When Ye Shiheng heard the word 'silver needle', his eyes suddenly shone. He took the post and saw that he was indeed invited to taste tea.

This Lord Sheng Guangzhi worked in the Ministry of Etiquette. He was a tea drinker and had extensive knowledge of tea ceremony. I met him and was considered a tea acquaintance.

"General, are you going?" Wu Jing asked.

"Why don't you go? Silver Needle is a treasure in tea." Ye Shiheng said, if there is good tea, why not go?

It just so happens that he will be free tomorrow.

The place for tea tasting is Sheng Guangzhi's house.

Sheng Guangzhi's house was also in the south of the city, but it was a bit remote, so Ye Shiheng ordered someone to set up the car early the next day.

After breakfast, Ye Shiheng went to Sheng Guangzhi's home with gifts. Someone else invited him, so he didn't need to bring anything to the banquet, but the tea he tasted was a silver needle, and silver needles were hard to find, so he felt bad about not bringing anything with him.

Arriving at the Sheng residence, Ye Shiheng followed the Sheng family boy through the main hall and arrived at the back garden. He soon saw a pool with lotus leaves in it, and the lotus flowers were delicate but not charming. It was beautiful and refined, and it was a beautiful scene.

There was a house by the pool with rolling curtains on all sides. Ye Shiheng walked into the house and saw two people kneeling on a mat of rushes. They were both middle-aged. One was Sheng Guangzhi, wearing a sandal-colored soft silk gown, and the other was Hu Bu. Du Chengmei, the minister, was wearing a crow-green long-sleeved robe and was drinking tea.

The two sat opposite each other, with a long table lying across the table. Du Shangshu took a sip of tea and saw Ye Shiheng, "The general is here."

Sheng Guangzhi turned around and saw that it was indeed Ye Shiheng. He stood up to greet the guests and said, "Brother Zhongping, I thought you weren't coming. Come on, sit down. Brother Chengmei has been here for a while."

Du Shangshu stood up, cupped his hands and said, "General."

Ye Shiheng returned the gift: "Master Du."

After a few words of greeting, the three of them all sat down on their knees. Ye Shiheng looked at the long objects, including tea mortars, tea grinders, tea mills, water ladles, tea cups, tea cups, tea bowls, tea cups, soup bottles, teapots, tea towels, There are tea whisks, tea stoves with warm water, two or three tea cups, and tea balls placed in bamboo sieves.

This means not just simply tasting tea, but also ordering tea.

Ordering tea is a way of making tea. It has been around since the previous dynasty and is very popular nowadays. Literati, dignitaries and dignitaries all like to order tea. Even ordinary people will order tea in their spare time and invite friends and neighbors to share it.

Tea ordering can be done with two or more people, or you can order and taste it by yourself. Even when people are fighting over tea, they can often see it.

Ordering tea is a way to entertain guests and make friends. It can always bring physical and mental enjoyment to people and endless aftertaste.

Ye Shiheng had been drinking tea and ordering tea with his friends for many days, and now he was not only elated but also beaming with joy.

Sheng Guangzhi said with joy, "Brother Zhongping, we haven't tasted tea together for several months. If you don't taste enough, I won't let you go back home, so that my sister-in-law will be in a hurry."

Ye Shiheng laughed and said: "Brother Guangzhi, you need to prepare more tea. If you don't live in poverty today, I won't go back."

"Don't worry, I have more tea than you can finish." Sheng Guangzhi smiled and started to treasure it all, "There are West Lake Longjing, Junshan Silver Needle, Maojian, Biluochun, Tieguanyin, Dahongpao, Dongpian, and many scented teas. I can’t remember clearly, and of course there is Brother Zhongping, your favorite, Silver Needle.”

The most valuable white tea is Silver Needle, also known as Silver Needle for short. The growth conditions of white tea trees are extremely harsh, so the output is rare, making it hard to find even gold.

