The night is as cool as water.

The garden not far from Lu Li's house was almost cleared, except that the perimeter was fenced off with railings, and the chickens and rabbits were all locked in dilapidated cages by Lu Li, and they were all put into the cleared garden.

In fact, it was originally going to be put in the courtyard of the home, but because Lu Li wanted to use it to hook those few disrespectful thugs, he specially ordered someone to put it back in the garden.

"Are you sure those people will come tonight?" Xiao Qi, the secret guard who was waiting for the rabbit with the leader, asked.

The leader of the Dark Guard lowered his voice, "I don't know. ”

Xiao Qi sighed secretly and continued to squat behind the haphazardly stacked planks, quietly looking at the garden not far away.

It's not early, there is no movement around, even the pheasants and hares in the garden are silent, the whole village is quiet, and because the moon does not come out at night, it is dark everywhere, and you can't see your five fingers, if it weren't for the two secret guards who have practiced, you can't see everything around you at all.

In such an environment, will those little gangsters really come?

Xiao Qi and the leader squatted behind the plank, at first, the two of them didn't even dare to blink their eyes, but in the second half of the night, they couldn't wait for anyone to come, Xiao Qi was about to give up, he frowned, "Leader, those people won't not come, right?" ”

"Talk too much, just wait intently." The leader said.

But as soon as he finished saying this, he yawned unconsciously, and Xiao Qi on the side couldn't help laughing when he heard it, "Chief, you're also sleepy, right?" ”

The leader did not speak, but still stared at the chicken and rabbit coops in the garden, and pursed his lips silently.

Xiao Qi felt bored, couldn't help but sigh secretly, and muttered in a low voice: "When those little gangsters make disrespectful remarks during the day, we should rush out directly to teach them a lesson, beat them hard, and let them know how powerful their master is, so that they will never dare to be bad again." Hey, I should have rushed out in the morning, or I wouldn't have to-"

"Shh The leader suddenly interrupted Xiao Qi, reached out to press the other party's shoulder, and said in a low voice: "Don't speak, there is movement." ”

Hearing this, Xiao Qi immediately cheered up, pressed his hand on the saber on his waist, and watched the movements around him with bated breath.

To ordinary people, this night was quiet and there was no movement, but when Xiao Qi and the leader behind Nei Gong heard it, they already clearly felt that a few people were panting in the direction of the garden, their steps were messy, their breath was uneven, and they knew that they had no martial arts when they heard it.

After a while, five or six men appeared on the path near the garden, with sticks, woven bags, and even a large kitchen knife that shimmered with cold light!

Several people walked into the garden panting, observed vigilantly, and after making sure that there was no one around, the person at the head lowered his voice and ordered: "Everyone is tired from running over, take a rest first, and then we will take these pheasants and hares away, do you hear?" ”

"Big brother, why don't we just kill these chickens and rabbits on the spot, and then roast and eat them, what do you say?" A fat man with a fat head and big ears proposed.

During this time, it is becoming more and more difficult to catch prey in the mountains, and this little white face has raised all the prey that he went to the mountains to hunt some time ago in his own home, he has long been greedy, and today he followed the eldest brother, he is not to teach the little white face a lesson, but to these chickens and rabbits.

But as soon as he said this proposal, he was slapped on the head by the eldest brother, and the other party scolded: "Eat, eat, eat!" You know how to eat all day long, and you see how fat you have become? I warn you, fat three, you can eat, but you must not do it here, you know? ”

The fat third touched the beaten forehead, and said reluctantly: "I know, I'll take it back to eat later, it's okay, right?" ”

"Okay, okay, let's go directly to your house, kill all these things, and then everyone will share the food!"

"Good! Thank you, big brother! ”

The one at the head waved his hand, frowned and shouted: "Give Lao Tzu a little quiet!" Hurry up and get ready, let's take these little beasts away! ”

"Hey, boss, why didn't that little Wang come?"

While a few people were talking, the leader lowered his voice, squeezed the hand on Xiao Qi's shoulder, and ordered: "Xiao Qi, wait for a while, don't be heavy-handed, you must leave all your mouth alive, do you hear?" ”

This Xiao Qi has always been heavy-handed, and he must give instructions before he starts, otherwise if he provokes someone's life, then the matter will be troublesome.

"Don't worry, I know the severity."

The two of them secretly observed again, determined the position to do it later, and then waited for the group of people to fully enter the range they could control, and then got up and stepped forward, taking advantage of the unpreparedness of a few people.

These people have no martial arts, their reactions are slow, and they do it in the dark, what they can see is far less than that of well-trained secret guards, so Xiao Qi and the leader took down the six people for a long time, and by the way, they also tied up the people one by one with the ropes and sacks they brought.

