Chapter Forty-Eight: Catching the Thief
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Bypassing the walls of several courtyards, she almost always walked against the walls, observing the surrounding situation from time to time, afraid that she would really meet anyone.
But it doesn't seem right to be a little quiet tonight, it's not the busy farming season, there's no work to do, everyone goes to bed so early, why isn't there even a sound? Did you fall asleep by coincidence?
Du Ruo thought about it in his heart and walked away.
After a few more steps, she suddenly heard the sound of tiles coming from the roof in front of her, followed by two piercing cat meows, which were particularly clear in this quiet night, like a baby crying, which made people have goosebumps in an instant.
She looked up and saw the two cats hunched over and whining on the roof.
Du Ruo patted her chest, breathed a sigh of relief, and said in her heart that she seemed to be a little nervous, she turned her head and glanced behind her again, her eyes widened, and she suddenly took two steps back and stuck to the earthen wall next to her, and her breath was held for a moment.
Suddenly a soft light appeared in the quiet alley behind her, and on the wall facing her, there was a strange shadow!
The shadow was much larger than usual, holding something like a stick in its hand, and the shadow reflected on the wall swayed a little as the light swayed.
Then the shadow slowly lifted one foot high, and the thing in his hand gradually rose, and the foot stayed in mid-air for about three seconds, and then slowly lowered it forward, and then the shadow lifted another foot, still the same as Fang Cai, and lifted it up and lowered.
Just as it was about to walk out of the alley to reveal its true face, the shadow suddenly stopped, and suddenly reversed its direction.
"Brethren!" The shadow stood straight, holding up the wooden stick in his hand, and his voice was solemn as if he were performing some kind of cult ritual.
Hearing that it was a human voice, Du Ruo covered his chest speechlessly, and the whole person relaxed, who didn't sleep in the middle of the night to make a scene here!
I don't know that people are scary and scared to death! There are no fools living around here, right?
"Brethren! Dog thieves in neighboring countries dare to bully our people! Burn their house! Rob their daughters! Destroy, destroy the seedlings in the field! Let's kill the past! Arrest their emperor Lao'er! Peeling cramps...... Again, eat meat and drink soup again! The woman who also caught them was happy! So that they don't dare to look down on people! Hum! The shadow seemed to think as it spoke, and its momentum gradually weakened, and it raised its other arm and scratched its head.
"And San'er! Come on! Your tongue is so flashing that you can't even speak! Another voice rang out in the alley, mocking the first person to speak, "Mingyang! You have knowledge in your belly, you go and say a few words! ”
Du Ruo cautiously retreated behind a tree next to him, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart, what are these young people in the village doing without sleeping in the middle of the night? If you are noisy here, you are not afraid of noisy others to sleep! Even Su Mingyang, who has always been sensible, is here!
The first person holding the object had no choice but to put it down and stand aside.
Soon, there was another person's shadow on the wall, and the reason why Du Ruo was startled just now was also because the shadow shape didn't look like a human to look like a monster, and the shadow of the second person who walked over was also a little bloated and huge.
The second shadow came up and arched his hand, Du Ruoxin said, I am afraid that there is no one else except Su Mingyang who behaves like this.
Su Mingyang cleared his throat and said loudly: "Soldiers! The soldiers of the enemy country have invaded the people of our border three times and twice! Burning, killing, looting, and doing all kinds of evil! As a result, our people have been displaced and humiliated! The border is full of flames! Today, the three armies gathered here to attack the enemy! Fight here! It is inevitable that the enemy will be taught a lesson in blood! Drink its blood! Pick up their bones! to settle all my peoples! Mountains and rivers are eternal! ”
"Good!"
"Good!"
"Good!"
In the alley, I remembered the excited shouts of the others, as if they were really going to war, and their chests were stirring with blood.
Du Ruo wanted to laugh a little, could it be that there was always such a thing in the village in summer? These people are so hot that they can't sleep and come out to play? She hadn't heard of it before.
It's so childish, she doesn't want to stay any longer, they are so loud that even if there are really thieves, I'm afraid they will be scared away by their shouts.
Just as she raised her feet and was about to leave, she suddenly heard Hong Si'er's son Hong Sheng's voice talking.
Hong Sheng came from the other direction, and Du Ruo only paid attention to the things in the alley just now, and didn't look around. Fortunately, she didn't move when she stood here, otherwise Hong Sheng would definitely find her.
Hong Sheng seemed to be wearing something on his body, holding a stick in his hand, walked to the mouth of the alley, and said to the other young people in the alley in an excited tone: "Hey! Don't call me either! Come! Grandpa, I'm a victorious general! Take you to war! ”
When he stood at the mouth of the alley, and the light from the alley sprinkled on him, Du Ruo found that he was wearing a coat made of hay, and the shadows on the wall were the same shape.
Du Ruo suddenly realized, it turned out that all of them were wearing robes and holding sticks in their hands.
Not only did she take a cautious look around, could it be that they were sent by the village chief to keep vigil to catch thieves?
