Chapter 038: Distinguishing Incense
When he came to the fragrance room again, the atmosphere here was obviously very different from the morning, even if the suspicion had been cleared, as soon as An Lan and the golden finch passed, Wang Hua stared at them coldly, without hiding the hostility in his eyes.
The golden finch glared back unceremoniously, and said angrily: "Look at what, disciple!" ”
Wang Hua's face changed slightly, and he was angry for a while: "You, you, you-"
The golden finch interrupted him: "What are you, what you are talking about, Dengzi, you just see your eyes fall out, and no one can look down on you!" ”
Wang Hua's face was red and white, staring at the golden finch, so angry that he couldn't speak.
At this time, Lian Xi'er led the invigilator in, Wang Hua held back for a while, and didn't know how to scold a strange girl, so he had to swallow that breath raw, flicked his sleeves and walked to his desk and sat down with a black face. Gui Zhi sneered, An Lan gently pulled the golden finch, and then several of them also took their seats.
It's just that when they were grouped in the morning, there were originally six people, but now there is one less.
So things suddenly became a little delicate, and the five people were divided into two groups, and the final winner of each group was the incense messenger. Gui Zhi deliberately glanced at An Lan, and a trace of jealousy flashed in his eyes. She thought that Wang Yuniang's death would be able to take An Lan and the golden finch out of the water, and then she only needed to deal with one more lychee to get her wish. Who would have thought that An Lan and the Golden Bird would go to the incense picking field, and she would go there immediately after she went to the courtyard, was it intentional or unintentional?
No matter what Gui Zhi thought in his heart, Jinque also felt that Wang Yuniang was missing at this time, and An Lan's selection as an incense envoy was almost a sure thing, so he was really a little happy in his heart.
It's just that An Lan doesn't think so in her heart, but she still has some faint worries.
Just now in the laundry room, the expression on Wang Zhangshi's face changed, and she could see it clearly. There was a cruel look hidden in the cautiousness, which made her feel uneasy. Wang Yuniang's death can be said to have directly disrupted the arrangement of Wang Zhang's affairs, so. It is likely that it really annoyed him.
What is Wang Zhangshi thinking about this matter in his heart now? Do you suspect that one of them is poisonous, or is it ...... Will it be suspected of the white incense master? She hoped it was the latter. Only when the contradiction between Wang Zhangshi and Bai Xiangshi is getting bigger and bigger, in this way, can she find an opportunity.
While the people were thinking about each other, Shizhu and Shisong also came in from outside, and as in the morning, they each held a box. But when they came in, they were followed by another man with a new face. Lian Xi'er hurriedly bowed to him slightly, with an expression that did not dare to slacken. The man nodded slightly, but did not speak, and An Lan carefully discerned what he was wearing. After seeing a fish-shaped sachet hanging from his waist, he was slightly surprised that he was actually the incense attendant next to Bai Xiangshi.
In this way, Bai Xiangshi really attached importance to Lu Yunxian's flowers, and personally sent his side to invigilate.
It seems that she and Lu Yunxian made this move. It's the right thing to do!
An Lan was slightly excited in her heart, and at this time, even Xi'er also said the specific content of this incense identification.
The caryophyllus and the stone pine each took out three incense offerings from the box and placed them on a lacquer plate covered with silk satin.
Lian Xi'er ordered someone to put a large blue and white porcelain bowl on the table in front of him, and then said, "In those two lacquer plates." All of them are agarwood, but only one is water agarwood, and after you identify it, write it down on paper. Those who answer correctly will be able to pass the incense identification test. ”
After Lian Xi'er finished speaking, she ordered someone to pour water into the large porcelain bowl of Qinghua, and then glanced at the incense waiter inquiringly, and saw that the other party did not mean to add anything, so she withdrew her gaze, indicating that the incense began to be distinguished. It is still a stick of incense time, during which no sound can be made, no communication can be made between each other, and violators will be directly disqualified from the exam.
Agarwood was originally a tribute to the imperial court, but gradually became a commodity, and the demand for agarwood increased greatly, so the trend of overexploitation intensified. Nowadays, the best agarwood has reached the level of "a piece of ten thousand dollars", which is the second-class agarwood, and it is not something that ordinary people can afford to enjoy, but people's love for agarwood has been increasing unabated. There are even people who love incense and are obsessed with it, and would rather shrink their clothes and diet for several years to buy a string of agarwood to wear. As a result, many businessmen seized this opportunity to rack their brains to manipulate agarwood, either shoddy, or disrupted the market with fake and real, so there is always no shortage of people who will be deceived.
