Chapter 98 Tea tasting conference
6 Yu had confirmed that the reason why Zhiji was not present would not be as simple as Huiren and the others said. And he and he didn't want to reveal his identity on this, so he began to draw Huiren's words indirectly.
But the result surprised Liu Yu even more. His senior brother was really different from the past. No matter how he thought and tried to confuse and seduce, Huiren's answer was always clear and without any flaws.
Unable to ask the information at Huiren, 6 Yu turned his target to Mingde, Mingzhi, Forget Worry, Forget Fa. But the more he asked, the more he felt that these people were less like those senior brothers who grew up with him, but a group of strangers with the same magic number and similar appearance.
Because in his memory, the senior brothers' careless and unobstructed characteristics have disappeared without a trace. Each senior brother seems mature and steady, polite. On the one hand, 6 Yu thinks that it is amazing that the senior brothers can have such growth, but on the other hand, they feel that they have become a little bored.
"What did they go through?" 6 Yu was puzzled.
After confiscating four or five people in a row, Liu Yu was worried that if he continued to ask, the other party would start to doubt him, so he stopped asking.
The surface of the Yangtze River is naturally extremely wide, but it may be the effect of 6 pigeons of silver. The boatman rowed very hard. Not long after, the ship leaned against the shore.
After getting off the boat, Liu Yu set up again and hired three carriages. His twelve senior brothers took two, and he and Han Yan sat on the remaining carriage. In the carriage, he told Han Yan about his suspicion. But this time the problem was not a woman's psychology, so Han Yan had no idea.
After walking for more than an hour, the carriage reached the foot of Qixia Mountain. Qixia Temple is located at the western foot of the middle peak of Qixia Mountain. The stair-shaped mountain road has been dug up. Although it is not spacious, it is still flat. After climbing for half an hour, the group saw the dark green eaves of Qixia Temple.
As soon as he walked onto the gentle section, Liu Yu asked about a fresh fragrance, which immediately shocked him. It was a refreshing tea fragrance, extremely light and light, and gently rubbed the tip of his nose and drifted to the distance. But it seemed that there was a root in his nose, spreading deep into his nostrils like green grass buds, and in a blink of an eye it spread throughout his body.
"What kind of tea is this?" Liu Yu was surprised. In addition, there was another question that made him care more: "Who cooked this tea?"
He believed that he had a lot of research on making tea, but if he had to cook the tea with such an aroma, it would not be successful every time.
After smelling the tea fragrance, the senior brothers of 6 Yu also showed an admiration. But they were not as careful as 6 Yu Yu, and they didn't know how rare the tea fragrance was, so compared to 6 Yu, there was less shock in their expressions.
After walking for a while, the group finally walked up the hillside. What came towards them were rows of tents scattered on both sides of the road, covering the courtyard walls of Qixia Temple in the distance. In front of them was the spacious gate of Qixia Temple. The black plaque above the door reads five golden characters - "Yinjun Qixia Temple".
When it comes to the name of Qixia Temple, there is still some point. In the early Tang Dynasty, Qixia Temple was expanded. After the expansion, the court issued an order to rename it "Mongde Temple". During the reign of Emperor Gaozong, the court issued an order to rename it "Yinjun Qixia Temple". In fact, everyone knows that this name that is superficial must have been written by Empress Wu.
The incongruous name "Yinjun Qixia Temple" caused headaches among the monks and many believers in the temple. After finally waiting for the fall of Wuzhou, Li Tang became popular again. People thought: "The name of the temple should be changed back, right?" But the court seemed to have forgotten the matter of Qixia Temple. People waited for decades, but they did not wait for the decree to change the name. Since there was no decree, no one dared to touch this plaque.
But in fact, since the plaque "Yinjun Qixia Temple" was hung, many monks and believers have begun to call it with its original name - Qixia Temple. So far, when asked where Qixia Temple is in Jinling City, most of them can point you in the direction, but if you ask them where Qixia Temple is, few people can answer it.
And under the huge plaque, in front of the spacious mountain gate, there is a row of long tables, which are combined into arcs, like a pair of open arms, waiting for people to enter its arms.
On the tabletop, there are several small stoves side by side. A teapot is placed above each stove. There are many tea cups around the teapot, and hot tea of different colors is placed in the cup. Water vapor rises and spreads the tea fragrance to all directions.
Many monks passed by the long table and picked up a cup of tea at will. Some drank it all and some tasted it for a moment. Then they put down the tea cup, either smiled and sighed silently, or spoke in praise.
Behind the table, there was a monk wearing a moon-white monk's robe. He held a folding fan in his left hand and fanned as he pleased. Whenever someone drank tea, whether he was praised or not, he would stand up with a smile, pour out the remaining tea in the cup, then wash the tea cup with hot water, and then pour in new tea. If someone said praise, his face would immediately be filled with joy, and he enthusiastically invited the other party to drink another cup.
Who else would there be such a monk who is free and proficient in tea ceremony besides Jiaoran?
"Jiaoran, are you actually here?" In surprise, Liu Yu shouted regardless of the situation, shouting and rushed towards Jiaoran. Seeing this, Han Yan looked helpless, but she had to trot and follow her.
Jiaoran raised his head and saw that it was 6 Yu, and he immediately showed a look of surprise: "6 donor, you are finally here! I made Mingqian tea in Shanhou Village. I waited for several days and you didn't come. I thought you had forgotten, so I came here directly."
