Xiao Gongzi's new job was settled, and Du Xiaomeng took Liu Lu out early the next morning, ready to go to Ruyi Painting Workshop to tell him good news.

Liu Lu knew where the Ruyi Painting Workshop was, and it was said that it was only seven or eight streets away from the General's Mansion. Because of the proximity, Du Xiaomeng didn't bother to prepare a sedan chair and walked over with Liu Lu.

After leaving the General's Mansion and walking for a while, Du Xiaomeng felt as if someone was following behind him. This feeling of being stared at from behind already existed before leaving the General's Mansion, but there were many people in the General's Mansion, so she didn't care about it at that time. Unexpectedly, after coming out, this feeling not only did not disappear, but followed her all the time.

Du Xiaomeng frowned slightly. Who's stalking her? She quietly took Liu Lu's hand and said softly: "Xiao Yanagi, listen to me, don't turn your head and look back." It's as if someone is following us. ”

Liu Lu's body stiffened, and he asked in a low voice, "Won't it?" ”

Du Xiaomeng didn't speak, and continued to walk forward at a normal pace as if nothing happened. That person followed him here from the General's Mansion, and he could be noticed by Du Xiaomeng at once, which can explain two problems: first, that person is likely to be from the General's Mansion; Second, the man did not have professional training in tracking and reconnaissance.

Thinking about it this way, the people who followed her were not on the same level as the people who kidnapped her last time. However, the last kidnapping incident left a deep impression on her heart, and for the sake of safety, it was better to turn back to the General's Mansion.

Du Xiaomeng looked around with her eyes, there were no alleys on both sides of this street, there were people coming and going on the street, and it was not very far from the General's Mansion, if the people who followed her wanted to attack her, they should not pick this place.

"Xiaoyanagi, let's not go to the painting workshop, go back to the General's Mansion." Du Xiaomeng whispered.

"Yes." Liu Lu responded in a little panic, but seeing that her wife looked calm and relaxed, she couldn't show her panic, so she could only pretend to be calm and turn around next to her wife and walk back.

The moment Du Xiaomeng turned around, he saw a figure less than three meters behind him shrinking into a roadside stall in a panic, pretending to look at the goods in the stall.

That person turned out to be Xiaohong, whom both Du Xiaomeng and Liu Lu knew.

Seeing Xiaohong pretending to stand by the stall and look at it, Du Xiaomeng immediately understood. No wonder they followed from the General's Mansion all the way out, no wonder the level of tracking was so poor.

Du Xiaomeng pretended not to see her, and only found her "inadvertently" when she walked to the stall, and then asked in surprise: "Xiaohong?" Why are you here? She looked up and looked around happily, "Sister Qiusha also came out?" Where is she? My sister doesn't usually like to hang out, but today I finally met her and came out, and I want to walk around with my sister! ”

After looking around for a while and not seeing Qiu Sha's figure, Du Xiaomeng took Xiao Hong's hand, blinked a pair of pure and unadulterated eyes to look at her face, and asked, "Xiao Hong, didn't you come out with Sister Qiu Sha?" Why didn't you see her? ”

Xiaohong's expression was very uncomfortable, her eyes shrank and she didn't dare to look directly at Du Xiaomeng, and squeaked: "Mrs. Qiu, she, she didn't come out." I, Madame, I, I, I'm out to help Madame buy rouge. ”

This level of lying is much worse than Du Xiaomeng when she was a few years old.

However, Du Xiaomeng is a very naïve and ignorant girl at this time, she didn't see Xiaohong's inappropriateness, and forgot Xiaohong's cynicism and contempt for her before, she held Xiaohong's arm very enthusiastically, smiled like a flower, and said: "That's a coincidence!" I saw a box of rouge with a beautiful color and wanted to buy it for my sister, but I didn't know if she liked that color or not. Xiaohong, you must know what color she likes after serving your sister for so long, let's go to the rouge shop together, can you help me see the color of that box of rouge? ”

Xiaohong pushed Du Xiaomeng's hand away in a little panic and said, "I, I've already bought it, there are other things waiting for me to do, I don't have time to accompany you!" With that, she quickly turned around and hurried away.

Du Xiaomeng smiled and waved at Xiaohong's back and shouted: "Xiaohong, you go back and tell my sister that I will personally cook and cook delicious food today, and I will send some to her when it is ready!" Ay! Xiaohong, you go slowly, don't fall! ”

As soon as she finished shouting, Xiaohong, who was walking fast as if someone was chasing her behind her, really fell. Xiaohong hurriedly got up, didn't look back, and didn't pat the dust on her body, only to see that she walked faster and faster, and soon blended into the crowd of people coming and going on the street.

