Chapter Twenty-Six: Tea and Horses
Early in the morning, the breeze was blowing, the birds were chirping, Qi Liang was sweating profusely from exercising in a strong suit, and just wanted to sit down and rest for a while, Xiao Liuzi came in and reported: "Master! The imperial guard Cao Yin is here! ”
"Didn't you take the holy decree?" Qi Liang was puzzled.
"Nope!" Little Liuzi said.
You can't be here to get oil, right? The little guard Qi Liang didn't let go of his eyes, and ordered: "Let Master Qian receive it!" At this time, Qian Yunfang happened to enter the hospital, and hurriedly stopped: "Shizi! This Cao Yin should not be underestimated, he is not an ordinary imperial guard, but the emperor's companion, and the emperor's classmates have a contract, and he has won his trust. ”
This is not simple, Qi Liang said: "Mr. Lao will go to receive it first, and I will be there immediately." ”
Qi Liang wiped his body and hurried to the living room, where a man with beautiful eyebrows was drinking tea, and when he saw Qi Liang coming in, he immediately got up and saluted: "Cao Yin has seen the forehead!" ”
Qi Liang glanced at it, he looked younger than Kangxi, maybe only sixteen or seventeen years old.
"Excuse me! Cao Guard, please take a seat! ”
"Xie Shizi!"
Qi Liang sat down and asked, "I don't know what the guards Cao has to teach here?" ”
Cao Yin said respectfully: "Humble and ordered to pass on the holy message!" "Very polite.
Doesn't it mean that there is no holy decree? Qi Liang hesitated whether to kneel, and Cao Yin immediately said: "It's just a message, the prince listens!" ”
"Guard Cao, please speak!"
Cao Yin said: "The queen mother and the emperor let the prince enter the palace to pick up Princess Jianning!" ”
Qi Liang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I'll go and prepare!" "What did he think was a big deal?
Cao Yin said with a smile: "Don't worry, the princess is accompanying the Queen Mother to listen to the play at this time!" It's okay to go back in the afternoon! ”
"It's good! I have Pu'er tea sent from Yunnan, just ask Cao Guards to taste it! Qi Liang said.
Cao Yin was flattered, and it was obvious that this was just the case, and his childish face showed the joy of a young man: "Your humble person has admired Pu'er tea for a long time, and now you have what you want, please bow down!" ”
Qi Liang was surprised, Pu'er tea is not famous in this era, this young man has heard of it? "Guards Cao don't need to be polite, if you like to stay, you can bring some when you go back."
Cao Yin was overjoyed and not polite at all: "In this way, thank you to the prince!" ”
In later generations, Qi Liang also drank many famous teas, but he couldn't taste anything, so giving tea was not as painful as sending silver.
Fan Xuan, a native of the Tang Dynasty, wrote in the "Book of Barbarians": Tea comes out of the mountains of Yinsheng City, and there is no way to harvest it. These mountains include six mountains, including Gedeng Mountain, Mangzhi Mountain, Yibang Mountain, Manzhuan Mountain, Mansa Mountain, and Yule Mountain. Cao Yin asked familiarly.
Qi Liang was stunned, knowing that he had met an expert, but the other party was only a half-old child
He was not hypocritical, and said: "I don't know which mountain this Pu'er tea picks to?" ”
Cao Yin smiled lightly, and saw Xiao Liuzi pouring tea leaves into the purple clay pot, and hurriedly stopped: "Let me come!" He abandoned the purple clay pot in favor of a clay pot, then poured hot water into it and shook it constantly.
Qi Liang was full of curiosity, but it was inconvenient to ask so as not to appear shallow, Xiao Liuzi didn't care about this, and said curiously: "Dare to ask why Cao Guards abandoned the purple clay pot and chose the clay pot, isn't the purple clay pot bad?" ”
Cao Yin smiled: "Definitely! The clay pot on the table is larger than the purple clay pot, so I chose the clay pot to avoid the Pu'er tea soup being too strong! ”
I see, Xiao Liuzi was suddenly, Qi Liang was silent, but he was actually studying seriously.
After Cao Yin warmed the pot and cup, poured a few tea leaves, then poured an appropriate amount of boiling water to brew, carefully observed the soup for a while, quickly filtered the tea into the cup, and then returned to his seat to sit and wait for the tea to cool.
