Chapter 6 A Cup of Tea

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Gaozong and Empress Wu had the intention of patrolling the eastern capital of Luoyang, and later under the impetus of Li Xian, they naturally accelerated the process, and after some intensive preparations, Gaozong and Empress Wu's car finally came to Luoyang in July of the first year of Longshuo.

As the most favored prince of Gaozong and Empress Wu, and the only prince in Luoyang this time, Li Xian's treatment is naturally different, originally according to Gaozong's arrangement, he was placed in the harem Empress Wu lived in the Lijing Hall on the east side of the Zhenguan Palace, where the defense is strict, the transportation is convenient, and at the same time it is convenient to exchange feelings with Gaozong Empress Wu, it was originally the place where the favored daughter of Empress Wu or the female elders in the palace lived, this should be replaced by someone else, it was a treasure that could not be sought, but Li Xian reported to Gaozong and Empress Wu, Willing to live in an ordinary palace outside the palace, in order to learn Buddhism from Xuanzang at any time, Gaozong, who was already suffering from the head wind, and the frightened Empress Wu prayed for blessings, the emperor was touched by Li Xian's filial piety, and immediately ordered all the princely mansions in Luoyang City to be selected by him, and cut and distributed a hundred people from the left and right camps, responsible for guarding the safety of the palace, and at the same time Gaozong ordered the king of Zhou to open the palace and leave the cabinet, until this time, those officials of his palace really took office.

For the emperor's kindness, Li Xian naturally refused again, so he thanked Gaozong and Empress Wu respectively, and then he was ordered to leave the palace and live in the house of Gao Shilian, the original Gao Shilian of Jishanfang, and at the same time refused Gaozong's kindness to renovate the residence on a large scale, saying that it was a frugal expense, in order to repair the blessing of the emperor and queen, in fact, it was natural to earn fame for himself.

Although fame is not valuable, it is much more important than money in ancient times, and sometimes you can't even buy money, so it is naturally beneficial and harmless to accumulate more.

And the most important thing is that Li Xian is just an ordinary prince, with the crown prince Li Hong, and the prince Li Xian under the prince, on the surface, he is rarely interested in government affairs, he doesn't read much poetry and books, and he is young, so as not to arouse the suspicion of the Empress Wu, which makes the Empress Wu turn a blind eye to the so-called accumulation of fame.

Li Xian was naturally happy with this image formed in the eyes of the Empress Wu, and continued to carry out his next move in the name of filial piety.

On the second day after moving into the palace, Li Xian led only a few relatives and hurried to the Shaolin Temple a hundred miles away.

At this time, Xuanzang, who had been forgiven by the Holy Lord, had already moved from Chang'an to Shaolin Temple. Although there is a lot of cooperative relationship with Li Xian, the righteousness of master and apprentice is only on the surface, Xuanzang is still grateful to Li Xian for being able to solve his big problem, so he also led his disciples to join the team of Shaolin Abbot Zhishan to greet him.

Although this time it was not the royal car, after all, Li Xian was the prince, and coupled with the name of Luozhou Mu, the nominal supreme governor of Luoyang County, the abbot of Shaolin could not greet him personally.

"The old monk Zhishan has seen the king."

"Master Abbot, why should you be polite? Xiao Wang is a disciple of Master Xuanzang, and he belongs to the younger generation of the master, and the master is like this, but it has tormented the younger generations. Li Xian saw that the abbot of Shaolin had snow-white long hair, kind eyebrows and kind eyes, and the image of a virtuous monk, there was no trace of vulgarity at all, and he couldn't help but feel good.

"The old monk thanked the king." Zhishan did not shorten the number of salutes because of Li Xian's words, his face was as calm as water, and he was united with Li Xian, so he let Li Xian and Xuanzang into the abbot's room, but Li Xian's attendants were all blocked out of the abbot's room. Although these attendants were reluctant in their hearts, they did not dare to spread wild in the Shaolin Temple, after all, they had been enshrined by the former emperor Taizongwen, and specially issued an order to allow the temple to have five hundred monks and soldiers.

After the three of them sat down, Zhishan ordered someone to offer the decoctioned tea for Li Xian and Xuanzang to taste.

"Ah, what kind of tea is this? It's hard to swallow. Li Xian originally thought that this should be the kind of tea with fragrance that later generations drank, and since the tea was treasured by the other party, it should at least be the best of West Lake Longjing, Biluochun, and Tieguanyin, and the worst should be a cup of light chrysanthemum tea, right? But I didn't expect this so-called good tea to be a hodgepodge with a slight astringent aroma of tea leaves, which also contains the spicy flavor of ginger and pepper, the sweet fragrance of jujube and cinnamon, the cool taste of orange peel and mint, the milky fragrance of cheese, etc., this strange taste makes it difficult for him to swallow at all, if it weren't for the two monks on the side, maybe he would have spit it out a long time ago, even if he didn't spit it out now, the expression on his face was extremely ugly.

Although the faces of the two monks are still calm, the banter in their eyes makes people with hearts look obvious.

"Xuanzang is just that, after all, he is the master of this king, but the Shaolin abbot is very old, and he is not familiar with this king, why would he tease me so much?" Li Xian couldn't help but wonder in his heart, but when he looked at the two senior monks in front of him, he saw that their expressions were not completely teasing, and he didn't have a claim for a while.

