Concubine Survival Guide

If it was said that Fang's family had a feud with Long's family, Sheng Yan would definitely believe it.

Seeing how his second brother and Fang Ling met each other at the market, he was enough to get a glimpse of this matter.

The Long family is not only a prominent family in Yongjia, counting from their generation up to the generation of their great-great-grandfather, the Long family even produced a noble concubine at that time.This imperial concubine gave birth to two princes, both of whom were the uncles of the former emperor, so the Long family was related to the royal family, and they also had the hereditary title of Marquis Rongyong, which made their worth even higher.

No matter how popular the Fang family is now, if they insist on comparing with the Long family, based on their ancestors, they will be inferior after all.

However, I heard that the Fanglong family does not have much conflict of interest. The Buddhist incense monopolized by the Long family has nothing to do with the Fang family. Even though the price of the fragrances they bought is not high, they can still make a lot of money just by walking around on weekdays.

The Long family has always claimed to be the only royal fragrance company, and all they sell are rare and expensive incense pills, and the incense is not sold.Most of the people who can buy Longzi brand incense pills are princes and nobles and wealthy businessmen. Moreover, some officials like to be arty, so they follow the trend and buy a box of Longzi brand incense pills, and occasionally buy some incense from Fang's family. Pills, take it slowly at home.

From this point of view, the two so far are still in the same boat.

Second brother and Fang Ling, it should be purely personal grievances, they don't like each other!Sheng Yan hugged the incense burner and sat on the stool, looked around, alas, the two quarreled for a long time, but they still dragged him into the building.

In front of the three of them was the brewed Yuqian Longjing. Sheng Yan had already drank a cup just now, but now he couldn't hold it anymore.

The reason why he sat here leisurely was because the second elder brother and Fang Ling had stared at each other since they stopped fighting just now.Long Bi raised his chin and glared coldly, Fang Ling glared back with a smile all over his face.

In short, there are two pairs of beautiful eyes staring back and forth, I don't know if I thought they were flirting.

"Hey, second brother..." Sheng Yan felt that this was not going to work, and it was not a problem to keep pouring tea like this, so he tugged on Long Bisheng's sleeve.

Long Bisheng glanced at him, his expression became softer, "Are you hungry, I'll ask the store to serve some snacks."

"No, I'm not hungry...that's just, you..." Can you guys stop staring at each other, why don't you just have a fight, and let's go home quickly after the fight.Sheng Yan thought so, but he couldn't say that, so he smiled awkwardly and winked at Long Bisheng.

"Well, I understand, tenth brother, do you think he doesn't like you... It doesn't matter, you don't have to be polite to this person, what can you say, the two of us are afraid that we can't scold him alone?!" He also snorted , Long Bisheng seemed to be having sex with Fang Lingmao.

The cinnabar mole between Fang Ling's eyebrows swayed, shining faintly under the reflection of the water in the teacup.

He just heard him say in a calm tone: "Sheng'er, don't worry about it. Or are you still not convinced when you lost to me last time?"

Long Bisheng slapped the table immediately, annoyed, "It was clearly you who cheated me last time!"

"Soldiers are not tired of cheating. This is also a kind of battle of wits, so you still lose." Fang Ling saw him trembling with anger, and smiled even more on his face. The strands of hair, run between your fingers.

"You! If you have the ability, let's compete again, do you dare!" Long Bisheng raised his neck proudly as he raised his hand and slapped his claws away.

"It's still a comparison, aren't you afraid of losing even worse?" Fang Ling dodged the slap he was waving with a half-smile, pursed her lips, "Okay, it's a comparison, but... it's not interesting to just compete. Bet."

"Okay, I won't bet with you, it seems that I'm afraid of you. What do you want to bet?" Just bet, this man's smile is too flattering!

Fang Ling tapped his chin and thought for a while, then hooked his fingers to Long Bisheng, "Come here, I'll tell you secretly."

Why are you secretly, what kind of bet, can't you let me listen?Sheng Yan looked at them blankly.

Long Bisheng didn't want to lower his head and move closer, but he really wanted to know what Fang Ling was up to, so he hesitated for a long time before he stretched his body and moved.

Feeling an itchy ear, Fang Ling whispered in his ear.

Hearing what he said with a smile, Long Bisheng frowned, "It's not difficult, but...why do you want to bet on this?"

"Then don't worry about it, you can agree or not." Fang Ling just smiled.

Long Bisheng always walked to the dark all the time, and nodded after thinking about it for a while, "Then if I win, I want your Seven Treasures Glazed Vase."

You really know how to ask for things, but he entrusted someone to get the Seven Treasure Glazed Glass Bottle back from Dashi with great difficulty.Fang Ling felt a pain in the flesh, but he still gave up, "Okay, if I lose, I will send it to the Dragon Mansion with my own hands!"

The two signed the contract with high fives. The conditions were discussed, and the next step was to determine the content of the competition.

