On the shore of Yangxi Lake in Qingzhou, the scenery is beautiful, there are flowers in spring and moon in autumn, cool breeze in summer and snow in winter, and there are charming scenery at all times of the year. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The lake is rippling with blue waves, the weeping willows on the shore are still clinging, and there are Yangxi Pavilion, Yinhe Pavilion and other landscapes dotted on the lakeside, it is a place with excellent scenery in Qingzhou, it is one of the most favorite attractions for literati and noblewomen, and it is also an excellent place for the wealthy gentry families in Qingzhou to buy land and settle down.

Many wealthy families in Qingzhou City have chosen to settle down on the shore of this picturesque Yangxi Lake, and among the countless mansions of wealthy families on the shore of Yangxi Lake, the huge seven-entry courtyard of the famous Cui family is undoubtedly the most prominent.

Today, Zhong Hao made an appointment with Xu Feng early in the morning to come to Cui Mansion and visit Cui Ye for several years. Of course, in addition to meeting Cui Ye with Xu Feng, Zhong Hao also planned to meet Cui Lao, a chess friend.

Zhong Hao brought Cui Lao a pair of Go that was the same as the one given to Xu Shanchang a few days ago as a gift! In addition to this pair of Go that "sits in the hidden fast", there are also eight Wuyi Xiaolongtuan tea cakes given to him by Pan Xu, Zhong Hao also brought them, planning to give them to Cui Lao.

According to Pan Xu, these eight Wuyi Xiaolongtuan tea cakes were given to the official family by his father Pan Huailiang when the official family visited the palace to pay New Year's greetings to the official family during the Chinese New Year this year, and the official family rewarded him with the Pan family, and these eight tea cakes were exactly one catty.

The Pan family is a family of Jiangmen, and most of the people in this family are naturally martial artists, and they don't pay much attention to this tea, and they can't drink it well. There are no special requirements for this tea, but in order to have a good relationship with Zhong Hao, Pan Xu gave this Wuyi Xiaolongtuan tea cake to Zhong Hao as a rare thing. It's also a tribute tea, and it's really not easy for idlers to drink it.

This group of tea is suitable for boiling tea or ordering tea, because this tea is not a whole leaf, and it is crushed and pressed when making group tea cakes. And Zhong Hao likes to drink tea, this Xiaolongtu tea is kept for himself, and it is not too smooth, he plans to give it to Cui Lao to earn personal favors!

The manufacturing process of Longfeng group tea, according to the description of "Beiyuan Bilu", has six processes: steaming tea, squeezing tea, grinding tea, making tea, yellowing, and roasting tea. After the tea buds are picked, they are soaked in water first, and the buds and leaves are selected and steamed for steaming, and then they are cleaned in cold water after steaming, and then the water is squeezed to remove the water, and the tea juice is squeezed to the clay pot after the juice is removed, and then the cake is molded and dried by the dragon and phoenix.

In the process of Longfeng group tea, cold water can keep green and improve the quality of tea, while the practice of water immersion and juice extraction, due to the loss of true taste, makes the tea fragrance greatly lost, and the whole production process is time-consuming and labor-intensive, which has promoted the emergence of steamed green loose tea.

In the process of making this dragon and phoenix group tea in water immersion and juice extraction, it has taken away the true taste of tea leaves and greatly lost the tea aroma. And this kind of Xiaolongtuan tea is added with a lot of spices, but it makes the tea lose some of its original taste, boiling tea or ordering tea, but it is not very suitable, but if it is brewed and drunk, it is not too suitable.

Zhong Hao doesn't like to drink this kind of boiled tea or order tea, so drinking this Wuyi Xiaolongtuan tea cake can be regarded as a tyrannical thing.

Belch...... Of course, this so-called "heavenly thing" refers to in the eyes of others, after all, this tribute tea can't be drunk at leisure. Even a wealthy family like the Cui family, because it is far away from the capital, it is not easy to drink Daogong tea. However, in Zhong Hao's eyes, this little dragon group tea is naturally not a "heavenly thing", this kind of group tea with too many extra things added, he feels that it has lost the original taste of tea.

However, Zhong Hao felt that it would be useful to give these eight Xiaolongtuan tea cakes to Cui Lao. The Cui family used to be a wealthy family of gate valves that had been inherited for hundreds of years, although there was no such thing as a gate valve in the Great Song Dynasty. But a family like the Cui family has its own inheritance and persistence, and in many things it is better than the ordinary people of the Great Song Dynasty, well, or adhering to traditions, such as clothing, etiquette, etc.

People like Xu Feng felt that the brewed tea tasted good, so they easily accepted this method of brewing tea, but Cui Ye was afraid that it would be difficult to accept. After all, the habits that have been cultivated since childhood and the influence of the environment are not so easy to change. If Cui Ye is difficult to change, then this Cui Lao must be directly impossible to change his habits. For example, this brewed tea, after drinking it all his life, he has long been used to it, and it is naturally impossible for you to let him change his habits when he is old.

