At this time, it was already the middle of the day, and the white of the fish belly had faintly appeared on the horizon.

When the sun shone all over the county, the number of people in the county began to increase, and the news of the capture of the flower thieves also spread quickly, and soon the whole county became known.

When everyone knew that the panicked flower thief turned out to be Zhao Li, the son of Zhao Yuanwai's family, they exploded even more.

"Zhao Gongzi, it shouldn't look like a flower thief! He is so beautiful, his family is rich, and he is an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, how could he go to steal other people's wives and concubines? Could he be mistaken?"

"What a mistake! He himself admitted it, and he was caught by someone, is this still fake?

"Hehe, I didn't expect the personable Zhao Gongzi, it's okay this mouthful, the yellow flower girl doesn't want it, I prefer the mature young woman, it seems that he and my generation are the same people!"

......

Anyway, there is everything to say, and this topic has almost become an interesting thing that everyone is talking about in the streets and alleys of Xiaohe County, and after dinner.

Of course, there are also people who have lost their wives and concubines and come to the county government to ask for their wives and concubines, and the entire county government is surrounded by the crowd.

Xiaoyaozi and Xia Yun naturally knew about it, and the innkeeper was also happy when he heard that he had caught the flower thief, and he no longer had to worry about the coquettish concubine he had just succeeded being stolen by the flower thief. For this reason, he also prepared a free meal for Xiong Qiang and the three of them.

"After eating, let's hurry!" said Xiaoyaozi.

Xiong Qiang shook his head and glanced at the other drinkers in the inn, now the drinkers in the inn are all looking at him, after all, he is now a big hero in Xiaohe County.

Xiong Qiang whispered: "Master, it seems that the wrong person has been arrested this time, the flower thief is not Zhao Gongzi, there should be someone else." ”

"Is there someone else? Could it be that the reputation of this thief is also being claimed by someone?" Xia Yun said with some surprise.

"I'm not sure, but I've always felt weird. Xiong Qiang said with a frown.

Xiong Qiang, who returned to the inn, felt more and more that what the master Bo said made sense, and felt that Zhao Li would not be a real flower thief, so it was speculated that the reason why Zhao Li was willing to take the disgraceful name of the flower thief should be to protect the real flower thief.

Such a disgraceful name, Zhao Li also dared to take it, which shows that he has a very good relationship with the real flower thief, since Zhao Li was unfortunately arrested, the real flower thief should not ignore him in prison. Therefore, Xiong Qiang speculated that the flower thief would definitely go out to commit a crime tonight, so that the government felt that the real flower thief was still at large, so that Zhao Li's suspicion could be cleared.

Thinking of this, Xiong Qiang went to the county government again, and from the county government to catch the head, he learned some news, and found that the flower thieves did not commit crimes everywhere, but only in this county, and many of them are rich families, and there are more wives and concubines here, Xiong Qiang asked again, who is the closest person to Zhao Li, but the head catcher scratched his head, because Zhao Li is not often in Xiaohe County, either he is wandering outside, or he is in Wudang Mountain.

However, the head catcher gave Xiong Qiang a not very useful information in the end, that is, Zhao Li has always liked Li Shanshan, the daughter of Li Yuanwai's family, it is said that Zhao Yuanwai and Li Yuanwai both have the idea of becoming in-laws, but although Li Yuanwai agrees with this marriage, her daughter Li Shanshan does not agree.

Hearing this news, Xiong Qiang's heart palpitated, but after thinking about it, this news doesn't seem to be of much use, it is difficult to determine where the flower thieves will be infested! But now he has only one chance, obviously, Zhao Li's arrest, the flower thief has learned that there is a master in the city who is arresting him, and he will only make a move once, as long as he proves to the government that the flower thief in Xiaohe County has not been brought to justice, and helps Zhao Li clear his suspicion.

Who could be the real flower thief? Xiong Qiang combed through the information he got from the head catcher over and over again in his mind, and suddenly, he remembered the scene he saw in the Li Mansion last night, this Li Yuanwai seemed to be a very romantic figure.

"Yes, this flower thief is very likely to be Li Yuanwai, because Li Yuanwai is romantic, so he has the motive to pick flowers, and Zhao Li is in love with Li Shanshan, but Li Shanshan does not agree, if he can replace the notoriety of Li Shanshan's father, maybe Li Shanshan will have a different opinion of him, so Zhao Li also has a reason to carry this black pot for Li Yuanwai. As for Li Yuanwai's family, he also lost his concubine, but he was actually a prisoner and a thief, only in this way would others not suspect him. Xiong Qiang snapped his fingers, thinking that his reasoning should be good.