"We're all tired of doing the questions similar to the rank test, so why don't we change to something fresh." Long Bisheng pulled Sheng Yan with one hand, pointed at Fang Ling with his chin, and said, "Tenth brother, why don't you let me do it?" Come here, you can ask questions as you like."

"Me? Second brother, don't stop laughing..." I haven't even entered the beginning, how can I ask questions?Sheng Yan shrank back.

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter what the question is, as long as it is related to incense making." Fang Ling rolled his eyes at Long Bisheng, and blinked at Sheng Yan.

Sheng Yan looked to the left, then to the right, scratched his head and sighed: "Okay then, let me think about it..."

After a long while he faltered anxiously: "It was written in the book that some incense pills are not used for incense, but can be swallowed, so they are called Tangxiang pills, but the ingredients are mainly spices, and there are many uses, such as Relieve tooth swelling, deodorize, and treat spleen deficiency..."

Fang Ling suddenly waved his hand at him, "Understood, compared to Zhitang Xiangwan...it's really interesting, I haven't tried it yet. Sheng'er, what do you think?"

"You, don't call me Sheng'er again!" Long Bisheng's eyes were cold, ice picks almost burst out from the corners of his eyes.

Touching his nose embarrassingly, Fang Ling muttered something in a low voice, and laughed again: "Let's find two people with bad breath and compete on the spot. Whoever makes the Tangxiang Wan is more effective, the winner! "

Seeing that the second elder brother finally stopped getting angry, Sheng Yan also let out a sigh of relief.

Since Fang Ling didn't bring any entourage out, Xiping was sent to find the person with bad breath.The two took their cigarettes, found a shop not far away that sold various spices, and began to choose their own materials.

Sheng Yan followed behind the second brother, wanting to learn to identify spices.

Long Bisheng also consciously wanted to teach him, every time he picked up a spice, he would tell him the name, its characteristics, and how to distinguish the true from the false.As a result, they took a long time. After half a stick of incense was burned, Fang Ling had already selected the required spices and brought them to the boss for the bill.

Seeing this, Sheng Yan became a little anxious, and asked Long Bisheng in a low voice: "Second brother, otherwise, don't teach me, and choose spices quickly."

Long Bisheng glanced at Fang Ling, and said with a slight smile, "It's okay, I have my own measure..." Then he took Sheng Yan to identify the dozen or so spices in front of him, and put Sheng Yan to face them alone. Only after memorizing the bamboo plate on it can I calmly start to choose the spices I need.

After half a stick of incense, he had also selected it, and when it was time to bring it to the boss to pay the bill, Xiping happened to bring two farmers over.Both of these two were brought here from the medical clinic. They suffered from bad breath. They thought that someone would treat them for free, so they happily followed them.But when they opened their mouths, Fang Ling and Long Bisheng quickly pinched their noses to hold their breath, and jumped back at the same time.

"Hey, what's so stinky..." Sheng Yan was still in the spice shop, and he could smell their bad breath.

Long Bisheng and Fang Ling looked at each other, chose one person respectively, turned around and asked the boss for two incense-making stations, and to make sweet scented pills to suppress bad breath on the spot.

The boss also became interested when he heard this, and called several people to move out two wooden tables. The reason why it is called an incense making table is because there are many drawers in the wooden table, all of which are equipped with all kinds of incense making tools.

Sheng Yan stood behind Long Bisheng enthusiastically, watching every movement of his hands for a moment, first crushed the required spices in the pounding bowl, then handed them over to Xiping to grind with a boat, and then used Sieve out the fine powder, then add jujube paste and cooked honey to knead, knead these spice fine powder into honey balls.

Long Bisheng's movements are swift and smooth, each step is very methodical, without any pause, it is obvious that he often makes incense balls, and it is most appropriate to use different degrees of force to grind each spice, and he has mastered them just right.

However, he does not need to do the process of boat grinding.Sheng Yan was curious, so he sat down and tried it, but found that it was not so easy.

About an hour and a half later, both Long Bisheng and Fang Ling made a few Tangxiang pills and handed them to the two patients.

This kind of sweet and fragrant pills needs to be swallowed, and the two of them are sitting in the shop, waiting for them to swallow slowly.

Seeing that the two men started staring and competing, Sheng Yan simply walked to the front, stared at the two patients, and walked around to smell them.My heart said, when will this sugar pill work?

After a stick of incense passed, Long Bisheng and Fang Ling felt that it was almost done, and asked them to open their mouths and breathe out.

Sheng Yan was ready to pinch his nose, but it was really strange, he leaned closer and took a deep breath, grabbed Long Bisheng's hand in surprise, and shouted: "Second brother, it really doesn't stink anymore!"

"That's right, my prescription is not simple." Long Bisheng raised his eyebrows at Fang Ling.

Fang Ling still smiled, beckoning them to come over, "Smell me again..."

