Lu Yijian was pacing back and forth in the study at home, looking preoccupied, and then he saw a young woman in her thirties with a good face come in and make tea for him, this woman is Lu Yijian's concubine Fu Yuyan, the name is taken from "The pearl of the sea and the moon has tears, and the blue field is warm and the jade is smoking." ”

She was originally a Qinglou woman in Yilaizhou, because she was talented, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, lyrics and poetry, so Lu Yijian was shocked when she saw her and fell for it; So he ransomed her body and made her own concubine, which was very pampered; Lu Yijian's wife had died of illness, so he made Fu Yuyan his wife;

Fu Yuyan's specialty is ordering tea, and he is quite famous in the circle of meritorious ministers of the Great Song Dynasty.

The tea method of the Great Song Dynasty is a very popular way of drinking tea, the tea method is to put the tea leaves in the tea bowl, inject a small amount of boiling water into a paste, and then inject boiling water, or directly inject boiling water into the tea bowl, and at the same time stir with a tea whisk, the tea powder floats up to form porridge noodles.

Tea is also the main display form of tea fighting, and the tea fighting in the form of tea is to test whose tea soup soup flower - the foam is kept on the surface for a longer time, which is called biting the cup until the flower is scattered, which is called "cloud foot scattering"; It is often carried out in two or more people, but it can also be self-decoction (water), self-ordering (tea), and self-tasting, and tea fighting is a kind of fun.

In fact, ordering tea is not easy to do. I saw Fu Yuyan putting a table full of tea sets: tea cups, hot bottles, trays, tea mills, silk luo, tea whisks, water boilers, high-quality spring water, and so on. Either of them is essential.

I saw her raise her hand and start ordering tea:

The first step was to see her use a wooden spoon to take out the tea powder from the iron tea tripod with a lid, the tea powder is about one and a half spoonfuls, and pour it with boiling water, like adjusting sesame paste to make it viscous to form a colloid, the particles must all be dissolved, and the tea powder and the tea powder are bitten together.

When pouring water, add water along the perimeter of the tea cup, and the technique should be light and do not touch the tea cup. When stirring the tea paste, the wrist should be rotated in the center of the tea cup, and gradually boiled with force to make the soup flowers grow from the tea surface.

Speed and force are the key elements of the second step, and if you hit the big bubbles and the small bubbles, you have fallen out.

When pouring soup, the falling water point changes to the tea surface, first carefully inject around the tea surface for a week, and then inject it urgently, and there must be no water droplets, so as not to damage the tea surface; The other hand whisked hard, and at this time, the tea noodle soup flower had gradually glowed, and layers of fine bubbles rose on the tea surface.

Ordering tea is a skillful job, there are seven steps in total, I will not describe them all here, Fu Yuyan is a master of ordering tea, and her last step is to hit, hitting quickly in the middle and upper parts. Until Zhou Hui condensed and did not move, it was called biting. I saw that "the milk mist was surging, overflowing." ”

The noodle soup has formed a pattern, like two fish biting each other, which is really eye-opening.

At this time, Lu Yijian also came to watch, he couldn't take his eyes off Fu Yuyan meticulously ordering tea, and there was an inexplicable sense of relief in his heart, as if he had put down a big stone in his heart.

At this time, Fu Yuyan had already finished ordering tea, and saw her smile and said, "Master, please taste tea." ”

After hearing this, Lu Yijian hurriedly picked up the tea cup and shushed it with his mouth, and saw that the tea soup was hot and elegant, and the two fish connected head and tail were like a rotating Tai Chi pattern.

Just look at his intoxicated appearance, and said in his mouth: "Yunyan's tea-ordering skills, almost unsurpassed in Tokyo, seeing your lightness, peace and concentration in ordering tea, my heart has also quieted down, you see that your tea soup is really "white milk floating noodles, such as sparse stars and light moon." "It's refreshing."

I saw Fu Yuyan's red lips lightly opened, and said softly: "Master, this tea is taken from the sweet spring water of Yuquan Mountain on the outskirts of the city, but the tea is the best, taken from the Jian'an Nengren Temple in Fujian, there is a tea tree growing naturally in the mountain stone crevice outside the temple, the monks stumbled upon this precious tea tree, and the tea leaves picked down to make eight tea cakes, known as "Shiyan White". Today, Qian Weiyan, the governor of the political affairs, sent someone to send a piece, and the lord should try it. ”

Lu Yijian was taken aback when he heard this, but he quickly returned to normal, and he began to taste the tea slowly.

