ask incense

"I don't accept it! Why is he? How am I not as good as him?"

"Anyone who attends the incense meeting should regard peace as the most important thing. Don't be rude and reckless, and be careful when speaking in a low-key manner." Saito said unhurriedly, "You have violated the etiquette of the incense meeting."

"Don't take your rules as a perfunctory matter, or you can't convince the supervisor if you don't tell the truth. Or..."

His malicious eyes flew to Sai Tianxian, "Or what did you like about him? I know that you were staring at him when making incense." At first, because of Pei Ling's ignorance, He underestimated his opponent too much, and thought that he was sure to win. At the beginning, his mentality was unbalanced. Great, since then, he has panicked.Once you lose, you don't care about your dignity, you're just angry, you're not really asking for an explanation for yourself, you want to be fair, you're actually angry that your future is about to be cut off, and then you're going to cut off everyone else's, so you don't care about your face , I don't have one, so don't worry about it.

As soon as these words were uttered, several people bowed their heads in guilt. Originally, everyone knew the nature of the Douxiang Society, but it was one thing to know in the heart, but another to say it.It is different whether there is a fig leaf or not. No one tears out the truth. This is Yahui. Once the truth is revealed, it will easily become unbearable.

Zhao Ming was among the few people who bowed their heads. He was said to be short-sighted, and guilt is inevitable, but after all, Zhao Ming's thoughts are different from others. He only had a guilty conscience for a short time, then raised his head high, and even looked at Shen Xuan more than enough smile.The abnormal attitude at this moment is to confirm what others say is unbearable, so he has to be more open-minded.

At the same time, he was also worried about Pei Ling. Although Pei Ling usually looked calm and talkative, most of the time he didn't want to argue with others, but when it came to Sai Tianxian, he didn't know if he could hold his breath.

Of course Pei Ling couldn't bear it, and immediately wanted to get up and go over to give this man with a dirty mouth a fist, wishing he could smash his teeth and make him beg his father and mother not to say anything without proof.But when he got up together, Sai Tianxian called him softly, "Brother Ling."

Pei Ling turned back to look at Sai Tianxian, who raised his face and smiled at him. The smile was very innocent, and he clearly smiled on purpose for Pei Ling to see.Pei Ling felt his heart twitch, and Sai Tianxian stretched out his hand again at this moment, and his cold hand covered Pei Ling's clenched fist, which was full of veins.

The angry fist was wrapped, as if immersed in the coolness of the mountain stream, half of the anger in his heart suddenly disappeared, and Sai Tianxian said to him sincerely, "Brother Ling, we want to win."

Because you want to win, you have to choose to swallow your anger when necessary.Pei Ling frowned, fists clenched and loosened, and finally saw Zhao Ming not far away shook his head at him, signaling that he must not be impulsive. At this time, he not only gave people an excuse, but also lost his qualifications.

Pei Ling saw Zhao Ming who was shaking his head at him, telling him to calm down, and he suddenly thought of Ming.

After returning from Southeast Asia, Pei Lingri became silent, not for anything else but because of guilt.Because Qiu Feilin asked him to take good care of the factory before he left by boat, but later the robbers invaded, because he promised Qiu Feilin, so he went to death to take care of him, grabbed a tree-splitting knife and wanted to go up to his death, but unfortunately the knife failed. As a result, the leader ended up letting Ming block the gun for himself and ended his life.

Because of ignoring Ming's safety, Pei Ling blamed himself for many years. Mr. Chen said that he was calm and talkative, but in fact he became more worried after that time.

After meeting Sai Tianxian and getting along with him, although he had a lot of petty tempers, it was also because of his occasional willful temper that Pei Ling forgot the heavy worries in the past in his daily life. He talked more, and he was much lighter than before.

Because of Zhao Ming's reminder and the review of the past, Pei Lingzhong became a calm person with a lot of worries, so he finally sat down with his shoulders drooped, and held Sai Tianxian's hand tightly under the table.

Being slandered, Saito's face didn't change a bit. He turned his head and nodded to the butler, which was regarded as greeting the host in advance. After all, the host was present, and it was really unreasonable for him to criticize the participants as a second guest.

Wait for the butler to say politely to him, "Mr. Saito just say it."

Saito sat upright and said, "In terms of appearance, you made the plaster wall too thick due to the amount of repairs, and the shape was not good. The repair was rushed later, which led to a deviation in size. In terms of Xiangyin's appearance, you are not as good as him."

"In terms of posture, when you are at the table, you are blind and frivolous, with a flamboyant attitude, and then you are eager for success and flustered. Your shoulders are high and low, and your sitting posture is indecent. From the inside out, you are inferior to him."

