Just because the Tang family didn't light the lamps didn't mean they were all asleep.

The female members of the Tang family were leaning together, looking a little panicked. Mrs. Cao almost jumped up, pointed outside with shaking hands, and almost shouted.

Yunling glanced at her coldly.

Thinking of this nonsense, she probably couldn't see her own eyes, so she could only lower her voice and said: "Don't make any noise, Lao Qi will take care of it."

Lao Qi is not afraid of fighting five by himself, and he is even less afraid of dealing with people or animals that are not "Apiao" but have "entity".

There were chaotic footsteps and a muffled groan outside, and then Lao Qi's voice came in, "Old Master, hold the lamp!"

The oil lamp in the room in the east was lit, and everyone in the Tang family walked to the main room.

A man in his thirties was half-lying on the ground with his hands tied by Lao Qi.

He kept begging for mercy, "Please have mercy, I'm not a thief, I really am not a thief!"

As if he was afraid of disturbing others, the man kept his voice low when he spoke.

His face was flushed, beads of sweat were dripping from his forehead, and he was begging for mercy.

Yunling saw that his eyes did not dodge, and his gaze was quite clear. Although the clothes on his body were old, they were quite clean.

It really doesn't seem like a rooster and a dog robber.

"You're not here to steal, so you're here to rob?" she asked.

The man waved his hands repeatedly, "I'm really not here to steal or rob. I, I'm just here to take a look. Just take a look."

When he said this, his eyes unconsciously glanced at the ground and he did not dare to raise his head.

Yes, he is still a "midnight visitor" who can't lie.

Mrs. Tang looked at him deeply and said to Lao Qi: "Go and report to the official!"

"Yes."

Lao Qi responded and was about to go out, but the man's hand grabbed his trousers, "Master, don't report to the official. I am also the son of a good family. I am really not a bad person."

Lao Qi lifted his feet, easily lifted him up, and continued walking forward.

Seeing that this trick was useless, the man immediately rushed to Mr. Tang again, kowtowed desperately and said: "Old man, you believe me, I am really not a bad person. Please don't report me to the official."

Mrs. Tang looked at him carefully under the bright light, called out to Lao Qi, and asked, "What's your name? Where do you live? Why are you here in this yard?"

The three consecutive questions made the man's expression pause, and then his face filled with embarrassment.

Maybe he knew that he would really be reported to the police if he didn't tell the truth tonight, so the man sighed helplessly and whispered his details.

"My name is Duan Sigeng. The first house that enters the alley is mine. It's just me and my widowed mother. Please don't report me to the government. My mother won't be able to bear it if she finds out."

"Since you know you feel sorry for your widowed mother, why do you still climb the wall in the middle of the night? You said you don't steal or rob, but your actions can't stand scrutiny. You were the one who scared away the last two tenants, right?"

"I really didn't mean it. I, I am also a victim. The concubine of the Shi family, she cheated me of my money, wuwuwu."

A much older man cries like a child who has been robbed of candy, with tears streaming down his face.

"Master Shi raised her in this yard. Everyone didn't know her origins. They only heard that she said her name was Heng Niang and that she came to live with her relatives. When her relatives couldn't be found, she rented this yard to live... ugh Wow, I never thought that this was all a lie by her. She and Mr. Shi didn't know each other, but she still cheated me out of my money... I saw that she was sold, so I came to this house to look for her. I still have my money, I’m really not a thief.”

In the man's whimpering, everyone finally understood the reason why he appeared here.

It turned out that he felt a little pity for Heng Niang when he saw that Heng Niang was young and living alone, and he also helped with the work of fetching water and delivering firewood on weekdays. Later, Heng Niang told him that if he could not find any relatives or someone to marry, he would have no choice but to return to his hometown. If he could find a reliable and honest husband to marry, he could stay.

Heng Niang was born beautiful, and her words conveyed that meaning, and the honest man immediately became interested.

The love of the older single young man was like a fire, and it wasn't long before he was coaxed into giving away all his savings as a betrothal gift.

Unexpectedly, before the matchmaker he was looking for came to the door, Mrs. Shi's wife came to the alley.

After a commotion, Heng Niang was sold by Mrs. Shi.

Mrs. Shi took advantage of Mr. Shi's absence to quickly and resolutely solve her major problem, but Duan Sigeng's wife Ben was nowhere to be found.

He thought that Heng Niang was sold empty-handed that day, and maybe the money was still in the house, so he came to look for it at night every now and then.

The yard is so clean both inside and outside, which is partly due to his efforts.

The Tang family members exchanged looks and were doubtful of Duan Sigeng's words.

Yunling felt that what he said should be true.

After all, both men and women would feel extremely embarrassed if they were deceived into marriage and money, and they would not want to be embarrassed to speak out unless absolutely necessary.

How to deal with him has become a problem for the Tang family again.

"Otherwise, don't report to the official?" Tang Yuanzhi asked.

Duan Sigeng bowed repeatedly and was grateful.

Ms. Cao objected, "It's so scary to have someone climb up the wall in the middle of the night. I'd better report it to the official."

She pointed at the grass rope floating in the wind on the wall. It looked like a long worm in the moonlight, which was really a bit scary.

Duan Sigeng is quite smart.

He did not climb in along the wall, but went around to the woods outside the alley, tied a straw rope to a tall and thick branch, and climbed down into the yard along the straw rope. He could also follow it when he went back. The rope climbed up the tree.

In this way, there will be no traces left on the walls and doors, making it even more invisible.

Duan Si Geng looked at the straw rope, wishing he could just destroy the corpse and eliminate all traces.

He just opened his mouth and said, "I won't dare to do it next time. If I can't get the money back, I won't be able to get it back. I wanted to try this for the last time today. I know the Shi family can't sell the house, and I'm afraid of being discovered." I...can't afford to offend anyone."

It's pitiful to say the least.

Mr. Tang looked at Yun Ling and said, "Ling'er, you can do whatever you want."

Yunling, who was named, said that she just wanted to hear gossip and was really not interested in how to deal with this person.

But now that Mrs. Tang has spoken, she said to Lao Qi: "Lao Qi, please send this Uncle Duan back..."

Her eyes moved to Duan Sigeng, "Don't disturb his family. If he accidentally wakes up, just say that Uncle Duan seems to be sleepwalking and just happened to bump into you getting up in the middle of the night. Don't say anything else. "

Duan Sigeng had a look of surprise on his face and bowed to Yun Ling repeatedly, "Thank you girl, thank you very much, thank you very much."

Lao Qi untied the rope in his hand and took the man out to turn left.

Mrs. Cao looked at the backs of the two men and was very angry: "Ling'er, why didn't you report to the official? Isn't this the tiger returning to the mountain? What if he told lies to deceive us?"

"Let the tiger return to the mountain!" Tang Yuanzhi hung up his book bag.

Yunling then asked, "So what if it's a lie? Auntie, are we sharing the stolen goods?"

"If no one gets the stolen goods together, we will report it to the official. He will only be in there for two days at most, and he will be released soon. By then, if someone deliberately retaliates, will you still be able to live a peaceful life?"

"Besides, if this matter is reported to the official, our family will be in trouble."

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