At night, Wang Dalun, who was covered in mosquito bites, ran back to bed and slept despite Fang Wen'er's protests. Facing Fang Wen'er's angry eyes, Wang Dalun pitifully showed those big bags to Fang Wen'er.

"Well deserved! See if you think you dare to hide it from me! Fang Wen'er gloated and said, as for sleeping on the floor, it would be over.

However, although the punishment is gone, the treatment of sleeping in each other's arms has also been canceled, and Wang Dalun has returned to the bitter time of covering each quilt.

Because of marrying Lin Xiaoqing in 20 days, the palace has entered a tense and busy period, although there has been an experience, but the preparation of the wedding will always be very cumbersome and very miscellaneous!

In addition, now Wang Dashao is already a rich man, strictly speaking, he is a nouveau riche, so he is even more willing to spend money, in his words, I please such a good wife, this money has to be spent, it has to be spent! What is money, money is a bastard! At this moment, the domineering spirit of the nouveau riche has leaked out.

Just when Wang Dalun was spending a lot of money, Wu Liang walked in with a solemn face, saw Wang Dalun, and said in a deep voice: "Young master, the situation is a little wrong!" ”

"What's wrong?" Wang Dalun asked in surprise.

"In the past two days, a few strangers have come to the Zhuangzi, their behavior is very suspicious, they claim to be merchants, but they always wander around the door, whenever someone comes in, they stare at it." Wu Liang said solemnly.

"Steward Wu, don't scare yourself, the seller is not selling at the door of the rich, is it selling at the poor house? Besides, haven't you been preparing for a wedding recently, and it's normal for a smart vendor to come to the door to sell. Wang Dalun didn't care.

"I went to see for myself, they sell some children's gadgets and some daily necessities for ordinary people. Young master, think about it, do we have children at home? Who do they sell to? And according to your requirements, we buy the best things, and we all go to the city to buy them uniformly, who can see the things of the merchants? ”

"Besides, have you ever seen a merchant who didn't make a deal at the door on the first day and was still shouting in place the next day?" Wu Liang analyzed very carefully at the moment, like Sherlock Holmes regenerating.

"Well, it's really suspicious, Steward Wu, what do you think they are from?" Wang Dalun also felt abnormal.

"According to my estimate, it may be a robber, after all, you have made money selling medicine, plus you have spent a lot of money in the past few days, and your wealth has been exposed! So it causes others to prying eyes. Wu Liang analyzed according to experience.

"You mean, because of the recent spending of money, they have been targeted?" Wang Dalun looked surprised, it was the first time he had encountered such a situation.

"Well, these should be here to keep an eye on, and in general, they are likely to come these days, or even tonight." Wu Liang guessed.

"Then what should I do, tell the government?" Wang Dalun was a little panicked.

"It's useless, we're too far away from the city, and the government doesn't have time to support us. And after all, the government is not opened by us, and they can't stay here all the time. ”

"So what do you say?"

"Gather all the people of the family and the tenants, give them weapons, and arrange for everyone to be on duty. At the same time, you also have to communicate with other people in the village, so that they can be vigilant and come to help when it is critical. Wu Liang came up with an idea.

"What about those people at the door? The news is uncertain now, it's not easy to arrest people! Wang Dalun asked.

"I can't care so much now, let's arrest people and interrogate them first!" Wu Liang said categorically.

Wang Dalun nodded, and immediately summoned a few family members to arrange the arrest of people, five family members bypassed through the back door, and Wang Dalun took the rest of the family members to prepare to attack from the front door.

After the three merchants were caught, they immediately pretended to be cowardly, desperately begging for mercy, saying that they had caught the wrong person, and they sold the goods without offending the palace.

"I'm not honest yet, call me!" Wu Liang shouted.

So the family members beat them up again, Wu Liang saw that the beating was almost the same, called out to the family members, and asked the three merchants: "Who are you?" What to do? If you don't say it, keep fighting! ”

"Wronged, we are the merchants who sell goods, uncles, let us go, we didn't do anything!" The three of them shouted grievances.

"You still dare to be hard-mouthed, hum, I see if your mouth is hard or the whip is hard, come on, continue to beat me, beat until you say it!" Wu Liang said loudly with the male duck in his voice.

Wang Dalun looked at the people in front of him, although they looked panicked, their eyes kept rolling when they were asking. If it was really a peddler, he would have been paralyzed by fright, where could he have such calmness.

"Lift their shoulders and their hands!" Wang Dalun said on the side.

After the three of them lifted their clothes, Wang Dalun looked at the red marks on the shoulders of the three people, and then looked at the calluses on their tiger mouths, and said with a sneer: "You are obviously strongmen, and you dare to call yourself a merchant?" We're fools! ”

Wang Dalun stared at the eyes of one of the young merchants when he spoke, and after Wang Dalun finished speaking, he could obviously see that the young merchant was a little panicked in his eyes.

