Fendai Weiyang

Chapter 212 Calculation
Xia Qianzhen wanted to pull Qian Fei behind him, and no matter how hard he was with the shopkeeper of Shixianglou, after all, if something really happened, it would be troublesome for them.

Unexpectedly, Qian Fei remained motionless with a smile on her face.

"Don't be discouraged, shopkeeper. Your experience is superior to mine. Naturally, you have your own criteria for distinguishing good or bad incense. I happened to bring a small piece of incense from the ancient family here. Why don't you argue with me? I said yes and no..."

"..."

The fat shopkeeper suddenly froze in anger, and his round eyes slowly narrowed. This situation... seems familiar?

"Girl, don't you think this is your purpose? You want to recommend your incense from an ancient family to Shixianglou? Hehe, then you really made a mistake. Shixianglou is not a mess. I took them all."

"Is the shopkeeper joking? The incense of the Gu family is rare in southern Anhui. I just want to open your eyes. Shixianglou wants to accept me and not sell it."

Qian Fei didn't show any timidity at all, and handed over an incense box that was only half the size of a palm out of her sleeve pocket, "If this incense shop is the best incense shop in the capital, I'm really disappointed, shopkeeper Let’s take a look, this is not the best in our ancient family.”

Every sentence in Qian Fei's words was full of complacency, and her attitude was quite different from those who came to recommend her. The fat shopkeeper began to hesitate again. Could it be that this girl didn't mean that?
The incense box in his hand is exquisite and unique, with simple and elegant lines, it looks like it is not a vulgar product, but the shopkeeper does not believe what Qian Fei said, can there be better incense than Shixianglou?Don't be ridiculous, they are incense houses that have delivered tributes!

Opening the incense box a little casually, there is only a small incense pill inside, off-white, with a faint red inside, exuding an elegant fragrance.

The fat shopkeeper raised the incense box slightly, slapped the tip of his nose with one hand, and moved his eyebrows.

"I wonder if the old man can use the incense holder to look through it?"

"You please."

The fat shopkeeper didn't care about Qian Fei's attitude, he took an incense clip from the plate beside him, held the incense pill and turned it over and over in front of his eyes, then moved his wrist and waved it in front of him, but closed his eyes and concentrated on it. To feel the residual aroma.

"It's really a spice that I have never heard of before. Although it has never been ignited, the fragrance is already impressive. Girl, do you think this is a prescription passed down from your ancient family?"

"That's right, it's just that the elders in the family never like to show off, so the ancient family's incense is not famous, but I am not convinced, our family's incense is obviously much better than many famous ones!"

Qian Fei's face was full of arrogance, as if she refused to admit defeat in her heart.

The fat shopkeeper returned the incense box, "It's true that the little girl is competitive, but this matter really depends on the opportunity. For example, the old man has never heard of ancient spices. Seeing it now, I feel very sorry. Being buried is a loss!"

"Right, right!" Qian Fei changed her previous disdain and stubbornness, as if she had finally found someone who agreed with her, "Shopkeeper Huiyan, my family's spices are not inferior to yours. Bar?"

"...Here, but take a look, how is my Shixianglou business?"

The fat shopkeeper gave way to the side, the building was crowded with guests, and the spices were often expensive, but there was an endless stream of people who came to buy them.

Seeing the discouragement and grievance slowly appearing on Qianfei's face, the fat shopkeeper struck while the iron was hot, "I'm not boasting, but Shixianglou is 'this' among the incense houses in the capital", the shopkeeper gave a thumbs up, "Fame is in the Here, even if your incense is really good, you sell it in the capital? Who will patronize your business?"

"..."

"But I have an idea, and it's just a suggestion. Would you like to try selling the incense to me?"

Qian Fei raised her eyes, "Does the shopkeeper think I'm an ignorant little girl? If you let your Shixianglou go, there won't be anything wrong with the Gu family, right?"

"Hehehe, how can this fame and fortune be reaped? If you let me pick up the Fragrant House, I will definitely make money, but if you want to make the name of the Gu family... then you have to sell it."

Qian Fei began to worry again, and simply hid behind Xia Qianzhen, "Brother, what do you think should be done?"