"It's always like a beautiful woman! Different women have different beauty, different teas have different rhymes, Tieguanyin rhyme, Dahongpao rock rhyme, Pu'er tea Chen rhyme, green tea Qingyun ......" Cao Yin talked eloquently, and he treasured all kinds of tea.
People are both poetry and tea, very elegant, Qi Liang is ashamed of himself, and he feels that he is far inferior to the college student of later generations.
Half a moment later, "That's it! Now available, Prince please! Cao Yin respectfully offered.
"Cao Guard, please!" Qi Liang took a sip of tea gently, the fragrance was fragrant, and he felt the aura of tea for the first time.
Cao Yin's tasting is much more professional, after the tea is entered, feel it for a while, and then roll the tongue, so that the tea soup swims through every part of the mouth, infiltrates all the taste buds, closes his eyes and enjoys, and then opens his eyes and suddenly says: "Tea is Jia Muying, its fragrance is heavenly." Fang is worthy of Du Yu, and it is clear to cover up the pepper chrysanthemum! This is the Pu'er tea of Yibang Mountain! ”
Qi Liangqi asked: "Cao Guards have never tasted Pu'er tea, how dare they conclude that this tea is picked in Yibang Mountain?" ”
Cao Yin smiled: "I heard it! Humble view of this Pu'er tea is small, the soup color is dark orange yellow, the food is sweet and fast, the birth is good, the aroma is fragrant like orchid, slightly sour, it is the characteristics of Yibang Mountain Pu'er tea! ”
"Cao Guard's end is amazing, this tea is picked to Yibang Mountain!" Qian Yunfang happened to come back, and he also liked this Pu'er tea very much, so he drank a cup and got drunk.
Qi Liang was impressed, this little scholar is not simple!
"I heard that the prince raised a group of Yunnan horses, and I really want to see them!" After Cao Yin took a sip, he put down the cup and never picked it up again, really wondering if his tea ceremony just now was all fake?
Qi Liang was vigilant and suspected that this was the real purpose of Cao Yin's coming to the mansion, how could he need the emperor's cronies and close ministers to come out in person to spread a message? Just a eunuch and father-in-law will do.
"Guards Cao have a wide range of interests! However, those horses are all kept in the suburban manor, and Cao Guards are afraid that they will be disappointed! ”
Cao Yin said with interest: "It's okay! I stayed in the palace all day, and I just wanted to go to the suburbs for a walk, but I don't know if it is convenient for the next child? ”
It's inconvenient, it's convenient! Cao Yin represents Kangxi, Kangxi can't come out because of his identity, so he let Cao Yin come, Qi Liang understood this, and reluctantly said: "If Cao is not afraid of the hot weather, of course this prince is willing to accompany him." ”
"There is Lao Shizi! Why don't you go now? Cao Yin didn't want to delay for a moment.
"Very good!" Qi Liang agreed, and walked out of the living room with Cao Yin, who humbly took a step behind.
This Yunnan horse is Yunnan for Wu Yingxiong to escape with the life, Yunnan horse physique is short, the structure is symmetrical, the head is slightly heavy, the forehead is wide or slightly convex, the nose is straight, this characteristic determines that it is light and flexible, good at climbing, on the other hand, it is hard-working, riding generally 45 kilometers a day, can continue to serve for more than half a month, which is far from being comparable to the northern horse breed. Cao Yin named to see this Yunnan horse, it should be Kangxi who noticed something, Qi Liang was secretly frightened, sitting in the carriage and constantly thinking nonsense, and he didn't even know that he had gone out of the city gate. He suddenly remembered that there was also such a plot of watching horses in the novel "The Story of Deer and Ding", but it was Wei Xiaobao and Cao Yin.
"Huh!" Qi Liang slammed his thigh and muttered: "Wei Xiaobao has been fighting with Kangxi since he was a child, and he is Kangxi's favorite close minister, this Cao Yin has been Kangxi's companion since he was a child, and he is also Kangxi's most trusted close minister, Cao Yin won't be Wei Xiaobao's original form, right?" He smiled bitterly and shook his head: "If Cao Yin proposes horse racing later, it will really be exactly the same as the plot of the novel!" Thinking of this, he couldn't help but lift the curtain and glanced at Cao Yin, who was riding a tall horse in front of him.