She was very excited, her heart was pounding, and she was very nervous. She hurried forward to take the white jade finger bottle from Qing Shang.
Qing Shang smiled and said: "This little thing will cost a lot of money, a full 150,000 gold."
Xia Yuanqiu waved his hand: "What does this little money mean? As long as it can restore my memory, I will not hesitate to pay 1.5 million gold, not to mention 150,000 gold." For her, money is always just an external possession. .
Qing Shang nodded: "Everything has a price, but memory is a priceless treasure. This 150,000 gold is well spent!"
The green merchant added: "The merchant from the Western Regions said that just one whiff of this fragrance can detoxify it."
Xia Yuanqiu nodded, found a seat and sat down, carefully uncorked the bottle, and a faint fragrance immediately floated out from it, a very sweet taste, but Xia Yuanqiu frowned.
She shook her head, finally put the cork back on the bottle, and threw the white jade finger bottle on the tables aside.
Seeing this, Qing Shang asked hurriedly: "What's wrong?"
Xia Yuanqiu sighed: "We were fooled. This is fake."
"Fake? How is it possible? This, how could this be fake?" Qing Shang's eyes widened in shock.
Xia Yuanqiu nodded: "This is indeed a fake. I am a pharmacist. What is this bottle of incense made of? I can tell when I smell it. They are ordinary things. There is no smell like the worry-relieving incense from the Western Regions."
Qing Shang knew who Xia Yuanqiu was and what she was capable of. If she said it was a lie, it must be a lie. He immediately darkened his face and said angrily: "You bastard, I'll settle the score with them."
Qing Shang stood up to leave, and Yuan Qiu also stood up: "I'll go with you. Maybe the fragrance of relief is still on them."
The two hurried out of the front hall and came to the accounting room where the settlement was made. They were told that the merchants from the Western Regions had received a silver note of 150,000 gold and left the auction house. The two hurriedly went to the inn where the merchants from the Western Regions lived.
As soon as he entered the inn door, Xia Yuanqiu sighed: "It seems we are a step too late."
Qing Shang was puzzled: "How do you say that?"
Xia Yuanqiu said: "Look at this waiter, what is he wearing on his waist?"
Qing Shang took a closer look and saw that the waiter was wearing a blue coarse cloth with a colorful ribbon around his waist. This kind of colorful ribbon is rare in the Southern Region and is generally loved by people in the Western Region.
"Where did your ribbon come from?" Qing Shang asked hurriedly.
The waiter saw that Qing Shang's face was serious, and he was afraid of offending the noble man, so he hurriedly said: "This ribbon was thrown away by the guest when he left. The villain thought it looked good, so he picked it up and used it."
Sure enough, these merchants from the Western Regions had already left the inn. Leaving the inn was equivalent to leaving Nantai County. It seemed that he, a veteran in the business world, had also had his shipwreck.
Qing Shang was extremely angry. He ordered the two followers behind him: "Assemble manpower immediately and search for traces of merchants from the Western Regions inside and outside the city. If found, report them immediately."
Seeing Qing Shang's anger, Xia Yuanqiu advised: "That's all, there's no need to force it. Everything has its fate. Since this thing has no destiny for me, I'm afraid it's of no use to me."
How could the young merchant swallow this? He shook his head resolutely: "These merchants from the Western Regions are so treacherous and deceitful, how can I spare them? When I find them, let's see how I deal with these scoundrels." Fortunately, this is not the case. If you were waiting for life-saving medicine and were deceived by them, wouldn't you also be defrauding your life
Back at the government office, Xia Yuanqiu showed the fake incense to Mo Bo. When Mo Bo smelled it, he immediately realized that it was just an ordinary spice and not a worry-relieving incense at all.