Sixu smiled with shame: "I'm really sorry. I thought I would go down the mountain after the beginning of spring, but because it was cold, I stayed in the temple again. I stayed for more than half a month, which made you wait for a long time." Then he changed his tone and looked at Jiaoran with a full face of praise: "I haven't seen you in March, your tea-making skills are really progressing! This tea that has not been gone for a long time is really amazing! Great!"
Jiaoran laughed: "Although my monk's skills have indeed improved, this fragrance has little to do with me. The reason for this fragrance is that I use to make tea is the spring water in Qixia Mountain. Using the water here to make tea is easy to boil the tea fragrance that lasts for a long time. 6 Donors can try it."
"Okay! I'll give it a try!" Liu Yu immediately walked around the back of the table excitedly and started to cook tea, completely ignoring his senior brothers.
Huiren and others did not stop at the long table like so many monks, but instead walked around the long table and came to the door of Qixia Temple.
Two young monks of enlightened guests stood at the door. Huiren walked up to salute them, clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha, I and others are monks from the Longgai Temple in Tantric Buddhism. I come here to attend the unblocked conference. I wonder if there is a place to stay?"
The monk Zhike returned the ceremony first, then took out a booklet, read it for a while before speaking, "Longgai Temple...who is Master Zhiji?"
"The master did not come this time." Huiren answered truthfully.
The monk in charge of the guest hesitated for a moment, then smiled and said, "Even so, please select two representatives and follow the monk to live in the temple. Because the houses in the temple are limited, the rest of the brothers can only feel wronged and live in the tent outside the temple."
Huiren nodded, then thought for a moment, turned to his junior brothers and said, "Mingde, Mingzhi, you will enter the temple tonight and we will change people tomorrow."
Everyone nodded immediately to agree. So Mingde and Mingzhi followed Zhike monk to the temple, while the rest walked towards the idle tent under Huiren.
Before leaving, Huiren seemed to ask another monk casually: "Junior brother, I want to ask for advice on something. My monk's master, Zen Master Bukong, will he arrive?"
The monk instructor smiled slightly: "This little monk is not sure, but I guess a monk like Zen Master Bukong will come on the day of the opening of the Wuzhe Conference, right? If the senior brother asks him for an urgent matter, please pay more attention in the next few days."
Huiren responded and took his junior brothers away from the temple gate.
On the other side, 6 Yu had already cooked his first pot of tea. As Jiaoran said, after using the spring water from Qixia Mountain, it is indeed easier to cook the tea aroma that lasts for a long time.
The tea varieties brought by Jiaoran this time are extremely rich: Maojian, Yuhua, Biluochun... There are several kinds of teas that have never been seen before. In this way, Liuyu was even more excited and enjoyed it and cooked each tea with his own hands. And those teas entered the belly of the monks who arrived without exception.
After 6 Yu cooked all the tea, the sky gradually darkened, so they closed the stall and left.
Jiaoran set up two tents nearby. One of them was originally used to hold tea, but now that Liu Yu and Han Yan arrived, Jiaoran let Han Yan live in the tent, and Liu Yu slept with him in the same tent.
When they were free in the evening, they naturally had to have a big chat. But as they were chatting, Han Yan's scream suddenly came from the side, which scared them almost jumped up.
"Sister Han Yan, girl, what, what's wrong?" 6 Yu asked stammeringly.
Han Yan was silent for a long time before responding: "No, it's nothing, it's a mouse, I've driven it away!"
Six Yu and Jiaoran looked at each other, and both showed a helpless smile, and then continued to chat. When Jiaoran heard someone calling tea with "Ming", Han Yan interrupted, "How about I go and make a flag tomorrow, stand it next to the stall, and write 'Yuran Tea Tasting Meeting' on it, and take one word from the names of both of you, how about?"
Six birds smiled indifferently, and Jiaoran responded excitedly: "Okay! Then I'll trouble Donor Han."
The next day, Han Yan really made a flag and poked it at the tea stall. With this sign, there were really more people coming to drink tea, and the names of 6 Yu and Jiaoran began to spread. In comparison, 6 Yu was more when making tea, so the names were spread more widely.
On the third day, the people from Mianlong Island arrived. This time they did not mobilize the troops, but only sent five representatives. Seeing that Liu Yu had arrived, they went down the mountain to stay in the inn after drinking a few cups of tea, and left a contact address, asking Liu Yu to notify them after Zen Master Bukong arrived.
On the fourth day, Luo Miao arrived. He brought a tent to his own and placed it next to Jiaoran's tent.
On the fifth day, Abbot Tongguang of Shaolin Temple also came here with the monks from Shaolin Temple. After seeing 6 Yu, he naturally had a greeting.
On the evening of the sixth day, Qixia Temple finally posted a document, announcing that the unblocked conference would be held on time tomorrow at noon. The monk Zhike informed him under the inquiry of 6 Yu that Zen Master Bukong would arrive at Qixia Temple at Chen hour.
At this time, the name of Liu Yu was already well known by monks from all over the world as a tea-making master.
The power outage was cut off a few days ago, so there was no update. Sorry. I have laid a lot of foreshadowing in today's chapter. Two big foreshadowings are about the senior brothers of 6 Yu and the other about Han Yan. Let's see if you can guess it! Please recommend and collect it!
(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!