President's Legendary Master

To be honest, the little celestial master is of course more popular with the guests than the Dugu family. When they come to visit the Dugu family, they will also bring a gift to the little celestial master.

Gifts are not expensive, what matters is the heart.

It's impossible to give the little celestial master cash.

But if it is a few real Little Five Emperors' money or something, it will be able to please the Little Heavenly Master.

One of them sent a piece of pure white the size of mahjong to the little heavenly master. It was handed down from the ancestors, because I didn't know what it was, so I kept it as a souvenir, and later gave it to their family. Their family thought that the gift was light and affectionate, so they took care of it and kept the things, but they kept it at the bottom of the box .

This time I came to visit Dugu's house, and I also wanted to please the little celestial master, so I brought this here.

One is an item that is rare enough.

One is that it's useless for their family to keep this thing, it's better to use it for favors.

Because the family who gave them the item didn't actually know what it was.

It is estimated that the old man in the family left in a hurry and did not tell the descendants what this treasure is.

After seeing off the last batch of guests, the family looked around such a small thing for a long time, but they couldn't figure out the way.

Especially Dugu Haoyan, looking at such a thing, the color is like butter, but milky white, the size of a mahjong, and some gloss.

"What is this?" He couldn't understand, so he asked the little celestial master directly.

The little celestial master touched this thing carefully, and shook his head excitedly: "Good thing, good thing!"

"What good thing?" Dugu Weng couldn't bear it anymore.

The Dugu family is not the richest man in the province, but it is definitely rich. The little celestial master came to their house. The Dugu family did not treat him badly in terms of material and life. To put it bluntly, I have never seen anything ah?

Thousands of millions of antiques are not unheard of. The queen's ornaments were worth hundreds of millions back then, and they were exchanged by the old man Dugu Weng for many cultural relics that were strayed overseas.

Even if it's such an expensive thing, you haven't seen the little celestial master get so excited?

"It's ambergris, ambergris!" The little celestial master touched it carefully, and then kept smelling the hand that touched the ambergris: "at least thousands of years, the fragrance is hidden but not exposed, touch it Can't be contaminated, good things, good things!"

"Amberx? Is it real or not?" Old Man Dugu Weng was also excited: "A thousand-year-old treasure?"

"Is this ambergris?" Dugu Xu looked at it for a long time: "Didn't you see it?"

"What is ambergris?" Dugu Feiyan didn't know what ambergris was because of his young age.

"Amberx is the setting agent of perfume." As a fashionable wealthy lady, Mrs. Dugu has been a fashionista since she was young, and it is even more so now. Perfume, which woman has never used it?

She popularized ambergris for her younger son.

Ambergris, also known as ambergris (or "grey amber" in the West), is a dark gray or black solid waxy combustible substance with its distinctive sweet, earthy aroma (like the smell of isopropanol) ).

The essence of ambergris is the dry product of the intestinal secretions of sperm whales. Some sperm whales will spit it out, and some will excrete it from the intestines. Only a small number of sperm whales keep it in their bodies.The ambergris discharged into the sea is initially light black, and under the action of sea water, it gradually turns gray, light gray, and finally white.

Historically, it was mainly used as a fixative for perfumes.

The first country in the world to discover ambergris was ancient China.

"It is said that in the Han Dynasty, fishermen caught some grayish-white waxy drifts in the sea, which are the finished ambergris after years of natural denaturation. It ranges from a few kilograms to dozens of kilograms, and has a strong fishy smell. But after drying, it can emit a long-lasting fragrance, and when it is lit, it is even more fragrant, even more fragrant than musk. Some local officials bought it and presented it as a treasure to the emperor, and used it as a spice or medicine in the court.” Mrs. Dugu told him: "It is said that as early as the [-]th century BC, the spices used in the religious ceremonies of Babylon, Assyria, and Persia included ambergris in addition to plant spices such as cinnamon, sandalwood, and benzoin. And ancient Hebrew women also soaked ambergris, cinnamon and benzoin in oil to make a kind of balm, which was used on the body. It was the prototype of the earliest soap, and the inspiration of perfume also came from this. Then the wine is added to become a volatile perfume."

"Wow!" Dugu Feiyan's eyes widened upon hearing this.

Even the little celestial master was fascinated: "Is that so?"

"It is said that the fishermen who really discovered the secret of ambergris were the fishermen of Kotla Island in Saudi Arabia. The fishermen on this island mainly hunted sperm whales for a living. Once, when an old fisherman opened the intestines of a sperm whale, he discovered A piece of ambergris. At that time, fishermen thought it was swallowed from the sea and attracted attention. But this news attracted the attention of marine biologists, who immediately conducted in-depth research and finally untied the ambergris. The mystery.” Mrs. Dugu is a professionally trained lady, and she has mastered this knowledge a long time ago: “It turns out that giant squid and octopus have tough horny jaws and tongue teeth, which are not easy to digest. When a sperm whale swallows a large mollusc After the animal, the jaws and tongue teeth accumulated in the gastrointestinal tract, which stimulated the intestinal tract, and the intestinal tract secreted a special waxy substance, which wrapped the food residue, and slowly formed ambergris."

