At that time, Xiaoman had already walked outside the courtyard of the Zhang family, and from the perspective of the Zhang family, he could only see the back, and seeing that the back was getting smaller and smaller, Sister-in-law Zhang couldn't sit still.

She got up and shouted into the distance: "Xiaoman! Don't report to the police, we'll return all the furniture! Don't go to the police! ”

The two of them are old, if the official really takes them to prison, then how can they bear this old bone!

Brother Zhang lowered his head and didn't make a sound, and many beads of sweat appeared on his dark face, dripping down, but he didn't care about wiping it at this time, just stared at the stone bench with his head down, neither daring to raise his head nor make a sound.

Lu Li also stared at him silently, he didn't speak, and Xiao Man in the distance didn't stop, and walked forward as usual.

Seeing this, Sister-in-law Zhang became more and more anxious, she tightened her brows, secretly poked Brother Zhang, and said in a low voice: "Hurry up and admit your mistake, those things are not ours, don't put the two of us in for so many things, it's not worth it." ”

"What do you know!" Brother Zhang sat there, roared a few words with a white face, and then fell silent again.

Sister-in-law Zhang really had no choice, and she didn't know what Brother Zhang was insisting on, so in desperation, she had to look at Lu Li, "The cabinet is in the house, you can move out now, we will never stop it." ”

Who would have thought that Lu Li was still standing still, his voice was cold, "Since you moved here, then you should return it as it is." And it seems that Uncle Zhang doesn't want to pay it back, since that's the case, then I'm not reluctant, I can only wait for the official to come over and deal with it. ”

I thought that this eldest brother Zhang was a sensible person, but he didn't want to do it now, but he became stubborn, and sat there awkwardly without saying anything, not knowing what he was insisting on.

"It's... How can I move this! "Sister-in-law Zhang has no choice.

She had no choice but to look at Brother Zhang again and persuaded in a low voice: "This thing belongs to someone else, let's send it back, in case it attracts an official errand, it will not be good." Old man, if you don't think about yourself, then you have to think about me, right? My old bones, if they really go to prison, how can they stand it! ”

Saying that, Sister-in-law Zhang couldn't help rolling down two lines of tears, "And our son, if we both go to prison, then who would dare to marry him!" ”

However, even though she had already said this, Brother Zhang still sat in place, as if he was glued to the stone bench, neither making a sound to show his attitude, nor getting up to move the furniture.

Lu Li stood at the table with an indifferent expression.

The atmosphere was at an impasse for a while, Su Qi snorted, and whispered: "Brother Zhang, you hurry up and move things out, if the official really comes later, how will it end." ”

"It's not all because of you!" Brother Zhang stood up suddenly, glared at Su Qi and pointed at him, angrily: "You told Xiaoman, you told her that I moved their furniture, and you brought them over to settle accounts with me!" If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to get off the stage! ”

Su Qi was stunned and looked at Brother Zhang at a loss, not knowing what to say or do.

This kind of Su Qi made Brother Zhang more and more annoyed, he angrily circled back and forth in the yard, and there were words in his mouth: "Your family is so rich, the eldest daughter has become the Duchess of the country, and the younger daughter is doing business in the city, you are so rich, why do you have to care about these pieces of furniture!" Seeing that you can still give alms, beggars, why can't you give us these pieces of furniture! ”

"Do you want to report to the official? Hehe, your eldest son-in-law is the grandfather of the country, let alone report to the official, even if you find the emperor, I am not surprised! But it's just such a few pieces of furniture, if you make such a big fuss, aren't you afraid that others will say that you are bending the law for personal gain and making a big fuss? What's more, which of you can prove that the furniture in my house is yours? Who can prove it? ”

Speaking of this, Brother Zhang became more and more excited, he walked up to the onlookers and roared loudly: "Can any of you prove that this thing is Lu Li?" ”

The crowd of onlookers was dumbfounded, and no one dared to speak out.

"Look!" Brother Zhang suddenly turned around and pointed at Lu Li, and his saliva splashed between his roars: "No one can prove that this thing is yours!" That means that you are vexatious, and you want to steal our furniture! You relied on your status as a prince to do mischief and deceive the people, and when the official messenger comes, I will have to sue you! ”

"Lao Zhang, what's wrong with you?" Sister-in-law Zhang was also stunned, and it took a while to hold back such a sentence, her voice was extremely soft, for fear of provoking Brother Zhang to go crazy again.

But even if it was just a greeting, Brother Zhang jumped up and shouted, "What's wrong with me?" It's not all angry with you! This furniture is ours, even if the official comes and kills me, I will say that these furniture are mine! ”

Sister-in-law Zhang stood at the table in a daze, thinking: crazy, really crazy.

Su Qi also stood behind Lu Li in a daze, and didn't dare to say another word.

