When had Sima Hui ever seen such a hospitality scene...?
Liu Yan regarded him as the most distinguished guest. This was the first time that he received such attention.
Before he could make a move, Liu Yan had already grabbed his wrist!
"Sir, let's go, follow me to the garden to serve tea."
Liu Yan's garden covers an area of fifteen acres, and is planted with some very rare flowers and plants, as well as many new varieties that have been scientifically cultivated in modern society.
The whole garden was filled with the fragrance of flowers. Sima Hui stopped involuntarily and looked at the bowl-shaped tree in the center of the garden, which was about one foot tall and blooming with seven colors of flowers, with dull eyes.
After a few breaths, he ran towards the flower tree, straightened his robes, and knelt down under the tree with great piety and respect.
Liu Yan was speechless for a while. After he planted this flower tree, all the civil servants, military officers, maids and servants in the entire mansion were exactly the same as Sima Hui.
In the modern era of the 21st century, there are several kinds of flowering trees with seven colors. They can be seen occasionally on the side of the road, and people are accustomed to it.
But in the Han Dynasty thousands of years ago, the appearance of such flowers and trees was no less shocking than seeing someone flying with a sword in modern times.
It is no exaggeration to say that if Liu Yan dedicated it to the emperor, it could even extend the national destiny of a dynasty.
Liu Yan walked to Sima Hui, who was prostrated, and gently pulled him up. The latter was still mumbling to himself!
"The Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, a thing from the fairy world!"
It made Liu Yan dumbfounded!
"Mr. Shui Jing, this is just an ordinary ornamental flower. If you like it, I will give you one later and plant it in your yard, or you can dig it up!"
"really……?"
Sima Hui turned his head and stared directly at Jun Lintian!
"Do you really have any more? Are you really willing to give me one?"
In fact, Sima Hui is also a flower lover, and he plants many in his villa, but they are all mountain flowers and wild flowers, not the precious flowers and plants found in Liu Yan's place.
"Of course it's true, it's just a flower and grass, nothing!"
Looking at his pitiful appearance, Liu Yan tried his best to keep his expression casual, otherwise he was really afraid that Sima Hui would start crying later.
"There are more than 20,000 kinds of flowers and plants planted in my garden. Mr. Shui Jing can move them as he pleases!"
After saying that, he took him to the "Jingxin Pavilion" on a low hill in the garden. This is the highest point of the entire garden, with the best scenery, overlooking the entire garden.
And the building is very large, covering an area of fifty or sixty square meters. In the center is a set of sandalwood gloomy wood root-carved tea tables five meters long, ninety centimeters high, and one meter five in diameter. It is equipped with eighteen diameters. Fifty centimeters wooden stilt stool.
On the south side of the pavilion is a twenty-one-string long harp, also made of sandalwood.
The faint and unique fragrance fills the pavilion. Sitting here can really calm people down and make them feel peaceful!
While he was talking, Qin Yi came in with a team of twenty maids wearing orange long skirts, all about 1.75 meters tall, carrying various snacks and fruit plates.
Sima Hui had never seen pastries and fruits.
These are all exquisite pastries that are only available in modern times. Some of them were purchased by Liu Yan from the super mall with reputation points. At the same time, he also bought a lot of pastry making materials and taught the pastry chefs in Fuzhong how to make pastries.
Those beautifully arranged fruit plates of watermelon, peach, mango, lychee, bayberry, etc. were all from Super Mall. Although he purchased the seeds of all the fruits and vegetables in the future and planted them, the season is wrong now and there are no fruits in season yet.
After Qin Yi led all the maids out of the Jingxin Pavilion, Liu Yan began to greet everyone!
"Mr. Shui Jing, Brother Shi Tao, and two children are preparing lunch in the mansion. Please have some pastries and fruits first!"
After saying that, he took the lead in picking up a bamboo skewer in the mango fruit bowl, picked up a piece and threw it into his mouth!
