After a while, Liu Yue asked again: "You can judge it just from the identification of the fragrance?" ”

"And the feel." An Lan's voice was gentle, "Water agarwood is the incense that has been produced by the incense tree that has fallen to the ground and submerged in the water, and has grown over thousands of years, which is by no means comparable to the incense produced by a fragrant tree that is only ten years old. The real water agarwood starts to sink, and this piece of incense is not small, and it looks no different from water sinking on the surface, but in the hand, it is less heavy. The process of fitting the two incense is indeed ingenious, and its color looks almost the same, but the surface of the water agarwood is quiet and old-fashioned. On the other side, the part of the white wood is deliberately old, but the color is impetuous, and the texture is dry, and you can tell if you look closely that it is not from a tree. ”

These words, compared to what Wang Hua said just now, I don't know how much higher. In the incense tasting room, all those who understand incense are amazed, how can an ordinary incense slave understand this. This kind of vision must take time and countless experiences to acquire.

"Who taught you this?" Liu Yue asked what everyone wanted to ask.

"Granny An will tell me about the differences between these incense products on weekdays, and if she talks too much, she will write down one or two." An Lan hesitated for a moment, then lowered her eyes and said. Granny An did tell her this, but just now she could see that this piece of incense was processed, but it was not because of Granny An, but because she felt something.

However, she didn't know how to explain it, and she didn't want to say more. She only knew that those ethereal, elusive feelings were real to her, but to others, they were illusory and incomprehensible.

"Granny Ann?" Wang Yue looked to the side inquiringly, and Lian Xi'er said: "Granny An used to be a waiter in the incense hall, and it is said that more than ten years ago, because she made a mistake and annoyed the head of the hall, she was demoted to the incense courtyard. ”

Wang Yue nodded understandingly. It is not new for the incense waiter to make a mistake and be punished and demoted, so he returned his attention to An Lan.

Although he still felt that An Lan's explanation was a bit far-fetched, after all, An Lan's analysis was not wrong. Because there is nothing wrong, it shows that his eyesight is even better. And. What's more important is that Wang Zhangshi actually picked a piece of such incense...... Wang Yue thought of this, so he glanced at Wang Zhangshi and asked deliberately: "From this point of view, none of the incense products in this lacquer plate are real water agarwood, so it does not match the exam questions." I don't know what the king means? ”

This may seem like a common question, but in fact it is extremely tricky.

In the Yuanxiang Courtyard, the precious incense products received must pass through the hands of the king. Right now, this piece of agarwood. In terms of this size alone, it is worth a lot. Wang Zhangshi said that he did not know that this piece of agarwood was shoddy, so he took it and used it to identify incense. That is tantamount to admitting that his eyesight is not good, and admitting that his eyesight is not good, it is also equivalent to admitting that he is not capable. In this way, it is simply a reason to send the white incense master to eliminate him; And if Wang Zhangshi said that he knew that this was shoddy agarwood, it would be tantamount to admitting that he had selfish intentions in the matter of the incense envoy assessment, and violated the Xiangyuan's incense envoy examination to be fair and just. The highest principle of selecting the best of the best, in this way, is the same to send a reason for Bai Xiangshi to get rid of him.

An Lan was hesitating just now because she thought about it, and she didn't want to be the fuse by herself. In other words, she is unwilling to introduce this contradiction in front of the king, because in this way, the king will definitely vent his anger on her afterwards.

However, after thinking about it at that time, she had no other choice unless she gave up the incense envoy exam.

Faced with Liu Yue's ill-intentioned question, Wang Zhangshi only hesitated for a moment, and then smiled: "Liu Shixiang doesn't know, as An Lan just said, she has been taught by Granny An how to recognize incense since she was a child, so her understanding of incense is already higher than that of ordinary incense slaves. Therefore, in this incense identification exam, I intended to test her, so I deliberately picked this piece of agarwood that I had used my hands and feet. When Wang Zhangshi said this, he turned his face, looked at An Lan with an elder's face, nodded approvingly, and said, "It really didn't disappoint me, but don't be proud, there is still an exam ahead, and only if you pass all three exams successfully, the incense envoy position will be considered yours." ”

Sure enough, Wang Zhang's affairs were not so easily grasped, and a few words actually downplayed this crisis.

