Inside the inn.

The envoy looked at the cloth bag on the table, hesitantly reached out and pressed it twice, and then circled around the table a few more times, his brow furrowed, and he could not see what he was thinking.

Seeing this, the guards on the side couldn't help but follow the other party's gaze on the cloth bag, staring at the ordinary indigo cotton bag for a long time, but they couldn't see the reason, but they were even more puzzled.

Seeing that the envoy was still not speaking, he couldn't hold back and couldn't help asking, "My lord, do you think there is anything unusual about this cloth bag?" Or did the person who sent it have ulterior motives? ”

From the perspective of a martial artist, isn't this cloth bag just a cloth bag for ordinary ready-to-wear shops? is decent, even the color is very popular, not to mention in Shangjing, even in Canglan country, you can find thousands of such cotton cloths.

"I'm not suspicious of them." The envoy finally spoke, and also stopped, he touched the little goatee on his chin, but his eyes still did not take off the cloth bag, he said: "Could it be that the Duke of Guo and Lord Wei did not hesitate to come to the post house in person, just to let the caravan cooperate with his wife?" It's as simple as that? ”

"Envoy, are you ......suspicious," the guard frowned, his eyes tinged with surprise.

But the envoy just shook his head, and then withdrew his gaze, he rubbed his eyebrows, and sighed, "It's nothing, let's take this cloth bag first." By the way, where did Holley go today? ”

The guard let out an "oh" and reported truthfully: "Huada has gone to Jiangfu." Yesterday, Lord Jiang sent someone to invite him, saying that Jiang Mansion had an important competition today, which was about embroidery, and the best embroidery girls in the entire Shangjing gathered in this competition, so he specially invited him to go over and have a look. ”

"Got it, when Hua Li comes back later, let him come to my room."

"Yes!"

After returning to the room, the envoy was always relieved by the ordinary indigo cotton wrap, and after thinking about it, he finally decided to open it now.

He wasn't worried about what secrets there would be in this cloth bag before, but the envoy felt that since the other party was here to seek cooperation, then he should wait for Hua Li, who was in charge of this matter, to come back before opening it, after all, Hua Li was the expert in this convenience.

But since Lu left, he had an inexplicable pimple in his heart, listening to their praise for the Manrou Garment Workshop, the envoy did muttered in his heart: Is this shop really as good as they say?

When this voice sounded, another voice inevitably sounded in the envoy's heart: If you want to know what the hell is, don't you open it now and see?

The envoy's hand stretched out, and when it was about to land on the small bump in the cloth bag, another voice sounded in his heart: But Hua Li has not come back yet, and he has opened it at this time......

"Knock knock—"

Just as he was thinking, there was a knock on the door, and the envoy immediately withdrew his hand and answered the door in a deep voice: "Come in." ”

"Squeak-" The wooden door was opened, and Hua Li stood outside the door with a happy face.

"Ahem, Holley, you're back?" The envoy turned around and sat down on a chair beside him, and asked casually, as if casually.

Hua Li stepped forward, and he didn't have so many scruples in the face of the envoys, so he poured a cup of tea and drank it with a bang, before he said, "Yes, I just came back from Jiangfu." By the way, you really should have come with me today, my lord! Today's game is so exciting! ”

The envoy frowned when he heard this, and was a little puzzled: "Isn't it just an embroidery competition?" It's not a horse race, it's not a hunting race, a competition of several women sitting together and embroidering, what can be exciting? ”

As he spoke, Hua Li drank another half pot of tea, and it seemed that he was indeed thirsty.

Hearing the envoy's doubts, Hua Li raised his lips and smiled, explaining: "The envoy doesn't know that there are all kinds of people participating in this game, and there is also Lu Guogong's wife!" That is, the shopkeeper of Manrou Garment Workshop, Su Xiaoman! “

"When I saw her today, I finally learned why Master Jiang recommended her to us! This shopkeeper Su is really a dragon and phoenix among people, the embroidery is good, the character is also good, smart and generous, and the wisdom is outstanding! That's the kind of man the king wants us to find! ”

Listening to Holley's praise of this shopkeeper Su, the envoy became more and more curious about Su Xiaoman's appearance, what kind of person can not only be praised by her husband and her husband's friends, but also win Holley's appreciation?

Curiosity is curiosity, but the business cannot be forgotten, the envoy asked: "What happened today, how did your attitude change so quickly?" ”

"This duchess has always been low-key, this time to participate in the competition, in order not to attract attention, but also to ensure the fairness of the competition, she specially changed her identity, with the identity of an ordinary embroidery girl in the Manrou Garment Workshop to participate in the competition." Hua Li said with a smile: "If it's just like this, it's just that, but this Duchess is also exquisite in embroidery and generous!" In the face of being slandered by everyone, he has no intention of retreating, and he is polite and courteous in dialectic. If you go, your lordship, you will definitely have a different opinion of her. ”

"What the hell is going on? Isn't it a game? How can you still be slandered? The envoy became more and more curious.

