Chapter 167: Swindler

Without Pei Wanyue in the Xie Residence, Xie Qiao was in a great mood. However, she still remembered that she had accepted a mission.

The female spirit's husband's family was not from some ordinary family. He was a wax businessman's son. Many Buddhist and Taoist temples in the Imperial City had business with them.

Meanwhile, the spirit's family, the Wei family, was in the incense business.

In the early years, the Wei family was in good business selling candles and incense. As their shop was next to the Zheng family, they were close. As time passed, their children had fallen in love with each other and had set up a marriage agreement when they were young. To show their sincerity, the Wei family shared their wax-making skills with the Zheng family, while they focused on incense-making from then on.

Candles and incense always went together. Therefore, both families collaborated often.

The shops were next to each other.