All the clues were connected together, and Lu Xuan suddenly had such a thought in his heart.

It may sound ridiculous, but nothing seems more plausible.

Shen Xixu was surprised: "Strange, how do you know that behind the side door of the Imperial Medicine Pavilion is Mirror Lake, we just entered through the main gate." ”

Being asked by Shen Xixu like this, Lu Xuan was stunned, but she had never seen the scene outside the side door of the Imperial Medicine Pavilion with her own eyes, and the reason why she remembered it was just that she had wandered around the palace a lot in her previous life.

But in front of Shen Xixu and Rong Li, Lu Xuan can't use the memories of his previous life as an explanation.

Only then did she casually find a reason to prevaricate: "I passed by once by chance when I entered the palace with His Royal Highness before. ”

Lu Xuan was in a hurry and for some reason pulled Gu Huanli in as a shield, it was rare to be quiet, and when he heard this person, he suddenly felt unhappy in his heart.

On the other hand, Shen Xixu praised Lu Xuan a lot, and at this time, he was directly promoted to admiration: "You have a really good memory." ”

Fortunately, after being confused, Lu Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, and then turned his head to look at Qin Xiao: "Escort Qin, do you know where the Mirror Lake in the palace leads?" ”

Lu Xuan only knew that Mirror Lake was flowing water, and its source must be somewhere outside the palace, but she didn't know where it was.

Thinking that Qin Wei had followed Gu Huanli for many years and entered and exited the palace every day, maybe he would study this, so he asked him casually.

Sure enough, Qin Xiao really knew everything about the palace, and he immediately nodded: "The water of the Mirror Lake flows down to the Li River, although the lake is calm, but the water in the depths is extremely turbulent. ”

In this way, it is not difficult to carry a box of quinine out of the palace along the current.

After careful calculation, Jinghu Lake is not too close to the Lihe River and the waterway.

If the last batch of quinine had been thrown into Mirror Lake in the last three days, then they might have been able to catch up with it.

Knowing this key clue, Lu Xuan immediately took the case: "Let's go, go to Lihe." ”

Rong Li originally wanted to go to help, but thinking of the urgency of time and the difficulty of walking on his legs, in order not to be dragged down by Lu Xuan, he had to hold back and sit quietly in the mansion.

Lu Xuan, Shen Xixu, and Qin Wei rushed all the way to the Lihe River, and the water was really more turbulent than she imagined.

Taking advantage of the emptiness of the river, Lu Xuan immediately went to the front river to investigate carefully.

After a while, Qin Xiao's voice suddenly came from not far away: "Lord Lu, come and see what this is." ”

Lu Xuan hurriedly rushed over when he heard the sound, only to see a layer of white debris on a stone by the river that was wet with water.

Lu Xuan stretched out his hand and touched: "It's wax, it seems that they took over quinine here." ”

"So what do we do now, do we have to find a way to find these thieves?" Shen Xixu asked casually.

Lu Xuan shook his head: "No need, they will come by themselves." ”

Shen Xixu was surprised when he heard this: "Come by yourself?" But how do you know that the last crate of quinine hasn't been taken by them? ”

Lu Xuan raised his lips and smiled: "The wax goes down the water, and if it is hit by stones here, it will inevitably form a floating object on the water surface, but now that the lake is so clean, it must be that quinine has not yet arrived." ”

"What if the wax has been washed away by the current?" Qin Wei asked.

Lu Xuan was still confident: "This place is already downstream, and all the wax will be washed onto the stones over there." ”

As she spoke, she stretched out her hand to point in the direction she had just investigated, which was the lowest part of the Li River, where all the floating objects on the river would be washed away and stay there.

Lu Xuan immediately brought the two of them over there, and then leaned down: "Look at these wax powders on the ground. ”

Shen Xixu reached out to touch it, and immediately grinned: "It's all stuck to the ground." ”

Lu Xuan smiled when he heard this: "Yes, the wax was washed to the bottom by the current, melted by the sun, and then attached to the stones. ”

"So if quinine enters the water within three days, the wax on the box will inevitably float on the water, but now that the water is completely clean, and all the wax here has dried up and adhered to the shore, the last box of quinine is still on the way."

Shen Xixu followed Lu Xuan's explanation, and Lu Xuan suddenly smiled: "Smart." ”

It was rare to see Lu Xuan behaving so freely in front of him, and he praised himself without hesitation, Shen Xixu instantly felt like he was in a honeypot.

As the two were talking, they suddenly saw Qin Xiao's ears move, and then he frowned: "There is the sound of horses' hooves." ”

Qin Wei had followed Gu Huanli for many years and was most familiar with the sounds of these people coming and going, and Lu Xuan and Shen Xixu hurriedly followed him and hid aside when they heard this.

After a while, sure enough, a team of people came over, but it was not the thieves that Lu Xuan was waiting for, but a group of people in official uniforms.

"It's from the West Factory." Lu Xuan quickly recognized it, but he didn't expect them to find it so quickly.

Shen Xixu couldn't help but be a little flustered when he saw this: "What can I do about this, if the people from the West Factory take the first step to blame Uncle Huang, won't we give up all our efforts?" ”

Lu Xuan was also quite anxious at this time, but how could she dare to blatantly go against the people of Xichang? Seeing this scene, Lu Xuan had no choice but to wait and watch the changes.