The fat shopkeeper saw that there was a door, and it was really rare to see the fragrant pill just now, so he warmly invited Xia Qianzhen, brother and sister, to the private room to discuss.

"A Fei, what exactly do you want?"

Before the fat shopkeeper came over, Xia Qianzhen secretly asked Qian Fei what she meant.

From the moment she stepped into Shixianglou, Xia Qianzhen acted as if she didn't know Qianfei anymore. Her words, actions, attitude and tone were not at all the Xia Qianfei he was familiar with.

Little by little, Qian Fei aroused the interest of the shopkeeper of Shixianglou, trying to get him, so the shopkeeper offered to buy spices first, but Qian Fei struggled again, as if she didn't want to.

When will Qian Fei do this?There is no omission in the slightest, and his performance is impeccable. If he is not Qian Fei's elder brother, he can really think that they are from the ancient family in southern Anhui to do business!

"Xu Ping said that Shixianglou is very likely to be related to the third prince. I don't know how he found out about it, but I believe his news, so I want to try to start from here. The third prince takes care of these, and sooner or later he will come into contact with the famous Shixiang Tower in the capital."

"You're crazy! If the third prince's people find out, you... you're seeking skin from a tiger!"

"But now there is no other way to get close to Jiang Liran, right? You can't reveal your whereabouts. The second prince doesn't know what year and month it is. He is obviously in the same capital city. Why is it like a thousand rivers and mountains? ?!"

"That can't be such an adventure! Come on, let's leave here quickly, and you will not be allowed to come here in the future!"

"Brother! I don't want to!"

At this time, there seemed to be movement outside the door, and the fat shopkeeper showed half of his face full of doubts, and heard Qian Fei still very excited, "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! The reputation of the ancient family? The ancestors have accumulated it for so long, you Can you hear what reputation is spreading? You obviously have an ancestral incense making recipe, but you hold it firmly in your hand, we are all stretched, how can we care about other things?"

"A Fei..."

"I don't want to miss this opportunity, brother, this is the capital city! So what if it's not the fame of the ancient family? As long as the capital of Mizhu Xingui earns money, the elders in southern Anhui will blame me, otherwise we have nothing to gain from this land Go back, brother will be willing?"

Xia Qianzhen also saw the fat shopkeeper, but the shock in his heart was still lingering. Qianfei seemed to be a different person suddenly, becoming mature and capable, shrewd and cunning, and obviously still the same as before. But I couldn't see what she was thinking.

"Two..., but there are some disagreements?"

The fat shopkeeper rubbed his hands and walked in, "This is not good, this is not good, come, drink some tea to calm down."

"Speaking of it, I can quite understand the worries in this young master's heart. It's just that people are alive, after all, they have to look forward, don't they? Stick to the rules and embrace the dead rules, can they be eaten? This girl is different. You are wise and transparent, your Gu family..., I'm afraid your life is not very comfortable..."

"..." A blush appeared on Qian Fei's face, as if she had mentioned something she didn't want to say.

"The old man understands that if you can live on, you won't let the two of you travel all the way to the capital, am I right? It's just that since you've come, you have to get something, otherwise this trip will be in vain."

The fat shopkeeper suddenly changed the topic, "However, although the old man is very optimistic about the incense of the Gu family, you also know that this shop does not belong to me. I have to ask for instructions on whether I can accept it. If not... then There is nothing the old man can do."

Upon hearing this, Qian Fei showed an anxious expression, "Why is this? Didn't the shopkeeper also see it? The incense of the Gu family is not the usual kind. How can you not want such a good thing?"

"This is not the old man's final decision. If the girl is serious, I will keep this fragrant pill. I will present it to my master. How about giving the girl a message after two days?"

"No."

Xia Qianzhen's heart skipped a beat, she refused without even thinking about it, and presented it to his master?Isn't that the third prince?Thinking that the third prince might know about Qian Fei's existence, Xia Qianzhen panicked, absolutely not.

"Brother! There is no other way! Do we really have to wait helplessly?" Qian Fei's words sounded different in Xia Qianzhen's ears, "Opportunities are rare, isn't doing business just a big gamble?" ? If you lose, start over from scratch, but what if you win?"

