As soon as she heard what Zhang Xiuqin said, Xiao Manden was not happy, she twisted her eyebrows, and said dissatisfiedly: "Aunt Zhang, you should blame those two thieves and blame them, aren't you starting to count them now?" What did he do wrong? ”

In this matter, Su Xiaoling and Zhang Xiuqin stood on the same front again, so as soon as Xiao Man's voice fell, Xiao Ling retorted cracklingly: "Yes, Lu Li didn't do anything wrong, but if he hadn't provoked these two people, would we be so frightened now?" ”

After saying this, Zhang Xiuqin also handed Su Xiaoling a satisfied look.

Zhang Xiuqin, who originally wanted to ask Su Xiaoling for an explanation, seemed to have forgotten about the previous incident at this time, and returned to her previous appearance.

Xiaoman became more and more annoyed when she saw this, she knew that this was the case, she should not have persuaded Su Xiaoling in the first place, let alone cared about the bad things between their mother and daughter.

"When has this been, and you guys are still infighting?!" Su Qi couldn't stand it, and roared angrily.

Zhang Xiuqin rolled her eyes, pulled Su Xiaoling behind her, and said indignantly: "Then what do you say?" If those two men really come to the door, and Lu Li happens to be absent, then wouldn't we be certain to die? ”

As soon as she thought of this, Zhang Xiuqin was scared and angry, she had heard of the names of these two thieves, although she had been robbing passers-by, but she had never attacked the locals, so they did business in Taoyuan County, but they had never been affected.

But now it's okay, Lu Li and Su Xiaoman provoked these two people, and now that they have escaped from prison, their own family has to be implicated.

I can't do business, I don't dare to go out of the door, and even if I'm at home, I have to worry and be afraid, what kind of life is this.

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about that." Su Qiyang interrupted his hand and looked at Lu Li, "Lu Li, what should we do now, we have to carry this through this period first, right?" And the prefect, what is he going to do next? ”

Lu Li withdrew from his thoughts, the two good-looking sword eyebrows were tightly twisted together, he lowered his head, looked at the table and said: "The prefect has already sent people to arrest him, including the county and the two thieves, as for us, let's hide at home for a while." ”

"During this time, don't go out easily, I will go to the prefect to transfer a team to ensure your safety, as for me." Speaking of this, Lu Li paused, he raised his head and looked at Xiao Man, very serious: "I have to go out to help the prefect arrest these two thieves." ”

"Lu Li!" Su Qi exclaimed, "That's too dangerous." ”

Xiao Man, who was stared at by Lu Li, just looked at the man fixedly, with worry in his eyes. Worried, and a little afraid, but there is no intention to stop it,

The two looked at each other for a long time, Xiao Man nodded, stretched out his hand to hold Lu Li's big palm, and clenched it tightly, "You have to be careful, we are waiting for you to come back at home." ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Xiuqin exclaimed: "No! Su Xiaoman, are you crazy? ”

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Xiuqin walked up to Su Xiaoman, pulled her aside, and scolded: "This matter was provoked by Lu Li, and now that something has happened, he wants to escape and leave us here, no!" Absolutely not! ”

It seems that these words were said to Xiao Man, but in fact, they were said to Lu Li.

Lu Li also heard the meaning of this, he frowned and pulled Xiao Man back, and said solemnly: "I promise you that the soldiers of the prefect will protect everyone." Besides, Xiao Man also knew that those two thieves didn't have much martial arts at all, so everyone didn't have to be afraid at all. ”

"Your martial arts are so high, naturally you are not afraid." Xiao Ling pouted and stood aside, tilted her head and complained in a low voice: "Besides, those two people are already at the end of their rope, what can't they do?" If it really hurts someone's life, can you afford to pay for it? ”

"Yes, yes, Xiaoling is right." At this time, Zhang Xiuqin and Su Xiaoling were extremely unified, and after she echoed a few times one after another, she said: "Lu Li, according to me, don't catch any thieves, isn't it good to be with us?" What's more, Xiaoman is also here, even if we die or not, do you want to watch Xiaoman fall into such a dangerous situation? ”

The two of you said a word, clearly with a face of "You provoked this matter, and you have to die a good death now, otherwise you will regret it for the rest of your life".

Seeing this, Lu Li sighed, and was about to compromise, "Then what do you say?" ”

Su Xiaoling said quickly: "You have to stay and ensure our safety." ”

Zhang Xiuqin also nodded, "Yes, you have to stay, otherwise we won't worry." ”

She has seen Lu Li's martial arts, not to mention that he is still a general who repels barbarians, and it is very simple to deal with two thieves, even if he has to stay at home and not go out these days, only Lu Li can feel at ease when he is in them.

