As soon as Shen Zhixi's people arrived, she asked someone to check Fang's spice shop.
People who came back said that the Fang family and the Xie family had no connection. Fang's shop was just an ordinary spice shop in Yuejing City. Her shop had a good reputation. All the spices and ingredients were made of high-quality goods, and it was also famous. , the incense and other things produced are very popular among people who use incense.
Perhaps it was because her products were good that Xie Muyun bought her incense.
That's what Shen Zhixi thought at that time.
But now, there are so many doubts about this that make people uneasy.
Xie Muyun shouldn't be a careless person. If he checked, he should be able to find out that the Fang family had business dealings with her Shen family.
Why did he choose to use the Fang family's incense and leave such obvious clues to the Shen family in Yanzhou? If it weren't for that half of the incense, her people might not have known that she was in Yuejing City so quickly.
"Boss Shen, to tell you the truth, things like incense are unclean and cannot be sold in the shop. Moreover, my incense is expensive and ordinary people can't afford it. If you can come to me, People who buy that kind of thing are naturally rich or noble, and most likely they don’t use it for any good business, so the person who comes to me to buy incense will not reveal their identity. Even if you ask me, I don’t know. Who came to buy something from me?”
Fang Yao was right, Shen Zhixi didn't come to her to ask about this.
But what she heard at tonight's banquet suddenly made her have another association. Combined with what happened before, she was confused and eager to figure out some things.
"I don't want to beat around the bush with Shopkeeper Fang. Today I'm here to ask, does Shopkeeper Fang know of any incense that can cause people to lose their memory after being used?"
When saying this, Shen Zhixi glanced at the mandarin duck beside him with his peripheral vision.
As for Fang Yao beside him, there was no trace of smile on his face, only seriousness remained.
"Yes." She nodded seriously and stared at Shen Zhixi intently. "Since Boss Shen asked, he must have already made a guess. I also understand that you are not here to buy incense from me but to inquire about information. I can tell you You. I really didn’t expect that my fragrance would be used on you. Although I didn’t mean it, I always feel a little sorry in my heart. I will tell you everything I know, even if there is a risk, I will admit it. "
Shen Zhixi must be investigating something secret. If the other party knew that it was leaked through Mixiang, Bao Buqi would come to trouble her Fang's Spice Shop.
But she was inexplicably willing to help Shen Zhixi, just as a return of favor.
If it hadn't been for Shen Zhixi, all her goods would have been burned. That batch of goods was related to his brother's life.
"There is indeed a kind of incense that can make people forget what happened when they use it. Moreover, this incense was developed by my grandfather. My family is the only one who has it in the entire Yuejing City. Ordinary people don't know about this thing. Only some high-ranking officials and noble families know about it. One or two, those powerful people often use this thing to do some shameful things."
Halfway through her words, her expression changed and she said to Shen Zhixi: "Don't look at me like this. I know this is dirty money, but there are always times when you have no choice in life."
Shen Zhixi looked away and didn't respond, just waiting for her to continue.
"My parents passed away when I was very young. My brother and I were raised by my grandfather, but my brother has been in poor health since he was a child. Not only did his legs suffer from disease and he could not walk, he also relied on decoctions to survive all year round. At that time, we The business of my shop was not particularly good, and I often didn’t have enough money to pay for my brother’s medicine. Then, I don’t know when the family suddenly became rich, and my grandfather never had to worry about my brother’s medicine.”
Fang Yao grabbed the hem of her skirt, her expression hesitant and painful.
"It wasn't until my grandfather told me the story a few years ago before he passed away that I learned about the incense. That kind of incense that can make people lose their memory was made by my grandfather fifty years ago. It came out, but because the incense can make people lose their memory and become mentally confused like a fool, he felt guilty and stopped. But in the end, grandpa started making the incense again because of his brother's illness."
As soon as she finished speaking, she seemed to have lost her mind when she saw Shen Zhixi in front of her.
"Boss Shen, Boss Shen?"
Fang Yao called her several times but there was no response. Yuanyang shook her wrist and she came back to her senses.
She raised her eyes, her eyes wet.
"You said that people who have used this incense called Ranhunxiang will become insane?"
"Yes, but that was the reason why the incense of chaos ten years ago caused people to behave like this. After the incense of chaos has been improved, this situation will not occur."
"Then will this situation that makes people stupid and crazy have a process and won't happen immediately?"
"No, that's right." Fang Yao's eyelids twitched, wondering if someone Shen Zhixi knew had been used by the incense. "It will happen in about a year if it is used a lot, and it may happen if it is used less. It will take years, or even ten years, to slowly develop. There is a poison-like medicine added to the incense. Once inhaled, it will be planted in the body like a seed. It will slowly... Boss Shen, are you okay? "
Shen Zhixi suppressed his heart palpitations, feeling sad and angry, and sneered.
"Has this thing harmed many people?" she asked Fang Yao.
Fang Yao smiled guiltily and replied with a downcast face: "After grandpa passed away, the incense has never been sold. Although grandpa left the recipe to me, I have never made the incense."
"Really?" Shen Zhixi asked Fang Rou, but his eyes were looking at Yuanyang.
She guessed that Yuanyang had also used this kind of incense.
Otherwise, Song Lianzhou would not have known the truth three years ago. She did not believe that nothing happened in the two days when Yuanyang was taken to the uncle's house.
If Yuanyang really used incense, was it the one that caused people to go crazy ten years ago, or was it an improved one?
But Fang Yao also said that since her grandfather passed away, she has never sold Soul Incense to the outside world. This kind of transaction is extremely private. If Fang Yao lied, Shen Zhixi would probably not be able to find out. Asking Song Lianzhou would make it clearer.
Before Fang Yao spoke, Shen Zhixi said again: "Shopkeeper Fang, please take care of yourself."
"I……"
Shen Zhixi stood up and stopped looking at her, and continued: "Xi started selling such harmful things fifty years ago. I don't know how many people have been harmed because of her for so long. I'm afraid... There will be retribution, maybe your brother and your parents who died early were retribution for your grandfather's sins."
Among the people persecuted by Luanhunxiang, perhaps her mother was also included.
She had probably guessed it after hearing that this fragrance could make people go insane and turn them into fools.
Sitting on the seat, Fang Yao's face turned pale.
Shen Zhixi turned his head and glanced at her, and said coldly: "You may be innocent, and your brother may be innocent as well, but none of the women who were persecuted by Luanhunxiang are innocent. You may think that the bad ones have evil intentions. I came here to buy the Soul Incense, but I think the person who developed this incense should also deserve to die. No matter what his original purpose for making this incense was, he knew the ingredients were poisonous but still didn't stop. This alone deserves to be damned."