"But Zhao Li has already been to Li Yuanwai's house, and Zhao Li has already taken the blame for Li Yuanwai, so will Li Yuanwai still appear?" Thinking of this, Xiong Qiang was a little suspicious, if Li Yuanwai accepted Zhao Li's replacement, he would not make another move, and if he couldn't catch him at the scene, he would never admit his guilt.

"Let's try our luck!" Xiong Qiang put these thoughts behind him for the time being.

That night, Xiong Qiang came to the big tree outside the Li Mansion again and quietly watched the movements in the Li Mansion. But after waiting for a long time, and not seeing the flower thief appear, Xiong Qiang was a little disheartened and lazy, and later, he was a little sleepy.

When the night was deeper and the dark clouds covered the moon, a black shadow suddenly jumped out of the Li Mansion, and the shadow was wrapped in a quilt in his hand, and after jumping on the roof, he quickly disappeared into the night.

The slight sound of the man falling on the tile immediately woke Xiong Qiang up, and when he saw the shadow holding the quilt in his hand, the corners of his mouth also raised a smile, and he said: "Fortunately, I persevered, otherwise this flower thief would definitely not be able to catch it." ”

Lazily stretched, he quietly followed.

The man in black fell down the high wall and looked around, the night sky was silent, and there was no one in the night, and when he thought that he had succeeded again without realizing it, he quickly disappeared into a small alley with the package.

Xiong Qiang quickened his foot strength and followed the black shadow unhurriedly, this black shadow was also very alert, and every three or five steps, or a dozen steps, he would turn back and carefully inspect the surrounding environment.

After half a pillar of incense, the black shadow went to the outskirts of the county, and walked towards a hillside, where a cave appeared in the dense forest, and the black shadow man lit the torches prepared in advance with flint, and then walked in with the package.

Xiong Qiang sneered and said, "It turned out that he was hiding people here, but it was indeed hidden enough." ”

Creeping to follow the cave, the hole is quite deep, and there is a secret room dug out of it, when the man in black opened the hidden secret room, about to throw the package in, he suddenly heard footsteps behind him.

"Who?" the man in black snorted coldly, and immediately turned around.

When he looked back, he saw a tall figure, dressed in a navy blue robe, probably because his hair was a little naturally curly, so it looked a little messy, his eyes seemed to be jewels, and they exuded a moist light under the firelight, especially the long sword in his hand, the sword was slender and sharp, but there was no scabbard.

"Unexpectedly, Zhao Li didn't confuse you. When the black shadow saw the young man in front of him, his bright and dark eyes also flashed with a cold light.

It's just the voice of the man in black, which also surprised Xiong Qiang, because what he heard was obviously a woman's voice. It seems that the other party is not Li Yuanwai at all! He guessed wrong.

"Aren't you Li Yuanwai?Who are you?" Xiong Qiang felt that things were getting more and more interesting, a flower thief turned out to be a woman, it seemed that things were not as simple as he imagined, but the only thing that relieved him was that the person in front of him, whether he was a man or a woman, must be a real flower thief, after all, those missing women were here.

"You're smart, but smart people don't live long!" the woman's voice was pleasant, but when she was angry, it was a little chilling. However, it depends on who is right, Xiong Qiang will not be intimidated by her, and now he really wants to remove the veil of the woman in black and see what kind of face is behind this veil.

Unexpectedly, in the end, the flower thief who made the people of Xiaohe County panic was originally a delicate flower. Xiong Qiang smiled bitterly, the flower thief was a woman, which he really didn't expect.

"I advise you not to meddle in your affairs, or I will kill you. The woman said coldly.

"It's no different to say more, I'd better take a look at your veil first, in fact, I like to talk to beautiful women, but if I take off your veil and find that you are an ugly woman, I will think that it is Lang who has wasted my precious time to tell you so much. Xiong Qiang said with a smile.

"Hmph, shameless, Miss Ben will let you know today what a miserable end it will be if you meddle in your affairs. After the woman finished speaking, her delicate body twisted, and a palm slapped towards Xiong Qiang.

Although she is just a woman, that palm has some strength, although the light body kung fu is not very good, but really compared with those Zhuang Ding Nursing Homes of the rich family, those people are not this woman's opponent at all.

