It was already late at night, but Li Zhang tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. Li Er and Dou Zi and the others lived in the yard next to the breakfast shop. Lu Wu also sent a lot of yamen runners to guard it. Only Li Zhang, Wild Gou and Lu Wu lived in the yard of the braised meat shop. Because Lu Wu was worried that the group of ghost beggars who were ambushing them would not give up, he made these arrangements.

The wild dog slept in the inner room. Although he was injured, his breathing was long and strong. Lu Wu slept in the outer room. His injuries were not light and he could hold on during the day, but at this time he was snoring. However, even when he was sleeping, he still held his waist knife tightly in his hand.

Li Zhang didn't sleep and didn't dare to sleep. After all, no one knew whether the ghost beggars would come. Although the sewers around were blocked, they were still not safe. Otherwise, Lu Wu would not be so tempted by a great enemy. He originally wanted to invite a few helpers to come, but it was too late today and the helpers might not be able to come, so they can only rely on themselves tonight.

As the only person who was not injured, Li Zhang could only force himself to lie on the window and look out. If a ghost beggar really attacked, Li Zhang would also give him timely warning, but Lu Wu was injured. Although the yamen runners in the yamen were in the yard next to them, they would be fine to catch thieves by relying on more people. If they really wanted them to fight against some bandits, they would probably be a little unreliable.

Originally, Lu Wu wanted to arrange the wild dogs to the yamen, but the yamen was too far from the clinic, so the wild dog's injuries should not be traveling long distances. In addition, Li Zhang was not worried about his family. After all, those ghost beggars had no bottom line in doing things. Since they could trap the wild dogs, they might have mastered some information related to the wild dogs, so he was really afraid that these ghost beggars would kill them at home.

Lu Wu also had the same concerns. Finally, the two discussed and decided to carry the wild dog back to Li Zhang's side, so that Li Zhang could take care of him. In addition, although Lu Wu was injured, he still had the power to fight. Moreover, the curfew in Tokyo was very strict. As long as he could hold on for a while, he could attract the imperial guards patrolling the streets.

Thinking of the above arrangements, Li Zhang felt a little relieved, and he was not completely unprepared, but time was limited, and he didn't know whether his preparation was effective. Now he could only leave it to fate.

It was already late at night, and Li Zhang felt a wave of sleepiness coming, but he pinched his thighs from time to time, forcing himself to stay awake, and his red eyes were staring out the window, but today there was no moon, and this era did not have street lights, which made it dark outside, even if his eyes were wide open, he could not see anything clearly.

After staying like this until the second half of the night, Li Zhang felt that his eyes could not be opened. He had no choice but to grab a handful of things and stuff them into his mouth. He woke up immediately with a bite. His mouth was bitter and numb. This thing was the peppercorn that Li Zhang had prepared long ago.

At that moment, Li Zhang spit out the peppercorns and immediately woke up in his mind. Then he drank some water and continued to stare outside. However, at this moment, Li Zhang suddenly heard a light sound from the yard, as if something had fallen on the ground from a high place, but the sound was very light. If Li Zhang had not been focused, he would have not heard at all.

Hearing this soft sound, Li Zhang immediately became alert. He stared at the yard with wide eyes, but soon found two green lights approaching their small building, which made Li Zhang immediately think of the wild dog's eyes at night, which made him nervous.

At that moment, Li Zhang was about to wake up Lu Wu, but suddenly he thought of the wild dog's extremely sensitive hearing. If the other party had the ability to use the same night vision as a wild dog, does it mean that the other party's hearing is also extremely sensitive? As long as he moves, the other party will be prepared, and the trap he sets may lose its effect.

Thinking of this, Li Zhang also suppressed the impulse in his heart and stared at the two green lights getting closer and closer in the yard. Lu Wu next to him was still snoring like thunder, which probably would greatly reduce the other party's vigilance.

The other party moved quickly, and in the blink of an eye, he came downstairs. The stairs on the second floor were outside. With a slight "bang", the other party also stepped on the first step. After all, the stairs were made of wooden, and even if the movement was light, they would make some noises.

However, although there was a voice, the other party might be very skilled and brave. He did not stop at all. Instead, he accelerated his speed to go upstairs. At this time, Li Zhang also clenched his fists nervously, his palms were covered in sweat, and he was silently reciting the numbers in his heart.