At this time, I heard Master Zhishan say slowly: "Amitabha, the king should be uncomfortable with this tea, right?" You need to know that the things in this realm are mixed, and sometimes it is just like this tea, drinking all the flavors of the world, and you know that the Buddha is supreme. ”

After finishing speaking, I saw Master Zhishan slowly take a sip of tea, as if it was an aftertaste.

Li Xian listened to the abbot's words and seemed to have an understanding, but he couldn't pull this face for a while, and when he came up, he was put on a show by the other party, and he was easily defeated for a while.

"No, I must regain face and turn defeat into victory." Li Xian thought for a moment, and then asked, "Dare to ask Master Abbot, is the tea in my temple like this?" ”

This time it was Zhishan's turn to be surprised, he didn't even think about it, so he said with a smile: "Don't say it's our temple, it's all over my Tang Dynasty, all of them have such tastes, but the wind of drinking tea is in the south of the Yangtze River, and I am in the north and now in the Buddhist temple. ”

"Poof......" Li Xian listened to what the abbot said, and finally couldn't help the mouthful of tea that had not yet been swallowed in Jiangkou (specifically, it should be called tea pulp) squirted out, and coughed a few more times, and then said embarrassedly: "Just now Xiao Wang is rude for a while, and I hope that the abbot master will not be surprised, but Xiao Wang is really strange, how is a cup of tea bad?" Why do you want to make such miscellaneous smells? ”

This time it was not only Zhishan, but even Xuanzang couldn't help but be surprised, and the two monks asked in unison: "What is clear tea?" ”

To be honest, although the "tea syrup" they drink helps to refresh their minds, they don't really like this strong mixed flavor in their hearts, and they are naturally looking forward to a new product that can not only refresh their minds, but also fit the taste.

Li Xian was stunned when he heard this, it seems that he was unscrupulous just now, it must be that the tea of the later generations has not appeared at this time, so even these two well-informed monks have not heard of the name of clear tea, but this is an opportunity for himself to come, if he can get the tea of the later generations, he can not only take advantage of this to make a name for himself in the upper class, but also an opportunity for himself to worship under the Shaolin sect.

Fortunately, although Li Xian was a tomb robber in his previous life, he preferred the ancient style and vassal elegance, and he also had a little study of the tea ceremony, although he was not even a fur for the real tea ceremony master, but now he was enough to deal with the two monks in front of him.

However, Li Xian was not in a hurry to take out his stunt, thought about it for a while, and said to the abbot with a smile: "Xiao Wang is just thinking about it occasionally, but he can try it reluctantly, but if Xiao Wang succeeds by luck, and the tea he makes can barely enter the mouth of the two, I wonder if the abbot master can promise Xiao Wang?" ”

Although Zhishan didn't dare to underestimate Li Xian, but after all, the other party was only a six-year-old child, even if he was smart, how much ability could he have? In addition, he thinks that with Li Xian's status and status, what big things can he ask for himself? Zuo was just doing some Dharma and reciting some scriptures, so he just thought about it for a while, and then readily agreed.

Xuanzang on the side naturally knew that this matter was by no means as simple as it seemed, Zhishan must have fallen into Li Xian's trap this time, but Li Xian was his disciple after all, and what he did did not break the agreement between them, so he didn't say anything to remind him, but just glanced at Zhishan with a little sympathy.

Li Xian saw that Zhishan agreed, but he was not polite, asked the other party for tea cakes and other utensils, came to the boiling water room, and began his sencha work.

I saw Li Xian break the tea cake, put it in the jar, and then bake it on the fire, and then crush the tea cake with a medicine mill after it is dry, and then sift the crushed tea leaves with a fine luo, leaving only the tea leaves as fine as powder.

"Isn't this tea melted into the water, and we are not going to drink it in our stomachs? However, when we are free from illness and disaster, why do we use tea as medicine? Master Zhishan saw this series of actions first, full of doubts, but he didn't want to disturb Li Xian, so he had to look at Xuanzang with an inquiring look.

"Why should the master be like this, just look at it, and you will know naturally." In fact, Xuanzang didn't know what Li Xian was going to do, but he was calmer than Zhishan, and after listening to what the other party said, he just said lightly.

Seeing this, Zhishan had no choice but to wait for Li Xian's next performance.

I saw Li Xian personally pour water into the pot, and then began to boil water, after the initial boiling, he added a little salt, and then boiled twice, scooped out a scoop of boiling water for later use, added tea powder at this time, and waited until the third boiling to pour the scoop of boiling water that was scooped out, and immediately commanded the monks standing on the side to remove the tea from the fire.

In this way, the tea was fried, Li Xian put the tea into the three cups that had been prepared, and ordered the monk to bring the three cups of tea to the abbot's room, then opened the lid, and said with a smile: "The tea has been fried, two masters, please." ”

The two monks glanced at each other, and invariably picked up the tea cup, and they smelled a rich fragrance that refreshed their hearts and spleens, tasted it, and suddenly felt that the tongue was fragrant, and praised in unison: "It's really good tea." ”

"Hehe, thanks to the two false praises, Xiao Wang is really ashamed, but since Xiao Wang was lucky to succeed, he still asks the abbot master to fulfill what he said before." Li Xian was not hypocritical, he saluted Master Zhishan, and then said with a faint smile.

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