Chapter 127 Chapter 10: Cave Heaven and Paradise

Behind the stone gate is a large stone room, almost as wide as a basketball court, and the jagged rocks only grow on the edge of the stone, leaving a wide space.The stone room is a natural one, and there is no need for superfluous carvings. It is full of rows of bookshelves, neatly arranged.If I hadn't been in a cave and it was dark and nobody around, I would have thought I was in a library. It is not surprising that there are coffins in this kind of strange stone cave, but with so many bookshelves, it seems very out of style.Now is not the ancient times, nor is it the era of martial arts. If you want to read books, you can read them at home, and you don't have to travel here to read books.I counted the bookshelves, and there were at least 20 of them. If I really filled the bookshelves, it would be impossible to have 10,000 books.If you really want to hide books in this kind of hidden cave, these books must be very precious, and they will definitely not be the kind that can be bought casually at street stalls.

After Liao Lao Er tied up the old ghost, he hurried back and saw that I had opened the second stone door. He was so frightened that he asked me if there were more old ghosts behind me.When he knew that there was a bookshelf behind the stone gate, Liao Laoer walked over with confidence, still smiling.I didn't expect that there is a place for collecting books behind the stone gate. Although I was very disappointed, books are easier to deal with than old ghosts, at least they won't be killed by books. I stood cautiously by the stone door, making sure that there was no ambush in the stone room, and then walked in with Liao Laoer.Although I am not a book lover, and I am not as good as Kong Yiji, but when I encounter these bookshelves in this cave, how can I miss the eternal opportunity.Liao's second son was also full of doubts, and wanted to cheer and run to the bookshelf for a long time. Because he had to help me who was crippled, he patiently walked over with me slowly.

The books on these bookshelves are still there, and each one is neatly arranged, but the black wooden shelves are already full of dust, which means that no one has touched these books for a long time.I took out a book at random, and Liao's second child also pulled out a booklet at random, and the two of them browsed roughly.As I expected, these books are ancient books, not modern printed versions, and they are all written one by one with a brush. We stood in the middle of rows of bookshelves, opened the dusty booklet, and the records in it were all related to tea.Just a cursory glance at one layer of a row of bookshelves, I feel that I am poor in knowledge and can hardly absorb it.These scriptures are all-encompassing, not only classics of famous masters, but also notes of unknown folks.The more famous ones are: Tang Dynasty Lu Yu's "Tea Classic", Song Dynasty Cai Xiang's "Tea Record", Huang Ru's "Tea Tasting Yaolu", Zhao Ji's "Grand View Tea Theory", Yuan Dynasty Wang Zhen's "Nongshu · Tea", Ming Dynasty Li Shizhen's "On Tea Tasting", Qian Chunnian's "Tea Book", Qing Dynasty Zhenjun's "Tea Talk"...there are simply countless, and it would take a lifetime to read all of them.

I picked up Zhao Ji's "Grand View Tea Theory", overjoyed, and couldn't wait to have it for myself. "Daguan Tea Theory" is the first tea book written by an emperor in China. I have always wanted to read it, but I have no time.There is a complete version of this book in the folk, but the books in the stone room are all copied with a brush and have detailed annotations, which is not a version that the folk can see.I flipped through to the end and found that this book still has most of the new content. Presumably the version circulated among the people has been missing, and it is not a "full book" in the true sense.

Liao's second son found "Boiling Spring Essays" by Tian Yiheng of the Ming Dynasty. He was happier than me. It was a tea book on spring water in the world, and it was definitely an authoritative work for tea people to draw water.The booklet is very thick. I took it over and glanced at it, and it was more than half of the content than the folk version.There are also some tea books written by unknown people, and they are not inferior to those written by famous masters.Maybe they were not born at the right time, or they were indifferent to fame and fortune, so the ancient books left by these unknown people have become a pity that they are not seen by the world.