Hong Sheng's voice was rough, he raised his head and laughed proudly a few times, raised the wooden stick in his hand, and shouted: "Brothers, go up! Kill them all! ”
"Rush!" Hong Sheng shouted as he ran forward with a wooden stick.
However, he ran some distance, and no one in the alley followed, and no one made a sound.
Hong Sheng noticed that something was wrong, and stopped and turned to look at those people, "Why don't you follow me!" He asked angrily.
"My mother said, if you see me playing with you, you won't kill me!" A man in the alley said boldly.
"His grandmother's!" Hong Sheng scolded angrily at the alley, "You sons of bitches! Want to eat grandpa's fist, don't you?! Little brutes! Grandpa Ming'er, I have to pull your skin when I see you! Give my grandfather and I will drink and eat meat! Wait for me! ”
Hong Sheng became furious, holding the stick and walking a few steps to the side of the alley, but he was not a brainless person, and he couldn't easily catch a person to beat him, but they also held the guy in their hands one by one, if they did it, they would deal with him together, and it would be themselves who suffered!
He walked a few steps and stopped, and then scolded: "Son of a bitch!" I'll wait for grandpa......" he scolded as he turned and left.
Far away, you can still hear Hong Sheng's scolding.
Du Ruoxin said, sure enough, although everyone's eyes are sometimes very blind, but sometimes they are also bright, Hong Sheng, this kid can be regarded as a bully in the village, and the adults don't want their children to get too close to him, and the province is contaminated with any bad habits, not only that, but he also has to be bullied.
The upper beam is not correct and the lower beam is crooked, and his old son Hong Si'er often bullies the people in the village.
"Soldiers! Let's attack it unprepared, and go straight to the Yellow Dragon! Come on! Su Mingyang's voice suddenly sounded in the alley.
Then seven or eight people rushed out of the alley, all of them wearing robes, like the general's battle robes, holding the wooden stick in their hands forward, and there was another person at the back, carrying a lantern in his hand, obviously afraid that the light in the cover would go out, and he didn't run so fast, but he also struggled to raise the stick in his hand and ran forward.
Du Ruo couldn't help laughing, and hurriedly covered his mouth in order not to make a sound.
She was originally angry with the villagers of Donggou Village, especially since they had been making trouble with her in the past two days, scolding her and even insulting her, but after watching these people's 'performances' tonight, she was not so angry.
Seeing that everyone was gone, Du Ruo also relieved herself, and she walked out from behind the tree.
Glanced around, thought about it, and walked into the alley, those people just came out of here, there should be no villagers here for the time being, right?
She had to be extra careful and go back as soon as possible, otherwise she would be discovered, and she would be attacked by the villagers.
However, I didn't expect that as soon as I turned the alley, Du Ruo almost bumped into someone!
Her heart immediately rose to her throat, she didn't expect that there were still people in this alley who hadn't left, what a miscalculation!
Because of the proximity, Du Ruo saw that the clothes on the person he was wearing were loose and unfitting, and he looked like a thin man, his long hair was messily scattered and draped on both sides, he walked with his head down, his face was black, and he couldn't see his original appearance clearly.
There are still people who pretend to be like this in order to catch thieves, "I, I ......" Du Ruo nervously explained.
Unexpectedly, the man glanced at her, made a strange sound from his mouth, took a step back, and suddenly turned around and ran into the alley.
Du Ruo was stunned in place, and said in his heart, why did he run away when he saw her? Could it be that the Du family is already scared?
However, after a moment's thought, she suddenly realized that that person could be the thief who stole things?!
She hurriedly chased in the direction the man had left.
At this time, at Han Liang's house, Song Juan leaned back on the chair, supporting his head with one hand, and his face was a little dull.
Han Liang stood aside with his hands tied, seeing that Song Juan seemed to be thinking something, he hadn't said a word to him since he entered the door, so he had to go to the kitchen and bring a teapot, pour him a cup of tea, and respectfully hand it to Song Juan.
"Master! Drink tea! Han Liang stood in front of Song Ju'an, bent down slightly and handed over the teacup.
Song Ju'an stretched out his hand carelessly, and when he was about to touch the teacup, he seemed to suddenly think of something, glanced at Han Liang, and quickly withdrew his hand, and ordered in a tepid voice: "Put it down!" ”
Han Liang put down the teacup and said curiously, "Master, what are you thinking?" ”
"Ask so much what to do!" Song Ju'an said unhappily.
Han Liang smiled honestly: "Aren't I afraid that my master will worry!" In the past, when I was working beside my master, I always made mistakes, and I was stupid and couldn't guess what you meant, but fortunately my master was magnanimous! Otherwise I'm nothing! ”
"You mean you can figure out what I mean now?" Song Ju'an asked in a cool voice, the displeasure on his face was even worse, he picked up the teacup and lowered his head to take a sip.
Han Liang hurriedly bowed his head: "Don't dare." ”
"I won't look for you in the future, and you don't have to look for me." Song Ju'an put down the cup and said.
"But the safety of the master ......"
"People who have died once, this cheap life is dispensable, and now it is not worth much, who will make a special trip to kill me?!"