In fact, they had also been to the room where the incense was placed during the day.
But at that time, they were only busy asking about the situation with the little Taoist priest, and forgot to check the big incense.
And looking back now, Qin Rushuang found the location where the Taoist priest stood at that time very interesting.
When the Taoist priest entered the door, he let them go first and followed behind him. The order of the incense was arranged starting from the time he entered the door, from small to large.
During the day, after the Taoist priest followed him into the house where the incense was placed, he made a detour without leaving a trace and walked behind the two of them.
When Qin Rushuang wanted to see those big incense, the Taoist priest inadvertently covered Qin Rushuang's eyes.
Moreover, his body also blocked the fragrance from behind, and he didn't take a step back. Now that he thought about it, it seemed that he didn't want them to go over and check.
I just don't know what's wrong with this fragrance.
Because there were still people patrolling outside, the two of them did not dare to light a fire and could only explore slowly in the darkness by moonlight.
Without even thinking about it, Qin Rushuang was about to walk towards the place where the largest incense was placed. As soon as she raised her foot, she was held back by Xie Xun.
"I'll go over there and take a look. You stay right here. If there's anything wrong with the fragrance, don't get close."
Qin Rushuang nodded and stood there waiting for Xie Xun to go over and check.
Xie Xun walked over by himself and started looking at the largest incense. As he looked, he carefully identified the smell of the incense.
If you smell it roughly, the smell of the incense is no different from ordinary incense. They all have the smell of incense. But if you smell it carefully, it is slightly different. In addition to the smell of incense, there is also a faint fragrance that seems to be absent.
Xie Xun always felt that he had smelled that smell somewhere before, but he couldn't remember it for a while.
Fortunately, Xie Xun was prepared. Before he went out, he went to the kitchen and touched a pile of greaseproof paper.
At this time, he took out a small dagger from his arms and, starting from the highest incense, gently scraped off some powder from each incense and wrapped it up.
All the way from the highest incense to Qin Rushuang.
"I took some of all the incense and took it with me. It is not suitable to stay here for a long time. We will go back to Xu Mansion first."
Qin Rushuang nodded.
The two were about to leave the door when they heard footsteps again.
"How about we go in and take a look? Didn't Senior Brother Zhou just tell us to keep an eye on it?"
"Go away! I think you are just suspicious, just wild cats! And didn't we just stay here all the time? How could anyone get in?!"
Another Taoist priest who asked to check seemed a little worried, "Brother, please wait outside, I will go in and check it myself."
Qin Rushuang and Xie Xun inside looked at each other, and Qin Rushuang whispered: "What should I do? I'm coming in."
Xie Xun pulled Qin Rushuang up and said, "Follow me."
When he just checked the incense sticks, he found that the largest ones were placed diagonally against the wall because of their huge size. There were some gaps between the incense sticks and the wall, which should be enough for two people to hide inside.
Qin Rushuang followed him and walked over. The gap was indeed big enough for the two of them to hide, but it was inevitable that they would need to be very close.
Xie Xun untied his robe and tried to pull Qin Rushuang into his arms as usual. Qin Rushuang quickly said: "No need! I'm hiding inside, they can't see it from the outside."
"It's better to be careful. Who knows what the incense is made of? It's better for me to protect you with my robe."
Qin Rushuang nodded, it wasn't the first time anyway, and simply got into Xie Xun's arms obediently.
The location where the two of them were hiding was so tricky that they couldn't be seen from the outside, and the little Taoist priest didn't check carefully. He just walked along the incense and went out when he saw nothing unusual.
Qin Rushuang and Xie Xun held their breath in the room and waited until the patrolling footsteps of the two had gone away. Then they left the room with lingering fear and returned to the Xu Mansion from the Taoist Temple.
After changing his clothes, Xie Xun mentioned his guess.
"I smelled the incense just now, and I always felt that there was some other fragrance mixed with the incense smell. I couldn't remember it for a while. Do you have any ideas?"
Qin Rushuang stretched out her hand and said, "Your Majesty, let me smell those fragrant powders."
Xie Xun did not give her the fragrant powder wrapped in oil paper, but said: "That's it, I'll find a doctor to identify it another day."
Qin Rushuang always felt uneasy when he brought something of unknown origin to Qin Rushuang.
Lying in bed at night, Qin Rushuang couldn't sleep, so she asked Xie Xun, "Does the prince still think that there may be some hallucinogenic things in this box?"
"This king has initially concluded that this is the case."
Qin Rushuang followed Xie Xun's thoughts and suddenly her eyes lit up.
"I heard that most of these drugs are addictive, and thinking about the situation of Boss Xu and Grandma Shen Xiaoyang, is it possible that they are actually addicted, but they are not aware of it?"
"This possibility cannot be ruled out."
"Otherwise, how about we hold Boss Xu back when he goes to burn incense tomorrow?"
According to Qin Rushuang's observation, if there is really something addictive in incense, then a believer like Boss Xu who has been able to smoke incense must have been deeply addicted. As long as he is held back, clues will definitely be revealed.
Qin Rushuang became more and more excited as she talked and couldn't sleep.
As she was speaking, she felt a warmth on her face. It turned out to be Xie Xun who put his hand on her eyelids.
"It's late at night, go to bed soon."
"But."
"Let's talk tomorrow. I'll listen to you."
The next day, Qin Rushuang thought about yesterday's plan and deliberately got up late in the morning.
"Boss Xu, I'm really sorry. I just came to Zhou County and I'm a little acclimatized. I rested late last night. I'm afraid I have to have lunch before I can go to the shop to continue talking about yesterday's business."
In fact, Zhou County is only two days' journey from Kyoto. Qin Rushuang is simply telling lies.
But Boss Xu was only thinking about the "noble people" and "constant wealth" that Taoist Wang told him. He didn't notice the strangeness in Qin Rushuang's tone, but said with a smile: "Of course! I'll tell the kitchen to make lunch first!"
After lunch, Qin Rushuang calmly followed Boss Xu to the rouge shop.
In the process of discussing business, Qin Rushuang also tried her best to delay the time. Seeing that the time was approaching when Boss Xu was offering incense yesterday, Boss Xu really couldn't sit still.
"These two distinguished guests... I should go to the Taoist temple to offer incense at this time. How about we talk about it later...?"
Qin Rushuang had a serious face, "Boss Xu keeps going to the Taoist temple when we are talking about it. Could it be that he has some opinions on this business?"
Boss Xu waved his hand quickly, "Where is it! The time is almost here, and Taoist Wang and I have made an appointment."
"Boss Xu's words are wrong. Since Mr. Wang said that your distinguished guests are us, then Mr. Wang can naturally calculate that today is the most important time for us to discuss business. If you want to come and go a little later, there will be no hindrance, right?"
Seeing that Qin Rushuang had reached this point, Boss Xu could only grit his teeth and agree, "Okay, let's continue talking."
Qin Rushuang took out the purchase list she wanted to purchase and discussed it with Boss Xu, observing Boss Xu's expression while talking.
As time went by, Boss Xu's condition really became abnormal.