So this Cui Lao likes to make tea, and this gave him these eight Wuyi Xiaolongtuan tea cakes, which can be regarded as making the best use of everything and doing what he likes. And Zhong Hao felt that it was quite face-saving to be able to give him tribute tea, after all, this tribute tea was not so easy to exchange.

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Zhong Hao and Xu Feng came to the door of Cui's mansion, handed over the names of the two, and told the disciples of Cui's mansion that they were here to visit Cui Ye.

The exchanges between the literati and scholars of the Great Song Dynasty were indispensable to use names. Even if the relationship is very close, if you come to visit without being famous, it is disrespectful to people. In the past, Zhong Hao was just an ordinary person, and he didn't care too much about these things. But now that everyone is a person with status, it is natural to pay attention to these etiquettes.

Zhong Hao and Xu Feng are also Jinshi now, and they can be stabbed with the name of the red worship post. In the Great Song Shilin class, the use of this name thorn is exquisite. This red thorn is only qualified to be used by those who are in the rank and file, and not everyone can use it at will. If an ordinary person casually uses the red name tattoo, he will be ridiculed and condemned by the Shilin class.

Zhong Hao and Xu Feng are both Jinshi, so it is naturally no problem to use the red name thorn as a worship post and write the name on the name thorn in big characters. Zhong Hao actually likes to use this kind of red stab now, which he learned from Xu Feng. Since Xu Feng was admitted to the Jinshi, he has visited others everywhere in Tokyo, all so that he can carry this red famous thorn. As soon as this thorn lit up, others knew that he was a jinshi, and they naturally respected him very much. Zhong Hao did this with Xu Feng a few times, and he also liked this feeling.

The disciples of Cui Mansion were very polite when they saw two personable sons and brothers coming to visit Young Master Sun in the mansion. When I saw that their prayer posts were all red, I couldn't help but become more and more respectful. Qingzhou is not Tokyo City, and there are probably not many Jinshi in Qingzhou, even if it is a wealthy family like Cui Fu, it is inevitable to be respectful when he sees it.

When the steward of the concierge heard that these two young Jinshi masters were coming to visit Young Master Sun, he didn't dare to slack off at the moment, and immediately arranged for a doorman to lead the two of them to the side hall of the gatehouse to drink tea and sit down for a while, and asked the other doorman to immediately fly to the inner courtyard to inform himself Young Master Sun.

Not long after Zhong Hao and Xu Feng sat down, they heard a hearty voice coming from outside the door: "I said that the magpie on the branch keeps calling today, it turns out that there is a distinguished guest to visit!" The two Jinshi masters came to visit, and Shouqian greeted them late, and invited the two to atone for their sins! Before the others had entered the house, the voice arrived.

Zhong Hao and Xu Feng naturally knew that it was Cui Ye when they heard this voice, and they couldn't help but stand up to greet them, and at the same time, Cui Ye also entered the house.

I haven't seen her for three years, and Cui Ye still looks like an elegant and elegant son, but there seems to be some more vicissitudes on her face. At that moment, Zhong Hao smiled and said: "I haven't seen you for so long, the sixth brother is still so humorous!" ”

Xu Feng also said: "Shouqian, isn't he sarcastic about us!" ”

Cui Ye said with a smile: "You two are in high school, and now you are the master of Jinshi, I am still Bai Ding, so I naturally want to respect you!" ”

Zhong Hao and Xu Feng listened to Cui Ye's words, and couldn't help laughing together and scolding Cui Ye for pretending to be too fake.

The three of them are close friends, and their relationship with each other is very cordial, although they haven't seen each other for a long time, but this affection can be deepened.

The three of them teased each other a few words, and couldn't help but find the feeling they had when they were together before.

The three of them haven't seen each other for a long time, and when they first met, they couldn't help but get a little carried away.

After talking to each other for a while, Cui Ye remembered that this was not a place to entertain, and immediately beckoned Zhong Hao and Xu Feng and said, "Let's go, go to my courtyard and talk!" At that moment, Cui Ye led Zhong Hao and Xu Feng into Cui's mansion.

The Cui family's huge mansion located on the shore of Yangxi Lake has a deep courtyard, seven deep. The design of the courtyard is simple and elegant, the rockery and clear water are scattered, and the famous trees and flowers are planted all over the place, which shows the long-standing wealthy heritage of the courtyard.

In the courtyard of Cui's Mansion, there are exquisite pavilions and pavilions everywhere, quiet and beautiful pond pavilions, and the courtyard is deep, I don't know how much.

Although Zhong Hao has been here before, every time he comes, he can't help but sigh at the depth of the heritage of this wealthy family, and the size and elegance of his house.

Cui Ye led Zhong Hao and Xu Feng into the courtyard several times, and led the two to the very elegant independent courtyard where he lived.

Cui Ye's small courtyard is surrounded by powder walls, green willows hang around, mountains and stones in the courtyard are embellished, and lotus ponds are surrounded. Zhong Hao and the others followed Cui Ye into the small courtyard and sat down in the living room.

