high official

Chapter 422
It's useless to go to Taiyuan if you don't go to Jinci Temple.

Forty miles west of Taiyuan City, there is a hanging urn mountain.The mountain is not high, but the mountains stretch, like outstretched arms, embracing the towering ancient trees, palaces and pavilions of Jinci Temple, as well as deep pools and springs.These arms blocked the howling north wind, so that there was snow in the Jinci Temple without the biting cold.Although in the cold winter of March [-]th, the spring water is still ding-dong, flowing forever... But here is a deep pool, and there is a small canal.There is a river under the bridge, a well in the pavilion, and a stream beside the road.The thin stream pulses and breaks through the thick snow layer; it is like a thread like a thread, as if it is a long stream.

These waters all come from "Nanlaoquan", which comes from Xuanweng Mountain and is also the source of Jinshui.The water gushes out from the ten-foot-deep rock, as if gushing out of a urn. The spring water is bubbling non-stop, clear and green, flowing down like pouring jade and splashing emerald green, not only for the rivers, wells, The ditches and canals are filled with clear springs, and they also irrigate the grain fields with a radius of one thousand hectares, nourishing the land of the Three Jin Dynasties.

Of course, the best spring water always comes from the place closest to the spring.Walking a few steps forward from Nanlaoquan, there is a water pool called "Bu Tie Zhou".The water in the pond is warm in winter and cool in summer. In the cold weather like now, the water vapor is steaming like clouds.There are duckweed on the surface of the water and aquatic plants at the bottom of the pond, which are evergreen in winter and summer. The long aquatic plants fluctuate with the flowing water, like wind blowing wheat waves, rippling and undulating. Sitting in an untied boat, enjoying tea and enjoying the snow, it is really like entering a fairyland by mistake!
Such a fairy-like blessing is naturally not something ordinary people can enjoy.However, big figures like the Shanxi Chief Envoy and the Taiyuan Prefect want to close the door of the Jinci Temple, enjoy the snow and drink tea, which is just a matter of words...

When Zhang Chun was having tea that day, he thought that the Nanlao spring water transported to Taiyuan could not brew the true taste of Miyunlong.The prefect of He made a fuss and asked Master Fantai to come to Jinci Temple and try the spring water that had just been pumped from the spring.

Although the Jinci Temple is more than 40 miles away from the provincial capital, and it is the coldest month of winter, the two adults naturally do not find it troublesome for such an elegant event for scholars. If they were not hindered by the funeral of the old concubine, they would have come here long ago.No, it was so easy to get through the heat of mourning, and the prefect He couldn't wait to invite Master Fantai to Jinci Temple...

At this moment, the two of them are sitting in an untethered boat made of white marble. There are four warm cages burning white silk charcoal at the four corners of the boat, driving away the winter chill, so that the two adults don't need to wear heavy clothes, but only need to wear light furs. That's it.The veils on the four walls hang lightly, and there are precious calligraphy and paintings hanging on them.Exquisite refreshments are placed on the yellow pear wood tea table with low legs, and a furnace of precious sandalwood is burning.There are also kabuki in the corner flicking the pipa and playing the piano slowly, playing melodious music, showing the elegance of celebrities, which is really the enjoyment that gods would not change.

It can be seen that for today's tea tasting meeting, Zhifu He has racked his brains, but what Zhang Fantai admires the most is the temporary set up of a water intake device ordered by his craftsman. The spring water is drawn from the eyes of the Nanlaoquan.After several twists and turns, the spring water was led to an untethered boat, and slowly poured into a wide bamboo stalk about Zhang long, covered with silvery white fine sand.The crystal-clear water drops filtered by the sand are then dropped into a blue-and-white porcelain basin with a white background that is so clean.

This ingenious design allows the water in the spring to come to the boat without human hands, and after passing through a sand filter, it is even clearer and cleaner than the spring water in the spring.Zhang Chun was delighted to see Liexin, and ordered someone to scoop up a cup of spring water from the porcelain basin. He drank it directly without making tea or heating it.He couldn't help nodding his head repeatedly and exclaimed: "This kind of good water is worthy of my Miyunlong."

When the water in the porcelain basin was enough for a pot, the charming maid took it to boil the water.The charcoal used to boil water is the best pine charcoal, because pine charcoal is warm and slow, and the spring water can be boiled more thoroughly.

While waiting for the water to boil, Zhang Chun glanced across the garden. While admiring the snow scene, he said to the magistrate comfortably: "It's really a beautiful place with beautiful mountains and rivers, but I will come here often in the future."

"That couldn't be better. There are flowers in spring, moon in autumn, cool wind in summer and snow in winter. The beautiful scenery in Sanjin Temple is different at different times of the year." Zhifu He said with a smile: "Fantai usually doesn't pay attention to rest, it should be more Come out for a walk and relax."

"Because of meeting monks in the Bamboo Courtyard, Fusheng steals half a day's leisure." Zhang Fantai said slowly, "In the past, I really had to learn from Su Dongpo." He said with a somewhat stagnant expression: "It's just that for a while... …I don’t know when it will pass?”

"Actually, it's too fast." Magistrate He said with a smile, "King Jin's army surrounded Wutai County tightly and searched it like a plow, so Liu Zijin and Wang Xian are hard to fly, and it's only a matter of time before they are caught. "

"I hope so." Zhang Fantai nodded, and sighed a little: "The prince is really generous in his work, and I am terrified to see this old man. Could it be that I am really old?"