"From the beginning? How can some things start from the beginning?"

"So I don't want to regret it."

The fat shopkeeper seemed to understand what Qian Fei and Xia Qianzhen said, but he didn't seem to understand it, but that was not important. The important thing was that in the end, the brothers and sisters of the Gu family still left the little incense box behind.

……

On the way back, Qian Fei seemed to have been drained of energy. She hadn't dealt with businessmen for too long, and she might be noticed by them even if she showed any tricks. .

It's just that Xia Qianzhen who was on the side also didn't say a word, Qianfei thought silently, when she got home, she probably couldn't escape...

Sure enough, as soon as she returned to the mansion, Xia Qianzhen wanted to talk to Qian Fei, but Qian Fei followed her to the study consciously, not daring to say a word.

"Did you plan all of today's events?"

"Yes."

"I just said, even the spices are ready, since when did you plan to do this?"

"I heard Xu Ping talk about Shixianglou."

"Have you thought about it, if the third prince finds out, you are nothing to him, if he can get rid of you without anyone noticing, Jiang Liran may not even know that you have been to the capital, you Have you ever thought about it?!"

"I thought about it, but Hai Yuanlu said that the third prince has been burdened with some things recently, and he is not so free. Xu Ping also found out that although the Shixiang Building may be the property of the third prince, it is not too important. , the third prince probably won't handle it himself, so it's very likely that it will all be handed over to Jiang Liran, let's see his ability by the way."

"..."

Qian Fei's honest answer made Xia Qianzhen feel inexplicably anxious.

She had considered everything, not on a whim, but after careful consideration, she chose Shixianglou.

Xia Qianzhen also carefully observed the incense box before. The materials and craftsmanship are indeed in the style of southern Anhui, and it has nothing to do with Jinxi.

I have never seen that incense pill in Shanxi, and I know the incense houses in Shanxi very well. When I saw the incense box and spices, I would really think it was from southern Anhui.

Thinking about it now, many of the accessories Qian Fei wore today are very southern Anhui style, because Xia Qian also brought a lot back from Anhui Southern, so he recognizes them all, and even her clothes are completely different. She doesn't seem to be married, she looks like a girl in her boudoir, probably just to confuse others.

"Yesterday, it was not on a whim that you took spices for Jia Qingzhi to test. It was the kind you smoked on your body. You wanted to know whether the fragrance would harm your body, didn't you?"

"...Yes, Dr. Jia said that I can smoke this kind of incense. There is no musk in the materials used. It is just to calm the mind, but I can't use it too much. I only plan to smoke it once, and I am in the spice business. , how can you not have some fragrance on your body."

"...So you planned it this morning, why didn't you mention a word to me?"

Qian Fei looked at Xia Qianzhen with fixed eyes, "If I mention it, will Second Brother let me go out today?"

"..."

"No, brother doesn't need to answer, I know it, brother won't put me in danger, even if it makes me angry, brother will put my safety first, but brother, I'm not a child anymore, I know my own doing what."

"you know?!"

Xia Qianzhen's voice suddenly rose, so high that Qian Fei was startled, she had never seen her second brother like this.

"What do you know? Do you know that Jiang Liran is kind to the Xia family? Do you know how important Jiang Liran is to your safety? You know that Jiang Liran came to the Xia family behind your back before he was taken away. , just to entrust you to us?! What do you know?"

"..."

Xia Qianzhen sneered, "You don't even know what Jiang Liran did to protect you. If you knew, how could you put yourself in danger like this?!"

Qian Fei's composure just now disappeared, she really didn't know, she didn't know that Jiang Liran had gone to find his brothers in private, did he already know what would happen later?Could it be those days?The days when he planned to send himself back to Xia's house and ignored her?

So while Jiang Liran was playing a show of betrayal, he was actively planning for himself what happened next?Why is he like this!
Qian Fei felt a faint resentment in her heart, did Jiang Liran intend to fill her heart so that she could never leave again?

"……stop laughing……?"

Xia Qianzhen looked at Qian Fei in disbelief, thinking that she would be heartbroken, but unexpectedly, the corners of her mouth rose little by little, her sweet and satisfied smile made Xia Qianzhen's heart feel sore.

(End of this chapter)