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Standing in front of the talisman formation, You turned sideways to let Jiang Nian see the circle drawn in front of him clearly.
The golden talisman array was spinning with light like silk threads, and the pattern shone in Jiang Nian's pupils. The window of the room was still half open, and the breath of Lie Feng from the river bank blew towards her from afar, ruffling the loose hair on her temples.
Her facial features on her fair face are gentle and lovely, and her smile is as sweet as pear blossoms.
At this moment, the shadow of her pupils was outlined by the golden light on the talisman array. When she looked up at him again, the smile on her face actually gave off a ghostly and strange feeling.
Suddenly, a chill ran down my spine.
You Dingding stared at Jiang Nian for a while, but didn't notice what had changed. It gave him a strange feeling, like an illusion, which passed away in a moment of inattention.
The rustling of curtains pierced the silence between them, and he asked, "What wonder will you show me this time?"
Jiang Nian showed the empty perfume bottle that she had been holding in her palm.
This was her spare bottle, in case of emergency. She was worried that after using it up in Zuihualou, she would have no bottle to put the impromptu replica perfume in.
I didn't expect that it would be used to gain the trust of the goddess.
The light empty perfume bottle swayed slightly in the sound of the wind that rushed into the room. It had no fixed place and fell into the palm of the hand, as if the bottle had fallen into a place where it could not be retrieved due to a loss of strength.
Not wanting to leave the empty bottle exposed to You's gaze for too long, Jiang Nian immediately closed his palm.
The coolness pressed against her slightly warm skin, causing her heart to skip a beat, but her expression remained calm.
"This is the second one. It can be used like an aromatherapy device to cover up all scents and traces."
She didn't tell them the deeper meaning of the use, but now both of them knew what the goddess was about to do, and it was no use pretending to be stupid now.
“…”
When the other party heard what was said, he smiled, turned his head, lowered his eyelids, and looked at the square formation on the floor.
"You react quickly."
Jiang Nian put the empty bottle back into his sleeve pocket and placed it together with another bottle of perfume he was currently using. As long as his arm didn't swing too much, they wouldn't bump into each other and make a slight noise.
"Really? I think this is the most useful item I have."
She looked at You, not missing any change in his expression.
"I think this might be a rare and precious item for the Goddess..."
You didn't answer directly, but tapped her fingertips and looked thoughtfully at her sleeves hanging in front of her.
"Everything means... no matter how rich or intense the fragrance is, even if it's engraved into your bones, it can be covered up?"
Jiang Nian grasped the key words, but lowered his eyes, feigning obedience: "I've never seen such a strange fragrance... but maybe this is halfway to success?"
The person in front understood what she meant and turned around to look at the talisman formation for a while.
I don’t know what kind of strange skills the people in Wu Mi are developing. After a moment, his worried expression paused, and then became a little complicated, and his eyes swept over Jiang Nian.
"I can vaguely see some traces... but you covered up most of them."
He didn't seem that surprised that the perfume bottle concealed the fragrance. Perhaps he was secretly shocked when Jiang Nian said the first sentence just now.
But it is still easy for others to find fault with your facial expression.
Therefore, You chose to watch calmly.
"If you take too much..." then it will be completely covered.
Jiang Nian was just trying out the power of the perfume bottle, and his expectation of its covering power was only about 60% to 70%, which was not particularly high.
I didn't expect Xizhen to actually make her a bottle of such a powerful perfume.
Hearing the meaning behind You's words, Jiang Nian interrupted him to prevent his thoughts from wandering: "Really?"
"Because it seems a bit useless outside, I brought it here. I didn't expect it to be of such great use."
Following You's slightly listening expression, Jiang Nian continued, "So... I didn't bring much here."
Even if its covering power is extremely strong, it is impossible to maintain that power for 24 hours. As long as it is a fragrance, there will be a moment when it dissipates in the air.
You seemed a little skeptical about what she said, and his eyes fell on her cuffs.
"you mean?"
Jiang Nian quickly put on the same reliable look as when he was taking orders, and said without hesitation: "I can mix a bottle of the same."
How come Xiao Yingzhu's people didn't make any preparations when they arrived at Zuihualou?
At the moment, You couldn't figure out what else she needed from Zuihualou besides the talisman formation, but it must be related to the goddess.
They both need each other's help, and he only wants his sister to be well, not Wu Mizhong.
After a moment of silence, You asked again: "When can it be?"
Jiang Nian curled his eyes and said with a smile, "When you can convince the goddess to use it to test the effect, I can make a whole bottle based on the effect and give it back to her."
After this exchange, the information they wanted to obtain was transformed from secretive activities to open business negotiations.
You agreed with what she said.
As long as you know how to make perfume, no matter how much perfume you bring, you can always produce more.
Now they are in the same boat, so it would not be a good idea to blame Jiang Nian for avoiding the tracking of the talisman formation. Moreover, the goddess really needs a new antidote to replace the lost one.
