Juvenile Tour [Jian San Yang Hua Tibetan Tang Dynasty]

〇[-]. Jade hesitation

After breakfast, Pei Taiyue and his party set off on the road again.Because they didn't sleep well the night before, all four of them sat in the carriage.I don't know what Chu Loufeng said to the man in the maroon brocade robe just now, but he actually tricked the remaining half bag of Fengyuebai into it.The interior of Ye Tianci's carriage was extremely spacious, with everything needed for food and clothing, so Chu Loufeng quickly set up a small table consciously, and began to drink by himself.

Ye Tianci sat across from him, watched him drink for a while, and couldn't help reaching out for the cup, but Tang Fei hit the back of his hand, and said with a bitter face, "Why did I offend you when I was drinking?"

"Who knows if he poisoned him." Tang Fei said coldly.

Chu Loufeng yelled at his injustice: "In terms of medical skills, Wan Hua may be considered the best, but when it comes to using poison, how dare I use an axe in front of Mr. Tang? What's more, don't I drink the same wine? Or, Mr. Tang? Is it Jing Yu's lineage, who doesn't know poison in the first place?"

Asking three rhetorical questions in succession, it was almost provocative, and sure enough, Tang Fei was young and energetic, and said angrily, "Who said I can't?"

"Then..." Chu Loufeng handed the cup in his hand to the other party, "Do you dare to drink this wine?"

Tang Fei gave him a hard look, and said, "Get a new cup, I don't want to use the one you used."

After a stick of incense, Tang Fei tried all the swabs for drug testing on his body, and then he picked up the cup and drank it in one gulp—then he was choked and coughed repeatedly.

Ye Tianci held back his laughter, patted him on the back, and asked, "Isn't this your first time drinking alcohol?"

"of course not!"

Tang Fei raised his head between coughs, but his cheeks were already flushed.Ye Tianci looked at the boy's eyes that were glowing with clear water because of the fumigation of fine wine, and felt slightly dizzy for some reason.

Alcohol is not intoxicating, everyone is intoxicated, he thought.

He is obviously not the only one who has this idea at the moment, because Chu Loufeng also held a cup and moved to Pei Taiyue's side: "Won't the Daoist have a taste of this wine?"

Pei Taiyue didn't go to pick up the wine glass in his hand, and said flatly: "No need."

"That's really a pity," Chu Loufeng shook his head regretfully, "You must know that this is Hu Yuege's famous wine, and you can't drink it at any time - there are guests but no wine, and there is no food for wine; the moon is white and the wind is clear, So why?"

He groaned loudly, shaking the small cup in his hand slowly, and saw that against the backdrop of white porcelain, the transparent wine was slightly blue in color, like a shallow lake, or extremely pale. moonlight.

"Ordinary people make wine, but the four steps of soaking, steaming, koji mixing, and fermentation are a little bit more particular. They will also steam the residue in a kettle to clarify the wine mash. It takes only one or two months. However. This glass of Fengyuebai took two full years from the preparation of the song to the release of the urn... such a good wine, it would be a pity if the Taoist priest didn't taste it."

Pei Taiyue didn't speak, but Ye Tianci became interested: "Two years, how long is it really?"

"The raw materials used in Fengyuebai brewing are no different from ordinary wine. They are all mixed with rice, millet, millet, wheat, and bean grains in a certain proportion, and then boiled in a large pot until they are half-cooked. Then, the boiled grains are placed in the Spread it out in a flat bamboo sieve, and mix in the five medicinal powders of Codonopsis pilosula, round meat, jujube, tangerine peel, and clove while it is hot. When it is slightly cooler, mix in the koji, put it in a clay pot and seal it, and wrap it with soil , stored in the cellar.

"The cellar of raw wine is also very particular. It is necessary to set up a large vat at each of the four corners, store lime, and pour water into it with a copper leak to slowly dissipate the heat. After seven days, take out the clay pot, smash the soil, and put it in a cool place. place, and seal it up for one month. After one month, when the aroma of the wine begins to take shape, you can open the clay pot, pour out the wine, and discard it.”

Ye Tianci was taken aback: "Pour out the wine, do you want to leave the dregs?"

