Night, on the banks of the Qinhuai River.

Lu Yu and Song Ziyu walked side by side on the riverbank, with bars and teahouses on both sides noisy and tourists laughing.

Although there is no substantial breakthrough in the relationship between the two, each other's hearts are much closer.

There is no vigor, and there is no vow.

They came together naturally, tacitly.

Again, no one said anything.

It's not that Lu Yu doesn't have the courage to confess, it's just that he enjoys his current state more.

This state is not ambiguous, but a kind of plain warmth, as if brewing a cup of good black tea, warm and mellow, no need to be strong and no need for other concoctions, just dry and fragrant, tepid and not over the thunder pool.

Song Ziyu is the same, although she grew up abroad, she has the heart of a gentle Chinese woman. Plain and bland, go with the flow, do not ask for extravagance, do not force, do not ask, such as a clear spring, flowing silently, the water comes naturally.

Far from changing because of what happened before, the relationship between the two became more harmonious.

Sitting on a bench on the bank of the Qinhuai River, Lu Yu lit a cigarette and looked at the cruise ship in the river, smiling.

Song Ziyu leaned back in the chair easily, playing with a rain flower stone in his hand, the breeze swayed his long hair, and his beautiful eyes were as contemplative as autumn water.

A cigarette burned out, Lu Yu extinguished the cigarette butt by the trash can, and said with a smile: "If you're lucky, I may give you another gift tomorrow." ”

Song Ziyu chuckled and shook his head: "Why did you suddenly remember to give me a gift? A stone, a song is enough." ”

Lu Yu put his hands behind his head, raised his eyes to look at the stars that appeared and disappeared in the clouds, and said, "A stone is your choice." A song is my confession. And the tea plant I want to give you tomorrow is the real gift, you and I are bonded by tea, I think this gift is more suitable. ”

Song Ziyu tilted his head: "A plant of tea?

Lu Yu smiled slightly: "There is tea in Nanjing, and this tea is as beautiful as Yuhua Stone, and its name is Yuhua Tea." ”

"Yuhua Tea ......" Song Ziyu gently muttered the name, and his eyes were suddenly full of anticipation.

"What a beautiful name, I wish I could see this tea soon. ”

The corners of Lu Yu's mouth moved, and he nodded slightly: "I also hope to ......"

In fact, after learning that the tea people's promotion evaluation was to be held in Nanjing, Lu Yu immediately thought of "Yuhua Tea"!

Since he is fortunate to come here, of course, he will not give up looking for this traditional famous tea, which was originally famous in the world and was also listed as one of the "Top Ten Famous Teas" in China.

There are not only ten kinds of "Top Ten Famous Teas" in China, but also in several famous tea selections, each time a new tea product has been selected as the "Top Ten", and there will also be unsuccessful teas among the original "Top Ten".

This is not because the original famous teas have lost their market and status, but because there are too many famous teas in the original world.

And Yuhua tea is one of these famous teas, in a Chinese "top ten famous tea" selection, all the way to the song finally into the "Chinese top ten famous tea" list.

Yuhua tea is a treasure among traditional green teas, and it is the best among "needle teas", which has almost all the advantages that green tea should have.

In the original world, Yuhua tea was originally produced in Nanjing Yuhuatai, Zhongshan Mausoleum and other places.

Lu Yu came to Yuhuatai, and during the tour, he did not forget to use the Xianchayuan system to search, and even asked the local staff and small traders.

But the conclusion was that there was no tea production near Yuhuatai! There was no locally produced tea in the whole of Nanjing!

Therefore, Lu Yu moved his eyes to another place about the legend of Yuhua tea, that is, an ancient temple recorded by Lu Yu, the original tea saint of the world, Qixia Temple!

The reason why Lu Yu said "lucky" is because of this reason.

There is still one day left before the promotion evaluation report, if you can't find Yuhua tea in Qixia Temple, then Nanjing's tea search is afraid to come to an end temporarily, and you will have the opportunity to look for it again in the future.

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Qixia Temple, the west foot of the middle peak of Qixia Mountain in Nanjing, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and bordering the Yangtze River in the north.

It is one of the four famous temples in China and the birthplace of Buddhism's "Three Treatises".

Its glory was in the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties of China, it was the center of Chinese Buddhism at that time, and the Southern Dynasties were as famous as Jiming Temple and Dingshan Temple.

At the time of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen of Sui Emperor Yang Jian built a relics pagoda in 83 states, and the edict of the relics pagoda was headed by Qixia Temple. It is the auspicious and prosperous place of Buddhism in the world, and the respect of ten thousand sects.

In this world, Qixia Temple also has the same glory, the whole temple is large-scale, the temple is extraordinary, although it is not the tourist season, but it is still full of tourists, the good men and women in the mountains are endless, and the pious pilgrims in the temple are constantly worshipped.

Although Lu Yu is not a believer in the Buddha, he still worships the Buddha devoutly.

In his heart, anyone who can create a faith and succeed is worthy of respect, whether human or god.

Moreover, the original intention of the Buddha is also connected with tea, and the Buddha is to cleanse the heart of the tea person.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that Song Ziyu actually worshiped as religiously as him, and there was no perfunctory intention in his expression and movements.

"Do you believe in Buddhism?" Lu Yu looked up at the tall golden body of the Buddha and asked softly.

Song Ziyu stroked his long hair, shook his head slightly, and said softly: "Zen and tea together, tea lovers also respect Buddha, not to mention that there are four words of righteousness, purity, harmony and elegance in Zen tea." ”

"Zheng, Qing, He, Ya?!" Lu Yu's heart suddenly moved, and he looked at Song Ziyu with a little surprise.

You know, these four words are not known in this world!

Only when Lu Yu discussed tea with Xuanbei Zen Master outside the Leifeng Temple of Zhenlei Mountain, he mentioned it, and let Xuanbei and others be convinced, and willingly handed over the Xinyang Maojian tea in the temple to Lu Yu.

But how did Song Ziyu know?

Song Ziyu smiled slightly: "I said that I know more about you than you think...... Not long ago, the Xuanbei Zen Master of Leifeng Temple of Zhenlei Mountain was invited to Lingyan Temple to discuss the law, at that time all the monks gathered, Xuanbei Zen Master spoke out of the four characters of Zen tea when the cup of tea was positive, clear, harmonious and elegant, which had already caused a lot of sensation in Buddhism. ”

I see......

Lu Yu nodded suddenly.

Nowadays, it is no longer like the heyday of ancient Buddhism, and the monks are also low-key and only have a fate.

The matter of Zen Master Xuanbei preaching in Lingyan Temple did not cause much turmoil, even if he proposed the way of Zen tea of righteousness, purity, harmony and elegance, it was only spread in a small area.

Presumably at that time, Zen Master Xuanbei also said the name of Lu Yu who "founded" the four-character way of Zen tea.

However, even Lu Yu himself didn't know about it, it seemed that Song Ziyu had really learned about his past with his heart.

Just as he was thinking, Song Ziyu immediately asked, "Are you sure that Yuhua Tea is in Qixia Temple?"