In the early years of the Qing Dynasty, there was an old man in the Jianghu named Hou Laosan, who traveled around with a white-faced monkey all the year round and made a living by playing monkeys.

In the spring of this year, Hou Laosan came to Mei Town, a tea town in Wuyishan. I don't know whether it was fatigue from the journey or something, but he fainted at the dock. When he fell down, he was worried about the monkey around him, only to see it turn its eyes, sneak to a nearby tea shop, pick up a basket of tea and run to its owner.

The monkey's every move happened to be seen by a man named Geng, the owner of this Yingchun tea house. When he saw the monkey stealing tea, he quickly called someone to chase it.

The white-faced monkey ran to his master and began to shake his sleepy master with his claws. At this moment, Hou Laosan woke up, saw the monkey hand him a basket of tea, and found someone chasing him here. He felt that the situation was not good.

A few guys chased Hou Lao and rushed to catch monkeys. This monkey is also very clever. When he saw someone trying to catch him, he threw the bamboo basket on the ground and jumped to the tree with a whoosh. Hou Laosan quickly knelt on the ground and begged, "Gentlemen, please spare me!" ! It's an animal and doesn't know anything! "

"I don't know anything, how can I know to steal my tea?" Boss Geng, who caught up, asked angrily and geologically, and then said, "That beast ran to the tree, and I can't reach it. I'll teach you a lesson first." He said, and punched and kicked Hou Laosan.

"Stop it!" Hearing this cry, boss Geng was surprised and didn't look back. The bearer is Zou, the owner of Tang Tea House. This Zou family is one of the largest households in Xiamei and runs the largest tea shop in the town. Zou Jia won the title of "Tea King" for many years in the following year's Tea Fighting Conference. There is a cluster of tea trees in Zou's tea garden, named "Iron Arhat", which is said to be left over from the royal tea garden. It is said that Zou has repeatedly won the tea king, which is a bunch of iron arhats.

Boss Zou glanced at Hou Laosan lying on the ground with concern and asked seriously, "Brother Geng, what the hell is going on?"

Boss Geng pointed at the tea leaves on the ground and said angrily, "This old fool instructed his monkeys to steal the tea leaves from my tea shop."

"Wrong! This is really embarrassing! " Hou Lao cried and told the story. It turns out that this old Hou is addicted to tea on weekdays. As long as there is no tea to drink, he has no spirit and often falls asleep. He fainted here today, and the monkey may think that his old habit has been broken again. It happened that the tea next to him was finished, and the monkey didn't find it, so he ventured to steal a basket of tea for his master.

Touched by the loyalty of the white-faced monkey, Boss Zou smiled and said to Boss Geng, "It is really rare for this monkey to be so loyal to his master. These teas are all mine. I'll lose all of them. What do you think? "

Boss Geng is not happy to see boss Zou passing the bar. He deliberately made things difficult: "Brother Zou, this is not a question of money. You don't know, I picked this basket of tea myself and cooked it carefully, especially for this year's tea fighting conference, and now it's all ruined by this damn beast. Otherwise, would I be so angry? "

Boss Zou recognized the meaning of this statement, obviously taking the opportunity to blackmail. He said unhappily, "Do you mean that you want me to pay you a tea king before you let them go?"

Boss Geng saw that boss Zou was pale and knew that this boy was determined to have a hard time with himself today. He suddenly smiled and said, "Look at what you said, I didn't mean that. Today, if you want me to let them go, I will do whatever you want. I still want to give you the face of the tea king! " Say that finish, then called the guys to leave.

Boss Zou hurried forward to help Hou Laosan, took out a silver ingot and forced it on Hou Laosan, saying, "Old man, take this money to buy medicine first and get well. If you have any difficulties in the future, you can come to Tang Tea House to find me. "

Hou Lao accepted the money with tears in his eyes, thanked him again and again and left with the monkey.

At this time, a scholar walked out of the crowd and respectfully said to the boss Zou: "I have heard about Xia Mei's Zou family on the way, which is highly respected and best decission. When I saw it today, I really liked it! "

Boss Zou said modestly, "Easy, He Zudao? Dare to ask this brother's name? "

"My brother Li Guangdi, from Anxi, is a scholar who went north to Beijing to take the exam." The scholar smiled and saluted with his fist.

When Boss Zou heard this, he was overjoyed: "It turns out that my brother is Li Guangdi, an Anxi wizard who is well-known in southern Fujian. I've heard a lot about him! I have been listening for a long time! "

Boss Zou, a lover of poetry, immediately invited Li Guangdi to his home and stayed as a guest of honor. They chatted happily for several days over tea.

