Chapter 115 The storm arises again

 Seeing that Gu Xingzhao was interested, Xu Shisan didn't even think about it and directly used his own treasure pavilion to tempt her. After all, this was the first time he saw her interested in something other than money.

As long as you can trick someone into coming home, you have basically gotten them.

Gu Xingzhao's forehead twitched. Just now he felt a sense of familiarity because Xu Shisan might be the descendant of Lu Qing and others, but now he wanted to pick up a slipper and smash it on that smiling face.

She hung up the video immediately, threw her phone away, pulled up the quilt to cover her head and went to sleep.

Xu Shisan on the other end looked at the hung up call and sighed, "Alas"

He stared at his eyes, nose and mouth on the dark screen of his phone, and just couldn't understand. He wasn't bad looking, so why did this woman not like him?

Thinking back to when he was little, he had always had people trying to please him. Before he met Gu Xingzhao, he was accompanied by different pretty girls every day, and he lived a happy life. But now, he has given a lot of money, but still runs into obstacles in front of others every day

. At this moment, Xu Shisan even forgot that what he wanted was the jade pendant that Gu Xingzhao wore all day long.

Late at night, almost everyone in the exile team fell asleep except those who were on guard.

The Lu family still left four people to keep watch at night, so they would be aware of any disturbance immediately.

The night wind was howling, and two furtive figures were quietly approaching the prisoners from a distance, stuffing everything they saw that was good into their arms. One of them set his eyes on the rough biscuit that a prisoner had not finished eating in his arms, and boldly reached out to touch it, but was caught by someone's wrist!

"Thief! Catch the thief!"

When the sound was heard, the other person tried to run away but was also pinned to the ground.

Du Hangwu woke up in shock and came with his men to check. He had noticed earlier that they were refugees traveling together over there, and the two children looked to be about eleven or twelve years old.

Maybe he came to steal because he was extremely hungry, or maybe he was instructed by an adult and thought it would be best if he was not discovered. If he was discovered, the officials would not care when they saw that he was a child.

Du Hangwu was not so kind-hearted. "You are so young, but your hands and feet are dirty. Just chop it off."

As he said this, he raised his knife and was about to chop off the two children's hands.

The adult who was secretly watching over there was so frightened that he crawled over to beg for mercy, "Please spare our lives! These two children are just extremely hungry. Please spare them!"

One woman even knelt before Du Hangwu, tears streaming down her face, "I am really desperate, please spare my son's life!"

The "bang bang bang" sound of kowtow was particularly loud in the dark and quiet night.

Lu Qing was a light sleeper, so he was woken up by the noise. He opened the tent and asked his eldest son who was on night watch, "Why is it so noisy? What's going on?"

Lu Zhou: "I just heard that there seemed to be a thief. Don't worry, father. I will go and investigate."

Lu Qing thought that with Du Hangwu around, there would be no trouble, and wanted to call his son, but Lu Zhou had already walked away.

At this moment, the prisoners had awakened and the refugees also rushed over, begging the officers to show mercy.

Du Hangwu and several other officers were trapped by a group of refugees begging for mercy, and the two children were being held captive. Lu Zhou frowned as he watched the chaotic scene in front of him.

"Master Du, my father asked me to come and ask you, but what difficulties have you encountered?"

Du Hangwu didn't expect that Lu Qing would be alarmed and sent someone to inquire about it. He hurriedly said, "It's just two homeless children who stole things. It's not a big deal. Please report to Mr. Lu and don't worry about it."

He originally wanted to chop off the hands of the two children. After all, picking on a group of exiles escorted by the government was no small matter. If he didn't teach them a lesson, everyone would think they were soft persimmons that could be bullied by anyone.

But now that Lu Qing sent someone to ask about it, he felt embarrassed. He was afraid that if he harmed the two children, Lu Qing would think he was cruel.

Seeing Du Hangwu's embarrassment, Lu Zhou explained, "Master Du, just handle it yourself. Don't worry too much. Father is just curious about what happened. I just came to ask."

Du Hangwu heaved a sigh of relief after seeing Lu Zhou leave.

However, the refugees were staring at Lu Zhou. Someone boldly speculated, "Could the Mr. Lu they are talking about be the exiled Mr. Lu from the capital?"

"I can't?"

"If it weren't for that Lord Lu, how could this officer be so respectful to a criminal?"

"But I heard that Lord Lu had the help of gods from heaven!"

Others gasped, "God!?"

Someone suggested, "Why don't we go and ask Lord Lu to give us some food and drink, or money for our journey? At least save the two children. We can't really let the officials chop off the children's hands."

"But, this Lord Lu is a criminal himself. Can he help us?"

But the man had already made up his mind, "You saw that the officer with the knife just now didn't treat that man with any attitude, but he was still offering sacrifices! It shows that although this Lord Lu has suffered a disaster, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse!"

"That makes sense!"

"Everyone, let's go and ask Elder Lu to make the decision for us!"

There were so many refugees that Du Hangwu and others wanted to stop them, but they could not use their knives to cut these refugees who were not really causing trouble.

A dozen refugees followed the Lu family and saw several tents occupied by officials. They were more convinced that this Lu Ge Lao was still capable!

Even if they couldn't get food, they could take a few tents back home so that they could rest at night without being exposed to the wind and rain!

Even if you don't need it yourself, you can still sell it. It must be worth some money.

The refugees who had made up their minds knelt down in front of the Lu family tent. The man in the lead looked to be in his fifties, with ragged clothes and a pale face. "Please, Lord Lu, save our lives, save the two children!"

The people who were traveling with him also cried out, their voices were sad and miserable, "Please, Lord Lu, please be kind and give us something to eat."

When other refugees from far away saw this, they gathered together, and even though they didn't know who Lu Ge Lao was, they started crying and shouting together.

Lu Zhou and his companions were standing outside the tent, looking at the sudden scene before them. They were flustered and had no idea how to deal with it. They looked troubled.

In the tent, Lu Qing frowned and listened to the general situation. He wanted to go out to see what was going on, but was stopped by Lu Xingyan.

"Father, you'd better not go out."

The father and son looked at each other and both knew that even if they went out, it would only make things worse and there was no way they could help these refugees.

This must not be done, otherwise it will happen again. It is difficult to refuse begging today, but how can we help more refugees in the future?

Lu Qing struggled with his conscience and finally sighed, "Forget it. Wait for the officials to come and drive them away."