A day later.

In the mountain road.

As the sun sets, dark clouds suddenly converge and heavy rain pours down.

The night road, which was already difficult to walk, became even more difficult to walk as the heavy rain fell.

Inside the carriage.

Sun Fujia lifted the curtain of the car, looked at the heavy rain outside, frowned slightly, and said: "It is difficult to travel at night, it seems that we may not be able to reach Chang'an at noon tomorrow." ”

Lin Feng was holding a piece of paper in his hand, and the two words on this piece of paper were written "Pass".

This pass was found by him in Wang Pengcheng's baggage, and it was prepared by Wang Pengcheng in order to escape for his life.

Looking at the places marked on the mark, as well as the places Wang Pengcheng finally wanted to rush to, Lin Feng narrowed his eyes.

"Cizhou ......"

It's a familiar name.

Lin Feng thought about it for a moment and remembered it.

Cizhou, isn't this exactly where Du Wei, who inherited Du Ruhui's title, served?

He and Du Wei had already made friends with each other before, and they had a good impression of each other, but they didn't expect to see the word Cizhou here.

Wang Pengcheng's destination is Cizhou, does he really want to go to Cizhou? Or is it just to increase the number of places you can pass along the way, so that you can have more hiding places?

Lin Feng's fingertips gently rubbed this place and shook his head slightly.

Wang Pengcheng didn't speak, and he really couldn't guess anything based on this.

It seems that after returning to Chang'an, I have to ask Xiao Yu and them to help pry Wang Pengcheng's mouth open.

He put it away, listened to Sun Fujia's words, glanced at the heavy rain outside, and said slowly: "Safety is important, no matter how urgent you are, if it's really difficult, just find a place to spend the night, and leave tomorrow morning." ”

Sun Fujia nodded, he also thought the same.

Originally, it was difficult to walk on the mountain road at night, but now it is raining, and the danger factor is too great.

He was just about to open his mouth to Zhao Shifu and the others, saying that he would find a place to shelter from the rain, but suddenly, the carriage stopped without warning.

Then I heard Zhao Fifteen's voice sound: "Father-in-law, Sun Langzhong, the road ahead is temporarily impassable." ”

"Impassable?"

Lin Feng raised his eyebrows and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Zhao 15 said: "The stones on the mountain rolled down and blocked the middle of the road, and the stones had to be moved away to continue the passage." ”

"But this stone is not small, and there are a lot of them, and it can't be carried clean in a while."

Lin Feng stepped out of the carriage and looked ahead.

In the midst of lightning and thunder, I could see that there were indeed many stones on the road.

He narrowed his eyes and looked back at the mountain wall on one side.

It's just that the mountain walls are pitch black, and you can't see anything at all.

Lin Feng thought for a while and said, "On the way we came just now, did you pass by any place where we could take shelter from the rain?" ”

Zhao 15 nodded and said: "Not far from here, there is a mountain villa, just now when we passed by, I found the lanterns in the villa." ”

Lin Feng thought for a while and said, "Then let's go to the mountain villa to spend the night, now that it is raining so heavily, it is not convenient for you to carry these stones, and if there are stones rolling down due to heavy rain, we are all in danger." ”

Mudslides and landslides are no joke.

Zhao Shifu nodded hurriedly: "Okay!" ”

As he spoke, the crowd began to turn around.

Lin Feng returned to the carriage.

Sun Fujia glanced at the stones on the road, and said in a low voice, "Could it be that the Four Elephants Organization did it?" ”

Lin Feng shook his head and said, "Probably not." ”

"Regarding the matter of Wang Pengcheng having a golden hairpin in his hands, only those of us know about it, and the people of the Zheng County Yamen don't know anything about it."

"And our people have been on the road all the time, and no one has left alone, even if there are ghosts in the Four Elephants Organization, they don't have a chance to pass the news out."

