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285 six jars of lotus tea

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The mountains are splendid, the water is green, and a flat boat is like duckweed on the lake, floating in the swaying lotus bushes with the wind.

There was a low table on the boat, on which a set of tea sets were placed, and the teapot on the small red clay stove was steaming with white steam, and the tea made a gurgling sound.

Qiu Ci and the High Priest sat opposite each other, silent to each other.

Seeing that the water was boiling, Qiu Ci reached out and took the teapot, first brewed a cup of tea for the high priest, and then made a cup for himself. The brown tea leaves tumble and sink in the boiling water, and after a while, the tea leaves absorb water and slowly disperse, and the color of the tea leaves turns pink, and pieces emerge from the water, like a blooming lotus flower.

Except for some old nobles in the alliance, few people in the alliance like this kind of old way of drinking tea. Not only because of the trouble, but also because I can't realize the artistic conception brought by this complicated way of drinking tea.

Qiu Ci himself rarely drinks tea, but the old man Qiu at home likes to drink tea, but he is just like ordinary people, boiling water with an electromagnetic kettle, and then brewing and drinking.

After she got on the boat, she saw a complete set of delicate tea sets on the low table, and her head was as big as a bucket. Fortunately, he made a cup of tea for the high priest in the most primitive and simple way.

Tea drinking originated from the Dikal Empire, and only the Imperial people were truly proficient in the tea ceremony, they understood tea and loved to drink tea more.

The high priest smiled, and didn't care about the girl's rough tea-making technique in front of him, picked up the teacup in front of him and sighed, "I haven't drunk this tea for many years. ”

Qiu Ci glanced at the teacup that was like a small lotus blooming, and said strangely: "Is this tea very precious?" ”

The high priest smiled and sighed, "It's okay to say it's precious, but it's okay to say it's not precious." Compared with the nine famous teas of the empire, the color and fragrance of this tea are far from the same, but this tea is unique, and there is no semicolon for this one. ”

Qiu Ci took a sip of the teacup, and the tea was fragrant and quenched his thirst. Putting down the teacup, she didn't notice anything unusual about the tea.

"This tea is called lotus tea, it is made by collecting lotus leaves that have just bloomed and baking, blooming today, picking today, and must not be left overnight, otherwise it will lose its fragrance after making tea. Secondly, the color of the tea will also change to dark red and lose its color. Then the tea made of lotus flowers the next day will be hot and dry, and it will lose its taste, which is far less thirst-quenching than it is now. The High Priest explained with a smile.

Qiu Ci heard what he said so mysteriously, he couldn't help but take another sip of the teacup, this time he felt it carefully, but he still didn't feel anything good, frowned and put down the teacup. For her, bland teas are nowhere near as attractive as old wines.

The high priest shook his head slightly and smiled: "You look very similar to your mother, but this temperament is completely different. ”

Qiu Ci hesitated for a moment, and asked tentatively, "This tea is made by my mother?" Asked her to call a woman she had never seen before, but she still couldn't say it, so she called her mother.

The high priest's face was a little gloomy, and he nodded: "When she was a child, she was eccentric, and she made this lotus tea, but she didn't like to drink it, so it all went into my stomach." ”

Qiu Ci remembered that it had been nearly twenty years since Feng Lotus left the empire, and he just said that he had not drunk this lotus tea for a long time, and he thought that the high priest would never drink lotus tea made by others, so this tea was made of Feng Lotus?

But Feng He has been missing for ten years, so does the appearance of this tea mean that the high priest has found his mother who he has never met?

"This tea ......"

The high priest seemed to know what she was trying to say, shook his head and said, "I haven't been able to find your mother yet, this tea was made by picking lotus flowers from this lotus pond when your mother was still living here." It is said that every year she picks the lotus flowers when they first bloom, bakes them into a jar by hand, and then saves them so that no one can drink them. He smiled and sighed, "Six cans, untouched." ”

Six cans of lotus tea, on behalf of Feng Lotus, left the empire, left the high priest who was also a master and father, left the national teacher's mansion where he grew up, and came to the alliance to spend six spring and autumn. It is untouched, that is because this tea was fried by her teacher, and even if others are as close as their husbands and daughters, they are not qualified to drink it.

When she fled the National Teacher's Mansion, Lin Feng confided in Qiu Ci about the deep relationship between her and the high priest, and at the same time ridiculed Qiu Ci's mother, Feng He, as a merciless and unrighteous woman. After seeing her father, she forgot the high priest who raised her with hard work, and forgot the isolated national teacher's mansion in the three mountains.

At that time, although Qiu Ci ridiculed back, it was only because Fenghe was the mother of the original owner, so he didn't think so in his heart. But since she occupies the body of the original owner and lives in this world instead of the original owner, she naturally has to protect her mother, even if she has never seen this mother, let alone the mother-daughter relationship.

But now, she knew no, Feng Lotus had never forgotten for a moment to the high priest, and all her private thoughts were mixed in the lotus leaves picked by herself, and then baked and fried a new pot of tea bit by bit.

