18. Eat tea in the fairy gourd

[1 year ago]

"Gongzi Kong, what do you mean by this?" Shizi didn't expect that as soon as he came in, Kong Shen said such a sentence to him.

He bowed down and stood at the door, still making a gesture, the hole carefully gathered the placket of his clothes, held the fan in his hand, took two steps forward, picked up Shizi's chin with the tip of the fan, and looked at him arrogantly.

Shi Zi felt the slightest coolness from the iron fan, and saw the murderous intent in Kong Shen's abyss-like pupils, so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat behind his back, and knelt down directly.

"Kong Gongzi, I just accidentally broke in, I really didn't mean to offend. Shi Jing trembled with fright, and went straight to Kong Shen.

"Heh! It turns out that the Huiyuan Juren of Dengzhou City turned out to be such a spineless person. Kong Shen went back to sit down again, picked up a tea tray from the couch, and gently placed it on the couch table, where there were more than a dozen tea utensils such as charcoal stoves, tea cups, and bamboo whisks.

"Come here, I won't kill you. Kong Shen took out a fire fold from under the table, took off the lid, and blew it gently, and the flame ignited with a "poof".

"Do you know that Longyuan Shengxue?" Kong Shen put walnut charcoal in the charcoal stove, then filled half of the tea cup with water, put it on the charcoal stove, and took out a palm-sized tea ball from the tea pot on the side.

"My father once made meritorious contributions to the emperor's treatment of illness, and was fortunate to receive half a cake, which is still stored at home. "Shi Zi is still a scholar now, where is he qualified to touch such things, his family's half cake Dragon Garden Shengxue was put on the shelf by his father, and he was not willing to drink it at all, the only thing he knew was that this small lump of tea could really be called priceless.

"I got it from a Cao Chen in Hokkien Province, and the gold wire pattern on the outside is not yet finished, but the tea ball inside has already been made. Kong Shen played with the dragon garden shengxue with his hand, although he said so, but his face really didn't care at all, as if the dragon garden shengxue was no different from the tea foam that ordinary people drank.

Shizi really couldn't suppress the curiosity in his heart, so he stepped forward to watch. Kong Shen's slender and white fingers like jade onions gently broke the tea ball and put it into a pitch-black cast-iron tea mill next to it. After putting the remaining tea balls in the tea pot, he moved the tea mill in front of him and gently grinded it.

The autoclaved tea leaves were mixed with gold threads and ground into fine tea powder, and Shi Jing was three feet away, and he could smell the light tea fragrance emitted by the rubbing of the iron mill. Leaning slightly, Kong Shen took out a bamboo tea with a wooden original color from the tea tube, grinded it in one hand, and gently poured the ground tea powder into a porcelain bowl with the tea.

"Do you know when this little tea water should be appropriate?" Kong Shen suddenly asked after finishing this series.

"This ...... Forgive me for being lonely and unheard, and please show me to it. Shi Zi said humbly, his family is not a big family, where can he make such a rotten and luxurious living!

Kong Shen didn't make a sound, but looked at the water in the teacup, and when the water in the cup boiled slightly, and the bubbles were as big as a fish's eye and crab's eye, he took a piece of cloth, took off the teacup with one hand, and quickly pulled out a bamboo whisk from the teapot with the other hand, he held the handle of the teacup and tilted it slightly, and the water poured down along the mouth of the teacup. He poured water and whisked it, and when the tea powder was completely blended with the boiling water, he stopped.

Shizi followed the golden light on the wall, the tea soup above the clouds and mist, but never overflow the bowl, Kong is cautious of the essence of tea art, so this tea soup is like melting glue, thick like thick porridge, porridge noodles are shining brightly, pure white as crisp.

"This is the first soup. Kong Shen breathed a long sigh of relief and spoke, then took out two tea cups the size of a baby's fist from the side, put the bamboo whisk and tea back into the tea tube, and then took out the tea ladle.

"If you're lucky, I know what you want to ask, but it's never too late to ask after you've eaten. Kong Shen looked at Shi Zi, who wanted to speak and stopped, directly interrupted him, and then raised his hand to add tea.

Seeing this, Shi Zi hurriedly took the tea cup, just arrived in front of him, a rich and mellow tea fragrance came to his face, this moment, the tea soup has been a little cold, he raised the lamp lightly, a mouth, the tea soup is fragrant, sweet, heavy, slippery feeling flowing between his lips and teeth, and this rich aroma, but not like the ordinary good tea only fragrance, this Longyuan Shengxue is worthy of being the first tea in the Great Song Dynasty, he tasted it carefully, every sip of this tea has a different taste, it is like the literati in general, each has its own wind and bones, which really surprised him.

"In the second year of Daguan, I once saw Zhao Ji in the university, and he told me that this tea is definitely different from ordinary spices, and the tea has a real fragrance, which can be imitated by dragon musk. This is the most precious treasure in the world, but I don't know how many merchants have been trampled by the vassal elegance of the merchants. Kong Shen tasted the tea, his face showed a look of amazement, and then he stared at Shizi and said lightly

"Whether you come in today intentionally or unintentionally, people who come will always ask who I am. ”

"Gongzi Mingjian, contemptible people still dare to ask, Gongzi is so powerful, he actually lives in this immortal gourd, who is it?"