After Qingzhi entered the courtyard just now, he found the apprentice he saw in the same room as his father at the courtyard wall last night, the young man with a gentle manner.

Right now, he was standing on the edge of the courtyard wall.

She was a little puzzled, how could he stand at this courtyard wall?

When I looked up at him, I saw that he made a silent gesture to himself, and then he pointed to the courtyard wall, as if to say that if he spoke here, the next door would probably be able to hear him.

After pointing to the courtyard wall, he also pointed to the main house on the north side of the courtyard where he was located, meaning that he wanted to enter the house with her.

Qingzhi was a little puzzled, and said in his heart, could it be that he wanted to pass on his father's words to himself?

Because of his old age, his father has difficulty moving and it will be dangerous to climb over the wall, so he asked him to do it for him?

It was the only reason she could think of for him to be here and to be alone with her.

She nodded to him and walked straight to the main house to the north.

When I walked to the black lacquered wooden door of the main house, I found that the door was not locked, and I don't know if it was because the owner forgot to lock it in a hurry or because he was too lazy to lock it because he had taken all the valuable things inside.

When she walked in, he went in too.

After he entered, he closed the door by the way.

She understood that he was afraid that the person next door would hear something through the open door.

In order to allow herself to observe the movement in the courtyard, she went from the hall in the middle of the main house to the east room of the main house.

The east room is a bedroom, the bedroom is against the north wall is a shelf bed, and the east and west sides of the wall against the wall are black wardrobes, the surface of the wardrobe is covered with black paint, and it is impossible to see what kind of wood it is.

In the room, by the window to the south, was a table. There were some worthless things and a mess of books on the table.

Judging from the name on the cover of the book, the content of the book is a popular book of various folk tale types, such as "The Biography of Wu Cheng", "The Story of Tsing Yi", and "Song of the Jade Building".

Her eyes swept over the things and books on the table, and she looked out the window, and from the window she saw that there was nothing in the courtyard except a few trees.

As he was looking out the window, he heard my father's apprentice say to the west, "Don't worry, they're taking a nap now." ”

She knew who he meant by "they".

She turned around, faced him, smiled slightly, and then said, "Why did my father send you?" ”

He was now standing on the west wall of the east room, a foot away from her. Even though she was far away, she could hear his breathing heaving.

She noticed that he seemed to calm his breath, and after a moment he replied to her, "I don't know exactly what the master sent me for......

She looked at him suspiciously, and said to herself, what did he mean by this?

He didn't know why his father asked him to come over?

Because of his words, it seemed that the conversation could not go on.

She could vaguely feel that he was a little nervous, which she sensed from his exhalation.

And his nervousness made her feel that something was wrong.

She seemed to vaguely guess her father's intention of asking him to come.

And when she guessed this, she didn't know what to say to him.

So, the two were silent for a while, and neither of them knew how to open their mouths to break the silence.

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It is said that after the old man took Lu Shikang and the Tangbao cavalry to the northernmost alley in the northwest corner of the town, he said: "He must be in this alley, just now I saw him climb over the wall of a house and enter, which is the place of the fifth house." However, he must have come out of that house, and now that so much time has passed, you should split up and see where he is! ”

A Tang newspaper cavalryman said: "That's not as good as this, Lu Gongzi, you are standing here at the mouth of the alley, we started to collect from the innermost people, since you are standing at the mouth of this alley, you will stop him after you see him come out." ”

This Tangbao cavalry felt that letting a noble son like Lu Gongzi do such rough work as a thief would damage his identity, and letting him stand at the mouth of the alley and wait was the most suitable for his identity.

These Tangbao cavalry first went to the westernmost part of the alley, and began to search one by one.

The old man stood at the mouth of the alley and chatted with Lu Shikang.

"Childe, are you in the barracks of His Royal Highness the Prince?"

Lu Shikang replied, "Yes." ”

"I guess so." The old man coughed as he spoke, "Childe, don't you know, the thief I saw, not to mention how rampant, went to every house and quietly looked into the door." And he's still so rampant in broad daylight, he doesn't know how to avoid people at all, have you ever seen someone like this as a thief? It's the first time I've seen him, and I've been secretly following him for days. ”

"Oh?" Lu Shikang thought that this thief was a little interesting.

"Childe, let me tell you, this thief is not the accent here, I listen to the accent of Jiangbei City, I have a relative who is from Jiangbei City, and his voice is similar. Childe, you say it's not ridiculous, isn't it stupid for a person from Jiangbei City to come here to be a thief? It stands to reason that Jiangbei City should be relatively stable now, after all, it is much farther away from the battlefield......"

Lu Shikang glanced at the old man at this time, and asked quietly, "What does the thief look like?" ”

The old man said: "The thief is not tall, about the same height as an ordinary woman, and his face is dirty, as if he has not washed his face all year round." My hair was also messy, and it looked like I hadn't combed it in years. The clothes on my body are so torn that I have never seen a thief wear such torn clothes. I think he probably couldn't eat anymore, so he came to our poor town to steal. ”

When the old man said this, the shadows of Qingzhi and Lu Yuanqing appeared in Lu Shikang's mind.

If this thief is from Jiangbei City, which of the two of them will it be?

He is more inclined to be his fourth sister Lu Yuanqing.

After all, she has done this kind of inexplicable thing the most.

Thinking of this, he turned to the old man and asked, "May I ask which house he went to at that time?" ”

The old man pointed to the fifth family and said, "It should be that one." But now, I don't know if he's still there. Maybe he's gone somewhere else? ”

He knew very well that the fifth house in the alley was the house of his brother's sixth grandson, and there could be no valuables in it. Because even if his brother's sixth grandson doesn't take anything away from the family, he probably won't be able to fall into the eyes of thieves.

Lu Shikang glanced at the low wall and said, "I'll go over and take a look." ”

"Childe, you're going to go out yourself? Then you have to be careful. The thief looks cunning. ”

But after he glanced at the sword on Lu Shikang's body, he felt that he seemed to be overly worried, and the thief didn't have a sword on him.

A noble son with a sword in his hand can kill a thief, who believes it?

Since this noble son decided to go out in person, if the thief was really still with his brother's sixth grandson, wouldn't he have been caught by this son?

He watched as the noble boy walked to the top of the wall, and his figure climbed over the wall neatly, and then his shadow was no longer visible.

He wanted to join in the fun, but he thought that he was an old bone, and if he was hurt during their fight, he would be in trouble, so he decided that he might as well wait outside.

Besides, his old bones can't easily climb over the wall.

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Lu Shikang climbed over the wall, came to the courtyard, and walked straight to the north house, when he arrived at the north house, he saw that the door was not locked, and he wanted to push the door in immediately, but he stopped his movements after hearing a familiar voice-

"I've heard of where you live......"

It's Aoeda's voice.