A magnificent building complex stands in the most prosperous area of Qingping Street, the fragrance of tea overflows, floating between heaven and earth, which makes people feel refreshed and happy, and makes people feel a little less noisy in a prosperous place, and a little more calm.

This is the plum leaf teahouse built by the Ye family on Qingping Street, which has been built all over Qingzhou City, and is known as the first teahouse in Qingzhou City. Each teahouse has a Confucian scholar of the Hongru Ye clan to talk about the essence of Confucian scriptures, the ritual and music system, the history of geography, and the way of reading and practice, which is the place where Qingzhou literati and elegant guests are fascinated.

Over the years, Meiye Tea House has left a lot of good stories in Qingzhou City. For example, Tianbao won the literary examination in the 27th year of the imperial court examination, and finally won the third official title, and married a princess, becoming a court concubine, and for a time the name of Chang'an Beijing, the limelight is no two. At the same time, it is also famous in the Tang Dynasty. And this champion is from a family in Qingzhou City, and the entire family is soaring because of him.

This champion is a frequent visitor to the Plum Leaf Tea House a few years ago. Many of Ye's Confucian scholars can be called his husband. Therefore, that family is very close and respectful to the Ye family. In addition, there are many scholars who listened to the recitation of the Great Confucian scriptures in the teahouse and broke through the realm, and wrote many good stories such as hand-me-down poems.

Gu Li and the others followed Ye Zhizhou to the top floor of the largest pavilion of the Meiye Tea House on Qingping Street, sitting by the window, the tables, chairs and windows were all made of fragrant wood, fragrant and elegant. Outside the window, you can see the bustling atmosphere of the entire Qingping Street, which makes Gu Wei quite uneasy. The bustling state of this Qingping Street. It has surpassed many scenes in the capitals of Southern Chu and Southern Jin. The most prosperous place in Surabaya City, the immortal city in Hengzhou, is also slightly inferior to it. This is enough to foresee what kind of grand phenomenon this Qingzhou City has.

It is worthy of being the main city of the super state and one of the capitals of Kyushu in the Tang Dynasty. And the Ye family, located in Dongcheng, is the largest family in Qingzhou City, the Hongru family, and its prosperity is far more than the Sunset Villa of the Immortal Family that they have been to in Nanyue Hengzhou that day.

Undoubtedly, their location is the most exclusive place in the tea house, and ordinary customers are not blessed. If it weren't for Ye Zhizhou, the young master of the Ye family, who came in person, even if Gu Li had money, they wouldn't have been able to come here. There was no one else on the top floor of the teahouse except for their group of five.

After the five people took their seats, they all relaxed, looked around casually, adjusted their breath, and after a while, the second child of the teahouse came to serve tea, and the Confucian scholar who received Ye Zhizhou before seemed to have a high status, and he also came in person, bowed slightly to Ye Zhizhou and asked, "Young Master, why did you suddenly return to Qingzhou City from Bailu Academy?"

Hearing this, Ye Zhizhou first poured a cup of tea, raised his hand and said, "Uncle Ye Mo, you have been running the Meiye Tea House business all the year round, and you have worked hard, so you don't need to be polite, please sit down." ”

Then he explained briefly: "These are the friends I met in the academy a few days ago, and I hurried to Bailuyuan to come to Qingzhou City, and I came with them after passing the secret realm assessment of the academy." I haven't come back for three years, so I'll celebrate the New Year at the Ye family this year, and I'll consider whether to return to the academy to practice after the New Year. After all, I have now reached the level of cultivation in the Four Realms, and if I continue to stay in the academy to meditate, I am afraid that I will improve very little. ”

After Ye Zhizhou finished speaking, he introduced Gu Li and the four people to Ye Mo, and at the same time, they also learned that the status of this middle-aged Confucian was not low. Although he is not a descendant of the Ye family, his Confucian cultivation is also very high, and he is the owner of the plum leaf teahouse on Qingping Street.

