Chapter 34 first quarter

There is a man named Yuan Boya. He was an official in the middle of the Heian period, and he was also a gale family. His father is Prince Kemei, the eldest son of the 60th Emperor Daigo, and his mother is the daughter of Fujiwara Tokihei. It is said that he was born in the 18th year of Yanxi (918 AD), and another said that he was born in the 22nd year of Yanxi (923 AD).An era earlier than Murasaki Shikibu and Kiyosonagon, he was a person who breathed the elegant atmosphere of the palace like air.In the second year of Tianyan (AD 974), the imperial court granted him the third-rank official position, and he was a noble man in the palace.

Let’s talk about Yuan Boya first. According to historical data, Yuan Boya is quite versatile. Everything is excellent, especially the way of orchestration. It is recorded in the book that Boya is talented in everything, and his talent in orchestration is even better. It is said that his pipa skills are mysterious and his flute sound is peerless. During this period, the era has already encountered two huge evil spirits. One is Ayumi, the head of the Einou tribe in the northeast, and this evil spirit was wiped out by the general Sakaue Tamura Maro. The other is Pingjiangmen, the evil spirit of Kanto.The chaos initiated by Ping Jiangmen was also put down by General Fujiwara Tadafumi.

The forces not under the control of the imperial court are collectively called "Yidi", and the imperial court regarded them as evil spirits, and sent troops to wipe them out one by one.And every time an evil spirit is extinguished, it seems that the capital has engulfed more darkness and evil spirits deep inside. This capital city is a huge magic space, built according to the theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements and Feng Shui from China. In the north there is Xuanwu Chuan Gangshan, in the east there is Qinglong Hemaochuan, in the south there is Suzaku Juqiongchi, and in the west there are two paths of Baihu Shanyang and Sanyin.The capital city was built according to the corresponding ideas of the four gods.The four holy beasts are arranged in the southeast, northwest and four directions, and the Hieizan Enryakuji Temple is arranged in the northeast of the ghost gate.This arrangement is no accident.

Speaking of which, this capital city was originally built by the fiftieth Emperor Huanmu in order to protect his life - fearing that he would be abolished by the ghost of Prince Saara, who was suspected of being involved in the assassination of Fujiwara Tanetsu, and who was abolished as the crown prince. become. Therefore, Emperor Huanwu only lived in Nagaoka-kyo for ten years before abandoning it, and started construction of Heian-kyo. There were constant power struggles within the imperial court, and it was commonplace to cast poison spells secretly. The capital is a cursed greenhouse that breeds unfathomable darkness and evil spirits within.

It is precisely because of the above-mentioned backgrounds that people who are commonly known as "Onmyoji" and who manipulate curse techniques came into being. In the darkness, Fengya and the evil ghost sometimes emit blue-white phosphorescence, and sometimes emit a faint golden light, blending indiscriminately in the capital. In this darkness, people hold their breath and coexist in the same space with evil ghosts and monsters. Yuan Boya breathed darkness in this elegant and evil palace, and spent that era as a literati or musician. There are quite a lot of literature and historical materials about Yuan Boya.

Especially orchestral - that is, there are many anecdotes about pipa, guqin or flute.Not only did he play the lute and the dragon flute, but he actually composed music himself.The Gagaku piece "Changqingzi" composed by Yuan Boya is exactly the exit music that must be played in the traditional Japanese Gagaku dance (dancing concert), and it is often played today. "Changqingzi" seems to be mixed with southern tunes. To modern people, it is still an elegant and slender famous song. The third grade of Boya, the fairy of orchestral strings. It is said in the ancient book "Continued Teachings".

"Continued Teachings" also records that Boya had auspicious omens when he was born. It is said that there is a Sacred Heart Master who lives in Dongshan. The Master of the Sacred Heart heard indescribable music from heaven one day. The composition of the music is Erdi, Ersheng, Zheng, Pipa and drum. These pieces played with mysterious timbres that hardly sounded like the music of this world. "It's an incredible happy event." The Venerable Master stepped out of the thatched cottage and walked in the direction of the music. When he arrived at the destination, the Venerable Master discovered that the noise was coming from the mansion of a certain nobleman, and a baby was about to be born in that mansion.

Soon, the baby was born, and the music stopped... The baby born at this time was Yuan Boya. Regardless of whether this anecdote is fact or the creation of later generations, in short, since such a good story will be left behind, it is enough to prove that this man Yuan Boya really has outstanding musical talent. The innate musical talent has saved Yuan Boya's life several times. According to the records in "Continued Teachings", the fifty-ninth emperor's son Shikibu Gongqing, that is, Prince Chunshi, has a grudge against Yuan Boya. To put it simply, Prince Tonshi has a personal grudge against Yuan Boya.

