But as if they hadn't heard at all, the two little guys closed the door completely. For the sake of insurance, the two also specially bolted the door to ensure that Holley couldn't get in, and the two breathed a sigh of relief.

"You are here to watch, and I will go and tell Madame about this." A small servant patted the dirt on his hands and commanded.

"Okay."

The little guy ran into the inner courtyard, found Su Xiaoman, who was drinking tea with Xia Wanrou in the main hall, bowed his head and said: "Madam, there is a person from the Canglan caravan outside the door who asks to see him, he said that he is the person in charge of the caravan, and he has come to discuss the contract with you." ”

Hearing this, Xia Wanrou hurriedly put down the teacup in her hand and asked, "Is it a person who came by sedan chair yesterday?" ”

Xiao Man stared at the little guy in the hall, and even forgot to drink the tea in his hand.

The little guy shook his head, frowned, and scratched his head in embarrassment, "The man outside the door came alone, and he was still riding a horse. As I recall, he didn't seem to have come with the envoy yesterday, and the minions had never seen this man. ”

Came alone, still on horseback......

Xiao Man frowned and thought about it, and suddenly remembered the person she saw in Jiang Mansion that day, she put down the teacup in her hand and hurriedly got up, "Isn't he younger than the envoy, and very tall, he seems to be wearing Donglan's clothes, his nose is very straight, and his eyes are big, isn't it?" ”

After Xiaoman's description, the little girl nodded again and again, "Yes, yes, it's like what Mrs. said!" ”

"Xiaoman, do you know the Canglan man outside the door?" Xia Wanrou couldn't help asking.

Xiao Man nodded again and again, and immediately ordered: "Quick, let him in!" ”

This person is the person in charge of the caravan, she has seen it in Jiang Mansion before, it is definitely not bad!

But when this order continued, the little guy stopped in place for a long time, did not dare to get up, and looked hesitant, looking very embarrassed. It's just that Xiao Man still thought about seeing the scene of the Canglan people in Jiangfu in his mind, and he didn't notice the abnormality of the little guy for a while.

In the end, Xia Wanrou reminded: "You forgot? Lu Li and Xiuyuan had already gone to the palace, and they had specially instructed before they left that no matter what happened, they would never let the Canglan people in. ”

"But this person is the one who is really responsible for the caravan cooperation!" Xiao Man explained: "I have seen him in Jiang Mansion before, he was introduced by Master Jiang, it will definitely not be wrong!" ”

"As far as I know, when the envoy took out the contract to Lu Li yesterday, he kept saying that this contract was negotiated with the person in charge of the caravan and rushed out overnight." Xia Wanrou stiffened her face and said solemnly: "That means that the person in charge is also involved in the drafting of the contract." ”

After Xia Wanrou said this, Xiaoman couldn't help but sit down, looked at the patterns on the carpet in a daze, and couldn't believe it: "Is this really the case?" ”

"How else can I lie to you?!" Xia Wanrou frowned, "Xiao Man, I think they are too selfish in Canglan Kingdom, always thinking that you will bear all the bad consequences, but they can get half of the silver without much effort." ”

Xiao Man sighed, "Okay, it's because I thought it was too simple before, and it's too easy to trust others." ”

The envoy was not in charge of these affairs, he should not have known about these things, but the person in charge of the caravan was definitely involved in the drafting of the contract, and asked the envoy to come to him to sign it.

Thinking of this, Xiao Man sighed again.

Seeing Xiao Man's mood fall from the peak to the bottom, Xia Wanrou was a little unbearable, she persuaded softly: "Xiao Man, don't worry, there are so many small countries near Donglan, which are more suitable for business than Canglan Country, we still have opportunities in the future, don't be discouraged." ”

"Thank you, Sister Wanrou, I know." Xiao Man nodded absentmindedly.

Saying that, Xia Wanrou instructed the little guy on the side, "Keep an eye on the door, don't let him in." ”

The little maid received the order, and only the two sisters and their respective maidservants were left in the house, looking at Xiao Man's still lack of energy, Xia Wanrou thought for a while, and then asked, "I remember, today should be the time for the results of the competition, right?" Xiaoman, do you think you can get the top spot? ”

Speaking of this, Xiaoman's mood finally improved, she raised her head to look at the other party, and said seriously: "The top of the list is not necessarily, but I am still confident in the top three." ”

However, as soon as he said this, Xiao Man sighed again, "It's a pity that until Lu Li and them come back, we have to stay in this mansion all the time and can't go out to see the results." ”

"What's so hard about that?" Xia Wanrou smiled lightly, "Aren't pearls and jadeites all in the mansion?" Wouldn't it be better to let them go out from the corner gate in the backyard and turn to the Jiang Mansion to take a look? Those Canglan people don't know them, even if they bump into them on the road, they definitely don't know that she is the girl of the Lu Mansion. ”

"Is that okay?" Xiao Man turned sideways to look at the pearl and jade, his eyes full of anticipation.

