On May 7, the weather was fine and everything was good.

The perfume competition is divided into external competition and internal competition, the so-called external competition is that all the perfumery masters are divided into two groups in turn in the "dew" day of the venue to compete, only the selected masters within the specified time are eligible to participate in the later internal competition.

Early in the morning, 'Hua' Jiu wore a gray 'colored' shirt with narrow sleeves and a waist, and even her hair was all curled up, so as not to get in the way in the process of perfumery, and the autumn harvest was also dressed in the same outfit, and her waist number was a few people different from that of 'Hua' Jiu, so she was divided into the second group of the outer competition, and 'Hua' Jiu was a group.

'Flower' nine came early, outside the Zhaozhou Incense Guild, the head of the South Xiangfang, the place of the Sancha ** Hui is very spacious, there are already people from the Incense Guild to clean up the place, back and forth to stop the bright yellow 'color' of the silk brocade, the field can only participate in the competition of the incense master with the waist card to enter, people who want to watch outside the silk brocade, not allowed to enter.

Jingzhao Mansion Yaliang Qi also attended the scene in person, and couldn't help but send a large number of officials to stand on the top of the court, and he even sat on the high platform in the field, as a parent official, this kind of major event related to Zhaozhou's face, he must also be present.

At the beginning of the year, the first group of waist cards is the first fifteen masters who came out of the incense guild one after another, and the nine "flowers" were at the end, and there were maids and maids standing on both sides at the entrance, and the incense masters who entered the hall had to be searched and checked until they were not found to have entrainment.

When it came to the ninth hour of the 'flower', the maid 'girl' smiled flatteringly, and 'touched' the 'flower' nine body a few times to symbolize 'sex', and said, "Madam, hurry up and go in." ”

The light 'colored' eyes looked at the maid 'girl', 'Hua' Jiu secretly remembered her appearance in her heart, she didn't know this maid 'girl', and she didn't think that 'Hua' Mingxuan would take special care of her, so there were only other people left, and the relationship between these other people and her was not very good.

Nodding detachedly, the 'flower' nine turned around and entered.

She had just stood at the position marked with the number fifteen, and she heard the master of ceremonies who came directly from the palace in the capital shouted, "Everyone stands still, one stick of incense is limited, the title of the competition has been placed on the right hand side of you, and the spices you need are then please go to the front of the stage to take them, the competition requires each person to take only one spice, not more, anyone who finds that there is a deliberate 'waste' fee, will be expelled, and their competition qualifications will be cancelled." ”

After speaking, the master of ceremonies lit the incense stick in his hand, 'inserted' it into the big incense burner in the center of the Liangqi venue, and knocked the drum in his hand, "The Zhaozhou perfume mixing competition has officially begun!" ”

As soon as these words fell, the master couldn't wait to pick up the plain 'color' bag on his right, took out the title inside and looked at it, and after reading it, he even trotted to the stage in front of Liang Qi and began to choose spices.

'Hua' Jiuxian took a look at the situation in the field, and Liang Qi's left and right hands sat on both sides of the guests who could judge the quality of the incense in the competition.

There are 'flowers' Mingxuan, Hei Lao, Feng Lao, and finally Feng Jing's representative of the Feng family also came.

She 'touched' out of the bag of paper with the name of the incense, on which the words "white plum fragrance" were written, at this time there was no white plum open, but to concoct the fragrance of white plum, then only with black horn Shen half tael, cloves a penny, tea powder a penny, tulip five points, musk a word, powder a grain of rice, white honey a penny to concoct.

Thinking about it, she walked to the front of the high platform, and at a glance, the musk was gone, and the slender brows of 'Hua' Jiu frowned, and she didn't think much about it, picked up other spices, and finally only picked a ginkgo leaf.

'Flower' Mingxuan sat on the high platform, his hand on his chin, his eyes spread, but after a closer look, he didn't find that his afterglow always fell on 'Hua' Jiu's body, seeing that she was still short of spices in the end, but took the ginkgo biloba that I don't know what to do.

His fingertips flickered, and then quickly disappeared into his sleeve, looking away.

Feng Jing's face was pale, and the sorrowful "color" between his eyebrows could not be stopped, reflecting his thin figure, and occasionally coughing a few times, which became more and more distressing, and he unconsciously wanted to give care.

He stroked the red 'jade' pendant with the phoenix character engraved on his waist, and his eyelids seemed to be half-drooping, but in fact, he had been looking at the 'flower' Mingxuan, this person he had heard Xi Qi say, and he had heard of it.

And he jokingly found that 'Hua' Mingxuan had been watching 'Hua' Jiu, peeking at other people's wives, or cousins with the same surname, which was really interesting.

'Flower' Jiuyi devoted himself to perfumery, then he didn't hear it, and fell into the realm of selflessness beside him, this state is beyond the reach of many perfumer masters, even 'flower' Mingxuan is also in the learning to perfume for many years, only to 'grope' how to enter this selfless situation anytime and anywhere.

'Flower' Mingxuan's eyes couldn't hide his appreciation, from the current fragrance process of 'Flower' Jiu, he could see her progress, and in about half a year, the height she had reached had already made him even happier.

