There is a reason why Gao Shilian came early today.

Most of the civil and military generals who participated in the Xuanwumen Incident were deeply favored by Li Shimin, otherwise they would not have taken such a big risk with Li Shimin. Only Gao Shilian is different, Gao Shilian is Li Shimin's elder, he and Li Yuan are equals, after he returned to the Tang Dynasty, he was deeply favored by Li Yuan, he knew what Li Shimin was planning, but he didn't say a word when he accompanied him. On the day of the Xuanwumen Incident, Li Yuan heard a commotion in the palace and asked Gao Shilian what had happened. Gao Shilian first told Li Yuan that it was the Qianniu Wei guarding the palace who was practicing, and then the matter was revealed, and Gao Shilian hindered Li Yuan from mobilizing people and horses, and tried his best to delay time, and finally Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji died tragically.

It can be said that Gao Shilian played an important role in the Xuanwumen Incident. If it weren't for him delaying time, with Li Shimin's little talent, he might not be able to achieve great things. After Li Shimin killed Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, there were few soldiers and horses left. And the generals with heavy troops at that time were all under Li Yuan's orders. Even just the forbidden army of the palace can exterminate the few remaining people of Li Shimin.

Li Yuan did not kill Li Shimin, also because of Gao Shilian.

Gao Shilian said to Li Yuan that among the princes, only Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin are worthy of the big responsibility. Now that Li Jiancheng is dead, and Li Shimin is killed again, there will be no successor to the Tang Dynasty. And the generals who have mastered the heavy army will also follow the example of the heroes of the late Sui Dynasty and stand on their own feet. The Turks are eyeing the side again, and Datang is in danger.

Li Yuan is already old in the end, and he no longer has the ambition he had when he started the army. He thought about it for a day and a night, but in the end he didn't kill Li Shimin, but made him the crown prince. After that, he became disheartened and gradually relinquished power. Even so, it took Li Shimin three years to complete the transfer of the court. It wasn't until he decided to conquer the Turks that he was able to take control of the court.

And Gao Shilian was consciously ashamed and shameless to face Li Yuan. After Li Shimin ascended the throne, in order to thank him for his contributions, he worshipped him as a servant. Later, Gao Shilian resigned and gave up his position in the middle of the service to Wang Qi. Gao Shilian asked to see Li Yuan several times, but Li Yuan refused to see him, and the relationship between the two fell to a freezing point.

He came early this time just to curry favor with Li Yuan. If there is a chance to ease the relationship a little, it will be worth it. Gao Shilian didn't have much expectations for heaven and earth, he was born in the Northern Qi clan, he was famous when he was young, he befriended the minister, and he was a person who had seen the world. But coming to this heaven and earth today gave him a refreshing feeling.

First of all, the outfits of these waiters, all of them are short and short, and they look neat and tidy. And all of them are teenage girls, who are cute and pleasing to the eye. Li Mu sent him to the staircase, and a little girl greeted him with a smile, and she was not afraid to see him, and called her 'sir', which made Gao Shilian have a chic feeling in his heart, there are also one hundred and eighty restaurants in Chang'an City, and Gao Shilian has not been to half of them, and there are at least three of them. Not to mention the others, just this person who serves, the heavens and the earth are more than a notch.

Gao Shilian is not a womanizer, and even if he is, he does not dare to be presumptuous here. Seeing that this little girl was clever and had been following her for some reason, she asked, "Little girl, what are you doing with me?" ”

"Back to Mr.'s words, the manager said, as long as he sent the person to the staircase today, he will be waiting for him, I am responsible for serving Mr., what Mr. needs, you can tell me, I will help you arrange."

"Oh? It's interesting. Gao Shilian smiled and asked, "Li Mu, this kid, where are you going to place me?" ”

"That's it." The little girl took two steps forward and came to the door of a private room, and said, "The manager said, this is a private room on the second floor, which is specially used to entertain VIPs." ”

"A private room on the second floor?" Gao Shilian glanced at the stairs leading to the third floor next to him and asked, "What is this third floor, how many floors are there?" ”

"Mr. Hui's words, heaven and earth, there are a total of five floors."

Gao Shilian was a little displeased, and said, "Then why don't you invite me to sit upstairs?" Could it be that I am not worthy? ”

The little girl was trained, and she was not in a hurry, and said, "Sir, don't blame, this is our rule in heaven and earth." Buildings above three floors are not allowed to enter without being invited by the host. But I can tell you a little bit about it, the third floor is the auction house, the fourth floor is the clubhouse, and the fifth floor is the owner's residence. ”

As if she knew that Gao Shilian would ask, the little girl then explained: "The auction house, as the name suggests, is the place where valuables are auctioned, and the one with the highest price wins." People in need, you can rent our place for auction, or there is only one treasure at home, you can also take it, we have an appraiser here, will be the treasure valuation, two auctions at the end of the fifteenth and last month every month, three days before the auction starts, Datang Daily will have a special page to introduce, you can pay attention. ”