A group of people ran around in a panic, but after all, it was dark, and they were not familiar with the surrounding environment, so before they could struggle twice, they were all caught back one by one, and they were kicked by Xiao Qi and the leader casually, and they lay on the ground and couldn't move anymore.

Seeing that his brothers were subdued one by one, and then quickly tied up, the man at the head yelled in panic: "Hey, hey, hey! What are you going to do?! ”

"Big brother, what's going on? How could anyone?! ”

"Help! Help me! ”

But the leader of the dark guard and Xiao Qi only cared about kidnapping people, and they didn't bother to pay attention to the squeaks and screams of these people.

"They're too weak." Xiao Qi inserted the saber back into the scabbard, clapped his hands disdainfully, and said unsatisfied: "If I knew it was so simple, I would have come alone, so I could have more fun." ”

The leader frowned and kicked the leader on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "Don't talk about these things that are gone, quickly bring everyone back, and send them to the yamen early tomorrow morning." ”

"Yes!"

Xiao Qi smiled, casually dragged the fat third and another thin man from the ground, one in each hand, and easily led the people in the direction of the house where Lu Li lived.

With Xiao Qi and the leader of the dark guard in their care, these people can't even stand up, a group of people, you look at me, I look at you, and finally admit their fate, or hang their heads, or cry, they don't dare to move the idea of escaping.

Just so stubbornly until dawn, Lu Li came to the firewood room where this group of people was imprisoned.

I only met each other yesterday, how could they not recognize Lu Li, when Lu Li stood at the door, everyone understood what was going on, and they couldn't help but show a little fear and panic about the unknown, and even crawled in front of Lu Li, crying and shouting and begging the other party to let him go.

However, Lu Li was not the soft-hearted person, he coughed lightly, "You go to rest first, and I'll take care of the rest." ”

"Master, this ......" The leader was a little worried.

"Why, you think I can't handle these bales?" Lu Li asked sideways.

The leader hurriedly bowed his head, "No, I definitely didn't mean that!" ”

"That's not it." Lu Li turned around and ordered: "Xiao Qi, tie these people together with ropes, bring my horse here, and I will personally go to the yamen in Bei'an." ”

After tying the six people separately, and then tying several people together with a hemp rope with a small arm, Lu Li turned over and got on the horse, grabbed the hemp rope and the horse reins that tied several people in his hands, and then raised the horsewhip and drove in the direction of Bei'an Capital.

Along the way, these people had to speed up their pace in order not to be dragged to the ground by the galloping horses, and they were very embarrassed.

After arriving in the capital city of Bei'an, Lu Li did not return to the county lord's mansion, but went straight to the Bei'an Yamen.

Seeing Ma Yu all the way unimpeded, Lu Li explained his intentions, and then handed over the six gangsters who were still tied together to each other, and said: "Master Ma, as the governor of Bei'an, the capital, I hope you can deal with it properly." ”

"That's nature." Ma Yu bowed his head slightly and responded with a smile.

Lu Li nodded, then casually took the hot tea on the table, took a sip, and said, "What are you going to do with it?" ”

Ma Yu was stunned for a moment, and after reacting, he hurriedly said: "These gangsters harassed the farmers and tried to steal things, although they failed, but they also destroyed the stability of the neighborhood. ”

After finishing speaking, he looked at Lu Li's face and asked carefully, "Do you think that Zhen Guogong thinks that this way of dealing with it is feasible?" ”

"If it's just like this, then it's natural to put it back after hitting the eighty boards." Saying that, Lu Li got up, and before Ma Yu could completely relax, he said, "But does Lord Ma know that the pheasants and hares I raise are all raised by the king's order." This time, these little gangsters tried to steal it, and they were ready to kill it, and the adults thought that this mere eighty boards were enough to teach these people a long lesson? ”

As soon as these words came out, Ma Yu immediately became nervous, but before he could speak, a few thugs standing at the foot of the steps immediately wailed: "My lord is wronged!" We didn't steal, and we didn't want to kill! My lord, I am wronged! ”

Eighty boards are already enough, and now Lu Li still wants to add their criminal law, how can the man in this incident can't help it, so he hurriedly argues two sentences for himself. He thought: Anyway, the chickens are still in the cage, and the cage is fine, so there should be no way to prove their intentions, right?

"It's funny." Lu Li raised his eyebrows, and walked up to the man who had the incident, although he smiled, he was full of coldness, "You said you didn't want to kill chickens or steal anything, right?" ”

Even though the man was frightened, in order to reduce the punishment, he could only shout: "Yes! Our brothers never thought about stealing anything from you! ”

"And what is this?" As he spoke, Lu Li took out a kitchen knife from behind his back and threw it in front of everyone.