The rich man and the poor man

Schengen visa procedures are numerous, but overall it is smooth.

During the half-month waiting time for the visa, Han Fu was not idle. He stayed at home every day and researched various relevant materials of the two perfumers with bright eyes, and made various routes to find evidence abroad.

Then scratched his head and complained: "You don't even know Zhenzhen, these biographies... are so badly written!"

"What "Perfume Tycoon", "The Glory of Merovie I", "The Rise of the Belle Empire", "The Complete Biography of Eugene Aldoga"... completely missed the point! The book is so expensive, and it is so long to write hundreds of pages, The result is almost all perfume design and business wars, and other 'important' content is not written at all!"

"Look!" he said, poking his long fingers at the pages, "every book says that Merovey and Eugene were at odds 'for some reason' when they were young, but none of them say 'some reason' 'what exactly is it!"

"Every book says that Merovie traveled to many countries during World War II. But none of them mentioned the reason, and they also mentioned which countries they went to. Why not give a road map so that we can follow it !"

"Also, at the end of Eugene's biography, he actually dared to directly write 'Xia, Luo, No, Ming'."

"Wouldn't you go and check if your whereabouts are unknown? Why don't you have the guts to publish a book without a definite ending? How dare you call it 'Full Biography', isn't that called an unfinished book?"

"..." Pei Zhen smiled helplessly.

He passed by just after drying his clothes, squinting his eyes and rubbing Han Fu's hair with his lemon-scented hands that had been scoured by the sun for detergent essence.

The young man was impulsive again.

Originally, Merovie Glass was a perfume tycoon.What's wrong with biographies full of perfumes and business wars?

What's more, it is also true that Eugene Aldoga's whereabouts were unknown during World War II.At any rate, the biographer wrote it truthfully, no nonsense, right?

……

As a war of global scale, the Second World War spread to 61 countries and regions in the world. According to incomplete statistics, the number of casualties in the war was nearly [-] million.

Therefore, in Pei Zhen's view, 99.9% of Eugene's so-called "unaccounted for" died in the ruthless artillery fire, leaving no bones left.

It is absolutely impossible to be the possibility that Han Fu imagined with his sexy and seductive little voice when he was lying on the bed with his arms around him a few days ago——

【Zhenzhen, tell me~ Is it possible that Merovey actually found Eugene later.After the war, the two lived together in seclusion in the manor in the French countryside of Merovie, happily growing grapes and making perfume for the rest of their lives? 】

[Zhenzhen, think about it carefully, the previous works of Merovie Glass, "Jealousy", "Tsarist Russian Nobility", "Flower of Anger"... aren't they all the kind of spicy, slightly bitter, negative emotions? feeling?And when he was young, all the books said that he was impulsive and had a bad temper. 】

[But if you look at his works after he lived in seclusion, the painting style has changed suddenly! 】

['One Thousand and One Nights', 'Rain and Sunshine', 'Sweet Lover', 'Secret', 'Ideal Gentleman', all of them are super popular sweets! 】

[If it is really a person who lost his lover after the war and retreated negatively, it is unlikely that he would be in the mood to keep making such sweet works, right?And don't you think those names of Xiang seem to be implicitly telling a story with a plot? 】

"..." Pei Zhen endured it, but in the end he couldn't.

Shaking his head bluntly: "Impossible."

He also had his reasons—it was absurd enough to say that Merovey might like Eugene, but now it is possible to "live happily ever after"?

Han Fu, have you read the biography of Eugene Aldoga seriously?

Eugene became famous at a young age, not unrelated to his profound family background.

The Aldoga family was originally a well-known noble family in Russia with a long history.Eugene's ancestors were once the Boyer nobles who held great power under the tsar, and after the hereditary Boyer noble system declined, the Aldoga family still held huge resources.

There are many elites in this family. There are many generals, ministers, pianists, artists who can be seen in history books. Eugene, his descendant, later came to the fore.

Eugene Aldoga was born in 1911.

When he was born, the Aldoga family was still a famous nobleman in Tsarist Russia.

However, in 1917, when he was just six years old, the February Revolution in Russia broke out.The tsarist era was ended forever, when the old Russian nobles fled to Europe, and his parents took him to France.

From then on, a life of ups and downs began.

Pei Zhen had read "The Biography of Eugene" when he was young, and he sympathized with Eugene's tragic fate - he was obviously talented, but he was jealous of the talent and everything went wrong.

The family is in decline, and it is difficult to maintain a foreign country. It is easy to make a difference in the French upper class with his skills, but he is ruthlessly suppressed by Merovie, who is also a talented perfumer.

It directly led to Eugene's creation of handed down works such as "Dude", "Joker", and "Night of the Champs Elysees" at a young age, but he was still squeezed out of the French upper class by the capital of the Grasse family. down and out.