"The four-storey clubhouse is where the host entertains friends. I'm just in charge of entertaining the VIPs on the second floor, and I don't have the qualifications to enter the clubhouse on the fourth floor, so I don't know what it looks like. But today, the host will entertain friends in the clubhouse, and the person who receives the invitation will be notified. ”

"That's the case......" Gao Shilian listened, and his heart was a little worried, he naturally knew who the owner of this room was. Hearing that the fourth floor could only be entered after receiving the invitation of the master, Gao Shilian suddenly felt that he was out of play. Thinking of today's palace nobles, Wenchen and military generals will come here, if he Gao Shilian can only be on the second floor, and does not receive an invitation to go to the fourth floor, when he meets again in the future, he will not be able to pass on his face.

Gao Shilian made up his mind, he must talk to Li Mu later, no matter what, he has to go to the fourth floor.

When she entered the private room, the little girl brought a teapot, married some tea, and made it for Gao Shilian. Gao Shilian watched the little girl make tea one by one, not knowing what she was doing. Tea, he recognizes it, and he has drunk it. But the little girl's method of making tea, he has never seen it.

In fact, before the Tang Dynasty, tea was used for medicinal purposes. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, with the development of tea-making technology, people realized that tea could also be used in daily life, so they started to drink it. There are only three ways to drink tea in the early Tang Dynasty. One said, fried, two said, hermitage, three said. As for the tea ceremony recorded in Lu Yu's "Book of Tea" later, it was more than a hundred years later.

The sencha method is to put the tea powder into it when the water has just begun to boil, and then boil it again, and then you can drink it, and if you think the taste is light, you can add some salt. The tea made in this way is usually eaten with soup and water.

In the hermitage method, some tea powder is put in a tea bottle and then boiled water, but this method can only be drunk and not eaten.

The rule of boiling tea is to imitate the process of boiling medicine, and put the tea leaves into the pot with ginger and jujube to boil them thoroughly, so that all the boiled things are drunk, which is the so-called boiling tea.

But looking at the tea made by this little girl, it is different from these three. The tea leaves she took out were not crushed tea powder, but directly leaves, which seemed to have been dried in the sun, and as if they had been roasted and dried, and were put directly into the pot and flushed with boiling water, without salt or ginger.

Gao Shilian frowned when he saw it, this is too shabby. And what kind of tea drinking method is this, three don't rely on, can you really drink the tea brewed in this way?

"Little girl,"

"Sir, please."

"You're tea?"

"Hmm." The little girl explained with a smile and said, "This is tea that only exists in heaven and earth." ”

Gao Shilian lifted the lid of the pot, looked at the tea leaves that had been brewed inside, and said, "You pour me a cup, I'll taste it." ”

The little girl poured a cup as she said, Gao Shilian touched the teacup, it was not very hot, so she took it and drank it all.

"Hmm......" a cup of tea, Gao Shilian's expression is very complicated, the taste of this tea is not good, the entrance is bitter, but there is a sweetness, not salty or light, I can't tell what the taste is. He clicked his mouth and said, "This kind of drinking method was figured out by Li Mu, right?" What does he mean by that? ”

The manager said that the previous way of drinking was too noisy. Tea has a gentleman's style, and it is most suitable for people who are thrifty and virtuous, and only when they drink it in this way can they taste the true taste. ”

"What does it really taste like?" Gao Shilian thought it was funny and said, "What is the real taste of tea?" ”

"The manager said that it was the taste of life."

"Life ......" Gao Shilian was stunned for a moment, recalling the feeling when he entered the tea soup just now, he felt a little in his heart, but he was still not very clear, and asked, "What else did he say?" ”

The manager said that to taste tea is to taste life. The entrance is bitter, and people are born bitter, and there is no one who is not bitter. Only by working hard and forging ahead can we achieve a career. What follows is sweetness, eating bitter and bitter, only those who have suffered can understand that sweetness is not easy to come by. Looking back on the people and things in the past, whether it is friends or enemies, recalling, the five flavors are mixed, just like the taste of this tea soup, I can't say it, and I can't tell it. ”

Gao Shilian was a little stunned, the little girl didn't say these words, he hadn't thought about it yet, but after listening to her words, he thought about the taste of the tea soup just now, and it was really like that.

Tea is a very magical thing, and it will be left in future generations, and young people rarely love to drink tea. Young people drink cola, juice, and even AD calcium milk, and few will want to make a cup of tea to drink, and when they reach a certain age, in their early thirties and forties, they will naturally pick up the teacup.

As for why? No one seems to have thought about it. Sometimes, there is no need to study a matter in detail, and what most people do together must have their simple and irrefutable truths.

Gao Shilian was silent for a while, picked up the teapot and poured another cup, looked at it for a while, took a sip, and savored it, it was indeed like life.