"Besides, the way we went back was still different from the way we came, even if the Four Elephants Organization knew about the golden hairpin, they wouldn't have expected that when we went back, we would take such a long way."

Lin Feng lifted the curtain, looked at the stones behind him, and said, "Not to mention that those stones are really a lot, and they are also very big, if it is artificial, it will not be possible to move here in a few hours, and the time of the Four Elephants Organization is not enough at all...... And if it's really them, wouldn't it be good for them to sneak up and kill us directly? Why do you bother with such trouble? Their goal is the golden hairpin, not to capture us alive, and our life or death is not important to them at all. ”

Listening to Lin Feng's analysis, Sun Fujia thought about it and nodded immediately.

He breathed a sigh of relief: "It's true, there is no need for the Four Elephants Organization to do such troublesome things. ”

He looked out of the car window and saw that Zhao Shifu and the others had turned to another road, and as they entered this road, they could already see the lanterns that were swaying slightly in the rainstorm and emitting a faint light in front of them.

Sun Fujia said: "Fortunately, there is such a mountain villa nearby, otherwise, we really can't find a place to shelter from the rain, and it will be difficult." ”

Lin Feng smiled and nodded: "Yes, so, our luck is really good." ”

While talking, the carriage came to the gate of the villa.

Two lanterns hung from the door, shaken violently by the strong winds.

Zhao Shifu hurriedly jumped out of the carriage and came to the door and knocked on the door.

While knocking on the door, Zhao Fifteen shouted, "Is there anyone?" ”

His voice was very loud, and his voice was extremely penetrating, even the crackling rain couldn't cover Zhao Fifteen's movements.

Not long after, a voice sounded from behind the door: "Here it is." ”

Soon, only a crunch was heard, and the closed door was opened.

The figure of a middle-aged man appeared in the sight of Lin Feng and the others.

He was wearing a robe, wearing a hat, with the help of the faint light of the lantern, Lin Feng and the others saw that his nose was a little big, and there was a black mole on the tip of his nose, the middle-aged man looked at Lin Feng and the others with curiosity, and said, "You are?" ”

As soon as Zhao 15 was about to speak, he heard Lin Feng arch his hand and said: "I'm sorry to disturb you, we are travelers who rushed overnight, but we didn't expect that the road ahead encountered rockfalls, which made the road not smooth, and now it is dark and rainy, and it is difficult for us to clean the road, so we have to come here to disturb you, I want to spend the night here, and then rush tomorrow morning, I don't know if it is convenient?" ”

The middle-aged man glanced at Lin Feng and the others and said, "How many of you are there?" ”

Lin Feng said: "Twenty-two." ”

He seemed to be worried that the middle-aged man was afraid of a lot of people, and he hurriedly said: "We don't mind the accommodation, we can squeeze it, and we can pay some fees, and we won't live in your place for nothing." ”

When the middle-aged man heard this, he shook his head with a smile and said, "Don't worry, our manor is very large, enough for you people to live, and our lord is kind and generous, and has helped a lot of business travelers who have stayed overnight, and he doesn't care about what you eat." ”

"You wait a moment, I'll go and ask the master for instructions."

Lin Feng arched his hand and said, "There is labor." ”

Zhao Shifu looked at the back of the middle-aged man leaving, and said, "We are really lucky, I am still worried that the people in this manor are afraid of us and are unwilling to let us stay overnight." ”

Lin Feng said with a smile: "The master hasn't said that he will let us stay overnight, so I'm happy now, it's too early." ”

Zhao Fifteen scratched his head and nodded honestly: "It's the same." ”

Not long after, the middle-aged man went and returned.

He hurriedly said: "Let you wait for a long time, the lord said that it was cold in the middle of the night, and it was a torrential rain, since the road is not passable, then rest in our manor for a night, as for money or something, our lord is not short of this money, you can rest assured to stay." ”

Listening to the man's words, Lin Feng smiled and said, "Then we'll bother." ”

The middle-aged man shook his head, and he said, "I'm the housekeeper here, you can call me Steward Han, let's go, I'll take you to the place where you live." ”

As he spoke, he turned around directly, with a very enthusiastic attitude.

