Xu didn't expect the atmosphere in the house to become like this, and the mother and daughter of the Zhou family were also a little stunned for a while.

And Zhou Xiaoxiao thought that Xiaoman had misunderstood what they meant, so she hurriedly explained: "County Lord, don't get me wrong, we don't think you can't come up with so much money, it's not that we look down on you, we just want to make a contribution and want to help you, don't be angry." ”

After all, she finally seized an opportunity to help the county lord, and she didn't have to take advantage of it.

"County Lord, Xiaoxiao and I really don't mean anything else, we just want to do a favor." Mrs. Zhou echoed.

Seeing this, Xiao Man took a deep breath, returned the silver ticket in his hand to Zhou Xiaoxiao, and said, "I am indeed short of money now, but I can't ask for your money no matter what, you can collect these silver tickets and go back." ”

She naturally knew that the mother and daughter of the Zhou family wanted to tie up with themselves, but she didn't expect them to be able to do this, after all, now, they have no place to live, and there is no other person to rely on in Bei'an City, so there is only this money left on them.

Although these tens of thousands of taels of silver may not be all their savings, Xiao Man is still very grateful for being able to come up with so much money at this time.

But she can't ask for this money.

"County Lord, you..." Zhou Xiaoxiao didn't expect it, she looked at the silver ticket in her hand, frowned, and said, "County Lord, aren't you short of money now?" Why are you still refusing to accept our kindness? Those bandits are all vicious people, and if the money is sent late, then-"

Without waiting for the other party to finish speaking, Xiaoman interrupted her, and said without refusal: "Xiaoxiao, I know your kindness, but I really can't ask for this money." ”

"Why?" The mother and daughter of the Zhou family were very puzzled.

Not to mention the mother and daughter of the Zhou family, even Jade and Pearl are very puzzled, after all, they are now short of money, and even Lu Li has no choice, so they can only go out to borrow money, anyway, who is borrowing is not borrowing, why not accept the money of the mother and daughter of the Zhou family who took the initiative to send it to the door?

However, others don't know the meaning, but Lu Li clearly understands why Xiaoman rejected the kindness of the Zhou family's mother and daughter.

Because the mother and daughter of the Zhou family had an awkward quarrel with Mrs. Zhang, and also bit Mrs. Zhang, the relationship between Mrs. Zhang's family and the Ouyang family was stiff, and even Mrs. Zhang, who has always been gentle, made up her mind to cut off the relationship with the mother and daughter of the Zhou family.

But the mother and daughter of the Zhou family are so presumptuous, all because they think they have found Xiaoman, a new backer, and now that Xiaoman is in trouble, they naturally have to take the initiative to jump out to help, so that Xiaoman can help them more wholeheartedly.

However, in the final analysis, Xiao Man didn't want to help them at all, he just wanted to teach the Zhou family's mother and daughter a lesson, so as to avenge Mrs. Zhang.

Speaking of which, Xiaoman doesn't want to have anything to do with the mother and daughter of the Zhou family, let alone owe them favors, and now that he is in trouble, how can he accept the other party's kindness?

Even if she really needs money right now.

Seeing that the mother and daughter of the Zhou family kept asking Xiao Man, even Jade stepped forward to say peace, Xiao Man was in a dilemma, and he couldn't tell his true thoughts in front of the mother and daughter of the Zhou family, Lu Li, who had been silent for a long time, had to take the initiative to stand up.

He said: "Mrs. Zhou, we know that you have a good heart, but we really can't accept these silver tickets, you can go back." ”

"Grandpa Guo, this... Our money is also earned by Zhengda Guangming, and it is not obtained by improper means, why can't you accept our money? Mrs. Zhou became more and more puzzled.

"Needless to say, Mrs. Zhou, you can go back first." Lu Li continued to catch up with the guests.

Seeing this, Mrs. Zhou had no choice but to put her eyes back on Xiao Man, and said a little anxiously: "County Lord, we really don't mean anything else, we just want to help, after all, you have been helping me and Xiaoxiao before, these tens of thousands of taels of silver should be regarded as a return, right?" ”

As soon as the words fell, a small group trotted in from outside, walked straight to Xiao Man and Lu Li, and reported with their heads bowed: "Grandpa and Mrs. Huiguo, someone from the palace is waiting in the front hall." ”

Hearing this, Xiao Man didn't want to go back and forth with Mrs. Zhou, she looked back at Pearl and ordered: "Take care of Mrs. Zhou and Miss Zhou, let's go to the front hall, don't forget what I just said." ”

The underlying meaning of these words is actually to tell and warn Jade and Pearl that they must not accept the Zhou family's money.

Pearl had followed her for so long, so she naturally heard the meaning of this, and she responded: "Yes, don't worry, madam." ”

After giving instructions here, Xiao Man and Lu Li walked to the front hall together.

When he arrived in the front hall and saw Fuliu from the palace, Xiaoman knew that the king had heard that Xiaoman and the others had given up fighting against the bandits and were ready to pay the ransom directly, so he specially sent Fuliu to prevent the silver in the hands of the two of them from being enough to pay the ransom.

