Chapter 2 Starbucks
After thinking about it, it was necessary to talk about this matter with Liu Ye.
During the days I came back, I didn’t have time to sit down and gather together. In fact, I don’t know why. In theory, I should be becoming more and more familiar with each other, but after I came back, I always felt that something inexplicable was standing among us, so I just sent a text message to greet me occasionally, and I rarely even called.
After the phone rang a few times, it was quickly connected. Liu Ye was very surprised to see that it was my call. I said we wanted to ask her to chat with her and ask her to choose a place. Liu Ye smiled heartily and pondered for a moment, telling us to go to the "Starbucks Coffee" on the south mound.
After hanging up the phone, I shook my head and smiled bitterly. I really don’t understand why Liu Ye chose such a petty and ambiguous place.
There is a very classic saying among urban petty bourgeoisie: I am not in the office, I am just at Starbucks, I am not at Starbucks, I am on the way to Starbucks. Taking a starbucks has obviously become an indispensable program in the lives of petty bourgeoisie.
I rarely go to such pretentious places. I would rather find a quiet teahouse to taste tea, or simply find a "big partner" to drink some cold beer. For "Starbucks", in my impression, it is more of a place where young people in culture or romantic men and women often go. It is necessary to have culture and atmosphere.
Just as Starbucks said, coming here is not just about drinking coffee, but coffee is just a carrier, but through this carrier, it conveys a unique style to every customer. Communicating here is largely a kind of emotional consumption at the cultural level.
As promised at night, Liuye seemed to dress up specially. Although he only applied a little rouge, it was enough to make the swallows jealous and ashamed. He cut his eyes with water and red lips and pink face. He had never seen Liuye put on makeup before, and for a moment, he actually dazed me and Daya and I were a little dazed.
After a little stunned, Daya began to praise the lotus flowers, making the willow leaves laugh so hard that they couldn't stop laughing. I looked at Daya's brows and couldn't help laughing. I quickly walked in front and pushed open the door. After I rushed to the face, the aroma of coffee was unique to it, rich and passionate.
I found a quiet place to sit down, Liuye asked for a medium cup of caramel macchiato. Daya and I looked at it for a long time, but I couldn't tell the difference between the flavors of the various coffees on it. I had basically never drunk such romantic and tasteful things. In my impression, the types of coffee were only on different brands of Nestle or Maxwell. I really couldn't think of how many tricks coffee could make, and I was confused and I couldn't see the name.
Liu Ye looked at us considerately, ordered a large cup of latte for Daya, and ordered a large cup of mocha for me.
Daya looked at the list and kept slapping her mouth, and smiled at Liu Ye: "Girl, you are a city man, you drink so tasteful. This is not cheap. Three cups are almost a hundred yuan. If you drink Sprite, it will be enough for half a month."
Liu Ye felt a little embarrassed when Daya said this. She tilted her head and looked at Daya and smiled, raised her eyebrows and said, "I don't come here often. This time I don't have to pay for it, so I want to come here to enjoy it." After that, she looked at me and laughed. Under the dim light, it added a bit of charm.
Seeing that the coffee has not yet come up, Liuye introduced us to the latte coffee is a traditional classic of Starbucks. After a lot of steamed milk is mixed, the rich Italian coffee will be covered with a layer of light milk foam. Take a sip of the milk foam on it and then drink a sip of the milk coffee below. You can experience the delicate milk foam and feel the smooth texture of the perfect combination of milk and coffee.
Daya and I were very pious and humbly taught. These things seemed to feel more interesting than they were when we drank them. We couldn't help but squeaking our mouths. It seemed that the culture in coffee should not be underestimated. This thing that foreigners tinker with is really a bit knowledgeable.
Liu Ye nodded at the big teeth that were straightforward, and said meaningfully: "Latte coffee is very suitable for you. This kind of coffee can experience a pure simplicity, pure happiness, very simple, and pure happiness."
After hearing Liu Ye say that, Daya rolled his eyes a few times, thought about it for a while, nodded seriously, agreeing with Liu Ye's statement.
Liuye looked at me again, his eyes raised, and he thrust his mouth: "Mocha coffee is actually the most popular coffee among girls and the most curious taste for girls, because it has a strong chocolate and milk flavor, a bit spicy and exciting wine aroma, which is also its not too gentle side. However, if you taste it carefully, you will feel a wild and spicy atmosphere similar to ginger, and a bright and unique taste. In short, it is worth savoring."
For a moment, I didn't know whether Liu Ye was talking about coffee or people. Seeing her being very sensible, I suddenly felt that I was really a bit out of date. In a fashionable way, I am "OUT".