Seeing this, Sun Fujia couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The family of goodness, there must be Yuqing, no wonder your lord can sit on such a manor." ”

Steward Han smiled: "When our master was young, he received a lot of favors from people, so after he made his career, he also treated others like this, being kind to others and giving convenience to others. ”

Sun Fujia nodded, agreeing with Steward Han's words.

"Hee-hee-hee...... Woowoo woo ......"

And at this moment, a voice of crying and laughing suddenly sounded on the side.

This voice sounded suddenly, without any warning, and directly startled Sun Fujia and the others.

Between the lightning and thunder, with the help of the light of lightning, they found that there was a woman squatting on the rockery not far from the door.

This woman looks like she is in her twenties, her hair is scattered, her whole body is soaked by the rain, it is already late autumn in early October, but she is still wearing a thin skirt, which looks very weird.

At this time, this woman was looking at Lin Feng and the others with her black hole eyes, she cried and laughed: "Hehe, woo, who are you?" ”

"Do you know that this is the underworld, you can't come?"

As she spoke, she suddenly raised her finger, put it to her mouth, tilted her head, and whispered, "Shhhh Can't speak loudly, you'll be heard. ”

"As soon as those ghosts hear it, they will take you away, and they will all take you away, hehe, hee, woo...... Catch it, catch it all! ”

Looking at this woman's crazy appearance, listening to her words, and with the background of lightning and thunder, Zhao Shifu's goosebumps instantly rose.

Sun Fujia felt a little numb in his scalp, and couldn't help but say, "Steward Han, what is this?" ”

Steward Han hurriedly said, "Everyone, I'm sorry, this is our young lady." ”

He hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Miss, why did you come here?" Look, your clothes are soaked. ”

He hurriedly called the other subordinates: "Come on, what are you still doing, why don't you send the young lady back to the room, if the young lady is sick because of this, the old man is angry, you can't eat and walk around." ”

But when the woman heard this, her eyes suddenly widened, and her face was full of frightened expression: "No, I don't want to go back, it's the underworld, don't come near me, you are all ghosts, I don't want to go to the underworld, I don't want to go!" ”

As she spoke, she turned around and jumped directly off the rockery.

But she had just run two steps, and because she was so panicked, her feet slipped and she sat directly on the ground.

She got up, ignoring the muddy skirt at all, turned her head to look at Lin Feng and the others, first grinned, and then whimpered and cried: "It's really the underworld, don't come, don't come......"

As he spoke, he rushed into the heavy rain and ran away.

Seeing this, the subordinates of the manor hurriedly chased after them, and they all quickly disappeared from everyone's sight.

Steward Han retracted his gaze worriedly, he returned to Lin Feng and the others, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I scared you." ”

Lin Feng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said curiously: "I don't know the young lady of your mansion, what is this?" ”

Steward Han sighed and said, "Don't hide it from you, our young lady was frightened when she was young, and since then, her mind is often not clear, and she can be better during the day, but once it gets dark, she always shouts that she has seen something bad or something." ”

"Our lord invited a lot of Langzhong for Miss's head disease, but Langzhong had no choice, so the master had to let his subordinates look at Miss as soon as it was dark, so as not to run around Miss."

"I didn't expect ......"

He shook his head and said, "Miss ran out of the room tonight, and I am sorry for causing you to be frightened." ”

Lin Feng shook his head with a smile: "We are a group of big men, how can we be so easily frightened by a girl, Steward Han doesn't have to mind." ”

Seeing Lin Feng say this, Steward Han breathed a sigh of relief, and he said, "Everyone, please come here." ”

As he walked, he said, "Our manor is relatively large, so you'd better not run around at night, otherwise once you get lost, you'll be in trouble." ”

Lin Feng said with a smile: "Don't worry, Steward Han, we will stay overnight for one night and won't walk around." ”

The group walked through the corridor and across the covered bridge under the guidance of the butler, and after almost a quarter of an hour, they stopped.