An Lan was a little disappointed, but she didn't show the slightest on her face, lowered her eyes, and responded instructively.

Liu Yue looked at Wang Zhangshi and frowned slightly, and at this moment he understood in his heart that it was no wonder that Bai Xiangshi was jealous of this person in his heart.

In the second exam, there were only three people who passed, namely Wang Hua, Gui Zhi, and An Lan.

In the final exam, two of the three of them will be chosen.

Everyone has a great chance, but there will be one who will be eliminated, but I don't know who it will be.

They don't know what the last exam will be, they just know that the exam is scheduled for tomorrow morning.

After leaving the incense tasting room, the golden finch excitedly shook An Lan's hand, and she felt that victory was in sight.

An Lan didn't see joy on her face, and when she just came out, she noticed that Wang Zhangshi was staring at her several times, even Xi'er and the others looked at her with a little weirdness.

After Wang Hua went out, he looked at them with unwillingness and anger on his face, and the answer between An Lan and Liu Yue just now made him faintly panic and uneasy. He didn't expect that a little incense slave could understand incense so thoroughly.

Gui Zhi's mood was even worse than Wang Hua's, she thought it was a matter of victory, but it turned out that An Lan was in front of her! If An Lan was just lucky just now, she wouldn't be worried, with her relationship with Wang Zhangshi, she still had a big chance of winning in this matter. However, just now An Lan was in the limelight in front of Liu Shixiang, and she began to feel a little uncertain in her heart.

……

As soon as he returned to Xiangnu's courtyard, Lu Yunxian sent someone to find An Lan.

An Lan got up immediately, and the golden finch grabbed her and said with concern: "Do you want me to go with you?" ”

Wang Yuniang has just suffered an accident, and the uneasy atmosphere has not yet dissipated, and whoever wants to go out now must always drag someone to accompany him to strengthen his courage.

An Lan shook her head: "No, it's still early." ”

The golden finch looked at the sky and asked, "What is Lu Xiang's business with you here?" ”

An Lan thought for a while before saying, "Most of the time I asked Wang Yuniang about it." ”

Speaking of this, the goldfinch lowered his voice and quietly asked, "Did you make it from Guizhi?" Just now, An Lan didn't clearly tell her that the person who started her was Gui Zhi, but said that Gui Zhi was eyeing Wang Yuniang, and then Wang Yuniang had an accident. These two things go hand in hand. It's hard not to think about it.

An Lan said: "No one saw it, it's not clear if she started it, but it should be inseparable from her." ”

"I think so. At that time, Shi Zhu was still helping her, and the two of them still had that relationship. In my opinion, this matter is inseparable from caryophyllus! The Golden Finch nodded, and then said, "Do you want to tell the king about the matter, so that she can ......?"

"No!" An Lan hurriedly interrupted her words and said seriously, "Let's not get involved in this." It can't be said by our mouths. ”

"What a chance!" The Golden Bird was a little puzzled, "And in this way, she is just eliminated from the competition of the incense envoy, and she doesn't even have to take the third exam." You can directly become an incense envoy, this is killing two birds with one stone! ”

"There is no direct evidence, if you don't get it right, you will get into a bloody commotion, since Gui Zhi can attack Wang Yuniang, she will be in a hurry. She may have dragged you and me to the funeral together. An Lan shook her head calmly, and after a while of silence, she said, "Moreover, there is a greater use in keeping her." ”

The latter words, the Golden Bird was puzzled. Lu Yunxian was even more puzzled.

"What do you mean by that?" After An Lan arrived at Lu Yunxian's side, Lu Yunxian really asked her about Wang Yuniang, and after knowing that it was probably Gui Zhi's doing, her reaction was similar to what she was thinking at the moment, and An Lan objected to this, so Lu Yunxian frowned and asked.