"Fantai is not old at all." Magistrate He said with a smile: "You are mature and stable, so you are not used to the prince's methods. But this kind of rare opportunity, killing a chicken with a sledgehammer is the only way to ensure that nothing will go wrong!"

"That's right." Zhang Fantai smiled and said, "I never imagined that our imperial envoy actually ran to meet Liu Zijin. Thanks to the news from King Jin, otherwise we would have been kept in the dark."

"Who would have thought that a majestic imperial envoy would do such absurd things?" Magistrate He said in disbelief until now: "It's nothing more than a private visit while studying opera and writing, but he pretended to be sick to deceive us so badly!" He spat Said: "I have seen eighty if not a hundred liars, and the sum of them is not as good as this guy's deception!"

"It's still because we were too careless." Zhang Chun sighed and said, "It seems that the boy suspected us early in the morning, but he behaved extremely immature and timid." He said with a wry smile: "He can get from Kowloon How could such a person be cowardly and immature?"

"Fortunately, this kid died in Wutai County." Magistrate He said happily, "Otherwise, it would be a big trouble."

"What I'm worried about now is," Zhang Fantai waved his hand, turned away from the left and right sides, and said softly, "Do you think he himself is suspicious of us, or is the crown prince suspicious of us?"

"It should be the prince." The corner of Zhifu He's mouth twitched a few times and said, "Now we all know that Wang Xian is the prince's knife, and whoever will be cut is the one who holds the knife."

"Right." Zhang Chun nodded, and asked again: "Then do you think the prince or the emperor is suspicious?"

"It should be the prince." The corner of Zhifu He's mouth twitched even more: "If the emperor is suspicious, he will probably send Tiqi directly to escort us to Beijing for trial."

"That's right, I am an official in Shanxi, and you are an official in Shanxi. If the emperor suspects us, he won't talk nonsense at all." Zhang Chun laughed at himself and said: "My So I can still have the mood to drink tea, but I feel that there are dignitaries in the court who are supporting me, and the sky will not fall!"

"Then as long as the feudal platform is fine, the sky of the lower official will not fall." Zhifu He relaxed, and said with a smile: "Don't scare your subordinates, what I told you just now, the lower official's darling Come out soon!"

"Haha, you are too careless." Zhang Chun laughed loudly and said, "The way to be an official is to not change color when Mount Tai collapses in front of you. You have to learn from this old man. Even if you have a knife on your neck, you should eat it." Drink tea, enjoy the snow and enjoy the snow.”

"It's too late to be an official, and I have to practice a lot with the feudal authorities." Zhifu He repeatedly echoed.At this time, he saw the maid coming in with a copper pot, and asked, "Is the water boiled?"

"Yes." The maid replied softly.

"Let's brew here," pointing to the carved low wooden table, Zhang Fantai said to He Zhifu: "Let's put the mundane things aside first, and savor Miyunlong quietly and carefully."

"That's right." Magistrate He nodded his head and said.

"Let's start." Zhang Fantai waved his sleeves, and the melodious music played again. The maid put the kettle under the table, knelt down, and took out the Miyunlong tea in the exquisite tin can on the table, and then started Elegant palm soaking, ordering soup, dividing milk, refilling water, warming cups, serving tea...all procedures are very skillful, like flowing clouds and flowing water, giving people visual enjoyment.

After everything was finished, the maid stepped forward on her knees, raised the tray above her head, and said softly, "My lord, please have some tea."

On the tray were two pure white pear cups, each containing half a cup of green tea soup.Governor He hurriedly stretched out his hand to make a gesture of invitation to Zhang Fantai, and Zhang Fantai also stretched out his hand to signal him to be free, so he picked up a pear flower cup, put it under his nose for a deep sniff, and couldn't help saying: "Tea fragrance Much more elegant."

"Taste the tea soup on Fantai again." Zhifu He held the teacup in one hand, and kept the posture of inviting with the other, his eyes never left Zhang Fantai.

Zhang Chun brought the teacup to his mouth, and was about to take a sip when he heard the sound of hurried footsteps in the distance, he couldn't help feeling bad, his brows frowned, and the teacup stopped by his mouth.

"What's going on?" Seeing Fantai Yaxing being disturbed, Magistrate He yelled in the direction of the visitor like a cat whose tail has been stepped on: "Didn't it be ordered earlier that no one should be disturbed during this period of time!"

"My lord, it's urgent!" The visitor ignored him and walked faster.

"What's the matter?" Prefect He was also nervous: "Has the search progressed?"

"Yes, yes..." The visitor stuttered in a hurry.

"Don't mess up your mood..." Zhang Fantai was still as stable as Mount Tai. He picked up the tea cup and took a sip, moistening it in his mouth for a while, wanting to appreciate the mystery of this tribute tea.

"Yes, Wang Xian has returned to Taiyuan!"

"Pfft..." Zhang Fantai sprayed a mouthful of tea soup on Zhifu He's face when he heard the words.At the same time, he let go of his hand, and the expensive Song Dynasty pear flower cup fell to the ground and shattered.

Zhifu He stared blankly at Master Fantai, and agreed that Mount Tai would not change color before the collapse, and the knife rest on his neck would not delay drinking tea?Feelings are all bragging...

(End of this chapter)