Chapter 40: Sword and Piano Sounds
"Ten Sides of Ambush", also known as "Huaiyin Conquers Chu", is a pipa solo piece based on the history of the Chu-Han Contention. The music score was first seen in "Hua Qiuping Pipa Score", and Hua Qiuping was a pipa artist during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty.

Some scholars believe that the author of "House of Flying Daggers" should be Tang Yingzeng, who was known as "Tang Pipa" in the late Ming Dynasty.

The reason is that Wang Youding, a writer in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, described the scene when Tang Yingzeng played "Chu and Han" in his book "The Biography of Tang Pipa".

The article states: "When the two armies duel in the song "Chu-Han", the sound shakes the heaven and earth, and the tiles of the roof seem to fall. If you listen carefully, you can hear the sound of gold, drums, swords and crossbows, and the sound of people and horses fleeing."

Ou Zanghua didn't know all this, what he was thinking at the moment was 'there is a sword hidden in the piano, and the sword makes the sound of the piano'.

He was completely immersed in the idea of ​​controlling music with inner strength and swordsmanship with music. The sound of the guzheng was like thousands of troops surrounding him from all sides, with the wind howling and the grass and trees looking like enemies, and there was no way to escape.

Tan Wuxia and several other members of the Tan family who came to deliver food were attracted by the music. For a moment, they were afraid and did not dare to approach the yard where Ou Zanghua was.

Golden weapons, iron horses, sounding battle trumpets, flashing swords and bloody battles!

For the first time, Tan Wuxia heard a sense of urgency and tension in a piece of music, as if countless soldiers were rushing up from all directions, as well as an unspeakable sense of tragedy and grandeur.

Qu Yang stood in the yard, his expression showing surprise, uneasiness, and even a hint of jealousy.

Why can the young master play such a soul-stirring piece of music so easily?
苍天
How unfair!

No, you shouldn't think like that.

Qu Yang suddenly woke up. It is a sorrow for all musicians to be in the same era as a genius like Ou Zanghua, but it is also a blessing for people all over the world.

'You will become the fourth zither master after Yu Boya, Ji Kang and Xue Yijian, and will also be the only zither master in the Ming Dynasty!'

At this moment, Qu Yang suddenly felt a sound wave hitting him, very light and thin.

He was delighted in his heart, thinking that the young master had successfully entered the art. As long as he studied hard and practiced diligently, there would definitely be another master of sonic skills in the world.

Ou Zanghua took his hands off the guzheng and the exciting music stopped.

He looked at the panel, Seven-String Invisible Sword (Beginner)
Study hard and practice diligently?

nonexistent.

Dark blue, add some!
All the remaining eight points were put into it, and Ou Zanghua only felt a buzzing in his brain, and then he saw Huang Zhonggong sitting on a strange rock with a guqin on his knees.

As he flicked his ten fingers, sword energy flew out.

As the music changed, the sword energy also changed differently.

A moment later, Ou Zanghua opened his eyes and put his hands on the strings, ready to perform a wave, when Qu Feiyan's voice suddenly came from outside: "Sir, Miss Tan is here to bring dinner."

Ou Zanghua was stunned for a moment, then smiled, stood up and opened the door.

As soon as Qu Yang saw him, he bowed and said, "Congratulations, young master, you have made breakthroughs in both martial arts and music."

"It was just a fluke."

Ou Zanghua smiled, looked up and saw Tan Wuxia and two cousins ​​coming in with lunch boxes, so he went to greet them.

Tan Wuxia looked at Ou Zanghua with bright eyes, "Mr. Ou, may I ask what is the name of the song you just played?"

"'Ten Sides of Ambush' is a pipa solo piece based on the history of the Chu-Han Contention. I played it on the guzheng on a whim." Ou Zanghua said cheerfully without giving it much thought.

Tan Wuxia didn't react, but Qu Yang at the side couldn't help but said, "It's actually a pipa piece?!"

"Yes!" Ou Zanghua nodded and asked, "Doesn't Qu Bo know?"

