Chapter 104 Becoming Attached

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Chapter 104: Chapter 104 Becoming AttachedAfter staying at the Dongxiang Marquis Mansion for a while, Su Jin and Xie Jingchen took their leave. Without any delay on the road, they headed directly back to the Duke Zhen Mansion. Su Jin felt a bit heavy-hearted, the last time her father broke Duke Chong’s ribs and General Zhongwu, castor bean powder appeared on her dining table. It was because the maid was timid and dared not poison directly, so she used castor bean powder as a substitute. This time, Duke Chong sent someone to stop her father, only to be robbed of five hundred horses in return, which was enough for everyone to laugh for months or even years. Noble families value their reputation highly. Losing face like this, Princess Nanzhang must be furious. With new grievances and old grievances, the days ahead are bound to be quite spirited. Hmm. Returning to the Agarwood Pavilion, Su Jin silently took back the word ’spirited’ and replaced it with ’sweet’. As soon as she entered the room, a faint fragrance greeted her. Xingxing looked around, her eyes shining. "Miss, do you smell it? It smells so nice," Xingxing said, sniffing. Su Jin frowned slightly. The little maid who was cleaning the table quickly replied, "This is the new incense sent from the front yard, I just lit it not long ago." "Put it out," Su Jin waved her hand and said. The little maid was puzzled. Xingxing looked at Su Jin and said, "Miss, this fragrance is so nice, it’s just like the fruit from our Qingyun Mountain." "Smelling it too much makes me think of those days of looting on Qingyun Mountain, and I can’t help but feel restless. Then, other people in the Duke Zhen Mansion would be in danger," Su Jin casually replied. She lifted the curtain and entered the room. The little maid’s mouth dropped open, not knowing how to react. Xingxing then said, "What are you standing there for? Quickly put out the incense burner." The little maid hurriedly opened the incense burner and took the incense away. The maid carried the incense burner out, dumped the incense, and the granny sweeping nearby saw it and asked, "Why are you throwing it away?" The little maid sighed, "The Eldest Young Madam said smelling the incense makes her miss Qingyun Mountain." "Smelling the incense makes her think of Qingyun Mountain, isn’t that a good thing?" the granny asked in confusion. "What good thing, the Eldest Young Madam misses her days of looting on Qingyun Mountain. She said that smelling the aroma makes her want to rob people, can we let the Eldest Young Madam smell it?" the little maid exclaimed. "...." Inside the house, Xingxing leaned toward Su Jin and asked, "Miss, did you think of Qingyun Mountain?" "No," Su Jin said while drinking tea. Xingxing had a bewildered look. Xie Jingchen furrowed his brow, "Is there something wrong with the incense?" Su Jin glanced at Xie Jingchen and said, "You have poison in your body, that bit of incense doesn’t affect you much, even if the poison triggers and you vomit blood, you wouldn’t notice it. But if Xingxing and I inhale too much, we’d become easily irritable." As a bandit, her temper wasn’t good to begin with, so if it got a little worse, no one would suspect it was due to incense poisoning, they’d just think it was her natural temperament. Going to such lengths to set her up, they really spared no effort. Su Jin moved her hand, and Xingxing looked worried, "Will smelling a few whiffs make Miss want to hit someone?" Xingxing was a bit worried about the young master. The glance she gave was urging the young master to quickly avoid. Xie Jingchen didn’t notice, his attention was on Su Jin’s hand. Su Jin said with a mix of laughter and tears, "I don’t want to hit anyone, I just think the incense is quite good, the way they administered the poison is clever, I’ve met my match and can’t resist wanting to spar with the one who concocted the poison." It’s clear that the one administering the poison has met their match. A mere whiff and she could tell there was poison in the incense, clearly a step above. That’s what Xie Jingchen thought, but his gaze turned cold and heavy. Su Jin’s superior medical skills allowed her to detect the poison in the incense. He, not knowing medicine, couldn’t detect it, and just assumed that his poisoning was due to a method of neutralizing poison with poison. Xingxing suddenly realized and angrily said, "It must be the person who poisoned the braised chicken last time trying to harm us again. They know Miss uses a silver needle to test the food, so they put it in the incense instead." They wouldn’t use silver needles to poke at every incense after all. Why are these people so annoying, she really wanted to send them up Qingyun Mountain, then roll them down. Su Jin looked at Xie Jingchen, "Without some skill, one really wouldn’t dare to venture into the dragon’s den of the Duke Zhen Mansion." Xie Jingchen said nothing. Xingxing couldn’t help but say something bold, "Miss should conquer this dragon’s den sooner, turn them into little lambs." Su Jin, "...." Xie Jingchen, "...." This maid just doesn’t regard the dragon’s den as anything, huh. Su Jin looked at Xingxing and asked, "Do you know what a dragon’s den is?" "Of course, everyone says our Qingyun Mountain is a dragon’s den," Xingxing said. "...." "How can the Duke Zhen Mansion compare with our Qingyun Mountain? At best, give the young master some face and consider it a small dragon’s den," Xingxing said. "...." Su Jin glanced at Xie Jingchen. Your face is quite valuable. Xie Jingchen looked exasperated. Then Su Jin said, "Your face is so big, give me some face, will you?" Xie Jingchen, "...." He held his forehead and asked, "What?" Su Jin instructed Xingxing, "Go to the bamboo house in the backyard and bring the paper I wrote last night." Xingxing quickly went to the backyard to fetch the items. Su Jin was nibbling on a cake when Xingxing handed over a stack of papers, which Su Jin gave to Xie Jingchen and said, "These are the goods my shop wants to sell, I can’t manage the whole shop alone, so help me find someone to handle it." She wanted money, but cherished her life more. After just a few tiring days, she couldn’t hold up anymore. She didn’t want to work herself to death trying to run a shop. Xie Jingchen took the papers, glanced at them and said, "These are all secret formulas." "They’re secret formulas, but I’m not afraid of you leaking them, are you not confident in yourself?" Su Jin raised an eyebrow and said. "...." "Why don’t you entrust them to Chu Shun and the others?" Xie Jingchen asked. "Didn’t you say they’re unreliable, have never done serious work?" Su Jin said. "They never did before, but I’ve noticed, when it comes to your matters, they wouldn’t dare not to take it seriously." "...." This was the truth from Xie Jingchen. If the shop oversight was tasked to others and given to Chu Shun and the others, they wouldn’t take it. Even if they accepted, they wouldn’t take it seriously, let alone sit at the tea stall watching all day. Xie Jingchen and Su Jin didn’t know, seeing how dedicated Chu Shun and the others were, Marquis Jingguo and Duke Dingguo didn’t know how to react either. They couldn’t effectively command their sons and grandsons, leading to idleness. Now being ordered around by a female bandit, scurrying over, running errands, all for legitimate work. Starting to do proper work, the parents felt warm inside, but since they couldn’t command them themselves, it was someone else who commanded them, how could they feel comfortable. If not for the shop not being fully supervised, they really couldn’t resist giving them a thrashing to vent their anger. Su Jin looked at Xie Jingchen and blinked, "Isn’t it for your sake?" "I only have big face in front of your maid," Xie Jingchen glanced at Su Jin. "...." "I’ll pass this to Chu Shun and the others, don’t worry." Su Jin nodded. His brothers, he trusted them, so what did she have to worry about. Besides, they have a share in the shop, it’s only right they take it seriously.

Chapter 104 Becoming Attached

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