"I see. Ye Mo nodded after hearing this, and said with a slow smile: "The news of the young master's return to Qingzhou City has been transmitted back to the Ye Clan's mansion, and I am afraid that it has already alarmed most of Qingzhou City." This year's annual meeting is lively again. ”。 Then he looked at Gu Li and them, and continued: "Young Master, these friends of yours are young, dignified, and well-cultivated, and they are also young Tianjiao figures, I don't know where they come from, where are they going?

"Thank you, sir. Gu Li and the others hugged their fists and thanked them, but they did not refuse. They were originally going to stay in Qingzhou City for a few days, but now they are received by Ye's Teahouse, which just saves Luo Yi a sum of fairy money. Ye Zhizhou smiled faintly on the side, and said to Ye Mo: "The origins of several of them are unusual, and the background is not under my Ye family!"

Ye Mo was slightly surprised when he heard this, his origin was not under the Ye family, and the huge Qingzhou was afraid that there was no such power. It seems that a few of them are really not simple.

Subsequently, Ye Mo personally set up a banquet to entertain them, and then Ye Mo left first, leaving the five people to continue drinking tea and resting. On the top floor of the teahouse, overlooking the scenery of Qingping Street, chatting about some poems, scriptures, literature, Taoism, Confucianism and Taoism, and other avenue knowledge, there are no other guests who come to this floor to disturb their Yaxing, but it is quite comfortable.

Time passed little by little, the sunset dusk, the setting sun drooped, sprinkling a fiery red light, reflecting the brick pavilions of Qingping Street, shining. As far as the eye can see, prosperity is like a dream.

Ye Zhizhou took Gu Li and them out of the Meiye Teahouse, and under the reception of the Ye family, he rode towards the east city on horseback, and entered the Ye family's mansion in the twilight. The largest mansion in the entire East Side, an extremely large and magnificent complex. Its area is comparable to that of the royal palaces in the capital cities of the Nanyue Kingdoms.

It was getting late, and after entering the Ye family's mansion, Ye Zhizhou ordered someone to settle Gu Li and them in a wing room in a separate courtyard to rest, while he himself went to the Ye family's hall to meet the Ye family elders. The news of his return to the city had already spread back to the Ye Mansion during the day, and was known by the Ye family, and Ye Zhizhou had only returned to the Ye Mansion at night, and he immediately went to visit the elders.

In Mu Sezhong, the hall of Yefu is brightly lit, and two rows of wooden chairs on the left and right are placed in the wide hall, all of which are sitting middle-aged men, and the first is a middle-aged couple. All of them have a long and warm atmosphere, their expressions are calm and solemn, and their bodies are filled with a strong aura of grandeur, and at a glance they are all Confucian scholars who have read the scriptures. The Ye family has cultivated Confucianism for generations, which can be described as a real scholarly family.

When Ye Zhizhou stepped into the courtyard, the eyes of everyone in the hall turned to him, carefully looking at the young man in front of him, no one spoke for a while, Ye Zhizhou frowned slightly, and then bowed to the elders of the Ye family.

"Zhizhou meets my father, mother, and uncles. ”

After a while, the middle-aged man at the head said slowly, "Zhou'er, get up." His voice was solemn and majestic, but it sounded relatively peaceful on the whole, and there was a hint of joy in his tone at the moment.

"It seems that the three years you have spent cultivating in the White Deer Academy have not been wasted, and your cultivation has entered the realm very quickly, and now you have entered the four realms. The man continued to speak and praised Ye Zhizhou, and all the Ye people in the two columns nodded with satisfaction and expressed their appreciation. This man is Ye Zhizhou's father, Ye Hu. The contemporary head of the Yip family. The plain-clothed woman next to him was Ye Zhizhou's mother, Chun Yu Qinghe. Mrs. Yip.

"Zhizhou, as the next head of my Ye family, is naturally gifted, and I heard that he was also taught by the mountain master in Bailu Academy,"

"Yes, with Zhizhou's entry speed, I can't say that I will be among the five realms before the age of thirty, and I will raise my Ye's Confucianism to a higher level in the future. ”

“......”

Among these Ye elders, there is a man who sits first under Ye Hu, who looks quite graceful and has an elegant temperament, this person is the uncle Ye Ti mentioned by Ye Zhizhou and Shan Tao before, Ye Hu's cousin.

