Yue Lin's high-pitched voice echoed in every corner of the venue, and at this time, whether it was the onlookers or the tea friends who participated in the tea fight, they all fell on the man at the third table.

But seeing that on the man's table, there were only a few simple tea-making utensils, which seemed extremely simple. The man stood facing the crowd with his hands in his hands, not overjoyed by winning the first place.

"Thank you elders for your appreciation, Lu Fan has thanked you here!" The person who fought the tea on the third was Lu Fan, and he first saluted the two adults on the chief, and then thanked the ten judges.

Wu Lao, who was the leader, lightly twisted his gray beard, nodded with satisfaction, and said: "It is rare for young people to have this skill, they are the first and not complacent, and this calmness is also well versed in the principles of the tea ceremony." Not bad! Not bad! ”

"Elder Wu, Lord Yang, before the start of the conference, the official said that there are many outstanding people in the tea ceremony, and this son is so young and has such a hot weather, and it will be unlimited over time!" Yue Lin stepped down from his seat in a few steps, and said with a smile in front of Wu Lao.

Wu Lao and Yang Wanli nodded yes one after another, and they were also very surprised that the first place in this session was a young man. You must know that among the tea lovers who participated in the tea fight, the youngest of them was 30 years old.

Because this tea ceremony pays attention to a kind of cultivation, how can young people calm down when they are impetuous? Even Ye Menggeng, the head of tea who was re-elected for eight consecutive terms, was already twenty-eight when he participated in the tea fight!

And the young man named Lu Fan in front of him is just the year of the crown, but he has already scored full marks in the three evaluations, which has to be said to be a breakthrough in the past years.

Regardless of whether he can defeat the last tea head in the end, the young man in front of him is destined to be ordinary in the future.

Ye Mingzhi saw that everyone praised Lu Fan so much, and even Yue Sanniang was bright and bright, with admiration, he was inevitably a little unconvinced, and then snorted disapplauded: "In these years, there are outstanding people in every session, but most of them stop at the position of the head of tea, and it is nothing more than ......that."

As soon as this remark came out, it immediately attracted everyone's sideways, and this was obviously an arrogant and arrogant expression, which naturally made people feel a little surprised. Ye Mengxin heard that his son was so immeasurable, so he angrily reprimanded in a low voice: "Hugh is talking nonsense! ”

Father's reprimand, Ye Rang Mingming, crooked his mouth and fell silent again, but he looked at Lu Fan with a little disdain in his eyes.

The corners of Lu Fan's mouth moved slightly, and he bowed his hand to Ye Mengxin with a slight smile: "There is nothing wrong with what Ling Gongzi said, but since Xiao Ke participated in this tea fight today, he naturally came not only for this first place, but for the position of the head of this tea!" ”

"Oh? It's good for young people to be confident, but don't be arrogant! Although this position of tea head is obtained by the old man's brother, the old man is not inferior in terms of tea skills! ”

"Of course! I have heard that the two tea masters of the Ye family, the tea skills of the Ye shopkeeper will naturally not be inferior to that of Ye Gong back then! Lu Fan unabashedly admitted Ye Mengxin's tea skills, but then his words changed: "But so what, there are talented people in the country!" Please! ”

"What a talented generation! Today, the old man will teach you a good lesson! Ye Mengxin flicked his sleeves angrily and took the lead in walking towards the drunkard pavilion.

Lu Fan was not ambiguous afterwards, and ordered the servants to carry the tea to the pavilion. Everyone knew that the real battle had finally begun, so they all moved closer to the Drunkard Pavilion.

The pavilion was divided into two, the left side had already been placed with all the necessary tools for making tea, and the right side was empty except for a table. Coming to the pavilion, after Lu Fan and the accompanying servants distributed the tools properly, they signaled to the two adults to start.

After Wu Lao first asked whether the two sides were properly arranged, he saw that both sides nodded without objection, and then announced: "With a stick of incense as the limit, the two sides will not interfere with each other!" ”

With a gong sound, the ultimate tea fight finally began. Everyone quietly looked at the tea making process on both sides of the pavilion, and many of them whispered and discussed the mystery of the tea making method.

At this time, Ye Mengxin took out a small cake from the sandalwood box, which was compact, as meticulous as jade, with a slight fragrance around the end of the nose.

Wu Lao, who was watching from the sidelines, pointed to the piece of cake and explained to the two adults: "Two adults, please see, that is the Dragon Tuan Shengxue made by Longyun Tea House!" ”

"Oh? Why is this 'dragon group victorious snow' different from what I have seen? ”

Yang Wanli, as an official of the Tea Division, controls the tax of the Tea Division, and naturally knows a lot about these various varieties of tea. Long Tuan Shengxue is even more familiar to him, and it is slightly whitened in the category of white tea.

But what he saw was white and blue, and the blue was slightly transparent, which he had never seen before.

Yue Lin also nodded approvingly, and said suspiciously: "This official also has this small amount of tea cakes in his house, but as Lord Yang said, the tea cakes held by the shopkeeper Ye are different from what the official usually sees!" ”

Regarding the doubts of the two adults, Wu Lao was clear to the mysterious smile in his chest: "The two adults don't know, the tea ball in the hands of the shopkeeper Ye is the best in the 'Dragon Group Shengxue', and it is refined from the 'Silver Silk Water Buds'!" Naturally, it should be different from the tea leaves we see on weekdays! ”

Wu Lao's explanation made the two people who knew a lot about tea art suddenly realize. Tea is divided into three grades: "purple bud, medium bud, and small bud".