Therefore, as an incense envoy of the incense courtyard, it is likely that he will enter and leave the Sleepy Forest in the future, so it is necessary to know how to distinguish the real from the fake.
It's just that this kind of ability to distinguish incense is basically to become an incense envoy, under the arrangement of the incense academy, and study for a period of time before you can really learn it. Nowadays, they are just incense slaves, not to mention distinguishing incense on weekdays, even if they have no chance to touch the agarwood, how can they know which one is true and which one is fake!
In previous years, the exam for distinguishing incense has never been so difficult.
Wang Zhangshi deliberately set a threshold, and even Xi'er understood this in her heart, and quietly looked at Bai Xiangshi's incense attendant, and seeing that he still didn't say anything, she retracted her gaze with a little relief.
As soon as Lychee heard that she wanted to distinguish between real and fake agarwood, she gave up completely, at most she had smelled the smell of agarwood cakes, and she had never seen what real agarwood looked like. Gui Zhi had seen the real best agarwood in Wang Zhangshi, and there was Shui Shen among them, but if she wanted to find out the real water agarwood from these three incense products based on her appearance and smell, it would kill her.
As for the golden finch, of course she didn't have such skills, but she wasn't worried at all, because she knew that An Lan must know which one the real water agarwood was. Therefore, like Lychee, she directly picked up the pen, chose one casually without pressure, and wrote it down on paper.
Wang Hua's pen time is only a moment slower than that of lychee, and he is full of confidence when he writes down.
Gui Zhi knew that Wang Hua's answer must be right, but she couldn't see what Wang Hua had written, and there were too many invigilators at the moment, so she would never dare to act rashly. So when she lifted the pen and dipped the ink, she secretly looked at the caryophyllus, and saw that the caryophyllus held both hands together, and her right hand slightly lifted the sleeve of her left hand with two fingers, and she had the answer in her heart, so after dipping the ink, she also followed the pen.
In the end, only An Lan was left without writing the answer, and she didn't even mention the pen.
But right now, the incense is about to burn out. The golden finch was sitting behind An Lan, and naturally seeing that An Lan had not started writing, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious. She didn't know what was wrong with An Lan, could it be that she couldn't tell which one was the water agarwood? It's just that this thought is together, she feels that it is impossible, she feels that no one can compare to An Lan in terms of recognizing and distinguishing incense.
However, why didn't An Lan write down the answer, if she waited until the pillar of incense was burned, it would be too late to pick up the pen!
The golden finch has no ability to distinguish incense, so I don't know that the three incense products sent to her and An Lan's group by the incense envoy have no water agarwood in them. One of them is indeed very similar to water agarwood, dark brown, warm fragrance, delicate texture, heavy oil, but it does not dirty hands to the touch, and it does not feel oil. It is completely in line with the characteristics of water agarwood, but it is a hand and foot, it is two kinds of incense products cleverly fit together, and only the epidermis part is water agarwood, and the rest of the ninety percent is all earth sinking. This kind of incense is shoddy incense in the industry, and it can only be regarded as agarwood.
However, the rules of the exam are that you must write which one of the water agarwood is and write it correctly to pass the exam.
She has no answer here, and if she doesn't have an answer, she naturally can't pass the exam.
This is the result of the king's affairs, and the choice of the incense envoy must be determined by him. No one can sit in that position without his permission.
The golden finch looked at the incense that was burning more and more, and was so anxious that she couldn't step forward to carry the pen and dip the ink on her behalf, but she couldn't, if she moved at this time, it would make An Lan directly disqualified, so she had to be in a hurry.
Gui Zhi also looked at An Lan, although she didn't understand what was going on, but she could see that An Lan was obviously in trouble, so she had a gloating look on her face. It seems that without her bothering at all, An Lan herself will not be able to pass this level, which is really trouble-free.
According to her relationship with the manager, now that Wang Yuniang has vacated the position, she will naturally fill it.
Gui Zhi was very happy, and the goldfinch was so anxious to put the ants on the hot pot, seeing that the incense had burned to the end and was about to be extinguished, An Lan still didn't lift the pen!