"That's right," Chu Loufeng nodded, "This is the first wine. The taste of grain is too strong and the fire is too hot. Usually, the brewer will add water to it, add some flower juice, and sell it as Baihua Niang. go."

"No wonder I sometimes drink flower wine that doesn't taste right, so that's it?"

"No business, no rape," Chu Loufeng chuckled, "When the wine is poured out, put the wine dregs back into a big urn, and then add fennel, pea tips, bamboo leaves, reed leaves, and perilla to it." , mint, etc., and regenerate - this step needs to be repeated many times until the final brewed wine shows this light blue color, which can be regarded as the real 'Fengyuebai'."

"Brother Chu knows a lot."

"Master taught me, I wanted to brew it myself before, but it was too troublesome," Chu Loufeng spread his hands, "Actually, I haven't finished talking, because the most special thing about this wine is actually not these. "

"Oh?"

"On the ice field of the first generation of Kunlun in the north, there is a rare vanilla called 'Wu Maiduo', which translates into Mandarin, which means 'white', so it is also called 'white grass'. This kind of grass grows in a Most of the time in the middle of the year, it looks like autumn, but only a few days before and after the summer solstice, it will sprout long ears, white as snow, and fragrant. There is also a layer of fluff on the leaves of this grass , Once it touches the skin, it is extremely itchy, and only spirits can relieve it. Therefore, the locals will smear spirits on their hands, pick them home, dry them and grind them into powder, and directly replace distiller's yeast. This is Fengyuebai This kind of rich and strong fragrance comes from white grass, and the last word 'white' also means this."

"It's really good wine!" Ye Tianci sighed, and moved to Pei Taiyue, "Boss, don't you really want to try it?"

Pei Taiyue had been closing her eyes and resting her mind before, listening to these two people chatting with each other, it was really annoying.Now when he opened his eyes, he saw Ye Tianci's big face again, he finally picked up the wine cup and took a sip reluctantly.

Seeing that he drank it, Chu Loufeng couldn't help laughing and said, "This is the perfect time."

Pei Taiyue frowned: "What consummation?"

"Fengyue Fengyue, it coincides with your and my name, it is a predestined relationship," Chu Loufeng scratched the word "Fengyue" between the two of them with his finger, "You watch the moon from a high platform, and my small building listens to the wind, isn't it a match made in heaven?" right?"

"..."

Pei Taiyue endured and endured, so he didn't smash the wine cup in his hand on his face.

When Xu Shi saw Pei Taiyue's unkind expression, Chu Loufeng was quite quiet for a while.But soon, his nature of looking for something to say was exposed again: "Pei Daochang, if you can smile, you will definitely be twice as handsome as you are now."

Pei Taiyue retorted: "Young Master Chu, if you were dumb, you would be a hundred times more likable than you are now."

Unexpectedly, Chu Loufeng smiled "hehe" and said, "The Taoist priest has sharp eyes, I was really dumb."

"If you were dumb, no one in this world could speak." Ye Tianci obviously didn't believe it. "That was when you couldn't speak, right?"

"I used to have some problems brought out from my mother's womb. I had a congenital gall in my throat, which suppressed my vocal cords. When I was just born, I could cry aloud, but when I grew up, I couldn't make any sound..." Chu Loufeng remembered something, his eyes darkened, "Later, my family passed away, and my eldest brother took me to seek medical treatment, all the way from Yangzhou to Wanhua. Fortunately, Senior Sun is very skilled in medicine, and it only took half an hour to treat him. The tumor was dug out—so don’t think I talk too much, it’s not that I didn’t talk enough when I was young.”

Pei Taiyue suddenly said, "So you and Chu Yangqiu just stayed in the Valley of Thousand Flowers?"

"After the old man cured me, he saw that my brother was smart and disciplined, so he took him under the door, and I followed suit."

"Then why is he a disciple of Xinglin, but you are a disciple of Master Fang?"

"What they want is my brother, and I bought one and got one free," Chu Loufeng replied casually, "I said Daoist Pei, why do you always pick which pot? I was young at that time, and I had just If you can speak, you can’t even speak completely, so naturally you didn’t pass the Wanhua Seven Exams, only my master’s disciples don’t need to take the exam... and you can only stay there.”

"Oh."

