Chapter 12 Night Chat
"Yinqiu, what kind of incense do you usually use?" Song Qingci suddenly asked. Yinqiu was caught off guard and just as she walked to a step, she almost sprained her ankle. It was only with the little maid behind her that she was able to stand firmly.
"In reply to Madam Young, spices are expensive, and I am not worthy of using them."
"Oh, really? Why do you smell so good?" Song Qingci looked at Yin Qiu with interest. The slightly upturned corners of his mouth in the dim light of the lantern made Yin Qiu's heart tighten. He almost couldn't hold the lantern in his hand.
"Yes... yes... maybe what Madam smelled was the fragrance of flowers. I sometimes wear sachets filled with flowers."
"Oh~ So it's the scent of flowers~" Song Qingci said with several different tones, and then said, "Then please prepare a sachet like that for me tomorrow, I like the scent of flowers."
Song Qingci spoke the last few words particularly seriously.
"Yes, I will prepare it for the young lady tomorrow."
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Lying on the bed in the new room of Chixiao Courtyard, Song Qingci crossed his hands and circled his index fingers around each other. This was a small action that Song Qingci would make when he was thinking deeply.
She remembered where she had smelled that spice before, the smell of the poisonous mixed powder.
But she received the test results from the space, and the spices were non-toxic. The spices were not poisonous, but the mixed poison powder smelled like spices...
Suddenly, the sensor outside the door rang, and then the door opened. Shan Li walked in with a dignified manner.
He held a chess piece-sized sensor in his hand and threw it directly to Song Qingci.
Song Qingci caught it and pressed the off button. The harsh sound stopped instantly. Then he turned his hand over and the sensor was put into the space. This set of movements was smooth and took no more than three seconds. They were so skilled that they seemed to have done it thousands of times. If other people in Lingxiao saw it, they would definitely complain about their tacit understanding!
"What are you doing here?" She asked confidently. I was really annoyed when my thoughts were interrupted.
"Sleep." Shan Li replied just as confidently. This is his Chixiao Courtyard, this is his new house, he can't sleep here? He can't sleep in the study every day!
Song Qingci spread out the quilt, and it immediately took up the entire bed. "There's no room left." The person who spoke did not blush or breathe heavily.
Shan Li took a look, then dragged out another quilt from the cupboard, walked directly to the couch, spread the quilt out himself, took off his coat, and lay down.
Song Qingci didn't expect him to be so self-conscious. He thought he had to have a good talk with him and was ready to take action.
After watching him for a while, he found that he was really sleeping on the couch. Song Qingci had no choice but to blow out the candle, wrap himself in the quilt, and go to sleep.
"What is that little thing that makes a noise?" Shan Li suddenly asked.
Without the candlelight, the moonlight coming through the window became more obvious. Shan Li turned sideways in the moonlight, looked in the direction of Song Qingci and asked. He knew that she must have taken it out.
"Oh, that. The sensor." Song Qingci adjusted the corners of the quilt, found the most comfortable angle to lie down, and replied, "It is my personal habit to put a sensor nearby when I sleep in an unfamiliar place. It will ring when someone or an animal approaches.
Today I have adjusted the sensing range. It will only ring when it is touched. Before, I adjusted the sensing range to the maximum. ''
There was no way, her habit could not be changed for the time being, but if she did not reduce the trigger range of the sensor, then she would not have to sleep. In Chixiao Courtyard, in addition to maids and servants, there were also night patrol soldiers and secret guards. There were too many people coming and going.
She could only tell them not to go near the main house of the new house at night. But she didn't expect Shan Li to come back to sleep at night. Shouldn't he sleep in the study?
After hearing her explanation, Dan Li's first reaction was to wonder how dangerous the place she was in before was. Wasn't the fairy world also not peaceful? !
"Don't let it go outside the door anymore." If he hadn't ordered that no one should enter the Chixiao Courtyard without permission, the secret guards would have probably taken action upon hearing the voice.
His new wife has too many secrets.
He had arranged all the defenses around Chixiao Court this morning. Chixiao Court was now tight outside and empty inside. He believed that even if danger came to Chixiao Court, Song Qingci would not be the one to be hurt.
"Okay." Song Qingci agreed readily, and then added, "I'll put it next to the bed in the future."
"This evening, Feng San sent back a message that no drugstores in the entire capital city have sold any arsenic in the past six months." Shan Li said to himself, and he knew she was listening. "But in the ghost market, arsenic was sold three times in the past six months. There is no record of transactions in the ghost market, so it will take more time to find out."
"Oh." "Ghost market, sounds interesting, I must go and see it if I have the chance." "Tell me when you find out. There are only three of them, it should be quick."
The ghost market should be similar to the modern underground trading market or dark web. Although on the surface, all traces will be wiped clean and there will be no records. However, as long as you want to find it, you can still find it accurately. Cats have their own ways, and mice have their own ways.
There is no such thing as water leaving no trace in this world.
"I'll go back with you tomorrow."
"Go back? Where to?" "We were just talking about the three people who bought arsenic. How did the topic suddenly turn to this?"
"Tomorrow is the day you return home."
"Ah?!" "So soon? I'm going back tomorrow. Go to bed quickly, go to bed quickly." Song Qingci had a feeling that this visit would probably cause a lot of trouble. She had to conserve her energy. Her body was still very fragile.
Song Qingci turned over, turned his back to Shan Li, covered himself with the quilt, and went to find Zhou Gong.
Dan Li realized belatedly that the day had been talked to death~~~
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After all, the General's Mansion was a military family. Although the family tradition was strict, some details were not so serious. For example, the morning and evening visits were exempted in the General's Mansion. Only on the fifteenth day of each month, a family dinner was held. Everyone who stayed in the capital had to attend. Those stationed outside were naturally exempted.
The children of the generals' houses need to learn much more than the children of the civil officials' houses. They all need to learn martial arts, horsemanship, military tactics, poetry, books, etiquette, etc.
Even girls have to learn some martial arts, not for fighting in battle, but just to be able to protect themselves if the day comes. So there is not much time to pay respect to parents in the morning and evening. It is more important to keep respect in your heart.
When she got up early, Yinping came to report that the old lady had sent some things to her and asked her to take them back when she returned home.
Song Qingci didn't ask what it was, anyway, he just borrowed her hand to pass it. It didn't matter whether she knew or not.