Seeing that the woman moved, Xiong Qiang also sneered, although he can only use a sword, but he uses a sword with his heart and eyes, when a person can accurately send the sword into the opponent's chest in an instant, his heart eye has been fixed on the opponent's body, and the other party's every move is under his heart eye. So the woman's seemingly swift palm couldn't hurt Xiong Qiang at all, and she didn't even touch his clothes.

Just when the woman lost momentum with one palm and was about to change her moves, Xiong Qiang suddenly twisted his body, and the long sword shot out, and the bright and sharp blade was already on her jade neck.

Before the woman could react otherwise, Xiong Qiang's other hand also reached out and took off her veil.

A beautiful face was revealed in Xiong Qiang's eyes, her beauty was even more beautiful than Xia Yun and Gao Lan, but now this beautiful face was full of surprise and panic, which made people look even more charming and moving.

"I didn't expect that this flower thief himself looks like a fairy, this black face mask should not cover your beauty, I took it off for you. Xiong Qiang said with a smile, but when he really saw the woman's appearance, he immediately remembered a person, it was Li Shanshan, the daughter of Li Yuanwai, last night in the tree, Xiong Qiang had seen this woman, but it was far away, and he could only vaguely remember her appearance.

"Are you Li Yuanwai's daughter, Li Shanshan?" asked Xiong Qiang with some uncertainty.

When the woman saw that she had fallen into the hands of the other party, she no longer explained, but she was a little puzzled in her heart, why did the man in front of her know his name? Could it be that he had already set his eyes on me? Thinking of this, Li Shanshan was also taken aback.

"You...... How do you know?"

"I once saw you in secret. Xiong Qiang said honestly.

"In the dark......? You've seen me? You've ...... What are your intentions for me?" Looking at the somewhat dark but handsome face in front of her, Li Shanshan suddenly had a strange feeling in her heart, she wanted to be angry, but she couldn't.

When Xiong Qiang heard this, he also felt that he had been misunderstood by her, although he liked beautiful women, he was not obscene to the point that he had bad intentions for her because he was a beautiful woman. But when it came to explaining, he felt troublesome, so he simply didn't explain, she could think whatever she liked!

Seeing Li Shanshan's beautiful face, Xiong Qiang also knew why Zhao Li was willing to take the blame for Li Shanshan, but Li Shanshan is also a girl, and girls picking flowers are incredible.

Xiong Qiang withdrew his sword and said, "Miss Shanshan, I actually want to ask you, why are you the flower thief?"

Xiong Qiang didn't hold a sword against Li Shanshan again, Li Shanshan also felt that the person in front of him no longer had the intention of hurting him, so he also put his mind at ease, sighed faintly, and said: "My father is also a very good man, he is rich, powerful, and very handsome, when my mother saw him for the first time, she fell in love with him." When my mother married him, he spoke sweetly and said that he would love my mother for the rest of his life. However, after he married my mother, he married a six-room concubine, and that's not all, he has many women outside that my mother doesn't know.

My mother was a very selfish person, and he didn't want my father to give her the love he was supposed to give to so many different women.

Love is selfish, and if it were me, I would never want my man to just be attached to my ear and say that he loves me, and after a while, he will say this to other women.

Later, my mother died of illness because of depression.

The reason why I pretended to be a flower thief was because I couldn't stand my father's affection, and I wanted to see which one my father should protect among so many wives and concubines he loved. I'm going to tell him that he can only protect one woman in his life. I want to tell him that there are some things that you have that you should cherish with all your heart. ”

Xiong Qiang was stunned, this is the reason why she arrested other people's wives and concubines? However, although it is absurd, it is very thoughtful.

"Okay, but you are also very lucky, Zhao Li is very good to you, in order to protect you, he is even willing to bear the reputation of such a stinky flower thief for you, it is conceivable that he has given everything to you! You should cherish it too!" Xiong Qiang said.

"But I don't like Zhao Li at all, that's his wishful thinking. It has nothing to do with me!"

"Zhao Like is a handsome and chic, young and golden, and martial arts person is not bad, are you still picky about such a person? I really don't know what you girls think. Xiong Qiang said speechlessly.

"I don't like men who don't have manhood, you may not know Zhao Li, but I know him, although this person has a beautiful face, but his scheming is very deep, and his heart is very narrow-minded. Li Shanshan frowned and said, after finishing speaking, she realized that her tone was wrong, and she felt that she was not a nervous disorder, why did she talk about Zhao Li to a man she had never met.

