Chapter 244 Qinguxiang

In the bamboo building No. 33, in the lobby on the first floor, Yu Lianzhou, Lin Shang and Ji Ming sat on the chair. On the low table next to everyone, there was a cup of steaming and green tea.

"Brother Lin, didn't you say you like this tea? Two days ago, I specially asked for some disciples of the Shushan School. This is the tea I made myself. Yu Lianzhou waved his right hand and said with a smile.

"Brother Yu has a heart." Linshang's eyes flashed a few times, arched his hand and saluted, and then picked up the teacup beside him with his right hand and drank it all. Under the water belly of tea, Linshang's face showed an extremely enjoyable look, and his eyes were slightly closed. After a long time, he opened his eyes and praised, "It's really a good tea!" Brother Yu, have you asked the name of this tea?

"The name of this tea?" Yu Lianzhou smiled, picked up the teacup and took a gentle sip, pointed to the ink bamboo under his feet, and his eyes flashed and said, "This tea is called Qinguxiang. Like this sword bamboo, it is a specialty of Shushan School. According to the foreign disciples of the Shushan School, this tea is also catalyzed by the swordsmanship of Shushan. Once it is picked and planted elsewhere, it will not have this taste.

"The fragrance of bones? The smell is refreshing, drinking it reaches the lungs, and the tea fragrance is full of lips and teeth. Sure enough, it is the fragrance of bones!" Lin Shang praised, sighed gently, and said with a regretful face, "I originally wanted to ask Shao Yifei for some tea seeds and plant them when I go to You Lanfeng, then I can taste this bone fragrance with my master, but I didn't expect that this is also a specialty of the Shushan School. It seems that we need to ask more from Brother Shao before we leave."

"What Brother Lin said is that we must search for Brother Shao. Anyway, Brother Shao only likes to drink, not tea." Yu Lianzhou laughed and nodded in agreement.

Listening to the two people tasting tea there, Ji Ming looked at Yu Lianzhou for a while and Linshang for a while. His paper-white face was full of doubts.

Yu Lianzhou, as the eldest disciple of Long Shoufeng, knows that tea tasting is a natural thing. But how can Brother Lin taste tea?

Does he have time to make tea?

He has seen barbecue and drinking many times on Linshang. As for drinking tea, he has never seen it. But when he heard what Linshang said, he looked like he knew the taste well. Even Brother Yu nodded and praised him, which didn't seem to be fake.

Does Brother Lin really know how to taste tea?

Is the tea so delicious?

staring at Linshang for a while, Ji Ming blinked his eyes and asked curiously, "Two brothers, is this tea so delicious?"

Yu Lianzhou glanced at Linshang, flashed a few times, and then turned his eyes back to Ji Ming. He said leisurely, "Brother Ji Ming, won't you know if the tea is delicious?"

Ji Ming was stunned for a moment and turned his eyes to Linshang. Seeing that Linshang also looked at him with a smile, his doubts deepened. He picked up the teacup beside him and said suspiciously, "Since Brother Yu said so, I'll try it."

With that, he drank all the tea in the cup.

After drinking, Ji Ming's face was more puzzled. He licked his lips, smashed his mouth a few times, and said doubtfully, "It's just that there is a smell of tea. There is nothing special. Why do you drink so much?"

Yu Lianzhou and Linshang looked at each other, both smiling slightly, but did not say anything. They just looked at Ji Ming with a look at children.

"Two brothers, you are talking." Seeing that neither of them spoke, but looked at himself with that strange look, Ji Ming was anxious.

"Brother Lin, you say it first." Yu Lianzhou smiled and turned his eyes to Linshang.

Linshang shook his head with a smile and refused, "As a disciple of Xuantianzong, Brother Yu has his own obligation to educate disciples. Let's talk about it."

Hearing the five words "the eldest disciple of Xuantianzong", a faint color quickly flashed in Yu Lianzhou's eyes, and then smiled and was covered up by him. "Well, let me tell Ji Ming about the truth of this tea."

"It's hard for you." Ji Ming sat upright and arched his hand.

"Tea, which is said to have been passed down to the tea saint Lu Yu, has a history of thousands of years. The culture of tea is extensive and profound, and it is difficult to say. I am not good at learning in Lianzhou, and it is difficult to understand one of them. Let's tell Ji Ming about my experience of drinking tea. Yu Lianzhou said, picked up the teacup in his hand and took a sip slowly.

Hearing that Yu Lianzhou wanted to talk about his experience of tea, Lin Shang's eyes were shining. He also often drank tea in his previous life. He has read many masters' explanations of tea ceremony. If he knows about drinking tea, he also knows a lot about it. However, it's all about listening to others, but I don't have a deep understanding. At this time, when he heard that Lianzhou wanted to talk about his understanding, he became interested.

"In the four seasons of tea, a small leaf contains the birth of spring, the fierce summer, the abundance of autumn, and the aweak of winter. Just like life, there are ups and downs, ups and downs. Drinking tea, in disguise, is to taste life.

"Well said!" Linshang couldn't help clapping her hands and admiring. Even Ji Ming, who was sitting next to him, nodded as if he didn't understand, and his eyes sparkled with all kinds of light.