You said nothing more, turned and left the room, heading towards the next talisman formation.
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The intervals between the talisman arrays on the second layer were not as wide as those on the first layer, and two of them could be reached in just a few steps.
Compared to the first layer, the talisman array on the second layer looks more like a pattern drawn on a random empty space with no one around, without so many details.
After finding the remaining talisman arrays, Jiang Nian and You had dinner again at the private place where they had dined before, then said goodbye and returned to their rooms.
After closing the door, Jiang Nian took out the perfume bottle from his sleeve pocket and let out a breath.
Today, even if I talk nonsense in front of You and try to make something fragrant, at most I can only make it taste the same.
The real function is to cover up the rest of the fragrance.
——But how can this layer be prepared, and how can it cover up the traces of the Zuihua Tower Talisman Formation?
She doesn't know how, only Xizhen knows how.
For now, they agreed to give the perfume half to each of them to test the effect. If it works, she would give the remaining half to the perfumer. At the same time, she also had to mix the second bottle.
...She couldn't make this kind of effective perfume, so if she wanted to, she still needed to ask Xizhen.
In exchange for preparing the perfume, she can move freely under You's supervision, as long as she does not do anything that endangers the goddess.
Thinking of this, Jiang Nian sat down in front of the dressing table and took out a few pieces of paper from the drawer for her to write clues after the maid's secret guard found out yesterday that she had no paper and pen.
The paper is rough and it feels uncomfortable to hold the pen and write on it.
The writing was interrupted several times in the middle of a connected stroke. Jiang Nian suddenly sighed, frowned and put the brush down on the pen holder.
It always feels like things are going too smoothly.
Even if I re-deduce it, I still don't notice any mistakes.
Everything happened naturally, and it all fell into place inexplicably.
Is there really such a thing as good luck all the way?
Jiang Nian picked up the brush again, dipped the tip of the brush in ink, and wrote again on the rough paper.
After writing down the questions one by one, she subconsciously wanted to summon the maids and secret guards, but then she thought that Mo Qing should come to Zuihua Tower in the next few days.
Since he had to do things for Xiao Yingzhu before coming to Zuihua Tower, he stayed in Youguan Mansion for the past three days. Whenever he came to Zuihua Tower, it would mean that Xiao Yingzhu had left Cang County and would come back after the goddess caused the epidemic.
“…”
Jiang Nian folded the letter, put it in the envelope, and sighed again.
I didn't stay in Cang County for long, only half a month, and when I returned to Pingzhou, the rice was still unripe.
But she always had a feeling that she would not be able to catch up with the drugstore's summer sales.
In ancient times, the roads were long and the carriages were slow. The reason she was able to travel so fast was simply because she borrowed the help of the sect.
But according to the time, Sun Dun should be on his way back.
It is not impossible that if the goddess becomes more suspicious and changes her mind about triggering the plague and escaping because someone overheard her conversation with You today, her suspicion may worsen.
Although this would make Cang County more dangerous, after all, she couldn't estimate what happened to the spies that Meng Zheng went to investigate, but if the epidemic broke out early and he didn't guard it in time, it would also be a troublesome matter.
And...she also needs to find out about the eldest princess's death.
The affairs in Zuihualou suddenly became lighter, and the tasks that she had put aside in the past two days came flooding back to her.
Jiang Nian suddenly felt a headache. He raised his hand to rub his forehead, then stood up again. His gaze fixed on the envelope. Then he closed his eyes and tentatively said Mo Qing.
No one responded.
...Hasn’t it come yet?
Xiao Yingzhu hasn't left Cang County yet. When is he waiting to leave?
If the epidemic broke out earlier and only Meng Zheng and Yu He were here, and Qin Lan and Xiao Yingzhu were not here, she would always feel uneasy.
Qin Lan is second, and the most important one is Xiao Yingzhu.
I don’t know if Xiao Yingzhu is the other people’s backer, but being in Zuihualou, Jiang Nian has to admit that he didn’t feel scared when he encountered so many things before, simply because Xiao Yingzhu was there.
As long as he was there, she wasn't afraid.
…
When did I become such a coward?
Things that become addictive invisibly must be chronic poisons.
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The maid and the secret guard came out in response, took the letter from her desk as quickly as possible, and put the maid's uniform she brought with her on her bed.
Before she was about to leave, Jiang Nian suddenly called her.
"etc."
Knowing that she didn't have much patience, Jiang Nian just went on.
"Please pass on a message for me... that the goddess might trigger the plague prematurely."
The light was flickered by the wind from nowhere, and the candlelight was reflected on the wall, casting their dark shadows on the wall.
The maid and secret guard who was about to leave paused and looked back at her.
In the interlaced light, her face was half submerged in darkness. With a slight nod, she vanished from the room, leaving only a lingering fragrance.
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