The housekeeper took Lin Feng and the others into a courtyard and said, "This is the wing room where the guests live, you can rest here tonight." ”

Lin Feng looked at the courtyard in front of him, the courtyard was very large, and there were rooms all around, which was indeed enough to accommodate more than twenty of them.

At this time, between lightning and thunder, Lin Feng suddenly found that on the side of the yard, several donkeys were tied to the fence.

The donkey was carrying several boxes on its body, which looked a little heavy.

Lin Feng was curious: "Is there anyone else here to stay overnight?" ”

The housekeeper glanced at the donkey and nodded with a smile: "That's right, about an hour before you, there were also some people who came to spend the night because the road was blocked. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the two rooms near the side: "Those are the two rooms, but the candles in their rooms have been extinguished, so we should not disturb them." ”

Lin Feng nodded and said with a smile: "This is nature, we can't disturb other people's dreams for no reason." ”

While talking, Lin Feng and the others entered the courtyard, Zhao Fifteen led people to tie up the horses, and Lin Feng and Sun Fujia chose a room and walked in.

The room was very spacious, and the cleaning was very good, Lin Feng's fingertips wiped it from the table, and there was no dust at all.

Lin Feng said curiously: "Do you often have outsiders here to stay overnight?" ”

The housekeeper shook his head: "There are actually not many people walking on the road in front of us, and there are even fewer cases where the road is blocked and impassable, so in a month, at most, one or two groups of people will come to stay overnight." ”

Lin Feng nodded.

The housekeeper said: "You guys clean up first, I'll go and tell the back kitchen, and let the cooks prepare some ginger soup for you to go cold." ”

Lin Feng hurriedly said: "No need, we are already very satisfied that we can have a place to live, how dare we trouble you like this." ”

The housekeeper smiled: "It's cold in the late autumn, and many of you are drenched in clothes, so don't shirk it." ”

After speaking, without waiting for Lin Feng to speak again, he turned around and left.

Looking at the back of the housekeeper leaving, Sun Fujia sighed with emotion: "This Han housekeeper is really warm and kind, and it can be seen that, as he said, the owner of this villa is indeed kind and charitable." ”

Lin Feng smiled and said, "That's true, I've really never met such a hospitable person. ”

As he spoke, he took off his coat and wiped the rain from his face with a handkerchief.

Fortunately, he had been in the carriage before, and before getting out of the carriage, he put on his coat again, so his clothes were not wet from the rain.

Lin Feng stretched his waist, only to feel that his bones were about to be misaligned, it was really every time he took a long-distance carriage, he felt that it was a torture to himself.

With a sigh of relief, Lin Feng lay down on the bed, just wanting to get a good night's sleep quickly.

But at this time, he had just lay down, and suddenly felt something cushion his back.

Lin Feng casually put his hand under the sheet, took it out, and immediately took out a book from under the sheet.

"Books?"

Sun Fujia said curiously; "How can there be a book under the sheets?"

"The last person who stayed here to spend the night, accidentally landed here?"

Lin Feng shook his head, he looked at the cover of the book, and found that this was a very ordinary and common "Analects".

He opened the Analects and looked up...... Suddenly, his eyes narrowed.

He was originally sitting casually, his back quietly straightened.

Sun Fujia saw that Lin Feng's expression was wrong, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Lin Feng's eyes flashed slightly, and he said slowly: "Sun Langzhong, take a look at this book." ”

As he spoke, Lin Feng handed the book to Sun Fujia.

Sun Fujia took the Analects and opened it curiously.

And the next moment, Sun Fujia's face suddenly changed slightly.

I saw that his pupils dilated slightly, and he almost didn't throw away the book in his hand.