Ye Shiheng smiled and said: "When I invited you to have tea, you couldn't refuse. I didn't invite you anymore, but you invited me instead. Why don't you bring me a silver needle to apologize?"

Master Du also smiled and said: "General, you are right, Brother Sheng, if I don't come to you to ask for tea, I don't know when you will think of inviting me and the general to have tea."

He specifically glanced at Sheng Guangzhi and said loudly, "When the general and I return home, Brother Sheng, please give us some tea to save us the trouble of buying it."

Ye Shiheng put his hand on Sheng Guangzhi's shoulder and said: "Brother Sheng, it just so happens that I don't have much tea in my house. Give me some of the same, some scented tea too."

Sheng Guangzhi smiled and scolded: "I bet you two are just here to have tea, how unkind."

Ye Shiheng laughed: "You have the most tea varieties among all the officials in Tokyo. I don't want you to use anyone else's, just use some. This time you invite me, and next time I will be the host. Please go to Lefeng Tower, Mr. Du." How about we come together and have tea and wine?"

Du Shan wrote: "Brother Sheng, don't be stingy."

Sheng Guangzhi said: "I will give you as much as you want, just because I'm afraid you won't be able to finish it."

Ye Shiheng and Du Shangshu both laughed.

Sheng Guangzhi also smiled, as if he had a lot of tea at home and was not afraid that Ye Shiheng and Du Shangshu would finish it.

The water boiling in the tea stove gradually boiled, Sheng Guangzhi said: "Let's not talk nonsense, tasting tea is important."

Ye Shiheng said: "Let's talk while tasting it."

Du Shangshu took a long-handled bamboo ladle filled with water and handed it to Sheng Guangzhi. Sheng Guangzhi took the bamboo water ladle, poured the hot water into three tea cups respectively, and covered the tea lids.

This is a warm cup.

Du Shangshu gently pushed the teapot closer to Sheng Guangzhi, and took off the teapot's lid. Sheng Guangzhi filled the hot water and poured it into the teapot, covered the teapot, put down the bamboo water scoop, and after a while, poured the water in the teapot into Guangzhi. In the bottle, he is very focused and his movements are elegant.

This is a tea utensil to be cleaned.

Sheng Guangzhi gently put down the teapot and took off the lid.

At this time, Ye Shiheng handed over a porcelain cup, which contained white silver needles, which were shaped like needles and had many white needles, which were as shiny as frost and snow.

Du Shangshu handed over the tweezers in a tacit understanding.

Sheng Guangzhi didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He was obviously the one who invited people to taste tea, but it seemed that everyone gathered together to taste tea by chance. He took the porcelain cup in his left hand, took the tweezers in his right hand, took an appropriate amount of silver needles and put them into the teapot.

After putting enough tea leaves, Ye Shiheng and Du Shangshu consciously took away the porcelain cups and tweezers and put them aside.

Sheng Guangzhi picked up the bamboo water, scooped out the hot water, slowly poured it into the pot, covered the tea lid, and immediately poured out the boiling water in the pot.

This is tea washing.

Sheng Guangzhi added water again until the water was seven to eighty percent full and put the lid on the tea.

The warm cups were almost ready. Ye Shiheng, Du Shangshu, and Sheng Guangzhi each took a tea cup, poured water, and placed it in front of themselves.

After a while, Sheng Guangzhi added tea soup to three tea cups. He saw that the soup was light apricot yellow, clear and bright, with a pure aroma and obvious fragrance.

Ye Shiheng picked up the tea cup, took a sip, and praised it greatly: "Yinzhen is indeed the king of teas. It has a mellow taste, fresh and refreshing, and a fragrance on the lips and teeth."

He put down the teacup and said, "Brother Sheng, where did you get the silver needle? Get some for me too. It doesn't matter how much money you have."

Sheng Guangzhi said: "Silver needles are a rare thing. The ones produced in Baicha Mountain are the best. Most of them are tribute. I can't get them. This silver needle was given to me by others."

Ye Shiheng asked: "Who gave it to you?"

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