Listening to Linshang's admiration, Yu Lianzhou smiled, gently rotated the teacup in his hand, and slowly said, "Although we practitioners have magical powers and longevity that mortals dare not imagine, they are no different from mortals when we think about it. There are joys, sorrows, joys and bitterness. How can a person's life be valuable? Everyone has their own opinions.

"Some people hope that their families are rich and invincible; some people hope to support their own soldiers and dominate one side. All of us monks who practice truth and enlightenment want to break through the human realm and reach the fairyland. These are the values in each of us.

Listen, Linshang and Ji Ming looked at each other and nodded together, while Yu Lianzhou's voice continued.

"Brother Fool has lived for decades and has an understanding of life. And I also know a lot about tea. I think judging whether a person's life is valuable is like judging whether a cup of tea is good or bad.

"Brother Yu, I don't understand how to judge whether a person's life is valuable, but if you want to make tea, it's much simpler. Isn't it enough to put the tea into the teapot and then pour water into it?" Hearing this, Ji Ming suddenly interrupted.

"Is that all?" Yu Lianzhou smiled, looked at Linshang, and then turned his eyes to Ji Ming, "Brother Ji Ming, do you know what kind of water is used to make tea?"

"What water?" Ji Ming was slightly stunned and said, "Isn't it boiling water? Is it using warm water?

"It's boiling water, but does Ji Ming know why he doesn't make tea with warm water?" Yu Lianzhou asked again.

Ji Ming nodded and said, "The tea can't be brewed with warm water, and there is no taste of tea."

"That's exactly." Yu Lianzhou nodded, raised his eyebrows, and said slowly, "Only with boiling water can we flush out the four seasons contained in the tea, let them melt into the water, and be drunk by us."

"So that's it..." Ji Ming nodded, shook his head violently and asked, "But Brother Yu, didn't you say that drinking tea is to taste life, but why did I just listen to you say how to make tea? What about life?"

"This fool... Look at how things only look at the surface and don't think more about things..." Linshang secretly scolded Ji Ming and shook his head helplessly.

"It doesn't matter." Looking at Linshang's helpless face, Yu Lianzhou waved his hand gently, turned his eyes back to Ji Ming, and continued to say, "Tea contains four seasons, and we have joys and sorrows. What's the difference between tea and us? Drinking tea is to taste life.

When Ji Ming heard the words, he stopped talking and sat motionless in a chair, looking thoughtful. However, looking at his frown, it was obvious that he still couldn't fully understand what Yu Lianzhou had just said.

Yu Lianzhou glanced at Linshang, pointed to Ji Ming and waved his hand gently, meaning that the rest was handed over to you.

Linshang smiled helplessly, pondered for a moment, and reached out to wake up the meditative Ji Ming. Before he could speak, he asked, "Brother Ji Ming, have you ever made tea?"

"...Of course, the master often drinks tea." Ji Ming said speechlessly.

I don't know how to taste tea, so I can make tea!

"Do you know what the washed tea will look like?" Turning blind eye to the helpless expression on Ji Ming's face, Linshang continued to ask.

"Well, the rushed tea..." Ji Ming tilted his head for a moment and said intermittently, "The ball has unfolded and become bigger... Some have sunk to the bottom of the cup, and some have floated to the surface... Er, the color has changed..."

Linshang nodded, smiled with satisfaction and said, "It's good that you can notice this."

Ji Ming curled his lips disdainfully, which he didn't notice unless I closed my eyes when I made tea for my master.

While Yu Lianzhou listened, his eyes were getting brighter and brighter, and his eyebrows frowned and sometimes stretched. Obviously, he had a lot of insight into what Linshang asked.

"Brother Yu just said that people are tea. Using boiling water to make tea is equivalent to all kinds of things that people encounter in this vast and boundless world. The ball-shaped tea leaves unfold under boiling water, which can naturally emit the fragrance of the four seasons. And under the training of various things, people will continue to grow like tea, until they realize all their ideals and achieve the sublimation of their whole body and mind.

Linshang's low and slightly magnetic voice continued to ring in the hall.

"As for some tea sinking and some floating up, this is related to the value of life mentioned by Brother Yu. Valuable life is real and weighty, just like tea after four seasons, it will naturally sink. And a worthless life is frivolous and meaningless, just like a broken tea that can only float on the water. With that, Linshang looked at Ji Ming with bright eyes, "So, all kinds of training in life are indispensable. It is because of them that we make our lives more valuable!"

"Brother Lin Gaojian, Brother Fool has been taught!"

As soon as Lin Shan's words fell, Yu Lianzhou suddenly got up and saluted Lin Shan and praised him respectfully.

"Brother Yu is very polite." Linshang smiled, but did not refuse. Instead, he would accept Lianzhou's praise. In his opinion, the words he just said are the wisdom of those high-level people in his previous life. No matter where they are or by whom they say them, these words themselves are worthy of respect and admiration.

Ji Ming, after Lin Shu's words, really fell into meditation and looked blankly at the void in front of him, maintaining the expression just now. Obviously, he didn't listen to the conversation between the two.

"Brother Ji Ming..." Seeing that Ji Ming was stunned, Yu Lianzhou frowned.

"Don't worry about him. It's up to him to figure it out." Linshang interrupted Yu Lianzhou's words, his eyes flashed a few times, frowned slightly and said, "Brother Yu, I'm afraid you have some knot."

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