"Just now in the incense tasting room, Liu Shixiang was going to catch Wang Zhang's fault, but he didn't think about it and let Wang Zhangshi hide it." An Lan did not directly answer Lu Yunxian's question, but first briefly explained what happened in the incense room before.

After hearing this, Lu Yunxian sighed: "Wang Zhangshi has been in charge of the incense courtyard for nearly twenty years, and he has experienced a lot of things. Bai Xiangshi must also be afraid of him, so he wants to catch his mistake first and then attack, it seems that now is to send the things that Wang Meiniang handed over to me to Bai Xiangshi, and it can only make Bai Xiangshi a little more determined and a little less jealous, but it is really hard to say whether he can move Wang Zhangshi immediately. ”

An Lan nodded in agreement: "But today, Master Bai Xiang already knows about your existence and also values your words. ”

Lu Yunxian was a little uncertain in his heart, and after pondering for a while, he said: "But I don't know how long this attention can be maintained, and I can't let Wang Zhangshi doubt me right now, it's not a proper thing in the end." ”

An Lan said, "So you need to send another gift to Master Bai Xiang." ”

Lu Yunxian was stunned: "You mean, send the booklet over now?" ”

An Lan shook her head: "No, what Bai Xiangshi wants most now is the handle of the king's affairs, if you send it over, the effect will definitely be half the effort." ”

Lu Yunxian frowned slightly, An Lan hesitated for a while, seemed to have made up her mind, and continued: "If you can, I hope to keep the cinnamon branch first, and besides me, it is best for her to sit on the incense envoy seat." ”

Lu Yunxian was stunned, becoming more and more puzzled, and looked at An Lan and said, "Why is this?" ”

"The word obscenity, in this Changxiang Palace, can determine people's future and life and death." After An Lan said this, she felt that her palms were sweaty. She knew that after taking this step, she really, there was no turning back, and she could only keep moving forward on this road.

Lu Yunxian was stunned for a long time, pondered for a while, and then came to his senses, then looked at An Lan and said, "You are really bold!" ”

Gui Zhi has a personal affair with Shi Zhu, and at the same time, he is not clear about the affairs of Wang Zhang, and the relationship between the three of them cannot always be so stable. If you wait for Gui Zhi to become an incense envoy, and then stab them in front of Bai Xiangshi, then Bai Xiangshi is still worried about the shortcomings of the king's affairs. Then, she handed over the booklet left by Wang Meiniang to Bai Xiangshi, and at that time, it would be impossible for Bai Xiangshi to let go of Wang Zhangshi!

An Lan lowered her face slightly, and didn't make a sound, Lu Yunxian couldn't help but sigh: "You are only so old, where did you learn these hearts and eyes." ”

In order to live well, and in order to go there, she had to be like this.

An Lan raised her face and looked at the green mountains outside the window, only to see that there were still clouds and mist, charming and amorous.

……

After Baishuguan heard about today's debate exam from Wang Yue, he immediately scolded: "What does he Wang Xinmo want to do, does he still want to cover the sky with one hand!" ”

Wang Yue said in a low voice: "I'm afraid, he has that meaning, and now there is no one in the incense courtyard who doesn't listen to him." ”

"Then it depends on whether his hands are that big!" Bai Shuguan sneered, "Since he wants to do something on the exam questions, then the last test question, I will do it myself, I will see how he does it!" ”

Wang Yue hesitated for a moment before he said in a low voice: "I'm afraid, it's too late." ”

Bai Shuguan frowned: "What's too late?" ”

Wang Yue said carefully: "I heard that Wang Zhangshi has already reported the test questions of the third exam directly to Yang Dianshi, and Yang Dianshi has also approved to come according to his wishes, so you ...... now."

"How can it be!" Before Bai Shuguan heard Wang Yue finish speaking, he slapped the table in anger and stood up suddenly.