Chapter 9: Feasting
Shen Chumu and Yu Xuebing both had a slight sense of reproach, and cast their eyes on Luo Aohan, complaining that she spoke straight and hard, and her tone was a little rushed.
Master Zheng didn't care, took a sip of tea, and said slowly: " It is rumored that Juhao Pavilion has sent people to contact the Qin family many times before to discuss the merger, Qin Langchuan is in Japan, always refused, plus Yuan Liangyu's matter, directly caused the eldest grandson Xiao to shoot late this autumn, killing the Qin family greatly hurt the vitality, now Qin Juexiang is in charge of the portal, although he has the wit of the young man, but on the wisdom and strategy, want to deal with the eldest grandson Xiao Chi, I am afraid there are still some worse, if the Juhao Pavilion comeback, under the pressure, they will not abandon the surrender and be annexed by it, there is also the danger of collapse, so, then the rivers and lakes are unbalanced, Juhao Pavilion will be further bigger, the tentacles will be directly inserted into the west of Beijing, the eldest grandson Xiaochi is very ambitious, Delong does not look at Shu, and the rivers and lakes have many people who tend to be hot and admired, and look at the wind and return to the wind, Huichuan into the sea, sweeping the world into a momentum, then our alliance no matter how strong it is, it will be difficult to resist,"
The women looked at each other when they heard this, although they also knew that the Juhao Pavilion was growing year by year, but they did not expect that in the heart of the alliance leader, the situation was so serious, and the crisis was about to erupt, and now the catastrophe was only in the mist, to the point of worrying about life and death.
Zheng Mengzhu continued: "As soon as the matter of the old Gao Ge came out the previous time, the plan was disrupted a lot, we must carry out the layout in the government and the opposition, realize the grand wish of the sword family, the rivers and lakes must not go wrong in this aspect, the current situation is turbulent, you must know how to distinguish between right and wrong, and focus on the overall situation, Chang Sihao is deeply respected by Qin Juexiang, and it can also be said that he is the second helmsman of the Qin family in the future, this person is bloody and courageous, and he is a hero, so we should naturally be closer and closer," Shen Chu and the others all nodded yes, now that the matter is over, there is no more gossip, and they get up and leave.
Xiaoqing came out to see off the guests, came back to put away the cups and plates, and picked up the string of sugar gourds and ate them.
Lord Zheng Meng looked at her eating with relish, and suddenly said: "Take the Saigon Tuanlong, Qiuchi tea inkstone and barnacles, as well as that set of snow cups,"
Xiaoqing was slightly stunned: "Daddy, you are addicted to tea, and today you are willing to touch these treasures, my daughter is going to borrow light to feast on it, hehe,"
Lord Zheng snorted lightly and said, "When I want to invite you,"
Xiao Qing pouted and said: "Stingy ghost, you have to enjoy it alone, but let your daughter watch from the side, smell the fragrance and quench your thirst," Zheng Meng said: "Nonsense, don't invite the two friends to meet," Xiao Qing said: "What friends," Zheng Meng said: "You still want to deceive me, after you go down to the hall, the sound of your steps has changed halfway, from the original steady, to rapid and heavy, suddenly light, and then the feet are floating, it's not bad," Xiao Qing smiled: "I have always run and run bumpy, so what," Zheng Meng said: " This time it must be different from the past, when the pace is hurried, it is to find something, rush forward, the joy is revealed in the footsteps, and suddenly it becomes lighter, it is afraid that I will find out, lift the breath, and the feet become vain, it is the front copy when looking around, sneaky, the balance of the body is affected, when you go around the back hall, there are two more footsteps and your footsteps at the same frequency, although slight, how can you hide from me,"
Xiao Qing sighed: "Daddy, your 'Voldemort Dragon' kung fu really can't be practiced anymore," Zheng Mengzhu looked at her quietly, Xiaoqing said: "Your perception is so sensitive, you can judge your daughter's mood and body posture from the sound of your steps, half a point is not bad, if you continue to practice, I am afraid that you will become a goblin," Zheng Mengzhu said: "You kid, you are not serious all day long, and you don't invite those two friends to come out," Xiaoqing said:" What kind of friend, you guessed wrong this time, let me tell you, it finally snowed heavily, just now Xiaohu and Xiaochuan two brothers asked me to play a snowball fight, I said that Sister Chu Mu and Daddy are discussing big things, so tell them to retreat softly, come back tomorrow morning to play,"
Master Zheng laughed twice and said, "You're still hiding from me, it's clear that it's Jing Lingyu,"
Xiaoqing blinked dryly, as if her mind was turning rapidly,
Zheng Meng said: " The footsteps of one of the people who came were ethereal and light, obviously with traces of the Hengshan faction, the steps of Tiger Shoes and Xiaochuan were like this, Jing Lingyu wanted to find out the truth for his cousin, so he naturally had to go to the place where the crime occurred, could he still go to some irrelevant place to investigate, she knew that Shen Chu would report to me after he came back, how could she not follow me at night to listen to the truth, but she knew that my ear was sensitive, and she didn't dare to approach, you have the best friendship between the two of you on weekdays, and often join forces to play others, she entered the general altar, who else can you trust, you just went and returned to listen outside the hall, you must have been entrusted by her, if you walk in a normal way, it's okay, but I was careful with my anger, but I showed a flaw,”
"Slap, smack, smack, smack,"
Jing Lingyu clapped his hands behind the hall, came out, and chuckled: "Uncle Zheng is aware of everything, Xiaoyu is really convinced,"
Master Zheng saw her bald head and wearing a warm hat, although he had heard Shen Chu's report, he was also stunned, and then said: "Oh, it turned out to be still there, didn't you say that you didn't want to see me?"