"That's right, my daughter-in-law is right." The old man Dugu Weng said: "The ambergris that was discharged into the sea was light black at first, and under the action of the sea water, it gradually turned gray, light gray, and finally white. Among them, The quality of white ambergris is the best. It must be soaked in sea water for more than a hundred years to float out all impurities before it can become the top grade of ambergris. It is generally recorded in history that yellow ambergris was paid tribute to the royal family. It is specially used for the emperor. Because the ambergris taken from the intestines of the killed sperm whale is of no value, the original ambergris is not fragrant, but smelly. It must be floated and soaked in sea water for decades, Because ambergris is lighter than water, it will not sink. After being continuously washed by sea water, the impurities in it will be washed away, and it will become more and more pure, and then it will become pure ambergris. White is the best, just like this Same block."

"How can you prove that it is ambergris? This thing looks like a plastic product, not to mention hard, it has no smell, and it is not soft to the touch." Dugu Haoyan has never seen ambergris, But he knows that the current perfume manufacturing industry has a special perfume setting agent. Ambergris is used as a perfume setting agent, and the cost is very high. It is not affordable for ordinary perfume manufacturing. Most of them are chemical preparations. Only high-end perfumes can be used. Affordable, that kind of perfume costs hundreds of dollars per milliliter.

There is only one lady in the family, Mrs. Dugu, and she often uses perfume.

My father uses it occasionally, but only at parties.

The sandalwood scent is all over my grandfather's body, which is the smell left by his pious and godly worship, and it is very natural.

He doesn't use perfume either. His younger brother is too young, so he is active and active all day long, leaving behind the smell of sweat.

The little celestial master doesn't use perfume either.

Like his grandfather, he has the fragrance of worshiping God all over his body.

What's more, their family doesn't make perfume, either?Whether this thing is ambergris or not, no one seems to be sure, the little celestial master said for sure, but judging by his appearance, he probably has never seen ambergris.

"This is easy!" The little celestial master hurried to the old man's study.

There are three study rooms in the house. The old man's study room is not the biggest one, but usually, no one goes in. The old man attaches great importance to his own study room, it is his private domain.

In the end, the little celestial master was allowed to come in and out at will.

And the little celestial master went in to rummage things, and he came out with an incense burner the size of a washbasin.

This incense burner is made of sapphire, which is a modern handicraft, but because it is made of a whole piece of sapphire, the value of the sapphire seeds alone is hundreds of thousands, including handwork, it is over a million.

It is one of the few beloved modern handicrafts of the old man.

It has been placed on the Duobao Pavilion in the house. Even the cleaning work is done by the old man himself, and the family members are not allowed to touch it. Aunt Chen, who is in charge of hygiene, once joked that the old man paid them for nothing and did it by himself. Live.

The little heavenly master took out the sapphire incense burner and put it on the big tea table in the living room, then took out a small file, opened the lid of the sapphire incense burner, and there was a little spice in it.

Basically, it is the spices prepared by the old man himself, and they are all mixed together with some ordinary spices.

The bottom layer is three or five pine wood shavings, sprinkled with a little spice powder, the little heavenly master took the file and just scratched lightly on the white thing.

Didn't see anything scraped off at all, so the little celestial master took the file away and put back the thing that was said to be white ambergris, then struck a match and ignited the fire inside. Pine shavings are used to cover the incense burner.

Everyone looked at him inexplicably.

"Wait for a while." The little heavenly master sat on the sofa honestly, crossed his legs, and closed his eyes.

After a while, about ten minutes or so, a faint fragrance wafted out.

This fragrance is light and melodious, condensed but not scattered, the fragrance makes people refresh their minds and feel energetic.

"This?"

"smell good!"

"It smells refreshing."

Everyone was amazed.

Especially old man Dugu Weng: "This is ambergris, the best ambergris."

"Yes, it is said that the top-quality ambergris, just a little bit can fill the house with a strange fragrance, which lasts for ten days." The little heavenly master said: "Actually, the ambergris you mentioned is probably different from the ambergris I know."

Because of the large number of people, Little Heavenly Master did not say in detail what kind of ambergris he knew, but just looking at Little Heavenly Master's hands, he knew that he had been in contact with Ambergris for a long time. And they are all the best ambergris.

Sure enough, the smell of ambergris did not dissipate until New Year's Eve.

And on New Year's Eve, He Fei came again!

Seeing him coming to the door with big bags and small bags, the Dugu family has gotten used to it, treating him like one of their own family members and celebrating the new year together.

But the little celestial master held his forehead and sighed: "You still don't give up?"

"I'm here to complete the task." He Fei wore new clothes and a thick overcoat because of the New Year's Eve: "Today I will try again for the last time. Did you send someone else?"

The little celestial masters who heard it were one head and two big ones: "You guys haven't finished this yet?"

This means that after He Fei left, there may be another Li Fei in the future, Chen Fei's, it's endless.

"This, probably?" He Fei scratched his head: "But I think it should be nothing. If several people fail, then we may have no hope."

"It's because you have no hope from the beginning!" The little celestial master sighed: "Soldiers, you want to be in the destiny of the country. You are the righteous teachers who protect the home and defend the country. What kind of evil do you want to learn when you are upright? What's more, you have learned It's useless, I've said it all, only... Forget it, come on, wait until twelve o'clock in the middle of the night."

In the past two years, He Fei has gotten used to it, making trouble once a year, and he himself believes the words of the little celestial master... Maybe they are really not suitable to learn this.