Sir Song, do you want to pledge yourself to me?

That night, Ji Nuan finished collecting the ripe crops in her space and sowed the seeds again. She played with Jixiang Ruyi in the orchard for a while when she noticed a slight movement outside.

It’s so late, everyone in the family should be asleep, who would run to the backyard at this time?

She took Jixiang Ruyi out of the space and quietly arrived at the backyard.

In the dim light of the crescent moon, she vaguely saw a dark figure sitting on the western wall, shouting in a very low voice: "Everyone is asleep, Brother Hu, Ergou, hurry up."

Although they spoke in low voices, Ji Nuan could still hear them very clearly in the quiet night.

This is a thief who has sneaked into the thief's house!

Ji Nuan asked Ruyi to watch here and turned around to go out and call for help.

The Ji family is now too conspicuous in the village, so it's understandable that they are being targeted. This is a good opportunity to give these people with bad intentions a warning and give those who are jealous a break.

Ji Nuan knocked on Ji Shan's door and pulled him out of the room.

"Brother, there's a thief in the backyard. Go to the front and call for help. Remember to be quiet and don't scare the bad guys away."

Ji Shan, who was still confused, was so frightened that all his sleepiness disappeared when he heard that a thief had broken into the house.

"Okay, I'll go right away!"

Ji Nuan woke Ji He up again, explained the situation to him, and whispered, "Second brother, take the copper basin from home and go to the village chief's house first. On your way back, keep banging on the basin and call for help to catch the thief."

"I'll go right away, be careful." Ji He responded and hurried away.

After arranging Ji He to call people, Ji Nuan hurried to the backyard.

Li Ergou jumped down from the top of the wall, but he didn't stand firmly and fell on his butt. When he was about to get up, he looked up and saw a tiger face. He was so scared that his pupils trembled and his body was like being struck by lightning. He was stiff and unable to move.

After several breaths, he finally let out an earth-shaking cry.

The thief was already feeling guilty, and the sudden scream caused the other two people who were about to jump down from the wall to lose their balance and fall down.

Oh wow, just one tiger face touch and all the thieves were defeated.

"Ah, ah ah..."

Before Ji Shan and his men reached the backyard, they heard a series of screams, which frightened everyone. Then they quickened their pace and rushed to the backyard, meeting Ji Nuan who was also rushing to the backyard in the aisle.

When they arrived at the west wall, the three little thieves were huddled together and shivering.

Who can tell them how they could be targeted by a tiger just for climbing over a wall?

Who the hell would keep a tiger?

Ji Shan took the lantern handed to him by Ma Jin, illuminated the figures in the corner, and couldn't help laughing angrily.

"Wow, our Ruyi is so awesome! He caught three stinky rats in one go!"

The little tiger cub seemed to understand Ji Shan's praise and came over to him, wagging its tail enthusiastically.

Ji Nuan wanted to cover her face.

Ji Nuan suspected that this guy had learned the village dog's tricks of begging for food, but she had no evidence.

"Tie everyone up!" Ji Shan ordered Ma Jin and others.

When Ji Shan shone the light at him, Zhang Qinghu covered his face with his arms, trying to hide his identity. Now that someone was about to tie him up, he quickly shouted, "Brother, it's me! I'm Zhang Qinghu."

Ji Shan said disdainfully, "No, I'm not your eldest brother. We in the Ji family can't afford to raise a thief who steals things."

Ji Nuan looked guilty: Brother, that’s because you don’t know your sister well enough!

Ji Nuan touched Ruyi's tiger head, pulled Jixiang off her shoulder, and let them go back to their rooms first.

The servants were used to seeing the young lady often bringing tigers to the house, and now they were used to it and were no longer afraid, so they all made way for them to leave.

At this moment, there was a knock at the back door. It must be Ji He and his men coming back. Ji Nuan gestured to a servant and asked him to open the door.

Zhang Qinghu and the other two were already tied up tightly. He was still trying to persuade Ji Shan: "We just came in to take a look. We really don't plan to do anything. Big brother, please be kind and let us go!"

Fang Lai also quickly agreed: "Yes, Ji Shan, we really didn't do anything. We even fell off the wall. Now our legs can't move. Please forgive us!"

Ji Shan kicked the kitchen knife he had found on Fang Lai with disdain and sneered, "You didn't do anything? Then what's this? You've got the knife ready. Are you planning to kill someone big?"

"No, no." Fang Lai was so anxious that cold sweat broke out on his head. Although he had not been educated, he knew that he could not bear the crime of murder. "I picked up this knife on the road and put it on my body. I didn't mean to kill anyone!"