Seeing that Liu Yan had already eaten, Sima Hui also started to take action. He followed Liu Yan's example, picked up a bamboo skewer from the watermelon fruit plate that he had long admired, put a piece into his mouth, closed his eyes tightly, and praised : "This is truly an immortal fruit. I will have no regrets if I can eat such an immortal thing in this life!"
The three juniors of Shi Guangyuan were already salivating, but neither the master Liu Yan nor the master Sima Hui had eaten yet, so they could only wait. At this time, seeing that both Liu Yan and master Sima Hui had eaten, they all picked up bamboo sticks and pointed at them. I started with all kinds of fruit snacks, and I was afraid that the good stuff would be snatched away by others as soon as it was full.
"How can you be so rude in front of the owner of the village? How can you behave like this? It is simply insulting to gentlemen."
Sima Hui saw his three disciples devouring their food and firing their bows from left to right, so he pretended to scold them.
If it weren't for his status, he wouldn't be much better than a few disciples. Many of the fruit cakes Liu Yan brought out were not available in the Han Dynasty. At this moment, his eyes were still staring at the few watermelons left on the plate!
Embarrassed, he clasped his fists at Liu Yan and said, "Make the owner laugh!"
Liu Yan waved his hand and said, "Haha, it doesn't matter. Children all like to eat snacks. Wuyou and Wushang also do the same at ordinary times. Sir, don't worry about it."
While they were talking, seven more beautiful women came over from outside the Jingxin Pavilion!
One of the two people at the front is wearing a green gauze skirt. She is the exclusive tea master trained by Liu Yan, Lu Ji, and her tea art is already a master.
The other person is wearing a snow-white gauze skirt. She is Tianxuan, a musician trained by Liu Yan, and her piano skills have reached the master level.
The five women following behind are all wearing green dresses. They are carefully selected and trained tea waiters.
The two women in the middle were carrying a small wooden box, which looked a little heavy.
Entering the pavilion, Tianxuan, who was wearing a white gauze skirt, bowed to Liu Yan, walked directly to the long piano and sat down. As she plucked the strings with both hands, the beauty of a well-known modern piano song "Fishing Boats Sing Evening" The melody sounded, making Sima Hui shake his head.
After a long time, I slowly opened my eyes. I saw that the coffee table was filled with all kinds of exquisite tea sets as thin as paper and as white as snow. A crystal pot was placed on the corner of the coffee table, and the water inside was bubbling. He was shocked when he saw it. He didn't understand how he could boil water without fire? And using such a large crystal to make a kettle is simply luxurious.
But after seeing all the treasures in this house, he became numb and recovered quickly!
At this time, Lu Ji, who was sitting on the tea table, opened the wooden box that had been brought over earlier. A stream of cold air like smoke spurted out, and she saw that there was a thick layer of ice inside, with seven different colors placed in the middle. Small jade bottle.
Lu Ji pointed to a green jade bottle and introduced it to Sima Hui: "Sir, please look, this is Tieguanyin, with its emerald green color and rich fragrance...!"
Made through 2918 processes, it can be called the best tea...,
This is Dahongpao..., this is Longjing..., this is Pu'er..., this is Maojian..., this is Yunwu..., this is Oolong..., sir, please choose tea. "
After Lu Ji introduced the seven teas in jade bottles one by one, Sima Hui finally chose Tieguanyin.
These teas were all unavailable in the Han Dynasty. Liu Yan purchased them through Super Mall. Each of them would be considered the best of its kind in later generations. However, he removed the original plastic vacuum packaging and replaced it with jade bottles.
Tea leaves will lose flavor quickly if they are not frozen, especially if the packaging has been removed, so he made many jade vases, ceramic bottles and glass bottles of different sizes to hold them, which he usually kept in the ice cellar and took out when he needed to drink.
Lu Ji took out the Tieguanyin jade bottle and poured the tea leaves into the sea of tea, just enough for one brew!
Pour in the boiling water to wash the tea, then rinse it with the boiling water for the second time to make the tea. The movements are smooth and smooth, which is pleasing to the eye. As the tea set is turned and danced in her hands, a refreshing aroma of tea comes to her face. Lu Ji will A small cup of tea soup was placed in front of Sima Hui. The latter no longer cared about being polite, and hurriedly picked up the tea soup and smelled it in front of his nose. The stronger aroma of tea penetrated into his nose, and he felt comfortable all over. After drinking a cup, he praised repeatedly: “Good tea, good tea, good tea!”
