, you made Sister Jiaren cry!"
"Don't talk nonsense, Sister Jiaren was just moved by the music."
Li Nuo explained to her patiently, but Song Muer didn't believe it at all. She frowned and said, "How can you make Sister Jiaren cry? The book says that men can't let their women shed tears..."
I don't know what book she was reading.
Is this a book for a six-year-old girl?
But since she didn't believe it, Li Nuo could only prove it for himself.
After a moment.
Li Nuo's hands left the strings of the zither. Two beauties, one big and one small, sat side by side. One was about to cry, and the other had tears in her eyes.
Even when she heard it for the second time, Song Jiaren still couldn't control her emotions.
Muer couldn't control herself even more when she heard it for the first time.
She didn't know why, but she wanted to cry after listening to the music played by Brother Li Nuo, and she couldn't stop her tears.
Another little girl stood at the door, watching the scene in shock.
Song Ning'er looked at Li Nuo blankly and asked, "Why are they crying?"
…
When Li Nuo woke up, there was no one around him.
My wife didn't sleep with him last night, but went to Mu'er to hug her for warmth.
Yesterday, Li Nuo played the same song three times, which made the three young ladies of the Song family cry. Although his wife was driven away by the song, it also meant that he didn't have to worry too much about music.
With this level of skill, it would be easy for him to get the top spot in the music science exam.
Today is the first day of September in the thirty-third year of the Most Holy Year.
Prince Gong succeeded his elder brother Prince Chun as regent for a month.
At this time, there are still five months before the spring exam.
It’s exactly half a year away from the imperial examination.
Now that the music subject has been completed, the only three subjects left are etiquette, chariot driving and archery.
Like is a liberal arts subject, so you just need to study hard. If all else fails, you still have your second uncle to back you up.
Yu Ke Zhou Yu is working hard for him every day, so there is no need to worry for the time being.
As for the shooting subject, Li Nuo still needs to find a candidate.
The lady seems to be good at archery.
Li Nuo looked at the lady who was teaching Mu'er swordsmanship in the yard. An idea just came to his mind, but he suppressed it the next moment.
My lady's mind is as small as her breasts.
Yesterday, I made her cry while playing the piano, so she went to sleep with Mu'er.
If he put her in jail, he would have to stay alone in an empty bed for at least a month.
There is nothing wrong with it.
Fenghuang seemed to have said yesterday that there was a girl named Nightingale in Yuyin Pavilion who seemed to be good at archery, but her words were just for listening.
No one knows packaging better than them. She also said that she is good at talking, but that's it.
What else does she have besides being beautiful, having a good figure and being able to arrange flowers?
Li Nuo was thinking about these things when Mu'er, who had just finished practicing, ran over quickly, holding the hem of her skirt and said, "Brother Li Nuo, I want to hear you play the piano for me, but not like you did last night..."
Of course Li Nuo did not refuse Mu'er's request.
He could only satisfy her request for half a day. After today, he would have to wait until the spring exam or the imperial examination to indulge in a little luxury.
He moved Song Yu's zither outside and started playing it casually. A soothing melody began to flow through his fingertips.
When the song ended, Song Muer supported her chin with both hands, showing an expression of enjoyment on her face, and murmured: "Brother Li Nuo plays really well, much better than Brother Yu. Why haven't I seen you play the piano before?"
Li Nuo said: "I don't really like playing the piano. My hands hurt after playing for a long time."
Song Muer said obediently: "Then we will play for a while and then stop."
Li Nuo touched her head and said, "I'll let you listen to it enough today. I won't play it again in the future."
Song Jiaren held the sword and leaned against the pillar at the door.
Melodious music floated from not far away. She closed her eyes and felt extremely peaceful inside.
At this moment, she finally understood why Song Yu and the others liked to go out to listen to music so much.
Because it sounds really nice.
The music can make people feel extremely peaceful and relaxed.
Mathematics, poetry, painting, music... it seems that there is nothing he doesn't know.
And these...
None of hers would.
When I was a child, I would secretly skip classes to listen to books. In the stories, the knights and their couples who roamed the world would always have one dancing with a sword and the other playing the piano.
At that time, she didn't understand why someone had to play the piano beside her when she danced with the sword. Until now, when she heard the pleasant piano music, she held Qingshuang in her hand and felt the urge to dance with the sword...
After a moment.
Li Anning and Li Yun stood at the gate of the courtyard.
Li An Ning looked at Li Nuo playing the piano and asked in surprise, "He can actually play the piano, and he plays so well?"
She felt that even the musicians in the palace could not play as well as he did.
Li Yun looked at Song Jiaren dancing with a sword and said enviously, "When will the mechanical dancer I made be able to perform such flexible movements?"
Although their perceptions at this moment are different, there is one thing that they understand in common.
These two people are truly a match made in heaven.
One is a scholar, the other is a warrior, one plays the zither and the other plays the sword, and they cooperate with each other so well. Watching them playing the zither and dancing with the sword is truly a visual enjoyment.
