Volume 1: Entering the Tang Dynasty Chapter 81: Tea Tasting
"Gou Boy, boil a pot of water for me!" Lu Chen walked out of the house carrying the bag of tea he took out from the base and called Liu Jing directly.
Liu Jing responded quickly and got out of the side room. When he heard his master asked him to boil a pot of water, Liu Jing didn't waste any time and ran to the kitchen to boil water.
Lu Chen, who was sitting on the chair in the main room, opened the paper bag and smelled the fragrance of Tie Guanyin inside. Lu Chen took a few strong sniffs and said, "It smells so good!" Looking at Tie Guanyin, Lu Chen almost drooled, although Lu Chen
He is not a tea addict, but he is also someone who likes to drink tea whenever he has nothing to do. Drinking plain water all day long really makes Lu Chen uncomfortable.
Especially after tasting the Tang Dynasty tea soup for the first time, Lu Chen missed the aroma of tea and the taste of sweetness after bitterness.
With little effort, Liu Jing walked into the main room carrying a pot of hot water. A tea cup was already placed on the table next to Lu Chen, with a handful of tea leaves already placed inside. The tea cup now looked like a small bowl.
, there is no Sancai cup with a lid in later generations.
The Sancai Cup only took shape during the reign of Emperor Dezong of the Tang Dynasty. At first, it was just a tray placed under the tea cup, which was called a "tea boat." Later, it gradually evolved into the "Sancai Cup". It was not called "Sancai Cup" at first.
Cup" is called "covered bowl tea" instead.
As the boiling water was poured into the teacup, a stream of fragrance wafted out. Lu Chen smelled the tea and moved his hand towards his nose twice, with a look of comfort and comfort on his face, "This is called tea!" Lu Chen looked at it
He admired the tea leaves floating in the water.
Liu Jing stood aside and looked at his master quietly. He knew that this was something made by his master, but why did he call this "yellow" water "tea"? Liu Jing
I don’t understand. In Liu Jing’s mind, the soup made from the dark tea bricks and seasonings is called tea, right?
"Sir, is this also called tea?" Liu Jing couldn't help but be curious and asked aloud.
"Nonsense, this is real tea. The thing you drink is called soup. In my opinion, the tea soup you drink is no different from mutton soup!" Lu Chen directly gave Liu Jing a "You don't understand anything"
His eyes said, "Go, get a tea cup, and I'll let you try my tea today!" Lu Chen pointed at the tea cup on the table.
"Thank you, my lord!" When Liu Jing heard that Lu Chen wanted to bring him a bowl of tea, he quickly took a tea cup and held it in his hand respectfully.
“Put it on the table and you won’t be afraid of getting burned!”
"Hey!" Liu Jing quickly put the tea cup on the table. Lu Chen pinched a handful of tea leaves and put it in the tea cup, and asked Liu Jing to pour boiling water in. Liu Jing started to play with the tea leaves in the tea cup.
His eyes widened. Even though Liu Jing seemed to be quite calm at ordinary times, he was actually just a sixteen-year-old boy. He was still in middle school at this age in later generations, so he was still full of curiosity about the tea leaves in the teacup.
Heart.
Lu Chen picked up the teacup, blew it gently, and put a sip of tea into his mouth. "Comfortable!" Lu Chen savored the "fragrant, rich, mellow, and sweet" taste of Tieguanyin, squinting his eyebrows.
, aftertaste the rich taste of Tieguanyin.
Liu Jing followed Lu Chen's example and took a sip, but immediately frowned, "Sir, it's so bitter!" Liu Jing's whole little face wrinkled as he drank tea for the first time.
, sticking out his tongue.
"Hahaha!" Looking at Liu Jing's frowning face, Lu Chen couldn't help but laugh, "Young dog! Drinking tea is just like being a human being. You have to endure all the hardships to be happy! Is your mouth still bitter now?"
Chen looked at Liu Jing with a smile.
After hearing Lu Chen's words, Liu Jing smacked his mouth. It was true that the "tea" was a little bitter when he first entered his mouth, but after the bitterness passed, it actually had a sweet taste.
"This tea is like life. People will be bitter for a while, but they won't be bitter forever. There will always be a time when the bitterness ends and the sweetness comes. It's like when you first drink it, it feels bitter, but after the bitterness is over, it becomes sweet, right?
?" Lu Chen smiled and nodded Liu Jing's forehead, "For example, you, Aye, have been making iron all your life. Do you suffer a lot every time you make iron? But, when you, Aye, make iron tools?
Aren’t you very happy?”
After listening to Lu Chen's words, Liu Jing nodded in understanding, "Sir, I didn't see that Aye was very happy while blacksmithing?"
"Uh..." Lu Chen choked at Liu Jing's words, but Lu Chen also understood that repeating the same work day after day would indeed wear away a person's enthusiasm, let alone a craftsman?
"Okay, then will you, Aye, be happy when you receive your military pay?" Lu Chen said in a different way.
"That's quite happy! Every time Aye receives military pay, he drinks three ounces of wine. That's when Aye is happiest!" Hearing what Lu Chen said, Liu Jing nodded.
"So isn't this sweet? Isn't this the bitterness of blacksmithing?" Lu Chen patted Liu Jing's cheek lovingly.
While Lu Chen was sipping tea leisurely and contentedly, the three letters written by Li Xiuning had been sent to where they were supposed to go.
In the study of Chang'an Tiance Mansion, Li Shimin looked at the letters in front of him and fell into deep thought.