It was the first time for them to drink tea like this, and they didn't expect it to be so wonderful.
In the Han Dynasty, tea was simply put into the pot, added with some seasonings, and drank while boiling. In the Tang Dynasty, onion, ginger, pepper and mutton oil were added, which is similar to modern spicy soup.
Liu Yan accompanied Sima Hui, listened to the piano, drank tea, and talked about everything. Half an hour passed by in a flash.
Three middle-aged people walked hand in hand outside the pavilion. The one at the front was a fat man with a big belly, the middle one was of medium build, and the one behind was a little thinner.
As soon as the three of them entered the pavilion, the fat man laughed and said, "We came all the way when we heard that the Lord was here to receive guests, hahahaha!"
Then he cupped his fists and saluted Sima Hui and said, "I guess this is the famous Mr. Shui Jing, right?
I'm Di Renjie, courtesy name, Huaiying. I've met Mr. "
Sima Hui hurriedly stood up and returned the greeting: "I don't dare, I don't dare. Brother Huaiying looks like he is the same age as me, so we'd better be more casual! I'm scared to come here uninvited and disturb the peace of the house."
"Haha! What did Mr. Shui Jing say? I have often heard my lord talk about him in the past few years, and I have admired him for a long time. It is truly a blessing to meet him today!"
Sima Hui looked at the speaker, cupped his hands and said, "May I ask which great scholar and hermit you are?"
"Haha, I am Du Ruhui, whose courtesy name is Keming. I definitely don't deserve the name of a great scholar. I just spend my idle days here with my lord."
"I've seen Brother Keming!"
Sima Hui cupped his fists in return and looked at the person behind him!
The latter clasped his fists and said: "I, Liu Ji, courtesy name, Bowen, have met you before. I have heard from my lord a long time ago that Mr. Shui Jing is a great scholar in this world. Please give me your advice in the future!"
"I have met Brother Bowen. Although I have been studying for several years, I dare not give any advice in front of all the great scholars."
"Okay, Huaiying, Bowen, Keming, sir, please sit down quickly. Let's sit down and chat!"
Liu Yan looked at Di Renjie and the others and said with a smile, "It's not even time for the banquet yet. Why are you three here together?"
Di Renjie heard the words and said with a smile: "Haha, we were quite busy originally. Didn't we hear that the Lord was here to receive a visitor, so we came in a hurry to meet the distinguished guest! Haha, Miss Lu Ji, give me a drink quickly. A cup of tea, oh, this man is old, and he feels very thirsty after just a few steps!"
Du Ruhui also said: "Brother Huaiying is right, I am indeed very thirsty. Miss Lu Ji, give me a drink too!"
Liu Bowen cupped his hand and said, "I'm sorry to bother Miss Lu Ji!"
Liu Yan's mouth twitched as he looked at the appearance of the three of them. These three people had completely fallen in love with him after drinking this kind of special tea once, and they often found various reasons to drink his tea.
Because the prestige required to buy this kind of special tea is too high, he only buys twenty or thirty kilograms of each kind every year. Civil servants and generals reward each person with a little, and in the end he only has seven or eight kilograms left.
He usually drinks a lower grade of tea. People like Di Renjie and others can get twenty kilograms of this kind of tea a year, and one or two kilograms of special grade tea.
But the special tea is treasured by some guy, and he drinks it every time, and every time he drinks it until he is full before leaving.
Di Renjie picked up the tea cup in front of him and took a sip, his face full of intoxication, "Haha, good, good, good, I have a different feeling every time I drink it. Miss Lu Ji's tea art has made a breakthrough! Rare, rare!" "
"Haha, Lord Di, you've given me the award. It's all because of the tea. The little girl's tea skills are far behind the young master's, and she's only just started."
These people are all well-educated people, and it is quite a pleasure to sit and chat together!