Purple buds, that is, tea leaves are purple, and making zuò imperial tea purple buds is discarded; In the bud, that is, a leaf and a bud, also known as a flag and a gun, Zeng Shi praised that "a shot has been laughed into a leaf, and the grass is ashamed to not dare to flower".

It can be seen that the small buds like the tongue of the birds are already the top grade of tea, and the small buds are like needles and needles can be called water buds! It would not be an exaggeration to say that tea made from 'silver silk water buds' is the best.

The rest of the judges who watched it also set their eyes on Ye Mengxin, but they saw that the tea leaves looked like frost and snow from a distance, and between the frost and snow, they could see the emerald floating color, which was so unpleasant.

In the end, everyone couldn't help but nod slightly and sighed: "With this superb tea group alone, it is already invincible......"

"This tea is not caused by manpower, and it can be met but not partial. There are few buds, and it is especially difficult to steam, and if it is a little appropriate, it will be reduced to a mortal product, and it must be extremely subtle to make it, and it is not gold or silver to buy......"

Several people were speechless when they heard this, and they also bowed their heads again and again.

The naked tea is tightly wrapped in clean paper and mashed in a mortar, then put into the tea mill and milled, wait until it is ground into powder, take a tin pot, scoop the water in the urn and drain it into the water injection, and then put it on the small stove to boil the water and wait for the soup.

Ye Mingming was born in a tea merchant's family, so he naturally knows how to make tea, so he is also handy in helping his father.

"Dare to ask where the water is coming from?" Some of them asked.

Ye Mengxin is very skillful in operating every process of making tea, and while waiting for the charcoal to warm up and relax, he chuckled and said: "The way of fighting tea, one is in tea, the other is in water, and good tea and wonderful water are indispensable."

The water of this tin pot is taken from today's pearl spring water at the foot of Bagong Mountain in Shouzhou! ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone couldn't help but be amazed, the pearl spring at the foot of Bagong Mountain in Shouzhou is the best choice for making tea, and the land of Jianghuai is only one sweet spring.

Its water is light and abnormal, but the water is very slow, like a drop of pearls, so it gets the name of pearl. Bagong Mountain is really not close to this, and it seems that it is difficult to obtain this spring water for Ye Mengxin.

"Tsk! As the old saying goes: the water from the mountains is the best way to choose water, and the water of the sweet spring and the water of bamboo are the best. Nowadays, tea and water are superb, and with the concoction of the wonderful tea master, how can you not cook the best tea? ”

"It seems that there is no suspense in this tea fight......"

“……”

Listening to everyone's praise, Ye Mengxin's father and son can be described as smug. raised his head and glanced at Lu Fan opposite, and the corners of his mouth showed obvious mockery.

Ye Mengxin put down the tea set in his hand and sneered at Lu Fan: "Young man, the way of tea fighting is not only to have transcendent confidence, but also to have full preparation and accumulation!" ”

At this time, Lu Fan had also successfully ground the tea leaves, and put them on the small stove to start boiling tea, he added charcoal while saying flatly: "The things used by the Ye shopkeeper are all of the highest quality, even the charcoal used for boiling tea is olive kernel wood......

"Oh? You've got a bit of knowledge! Ye Mengxin didn't expect that he used olive kernel wood as charcoal, and he was broken by the young man in front of him.

Lu Fan then sneered: "But so what? Before I came to the tea fight, someone told me that the real tea fight is to face yourself, and the object of the tea fight is yourself! Shopkeeper Ye regards everyone as opponents in this way, but he doesn't know that the real opponent is himself. Even if you can't win someone yourself, how can you talk about winning others? ”

"What nonsense, my father is a master of the tea ceremony, how can you be here to make wild judgments?" Ye Mingming was very unhappy with Lu Fan's sudden rise from the army, and at this moment he actually taught his father a lesson, which made him on the side how he could bear it.

"Oh? If not, why care about the nothingness outside of the tea ceremony? If these decorations are the so-called tea ceremony, then everyone in the world is the best in tea, so why bother to fight here? ”

"You! …… It's useless to say more, we see the high and low in the tea! ”

“……”

Although it was a quarrel in the tea fight, it also made everyone re-examine this young man.

Especially the old tea bone Wu Lao, who is well versed in the tea ceremony, seems to feel very reasonable about Lu Fan's words. I can't help but wonder in my heart, what is the real tea ceremony?

The first soup was ripe between the words, and the two sides took the soup cans from the stove one after another. First, Ye Mengxin used the embers to fry the teacup, and then put it back on the table when the cup was warm, then poured water into the bottom and poured the tea powder, and then added water to mix it slightly.

On the other hand, Lu Fan was much simpler, I saw him take out a delicate box from the tea table on the side, and took out a purple and black teapot from it. Pour the tea soup into it and fry it over the remaining heat.

After the ointment is finished, it is the key - ordering tea. Seven times of soup is the best, but look at the tea like cold porridge noodles, bite the pot and do not loosen. The blue and black fine lines are lined with snow-white tea milk, which makes the tea color pure and lovely.

Ye Mengxin used a teaspoon to divide the large cup of tea soup, so that the tea powder was evenly balanced. But Lu Fan didn't have such a lot of processes, just waited for the teapot to be warm, and then announced the completion of the process to Wu Lao and the others!