"Give me the stick!" Wang Dalun, who was determined in his heart, said: "Give you the last chance, don't say that I will break your legs!" ”

The three remained silent.

"Hehe, you think I'm joking with you?" Wang Dalun sneered, walked up to the merchant he was staring at just now, and said, "Do you want to talk about it?" Who are you? What are you here for? ”

"I'm Sun Xiaoer from Sunjiagou in the north of the city, and I'm here to work... Yes! Before he could finish speaking, Wang Dalun knocked down on his left leg, breaking his left leg.

Wang Dalun was a little flustered by the merchant's scream, and at the same time he was a little unbearable, but thinking about the safety of everyone in the family, he still hardened his heart and said to the young merchant: "Now that your other leg is not broken, do you want to tell me something?" ”

"Spare your life! Master, take whatever you want, I'm really a merchant! "The young merchant still has a hard mouth.

Wang Dalun had no choice but to be ruthless, and then knocked the young merchant's right leg. For a moment, the young merchant rolled on the ground in pain.

Wang Dalun ignored the young merchant's screams, and slowly came to the second merchant with a stick, this merchant was a little small, Wang Dalun said slowly: "I hate that someone lied to me, those who cheated on me will be punished, you will be honest with me, right?" ”

The little merchant was so frightened that he was sweating profusely, and when he heard Wang Dalun's words, he quickly nodded and said, "I must tell the truth, I don't dare to lie to you, please don't beat me!" ”

Wang Dalun nodded and said, "As long as you tell the truth, I will let you go!" Say, Who are you? What are you here for? ”

The little merchant hurriedly replied: "I am from nearby Erlong Mountain, my name is Liu Qi, and our head of the house arranged for us to step on the plate." This lord, what I said is true, I dare not lie to you! ”

"Why did you arrange for you to come?" Wang Dalun then asked.

"Our head of the house said that you have recently made a fortune, and you have a few thousand taels of silver at home, and we will eat and drink when we grab it." Liu Qi replied immediately.

"Then did you say when you would do it?"

"No, it's just for us to find out the situation and report to him."

Wang Dalun lifted the stick, stared at him, and said, "Really? ”

"Not really! But it's probably just these days! Liu Qi hurriedly said.

"Didn't you say you didn't know, why are you these days again?" Wang Dalun is ready to fight.

"Traditionally, we usually touch it for two days, and then we do it when the situation is clear. Really, I didn't lie to you! Liu Qi was so anxious that he was sweating and hurriedly said.

"Then how many people are there on your mountain, and how many people will come to the action?" Wang Dalun asked.

"Liu Qi, aren't you afraid of 'three knives and six holes' and disaster to your wife and children?" The young merchant, who was hugging his leg on the ground and screaming in pain, suddenly shouted.

Wang Dalun quickly turned around and hit the young merchant with another stick, knocking the young merchant to the ground.

"Pull it down, don't let him influence it on the side, bring the third one to the side for interrogation, if the two of them have different confessions, then they will all break their legs and send them to the government for beheading!" Wang Dalun said angrily.

After waiting for Liu Qi to be left, Wang Dalun said: "You are a smart person, in order not to be offended, hurry up and say it, as for you Erlongshan?" Hmph, you also know who I am, the government will definitely suppress him, if you want to live, you have to make meritorious service, if you want to die or live, it depends on your choice. ”

"I want to live, I want to live, I have all explained, there are more than 200 people in Erlong Mountain, but except for women and children, there are only 70 people, and a few people are left to watch the house in ordinary times. Liu Qi poured beans and generally said everything he knew.

"Nothing else? Is it all true? Wang Dalun stared at Liu Qi and asked.

"Really, it's all true, don't dare to deceive the uncle!" Liu Qi nodded hurriedly and said.

"Well, if what you say is true, I'll give you a way to live!" Wang Dalun assured.

After a while, the person who interrogated the third merchant returned, and the confessions of the two sides were basically the same, proving that both of them were telling the truth.

Wang Dalun thought for a while and said, "Steward Wu, you arrange to send it to the official to tell me about the situation of Erlongshan, my father-in-law, and if the conditions allow, ask him to send troops to pacify it." By the way, let him send a few to support him if he has any. ”

After Wu Liang left, Wang Dalun gathered all the family members and tenants and said: "Everyone also knows the situation of the road, for safety, you may need to work hard, please take turns on duty from tonight, and at the same time stay vigilant, don't sleep too hard." It's better to sleep without undressing! ”

"Don't worry, we can save it, and we will never let thieves come in." The people promised.

"Okay, come, take a strong pill for each person, and give it to me to carry with me, and use it when I encounter a situation. Everyone's snacks, I'll give you a reward afterwards! Wang Dalun encouraged.