Brush!

As soon as Lu Yu said this, everyone's eyes suddenly fell on Keio Matsuda's exquisite tea set.

Sure enough, there was no such tool as the tea clip that Lu Yu took out.

Matsuda Keio's old face tightened slightly, and he said coldly: "Hmph! What is the use of what I want to be grandiose?"

Lu Yu lifted the corners of his mouth: "No is no, Mr. Matsuda doesn't need to say that grapes are sour if he can't eat them!"

"I didn't!" Keio Matsuda said with a stiff neck: "We tea people will pious clean our hands before making tea, and there is no need for this kind ......of clamp! I'm not afraid of burning my hands!"

Lu Yu laughed when he heard this: "It's okay, I'll continue to introduce!"

As he spoke, he picked up a utensil with a very thin tip like a needle and said, "This is a tea needle, which can also be called a tea pass." ”

"Its function is to unclog the pores in the spout of the teapot and open the tea leaves stuffed inside to keep the water flowing. You can also mix the tea leaves after putting them in, so that the broken tea is at the bottom and the whole tea is on top. ”

Then he put down the tea needle and picked up a ring-shaped utensil, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom.

Everyone was also very curious about this utensil, after all, whether it was a tea rule, a teaspoon, a tea clip or a tea needle, it was understandable, but this ring-shaped thing could not imagine what it was used for.

Lu Yu said slowly: "This is also one of the six gentlemen, called the tea drain." When throwing tea, put the tea drain on the spout of the pot, the tea drain is wide at the top and narrow like a funnel, which can effectively prevent the tea leaves from falling out of the pot. Ordinary teapots don't have their function, but if it's a small pot or craft teapot, the role of tea leakage is very obvious, and I'll show you later. ”

After saying that, he picked up all these tea utensils and put them into the bamboo tube one by one.

Zhao Benhu blinked his eyes and asked, "Brother Lu, you just said that it was six gentlemen, but there are only five!"

Lu Yu smiled slightly, pointed to the bamboo tube and said, "The sea is inclusive, and there is tolerance." The style of a gentleman is especially praised, so this tube is also called a tea tube, and it is the first of the six gentlemen!"

Zhao Benhu nodded: "It turns out that this bamboo tube is also one of the six gentlemen!

Ling Feng glanced at him coldly and said, "What do you understand?"

Zhao Benhu blushed and said, "It's just six! Can't you count?"

Ling Feng pursed his lips: "I know it's six, but do you know why it's called a gentleman?"

Zhao Benhu was choked up and didn't say anything for a long time, and said with a stiff neck: "You know?"

Ling Feng shook his head: "I don't know ...... either"

Zhao Benhu: "......"

Lu Yu laughed and said, "Everyone thinks that the Six Gentlemen are just the nicknames I gave them, but it's not!"

Everyone's attention was immediately attracted, could it be that the six gentlemen of the tea ceremony are not just elegant names?

Lu Yu said lightly: "Everyone in the world says that the tea drinker is a gentleman, so his tea utensils must be named after a gentleman." That's a good explanation...... However, since they are called the six gentlemen, they naturally have the virtue of gentlemen. ”

Lu Yu said and pondered for a moment, and then said slowly: "Before, I said that the tea tube is tolerant, which is the virtue of a gentleman. Then I will take a look at the other five gentlemen. ”

He pointed to the tea leak and said: "The tea leaves are overflowing, flowing outside the pot is not beautiful, and it is even more unkind, the tea leak is wide and narrow, and the tea leaves are gathered in the pot, which is the virtue of wide acceptance." A gentleman can be tolerant and inclusive, which is the virtue of tea leakage, and it is also benevolent. ”

After that, he pointed to the tea clip again, and said: "The clip is also 'prosthetic', which means the extension of the fingers, and it is precisely because of the existence of the tea clip that the turbidity of the skin will not remain on the cup, and the boiling water will not burn the skin. ”

Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard the words, and they never thought that Lu Yu would not only be able to subdivide these tea tools in such a way, but also bring together the philosophy contained in them, and they couldn't help but suddenly have a sense of empowerment.

In fact, even in the original world, there were different opinions about the origin of the names of the Six Gentlemen of the Tea Ceremony.

There is no complete explanation in this regard.

It's just that Lu Yu has integrated what he has learned, combined the virtues of a gentleman with the six gentlemen, and summarized himself here.

Lu Yu ordered some tea again, and said: "Only one scoop of weak water is 3,000, the charm of tea is only the right amount and the best, too too drunk is too light, and the shade is as happy as the guests and hosts enjoy it, which is for the 'ceremony', which is the gentleman's virtue of the tea rules." ”

"Look at the tea needle again, although the body is small, it seems to be weak. But it has the ability of dredging, the effect of penetration, the pollution of blockage, and the place where it is hidden can come and go freely, and it will naturally end up with the word 'wisdom'!"

After finishing speaking, Lu Yu lifted the corners of his mouth, and finally landed his gaze on the teaspoon.

"The tea tasting is over, and the tea residue is full of pots. If you pick up your fingers, it will be indecent and even more difficult to clean up. With this teaspoon, not only can the amount of tea be allocated when dividing the tea, but also when cleaning the bottom of the pot, everything is scraped out in every detail, and it has never been missed. ”

"For the use of teaspoons, the owner of the teapot no longer has the worry that the tea residue is not clean, and the word 'letter' is appropriate!"

After finishing speaking, Lu Yu raised his head and said: "In Confucianism and Taoism, the virtue of a gentleman is the five words 'benevolence', 'righteousness', 'courtesy', 'wisdom', and 'faith', just like the six gentlemen born for tea. Do you understand now?"

I see!

Only then did everyone really nod their heads!

The tea tube is tolerant of all rivers, and the rest of the tea vessels occupy the five words of benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith, which are the six gentlemen of the tea ceremony!

Lu Yu's words not only explained the functions of the six gentlemen in detail, but also integrated the Chinese Confucian way into it, which is the real embodiment of the tea ceremony!

At the same time, Matsuda's complexion also changed and changed.

He didn't expect Lu Yu to be able to say that these six seemingly simple tea utensils are the Tao, and even more so to include the culture of China, is this really the original way of tea created by Huaxia?! Could it be that this Lu Yu really masters such a high level of tea ceremony?!

However, although he was apprehensive, Keio Matsuda still showed strong disdain on the surface!

"Hmph! It's just a far-fetched trick of tongue! Is naming a tea vessel a tea ceremony? Since it's a tea ceremony, let's compete with tea skills! No matter how much you talk about it, it's just a matter of tongue and tongue!"

Lu Yu shrugged his shoulders and said innocently: "Isn't this just popularizing the knowledge of the tea ceremony! What are you anxious about? Since what should be said has been said, let's start!"

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and took out the Zhu Ni Junde purple clay pot he bought in the "Tea Set Mall" from the package.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he saw this pot, Matsuda Keio suddenly sneered contemptuously again: "Hmph! What a good pot I have, I didn't expect you to take out a handful of clay pots! Lu Yu, you are clearly insulting tea! Insulting the tea ceremony!"

Lu Yu rolled his eyes and said helplessly: "Please, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand! This pot of mine is the real pot of the tea ceremony!"