It is said that after the fair-skinned Steward Sun walked out of the West City Gate, he walked all the way south along the Fuhe River, and soon arrived at Taoyuan and stopped in front of Xu Fan's small courtyard.

Knocking lightly on the courtyard door, Xu Fan's housekeeper Lao Xu opened the door.

After a sigh of annoyance, Sun Desheng asked to see Mr. Xu. Steward Sun said to Lao Xu.

Lao Xu looked at the person who came, thought for a moment, and then suddenly said: "It turned out to be Grandpa Sun!"

"Brother Xu, long time no see!" Sun Desheng straightened up and said with a smile.

Lao Xu also laughed, quite a kind of joy of meeting an old acquaintance in a foreign country: "Haha, I haven't seen you for a long time! Come! Please! The old man is in the room, I'll go and report it." ”

"There's Brother Lao Xu!" Sun Desheng said with a smile.

Lao Xu went into the house, Sun Desheng stood in the small courtyard and looked around, only to see that this is just a small courtyard, the west is the kitchen and Lao Xu's residence, the east is a row of bright and clean rooms, take a closer look, you can see that there are several rows of new seats that have only been seen in Yuzhang City, but in front of the seat is a one-foot-high platform, and there is a black wooden board hanging on it, and I don't know what it is for.

The north side is facing the door is the living room, the west side of the living room is the master's bedroom, very simple layout, not to mention the mansions in Chang'an City, even in this Yuzhang City, it also seems too thin.

"Alas, what a shame for Mr.!" Sun Desheng said with emotion.

"What's so embarrassing! The mountains and rivers here are beautiful, the climate is pleasant, and it is the most supportive!" Xu Fan, who was dressed in linen, walked out of the room, and after hearing Sun Desheng's emotion, he said loudly.

When Sun Desheng heard this familiar voice, he hurriedly turned around and bowed to Xu Fan: "Slave Sun Desheng, meet Mr."

This scene frightened Cheng Jiaotou behind him, others didn't know Sun Desheng's identity, but he knew it clearly.

If you want to say that in the end of Li Longji's life, who is the most favored eunuch in the palace, I am afraid that there can only be Gao Lishi!

Gao Lishi, whose real name is Feng Yuanyi, is originally from Panzhou, his great-grandfather Feng An, his grandfather Feng Zhiyu, and his father Feng Junheng were once the assassins of Panzhou, and he was framed and died. Gao Lishi entered the palace when he was a child, and was adopted by Gao Yanfu as an adopted son, so he changed his name to Gao Lishi, and was appreciated by the female emperor Wu Zetian at that time.

Since childhood, he met Li Longji, who was still a child, and gave Xuanzong a lot of help when he was a child, which can be said to be a friendship between adversity and adversity since childhood, and later helped Xuanzong to pacify the rebellion between Empress Wei and Princess Taiping, and won Xuanzong's favor. And I am strong in martial arts, proficient in the art of war, called "General Gao" by Xuanzong, even if the famous generals at that time no one objected to this, at the same time old and sophisticated, never arrogant, up and down the court, no one dared to shake his status, and even later generations of history books called him "the first person of the ancient eunuchs".

Such a eunuch who has carried a gun and prostituted with Xuanzong, has old qualifications, has a hard foundation, is loyal, can be a man, and has good skills, naturally monopolized the eunuch market in Xuanzong's dynasty, even if Xuanzong later fled west to Shuzhong, and then returned to Chang'an, Gao Lishi accompanied him all his life, for Xuanzong, Gao Lishi is no longer a slave, but his friend, a rare friendship of a lonely man on top.

Of course, today's Gao Lishi is getting older, and there are many chores in the palace, so there are still a few chief eunuchs who do specific things under him, a well-deserved ancestor.

And Sun Desheng is the highest-ranked one among them, otherwise Emperor Xuanzong would not have handed over almost all of Da Neili's belongings to him this time. It can be said that in the palace, in addition to Xuanzong Li Longji and Gao Lishi, he Sun Desheng is counted, and even the concubine Niangniang, who has been in the palace for a few months, may not be able to shake his status.

Even several prime ministers in the political hall would nod kindly when they saw Sun Desheng to show their attention.

But now, this powerful figure in Chang'an is so respectfully bowed down in front of a rural villager-like figure who looks about the same age, how can you let Cheng Jiaotou not be shocked?

Sun Desheng ignored Cheng Jiaotou's surprise, and respectfully kowtowed three times, then stood up and looked at Xu Fan with a smile.

Xu Fan shook his head helplessly and said, "You, you, it's still the same after so many years!"

Sun Desheng said with a smile: "Without Mr.'s teaching, I, Sun Desheng, am just an illiterate eunuch who works in the palace now, how can I have my current status? I only hate the old slave's crippled body, and I can't be Mr.'s disciple." ”

"Then why didn't you agree to let you apprentice in the first place?" Xu Fan pretended to be angry.

Sun Desheng shook his head firmly and said: "Mr. is a disciple of Confucianism, and it is a blessing to invite heaven to be willing to teach the old slave!

Xu Fan had no intention of chatting on this topic, and said, "Come into the house!"