In the light of the candlelight, I saw that on the first page of the Analects, there were four bloody characters.

"There are ghosts."

"Run!"

Four words fill the entire page.

The visual impact is extremely strong.

Sun Fujia took a deep breath, looked at Lin Feng helplessly, and said, "Zide, can't you remind me?" ”

Lin Feng smiled and said, "I just want to see if Sun Langzhong will be scared." ”

"Congratulations on getting verified, I almost threw it away."

Sun Fujia was very helpless about Lin Feng's bad taste, and his gaze fell on the page again.

Looking at the four bloody words, Sun Fujia couldn't help frowning and said, "What does this mean?" ”

"Is it deliberately scary?"

"Or is it reminding us of something?"

Lin Feng shook his head, he pointed to the words on the book, and said, "Sun Langzhong, do you think this red color is blood?" ”

Sun Fujia approached the candle, looked at it carefully for a moment, and said: "It's very similar to blood, and you can see the thickness of this handwriting, it doesn't look like it is written with a brush, it doesn't have the kind of rough edges and sharpness that the brush writes." ”

"It feels like a ......," Sun Fujia frowned and thought.

And at this time, he heard Lin Feng's voice: "Fingers! ”

Sun Fujia was stunned for a moment, then his eyes suddenly lit up, and he nodded heavily: "That's right, it's written by fingers." ”

As he spoke, Sun Fujia put his fingertips on the Analects, gestured, and said, "But the person who writes this character should have thinner fingers than mine." ”

Lin Feng's eyes flashed slightly, and he said slowly: "So, do you think this looks like someone bit his finger and used his own blood to write on it?" ”

Sun Fujia thought for a while, frowned, and said, "This possibility is not low. ”

"But who would do that? And why do you write about a ghost run? ”

"Could it be that this manor is haunted?"

As he spoke, Sun Fujia turned back again, but the content of the other pages was normal, and only the first page had these four bloody words.

Lin Feng got up, then turned to look at the bed.

The quilts on the bed were neatly stacked there, and the sheets were neatly spread.

This copy of the Analects is placed under the sheets, and as long as someone is lying here, they can definitely feel it.

He thought for a moment and said, "If it was written by someone who stayed here before, then hide it here...... Then after the overnight stayers have left, it is impossible for the people of this manor to fail to find the book while they are making their beds. ”

"Once the next person finds out and sees the content above, he will definitely take it away, and he will not stay here to scare the guests behind."

"So, it's unlikely that people who stayed overnight in the past were put here."

Sun Fujia listened to Lin Feng's words, frowned and said, "Indeed, the place where this book is hidden is not hidden, and it can't be hidden from people at all...... But if it wasn't left by the people who stayed there before, it was only ......"

He looked at Lin Feng, his eyes flashing slightly: "There are only people from this manor." ”

Lin Feng nodded, he had the same inference as Sun Fujia.

Sun Fujia was puzzled: "But in the manor, who will hide this book here?" ”

"What is the purpose of putting it here?"

"Why do you write the words "ghost run" on it?"

"Is it reminding us of something? Or is it simply a deliberate attempt to scare us? ”

At this moment, Lin Feng's brain began to reproduce all the things he encountered and all the pictures he saw after entering the manor.

Suddenly, he seemed to think of something.

He took back the Analects from Sun Fujia's hand, opened it, and looked back at the bloody, shocking-looking four words on the first page, and his eyes were thoughtful.

When Sun Fujia saw Lin Feng like this, he knew what Lin Feng might have thought, and he was just about to ask curiously.

But at this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door.

"Guests, our lord wants to invite you to a bowl of tea, I don't know if it's convenient?"

The butler's voice came from outside the door.

