Chapter 15 Chapter 14 Gourd and Human Head Tribute Tea

Since it is a person, not a monster, there is nothing to be afraid of.Zhao Shuai and I ran over together, but the man seemed to be clumsy in his legs and feet, and he fell into the haystack within a few steps.I suddenly felt that the person looked familiar, as if I had seen it somewhere, but unfortunately I only saw the back, but not the front of the person.I was worried that the man would escape, so I ran after him crazily. Before the man could stand up from the haystack, I pushed him down to the ground again. When I turned the man over to have a look, I was surprised and suspicious: "Second Liao, why is it you?"

"Xiaolu, you're about to break my old bones, let me go!" Liao Er Er said struggling. When Zhao Shuai saw Liao's second child, he asked, "Didn't you say you were going to Dali? Why did you come here? Don't say you are lost!" Although Liao's second child is cunning, he is not a treacherous person, so I let him go.I soon realized that Liao's second child was lying to us on the train. He probably knew about the Buddha Sea Demon's House a long time ago, so he came here specially in front of the tea station to find high-quality tea.Unexpectedly, we met us on the train and asked each of us the purpose of coming to Yunnan. Liao Lao Er lied and said that he was going to Dali, but we didn't tell the truth, only saying that we were going to Lijiang.

But having said that, since Liao's second child found us on the train, there is absolutely no need to take the initiative to reveal our whereabouts.After all, there were so many people on the train, none of us saw him, let alone the idea of ​​dealing with him.All these were done on the initiative of Liao Laoer, telling me the story of the tea king, and giving sacrifices when parting, all signs seemed to be currying favor with me.However, I am poor and white, and who wants to curry favor with me, unless the other party is crazy. What Zhao Shuai thought was completely different from mine. He said angrily, "You old bastard, did you come from a bandit? What does that pair of gadgets mean? They let us go after seeing them."

After hearing Zhao Shuai's questioning, I finally realized why the red bandits in all directions let a carload of people go when they saw Xi Piao. Could it be that they also knew that the pair of Xi Piao was valuable.Or, as Zhao Shuai said, Liao's second child is also a bandit. When people see Xi Piao, they may mistakenly think that we are also bandits, so there is no black and white.The scene of being robbed on Maolu Road was really weird. Up to now, I still can’t believe that I actually met the robbers. Now that Liao’s second son appeared in front of me, I thought the bandits had something to do with him.

Liao's second son shouted at his injustice: "My two little ancestors, I gave you that thing because I wanted to make friends, and I didn't want to hurt you. Aren't you all doing well now?" "Then what are you doing here?" Zhao Shuai asked with a dark face. "Since everything has been revealed, then I will tell the truth. My purpose of coming here is the same as yours, and it is also for tea with pumpkin heads!" Lao Er Liao confessed reluctantly. Zhao Shuai and I only knew that we were looking for a golden box, but we didn't know what tribute tea with golden melon and human head was, so both of us were confused for a while.Liao Er didn't know the truth, so he took us to sit aside, and talked about the tribute tea with human heads and pumpkins.It turned out that among the Pu'er teas that were tributed to the capital, the top grade was called "gold melon head tribute tea". Now the tea research institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Hangzhou still has the real object, which has been regarded as a national treasure.The reason why it can survive to this day is because of the protection of some old experts from the Forbidden City in Beijing. In 1963, the Forbidden City collected more than two tons of tribute tea from the Qing Palace, including some well-preserved Pu-erh teas that have been preserved for more than 150 years.It is a pity that when China's tea production was reduced, these tribute teas were broken up and incorporated into other Pu'er teas, and flowed to the private market.Fortunately, some experts kept one or two large pumpkin tribute teas and handed them over to the Academy of Agricultural Sciences for research and preservation in the 1980s.

The production of human-headed pumpkin tribute tea began in 1972. At that time, Ertai, the governor of Yunnan, established a tribute tea factory in Ning’er County (now Ning’er Town), Ningfu, Pu’er. Tea and tea paste, in order to pay tribute to the imperial court.It is said that the tea leaves used to make the human-head pumpkin tribute tea are all picked by unmarried girls, and they are all first-class bud tea.The picked tea buds are usually placed in the girl's arms first, and only after a certain amount has been accumulated are they taken out and put into bamboo baskets.This kind of bud tea will turn golden yellow after long-term storage, so Rentou tribute tea is also called Jingua Rentou tribute tea.

Hearing this, I was nervous and asked Liao Er Er, could it be that you stole the national treasure in the Academy of Agricultural Sciences - Jingua Human Head Tribute Tea here.Liao Laoer looked at me a little suspiciously, but he immediately denied it, shaking his head and saying that was not the case.Liao Laoer looked around vigilantly, and then explained slowly.According to textual research, Yunnan produced tribute tea from 1792 to 1908, a total of 189 years. In 1908, the 30th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu, the production of tribute tea was suspended because of rampant bandits in Yunnan, who stopped the tribute tea that was transported to the capital in the vicinity of Kunming.At that time, the court was in turmoil and the country's fortunes were in decline. If the court did not pursue it, it would be nothing, and it will be interrupted from then on.

