Chapter 219: A Way of Tea

When you enter the shrine and climb the stairs, you will find the shrine.

In front of the shrine there was a languidly thin guard, who sat down against the wall, as if he was dozing, and when he saw the man coming, he didn't even raise his head.

Seeing this, the man shook his head and said to the guard: "Yebijun, I bother you to go to the princess, just say that there are guests from the Tang Dynasty who have come to meet you." ”

The thin guard looked at him lazily, yawned, and said, "The princess has said that she does not see anyone. ”

The man was stunned, he sighed and said, "Yebijun, is the princess really saying that?" ”

The thin guard yawned and said, "What did I lie to you?" The princess has said that he does not see anyone, especially you. ”

When the man heard this, he immediately shook his head with a wry smile. He turned to Li Canghai and said, "Two, I'm really sorry, please follow me to the side hall to rest." ”

Li Canghai nodded and said, "As long as there is a shelter from the wind and rain, the two of us will be satisfied, since the princess is resting in the shrine, how dare I disturb?" ”

Soon, the man led the two of them to the right side of the shrine and entered the courtyard.

After placing the two in place, the man ran out.

There was a quaint stone bed in this room, Li Canghai spread his clothes on the stone bed, and then carried Wanyu to the bed, so that she could rest.

After a while, the man walked in with a tray.

On the tray was a pot of tea, as well as two purple clay cups.

"Brother Tai, come and taste the tea I brewed, is it different from your Datang?" The man put the tray down, rather excited.

Li Canghai walked to the stone table and sat down, not polite, picked up the teacup and said, "Since this is the case." You're welcome to do that. ”

The man watched Li Canghai drink all the tea in the cup and looked at him nervously. I couldn't wait to ask, "How?" Can this tea be different from Datang? ”

Li Canghai closed his eyes and savored it. Shaking his head, he said, "If you want me to say, this tea is bitter, and it is not as good as white water." ”

The man couldn't help but feel a little lost, and he hurriedly asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Li Canghai said with a smile: "If you want to make a good pot of tea, you must have three factors, and if you lack one of the three, it is not good tea." If it is to quench thirst, it is better to come with white water. ”

"Oh? But I don't know what are the three factors? I would like to hear about it. The man sat down and said earnestly.

Li Canghai played with the teacup. said lightly: "The time, the place, the people, these are the three factors. The time of day is to say that when the tea is picked, it is appropriate to take the Qingming season before and after, but different tea products are also different, but it is better to start smoking tea shoots. Location. It refers to the water used to make tea, and the water required is also particular due to different types of tea. As for harmony, it refers to the comprehension of the tea ceremony by the person who made the tea. ”

"I don't understand. I wonder if Brother Tai can talk about it in detail? The man humbly pleaded for advice.

Li Canghai said: "I have a lot of resources in the plains, and there are many types of tea, taking Gu Zhu's purple bamboo shoots, which are respected by the tea saint Lu Yu, for example. When it is picked, it needs to be during the Qingming to Guyu period every year. Pick one bud and one leaf or one bud and two leaves for the first time. Its production procedure is made by the process of spreading green, finishing, arranging, spreading cooling, initial baking, and re-drying. The best purple bamboo shoot tea made by time. Hug each other like bamboo shoots, shaped like orchids, the color is emerald green, and the silver hao is obvious. And this tea, you need to take the Jinsha Spring at the foot of Guzhu Mountain to achieve the best purple bamboo shoot tea. ”

"So, if you want to make a good pot of tea, you still need to go and find the corresponding water?" The man asked.

"Yes, its water is used in the mountains and rivers, in the rivers and under the wells. Its mountains and rivers, choose the milk spring stone pond overflow, and its river water, take away the people far away. The well water is taken from the most drawn. Of course, if you can find the most suitable water for making tea, the tea you brew is a treasure in the world. Li Canghai said.

"I already know the time and place, but I don't know what to say?" The man savored what Li Canghai said and asked.

Li Canghai smiled faintly and said: "The so-called harmony is to understand the various tea properties, water quality, and methods of soaking and moxibustion. It depends on the individual's understanding of the tea ceremony. ”

"Listening to your words is better than reading a book for ten years! I don't want to have so much knowledge in this just a few teas. I have been taught in the next, please be in the next bow! The man sighed, and then bowed respectfully to Li Canghai.

"Brother Tai is polite, I'm just talking nonsense, one way of tea, just like the Central Plains culture, broad and profound, I only know the skin, how can I afford the gift of Brother Tai?" Li Canghai hurriedly said.

The man looked respectful and said: "It's not a secret, when I was a child, I was very yearning for the tea ceremony, but Dongying is not as rich as the Tang Dynasty, and there are few excellent teas, and there are even fewer people who have an understanding of the tea ceremony." This time, I followed the princess to Datang and relatives, and the most important point was to come to Datang to learn the tea ceremony. This time, I am fortunate to meet Brother Tai, and I hope that Brother Tai will not hesitate to teach me! ”

Li Canghai touched his nose, he grinned embarrassedly, and said in his heart: If you ask me to teach you to drink, it's okay, let me teach you the tea ceremony, isn't this deliberately embarrassing me?

Li Canghai said to the man that everything about the tea ceremony was the original memory of his body.

Although all this knowledge is now in his possession, he only knows the theory.

"I know, but it's all skin, if you teach indiscriminately, you are misleading." Li Canghai saw that his face was sincere and his attitude was extremely humble, so he thought about it and said, "I have a tea saint in the Tang Dynasty, named Lu Yu. He is the author of a "Book of Tea", and since you have such a studious heart, you might as well ask him for a book. ”

The man's eyes lit up, his expression suddenly became excited, and he said excitedly: "This is really good! can be revered as a tea saint, this Mr. Lu must be a god-like figure! At that time, I will also hope that Brother Tai will introduce it on my behalf! ”

As he spoke, he saluted Li Canghai again.

Li Canghai touched his chin and said, "You misunderstood, I don't recognize the tea saint." ”

The man smiled and said, "Brother Taifeng is handsome, exudes elegance all over his body, and knows a lot, so he is definitely not a coastal fisherman. Although his knowledge is shallow, he can also see that Brother Tai has an extraordinary background, and he is by no means an ordinary person, how can he not know the tea saint? ”

"I really don't know Lu Yu, but I can give you the Book of Tea. If you think that I am not an ordinary person, then as you can see, who am I? Li Canghai picked up the teapot, poured tea into the teacup, and asked with a smile.

The man stared at Li Canghai and looked at it carefully, and said, "Brother Tai is well-informed, and he is extravagant, so he must be born from a famous nobleman. ”

Li Canghai laughed twice, he took a sip of the teacup, and said, "Your Excellency is wrong this time, I am just a poor person, not a famous family. Oh, by the way, after all this time, I still don't know what to call you? (To be continued.) )