Du Xiaomeng looked at Xiaohong's back and smiled very sincerely. It wasn't until Xiaohong's back disappeared that she withdrew her gaze and said to Liu Lu calmly: "Xiao Liu, go to the painting workshop." ”

Liu Lu asked puzzledly, "Madam, it was Xiaohong who followed us just now, right?" Why is she following us? ”

Du Xiaomeng shrugged her shoulders, with a puzzled expression on her face, and said, "Who knows?" Maybe it's enough to hold on. ”

"Madame!" As if she had remembered something, Liu Lu hurriedly pulled Du Xiaomeng to the side of the road, looked left and right a few times, and saw that no one was paying attention to them, so she lowered her voice and said in her wife's ear: "You said, did Mrs. Qiu let Xiaohong follow you and spy on you?" ”

Du Xiaomeng laughed and said very stupidly and innocently: "Sister, why is she spying on me?" I'm not a big guy or a big guy, and it's no good to spy on me. ”

Liu Lu warned seriously: "Madam, you better be careful. Maybe Madame Qiu sees that the lord is particularly fond of you and protects you, and the general has been treating you very well recently, and she is afraid that her position will be replaced by you, so she will let people spy on you and find your fault. Don't believe it, Aunt Chen in the kitchen used to work in the palace, she said that in order to compete for favor, women can use any insidious means to harm others. ”

Du Xiaomeng agreed with Liu Lu's statement in her heart, and she was not unwary of Qiu Sha, but she still had a disbelieving expression on her face, and said: "Xiao Liu, you think too much, and I don't want to compete with Sister Qiu for favor, how could she come to harm me?" ”

"Madame......"

Liu Lu wanted to say something, but Du Xiaomeng interrupted her: "Xiaoliu, hurry up!" You walk as slowly as a turtle crawling, and if you don't walk, we may not be able to go back to the General's Mansion after dark! ”

With that, she stopped chatting with Liu Lu, turned around and strode forward. Seeing this, Liu Lu had to follow quickly.

Although the wife of her family is smart, her heart is too good and she is too simple. She has to watch carefully, and she can't let Mrs. Qiu have any chance to harm her wife!

After driving away Xiaohong, who was following him, the feeling of being stared at disappeared. Du Xiaomeng was still a little worried, she paid special attention to the movements around her along the way, and when she arrived at the Ruyi Painting Workshop, she did not find any other suspicious characters.

Du Xiaomeng asked Liu Lu to go into the Ruyi Painting Workshop to find someone, while she waited outside the workshop. Not long after, Xiao Gongzi walked out with Liu Lu.

"Madam, the slave is waiting for you over there." Willow Green automatically and consciously retreated a few meters away.

Du Xiaomeng went straight to the point and told Xiao Gongzi what he meant today.

"To the account officer of the General's Palace?" Xiao Gongzi looked at Du Xiaomeng with incomprehensible eyes, and then lowered his voice, "No, no!" If I go to the General's Mansion with such an identity, if someone knows about me and my wife, wouldn't it be self-defeating? ”

Du Xiaomeng smiled easily, lowered his voice and said, "Don't you know that the most dangerous place is the safest? The General's Mansion looks very dangerous, but how many people know you here in the capital? How many of you know about you? Besides, now it's just you going to the general's mansion alone, the general doesn't know you, and even if he lets him see you, he won't have any thoughts about a stranger. ”

Xiao Gongzi twisted his eyebrows and did not speak.

Du Xiaomeng said again: "The treatment in the general's mansion is definitely better than that of the painting workshop, and the general promised to find you a school to recommend." You can go to the general's mansion first, and it's not too late to make plans after the exam next year. Xiao Gongzi, with me taking care of you in the house, you will not have a problem if you are more careful and low-key. ”

"This ......" Xiao Gongzi was moved.

There is a school hall and a recommendation, this is a big pie falling from the sky for him, and he can't be moved or not. In order to elope, he gave up this spring's township exam, and if he can't get a ranking in the township, he is not eligible to participate in next year's spring exam, unless, you have a recommendation from the school. I have been studying hard for decades, in order to get ahead in the exam, and if I can't take the spring exam next year, I will have to wait for three years.

Heartbeat, but he still has some concerns. After hesitating for a while, he said, "Well, let me go back and think about it and give you an answer, okay?" ”

Du Xiaomeng didn't force him, but just said, "No problem." If Xiao Gongzi thinks about it, go to the General's Mansion to find me. I told the general that Miss was my best sister when I was in my mother's house, and when you came to me, just say that she was my good sister's father-in-law, and not much else. ”

"Understood." Xiao Gongzi nodded.