"One, two, three, four..." When Li Zhang silently said "Nine" in his heart, he heard a sudden loud "bang" sound on the stairs, followed by a shrill scream, which made Li Zhang yell: "Uncle Wu!"

In fact, there is no need for Li Zhang to shout. When the other party's scream sounded, Lu Wu jumped up with a knife, and then rushed downstairs. Li Zhang hurriedly lit the lantern and reached out to the window to help Lu Wu illuminate it. At this time, Lu Wu was fighting with a guy with a white body. The other party was obviously injured, covering his face with one hand while screaming and blocking it. Fortunately, Lu Wu was injured and unable to take action, otherwise he would have fallen long ago.

The movement in the yard here also alarmed the yamen runners in the yard next to him. Several yamen runners jumped into the wall and wanted to help Lu Wu catch the other party. However, when the injured guy heard more and more people around him, he immediately turned around and ran away. However, his eyes seemed to be invisible, and he actually hit the wall, but then he turned over and jumped over the wall and ran away.

Lu Wu wanted to chase him, but the battle just now had already consumed all his strength, and even the wound on his body was broken open. At that moment, he could only breathe heavily with a knife. Several yamen runners chased him, but they were so dark that they didn't have the ability of Lu Wu, and even if they caught up, they would probably not be able to keep the other party.

"Uncle Wu, what's the situation?" Li Zhang went downstairs with a lantern, walked to the middle of the stairs and covered his nose, because there was a choking smell of quicklime on the stairs. This was a simple mechanism he set up on the stairs. As long as the other party goes upstairs, it will trigger the mechanism. He also asked Lu Wu specifically and knew the other party's height, so the lime powder was almost slapped on the other party's face. Although this method was a bit despicable, he didn't care about these things in order to save his life.

"You use lime to conspire to the other party?" Lu Wu frowned at this time. After he came back, he almost lost his strength and fell asleep immediately after lying down, so he didn't know the mechanism set up by Li Zhang.

"Yes, I think the effect is good. The other party's eyes should be injured, right?" Li Zhang asked with a smile. The other party has the ability to have night vision like a wild dog. Li Zhang once asked the wild dog, knowing that although he can have night vision, he cannot see it as clearly as during the day. So he set up a mechanism on the stairs with a rope. Never underestimate Lime. Later, the hero Ma Yongzhen, a hero in the late Qing Dynasty, was superb martial arts and defeated foreign strongmen in a row. But in the end, he was still slandered with lime, which led to the inability to look at him and was hacked to death by others.

"Don't use such despicable means in the future. It will be bad for your reputation if it is spread!" Lu Wu frowned at this time. He was a principled person and also the pride of a warrior, and did not agree with Li Zhang's method of sprinkling lime.

"Well, I just want to save my life and will not use it again in the future!" Li Zhang agreed, but he felt a little dissatisfied. In his opinion, nothing is more important than the lives of himself and his relatives and friends. As long as someone dares to threaten him and the people around him, he dares to use it even if he is deceptive. He has no time to prepare today, otherwise it would not be such a simple lime powder.

"The other party's eyes were injured, but they should not be serious. You are lucky. The other party is not old, should have no experience, and is a little careless, so you hurt your eyes. If you encounter an experienced old man, your trick will not work at all!" Lu Wu said again at this time. When he fought with the other party, he felt that although the other party was injured, he was not completely invisible. Most of his killer moves were avoided by the other party.

Li Zhang was also shocked when he heard this. He thought that even after lime was in the other party's eyes, his eyes would be ruined even if he survived, so he would not have to worry about the other party's revenge in the future. However, he did not expect that the other party's eyes would be seriously injured. If the other party recovered, he would probably be unable to sleep or eat.

"But you don't have to worry too much for the time being. I slashed the other party a few times, and the injury is not light. I guess I will have to be cared for at least a few months." Lu Wu said again at this time.

Li Zhang finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, but then he was a little worried. Although his identity was about to be revealed and he could hire a few bodyguards as an official, there were too many people around him, and the other party could start from the people around him. Moreover, he had only a thousand days to be a thief, and there was no reason to defend against thieves for a thousand days. Having such a powerful enemy staring at him in secret always made him feel very uncomfortable.

Lu Wu was also very tired at this time. Li Zhang immediately helped him upstairs to rest. After a while, the several yamen runners who had chased him back also came back. As expected, they didn't catch up at all. Li Zhang didn't care. Instead, he secretly took some money and gave it to several yamen runners. After all, it would not make people waste their hard work.
Chapter completed!