The Hou Mansion is located in the north of Changye City, which is far away from the downtown area, and the official road is quiet and wide, with red walls and golden tiles on both sides, and ancient trees towering to the sky.

Ye Heng came to the Hou Mansion alone, and the guards had received the instructions of the Hou Ye, and directly notified a maid to bring Ye Heng into the study of the Northwest Hou.

Northwest Hou Li Fu was splashing ink in the study, Ye Heng was inconvenient to disturb, and stood silently aside. Raising his eyes, he cast his eyes on the handwriting of the Northwest Marquis, and savored the ink treasure on the desk. I saw a five-character poem leaping onto the page, which read:

Dedicated to building meritorious deeds, looking for a marquis. Turning to fight 100,000 miles, the sword swings the white bones.

Successful and tired, famous and tired. Regret not to the bright moon, leisurely raise the wine.

The words are like a dragon, vigorous and powerful, the pen sweeps thousands of troops, and the momentum is magnificent!

Words are like people, look at their words, know their people, from the words written by a person, you can see a lot of information about this person, such as personality and mood. Hou Ye's words are just like his personality, just and majestic, calm and chic, and they are extremely atmospheric when you look at them carefully!

Reading its content again and tasting its poetry made Ye Heng even more awe-inspired. Poetry is the voice of the heart, which contains the author's most sincere feelings and the most delicate psychology. Read the content carefully, and slowly you can understand a person, taste its artistic conception, and gradually understand his heart.

This poem should be a true portrayal of the heart of the Hou of the Northwest! The first four sentences reveal a kind of high-spirited pride in building meritorious deeds! The two sentences of "Turning to a battle of 100,000 miles, swinging the sword and waving the white bones" even describe the heroic and good fighting of the Hou Ye at the beginning, the mighty and invincible, and the kind of pride that swallowed the mountains and rivers jumped in front of him! It is just the fame of the white bones that is piled up, which also reflects the tragedy and ruthlessness of the war, and there is also a bit of sadness and desolation in the product.

The last four sentences reveal the true temperament of being burdened by fame, tired of officialdom, and tired of false fame. All kinds of things in the past are suddenly like dreams, regretting not at the beginning, it is better to have a clear breeze and a bright moon, and invite the wine to the moon. It can be seen from this that Hou Li Fu of the Northwest is not a warlike person, what he yearns for is a leisurely and elegant life, and what he has is also a simple and refined feeling.

It seems that nine times out of ten those who are unsatisfactory in life, even if they are such high-ranking and powerful figures as the Marquis of Northwest China, their hearts are also very depressed, and they are not as beautiful and free and easy as they seem on the surface! They also have their suffering, but this kind of suffering cannot be confided, and this kind of pain has nowhere to vent. Decades of mood, decades of entanglement, finally turned into a few words, just a few crosses. It's touching to read, and it's heartwarming to taste.

Hou Ye's poem stopped, gently put the pen aside, and then looked at his own poems, silent and solemn.

Ye Heng knew that at this time, the Northwest Hou's heart must be turbulent, and he couldn't be calm, so he was even more reluctant to disturb, and tried his best to control his breath and try his best to make the Northwest Hou ignore himself.

After a long time, the Northwest Hou Fang raised his head and turned around, and asked Ye Heng, "Hou Sheng, do you see something?"

The term "posterity" is the name of young men in the northwest, and it is generally the nickname of the elders to the younger generations.

Ye Heng hurriedly replied: "The juniors are stupid and can't see anything. ”

Hou Ye looked at Ye Heng and asked with a smile, "Really?"

"Please also make it clear?" Ye Heng said without humility or arrogance.

"That's it, let's not talk about that. Seeing that Ye Heng was reluctant to comment on his works in front of him, knowing that he was restrained, Hou Ye turned around and motioned Ye Heng to come to the living room with him, and the two guests sat down, Hou Ye said: "Ye Heng, I didn't expect you to come to see me so early, much earlier than I expected, yes, yes!"

Ye Heng hurriedly replied: "Thanks to Hou Ye's love, Ye Heng is terrified! It's just that he was still in retreat some time ago, so it's long overdue, and I hope Hou Ye won't blame him!"

"Hahahaha, I thought you would come to see me before the decisive battle of Thousand Buddha Mountain, but I didn't expect to come now, what is the crime of acting like this? Not only is it not guilty, but it also makes me feel a little appreciative. Hou Ye's mood is obviously good, I don't know if he is happy because he has just completed a work, or because Ye Heng came to visit in advance, and then he ordered his subordinates to serve tea.

