"Okay, God help me!"

Zhao Dacheng looked at the printed Chen's incense book, his face flushed and said excitedly: "It's actually a remnant of the Song Dynasty?

When I came back from the hospital, Wen Yiming went directly to the master and showed the old man the printed incense book, although it was only a fragment, at most it was one-tenth of the original. But there are also sixteen incense recipes recorded in it, and there are some incense experiences, which are invaluable to incense masters!

Zhao Dacheng was excited for a long time holding the incense book, and finally calmed down, looked at Wen Yiming and said proudly: "I, Zhao Dacheng, have been mediocre all my life, and the biggest success is to accept you, a closed disciple!"

"Chen's incense spectrum, the treasure book that all incense masters dream of, how many people in the past dynasties have flocked to it, and it is impossible to get it in a lifetime!

"Master, don't you want to be so excited?" Wen Yiming chuckled: "It's just a fragment, not even a tenth of the whole book, look at your happy appearance......"

"What do you know?" Zhao Dacheng glared at him and said dissatisfiedly: "The Song Dynasty is thousands of years old, and very few antiques can be handed down, let alone rare books!

"In addition to the long-lost dozen incense recipes, the most rare thing is the experience of the predecessors in concocting incense, which is a priceless treasure. ”

Wen Yiming nodded, he had noticed these a long time ago, but many of them were written in cursive writing with a brush, and he couldn't understand it. It happened that the master was there, and said with a smile: "The apprentice is only a shallow learner, so there is Master Lao for you to translate!"

"Hmph, you don't listen to you who usually let you practice calligraphy more, but now you're blind, right?" Zhao Dacheng waved his hand and said: "Don't disturb my work, sort out the incense sheet as soon as possible, go, go!"

Wen Yiming returned to his seat, the old man was engrossed in sorting out the incense spectrum, and he was rarely idle, picked up the ambergris and began to study.

In fact, if there was no Chen's incense spectrum, today's protagonist would definitely be fish and ambergris, but unfortunately it was unlucky to be robbed of the limelight by the incense spectrum. A small piece of seepage sand was taken away by Tang Yifeng for collection, leaving a large piece and fish food, Wen Yiming gently cut a small piece of seepage sand with a knife, put it on the incense burner, and a slightly fishy smell came out.

The light smoke goes up slowly, the aroma is silky and slightly salty, Wen Yiming picked up the knife and swiped towards the light smoke floating in the air, and a magical scene happened!

I saw that the light smoke seemed to be broken, the lotus root was broken, condensed in the air, and did not disperse for a long time, which was very wonderful.

"No wonder ambergris is the best fixative, it's really good!"

Wen Yiming nodded secretly, in fact, ambergris as a fragrance material is not used as a medicine, but for incense fixing and condensation!

Ambergris is an animal secretion, containing a lot of oily and fat, which can make the aroma residue and shape well, which is its greatest use.

The large piece of soothing salon saliva in front of you, if it is used as a fixative, can be used for a long time. It only takes a little bit to keep the aroma for a longer time each time, and the fragrance is overflowing, and it will not disperse for three days.

"Hahaha, I see, I finally understand!"

Suddenly, Zhao Dacheng shouted, stood up suddenly, rushed over and grabbed Wen Yiming, and said excitedly: "I see, I understand, I finally understand what agar is!"

"Agar?" Wen Yiming looked at the old man's crazy expression, and said helplessly: "Master, can you calm down?"

Zhao Dacheng asked urgently: "Agar, do you remember the last incense recipe left by the master?"

"Isn't it just warm yang incense? The other medicines are very simple, and there is only one kind of Jun medicine, agar!" Wen Yiming replied: "It's just that we haven't understood what agar is?"

"Today I finally understand what agar is, look at this paragraph!" Zhao Dacheng excitedly handed the information in his hand to Wen Yiming, and explained: "Agarwood was called agar in ancient times, and it was the top grade of agarwood, originally I thought it was just an honorific title, but today I realized that it is actually a secret method of melting incense!"

Zhao Dacheng pointed to a passage of text and said, "Do you remember the twelve forms of Yaxiang?"

Wen Yiming replied casually: "In "Southern Grass and Trees", for the first time, HN agarwood is classified into eight categories: "honey incense, agarwood, chicken bone incense, yellow ripe incense, stack incense, cinnamon incense, horseshoe incense, chicken tongue incense, these eight things are all from the same tree." ””

In the Song Dynasty, Ding Wei, in his famous article "Tianxiang Biography", named HN agarwood as four names and twelve shapes. The so-called four names: agarwood, stack incense, raw knot, yellow ripe. Twelve: In addition to the first four categories, there are eight categories: Uwenge, Yellow Wax, Ox Order, Kunlun Meg, Worm Drain, Umbrella Bamboo Grid, Thatched Leaf, and Partridge Spot. ”

"Yes, exactly!"

Zhao Dacheng said excitedly: "Agarwood is magical, and the incense effect of a fragrant wood in different positions is also different! Later generations continue to summarize and find that the twelve shapes are chicken bone incense, small bucket hat, green cinnamon, top cover, Baotou, inverted frame, hanging mouth, tree heart grid, insect drain, ant drain, horseshoe incense, yellow ripe incense. ”

"For example, the chicken bone incense mainly grows on the slightly thicker branches of the incense tree, and it is often found in the knots of the branches. Because the branches are often not firm enough, the fragrance of chicken bones is mostly void in the middle. The aroma is clear, faintly, and it feels like the fruity fragrance of the white wood fragrant tree flowers in the morning. ”

"The small hat is Shannon, commonly known as the small bamboo shoot shell. It is named because it is shaped like a hat worn by the Li people, or like a bamboo shoot shell falling off in the green bamboo bushes, which is pretty and lovely, and people can't put it down. ”

"Most of the small hats are hidden in the branches of the trunk, or in the joints of large branches. Tasting the fragrant and delicate little hat, it seems that in a trance, I met a little girl with two pigtails, and the beautiful beauty of pity came spontaneously. ”

"Cinnamon is scented on the bark of the tree, and Shannon calls it bark oil. The mountains are steep, the apes are singing and the birds are crying, and under the strong wind, the branches of the fragrant trees are swaying, the skin and bones are sprained, and the juice is overflowing. The fragrant tree suffers from the skin and flesh, and practices the atmosphere of green cinnamon. ”

"The fragrance of cinnamon is light, and it conveys the elegance of orchids in leisure. The fragrance has come, like duckweed in a mountain stream, and the stream is full of mushrooms, which makes people refreshed and relaxed. ”

"Qiongdao Li Mountain, every time there is a thunderstorm, the incense tree will be destroyed. The strong wind broke the branch part of the incense tree, and after the sun and rain, the sap gushed up at the section and coagulated into fat. Because of the exposure, the Li people are very easy to find. The top cover is formed by removing the surface layer of rotten wood and covering it with grease. ”

Wen Yiming answered: "The top cover is fragrant, the air is especially clear, sweet and cool." Most of them are not sinkable, but powder-made twisted incense sticks or ash are the best spices. Master, what do you mean by that?"

"That's what agar really means!"

Zhao Dacheng affirmed: "Look at this note, it records a method of melting incense, using ambergris and high-temperature cooking, it can actually fuse the incense materials produced by different parts into one, take its essence in the process, remove its dross, and finally form a kind of balsam. ”

"What?" Wen Yiming was taken aback, quickly read the notes, and suddenly realized: "I see, this is the true meaning of agar!"