This Lao Zhang usually looks like a stable and honest person, why did he suddenly become like this today, just a few pieces of furniture, it wasn't his originally, and now the original owner asked him to return it, and he didn't say that he would be held responsible, why did he become like this?

"Let's go, let's go!"

Suddenly there was an unfamiliar man's voice outside the Zhang family's courtyard, and as the crowd moved out of the way, Su Qi suddenly found that Su Xiaoman had brought a group of officials!

Xiao Man walked at the forefront, although he was only wearing ordinary coarse cloth clothes, but his momentum should not be underestimated.

She took the official messenger to the courtyard of Zhang's house with a straight face, and pointed with her hand: "It's them, the furniture they stole is in this house, and they have admitted it themselves, if you don't believe it, you can go into the house and rummage through it." ”

"Yes!" The official at the head waved his hand: "A few of you go to the house to look for it, a few of you take care of these two people!" ”

Soon, two or three officials entered the house, while the remaining few stayed by the Zhang family and his wife.

Brother Zhang, who was still scolding with his neck, was already frightened, he lived so big, he hadn't seen so many officials, and now looking at their obedient appearance to Xiao Manyan, his heart suddenly panicked.

I just moved a few pieces of furniture that they didn't use, so it shouldn't be stealing, right? They don't really want to put themselves in jail, do they?

Just as he was thinking wildly, there was a low sobbing sound around him.

When I turned around, I saw that my daughter-in-law was wiping her tears with her head down, she was covering her face with her hands, and tears kept overflowing from between her fingers.

Seeing this, Brother Zhang, who was already terrified, couldn't help but sigh, raised his head and looked at Su Xiaoman cautiously, comforting himself in his heart: It's a village anyway, she shouldn't send herself to prison, right?

Seeing the pitiful appearance of the Zhang family and his wife, Su Qi became more and more unbearable, but Xiaoman was still talking to the official, saying how to punish Yunyun for the crime of stealing, he couldn't stand on the side, and his heart became more and more uneasy.

Taking advantage of the gap between the two of them not talking, Su Qi hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Xiao Man aside, angry and anxious, "Why did you really bring the official errand!" If you really want to take this big brother Zhang's family away, what should the people in the village think of you, those spit alone are enough to drown people! Hurry up and let them go back, and don't get involved in this! ”

"Dad, this has nothing to do with you, you can just stand aside and watch the show." Xiaoman was full of confidence and didn't take the other party's words seriously at all.

This couldn't help but make Su Qi more and more worried, he clenched Xiao Man tightly and said, he was about to continue to persuade, but he didn't want Lu Li to come over. He wanted Lu Li to persuade his daughter, but he suddenly remembered what happened before, if he let Lu Li persuade now, he might still help Xiao Man "do nonsense"!

Forget it, I'd better break this thought. Su Qi sighed secretly, helpless.

"Why did you come back so soon?" Lu Li frowned slightly, with a little worry in his eyes.

Xiao Man looked up and smiled, "I'll go on horseback." ”

Lu Li was surprised, "You learned to ride a horse?" Didn't you say you couldn't control it before, but now how can you ......?"

"We'll talk about this later, let's solve the matter in front of us first." As he spoke, Xiao Man patted Lu Li's shoulder and gave Su Qi a confident look, "Don't worry, I will definitely solve this matter satisfactorily, don't think about what you have or don't have." ”

Lu Li smiled slightly, "Okay, I believe in you." ”

Su Qi wanted to speak and stopped, so he had to say, "Okay, then you can solve it yourself, I won't speak later." ”

"Don't worry, Dad."

After finishing speaking, Xiao Man returned to the stone table, and at that time, the official had already checked and confirmed that there were indeed several pieces of furniture in the house, and these pieces of furniture were exactly the same as Xiao Man's description. Including where there are scratches, what kind of pattern they are, and even what words are engraved in the cabinet, they are all said.

On the other hand, the Zhang family and his wife, because of the haste of stealing and the fact that they had never paid attention to these details, faced the questioning of the officials, they were speechless, and none of the details were right.

"It looks like you stole their furniture, as the Duchess said." The official at the head clenched his saber and asked in a deep voice: "Who else in this village is an accomplice with you, it's best to explain them one by one, otherwise when you return to the yamen later, it won't be as simple as asking verbally." ”

As soon as these words came out, Sister-in-law Zhang knelt down with a puff, looked up with a face full of tears, and begged for mercy with a crying voice: "Lord Guancha, we are wrong, we are really wrong, you must not take us to prison, we will return all the furniture, please spare us, I will kowtow to you." ”

As she spoke, Sister-in-law Zhang was crying and kowtowing to a man in official uniform, her forehead hit the ground heavily, and she saw bruises in an instant.

"I stole it! I stole the furniture! Brother Zhang couldn't stand it, his eyes were a little red, he looked at Xiao Man, "I'll give you all the things back, and those who stole furniture with us, let them all return it to you, just beg you not to let the officials arrest us." ”