No one expected that Long Yuan Shengxue, the pinnacle art masterpiece in the history of Chinese tea, would reappear in the hands of Qian Zhengzhi!
Anyone who knows Ryuen Katsuki cannot imagine how much money and resources it takes to make such a small, seemingly inconspicuous tea ball. And most importantly, this is not something you can do with just money!
In the Song Dynasty, due to tea fighting, the whole country was extravagant and extravagant, especially the production of Dragon and Phoenix tea balls. It was often only one or two of the best tea leaves that could be used to make tea balls out of 10,000 kilograms of high-grade tea, and these two were then screened.
Many will be eliminated, and in the end there will often be extremely serious waste. This situation of raising has greatly increased the living burden of the people. Therefore, after the demise of the Song Dynasty and the short-lived Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was born in a poor farmer, knew very well that the people
Because of the pain, he specifically ordered the tea fight to be abolished.
It is precisely because of this that the grand event of tea fighting gradually disappeared in China and only existed in Japan. Especially the Dragon and Phoenix Tea Group that emerged because of tea fighting, and the pinnacle of the tea group, "Long Yuan Sheng Xue", were also annihilated in Japan.
In the long history, this has not reappeared in the world until today.
When the tea ceremony masters of other schools in Japan saw Chimasayuki taking out the Ryuen Katsuyuki to make tea, they were so excited that they even stood up in a daze. Especially when Chimasaki made the tea, white mist boiled out of the teapot like a dragon.
Like a phoenix, the clouds were steaming in the Bujing Temple, and when the sun shone outside, it really looked like a rainbow hanging in the sky. It was so magnificent and magical that some of them even burst into tears. They wished they could taste this tea, the pinnacle of the legendary tea ceremony, Ryuen Katsuyuki.
What does it feel like?
Su Chan, Zi Yuan and others were even more distracted looking at the various wonders in Bu Shen'an Tea Garden, and their hearts felt cold. Before Qian Zhengzhi took out Longyuan Shengxue, Ziyuan still had a trace of luck in her heart, but she could wait for Qian Zhengzhi.
After taking out Long Yuan Shengxue, she knew that this tea fight had almost no chance of winning and no meaning.
What is involved in fighting tea? First, fighting tea utensils, which have extremely strict requirements for materials, utensils and cooking methods, then fighting tea products, then water quality, and finally the fighting techniques.
During the Song Dynasty, the standard for judging the outcome of a tea fight was "the one with a bright complexion and no water marks on the tea cup is regarded as the best. In the Jian'an competition, the one with the first water mark will be the loser, and the one with the longest lasting water mark will be the winner." That is to say.
It is said that there are two aspects that are most important in tea fighting. The former is brown color, which depends on the equipment, tea products, water quality, charcoal fire, heat control and other hard skills, while the latter is water marks, which depends on the tea art of the tea maker.
Exquisite and other soft skills.
Often in a tea fight, a skilled tea ceremony master cannot decide the outcome in one round, so he has to win two out of three rounds, and the one who shows water marks first loses.
But Qian Zhengzhi, who has been dealing with tea all his life and studying tea art all his life, how could he make a mistake on this?
Everyone saw that his movements were slow and light, like a dancer dancing slowly. His movements were not only precise, but also elegant. Especially when dividing tea, his control of strength had reached a subtle level.
Qianzhengzhilun's cultivation skills are not as good as those of Li Yundong, but anyone who dedicates his life to one thing can often reach the pinnacle, just like an oil seller who can skillfully and quickly pour oil into the eyes of money.
, it was admirable, but he revealed the secret with one word: There is no other person but familiar hands and ears!
This is the principle that practice makes perfect. Qian Zheng has spent his whole life thinking about how to make tea and how to study tea art. He can perfectly divide tea with his eyes closed.
When Ziyuan saw him sharing the tea, the Qianjia eggplants in her hands were rising and falling. The tea in the pot was like a silver chain pouring down like a long dragon, but when it landed on the rabbit cup, there was no splash or even a trace of water.
Water marks are really magical in the eyes of others.
Ziyuan also hoped that he would make some mistakes in the most difficult step of dividing the tea. Seeing the old man's steady movements and posture, her heart dropped to the bottom.
After General Qian Zheng finished dividing the tea, everyone burst into thunderous cheers.
Qian Zhengzhi put Qianjia Eggplant in front of him, made a gesture of invitation towards Li Yundong, and then gestured towards the judges in Bu Shen'an Tea Hall. Each of these judges was so excited that they could not speak.
An old man said with tears in his eyes: "Master Qianzheng's tea products, water products, utensils, and art products all represent the pinnacle of tea ceremony in the world today. We are waiting to see you today, and this life is not in vain!"