"Nope." Xiao Man resolutely vetoed, "Only Lu Li knows the appearance of those two people, and he has also fought with them, if Lu Li can't go, those two thieves don't know when they will be caught, so the risk is even greater." ”

As she spoke, she looked at Su Xiaoling, extremely firm, "Lu Li must go to catch the thieves with the prefect and his party, we must stay, I believe that the prefect's soldiers can protect us." ”

"Yes, it's just two little thieves, I don't believe that so many soldiers can't beat them." Su Qi waved his hand, "This matter is settled, Lu Li, you can catch the thief with peace of mind, and we will wait for you to come back at home." ”

Hearing this, Lu Li nodded, and it was a decision.

Su Xiaoling stomped her feet angrily, turned around and sat on the side resentfully, not looking at Su Qi and the others, and Zhang Xiuqin was about to refute, but she was also rejected by Su Qiyi.

The mother and daughter sat on the side angrily, and the two chattered for a while, and then went to the courtyard to continue muttering, not knowing what they were talking about.

And Su Qi comforted Lu Li, and went out to clean up in the side room, so as to prepare for the accommodation in the next few days.

Soon the two of them were left in the room, Xiao Man stood in place, looking at Lu Li quietly with a pair of big eyes, there were thousands of worried words in them, but they didn't say a word.

Lu Li took the initiative to take Xiao Man's hand, kneaded it lightly, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, we will all be safe." ”

He didn't worry about himself, after all, he had also seen the martial arts of those two thieves, and the kung fu of the three-legged cat, it would not be a problem for him to deal with ten such people alone. But this time, it involved his family.

Xiao Man and the others are ordinary people who have no martial arts, not to mention extremely vicious thieves, even ordinary men can't deal with them, if they are unfortunate enough to be entangled by thieves this time, he can't even think about it.

Therefore, Lu Li decided to arrest the thief in person, because he wanted to arrest the person in the shortest possible time, so that he could rest assured, otherwise if he was kept waiting at home, it would only make him more anxious.

"Then ...... tonight" Xiao Man looked at the man carefully, and only half of the words were spoken.

Rao is like this, Lu Li also understood, and immediately responded: "I will protect you at home tonight, and tomorrow morning I will implore the people in the village to go to the city, so that the prefect can bring people over." I will only leave if I make sure you are safe. ”

Xiao Man nodded slightly, and then took the initiative to step forward and wrap around the other party's waist and hugged Lu Li tightly.

Lu Li also hugged Xiao Man tightly, and neither of them spoke, just hugged them quietly, as if they could convey a thousand words that could not be said in this way.

For the next few days, I didn't know what would happen, and the unknown made the situation several times more serious, and the family had no heart to eat properly, so lunch and dinner were combined into one, and in the evening, the family went back to their own houses.

Xiaoman also had his own room before, but it can't be called his daughter's bedroom at all, at most it is a place to sleep. Farm tools, wooden planks, and unusable iron pots were put together in a mess, taking up most of the house.

When Lu Li stepped into this room and saw the thing in the corner that could barely be called a bed, the tip of his heart seemed to be pierced by a sharp needle.

He couldn't imagine that Xiao Man had lived in such a place before, and he had lived there for so many years.

"That bed is too small to fit the two of us." Xiao Man stood in the middle of the room, let out a long breath, and then turned to look at the man, "What should I do at night?" Otherwise, I'll go to the North House and squeeze with my dad and them, and you can sleep here. ”

"No, you don't." The man waved his hand, perfectly covering the shocked emotions of Fang Cai, and said calmly: "It's good for me to sleep on the ground, it's summer, the night is not so difficult, don't trouble my father-in-law and them." ”

Xiaoman nodded, a little helpless, "That's the only way to go." ”

The two of them cleaned the floor, then spread two layers of straw mats on the ground, and a quilt on top of it, so that they could barely sleep.

After all this, it was already evening outside, and it was even darker inside. Xiaoman opened the window wider, and there happened to be a cool breeze blowing, revealing a trace of coolness, blowing away people's irritability and fatigue for a day.

"It's not early, let's rest first." Lu Li lay on the ground and said in a deep voice.

Xiao Man responded, and couldn't help but turn sideways to look at the man lying on the ground, the corners of his mouth hooked up a faint smile, and his tense heart was also soothed.

I thought that this night would pass so plainly, but I didn't think that in the second half of the night, the dog and the goose in the yard suddenly barked non-stop, and the low dog barking was mixed with the sharp and piercing voice of the goose, which provoked Xiaoman to wake up from his sleep.

She frowned and stretched, and opened her eyes in a daze, "How-"

"Shh I don't know when Lu Li, who arrived on the bed, lowered his voice, covered Xiaoman's mouth with his hand, leaned over and whispered in her ear: "Listen, there is movement outside." ”

Xiao Manden was more than half energetic, her eyes widened, she held her breath, and listened carefully to the movement outside.