Lu Li nodded, and said strictly: "The secret guard who came back said that he found a midnight watchman, saying that he saw a masked man in his early twenties coming out of our store with a strange expression, and went in the direction of Leixi City!"

Su Xiaoman asked: "Lei Xicheng?"

Lu Li nodded again, and Su Xiaoman then asked, "Is Leixi City only three hours away from us?"

"Madam, rest early tonight, you are also busy and tired for a day, I have sent a secret guard to Lei Xi City to inquire about the news, and I will come back early tomorrow morning to report!"

As soon as the words fell, Pearl walked to the courtyard with a bowl of soup and medicine: "County Lord, you drink the soup first!"

Lu Li asked, "Madame, are you uncomfortable?"

Su Xiaoman just wanted to speak, but Pearl rushed to speak: "Returning to the country's grandfather, the county lord is drinking a fetal pill, not sick!"

"Fetal pills?"

Lu Li looked at her in surprise, the corners of his mouth rose, and his originally serious face immediately became pleasant, and he hurriedly said, "Madam, are you pregnant again?"

Su Xiaoman nodded with a smile, Lu Li hurriedly picked her up from the stool, and shouted with a smile: "Great, I'm going to be a father again, hahaha, I'm going to be a father again!"

Pearl hurriedly stepped forward to stop him: "Grandpa Guo, you can't make such a big move, beware of the fetal gas is not good!"

Lu Li slowly put her on the ground and looked at her gently: "Thank you for your hard work!"

Lu Wangshu's ears were very sharp, and he heard Lu Li shouting something across the yard, so he hurriedly ran to the front yard, and bumped into Lu Li hugging Su Xiaoman, and stepped forward to ask: "Daddy is so happy, but what good things happened?"

Lu Li turned his face to look at him: "You're going to be a brother, are you happy?"

Lu Wangshu questioned, wondering in his heart that the concubine who was going to marry was pregnant? pouted and said: "Daddy, I don't want to be a brother, you don't give me any sisters, I don't like it!"

"What sister, brother, what are you talking about?" Lu Li immediately gave him a sugar-fried chestnut, and the painful Lu Wangshu hurriedly asked, "Aren't you going to marry a woman from that Fanbang country as a concubine?" Isn't it? ”

The words made the three people present laugh, and Lu Li said: "What are you stinky boy thinking about all day long!" It's your aunt who is pregnant, why do I want to marry a concubine, where did you hear the rumors! ”

Lu Wangshu looked at Su Xiaoman in shock, and asked with joy in his eyes: "Auntie, are you really going to give me a little sister?"

Su Xiaoman smiled and said, "Now the boys and girls don't know yet, you just want a sister so much?"

Lu Wangshu curled his mouth mischievously: "That's, I saw other classmates in the school, their sister came to pick them up when they got out of school, they seem to be happy, if I have a sister, I will spoil her to the sky, no one can bully!"

Su Xiaoman smiled: "What if it's a younger brother?" Are you really going to leave your brother alone? ”

"How is it possible, my younger brother is also protected, I teach him to read and write, teach him kung fu, teach him the art of war, teach him ancient sayings! Later, I will become with my younger brother

is a big career, and it will definitely be better than Daddy in the future! ”

Lu Wangshu said the first thing, provoked Su Xiaoman laughed frequently, and Lu Li's serious face suddenly changed: "Okay, you go back to your yard, your aunt can't be overworked now, you don't want to make trouble again, even if you give your aunt a little easier!"

"Oh! A-Niang, then I'll go back to the yard first, you rest early! ”

After saying that, he made a bow and walked back to his yard, Lu Li helped Su Xiaoman into the room, and instructed Pearl to pay more attention and not to neglect to take care of it, Lu Li was worried that his sleeping position was not good, and he was afraid of hurting Su Xiaoman, so he went back to rest comfortably.

Lu Li got up early in the morning, and the dark guard came back early in the morning to report the news and find out the results, but he didn't tell Su Xiaoman, and ordered the secret guard to temporarily follow the evildoer to prevent escape.

When they came to the room, Su Xiaoman had already gotten up and finished freshening up, and Pearl came over with breakfast for the two of them.

Su Xiaoman ate the porridge, took a bite of the side dish and asked, "Is there any news from the dark guard today?" Find out who did it? ”

Lu Li put down the chopsticks in his hand: "The investigation was found, but now there is no evidence, it is difficult to arrest people first, so I asked the secret guard to follow first!"

Su Xiaoman asked: "Do you know who it is?"

Lu Li replied, "Do you know a thousand-embroidered clothing store in Leixi City?"

Su Xiaoman shook his head.

Lu Li said again: "That store closed a month ago, saying that the business was very bad and it was a loss, and the owner of the store vomited blood and died because of the loss!" It was the owner's son who came to our ready-to-wear store to do bad things! His name is Du Jiasheng, and now he is in the Chu Pavilion of Qinlou all day long. ”

Su Xiaoman's face was suspicious, and he felt very incomprehensible after thinking about it: "His family made a loss-making business, is it because we are red-eyed that we did this evil thing?"

Lu Li shook his head: "The details will not be known until the secret guard investigates in detail!"

