How many times rose flowers

Elder Xiang Yao told the truth, this time the mission location was in Lin'an, Xiuyuanmen had to travel by water to get to Lin'an, it took a week to arrive after a lot of tossing.

"Senior Sister, why did Elder Xiang Yao ask us to come here? There are so many missions at the mountain gate, why can't we get a closer one?" Chi Mu complained as she walked on the road.He is still young and doesn't understand the meaning of Elder Xiang Yao's move.

The three of them were walking on the street, and Chi Mu smelled the smell of food in the restaurant next door, and was immediately unwilling to leave.Although the immortal cultivator has already fasted the grain, he can still eat.No way, Jixue had no choice but to bring Chi Mu and Nian Gui into the restaurant to satisfy her appetite.

When a table of food was served, Chi Mu had already started to gobble it up, thinking about etiquette, she just ate in silence.Jixue accidentally heard a rumor related to this mission.

At the next table, a group of drunks were discussing something, Jixue squeezed a charm, and their voices were amplified right next to their ears:

"Hey, hey, have you heard that last week, the Lu family in Lin'an had an accident!"

"Really? That's really pleasing to the heart. Back then, the Lu family relied on their family's money to bully us ordinary people. Now it's really a reincarnation, and the retribution is not good!"

"There is a person in my family who works in the Lu Corporation and has heard about it. However, the Lu Corporation seems to have blocked the news. How did you know that?"

"Hey, there's nothing I don't know about this. Go to Tianxiang Tower and have a look. The storyteller has been talking about this for a week, so it's hard to know."

Jixue settled the bill, asked Chi Mu and Nian Gui to meet up at the inn later, and went to the Tianxiang Tower they were talking about alone.

Tianxianglou is not the Qinlou Chu Pavilion, but a place where literati listen to books, and occasionally opera troupes come to sing a few plays.Jixue chose a seat and sat down, quietly listening to the storyteller's eloquence on the stage.

"Let's continue with the last chapter. By the way, this Lin'an Lu family is a well-known wealthy businessman in the south of the Yangtze River." By the desk, the storyteller was holding a Xingmu, looking radiant, and the audience was overcrowded.

"The Lu family in Lin'an has a girl who has just grown up, and her name is Chuyan. Lu Chuyan is proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and has a beautiful appearance. Her name can be said to be known to everyone in the Jiangnan area, and she is given an elegant name' The number one talented woman in Lin'an, the people who came to propose marriage broke through the threshold."

"But just a week ago, this talented woman from Manlin'an disappeared mysteriously. What's even more shocking is that the young lady in the Lu family's mansion also disappeared along with Lu Chuyan."

"Suddenly, everyone in Lin'an City was in danger. Many people speculated that it was the ghosts outside Lin'an City who were causing trouble, but there was no evidence, so they had to give up." The storyteller couldn't help sighing when he said this.There was an uproarious discussion in the audience.

"The Lu family in Lin'an obviously blocked the news, where did the storyteller know about it?" A boy in a black cloak asked.

"This storyteller has his own way. Hearing about the book, isn't it just for fun, why are you so serious?" A strong man was holding a wine bowl and was pouring wine into his mouth. Hearing the words, he mocked.

The young man wanted to argue, but a man dressed as a servant next to him said a few words to him, and he just fell silent.I only heard the servant say: "Young master Lu, don't forget the instructions from the master and wife when you left the mansion."

"So this young man is the young master of the Lu family?" Jixue looked at the young man in the cloak and couldn't help frowning.A cyan butterfly appeared on her fingertips, and the butterfly followed the two of the Lu family who were walking towards the door, and flew towards the outskirts of the city.

Now that the sun was setting on the mountain, Jixue returned to the inn.The afterglow of the setting sun pours on the signboard of the inn, adding a layer of gold to it.Jixue followed the inn's handyman to her room.

"Did the two sons come over in the afternoon? They look about fourteen or fifteen years old." Ji Xue remembered that Chi Mu and Nian Gui hadn't been seen when she went upstairs, so she asked.

"The inn is no longer open for the past few days because of Lin'an Lu's incident. The lady told me that you are her friend, and the store just let you in." The handyman at the inn explained.

"'Friend'? So no one came to the inn today except me and that lady?" Jixue immediately realized that the matter was not simple, and asked decisively.

"You can say that. If the lady has no other orders, the villain will leave first." The handyman answered and left Jixue's residence.

As soon as the handyman left, Jixue put down some money and left the inn quickly to look for Chi Mu and Niangui.Asked from door to door, no one knew the whereabouts of the two.Jixue took out the signal flare at her waist, fired it, leaned against the wall of the inn, and waited for Chi Mu and Niangui to see the signal and return.

The night of Lin'an City came quietly.There were no people in the street market anymore, because of the affairs of Lu Mansion, the night market was temporarily cancelled.Jixue is still outside the inn, waiting for Chi Mu and Nian Gui to return.

