Chapter 950 "Please Tea"

Mu Wushuang looked at Long Yubing, whose hair was already knee-length and untidy. Suddenly, she had a realization and nodded, "Oh, I see! Junior Martial Brother, come on, I'll take you to buy rouge and jewelry." Long Yubing muttered in agreement, then mysteriously said to Mu Wushuang, "You know what, Wushuang? Despite her dirty appearance, Leiwang is actually very clean! I tried rubbing for a long time and couldn't find a single speck of dirt on her..."
Just as the two of them turned around, they suddenly noticed that Yanying was standing not far from them with a strange expression. Mu Wu Shuang was startled and quickly released Long Yu Bing's right hand, bowing and asking, "Lord Yanying! You...you...when, no no no, what are you doing here?" Yanying replied with a displeased expression, pursing her lips and saying, "Avoiding dogs! They're really annoying me!"
After seeing Yuanying, Long Yubing was so scared that he stood frozen for a while before blushing and shrinking behind Mu Wushuang. Mu Wushuang looked at Yuanying nervously, swallowed hard, and Yuanying glanced at Mu Wushuang before slowly grunting, "Young Miss Long just escaped from danger, I won't scare her - but remember this! As a Marquis, you should pay attention to your words and actions. If the two of you dare to do anything that goes against etiquette..."
After giving a salute to Yuan Ying, Mu Wushuang hastily descended onto the street with the Dragon Imperial Soldiers. Just as Mu Wushuang took a few steps, she saw Yang Jian in casual clothes approaching. Yang Jian clasped his fist and said, "May I ask if Lord Luobinghou has met His Royal Highness Fayue Hou?" Mu Wushuang looked at Yang Jian with some astonishment and asked, "Huh? True Lord Erlang, what business does Lord Yuan have with Fayue Lady?"
Yang Jian twitched his eyebrows somewhat unnaturally: "Ah, it's nothing, I just...just wanted to pay a visit to her elderly self! Really!" Mu Wushuang seemed to understand, and she made an "Oh" sound, then instinctively looked up at the rooftop where Yanying was hidden. Yang Jian also followed Mu Wushuang's gaze, frowned, and immediately flew up to the rooftop, leaving only the Xiong Tianquan squatting by the street.
Long Yubing stood beside Mu Wu Shuang and curiously asked, "Was that warrior just Erlang Shen?!" Mu Wu Shuang nodded and then proudly boasted, "Erlang Shen is amazing, right? Yesterday, I competed with Lord Yang and even won against him with just one move..." Long Yubing lightly pinched Mu Wu Shuang and reprimanded in a low voice, "Don't compete with others in the future, do you hear me?"
Mu Wushuang hurriedly smiled and said, "Alright, alright, we'll listen to Junior Brother's orders - um, I shouldn't have a problem sparring with Rat, right...?" Yang Jian chased after him closely, his eyes fixed on the flying and leaping Yanying in front of him: Yanying's light skill was very high, and her body movements were graceful and magnificent, truly like a nimble and light Nightingale. "Yanying... hehe, truly living up to her name!" Yang Jian excitedly muttered to himself.
The pursued nightingale was about to explode with anger: "If it wasn't for His Majesty the Thunder King explicitly instructing us not to offend you, I would definitely teach you a lesson!!" While the nightingale was venting her frustrations, Guo Feng suddenly appeared and stopped her, asking, "Master, what are you doing?" With a grim face, the nightingale exclaimed loudly, "There's a crazy dog chasing me from behind! What else can I do but run?!"
虢封抬头看了一眼不远处的杨戬，有些疑惑地接着问道：“主子，杨戬追你……到底干什么？”鸢莺立刻火冒三丈地吼道：“他想女人想疯了！所以一直追我，就这样！听懂了没有？！”虢封干笑两声点点头：“哦哦，我知道了。主子，要不小人请你喝杯茶，消消火吧。”
Yuan Ying hesitated for a moment and slowly examined Guo Feng before asking, "Guo Feng, what do you mean?" Guo Feng lowered his body and answered with a bow, "Master has been complaining that no one invites him for tea. So I, a humble servant, am inviting you for tea. Besides, with me by Master's side, that Yang Erlang would probably not willingly follow." Yuan Ying pondered for a moment, then nodded slightly.
Guo Feng brought the yuanying into the Chunfeng Jiu Lou, and asked Xu Chun for tea, hot water, and tea set. The yuanying looked curiously at Guo Feng pouring hot water into the teapot and quickly pouring it out. After a while, Yang Jian also led the Haotian hound into the Jiu Lou and sat at another table, still staring at the yuanying. Although Yang Jian felt embarrassed to come over actively, the yuanying gritted her teeth and whispered to Guo Feng, "Why pour out a perfectly good pot of tea? Guo Feng, you're being a bit wasteful!"
Gou Feng smiled and poured hot water into the teapot again, then looked at Yan Ying and explained slowly, "Master, you are a bit impatient -- brewing tea is one of the ways to cultivate oneself. The water we used earlier was for rinsing the tea leaves, now it is the actual brewing of the tea. I just poured hot water into the teapot three times, called 'Phoenix nodding three times', which is a way of showing respect to the guests." After Gou Feng finished speaking, he poured hot water on the teapot again.
The oriole let out a sigh and pouted, "What? It's just a cup of tea, why make such a fuss about it?" Guo Feng nodded and replied, "Yes. Just now was called 'sealing the pot', next there's 'distributing the pot', 'distributing the cups', and serving the tea. The tea should be poured to about seventy percent full..." The oriole raised her chin and interrupted Guo Feng, saying, "So troublesome? I thought you just make the tea and drink it directly!"
Guo Feng smiled and said, "So the master can also make tea to calm his temper." Yuan Ying snorted and slowly turned her face, saying, "Forget it, I can't do this job if the person is too easy-going." Guo Feng thought for a moment and smiled slightly, saying, "That's true. Kindness does not control the military, and benevolence does not govern politics! The master was born as the crown prince, and after the Thunder King unified the demon world, he became a marquis with great power. Naturally, he doesn't have time to study these etiquettes. However, master, tea is like life. For example, washing tea is like various first times in the world, washing away the dust, enlightening the heart."
The oriole looked at Guo Feng with some confusion and asked, "Guo Feng, what do you want to tell me? Don't beat around the bush." Guo Feng handed the brewed tea to the oriole, sighed, and smiled, "This first encounter may not be the best, just like the second infusion of tea, it's the most memorable." After saying this, Guo Feng glanced at Yang Jian.
The warbler furrowed her brow, utilizing her intelligence to clearly understand that Guo Feng was using tea as a metaphor: Niu Li was her first-rate tea, while Yang Jian was the second-rate. The warbler silently took a sip of tea before staring at Guo Feng and shaking her head, saying, "So, all the tea you used to brew for me before was so troublesome? What else are you keeping from me? Huh?!"
Guo Feng rubbed his hands awkwardly and said, "Well, it depends on the situation. If Guiyue, that sour literati, is also there, I would definitely do it this way. Then I would make tea for the lord, just two steps: put in the tea leaves and pour boiling water — the lord must like it simple and direct, right?" Yan Ying nodded with pursed lips. Guo Feng slowly sat back and was about to speak when a scream suddenly came from outside the door. Yan Ying immediately ran outside and saw that the pedestrians on the street were all hiding in panic. Yan Ying looked up and couldn't help but take a deep breath: a torrential rain of arrows was pouring down towards the city!