Chapter 123: Zhu Aozhuang
The food of the people of Gongliangzhou is relatively light, but the style is exquisite and unique, and the flavor is unique. When ordinary people in Gongliang Prefecture usually meet and greet each other, they will ask each other from afar, "Have you had tea?" It's not like the Black Python State will ask each other when they meet, "Have you eaten?" ”
They pay special attention to etiquette, and when they eat, they must first bow down to serve tea, wait for the guests to take a sip, and see that they are satisfied with the tea before serving the meal, and then officially eat.
In Gongliang Prefecture, January "the first month of the silver willow into the bottle head", usually called the willow moon. February: "February red apricot branches", commonly known as the apricot moon. March "March peach blossom powder face shame", commonly known as the peach moon. April "April locust flowers hang full of branches", often called the acacia month. "The fifth day of the fifth month of May is over the Dragon Boat Festival", usually called Puyue. June is often called the Dog Moon. In July, "pray to the Weaver Girl to make her hands skillful", which is usually called Qiaoyue. In August, "August osmanthus flowers are fragrant everywhere", usually called Guiyue. September "September Chrysanthemum Proud Autumn Frost", commonly known as the Chrysanthemum Moon. October "October Hibiscus shows a small yang", commonly known as the yang moon. In November, "the winter moon grass spits out green heads", which is usually called the winter moon. In December, "the plum blossoms of the wax moon spit out the fragrance", which is usually called the wax moon.
There is a solemn festival in Gongliang Prefecture every year, which they call "Xiaoyang Festival", also known as "Gongliang Festival". Every year, on the first day of the first day of the solar month, everyone dressed in crimson robes walks out of the house to the gathering place of the crowd to congratulate each other and pray for peace and good luck. The "Little Yang Festival" is said to have been passed down for 10,000 years, and its name and origin have become a mystery in Gongliang Prefecture.
After Yi Hao arrived in the city, he was not in a hurry to find the place he was going. Instead, take a walk around the city and get a feel for the area.
In a "welcome square", Yi Hao sits upright. He held the tea vessel in his hand and savored the tea. The name of this tea is "Zhaoliu", which is taken from the meaning of "the bright moon shines among the pines, and the clear spring stone is upstream". This tea is a kind of white tea, and it is the most precious variety of Yingkefang.
This tea seems to contain the effect of purifying the heart, only a small sip, its tea flows down the viscera, and the faint fragrance instantly moistens the whole body. Yi Hao's body and mind were wrapped in this fragrance, which made the anger on his body seem to disappear a little, and his mind became peaceful and neutral.
When the waiter standing with tea saw Yi Hao's expression, his unhappy heart suddenly disappeared without a trace. In Gongliang Prefecture, if you don't know tea or don't wear red clothes, then this person is either disrespectful or a person from other places.
Yihao's action of drinking tea and his expression after drinking it suddenly gave the waiter a sense of identity with the same kind. The waiter then took the initiative to introduce tea to Yi Hao, and Yi Hao also talked to him. When he learned that Yi Hao was from another state and visited his relatives at this time, he couldn't help but be even more impressed.
On the one hand, outsiders can taste their tea carefully, which shows that this person has a high level of cultivation. On the other hand, because the area of Gongliangzhou is too vast, Yi Hao can come across thousands of miles, and he must be a capable person.
"Little brother, is there a place called Zhu Aozhuang here?" Yi Hao's face was flat and asked casually.
"Zhuaozhuang?"
"You're going to Zhuaozhuang!" When the waiter heard this, he was immediately surprised. His hands were unsteady, and the tea in the tray spilled and spilled on the floor.
Seeing this, Yi Hao couldn't help but feel a tense in his heart.
"Little brother, what's the matter with Zhu Aozhuang?" Yi Hao was a little nervous in his heart, but his face showed a light wind, and he looked at the waiter lightly and asked.
"Oh? Not really! ”
"Don't get me wrong......"
The waiter's eyebrows suddenly fluttered, and he excitedly talked about the deeds of Zhu Aozhuang.