The cold wind howled, it was bitingly cold.Light rain began to fall from the sky, and Jixue shivered.She looked at the tiny raindrops under the night, asked the shopkeeper to borrow an oil-paper umbrella, and rushed into the rain with the umbrella.It was she who promised to bring the two juniors out to practice, so she couldn't abandon them.

In the inn, the young lady whom the handyman spoke of was lying on the imperial concubine's couch, her almond eyes narrowed slightly, seeming to be asleep or awake.She was wearing a black fox fur and was playing with a folding fan in her hand.

"My lord, the spies of my subordinates are here to report that Miss Jixue, whom you have asked my subordinates to pay attention to, has entered this inn today." In front of the imperial concubine's bed, a young man in a black robe half-kneeled on the ground, reporting to the master what he had done today. see the situation.

"Where is she now?" The girl on the imperial concubine's bed suddenly opened her eyes when she heard the name "Ji Xue".

"Reporting to the Lord, Miss Jixue had already left when you was young, and after she left, she went back to the inn to ask for an oil-paper umbrella." The young man said truthfully.

"After leaving the inn, you won't be able to find her? Forget it, I will go and find her myself, and you guard the inn." The girl stood up and tightly held the folding fan in her hand.She took the oiled paper umbrella that the boy handed her, and walked out of the inn.

Jixue ran all over the nearby inns, but couldn't find Chi Mu and Niangui.Just when she was discouraged, a butterfly flew back to her shoulder, lingered in her ear for a while, and disappeared into the rain.Jixue turned around and was relieved to see Chi Mu and Nian Gui sheltering from the rain under a roof.

Chi Mu told Jixue that he and Nian Gui came to the inn together, but were kicked out by the inn staff.Not only this inn, but also the nearby inns.It just so happened that it was raining again, and they had no choice but to hide here.

When the three of them returned to the inn, it was already Xu time.

Outside the inn, the girl in black fox fur stood with an umbrella, as if waiting for someone.Seeing Jixue returning with twilight and thoughts, she hurried forward.

"Jixue, why didn't you inform me when you came to Ancheng?" Ah Jiu asked with a smile.

"Ah Jiu, have you returned to Lin'an City?" Jixue looked surprised when she saw Ah Jiu.

Ah Jiu responded softly, and then ordered: "Xiaoer, go and tidy up the third room."

"I'm so sorry for driving you away before. Now everyone in Lin'an City is in danger, so I wronged you and lived with me for a few days." Ah Jiu led the three of them upstairs, and said again.

"No wronged, no wronged." Chi Mu hurriedly waved at her.

In the early morning of the next day, Ji Xue brought Chi Mu and Nian back to Lu's residence.Although the Lu family also said that they would arrange accommodation for the three of them, Ji Xue was away from home and didn't want to be favored by others, so he stayed in the inn.The inn is half a distance away from Lin'an City, the three of them got into the carriage, and after some time, people from the Lu Mansion were already standing outside the mansion.

"Are you immortal masters from Xiuyuanmen? Come in quickly." Steward Lu greeted with a flattering face.

"I don't dare to be an immortal teacher, I just know a thing or two." Jixue also cooperated and said polite words.

Steward Lu led the three of them to Mrs. Lu's residence, retreated consciously, and closed the doors and windows for the five of them.Jixue and his group understand that maybe the old lady really knows something about Miss Lu's disappearance, but it's just hard to tell.

"Master, madam, did Miss Lu do anything unusual on the day she disappeared?" Nian Gui asked.

"Yan'er, you mean Yan'er? Before she left the house, she was happily talking to me about the new rouge in Chenyanfang." Mrs. Lu mentioned her daughter, the excitement on her face couldn't be concealed, as if thinking of Lu Chu Yan disappeared, and she showed a distraught face again, "It's a pity, it's a pity, who would have thought..."

"The fairy teacher asked you about Yan'er, what are you talking about so much?" Master Lu couldn't help scolding.After hearing this, Mrs. Lu really calmed down.

"The new rouge from 'Chen Yan Fang'?" Jixue murmured, the daughter was missing, and the mother's first thought was rouge, which was really unusual.

"When did Miss Lu disappear? Did she disappear at home, or..." Chi Mu asked first.

Mrs. Lu interrupted him, looked at her master's face and said: "It was that day, Yan'er went to buy rouge for a few sisters, because the rouge at home was not enough. She probably went out at Weishi, but at Youshi she He hasn't returned yet. Because of the face of the mansion, no one went to the government to report the case. However, the next day, several other Jiji ladies in the mansion also disappeared, and we just asked you for help."

After talking for a while, Jixue and his party resigned from the two of them.Jixue promised the old man and his wife that if there was any clue, he would inform them as soon as possible, and the two were relieved.

When leaving Lu's residence, Jixue and his party happened to meet Mr. Lu who had hurried back from nowhere.Mr. Lu was covered in mud and looked a little embarrassed, but the servant who followed him didn't come back for some reason.

