Ten miles away from the border city, in the Donglan camp, Lu Li stood on the commanding heights and looked at the border city in the north, his brows furrowed, and he was uneasy.

Lu Li's deputy general, Zhang Haoguang, stepped forward and draped his cloak on Lu Li's shoulder, "General, it's windy up here, you should be careful of catching a cold." ”

"Haoguang, have the people who went to investigate the military intelligence come back?" Lu Li wrapped his shawl tightly and asked worriedly.

Zhang Haoguang sighed almost inaudibly, and was about to speak, but was attracted by the horse that suddenly rushed to the gate of the camp.

He immediately pointed to the gate of the camp, and his voice was full of excitement that could not be concealed: "General, look! ”

Lu Li pursed his lips, then turned around and rushed to the gate of the camp.

When he arrived at the gate of the camp, the soldiers on horseback had already come down, and when he saw Lu Li coming, he hurriedly knelt down and saluted, and bowed his hand: "General, it has been investigated!" ”

"Go to my tent and talk about it."

The three of them entered the camp tent of the main general one after another, and the soldier who was sent by Lu Li to inquire about the news took out a parchment roll from his arms, and then carefully presented it: "General, this is the enemy's food, grass and troop deployment map. ”

This Lu Li had long known that the barbarian leader was warlike and very interested in fame and fortune, so he asked the soldiers to move the women and children in the border city elsewhere early, and let the soldiers in his camp pretend to be the residents of the city, so that he could ambush in the border city to obtain powerful information.

In order to communicate smoothly, they had dug a secret passage long before they pretended to abandon the border city, and now the soldiers who were ambushed in the city had already obtained the deployment map of the barbarians' troops, so they naturally sent them back as soon as possible.

In the past few days, Lu Li has been worried about the safety of the people in the city, and he is worried that his arrangements will be discovered, but now that everything is ready, he can start acting.

Lu Liping retired the soldiers, and summoned the soldiers in the army to discuss, and a group of people studied the barbarian troop deployment map for a long time, and finally decided to start in three days.

Because of the early preparation, coupled with the enemy's troop deployment map in hand, and the soldiers who stayed in the border city in disguise, Lu Li won a complete victory in the war three days later, not only recovering the border city, but also repelling the barbarians for dozens of miles, but the barbarian leader was too cunning, and Lu Li was afraid that the other party would withdraw so soon that there would be other traps waiting for him, so he ordered everyone to stop the pursuit.

When this good news reached Shangjing, it was when Su Xiaoman's third competition passed smoothly, and the entire Manrou Garment Workshop was jubilant, as if it was the New Year.

Xia Wanrou took Xiao Man's hand, her face was unconcealed happiness, "Now you can rest assured?" Lu Li is brave and good at fighting, and he has experience, so he will definitely be fine. ”

"Hmm!" Xiao Man nodded heavily, and the smile in the corner of his eyes couldn't be contained.

Lu Li won the battle, the emperor was happy, and he rewarded Lu Mansion with many jewels, plus Su Xiaoman had just won the third competition, and for a while, Lu Mansion was full of people, and there was an endless stream of people who came to visit and congratulate.

However, everyone has different thoughts, whether they are here to congratulate, or to stammer, or to do something else, no one can guess.

Besides, Xiaoman is not clear about the interpersonal relationship in Shangjing, so no matter who comes, she does her best to greet and chat, and at the end of this day, even if she is just sitting, she is tired enough.

"Madam, let's close the door tomorrow, otherwise how can you prepare for the fourth competition if you continue like this?" Pearl was distressed, and proposed while changing Su Xiaoman's clothes.

Jade on the side sighed when she heard this, "But people are sent to the door, how can we close the door and not see each other?" ”

Pearl couldn't bear it, "But if it goes on like this, Madame will definitely be tired, besides, where are those people who really come to congratulate our lady, one by one like jackals, there are words hidden in every word, and I can't wait to eat our lady." ”

"What Sister Pearl said makes sense, but it's not always a way to see each other behind closed doors."

Su Xiaoman closed her eyes and let the two girls speak, she only listened, but didn't say a word.

She was so tired and sleepy that she had been patronizing and entertaining guests for the past two days, and she didn't have time to check on the store, let alone prepare for the competition in three days.

She'd have to figure out a way.

The next day, someone came to visit Xiaoman before he got up, and Pearl complained, but he had to go to the bedroom to wake Xiaoman up, "Madam, I'll wait for you to freshen up, right?" ”

As soon as the words fell, there was a coughing sound behind the layers of bed curtains, and Pearl was startled, and hurriedly stepped forward to investigate: "Madam, are you sick?" ”

"Well, last night, ahem...... I was a little uncomfortable, but I didn't expect it...... Ahem...... It's serious again this morning. Su Xiaoman clutched his chest and replied.

Pearl immediately decided: "I will go to the doctor immediately, and ask the lady to wait for a while." ”

"Wait a minute," Su Xiaoman stood up, clutched his chest and said weakly: "Let those who come to visit disperse, I'm afraid I won't be able to get up to entertain them today." ”

"Minions, go tell them."