He immediately applauded loudly, and said eight good words in succession, and then he drank the tea in one gulp, looking like he was not satisfied.

At this moment, Fu Yuyan stood behind him and began to pinch and massage him, first rubbing his head, then his shoulders and neck, then beating his waist, and finally massaging his legs and feet.

At this time, Lu Yi simply felt that his body was fluttering, as if floating in the clouds, and there was a sense of satisfaction on his body that he didn't know how to describe.

He said to Fu Yuyan at this time: "Yan'er, you said that this tea cake called "Shiyanbai" was sent by Lu Yijian. I have always been at odds with Qian Weiyan, and I have repeatedly suppressed him in the political hall, and he will definitely hold a grudge, but he actually gave me this superb tea cake, what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd, you analyze it. ”

Fu Yuyan then said: "Master, I heard that you have hated the official family, so he wants to kick you out of the political hall and let you go out as an official." But Qian Weiyan is not liked by the official family, but he is the descendant of the Queen Mother, but he still wants to go further, imagine who doesn't want to be the boss of the political hall? He just wants to win you over now and let you support him, and in exchange, he will definitely support you to Ren Zhizhou, a prosperous and wealthy state road close to Beijing. ”

Lu Yijian said with some interest at this time: "I am the minister appointed by the first emperor, and I must try my best to assist the official family to the pro-government in order to complete the emperor's entrustment; Now that I am opposed to the reform of the military system and the continued use of troops against Liao, I have become dissatisfied with the official family, and I am bent on letting me serve as an official outside the country, so as not to hinder the new policy. ”

He also said: "As the prime minister of the political hall now, I must first maintain the stability of the court, and I am also the glue of the officials and the officials; It is impossible to obey the will of the official family in every way, Taizu said: "The scholar and the Son of Heaven "rule the world together". Officials can't do whatever they want and engage in dictatorship; What I'm doing now is all about politics. ”

Lu Yijian continued: "You can ease the relationship with Qian Weiyan, in the face of politics, there are no eternal enemies and eternal friends." Besides, Yan'er, you have a better relationship with the palace, and the Queen Mother likes to eat bad white fish. But the ancestors stipulated that you can't just ask for things to be sent from the place. You can send some to the Queen Mother, and then the Queen Mother will understand my attitude. ”

Fu Yuyan asked: "This is a terrible white fish, we have a lot of them at home, how about sending ten baskets to the Queen Mother, master." ”

When Lu Yijian heard this, he hurriedly stopped: "No, Yan'er, two baskets are enough at most." ”

At this time, Fu Yuyan said suspiciously: "What are you doing so stingy when you give it to the Queen Mother?" ”

After hearing this, Lu Yijian suddenly showed a look of hating iron but not steel.

He said, "Yan'er, where is your shrewdness, and then think about why I let you only send two baskets?" ”

At this time, Fu Yuyan lowered his head and thought for a while, and after a while, his face showed a look of "sudden realization".

She smiled coquettishly: "Or the old man has thought it through, the concubine has been taught, does the master think that the queen mother is difficult to eat, and the courtier's family can take ten baskets, and it is a taboo to properly commit it?" ”

Lu Yijian said with satisfaction at this time: "Yan'er understands the joints, as the so-called "children can be taught", at that time, my intimate person, virtuous helper. ”

At this time, Fu Yuyan was coquettish in front of him, and saw that her eyebrows were affectionate, and she looked like a little bird and a little bird, and Lu Yijian was suddenly moved, so she couldn't wait to go to kiss Fang Ze, and the two rolled on the bed, and then the bed curtain fell, and from time to time the bed squeaked and creaked, and there was a sound of groaning and panting from time to time.

