Early the next morning, Tang Xiu prepared twenty catties of vegetables for Xiangmanlou as usual and handed them to Tang Lu, and then went back to bed again to continue his dream.

The sky is shining and the sun is rising.

Tang Xiu was suddenly woken up when he was sleeping soundly, frowned and opened his eyes, and saw Tang Lu standing at the head of his bed with a panicked face, as if he was frightened by something, and his whole body trembled terribly.

Something went wrong?

Suddenly, Tang Xiu's sleepiness was gone, he sat up from the bed, looked at Tang Lu lightly and asked softly, "What's wrong?" ”

"Less... Young Master," Tang Lu didn't dare to look up, and replied with his head down: "Last night, the young lady and Sister Wan'er caught a little ...... in the backyard who wanted to steal vegetables Little thief. ”

"So what?"

Tang Xiu put on his boots and walked off the bed, picked up clothes from the hanger at the head of the bed and draped them on his body, and asked Tang Lu softly.

Now that he has been caught, he will not be able to report to the official for a direct lesson, how can he scare Tang Lu, this kid, like this?

"The young lady asked Sister Wan'er to put him in the firewood room and lock him up for one night, preparing to report to the official at dawn today." Tang Lu trembled with great regret: "After the villain knew that his family had been robbed, he was extremely angry, so he couldn't help but go to the firewood room to teach Uncle Shi a hard lesson before he went to report to the official. ”

Tang Xiu nodded lightly, he didn't think that Tang Lu was at fault for doing this, the thief who was caught had no human rights, no matter what time it was, it would be light to be beaten.

"A little thief, if you hit it, you will fight, it's not a big deal." Tang Xiu softly comforted Tang Lu, but seeing Tang Lu's look of fear and regret, he thought of a certain possibility, and Tang Xiu also mentioned it in his heart, and couldn't help asking, "You won't beat him to death, right?" ”

"Young master, you think too highly of villains." Tang Lu cried and laughed: "You just borrowed the courage of the villain, and I don't dare to kill the villain!" I just took a wooden stick and knocked it on him a few times, and it didn't hurt the tendons or bones, all of them were skin injuries. ”

Tang Xiu's heart was a little calm, as long as the person did not die, it was not a big deal, so he waved his hand indifferently and said: "In this case, just send the official directly, there is no need to come to inform me, I still have a lot of things to do, and I don't have that much to spare." ”

"No, it's not, young master." Seeing Tang Xiu ignore him, Tang Lu panicked and hurriedly stopped Tang Xiu and said: "When the villain was beating him, that kid kept shouting that his father was Cheng Chuliang, his grandfather was Cheng Zhijie, his mother was the sister of the emperor of the dynasty, and even the emperor was his uncle......

"Huh?" Tang Xiu paused, turned to look at Tang Lu, and asked in surprise, "Is he Cheng Zhijie's grandson?" ”

"The villain didn't believe it at the time." Tang Lu's voice was full of tears: "Who doesn't know if you think about the grandfather of the country?" There is still a picture of Grandpa Guo's door on the door of our house, if he is really the grandson of Grandpa Guo, then the family's money is not too much to let go, how can he worry about our Tang family's small business? ”

"So," Tang Lu said in a trembling voice, "So, I increased my strength and beat him again, beating him so that his nose was blue and his face was swollen, and he couldn't see his human appearance." ”

"Who is that, he can't really be Cheng Yanjin's grandson, right?"

"It's confirmed." Tang Lu nodded and replied: "General Cheng Chuliang was appointed by the emperor as the governor of Bingzhou half a year ago, and Cheng Boyu came to Taiyuan with General Cheng half a year ago, and now the Xiangmanlou in Taiyuan City is his property." ”

"The owner of the fragrant building, then it's no wonder." Tang Xiu nodded lightly, "Does anyone else know his identity now besides you?" ”

"Nope." Tang Lu calmed down a little, and replied softly: "It's the villain who felt a little relieved after beating him, so he deliberately went out of the house to inquire, and now no one has told him except the young master." ”

"Young master, you must save me this time, he is the grandson of the grandfather of the country and the nephew of the emperor, but now he has been beaten by the villain, and the villain will definitely die when it is rumored out......"

Saying that, Tang Lu's legs were weak, and he knelt directly on the ground, holding Tang Xiu's thighs with both hands, begging Tang Xiu with a handful of snot and tears, for Tang Lu, the young master of their family is now afraid that it is his only life-saving straw, if he doesn't even care about Tang Xiu, the main family, then he really has no hope.