Hua Li glanced at him with a smile, and then explained the cause and effect of the matter.

Today, Holley was invited by Jiang Qiming to go to Jiangfu early in the morning to watch today's game. When Huali arrived in Jiangfu, the embroidery girls of those competitions had already entered the mansion one after another, because he heard that Su Xiaoman would also participate in today's competition, so he specially observed the embroidery girls who participated in the competition.

Most of these embroidery girls are wearing ordinary, mostly cotton and linen clothes, Hua Li thought in his heart: Su Xiaoman is also the Duchess of the Kingdom, and has opened several shops in Shangjing, not to mention the rich and powerful, to participate in such a competition, they will definitely dress up, even if they are not so gorgeous, but they must not be simple.

But when I looked around this circle, I didn't find a few, and only a few people who were gorgeously dressed were not the right age. When he saw this, Holley began to wonder, would Su Xiaoman really participate in such a competition?

Just when he was secretly wondering, the quarrel of several people in the distance grew louder and louder, drawing his attention and gaze to the past. Hua Li left the servant, quietly came up, and relied on his height advantage to watch the whole quarrel outside the crowd.

The reason for the quarrel was not very clear, but the reason was that the richly dressed woman accused another simple girl of plagiarizing someone else's embroidery in the previous day's competition, and the simple girl was dissatisfied with being slandered, so she argued with the other party.

When Holley went, it was a time when a gorgeously dressed woman was arrogantly accusing the other party, using vulgar words and obscene words, which was really not something that a girl's family could say, and Holley didn't understand the reason very well at that time, but looking at the simple girl pitiful, he wanted to step forward to argue for her.

But before Hua Li could make a move, the simple girl suddenly refuted, probably unable to bear it, so she unceremoniously fought back.

The gorgeous woman was stunned on the spot, and the simple girl took the opportunity to scold the past fiercely, and took this opportunity to explain the reason to everyone around her. He listed one piece of evidence after another, so as to prove that he had not copied anyone's embroidery, and that he was not as unbearable as the gorgeous woman said.

Just as Hua Li wanted to come forward to get acquainted with the simple girl, the housekeeper of the Jiang Mansion came over to separate the crowd and asked his subordinates to take the embroidery girls to the competition.

Holley was also invited to Jiang Qiming's study by the housekeeper, because he was still worried about this simple girl in his heart, so he casually mentioned it, but he didn't expect Jiang Qiming to break down a word, saying that the girl was Su Xiaoman, that is, the shopkeeper of the Manrou Garment Workshop that he specially recommended to Holley.

"I see." After listening to Hua Li's narration, the envoy nodded thoughtfully.

Hua Li looked at the other party excitedly and said firmly: "Lord Envoy, I think we can definitely cooperate with this Su shopkeeper, she is the person we are looking for." I firmly believe that if I can cooperate with her, it will definitely be much more convenient to be on Donglan's side in the future. ”

Not to mention that she is the wife of Donglan Guogong, just the courage to open three stores for her, as well as her appearance of not panicking and cowardice in the face of slander, are enough to make Huali appreciate and admire.

The envoy frowned, still a little hesitant: "But just because she is a good person, we can't rush to cooperate with her in such a big business." ”

Xu was warned by Lu Li and others, or maybe he hadn't seen Su Xiaoman himself so far, and the envoy was never sure about cooperating with this young Duchess of the Kingdom.

"Your Excellency, don't worry!" Holley patted his chest and promised, "Today's embroidery girl and others competition, I have specially seen Su Xiaoman's works, the embroidery is experienced and delicate, and he can definitely take on this big responsibility!" ”

After speaking, in order to prevent the envoy from saying something more, Hua Li said: "You think, she can open three shops in such a prosperous place as Shangjing, and she doesn't care about the miscellaneous items in the store except for a glance at the account book at the end of every month." Isn't that the kind of person we're looking for? ”

After listening to what Hua Li said, the envoy touched his nose, but he still didn't make up his mind.

He said: "Holley, the matter of harmony has not yet been negotiated, we still have a long time in Beijing, and it is better to plan more for some things, don't insist on going your own way, there is no way back for the province." ”

Hua Li sighed when he heard this, "Okay, but Lord Envoy, I believe that Su Xiaoman is the best person to cooperate with us, and time will prove to you." ”

"Well, since you've seen Su Xiaoman, the person who secretly tracked and investigated her can be withdrawn, so as not to be discovered." The envoy commanded.

"Yes! I'll arrange it! ”

Hua Li got up and was about to turn around and leave, but Yu Guang suddenly glanced at the cloth bag on the table, and he couldn't help but ask casually: "Your Excellency, what is this?" ”

As he spoke, before the envoy could respond, Hua Li stepped forward and opened the cloth bag and shook off the clothes inside.