Lu Tu completely ignored the burly man and continued adding firewood to the fire: "I thought you were tough as nails. You can't even handle this little bit of water? What are you pretending to be, you piece of trash?"
He was telling the truth. In his previous life, he had also undergone waterboarding during training. His record was 50 hours without food or water, while these two guys couldn't even last half an hour.
"Who knew you, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, would be so ruthless behind the scenes? Let me go, and I'll tell you everything you want to know!"
Liu Yang was overjoyed upon hearing this: "Big Brother..."
Lu Tu shook his head slightly and scolded, "You think you can just stop whenever you want? Do you really think you're something special?"
"I...I was wrong. I shouldn't have pretended to be a tough guy. I'll really tell you everything. Please take this rag away first!"
Lu Tu got up and walked outside: "I'm going back to sleep first. It's freezing cold, so you should all go back to sleep too. Just leave some people to keep watch."
"Yes, sir!"
The two burly men felt a chill run through them, colder than the well water dripping onto their foreheads.
If Lu Tu had immediately drawn his knife upon arrival, they wouldn't have even batted an eye. After all, from the day they entered this line of work, they had been risking their lives, believing that even if their heads were to fall, the scars would be huge. They simply couldn't withstand the dual torment of body and mind!
When Lü Tu arrived at Ban Yingying's room, he found Wang Miaoling and her maid Cuiguo sitting with their legs curled up against the wall. They only looked up when they heard Ban Yingying's greeting.
He glared angrily at Lü Tu: "You killed all the people Brother Xu Jing sent to rescue me?"
Lu Tu scoffed at this, "Brother Xu Jing? If your Brother Xu Jing were truly so good, why would he let someone kill your mother?"
Wang Miaoling's pupils contracted rapidly, and she said angrily, "You're talking nonsense!"
Lu Tu was too lazy to explain to her, and said to Ban Wei next to him, "You stay here tonight and guard the village. I will send more people to patrol the village tomorrow."
Ban Wei cupped his hands and said, "Yes, sir. Are you saying we shouldn't let these two young ladies leave?"
Lu Tu waved his hand and said, "You only need to be responsible for the safety of your own people. They can leave at any time, including right now!"
After saying that, Lü Tu turned and left the house, heading towards his own home. That stupid woman, Wang Miaoling, was still thinking about her Xu Jing brother even now, which made Lü Tu feel disgusted.
"Hmph! Fine, I'll leave then. Who wants to stay here with you?" Wang Miaoling said angrily to Lü Tu's departing figure.
The maid Cuiguo quickly tugged at her sleeve and whispered, "Miss, it's pitch black outside right now. We don't know if there are any thieves. Why don't we wait until tomorrow morning to go back to the city?"
Jiang Wanyu and Ban Yingying both advised her: "Hey, since you don't want to stay here, then leave first thing tomorrow morning. Putting aside whether there are thieves, if any jackals or tigers suddenly appear, the two of you together wouldn't be enough to fill a tooth gap."
Even if Wang Miaoling was willful, she knew that this was the only way. After searching her body, she took out two hairpins and handed them to Ban Yingying and Jiang Wanyu respectively: "Thank you for taking me in, sisters. I have nothing else on me, so please don't mind."
"No, we can't accept your things."
"Take it. I just can't stand that philandering Lord Lü. It has nothing to do with you."
...
When Lü Tu returned home, he found the oil lamp lit.
Upon entering the house, seeing Song Yuxi and Nangong Huiyu putting on their cotton-padded coats, he asked, "Wife, what are you doing?"
"Husband, you're back? I just woke up and realized you weren't home. It gave my sister and me quite a fright."
Lu Tu stepped forward and took the two children's hands, one on each side, to comfort them, saying, "It's just that a thief broke into the village. I went out to take a look."
"Has the thief been caught?"
"They've caught him and handed him over to Liu Yang for interrogation."
Song Yuxi smiled and said, "I think you just came back from the interrogation. Liu Yang is such an honest boy, how could he interrogate a thief?"
Lu Tu couldn't help but give her a kiss on the cheek: "No one knows me better than you two ladies."
Nangong Huiyu asked curiously, "Were these two sent by Xu Jing?"
"It's almost certain. I overheard snippets of their conversation earlier, and it seems Xu Jing is really impatient and wants to seize the Wang family's treasure as soon as possible."
Song Yuxi pondered, "Husband, why do you think Xu Jing is in such a hurry? Could something have happened in the south?"
This is the most troublesome thing for Lü Tu right now: the news is too isolated. Even the largest city south of Wuchuan, Longcheng, is 800 li away. Moreover, the official road has been in disrepair for many years, and bandits and outlaws roam everywhere, making it very difficult to send messages.
Lu Tu shook his head: "I don't know either. It seems I have to go to Wuchuan today to find out some information."
Nangong Huiyu volunteered, "Let my junior brother go; he's an expert at gathering information."
“It would be better if I went there myself. That way the information would be more accurate. Besides, Xiao Zhong has more important things to do. Spring plowing is just around the corner, and the irrigation canal is not yet finished.”
"Then should we let Wang Miaoling go?"
"Of course, I don't care about her little treasure. When I went there just now, she was still complaining that I killed the people from Xujing. She's so stupid!"
Song Yuxi gently patted Lü Tu's back: "Husband, calm down. Since that's the case, let's not take her family's treasure."
Nangong Huiyu pouted: "Exactly! I can't be bothered with her. Husband, let's go to bed."
"good!"
The three of them embraced each other while sleeping, or rather, the two of them hugged Lü Tu from the left and right sides. Lü Tu had gotten used to it by now and soon fell asleep.
The next day, just as dawn broke, Lü Tu dressed himself and went out. He happened to run into Wang Miaoling and Cuiguo, who were standing in the courtyard, whispering to each other.
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