The man with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes opened his eyes and looked at the woman waving at him, then paused for a moment.
Li Ruo: "Hey, which gang are you from?"
Seeing that she was actually smiling at him, the man's previously dark and sharp gaze instantly turned interested. "Oh, the prefect's wife is better now?"
Was it committed by someone you knew?
"That's too arrogant," Li Ruo asked. "Do you know me?"
The man actually pulled off his mask, grinned slyly, and said, "You don't recognize me?"
Li Ruo almost cursed, "You bastard, your face is covered in hair, who knows if you're Sun Wukong or a black bear spirit?"
The man chuckled again. "That's right, you're blind, it's normal that you don't recognize me."
Li Ruo: "Stop pretending, who exactly are you?"
"I will never change my name or surname, my surname is Xie and my given name is Xiao." He still smiled.
Li Ruo, who had been somewhat languid just moments before, suddenly stood up straight. "What did you say, Xie Xiao?"
A glint flashed in Xie Xiao's eyes, and he pressed his tongue against his back teeth. "What, finally remembered me?"
"Missing you my foot! You really are Xie Xiao, Xie as in gratitude, Xiao as in 'hero'?"
"Hmm." Xie Xiao flicked his bangs, looking dashing and debonair, which didn't quite match his full-bearded appearance.
The next moment, Li Ruo slapped him and said, "Get lost, why are you pretending to be the male lead?"
It's a monster! The male protagonist in the book is really named Xie Xiao.
Is this it?
It doesn't match the description in the book at all, nor does it match her imagination.
Especially their looks.
She didn't believe it.
Xie Xiao: ...
What the heck is the male lead?
"You hit me?"
He had never been hit on the head by a woman in his entire life. His eyes were wider than Zhang Fei's, and coupled with his thick, arrogant beard, he looked somewhat comical.
"So what if I hit you? You have that face, you impersonate someone else, and you shift the blame to him. Doesn't your conscience hurt?"
Xie Xiao: ...
I finally understand where the problem lies.
He touched the haphazardly pasted beard on his face, wanting to explain, but he didn't have time because the guards had returned.
"See you next time, little beauty."
He was ready to leave gracefully.
Suddenly, the sides of my clothes were tugged.
He gave a nonchalant laugh, "Can't bear to part with me?"
Li Ruo: "Help! There's a thief! Catch him quickly!"
Xie Xiao: ...
If he weren't someone who doesn't hit women, Miss Li Ruo would have been kicked flying by now.
With great difficulty, they finally managed to pry her hands open, and saw that her night clothes had been torn with two holes in the front.
Before leaving, he smiled meaningfully, "We'll meet again someday. I'll ask my wife for it back next time!"
Sun Ergou, one of his subordinates who hadn't quite understood what was going on, quickly caught up. "Boss, how do you plan to get her? She's the prefect's wife, so don't even think about it."
"roll."
"ah!"
A chaotic scene ensued as more than two thieves, with several others providing cover, sped away like lightning.
Li Ruo threw away the two pieces of black rags in her hand, thinking that her hands were still too delicate.
She gracefully stepped out of the doorway into the courtyard.
Seeing the guards, he was filled with righteous indignation, "These thieves are really too much, they actually robbed the warehouse."
Why not take advantage of a scapegoat offered up on your doorstep?
If Xie Xiao knew: Damn it, I'm not taking the blame for this!
The guards who ran over cried out, "Young...Young Madam!"
"Are you alright? What are you doing here?"
Li Ruo said, "I heard there was a fire, so I came to check it out, only to run into thieves. Do you know who they are?"
One of the guards, who had been chasing after them for a long time without success, returned, panting, "Who else? Who else? It's Xie Xiao and his gang from Black Wind Stronghold!"
"Then hurry and tell the prefect!" Li Ruo said.
Suddenly I was stunned—
"No, wait, say it again, what are you thanking me for?"
"Xie Xiao, the leader of Black Wind Stronghold. This man is wicked and extremely cunning. I've fought him twice, and his skills are undoubtedly those of Xie Xiao. Did he think I wouldn't recognize him just because he has a full beard? Bah!"
Li Ruo: ...
However, you can't blame her, since he insisted on modifying his Porsche 911 into a Hummer H2.
Good heavens, she actually ran into the male protagonist from the book? And in such an environment.
Pshaw, so what if he's the male lead? He doesn't have three heads and six arms. As the saying goes, a hero's origins don't matter. At this point, he's just a bandit king, that's all.
To put it bluntly, they were bandits.
She does her thing, he does his robbery, let's keep to ourselves...
When Song Zhijing arrived, Li Ruo had already returned to her room.
Song Zhijing and his mother stood in front of the "warehouse" that was now just a door frame, and remained there for a long time.
"Xie Xiao!!!" Song Zhi gritted his teeth, wishing he could tear Xie Xiao to pieces. "It's you again!"
(Xie Xiao sneezed on the way back to the mountain stronghold: This time it really wasn't me.)
Mrs. Xu could barely stand, her finger trembling as she pointed at the door frame. "Gone, my darling, my precious treasures, gold, silver, jewelry, house deeds, land deeds, and several banknotes—" She didn't finish her sentence because they were all from illegitimate sources.
And Li Ruo's dowry is worth more than ten thousand taels of silver.
All gone!
"Jing'er, this time you must take down Black Wind Stronghold for me no matter what."
They must have a death wish to steal during the prefect's wedding! Is there no law left in the world?
That night, far too many things happened at the prefect's house.
First, Li Ruo suddenly woke up, caused a scene at the wedding, and even seized control of the household. Then, just as the guests were starting to eat, there was suddenly no more food or wine. Everyone held their bowls of white rice, looked at each other, quickly finished eating, and then made excuses to leave one after another.
Many guests said it was incredibly insulting, as if everyone was starving.
Song Zhijing didn't even bother to drink the nuptial wine with his bride. He went to the kitchen himself, but before he got there, he heard that there was a fire in the backyard.
Quickly send the housekeeper with people to put out the fire.
I was responsible for dispersing the guests, who were all prominent figures in Yuzhou; there could be no mishaps.
When I rushed back, I found that the things in the warehouse had vanished—no, even the warehouse itself was gone.
The modus operandi was so unusual that it was unheard of!
"You bastards! What are you all good for?" Song Zhijing roared at the guards. "How could Xie Xiao and his men move so much stuff in such a short time? Take them all to the yamen for questioning."
As expected of someone who has served as a prefect, he is experienced and has many ideas. This makes me suspect there is a mole within the organization.
Everyone in the mansion was in a state of panic, and chaos reigned.
After a busy night, Prefect Song didn't even have time to enter the bride's room, let alone the bridal chamber.
The bride waited all night and was so hungry that there was no food left to eat for a late-night snack.
After Li Ruo and her grandmother had eaten and drunk their fill and had a nice nap, they started frantically exchanging points with the system.
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