"Brother Liu has never told me this." Qu Yang shook his head and said with some emotion: "But since you said it is a pipa piece, I think it must be even more amazing if it is played with a pipa!"

What does this Lao Liu have to do with? Ou Zanghua hadn't realized what the problem was yet. He asked Zhixue and Hanyun to come over to help, and together with the Tan sisters, they put all kinds of ingredients on the table, including a plate of braised beef and horse meat roast.

"Horse meat bacon?" Ou Zanghua looked at the food with a puzzled expression. He remembered that it should be donkey meat bacon.

Tan Wuxia explained with a smile. It turned out that during the Jingnan Campaign, Emperor Jianwen sent General Li Jinglong to fight with Emperor Yongle in the Baigou River area. Li Jinglong was defeated and retreated to Caohe Town in Xushui.

Due to the shortage of food in the army, Li Jinglong had no choice but to order the soldiers to kill the horses to satisfy their hunger.

From then on, eating horse meat became popular in Xushui, and soon spread to Cangzhou area.

After hearing this, Ou Zanghua took a few bites and found it tasted pretty good.

"Mr. Ou, I have a request for you." Seeing that everyone was enjoying their meal, Tan Wuxia hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"Please speak, Miss Tan." Ou Zanghua put down his chopsticks and looked more serious.

Tan Wuxia bowed and said, "I have long heard that the Hengshan School's Thirteen Swordsmanship is bizarre and varied, and it is one of your school's three unique skills. I have always wanted to see it, so please help me, Master Ou."

"Just for this?"

"Just for this!"

"Miss Tan is indeed a person of temperament," Ou Zanghua laughed, "I have also heard that the Thirty-Six-Move Spring Kick is unrivaled in the world. It's a good opportunity to see it in action."

Tan Wuxia smiled and beckoned with one hand: "Please!"

When the others saw this, they immediately moved away and gave the space to the two of them.

Ou Zanghua picked up the Yuncang sword and stood opposite Tan Wuxia.

Tan Wuxia suddenly jumped up and actually performed a leaping kick without even a running start.

Ou Zanghua immediately stepped back to avoid the attack, but Tan Wuxia unexpectedly changed his move in mid-air, turning his body and changing his forward kick into a flying back kick.

With a "clang" sound, Ou Zanghua swung his sword and blocked Tan Wuxia's first wave of attacks.

The moment Tan Wuxia landed, she seamlessly connected with a sweeping kick. When Ou Zanghua tried to avoid it, she also jumped up and used the Phoenix Two Nods move.

Ou Zanghua used the sword to protect himself, turning it up and down to block the attack again.

"What an exquisite kick technique!"

Qu Yang watched in amazement. The fact that Tan Wuxia changed his moves several times on the spot and seamlessly connected the upper kick to the lower kick was enough to prevent most masters from reacting and getting hit.

However, Tan Wuxia's attack was not over yet. After Ou Zanghua avoided her upper Hengjue, she changed to a middle Hengjue without touching the ground. When Ou Zanghua opened her scabbard with his sword, she took advantage of the situation to turn around, jumped and changed her legs, and kicked unexpectedly, hitting Ou Zanghua's hilt.

Yun Cang Sword was kicked away!

Tan Wuxia looked delighted, he had won this time.

But the next second, the Yuncang Sword fell straight down, and Ou Zanghua stretched out his hand and grabbed the scabbard before the sword hit Tan Wuxia:
Thirteen styles of clouds and mist with a hundred changes and illusions, returning to the ten thousand peaks!
Then, Ou Zanghua turned his wrist and put the Yuncang Sword behind him: "Miss Tan's thirty-six-step spring kick is indeed varied and hard to defend against. Thank you for letting me."

"Ah huh."

Tan Wuxia opened his mouth, wanting to ask whether the last thing was a coincidence or something else.

But after noticing the admiring looks from her two cousins, she smiled somewhat bitterly: "Thank you, Mr. Ou."

　Thanks to Jing Chufen, Conghui Guoren, Xinghuanshi, Zuoyang Feixing and Wasteland Law for their rewards and support!

　　thank you all
　　
　
(End of this chapter)