As the time of speaking, the coffee was brought up, and no one spoke, and they were moved by the mellow fragrance unique to coffee. The aroma was so impressive that it was refreshing. The rich aroma filled the air. The slightest scent of sweetness could penetrate into every pore and penetrate directly into the bone marrow. It was indeed not comparable to instant coffee.
While pretending to drink coffee, he chatted casually about topics and talked and laughed.
As we chatted, we talked about the "Ghost Master" that suddenly appeared today. After hearing us, Liu Ye frowned: "I think the appearance of this Ghost Master should not be accidental, it seems to be deliberately letting you see it. Are you talking about this old man being a human or a ghost? Why is it so strange?"
I shook my head and smiled bitterly, took a sip of coffee, put it in my mouth, whirled it a few times, and smiled helplessly: "I am the same. This old man is a human or a ghost, but I can't even tell you clearly, but it seems that I have no malicious intentions to us."
After Liuye nodded, he suddenly asked me what plans I had next.
I sighed. To be honest, I originally planned to continue to pretend to be deaf and dumb and deceive myself for a while, but as soon as this old man appeared, I was not in the mood to stay any longer. Daya and I wanted to try our best to find out the whereabouts of "Lian Zhen". After all, only he may be able to relieve the evil deeds on us.
After hearing what I said, Liu Ye thought, put down his cup and said slowly: "I think the cause of the matter was Nurhaci's sudden death without leaving a clear will, so that those bloody battles that followed occurred. This is not something we favor, but history can change. After all, the development trajectory of history is that Huang Taiji became the emperor. All we can do is to look at this history from Nurhaci's perspective.
Seeing that we didn't say anything, Liu Ye then said, "No matter how many questions we have now or how many things we have, the explanation is too far-fetched. I think that since we have found the ancient city with a skewed face, we must continue to look for it. We cannot follow the old path just because some questions are unclear. From a philosophical point of view, problems always exist and cannot be completely solved. In the end, it is nothing more than the problem of having chickens or eggs first, and we are in a dead end."
Daya looked up at Liu Ye: "Girl, I heard that you have planned it for a long time and are confident. Are you saying that we will find clues from the ancient city with the opposite face and then look up?"
Liu Ye nodded: "I think we can find the ancient city with faces because we guessed the code word "Early October" on the first four beads, which is the ancient poem "Early October" of the turn of October. The word "Six" on the sixth bead currently refers to the sixth section of the poem. This section ultimately refers to "Xiang Yi". "Xiang Yi" is the ancient city with faces that Nurhaci awarded to He Heli. So from the moment, we have not taken detours at least. I think we can start with that stone tablet!"
"Stone Stele?" Daya and I suddenly remembered the stone tablet that was suddenly standing in the underground palace, and the six big words on the stone tablet: Ye He, the one who destroyed Jianzhou,!
Liu Ye skillfully placed the coffee spoon in the center of the coffee cup, first circled clockwise from inside to outside, then circled counterclockwise from outside to the center from outside to inside. After almost the stirring, he gently wiped the juice along the inner edge of the cup, and then placed the spoon on the inside of the tray. This series of movements were elegant and unconventional, making my eyes and big teeth a little straight. Then he looked at the posture of our drinking coffee, which was a bit trash.
After taking a sip, Liu Ye smiled with satisfaction, and then said, "After coming back, I checked a lot of historical information. The words on this stone tablet are really groundless. There are also some records in history, which is shocking."
Seeing Daya and I staring at her with my eyes straight, Liu Ye was also a little uncomfortable and looked angry: "Have you heard what I said?"
Daya and I looked at each other and nodded at Liu Ye together: "Yes, listen, you're talking."
Liu Ye snorted heavily at us, and then continued: "It is said that when the Emperor Taizu of the Qing Dynasty ordered people to build a palace for sacrifice to the gods, the construction craftsmen dug out a stone tablet underground, with the words "Yehe, the master of Jianzhou," engraved on it. This is only recorded in some unofficial history, but now it seems that this matter seems real. At least this stone tablet exists, and it should be the one we saw in the secret room of the underground palace of the ancient city with the face.
"There is another thing that happened before the digging of this stone tablet. It was when Nurhaci pacified the Yehe tribe. After a bloody battle, the Yehe tribe was defeated and finally forced the leader of Yehe Dongcheng, Jin Taishi, to swing his sword and commit suicide. Jin Taishi issued a poisonous curse before his death and said, "Even if there is only one woman left in Yehenara, he will still get his blood debt from Aisin Gioro!" This curse has been shrouded in the sky of the Qing royal family and has not been dispersed for hundreds of years. The assertion of the destiny of "Xing Yehe, Death Yehe" is circulated."
After hearing Liu Ye say that, Da Ya and I were completely stunned. I didn’t expect that there would be such an evil thing. If this curse is nonsense, why is it such a coincidence? But if it is true, this matter will be even more complicated.
Chapter completed!