Hong Wuye, the ancestor of this dynasty, was born poor and lived a simple life.

Hong Wuye thought that the tea cakes used in the previous dynasty's tea ordering method cost the people and money, so he issued an edict: "Abolish the Fujian Jian'an group tea to pay tribute to the palace, prohibit the manufacture of group tea, and only pick bud tea to pay tribute." So the tribute system of group tea in Jian'an, Fujian and other places was abolished, and the manufacture of group tea was prohibited in various places, and only bud tea was used as tribute. Therefore, since Hongwu, the world has brewed bud tea and drunk, the brewing method is simple and clear, and drinking tea is integrated into daily life.

Nie Xiaoman also believes that in the Song Dynasty, the tea was roasted and ground in the tea method, which deviated from the most primitive taste of herbs, and brewed tea with boiling water could better reflect the true taste of tea, and this brewing method was called "drinking method".

In fact, the Tang and Song dynasties also had a "drinking method", but this method was not in the eyes of scholars at that time. The Ming generation of tea people also summed up the standard of tea drinking water, namely: clear, lively, sweet, watery, and light. Qing is the water quality is clear, live is the living water, sweet is the sweet water quality, the water has a cool feeling, light is the water quality is light, but also the lightest water in the sky, such as: rain, snow, dew, hail, etc., called "Tianshui" or "rootless water", Tianshui tea is highly respected.

Corresponding to Tianshui is earth water, that is, surface water, such as: spring water, river water, river water, lake water, well water, etc.

Jinsufang is one of the eighteen-room temples on Huqiu Mountain, in the north of the bamboo pavilion house, in front of the Luohan Hall. In addition to the woods and bamboo bushes, less than one-third of them are tea trees. The tea trees grow under such a mountain forest, quiet and stretched.

Tiger Hill tea does have a unique and peculiar quality, its soup color is like jade dew, the rhyme is mellow, fragrant and fragrant, some say like "bean blossom fragrance", and some people say that it is like the "orange blossom" fragrance that is about to open.

Shang Yuanji drank a cup of Tiger Hill tea and rested for two or three minutes before his overly tense nerves calmed down a bit. So he continued to tell what he said about Jin Chuan's mysterious actions.

Shang Yuanji said: "When I slept last night, I was very careful to bolt the door with an iron latch, and moved two square stools to block the door, just in case there was any accident. But there was no movement in the night, and I didn't sleep soundly because I had been thinking about my dead mother, and if there was any noise, I would have been awakened. But it wasn't until this morning that the window paper was slightly white, and I could hear the sound of my aunt's room downstairs, but the sound was trivial and slight, with some mysterious meaning, as if to prevent people from eavesdropping. Of course, I immediately paid attention, and got up from the bed, first with my ears on the floor, and at first there was a whispering sound, and then I heard someone walking in the room downstairs. I hurriedly dressed, opened the door, and walked gently to the top of the stairs to listen attentively again. I could hear the downstairs door quietly shut, and once more again, but no other sound could be heard. I boldly went down the stairs again, and when I reached the turn of the staircase, I looked into the window next to the staircase, and it was not yet dark, but there was a faint discerning object in the small square back patio. I saw Jin Chuan passing through the small patio and walking towards the kitchen. ”

This Shang Yuanji's sanity has really recovered a lot, and he is a scholar himself, and he spoke in a clear and coherent manner today, telling all the things that were eavesdropping and peeping in the room vividly, Jing Mo sat on the side like listening to a story, and gradually fell into a trance.

Shang Yuanji continued: "At this time, the new Jiangbei old mother hasn't gotten up yet, but why did Jin Chuan get up alone? Look at her to get out the back door. If she wants to buy something, she will normally call the old Jiangbei mother to go with her. Her series of sneaky appearances are enough to prove that there must be something unspeakable when she goes out. I thought she must be deceitful, so I went downstairs and prepared to follow her out. And when I walked down the stairs, I saw that the old Jiangbei mother was still sleeping in the small room behind the guest hall and did not get up. ”

"I went into the kitchen again, and Jin Chuan was gone! Looking at the back door again, it was indeed hidden. For the sake of caution, I opened the back door very gently, for fear of making a little noise, but when I opened the back door and went out, Jin Chuan was already gone! I was taken aback, and hurriedly chased out, and walked through the back door of No. 7, and looked at both ends of the north-south alley. ”

"I thought about it, and guessed that Jin Chuan always went out to the south entrance of the alley. When I chased there, I looked to the east, and sure enough, I saw that she was wearing a red crewneck shirt and white sleeves, and she was hurrying forward with her head unkempt. The door of the tiger stove had been opened, and there was a man with a sink-nosed man standing at the door, and when the sink-nosed saw Jin Chuan, he smiled and nodded in greeting. Jin Chuan walked up to him and began to have a strange conversation with him, because before she talked to the guy with the slumped nose, she had looked back and looked around vigilantly, but fortunately I had been prepared and hid behind a large cedar tree, and she did not notice me. Of course, I don't know what she was talking about with the slump, but she had such a sneaky and mysterious conversation with such a slump at this time, which gave me some clues. So I couldn't wait for her conversation to end and quietly went home. When I got back to my bedroom, it wasn't long before I heard the door knock downstairs and it was Jin Chuan back. ”

Nie Xiaoman listened intently, and only after Shang Yuanji's story was finished did he nod and said.

"Well, Brother Yuanji, you spoke very well and your opinion is good, this is indeed a clue that can be followed. But is the collapsed nose you are talking about really the guy on the tiger stove? Could there be anyone waiting there? This kind of tiger stove, while selling water, also sells tea? ”

Shang Yuanji replied: "Yes, but this slump nose is indeed a man, not a tea guest, because I also know him." ”

"You know him, too?

"I don't know him, but I know his looks. Last night I didn't dare to have dinner with them, so I bought some duck fat shortbread and went back, and I took a big teapot to the tiger stove and bought a big pot of water. At that time, I also saw this slump nose eating dinner inside, so this person is the boss or a buddy, although I don't know, but it must not be an unrelated tea customer.

"Well, this clue is valuable. We can do it from this line. Did you find anything else suspicious when you went back yesterday?

"I didn't notice anything, but my aunt and Jin Chuan's attitudes became cold, and they refused to talk to me, which was completely different from the day before yesterday.

"So, what did you ask them about?"

"I asked my aunt if Chongming had ever returned, and she replied no. Chongming originally slept in the pavilion upstairs, but I saw that the door to the pavilion was still locked. Later, I deliberately said that I would go back to the school the day after tomorrow, and she only said a perfunctory sentence without any expression. ”

Nie Xiaoman nodded and said with a smile: "In this way, she flattered you at first, as if she wanted to deceive you and cover up this matter, but later your voice and appearance and the various situations of running outside have clearly told her that you have developed very serious suspicions and vowed to avenge your mother, so it is inevitable that she will change her attitude and be wary of everything." You told her yesterday that she was going back to school soon, and that was really a big deal. ”

Shang Yuanji looked at Nie Xiaoman and blinked his small eyes, and said with a look of sudden realization: "Not bad, not bad." They do have that kind of expression of 'strong barriers, strict defense', but, my lord, think about it, Jin Chuan went to talk to the collapsed nose in the tiger stove, is he still going to murder me? Or about ......"

His speech was interrupted by a knock on the door. Nie Xiaoman apologized, and immediately got up to go out to see, and when he came back, his face ignored the state of surprise.

Xiao Man said to Jing Mo: "Jing Mo, someone is looking for you outside."