2. Strive for a big well

On this day, just as Boss Zou was preparing to bid farewell to Li Guangdi, the waiter in the tea shop rushed over and said, "Boss, it's no good. Boss Geng found someone to surround Dajing today, saying that Dajing belongs to his family. No one is allowed to draw water in the well in the future. "

Speaking of this big well, it still has something to do with fighting tea. The water in this big well is clear and sweet, and the water quality is excellent. Every year when we compete for tea, people in the town compete to get water from the big well to make tea.

Dajing originally belonged to Zou family. It was only when Gengjia wanted to open a tea shop that Zoujia sold the land where Dajing was located to Gengjia. One of the conditions is that the big well must be shared by the people in the town. This time, Boss Geng robbed the big well, just trying to monopolize the water of the big well. Fortunately, when fighting tea, he has the advantage of 10%.

Boss Zou came to Dajing and argued with boss Geng. But boss Geng took the deed and said unreasonably, "It's written in black and white. It clearly says that this place belongs to my family, and Dajing is on this land. Of course, it belongs to my family. "

Just as they were quarrelling, an old scholar in the town tried to persuade them: "Two brothers, peace is the most precious! No one will fall behind if we keep playing like this. I do have a good idea. I wonder if you two agree? "

"What way? You say it and listen! "

The old scholar pointed to the big well and said, "The name of this big well is too vulgar. Everyone is present today. If you can give this well a good name, who does it belong to? Of course, the name of a well can't be casually named, but it must be conceived within the scope of the word' Dajing', with no more than two strokes added or subtracted, and the time is limited to one wick of incense. What do you think? "

Hearing this idea, everyone cheered in unison. But who knows, today's play was planned by boss Geng, and this old scholar has long been bribed by boss Geng.

The old scholar had two tables moved with pen and ink on them. On each table, a piece of white paper with the word "Dajing" written on it was placed, and a wick was lit to solemnly announce the start of the game.

Not long after burning incense, Boss Geng went to the table, grabbed a pen, wrote the words "Taiyi Well" in a crooked way, and said happily, "Wuyishan is a holy place of Taoism, and Taoism respects Taiyi as a real person, so I will call this well Taiyi Well!"

Everyone was shocked and couldn't help worrying about boss Zou.

Boss Zou pondered for a long time, but he still made no progress. Seeing that the incense was about to burn to the end, his heart was anxious and chaotic. At this moment, he saw Li Guangdi in the crowd, and they looked at each other. Li Guangdi suddenly looked up at the sky, and then drew a cross on his chest with his hand. Boss Zou had a brainwave, holding a large sum of money steadily, dipping it in ink and adding two strokes to the paper. Everyone exclaimed: "It's quiet, elegant but not vulgar!"

Mr. Zou put down his brush and explained, "We are most afraid of fire in the tea business. I took the name "tianyijing", which corresponds to the concept of "natural water, 60% land" in the Book of Changes. So "Tianyi Well" means "Water can overcome fire". In addition, a well on this day has another meaning: the world is a family. I also hope that this well belongs to everyone in the world. "

This explanation made everyone applaud, and the old scholar had to announce that Boss Zou had won.

Afterwards, Boss Zou thanked Li Guangdi for his secret help, but Li Guangdi insisted: "Brother Zou is witty and has the heart to help the world, so he can come up with such a good name!"

This afternoon, Li Guangdi said goodbye to Boss Zou and went north to catch the exam.

3.iron arhat

In a blink of an eye, it was the next spring. On this day, Zhang county magistrate suddenly visited the Tang tea shop. As the saying goes, everything goes to Sanbaotang. When Zhang County Magistrate got the news that King Jingnan was coming to Xiamei, he went to Boss Zou and hoped that the Tea King would come forward to offer tea to welcome the Lord.

Boss Zou is very disgusted with this ancestor who is eager for glory, and refuses to say, "I won't join in the fun as soon as I mow the grass, so I'd better fry tea at home myself!" "

Zhang county touched a rebuff, angrily out of the tea shop, just out of the street, met Geng boss.

Boss Geng quickly invited Zhang County to his tea shop and asked with concern, "Zhang's adult, what's wrong with you today? Why don't you look so good? "

"Don't mention it, I'm still angry with Zou for being ungrateful!" Zhang county magistrate angrily said just now again.

Boss Geng secretly rejoiced, adding fuel to the fire, telling all kinds of mistakes of boss Zou, fanning the flames: "It is because he is the king of tea that he dares to be so arrogant in front of you."