Chu Loufeng waited for a long time, but did not wait for Pei Taiyue's next words. Looking up, it turned out that the other party had already leaned on the cushion and closed his eyes to rest, and he couldn't help but feel a little stuffy.Presumably, it was because the topic was related to Chu Yangqiu just now that he became interested. When he found that there was nothing to discover, he didn't even bother to say polite words.

After working for half a day, he finally entered Luodao's territory.The old road of Yushan Mountain is dilapidated, and the bones of pedestrians and broken weapons can be seen everywhere.Because of the plague, most of the guards here have withdrawn, and along the way, there is only one checkpoint.Pei Taiyue got out of the carriage, talked with the man for some unknown reason, and didn't say a word when he came back.

Tang Fei hadn't really drunk much before, so even though he only drank one glass, he was still in a daze now, leaning against the car window to blow the wind.Suddenly he seemed to smell a strange fragrance. It turned out that it was not far from the Luoshui River, and there was a touch of bright red standing out against the gray-yellow background.Now it is the mid-autumn season, and there are not many flowers in full bloom, let alone such a large area.And although the fragrance is rich and fragrant, it always makes people feel uncomfortable.

"What smell?" Ye Tianci also smelled it, ordered the coachman to stop the carriage, opened the curtain and looked out.On the deserted river beach, there were big bright red flowers blooming, each one as big as a palm.The slender stalks sway in the cold wind, looking weak and strange.

"Hey, Brother Chu," Ye Tianci pushed Chu Loufeng, "Take a look at what that is?"

Chu Loufeng muttered sleepily, and lazily leaned towards the window, but when he saw the flower clearly, his eyes suddenly widened: "This is...how did it grow here? How much did Luo Dao die? people?"

Ye Tianci's expression was a little stiff: "This has something to do with how many people died?"

"This flower is called jade hesitation, which is not very common. It usually only grows on ancient battlefields. According to legend, it is red infused with blood, and the lingering souls of the dead are entwined in the branches and leaves-'Yu hesitation' is a later generation. Its real name is 'Jade Skull'."

These words were spoken calmly, but the few people seemed to feel an invisible chill rolling up from behind, so they didn't talk to each other for a while.However, Chu Loufeng showed a sly smile, and said: "The name and allusions sound scary, but in fact they are just raised by the bones of dead people, and there are often phosphorous fires in the rhizomes. Besides, this flower has a good use—— Brother Ye should have heard of 'Bai Yujing'?"

Ye Tianci said somewhat uncertainly: "You mean, that kind of... □□?"

"Yes," Chu Loufeng nodded, "Just burn a little of this medicine on a candle, and no matter who hears it, it will be hard for them to control it. Even the most noble Taoist priests," said here, he He paused for a moment in his tone, and glanced at Pei Taiyue pointedly, "It will also become like a girl in a brothel, with only girls and Chenghuan in her heart. This is also the meaning of 'Bai Yujing', in such a In the love of spring, no matter where you are, it is like heaven. The white jade capital in the sky, the twelfth floor and five cities. Immortals caress my top, and my hair is tied to receive longevity——Yu Hesi is the word "Jade" in it, and it is also the most important one. medicine."

"Close the window." Pei Taiyue listened to him expressionlessly, and ordered coldly.Ye Tianci saw that his face was not looking good, and hurriedly closed the window.

On the side, Chu Loufeng laughed, "Don't worry too much, Daoist Pei. Although the medicinal property of this jade hesitant will accumulate in the body for a few days, it won't work without the other two medicines."

"Young Master Chu, let's worry about myself first," Pei Taiyue replied in a vague manner, and then turned to Ye Tianci, "Just now I went down to receive a message from Baling that the Haoqi League is indeed going to make a move, and it should be within a few days During the day, it was our acquaintance who came."

Seeing that he did not shy away from Chu Loufeng at all, Ye Tianci couldn't help being startled: "Who?"

"Auxiliary Dao Tiancheng, Chu Yangqiu."

The author has something to say: Note 1, the brewing method refers to Baidu Encyclopedia, but it is basically nonsense

Note 2, there are seven exams for thousands of flowers, but there is no "flower test", so I understand that there is no need for exams under Master Fang...