Once he heard about this, Wei Xiuyuan couldn't even take care of eating, so he hurriedly went down the mountain to find a witness.

Xia Wanrou didn't expect Xiao Man to agree to Lu Li's going to the battlefield, she took Xiao Man's hand and specially took advantage of Lu Li's absence to ask: "Xiao Man, what do you think, I remember that you didn't seem to agree with Lu Li's departure before." ”

Since ancient times, people who have fought on the battlefield have rarely been able to come back unscathed, not to mention that Lu Li still has to go out as the commander, and all the arrows of the enemy will definitely be aimed at him.

Under such circumstances, Xiao Man can still communicate in such a short period of time, Xia Wanrou feels that it is not easy.

"Sister Wanrou, I'm just a girl in the village, and I don't understand the righteousness of the country, but I heard Lu Li say that once the barbarians break through our Donglan's defense line, then our small village will suffer sooner or later." Xiao Man scratched his head a little embarrassed, "And Lu Li is pretending to be this world in his heart, and I can't keep him." ”

Xia Wanrou patted her hand and comforted: "Don't worry, Lu Li's martial arts are strong and experienced, and he will definitely return safely." ”

Xiao Man nodded heavily, and responded very seriously: "Yes!" ”

After all, they are going to leave after a while, and the rabbits, pheasants, and meat marinated in the house must be disposed of as soon as possible.

The chicken soup in the cauldron was bubbling with aroma, Xia Wanrou didn't know how to do anything else, Xiaoman asked her to go to the fire, the two talked and laughed in the firewood room, and the meal was cooked in a blink of an eye.

At this time, Wei Xiuyuan also returned.

It's just that his expression is grim, his face is even more ugly than when he first came down the mountain, and he doesn't know what he has experienced.

Lu Li put his hand on his shoulder, "What's the matter, the matter of finding a witness is not going well?" ”

It's not just that it's not going well, it's almost difficult to move forward.

Wei Xiuyuan sighed and recounted his experience after going down the mountain.

He knew that someone in the village had seen Li Shu go to the city to visit Li Sen in the city with gifts, so he hurried down the mountain to find someone, but who knew that he kept asking all the way, but no one said that he knew about it.

It wasn't until he was about to walk out of the village that someone said that he seemed to have seen it, but when the man heard that he was going to testify in the county office, he was so frightened that he couldn't even speak clearly, and finally ran away without waiting for Wei Xiuyuan to finish speaking.

"It shouldn't be," Xiao Man looked at Lu Li suspiciously, and asked, "Didn't you hear someone say it that day, and I heard a lot of little girls talking about this matter afterwards, and it stands to reason that many people should know about this matter." ”

Lu Li tightened his eyebrows, "It's really strange." ”

Hearing this, Xia Wanrou asked: "Do the people in the village think it is a shame to go to the county government to testify, or have they been told that they can't talk about it.....

Eventually, her voice grew quieter, as if something else had suddenly come to mind.

"Li Shu is also a village chief, you say, could it be that he threatened the villagers in advance?" Xia Wanrou boldly guessed.

Wei Xiuyuan nodded, "I can't rule out this possibility, but in this way, no one is willing to testify in court, and Li Shu's crime cannot be determined, and it is very likely that he will escape punishment like this." ”

Thinking of this, Wei Xiuyuan became more and more regretful, he thought that he could directly end this line, but he didn't expect this Li Shu to be so cautious and careful, not only did they fail to find the slightest clue in the stolen silver, but now even the human evidence was manipulated by Li Shu in advance.

"Forget it, let's not mention it yet." Lu Li knew that there was little hope of capturing Li Shu, and he didn't want to embarrass his friend anymore, after all, the other party was not a full-time solver, he patted Wei Xiuyuan on the shoulder, "Let's go eat first, let's talk about the border barbarians in detail." ”

Wei Xiuyuan responded: "Okay." ”

Hearing what the two were talking about, Xiao Man suddenly felt a little reluctant, he was really going to leave this small village where he had lived for more than ten years.

After he leaves, he doesn't know if his father can take care of himself, if Zhang Xiuqin causes trouble again, what should his father do?

After a series of thoughts, Xiaoman became more and more uncomfortable.

After the meal, thinking that Xiao Man would go to his parents' house to say goodbye, Wei Xiuyuan and his wife left early, but left the horse so that Lu Li and Xiao Man could leave in a few days.

Xiao Man sat on the edge of the bed, looking at the cloth and embroidery threads that filled the bed, as well as the few unused materials that Zhao gave her a few years ago, she sighed almost inaudibly, and her eyes were sour.

I'm really leaving.

said goodbye to my father, and when I went to the city, I informed the shopkeeper Zhao again, and there was probably no one else to say goodbye to.

Xiao Man took a deep breath, gently rubbed his eyes, and began to pack his luggage.

"Xiaoman." The man whispered.

She stopped and turned away, squeezing out a slightly forced smile, "What's wrong?" ”

Lu Li stepped forward, didn't say anything, and directly hugged the woman into his arms, his chin rested against Xiao Man's head, and after a long time, he sighed softly and said, "I have wronged you." ”

Xiao Man, who had his head down, bit his lip and deliberately ignored this topic, "Don't make trouble, I still have to pack my luggage, and I have to go home to say goodbye to my father in a while." ”

As she spoke, she suddenly remembered something, hurriedly broke free of Lu Li's embrace, walked to the corner of the wall to open the box, and took out all the silver she had hidden there before.

