Unlike the atmosphere of Chaoyang Palace, in Xi'an City, thousands of miles away, there was laughter and joy in the house on Shuyuan Street.

Azhi is back.

"Yulin is very prosperous, not inferior to Xi'an at all. Moreover, because it is Jiubian, there are not only Han people, but also Tartars, as well as high-nose and blue-eyed Western Regions."

Fangfei was curious and asked, "High nose and blue eyes? Are they green eyes? Isn't that the same as a cat?"

As she said that, she raised the orange in her arms and shook it. The oranges had yellow eyes, not green.

"Yes, these people come to Daqi to do business, from the Silk Road, so there are many shops selling Western Region goods on Yulin Street."

As Azhi said, he opened the cage he brought back and took out two delicate small silver round boxes from it. One box was inlaid with mica and pearls, and the other box was slightly smaller, with a small flower of weight.

The one inlaid with pearl mica is for Chen Tong, and the one inlaid with small flowers is for Fangfei.

There are also gifts for Huang and Xinwu. Huang's family was a brocade-woven headscarf, which was popular in Yulin and was said to have learned from women in the Western Regions.

What Xinwu is given is an exquisite Western rake mirror.

Fangfei didn't expect Azhi to bring her a gift, so she was so excited, but she didn't know what the small round box was.

Chen Tong was also fiddling with the round box in her hand. Suddenly, she pressed it somewhere, and the round box opened with a bang, and it turned out to be a small Western mirror.

Fangfei followed suit and found the mechanism, which was also a mirror.

Azhi said: "Miss Xinwu will not step out of the door, but it is just right to use a rake mirror. You two, of course, use this kind of thing, and it is just right to put it in a purse."

Voice-out, you two run out all day and it’s useless to send you raking mirrors.

Everyone laughed. Chen Tong asked Fangfei to send the headscarf and rake mirror to her yard. After a while, Fangfei came back and brought back a pair of shoes and two pairs of socks. This was made by Huang for Azhi.

Xu An asked the servant's wife to order a banquet in the restaurant. Huang and Xinwu were inconvenient to come, so they sent a few more dishes to them, while Chen Tong and Fangfei stayed here. The few people hadn't been together for a long time, so they had a lot to say.

Chen Tong did not hide the fact that Azhi was sent to Yulin from several others, so when everyone had eaten almost the same food, Azhi talked about his experience of going to Yulin this time.

"Major General Fan asked me to take her name to the yamen. When I saw that it was Major General Fan's name, I cooperated very well and specially assigned a clerk to help me find the household registration lists from previous years. We searched through all the books and found only five families with the surname Lan. Moreover, these five families are still in Yulin, and they are not destroyed as Master Lan said."

When Azhi learned that the five families were all in Yulin, he went to investigate. He went to the garrison office and borrowed people from Fan Guiying. Without saying a word, Fan Guiying lent him a follower from Fan's family.

This relative came with him as early as when General Fan was stationed in Yulin. Not only was he familiar with Yulin, but he was also familiar with the places near Yulin.

With his help, Azhi quickly found out the details of the five families. These five families have lived in Yulin for at least three generations, and none of them have moved from the capital.

In other words, these five families have nothing to do with Master Lan.

Azhi didn't give up and went to the Rouge Shop in Yulin to inquire.

He runs a rouge shop in Xi'an, so he soon talks with the guys in the shop.

There are many small shops in Shaanxi that sell rouge and water powder, which are purchased from Yulin. Therefore, although Azhi comes from Xi'an, the shopkeepers did not arouse doubts and thought he was also here to inquire about the market.

Among them, a guy in his thirties had been working in this industry for more than ten years. Azhi had a lot of chatting with him. When he learned that he liked to drink a few drinks, Azhi waited until the shop closed and asked him to drink in a tavern next to the shop.

After drinking a few glasses of wine, both of them started talking.

Azhi said, "I'm going to tell you, brother, I came to Yulin this time to find a way. My father saved some money and wanted to take it out for me as capital. My last boss once said that, more than ten years ago, he came to Yulin to purchase goods. There was a family of fragrant powder that made excellent. The master of that family brought an old servant, who seemed to have the surname Lan. Brother, do you recognize it?"

The guy took a sip of wine, thought about it after hearing this, and said, "Not many people with the surname Lan. If there is such a person, I will remember it, but I can't remember it. However, there is one who is good at making fragrant powder. But it is not the surname Lan, but the surname Qi, which is our Daqi."

"The surname of Qi? Did he do it himself now, or was he in a shop?" Azhi asked.

The man shook his head and said, "You are asking the right person. I'm afraid no one knows this person except me. More than ten years ago, he came to our shop and just like the one you mentioned, with an old servant. At that time, the old boss was still in charge of the shop. The old boss took out a box of powder, which he made. The old boss knew the goods and left their master and servant in the shop without saying a word, and promised a monthly salary of five taels of silver. But no one expected that he had only worked in our shop for more than ten days and suddenly disappeared. For this matter, the old boss was very angry."

Later, the old boss died of illness and replaced it with the old boss's son. The people in the shop also changed batch after batch. Now the only old man left behind is this guy. As he said, he is the only one who still remembers Master Qi.

Azhi was overjoyed and took out the painting to show the friend. The friend squinted his eyes and looked at it carefully, saying, "It's a bit like that, but Master Qi is more elegant and gentle. I was young at that time and I never saw the world. I remember that after Master Qi left, my old boss once said that a guy like this who had never suffered at first sight was so arrogant. Do you think anyone could give him five taels of silver to pay? He was afraid he wouldn't find the next one if he left here. He could recognize people, so he must have seen something."

Haven't suffered any hardships?

Azhi frowned. Although making rouge and water powder is not as hard as doing carpenter work, any craftsman who wants to learn real skills will not endure hardships. The rouge and water powder industry starts with scooping, from a primary apprentice to a master, five or six years of talent, and more than ten years without talent. It is impossible to say that you have never suffered.

"How did your old boss see it? Do you still remember?" Azhi asked.

The guy was already a little drunk, and he said it even more happily.

He smiled and said, "As soon as the old boss said that I remembered it, Master Qi didn't even have a calluse on his hands. By the way, there was a mark on his thumb, which was obviously left behind by wearing a ring. Who would wear a ring on his hands like us who worked all day long?"
Chapter completed!