This is not only the magic of the 'Jade' formula, but also the talent of 'Hua' Jiu, and she has always worked hard, so it is natural for her to have such results.

The time of a pillar of incense is actually very short, during this time, there have been perfumer master concoction failure, gloomy exit, there are also at the last moment of successful concoction, the expression of the 'excited' let the small guy next to him to show the guests.

'Flower' nine in the incense still an inch burned out, the action at hand rested, the incense bowl is a small ball of incense powder, it stands to reason that the white plum fragrance is finally to make a cake to burn, it is completed.

But this time the spices used are missing musk, 'flower' nine only the incense is finally mixed into powder, when a maid 'girl' comes forward, 'flower' nine will hold the incense powder on the ginkgo biloba, and then count.

Even if the first game was completed, there were only nine people left in the perfumer who presented the incense products, and six of the fifteen people failed to prepare and quit halfway.

A small guy entered the field to clean up the venue, Liang Qi on the stage with the 'flower' Mingxuan four people in turn from the incense products brought up to inspect it, and when they saw the incense products of the 'flower' nine, the black old man was stunned, bent down and sniffed, but did not smell the fragrance of white plum at all.

"'Flower', what you are making is white plum incense?" Feng Lao couldn't wait to ask, he was the same as Hei Lao, without smelling any fragrance, and even twisted some powder to see.

"Naturally, it's white plum fragrance." 'Hua' Jiu's tone was not hurried, and he bowed shallowly to everyone.

"The white plum fragrance is going to be a cake in the end, and the big sister doesn't look right." 'Flower' Mingxuan had a smile in his eyebrows, but he could see that there was a strong interest in his eyes, and he was expecting that the incense concocted by 'Flower' Jiu would be different.

"This white plum fragrance is less musk, so the 'flower' courage is set off with ginkgo biloba, at the time of burning, ginkgo biloba can exude a unique fragrance, this fragrance and incense powder meet, in order to exude the fragrance of white plum, you can try it." 'Hua' Jiu said that he was generous, and he was not afraid of the appearance of testing on the spot.

"Come, carry the incense burner." Hei Lao was eager, and before the ninth word of 'flower' fell, he urged the little guy.

There is a small servant who responded with both hands to lift the incense burner with three legs and two ears lotus 'flower' hole, there is a charcoal fire under the silver sheet of the incense burner, and the black old man personally sent the ginkgo biloba leaf to the silver piece, and used the incense spoon to pluck the incense powder, so that the roast is more even.

In an instant, there is a faint fragrance of white plums, like on a snowy day, watching the cold and arrogant plum bloom wantonly, the ice muscle 'jade' bones, into the heart, good smell intoxicating.

"Good! Good! Good! Hei Lao praised a few good words, and finally he laughed, "This recipe has been improved in this way, not to mention saving spices, but also reducing costs, and it can be popularized." ”

'Flower' pursed her lips and smiled lightly, standing in the field, she was not 'excited' because the fragrance was appreciated, nor should she be excited when the formula was recognized, she was like the 'flower' of ice in the clear water, light and 'confused' and 'blind'.

When 'Hua' Jiu withdrew from the field, it had been delayed for a while, and the master of the second group entered, and she entered the incense guild from the other side of the road, and when she reached the end, she saw Aoyagi standing there indifferently like a graceful willow coming out of the picture scroll, her eyebrows drooping.

She paused and continued to walk forward, 'desire' and Aoyagi passed by, who wanted, her wrist was grabbed at once-

"Big girl," Aoyagi waited for 'Hua' Jiu to stop before retracting his hand and said, "I take the liberty of the big girl, just now Childe gave you an order to wait for him in the backyard after the game." ”

The slender eyebrows moved, and 'Hua' Jiu looked at Qingliu, and she realized that the 'girl' in front of her seemed to be more and more similar to her.

It's really a hard thing to be happy about.

"The eldest prince? But Brother Mingxuan didn't say that just now. "For Aoyagi's words, 'Hua' Jiu didn't believe it at all, the last time she looked for 'Hua' Mingxuan and wanted him to send someone to save Xi Zixiao, that layer of paper was pierced, and the two of them had never been alone, she wouldn't feel that she was in this situation, 'Hua' Mingxuan and her had nothing to say.

Thinking about it, Aoyagi smiled slightly, "There are many people outside, and it is naturally inconvenient for the son to talk to the eldest girl in detail, so let the slave family wait here." ”

'Oh?' Hua's nine-tailed voice was high, "There is nothing to say to people, I am frank with Brother Mingxuan, how can he want to talk to me alone, he has never ruined my reputation before, and he will not now." ”

'Hua' Jiu said this, his eyes gradually sharpened, "I don't care what your purpose is, get out of the way for me immediately, otherwise, I don't mind letting people throw you into the deep mountains and old forests to feed the wolves again." ”

When the words fell, Aoyagi's face changed in an instant, and the memory of almost being eaten by a wolf was too scary, so she quickly lowered her head and stepped aside.

'Hua' Jiu snorted coldly, his sleeves floated, and he didn't look at Aoyagi again, and left directly.

It wasn't until 'Hua' Jiu disappeared that Aoyagi raised her head, her face was indifferent, and she couldn't see any emotion, just the deep black ink under her eyes that seemed to be soaked in poison.