Chapter 13: The Missing Girl
Bai Chu poured boiling water into the teapot again, soaked for a while, took out two small tea cups from the Yuezhou kiln with bamboo clips, poured the tea soup, filled it with seven points, put it on the tray, and gave the tea to Dongfang Yixian with both hands, and said, "Young Master, please use tea." ”
Subsequently, he served tea to Dongfang Yichen and said: "Brother Yichen, taste the ancestral tea of the villain's family, this tea has a history of three hundred years." ”
Dongfang Yichen hurriedly stood up, took the tray with both hands, and said, "Thank you, Brother Bai, it's too precious." ”
Dongfang Yixian took a sip, only to feel that there was an indescribable fragrance between his lips and teeth, soft as if there was nothing, the feeling was light in the mouth, as if there was nothing, but the aftertaste was ecstasy. From the lips and teeth to the throat, you can even feel the tea in your lungs, and your stomach and intestines are comfortable, as if you have taken the elixir.
Dongfang Yichen drank the tea in the cup and praised: "This tea should only be in the sky, I was captured by tea for the first time in my life, Brother Bai is a real tea fairy." The taste of this kind of fairy tea is wonderful. No wonder the tea garden took the initiative to kill, how did Brother Bai get out of trouble?"
Bai Chu carried the teapot, poured tea for the two young masters, put down the pot, and continued to say the previous words: "I was trapped in the house with Shiguang, and there was no way to escape, looking at the courtyard There were seven or eight tea garden guards with spears, holding torches, and shouted: "Come out quickly, I've been waiting for you for a long time." ”
Bai Chu said: "I tied the tea leaves to Shiguang's body, let him escape through the back window, and I went out to deal with them." Shiguang grabbed me and said, "Don't panic, when I came, I already told the old man Dongfang, you wait, see the situation, if they break in, I will go through the back window." ”
I said hurriedly, "How can you tell the old man of the East? ”
At this time, the courtyard gate suddenly opened, and a team of officers and soldiers entered, followed by the carriage of the Oriental Master, and the guards of the tea garden were so frightened that they did not dare to speak out when they saw the government intervening.
I only heard the officer say loudly: "Forcing the tea slave to death, killing innocents indiscriminately, and you broke into the Bai family again, what are you going to do? Is there any royal law, and you still look at me in your eyes?"
When the guards of the tea garden saw this battle, they knew that there was a reason for the incident, and they couldn't afford to provoke it, so they hurriedly bowed and said, "My lord, we are just acting on orders, so we will go back and tell the master." ”
The officer said angrily: "Dare to be a slave, and you still want to report the news? The soldiers swarmed up and escorted the guards of the tea plantation.
Seeing this, Bai Chu and Shiguang hurriedly came out of the room, and the old man of the East sent the two of them into the carriage, and he exchanged pleasantries with the officer for a while, took out a bag of silver, and stuffed it into the officer's hand, and the officer repeatedly excused himself before accepting it.
The officer knelt down and thanked him: "Thank you Dongfang Master, rest assured, the lower official will never let Bai Chu's parents and sister succumb to death, and will definitely severely punish the murderer and give you an explanation." ”
Bai Chu didn't seem to believe his ears, nor his eyes, and said: "The old man of the East has great powers? The lord of the manor who killed your parents will not be rewarded, you look at the officer's methods, he is the old man's subordinate." ”
Bai Chu saw that the two young masters had finished drinking tea, and hurriedly added tea. Dongfang Yichen tasted this hard-won Pu'er tea, and for the first time in his life, he had a sense of admiration for his father.
Dongfang Yixian let out a long breath and said, "This tea can't be poured into a donkey, and it is already very luxurious to taste it carefully." ”
Bai Chu said: "The Pu'er tea that can withstand eight to ten brews has reached the limit, but the three-hundred-year-old Pu'er tea can be brewed all day, no matter how much boiling water is injected, its taste is always the same, this is its precious place." ”
Dongfang Yichen said: "So magical?"
Bai Chu said: "Don't hide it from Brother Yichen, when Bai Chu and his sister are at home, they often beg their mother to give them a good cup of tea, and their mother takes out a little bit of scrap and puts it in the cold water tank at home, we can drink it for a long time, and the half moon water has a residual fragrance." ”
Dongfang Yichen praised: "It's amazing. ”
Dongfang Yixian picked up the account book and began to flip through it, but after reading a few pages, he was disturbed by the cry of a woman outside, and asked Bai Chu, "Who is crying?"
Bai Chu said: "The eldest young master, it is the tea master Fuguang's family who has no daughter, and the lady is crazy and crying every day, so the villain will send someone to send her home." Bai Chu called his men and told her to send her back.
Dongfang Yixian asked: "I remember the little girl of the Fuguang family, called Rou'er, smart and clever, now about eleven or twelve years old, what's wrong with this child?"
Bai Chu looked out, gently closed the door, and said in a low voice: "Young Master, everyone knows that Rou'er is missing, but no one knows the truth, he was kidnapped from his home, and when he left, he threw a bag of wheat to Fuguang's family, threatening him to behead him all over the house if he dared to say it."
Master Fuguang didn't dare to make a noise, his wife was in a hurry, and he came out to find his daughter every day, a good woman, and she was so crazy. ”
"It's too much to deceive people!" Dongfang Yichen slapped the table angrily and said, "Who is so rampant?"
Bai Chu said: "Brother Yichen is angry, this matter has something to do with the Yellow Turban Army, but what kind of relationship, outsiders don't know, but I heard that the general Zhang Bao has a friend name "Changyang Dao Chief", the magic power is strong, and he is still above his brother Zhang Jiao, Zhang Bao obeys his words, they search for girls everywhere, and I don't know what the use is? ”
Dongfang Yixian said thoughtfully: "Bai Chu, you can count how many people who have lost their daughters in our tea garden and its semicolon, give me the list of missing people, and I will ask my friends in the official road to dredge up the relationship and see if I can buy it back." In addition, gather the families of young girls to see if they are willing to let their children go to the vinegar factory under the jurisdiction of the fourth aunt to temporarily avoid the limelight, and say that the vinegar factory is recruiting. ”
"Young Master, you are really a living bodhisattva who saves suffering!" Bai Chu shook his ground, his eyes were red, and he choked up: "Soft, Brother Bai Chu shouts every day, she has an accident, I feel sad, but there is no way at all."
These days, the tea master has no intention of stir-frying the tea, and the tea that is fried can't be used, and I can't bear to blame it, so I secretly throw it away. Tea women are afraid to go out and hide their children at home. With your move, our tea garden will come to life. ”