I see You Lian is the ally

Chapter 142 Tracking
The map is made of parchment, and at first glance it looks like an old artifact.

Open the map at the corner of the painting, and see that there are mountains, rivers, forests, towns, roads and villages painted on it, all of which are lifelike.There is only one thing, the animal skin with more than a square foot is too small, and the place names marked on the side are too small to see clearly.

Draw a corner and cast a spell, and you will have a pearl in your hand. When you look at it with your eyes, the map will be magnified several times in an instant.

I saw the place names marked on it. Some state capitals have changed their names several times since ancient times, and they are clearly marked on the side.

Hua Jiao's eyes quickly flicked across the map, and his eyes suddenly froze.

It's just that the land in the extreme north, Huaiyin Mountain, Chongwu Mountain, and the East China Sea are all marked with strange symbols with red pens.

Huajiao put down the pearl, with a dignified expression.

She opened the incense prescription again, and saw that it read: Clove and half liang, Shenshuixiang one liang, Gansong one liang, Ambergris two liang, Linglingxiang one liang, Suhexiang two liang and five qian, raw borneol three liang , half a pair of Doutou Poxiang, and a piece of cardamom.

There is another blindness in the back: a drop of the saint's blood.

Finally, it says that when the fragrance is mature, put it in the smoker, burn the fine charcoal slowly in the bottom layer of the furnace, and the smoke will be in the shape of auspicious clouds.

Sure enough, only his cousin Jiang Ruyan could make the fragrance of Last Dream. Others have the fragrance, but without the blood of the saint, it is useless.

That's why the monster killed everyone in the clan, but spared the life of his cousin Jiang Ruyan.

They are forcing their cousin to make a legacy.

Hua Jiao guessed that at that time, they should have stolen some ready-made Last Dreams from the clan, and they had used them in Fengyang Tower, Flower Banquet, and Jingci Temple.

But they should be needing more.

Hua Jiao looked down at Xiang Fang again, and asked Lin Gu: "Lin Gu, among these few scents, which one is the most difficult to buy?"

Lin Gu pointed to the ambergris and agarwood and said, "It is said that this ambergris comes from a kind of whale. There are only a few big spice shops in the city."

Huajiao was thoughtful when he heard the words.

*
West Market.

Ruixiang spice shop.

A thin and thin lady entered the store, her face was covered with a veil, only a pair of clear eyes were exposed.Behind him was a maid and several guards, who seemed to be young ladies from a wealthy family.

"Guest officer, what kind of spices do you need?" the waiter came forward to greet him graciously.

The servant girl looked a little indifferent, and asked: "Are there any ambergris, lingling, and douloupo fragrances that are of good quality?"

The shopkeeper Qu Ale at the side heard the words, walked over quickly, and greeted himself: "The shop has a new batch of spices, please wait a moment, I'll get them right away."

As he said, he personally took out the spices from the cabinet against the wall for the guests to choose.

The veiled little lady was Huajiao's cousin Jiang Ruyan. She picked up a piece of spice with her fingers to check the color, and then smelled it.

Qu Ale had already prepared a smoker for people to try the incense in advance. She picked a piece and put it in it. In an instant, a rich fragrance escaped.

The maid asked impatiently: "How about the spices in this shop? We have gone to three spice shops, you are not procrastinating on purpose, are you?"

The waiter looked at the maid in surprise, as if she didn't expect the maid to talk to the master like this.

Qu Ale's eyes flickered slightly, and he glanced at Jiang Ruyan.

Jiang Ruyan smiled and said: "Do you think we are going to make ordinary incense? Even if we use the purest spices, we may not be able to make it. If we don't carefully select it, it will definitely fail. It’s not about saving some energy, it’s not finished.”

Qu Ale hurriedly said: "What the lady said is that if you want to make good incense, you must use good spices. Don't worry about the spices in our store. Some of them are shipped from overseas. Although the price is expensive, the quality is good. , little lady, you will know the fragrance when you smell it, it is definitely a good fragrance but not greasy."

Qu Ale walked over, raised his hand and lightly fanned the smoke on the smoker, and said, "It's best to close your eyes and not think about anything, so that you can distinguish the good and bad of spices."

Jiang Ruyan closed her eyes, Qu Ale accidentally knocked off the veil on Jiang Ruyan's face while fanning the wind, and hurriedly bowed to apologize.

Jiang Ruyan frowned, slowly opened her eyes, and said, "Shopkeeper, these spices are five taels each."

Qu Ale responded happily, turned around and packed the spices, and handed them to Jiang Ruyan himself.

After Jiang Ruyan left with the maids and guards, the shopkeeper hurriedly beckoned to the waiter, and said, "Go to Pin Moxuan, and tell me that the person they are looking for has been to the spice shop. Stuffed it into the little lady's sleeve."

Hearing this, the waiter in the shop stared wide-eyed and asked, "Shopkeeper, when did you stuff it? Why didn't you see it?"

Qu Ale laughed and said, "Naturally, it's when giving spices."

Some time ago, Qu Ale was kidnapped by monsters to Mount Jiumian. Thanks to the help of the demon master Fu in Pinmoxuan, he always remembered this kindness in his heart.

Two days ago, the treasurer Zhang from Pinmoxuan came over in person and said that anyone who bought ambergris and Lingling incense at the same time must pass it on to him in time and show him a portrait of a young lady.

Just now he deliberately fanned off the little lady's veil, at that moment, he could see clearly that it was the little lady in the portrait.

When night fell, Huajiao received a message from Zhang Hui's people, saying that there was news about Jiang Ruyan.

*
As the night darkened, the moonlight poured down from the sky, reflecting on the quiet Qujiang Pond.

The corner of the painting stands by the water, looking at a large dark pavilion in front of it.

According to Zhang Hui, Qu Ale secretly stuffed the person-finding talisman into Jiang Ruyan's sleeve, but when he reached Qujiang Pond, he lost the trace of the talisman. It must have been discovered by those who followed Jiang Ruyan, so they only Tracked it down here.

Zhang Hui said in a low voice: "Although I don't know exactly where they took the leader's cousin, but the banks of the Qujiang Pool are mostly the other gardens of the noble children of the royal family, the crown prince, King Kang, and Princess Jing'an, some court officials Some important ministers, as well as Yu Taiqing, the capital supervisor of Yu, have other gardens here."

When Hua Jiao heard Yu Taiqing's name, he was slightly taken aback.

Yi Er asked: "Leader, do you want to visit those other gardens at night?"

Hua Jiao shook his head: "Don't act rashly, my cousin will not be in danger for the time being. The person who captures her may be a monster who turns into a snake, I'm afraid it's hard to deal with. We can't go there rashly, or we may scare the snake."

Huajiao glanced at the Wangjiang Tower by the Qujiang Pool, and said in a deep voice: "Yi'er, when I came to Qujiang Pool last time, I heard that people in these other gardens sometimes order wine and food from the Wangjiang Tower. Jianglou is going to be the cook."

Er nodded in response.

The corner of the painting stands in the shadow of the willows by the water, the willows are swaying lightly when the night wind blows, she stares at the stretch of pavilions, a trace of chilling coldness flashes in her clear eyes.

(End of this chapter)