If the desire cannot be extinguished, then find a way to satisfy it, even if the desire is difficult to fill, it will not live up to the splendid Chinese years and this life.

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At sunset, the sky above Chang'an City, the remnant sun is like blood, the clouds are magnificent, and the beauty is thrilling.

The sun will go down, and as soon as it gets dark, the gate of Genxiangin will be locked, and someone will surely find out that she is not in Genxiangyuan. Stealing incense is death, stealing incense cards is death, she is guilty of both, plus she will not return at night, tomorrow she will be condemned as a fugitive slave.

She had seen the fate of fugitive slaves, and she would never want to end up like that.

An Lan looked at the man in front of her, and a slight sweat broke out on her forehead.

It's a gamble.

If she doesn't get that incense recipe back today, not only she, Granny An, but also the golden finch will all die!

But now she only has a quarter of an hour at most, and in a quarter of an hour, Chen Xiang, who was knocked out by her, will be discovered, and then someone will definitely find her here, and her identity will be revealed.

Ma Guixian took a closer look at the incense card in An Lan's hand, and looked at the other party up and down with slanted eyes, the woman in front of him was not the color of the city, and her facial features had not even fully grown, but she was better than at a young age, looking at only thirteen or fourteen years old, the skin on her face was like freshly steamed white jade tofu, and the delicate water made him itch in his heart. After a while, he smiled and said, "Miss Chen wants to talk to you about business?" I wonder if the incense that the girl took out is also like the girl's character? ”

His tone of speech and even his eyes were frivolous, but An Lan ignored his flirtatious words, lowered his eyes, moved the incense burner on the table to himself, and then took out the incense he had prepared before.

Under the huge agarwood tree, the golden glow of the setting sun floats between the pavilions and water pavilions of the Sleepy Forest, and in the second-class fine house with stacks of fragrant wood hanging in the east, a wisp of green smoke slowly escapes from the hollow Eight Treasures auspicious celadon furnace, the initial gathering, and then disperse, and then close, not smoke like clouds, delicate and tactful, but, murderous and heavy.

Ma Guixian suddenly felt relaxed and happy, and then the pair of white and tender hands in front of him gradually blurred, blurred into the year he and the crown, he carried the six-year-old granddaughter of the nurse to the rockery in the backyard garden, and the sound of the little girl sobbing and crying made him very excited, and the pure and immaculate body made him get unprecedented pleasure and perverted satisfaction.

Just a few days later, the little girl fell ill and died, and he felt sorry in his heart, but he didn't want the stupid son of the nurse to hide a boning knife and come to him with red eyes......

An Lan saw that Ma Guixian's eyes began to become hollow, it was the medicinal power of incense that worked, she waited patiently for a while, and saw that Ma Guixian still did not react, as if he had lost his soul, before she boldly stood up.

At this time, someone found Chen Xiangzhi lying on the ground in a corner of the garden of Kou Meilin.

On the other side, in a small pavilion not far from the stack of fragrant wood essences, a brocade-robed boy who was making tea alone suddenly stopped what he was doing, looking at the mist rising from the pot, both surprised and puzzled.

When An Lan was rummaging in Ma Guixian's bed, Chen Xiang, who woke up, had already led people to search house by house, and saw that it was not far from the stack of fragrant wood essences.

Ma Guixian's eyes began to scatter, his face showed a look of horror, his teeth creaked, and a strange sound came out of his throat. An Lan happened to find the incense box that Ma Guixian was hiding in the dark compartment, and when she suddenly heard such a reaction, she was startled, and hurriedly turned around, and saw that the expression on Ma Guixian's face was a little distorted, like fear and smugness, but it was obvious that he was not awake at this time.

An Lan looked at the wisps of cigarettes that were thinner and thinner at first glance, and only felt that there was an indescribable strangeness, and the cold incense soaked every pore, she was excited, and suddenly came back to her senses, and saw that Ma Guixian's eyes began to roll, and the medicinal effect of the incense was about to pass. Without thinking much about it, she opened the brocade box in her hand and uncovered the layer of silk at the bottom.

There was indeed a piece of Guanyin paper with various incense materials written under the silk, and she breathed a sigh of relief and carefully took it out.

Half a month ago, she and the golden finch were framed for stealing incense, although there was no conclusive evidence, and Granny An pleaded hard, but the two of them still suffered ten boards each for this, and then they were locked in the firewood room and starved for two days. At that time, the golden finch said to her with tears in her eyes: "An Lan, you go to the incense envoy exam, those exam questions will definitely be difficult for you, you become the incense envoy, no one dares to bully us so casually." ”

“……”

"An Lan, don't you want to?"

"The quota of the incense envoy is in the hands of the king."

"Guizhi's little slut recognized Xu Zhangshi as her godfather, she also stared at the position of the incense envoy, thinking about how to kill us, this quota is not easy to get, but ......"

"Don't be impulsive, now my mother-in-law's illness has to rely on the king's grace."

"I know, if it weren't for my mother-in-law, even if I ate another beating today, I would tear that little slut's face!"

