Chapter 170 Something is going to happen

　　As they were leading the horse across the street, halfway through the road, there was suddenly a big group of people in the front, blocking the road.

　　Gu Xiran's brows twisted together.

　　This big group naturally didn’t specifically come to block him but they were gathered in front of a shop. Since it wouldn’t fit all of them, therefore they stood on the street and became a long stream of people.

　　"This is….," As Ranmo watched this, his face also darkened.

　　Gu Xiran casted him a glance and looked up at the sign of the shop. He just saw four powerful gold characters on the top—

　　Gu Family's Fragrance Shop.

　　It turned out to be Gu household's property. No wonder Ranmo's face also darkened. Since Gu Xiran stayed at Gu residence and almost never went out, he naturally hadn't been at this shop before.

　　He looked carefully and saw that the shop was different from the fragrance branch stores located elsewhere. The shop was very large. Just the doors, there were eight sliding doors. A few steps closer to the shop, one could smell the unique fragrance of the fragrance shop that floated along with the wind. It wasn’t strong but refres.h.i.+ng.

　　Ranmo said with a bitter face, "Second young master, this is our family's main store. Don’t know what happened. How come it's surrounded by so many people?"

　　Gu Xiran took over the reins from Ranmo and said, "Go and check it out. Come back quickly."

　　After Ranmo promised and immediately ran over to the shop. He disappeared into the crowd like a slippery loach. After a while, he rushed back in full sweat and reported anxiously, "Second young master, something has really happened. Many people inside are making a fuss about returning the goods. They are saying that our home-made fragrances are mixed with fake ingredients."

　　"Fake ingredients?"

　　Ranmo wiped his sweat and said, "Yes. It's said that it is mixed with ordinary wood powder. I didn’t listen carefully, so I don’t know if it's really the case. But the smell of the incense they lit is indeed not right. Even the burned ashes aren't quite the same as the authentic ashes of fragrances."

　　In ancient times, people paid attention to the credibility and the reputation of a business. There weren't many people who dared to make counterfeit goods for fear of getting a bad reputation and causing no one to dare to come to the shop. Therefore, if this matter was true, the consequences would be very grave.

　　Gu Xiran narrowed his eyes and said, "This isn't intentional coming to tear down our shop's reputation, right?"

　　Ranmo shook his head and said, "I secretly asked the shopkeeper and he said that a lot of these people are regular customers of the shop. They wouldn’t deliberately come cause trouble. He thinks that there's a problem with this new batch of fragrances. He has already sent people to the residence to tell master about it."

　　"Who is usually in charge of the production of the fragrances?"

　　As Ranmo thought about it, his face became darker. He said, "Originally, it was master. But master was sometimes very busy, so he would ask shopkeeper Tong to help. Now that shopkeeper Tong has left and master has fallen ill, this matter…this matter…."