The furnishings in the living room in Cui Ye's small courtyard are still very elegant. There are several calligraphy and paintings on the wall, and the pen is vertical and horizontal, showing the hands of their own famous artists. On the long table next to the wall, there are two pots of orchids, which are very elegant. On the wall is still hung the sword scabbard, the hilt of which is very beautifully decorated, and it is used to flaunt the spirit of martial arts.

Although the furnishings in this living room are simple, they are elegant everywhere, and people can't help but admire the heritage of famous families.

After Zhong Hao and the three of them sat down at the coffee table in the flower hall, a handsome little maid soon served tea to the three of them.

Cui Ye knew that Zhong Hao liked to make tea with him, so he specially asked the maids to brew tea for Zhong Hao. He and Xu Feng were still drinking tea.

Seeing this boiled tea, Zhong Hao couldn't help but think of the Xiaolongtuan tea cake he was carrying in his hand, and couldn't help asking, "Sixth brother, don't you know that the old lady is in the house?" "Cui Lao likes to go to the Nanyang River to play chess in the early morning, Zhong Hao knows, but I don't know if this time is back, so Zhong Hao has this question.

Cui Ye looked at the time and said with a smile: "I'm afraid my grandfather hasn't returned home yet, so let's wait a while!" Saying that, Cui Ye shouted a little guy and ordered: "Leping, you go to see if your grandfather is back, if you come back, you hurry up and report it." If you don't come back, you go to the door and wait, and when you see your grandfather coming back, you come and report it. ”

The little guy named Leping listened to Cui Ye's instructions, hurriedly agreed, and went away.

Cui Ye beckoned Zhong Hao and Xu Feng to chat over tea.

Cui Ye took a sip of tea soup and said with a smile: "The third brother and Wen Xuan are now Jinshi masters, and they haven't forgotten my poor friends, hehe, I'm really honored!" ”

Zhong Hao was speechless and said, "Sixth brother, are you laughing at us?" is just a jinshi, and the sixth brother of the lower department is also handy. ”

Xu Feng asked, "Third brother, when I entered Beijing, didn't I listen to you and go later?" Why did Shouqian never go to the exam in the end, what is Shouqian except for, even such an important thing can be delayed? ”

When Cui Ye heard Xu Feng ask about this, he couldn't help but turn pale, and said with some sadness: "Alas, at the end of the first month, Jiaci passed away!" ”

Zhong Hao and Xu Feng listened to Cui Ye's words, and they couldn't help but have solemn faces, no longer a smiling face, after all, their mother was gone.

Zhong Hao noticed that Cui Ye still had a piece of black yarn wrapped around his left arm at this time, and he didn't care about it just now, because he didn't think about it. No wonder Cui Ye can even delay such a big thing as the provincial test, it turns out that his mother died. The Great Song Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety, and when his parents died, he naturally had to keep filial piety and worry about it, and his son naturally couldn't go to participate in the scientific examination.

Zhong Hao and Xu Feng hurriedly found some words to comfort Cui Ye, and the atmosphere was a little awkward for a while.

Fortunately, at this time, Cui Ye's little guy named Leping came forward and said that Cui Lao was back, Zhong Hao took the opportunity to say that he was going to meet Cui Lao, threw this embarrassment to Xu Feng, and let the little guy named Leping take him to the courtyard where Cui Lao lived.

In Cui Lao's fifth courtyard, Zhong Hao followed Leping all the way through the courtyard and came to the courtyard where Cui Lao was.

Le Ping explained Zhong Hao's intention to the servant serving in Cui Lao's courtyard on behalf of Zhong Hao, and the servant went to the study to report to Cui Lao.

After a while, the servant came back and said that Cui Lao had been invited, and led Zhong Hao to the study to meet Cui Lao.

Zhong Hao followed the servant into Cui Lao's study, and saw that the study was very elegantly decorated. On the wall facing the study, there is a pair of ink landscape paintings with elegant brushwork and tranquil artistic conception, there is a bookshelf on each side, and the bookshelves are all heavy and simple books, and there are two pots of elegant and quiet Junzi Orchid on the table by the window.

There is a bookcase on the north side of the study, and an old man in a purple brocade jacket is standing behind the bookcase and seems to be splashing ink. Next to the bookcase is a delicate brass incense burner, and the faint aroma of the fine Su Hexiang comes from the incense burner, filling the room with a lingering aroma.

That old man was the patriarch of Qinghe Cui Qingzhoufang, Mrs. Cui.

Cui Lao heard the door ringing, and knew that Zhong Hao had come in, but he didn't look up, until he finished writing the book, then he looked up at Zhong Hao and said with a smile: "You kid is here!" Well, you can still remember the old man and me, you have a conscience! ”

Zhong Hao said with a smile: "How can we say that we have also fought many chess friends, how can the kid forget you, old lady!" ”

Cui Lao put the lake pen in his hand on the mountain-shaped pen holder on the bookcase, and said with a smile: "It's just right, the old man remembers that your kid's calligraphy is unique, and it seems to be pretty good!" Come and comment on the old man and see how well the old man's words are written......"