Sun Fujia looked at Lin Feng, Lin Feng's eyes flickered slightly, he put the "Analects" into his arms, opened the door, looked as usual, and said to the housekeeper with a smile: "We came suddenly, bothering your master, we should have gone to visit your master, but now your master invites us to drink tea, how can we refuse." ”

The housekeeper smiled: "The master is still worried that you are too tired and afraid of disturbing your rest." ”

Lin Feng shook his head: "We need to rest for a while." ”

The butler nodded: "Two please." ”

Lin Feng said: "Can I bring a brother?" We've always been in and out of the same group, and if you don't take him with you and let him know that we're secretly going to drink tea, I'm afraid he'll lose his temper with me when he comes back. ”

The butler hurriedly smiled; "Naturally."

Lin Feng bowed slightly, he went directly to the next room and called out his patron saint Zhao Fifteen.

The housekeeper looked at Zhao Shifu's big waist and round waist, and exclaimed: "This guest is really burly, and his martial arts are not low, right?" ”

Without waiting for Zhao Fifteen to answer, Lin Feng smiled and said: "How can he know any martial arts, he just has the strength of his arm, and he usually does farm work, and he can't fight with others." ”

Zhao Wufu glanced at Lin Feng with some surprise, but when he saw Lin Feng say this, he scratched his head and nodded honestly.

Sun Fujia's eyes narrowed slightly, and he quickly understood what Lin Feng meant.

The shocking blood characters on the "Analects" are always impossible to completely reassure people until they are ascertained, but now it is more secure to be cautious and not to easily expose all the details.

Lin Feng said casually as he walked: "Steward Han, I don't know what your master's name is?" It's the first time we've walked this path, and we really don't know who your master is, and I don't know what to call your master for a while. ”

The housekeeper said with a smile: "The old man's surname is Gao, his name is Deshang, he read some books when he was young, and he participated in the imperial examination many times during the Wude years, but he failed to pass the imperial examination many times, and he happened to know his life experience and inherited this manor, so he has been staying here." ”

"Oh?"

Lin Feng raised his eyebrows slightly: "Master Gao didn't know his background before?" ”

The housekeeper sighed: "When the old man was separated from his parents when he was young, he was adopted by well-wishers to help him study...... It is precisely because of this that the old man is grateful and generous. ”

"When the old man tried and failed repeatedly, and his heart was upset, by chance, according to the birthmark on his body and a jade pendant, he recognized his parents."

"It's a pity that not long after, the master's parents passed away one after another, and this manor was inherited by the master."

Lin Feng nodded: "I see." ”

As they spoke, everyone came to the back hall.

As soon as I arrived at the door, I could hear the sound of silk and bamboo coming from the back hall.

The housekeeper said, "My lord usually likes to watch the dancers dance, and I hope you understand." ”

Lin Feng smiled: "This is not a bad habit, how can you not understand." ”

After all, he also likes to watch the young lady dance.

The butler nodded and pushed the door open.

Lin Feng saw that in the spacious back hall, the lights were bright.

On the main seat, sat a man in his forties, dressed in fine clothes.

He was slightly chubby, had large ears, a collapsed nose, and was not so handsome.

At this time, he was shaking his head and looking ahead with a comfortable expression.

And in front of him, a plush carpet was laid on the ground.

The four corners of the carpet, there are lion-shaped incense burners pressing, there are curling cigarettes rising on the incense burner, the shapes of the four lions are different, some open their teeth and claws, some grab and play with the ball, some of the great roaring mountains and forests, and some lazily lie down and nap, the end is vivid.

On the carpet, several graceful maiko are showing their waists and dancing to their heart's content.

Classical dance is full of aura and artistic conception, Rao is Lin Feng, a rough person who doesn't know how to dance, thinks it is very eye-catching.

At this moment, in his mind, two lines of Qin Taoyu's poems couldn't help but appear.

"Lichen town horn incense lion, curtain forehead invasion crochet embroidery to ward off evil.

According to the clear song, the sky does not know, and the drink is still leaking back to the deep courtyard. ”

Now that I think about it, this poem is really realistic enough.