"In terms of aroma, the simplicity of millet incense is not as gorgeous as sandalwood, but you have misread the theme. The extra bowl of soup on that screen is not for worshiping gods. And you forgot to consider the oil of sandalwood, adding it as a supplement The broken mark has been repaired a lot, it is really heavy, the air must not circulate when the incense is burned, and the incense will stop halfway through burning, which is really a failure. So if you ask yourself what is not as good as him, then I will tell you, you are good at everything. Not as good as him, posture, craftsmanship, especially demeanor, it is far behind him."

Saito listed many reasons in one go, and everyone present was quite surprised, they really didn't know that the incense was half burnt, so it is understandable that Sai Tianxian won.Regardless of the posture and temperament, if the incense flame is disconnected, it means that the pure craftsmanship is not enough.

"how is this possible……"

The last strong words are not unbelief, but want to leave a little bit of dignity for himself, otherwise he is really different from Sai Tianxian.

But Saito didn't show any mercy, and turned to look at Lin Ming and Shen Xuan, as if to verify, Lin Ming smiled awkwardly, "I don't care."

It's not a big problem if there is no one to prove it, as long as you bring up the incense just now and show it to everyone.In full view, there must be something to say.

But this is really stripping people's face, and there is no way out. It is difficult to spread the word and find another way.

So Shen Xuan came out to smooth things over, "There's no need to bring it out again, Mr. Saito's judgment is well-founded, I thought the fragrance test would be refreshing, peaceful and far-reaching, how can you be aggressive?"

The housekeeper answered immediately, "Young Master Xuan has great insights." He looked at the audience, "Since we have come to the Tang family, we will definitely not let everyone go home empty-handed."

What this means is, I'll give you some benefits, just accept it when you see it.

The butler's sentence is much more useful than the one, two, three, and four listed by Saito Luo. Those who were frustrated by the first defeat just now, when they heard that they would not return empty-handed, their faces stretched again, and they bit the match. The person who refused to let go of the immortal did not speak anymore, but when he turned around and stared at Sai Tianxian, his expression was clearly unwilling.But it was just a short stare, because Pei Ling's eyes were fiercer than his, and when he saw the fierce look in Pei Ling's eyes, he tucked his tail and ran away.

After the turmoil passed, everything went on as usual. It was as orderly as before, and it went so smoothly that it even made people feel that nothing happened just now. However, others could laugh at what just happened, except Pei Ling. , his whole body was still tense, with an expression of about to jump out and fight someone immediately.

The hand that was holding on to Sai Tianxian did not let go until his palm was sweating. Pei Ling was afraid that Sai Tianxian would feel sticky, so he temporarily let go of his hand, but as soon as he let go, Sai Tianxian caught him with his backhand.Pei Ling looked at Sai Tianxian. Sai Tianxian didn't turn his head to look at him, but just looked ahead, his face was as usual, but when he grabbed Pei Ling's hand and carefully wrapped it around his ring finger, the pale fingertips were full of pity. , carefully hooking the slightly trembling hand of Pei Ling's ring finger, clearly begging not to let go, in this situation, at least Pei Ling should not let go.

Pei Ling looked at that pale hand, which he usually thought was fragile and beautiful, and he dared not treat it lightly, but it was trembling at the moment. He only felt that it was too much. Those people were too much, and he was too much. He hated himself for being carried away. I just wanted to vent my anger but didn't comfort him.

"How could it be like this." He muttered, "How could he be treated like this." This time he wrapped Sai Tianxian's hand gently and softly, and patted the back of his hand as comfort.

They comforted each other under the table, no one cared.Business-as-usual procedures have overwhelmed everything that just happened.Zhao Ming, who was worried about others just now, has no time to worry about it now, it's time to worry about himself.Because it's coming to him.

Zhao Ming knew that his skills could not pass Saito's test.He just kept giving Shen Xuan winks.

After Shen Xuan received his signal, he kept rubbing his fingers on the cuff buttons that pinned his tie, and finally gave the housekeeper a look.The housekeeper understood, and suddenly said to Saito, "Speaking of which, the old man that Mr. Saito mentioned."

Mentioning the old man, Saito was distracted and looked at the housekeeper eagerly. The housekeeper smiled at Saito, "Mr. Saito, do you still remember the rules of the Tang Family's Fragrance Fighting Club? Anyone who comes must bring a rare item. Saito said that The old man also participated in the Douxiang meeting more than ten years ago, so the things he brought must still be in the Tang family. I wonder if you are interested, sir?"

"You mean now?"

The housekeeper nodded, "Yes. I just opened the warehouse and took out some things in the past two days."

After hearing this, Saito naturally yearned for it. As soon as Lin Ming heard the housekeeper talk about opening the warehouse, he asked, "Why are there other places where treasures are hidden? I thought that the safe room I went to was where Tang Lin usually hides things." where."

"After so many years of fighting incense, we have collected a lot of things. Naturally, there is more than one place to store them."

