After hearing the melodious knocks, I was very curious.

Try twisting the door handle, but it is not locked.

Push the door and enter.

The basement has a large space, the light bulb is not high, and there is a row of huge wooden frames placed in the dark space.

Dozens of bronze chimes are hung on wooden racks, some of which are big and small, some are fat and some are thin.

A girl with a long hair in her 20s was tapping the chimes with a small wooden stick to test the sound. The old man kept shaking his head and pointed at him.

"Gan Master?Gan Master?"

Maybe the two of them were too involved and didn't notice that I had already come in.

The girl ringing the chime stopped the hammer in her hand, and the god turned around and said, "Why are you here?"

"I'm here to deliver rice to you, Baijia rice," I raised half a bag of rice in my hand and let him look at it.

"Just put it on the ground, go out first, I know what you and the meeting are doing." Remember https://m in one second.

"Grandmaster, you're so lucky that you're doing this. These clocks are all very good."

I had just seen that the fifty or sixty bronze chimes hanging on the wooden stand are all imitated, and the rust-colored patterns are very good. If laymen may be considered old, the flaws are the golden inscriptions on the body of the clock, which are too new and golden, and there is no trace of use.

When talking about this, Mr. Gan was not in a hurry to drive me away. He said proudly: "That's right, these clocks are all my own son, completely imitating Zeng Houyi's set. There are 8 sets in total, three layers above and below, 12 long-breasted bells on the bottom, one Fu bell, 33 large bells in the middle, and 19 bells on the top. How many times did I come to Handan? It took me several years to find Master Xiang to do these."

"Ah? Master Xiang?"

Mr. Gan glared at me: "It's not you! It's Master Xiang Guang. Because he often collects bronze raw materials in Handan, I asked him."

I was shocked and thought to myself, it was a good thing that wasn't me, when did I become Master Xiang?

After chatting for a while, I learned some things.

Everyone should know the Zeng Houyi chime bell unearthed in Suizhou?

The bell was unearthed in Tomb No. 1, Leigudun in 1978. It has been ringed three times since its unearth.

The first time was when it was first unearthed in 1978, the archaeological team made a sound test, the second time was when Hubei held a cultural relics exhibition in 1979, and the third time was when it was celebrating the return of Hong Kong Island in 1997.

Mr. Gan listened to Zeng Houyi's chime bells playing at the Hubei Cultural Exhibition in 1979, and he has never forgotten it since.

If he still wants to hear that kind of sound, unless he has a set of things himself, he will definitely not be able to do it. If he wants to get it, he can only copy this path.

Since the discovery of this thing, the relevant departments decided to copy it. It was rumored that 5 sets were copied in total at 40 seconds. The most perfect set of these five sets was made by Xiang Guang and his team in 2012.

Not many people know that there should be 6 sets of replicas of this thing.

In fact, Master Xiang started making replicas for Mr. Gan 10 years ago.

The layman watches the excitement, while the expert looks at the tricks. According to my understanding, this set of chimes is difficult to make. Master Xiang often lives near Handan because the place was engaged in urban construction. A large number of bronze arrows, weapons, bronze swords, etc. appeared on the market, and the price was affordable. A bronze arrow from the Warring States Period could be bought for only five or six yuan.

At that time, there were three large antique dealers in Handan. One in Wu'an was surnamed Liu, one in Cishan Town was surnamed Zhang, and one in Guantao.

Master Xiang collected a lot of cheap bronze pieces from them. After smelting them, he repeatedly studied the materials of the clock body, and finally became the set in Gan Ye’s hand, with a total of 64 pieces, which took him 7 years.

Unfortunately, this bell is not perfect.

The last step is to set the tone. Only by ringing each chime twice can it be considered successful. However, there is one piece that is not well tuned, and the two tones are always a little worse.

"Xiaomei, you are trying to uncover the clock on the upper floor No. 7." said Mr. Gan.

Xiaomei is beautiful, white and beautiful, and has a good figure. She has a good temperament when studying music.

Her real name is Zhou Mei. She graduated from Wuhan Conservatory of Music. She was two years older than me at that time. She was the granddaughter of an old friend of Uncle Gan. She also fell in love with Zeng Houyi chimes.

"Okay, God."

Xiaomei flirted with her long hair, took a deep breath, picked up the small wooden hammer, and knocked on the upper half of the 7th bell.

The bells are melodious and low, echoing constantly in the empty basement, and the wonderful notes penetrate into people's ears like a pleasure.

At that moment, it seemed like a moment, pulled people from the basement back to a grand night banquet a thousand years ago.

Mr. Gan listened carefully with his eyes closed, and opened his eyes and said, "Try it again in the second half."

Xiaomei took the small wooden hammer and moved it a few inches down, then knocked it again.

The tone is very close.

But I could hear something different as soon as I heard it.

Maybe I do have the talent to learn music. I have said before that my ears can move forward, backward, left and right, and when I rob tombs on rainy days, I can try to listen to thunder underground. There is a 50% chance of success. I have indeed said that I have the talent to rob tombs.

I said, "No, Mr. Gan, it sounds nice, but this sound is not good compared to the previous sound."

Xiaomei was a little surprised: "Can you hear it? It's true that it's half a note, and you are also learning vocal music?"

I shook my head and said I wasn't a musician, but I just heard it was a little bit worse. Wouldn't you just need to turn the pitch higher?

“It’s not that simple.”

Mr. Gan stepped forward two steps and touched the No. 7 Jie Zhong and said, "Xiaomei and I have tried it many times. Even Master Xiang said that we should not adjust it. If there is a slight mistake, the No. 7 Jie Zhong will be scrapped."

Mr. Gan's words were calm, but I could hear the unwillingness in his heart.

I was curious and asked you how the tune was tuned.

Xiaomei explained twice and then I understood.

They will first take off the chimes, lay them flat on the ground, and use an electric grinding wheel to attach a cylindrical sandpaper to grind the inside of the chimes. As long as the polish is half a centimeter thin, the tone will change in height and tone.

This polishing and tuning is a one-time job.

Once it goes too far, it is impossible to change back, and it is because of this that Gan Ye dares not adjust it, and he finally fails to achieve the perfect double tone for one minute.

I really want to say that I want to give it a try, but Mr. Gan will definitely not agree. Maybe he will kill me with a cannon punch, so I didn't dare to say anything.

"Okay, Xiaomei, let's get here today," Mr. Gan picked up half a bag of rice and said, "You can get it for the time being. I'll leave next Monday. Xiaomei, you can go back to Wuhan. Thank you for your hard work during this period. Take me to say hello to your grandpa."

After locking the door and coming out, Mr. Gan carried the rice to the third floor, and Xiaomei and I walked side by side.

At this time, at around 11 o'clock in the evening, Xiaomei suddenly smiled at me and said, "I tried it for an afternoon, but I didn't eat dinner. I was hungry. Do you have a midnight snack? I know there is a place nearby selling delicious midnight snacks. You are a friend of God. I'll treat you."

My face was delighted.

"Walk."
Chapter completed!