Liao Laoer looked at the many classics in amazement, and asked me: "Xiaolu, are these books collected by the Lin family?" "These books are definitely not from the Lin family's collection, they were left by the original owner of the cave!" I snorted and said, "No wonder they have been guarding the tea plantation and prohibiting outsiders from entering or leaving. It turns out that there is such a blessed place hidden in the rock wall!" "Original owner, could it be..." Before Lao Er Liao could finish speaking, I immediately interrupted: "Don't mention the old fairy to me again, except for these books, there is no place like a fairy cave, it's all scary things!"

"The old fairy has been away for so many years, and the monsters have occupied the cave!" Liao Laoer explained unwillingly. I closed a book, stuffed it back, and said, "Monsters can still read? Are you lying to children?" Liao Lao Er couldn't compete with me, and surrendered: "Then tell me, who left these books?" My mind is empty and I don't have any ideas. These books definitely include all the classics of tea books. I'm afraid the tea king will be ashamed when he sees them.In history, except for the occasional tea king, no one can master all kinds of tea theories.There are many celebrities who love Wuyi rock tea, including Ouyang Xiu, Su Shi, Lu You, Zhu Xi, and Qianlong.Qianlong loved rock tea the most, and he was also very concerned about the production of rock tea. There are as many as seven existing tea order cliffs related to the Qing government's strict prohibition of officials buying tea at low prices.Even at the gate of the former Chong'an County Yamen, there is a stone tablet written by Emperor Qianlong in his own hand: You pay, you give, people fat, people anoint.Small people are easy to deceive, but God is hard to hide.

Listening to my boastful talk, Liao Lao Er was shocked and said, "You mean that this cave was built by Qianlong's order?" "I didn't say that, but that's how it feels to me in the cave." I confessed. When I climbed in from the ladder, I had already noticed the size of the cave, and no rich tea merchant could do this.What's more, the ancient classics of sects cannot be kept secret, and it is as difficult as reaching the sky to collect them all, even the tea king can't do it.However, no matter how great the sect is, it is not as big as the imperial court. The emperor Lao Tzu issued an imperial decree, and if you dare not hand it in, all the sects will be copied and executed.Since ancient times, the emperor Laozi has never felt sorry for the factions in the folk. Most of them are those emperors who are not interested, but Qianlong is different. He is the one among the emperors who likes to drink tea most.

There are many stories of Qianlong's "ruling the country with tea". For example, when he first came to the throne, he tasted and inspected in the home of Zhang Tingyu, the minister of the central hall, and made tea himself and distributed it to all the ministers. It is not appropriate to be too lenient. You need to use both hardness and softness, yin and yang, and adjust measures according to the time and place." At that time, Kangxi's government was too lenient in his later years, covering up a group of huge corruption, and Yongzheng's government was too strict, killing everyone. Danger.Therefore, Qianlong used tea to explain the principles of governing the country thoroughly.

There is also a very famous incident, that is, before Qianlong made Yongyan the crown prince, he drank tea with Yongyan who would later become Jiaqing.Before drinking the tea, Qianlong introduced that the tea was the newly tributed Dahongpao from Wuyi Mountain, and told Yongyan to drink it while it was hot, otherwise the rock rhyme would be fleeting.As soon as Yongyan drank it, he felt unbearably bitter, and immediately knew that what he was drinking was not new tea, but an old Dahongpao.It turned out that Qianlong deliberately said the opposite, using Wuyi Chencha to remind Yongyan that Chencha has more charm than new tea, and he must not forget it after he ascended the throne.