Zhang county magistrate was furious: "What happened to the tea king? I will take care of him as usual. "

"Adult said, you tidy up him, it's not like stepping on an ant, but you must be rational ..."

County magistrate Zhang frowned and whispered, "What you said is that I have to think of a way!" "

Boss Geng hurried to grandpa's ear and made a phone call. Finally, he made a suggestion: "My Lord, if you can dedicate the iron arhat to the sovereign, the sovereign will not be happy when he dies. The iron arhat of Zou's family belongs to the former imperial tea garden! "

This time, Zhang county magistrate smiled with satisfaction.

After the vernal equinox, tea shops began to ask the county government for "tea tickets", which were specially issued by the government to tea shops. A quotation ticket can give away 100 kilograms of tea.

Boss Zou's tea shop successfully invited a tea guide, but something happened! Merchants selling Zou tea were found to be counterfeit by the government when they shipped the tea abroad. Boss Zou took out the remaining tickets at home and looked dumbfounded. I saw that all the red stamps on the tickets turned blue at some point.

Boss Zou thought about it carefully and understood that someone must have tampered with it. In addition to the head of the county magistrate zhang, who else can do it?

Soon, the boss Zou was arrested and imprisoned on charges of forging tickets, and Tang Tea House was also seized.

Boss Zou's old father is anxious. In desperation, he saved his son from Zhang county magistrate with Zou's house and tea garden.

When Boss Zou was released from prison, his old father was ill in bed because of fatigue. God has eyes, and he was allowed to see his son before he died. The old father asked his son to make himself a cup of tea, pointed to the teacup and said meaningfully, "Man Chun, this man is like tea in water. Look at this tea, between ups and downs, there will always be good and bad. Although the Zou family has suffered this misfortune now, their sense of righteousness still exists. You have to live well. As long as Zou Jia keeps its word, it will definitely develop in the future! "

Before long, the old father closed his eyes and passed away.

Zhang county magistrate got Zou's tea garden and tea shop and sold it to boss Geng at a low price. Boss Geng reciprocated and got benefits. Naturally, he set an example and personally offered tea to King Jingnan.

4. Spring can

Boss Zou was very sad to see his family business fall into other people's hands and his father died. He had nothing left in Xiamei, so he had to give it to other tea merchants to make a living.

One day, boss Zou was busy when an old man found him and choked up and said, "benefactor, you have suffered!" " "It turned out that Hou Laosan learned from the road population about Zou's experience and was very worried. He came to visit him specially.

They walked into a nearby teahouse. After they sat down, Hou Laosan took out a teapot and said proudly, "What do you think of this teapot?"

Boss Zou's eyes suddenly lit up, and he saw that the pot body was quaint, exquisite and elegant, full of gas field, and there was the word "Spring Together" in the bottom of the pot. Gong Chun is the ancestor of Zisha Pot, and the world takes its name. The pot he made is called "Spring Pot". Boss Zou was surprised and asked, "Is this pot the legendary pot of spring?"

"Zou boss is really a good eye. To tell the truth, this pot is made by Hu Zugong Chun and is a family heirloom. " Hou Laosan said solemnly, "Boss Zou, swords have been given to heroes since ancient times. Today, I sent this teapot to thank you for your kindness. May it help you regain the tea king and restore your family business! "

But boss Zou insisted, "I appreciate your kindness." However, the ancestors had a motto: save people without asking for anything in return, but ask for a clear conscience. You'd better keep such a precious thing! "Can't, hou old had to take a pot of spring.

One night a few days later, Boss Zou was about to have a rest when the white-faced monkey jumped in front of him and pulled out his clothes. Following the white-faced monkey, boss Zou came to the dock and saw Hou Laosan lying on the ground, his legs shattered.

Boss Zou realized that he didn't accept the pot of spring that day, which made Hou Laosan feel guilty all the time. Finally, Lao San thought of a way to discuss with Boss Geng and exchange this pot of spring for Zou's tea garden.

Boss Geng was surprised to see the pot in spring. He said to Hou Laosan, I can promise your request, but you have to put the pot in my place first, and I'll have someone identify it for you the next day. Hou Laosan, eager to repay the debt, agreed without much thought.

Who knows that the next day, Boss Geng went back on his word. He got a teapot exactly like the one used in spring and gave it back to Hou Laosan.

When Hou Laosan found himself cheated, there would be no argument. He had to wait until the evening to let the monkey sneak to Geng's house and want to get Hu Chun back. I didn't expect this boss Geng to be on guard, but the monkey got a genial smile and slipped away. It's a pity that Hou Laosan, who was waiting outside the wall, didn't run fast and his legs were blown off.

