Chapter 024: Guidelines
Jing Yan looked at her for a long time, until he saw her lowering her eyes again, and then he spoke: "Although I am not a incense master, I have always dealt with incense, so I still have a little bit of the ability to distinguish incense." ”
An Lan raised his eyes, he was the twin brother of Bai Guanghan's great incense master, and he often went in and out of the Changxiang Palace, of course, it was impossible to know nothing about incense, even if he was not an incense master, his understanding of incense should not be inferior to that of incense master.
Faced with Jing Yan's inquiry, An Lan had no choice but to snort: "The incense powder is just a ...... I mix at will."
Jing Yan smiled at the corner of his mouth, and his narrow phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, like an elegant and scheming fox: "Miss An Lan wants to fool me again." ”
An Lan lowered her face, in the face of such a person, she had no chance of winning. Her little caution in front of him was simply a joke, so she simply remained silent, with a kind of resigned meaning.
Jing Yan asked: "Did you change the incense recipe?" ”
An Lan hesitated for a moment and nodded obediently.
"What part has been changed?"
"It's just that the amount of jamanpine is halved and a little thatch is added."
"Successful deployment in the first attempt?"
"No, it took three tries to get this amount."
Jing Yan nodded, then stretched out his hand, An Lan was puzzled for a moment, and raised her face a little dazed.
Jing Yan still had a light smile on his face, but his tone was unquestionable: "What did you change just now?" ”
He really saw everything, An Lan's face turned slightly pale, he bit his lip, and had to resign himself to taking out the incense that he had secretly exchanged from Ma Guixian and putting it in his hand. Jing Yan took the incense, opened it and took a look, and recognized it as the spring letter in the snow in the Baixiang Hall, so he closed the incense, and then asked, "What did you change?" ”
An Lan was silent for a while before she whispered, "Yutang is soft and fragrant." ”
Jing Yan raised his eyebrows: "Where did you come from?" ”
An Lan's voice became lower and lower: "According to the incense recipe and myself." ”
Jing Yan asked again: "Where did the incense recipe come from?" ”
An Lan's face was slightly pale, and she hung her head and was silent. Jing Yan seemed to smile in his eyes, and seemed to be exploring, so he didn't continue this question, but continued to ask: "This incense needs to use borneol, you deliberately picked up borneol that day, just to be with this incense?" ”
An Lan bit her lip and nodded.
"Why?" Jing Yan asked again, this time he was referring to the change of incense.
An Lan didn't speak anymore, her lips were tightly pursed, she couldn't go on talking about this matter, if she continued to talk about it, she would pull the goldfinch in.
Jing Yan waited for a while, and when he saw that she still didn't say a word, he couldn't help but laugh when he saw that she was still silent. Talent is rare, the mind is ingenious, and he knows how to calculate, but he is still too tender. But it is indeed a gemstone with wonderful colors, and if it is carefully carved, it will surely shine.
After a while, Jing Yan said again, his voice still unsoothed: "Don't want to say? ”
An Lan hurriedly knelt down, hung her head and said, "I beg my son to spare me this time, I ......"
Jing Yan sighed and shook his head: "Get up, the ground is wet and cold, what are you doing on your knees." ”
An Lan raised her face hesitantly, and Jing Yan said, "I haven't punished you yet, so you are in a hurry to kneel down and beg for mercy." ”
An Lan looked worried, and Jing Yan had to say again: "Okay, I can't help but be scared, get up, as long as you don't mess around at the Douxiang Meeting, I won't pursue you for this matter." ”
"Thank you, Childe!" An Lan stood up cautiously, like a defeated rooster, standing there with her head bowed.
Jing Yan couldn't help but chuckle when he saw her appearance, and then asked, "Like incense?" ”
This sentence is the second time he asked, and not a word has changed, but the meaning is obviously a little different.
An Lan raised her eyes, hesitated for a moment, and nodded.
Jing Yan asked again: "Do you want to learn?" ”
An Lan was stunned, and didn't know how to answer for a while.
Jing Yan asked again: "Do you want to worship Bai Guanghan as a teacher and learn from him?" ”
An Lan was a little dumbfounded, subconsciously feeling that the other party was joking with her and teasing her. However, she couldn't control the beating of her heart and her rapid breathing, and the blood in her whole body surged upward, but in a moment, her cheeks flushed with excitement, and she became more and more speechless.
At this moment, An Lan's eyes suddenly appeared with longing, which made those eyes black and shiny, really like two shining gems, with an indescribable beauty. At that moment, Jing Yan was also a little stunned, this kid ......
"Father, Childe is kidding me? I-" An Lan opened her mouth, but she couldn't say a complete sentence. Just now, he was worried that he would expose her for changing Ma Guixian's incense, but it was only a few words, so he mentioned it to her. This person speaks and acts very casually, which makes her a little unable to turn around.
"No kidding." Jing Yan looked at her and said, "But if you want to worship Bai Guanghan as a teacher, even if it is up to me to intercede, it is not an easy task." And with your current ability, coupled with Bai Guanghan's dead nature of ignoring mundane things, even if you get there, you will be bullied to death sooner or later. ”
An Lan was stunned, then slowly calmed down, and then the flushing on her face faded little by little.
