As soon as Chu Lan came out of the wine shop, he saw a carriage that was already waiting, with gold trim on the horse's palm, and the carriage was even more luxurious.

Don't think about it, this was arranged by Yang Husheng in advance, and he himself had already gone to the Xuanhua City Lord's Mansion that night.

It rained last night, and the dirt road between the main city and the Xuanhua City Government was already full of mud.

When Chu Lan first arrived here, three carriages passed by, and they were driven by a man with a good temperament, so it was expected to be Fan Wenxing.

Suddenly, Chu Lan lifted the curtain and jumped out of the carriage, the groom driving was startled, tightened the reins, and the healthy horse neighed, and it had already stopped.

Chu Lan fell lightly to the ground, the traces of the three carriages yesterday were still there, Chu Lan stretched out his hand, stained with a little mud, under the mud, there was a layer of shallow traces, it turned out to be rut marks, but it was much lighter than the cars on Fan Wenxing's frame, the rut marks were very shallow, after being washed by the rain, it was difficult to detect if you didn't look carefully.

Chu Lan walked out along the road for dozens of meters, the two rut prints were intricately intertwined, Chu Lan looked in one direction, his eyes shining.

When the horseman saw Chu Lan's strange behavior, he didn't say anything, but he was thinking in his heart that this young swordsman from a foreign country was afraid that he had some problems with his brain, and he didn't sit in a good car, so he had to use his fingers to stain the mud.

After Chu Lan got into the car, he asked the groom for a water bladder, cleaned his fingers, and then calmly said, "Keep walking"

A horse-drawn carriage scrambled along a muddy road.

At the same time, Chu Lan had already arrived at the gate of Xuanhua Mansion.

In front of the door, two white marble lions have teeth and five claws, and the plaque in the middle of the plaque is marked with three big characters "Xuanhua Mansion" with gold hooks and silver, and there is an axe mark next to it.

Chu Lan tugged at the corners of his mouth, it seems that this Xuanhua Mansion Lord has not been scavenging the people's fat and people's cream, and the luxury of the building is about to catch up with the Yulong Mansion.

Passing through the long corridor carved with strange beasts, passing through three portals in succession, turning the flowing fireflies and emerald flower screens, I saw a pavilion, in which there was a round table with four people seated.

Chu Lan thought to himself, this is just the backyard, there are no less than a dozen secret sentinels on both sides, there are no less than a dozen high pavilions, it is said that the inner library is ten times stricter than this, even if the embroidery thief can touch in and enter the warehouse, how can so many gold, silver and jewelry be transported out? This is an unbelievable thing.

The four of them saw a delicate young man with a sword on his back, and hurriedly beckoned.

Sitting in the right position is a rough man, with broad forehead and high cheeks, two thick eyebrows, a pair of tiger eyes, attractive ears, a red face, and a long time in his hand playing with two egg-sized golden galls, with a slight sadness between his eyebrows.

Sitting on the left is Yang Husheng, who has a big belly and a hooked nose, and on the right is the man who drove the car he met yesterday, with a white face and an extraordinary bearing, the fly in the ointment is that one of his two eyes is closed, not that he doesn't give Chu Lan face, but there is no way to open it anymore.

There is also an old man sitting here, in good spirits, slowly drinking tea, his hair is gray, obviously not young, but the spirit is very well maintained, a pair of eyes flashing with wisdom.

A handsome maid next to her pulled out a chair, and Yang Husheng motioned for Chu Lan to sit down.

The maid poured him a cup of good Longjing, and then Yang Husheng introduced him

"This is the famous Xuanhua Mansion Lord, An Yangze"

"This is Fan Wenxing, the commander of the guards of Xuanhua Mansion, the number one master of Xuanhua Mansion except for the lord of the mansion"

"This old-timer is Lu Botong, the most knowledgeable person in our entire Xuanhua Mansion, and an old friend of the lord of Xuanhua Mansion, he has a relationship with the underworld and white forces, if you don't understand something, you can ask him"

Chu Lan hugged his fists one by one, in fact, except for the old man named Lu Botong, the rest were basically the same as his conjecture

"Long admiration, long admiration" tone is neither humble nor arrogant.

Then Yang Husheng opened his mouth again: "This is Chu Lanchu's little brother who can be called a genius in terms of skill and intelligence."

A few people nodded their heads one by one.

Chu Lan always felt that this Yang Husheng was suspected of killing himself, Yang Huan added fuel and vinegar and said that his martial arts were good, this Yang Husheng said this is understandable, but I just said that I am very intelligent, this kind of person has not, why do you say this?

It's just that he didn't show it, and he didn't know what medicine was sold in the other party's gourd.

An Zeyang said loudly, "Little Brother Chu, this should not have involved you in this incident, but the case of this red-clothed thief is really a mess for us, I sent two-thirds of my brothers to investigate, and I still have no clue, little brother travels through the rivers and lakes, presumably his views will not be limited by conventional ideas such as ordinary head hunting, and I, Brother Yang, have always strongly admired you, so I want to trouble Brother Chu to help." ”

Chu Lan's expression was as indifferent as water, but his heart was not calm, this red-clothed thief was too rigorous, so many people went to investigate, but they didn't find the slightest clue.

He said, "It's just that the kid's ability is weak, I don't know if I can catch the red-clothed thief, and I will ask the mansion master for forgiveness when the time comes." ”

An Zeyang said, "Little brother is too modest, but you don't have to worry, in fact, I also know that this matter is very rare, I just want one more brother to have a chance to succeed, so I hope you can provide unique insights." ”

Yang Husheng added, "Our Xuanhua Mansion Master, you have always been heroic to people, please rest assured that you will be indispensable when the time comes."