In the end, he was even forced to join the army in order to survive, and "disappeared" in the torrent of World War II.

Even Pei Zhen, who is a fan of Merovie Glass's works, has to admit after reading "The Biography of Eugene" that the existence of Merovie Glass has exacerbated Eugene's misfortune, and being jealous can be very unethical .

In the end, I can only comfort myself-character belongs to character, and works belong to works!Not powder perfumer, only powder perfume!

Therefore, how could there be any ambiguity between such two old enemies who often wrote letters and scolded each other.

In real life, how can there be so many dramas of falling in love and killing each other?

Not to mention, in "The Biography of Eugene", the portrait of Eugene is really...

Although the Russian guy doesn't think he's ugly, he's really bitter and vengeful, like the cover of "How the Steel Was Tempered".

Pei Zhen secretly felt that with Mo Luowei's rumored beauty, bourgeoisie, and contempt for others, even if he liked men, he probably wouldn't look down on them.

……

On the plane, Pei Zhen was lying in the cabin and reading the advertising magazines delivered by the cabin.

A lot of luxury goods are so cheap after tax exemption, this tie... Han Fu should wear it well?This bag is also suitable for him, and this ring... Although the rings have been bought, there are not many more.

Facts have proved that one cannot think about people in broad daylight.

Just thinking about this, when the curtain of the cabin next to him rang, Han Fu got up halfway and came here with a small look of anticipation.

"Zhenzhen, how about we make a bet?"

Pei Zhen: "Gambling?"

Han Fu: "Well, just... If we don't find any other evidence to prove that the two are a couple this time, I'll go back and let you handle it. Really, you can do anything to me or ask me to do anything." OK."

Pei Zhen narrowed his eyes with interest: "Oh?"

At the same time, he silently reflected on whether he had been a bit too evil lately—why the first reaction of "Let it be disposed of" was to squeeze some creamy chocolate sauce on him like in some unhealthy movies.

After grinding him until his whole body trembles and begging for mercy, then slowly lick it off?

Really, why did he become so evil when he was a serious person before... Just as he was thinking about it, Han Fu approached his ear and interrupted his train of thought: "But, if we find evidence that it is really a couple, I will There is also a reward, that is..."

He whispered a few words.Pei Zhen's ears warmed up.

"you you……"

What did the dog say?

Still think about it, he is not evil!Creamy chocolate sauce or something is kindergarten stuff in comparison!What Han Fu said, that can't be considered evil, it's perverted!

"What's the matter?" Han Fu didn't want to repent, he didn't even have the slightest purity in the usual, with a sly smile in his black eyes, "So you dare not gamble? That is to say, you actually admit that Mo Luowei and Eugene Being together...isn't 100% impossible, right?"

"Who wouldn't dare," Pei Zhen threw away the airplane magazine in his hand, dominating the boss for a second, "Just bet!"

When you win, it will not only be a cream sauce, but also tie you up!Add a blindfold!

……

France, which has become one of the big European countries since the end of the Middle Ages, has the romantic capital of Paris, the famous Mediterranean port of Marseille surrounded by limestone hills, the ancient city of Lyon with a long history, the seaside resort of Nice, the famous wine producing area of ​​Bordeaux...

However, for perfumers, the most attractive place is Grasse, a small town in southern France.

The town is located between the Mediterranean Sea and the Alps, with plenty of sunshine and flowers all year round.

The air is filled with the humidity of the Mediterranean sea breeze. Sitting in the bus, under the clear sky, you can see the red brick and tile houses on the rolling valleys illuminated by the sun into golden orange.

Of course, in Pei Zhen's view, what was more dazzling was the bright and excited look of the young man beside him.

The town is small, with only [-] residents, peaceful and quiet.

It's not the first time Pei Zhen has come to Glass, it's just that he has never been here in such a good season before.

"Golden Autumn" - here, it is really an intuitive "Golden Autumn".Grass planted large tracts of ginkgo forests and lavender, which coincided with the blooming season, and the gold everywhere was stacked on top of the large pink and purple, extending endlessly into the distance, like a picture scroll with no end in sight.

And Han Fu's long legs standing in that beautiful scenery are even more real...

Pei Zhen finally understood what it means that the sky is golden and the ground is purple, and his Han Xiaohua... is the third stunning beauty of time.

Fearing that I missed half the eye, I still couldn't bear it, so I raised my phone and took a picture quickly.

Han Fu: "Let me see, let me see!"

Pei Zhen showed him all the continuous shots.

Han Fu: QvQ.

Pei Zhen: "Huh?"

Han Fu: "Zhenzhen, have you ever studied photography? How can you take pictures of me so beautifully?"

