Chapter 84 Chapter 2 Starbucks

After thinking about it, it is still necessary to talk to Liu Ye about this matter. In the days since I came back, I haven't had time to sit down and get together.In fact, I don’t know why. Theoretically speaking, we should be getting more and more familiar with each other, but after returning, I always feel that there is something inexplicable between us, so I only send a text message occasionally to say hello, and I seldom even make a phone call. After the phone rang a few times, it was quickly connected.Seeing that it was me who called Liu Ye, I was very pleasantly surprised. I said we wanted to ask her to have a chat and let her choose a place. After Liu Ye smiled heartily, she pondered for a moment and told us to go to the South Mill "Starbucks Coffee".

After hanging up the phone, I shook my head and smiled wryly. I really don't understand why Liu Ye chose such a petty and ambiguous place. There is a very classic saying popular among urban petty bourgeoisie: I am not in the office, I am in Starbucks, and I am not in Starbucks, I am on the way to Starbucks.Soaking in Starbucks has obviously become an indispensable program in the lives of petty bourgeoisie. I seldom go to such hypocritical places. I would rather find a quieter tea house to taste tea, or simply find a "big partner" to drink some cold draft beer.For "Starbucks", in my impression, it is more of a place frequented by cultural youths or romantic men and women. It requires culture and atmosphere.

As "Starbucks" itself said, coming here is not just for drinking coffee. Coffee is just a carrier, but through this carrier, a unique style is passed on to every customer. Above all, it is consumption on a perceptual cultural level. Arrived at night as promised, Liu Ye seems to have dressed up deliberately, although it is only a little rouge, but it is enough to make Yan Ying feel ashamed, the eyes are cut, and the red lips are powdered. I have never seen Liu Ye make up. Da Ya looked in a daze. After being startled for a while, Da Ya began to spit out a lot of praises, which made Liu Ye laugh from ear to ear.I couldn't help laughing when I saw Da Ya's beaming eyebrows. I hurried to the front and pushed open the door. What came to my face was the unique aroma of coffee, rich and warm.

I found a quiet place to sit down, and Liu Ye ordered a medium cup of caramel macchiato. Da Ya and I watched it for a long time, but we couldn’t tell the difference in taste between the various coffees on it. I have never drank such a sentimental and tasteful thing on the Internet.In my impression, the types of coffee only stay in the different brands of Nestle or Maxwell. I really can’t imagine that coffee can be made with so many tricks. . Liu Ye looked at us considerately, and ordered a big latte for Da Ya and a big mocha for me. Da Ya looked at Shan Zi's unstoppable mouth, and smiled at Liu Ye: "Sister, after all, you are a city person, and you have such good taste in your drinks. It's not cheap, three cups cost about one hundred yuan." , if you drink Sprite, you can drink it for half a month."

Liu Ye was a little embarrassed by Da Ya's words, she tilted her head to look at Da Ya and me and smiled, raised her eyebrows and said, "I don't come here often, this time it's mainly because I don't have to pay, so I want to come here to enjoy Just a moment." After speaking, he looked at me and laughed, making it even more charming under the dim light. Seeing that the coffee has not been served yet, Liu Ye introduced to us that latte coffee is a traditional classic of Starbucks. After the rich Italian coffee is blended with a lot of steamed milk, it will be covered with a layer of light milk foam. Take a sip of the milk foam on it. Take another sip of the milk coffee below, you can experience the delicate milk foam, and at the same time feel the smooth taste of the perfect match between milk and coffee.

Da Ya and I were very devout and humbly taught. These things sounded more delicious than drinking them in our mouths. We couldn’t help but click our mouths. It seems that the culture in coffee should not be underestimated. This foreign country People tinkering with things, but also really a little knowledge. Liu Ye looked at the straight-eyed Da Ya and nodded, and said to Da Ya meaningfully: "Latte coffee is very suitable for you, this kind of coffee can taste a kind of pure simplicity, pure happiness, very simple, very pure happiness." After hearing Liu Ye's words, Da Ya rolled his eyes a few times, pondered for a while, and nodded seriously, agreeing with Liu Ye's statement.

Liu Ye looked at me again, the corners of her eyes raised, and she pursed her lips: "Mocha coffee is actually the most popular coffee among girls, and it is also the flavor that girls are most curious about, because it has a rich chocolate flavor and milk flavor. There is also a bit of spicy and irritating wine aroma, which is also its not-so-gentle side. However, if you taste it carefully, you will feel that it has a wild and spicy smell similar to ginger, and a bright and unique taste. In short, it is worth aftertaste. " For a moment, I didn't know whether Liu Ye was talking about coffee or people. Seeing her speaking clearly and logically, I suddenly felt that I was really out of date. To use a fashionable word, I was "OUT".