Looking at Hou Laosan's broken leg, Zou Boss knelt down and said, "Hou Laobo, you were beaten like this because of me. If you don't dislike me, just think of me as a son, someone will take care of you and die for your old age! " Hou Laosan was deeply moved and agreed with tears in his eyes.

And that boss Geng has found a place to hide the pot since he got it in the spring, and he never takes it out and uses it easily for fear of being stolen again.

5. Kowloon House

After this change, boss Zou was disheartened. He left Xiamei quietly behind Hou Laosan's back, and then he retired to the mountains.

In the evening, Boss Zou came to the cliff pool behind Kowloon, ready to stop and have a rest. He accidentally saw something as red as fire in the middle of the cliff. After looking at it for a long time, he found that it was a cluster of tea trees. I saw this tea tree growing in a gap, the crown of the tree spread out in mid-air along the stone wall, and the stream poured down from the side, reflecting each other. Against the setting sun and water waves, it looks as red as fire.

This reminds Zou boss of a sentence: "tea, the upper one is born in rotten stone, the middle one is born in gravel soil, and the lower one is born in loess." He concluded that the tea tree born on the cliff was absolutely unusual.

However, when he looked at the steep cliff again, he found that people couldn't go at all, so he had to look at the "tea" and leave.

Back in the hut, boss Zou told Hou Laosan about it. Hou Laosan said cheerfully, "What's the difficulty? People can't go up, can't it go up? " He pointed to the white-faced monkey.

Hou Laosan also personally taught monkeys to pick tea on the flat ground.

After the monkey learned the skill of picking tea, Mr. Zou took it to the back hill and pointed to the cluster of tea trees on the cliff, indicating it to pick.

Knowing this, the monkey climbed nimbly left and right along the old vine attached to the cliff, and before long, he climbed the tea tree smoothly. It was not until the monkey landed safely that Mr. Zou's hanging heart was put down. He took off the bag around the monkey's neck and opened it. The tea inside is really delicious, with bright leaves and fragrant smell.

Hou Laosan happily suggested, "Man Chun! With such good tea, you can go out and strive to be the king of tea and restore your family business. "

Why doesn't boss Zou want to take back the tea king and restore his family business? But now Xiamei's world is not what it used to be. Boss Geng has dominated the paradise since he got Zou's tea garden. A pot of spring water can be said to be an advantage. And I only have this kind of good tea. How can I beat Boss Geng?

With this in mind, boss Zou had to persuade Hou Lao to rest in peace and not to worry about these mundane things.

A few years passed in a blink of an eye. In the early spring of this year, Hou Laosan always cried out in pain that his chest hurt, which made Zou Boss anxious.

Hou Laosan told Zou Boss: "This is my old problem, and it will happen every few years. You have a doctor who will cure me of this disease in Xiamei. Please take me back to town and let him show me. "

Boss Zou had to pack up his things, pick up Hou Laosan, take the white-faced monkey and return to Xiamei, a long-lost place.

6. Dahongpao

Boss Zou, who disappeared for a long time, suddenly returned to Xiamei, causing a great sensation. Everyone came to visit in succession, crying about Boss Geng's evil deeds.

Boss Geng became the queen of tea, colluded with Zhang county magistrate, backed by King Jingnan, and crushed many tea shops in Xiamei, making huge profits from it. In a few days, there will be another tea fighting conference. Everyone hopes that boss Zou can take back the tea king and uphold justice for them.

Mr. Zou also learned from everyone that the rebellious King Jingnan had been defeated and surrendered, and Zhang County magistrate who had an affair with him was also implicated and was dismissed for investigation, which made him feel a little gratified.

After listening to everyone's crying, Boss Zou smiled indifferently and said, "I didn't come back to attend any tea party. I just wanted to meet Uncle Hou."

Hou Laosan smiled and said, "I'm not sick at all. I tricked you into going back to Xiamei in the hope that you would come to the Tea Fighting Conference. " Let everyone say yes, but boss Zou just won't agree.

This matter is not over yet, but it has started again. Seeing that it was about to be clear, the inn where boss Zou lived suddenly caught fire. Boss Zou was not in the room at that time, but he survived. Poor old Hou was buried in the fire and the white-faced monkey disappeared.

The next morning, boss Zou found Hou Laobo's body in the ashes. Under his old man's body, there are still tea leaves and teapots brought from Kowloon. The tea leaves have already been burnt by the fire, and only the teapot is still intact. Seeing this, boss Zou burst into tears. He knew that when Hou Laobo died, he still wanted to protect his tea and teapot, hoping that he could take back the tea king.