Zhuaozhuang is dozens of miles west of Gongliang City. It is a big force in Gongliang Prefecture, and it is said that there are cultivators in its village, but few people have seen it. Its owner, Zhen Gong, is domineering and profound, and is regarded as a guest of honor by the current emperor of the meritorious country. In Gongliang Prefecture, Zhu Aozhuang said that there is no two, and there is no other power.
It is said that Zhuaozhuang has always done many good deeds, and they adopted many orphans who died fighting for the meritorious country. And they often put grain or porridge to help the poor people in the surrounding area. In Gongliang City, Zhuaozhuang is famous, and no one says that it doesn't give a thumbs up. Yi Hao smiled bitterly, he didn't expect Zhu Aozhuang to be like this. He originally thought that Zhuaozhuang would live in seclusion because of his special mission, but who would have thought that it would be "hidden in the city", and it was even more famous.
Yi Hao casually dropped a golden bean and ignored the waiter, "It's too much!" And much more! The words floated away without looking back.
From afar, Yi Hao could feel the huge momentum of Zhuaozhuang. Zhuaozhuang is built on the mountain and covers a wide area. The buildings in the manor house are continuous and form a majestic palace. The manor is lined with rockeries, and a rippling lake spring is located in the center of the manor. Patches of grassy fields, forests with ancient trees, and rolling mountains surround half of the villa.
When he got closer, Yi Hao was even more surprised. At the entrance of the manor, there is a square similar to the Sanyang Sect. The large plaza is paved with white stone, with eight white pillars standing majestically on either side. The pillar is engraved with a golden coiling dragon, like a living creature coiling upwards on the pillar, as if it will rush out and roar to the sky at any time.
The houses in the manor are layered on top of each other, carved beams and paintings, simple and atmospheric, the black wooden doors and windows are all finely carved, and the sense of deep and magnificent beauty is set off under the shade of the trees.
"It's a retreat, more like a mansion." Yi Hao frowned.
Under the cover of night, a figure swept silently like a bird in Zhuao Village. Its figure was in a trance like smoke, and after several circles around the villa, the figure stood quietly on a rockery.
This figure is none other than Yi Hao. He took a quick look inside the villa and found that there was nothing unusual in the villa, so he couldn't help frowning.
Yi Hao remembered that when the head of Chu Zhizhi said that he was going to give him the task, his face was full of solemnity. He was suspicious after hearing the words of Zhu Aozhuang spoken by the waiter of the tea shop, so he went to visit outside the village during the day. But after reading it, I was even more surprised, so I went back to the village in the evening to check it out and find out.
But as far as he could see just now, the people in Zhuao Village were very simple, and most of them were disabled. If that's it, it's not at all what the boss wants him to do here. He then looked at the mountains behind the villa, only this one had not been searched, perhaps the answer he was looking for was here.
In front of the mountain, he activated his consciousness and headed towards the mountain peak. The divine consciousness invisibly scanned the mountain peak, and everything in the mountain ahead clearly appeared in his mind.
"Oh?"
Yi Hao was surprised to find that at the intersection of a mountain peak, strands of white mist were surgingly surging. His mind was surging, and he saw that there seemed to be a passage hidden here. Yi Hao hurried forward, and after reaching this canyon, with a wave of his hand, the clouds and mist suddenly dispersed, revealing a passage about a foot wide.
After Yi Hao looked around and saw that there was no one, his legs stepped into it. Inside the trail, the cliffs on both sides are dark and smooth as ice. Occasionally, water seeps out of the cliff wall, splashing down on the stone-paved path, making a crisp sound like the tapping of a wooden fish in a Zen temple.
On this side of the Eastern Yuan continent, Taoist temples and Buddhist temples can be seen everywhere. Yi Hao saw a lot on the way to Gongliangzhou. In Gongliang City, he also met several Taoist priests and monks with rudimentary cultivation.
Yihao walked forward quickly, and the path became wider and wider. After traveling for several miles, the front suddenly became clear. In front of him, a small valley that could accommodate thousands of people appeared in front of his eyes.