"Where is that?" Lin Ming's impatience seemed a little abnormal, the butler became vigilant, Lin Ming realized his gaffe, and immediately laughed, "Isn't it because your Tang family has too many good things, I want to open my eyes .”

"They're all gadgets, nothing compared to Lin Shao's gallery."

"That's all right, all right, don't compliment me, I'm here to see something different. Hurry up and take us there." Lin Ming didn't care if Saito was willing or not, anyway, he agreed.

Because the housekeeper of Douxianghui couldn't leave, he ordered others to take them to Xiaopan's place.Leaving the banquet in the middle is not in line with Saito's style, but Lin Ming was eager, so he pulled Saito up without any explanation, and whispered in his ear, "Don't forget why I brought you here. You don’t need to worry about it, but you must not miss any chance to know the news.”

After whispering in Saito's ear, Lin Ming still pretended to be carefree and tried to persuade Saito, but he actually said it to everyone, "You are not the host, you are just here as a guest. It's too much noise, let's take a walk and look at the good things with me."

At first glance, it seemed that Lin Ming was trying to save the housekeeper for what happened just now, and pulled Saito away to prevent him from intervening in Pingxiang's affairs.

But the person with malicious intentions, remembering why he was frustrated, secretly stared at Saito's leaving back, only thinking about how to make use of it.

After seeing off Saito and Lin Ming, the butler gave Shen Xuan a reassuring look with a smile.

After receiving the signal, Shen Xuan just looked back at Zhao Ming and mouthed "tonight" to him.

After the deal was finalized, Zhao Ming saw the incense seal he had made delivered to the butler, seeing the serious look of the butler tasting the incense, even though he relied on Shen Xuan, but the moment the butler tasted the incense, Zhao Ming still unconsciously hung in the air, tensed up.

Fortunately, the butler let him go in the end, and I don't know if he really smelled it. Anyway, he nodded his head twice in front of everyone and didn't say anything, but it seemed that the incense made by Zhao Ming was very good. .Knowing that he passed, Zhao Ming Xuankong's heart fell to the ground, and before he let out a sigh of relief, he saw Shen Xuan showing a smug look towards him.

Lin Ming and Saito were led to see the Avalokitesvara with folded palms.

"This is..." Saito saw this Avalokitesvara, his serious face suddenly relaxed a lot, the joy in his eyes made him look younger, and Saito saw a scene from many years ago in front of him, " This is what Mr. Qi brought."

Avalokitesvara's benevolent eyebrows, just like back then, the person holding and dragging Avalokitesvara was very extravagant, turned around to look at him, and politely returned his salute.

At that time, he was not proficient in Chinese, so he shouted the words "Hi Hao" in cadence, "I am, picking vines."

The other party didn't make fun of him, "Hello, my name is Qi Wangshu."

Saito thought at the time that he really lived up to his name.

"This is the child, Qi..."

"Wait." The memory was interrupted, because Saito found a flaw, "Why is there only one lotus nail left behind the Guanyin seat?"

Originally a pair, lined up symmetrically, now only one side is left, which is really uncomfortable for the strict Saito, "Did you drop it when you held it out?"

Being questioned about being careless in his work, he naturally had to explain, Xiao Pan hurriedly explained, "No, it was already like this when it was put into the warehouse. The item will not be damaged because we moved it midway. In fact, this Guanyin statue was taken out of the vault precisely because it was flawed."

"But I remember when Mr. Qi brought this Avalokitesvara to the Tang family, the lotus nails on that seat were clearly a good pair. Where did the other lotus nail go? Or did something happen to Mr. Qi back then? That’s why the Avalokitesvara he brought became like this?”

Saito had to suspect that Qi Wangshu's unexplained disappearance had something to do with the Tang family.Back then when the Tang family held the Fragrance Fighting Fair, the rules were not as they are now. Although the attendees were allowed to bring a famous product to the meeting, but because the Tang Family held the Fragrance Fighting Fair at the beginning, it didn't have much prestige, so at that time there was no need to let the It is a rule that the famous products brought by everyone should be handed over to the Tang family before they can participate in the meeting.He clearly remembered that when the Tang family held the incense fighting meeting for the first time, although the winner was promised a thousand dollars, the final winner was not determined in the end, and the Tang family did not pay any money. Naturally, everyone would not keep the precious items they brought. , each took back the objects they brought.Saito remembered that this Avalokitesvara with folded palms was brought back intact by Mr. Qi, and Saito saw it with his own eyes when they parted in front of the gate.

Later, someone from the Tang family discussed with me the final result of the Fragrance Fighting Meeting, and gave me a sum of money but asked me to keep the things I brought, and said that the other two had already received the money and left the things.Saito believes that such a meticulous person like Mr. Qi will not damage Guanyin. After all, everyone is an incense maker, and the most important thing is to be careful.But now why is this Avalokitesvara lacking lotus nails and entered the Tang family treasury?