"Is she avoiding someone?" Wei Yang asked with a frown.
Xiao Cao thought for a moment and said, "I don't know either. I just know that she kept showing up during the banquet. When the guests were having lunch at noon, I took some time to go see her and found her hiding outside the hall and peeking. I thought she was just curious, so I didn't ask."
Wei Yang asked softly, "Now that you think about it, do you think that the things you took for granted at the time were suspicious?"
"Yes." Xiaocao felt ashamed and embarrassed. Nanny Li had warned them not to be lax about even the smallest details, but she had been careless. If Xiaohua intended to harm the general and his wife, she would be willing to die.
Wei Yang patted Xiao Cao's head, with a faint smile on her peaceful face: "I don't blame you, don't act like you did anything wrong."
Seeing Xiaocao looking up, Weiyang reached out and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes: "Come on, stop crying, let's think about why Xiaohua secretly left the general's mansion."
"Is she a spy sent by the enemy to the general's mansion to gather intelligence?" Xiaocao didn't believe it in her heart, but she still said so. This was what she was most afraid of.
Wei Yang shook her head: "I don't think so. If she is a spy, wouldn't it be better for her to stay in the General's Mansion in Yanzhou instead of following us?"
"But following us means following the general. Wouldn't she be the first to know about anything that happens to the general?" Konggu asked back.
"So, do you usually see her interacting with outsiders?"
Xiaocao and Konggu shook their heads. In everyone's impression, Xiaohua rarely showed up, was timid and afraid of people, and was even more afraid of meeting strangers. Now that she thought about it, she was probably afraid of being seen and recognized.
Wei Yang thought for a moment and asked, "Could she be a daughter of a wealthy family? She was abducted and sold, and she didn't dare to go home. Now that she's in Dafeng City, she's at home, and she couldn't help herself and went back."
Konggu suddenly realized: "It is very likely that when Nanny Li taught her the rules, she learned the best and fastest. Nanny Li even asked her if she had learned it before, and she said no, so no one paid attention to it."
Xiao Cao quickly interjected, "That's right, when she was in Yanzhou, she spoke and acted very differently. I can't really tell what the difference was, but she was just better at doing things than us."
Wei Yang smiled and said softly, "That's right, she is most likely from Dafeng City and has returned home now."
Xiao Cao pouted: "Why didn't she tell us? She told Madam. Madam didn't mean she wouldn't let her go. Madam asked her in Yanzhou whether she wanted to let her go."
Konggu didn't say anything, she couldn't understand Xiaohua's behavior.
"It's nothing strange, she just doesn't want anyone to know." Wei Yang turned to look at Kong Gu: "Find Xiao Hua's indenture contract and burn it. I hope she will be treated well when she returns."
"Yes." Konggu went into the inner room and found the box containing the indenture contract. He took out Xiaohua's indenture contract and set it on fire in front of Weiyang.
Xiaocao and Konggu were both stunned. They didn't expect that the lady would burn Xiaohua's indenture so easily.
Xiao Cao murmured, "Madam, is that the end of it?"
"Well, forget it."
Konggu asked quietly, "What about Madam Li and Ding Wu?"
Wei Yang lifted the quilt and stood up: "If they want to investigate, then they can. If they don't want to investigate, then they can. Just go and tell them what I mean."
"Um."
Konggu picked up the quilt that the beauty was leaning on and accompanied Weiyang into the inner room, leaving Xiaocao staring at the candlelight in a daze.