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According to historical records, during the reign of Emperor Jingrong, there were many rebellions of the demon clan. Among them, there are two of the most talked-about, the first is the time when the Monkey King is making trouble in the Heavenly Palace, which is familiar to even the human world, and the second is the desert night attack led by Shen Yuan, the former Dragon King of the West Sea.
Although both of these events are famous for the Emperor's personal involvement in the battle, they are completely different in nature. In the previous war, the enemies that the Heavenly Realm had to face were all people of the Demon Race, and in the latter war, not only the leader of Shen Yuan was a god, but even in the ranks of the enemy army, there were many people from the God Race who had defected.
Of course, the annals record the war only a few times, far from being so detailed. The credit for these two events to become stories is all due to the people who participated in these two wars and survived. It is said that the Monkey King was able to make a fuss in the Heavenly Palace known to the human realm because a member of the Heavenly Realm One God Clan got drunk during his training in the lower human realm, and leaked the matter to the gentleman who was drinking at the same table with him at the time. When he sobered up, he was shocked to find that this incident was unusual, so he wrote a book, which made this incident widely circulated in the human world and became a model of mythological stories. As for the desert night attack incident, it can become a topic of conversation after dinner, and it is all the credit of a tea house owner.
It was a very strange teahouse, and almost overnight, it quietly appeared on the corner of Yuzhou Road.
There is almost no decoration on the outside of its door, except for a solid black plaque hanging on the lintel. On the plaque, the three large characters "Remembering the Afterlife" are written in gold paint to indicate the name of the shop. These three words look strong and powerful, very strong, and the tea customers who come to this shop who know a little bit of calligraphy will praise it, but there are also a few discerning people who can see that the more valuable thing is actually the black plaque.
First-time visitors to this shop would certainly not have thought that this is a teahouse, because it looks so ordinary on the outside, there is no hint at all, and it will not attract anyone's attention at all, but compared to its simple appearance, its inside, it will surprise people the moment you open the door.
On the left-hand side of the hall, heavy and quaint curtains block the sunlight from the glass, and an entire wall, like a private library, is inlaid with thirteen-meter-high twelve-story shelves, filled with books of all kinds from ancient times to the present. In front of the bookshelves, four square tables with four wooden chairs are arranged simply and neatly, and on each table is an old-fashioned candlestick. Such chairs are obviously not as comfortable as the armchairs in coffee shops, but if you look closely, you will see that the edges of the tables and the armrests and backrests of the chairs are carved with delicate patterns, which are not only exquisitely made, but also have a very classical charm.
On the right hand side of the hall, near the window, there is a small solid wood tea table for tea masters to use to make tea. Next to the small tea table, there is a large board about seven meters long for tea lovers to communicate. Behind the slabs, there is also a row of shelves displaying all the tea leaves sold in the store.
In addition to the unusual interior decoration, this store also has a special feature, that is, there is not a single woman in the whole store except for four handsome men with picturesque eyebrows. And the division of labor of these four people is extremely clear, the owner of the shop who looks cold and elegant is also the only tea master in the store, the youngest looking but somewhat dull-looking young man is responsible for serving tea and pouring water, cleaning, slightly older, always very serious and never smiling is responsible for cooking, and the last chic and most easy-going is the lecturer in the store, who is responsible for the weekly tea art class.
Because of the existence of these four people, there is an endless stream of female tea customers in the teahouse, but on the 17th of every month, it will be full of customers. These people didn't come here for tea, just to hear the storyteller tell such a story.
This is a special program here, and from the opening day, every 17th, an unknown old man in a long shirt will come here to tell a story. The old man did not seem to be familiar with the boss, for the two had never spoken a word when they met, but the boss did not stop him from doing so, but every time before he came, he would make out a table for him to use when he spoke. And at this time, the boss will also put his favorite pot of epiphany next to the table, as if to embellish, and seems to hope that epiphany can also listen to this story.
Despite the old man's age, his book is extremely wonderful and informative, as if he had experienced it all. The lecturer in the shop also often tells stories in the tea class, but it is still slightly inferior to the old man. Not only that, but there has never been a person who can be difficult to fall for the elderly, and he is like a witness to history, knowing every piece of history well.
These major features have come together, but it has made this teahouse that does not look good on the outside have a lot of customers. Originally, it should be a good thing for the boss to have more customers, but for this boss, it is a lot more trouble. Because more than half of these extra customers are women who want to pursue him, and the remaining small half are people who want to take him as a son-in-law.
It's no wonder that others, after all, the four of them are really good-looking, and there has never been a woman around, so they are naturally easy to be used as hunting targets. However, it was the three of them except the young man who encountered this situation, but the remaining two felt really troubled, so they admitted their relationship to the public. Such a bold move brought a large number of tears of lovelorn love to a large number of girls, and at the same time attracted a lot of pointing and gossiping, but the two let go of the burden in their hearts, and they didn't care what others thought of them, but they got along more and more naturally. It's just that the boss suffered, not only to endure all the hot eyes, but also to endure the crazy actions they made in order to get him.
Fortunately, in addition to reading books and making tea, the boss only likes to look at the pot of epiphany in a daze, no matter what kind of things those girls do, no one has ever been able to attract his attention. There were two or three girls who tried to smash the flower pots out of anger, and they never appeared in the eyes of others again.
In this way, this strange combination settled here, as if it had never come, and as if it had never left.