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During the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, there was a tea shop in Suzhou City, named "Pinmanxiang". The boss's surname was Lin'an. At his thirties, he was from Wujiang. It has been more than 20 years since he opened a tea shop. It has been a long time since he practiced a master of tea tasting. No matter what kind of tea, he just needs to put it in his mouth and chew it in his mouth. He said that the name and origin of the tea are famous for a hundred miles and are quite famous.

On this day, Lin An had just woken up on a nap. When the friend came into the room to report that an old man was asking for a visit outside the door. Lin An went out to greet him and saw an old man with white hair and hair standing outside the door. He looked at him carefully. Although the old man was nearly 70 years old, his bones were clear and majestic, and his eyes were bright and bright. He was a very human being. Lin An hurriedly bowed and asked, "Where did you come from, sir?" The old man replied, "My surname is Hui, and he is a lay Buddhist in Huishan. He came from Huishan a hundred miles away. He admired the name of the shopkeeper Lin, and came to visit him to seek knowledge." Lin An suddenly felt respect when he heard the old man's words and spoke elegantly, and hurriedly invited him to enter.

When he entered the living room, the guest and the guest sat down. Lin An saw the old man all the way, so he hurriedly called the maid to make tea and wait for it. The old man took the cup and drank it, saying, "Shopkeeper Lin, this tea has not been brewed, and the water has not yet boiled." Lin An heard it, and hurriedly called the maid to boil the water and brew it again. Shortly afterwards, the maid brought the tea and took the cup and drank it again. After tasting it, he said, "The water is too boiling, please use this water to brew it again." The maid followed his wish and respectfully served it. The old man thanked it, raised his glass and savored it again, and praised it again.

Lin An knew that the guest was a master of tea tasting, which was extraordinary, so he bowed and said, "Mr. Hui came to the humble house, don't know what advice?" Mr. Hui bowed back and said, "I dare not speak up. I heard that the shopkeeper Lin can taste all kinds of famous teas in the world. Now I meet to discuss the tea art." Lin An said, "Mr. I have a bad reputation. This is a false saying. My name is not true." Mr. Hui drank tea, put down the tea cup, and smiled and said, "I have a treasure called 'Golden Flower Tea'. Did the shopkeeper Lin intend to taste this tea?" Lin An never heard of the name of this tea, so he hurriedly said, "I am certain that I am interested in savoring this treasure. I will first ask the teacher to show it, and read it to feast my eyes." Mr. Hui said, "Sorry, I have not brought it with me. If the shopkeeper Lin intends to, please follow me to Huishan to get it."

When Lin An heard this, he thought to himself: If you want to taste this honeysuckle, you need to travel a hundred miles away. Although he is sincere, I have never known him. If you let him take it on his own, it will be difficult for me to tell him. Mr. Hui realized Lin An's hesitation and stood up and said, "In order to seek a gain of one, a knowledgeable man is not afraid of a thousand miles away. Seeing this, he said that Manager Lin is a master of tea tasting, which is a false teaching. He is a mere hundred miles away, so he did not want to come to him. I had to say goodbye and return." Mr. Jinghui said agitated, and Lin An suddenly stood up and said, "That's right! I'm willing to follow the teacher to seek a gain of one."

The two went out and took a boat north along the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal. In the evening, we went to the bottom of Huishan Mountain. We looked up and saw the mountains rising and falling, layer by layer. The two left the boat and entered the mountain for about six or seven miles. We saw several thatched huts on the side of the mountain. Mr. Hui pointed to the thatched hut and said, "Shopkeeper Lin, this thatched hut is a humble house of old and old. I only have one granddaughter in my family, named Caiyun, and there is no one else." When we arrived at the thatched hut, we saw a young girl coming out to greet her. The girl looked fair and beautiful, and she paid polite tribute to the guests.

It was dusk, and Mr. Hui said, "The tea tree grew behind the mountain. It was already late. Manager Lin was tired from traveling. Please go to the mountain to pick tea first. It is not too late to go to the mountain to pick tea." After hearing this, Lin An knew that he came here to pick tea. The tea had not been prepared, so he had to pick it now tomorrow. He also needed to pick it himself. Mr. Hui knew his thoughts and laughed and said, "Haha! I will pick tea with Caiyun to do it alone. Don't bother Manager Lin. Please do not worry too much, rest assured and rest assured."

