Volume 2 Born I Forty, a handmaiden with grace
It once again proved that Zhou Xuan's worries were right, and in the evening, the four idiots went from the "level" to the Zhou Mansion, and there was a big leather bag on the mule's back, and it was packed with a lot of things.
Zhou Xuan asked: "Fourth, what is a big bag?" β
The four idiots said with a smug face: "The small copper stove for boiling tea, grinding wood, Luohe, water square, water bladder, scoop bowl teacup, all kinds of famous tea, everything." β
Zhou Xuanxin said: "Okay, you are the fourth, you really play this set for me, if it weren't for the buddy being good enough, I would have fallen for your plan." On the surface, he exclaimed: "Didn't you say that you didn't bring a tea set, where did you buy this?" β
The four idiots looked like they had succeeded in their clever plan: "It's funny, will I buy a tea set temporarily, I travel all over the world, I am at home everywhere, this tea set is all brought with me, otherwise how can I drink tea?" Do you go to the teahouse and drink those teas that are not in the taste! β
Zhou Xuan pretended to be frustrated, and even said: "Fourth, you are too cunning, you are so cunning!" I, Zhou Xuan, call myself wise, but I didn't expect that today's tea fight would fall behind before the bucket started. β
The four idiots were triumphant and said: "Forget it, I won't embarrass you if you win the tea fight, I'm still staying in the 'Grade Autumn Battle Hall', and then leave with my third brother after the 'untouchable' is over, how about it, it's benevolent enough." β
Zhou Xuan smiled secretly in his heart and said, "Fourth, won't you go to Beijing with me to participate in next year's Lantern Festival Chess Meeting?" The top ten protectorates of the Tang Kingdom have recruited Go masters from all over the world, and the top chess battle every three years, it would be a pity if you couldn't participate! β
The fourth idiot said: "My third brother and I will naturally go to watch the battle when we arrive." β
Zhou Xuan shook his head and said: "Watching the game is just to see the excitement, how can you be happy in person." β
The four idiots widened their eyes and asked, "What do you mean by this?" How can I be on the field in person? β
Zhou Xuan said: "The three chess players selected by the Fenghua Duhu Mansion are me Zhou Xuan, Gu Liuquan, Fu Yannian, Lin Duhu and Xu Tingshi considered Fu Yannian's weak chess strength, and entrusted me to pay attention to choosing another one, I originally considered letting the fourth one be on top, but you have to go, it's a pity!" β
The four idiots opened their mouths and couldn't speak for a long time.
The three idiots spoke: "Master, let the sword slave go on top." The sword slave had made an oath that day. Serve the master for the rest of his life. Even if my fourth brother wins the master, the sword slave will not leave the ground. β
The four idiots were anxious: "Third brother, why are you like this, I worked hard to fight for your freedom, you are good, and you said that I won't leave even if I win, and you have to compete with me for a place in chess!" β
Zhou Xuan made the two brothers turn their faces with a place in a chess battle. It has the taste of two peaches killing three soldiers, and said with a smile: "Since my sword slave is loyal, then there is no need to fight tea, the fourth one, you win the fight is also in vain, once you lose, you will become a tea slave, a worm slave, and a chess slave, hehe, maybe this is what the fourth one wants." β
The four idiots glared at his cousin. glared at Zhou Xuan again. said angrily: "Tea must be fighting, but since my third brother is willing to be a slave, then I can't care about it, this gambling lottery has to be changed." I won, I went to participate in next year's chess battle as one of the three chess players of Fenghua Metropolitan Protectorate, and lost, as a slave and a servant. β
Zhou Xuan has this ability, guiding the progress of the gambling game, so that the situation is more and more favorable to him, you see, the current tea fight he is sure to win and not lose, the three idiots and the four idiots who move the world must be planted in his hands, the more obsessed things the better, the easier to deal with, the four idiots are easier to deal with than the three idiots, as long as they can pinch his vital points.
Zhou Xuan said: "Fourth, you are really treacherous, don't you win and not lose like this, you have become my tea slave and chess slave, I still have to find a way to let you participate in the top ten capital Hufu chess battles, this is the result of winning the tea fight, and this is the result of losing, you are sure to win." β
The four idiots said: "That's different, if I win, I'm free, not bound by you, and if I lose, I'll be a slave for life like my third brother." β
Zhou Xuan retorted: "Why is your third brother not free? As long as he doesn't harm my interests, what should he do, he is very free, you see that he is now fighting insects and playing chess all day long, and he is free to swim, but he is not as good as before? The so-called master and servant is just a name, and when I treat him as a slave, it is all respectful. β
The three idiots said respectfully: "The master is right, fourth brother, you also serve the master with the foolish brother, these days, the foolish brother sees that you are indeed a lot happier, and you are smiling all day long in Hongzhou." β
The four idiots widened their eyes, but they were also black and white: "Third brother, you are acting for the tiger!" Where am I happy, I'm not happy at all, I get angry when I see Zhou Xuan. β
Zhou Xuan said: "Fourth, you have a hard mouth, you are happy in your heart and refuse to admit it, since this is the case, then the tea room will be superior, I will defeat you in your self-respecting tea ceremony, save you from the miserable rivers and lakes, and live a happy life from now on, alas, my mind is so broad!" β
Zhou Xuan, the three idiots, and the four idiots, rode out of the West Gate on horseback, crossed the small bridge, and came to the Baiyun Temple, and the four idiots sneered: "Zhou."