"Don't be confused, Xiangnu's life is not valuable, if we do it, no one will ask if we are killed directly."

"I'm ......," said the goldfinch, wiping away her tears, "are we going to live like this forever?" Here, whoever wants to live a better life must recognize the king as a godfather! and those boys around him, all of them have bad stomachs, they think about how to take advantage of us, he knows that he is not in accordance with the rules, but he still turns a blind eye. Don't you just want to force us to bow our heads and look for him, I'm sorry, that old pervert, I must not die well! ”

“……”

"By the way, last time I heard Guizhi and Lychee show off, saying that Wang Zhangshi had an ancient recipe, which was given by Master Baixiang."

"Hmm."

"Bai Xiangshi and Li Xiangshi have been at odds for a long time, you said that if the ancient prescription of Wang Xiangshi is in the hands of Li Xiangshi, then can he continue to sit in this position?"

"I'm afraid I can't."

"Then I'll steal that incense recipe!"

"Don't be impulsive."

……

There was a sound of hurried footsteps in the corridor, Chen Xiangenvoy led people to Ma Guixian's room, and Xiangnu, who was following her, took a step forward, knocked lightly on the door, and politely explained his intention, but after waiting for a while, he still didn't see an answer inside. Chen Xiangenvoy was about to ask someone to bang on the door, not wanting the door to be hidden, when a gust of evening wind blew, and the door opened a crack gently.

Chen Xiang'an immediately raised his hand and slammed the door out with a loud bang, so startled that the Xiangnu who was following her couldn't help but wince.

An Lan hid behind the corner of the wall and watched Chen Xiangzhi enter the room before quietly leaving there along the path next to her.

Her incense is not poisonous, Ma Guixian will be fine, after he wakes up, he only thinks that he is in a trance, as for the next thing, she can't take care of it. Ma Guixian didn't recognize her, Chen Lu hadn't seen her before, and now as long as she returned to Yuanxiang Courtyard, she would be safe.

An Lan quickened his pace, Kou Meilin was not far from Yuanxiang Courtyard, and now as long as he passed through the Moon Cave Gate in the east, he could get out. But she finally underestimated Chen Lu, and when she was only a few steps away from the door of the Moon Cave, she suddenly saw Chen Lu with someone looking for her from the other side, and almost saw her. She was startled, hurriedly retreated, and then heard Chen Lu instruct to the side: "All the incense slaves who come in and out from here, about thirteen to fifteen years old, will be detained by me." ”

An Lan was faintly anxious in her heart, there are three gates in Kou Mei Lin, the south gate is specially prepared for distinguished guests, and the incense slave cannot go through the south gate without a call; The west gate is far away, and is generally locked, and it is impossible to walk if you want to; Only the north gate in front of her is her only way out, but now she is watched!

What to do?

When she was in a dilemma, Chen Lu walked in her direction, and she had no choice but to turn around and quietly avoid it by changing a path.

What to do? If it continues, it will be too late to go back before the courtyard gate is locked, and Guizhi will definitely take this opportunity to put her and the goldfinch to death. But just when she was anxious, there was a sudden sound of footsteps behind her, and before she could speed up her pace, the man behind her called her.

An Lan broke out in a cold sweat, turned around stiffly, and saw that it was a young man who looked like a little girl who stopped her.

"Girl, my son-in-law invites you over." As he spoke, he gestured in the direction of the pavilion.

An Lan looked there puzzled, there were deep flowers and trees, and under the cover of branches and leaves, only a slender figure was faintly seen. She was stunned for a moment, and then realized that she had just walked to the side of Yixin Garden in a hurry.

Those who can make tea here and enjoy the flowers are either the incense masters of the Changxiang Palace, or the guests with extremely distinguished status. No matter what her identity was, she couldn't refuse, so she had no choice but to follow the little guy to the pavilion.

But An Lan never expected that it was that person sitting in the pavilion!

The afterglow of the setting sun passed through the intense flowers and fell on him, casting a dreamlike halo. Going back in time, she suddenly returned to that evening seven years ago, when she was dying under the cane, she saw a person coming to the light, stopped next to her, and said: "It's just a child, why are you so ruthless?" ”

The board that fell on her stopped, and the mother who punished her with a cane ran tremblingly to explain.

Then the man simply said "let it go" and let her pick up a life.

For the next seven years, she had only heard of his name, never seen him again, and never thought that she would meet him here today.

"Hiroshi, Mr. Hirohan?"

Looking at that face, An Lan only felt that her head was roaring, and she was stunned for a while before she realized how disrespectful she was at the moment, so she hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to the ground: "I've seen the Great Incense Master." ”

Bai Guanghan, the most prestigious incense master in Changxiang Palace, the person who saved her life under the cane back then, the other party may not remember it for a long time, but this person, since then, has become the light in her heart.

Jing Yan looked at the little girl kneeling in front of him with a slight surprise, and smiled after a while: "Is it so similar?" I'm not Bai Guanghan. ”