The next morning, Lin An got up and saw that his master was ready. Caiyun was also dressed neatly to wait for him. Seeing Caiyun wearing bright red clothes, red satin shoes, small tea basket on his arms, jade red flowers on his head, bright eyes, red lips and white teeth, standing tall outside the door. Lin An secretly praised: It's like a fairy descending to earth!

The three of them walked along the rugged mountain road for about five or six miles, and came to the back of the mountain. Mr. Hui pointed to a big tree at the foot of the mountain and said, "Please look at it. This is a golden tea tree!" Lin An looked at it and saw a tea tree with lush branches and leaves growing in the valley. The tree was more than six feet high and the tree diameter was more than five feet, and the crown was full of golden camellia. Lin An was shocked and praised it. How could he not praise it for the first time in his life?

When he approached, Mr. Hui stopped and Lin An looked at him. He saw a large python beneath the tree, with black background and white flowers, about one foot thick and about five feet long. He was shocked and lost his appearance. Mr. Hui comforted him and said, "Shopkeeper Lin, don't panic. This python is the guard of the tea tree. I will let him avoid it." After saying that, Mr. Hui went to the python and bowed and said, "Now there is a distinguished guest here to get tea. Please avoid it for the time being, and do not alarm the distinguished guest." The python nodded his head and agreed to it, and passed away quietly.

Caiyun carried a tea basket under the tree to pick tea. When he saw his jade arms lightly and relaxed, his hands were as soft as a croaker, his heart was clever, his mouth was singing a mountain song, his voice was elegant, and his people were beautiful. In a short time, the exquisite tea basket was filled with yellow flowers and green leaves. Lin An looked at it and was amazed.

After picking the tea, Mr. Hui started to refine it. Two days later, Mr. Hui called Lin An to come near, handed over a bag of tea, and told him: "The shopkeeper Lao Lin came from afar. Now he will give you a bag of tea. This is golden flower tea. Remember, you can open the bag after returning to your mansion. You must use a jade cup to make tea and taste it. You will gain a lot." Seeing that this bag of tea was less than half a tael, Lin An thought to himself: What will I gain if I make such a small bag of tea? He took it away and said goodbye.

Lin An returned home and hurriedly called the maid to boil water and get a jade cup. The maid took a jade cup and prepared it. Lin An took out a golden tea bag and unpacked it carefully. He saw that the tea leaves were golden and shining. He was surprised: He had never seen this bright tea for several years. He poured half a bag into the cup and brewed it with boiling water. The fragrance suddenly blew the rich tea fragrance. The aroma overflowed the hall. Then, tea-picking mountain songs appeared in the cup. Lin An looked at it in a surprised way. Seeing that the yellow flowers and green leaves tea trees, there was a tea picking girl singing loudly. Oh! It was Miss Caiyun! This scene was the same as what he saw in the valley. He couldn't help but exclaim: "What a wonderful thing! Fairy tea is really fairy tea!" He rushed to watch it, and everyone was amazed and applauded. After the pleasant mountain song and the wonderful fantasy scene passed, he raised his cup to taste it, and suddenly felt refreshed, excited, and happy.

When the whole family was still in full swing, the clerk went into the hall to report that Huang Magistrate Huang from Wujiang County came to visit him. Lin An hurriedly went out to greet him. Huang Magistrate Huang was a friend of Lin An and also a parent in his hometown. Both sides often talked about each other and had a close friendship. Now Huang Magistrate went to Suzhou to report his work, so he visited him by the way.

