The woman in front of her did have some relationship with Cheng Dalei, but it was not the kind of relationship between a man and a woman.
This Li Ru was originally Su Ying's father's concubine, but was later promoted from concubine to principal wife. From Su Ying's perspective, she was probably Cheng Dalei's mother-in-law.
However, the relationship between the two is definitely not good. After the incident in Luoye City, Li Ru's family was driven out of Luoye City and lived on only a few acres of thin farmland. It didn't take long for the Rong tribe to fight over, and Luoye City
When the city was massacred, the rich and powerful fled to the south after receiving the news in advance. Those who could not escape hid in the cellar mountains and forests. Those who had no way out became the dead souls of the Rong tribe.
Most of Li Ru's daughters died in this disaster, but she and her brother Li Datou managed to escape to Shajiaji, Qingzhou. The two powerless people ran a tavern to make a living.
It just so happened that Cheng Dalei came to Shajiaji today. Cheng Dalei had been dealing with all kinds of princes recently, and at any rate he was a figure of the same level as Master. Li Ru brother and sister were no longer in his mind. But Li Ru brother and sister would never forget him.
After glancing at the door curtain, Li Ru recognized Cheng Dalei.
Cheng Dalei and Li Datou had never met each other, and he did use the system to check Li Datou's information, but the other party was really a tavern owner, so Cheng Dalei did not take the other party seriously.
He was also careless and didn't pay attention to the other party poisoning the wine. The poison didn't have much origin. It was just an anesthetic from some medicinal beasts. Even though the taste of the wine was a bit strange, Cheng Dalei in a deserted village would not be too picky.
After all, it was bad luck. Cheng Dalei looked at Li Ru who was gnashing his teeth in front of him and was speechless for a moment.
Cheng Dalei sighed and looked at Li Ru: "Are you... okay?"
"What do you think? It's not all thanks to you that I'm here today." Li Ru felt sad, and his eye circles were already red.
"We are always destined to meet each other thousands of miles away, but if we have no destiny, we will never know each other. I never thought that you and I would meet today."
"Good thief, it's rare that you still remember me. Every day in the past, I haven't forgotten you for a moment."
Li Datou listened on the sidelines and felt that something was getting more and more awkward between the two of them, so he coughed.
"Okay, let me go as soon as possible." Cheng Dalei said, "It will save you trouble."
Li Ru also suddenly came to her senses. She was indeed aggrieved, and it was inevitable that she would reveal some of her true feelings after meeting Cheng Dalei.
"Let you go! What good thing do you think of? I will cut you into pieces today and take out your heart and lungs." Li Ru gritted his teeth and said.
"Tsk..."
Cheng Dalei wanted to break free from the rope around his body. With all his strength, it was not difficult. But he took a deep breath and found that his limbs had no strength at all. The most poisonous thing about a woman's heart is that the drug was administered harshly.
Could it be that the dignified head of the Cheng family was really going to die here, at the hands of the unknown Li Ru?
"Oh, you think I'm really scared of you." Cheng Dalei sneered: "I don't want to die, so who can kill me, let alone you."
"Thief, you are about to die, but you are still stubborn." Li Ru held up a sharp knife: "I will dig out your heart and liver right now to see if your mouth is still tough."
Cheng Dalei shook his head helplessly and whistled in his mouth. The black bull didn't know where he ran just now, but now he ran over and protected him in front of Cheng Dalei. One Li Ru and the other Li Datou, what kind of skills did the two have?
Due to their negligence, the two of them wanted to kill Cheng Dalei, but they couldn't even pass the level of Hei Niu.
In just two blows, the black bull knocked the two of them to the ground. Li Ru was covered in mud and was in a very embarrassed state.
Cheng Dalei looked at the two of them, with some pity in his eyes, and said: "Okay, don't waste your efforts. I still have some money in my bag. You can take it to the south. Life will be easier there after all."
"What a thief!" Li Ru gritted his teeth and cursed, his grievance turning into anger: "Do you think I really can't kill you? Even if I can't kill you today, I won't let you go even if I turn into a ghost in the future.
you."
"Stop it." Cheng Dalei suddenly shouted and sneered: "I made a lot of mistakes. Are they all my fault? In the final analysis, they are all the fault of this terrible world. It has nothing to do with me."
Li Ruyi was startled. Of course she wanted to point her finger at Cheng Dalei's nose and yell at her. She was indeed quite good at scolding shrews. But Cheng Dalei's words were not unreasonable. She had been lonely since she was a child and was ridiculed by others. When the Rong tribe came to kill her, she ran away in a hurry.
, but his children died under the sword of the Rong clan.
Of course, it was heart-wrenching pain day and night. Li Ru sometimes wondered whether her fate was bad, whether it was Cheng Dalei's fault, or maybe it was her own fault... But Cheng Dalei's words gave her another explanation.
:
Maybe it's not Cheng Dalei's fault, nor his own fault, it's simply that the world is wrong.
No matter what, there is always something wrong with a world where you can't survive no matter how hard you try.
"Duckweeds in the water and dead leaves in the wind, even I can only drift with the tide, let alone you." Cheng Dalei said seriously: "Listen to my advice and go south as soon as possible. It is your destiny to live the rest of your life in peace.
"
"Cheng Dalei! I don't need you to pretend to be kind, I will kill you today." Li Ru stood up with a sharp knife.
"Hey, do you really think that the boss really has nothing to do?"
Cheng Dalei took a deep breath. Li Ru and the other siblings were all paying attention to him. He suddenly shouted at the top of his lungs: "Help, help."
"..." Li Ru.
"..." Li Datou.
…
Li Ru's fear of Cheng Dalei disappeared and he said coldly: "Cheng Dalei, it's useless even if you shout till you break your throat. No one will come to save you today."
As soon as the voice fell, there was a sudden sound of horse hooves, and several people riding tall horses broke into the dense forest.
The leader had a beard and a determined look. He was a little dazed when he saw the situation in front of him, and asked curiously: "What kind of situation is this? Are you killing people and getting goods?"
"Hey, you really guessed it right. Have you seen these two thieves and thieves from the forest? They just want to rob me."
The big man who suddenly appeared was named Han Tong, and he was a general under the King of Qingzhou. It was because the news of Cheng Dalei's arrival in Qingzhou spread here that he led his men out on patrol, hoping to meet Cheng Dalei.
It was also a coincidence that he heard the cry for help and rushed in, and happened to encounter this scene. He really thought that a strongman was robbing the money, but Cheng Dalei's reaction was beyond his expectation. How could he be so lively when he fell into the hands of a strongman?
"Hero, don't listen to his nonsense." Li Ru bit his lip and said, "He is Cheng Dalei."
"What."
Han Tong was agitated and looked at the black bull in front of Cheng Dalei, and suddenly felt a sense of joy falling from heaven.