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"I told you, he told me that there are hot girls here, but my face is indeed hot now." Jiang Lu pretended to be angry.
"So...you're not here to learn piano?" asked the old man.
"That's definitely not the case." Jiang Lu shrugged.
A day ago, as long as I could learn the piano, I would have tolerated being annoyed, but now it is different.
He had already embarked on his own adaptation path last night, and the double practice with Dectel in the second half of the night gave him a deeper understanding of the harp. What strings have what notes? It is better than the description in the book. More clear and profound.
If before the double cultivation, he was still a growing Digimon and could only play children's songs, then after the double cultivation, he has become a complete Digimon.
Children's song? Come on, come on, let you hear what Shiba Mo is.
Under such circumstances, why should you learn piano from an old man?
Learn to trade!
After hearing Jiang Lu's words, the old man nodded and became calm again: "In that case, then you can go and don't disturb me. As for Cu Chulainn, I will ask him."
He issued an order to expel Jiang Lu, but how could Jiang Lu, who had a blood mark on his face for no reason, let it go?
After he learned that the person in front of him was the chief bard of the palace, an idea immediately emerged in his mind to contact Conchieber without going through Cu Chulainn, and at the same time increase his own strength.
"Don't worry, I've already come, can I still go back empty-handed?" Jiang Lu smiled and put his arm around the old man's shoulders.
"What do you want?" The old man was obviously dissatisfied with Jiang Lu's actions. He turned sideways and avoided Jiang Lu's shoulder-grabbing movement.
Jiang Lu didn't care, and just said leisurely: "Isn't there a luncheon later? You can arrange a performance for me."
The bard's passive ability is that the wider the spread of music, the stronger the ability.
Just playing "Itchy Lung" in front of Dectel yesterday, Jiang Lu felt that his attack speed increased more when he played the piano in the middle of the night.
If he plays a small piece at the luncheon, will Dectel not be able to go to heaven after he returns?
Even leaving aside Dectel, heavy artillery and ghost-faced fox can be directly increased from warriors and druids to berserkers and battle mages during battle, and they can directly go into a killing flow.
At the same time, the limelight at the luncheon may also attract Conchie Erb's attention.
After all, hearing is false and seeing is believing. Being able to communicate with him face to face is definitely much better than Ghost Faced Fox and others relaying it.
The old man in front of him is the prerequisite for achieving all this.
However, the old man rejected Jiang Lu on the spot.
"What do you think of as a luncheon?" The old man sneered: "This is a banquet for Cu Chulainn, the hero of Ulster. There can be no omissions. You come? Are you qualified?"
This was expected by Jiang Lu.
Of course, he would not be so naive as to think that if he was slapped, the other party would have to feel guilty to satisfy his request.
For someone in a high position, what's wrong with whipping you? Smoking you will be in vain.
If it weren't for Cu Chulainn's sake, perhaps the old man wouldn't have said a word to him.
So, he moved out of his current big backer.
"But..." Jiang Lu smiled and said, "I am recognized by Princess Dektel. I am her newly recruited private musician."
Hearing this, the old man who had just dismissed Jiang Lu was suddenly startled: "Decktel? You didn't lie to me?"
"Of course, if you don't believe it, you can ask her."
Jiang Lu stroked his hair and said, "My name is Jiang Ge, and I am a man who aspires to become the King of Harps!"
The old man's expression suddenly became a little strange: "In that case, don't you know me?"
"We know him." Jiang Lu nodded: "Didn't you just say that? He is the chief bard of the palace."
"That's not it. I mean..." The old man asked tentatively, "Didn't Dektel mention me to you?"
"Of course not...eh?" Jiang Lu said halfway when he suddenly realized.
No wonder the guard thought it sounded familiar to him when he mentioned the old man's name as Addison. This was her last eighty-year-old personal musician that Dectel mentioned at the time.
"Damn it, senior!" Jiang Lu looked happy and immediately hugged Lao Deng and took a sip on his forehead: "Oh, you are one of our own!"
Addison, the old man, pushed Jiang Lu away and wiped his forehead in disgust, but a smile quietly appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"How is Dectel doing lately? I haven't seen her for a long time."
"It's not good." Jiang Lu calmed down his emotions and shook his head in disappointment.
"What's wrong with her?" Addison asked worriedly.
"A little irregular menstruation." Jiang Lu replied seriously.
"What is irregular menstruation?" Addison looked confused.
"It's not a serious problem anyway. Overall, I'm in good health."
Jiang Lu waved his hand, indicating that he would skip this topic.
Addison had no choice but to give up: "Okay, tell me if you have any questions."
It can be seen that Addison still cares about Dectel.
This kind of care is somewhere between the care of an elder for a younger generation and the care of a servant for his master.