Sheng Yan still moved closer, took a deep breath, and his face was even more surprised.The smell in this person's mouth, not only did not stink anymore, but also exuded a fresh fragrance, which completely covered the original stink.

In comparison, it seems that Fang Ling's Tangxiang Wan is more effective.

Unconvinced, Long Bisheng asked the man to take another breath, and waited for a while for the two to open their mouths again, but in the end——

"It was you who won." Long Bisheng said angrily, "The scent of my Tangxiang Wan is not long enough."

"I'm willing to bet, remember to fulfill my bet..." Fang Ling couldn't help smiling, walked up to Long Bisheng and slightly raised the corners of her mouth, "You have decided on a date and sent someone to Fangfu to deliver the letter."

Long Bisheng nodded to him vaguely and reluctantly, "I know."

Sheng Yan held the Tangxiang Wan made by the two of them in puzzlement, and couldn't help asking: "Second Brother, Brother Ling... Can you tell me the recipe... Uh, if you can't, then it's fine." gone."

Fang Ling was taken aback for a moment, and then burst out laughing. He was elated when he was called "Brother Ling".Turning around, he wanted to wrap Sheng Yan into his arm, but was pushed by Long Bisheng, "Fang Ling, don't even think about Sheng Yan!"

"Hey, why don't I have such a lovely brother?" Fang Ling pretended to be depressed.

Long Bisheng rolled his eyes towards the sky, "There are four sons in your family, how about your youngest one?!"

"So, do I want a younger brother like Sheng Yan more?" He looked easy to bully, and he could be teased if he had nothing to do.

Seeing that Fang Ling was about to get closer, Long Bisheng quickly hugged Sheng Yan into his arms, "You are not allowed to come here! Sheng Yan... Let's go home, and I will write the prescription for you."

Sheng Yan nodded in a daze, "Oh, that... Goodbye Brother Ling."

Fang Ling scratched her chin, oh, it's so cute, it looks like a little rabbit in my yard!Seeing that the two were about to leave, he caught up a few steps, grabbed Sheng Yan and said, "Sheng Yan, come and play with brother Ling when you have time, it's not easy to know the recipe... Let me tell you, there are cardamom, Asarum, mint, cinnamon, woody, orange peel, stamens, angelica, Gorgon, plus sweet-scented osmanthus honey will do. But I can’t say how much each is.”

"Really?" There are so few spices, it seems to be less than the second brother.

Sheng Yan looked at Fang Ling with an adoring face, Long Bisheng was so angry that he stopped Fang Ling, stepped on him, quickly pulled Sheng Yan up and got into the carriage.

"Oh, you are really... Sheng'er, you are so ruthless to me!" Fang Ling jumped behind.

On the carriage, Long Bisheng kept his word, and told Sheng Yan the recipe with a flat mouth, "I used chicken tongue, wrinkled ager, sweet rosin, angelica, osmanthus, woody, nutmeg, betel nut, angelica, Green cinnamon, cloves, musk...how could you forget the efficacy of asarum and mint!" He tapped his forehead.

Sheng Yan doesn't quite understand the mystery of this, but thinks that these spices are amazing, not only can be used as incense, but they can also be eaten.

"Don't look at me like that. Fang Ling's research on various plant spices is very extensive. I lost my vision. Sometimes... what ordinary people think can't be used as incense, in fact, if you make good use of it, it can stimulate spices. Fragrance. He reminded me... By the way, he smelled the spices in my sachet?!"

"That's right, but you covered his mouth when he was about to say it." Sheng Yan felt it was a pity, it's good that the second brother came a step late.

Only then did Long Bisheng heave a sigh of relief, and smiled lowly at Sheng Yan: "So you still have to think about it yourself, and I will lend you another two days."

Sheng Yan complained in his heart, so when will he be able to make his rose water... The second elder brother just likes to play tricks.

Besides, what kind of bet did he make with Brother Ling?

In the middle of the night, the little beggar still secretly came to look for Sheng Yan, and the two of them were tossing about in the kitchen again. They accidentally used up all the rose flowers, and only a little bit of rose juice was steamed out, and the fragrance was still not strong enough. .

The little beggar took Sheng Yan to pick flowers. After thinking about it, Sheng Yan said: "Perhaps, flowers at night are not good, and flowers with morning dew are better!"

"But can you get up early in the morning?" The little beggar pulled the hair on the back of his head, "You have worked so hard, and you have to study at night."

Sheng Yan smiled at him, "It's okay, I can't do it tomorrow morning, how about the next morning, if I can't get up, wake me up!" He rolled his eyes and took out a sweet-flavored ball, When he saw him yawning, he stuffed it into his mouth.

"Ah, what did you eat for me? It tastes so weird, but it's a little sweet." Smacking his lips, the little beggar said with a sweet pill in his mouth.

Sheng Yan narrowed her eyes and said, "Hehe...it's poison."