There is a reason why Gao Shilian came early today.

Most of the civil officials and generals who participated in the Xuanwu Gate Incident were deeply favored by Li Shimin. If this were not the case, they would not take such a great risk from Li Shimin. Only Gao Shilian was different. Gao Shilian was Li Shimin's elder. He was peers with Li Yuan. After he returned to the Tang Dynasty, he was deeply favored by Li Yuan. He knew what Li Shimin was planning, but he did not mention it when he was accompanying him. On the day of the Xuanwu Gate Incident, Li Yuan heard a noise in the palace and asked Gao Shilian what happened. Gao Shilian first told Li Yuan that it was Qianniu Guards who guarded the palace who were practicing. Then the matter was exposed. Gao Shilian blocked Li Yuan from mobilizing his troops and tried his best to delay time. In the end, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji died tragically.

It can be said that Gao Shilian played an important role in the Xuanwu Gate Incident. If he hadn't delayed the time, Li Shimin's little men might not have accomplished great things. After Li Shimin killed Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, there were very few soldiers left. At that time, the generals who held heavy troops were still obeying Li Yuan's orders. Even the imperial guards in the palace could have wiped out the remaining people of Li Shimin.

Li Yuan did not kill Li Shimin because of Gao Shilian.

Gao Shilian told Li Yuan that among the princes, only Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin are worthy of the great responsibility. Now that Li Jiancheng is dead, Li Shimin will be killed, and the Tang Dynasty will be left without successors. The generals who have heavy troops will also imitate the heroes at the end of the Sui Dynasty and become independent. The Turks are eyeing each other, and the Tang Dynasty is in danger.

Li Yuan was already old and no longer the ambitions he had when he was raised. He thought for a day and a night, but in the end he did not kill Li Shimin, but instead made him the crown prince. He was disheartened and gradually transferred power. Even so, it took Li Shimin three years to complete the exchange of the court. He did not control the court until he decided to fight against the Turks.

Gao Shilian felt ashamed and had no face to face Li Yuan. After Li Shimin ascended the throne, he became the Minister of State for his contributions. Later, Gao Shilian resigned and gave his position as the Minister of State to Wang Gui. Gao Shilian asked to see Li Yuan several times, but Li Yuan refused to see him, and the relationship between the two fell to freezing point.

He came early this time just to please Li Yuan. If he had the opportunity to ease his relationship, he would have made a lot of money. Gao Shilian didn't have much expectations for the heaven and earth. He was born in the Northern Qi royal family and was famous when he was young. He made friends with the ministers and was a person who had seen the world. But today he came to this heaven and earth, which made him feel refreshed.

First, the outfits of these serving people were all short-shot, and they looked clean and neat. Moreover, they were all teenage girls, who looked pretty and lovely and pleasing to the eye. When Li Mu sent him to the stairs, a little girl greeted him with a smile. She was not afraid when she saw him and called him "Mr.", which made Gao Shilian feel a unique feeling. There were 180 restaurants in Chang'an City, and Gao Shilian had not been to half, and at least 30% of them were. Not to mention the people who served him, the heaven and earth were more than one step higher.

Gao Shilian is not a lustful person, and even if he is, he dare not be presumptuous here. Seeing that this little girl is smart and has been following him for some reason, he asked, "Little girl, why are you following me?"

"When the teacher said, the manager said that as long as he sent him to the stairs today, he would be very happy to serve him. I am responsible for serving him. You can tell me what the teacher needs, and I will arrange it for you."

"Oh? This is interesting." Gao Shilian smiled and asked, "Where is this kid Li Mu going to place me?"

"It's here." The little girl walked forward two steps, came to the door of a private room, and said, "The manager said, this is a private room on the second floor, specially used to entertain VIPs."

"The private room on the second floor?" Gao Shilian glanced at the stairs leading to the third floor next to him and asked, "What is the third floor? How many floors are there in total?"

"When I go back to my sir, there are five floors in heaven and earth."

Gao Shilian was a little displeased and said, "Then why don't you invite me to sit upstairs? Could it be that I am not worthy?"

The little girl was trained and said calmly, "Sir, don't blame me, this is the rule of our heaven and earth. You must receive an invitation from your master to enter. But I can tell you briefly that the third floor is an auction house, the fourth floor is a club, and the fifth floor is the host's residence."

It seemed that he knew that Gao Shilian would ask, and the little girl continued to explain: "Auction, as the name suggests, is a place where valuables are auctioned. Those who need it will be awarded. People in need can rent our place for auction, or they can also take it over. We have an appraiser here and will estimate the price of the baby. There are two auctions for the fifteenth and the end of the month. Three days before the auction begins, the Datang Daily will introduce it in a special section, so you can pay attention."