As soon as Ye Heng sat down, Hou Ye asked straight to the point: "You came this time, presumably because of my message last time, right?"

"Exactly. Ye Heng got up from his seat, raised his hand and saluted, and said with a solemn expression: "Thank you Lord Hou for speaking out and saving me a lot of trouble in the Fengbing Pavilion!"

"Actually, I should say thank you for being the one who took advantage of you!" Northwest Hou raised his hand to signal Ye Heng to sit down, and as soon as the two sat down, a maid brought two Huaixiang tea, "Come, drink tea." Hou Ye said as he motioned to Ye Heng to use tea.

Ye Heng did not shirk, raised his glass and lifted the lid, and a fragrance greeted him, which made people feel refreshed, "Good tea!" After a compliment, he took a deep sip, only to feel that the tea was sweet and fragrant, and it was unbearable to swallow it at once. Taste with a tongue, only feel empty as nothing, swallow down the throat, only feel that the entrance of this tea is calm, but the swallow is light, the aftertaste is endless!

"It's really good tea!" couldn't help but praise Ye Heng again.

Hou Ye smiled: "Ye Heng, in fact, what you drank just now is just the most ordinary camellia in this Changye City, which is picked from the mountains thirty miles outside the city. The reason why it is delicious is not because of the tea, but because of the water and the skills of the people who make it. ”

"Oh, how do you say that?" Ye Heng asked with interest.

It seems that this Northwest Hou Li Fu loves to drink tea very much, and he is also very interested in it, seeing Ye Heng ask about tea, he showed joy on his face, and talked eloquently: "First of all, this water, no matter what kind of tea, the tea will be in the water, eighths of the tea meets ten of the water, and the tea is also very good; The water for boiling tea is the best to choose the water from the mountain, especially the mountain milk spring flowing down from the stone pond is the best, the river water is second, and the well water is the worst. And the water used to boil tea today is taken from the mountain spring in the hanging mountain, so how can the tea not be fragrant?"

Ye Heng nodded and listened very seriously.

"With good tea and good water, the people who make tea have extraordinary skills. It is not easy to brew a good pot of tea, first of all, the character of the person who makes the tea needs to be equal to the tea, and secondly, the craftsmanship of the tea maker. If you can't hide the smoke and springs, mountains and rocks in your heart, people who are upset and bored will not be able to make a good pot of tea anyway. Ye Heng, do you think what the old man said is reasonable?" Speaking of this, the Northwest Marquis asked with a deep meaning.

"What Hou Ye said is very true, although Xiao Ke doesn't understand one of the ways of tea, he has also heard a little. But it was the first time I heard something as profound and clear as what Hou Ye said. Ye Heng replied sincerely, although it was a word of appreciation, but there was no flattery.

Li Fu naturally saw that Ye Heng's words were sincere, smiled, and continued: "When it comes to tea art, I have to mention some tea. When ordering tea, there is more tea and more water, and you can't make good tea. If there is less tea and more water, the clouds and feet will be scattered, and if there is more tea and less water, the porridge will be gathered. However, ordering tea is not the hardest, it is the hardest thing to fully grasp the suitability of boiling tea! If the water is not ripe, the tea foam will float on the surface of the water, and if the water is too ripe, the tea will sink to the bottom. But when boiling water, the water is in the pot, and it is impossible to see whether it is raw or cooked, and it is all based on the feelings of the tea maker, or the thoughts, to judge when it is best to order tea. This requires not only the skilled skills of the tea maker, but also the peace of mind when making tea, both of which are indispensable. Therefore, no matter how good the tea is, if you want to brew the true taste in it, the key is to have a good tea maker. Just like the death of a good horse, there are often thousands of horses, but if you can't meet a person who understands horses and horses like Bole, you can't gallop and gallop thousands of miles throughout your life, don't you say?"

Ye Heng was fascinated when he heard it, but he didn't want Hou Ye to ask this question, so he drank the remaining tea in the cup, thought for a while, and said: "Hou Ye, now is the season of early spring, and today's tea is the tea of spring, presumably from last year, I don't know if Xiao Ke's guess is right?"