After breakfast, Lu left the palace, and originally asked her to wait at home for him to come back and go to the ready-to-wear store to deal with the next things, but Su Xiaoman really couldn't sit still at home, so he went to the ready-to-wear store first!

The ready-to-wear store has been cleaned up, everything that can be used has been repaired, Su Xiaoman is sitting in the room, and the little servant comes in from outside with a letter in his hand: "County Lord, this is a letter from Jin Gongzi!"

Pearl took the envelope and handed it to Su Xiaoman, opened it and looked at it.

"Great, Xiaoxue and Jin Gongzi will send a new weaving frame and embroidery frame tomorrow, and they also bought the embroidery thread and fabric we need for us!"

Pearl wondered, "How do they know what the ready-to-wear store has lost?"

Su Xiaoman looked up at her: "Have you forgotten the letter I asked you to send yesterday?"

Pearl frowned and said, "The county lord didn't count what kind of embroidery thread he lost yesterday?" What if it's not the right thing to buy? ”

Su Xiaoman smiled: "Did you forget that Xiaoxue was an embroidery girl here before?" She also participated in those finished products, of course, because she knew that she needed those embroidery threads! ”

Pearl suddenly realized: "The county lord is really thoughtful, Jin Gongzi naturally knows where to find the source of goods, if you buy it from the original merchant, you will definitely need to spend it."

Some time! ”

Su Xiaoman nodded: "It will take a month to prepare everything that is needed in the market at the earliest, Jin Gongzi is half a sister-in-law of my country's government, and now he will help him!" What's more, there is still a little snow here, no, the goods will arrive tomorrow, so that we can also rush to make the rest of the orders! ”

The two were talking, only to see Wang Youhe come in from outside the door, and they heard her shouting through the door: "County Lord!" Princess! ”

Pearl hurriedly opened the door and said, "Miss Wang!"

With a wave of his hand, Wang Youhe followed into the room.

"What bastard is so bad that he even dares to destroy the shop opened by the Duchess of the Kingdom, if the king knows about it, I'm afraid his whole family won't hold it!"

Wang Youhe roared in an uneven tone, and the girls outside the loud room could hear it, and they were really angry with Wang Youhe, after all, with Su Xiaoman's personality, it is impossible to have an enemy!

Su Xiaoman smiled: "Don't be sulky like this!" Lu Li has already sent someone to investigate, and he will bring that villain back in a few days! By the way, why did you want to come to me today? ”

Wang Youhe suddenly cried and said with a sad face: "County Lord, save me, I don't want to get married!"

"Why? Are you dissatisfied with your husband's family? Su Xiaoman looked at her, thinking that her father had arranged a marriage for her, and she thought that she should get married, otherwise her character could only be characterized by marrying.

Wang Youhe wiped the tears on his face with a handkerchief, and said aggrievedly: "My father found me a lower official, saying that he will definitely be promoted more in the future, and it is natural to be crowned an official in the future!"

After speaking, he paused and said: "But I don't want to marry, county lord, what should I do!" The one my father is looking for has only passed the scientific examination this year and won a tanhua, but I haven't seen anyone else, so you have to help me, county lord! ”

Su Xiaoman pursed his lips and smiled: "This woman's family is definitely going to marry when she is old, can you talk to your father and tell him what you think?"

Wang Youhe put away her choked throat: "I've talked about it, but my father said that I was unreasonable!"

Su Xiaoman asked again: "If not, why don't you come to my house for a few days first, and I will ask someone to invite your father to talk?"

Wang Youhe has been pampered since he was a child, and he must be unhappy to marry a woman suddenly, although Master Wang is only a third-grade official, but there is still some weight, and it is really not right to find a new Tanhua.

After thinking about it, let Pearl send Wang Youhe back to the house, looked at Wang Youhe's back, shook his head, and whispered: "This temperament still has to be changed!"

At noon, Lu Li took people to the ready-to-wear store, the man behind him was escorted with his arms, his hands tied behind his waist, and his feet were also tied with thick ropes.

When the embroidery girls learned that they had caught the villain, they all came out of the embroidery room to watch.

The guard brought a bucket of water from the well, splashed it directly on the man's face, soaking his clothes, and a shiver instantly came to his senses, and shouted: "Who are you,

Why arrest me! ”

The little guy brought two chairs, Su Xiaoman and Lu Li sat solemnly in the middle of the room, and the man knelt in front of him.

The guard slapped the man in the face and scolded angrily: "In front of Grandpa Guo, how can you be allowed to shout here!"

The guard arched his hand and said: "Lord Qiyu, this person's name is Yuan Qian, and he is the young owner of the Thousand Embroidery Workshop."

Yuan Qian spat out a mouthful of old blood on the ground, and sneered: "Heh, who was I at that time, it turned out to be the two of you who hurt people!"

The guard slapped him again, but was stopped by Lu Li's signal: "You say we hurt people?"

Yuan Qian burst into green muscles and roared: "Heh, isn't it good to be your duchess well?" Isn't being a duchess enough for your whole family to eat and wear? What kind of business do you come out of? ”

(End of chapter)