The person who came was none other than Shen Wancai, the second apprentice that Li Yundong had accepted, who was much older than him. ≥
Shen Wancai had gone abroad to discuss business before, and no one informed him of Li Yundong's situation. By the time he got the news and hurried back, Li Yundong had already agreed to go to Japan to participate in the tea fight.
Zi Yuan was unable to stop Li Yundong, so she had to find ways to help Li Yundong win the tea competition. One of them was to ask Shen Wancai to use her connections and resources to get the best tea in the world.
After Shen Wancai got the news from Ziyuan, he immediately started to deal with the matter. In this world, thanks to his sharp eyes and hands, he got an extremely precious tea set and a jar of extremely rare tea sets in the shortest possible time. tea.
Behind him, the person holding the tea set was his daughter Shen Hui. Shen Hui carefully held a set of bound wooden tea sets in her hands and walked carefully. After entering the door, she dared to raise her eyes and look inside. , after seeing Li Yundong, he quickly lowered his eyes.
After the Japanese boss welcomed the two of them into the door, he turned around and left with great discernment. However, no matter how much he thought, he never expected that the people here were the Li Yundong and his party who are now making waves in Japan.
After Shen Wancai entered the door, he saw Li Yundong closing his eyes and meditating. He was stunned for a moment, and then the footsteps were very soft. He walked to Ziyuan and lowered his voice and asked: "Master, are you meditating? "
Ziyuan smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know, maybe. What kind of tea did you bring?"
Shen Wancai smiled mysteriously and said, "Open it and see for yourself."
Shen Hui on the side stepped forward and handed the tea can to Ziyuan. Ziyuan took it and as soon as she opened the lid, a fresh fragrance came out from inside.
Su Chan couldn't help but said: "It smells so good! What kind of tea is this?"
Zhou Qin also stared with wide eyes. Ziyuan glanced into the tea can and saw that the tea leaves in the tea can were black and long, like melon seeds. They didn't look like much, but the taste was fragrant, with a fragrance of orchid. , she raised her head and asked: "Wuyi Dahongpao?"
Shen Wancai gave a thumbs up excitedly: "That's right!"
Zhou Qin wondered at the side: "Is it the big red robe on the mother tree?"
Dahongpao can be said to be one of the most valuable teas in the world today. Because the tea trees grow on the cliffs of Jiulong Nest in Wuyi Mountain, where the sunshine is short, there is much reflected light, the temperature difference between day and night is large, and there are fine springs flowing on the top of the cliff all year round. Drops, so that such precious tea leaves can be produced.
There are only six Dahongpao tea trees in the world that are suitable for such an environment. Although scientists used asexual reproduction methods to propagate Dahongpao in batches in the 1980s, due to changes in the growth environment, the tea leaves of these Dahongpao The quality is incomparable to the tea leaves picked from the cliffs of Kowloon Nest.
Because of this, these six Dahongpao trees are also called mother trees, and the tea leaves picked from them are dozens of times more expensive than gold.
The most rare thing about the Dahongpao that Shen Wancai brought was that it happened to be tea picked during the Qingming Festival.
In tea, there is a saying: "If you pick it three days early, it will be a treasure; if you pick it three days late, it will become a root." This means that there will be a completely different difference when picking tea leaves before and after the "Grain Rain" season. The poet Hu Qiao Ye's poem says: If chalcedony is cooked in the morning before the Grain Rain, spring tea is the freshest. It means that the tea before the Grain Rain is the best quality tea.
Qingming is a season before Grain Rain. Although this season is already a useless time for spiritual practice in the spiritual world, it is a golden time for the tea world.
Naturally, the Japanese tea ceremony community is well aware of this, so almost every time tea fighting in the Japanese tea ceremony is held during the Qingming Festival, when the tea leaves are young and tender, which is most suitable for tea fighting.
Therefore, Shen Wancai proudly pointed to the tea leaves in the tea can and said: "This was bought through the back door by a teahouse owner who spent a lot of money and trusted connections, but I was robbed in the end."
This kind of mother tree Dahongpao before the rain cannot be bought with just money. It is not known what means Shen Wancai used to obtain this tea that is dozens of times more expensive than gold from others. .
Su Chan and Zhou Qin naturally knew how expensive this tea was. Even now, Li Yundong was not considered a poor person. But if Di Sanxian wanted to buy such top-quality tea, he would have no means and no means. Even if he had means, he would not have enough money. .
Zhou Qin picked up a piece of tea leaf with his hand, smelled it, and said with a smile: "That's good, at least I won't lose out in tea."
Su Chan blinked as she looked at the tea leaves, wishing she could brew a pot now and taste the taste of this tea that is dozens of times more expensive than gold.
Ziyuan's heart relaxed a little. She looked at the tea set next to Shen Hui. Seeing her looking at her, Shen Hui unwrapped the outer packaging. Ziyuan saw that there was actually an antique tea set inside. At first glance, What she saw was the rabbit hair teacup. Ziyuan raised her head and looked at Li Yundong and asked: "Li Yundong, please tell me, what do you think of such a tea set and tea leaves?"
Li Yundong smiled slightly, opened his eyes, took a look, and said with a smile: "Very good."
Su Chan, Ziyuan and others were overjoyed, but as soon as their smiles appeared, Li Yundong shook his head and said, "But we still can't win the tea fight."