Sun Desheng stretched out his hand respectfully: "Sir, please!"

After the host and guest were seated, Lao Xu made a pot of tea and retreated.

Sun Desheng picked up the tea cup, only to see that there was only a little green tea leaves, up and down in the clear boiling water, the tea leaves were distinct, each one was a long and a short two petals, which looked like a fresh feeling of freshness.

"Sir, the tea here looks very different from other places!" Sun Desheng said with a smile.

"Try it first, you may not be able to adapt to it the first time you drink it!" Xu Fan said with a smile.

Hearing this, Sun Desheng picked up the teacup and took a shallow sip, feeling the fragrance echoing in his mouth and nose, which had a different flavor!

"The first feeling is bitter, and then there is sweetness, and the aftertaste is endless, and the aftertaste is endless!" Sun Desheng praised.

"It's good if you like it!" Xu Fan smiled.

"Sir, I wonder where this tea comes from?" asked Sun Desheng.

This tea is called West Lake Longjing, which is produced at the foot of Shifeng Mountain by the West Lake in Hangzhou. Xu Fan replied.

"Oh, is there such a famous tea in Hangzhou?" Sun Desheng asked, and then suddenly said: "Mr. is very knowledgeable, and he can find such good tea!"

The name of West Lake Longjing tea began in the Song Dynasty, smelled in the Yuan, Yang in the Ming, and flourished in the Qing Dynasty. The earliest description of this tea is the tea scripture written by the tea saint Lu Yu, which contains a record of tea produced in Hangzhou Tianzhu and Lingyin Temple.

It's just that now, the tea saint Lu Yu is just a thirteen-year-old child, and it will take many years for the world-famous tea book to be published!

When Xu Fan heard this, his face froze.

Sun Desheng's ability to observe words and expressions was perfect, and as soon as Xu Fan's facial muscles moved, he noticed something unusual, and hurriedly asked softly: "Sir, but did the old slave say something wrong?"

"It's none of your business!" As soon as Xu Fan thought of the big disciple who made him love and hate, he was angry, but he would not take credit for the apprentice of the greedy ink: "I didn't make this tea, it was made by that stinky boy!"

Sun Desheng is naturally a clever person, otherwise he would not be able to fight his way out of the encirclement from tens of thousands of ordinary eunuchs, as soon as he heard Xu Fanfa's complaint, and then recalled the news he had received before, he immediately smiled and said: "But that disciple of Mr.? I heard that Mr. made an exception last year and accepted five students in Yuzhang City, I don't know where these young talents are now?"

"Hmph! Don't mention those stinky boys! Those stinky boys don't do their jobs all day long, but they are busy doing some messy things! Look at the classroom in the East Wing, the ashes on the desks can be written!" As soon as he talked about these disciples, Xu Fan's anger went up!

Sun Desheng smiled and looked at Xu Fan, who was still chattering and complaining, knowing that Mr. was caring to the extreme.

The old slave heard that the "Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng", which was sprinkled with nearly a thousand words, was written by a disciple of Mr., and such a famous article destined to be famous through the ages is not something that a person who does not learn or know how to do it can do!" Sun Desheng said with a smile.

"Hmph! What's the use of that? Poetry is just a small way! If you don't read the sage's articles, it will be difficult to achieve great things after all!" Xu Fan still had a straight face, but his tone was not so blunt.

"Haha, sir, this is a high expectation for the disciple! Don't worry, take your time! After all, they are still teenagers, and it will take a little more time for Sir to let them pass on your mantle!" Sun Desheng said.

"Hmph! Then these stinky boys are willing to come to class! Three days of absenteeism, and two stinky boys running around the world, now I, as a teacher, don't know where they went......

Sun Desheng was a little shocked when he heard this, but before Xu Fan could explain, a young man's voice came from outside the courtyard: "Teacher, I heard you scolding people from afar! Don't you often teach us that it's not good to talk behind our backs? Besides, I'm not busy! I don't mean not to come to class! You see I'm here!"

Accompanied by the voice, a group of young people walked in, but it was Xu Chen and others.

"Hmph, you stinky boy still know how to come!" Anyway, it's already February, since the first day of the first lunar month was unhappy, Xu Chen has been busy, and he hasn't come to visit the teacher, Xu Fan is naturally angry, and he can't wipe his face to find him, so he can only scold angrily in the classroom every day.

"Hehe, I've been a little busy lately, so I didn't come, but we've done all the homework the teacher ordered!" Xu Chen was thick-skinned, and Cheng Dù couldn't help him.

Then, Xu Chen squeezed his eyes at Shi Lei, Xiao Shi understood, and hurriedly rushed into the house with a lot of things, rushed to Xu Fan, looked up at his baby face, blinked those big eyes, and smiled sweetly: "Teacher, look! We also brought your favorite tea, and of course, wine! Teacher, don't you know, this wine is not an ordinary wine, it is a newly brewed Wuliangye by the eldest brother, a pure Wuliangye! And the degree is twice as high as the ones sold outside!"

As he spoke, he gently tore a small hole in the mud seal, and suddenly the rich aroma of wine dispersed.