Chapter 36 Tea for Official Reception

Carrying the dim sum box and taking the car to the mansion, it was already the office time of Lord Wang.

Lu Yun stepped forward and handed a small piece of broken silver to the official guarding the door of the ceremony, and named Wang Er, the official who received the token last time.

Wang Er was a confidant escort brought out by Lord Wang from home, and when he arrived at the yamen, he was surprised to see Hongyu supporting Yan Shu, who was tightly wrapped in a cloak, and had just gotten out of the carriage and approached him.

Lu Yun explained, "Brother Wang, this is the third girl in my family. Thanks to the grace of the adult, the girl is already well, and she wants to thank the lord for his kindness, but I don't know when the adult will be convenient to meet, so I came over today to ask for an appointment. "This is all according to Yan Shu's teaching, because the real green cloud has never seen Wang Er at all. This time, I only said that Yin asked for time and sent snacks, after all, it was not a day off, public and private yin were separated, and Lord Wang was not the one who wanted to see him whenever he wanted.

Wang Er is no one else, his professional quality is excellent, and he is also very aware of the importance that his master attaches to Miss Yan San. At the moment, he said very directly, "Miss Luyun, since your young lady is here in person, you might as well wait for a while, Lord Wang is not in the ascending hall to try the case at this time, so I will go to pass it on." ”

The three masters and servants were led into the side room to wait, and those who couldn't see it were convenient for the king, and they couldn't not come because they were afraid of disturbing others, even if they really caught up with a day off for ten days, it didn't necessarily mean that day was just right, for prefect-level officials, there were important official duties every day, and there was actually no difference between those who were resting and not resting. Generally speaking, those who come to see adults for private affairs will ask to see them at night, but Yan Shu is a little woman, so it is impossible to come at night.

Not long after, Wang Er hurried back, saluted, and asked the master and servant to follow him through another door to the west. As he walked, he said, "Lord Wang learned that Miss Yan San was visiting in person, so he ordered the little one to come over to pick him up first, and he arranged official business and then arrived." ”

They bypassed the main hall compound and entered the second hall west flower hall through the side gate. It was usually used for the work of the prefect and his staff, to receive guests, to meet with the squires, to sit in the hall to rest, and to arrange clothes. Lord Wang did not bring his family, and there was no one in the inner courtyard to accompany him, so it was most suitable to receive guests according to the routine here. Shen He, the elder beside Lord Wang, came over with a tea set for official reception and waited for tea.

The tea purchased at public expense for reception will not be too good or too bad, and it will be biased to the top or the bottom, depending on the thickness of the family in the yamen.

Yunzhou Mansion is really a poor person. Shen He took the clay pot with the top lid boiled from the stove, and mentioned that the hot soup was hung high on the special table, and the aroma of aged stem tea flew out from the Tang Yu pot with the long handle side handle. This kind of tea can only be called a grade of tea, but not "tea", it is all the tea stalks picked out by the tea merchants after grading the tea, without a little bud and leaf, not to mention the jasmine smoke, or the original flavor.

Yan Shu didn't dislike it at all, took the small coarse porcelain bowl scalded with hot water, and inside was the tea soup that still had a few half of the tea stalks sinking to the bottom after filtering, and took a sip. The various stem teas in this time and space are not polluted by pesticides, and they are also very delicious, and the taste is thick and simple.

Moreover, this way of brewing tea is a transitional type between boiling tea and brewing tea. In order to make it easy and quick, the stoneware Tang Yu pot originally used to boil tea has become a tea container that withstands boiling water and brews after brewing, and the junction between its inner wall and spout is poked into a hole structure to block the tea leaves when firing, and the tea can be directly poured into the small tea bowl of the guests after simmering for a while. It is equivalent to the three-in-one function of a teapot and a fair cup and a strainer, and when the tea is cold, you can directly heat the pot holder on a low fire. It can be used at any time, which is very suitable for this kind of business trip where people come and go in the yamen for long talks and short drinks.