"The club on the fourth floor is where the host entertains friends. I am only responsible for entertaining VIPs on the second floor. I am not qualified to enter the club on the fourth floor. I don't know what it looks like. But today the host will entertain friends at the club. At that time, someone will notify you of the invitation."

"That's it..." Gao Shilian felt a little worried when he heard this. He naturally knew who the master was here. He heard that the fourth floor could only enter by receiving the invitation from the master, so Gao Shilian felt that he had no chance. Thinking that today the nobles of the palace, civil and military officials, would come here. If Gao Shilian could only be on the second floor and did not receive the invitation to the fourth floor, he would not be able to pass the face when he met again the next day.

Gao Shilian made up his mind and would definitely talk to Li Mu later. No matter what, he would have to go to the fourth floor.

After entering the private room, the little girl brought a teapot, married some tea, and brewed it for Gao Shilian. Gao Shilian looked at the little girl with a straight look, not knowing what she was doing. He recognized the tea and drank it. But he had never seen the little girl's method of making tea.

In fact, before the Tang Dynasty, tea was used as a medicinal product. By the end of the Sui Dynasty, tea making technology developed and people realized that tea could also be used for daily life, so they started the trend of drinking. In the early Tang Dynasty, there were only three methods of drinking tea. One was fried, the second was singular, and the third was singular. As for the tea ceremony recorded in Lu Yu's "Tea Classic" later, it happened more than a hundred years later.

The method of boiling tea is to put the tea into it when the water just starts to boil, and then boil it again, and then you can drink it. If you think the taste is light, wealthy people can add some salt. The tea fried in this way is usually eaten with soup and water.

The method of tea in An is to put some tea powder into the tea bottle and then rinse it in boiling water, but this method can only be drunk but not eaten.

The method of cooking tea is to imitate the process of boiling medicine, put the tea leaves, ginger, dates, etc. into the pot and cook them thoroughly. In this way, all the cooked things are drunk. This is called cooking tea.

But the tea made by this little girl is different from these three. The tea leaves she took out were not crushed tea, but were directly leaves. It seemed to be dried or baked and dried. It was directly put into a pot and poured in boiling water without salt or ginger.

Gao Shilian frowned when he saw it. It was a little shabby. And what is the way to drink tea? Three things are there? Can the tea brewed like this really be drunk?

"Little girl,"

"Sir, please speak."

"You're tea?"

"Yeah." The little girl explained with a smile, "This is tea that only exists in heaven and earth."

Gao Shilian lifted the lid of the pot, looked at the tea leaves that had been soaked inside, and said, "Pour a cup for me and I'll try it."

The little girl poured a cup as she said, and Gao Shilian touched the tea cup. It was not very hot, so she picked it up and drank it all.

"Um..." After a cup of tea, Gao Shilian's expression was very complicated. The taste of the tea was hard to say. It was bitter in the mouth, but it was sweet, neither salty nor light, and it was hard to tell what it tasted. He stumbled his mouth and said, "Is this way of drinking Li Mu figured it out? What does he mean?"

"The manager said that the way of drinking in the past was too overwhelming. Tea has the style of a gentleman, and it is most suitable for those who practice thrifty. Only by drinking it in this way can you taste the real taste."

"What is the real taste?" Gao Shilian found it funny and said, "What is the real taste of tea?"

"The manager said it's the taste of life."

"Life..." Gao Shilian was stunned. Recalling the feeling when the tea soup was just in his mouth, he felt a little touched, but it was still unclear, and asked, "What else did he say?"

"The manager said that tasting tea is to taste life. When you enter your mouth, it is bitter, and there is no one who is not bitter. Only by striving for progress and striving for progress can you achieve a career. What follows is sweetness. Only by enduring hardships can you become the best. Only those who have suffered hardships can understand that sweetness is hard to come by. Then it is to reminisce. The more you experience life, the more delicious it will be. Looking back at the people and things in the past, whether it is friends or enemies, when you recall, the mixed flavors are like the taste of this tea soup, which is hard to explain or not to explain."

Gao Shilian was a little stunned. The little girl didn't say these words. He hadn't thought about that place yet, but after listening to her words, he thought about the taste of the tea soup just now. It was really that true.

Tea is a very magical thing, and in later generations, young people rarely like to drink tea. Young people drink coke, juice, or even AD calcium milk. Few would want to make a cup of tea. When they reach a certain age, they are in their early thirties and in their forties, they naturally hold up tea cups.

As for why? No one seems to have thought about it carefully. Sometimes, something does not need to be carefully studied. What most people do together must have a simple but irrefutable truth.
Chapter completed!