Huang Magistrate entered the hall and saw that everyone in the tea shop had a happy face. He also heard that the tea aroma in the hall was full of warmth, which was refreshing. He asked, "Brother Lin, I saw that everyone was happy and smiling. I wonder what happy things are there today?" Lin An smiled and said, "Brother Huang, I really can't hide it. Now I am foolish. Now I can hear a fairy tea, called Jinhua Tea. After brewing, I can hear pleasant mountain songs and see wonderful fantasy scenes. I want to let Brother Huang feast my eyes." After saying that, Lin An asked the maid to brew the remaining half of the tea bag. A pleasant mountain song appeared in the jade cup, and a wonderful fantasy scene appeared. Huang Magistrate Huang was very strange. His heart was so full of joy and screamed. He asked in surprise, "Brother Huang, how can you get this fairy tea?" Lin An told the whole story. After hearing this, Huang Magistrate turned his eyes and thoughts arise, saying, "Lin"

Brother, our opportunity to get promoted and make money is here. If we get this fairy tea again and present it to the current emperor, the emperor will be very happy, how can we not reward us more? Lin An was embarrassed and said, "How easy is it to get this fairy tea? We must be allowed by Mr. Hui. I saw that Mr. Hui is a noble person, and it is difficult to accept it. If we take it by ourselves, there are big pythons guarding the tea tree, what can I do?" Huang Magistrate sneered and said, "Hehe! Brother, don't worry, don't make this sound for the time being, I have an arrangement to get it. A few days later, after I finished my job, I returned to Wujiang, selected a hundred elite soldiers, and prepared many bows and arrows. If Mr. Hui refused, we took it by himself and shot the python to death. The fairy tea was at your fingertips, and we were promoted and made money!" After hearing the words of Huang Magistrate Huang, Lin An was moved, and his wealth was fascinated and he was forgotten.

A few days later, Huang Magistrate selected more than a hundred elite soldiers, prepared arches and arrows, and forced several tea-picking girls who were good at singing folk songs, all of whom were beautiful and made-up. He personally took the horse, led the way from Lin An, and multiplied several ships, and marched to Huishan.

When he arrived at Huishan, he found thatched cottage. Lin An hid the door several times, but he had no choice but to respond. So he broke into the door and saw that the room was empty. Mr. Hui and Miss Caiyun were no longer aware of where to go. He saw a letter left on the table in the main room. Lin An hurriedly demolished it and read it. He saw the letter and said:

Manager Lin:

I saw you as a tea-tasting expert and would like to make friends with you. I gave you golden flower tea. Who knew that you had relied on the government and wanted to dominate the tea tree, which was a pity. I didn't want to meet you again, so I left my home and left far away.

After seeing this letter, you hope that you will abandon evil thoughts and return. Otherwise, you will suffer from disasters.

Huishan layman

Huang Magistrate took the letter and read it. After reading it, he cursed angrily, "An old dog who doesn't know the current affairs, don't scare me, I'm not afraid!" Lin An said fearfully, "This is not good, so we might as well return to avoid disaster." Huang Magistrate is already obsessed with the officials, so he is reluctant to give up. He forced everyone to go to the back mountain to find tea trees to get it.

Everyone came to the side of the tea tree and saw a python lying beneath the tree. The soldiers of the county magistrate Huang opened their bows and shot them. The arrows were like flying locusts and shot them at the python. However, the python's body seemed to hit the steel plate, and they all fell to the ground one after another, which was difficult to hurt the python. The soldiers were shocked and abandoned their bows and wanted to escape. At this time, the python roared with a roar, opened its bloody mouth, spit out a core of several feet, and shook its body violently. In an instant, the wind blew, the sky was dark, and the earth was flying sand

The stone was pouring down like raindrops. A heavy stone hit the face of Huang Magistrate Huang. His brain burst and blood splattered everywhere. He died immediately! Lin An was also hit by the rocks, his legs were broken and he could not move. The soldiers threw away their armor, fled with their heads and fled in all directions. The strong wind turned into a tornado, and he pulled up the tea tree and rolled it into the air. After a while, the wind was calm and everyone looked up. The python and the tea tree were gone.

Lin Angui, his injured leg was difficult to heal and the pain was unbearable all day long. He was frightened and depressed, so he was unwilling to run a tea shop, pawned the tea shop, and returned to his hometown with his family. From then on, he did not dare to talk about fairy tea again.
Chapter completed!