Chapter Ninety-One: Eight Cups
Although Lin Mu put forward this almost unreasonable request, because during the Battle of the Northeast, the role played by Pastor Lin was too huge, so Li Huamei and Sun Shan actually owed Lin Mu a big favor, and it was naturally impossible to have objections to meet this innocuous little request.
And it is even more impossible for Yixing Pavilion to fail to do this request, although it was a classical repertoire at the time, but not to mention that Lin Mu asked for a storytelling, just for the astronomical price required for this altar of mellow eight cups, even if Lin Mu asked the lobby manager to come forward to juggle, the lobby manager had to obediently jump into a fire ring.
And when the Yixing Pavilion was preparing for a professional about storytelling to come to the hall to tell the story, in a secret warehouse in the restaurant, the mellow green eight cups that had been cherished were also served to the table where Lin Mu was.
And Sun Shan first picked up the wine jar and poured a glass of wine, then filled it with Lin Mu, raised the wine glass and said to Lin Mu:
"First of all, it was fate that you and I got acquainted at the beginning. Later, although I helped you a lot, you didn't care about your personal safety and went to the Northeast to be born and die, and you had already paid off my previous favor. But you later asked the division to join the WTO to help us reverse the situation in the Northeast, and successfully turned our defeat into victory, and also saved Han Feng's life, so in public and private, I owe you nothing that can be said in a word, and today I will toast you and express my gratitude. ”
Just after Sun Shan drank a full glass, Lin Mu smelled the familiar but unfamiliar aroma of wine, raised his glass and took a sip, but saw Li Huamei raise the wine jar and was about to pour herself a glass, but as if she had found something, she yelled: "Don't drink this wine"
was so frightened that Li Huamei almost threw out the entire jar of wine, and then Sun Shan's face changed, closed his eyes for a few weeks, and then opened his eyes and said as if he was facing a great enemy: "Have you found anything?" I can't check out the problems in this wine. ”
"Well, I mean, you can't drink this wine, it's not that there's something wrong with this wine, don't be nervous." Lin Mu said embarrassedly.
"This wine? When I saw them drinking, it was the same way to drink, there were no surprising steps, and if there was any special way to drink, the lobby manager would not fail to tell us," Li Huamei said.
At this moment, a quaint table was finally set up in the lobby, and an old man with a white beard stood in front of the table and said loudly:
"Originally, Lao Yu was just a useless person, but there will be a few commentaries, but today there are distinguished guests, named to listen to the commentary, just to the place where Lao Yu comes in, and let Lao Yu tell you this commentary, for you to drink and be happy. The person who Lao Yu is talking about is that during the Three Kingdoms period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, after the death of Cao Cao of Wei, his son Cao Pi seized power, and then wanted to eradicate the thorn in his side, that is, his own brother Cao Zhi. ”
At this time, the old man suddenly slapped the wood, and then mentioned in a tone: "Anyway, Cao Zhi was drinking at home at the beginning."
Then the lobby manager slowly walked to the table where Lin Mu and the others were, and said with a smile: "I don't know if you are satisfied with the famous storytellers invited by our store." ”
Lin Mu said at this time: "Very good, powerful words and rich emotions. However, I have a question I would like to ask about this mellow green eight cups. ”
"Your Excellency, please speak."
"Excuse me, what is the name of this mellow green eight cups, and the method of refining the essence of wine from ice and fire, have you ever known about the Yi Xuan Pavilion?" Lin Mu asked several times, but he was stumped by the lobby manager who was originally smiling. I saw that the lobby manager who was sweating coldly had to take out his mobile phone, and then dialed the phone number of the full-time winemaker, that is, the chairman of Yixing Building.
I saw that the lobby manager muttered for a long time, and suddenly heard a few shouts from the other end of the phone, and then within a few minutes, I saw a middle-aged man break into the restaurant in a hurry.
"Who? Who knows the method of ice extraction and fire refining, and who knows this kind of thing about this mellow green eight cups? The middle-aged man shouted excitedly.
At this time, the lobby manager also stepped forward and said, "Chairman, it was this little brother who mentioned these problems before. ”
And the chairman, that is, the middle-aged man, also rushed to Lin Mu at this time, and said excitedly: "How can you know this mellow eight cups in such detail, little brother, do you know the method of ice extraction and fire refining?" ”
Lin Mu has rarely drunk alcohol since he was a child, and naturally it is impossible to involve the knowledge of winemaking, let alone the peerless wine of mellow green eight cups.
However, the previous rewards of mastery of all kinds of arts made Lin Mu not only gain the ability to make wine, but also the ability to taste wine.
More importantly, the reward received by Lin Mu is not measured by the standard of this era, but refers to the mastery at the peak of the inheritance of liquor. Therefore, Lin Mu was able to have many long-lost secret recipes.
"This gentleman, this mellow green eight cups, is indeed an authentic brewing method that has been passed down since ancient times. But you seem to be missing the refining step of this mellow green eight cups. Lin Mu said slowly.
"Indeed, when I learned the brewing method of this wine from my master, this wine had already lost the last few steps, and I could only vaguely know that the last few steps were the method of ice extraction and fire refining, but I had no clue how to do it." The middle-aged man said with annoyance.
Immediately, Lin Mu leaned into Sun Shan's ear and whispered a few words, and then Sun Shan nodded, indicating that it could be done.
Then Sun Shan lifted the wine jar and patted it gently, and the entire wine jar was condensed with frost, and the wine inside also turned into a large lump of ice.
Then there was another snap of the fingers, and the wine jar was strangely heated, and the original ice mound also boiled and melted instantly.
It was originally a magical scene, but I didn't know what trick Sun Shan had played, which made all the guests who were originally onlookers ignore Sun Shan and returned to their own wine table to take a seat.
The middle-aged man said with a little disappointment at this time: "It's not that I haven't tried this method, but what will be left is only a puddle of sour and bad wine, if it is so simple to add ice and reheat, I have tried it thousands of times."
But before the middle-aged man could finish speaking, Lin Mu stretched out his hand and handed over a small bowl on the side, motioning for him to taste the liquid in the bowl.
"This is? Water vapor after ice cubes have evaporated? The middle-aged man asked suspiciously.
Immediately took a small sip, but it was a burst of beautiful sweetness around the tip of the tongue, which made people feel clear.
"Could it be? This mellow green eight cups is the water vapor after the extraction wine has condensed into ice? The middle-aged man asked in shock.
"That's the beauty of this wine, it stands to reason that the water vapor should be just ordinary water, and it will not carry other debris. However, all the materials in the mellow green eight cups are extremely rare materials, after a variety of procedures and processing, and then with the ice and fire refining, naturally there will be a part of the essence flowing out with the steam, and the steam is collected, it is the mellow green eight cups. ”
Seeing that Sun Shan had frozen the already melted wine again, the middle-aged man asked strangely:
"This? Haven't we already tasted the mellow green eight cups? ”
"What you just tasted is only the first cup. Joys and sorrows, joys and sorrows. The eight flavors of the world, this is the taste of the mellow green eight cups quenched eight times. ”
While Sun Shan was refining the second process, Lin Mu focused his attention on the storyteller.
"Why is the system suggesting that I do this? Why haven't the results come out yet, is it because I misunderstood? ”
And the storyteller is also full of emotion at the moment, just talking about the moment when Cao Pi wants to kill Cao Zhi