Among these silvers was the one that Lu Li had delivered to her before, and some of the silver that Xiaoman earned by selling embroidery by himself, although some of it was spent halfway, but now it more or less adds up to a total of two hundred taels of silver.

Xiao Man opened the red cloth bag containing silver, raised his eyes, and looked at Lu Li with bright eyes, "I'm a little worried about my father, so I think-"

"I know." Lu Li didn't wait for her to finish before he picked up the conversation, he stepped forward and divided the two hundred taels of silver into three parts, one for thirty taels, one for seventy taels, and one for one hundred and ten taels.

He pointed to the three pieces of silver and said, "The seventy taels are for my father-in-law, and the thirty taels are for Aunt Zhang, so that she will no longer always worry about your father's money, and as for the one hundred taels, you keep the flowers." ”

Xiao Man hurriedly shook his head, "I don't need so much." ”

"Listen to me, good." Lu Li touched Xiaoman's head, "Shangjing costs a lot, and I can't be by your side, although Xia Wanrou is by your side, but if you ask her for money, it will always be inconvenient." ”

Listening to Lu Li's arrangement, Xiaoman was moved and sad at the same time, the days of separation were getting closer and closer, and she was really reluctant.

Lu Li wrapped the silver and stuffed it into the package for Su's father, and then took Xiao Man's hand, "Okay, let's go down the mountain as soon as possible, and we can say a few more words." ”

"Hmm."

When she arrived at Su's house, Zhang Xiuqin looked at Xiao Man, who was holding two large packages, and Lu Li, who was carrying a big bamboo basket, and was a little surprised, "Lu, Lu Li, how do you ..... How did it come? ”

Xiao Man glanced at her, and without saying a word, he left the house with Lu.

Zhang Xiuqin hurriedly followed.

The three of them entered the house and happened to see Su Qi watching Su Xiaoling write, and the two of them sat and stood together, looking harmonious.

As soon as she heard the sound of the door curtain being opened, Su Xiaoling immediately threw down the pen, but as soon as she saw that it was Lu Li, she somehow blushed, grabbed the pen again and continued to write with her head down.

It's just that the writing is crooked, like a caterpillar.

Seeing this, Lu Li suddenly felt a little strange, Su Xiaoling couldn't wait to walk around when he came on weekdays, and he didn't look at him very seriously, what's wrong today?

"If you don't have good tea at home, you will order it, don't dislike me for being inconsiderate." As she spoke, Zhang Xiuqin handed over the teacup, but the only cup of tea was put in Lu Li's hand, and there was no Xiaoman's share at all.

Xiao Man's eyes widened, as if he had gone to the wrong door.

It's not that Zhang Xiuqin didn't hand her tea to her, on the contrary, she found that Zhang Xiuqin today was a little too attentive, especially to Lu Li, to the point of being respectful.

In particular, in the past, Su's father, who loved to pull Lu Li to talk about moving and talking, didn't move, and he dangled around the table vigorously, and he didn't get close for a long time, and he didn't even pay attention to Xiaoman.

Lu Li obviously also noticed that something was wrong, he got up and came to Father Su's side, "Father-in-law, Xiaoman and I are here to send you something this time, by the way...... Say goodbye to you. ”

"Resign?!" Father Su finally turned around, he looked at Lu Li, then at Su Xiaoman, and asked in disbelief for a while: "Where are you going, how long are you going, why are you leaving?" ”

A series of questions stabilized, and Lu Li didn't know how to answer for a while.

"Ouch, you ask so many questions at once, which question should Lu Li answer for you!" Zhang Xiuqin suddenly jumped out and said angrily: "People's son-in-law kindly sent you something, don't you take a look at what you sent first?" ”

Such a Zhang Xiuqin, let alone Lu Li, Su Xiaoman has never seen it.

I don't know what stimulated me to suddenly become like this.

When the two were surprised, Zhang Xiuqin walked to the baggage and the bamboo basket, opened the package three times and divided five by two, and then lifted the cloth covered by the bamboo basket.

Cured meat, clay pots filled with pickles, two or three processed pheasants, and two live rabbits. Looking at the inside of the package, it was full of clothes, and a few pieces of cloth, but there was nothing else.

Zhang Xiuqin's face was a little delicate, "Xiaoman, this is what you gave to your father?" ”

"What's the matter, I've put it home-"

Without waiting for Xiaoman to speak, Zhang Xiuqin stomped her foot and snatched the conversation, "Lu Li is a general, a dignified general, he actually gave his father-in-law such a thing, and he didn't pick the door, shabby or not?" ”

Su Xiaoling, who was pretending to practice calligraphy over there, leaned over and sneered: "Mother, I told you a long time ago, if Su Xiaoman can marry a general, it will be a big joke!" It's just the ladies in the village who add fuel and vinegar, do you really think Lu Li is a general? I see, he's a little soldier at best! ”

After listening, Xiao Man and Lu Li couldn't help but look at each other and frown, how did they know that Lu Li was once a general?