"That's good!" After a little hesitation, Tang Xiu's head spun, and he suddenly remembered a plot in a certain TV series, so he looked at Tang Lu in a fixed voice: "I can give you a chance to live, but whether you can pick up a life in the end depends on whether you have the courage or not." ”

Tang Lu was stunned for a moment, looked up at Tang Xiu a little stumblingly, and said in a trembling voice: "Young Master, you don't want me to give that young master... Silence, huh? I haven't even killed a chicken since I was a child, and I ...... murder I don't dare ......."

Tang Lu's head shook like a rattle, and the sweat on his head was so frightened that it didn't even need money.

"What do you want?!" Looking at Tang Lu's cowardly little face, Tang Xiu had an urge to kick his feet, "Is it good to have a longer brain, and kill people?" Do you want the whole house to follow you to the funeral? ”

Hearing Tang Xiu say this, Tang Lu was obviously relieved, as long as he didn't let him kill people, he continued to wipe his snot and tears on Tang Xiu's hem, and looked at Tang Xiu pitifully: "What should I do, please make it clear to the young master." ”

Seeing that Tang Lu was crying pitifully, and he was also a little disgusted with the liquid he wiped on his clothes, who didn't know whether it was tears or snot, Tang Xiu glanced down at him and said, "In this way, you go to Uncle Shi now and tell him that it is my order, that thief in the firewood room in the backyard will not be sent to the official for the time being." ”

"Then," Tang Xiu took two steps back, a little farther away from Tang Lu, and then said: "You go to the firewood room again, according to the previous way, on the premise of not being fatal or crippled, how to beat him hard, greet him in the face a few more times, as long as he doesn't break his appearance, and strive to beat him so that even his mother doesn't recognize him, this matter is half done." ”

"Also...... Still going to fight? ”

Tang Lu looked at Tang Xiu in disbelief, and then shook his head suddenly, what kind of bad idea is this? Hitting him once has already made him regret it and his heart is terrified, doesn't fighting again this mean that he wants his life?

Tang Xiu nodded: "If you want to save your life, this is the only way." ”

"Just fight again, and you can live?"

Tang Lu was puzzled in his heart, and his face was full of disbelief, how could he feel so unreliable? Tang Lu is now beginning to wonder if coming to the young master for help is a mistake in itself?

"If you don't believe me, I can't do anything, and no one will force you." Seeing the disbelief and suspicion in Tang Lu's eyes, Tang Xiu said with a straight face: "However, I heard that the children of the family are usually very vindictive, and when Cheng Boyu goes back, no one can guarantee that he will do anything crazy to you." ”

Tang Lu's face turned green, and he looked up at Tang Xiu tremblingly: "Really fight again, it's okay?" ”

Tang Xiu nodded firmly: "The harder you fight, the better your chance of survival." ”

Seeing that Tang Lu was already a little moved, in order to strengthen Tang Lu's confidence and courage, Tang Xiu said softly: "Anyway, you have already fought once, and the irreparable consequences have already been caused. Now what does it matter if you hit him again, can it be worse than it is now? Therefore, since you have already offended, you might as well offend again, just treat it as a pleasure, and the opportunity to beat the emperor's relatives is not always there. ”

"But he is Cheng Boyu, the grandson of Lu Guogong, and the emperor's ......"

Tang Xiu's eyes widened, and he said sharply: "Tang Lu! If you want to survive, you'd better forget all of his identities now! You just have to remember that he is nothing in your eyes, he is a little thief who steals vegetables, a bold little thief who wants to pretend to be a relative of the emperor! ”

"There is a saying that he who does not know is not guilty." Tang Xiu's tone softened slightly, "And whether you can survive this time depends on this sentence." Take out the mentality and momentum you had when you went to beat someone in the morning, don't show your cowardice, don't let him notice that you know his identity, you must beat him, swell him, beat him to grit his teeth, and beat him to the point where he is weak. ”

"Also, when you fight, you should also properly show some of your admiration for Lu Guogong and his old man, and show your strong indignation at his behavior of pretending to be Lu Guogong's grandson, the more he shouts about who his father is, who his father is, who his uncle is, the more ruthless you must be to greet him in the face until he no longer dares to say these words."

Tang Xiu's expression was quite excited when he said these words, and he even made a few uppercuts on the spot.

At this time, Tang Lu also began to understand the meaning and plan of their young master a little, so he got up from the ground, gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, and said fiercely: "Fight!" ”

"That's right." Tang Xiu chuckled and patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Relax a little, the expression on your face is a little more natural, pick up the guy you used in the morning, don't worry about it, go ahead!" ”

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