Why do you hate Yuan Boya? There is no reason recorded in "Continued Teachings". By the way, the so-called princes refer to the emperor's brothers, sisters and children, and women are called inner princes, which is based on the Sui and Tang systems. Yuan Boya and Prince Dunshi are both relatives who have inherited the royal blood, and perhaps there have been disputes between them.Although various reasons can be imagined, no matter at that time or today, the real reasons have become allusions hidden in the darkness. Maybe the reason has something to do with the music that both of them are good at.

All in all, the Shikibu Palace Secretary once ordered "dozens of brave men" to attempt to murder Minamoto Hiroya. So, dozens of assassins went out one night with long knives, ready to attack Yuan Boya.The person involved in Yuan Boya naturally knew nothing about it. According to the "Continued Teachings", it was past midnight, but Boya hadn't gone to bed, and "opened the latticed door two meters wide" in the west of the sleeping hall.In other words, the door of the sleeping hall was wide open, and Boya was looking at the waning moon hanging on the western mountain.

"The moonlight is so beautiful..." Boya, who was intoxicated by the moonlight, probably said this to himself at the time. Generally speaking, when someone has a grudge against him or her, he or she is usually aware of it unconsciously. Since the ancient books stated that it was a "feud", it is impossible for this assassination plot to arise from political reasons that have nothing to do with Boya himself.What's more, the other party sent dozens of assassins ruthlessly, which shows the depth of resentment. And in the middle of the night before dawn, Boya actually opened the two-meter-wide lattice door and looked at the moonlight alone under the moonlight.It can be seen that Boya was unaware that he was inadvertently attracting resentment. For the entangled interpersonal relationship between people, Boya should know nothing about it. However, it would be too boring to regard Boya as a "pampered young master" because of this. On the contrary, Boya should have lived a more difficult life in the palace than ordinary people.It's just that for Boya, all suffering is not related to feelings of hatred or malice towards others. Perhaps there was an unbelievable, even straightforward, heart in this man.This can also be said to be the comical characteristic of Yuan Boya. I think that, no matter how sad the time, the man probably grieves heartily, frankly, and seriously. Anyone may occasionally have negative feelings such as malice in their hearts, but in Yuan Boya's heart, he can't see such feelings at all, which is considered a rare person.In order to create the personality of this man in this novel, readers should be able to forgive me for setting Yuan Boya as this kind of man. Therefore, Yuan Boya must have never dreamed that others would have negative feelings towards him, and hate him to such an extent that he even wanted to assassinate him.Perhaps it was Boya's personality that caused Shibu Gongqing to hold a grudge, but we don't have to guess so much. In short, Boya was watching the moonlight that night. There may also be two lines of tears falling down the cheeks. Boya took out the big harp from the back room and put it in his mouth. 筚篥 is a bamboo wind instrument, a clarinet. The timbre of the harpsichord played by Boya floats leisurely in the night air. That was the sound of the flute played by Yuan Boya, a famous flute player in the world, because of a feeling in his heart. The "dozens of brave men" who came to assassinate Boya were shocked. Because when they came to Boya's mansion, what they heard was the clear and pleasant sound of the flute.Moreover, the Piper is exactly the target of the assassination, Boya.Not only was the door wide open, but Boya himself was sitting in the narrow corridor of the bedroom, playing the flute while bathing in the pale moonlight.Looking carefully, there are still two streams of tears hanging on the cheeks. Hearing the sound of the flute, the brave man burst into tears. This is recorded in "Continued Teachings". In other words, the people who originally planned to assassinate Boya couldn't help but shed tears after hearing the sound of the flute played by Boya. In this way, no one would be so cruel as to assassinate Boya. Everyone couldn't attack Boya, so they returned to the mansion of Shibu Gongqing like that.Of course Boya knew nothing. "Why didn't you kill Boya?" Secretary Shikibu asked those men. "That's not someone we can deal with." After listening to the brave man's explanation, it was Shikibu's turn to burst into tears this time. result…… Also shedding tears, she dismissed the idea of ​​assassination. In this way, Shibu Gongqing canceled the plan to assassinate Boya. In addition, the following allusions are also recorded in "Ancient and Modern Writings and Wenji": The story is that thieves sneaked into Boya's house to steal, leaving only a flute.Boya, who was originally hiding under the floor, came out and played the flute.As a result, the thief heard the sound of the flute and was deeply moved. He turned back and returned all the stolen goods to Boya. Boya's flute saved him, which is another example. Moreover, not only people can echo Boya's flute.Even spirits and monsters of heaven and earth, and sometimes even things lacking will and life, can sense it. It is recorded in "Jiang Tan Chao" that whenever Boya played the flute, even the animal head tiles at both ends of the roof of the palace would fall. Yuan Boya holds a famous flute that is unparalleled in the world, and its name is "Ye Er". Ye Er is