As night fell, the moonlight was like water, sprinkling on the courtyard of Doctor Lu's house, creating a peaceful and tranquil atmosphere. However, this tranquility was soon broken by several sneaky figures.

Li Dapeng, Wang Er and Zhang Hu, three bad guys in the village, usually idle and do some petty theft. Today, they saw that Doctor Lu's family had hunted a big tiger, and thought that it must not have been sold, so they had evil thoughts in their hearts. The three of them discussed and decided to steal the tiger skin at night and sell it for silver.

Li Dapeng, Wang Er and Zhang Hu quietly came to the wall of Doctor Lu's house. Li Dapeng lowered his voice and said to Wang Er beside him: "Wang Er, you stay here and watch. I will climb over the wall to check the situation."

Wang Er nodded obediently and said, "Okay, you have to be more careful!"

Li Dapeng climbed up the wall with light and agile movements. He lay on the wall and carefully observed the situation in the yard. At this moment, the whole yard was unusually quiet, with only one room still lit.

Li Dapeng was secretly delighted in his heart: "It seems that they have all fallen asleep. Now is the perfect time for us to take action!" So he waved to Wang Er and Zhang Hu, signaling them to hurry into the yard.

After the three of them successfully climbed over the wall, they groped their way to the location where the tiger skin was stored. Li Dapeng had sharp eyes and swift movements. In the blink of an eye, he rolled up the precious tiger skin and was about to turn around and leave. But who would have thought that at this critical moment, a black shadow suddenly flashed out from the darkness like a ghost and blocked their way.

"Who is it?" Li Dapeng was startled and almost dropped the tiger skin in his hand. He calmed down and saw that the person was not familiar with him, but he suddenly became panicked.

"Who are you? What are you doing?" Wang Er saw this and hurried over, trying to cover up his panic and fear with words, and also wanted to distract the other party so that he could have more time to think about countermeasures. His voice was trembling, and he was obviously frightened by the scene in front of him.

Zhang Hu stood aside, his eyes flashing with a hint of ruthlessness. He held the dagger tightly in his hand, and the sharp blade flashed a frightening cold light under the moonlight. He was like a beast ready to pounce on its prey at any time, and would attack without hesitation at the slightest sign of trouble.

Liang Yu smiled coldly, with a hint of disdain and sarcasm in his tone, and asked: "You three came to visit me late at night, and brought my young master's tiger skin. What exactly do you mean by this? Don't you know that this is illegal? Or do you simply not take the law seriously?"

Li Dapeng was panicked when he saw that the truth had been revealed, but he still tried to remain calm on the surface. He stammered and explained, "You...your young master? We...we just want to borrow it to have a look, and we have no other intentions. We promise that we will return it to you after we have finished reading it." As he spoke, he secretly observed Liang Yu's reaction, hoping to find a breakthrough.

"Borrow it to have a look?" Liang Yu sneered again, and the expression on his face became even colder and more contemptuous. "Do you think I will believe your nonsense? This excuse is too lame! Do you think I am a three-year-old child? Will I be so easily fooled?"

Wang Er saw that Liang Yu was not moved at all, and he became more and more anxious. A layer of fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and he said quickly: "Brother, we really have difficulties. Please let us go, and we will definitely thank you for your great kindness in the future!" His words were full of pleading, hoping to move Liang Yu and let him go.

Zhang Hu, who was standing beside him, looked impatient and urged him urgently, "Why are you wasting time talking to him? Why don't you just grab it directly?"

When Liang Yu heard this, a hint of anger flashed in his eyes. He moved his body slightly, and in the blink of an eye, he had already rushed forward, moving as fast as lightning, and instantly subdued the three people to the ground.

At the same time, Dr. Lu's family had also been awakened. After hearing the noise outside, Lu Tingyan, Jun Moyuan, and the Lu Tianyu brothers quickly put on their clothes and rushed to the yard to check the situation. When they saw Li Dapeng, Wang Er, and Zhang Hu being knocked to the ground, they immediately understood what had happened.

"Yan'er, you have to be careful!" Doctor Lu was worried that his daughter might be in danger, so he stood by and anxiously reminded her.

When Lu Tingyan heard this, a trace of anger flashed in her eyes. She walked up to the three people and said coldly: "Do you know the crime of stealing? If you are caught by the government, you will go to jail!"

Zhang Hu saw Lu Tingyan approaching, his eyes flashed with cunning, he tightly grasped the dagger in his hand, waiting for the best time to attack. When Lu Tingyan approached, Zhang Hu suddenly jumped up, using all his strength to try to hold her hostage.

At the same time, Doctor Lu and Lu Tianyu shouted almost in unison: "Yan'er, be careful!"

At this critical moment, Jun Moyuan flew over like a flash of lightning, he quickly raised his foot and fiercely kicked Zhang Hu. This blow was like a thunderbolt, Zhang Hu was caught off guard, and the whole person flew out like a kite with a broken string.

"You three shameless thieves! How dare you come to steal my property and even think of hurting me?" Lu Tingyan was furious, her beautiful eyes wide open, and after a delicate scolding, she resolutely stabbed Zhang Hu with a long sword in her hand. Zhang Hu dodged in a hurry, but he was still half a beat too late. The sharp tip of the sword mercilessly pierced his shoulder, and the severe pain made him unable to help but let out a miserable wail.

Li Dapeng and Wang Er were panicking when they saw the situation taking a turn for the worse. Especially Wang Er, who was already scared out of his wits. He fell to his knees and kowtowed repeatedly, begging for mercy: "Yan girl, please spare my life! I... I know I was wrong! From now on, I will never dare to do it again!"

Li Dapeng, who was standing by, also knelt down in front of Doctor Lu and begged bitterly, "Uncle Lu, I made a big mistake because I was blinded by evil spirits. Please be magnanimous and let me go. I promise that I will never make the same mistake again in the future!"

However, Lu Tingyan remained unmoved. She said coldly: "You guys have done so many evil things that you should have been punished long ago!" She asked Liang Yu to tie up the three men and prepare to send them to the government after dawn.

"Yan'er, is this too much?" Doctor Lu asked worriedly.

"Dad, if these three thieves are not severely punished, I'm afraid they will commit crimes again in the future." Lu Tingyan said firmly, "We can't tolerate evil."

Doctor Lu couldn't help but sigh when he saw his daughter was so determined, but he didn't say anything more. He knew his daughter's character very well. Once she made up her mind, she would be as hard to shake as a rock.

Su came hurriedly at this time and said to Lu Tingyan, "Yan'er, let the village head decide on this matter tomorrow morning. After all, we are all from the same village, and Yu'er is about to take the imperial examination. We can't let this matter affect his reputation."

"Mother, but Li Dapeng and others have caused trouble for our family time and time again." Lu Tingyan said indignantly with an unwilling look on her face.

"Yan'er, listen to your mother." Jun Moyuan on the side also advised.

Lu Tingyan bit her lip, and finally nodded, and replied helplessly: "Okay!"

When the three heard that they would not be sent to the government, they felt relieved as if a heavy burden had been lifted from their shoulders.

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