Although sooner or later she will know her results, Xiaoman still can't wait, even if she is not confident that she will get the top position this time, but she is still eager to know how many places she is, whether Qin Chun is the top of the list, and what ranking can the arrogant and domineering Wang Youhe get.

Pearl and Jade looked at each other and smiled, and then nodded in unison, "Yes." ”

"Great!" Xiao Man jumped up happily, walked up to the two, and instructed: "You must be careful on the road, don't be discovered by the Canglan people, by the way, and Sister Qin Chun, you must help me see her ranking, and there is another one named Wang Youhe, you must remember the ranking of the two of them." ”

Pearl smiled and bowed, "Madame, don't worry, Jade and I will definitely come back safely." ”

Just do it, in order not to let the Canglan people recognize it, the two specially changed into simple linen clothes, took off the conspicuous pearl emeralds on their heads, held hands, and slipped out of a small corner gate in the backyard.

After sending away the pearls and jade, Xiao Manman thought about his achievements, but gradually forgot about the vicissitudes of the contract. Seeing Xiao Man sitting on the chair looking forward to it, Xia Wanrou was also completely relieved, curled the corners of her mouth, and smiled softly.

It's just that it didn't take long for this kind of stability to come back.

Without waiting for the other party to speak, Xiao Man frowned and asked, "What's the matter?" Someone outside the door again? Or is something wrong? ”

"Madam, the man outside the door said that he came to apologize to you, please be sure to open the door to see him, he has something very important to explain to you." Xiao Wu wiped the beads of sweat from the corner of his forehead, and relayed Hua Li's words to Xiao Man.

"Explain what?" Xia Wanrou said unhappily.

Facing the displeased eyes of the two ladies, the little girl's cold sweat came out more and more, he lowered his head, clenched his two hands hanging by his side, and said: "He said that yesterday's incident was the minister's insistence, and it had nothing to do with him, and he didn't know about it, so I came to explain it today, hoping that Mrs. can forgive him." ”

After saying this, the little girl's face was already covered with beads of sweat, for fear that the lady would be unhappy and reprimand herself.

But after hearing this, Xiao Man only became more and more puzzled, she looked sideways at Xia Wanrou, "Sister Wanrou, do you think what he said is credible?" ”

Xia Wanrou, who had a resolute attitude before, also hesitated, she bit her lip and frowned, "I'm confused now." ”

"Logically speaking, these things should not have been mixed up by envoys. Therefore, when the envoy said that the person in charge had a lot of things, so the explanation that I asked him to bring over the contract was indeed convincing and could not find a problem. ”

After a rough overview of yesterday's events, Xia Wanrou carefully analyzed the situation today: "But now that the person in charge is outside the door, he said that he didn't know about this matter at all, what the two of them said, who should we believe?" ”

Xiao Man shook his head tangledly, sighed a little weakly, leaned back in the chair and didn't know what to do.

The little servant in the hall cautiously raised his head, looked at the two ladies on the left and right, secretly wiped his sweat, and asked carefully: "Madam, that minion—"

Before he finished speaking, a man's voice suddenly came from outside the door, and the voice was getting closer and closer, obviously walking towards the main hall.

Xiao Man and Xia Wanrou hurriedly got up, walked to the door with the support of the maidservant, and raised their necks to look out of the door.

Could it be that the so-called person in charge just broke in?

Just thinking about it, the footsteps became more and more entered, until the door of the inner courtyard was opened, Lu Li, Wei Xiuyuan and a strange man came in, and Xiao Man and Xia Wanrou were completely relieved.

Xia Wanrou turned around and returned to the chair, Xiao Man stared at the stranger who was taken by the two men for a long time, her eyebrows were always wrinkled together, seeing that the three of them were getting closer and closer, and the stranger's face was getting clearer and clearer, she suddenly remembered: This is the person she saw in Jiangfu before!

Wei Xiuyuan stopped in the small courtyard outside, did not come in again, but beckoned the two of them out: "Xiaoman! Wanrou, come out! ”

The two who heard the sound hurriedly went out, Xia Wanrou stopped beside Wei Xiuyuan, and Xiao Man walked straight to Hua Li's side.

She stared at the other party and asked tentatively, "You are the one who went to find Master Jiang before, right?" ”

Hua Li jumped up excitedly when he saw her, "Yes!" Shopkeeper Su, I finally see you! ”

Seeing that Hua Li was so familiar with Xiao Man, the maintenance eye and Lu Li and the others on the side were a little surprised, but before they could ask how the two met, Hua Li shouted loudly: "Shopkeeper Su, yesterday's incident was a misunderstanding, you must not give up the cooperation with us, that contract does not count at all!" I didn't plan it! ”

Hearing this, everyone present was stunned again, what is going on?

"It's our envoy, he's coming to you while I'm away, and he's still under my banner! But I don't know about this at all, Shopkeeper Su, you must believe me! Don't give up on working with us! Holley was so excited that he was a little incoherent.

Xiaoman was a little unbearable, but because of the facts, she had to tell the other party the truth: "But we have already told the emperor about this, I think... We shouldn't have a chance to work together anymore. ”