Xiong Qiang frowned, he felt that it was a bit too much for Li Shanshan to say that Zhao Li was so useless, Zhao Li didn't even want the dignity and integrity of a man for her, how could she be a narrow-minded person? Could it be that he really didn't understand Zhao Li? Xiong Qiang touched his nose and stopped thinking about these boring questions.

"Well, these things are for you to deal with, and they have nothing to do with me. Xiong Qiang said.

Speaking of this, Xiong Qiang smiled and said with a little embarrassment: "Next, let's discuss the matter between us!"

"What is the matter between us?, what is there to discuss between us?" Li Shanshan looked at Xiong Qiang with some puzzlement.

Xiong Qiang was secretly anxious in his heart, what about this girl who was still a flower thief? She didn't have a little scheming, I think I had made it very clear, but why didn't she understand? Coughing, Xiong Qiang had no choice but to stiffen his head and say, "What about me? Seeing that you are so beautiful, I have no intention of hurting those women, so I want to let you go in private."

Although my face is a little darker, I have a bodhisattva heart, thinking that if you, a flower thief, are handed over to the government to deal with, a beautiful girl like you will definitely not have a good time in prison. But I can't bear to pay me the remuneration for my first business, which is five hundred taels of silver! You are also the daughter of a rich family, and you must be able to get this amount of silver, so I think, anyway, I will take the silver everywhere, it is better for us to settle it privately, you give me five hundred taels of silver, and I will let you go back. ”

Listening to Xiong Qiang's words, Li Shanshan's heart was also a little scared, although she had the courage to be a flower thief, but she never thought that after being caught, she would be imprisoned in the official prison, for the horror of the prison, she had also heard people talk about it, it was dark and damp, and it was also cockroaches and mice, thinking that she would be locked up in that kind of place, she panicked, and looked at Xiong Qiang with a begging look.

But when she heard that Xiong Qiang was going to let her go, she was happy again, but when she heard that she was going to ask for five hundred taels of silver, her mouth was slightly pursed, and her face was a little embarrassed.

When Xiong Qiang saw it, he thought that Li Shanshan felt sorry for the five hundred taels of silver, so he immediately said in a kind way: "Don't bargain, I was supposed to give me a thousand taels if I was back, but now I only charge you five hundred taels, which is already a discount for you." That's a big deal, should you consider it?"

"But...... But I don't have any money!" Li Shanshan said with some grievances.

"No money? How can you have no money? You are Li Yuanwai's daughter, don't you have five hundred taels of silver? Think about it carefully, are you hiding the money in a corner?"

"I really don't, I can have whatever I want at home, I don't need any money at all. ”

Xiong Qiang scratched his head twice, this is really not easy to do, you can't let her go without earning a penny, right?

"Or? or ...... I'll give you an IOU, and when I have money, I'll pay it back to you?" Li Shanshan stared at Xiong Qiang timidly, IOUs? This is such an unrealistic thing, his father never believed in IOUs when he was in business. So although she came up with such an idea, she was afraid that Xiong Qiang, a money fan, would not agree.

"That'...... That's okay!" Xiong Qiang said helplessly, although he felt a little lost, but he really didn't want to send this pretty girl to the government.

Li Shanshan saw that Xiong Qiang really agreed, and her heart was also excited, and she couldn't help but look at this young man twice, and she didn't hate this person at all. But when she thought of Zhao Li, she became a little unnatural and said, "But what about Zhao Li? I don't want to owe him." ”

"Hehe! As long as you remember to give me an IOU, these things are wrapped up in me, and I still have this little cleverness. ”

Xiong Qiang saw that it was already very dark, and it would not be long before the sky would be bright, so he got up and said: "Remember to give me an IOU, you go back first! Otherwise, you will really be arrested and sent to prison. ”

"Well, I know!" Li Shanshan nodded, just took two steps, turned around again, and glanced at Xiong Qiang nostalgically.

"What's your name?" asked Li Shanshan.

"Xiong Qiang, go back! Be careful on the road!" Xiong Qiang instructed.

"Will I ever see you again?"

"No, I don't want to see you, you still owe me five hundred taels of silver? If you don't pay it back, maybe I'll sneak to your house one day and ask you for an account!"

Li Shanshan jumped happily, leaving behind a string of silver bell-like laughter.