"There seems to be footsteps over there." Lu Xuan was melancholy, when Qin Wei suddenly spoke.

Could it be that the thieves have finally appeared? Lu Xuan thought this was the case, and his heart was both expectant and nervous for a while.

If the people who came were the thieves, they could trace the lost quinine on their tracks.

But right now, the people in the West Factory are on the side, if they are the first to get there, everything they have done before will be in vain.

"It seems that if you want to catch the thieves successfully, you must first find a way to take the people of the West Factory away." Lu Xuan muttered in a low voice.

Shen Xixu suddenly had an idea in his heart, and he thought for a moment before he spoke: "Leave it to me." ”

Seeing this, Lu Xuan couldn't help but be stunned: "Ah Xu, what are you going to do?" ”

Although the people of Xichang did not dare to deal with Shen Xixu, the county lord of Pingchuan, but after all, she is a golden branch and jade leaf, if there is really any mistake, I am afraid that the eldest princess will not be able to explain it.

Lu Xuan didn't want to stop Shen Xixu when she heard this, but before she could speak, Shen Xixu couldn't help but rush towards the group.

Seeing this, Qin Wei was about to rush forward to pull Shen Xixu back, but was held down by Lu Xuan first.

"Qin's guard is slow, let's take a look first." Lu Xuan said in a low voice, Shen Xixu is the only daughter of the eldest princess after all, even if there is really something wrong with her, no one dares to do anything to her.

But Qin Wei is different, everyone knows that she is one of Gu Huanli's most proud guards, if he shows up, I am afraid that Gu Huanli's intentions for this trip will be immediately exposed.

Thinking of this, Lu Xuan had no choice but to let Shen Xixu mess around for the time being.

At that time, everyone in the West Factory was looking around looking for the target person, only to hear a woman's sharp voice suddenly coming from beside them.

"Oops!" Shen Xixu suddenly appeared out of nowhere, pretending to fall, and everyone hurriedly looked at her when they heard the sound.

was standing in place stunned, and suddenly heard the brutal voice of the woman on the ground: "What are you doing standing there stupidly, why don't you help the county lord up?" ”

After speaking, Shen Xixu raised his eyes to look at the person in front of him with anger on his face, and everyone finally saw the immature face clearly, and hurriedly greeted her.

"Isn't this His Royal Highness the County Lord, how did you appear in this barren mountain and wild place?" One of them, wearing an official uniform, seemed to be the leader, and walked towards Shen Xixu with a flattering face.

The rest of the people followed behind one of them, scrambling to come up and help Shen Xixu up.

Shen Xixu still didn't have any good color on his face, and scolded at the person who was supporting him: "It's been delayed for so long to come over, do you still have this county lord in your eyes?" ”

Hearing this, everyone hurriedly knelt down towards Shen Xixu: "His Royal Highness the county lord is angry, it is the lower officials and others who have no eyes, but how can the county lord appear here alone?" ”

The people of Xichang asked again, it stands to reason that the daughter of the eldest princess of Shen Xixutang should be pampered better than the house, and she appeared here plainly, and there was not even an attendant by her side, which really had to make people suspicious.

And Shen Xixu didn't think too much about it before rushing up, and when he was suddenly asked, he couldn't help but feel a little flustered.

But fortunately, Shen Xixu has been following the eldest princess for many years, and she has seen a lot of big scenes, and she still has the ability to make wisdom in a hurry to deal with this matter.

Shen Xixu immediately put on his posture as the county lord, and now he was bluffing these people with momentum: "When does the whereabouts of this county lord need to be reported to you?" ”

Hearing this, everyone leaned over and went down: "The lower officials don't dare." ”

Seeing that he had successfully frightened everyone, Shen Xixu restrained himself slightly, and then lied: "The county lord passed through here and was separated from the maid guards, where are you?" ”

Shen Xixu pretended not to know anything about the identity of the other party, and the other party did not suspect it, but responded to her honestly: "Xiaguan is a subordinate of Lord Wang Yong, the commander of Xichang, who came to investigate the case on the orders of the adult. ”

"Investigating the case? What kind of case is investigated, just a few of you, what is there to check in this place where birds don't? Send the county lord back quickly. Shen Xixu suddenly made such a request to the other party.

The leader couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when he heard this, and hesitated for a long time before responding: "Xiaguan and the others really have important things to do, and I ask His Royal Highness the county lord to forgive me." ”

"Priority? What is more important than the safety of the prefectural lord? Just let the county lord go back alone, if there is any mistake on the way, can you afford it? Shen Xixu asked everyone.

"This ......" everyone in the West Factory couldn't help but fall into a dilemma, although the commander made the heavy responsibility to be disobedient, but the princess's temper has always been clear to everyone.

Shen Xixu is the only daughter of the eldest princess, if she really has any mistakes, I'm afraid that the heads of everyone here together will not be enough for the eldest princess to vent her anger.

Thinking about it this way, no one can afford this consequence.

The leader hesitated for a moment, and then turned to look at the three guards behind him: "You three, send His Royal Highness the county lord back to the mansion safely." ”