The picture turned to the palace, Liu E and Zhao Zhen and Zhao Zhichong, the eldest princess of the ascending kingdom, were eating, and the food on the table was quite rich, and they saw Liu E and Zhao Zhen each placing a bad white fish in front of them;

In fact, "Huai white fish" is a kind of fish that lives in the Huai River and lakes. This fish is also known as Huai white fish, or catfish, because of its whole body scales and snow white; The white fish produced by Huaishui is called "Huai white fish". During the Tang Dynasty, Huai white fish had become a tribute, and in the Song Dynasty, its reputation was at its peak.

Dried white fish is marinated in sake lees, salt and other seasonings, and the fresh white fish is specially marinated to give the dish an attractive aroma of sake lees. At the same time, the loss of moisture also increases the elasticity and firmness of the meat, and the long-term steaming makes its taste fully reflected, which is really a rare good dish.

Zhao Zhen and Liu E both love to eat bad Huai white fish, at this time Liu E and Zhao Zhen saw that this bad Huai white fish was wide open with their index fingers, and hurriedly ate it, Liu E also took a few drinks, and her face suddenly became rosy.

At this time, after Zhao Zhen was satisfied with a full meal, he went to the political affairs hall, he was still concerned about the Song Liao war on the front line, and he personally sat in the political affairs hall in the past few days, so as to grasp the military situation on the front line in the first time.

And Liu E asked the eunuch beside him: "Little nobleman, isn't there no bad white fish in the imperial dining room for a long time?" This tribute can't be enshrined now, how did this bad white fish come from? ”

At this time, Zhao Zhichong, the eldest princess of the ascending country, said: "Queen Mother, I know about this, this bad Huai white fish was sent by Fu Yuyan, the wife of Lu Yijian, who was in Tongping Zhangshi, and there were two baskets of them, which were more than sixty catties." ”

After hearing this, Liu E immediately pondered, in the past, Lu Yijian had always been at odds with him, and he used Kou Zhun as his backing, and he was quite afraid of his own affairs of listening to politics;

Although he follows himself in small matters, he resolutely does not regress in major principles, and from time to time he puts obstacles on his own governance, giving him a headache, but he is helpless.

He also unleashed a momentum to the outside world, saying that he was "talented with Lu Wu, but without the evil of Lu Wu". I brought myself a high hat, but I made myself afraid when I acted in the court in the future.

Liu E actually has a strong desire for power, she began to get involved in politics when Song Zhenzong was alive, and Zhenzong often handed over political affairs to her to deal with, especially when Zhenzong was seriously ill, the decisions of major affairs in the court were in her hands, so she tasted the sweetness of power.

But she was also strongly blocked by Kou Zhun, Lu Yijian, Lu Zongdao and others, Zhao Zhen has been on the throne for four years, although her influence is huge, but she has lost the prestige of a word.

After all, the official family has gradually matured, his wings are gradually growing, and he also has the appearance of a Ming Jun, and it will not take another two years for him to have the ability to make decisions and make decisions.

At this time, Lu Yijian had already sent a clear signal of goodwill to Liu E, her heart was a little restless, and she seemed to see the scene of her monopoly again.

And Kou Zhun had already noticed Lu Yijian's abnormality, so he repaired a book for him, clearly giving him the advice of "be loyal to the official family, don't use power and scheming", and also wrote: "The imperial power of the Great Song Dynasty is mighty, and those who follow me prosper and those who disobey me die." ”

Chong Shiheng's military report was transmitted to the political hall again, Xia Zhu directly handed over the military report to Zhao Zhen who was here, Zhao Zhen hurriedly read it, after he read it, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and there was no demeanor at all.

He handed the military newspaper to the ministers of the Cabinet and the Privy Council.

And Zhao Zhen said loudly: "God bless the Great Song Dynasty, and thank the ancestors for the blessing, my Great Song Dynasty soldiers defeated the Liao army, and occupied the Nanjing Road of the Great Liao, and since then the national border of my Great Song Dynasty has been pushed along the Great Wall;

At this point, my Great Song Dynasty has no worries, and the scene of Hu people drinking horses in the Central Plains will never be there again, and our Great Song Dynasty should raise his eyebrows at this time and have already stood up. ”

He then said to the privy envoy Xue Kui: "Xue Aiqing, please hurry up and draft a bill to reward the three armies, and then submit it to the political hall for trial, and after I review it, I will issue an order to implement it." ”