Chu Lan sneered in her heart, thinking that if you didn't set me up, I could come to the soup to muddy the waters?

An Zeyang raised his wine glass, "Let's talk about business today, so replace wine with tea, and when this matter is resolved, I will hold a feast and catch the wind for our little brother Chu Lan."

Several people nodded and drank the tea in their cups.

The maid next to her was clever, and she had already made tea for a few people again without deliberately commanding her.

Chu Lan watched the tea with a gun and a flag in the water, standing alone.

He said, "In that case, can I ask you a few questions?"

"Of course," a few nodded.

"Is the embroidered shoe that was left in the inner treasury of your mansion still there?"

An Zeyang nodded, and took out the only clue from the ring, embroidered shoes!

Chu Lan received it in his hand, this was a shoe on his left foot, the fabric was very ordinary, but the silk thread used in the delicate peony was not ordinary.

"Old man Lu, you may recognize where the silk thread used for this peony is produced?"

Lu Botong wiped his beard, thought for a while and said, "It should be from Persia, but there are three shops selling this kind of silk thread in the entire main city of Xuanhua Mansion, namely Fu Ruixiang, Ruddy Hair, and Blue Moon Pavilion."

Chu Lan's eyes lit up, and he felt as if he had found a line, and he might gain something by following this line.

An Zeyang shook his head, stopped the rotation of the two golden galls in his hand, and the sadness between his eyebrows became even stronger.

"Little brother is the same as I thought at the time, but these stores in Xuanhua Mansion ship a huge amount of goods every day, and I sent someone to look through it for a long time and didn't find anything suspicious."

Chu Lan sighed and insisted, "When I go back, I will trouble Senior Lu to write me a copy of the location of a few shops, although there is little hope, I still want to take a look." ”

Lu Botong nodded, and Chu Lan looked at the Xuanhua Mansion Master again, "Mansion Master, is it true that the embroidery thief will leave a shoe in place every time he commits a crime?"

"That's right"

"Can you trouble your brother to collect these shoes?"

"No problem, I'll arrange for someone to do it right away!"

"Brother Fan, can you tell me in detail about the attack that day?"

After Fan Wenxing was blinded, his swordsmanship was greatly reduced, and his status in Xuanhua Mansion also declined sharply. The reason why he is still qualified to sit here is because he is one of the important parties.

He had been sitting on the side, looking a little lonely and preoccupied, but it was not surprising that it would not be easy for anyone to have this happen.

Hearing Chu Lan's inquiry, he hesitated for a moment, and then slowly explained what happened that day.

"When I was about the same day, I went to the inner warehouse as usual to check the goods, and those who know me well may know that I have always been cautious, and it is a habit that I have developed over the years to check once a day, but when I inserted the key and opened the door, I was startled, and the big man in red was sitting on a large box, embroidering the flower shoes with a calm expression. I was about to draw my sword, he had already finished the last shot, I never imagined that a person would shoot so quickly, before I could pull out the sword completely, my eyes were already bleeding, I lost consciousness in an instant due to the pain, and I don't know what happened after that."

Chu Lan frowned and thought to herself

"This Fan Wenxing has the cultivation of the Nine Grades of the Spirit Wheel, and if he can pierce his eyes before he draws his sword, I am afraid that he will at least have the strength above the Dawn Realm, even if I can find this person according to the clues, it is estimated that I will not be able to defeat him, it seems that this matter is still not in a hurry. ”

He continued, "I've heard that Neku is ten times more strict than here, but I don't know if it's true."

An Zeyang said solemnly, "It's hard for flies to fly in"

"Seamless?"

"Not at all"

"But the red-clothed thief couldn't help but enter the inner vault and got the key, otherwise how did he get in?"

An Zeyang stopped talking, he couldn't think of such a strict guard, how the red-clothed thief got into the inner library.

Chu Lan said again, "Mansion Master, can you show me the design drawings of the inner library, including the situation of the handover of the guards." ”

An Zeyang stopped talking, and the rest of the people stopped talking, their brows furrowed very tightly.

Chu Lan secretly scolded himself for being stupid, if the other party really gave him this layout, it would be equivalent to telling him everything in the inner library.

It's as if someone is saying to him, I have treasures here, there are secret sentinels here, you should be careful when you come to steal.

The atmosphere was silent for a while, Chu Lan was about to apologize, An Zeyang spoke first, and he actually agreed.

However, it was clear that he had made this decision with a great deal of ideological struggle, almost word for word.

Chu Lan nodded, this An Zeyang is also a cheerful person, he didn't like these people originally, but this time Chu Lan has changed his opinion of him a lot, this is a scheming person who is decisive enough to do things.

Fan Wenxing, Yang Husheng, and Lu Botong all showed surprised looks on their faces, obviously taken aback by An Zeyang's decision.

An Zeyang explained, "Since you have decided to let Little Brother Chu come to this troubled water, you might as well be honest, I believe that Little Brother Chu is by no means a person who is greedy for money." ”

Chu Lan smiled for the first time, and smiled honestly, and he replied, "By no means"

"But Little Brother Chu promised me that after reading it, the drawings would be destroyed in time, and the second person would never be allowed to see it."

"Definitely"

Chu Lan breathed a sigh of relief, now that the scattered clues had been collected, what he needed to do next was to integrate these things.

But things were far from being as simple as he thought.