The place of tea fighting was chosen in this female Taoist temple, is it already arranged? β
Zhou Xuan nodded and said, "Of course, there must be an arrangement, and you are specifically asked to enter the trap." β
The four idiots sneered: "Fighting tea is not fighting insects, and it is useless for you to eat Xiaomi pills wildly." β
Lin Hanyun waited in front of the gate, and saw that the two great killing gods accompanied Zhou Xuan on the left and right, although they have seen a lot these days, but the legend of their murder in their minds still can't be eliminated, and they are still a little scared, so they don't dare to talk more, leading the three of them to the Qing Monastery on the side of the Sanqing Palace.
Zhou Xuan said: "The Lord of Baiyun Temple is my distant aunt, so I use this elegant place to fight tea, there are ready-made tea sets, as well as stored famous springs from all over the world, and the fourth child can show his skills." β
The four of them entered the tea room, and the fairy Jingyi, dressed as a maid, stepped forward to salute and said, "Childe." Still veiled.
Zhou Xuan's feet froze, his eyes were a little straight, Fairy Jingyi used to be a simple checkerboard or an apricot-yellow robe, but today she is a maid, wearing a green Luo skirt, draped in a long silk scarf of tender lotus color, between the steps, the style is graceful, and the shape is not simply a bun, combed into a pretty horse bun, and it looks like a soft and slender person, like a fairy.
The four idiots put down the big leather bag they were carrying, looked at Fairy Jingyi and asked Zhou Xuan, "Who is this woman?" β
Zhou Xuandao: "It's my maid Yunyi, who also loves the tea ceremony, I often instruct her on weekdays, today's tea fight, she is my local female tea boy, fanning the flames, pouring water and serving tea - fourth, do you want me to find you a tea boy?" β
Lin Hanyun on the side secretly scolded Zhou Xuan for being shameless, and gave his sister a Yunyi name, saying that his sister learned tea ceremony from him, and it was really rare for her to be thick-skinned.
The four idiots looked at Fairy Jingyi again, shook their heads and said: "I don't need any beautiful women to serve tea, the tea ceremony pays attention to clarity and clarity, beauty will affect tea art, and it will also affect chess art, so I hate beauty the most in my life." β
Zhou Xuan thought to himself: "Could it be that you five idiot rangers are really practicing "Sunflower Treasure Book"? He smiled: "Before the tea fight, I'll tell you a little Zen storyββ"
As soon as Lin Hanyun heard that Zhou Xuan was going to tell a story, he immediately pricked up his ears and only heard Zhou Xuan say:
"Two monks and a beauty across the river, there is no bridge, must be watered, the beauty begged the monk to carry her across the river, B monk refused to carry, said can not be close to the woman, A monk did not say a word, back on the water past, the beauty thanked the first monk, each on the road, B monk walked a journey, accusing the first monk of Zen heart is not strong, close to the woman, A monk said that he crossed the river and put it down, but the second monk still remembered - the fourth Mr. is the second monk."
Lin Hanyun covered her mouth and smiled.
The four idiots said angrily: "I am a monk B, and you are the monk who gets cheap and sells well." β
Zhou Xuan smiled: "Don't be impatient, what did you just say about the tea ceremony, why is this so angry, do you want to boil tea with your mouth?" β
The four idiots said loudly: "Don't talk about it, let's start fighting tea, the nine difficulties of tea are five battles, which are to distinguish the tea making, recognize the taste of water, the speed of boiling tea, the high color of tea, and finally drink - taste the taste of tea, to say what kind of tea leaves, what kind of water is used to boil tea?" β
Zhou Xuan said: "Okay, come the same, first distinguish the tea." β
To distinguish tea is to look through the eyes and smell the nose, to say what kind of tea it is and what month is it picked?
The four idiots untied his big leather bag, took out six fist-sized clay pots from it, lined them up on several cases, and said, "Zhou Xuan, I have six kinds of famous teas here, you can identify them first." β
Zhou Xuan knelt straight on his waist and said with a grin: "Yunyi, take the clay pots one by one, and wait for me to identify." β
Jingyi Fairy stepped forward, picked up the first clay pot from the left with a slender jade hand, turned around and walked towards Zhou Xuan, quietly opened the lid, glanced at it, sniffed it, and raised the little finger of his left hand when handing the clay pot to Zhou Xuan.
Zhou Xuan stared at Fairy Jingyi's little finger that was as white as a freshly peeled onion tube, until she retracted her finger, then she raised her head, pretending to look and smell, and then said, "Jianzhou March Beiyuan Tea." β
The four idiots nodded and said, "Beiyuan tea is easy to distinguish, and then distinguish." β
Fairy Jingyi went to grab the second pot of tea and raised the middle finger of her white and tender left hand.
Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "Changzhou Yangxian tea in April." β
The four idiots don't speak.
Fairy Jingyi went to pick up the third, fourth, and fifth cans, and Zhou Xuan told the origin of the tea and the month of picking.
The faces of the four idiots are difficult to look at.
When Fairy Jingyi brought the sixth jar, it was strange that she didn't have any fingers, didn't she know this tea?