At this time, Ji He hurried over with the village chief and the young and middle-aged men in the village. When they saw the three people who had been tied up, they showed surprised expressions on their faces.

People were arrested without taking any action, and the important thing is that they just participated?

The Ji family is efficient!

The light of the torch illuminated the corner of the wall. Someone with sharp eyes recognized Fang Lai and Li Ergou, and then caught a glimpse of Zhang Qinghu, who was crouching beside them. "Why are you here too? You're stealing from your own relatives!"

Ji Shan handed the kitchen knife and a small paper bag on the ground to the village chief, his expression solemn. "Uncle Village Chief, these were found on them. Luckily, someone at home got up at night to check and found them in time, so we were able to take them down while there were more people around. Otherwise, they would have drugged us and wielded knives, and our whole family would be in danger!"

The village chief took the evidence, his brow furrowed. "The people have been tied up. Ji Shan, tell me what you plan to do with them."

"Uncle Village Chief, you've been to school and studied under Confucius, so you're the most knowledgeable about the law here. If I report this to the authorities, what will they say about breaking into someone's house with a knife and robbing them?"

Ji Shan could say this, obviously he had no intention of letting them go.

If he took this matter lightly for the sake of the village's reputation, he would undoubtedly be letting the tiger return to the mountains, bringing potential threats to his own family. After all, there were elderly people and children at home, and he couldn't always take care of them. If these thieves escaped, there was no guarantee they wouldn't harbor resentment and seek revenge.

Another thing is that Ji Shan also wanted to take this opportunity to make an example of someone to scare the monkeys, so that everyone in the village would understand that their family could not be bullied at will.

If Ji Nuan knew what he was thinking, she would definitely say: You are worthy of being my elder brother, you have the same ideas as me!

The village chief looked at the knife in his hand, weighed it over and over again, and then nodded, "Okay, I'll send it to the government tomorrow morning."

When Zhang Qinghu and the other two heard what the village chief said, their faces turned pale.

"No!" My aunt heard the news at some point and came running over. She didn't even have time to fix her hair as she pushed through the crowd and shouted, "Village Chief, we can't send you to the government!"

Uncle Ji, who followed behind, stopped her and said, "Don't worry about this!"

"Qinghu is about to be arrested and sent to the authorities. How can I just ignore him?" The aunt-in-law stubbornly broke free from his hand and yelled at Uncle Ji with disheveled hair.

Uncle Ji was no less furious, shouting, "You woman, is this something you can do? He's already come to the second brother's house with a knife!"

The second brother was his own brother! He always gave good things to the eldest brother. He couldn't ignore his younger brother just because Zhang Qinghu was his son-in-law.

The eldest aunt started to make a fuss, "It's because the second son doesn't want to lend him the money!"

Ji He was so angry that his lungs were about to explode. He couldn't help but retort: "Auntie, can you please be reasonable? My father just lent him thirteen taels of silver in the morning, and he came here with a knife in the evening. Is he lending money to his enemy?

My father's second uncle from his mother's side has lent him more than ten taels of silver. As his aunt and mother-in-law, have you lent him a penny?

The money belongs to my family. If he is willing to lend it to me, it is out of kindness to my uncle. If he doesn't lend it to me, it is also my duty.

"Everyone, tell me, Zhang Qinghu borrowed money from my family and wanted to harm our family members. Is it too much for me to ask him to be sent to the authorities? Aren't you worried about this kind of person still around?"

The villagers were stunned by Ji He's words, and roughly understood the cause of the incident. They all expressed their agreement to send the case to the authorities.

"I don't care. I just won't let you take him to the authorities. He's the only one in our Zhang family. If anything happens to him, our whole family will come after you!" The eldest aunt started to curse and swear. "Ji He, you evil-minded bastard, do you have the right to speak as a junior?"

Mother Ji pushed through the crowd and said, "Then tell me, sister-in-law!"

Ji's father and mother were still awakened by the noise behind them. Ji's mother walked up to her aunt and scolded her: "During the day, you were begging us to borrow money, saying that you wanted to pay off your gambling debts, but what happened? You lent us an ungrateful person! Zhang Qinghu is like this today because of you, the Zhang family! You blindly indulge him, making him more and more daring. If he really gets into trouble one day, I wonder how you will end it! Sister-in-law, think about it, he hasn't committed an unforgivable mistake yet. As long as he is properly disciplined, he may still be able to change. If he really hurts someone with a knife, how can Ji Hai still live in the academy? Will he still have a future?"

The last sentence is the decisive factor.

My aunt-in-law was hit so hard that she was speechless.

In the end, Zhang Qinghu was taken away by the village chief.