Jing Lingyu said: "How can there be, my niece is outside, I think about Uncle Zheng every day, I just think, Uncle Zheng is fat, or thin, according to the things you deal with every day, you must be thin, and then I think about it, there is Xiaoqing by your side to take care of you, hey, what a caring girl, as the saying goes, the girl is the father's little padded jacket, well, it must be serving fat......"
Xiaoqing said: "Hey, I've only heard that my daughter is my mother's little padded jacket, when did it become my father's again,"
Jing Lingyu smiled and said: "Ah, yes, girl, it's indeed my mother's little padded jacket, but it's also my father's little shoulder, the little padded jacket is as warm as the little shoulder, regardless of each other,"
Zheng Mengzhu smiled: "You girl, you are still so naughty, walking around the rivers and lakes, you have risen a lot, how come you haven't been trained to be sensible,"
Jing Lingyu pretended to be worried and said: "Wherever beautiful girls go, they are taken care of, and their nieces and nephews also want to experience experience, but they don't have this opportunity, and they are also distressed,"
Lord Zheng Meng looked at her stretching her sleeves to cover her forehead and half-supporting her sideburns, pretending to be as if there was still hair growing there, and couldn't help but smile and shake her head,
Jing Lingyu turned around and said, "Xiaoyu, let's go,"
Zheng Mengzhu swept his eyes away, only to see that this person was born with eyebrows and edges, chestnut skin black and red, a pair of whites of the eyes bright and blue, lined with eyes like black stars, casually stood like this, but looked strong and majestic, exuding a strong male taste and unusually vigorous vitality all over his body, looking at his eyes, he couldn't help but secretly praise good, and saw him carrying a long knife around his waist, a white shark skin sheath, a silver dragon swallowing his mouth, a plate flower on the handle, fine carving, at a glance, he knew that it was Qin Yi's "snow battle", and he got up and smiled at the moment:" Chang Shaojian Xue came at night, Zheng never greeted him from afar, and it was rude,"
When Chang Sihao was in the Qin family, he was familiar with these things and remembered a lot of them, and knew how to deal with them, but at this moment, his face was cold, and he said: "What is not welcome, I came uninvited, and broke into the empty door of your house, I'm sorry,"
"Hahaha," Zheng Meng said: "Chang Shaojian is really straightforward to speak, come, please come and sit close," Chang Sihao ignored him anymore, just wanted to leave, Jing Lingyu smiled and said: "Xiao Hei, you don't have to be too polite, this snow is not small today, let's come here safely, and we are not in a hurry, ask Uncle Zheng for a cup of tea and chat," Xiao Qing also smiled: "Yes, yes, such a big person, still shy, what is the politeness of your own family, come and sit down, I'll make tea," Saying that, he pulled Chang Sihao's arm and helped him take off his clothes and shoes, Chang Sihao's expression was displeased, but seeing that she was a little girl so enthusiastic, she couldn't say anything, so she had to follow Jing Lingyu's eyes and enter the hall to sit.
