Chapter 20: The Finishing Touch
"Xu Fu? Which Hsu Mansion? In this huge city of Hangzhou, no one surnamed Xu dares to take care of this master's affairs! ”
Niu Ercheng saw that Lu Xin was a child, and there were three people behind him, where would he be afraid. He Meng and the others saw that he looked arrogant and domineering, his face was also ugly, and he put down the teacups in his hands one after another.
"Which Xu Mansion? In this Yuezhou, there are still people who don't know the name of our Xu Sanjin Xu Yuanwai? Hehe, what a stupid cow who doesn't know how to live or die! ”
Although He Meng is only a subordinate of the Xu Mansion, he has traveled to Shifeng Mountain many times and still has a friendship with Tian Gui's family. Especially Tian Yuer, everyone who has been on the mountain will feel feelings for him to some extent. Now that he is bullied by Niu Ercheng like this, he is naturally angry.
Lu Xin was relieved to see that He Meng and the three of them also stood up and spoke. At such a juncture, he was afraid that he would not move people. Otherwise, if the opponent is tough, with the swordsmanship he just practiced, he can't be the opponent.
"Xu Sanjin? Hmph, haven't heard of it. Boy, you dare to call this master a stupid cow, it seems that your tongue is not wanted. ”
After Niu Ercheng heard Xu Sanjin's name, he was indifferent at all, and his expression became even more and more fierce. Lu Xin's face changed suddenly, and his heart was ready to make a move. But then, a subordinate behind Niu Ercheng suddenly ran forward and pulled him back a few steps.
"Young master, Xu Sanjin is the richest man in the entire Jiangnan Province, and half of our Niu family's business has to pass through his hands. This Xu Mansion, we really can't be provoked, let's go first. ”
"It was him! Hmph, this Tian Gui is really lucky to step on shit. ”
Niu Ercheng snorted coldly, and then stared at Lu Xin and the others, as if he was about to erupt fire in his eyes.
"Who should I be, it turned out to be a group of minions of the Xu Mansion. Anyway, for the sake of Xu Yuanwai's face, Master Ben doesn't care about you today. Xiaoyu'er, Xianggong, I'll come to see you next time, hehehehehe......"
Niu Ercheng turned around and left, and Lu Xin stepped forward to help Tian Gui. But the old man was obviously still very worried about his granddaughter, and he couldn't care about the pain in his body, so he kept sighing. Although Niu Ercheng was forced to leave this time, it was impossible for the people of Xu Mansion to stay in the mountains forever, after all, far water could not quench their thirst.
In the ensuing conversation, Lu Xin probably knew what happened. During the Qixi Lantern Festival last year, Tian Gui took Tian Yu'er down the mountain to watch the excitement. was bumped into by Niu Ercheng, who was drunk at the time, and immediately said that he wanted to take Tian Yu'er as the fourteenth concubine, and caught up with Shifeng Mountain all the way. Since then, Niu Ercheng has brought people to the door every once in a while to make trouble. If Tian Yu'er hadn't always forced him to die, I'm afraid he would have succeeded long ago.
"Our family Xiaoyu is only fourteen years old, and the cow is nine out of thirty. Niufu is a herd of wives and concubines, how can I bear to watch her suffer? Her father and mother left early, if I, who was a grandfather, couldn't even keep my only granddaughter, how would I have the face to go down to see them. ”
"Uh......h Grandpa, don't say it, blame me for not being good, blame me, woo woo woo ......"
The grandfather and grandson cried very sadly, and Lu Xin saw it in his eyes, only feeling panicked. He thought of Tu Xing, remembered Xiaoxi Town, how could he not be so helpless. In this world, rich people have three wives and four concubines, collude with officials, and it's okay to kill people. As for the poor, life is thinner than paper, as low as ants.
"I originally thought it was all a plot in a TV series, but in fact, this is the life of the ancients. I really want to go back to the modern era and tell everyone how good it would be to live in the 21st century and live in China! ”
"Shopkeeper Lu, what did you say?"
"Oh, it's fine. Grandpa Tian, you can just call me Xiao Xin. Don't worry, we will definitely help you. ”
"No, no, no, you are the shopkeeper sent by Xu Yuan, how dare the little old man break the rules. Fangcai, thank you for your help, Xiao Lao'er is really grateful. ”
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Because of Niu Ercheng's incident, the relationship between Lu Xin and Tian Gui has become a lot closer. Tian Yuer also likes this new little brother very much, and always asks questions on the side. Everyone had lunch at Tian Gui's house, and then Lu Xin talked about fried tea. But Tian Gui said that he fried the tea on a whim, and he couldn't remember the steps at that time, just blindly wanted to fry the tea to bring out the aroma and sweetness.
Tea processing, which was unprecedented in the Tang Dynasty. Everything is difficult at the beginning, Lu Xin never thought that he could achieve it overnight. In the evening of the same day, he collected a few dozen taels of silver and went down the mountain. Before leaving, he asked Tian Gui to figure out the methods and steps of roasting tea and write them down.
Since taking over the tea business, Lu Xin has been traveling between Hangzhou City and Shanyin County. Autumn goes to spring, time flies quickly, and a whole year is in a flash. During this period, Lu Xin insisted on practicing swords every day and taking Bone Strengthening Pill uninterruptedly. In more than a year, not only has the swordsmanship become a little better, but the size has also grown a lot. Now ten years old, he is already 1.65 meters tall. Such a change, let alone in the Tang Dynasty, is extremely amazing even back to modern times.
Dumb Wu said that the Bone Strengthening Pill was a secret elixir made by their family. It is used to assist the clansmen in practicing, and can make the physical body develop rapidly in a short time. And this is also an important reason why he was able to become famous all over the world at a young age.