Seeing that Ye Heng didn't answer directly, Hou Ye didn't care, and said with a smile: "Your guess is right, it is the tea of last year's spring." ”

"Master Hou, even though you are a tea lover, if you want to drink the tea of spring in this early spring season, you can only temporarily drink aged tea to relieve your appetite. If you drink new tea, you will have to wait a little longer. During this time, the tea makers in your house may wish to familiarize themselves with the skills of making tea, so that they can taste authentic and delicious new tea, what do you think of Xiao Ke's proposal?" Ye Heng looked at the Northwest Hou and asked with a smile.

Although the two are talking about tea, they both mean something else, this is the communication between smart people, and many things have answers in the conversation and laughter.

Northwest Hou stroked his neat beard a few times, nodded and replied: "Well, it's very good! Nine boiling and nine crossings can brew the true taste of tea, and the grasp of the fire is really the key." The old man must have let people concentrate on practice, take care of it, and have to tell them not to break the old man's hard-won tea set when practicing tea; but when boiling tea, the tea will inevitably go through a water frying fire, which is a doomed thing, if this process is missing, it is boiling water, not boiling tea. And the old man likes to drink tea, in order to get a pot of good tea, thousands of mountains and rivers will also go, just hope that when the spring comes, don't let the old man down. ”

What Hou Ye said is that it is not easy to find a suitable set of tea sets, and if you accidentally destroy the utensils, you will no longer be able to brew today's good tea. As for the tea of Zhengchun, when Ye Heng personally went to pick it, he would definitely find some good tea for Hou Ye. Ye Heng's eyes were blazing, and he said in a firm tone.

"Then the old man is waiting for good news!" Northwest Hou laughed and said: "Good tea with good water, the old man will not be idle during this time, he will find some good water, and then use it to cook your good tea! The mountain is thick and the spring water is also thick, the mountain is strange and the spring water is also strange, the mountain is clear and the spring water is also quiet, these waters are all very good water, no matter what, the old man must prepare the most suitable water for your tea, hahahaha!"

Hearing this, Ye Heng knew that the purpose of this trip had been achieved, so he hurriedly got up and thanked him: "Then thank you Hou Ye!" As he spoke, he picked up the best long sword he brought, and gave it to Hou Ye, saying: "This is the long sword that I built by Feng Bing Pavilion myself, a small gift, not a tribute, and I hope Hou Ye will accept it with a smile!"

Northwest Hou took the long sword, Cang Langlang pulled out the sword, only to see the blade of the sword like frost, the sword body streamer, Hou Ye's eyes suddenly showed appreciation: "Good sword......!

When Hou Ye looked at Ye Heng again, his eyes became solemn, and he said in an accentuated tone: "Such a magic skill, coming out again, I'm afraid I will face some wind and rain, your sword, it's not easy to take it!"

"Then what does Master Hou mean that he doesn't dare to take it?" Ye Heng asked with a smile.

"Hahahaha, Hou Sheng, playing tricks in front of the old man, you are still too tender. You don't have to provoke, since the old man invited you to the house, how can there be any reason not to dare to accept what you send. I just want to remind you, be careful in everything, it is easy to break if it is too rigid, and it will last forever! Don't lie in front of the Ming people, you also know what you have in your hands, the wolf clan, success is also because of it, defeat is also by it, how to use it, you have to think twice!"

"Success is also because of it, and defeat is also due to it!" As soon as these words came out, Ye Heng understood that Hou Ye must know some inside stories. Suddenly, hearing that someone knew the news related to the extermination of the Heavenly Wolf Clan, Ye Heng's eyes suddenly lit up, and he wanted to know more news, but Ye Heng was just about to ask, Northwest Hou hurriedly waved his hand to stop it, and said: "Don't ask, I won't say if you ask!" Ye Heng, according to your current strength, it's better not to know, when your achievements are above mine, come and inquire again, I will tell you everything I know." However, if you want to reach that height, you have to keep honing it. At the same time, you've got to make sure you're alive until then, you know?"

Ye Heng's emotions became excited when he heard the news about the extermination of the clan, but his Adam's apple shook but he couldn't speak, he nodded vigorously, and his eyes burst out with bright red bloodshots.

This is the first time that someone has mentioned the Sky Wolf Clan in front of Ye Heng, and Hou Ye obviously knows some inside stories, and at the same time, Hou Ye should have guessed that Ye Heng must have something to do with the Sky Wolf Clan. But he doesn't say it, but maintains it everywhere, and there must be deep meaning in doing so.