Chapter 119 Chapter 2 The Lin Family

The mansion in the deep mountain seems to be out of this world. Mu Qingxiang has been looking for it for ten years but has not found a solution, and she has hardly even touched a single edge.China is so big, and there are so many deep mountains and ancient forests that no one has set foot in. How long does it take for a person to find them?I wondered all night who built that mansion and why they chose such a remote location like Lyle. I looked at the teacup on the table, the tea had already been cold, but I didn't take a sip.The disaster Mu Qingxiang mentioned made me daunted by tea and never wanted to drink tea again.However, Mu Qingxiang may not be the only one who knows about this, other tea connoisseurs may have noticed it as well.For decades, many tea people have rushed to find the ancient city of Yuequan. That is because the tea in the ancient city is treasured by the imperial palace. It has been made before Yangchishan took revenge on the world, and it is different from the tea grown in the future.

That night, Mu Qingxiang and I discussed it all night long, and the complicated mystery finally had a clear thread. In 1971, the surname of the tea master who secretly communicated with his grandfather was Lin, and only the Lin family remained in that batch of tea masters.The mysterious person in the ancient city of Yuequan is related to the Lin family. The tribute tea in the ancient city has disappeared, most likely taken away by the mysterious person.The third scripture is also in the hands of the mysterious person. Since the tea king Yang Chishan can find his aunt, it is likely that the location of the mansion in the deep mountain is recorded in it.

The sky was slowly getting brighter, but I was still not tired. I was nestled in the warm room and refused to leave.Talking about Yangchishan that my grandfather met in Fohai, I suddenly felt that the group of British people had no malicious intentions, they just wanted to prevent Yangchishan from taking revenge on the world through tea.But it doesn't make sense, Yang Chishan's tongue was not cut off by the British, who would have done it.Now Mu Qingxiang tells me not to worry, as long as I win the North-South tea battle in winter, I will be able to meet the British who held the battle.

"You mean that Englishman also knows about Yangchi Mountain?" I frowned. "There's nothing wrong with that. The Englishman wanted to find tea masters who knew the truth from the participating tea masters. As for the purpose, it's not clear." Mu Qingxiang told me honestly. "Then if he wants to kill someone, we're not going in a trap, why don't we go. Nanbeidoucha, a master like a cloud, won it?" I flinched. Mu Qingxiang said indifferently: "It doesn't matter whether you win or lose. There will definitely be masters in the north-south tea war. I want to know how many tea masters there are in Yangchishan, and some of them have gone overseas, such as your grandfather. Those people, the premise is that we still can't find the place where my aunt lives."

After the plan was drawn up, I continued to practice in the next month. Of course, I used nearly 100-year-old tea.When Liao Laoer heard about the "tea disaster", he was so frightened that he poured out all the tea leaves. Unless it was old tea with a history of more than 70 years, he would never touch any tea.I asked Liao Lao Er, some tea people do live long, but some don't die well. It's not that the more you drink, the longer your life will be.I still have doubts about the "tea disaster". The second brother Liao took him as an example and told me that he was in good health, but he collapsed when something went wrong. His grandma's must have something to do with the tea.

As for the Lin family, I wondered why I didn't visit them directly since I knew where they lived.Liao's second son was very cunning and told me not to waste my energy, and said that if I asked so ostentatiously, the Lin family would definitely see me behind closed doors.Mu Qingxiang also wanted to meet the Lin family, and Liao's second son told us not to worry, one month later it would be the winter tea season, when tea people from all over the country would come to the tea town to collect tea, we mixed into the team of tea collectors, The Lin family is less likely to be suspicious.Otherwise, if a tea master came to visit suddenly, the Lin family would definitely not be able to hide.