When Li Nuo finished his song, Song Jiaren put away her sword and stood silently beside Li Nuo.
Li Anning and Li Yun came over.
Before Li Nuo could say anything, Li Yun gave him a big bear hug and said with joy, "Brother Shi, thank you so much!"
Li Nuo looked confused. What did he do?
Li Yun smiled and said, "Thanks to your guidance, I was able to break through so quickly."
Li Nuo was still confused.
He didn't remember what he had told Li Yun. Li Yun was a Mohist, while he was a Legalist. They just couldn't get along.
Even after listening to Li Yun's explanation, Li Nuo was still a little bit unbelievable.
No, he told him that the principle of mutual prime of two meshing gears would allow him to break through from the third level of Mohism to the fourth level?
Is it so easy for Mohist school to break through?
Li Yun smiled and said, "My dear brother, you don't know..."
Li Nuo learned from Li Yun that it was not easy for Mohism to break through. Although it was not like Confucianism, which required great political achievements, nor like Legalism, which required beheading a few powerful people as sacrifices, it still needed to make contributions to the development of Mohism.
In the past, some mechanical families, relying on their ancestral experience, were able to design more robust mechanisms that would last longer.
They kept these experiences secret.
For this reason, the mechanisms designed by these mechanism families can often be sold at higher prices.
Li Nuo's reminder made Li Yun suddenly realize.
He has been doing experiments these days.
Experiments have shown that mechanisms designed in that way can indeed operate longer.
From now on, this is no longer a secret experience of those mechanical families, but common sense known to all Mohist mechanical masters.
Not only that, he also put empirical things on paper and turned them into precise numbers.
Although this is not a groundbreaking achievement, it has pushed the development of mechanical engineering forward a small step.
And this small step is enough for him to advance from the third realm to the fourth realm.
If he had known that this would happen in the future, Li Nuo should have studied mechanics instead of law, and if he had practiced Mohism, it would not have been so difficult to break through.
He looked at his wife, then at Li Anning, and then at Li Yun...
If the three schools of martial arts, legalism, and Mohism join forces, they would probably be able to fight even against a grandmaster.
The four of them are really amazing.
Li Yun did not come empty-handed, he also brought many gifts.
Li Anning was not with him. The two met at the gate of Song Mansion.
Li Yun felt uncomfortable standing next to this girl who was younger than him. He left in a hurry after giving her the gift.
After Li Yun left, Li An Ning looked at Li Nuo and said, "Come with me to the Ministry of Justice. There are two murder case files and the Ministry of Justice can't make up its mind. You can go and help take a look."
Normally, the Ministry of Justice would directly submit files without obvious flaws to the Dali Temple.
But ever since what happened last time, they felt there was something wrong with every file they looked at.
Taking human life lightly is a taboo for the Legalists.
Once a mistake is made, it will not only ruin other people's lives, but also affect your own cultivation.
So she had no choice but to come to the Song family to invite Li Nuo.
After all, his intuition was surprisingly accurate.
If he says there is no problem, they can submit it with confidence.
A moment later, when Li Nuo walked out of the Ministry of Justice, his life span had been extended by another two days.
He has already decided that after passing the imperial examination, he will apply to the Ministry of Justice.
This is simply his dream place.
In the whole of Daxia, all the files of imprisonment, exile and death penalty must go through the Ministry of Justice, and the number of cases gathered here is more than that of the Dali Temple.
By then, he can try the case openly.
After leaving the Ministry of Justice and about to go home, I saw the fortune-telling stall opposite the Ministry of Justice.
I don’t know what the fortune-teller was thinking, why he set up the fortune-telling stall here.
This is not the main street. Are they hoping to make money from the officials of the Ministry of Justice, or are they hoping to make money from the prisoners?
This time, Butler Wu sat in the car obediently and did not chat with the fortune-teller. Li Nuo, on the other hand, became interested and walked over and said, "Old man, tell your fortune."
He wanted to see if he could calculate his own destiny.
The old man looked up at Li Nuo and shook his head, "Not really."
Li Nuo was slightly stunned, then said: "Just tell me how much silver you want."
The old man looked determined and continued to shake his head: "I have closed the stall today, no matter how much money you take, it doesn't matter."
Li Nuo said: "I can add money."
The old man curled his lips and said, "When I tell fortunes, I don't look at money, I only look at fate. You and I are not destined to be together, so you should leave."
Since everyone else said so, Li Nuo could only shake his head helplessly and leave.
These charlatans like to create confusion and mystery to make themselves appear unfathomable.
Li Nuo got on the carriage. The old man snorted and said, "You can't destroy my moral integrity!"
The little girl next to him asked in confusion: "Grandpa, why don't you calculate it for him?"
The old man looked at the carriage going away, then raised his head to look at the sky, his eyes gradually became deep, and he murmured: "This person is a person beyond fate, the nemesis of our Yin-Yang family. If you meet such a person in the future, stay as far away from him as possible..."
(End of this chapter)
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