Chapter 173: On the Lion Rock

Longjing Village is located in a mountain col outside the village, and there is a village head. The deep well is called "Dragon Well...... It is from this that the name of the village and the name of Longjing tea are derived. The spring water drawn from this well is used to make Longjing tea, which complements each other, and many people come here every day to fetch water and bring it back to make tea.

The slopes around Longjing Village are relatively gentle, and all the tea trees are planted as far as the eye can see. This is the central production area of Longjing tea, and the tea produced is not cheap. It is the peak season for picking and selling tea, and Xiao Ping can see that many tea farmers are still busy in the tea garden. Many tea merchants gathered here to buy this year's new Longjing and sell it all over the country.

Don't look at Longjing Village is located in the mountains, but it is really very lively at this time, like a market. Many villagers living on the side of the highway have also found new ways to make money, turning their homes into small restaurants, farmhouse hotels, etc., specifically to earn money from these tea merchants who come and go from north to south.

Right now, Xiao Ping is sitting in a small restaurant, and of course a small roadside restaurant like this can't make any delicious food, it's just authentic farm food. However, Xiao Ping has also experienced a lot of hardships from snacks, so naturally he will not take this kind of thing to heart.

He sat alone at the table and ordered a few side dishes to taste slowly. Now that the sky is gradually darkening, Xiao Ping doesn't know where the ancient temple that was converted into a teahouse in the legend of Ludao is, so he can only dispel the idea of going up the mountain immediately. Xiao Ping decided to stay in Longjing Village first, and follow the locals who went to the teahouse to drink tea up the mountain early tomorrow morning, so that the ancient temple could be easily found. Wait until you get there and figure it out,

Let's see if we can get some twigs or something to bring back.

Just when Xiao Ping was secretly planning for tomorrow, the conversation of several guests at the next table caught his attention. In fact, those people had deliberately lowered their voices, and ordinary people couldn't hear what they were saying in such a noisy restaurant. It's just that Xiao Ping's ears and eyes are clear now, so he can hear what they are talking about.

"Boss Wang, what kind of royal tea tree species is really so important?" a young man with a fierce face asked the middle-aged man opposite, his tone revealing a little suspicion.

The middle-aged man who was called Boss Wang by his companion was not angry, but smiled faintly and said: "What is the quality of the tea, the relationship between the tree species accounts for sixty percent, do you say it matters?"

Another strong man said, "I don't know about this, as long as I can get money." "Don't worry. Boss Wang reassured his companions: "I have already investigated that the environment of my tea garden and Lion Rock is seven or eight points similar, as long as there are good tea varieties, the difference between the tea grown and this side will not be too big." Do you know how much is a pound of this year's Ming Qian's best Longjing? 170,000 yuan! As long as I get the tea seeds, when my own tea leaves are on the market, there is no problem at all to eat fragrant and drink spicy ones!" A fat man with an obscene appearance added a sentence next to him: "Beautiful girls sleep casually!"

Excited by the bright prospects depicted by Boss Wang, several young people excitedly said: "This thing is really capable of Boss Wang, we listen to you!" "Be quiet!" Boss Wang hurriedly calmed everyone down and arranged slowly: "This thing is not suitable for doing during the day, we will quietly go up the mountain at night, and leave immediately after getting the tree seeds." The vicious man who spoke first agreed: "Okay, as long as you can make a lot of money, you can arrange whatever you want!" Several people whispered sneakily, thinking that their plans were unaware.

However, they didn't expect that their plans had been all listened to by Xiao Ping.

Xiao Ping felt that there must be something strange in this, and couldn't help but secretly ask himself in his heart: "Why do these guys want to plant trees for the sake of going up the mountain at night?"

Xiao Ping quickly thought of two reasons, one is that the people who take care of the tea trees are guarding and stealing, and colluding with these people, and their transactions at night are not easy to be discovered: the other is that these people are bold, and they plan to go directly to the mountain to grab tree seeds at night.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ping felt that this was a good opportunity, and planned to follow this group up the mountain at night. Whether these guys are bribing or robbing, Xiao Ping, who is following behind, doesn't mind being a yellow finch that attacks the praying mantis.

Boss Wang's group was still very cautious, and after dinner, they dispersed, visiting various tea farmers in the village, pretending to be tea merchants. Xiao Ping was alone, of course, it was impossible to look at five or six people on the other side, but he just had to stare at the leading Boss Wang.

Seeing that the sky was completely dark, Boss Wang and his group also returned to the farmhouse hotel where they stayed. Xiao Ping did not hesitate, and also opened a room in the same hotel. The farmhouse is very small, with only six or seven rooms in total. With Xiao Ping's hearing, as long as Boss Wang's group has any movement in the middle of the night, they will definitely not be able to hide Xiao Ping's ears.

Because of the fact that something happened at night, Xiao Ping didn't dare to really fall asleep, just lay quietly on the bed and closed his eyes to recuperate. It wasn't until ten midnight that Xiao Ping heard movement in the next room. He got up silently, gently came to the window, looked out, and sure enough, he saw several figures crawling out of the window. The rooms in this farmhouse are all on the first floor, so it is not difficult for ordinary people to climb out of the house.

Xiao Ping hid in the shadow of the curtain and watched carefully the every move of Boss Wang's group. The six people on the other side all left the hotel and walked out of the village with gestures. When these guys walked some distance, Xiao Ping jumped out of the window and followed them from a distance.

With Xiao Ping's current ability, it was too easy to keep track of these people. There was only a hazy starlight in the air, Xiao Ping deliberately kept a distance from the other party, and at such a distance, only he could see Boss Wang's group, but the other party didn't know that there was actually a person behind him.

After Boss Wang and the others left the village for a distance, they dared to turn on the flashlight and speed up their pace towards the mountain. Xiao Ping followed unhurriedly like a walk, and there was no need to worry about losing his target.

Hangcheng is located in a hilly area, and the surrounding hills are generally not high. Lion Rock is naturally no exception, if Xiao Ping is in a hurry, it will take less than half an hour to reach the top of the mountain. But now that he is following behind Boss Wang and the others, the speed is much slower. After almost two hours, we finally came to the halfway point of Lion Rock.

After turning a corner along the bluestone steps, Xiao Ping finally saw the shadow of a building appear in front of him. Although it is not real at night, the solemn outline of the building and the flying eaves still make Xiao Ping understand that this is the ancient temple that has been converted into a tea room.