Xiaoqing went to the inner room to get the tea set, and the lord of Zheng Meng also turned back to the main seat, sat down cross-legged on the cushion, and said with a smile: "The little girl is naughty, let Shaojian see it smile,"
Chang Sihao smiled coldly in a nasal voice, and stopped making a sound,
Zheng Mengzhu felt that his momentum was a little wrong, his eyes were fixed, but he didn't make a sound, and when he saw that Jing Lingyu was still standing, he smiled and said: "Why don't Xiaoyu sit together," Jing Lingyu said: "I am a guilty body, how can I have a seat in the alliance leader's house," Zheng Mengzhu pretended to be angry: "Crazy girl, just finished holding it, do you want to sarcastically mock me again," Jing Lingyu sat down with a smile, and then the curtain was raised, Xiaoqing got into it with her back, holding a tray in her hand,
She came to the hall, knelt down facing Chang Sihao, and put the tray on the table, there was an upside-down and muddy bird's nest in the tray, next to it was a yellow mud pot, a white porcelain pot, four fat dundun orange-sized little cabbage, a very small bamboo tube, A bamboo tweezers and a black stone inkstone, Chang Sihao looked at the bird's nest a little strange, and did not speak, only to see her lift the white porcelain pot to rinse the stone inkstone, open the bamboo tube with tweezers carefully clip out three brown balls to put into the inkstone, and lift the yellow mud pot, the edge of the mud pot has a circle of lotus charcoal room, as if the lotus petal is wrapped in a canopy, there is an olive core charcoal inside, the blue flame is faint, like a glow, so although away from the fire, the water in the inside is still boiling hot, she injected a little into the inkstone, and suddenly the heat was steaming,
The surface of the ball is wrinkled, when the hot water rushes in, it immediately blooms like a flower, slowly stretches into the shape of a leaf, the veins are not hurt, it is extremely complete, Xiaoqing stares at these three leaves intently, and when the leaf veins are slightly green, he immediately clips them out and hangs them in a shallow place without water on the edge of the inkstone, and only the petiole is still immersed in water.
I saw that the three leaves seemed to absorb water from the petiole, the green expanded from the leaf veins like water spilling rice paper, and regained its vitality in a moment, full of emerald color, as if it had just been picked in the spring, at this time Xiaoqing had washed the bird's nest with white porcelain pot water, pinched a small branch at the top and lifted it up, revealing the hole, it turned out that this bird's nest was also a teapot, the wall of the pot seemed to be first made of small rattan branches, and the inside and outside of the paste mud firing, simple and simple fun, Xiaoqing will be shabu-shabu, put in three leaves, lift the yellow mud pot to inject hot water, and then buckle the barnacle lid, still outside with a slow flow to the body of the pot,
For a while, the room heard the sound of water slightly, the clear sound was pleasant, which made people suddenly think of the ancient feelings, Zheng Mengzhu waited leisurely with a smile, Jing Lingyu looked forward to it,
Chang Sihao looked at her, looked at Xiaoqing who was flushing, frowned slightly, quite impatient,
After a while, Xiaoqing put down the mud pot, and took the white porcelain pot to rush the four little cabbage, the water flowed everywhere, the tender color was full, Chang Sihao had no intention to look, at this time he saw that it was four shallow small jade cups, but carved into the appearance of cabbage, Xiaoqing lined up the four small cups, the barnacle handle was slightly tilted, the water was like a line, the volley was three drains, slightly covered the bottom of the cup, she put down the barnacles, cocked her fingers and pinched the small cup, pulled the flowers slightly, and splashed the water one by one, only then the side of the pot mouth was facing no one, and the tea was officially poured, each cup was only poured to two minutes, pinched one of the cups, presented it with both hands, and sent it to Chang Sihao first, Jing Lingyu deliberately sat upright beside her, smiling and waiting for her to serve,
Chang Sihao took it, only to see that the tea in the cup was clear and transparent, straight like a clear spring, and could not smell the slightest fragrance, as if it had not been soaked, and it was even more strange, although his hands did not tremble, but the water flowed in the cup by itself, forming a small vortex, the edge of the snow rolled silver, and the waves bloomed, like a piece of its own tide rose and fell, shrinking the ocean by tens of millions of times,
At this time, Xiaoqing had already delivered two cups of tea to her father and Jing Lingyu respectively, and Zheng Meng held the cup and smiled slightly: "Please,"
Chang Sihao glanced at him, looked down at the little Wang tea again, wrinkled his nose, snorted coldly, raised it and threw it in his mouth, and returned the cup to Xiaoqing,
Jing Lingyu closed his eyes when he took the cup and smelled the incense, so he didn't see Chang Sihao's movements, and between the light sipes, he only felt that the heat flow was warm and free, and the bones in his body seemed to be about to follow the incense and warm up, enjoy it for a long time, and let out a long sigh, then he opened his eyes and praised: "Barnacles rush to the snow, and the autumn pond rises to the dragon, this tea family four gods, really live up to its name,"