Seeing Lin Feng and the others coming, Gao Deshang sat up straight, waved his hand, and retreated from the maiko.

Soon, in the spacious back hall, only the good smell of carmine on Maiko's body remained.

Lin Feng and the three of them came to the front of the hall and bowed his hand to Gao Deshang: "Thank you Master Gao for keeping us for the night, I am grateful." ”

Gao Deshang laughed, his laughter was very hearty, he said: "It is convenient for others and for myself, I have been helped by many people in the past, so now I also help others, I only hope that this kindness can continue to spread, so that more people are willing to show kindness to each other, in this way, I believe that this world will be warmer." ”

Zhao Fifteen listened to Gao Deshang's words, and couldn't help but widen his eyes and look at Gao Deshang's gaze, full of respect.

He felt that this Gao Deshang was simply a moral model.

Lin Feng also showed admiration, and arched his hand: "Master Gao has a kind heart and a broad heart, and we admire him." ”

Gao Deshang smiled and waved his hand, and he said, "Guests don't have to be polite, please sit down." ”

Lin Feng and the others naturally would not be polite.

After taking a seat, Gao Deshang personally made tea for Lin Feng and others.

The tea of the Tang Dynasty was different from the tea of later generations.

In the Tang Dynasty, tea was not made with tea leaves, but with tea cakes.

Before boiling tea, the tea cake needs to be roasted on a charcoal stove, and after baking, the tea is put into the tea mill and the tea leaves are crushed with a capital shaft.

After that, it is also screened with a fine sieve, and after screening out a fine enough tea, it can be boiled with water.

But boiling doesn't happen overnight.

It needs to go through three boils.

When it boils, the water bubbles up in the eyes of the fish.

Two boiling, springs gushing beads.

Three boiling, stirring drum waves.

At the same time, in the interval between boiling tea, it is necessary to add salt, pepper and other condiments to the tea according to preferences, so the tea at this time is more like a dish.

Lin Feng looked at Gao De's flowing tea-making action, and said with a smile: "Does Master Gao often go to the temple?" ”

Gao Deshang's hand moved slightly, and he wondered: "Why did the guest say that?" ”

Lin Feng smiled: "I'm just talking about it casually...... Because Master Gao's method of making tea is very similar to the masters in the Zen temple, I have such a guess. ”

The Tang Dynasty was a watershed in tea culture.

Before the Tang Dynasty, tea was mainly used to make soup and drink it from tea tree leaves, or to chew the tea tree leaves directly.

After the Tang Dynasty, there was a complete set of tea brewing processes, and tea culture was accumulated.

For example, Gao Deshang's method of boiling tea was completely popular among the people in the middle and late Tang Dynasty.

However, at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, this method of boiling tea was not fully promoted, only among the monks of the Zen monastery, as well as the high-ranking officials and nobles, there was such a method of boiling tea, ordinary people and rich people, still used the rough method of drinking tea, even if they learned some, but did not get the essence, and could not be as smooth as Gao Deshang.

Gao Deshang is just a tried and tested scholar, he still lives in this villa in the deep mountains and old forests, and there are not many opportunities for high-ranking officials and nobles in Chang'an to come and communicate, even if he can get in touch, those high-ranking officials and nobles may not be willing to make tea for him in person, so he can learn this method of making tea, Lin Feng felt that he learned it from the temple.

Gao Deshang nodded: "I see." ”

"But I don't believe in Buddhism, I haven't really been to the temple much, my method of making tea, I still learned it from other friends......"

As he spoke, he poured the tea into the cup for Lin Feng and the others, and said with a smile: "Taste my tea here, how does it taste?" ”

Lin Feng took the teacup, sniffed it gently, and praised: "The taste is very thick, and it is good tea at first glance." ”

Gao Deshang laughed.