While talking, the coffee was served, and no one spoke, all were moved by the unique mellow aroma of coffee.The aroma is striking, refreshing, and the rich aroma permeates the air. The scent with a bit of sweetness can penetrate into every pore and directly penetrate into the bone marrow. It is indeed not comparable to instant coffee. While pretending to be drinking coffee, chatting about some topics casually, talking and laughing. We chatted and talked about the "Ghost Physician" who suddenly appeared today. After hearing what we said, Liu Ye frowned: "I don't think the appearance of this Ghost Physician should be accidental, it seems to be intentional for you to see Like, do you think this old man is a human or a ghost? Why is it so strange?"

I shook my head and smiled bitterly, took a sip of coffee, held it in my mouth, turned around a few times, and smiled helplessly: "Me too, I can't even tell whether this old man is a man or a ghost, but it doesn't seem to matter to us." malicious." After Liu Ye nodded, she suddenly asked me what my plan was next. I sighed. To be honest, I planned to continue pretending to be deaf and dumb and deceiving myself and others for a while, but once this old man came out, I didn’t have the mood to stay any longer. Da Ya and I tried our best to find " Lian Zhen"'s whereabouts, after all, only he may be able to lift the curse on us.

After hearing what I said, Liu Ye thoughtfully put down her cup and said slowly: "I think the cause of the incident was Nurhachi's sudden death without leaving a clear will, which is why the subsequent bloody events happened. It’s not about us taking sides, history can be changed. After all, the development track of history is that Huang Taiji became the emperor. What we can do is to re-examine this period of history from the perspective of Nurhachi.” Liu Ye saw that we didn't say anything, and then said: "No matter how many doubts we have now, and no matter how many things are too far-fetched to explain, I think that since we have found the ancient city of Pianlian, we must continue to search. Some questions cannot be explained clearly, so we will go back to the old road. From a philosophical point of view, the problem will always exist and cannot be completely solved. It is nothing more than a chicken-and-egg problem in the end. .”

Da Ya raised his head and looked at Liu Ye: "Sister, I hear you mean that you have planned it long ago, and you have a plan in mind. You mean that we should find clues from the ancient city of Pianlian and then continue to investigate?" Liu Ye nodded: "I think we were able to find Pianlian Ancient City because we guessed the code word 'October Chujiao' on the first four beads, that is, the ancient poem "October's Intersection", and the sixth bead The word "six" on the beads, as far as it is concerned, refers to the sixth stanza in the poem, which ultimately refers to "Xiangyi". So from the current point of view, at least we have not taken a detour, I think we can start with that stone tablet!" "Stone tablet?" Da Ya and I suddenly remembered the stone tablet standing abruptly in the underground palace, and remembered the six big characters on the stone tablet: Ye He, who destroyed the state! Liu Ye deftly placed the coffee spoon in the center of the coffee cup, first circled clockwise from inside to outside, then circled counterclockwise from outside to inside to the center, and then gently moved along the inner edge of the cup Wipe off the juice, and then put the spoon on the inside of the tray. This series of elegant and refined movements made Da Ya and I's eyes a little straight. Looking at the posture of the two of us drinking coffee, it's just a waste of things. After Liu Ye took a small sip, she smiled with satisfaction, and then said: "After I came back, I checked a lot of historical materials. The words on this stone tablet are really not groundless, and there are some records in history , it’s shocking.” Seeing Da Ya and I staring straight at her, Liu Ye was also a little uncomfortable, with sullen expression on his face: "Did you hear what I said?" Da Ya and I looked at each other, and nodded at Liu Ye: "Yes, I'm listening, tell me." Liu Ye gave us a heavy "hum", and then continued: "It is said that when Qing Taizu Nurhachi ordered people to build a palace for worshiping gods, the construction craftsmen dug out a stone tablet in the ground, and on it was engraved with the words 'destroy the builders. Yehe' six words. This is only recorded in some unofficial histories, but now it seems that this matter seems to be true. At least this stone tablet is real. It should be what we saw in the secret room of the ancient city of Pianlian The one that arrived." "There is another thing that happened before this stele was dug. It was when Nurhachi pacified Yehe's tribe. After a bloody battle, Yehe's tribe was defeated, and finally forced Jintaishi, the leader of Yehe's east city, to swing his sword. Before he died, Jin Taishi issued a poisonous curse saying, "Even if Yehenala has only one woman left, he must recover the blood debt from Aixinjueluo!", this curse has been hanging over the Qing royal family, almost It has not been dissipated for a hundred years, and the destiny assertion of "Xingye Yehe, Death also Yehe" has been passed down." After listening to Liu Ye, Da Ya and I were completely dumbfounded.I didn't expect such a wicked thing to happen. If the curse is nonsense, why is it such a coincidence?But if it is true, this matter is more complicated.