Xiao Qing said with a smile: "The autumn pool tea inkstone has the magic of rejuvenation, the ancient rattan mud pot has the ability to dissolve filth, the snow cup takes the opportunity to create and transform, and the dragon tea condenses the god of heaven and earth, but if there is one thing missing, you can't brew such good tea," Jing Lingyu looked at the roof with white eyes, his eyes rolled, and suddenly fell: "It's water," stared at her and said: "Could it be that you took Uncle Zheng's treasured Laxue water," Xiao Qing said angrily: "What is his treasure, obviously I saved it, he took it for nothing to treat guests, I can't drink it," Jing Lingyu's eyes flashed with light, and he was very happy, and said: "Ordinary snowflakes are six-petaled, and the snow of the moon is five-petaled, among the snow, and when the fifteenth night of the lunar month, the snow that falls when the yin and yang of heaven and earth are the best, its nature is cold and introverted, and it can hold the fragrance of tea in its mouth, and it is really true," and smiled at the side: "Uncle Zheng, these tea treasures are given by foreign friends, and they are rarely used, but I didn't expect me to borrow someone else's light today, and I was full of blessings, Xiao Hei, I have to thank you,"
Chang Sihao drank very quickly, and didn't feel any taste at the time, but the fragrant tea entered the abdomen, and the gas returned to the building, and at this moment there was also a kind of intimate and warm lung comfort, and I felt that this tea was indeed extraordinary, but listening to them talk about it like this, I didn't think so, and said lightly: "What tea, tea set, I don't understand, I only know that when you are thirsty, you can drink saliva, you can drink yours if you think it's good, but you don't need to thank me,"
Zheng Meng touched his knees with his hand and said with a smile: "Hahaha, it was originally a thirst-quenching thing, there are too many tricks, and it is indeed too annoying,"
Jing Lingyu nodded: "Well, what Uncle said is, my father also said that the word tea is on the grass and under the trees, and the people are in the middle, and it is taken that people get along with nature among the grass and trees, and they are in a happy mood, as long as they drink the taste of this mood, what tea ceremony, it is all a joke,"
Xiaoqing said with a smile: "It's a joke, but it's really a joke, there was a tea ceremony in the Tang Dynasty, paying attention to moxibustion, grinding, Luo, boiling, so that the tea color is yellow-green, out of the true taste and fragrance, Song Shi is a bit of a tea ceremony, the tea soup is white milky, tea foam into the surface, and to judge the quality of tea, the tea ceremony is high, so it is called the tea war, and so on to our Ming Dynasty, everything is simplified, any what tea, what water, what technique, are not so particular, brewed, brewed, drunk, simple ' 'Tea ceremony', hehe, without culture, isn't it a joke?"
Seeing that Chang Sihao's expression was still cold, and there was a sense of alienation and separation when he sat here, Zheng Meng straightened up with a smile and turned away: " Zheng heard the news early in Beijing, saying that Shanxi had a great young hero, as soon as he was born, he beheaded two of the eight heroes of Juhao Pavilion, and Ming Chengjun Shen Lu fought an equal match, and went to Datong Mansion to help defend the city defense, resist the Tatar invasion of the west, jump the city at night, sacrifice himself to blow up the corpse pile, so that the Tartar Wangcheng sighed, and returned in vain, I replied to the iron cavalry fierce, rampant, and did not suffer a setback for decades, but was led by this young man to rush to the camp, killed a big defeat and loss, can be a loss of life, such a heroic character, who does not praise the rivers and lakes, only with a cup of tea, but also afraid of being too shabby, Xiaoqing nodded on the side, looking at Chang Sihao with a smile, as if she was familiar with these for a long time.
Chang Sihao said coldly: " I have lived in the border city for a long time, suffered from the bullying of Fanbang, encountered foreign invasions, of course, there is a force to make a force, in the military, people like me are everywhere, I don't know how many good men are barren mountains for mounds, grass covers the remnants of the body, has not left a name and surname in the world, among these people, some of the martial arts or not as good as me, but the blood in their chests is not half a point colder than someone else, if the word hero, in addition to them, who else can deserve, I think I am not a hero, but occasionally think about it, there are more shameless hypocrisy in this world, Haojie's self-proclaimed villain, his mouth is full of realms, cowhide is blowing, but he is doing dirty things behind his back, on the surface he is famous as a chivalrous swordsman, but secretly he is close to the government to seek authority and do some dirty things, so that although I am only a pawn in the army, I also feel much better than these people,"
Zheng Mengzhu touched the edge of the cup with his two fingers and listened silently, the light in his eyes flickered, and when Chang Sihao finished speaking, he smiled faintly: " Zheng and the old lady Qin are friends of the year, whether it is martial arts or the truth of life, they have benefited a lot from the old man, the Hundred Swords Alliance and the Qin family have been friendly for decades, sharing the same loss and common prosperity, like a family, the uncle Qin Yi and the fifth master Qin Mo are Zheng someone's best friends, Chang Shaojian is both a sworn brother, Zheng is also a big polite, just now the words of the virtuous nephew, it seems that there is something in the words, both are Qingshui naughty and bright men, why not talk about it in the clear,"
"Phew,"
Chang Sihao suddenly got up: "Who is your bullshit virtuous nephew, you want to find a scold, Lao Tzu is welcome,"