In fact, Mai Zixi is good at drawing and taking pictures, Pei Zhen really learned from him.However, he felt that he could not take credit for these photos, after all, it was mainly Han Fu's beauty.

Han Fu was super excited: "I want to take pictures for you too!"

Pei Zhen once thought that his family Han Xiaohua seemed to be omnipotent - he could cook and spice, he could coax people and fight, but later he found out that he was taught by all kinds of powerful private teachers since he was a child.

However, there are always secrets and omissions in elite training, such as... What the hell is this straight male photography technique?

The one that Pei Zhen took for him is like two worlds.

The light perception is messed up, and the background of ginkgo and lavender is completely unreal, as if it was turned over from some old calendar.And Pei Zhen's whole body seemed to be entered by PS.

Han Fu also offered a treasure: "Look, Zhenzhen, are you super photogenic!"

Pei Zhen: "..."

What should I say?This is photogenic?I'm not black, okay, this has been photographed as carbon.And looking at Han Fu's bright smile, it seems that he really looks handsome in the photo.

never...

I look like that in your eyes, right? !

……

There is only one main avenue in the small town of Grasse. On both sides of the street, there are old buildings from the 18th century mixed with new cafes with modern petty bourgeois sentiments. With turquoise vines, it shows the colorful colors of France.

After a short walk, we arrived at the most famous attraction in Grasse - the pilgrimage site of perfumers, the World Perfume Museum.

The two bought tickets to enter, went upstairs first, visited the fragrance laboratory in the glass room on the second floor, and then went downstairs to visit the most abundant raw materials near the local area, including rose, jasmine, sweet orange and Provence lavender.

Evaluated the old pressing and condensing device for distilling and separating plant essential oils, and pointed at the double oil palm copper bottle with a big belly in the industrial revolution era that was as tall as a person and the various pointer dials on it.

At the same time, we have to make jokes. The large tin barrel of cold extraction method that looks like a murder weapon on the ground is the murder weapon used to extract the body fragrance of girls in the novel "Perfume".

Then they covered each other to avoid the tour guide group, walked more and more sideways, and quietly approached the back door.

Going out from the back door of the Perfume Museum, there is a very narrow alleyway leading to the forest.That is the only path leading to a certain forest villa that Merovie built in the small town of Grasse—I thought this little sentence was a scribbled sentence in a certain Merovie biography.

Unexpectedly, there is really a winding path leading directly to the depths of the forest.

However, the mistake is that the book does not say how deep the castle is in the forest.

Han Fu was briskly excited at the beginning, but in the end, from [-]:[-] to [-]:[-] in the afternoon, it got dark early in this ghostly place, and the forest suddenly became eerie. To be honest, he regretted it a bit.

"Zhenzhen..."

I don't know what flew up, causing the branches to rustle.This is always the case in places with a Mediterranean climate—as soon as the sky darkened, the air immediately became damp and cold, and Han Fu shivered, leaning towards Pei Zhen for a second.

Han Fu: "You, are you tired from walking? It's dark and the road is slippery. Shall I carry you?"

Pei Zhen: "Pfft."

Han Fu: "You, you are still laughing! My mobile phone is almost out of battery, how much do you have? This ghost forest looks gloomy, don't come back and there will be wolves and bears, or hurry up and play a flashlight and I will run with you Come back to town, soon!"

Pei Zhen: "It's so close to the town and by the sea, how can there be wolves and bears?"

Han Fu not only admired his man's calmness, but also silently frowned——

After all, isn't it a classic plot of a suspense thriller that a couple who want to die come to a ghostly place where birds don't lay eggs to explore the forest?Encountering wolves and bears is still a trivial matter, don't come back and be unable to get out after hitting the wall, or encounter a perverted serial killer hiding in the forest...

He didn't want to be the hero of a horror movie just after he finished his role in an inspirational movie about trying to grow taller and chasing his wife!

"Zhenzhen, anyway... you come up!"

He squatted down, and Pei Zhen continued to laugh at him: "You, watching horror movies at home is also afraid of ghosts... Wait, who is it! Who is there?!"

Han Fu: "QAQ Zhenzhen, why are you so bad! You still scare me!"

Pei Zhen: "No, there are really people!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he realized that his dog was still afraid of being like that just now, and he was really in danger. He stood up decisively to protect him in his arms for a second, and then found that there was indeed someone—he directly stopped him to resist without saying a word, and rushed up.

Pei Zhen actually just had an operation a few days ago.

Mr. Han helped find experts from several countries to help him consult, and replaced some of the crystals in the eye with almost zero vision with artificial ones.The effect of the operation was particularly good, and now in such a dark night, he can use the moonlight to see almost as well as ordinary people.

Even so, there is nothing wrong with it, I can only judge by the sound of the wind and strength that someone was thrown out heavily by a martial arts master, and nothing was seen.