It's no wonder that the age difference between the two is huge, and they are almost grandfather-grandson relationship. And from Dectel's personal musician to the chief bard of the palace, although it is inseparable from Addison's strength, Dexter must have Ketel also provided a lot of help.
From this point of view, Jiang Lu's move out of Dectel as his backer had an unexpected effect.
Jiang Lu thought to himself that he should be sure of it now.
But what he didn't expect was that although Addison had changed his attitude towards Jiang Lu a little, he still didn't seem to fully trust Jiang Lu's ability.
"But even though we are one family, I still have to say..."
Addison said with some embarrassment: "I still can't agree to your request right away."
Although this was still a rejection, Addison's statement changed this time.
You went from being unworthy to being unable to agree right away.
This made Jiang Lu realize that there was a way.
"Do you still have any doubts?" Jiang Lu said seriously: "Since I am one of our own, I will tell you the truth. This is a precious opportunity for me. You also know that we bards are not good Damn, there are very few people who can reach your position, so I especially need a platform to make my name known so that it will be more convenient for me to travel around the world in the future."
Addison was a little surprised when he heard this: "Is it easier to travel around the world to make a name for yourself at a palace banquet of this size? Have you never thought about becoming a palace bard like me?"
"Well... this doesn't fit my philosophy." Jiang Lu said, and told Addison exactly what he had said to Dektail.
At the end, he added: "In fact, this is also for my master, Princess Dectel. I need some fame to make me worthy of the title of her personal musician, so as not to overshadow her. shame."
Hearing this, Addison was already a little moved.
Unexpectedly, this seemingly insignificant young man in front of me turned out to be such a good boy full of justice and kindness.
This made him, an old man who was used to seeing Vanity Fair and all the good and evil in the world, couldn't help but feel a little relieved.
There are not many people like this in this world...
Therefore, he no longer kept secrets, but regarded Jiang Lu as a fellow junior who could be trusted, and explained:
“It’s not that I don’t want to give you a chance to succeed, but…how should I put it, Dektel’s taste in music is sometimes too subjective.
So unless you convince me with music that represents your highest level, I can't possibly agree to your request.
Although we have such an extraordinary relationship, after all, I am the chief bard in charge of palace etiquette affairs. I also need to be responsible for the face of the royal family. It is impossible for you to perform on stage at risk just because of our relationship.
Can you understand my difficulty? "
Jiang Lu nodded: "I understand, so I will play it in front of you first, and then you will judge whether it is suitable."
"In that case, let's get started." Addison nodded, satisfied with Jiang Lu's understanding and not embarrassing himself by relying on Dectel.
So Jiang Lu moved the harp placed at the door.
But when he was about to start playing, he suddenly thought of something and found a piece of paper.
"Oh...wait, let me write a word."
"Write now?"
"Correct."
"Oh?" Addison smiled when he heard this, remembering what Jiang Lu said just now: "Then I want to take a closer look to see if what you said about seven steps into a rhyme and nine steps into a poem is true."
Jiang Lu nodded, then closed his eyes and activated the power that he had not used for a long time - super memory.
Hippocampus, we have to fight side by side again!
When he opened his eyes again, he had already changed the words and wrote a few big words on the paper - Ulster March.
The original name of this song was called Soviet March!
......
In the banquet hall, Jiang Lu was not seen coming back for a long time, which made Ghost Faced Fox and Heavy Cannon very worried.
Although they knew Cu Chulainn's character and that Jiang Lu, who was arranged by him, would not be life-threatening, they knew with their toes that he would definitely suffer a lot.
Therefore, both of them looked at the door intentionally or unintentionally, showing little enthusiasm for the lively environment at the banquet. Even if Cu Chulainn enthusiastically introduced them to dignitaries, they just dealt with it and had no deep friendship at all. thought.
I don’t know how long it took, but Heavy Artillery suddenly saw something. He yelled at the ghost-faced fox beside him and said excitedly: “It’s finally here.”
Jiang Lu appeared at the door dragging his harp, striding towards the center of the banquet hall.
"We are here!" cried Heavy Artillery.
Jiang Lu heard his voice and turned around, but just nodded towards them and continued walking towards the center.
This made Heavy Artillery a little strange: "What's going on?"
The ghost-faced fox shook his head: "I don't know, let's take a look."
While they noticed Jiang Lu, Cu Chulainn noticed Addison behind Jiang Lu.
"Mr. Addison!" Cu Chulainn stood up and greeted warmly.
This is his privilege. He never calls anyone by his official title. Everyone else has to call him Lord Addison, but he doesn't.
But what puzzled him was that Addison, who used to show kindness that she had never shown in front of others when seeing him, gave him a fierce look this time.
"You bastard, I'll settle the score with you later!"
"what?"