Except for Qianlong who has this ability, I really can't think of anyone else who can build this place, but I can't think of the reason why he built it.If it is to collect tea classics, you can put all the books in the palace, which is safer than putting them in the mountains.The moisture here is so heavy that books are easily corroded, and many of the ancient books we hold in our hands are easily broken.From this point of view, this place has nothing to do with Qianlong, but there is no one else to think of except him. Liao's second child was skeptical: "If these books were really left by Qianlong at that time, then the Lin family is going too far, occupying such a good thing and not sharing it, and wanting these books to rot here!" "The Lin family has a large number of talents, and it is likely that they rely on these precious classics." I sighed, people are really selfish, and they don't think about themselves all the time. "I heard that there are 72 blessed places in Taoism, and Wuyi Mountain is the 16th. There are really outstanding people here." The second son of Liao was still immersed in joy. I let out a long sigh and nodded in agreement. If the remnants of scriptures were placed in this blessed place, they would be overshadowed.The two of us were fascinated by reading, and we didn't remember anything about Lin Hongyan at all, so we read eagerly.I have a feeling of throwing watermelon and picking sesame seeds, wishing to drive a truck in and pack all the books away.I don't know when I feel that these books have become my own, and I am already carefully selecting and choosing a few favorite scriptures as my private collection.Liao's second son was more greedy than me. He hugged more than a dozen books in one go, and several of them fell to the ground. When I saw it, I told Liao Laoer not to mess around, and quickly picked up the lost books. You must know that these books will never be seen again, and if they are destroyed, they will never be found again.Liao Lao Er angrily piled the books in his arms on the shelf, then bent down to pick them up, while I stood up and took the books he handed over, and stuffed them back in place one by one.I put three books in a row, and when I took the fourth book, I was attracted by the title of that book "Weapon · Tea" I was secretly surprised, could it be that the big tea gossip needle carried by the tea king was passed down from this book.The author's name is not written on the book, it is estimated that the author did not want to be known, or the scribe carelessly omitted it.I anxiously told Liao Laoer not to pick up the book, but to help me illuminate first, I want to read this book right away. This book introduces ten kinds of weapons. They are different from ordinary weapons and have different shapes. In the eyes of ordinary people, they are just useless items.The most peculiar thing is that the ten kinds of weapons are all related to tea leaves, and the Dacha Bagua Needle is the tenth. The book not only introduces the use method of the Dacha Bagua Needle, several key points for playing tea songs, but also how to make it. Specific steps.What's more, this book also ranks these ten weapons, and the Big Tea Bagua Needle is at the bottom, which is the worst of the ten tea weapons. I flipped through it dumbfounded. It was mentioned in the book that the big tea gossip needle was held by a tea master surnamed Yang, and the other nine weapons also belonged to others, but the ten tea weapons were all made by the same tea master.The person's situation is unknown, only known to be a woman, she is hidden in the Mengshan area of ​​Sichuan.I was terrified, could this woman be related to my aunt, her grandmother, or great-great-great-grandmother? Strictly speaking, the other weapons are tea utensils, and their shapes are not outstanding. Take the number one Drunken God tea cup as an example, it is described as an ordinary blue tea cup.The Drunken God teacup is listed as the first because it is closely related to the world's tea and bees, but it is a pity that it is not clear.I don't know if it's mystification or the author of this book doesn't understand, so it's inconvenient to say more.Moreover, the Drunken God teacup is the only weapon in the book that does not record how to make or use it. It only mentions that the inventor is the mysterious woman in Mengshan. Whether the teacup is still there or not is not mentioned in the book. whereabouts. Elder Liao asked with horror on his face, "In your opinion, who wrote this book and when was it written?" I have no idea, even Mu Qingxiang can't find my aunt, and why there are so many clues in this cave.If it weren't for the actions of people of Qianlong's level, there would still be such abilities in the world.I put "Weapon·Tea" in my arms, and I no longer want to read other books at this time, I just want to find out the clues hidden in Dongtian Paradise from the stone room.Lao Er Liao helped me out of those bookshelves, and we walked step by step to the end of the bookshelves, which was a dead corner with no exit.We turned around and walked to the other end, and the old ghost ran out from here, which shows that there is something special in the cave, not just the collection of ancient books. When we walked over with great pressure and excitement, two flashlights shone forward at the same time, like a movie lens slowly zooming in.When I was about five meters away from the end, I looked at the scene at the end in amazement, suddenly realized, and finally figured out the ins and outs of the cave.