Hearing this, Xiao Man was grateful, and hurriedly saluted and thanked him: "Thank you for your compassion." ”

Lu Li was also very moved, a big stone that was originally hanging in his heart finally fell to the ground, he hugged his fists and saluted, thanked Fuliu, and then turned to the silver ticket handed over by Fuliu.

The king sent a total of 500,000 taels of silver tickets, Xiaoman naturally did not accept them all, only took 200,000 taels, in order to show respect, she and Lu Li also wrote an IOU to the king, pressed the handprint, and said that they would definitely repay the money.

"Grandpa and Mrs. Guo don't have to be so polite, what the king means is that Lord Huali is my courtier in Canglan, and the king is going to save him, plus the Zhenguo family is in the realm of Canglan, then the king should also be responsible, and the money does not have to be returned."

As she spoke, Fuliu stuffed the IOU written by the two of them into Xiaoman again. Seeing this, Lu Li and Xiao Man glanced at each other and wanted to return the IOU, but Fu Liu saw that the two of them did everything they could to excuse themselves, so they simply took the IOU and tore it up.

She said, "Don't shirk it, lord. For this incident, the king also blames himself, you accept this money, he can feel better, otherwise you don't want to make him feel guilty? ”

"That's... All right. Xiaoman had to reluctantly accept it.

Fuliu breathed a sigh of relief, and then Ying Ying smiled and said, "When are the two of you going to save people?" The king should arrange guards to protect everyone in time. ”

After all, the place where the bandits asked for a trade was not far from the palace, and even if they didn't exterminate all the bandits for the time being, the king had to know why the bandits chose to trade in that alley.

"Now that the money is ready, let's pack up, take these silver tickets, and go to that alley early tomorrow morning to ransom people." Lu Li said truthfully.

Tomorrow is the deadline, and since those bandits can come and go freely in the heavily guarded county lord's mansion, they must be able to know their movements in the past few days, and besides, the small alley is the designated location of the bandits, and they must have people ambushed there.

I hope those bandits can keep their promises and release them as scheduled.

"Then I'll go back and tell the king now, so that I can set up the guards in advance." Fluffy nodded thoughtfully and said.

But before Fuliu left, she was stopped by Lu Li and Xiaoman in unison, and she turned around a little puzzled, "What's wrong?" ”

Lu Li looked serious and said in a deep voice: "No, don't let people go to that alley!" ”

"Yes." Xiao Man stiffened his face and explained: "That thief dared to set the location of the transaction in the alley outside the palace, which means that they must know that alley well, and now if the king sends someone to that alley, the thief will definitely know!" What if the thieves think that we can't redeem people's hearts and tear up the ticket directly? They have several people in their hands! ”

Hua Li, Wang Youhe, and Wang Shu, the most important thing is that even if the king's guards are strong in martial arts and can wipe out all the bandits, Wang Youhe has been poisoned, and the thieves must take the initiative to come up with an antidote to save people.

After listening to what the two said, Fluffy frowned, "Then you really want to let that gang of bandits get away with it?" ”

"Miss Fuliu, the most important thing for us now is to save people, not to exterminate the bandits, you know?" Lu Li said in a deep voice: "If the king wants to exterminate this group of bandits, at least he must let these people come back safely first!" ”

Hearing this, the persuaded Fuliu nodded, "Okay, I will tell the truth to the king, I hope that the prince and Miss Wang, as well as Lord Huali, can come back safely, and I hope you can go all the way tomorrow, take care." ”

"Thank you, Miss Floy."

After sending off Fuliu, Xiao Man and Lu Li looked at the stack of silver tickets on the table, and couldn't help but look at Qi Qi and breathe a sigh of relief.

Xiao Man put away all the silver tickets, hung his head and sighed softly, and muttered silently: "I hope those thieves can talk and count, otherwise they will ......"

As he spoke, the tip of Xiao Man's nose was sour, and tears flowed uncontrollably again, and Lu Li, who was on the side, saw that he silently stepped forward to hold the person in his arms, rubbed the other party's head with one hand, and comforted him softly: "Don't worry, those thieves have no grudges against us, and since they have received the money, they will definitely release them." ”

"I hope so." Xiao Man burrowed into the other party's chest, closed his eyes and wept silently.

But soon, the two of them were not quiet for long, when they suddenly heard a loud noise from the backyard, and then the noisy sound came in the direction of the front hall, and it was getting closer and closer.

Xiao Man hurriedly wiped the tears from his face and got out of the man's arms.

At this time, the door of the front hall was suddenly knocked open, and I saw the mother and daughter of the Zhou family entangled with Jade and Pearl and broke in.

"County Lord!" Mrs. Zhou brushed her messed hair and said angrily: "It's okay if you don't accept our kindness, as for finding someone to humiliate us?" Xiaoxiao is still a girl who has not been out of the cabinet, how can she be humiliated and slandered like this! ”

"Woo woo-" Zhou Xiaoxiao stepped forward crying, covered her face with a handkerchief, and cried: "County Lord, I'm a little old, and I haven't been able to get married, but you can't humiliate me like this, otherwise if these foul words get out, how will I marry in the future!" ”