But at this moment, the person in front of him said again: "Rely on your own ability, go up two steps, and I will give you a chance." ”
The process of climbing is the process of training, if you don't even have the ability to protect yourself, even if you have a high talent, you will die on the way.
An Lan was stunned again, a little incredulous.
"You are now the incense slave of the Yuanxiang Academy, I won't give you any help until you become the head of the incense envoy, are you willing?" Jing Yan looked at her and said, "Or, I'll ask you directly from Yuanxiang Courtyard, find you an incense master at will, and get started directly, after ten or eight years, you can also have a seat in Changxiang Palace, but you can't worship Bai Guanghan as a teacher." ”
An Lan said eagerly: "I, I am willing!" ”
Jing Yan raised his eyebrows, An Lan stabilized the excitement in her heart, took a breath, and then said with a serious face: "If what Gongzi said is true, I want to worship Bai Guanghan Daxiang Master as a teacher!" ”
Jing Yan said: "That's just an opportunity, whether Bai Guanghan is willing to accept you or not, but it still depends on you." ”
An Lan nodded, her expression serious and reverent: "I am willing to fight for this opportunity." ”
The corners of Jing Yan's mouth raised slightly, and he returned the incense in his hand to her, and after An Lan took it, she hesitated, but couldn't help but ask: "Childe, why do you want to help me so much?" ”
She looked directly at him, her dark eyes were full of seriousness and doubt, a girl in the prime of her life is always the most beautiful.
Jing Yan pointed to the incense in her hand and said: "Baixiangtang's spring letter in the snow, one or two costs ten gold, is it expensive?" ”
An Lan was startled, nodded, and suddenly felt that the things in her hand were a little hot.
Jing Yan continued: "Although it is expensive, there are still many people who buy it, why?" ”
An Lan was stunned for a moment before saying, "Because the person who bought it likes this fragrance." ”
"People who buy it don't have to be for their own use, and if it's not for their own use, they don't necessarily like it. Buy it because it's worth the price. Jing Yan looked at her with a smile and said slowly, "Miss Anlan, I am not ready to help you yet, so what you need to do now is to make me feel that you are worth the price." ”
An Lan was stunned, then took a step back and bowed deeply.
The greatest blessing in life is to stumble down the road, look around, and when you are at a loss, you meet a good teacher who can guide you in the direction.
At that time, An Lan didn't know that this luck actually required her to give everything in exchange.
However, she knows that no matter how many times she does it all over again, she will make the same choice.
Even if she gives everything, she will go down this path.
Even though we are in hell, our hearts still yearn for heaven.
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By the time An Lan returned to Douxiang Courtyard, the Douxiang Club had already begun, and the door had already been closed. Fortunately, Lu Yunxian left a little Xiangnu for her to wait for her outside, so she followed the little Xiangnu through a side door in the back. Of course, the interior is reserved for guests, and the position is surrounded by a square to allow for the passing of the incense burner. The incense envoys were all far away, and when An Lan entered the incense room, it was the turn of the incense master of Baixiang Hall to try the incense, this incense master surnamed Li, was specially invited by Ma Guixian from the Changxiang Palace.
An Lan quietly walked behind Lu Yunxian, Lu Yunxian glanced at her, but didn't say anything. After An Lan stood still, he raised his face and searched among the guests, and really saw that Bai Xiangshi was also among them, and Wang Zhangshi was standing not far behind Bai Xiangshi.
Li Xiangshi and Baishuguan had some festivals in private, so when Li Xiangshi sat down with the incense of Baixiangtang, Baishuguan frowned slightly.
After Li Xiangshi sat down in a kneeling position, he placed the items sent by the incense envoy in turn, and then took out the incense that Ma Guixian gave him and opened it gently. When the incense was opened, he was going to say the name of this incense, but when Li Xiangshi was about to speak, he couldn't help but be stunned. Then I saw that he seemed to take a closer look at the incense in his hand, and lowered his head slightly, as if he smelled it, and then raised his face, looked at the guests in the room, and said: "This incense comes from Baixiangtang, named, Yutang soft incense." When he said the name of the incense, his eyes deliberately turned to the White Library.
This incense was made at the beginning of the year in the White Book House, and it was only tried in the incense courtyard, so the incense used borneol, and the taste was easier to distinguish, so as soon as the incense was opened, Li Xiangshi recognized it. Although he didn't understand why Ma Guixian temporarily changed the incense, it happened that he knew that the incense products that Baishuguan participated in today's incense fighting were Yutang soft incense, and Baishuguan also specially invited a few friends to come to watch, so he was very willing to dismantle the Baishuguan's platform.
As soon as Li Xiangshi's words came out, Bai Shuguan's face changed, and Wang Zhangshi's face turned white. Ma Guixian was at a loss, what he brought was obviously a spring letter in the snow, how did it become a soft fragrance of Yutang, where did it come from?