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Others also agreed, and looked at Li Yundong with a strange look, as if to say: Why are you still shamelessly staying here, are you still waiting to humiliate yourself? How many people in this world are fighting for tea?
Mr. Xiang Qianzheng has already reached the limit, can you still break this limit? Really, let’s go, it’s really embarrassing!
Li Yundong seemed not to understand their gazes. He just looked at Qian Zhengzhi with a slight smile and clapped gently. To be fair, Qian Zhengzhi's attainments in tea ceremony have really reached the extreme level that a tea ceremony master can achieve. His
Every move is like a precise measurement, reaching a level that cannot be perfectly imitated by a machine. The most commendable thing is that in such an extremely precise and almost mechanized movement process, he can still perfectly embody the "peaceful silence" in the Japanese tea ceremony.
In the four-character realm, being called a master is indeed not a name for nothing.
Out of respect for the old man in front of him during the tea ceremony, Li Yundong had no choice but to express his respect by applauding.
Seeing Li Yundong applauding, Qian Zhengzhi finally had a smile on his face. He bowed slightly and said, "Mr. Li, do you want to continue the tea fight?"
In his opinion, this tea fight has no meaning anymore. As the leader of the Omotesen family, he often faces challenges from various schools of tea ceremony, as well as challenges from the Satosenke and the warrior Koji Senke. Although the three of them
The schools are also passed down from Sen no Rikyu, just like three sons with the same father and mother. Although they are all inherited from the same source, they all have their own sects and fight openly and secretly in private, which has not stopped for hundreds of years.
In order to cope with such continuous challenges, the Omotesen family took advantage of their opportunity to serve the nobles and secretly began to secretly make Ryuen Katsuyuki, the pinnacle of tea ceremony, in order to completely defeat all the opponents of the Omotesen family in one fell swoop and let them in the future
I no longer dare to take a peek at their throne.
This small black tea cake can be said to have consumed the savings of several generations of Biao Qian's family. Now that it is taken out, it has the power to determine the country. Qian Zhengzhi himself cannot imagine how Li Yundong can defeat him.
Li Yundong smiled slightly and said to Qian Zhengzhi: "Of course, Qian Zhengzhi made me see the beauty of Japanese tea ceremony, but I also want Qian Zhengzhi to see the true meaning of the so-called tea ceremony."
Qian Zhengzhi was surprised by this, and then became displeased. He had been immersed in the tea ceremony for decades. Generations of his family had been tea ceremony masters. It could be said that his family had a long history of learning. His status in the tea ceremony was unparalleled among all living beings, but it happened in front of him. This young man with barely a hair on his mouth actually spoke out educational words one after another, which was really unpleasant to listen to.
This is like a young man who has just started to practice, grabbing Zhang Tianshi's sleeve and saying shamelessly: "Hey, that awesome old man, let me teach you what real practice is!"
This simply makes all the practitioners in the world laugh out loud!
You, Li Yundong, may have reached the pinnacle of spiritual practice, but although spiritual practice and tea ceremony have similarities, they are two different paths after all. The so-called separate paths are like mountains apart, and you can't just talk and get away with it!
Qian Zhengzhi was also considered to have excellent cultivation. Although he was displeased, he still made a very polite gesture of invitation.
Li Yundong was not polite, and then waved to Shen Hui, who was holding the tea can, and Su Chan, who was holding the tea set.
Su Chan and Shen Hui stepped forward, walked directly into the tea hall of Bu Shen'an, and placed the tea sets and tea cans in front of Li Yundong. Although Shen Hui had participated in the tea culture and art competition in Soochow City, but such Compared with the one in front of me, the formation was like a child playing house. She usually had a bad temper, but here she didn't even dare to take a breath, let alone speak, while Su Chan did He boldly asked in a low voice: "Yundong, can you win?"
Li Yundong gave her a gentle smile and said, "Just watch from the side."
As he spoke, he sat down cross-legged and without following any tea ceremony procedures, he opened the tea can and took out the tea leaves from the mother tree Dahongpao. He took a tea leaf casually, which was exactly what Ziyuan said. The only water bud that could be selected to become Ryuuen Katsuyuki.
Li Yundong threw the tea leaf into the tea bowl. He held a pot next to him and poured some water. A Da Hong Pao tea leaf floated in the tea bowl.
Seeing that Li Yundong did not follow the rules of the tea ceremony at all, the other people in Bu Shen'an didn't even know how to choose tea, how to make tea, and the order in which tea was made, and they burst into laughter.
Some of them were rude and even made sarcastic remarks on the spot.