Regarding the situation of the Lin family, Lao Er Liao said that the family was very famous. After the old tea addict passed away, hundreds of tea masters went to the funeral.It is said that the Lin family was not originally in Wuyishan, Fujian, but moved there after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War. At that time, due to the tension of the war, in October 1938, the tea industry improvement field in Fujian Province was moved from Fu'an on the coast to Wuyi Mountain, and Mr. Zhang Tianfu, a master of tea science, served as the field director. In 1940, the Fujian Provincial Government and the China Tea Corporation established a demonstration tea factory in Wuyi Mountain, which was changed into a tea research institute a year later, attracting a group of tea experts, among whom the Lin family was a member.

The Lin family flourished, some continued to do academic research, and some started a tea business.The Lin family's business grew bigger and bigger. They were not hit hard during the Cultural Revolution, but the family business grew even bigger.In the market, everyone said that Wuyi Mountain contained the aura of heaven and earth, and the Lin family was touched by that aura, so it went smoothly.This is true, the four generations of the Lin family are living under the same roof, the family business is huge, and they have not encountered setbacks for many years, which makes others envious.If one had to say it was unlucky, it would have to include Lin Chachi's death of anger because the dirt on the teapot was washed off.

The second Liao met Lin Chachi a few times. Although he didn't have much friendship, he had heard many stories about Lin Chachi.Lin Chachi, formerly known as Lin Ming, was over 70 when he died and grew up in the tea town of Wuyishan.Lin Ming is the most legendary member of the Lin family. He used to reject the arrangement of his family and was not interested in doing business at all. He has been working in the Tea Research Institute.What is the Tea Research Institute? In the eyes of the world, it is just a dispensable organization that cheats the state's finances.But Lin Ming didn't think so. He devoted himself to his tea research, and his family didn't listen to him.

Before the Cultural Revolution, Lin Ming resigned voluntarily and quit the tea research institute, as if he had changed himself, no matter how the leader tried to persuade him to stay.Since then, after the precipitation of the Cultural Revolution, Lin Ming embarked on the road of tea merchants and became the top leader of the Lin family.All the elders of the Lin family were at the end of their lives, but Lin Ming was pissed to death because of the teapot incident, which also dealt a big blow to the Lin family.Now, the head of the Lin family is Lin Ming's younger brother. He is rich and powerful, not as approachable as Lin Ming.Because of his bad temper, he offended many people, and now the Lin family's business is also in decline.