Jixue remembered that she lured a butterfly to follow Mr. Lu to the outskirts of the city yesterday, but there was no news for a long time.Obviously, Mr. Lu has only returned since yesterday afternoon.

Sitting in the carriage, Jixue's mind came up with Mrs. Lu's strange words just now.What do you mean by "she was happily discussing Chenyanfang's new rouge with me before she went out"?What is "going out in the future and not returning in the unitary time"?Why must it be Youshi, and why Chenyanfang was mentioned twice?

"Master, please divert to Chenyanfang." Jixue said to the groom driving the carriage, pulling the curtain of the car.

"Senior Sister, what are we going to Chenyanfang for? Buying rouge?" Obviously, Chi Mu's limited brain cells could not allow him to understand Jixue's intentions, he asked half curiously and half doubtfully.

"That's right." Jixue looked at him and smiled without saying a word.

After a stick of incense, Chenyanfang.

There is a saying that "heavy makeup and light makeup are always suitable", Chenyan Square is very lively today, all the ladies and ladies of Lin'an City gathered together, discussing the new rouge varieties in Chenyan Square.

"Shopkeeper, I heard that you have a new batch of rouge here?" Jixue asked.

"Exactly, miss, please follow me." The shopkeeper led Jixue to a place where there are most ladies and ladies in the store, and introduced, "The ones on the left are made from rose petals, and the ones on the right are... "

Listening to the chatter of the shopkeeper, Jixue only felt a little noisy, but other ladies who were choosing rouge were very interested in this "noisy".With a casual glance, Jixue saw a box of vermilion rouge not far away, the rouge exuded a faint fragrance, although it was not strong, it was refreshing.

"That's it?" Jixue cast her eyes on the box of vermilion rouge.

The shopkeeper immediately understood and explained: "That is the latest rouge variety in Chenyanfang, called 'Zuihuayin'."

"'Zuihuayin'? Isn't that the name of a poem?" Jixue thought.She didn't interrupt the shopkeeper, but the other party saw her doubts, and continued: "This 'Zuihuayin' is not the other 'Zuihuayin'. Miss, these are the best types of rouge sold in Chenyanfang now, The ladies and wives of the Lu family in Lin'an have all used it."

"Lu Chuyan?" Jixue subconsciously confirmed.

"That's right, not only Ms. Lu, but also Miss Jiang's and Su's are using this rouge. Miss, do you want to buy some to take back?" The shopkeeper thought that his sales had paid off, so he said hastily.

"Besides Lu's, Jiang's, and Su's, is there anyone else who bought this rouge?" Miss Lu disappeared for no reason when she went to Chenyanfang to buy rouge. Jixue always felt that things were not that simple.

"This...too many people have bought rouge, so I can't remember it clearly. Having said so much, miss, do you want to buy some?" The shopkeeper continued to sell without giving up.

"Then let's buy a box." Jixue handed over the silver to the shopkeeper, and left Chenyanfang with a box of rouge.

The three of them discussed today's case while walking, and returned to the inn after a while.It was only then that Jixue discovered that the inn was only one street away from Chenyanfang.

"Senior Sister, are you really going to buy rouge?" Chi Mu looked at the rouge in Jixue's hand and said dumbfounded.In his eyes, Senior Sister Jixue almost never wears makeup, and always looks at others with the most authentic appearance.

"Senior Sister, is there something wrong with this rouge?" It was more reliable to read the return, and explained Jixue's thoughts in one sentence.

"Is there a workshop for making rouge near here? I would like to ask the master to analyze the composition of this rouge." Jixue said.

"Senior Sister, you don't really intend to 'abandon your career and go into business', do you?" Chi Mu asked hesitantly.

"You've been thinking about something in your head all day long." Ji Xue was a little bit dumbfounded by his statement.

Just as he was talking, Ah Jiu walked down the stairs in a crimson robe. "The eyebrows are the color of day lilies, and the red dress is jealous of pomegranates⑴." The two juniors lost their minds for a moment.

"Jixue, maybe I can give it a try." Ah Jiu said with a smile.

Jixue nodded, and Ah Jiu pulled out the hairpin on her head, dipped some rouge on it, crumbled the rouge with her fingertips, and sniffed lightly.After a while, she had the answer in her heart.

"Forget You Grass." Ah Jiu murmured softly.

"'Forget You Grass'? Isn't that a hallucinogenic drug that was born in southern Xinjiang?" Nian Gui remembered that he had seen the record about Forget Worry Grass in Xiuyuanmen Library Pavilion.

"'It's a matter of forgetting worries, and I will be reborn to worry about it⑵.' It seems that Miss Lu's disappearance is not that simple." Jixue said, "I need to go to Lu's residence again. Chi Mu and Niangui stay at the inn, please. Nine took care of it."

"Okay." Ah Jiu replied softly.Jixue took her saber and walked out of the inn.

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⑴From Wan Chu's "Watching Prostitutes in Five Days"

⑵From Wei Yingwu's "Dairy Hemerocallis"