Since the robbers robbed tribute tea, some of them knew the tea ceremony and knew which teas were the most precious.A bandit knew Jingua Rentou tribute tea, so he left a large batch, which was several times more than what was preserved in the Qing Palace.Most of the bandits kill without batting an eyelid, but some only want to rob goods and are unwilling to kill. Over time, the bandits split.Some of those who didn't want to kill people retreated to the Fohai area, took away the tribute tea with pumpkin heads they had snatched, and disappeared from sight. After the great powers invaded China, the British wanted to control the tea production line in Yunnan, and there were also people like traitors who followed suit.Someone took out a tribute tea of ​​pumpkin heads from his private stash and flattered an Englishman named Lyle Nelson.This man wanted Lyle to help his family flee to England to enjoy the blessings and avoid the chaos and war in China, but he didn't want the whole family to be killed by Lyle, only one little boy escaped the catastrophe.

"That boy is my father." Liao Er Er looked at me after he finished speaking, his eyes were very sincere, as if he was saying that he had revealed all the secrets. "You..." I was a little confused, and after thinking for a long time, I asked, "So you... your ancestors were bandits?" Zhao Shuai suddenly came to his senses: "I felt strange, why did the gang of bandits look at Xi Piao and didn't rob us, so you really belong to the same group!" The second brother of Liao complained: "This is a peaceful age, where are there bandits, my little ancestors, please don't label people indiscriminately, okay?"

I think Liao Er Er is so sincere that he doesn't seem to be lying, so I also think that the Sifang Red Seal Bandit has nothing to do with him, at least not directly.However, we don't have a close relationship with Liao Laoer, and he gave sacrifices and talked about family secret history. According to his cunning personality, how could he trust us so easily?When I asked the question, Liao Laoer only said that we hit it off very well, that's why we were so heartbroken, and told us not to think about it. Liao Lao Er sighed and said that although he was qualified to participate in the Shandong tea battle, he had no chance of winning at all.At that time in Qingdao, he had already moved out all the treasures of his ancestors, and now he has no choice.Therefore, the second Liao thought of the tea with the pumpkin and human head that his father had mentioned. After searching for clues for a long time, he came to the Yaozhai, hoping to find some remaining tea with the golden melon and human head.I doubt that even if there is a tribute tea with a gourd and human head in the demon house, after nearly a hundred years, I am afraid it will have been turned into mud.Liao Er didn't think so, he said that the method of preserving tea in the past was not worse than today's, and some tea can be kept for more than a hundred years, no matter how bad the environment is, don't look down on the predecessors.

Zhao Shuai bumped into me and winked at me again. He said that the golden box might contain the golden melon head tribute tea.If we can find these tea leaves, then we won’t have to worry about not having the capital to stand up. We must know that the pumpkin head tribute tea in the Yaozhai has a history of more than a hundred years, and it can definitely be regarded as the emperor of tea, which is also rare. national treasure.However, now Liao Laoer also knows about the tribute tea with pumpkin heads, maybe he knows more than us, how can we drive away this competitor. The hateful thing is that we only know that the Yaozhai has a golden box, but we don't know whether the box is a tribute tea with a golden melon head.But thinking about it carefully, my grandfather suddenly made a fortune and started a tea business, most likely the tribute tea with a golden melon head in a golden box.I have always wondered why my grandfather didn't take all the things in the golden box away, and told me that if I have any difficulties, I can go to the demon house.Now I understand that the reason why my grandfather didn't take all the contents of the golden box was because he was worried that he would not be able to preserve the golden melon human head tribute tea, so he kept some of it in the golden box for the time being.In this case, if grandfather fails, he can continue to go back to the demon house to get it.Fortunately, my grandfather succeeded, otherwise the tea leaves in the golden box would have been gone long ago. In this way, the golden melon and human head tribute tea in the golden box are most likely still intact. I didn't tell anything about my grandfather, but the legend of the demon house is no secret, so I asked Liao Erer what the legend of the demon house is all about, maybe there are real monsters.Lao Er Liao shook his head regretfully. He only knew that there might be some tea with pumpkin heads left in the Yaozhai, but he had no clue as to why the Yaozhai was so weird.Liao Lao Er didn't fully believe in the legends about the demon house, he suspected that they were rumors, and that there were hidden secrets behind these rumors. I was a little shaken, and wanted to believe Liao's second son, but Li Xiuzhu told her personal experience - a cow mysteriously disappeared in the demon house.Not to mention other strange things, a cow suddenly disappeared without even a chance to bark, it is really unbelievable.There is no chance of making a cow call for help or scream. It is difficult for humans to do it, but monsters can do it, if there is such a thing.Zhao Shuai snorted, he thought that there were no monsters, it was Li Xiuzhu's nonsense.What's more, before coming to Yunnan, he went to Baiyun Temple to ask for a consecration.If it doesn't work, I will demolish Baiyun Temple when I return to Beijing, so as to save those monks from bluffing and cheating. During the conversation, there were some changes in the mountains and forests. We chatted so vigorously that we didn't notice it at all.Gradually, I noticed that the birds and insects were flying up, as if they were frightened, so I immediately raised my vigilance.The demon house is surrounded by dense bushes, so it is easy to hide. We didn't find Liao's second child just now, so it can be seen that if someone is ambushing, it will be difficult for us to find him.The change in the forest was getting bigger and bigger. Liao Lao Er and Zhao Shuai looked around hurriedly, but saw nothing. In this case, it is more anxious not to see anything than to see something, because there is an inexplicable fear because of nothing to see.The strange birds in the forest are still flying around in a radial pattern around the demon house, and even the forest is in a commotion.The monster house is still as dead silent. I am afraid that some fierce monsters have appeared, and it would be unwise to stay any longer.I saw that the poisonous day was coming, and it was already noon, so I used the excuse of having lunch as an excuse to escape decently. The three of us nodded in unison, and were about to escape from the demon house, but when we turned from the backyard of the demon house to the front, we were all stunned at that moment.