Liao Er Er had planned early in the morning to go to Wuyi Mountain to collect tea, and he was accompanied by an old Jiangxi cousin.When he knew that I intended to visit the Lin family, Liao Er Er hit it off with me and asked me to be a little follower to find out the details of the Lin family. A month later, Liao Lao Er and I were ready to go to Fujian, but Mu Qingxiang did not go with us, saying that he was going to meet a friend.I was very surprised, can Mu Qingxiang make friends with a character like Mu Qingxiang? I thought she only had me as a friend.I wanted to ask who that friend was, but I also thought she told me that I didn't know her, so I didn't ask. On the day I left, Mu Qingxiang came to see me off and said to me: "Go first, I will go to Wuyi Mountain with that friend to find you, within three days at the latest." "Okay, be careful yourself, don't run to dangerous places if you have nothing to do." I worriedly instructed, after getting on the train, I wanted to take another look at Mu Qingxiang, but she had already left. After finding a seat and sitting down, the second Liao made fun of me, saying that I am a toad who wants to eat swan meat.I snorted, and immediately said unconvinced who is the toad, I am the prince charming in that foreign fairy tale.Liao Laoer knew a lot about tea, but he knew little about fairy tales. After hearing the words "Prince Charming", he widened his eyes and asked me why I was a horse and a cow, and was it not good to be a human being. When the train arrived in Jiangxi, the old Jiangxi cousin mentioned by Liao's second crowded into the carriage and met us.This man is called Tang Dahai, who is a few years younger than Liao's second son, but he stutters, and his words can make people anxious to death.Tang Dahai's Mandarin is not standard. After listening to it for a long time, I always thought his name was Pang Dahai, which made me wonder why someone had such a name. Speaking of going to Wuyishan to collect tea, Liao Laoer asked Tang Dahai, didn't he harvest enough tea in summer, why did he go to Wuyishan City to re-harvest tea?Tang Dahai opened his mouth and said, "Because...because...", he babbled for a long time without making it clear, and simply took out a red wedding invitation from his bag. The second brother Liao took it, opened it, and immediately said sourly: "It turns out that someone in the Lin family is going to get married. They invited you, and they really gave you face." "You...you...argue with them..." Liao's second son couldn't bear his temper, and said for Tang Dahai: "Okay, I know what you want to say, I have something to do with Lin Ming's brother! Who cares, you have to prepare a gift money to go there! If you invite me, look at me Dare to prepare a big clock for them!" I laughed and said, "Come on, there are no permanent enemies in business. If they invite you, you will definitely prepare a big gift!" Tang Dahai smiled naively, and said, "But... you have a good show... I don't think this relationship will work!" Liao Laoer and I were about to fall asleep, but when we heard something in Tang Dahai's words, we regained our energy and listened tirelessly.It turned out that the person the Lin family was going to marry was Lin Ming's grandson, and the daughter he was going to marry was the nanny who washed the teapots away.Although the nanny did it unintentionally, she did kill Lin Ming.The Lin family was all against it, and the life of the nanny was not easy, she was put on little shoes every day, and everyone beat her to death. Lin Ming's grandson insisted on going his own way, and sent happy notes to many tea connoisseurs, inviting everyone to witness the union of love together.Tea lovers from all over the country were invited to go there with the mentality of watching a play. It is a genius if the Lin family doesn't fall out this time, so Tang Dahai didn't even prepare a gift money.I sighed and thought, this grandson of the Lin family is really fucking romantic, why is it difficult to act, but he wants to play Romeo and Juliet.But it was a novel after all, how could Lin Ming's grandson not hate the nanny, but wanted to marry him as his wife. This kind of family dispute is what we usually talk about after tea and dinner. When we arrived in Fuzhou, we were still talking about the marriage of the Lin family.We stayed in Fuzhou for one night before we diverted to Wuyishan City.It was originally called Chong'an County, but it was withdrawn from the county city in 1989. The government also vigorously developed the tea industry, which became an important economic pillar of Wuyishan City. To say that Wuyishan City is a tea town is not bragging. Basically everyone there is a master of rock tea.If you talk about tea with them, they will talk about Wuyi rock tea all the way back to the Northern and Southern Dynasties, vividly.A few years later, you can still vaguely hear the name of Dahongpao. It is due to a Tang Dynasty scholar who went to Beijing to rush for the exam. On the way to the village, the mother tree of Dahongpao was covered with red robes, so it got the name of "Dahongpao". Wuyishan City in 1995 was not too prosperous. Except for the relatively modern city center, it was actually like a county town.It’s fine if I’m like this, it’s too bustling and not suitable for the tranquility of the tea, it will pollute the tea.Because Liao's second son didn't receive the wedding post, it was inconvenient to go directly to Lin's house, but let Tang Dahai claim that we were his family.I don't think this method is appropriate. After all, someone in the Lin family knows Liao's second child, so it is more appropriate for me and Tang Dahai to live in the Lin family. The Lin family didn't arrange for us to live in, and their house was not big, so they just arranged for us to live in a nearby hotel.I made up my mind a long time ago, and as soon as I arrived, I asked who in the Lin family went to the Tengger Desert a month ago, or went out for something.If anyone left here a month ago, then he is likely to be the mysterious person.However, except for the servants of the Lin family, Tang Dahai has never seen anyone from the Lin family, so we asked the servant of the Lin family who arranged the accommodation, why the master's family didn't show up. The servant was absent-minded, and advised us to buy the return ticket early, because this marriage would not work out, and something serious happened to the Lin family.