But soon, Li Shimin stood up, put the letter in his arms and left the study. He came to the back house and was served by the princess's eldest grandson Wugou. He put on a purple round-neck robe with a jade belt across his waist and came out of Tiance.
He went to the palace, got on his horse, and headed straight for the palace with a group of guards.
At this time, in the Nuan Pavilion of Tai Chi Hall, Li Yuan was also looking at the letter in front of him and fell into deep thought. When reading this letter, Li Yuan backed away.
While Li Yuan was meditating, Chang Bao knocked on the door of Nuan Pavilion outside, "Your Majesty, His Highness King Qin is outside asking for an audience!" Chang Bao said through the door of Nuan Pavilion.
"Well! Let him come in!" Li Yuan put away the letters on the desk, arranged his dragon robe, and sat behind the dragon desk.
As Chang Bao pushed open the door of the Nuan Pavilion, Li Shimin walked into the Nuan Pavilion at a fast pace, "Son, meet Aye and say hello to Aye!" Li Shimin lifted his clothes and knelt down to bow to Li Yuan.
"Get up!" Li Yuan looked at the heroic Li Shimin in front of him, and couldn't help but think of Li Jiancheng, who was in Youzhou at this time. Then thinking about the Li family's plan and the body of his eldest son, he couldn't help but have a serious expression.
After Li Shimin heard this, he stood up from the ground.
Chang Bao consciously exited the Nuan Pavilion. After closing the door of the Nuan Pavilion, he took two steps back. After driving all the other chamberlains out, he stood there with his hands folded.
"Sit down!" Li Yuan pointed to the lower hand position on the left side of Long's desk.
"Thank you!" Li Shimin thanked Li Yuan and sat down.
"Why did you enter the palace this time?" Li Yuan looked at Li Shimin. You must know that except for the prince who lives in the East Palace, other princes cannot enter the palace at will, including King Qin Li Shimin. Even if he is the king of Qin and the legitimate son of Li Yuan, he cannot enter the palace at will.
You are not allowed to enter the palace at will, unless there is something really important or Li Yuan summons you to enter the palace.
"Aye, does Third Sister have a letter?" Li Shimin didn't hide it. He took out the letter written by Li Xiuning from his arms and presented it to Li Yuan. "Third Sister gave me a letter. In the letter
The son he said didn’t dare to make the decision, so he came to ask Aye for advice!”
Li Yuan took the letter from Li Shimin, opened it and read it a few times, and couldn't help frowning, because the content of the letter Li Xiuning wrote to Li Shimin was similar to the letter he wrote to himself, both of which were in the hope that they could meet.
Lu Chen.
"It seems that this girl not only wrote a letter to you and my father and son, I'm afraid your eldest brother in Youzhou should also have received the letter at this time!" Li Yuan put the letter on the Long Book Desk, tapped it a few times with the fingers of his right hand, and followed
Turning to look at Li Shimin, "What about Yuan Tiangang's capabilities?" Li Yuan did not talk about the letter and Lu Chen, but asked about Yuan Tiangang.
"Aye, Yuan Tiangang does have extraordinary means. Does Aye know Li Chunfeng in his son's house?" Li Shimin asked Li Yuan in a low voice.
"Li Chunfeng?!" Hearing the name mentioned by Li Shimin, Li Yuan thought for a moment, "I have heard about this person a little bit. I heard that this person is good at calculations and good at observing the sky?" Li Yuan said and looked at Li Shimin. Compared with him,
According to hearsay, Li Shimin knew Li Chunfeng better.
"That's true! Every time I send out troops, I will ask Li Chunfeng to make some calculations first!" Li Shimin nodded, "And Yuan Tiangang is Li Chunfeng's friend who is both a teacher and a friend. This man has superb physiognomy, and he is sure to hit the mark when it comes to people!"
"Oh?" Li Yuan suddenly became interested when he heard Li Shimin say that Yuan Tiangang "hit the mark", "Does this mean that what your third sister said in the letter is most likely true?"
"It's possible! Moreover, according to my son's understanding, Lu Chen's origin is extremely mysterious. According to the third sister, he suddenly appeared in Niangziguan! Although he claims to be a descendant of the Mohist family, according to the third sister's speculation, this person is definitely not a descendant of the Mohist family.
So simple!" Li Shimin whispered beside Li Yuan.
"How do you say this?" Li Yuan looked at Li Shimin holding back a smile. In fact, at this time, Li Yuan already knew about Lu Chen's poetry recitation after drinking, but Li Shimin was still so mysterious, and Li Yuan couldn't help but want to tease him.
To tease his second son, the bad guys under Li Yuan had already reported this matter, and Li Shimin had actually started to form Baiqisi at this time, but at this time, Baiqisi was known as "Konwei Baiqisi"
"Qi", the commander of the hundred cavalry is Li Shimin's confidant and favorite general Li Junxian.
"Then Lu Chen once recited a poem while drunk..." Li Shimin told Li Yuan the half of the poem that Lu Chen had recited, "White Jade in the Sky, Five Cities on the Twelfth Floor".
You know, people at this time believed in these things, especially Li Yuan, who believed in Taoism. After all, Li Yuan defined the Li family as the descendants of Laozi Li Er, so he naturally respected Taoism even more. In fact, Li Yuan
When I received Lu Chen's poem from the delinquent report, I already wanted to meet this "immortal" who descended to earth.