Su Chan couldn't help but glare at these people, but Li Yundong turned a deaf ear. He put his hands on his knees, looked at the tea bowl in front of him with a smile, and then nuzzled at Shen Hui beside him, signaling for her to light a fire and boil water.
Shen Hui turned pale with fright from the ridicule all around. She didn't dare to move. Li Yundong smiled at her and said, "It's okay. Just boil water."
When Shen Hui saw that his smile was so warm, it seemed to radiate a power that suddenly made her feel more energetic. She somehow calmed down, and she boldly knelt down next to him to boil water.
When the other Japanese saw it, this was simply ridiculous. They had never heard of anyone helping during the tea ceremony!
The sarcasm became louder for a while, but Shen Hui was boiling water while secretly looking at the boy next to him, thinking that the first time he saw him, he was in a clothing store. The perverted demon that I misunderstood at the beginning has now grown into a person who can face the ridicule of so many masters and craftsmen without changing his expression.
Shen Hui was thinking wildly for a while, but suddenly she heard the laughter in Bujuan Nunnery suddenly became much quieter. She couldn't help but come back to take a look, but her eyes widened and she stared at Li Yundong in shock.
The tea leaves in the tea bowl in front of Li Yundong actually sprouted by themselves. After a while, it grew into a miniature tea tree in front of Li Yundong. It was clearly a Dahongpao tea tree.
The buds on the tea tree are new and green, as if they are jade buds, making people want to go up and touch them to see if they are real.
Everyone in the Bujian Temple was dumbfounded, but they saw Li Yundong reaching out to pick about a dozen tea leaves on the tea tree. With a wave of his hand, the tea tree quickly aged, withered, and finally died at a speed visible to the naked eye. It turned into a puddle of ashes and disappeared with a touch of Li Yundong's hand.
At this time, the tea next to it had also been boiled. Li Yundong picked up the kettle and poured down the tea leaves in the tea bowl.
This time he poured water, let alone water marks, all the water splashed out and dripped on the table. If judged according to the rules of tea fighting, this could be a direct defeat.
However, Li Yundong looked calm. After making the tea, he gently fanned the steam on the tea bowl. Immediately, the whole Bu Shen'an felt the fragrance of tea, elegant and fragrant, intoxicating.
When Qian Zhengzhi saw that Li Yundong had finished making tea and was sitting there contentedly, sipping the tea to himself, he asked in surprise: "Mr. Li, is this your tea ceremony?"
Li Yundong took a sip of tea, put down the cup, laughed, and said: "No, this should be your tea ceremony."
As soon as he said this, people around him immediately shouted loudly: "Nonsense, this is not our tea ceremony! You ignorant boy, stop embarrassing yourself and offering treasures here!"
Li Yundong smiled and glanced in the direction where he was speaking, and then said to Qian Zhengzhi: "Master Qian Zhengzhi, have you ever heard of Yishi?"
Qian Zhengzhi frowned and asked, "What poem?"
Li Yundong immediately slapped the table and chanted: "Boil the water, add the tea leaves, and drink the tea in a proper way. That's all you need to know. Apart from that, there is nothing about tea!"
As soon as Li Yundong read this poem, the sarcasm and shouting around him suddenly stopped, and almost all Japanese people looked at each other.
Chimasagi stood there dumbfounded. He naturally knew this poem. This poem not only described the highest state of tea ceremony in vernacular, but the most important and crucial thing is...it was written by Chisasagi's ancestor, Sen no Rikyu. !
Qian Zhengzhi suddenly realized a terrible problem: if he refuted this poem, he would be refuting his ancestors, the supreme tea sage of Japanese tea ceremony, and even the Japanese tea ceremony; but if he did not refute this poem, it would be equivalent to agreeing with what Li Yundong said. Everything you do is the real tea ceremony, which is equivalent to giving up!
Not only Qian Zhengzhi realized this, but almost all the Japanese who saw this scene realized this. A tea fight that had no suspense suddenly took a violent and dramatic turn, which only shocked them. Some of them were stunned. Many people even cursed in their hearts: I'm so jealous of you, Male Gobi! I've seen shameless people, but I've never seen anyone so shameless! You don't even want to drag out your ancestors to use them as spearmen!!
Sen no Rikyu-sama, did you provoke me? I was shot even while I was lying down!
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4,000 words of update. I have been busy with my work in the past two days. I have been trying to sleep all day long. I am jet lagged. I lay in bed last night and stayed awake all night. I woke up as early as possible and yawned all day long. I quickly updated it first. Don’t wait tonight.
, definitely not, I went to bed early and quickly reversed the jet lag~~
People who stay up all night can't afford to get hurt. As I get older, staying up late is definitely not suitable for Sajia... Amitabha, fish and rice tofu~~~