When Hou Laobo was buried, Boss Zou picked up the teapot and played with it. This teapot was returned to Hou Laosan by Boss Geng.

Who knows that boss Zou inadvertently uncovered the lid of the pot, but unexpectedly found a thick layer of tea rust on the inner wall of the pot. It suddenly occurred to him that this tea rust was formed by drinking rock tea in recent years. Will this tea taste like rock tea when it rusts?

Thinking of this, Boss Zou immediately added water to the empty pot. He was pleasantly surprised to find that the water in the cup was like tea, and a sip was like rock tea. This discovery really delighted Mr. Zou. Although there is no tea, with this teapot, he can still attend the tea fighting conference.

In a blink of an eye, the tea fighting conference arrived. On this day, Boss Geng came to the Tea Fighting Conference with Luohan tea, good water every day and a pot of spring water. As soon as I entered the venue, I saw Mr. Zou surrounded by everyone. He glanced contemptuously and secretly pleased: I will let you lose today!

At this time, suddenly a large group of officers and men came, and the leader shouted: "An imperial envoy-Li Daren has arrived!" "

Li Daren? Hearing this, the boss Zou looked inside and found that the imperial envoy was familiar. He looked intently and saw that it was his old friend Li Guangdi, and he couldn't help getting excited.

With the orders of Li's adult, the Tea Fighting Conference began. The tea shops poured the brewed tea one by one to the imperial envoys on the stage and merchants from all over the country for them to taste one by one.

It's boss Geng's turn to play. He personally held a pot for spring, and cleverly poured a cup for Li's adult first. After Li's personality improved, he casually asked, "This tea won't be Xiamei's famous' iron arhat', will it?"

Boss Geng quickly flattered: "Lord Li Da is really well informed. This little tea is just an iron arhat."

Unexpectedly, Li adults frowned and stared at him with strange eyes. Boss Geng saw that the situation was not good, and quickly walked away with a teapot.

In order to avoid suspicion, boss Zou didn't go on stage, but let others carry the teapot and go on stage by themselves.

As soon as this tea came on stage, it received rave reviews. "What's this tea called?" Li asked in surprise. The man who served tea was speechless and didn't know how to answer.

Boss Zou had to go on stage to clear the way. Recalling the first time I saw this kind of rock tea, he replied, "Please report back to your honor that this kind of tea is called Dahongpao." Li looked surprised when he found out it was boss Zou.

After tea, the advantages and disadvantages have been divided. After exchanging views with merchants, Li Da solemnly announced: "This year's tea king is Zou!"

Hearing this result, Boss Geng was furious and ready to leave the meeting. Just then, the white-faced monkey that had just been lost for a few days jumped in front of him and grabbed his clothes but wouldn't let him go.

This scared Boss Geng to a white and bloodless complexion, because he set the fire two days ago. That night, the monkey watched the boss Geng set fire to his master. At this time, regardless of boss Geng's punching and kicking, the white-faced monkey is clinging to him.

Boss Zou understood and said angrily, "It was you who set the fire in the inn. You are so vicious! " Li quickly asked what was going on.

So, boss Zou told all the evil deeds of boss Geng, such as occupying Tianyi well, defrauding pot spring, killing and setting fire. Upon hearing this, Master Li immediately arrested Boss Geng and prepared for a severe interrogation.

After the tea fight, Li asked Zou Boss for Dahongpao, and Zou Boss had to tell the truth and told the tea fight meeting the secret of holding the empty pot.

After listening to this, Li asked inexplicably, "Boss Geng fights for tea, and all he uses are Luohan tea, Tianyi pure water and spring pot treasure. How can he beat your empty pot?"

Boss Zou thought about it and said frankly, "Boss Geng was not defeated by tea at all, but by water and pots. First, the more well water is used, the more you can live and eat. He monopolizes tianyi well, and over time, it is equivalent to turning well water into stagnant water, and making tea with stagnant water is harmful to tea fragrance; Secondly, teapots need to be kept, and only making tea often is a treasure. Although boss Geng cheated Hu Chun, he hid the pot and dared not use it on weekdays. In the long run, this makes the treasure pot worse than the ordinary teapot. Although my empty pot is extremely ordinary, I have used it to make tea every day in recent years, and thick tea rust has accumulated in the pot. Even if there is no tea now, it can still make good tea, so it becomes so amazing! "

Hearing these words, Li couldn't help sighing: "It seems that he really lost in Germany!"

The Ancient Xuanwumen Spring and Autumn Zhuo Xin Classics of the Fugitive of Postgraduate Entrance Examination