He seemed to like to be praised very much, Gao Deshang took a sip of tea, then looked at Lin Feng, and said curiously: "I don't know where your guests come from?" How could you rush overnight in this rainstorm? ”

Lin Feng sighed and said: "Don't hide it from Master Gao, we are originally from Zheng County, and our family has run some small businesses, barely making ends meet, this time it is to go to Lantian County to pick up a batch of goods, so I temporarily found some people to help, thinking about hurrying and receiving the goods." ”

"But who knows, I can't make it in a hurry, but I encountered falling rocks blocking the way, and I have no choice but to come to Master Gao to disturb and spend the night."

Gao Deshang nodded and said with emotion: "It's not easy for you to go back and forth for a few pennies of copper coins." ”

Lin Feng smiled bitterly: "Who is easy? ”

"That's right."

Gao Deshang put down the teacup, glanced at the sky outside, and said: "Since you are running all the way, then I will not delay your rest time, you can rest assured, tomorrow after the rain stops, I will let someone help you deal with the rockfall on the road, so that you can leave early." ”

Putting down the teacup means ending the conversation.

This is the same in ancient and modern times.

Lin Feng and Sun Fujia also put down their teacups and were about to get up to say goodbye.

But at this moment.

A subordinate rushed in in a panic.

As he ran, he hurriedly said, "Master, it's not good, someone committed suicide by jumping into the lake, and the others—"

Before he finished speaking, his eyes caught a glimpse of Lin Feng and the others, and his voice stopped abruptly.

Zhao fifteen got up, looked surprised, and said, "What did you say?" Someone committed suicide by jumping into a lake? ”

Lin Feng and Sun Fujia glanced at each other, their brows furrowed slightly, and they looked at Gao Deshang.

I saw Gao Deshang's brows furrowed, and he hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" Who committed suicide? ”

The subordinate hesitated for a moment and said, "Not long ago, Zhang Jiu suddenly seemed to go crazy, he rushed out of the room for no reason, and then plunged into the lake opposite, and we couldn't stop it. ”

"By the time we got him up, he was out of breath."

"Zhang Jiu?" Gao Deshang's face was ugly, he stood up, looked at Lin Feng and Sun Fujia, and said, "There have been some accidents in our manor, I need to go and see, so I won't accompany you." ”

When Lin Feng heard this, he said directly: "Master Gao, you don't have to worry about us, death is important, go and take a look." ”

Seeing this, Gao Deshang nodded directly and said, "Okay, you can do it yourself." ”

After saying that, he followed his subordinates and left quickly.

Sun Fujia looked at Lin Feng and said, "Zide, what should I do?" ”

Lin Feng's eyes narrowed slightly, looked at Gao Deshang's departing back, and said, "As a prisoner, how can you ignore someone who has died, let's go and take a look." ”

Sun Fujia also means this.

The two followed Gao Deshang and walked out.

They walked in front of the doors of one room after another, and as they passed through one door.

Bang!

Suddenly, the door opened.

Sun Fujia looked at it subconsciously.

I saw a woman with a disheveled hair, who was crying and laughing, rushed out, and crashed directly into Lin Feng's arms.

Lin Feng straightened it, and Sun Fujia only found out at this time that this woman was the woman who was squatting on the rockery when she first entered the manor and had a brain problem.

I saw that this woman was staring at Lin Feng with her black hole eyes at this time, she clasped Lin Feng's arm tightly with both hands, tears flowed from her eyes, but the corners of her mouth raised a strange arc.

She cried and laughed again: "The ghost has come to arrest someone, someone has entered the underworld, giggles, the ghost is here!" ”

"Next, you're next!"

She pointed at Lin Feng.

But suddenly, his eyes moved to Sun Fujia again, as if he saw something terrifying, pointing at Sun Fujia and constantly retreating, screaming violently: "No! It's you! The next target is you! ”

"It's you, you're going to go to the underworld!"

Sun Fujia's pupils shrank, and his scalp went numb directly.

(End of chapter)