In the second year of Zhenguan, the tenth day of August. Lu Xin practiced swords in Shifeng Mountain, and under the bright moonlight, he saw him holding a long sword, jumping and galloping among the tea trees, like a smart ape. Tian Yu'er watched from a distance, but found that her eyes couldn't keep up with Lu Xin's speed. And every time the boy swung his sword, the dead branches and fallen leaves on the ground would be swept up by the wind and soar into the air.
"If the sword is like a dragon, put the finishing touch on the pen, get up!"
Lu Xin drank violently, tiptoed the ground, and quickly fell into the woods on the tea mountain. Then he stabbed the sword into the root of a large tree, and in an instant, the whole ground cracked. The massive tree shook twice, and the dead leaves fell all over the ground.
"Uncle Wu said that if you practice the magic pen swordsmanship to the realm of Xiaocheng, you can shake the tree with a sword. As soon as the dragon comes out, it will hit the point. But I still can't get the transition between moves perfect. And after performing the dragon trick, the qi will disperse, and the strength will not be able to keep up. Alas, what exactly is the problem? Could it be because he didn't cultivate his internal strength? ”
After Lu Xin practiced the last swordsmanship, he began to gasp for breath, and his hands and even his whole body would lose their strength. His current martial arts are only one step away from swordsmanship Xiaocheng. But this step seems to be more difficult than climbing to the sky.
After more than a year of day and night practice, coupled with the effect of the Bone Strengthening Pill, Lu Xin's physical fitness is already very good, whether it is arm strength or overall explosiveness, three or five adult strong men are not as good as him combined. But the last two moves of the first style of the magic pen swordsmanship, the changes in the dragon's eyesight, he has not been able to make it. Every time he used the last move, he would completely lose his strength. At that point, it will be left to the slaughter.
Tian Yu'er saw Lu Xin walking out of the woods dejectedly, and hurriedly ran forward and hugged his neck. His eyes are warm, his smile is like a flower, and he loves him like his own brother. However, at this time, Lu Xin was already about the same height as Tian Yu'er, and he looked like a very handsome young man. Smelling the body fragrance of the person next to him, Lu Xin instantly blushed. If this scene is seen by people who don't know, they will definitely think that this is a loving little lover.
"Gee, it's been a common time for you this year, but I don't think there's anything about it. I didn't expect my younger brother Xiao Xin to suddenly grow so tall, and he is really a handsome little boy. ”
Tian Yu'er stood on tiptoe and touched Lu Xin's head dotingly, smiling and grinning was particularly charming. Lu Xin's cheeks turned a little redder again, and he didn't dare to look at her.
"Sister Yu'er, I'm going back to Shanyin County early tomorrow morning. It will be the Mid-Autumn Festival in a few days, and I couldn't go back to see Uncle Wu last year, and I can't spend it in the mountains this year. ”
"You, are you going back? Not...... Also, the Mid-Autumn Festival, it's time to go home to accompany your loved ones. Okay, you can go back and talk to grandpa. By the way, grandpa said that the new tea fried today is not only strong, but also full of color and aroma, and you should like it after drinking it. But we can't read, so you have to go to see your grandfather roast tea and write it down on paper. ”
"Really? Great, I've been waiting for this day for more than a year. ”
Lu Xin was surprised and delighted, Tian Yu'er's words were the hope he had been waiting for day and night. Ever since Jean Tian Gui began to study roasted tea, he often lived on Shifeng Mountain and tried it with the old man. But every time it fails, the tea that comes out is either too bitter or too brittle, and it breaks when it is soaked in water. And the tea business for more than a year has only made a few dozen taels of silver. Although the business of the store is better than before Lu Xin took over, if you want to earn enough two hundred taels at this rate, I don't know when you will have to wait.
When he returned to the bamboo house, Tian Gui had already made tea and was waiting. Lu Xin only took a sip, then closed his eyes and savored it for most of the day. The aroma of tea is so rich that it fills the mouth and nose and makes people feel refreshed. The taste of this tea is neither sweet nor bitter, it has a unique grassy taste. But when you taste it carefully, you sometimes feel sweet, sometimes bitter, as if it can change with the mind of the tea taster. Lu Xin only took a sip and knew that this tea was exactly what he wanted.
"If Shopkeeper Lu is satisfied, how about choosing a name for this tea?"
"Name? Just call it, West Lake Longjing Tea. ”
On August 15, Lu Xin returned to Xufu with two boxes of tea. He first made a pot for Xu Sanjin, and the color and aroma of the tea shocked this big man who was used to eating delicacies from the mountains and seas. Xu Sanjin ordered at that time to sell the tea that Lu Xin brought back as the treasure of the town store. At the same time, all tea shops were ordered to start learning how to roast tea. Lu Xin roughly estimated that as long as it goes well, it will be as little as three months or as much as half a year, and he will definitely be able to earn enough two hundred taels. At that time, he will be able to get out of slavery and go to Chang'an.
"Uncle Wu, I have mastered the first form of the Wonderful Pen Sword Technique. However, there is no internal force support, only sword momentum, and there is still some lack of strength, and it has not yet been able to break through to the realm of Xiaocheng. But you also said that if the swordsmanship is not small, it will not be able to cultivate internal strength, how can I improve? ”
On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Lu Xin asked the mute Wu for swordsmanship. But the strange thing is that throughout the night, the mute Wu was a little restless, and often stared at the night sky, not knowing what he was looking at.
"Uncle Wu?"
"Don't make a sound!"
Suddenly, the mute Wu suddenly covered Lu Xin's mouth and nose and motioned him not to speak. At the same time, a five-colored glow appeared in the sky above Xu's mansion.