Ye Zhizhou's mother, Chun Yu Qinghe, smiled gently at the moment, and was in a good mood. After three years of absence, seeing her son again, as a mother, she is naturally excited and happy. Chun Yu Qinghe waved his hand and beckoned Ye Zhizhou over, and Ye Zhizhou walked to the top and came to his parents.

The two elders both smiled happily, and one of them picked up one of Ye Zhizhou's hands, and he didn't care that the other people in the hall were still watching at the moment, so he stroked it.

"Zhou'er met the mountain lord in the White Deer Academy, the mountain lord is your grandfather's friend, and he is also one of the most respected sages of the day. Ye Hu said with a smile.

"The realm of Confucianism in Qishan of Bailu Academy is unfathomable, he is a great sage of Confucianism, and he is famous in the three states south of the Yangtze River. Chun Yu Qinghe also nodded and expressed his appreciation. As the eldest wife of the Ye family, she is not only the wife of Ye Hu, but also a great Confucian in the Five Realms!

Shuzhou is also one of the three states south of the Tang River, and Shuzhou's status in the family is equivalent to the status of the Hongru Ye family in Qingzhou! Moreover, the story of Ye Hu and Chun in Qinghe has been widely spread in Qingzhou City and Shuzhou City, and it is a good story that has been passed down for many years. As a result, the Ye family and the Chun Yu family got married, and the relationship between them was further improved, and business contacts became more frequent.

"The child has indeed studied under the mountain lord for a period of time, and the depth of the mountain master's knowledge and Confucianism are really only seen in his life, even if his father and mother are inferior. Ye Zhizhou replied.

"Haha... The Lord of Qishan is a great Confucian sage in the world, and our cultivation is only at the level of Confucianism, and the gap is huge, so naturally we cannot be compared. Our Ye family, only our ancestors can compare with it. Ye Hu and Chun Yu Qinghe both laughed loudly when they heard this, and they didn't feel that Ye Zhizhou's words brushed their faces. Because that's what it is.

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Due to the late hour, Ye Zhizhou and his parents and elders briefly greeted each other for a while, then left the lobby and dispersed, and walked to different courtyards in the Ye Mansion to rest. Ye Zhizhou also returned to his courtyard. Gu Li and the others in the side room were all resting at this time.

Ye Zhizhou shook his head and smiled bitterly for a moment, these people went to bed early, don't they want to cultivate the vitality of heaven and earth late? He remembered the matter he had promised to the mountain keeper Shan Tao before, and decided to go to his uncle tomorrow to talk about it. In the end, Ye Zhizhou also fell asleep contentedly.

The next day, the weather was sunny and sunny.

When Gu Li and the four of them came out of their respective rooms, Ye Zhizhou had already set up breakfast in the courtyard, they had a simple meal, and then began to look at the courtyard. The courtyard is elegant and chic, planted with a few plum trees, which bloom all year round, and there is only one more atmospheric pavilion inside.

This is the courtyard that belongs to Ye Zhizhou in Ye Mansion alone, and it is his residence. There are hundreds of courtyards like this in Ye Mansion, all of which are inhabited by people from the Ye family. The area of the whole Yefu is very open, the architectural style is elegant, the small bridge is flowing water, the plum garden is the library, and the scenery is excellent. Overall, it doesn't feel luxurious, but it's more pleasant. It is a typical Jiangnan architectural style.

As the first family in Qingzhou City, the Ye family is so huge, every day to carry out unimaginable business operations and Confucian exchanges and development, there is a large school in the house, teaching Ye's disciples Confucian scriptures and practicing Confucianism, the atmosphere is comparable to the Confucian academy.

Gu Li and the others were also full of curiosity about the Ye Mansion, especially Gu Li and Cen Yao. Being here, they feel the vast aura of heaven and earth mixed with the vitality of books all the time, which shows the strength of Ye's Confucianism.

Ye Zhizhou is also a hospitable person, after breakfast, he took them out of the courtyard and walked around the Ye Mansion, telling them some of the scenery in the mansion and the history of the Ye family, the purpose was to let Gu Li and them understand the Ye family first.