"Ohohohno, stopstop! It's just aprank, myapology~" (Stop stop, just kidding, sorry!)

A little aged voice, old school old gentleman British accent.

Then there was a young man with a mature voice and awkward Chinese who struggled to climb up from the rustling leaves: "Fuck! Why are you so awesome, you can still fight so well with someone, it hurts so much, be gentle!"

Pei Zhen turned on the flashlight of his mobile phone and took a picture there. It seemed that there was a white-haired old foreign gentleman holding a cane and a young man.

Immediately afterwards, the young man walked over with a depressed face rubbing his head.

Han Fu was very vigilant, and immediately put Pei Zhenyou behind him.Pei Zhen poked his head to look at the young man from behind, his outline was quite sharp and he seemed quite handsome.Wait a little closer, it's really handsome!It just seems a little familiar?

Blonde hair, light-colored eyes, tall, with the kind of fake bronze skin that foreigners like to tan.

Han Fu also felt that his face was familiar, so he whispered: "Zhenzhen, this person looks a bit like Liszt."

Pei Zhen suddenly realized that he was indeed like Liszt!It's like soaking that little bean in water, the full version of the big soak——Is it his brother?

But no, Liszt seems to be the only child.

The young man on the other side was very upset: "Damn it, what kind of expression do you two have? Forget about me if we haven't seen each other for a year!"

Pei Zhen: "..."

Han Fu: "..."

Really Liszt.

……

Merovie's villa in Grasse really existed, and it wasn't a biography.

Not only did it exist, it was later bought by Lister's grandfather, Vincent Campbell.Now the four of them are warming up by the fireplace and drinking the creamy mushroom soup cooked by the old man himself.

Liszt: "What are you looking at! You two, what are you looking at! Don't you allow me to grow taller during my puberty?"

Pei Zhen: "..."

Han Fu: "Long return to long..." It's just that it's nothing long, the problem is that I feel that my whole aura has completely changed!

Douding Fried Hair Shou immediately became handsome and handsome!When he was fierce before, he just looked like a little Teddy, but now he frowns like a handsome yuppie in a British drama?

Does traveling around the world for a year change a person so much?Also, is traveling around the world so hot?So tan!

The blue-eyed Grandpa Vincent smiled: "When I was young, I went to the manor of the teacher (Merovie) to learn the art of perfumery. Later, when the teacher handed over this house to me, he told me that he was in the second He left a handwritten letter in the study room upstairs, and he said that if future generations want to know his story, they can show it to them.”

"Hahaha... I didn't expect that after so many years, some descendants would actually come here, wanting to know something about the teacher's past."

He went upstairs with a smile, and after a while, he took down an old paper book tied with a cowhide rope.

Opening the book by the firelight of the fireplace, it turned out to be an incense book.

"Look," he flipped the pages, pointing to Pei Zhen, "'Jealousy', 'Juliet's Tears', 'One Thousand and One Nights', 'After the Rain'...these are Belle's most famous and long-established Perfumes, although any perfumer must have reproduced them when he was an apprentice, but the most original fragrance spectrum is in this book."

Han Fu: "...Ah, cursive characters!"

What he paid attention to was the handwriting on the handwritten incense book - it was blue ink again, and it was meticulously printed in swashbuckling characters!It proved again that this is the handwriting of Merowe.

"Grandpa Vincent," he couldn't hold back when he was excited, and asked the old man directly: "Since you were an apprentice in Mr. Merowe's manor when you were young, tell me, Eugene Aldoga is It’s not that he’s not dead, is he there too?”

Vincent opened his mouth in astonishment.

That kind of expression seemed to be a happy half-smile, and even Liszt rarely saw his grandfather show such an expression.

However, he just gave a soft "hush".

Mysterious eyes flashed in the blue eyes, and he solemnly handed the book to Pei Zhen: "My teacher also said that there is actually a treasure that any perfumer would like to get in this incense book. However, I am afraid that only the one closest to him Only the future perfumers who are destined to be able to interpret the mystery inside."

Pei Zhen hesitated: "But, is it really okay to give me such a valuable thing?"

Mr. Vincent: "Actually, Liszt and I don't spend more than ten days a year in this villa for vacation. The fact that you two guys can appear here by such a coincidence and that you are looking for a teacher may be because of destiny. Fate."

At this moment, Han Fu whispered softly beside him: "Brussels, Amsterdam, Berlin... Look carefully!"

"Look! This bottle of perfume was created in Paris," he flipped through a few pages of the fragrance manual, "this bottle is in Prague, and this bottle is in Warsaw! The perfumes in between were created during World War II, will this... ...Is that the roadmap I was looking for for Merowe to find Eugene?"

Pei Zhen: "..."

The old man: "Let me just say, do you have a fate with the teacher?"