Now that the new tea has become the old tea, the high priest has also drunk the lotus tea full of his daughter's private feelings again, but the lotus is still the same, and the people are no longer there.

Even if Qiu Ci looks like Feng Lotus, it is not her after all, and it is not the daughter he raised single-handedly.

The high priest didn't speak for a long time, and his eyes were extremely kind and attentive when he looked at Qiu Ci. Qiu Ji knew that he was not looking at himself, but at another person.

It's a pity that she is not Fenghe, not the woman who can make him laugh at any time, and can lawlessly pull his white beard and be coquettish. She doesn't know the exquisite tea art, can't roll tea, doesn't know the heat, doesn't know the technique, doesn't know the tea ceremony...... She would only make tea straight away, so she added some tea to the high priest's cup again.

"After I came to the Alliance, I learned that your parents had been missing for ten years, good boy, do you remember your mother?" The High Priest asked softly with a gentle look in his eyes.

Qiu Ci shook her head, her mother didn't have a photo left, and she hadn't seen Fenghe's appearance, many people said that the two were very similar, but she didn't know how similar they were.

"I'm sorry for you, so do you miss your mother?" The High Priestess's voice softened a little, as if he was afraid of arousing her sorrow.

This is what he thinks about too much, Qiu Ci has no concept of a mother in his heart at all, he didn't have it in his previous life, and it's the same in this life. But of course she couldn't understand that she had never thought about it, but she was afraid that if she said this, the white-haired old man would throw her unkind and unfilial junior into the lotus pond and be sober.

Qiu Ci picked up the teacup and handed it to the high priest, and after he took it, he said softly: "Mother's unfinished filial piety, I will complete it for her." "In any case, the high priest is a big backer with all means, and since it is the wealth left to him by his cheap mother, if he misses it, Qiu Ci himself will not forgive himself.

Chen Fugui had blatantly threatened her on the pontoon bridge before, and had to cause her to face it squarely. No matter how powerful Liuhuo and Ah Pu are, they can't stay in the mecha cockpit all the time.

There is an old saying in the empire, when the emperor is angry, he will bleed and drift, and when the puppet is angry, blood will be splashed in five steps. She couldn't even feel Chen Fugui's murderous intent, if he wanted to kill himself unconsciously, I believe it wouldn't be too difficult. No matter how careful you are, if you are targeted by an enemy who is not far from the high priest in force, I am afraid that I will inevitably capsize in the gutter.

The high priest's fingers holding the teacup trembled slightly, and his eyes, which were as clear as the water of the lotus pond, fluttered slightly, and sighed: "Good boy, it turns out that you know everything." Then he said with some guilt: "The last time I was in the National Teacher's Mansion, I almost ......"

Qiu Ci interrupted him and said with a smile: "Last time you didn't know who I was, and I didn't know who you were. ”

The high priest stroked his beard and smiled.

After a pause, Qiu Ci hesitated and said, "Adjutant Chen...... Seems hostile to me. ”

The high priest restrained his smile and said with great certainty: "Don't worry, as long as I live for a day, he won't dare to do anything to you." After thinking about it, he added: "Even if he is unwilling, he can only admit it, and soon he will not be able to threaten your safety." At that time, even if I die, you don't have to fear his revenge. ”

Qiu Ci also wanted to take the opportunity to ask Chen Fugui who he was, but the high priest didn't want to go deeper into this topic, and said with a smile: "Do you like this place?" He stretched out his palm, which did not look old at all, and his slender fingers stroked the lotus flowers passing by the side of the ship, and said quietly: "This villa is your mother's former residence in Abel, and these lotus flowers are also planted by your mother's own hands. The subordinate of the villa said that in the past, your mother used to take care of this lotus pond herself, but now that she is away, she will need you to take care of it in the future. ”

Qiu Ci was surprised, Old Man Qiu said that her parents had the rank of lieutenant, and it was not until after the disappearance that the alliance awarded Qiu Yang the rank of Major and the rank of Captain Fenghe. With their subsidy, how can two people buy such a villa in the capital star, where every inch of land is valuable? There is also a hill behind the villa, and there is a silver fir forest nearby, and it costs a lot of money to maintain the surrounding landscaping every year, how can they afford it?

I don't know why, once it comes to the autumn sun and the wind lotus, these **** are all half-said and half-hidden. She intuitively felt that the high priest already knew about her parents, presumably Chen Fugui told him everything, with the high priest's feelings for Feng He, since he did not blame Chen Fugui, it means that there is still a secret in this matter.

However, there is one thing that Qiu Ci has figured out, whether Defense Minister Yang Junfeng has colluded with the imperial side or not, he supports himself in the military department, mostly because of the relationship between the high priest.

When Qiu Ci walked out of the villa, the sky was getting dark, and it was the middle-aged maid in white clothes and black pants who led her out. The maid led her to the barred gate and bowed slightly towards her.

There was a hovercar parked at the door, and a driver got out of the car to open the door for her. She paused, then turned suddenly, looked up at her maid and asked, "Do I look like my mother?" ”。 (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to () subscribe, reward, your support is my biggest motivation. )