Pearl left, Su Xiaoman, who was originally holding his chest and coughing, suddenly stopped coughing, a smug smile rose at the corner of his mouth, and lay down again.

After a while, Pearl took the doctor to the door, "Doctor Zhang, please wait a while, I'll call our lady." ”

After speaking, Pearl entered the bedroom lightly and called softly: "Madam, the doctor is here, and the slave will wait for you to get up." “

Su Xiaoman couldn't help but sneer, "Silly pearl, don't you see that I'm fine?" Let the doctor go back, I haven't slept enough. ”

"Madame......" Pearl was stunned.

"Just now it was just to let those people leave, but I'm afraid that you won't act like you enough, so I can only lie to you together." Xiao Manyun is light and breezy, and his breath is steady, and he is like Su Xiaoman, who is coughing constantly.

Only then did Pearl realize that she sighed amusefully and helplessly, so she had to cover the bed curtains, quit and told the doctor, and gave the other party the corresponding outpatient fee and hush money, so that he could help his wife keep the secret.

There are big people everywhere in Shangjing, and their methods are unimaginable and vicious, so in order to prevent accidents, it is better to be more vigilant.

Taking advantage of the "sick leave", Su Xiaoman didn't go out for a few days, let alone go to the store, Xia Wanrou heard that she was sick and came to visit, but she didn't want to see Su Xiaoman sitting under the gazebo with her subordinates and laughing, she immediately understood that she was also deceived by Su Xiaoman.

"Okay, you, you claimed to be sick and didn't see any guests, but you ended up hiding here to enjoy the coolness, which made me worry for a while." Xia Wanrou sat down, shaking a fan and pretending to be angry.

Su Xiaoman smiled, picked up a grape and ate it, and apologized to the other party with a smile: "Sister Wanrou, I can't help it, there are so many people, this official and that rich businessman, where did I entertain me?" Tomorrow is the fourth game and I don't want them to lose it. ”

Xia Wanrou didn't want to blame, but the other party had a lot of words, she really didn't know what to say at this time, so she could only talk about the topic and lead to tomorrow's game.

"I've heard that a cold girl has passed the third competition before? Have you spoken to her yet? ”

As soon as he heard the other party mention Qin Chun, Su Xiaoman's face couldn't help but become a lot more solemn.

In these three competitions, you can see that Qin Chun's embroidery has improved rapidly, but Xiaoman knows that it is impossible for an embroidery girl to improve by leaps and bounds in such a short period of time, so it can only show that Qin Chun has hidden his strength before.

This also shows that the words she warned herself before were actually for her own good, but such a person who was good for herself at the beginning ignored herself in the next two games, which is really a bit abnormal.

Thinking about it, Su Xiaoman actually forgot that Xia Wanrou was still waiting for him to speak.

"Xiaoman?"

It wasn't until Xia Wanrou reminded her that she suddenly came back to her senses and shook her head absentmindedly, "She has a very cold temperament, she has always been alone, and she has never spoken to anyone." ”

Xia Wanrou didn't think much about it, she held Xiao Man's hand and pursed her lips to comfort: "Don't think about it, relax, tomorrow is the fourth competition, as long as you can pass this competition, you can compete with the embroiderers who specialize in palace embroidery, and it will be an eye-opener." ”

"I'm looking forward to it, too." Xiao Man put Qin Chun's matter aside for the time being, raised his eyes and smiled at Xia Wanrou.

There are only four people who can participate in the fourth competition, in addition to Xiaoman, there are two embroidery girls of the same age as her, namely Qin Chun and Yu Yan, and one of the older grades is Wu Ping, who has participated in several competitions and is already very experienced.

The five of them knew each other well, but they only knew each other's names, and the rest didn't know anything.

On the day of the competition, the four of them came to the small courtyard and sat in their own places one by one.

"Hey, why didn't you have embroidery thread on the table this time? What is this money bag for? Xiao Man was a little surprised.

Wu Ping, who was on the side, snorted coldly, relying on the fact that he had participated twice and had some experience, so he sarcastically said to Su Xiaoman: "I don't know this? This is the fourth competition, do you still expect the Jiang family to prepare embroidery threads for you? ”

"But-" Xiao Man wanted to say something, but Jiang Qiming had already arrived on stage, so she had to shut up.

Jiang Qiming cleared his throat, "The craftsmanship of the embroidery lady is very important, but the ability to choose the right embroidery thread is still indispensable, so today you need to take the money bag on the table to buy the embroidery thread, and come back to complete the embroidery within a stick of incense." ”

As soon as the words fell, Wu Ping immediately got up and left, Xiao Man also hurriedly took the money bag and got up and walked out, the incense candle had been lit, in order to ensure that the embroidery could be completed, she could not delay at all.

"Lord Jiang, I don't know who took the silver in my money bag."

Just as Xiao Man walked to the door, he suddenly heard Qin Chun behind him say this coldly.

She turned around and looked at Qin Chun's hand clutching the money bag, with tears on her face.