Several people in the room looked at each other, and Shen Wancai couldn't help but asked anxiously: "Master, what else is missing? Tell me, and I will find a way to get it."
Li Yundong chuckled, pointed at Qian Zhengzhi who was performing a tea ceremony on the TV, and said: "You said that we are improvising and following Japanese rules to compete with the Japanese in Japanese tea ceremony. Is there any possibility of winning?"
Ziyuan leaned forward slightly and asked: "Li Yundong, you don't want to deliberately lose the game like you did with Zhang Tianshi, right?"
Li Yundong shook his head: "No, Master Zhang is a gentleman, and this private fight is harmless. But now this tea fight is making a big fuss. I can afford to lose, but the Chinese tea ceremony and spiritual practice circles that I represent behind me cannot afford to lose." And..." Li Yundong stood tall, smiled, and said: "No one can lose to the Japanese!"
Su Chan and Zhou Qin looked at each other and couldn't help but ask: "Then what do you do? How do you win?"
Li Yundong smiled confidently, stood up and walked out the door, saying, "Let's go, it's time to go to the banquet."
Two days after Li Yundong went out, a sensational tea ceremony event in Japan's tea ceremony world finally decided the winner. After a fierce competition between Yabuuchi-ryu, Satosenke, Omotesenko, and Musha Koji Senke, Omotesenko, who specializes in serving nobles in Japan, Chimasagi Iemoto finally won and represented Japan in a tea fight with Li Yundong.
The place for the tea fight was decided to be Fushenan in the Kamikyo area of Kyoto, where the Omotesen family lived.
Early in the morning, various news vehicles were parked near Fushenan in Kyoto. Countless TV stations and reporters gathered here. Reporters and hosts from various TV stations in Japan were reporting loudly about the upcoming event here.
Everything that is alive.
Chimasayuki, the head of the Omotesen family, took a bath and changed clothes early and waited at the door of Fushen-an. Although the heads of Iemoto families of other Japanese sects did not obtain the final qualifications, they all took a bath and changed clothes early and arrived at Fushen-an.
, waiting for the start of this unprecedented event.
Since Li Yundong and others have not yet arrived, the reporters and hosts of Japanese TV stations focused on introducing the background of Li Yundong and others. The Japanese press is relatively free and rarely conceals Li Yundong's identity and background, but only Li Yundong and his
The Tenji Mysterious Fox was closely related to the Battle of Nasuno and Tianlong Mountain, and the indirect impact and losses it caused on the Japanese spiritual world were kept secret.
Tanaka Misa also took an early bath, changed into a set of beautiful kimonos, and followed Ise Izumo to Fushenan to wait for the tea party to begin. Accompanying her were the wealthy sons of Japan's major chaebols and nobles.
, they walked together as a group, chattering and speculating about the outcome of the tea party along the way.
When they walked to Bu Shen'an, they saw a row of famous tea ceremony masters sitting in the corridor at the entrance of Bu Shen'an. In the lobby next to Bu Shen'an, there were important figures from various sects in the spiritual world sitting. These figures
Kneeling on the spot, each of them had an astonishing momentum. A group of people looked at each other with daggers and axes, which frightened these noble ladies and young men who were usually arrogant and high-minded. They were so nervous that they didn't even dare to raise their eyebrows.
Take another breath.
The group of them bowed all the way, walked through the corridor, and came to another courtyard. After sitting down, they breathed a sigh of relief. When a gust of draft blew through, they realized that their backs were already covered with blood.
A layer of cold sweat, wet and uncomfortable.
Ise Izumo was supposed to follow Ise Shenguang and sit in the lobby where the practice community was, but she had a very close relationship with Tanaka Misa, so she was pulled to sit among this group of noble lords and ladies.
As soon as the two of them sat down, Tanaka Misa couldn't wait to ask: "Izumo, who do you think will win this tea fight?"
Ise Izumo didn't even think about it and said immediately: "Of course His Highness, Lord Mingwang, can win."
Tanaka Misaki asked: "Why?"
There was also a young and handsome man next to him who couldn't help but interjected: "Miss Izumo, you said this wrong. Just now so many of us came in and were noticed by so many great masters and craftsmen, not to mention that the performance was extremely strict.
I have mastered the art of tea ceremony, and even if I want to take a normal breath, I can't do it. I think it would be great if the Chinese people were fighting tea in such an environment without being scared to the point of incontinence!"
The others burst out laughing at this time. When they laughed, other tea ceremony masters and spiritual masters on both sides looked at them, and they were immediately frightened into silence.
In Japan, the prestige of the masters in the world of tea ceremony and spiritual practice is extremely high, and their every move and gesture has a majesty and aura that is unimaginable to ordinary people. When these noble ladies and young men entered the arena just now, there was a huge majesty in the arena.
The pressure left a very deep impression on them. Many of them had been trained as successors since they were young. They were all people who had experienced great turmoil and had seen the world. To put it bluntly, it was hard to see the emperor every day.
It's just a normal thing like eating and drinking.
But when they came in before, it was as if they had entered the gate of hell. They were scared to death. They really couldn't imagine how a person could complete the complicated and strict process of tea fighting in such an environment. Maybe, without being scared to the point of peeing his pants,
You're just lucky, right?
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Thank you all heroes for spending your money and seals. I would like to express my gratitude.