a famous flute.Also known as Suzaku Gate Ghost Flute. This is recorded in "Jiang Tan Chao". This flute named Ye Er was the flute given to Yuan Boya by the ghost of Suzaku Gate. This anecdote is recorded in "Ten Lessons". On a certain moonlit night, the third-rank Boya was dressed in casual clothes and played the flute all night in front of Suzaku's gate.That night there was also a flute player in casual clothes, with a beautiful flute sound, peerless.Boya thought to himself, why is this person so?A closer look revealed that it was a stranger. Boya was silent, and neither was he. In this way, every moonlit night, Boya will meet this person, play the flute together, and spend several nights together. The flute sound of this person is so extraordinary and refined that Boya once exchanged flute with him for a trial play, because it is a rare treasure in the world. Afterwards, they met each other every night for several months, and returned to play the flute, but the man never signaled to return the flute, and the flute has always belonged to Boya. After the third grade of Boya passed away, the emperor once ordered contemporary flute players to try playing Boya's flute, but no one could play the same tone. Afterwards, there was a famous flute player named Jingzang.The emperor changed Jingzang to try playing, and Jingzang actually played a timbre no less than Boya.After admiring the emperor, he enjoined: "The owner of this flute is Boya. It is said that the flute was obtained near the Vermilion Bird Gate. Jingzang, go to this place and try playing it." Jingzang was ordered to play the flute at Suzaku Gate on a certain moonlit night.Unexpectedly, there was a loud voice of praise from the gate tower: "(This flute) is a masterpiece!" Jingzang reported the matter to the emperor, and everyone learned that the flute was a ghost flute. Since then, it has been named Ye Er, the number one flute in the world. In the future, the master will be changed from generation to generation, and it will become the property of Fujiwara Michijo, the master of Mido. When the son of the priest, Lai Tong, built Ujiden Byodo-in Temple, Ye Er was included in the scripture hall. This flute has two leaves. One is red leaves and the other is green leaves.It is said that morning dew drips every day.When Lai Tong's son Fujiwara Shishi took it out for viewing, the red leaves had fallen and the morning dew was gone.The above is said by Tadashi Fujiwara, the grandson of Master Shishi. The story goes that Yuan Boya and the ghosts of Suzaku Gate exchanged each other's flutes. When reviewing the anecdotes about Yuan Boya in these ancient books, the author discovered one thing. That is, Boya is a "selfless" person. When Boya came to this world, beautiful music sounded all around, which was not Boya's intention. The fact that the assassin canceled the plan to assassinate Boya because of the sound of the flute was not based on Boya's intention.Boya's purpose of playing the flute was not to stop the assassin's actions. In the story of a thief who stole something from Boya's house and returned the stolen goods because of the sound of the flute, Boya didn't play the flute just to get the thief to return the stolen goods. The ghost exchanged his flute Ye Er with Boya's flute, not to mention Boya's trick. No matter what the occasion, Boya just played the flute. Perhaps it can also be said that just as heaven and earth can respond to Boya's flute, so can humans and elves or ghosts. Although Boya himself seems to be ignorant of the power of induction produced by his flute, but his characteristics are indeed intoxicating.Just as Abe Seimei, a good friend of Burson-Marsteller’s, occasionally admires: "You are such a good man." The author also thinks Boya is a good guy. Hey, Boya is so cute. In the charm of a man, it shouldn't be too much to add a cuteness like Boya, right? And the author can also say here that among all the lovable qualities of this man, there is definitely "honesty". There are two stories about the appearance of Yuan Boya. One is "Yuan Boya Courtier Visits the Blind Man of Huiban". The other is "A Ghost Steals the Xuanxiang Pipa". The former is a story about Boya, rain or shine, who went to the residence of Chanwan, a master of pipa, to learn the secret music of pipa.This story highlights the innocence of Boya. It can also be said that it is this story that establishes the image of Boya in this book. The latter is a story about ghosts and ghosts stealing the Xuanxiang pipa, and Boya regains the pipa from the ghosts and ghosts.Boya's role in this story is very interesting. The author has already written about the content of these two stories in Seimei and Boya's active novels, so I won't go into details here. If there is anything to add here, it is the article described by Boya himself. Yuan Boya once wrote several volumes of music-related works such as "Changzhu Pu", and also compiled "Xinzhuan Music Score" under the order of the Emperor. In the postscripts of these works, Boya wrote: Boya means that when playing the piece "Wan Qiu Le" with the zither, no one will not cry until the sixth post. This paragraph seems to be a general description, regardless of what other people say, but at least it is like hearing Boya say in a practical voice: "Anyway, I will definitely cry." Perhaps, every five times it is played, there will be five times, every ten times it will be played ten times, every hundred times it will be played a hundred times... as long as it is played by this man, it will definitely cry. Based on the above reasons, the author gave birth to "Yuan Boya is such a character", which can be said to be an extremely novel character.