Chapter 15: The Twilight of the Adulterer

Jin Buchang and I looked at the small door at the back of the hall, and the footsteps inside were getting closer. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info After a while, an old man on crutches walked in slowly with the support of Manager Zhao.

The old man had short hair and long hair, his temples were as white as snow, his hair was like silver, his eye sockets were deep, his face was full of wrinkles, his body was dry and thin, and he walked a little tremblingly, obviously his physical condition was not very good. There is only a pair of bright eyes, but it is deep and divine, just like two Tan deep water, giving people an incomprehensible feeling.

I squinted my eyes and continued to look at the old man's dress, he was wearing a fine black silk coat embroidered with a golden thread dragon on the coat, majestic and lifelike. On the edge of the two cuffs, there is a circle of bright green jade jade, and a faint green light is emitted under the light, revealing an extraordinary domineering spirit.

The old man, supported by Manager Zhao, sat on the Taishi chair in the middle, and after carefully examining the two of us, he first let out a burst of giggles.

The laughter was hoarse and low, and it was really a bit harsh and ugly: "Old man, you are getting older......" He said extremely slowly, feeling like he was afraid that he would speak quickly, and he would not be able to come in one breath, so he drove back to the west: "Don't blame, don't blame ......."

I looked at the old man in front of me, and I suddenly sighed in my heart, time is really ruthless, and the years have passed......

It's really hard to imagine that the thin old man in front of him, who even had some difficulty walking, was the generation of traitors who turned the tomb robbery business upside down, the head of the Mu family. People, no matter how great their ability is, they can't compete with the years after all.

Although the head of the Mu family is in the twilight of his life, his deep and divine eyes give people a strong sense of oppression that has gone through the vicissitudes of life and seen through all things. I smiled, and added politeness to my words: "The old man is too worried, the Mu family treats us so politely, where will there be dissatisfaction." ”

"Old man, Master Jin, I see that you are not too young, and staying up late will inevitably hurt your vitality, or we will have something to say quickly?" Jin Buchang shook Erlang's legs, he didn't want to follow my rhythm at all, and still used his set, unceremoniously and directly to the topic.

"Don't worry...... Don't worry...... Old Man Mu let out another giggle and continued to say slowly: "The two of you came from afar, it's better to taste the old man's tea first, let's talk again, Old Zhao ......"

After the manager Zhao on the side agreed, he bowed down and retreated, and entered the small door behind the hall again.

"Drinking yarn tea in the middle of the night? Old man, are you ......" As soon as I saw that Jin was about to get sick again, I hurriedly pushed him and stopped him from continuing to speak.

turned to Chong Mu and smiled: "Don't blame Master Mu, this friend of mine has a straight temper and is a little anxious." ”

Old Man Mu let out a giggling hoarse laugh again: "Don't worry, I've been young too, old man." ”

I saw that Master Mu didn't care too much about Jin Buchang's provocation, and my heart was a little relieved, and then I glared at Jin Buchang fiercely and signaled him to shut up.

Jin Buchang looked at me, and then looked at the old man Mu sitting on the Taishi chair, hesitated, pecked the tooth peck flower, simply leaned back on the chair, hugged his arms without saying a word, it seems that he really threw the rhythm to me.

I breathed a sigh of relief and began to think about how to go about the words of Master Mu. And Master Mu continued to squint his eyes slightly with a smile on his face, looking me up and down with Jin Buchang.

After waiting for a while, no one said anything, and Manager Zhao quickly walked out of the small door again, holding a gold-rimmed tray in both hands, and on the tray was a teapot and three tea bowls.

Manager Zhao bowed down to Master Mu's side, put the tea bowl on the solid wood table on the side of the Taishi chair, and filled it with tea. Then, he put the two tea bowls on the table between me and Jin Buchang, and after filling them with tea, he returned to Master Mu's side and stood with his head down.

I glanced at the old man on the main seat, nodded slightly, and then turned my head to look at the two low tea bowls on the table. I didn't think that this look really shocked me......

The color of the tea bowl is blue, the shape of the lotus leaf, the shape is short and beautiful, the spirit is chic, there is a strong sense of decorative beauty, giving people a solemn and beautiful feeling.

To tell you the truth, if I change to another object, you let me tell me the dynasty, origin, and price of this object at a glance. I'm a half-little shopkeeper who can't do it, but this thing in front of me is a different story......

In the past, in the shop, in addition to talking to the fourth uncle and the old Xu Touer, the only other hobby was drinking tea and reading books.

As the saying goes: what is good, what is naturally understood. I'm ashamed to say that my understanding of tea sets is probably the only skill that I can do in antiques, a small shopkeeper of a half-hung antique shop.

People who are proficient in the tea ceremony have heard this ancient saying: "Tea must be said to be Tang". The Tang Dynasty, as the peak of China's thousand-year-old tea culture, exuded unprecedented brilliance.

In the Tang Dynasty, especially since the Middle Tang Dynasty, as Bai Juyi's poem said: "Or drink a cup of tea, or chant a chapter of poetry"; "Or drink a pot of tea, or chant two lines of poetry", tea, like poetry, has become an indispensable part of the poet's life or a great pleasure.

Li Bai's "Yuquan Cactus Tea Presented by Zhongfu, Nephew of the Answering Tribe", Bai Juyi's "Qin Tea", "The End of Spring", and Du Fu's "Tea Mountain" are all hand-me-down tea works created under the influence of tea culture in the Tang Dynasty.

The advent of the world's first tea monograph, "The Book of Tea", the ancestor of the tea ceremony, known as the "Tea Saint", compiled the world's first tea monograph, led the tea ceremony culture to an unprecedented height.

In this masterpiece, Lu Yu listed 28 kinds of tea utensils, and explained them in detail according to the name, specification, shape and use of the utensils. The art of drinking that he advocated had a great influence on the literati, scholars, elites and the court at that time.

In order to meet the demand for tea tasting that belongs to the spiritual consumption, people naturally put forward higher standards and requirements for the tea set as a tea carrier, and at the same time strive to improve the function of the tea set, it pays more attention to its artistic appreciation value, and more and more pursues the sophistication of the texture and the beauty of the shape.

Under the background of this era, the Yue kiln of the Tang Dynasty, as the most exquisite official kiln at that time, naturally became the first choice for refining tea sets. All of a sudden, the Yue kiln celadon and the Tang Dynasty's tea drinking fashion is closely related, its porcelain is soft, shaped, glaze beauty, deeply loved by tea drinkers.

At this moment, the two tea bowls on the table in front of me and Jin Buchang are the tea cups refined by the Yue kiln in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, called celadon lotus leaf cups......