Gu Shichu listened to the noise outside while comforting Ji Mingtao who was not fully awake: "It's nothing, I need to get up at night, you can continue to sleep."
There was most likely a thief outside. Gu Shichu didn't want anyone to find out that Ji Mingtao was in his house, so he decided to deal with it himself and not let Ji Mingtao show up.
After hearing her words, Ji Mingtao closed his eyes again.
Gu Shichu left the room, picked up a carrying pole, and walked out quietly.
She came to the gate and heard someone outside talking quickly and in a low voice.
The lock of her courtyard door is quite special. Once closed, people from the outside can only open it with a key. If people are inside, they just need to press the bolt switch.
Gu Shichu pressed the bolt switch, and the lock hanging outside the door opened with a slight click.
Li Ergou and Fatty Cui were already nervous and alert, paying special attention to any sound. When they heard a slight sound and saw that the door lock was actually opened, they were immediately frightened and wanted to scream, thinking that they had encountered something mysterious.
Then Gu Shichu came out carrying a carrying pole. Her long hair was loose because she was sleeping, and she was still wearing white cotton pajamas. At first glance, she looked like a female ghost.
Li Ergou and Fatty Cui were so frightened that they almost lost their souls. They screamed and shouted, "There's a ghost!" They turned around and tried to run away.
How could Gu Shichu let them run away like that? He immediately raised the carrying pole and hit the legs of the two men one by one, knocking them down in one go.
Now they were holding their legs and wailing.
Gu Shichu looked murderous, stepped on Fatty Cui's neck, and asked murderously: "Tell me! What do you want to do in my house in the middle of the night? If you don't tell me, I'll beat you to death!" This is the best time to sleep in bed, but she was disturbed. How can Gu Shichu not get angry? This time, naturally, the attack was a bit heavier.
Fatty Cui's hands were injured by broken glass and thorns on the wall, and his legs were either broken or fractured by Gu Shichu. He was in so much pain that he surrendered immediately after being asked by Gu Shichu: "We, we just want to borrow some food from you! We don't have any other ideas!"
"Do you think I'm a three-year-old child? Borrow food? At this time? Actually, you want to steal, no, rob my food, right?" Gu Shichu pressed Fatty Cui's carotid artery with his foot. Fatty Cui immediately felt weak all over and even had difficulty breathing.
Li Ergou on the other side was still thinking about escaping, dragging his half-broken legs to crawl out, but Gu Shichu's eyes flashed, and he hit him with another carrying pole, and he immediately fell down.
"You speak! If you don't tell the truth, I will break all the bones in your body. I mean what I say!" Gu Shichu stared at Li Ergou and asked him to speak.
Li Ergou was a bully who only bullied the weak and feared the strong. After being beaten twice, he was so scared that he dared not lie. So he cried and confessed: "We saw that you had distributed a lot of food and money before, so we became malicious and wanted to rob you. We were wrong, please forgive me! We will never dare to do it again..."
Gu Shichu didn't expect that the little things she had obtained were targeted by others. Wasn't it because she was alone and helpless? She was furious and thought about how to deal with these two bastards who dared to take advantage of her.
Should he be brought directly to the captain and let him handle the matter? But if someone in a village commits a crime, the whole village will be embarrassed. The captain certainly doesn't want to make it public and damage his political achievements, so he is very likely to persuade Gu Shichu to make a big deal out of a small matter.
However, although Li Ergou and Cui Pangzi had the intention to break into the house and rob, they failed. If they were to settle the matter privately, even if they were punished, it would not be a big punishment. At most, they would be asked to pay some money or food, be locked up for a few days, and be sent to do some heavy physical work.
If the case was brought to justice and the police from the city came, they would get what they deserved. Unfortunately, they still have families, especially Fatty Cui's family. Although their whole family has been exploited by Fatty Cui, it does not mean that they are good people. If Gu Shichu arrested Fatty Cui and put him in jail, they would definitely come to trouble Gu Shichu.
After all, these days, if someone in a family goes to jail, the whole family will be looked down upon and become the lowest class in the village, doing the most tiring work and getting the fewest work points. The Cui family will definitely vent their anger on Gu Shichu for this, and they won't care that Fatty Cui is the culprit.
Gu Shichu had a headache. She was unwilling to let these two people go, but she didn't want their families to cause trouble for her. This made her unsure of how to deal with the situation.
Finally, Gu Shichu decided to let them go. Of course, before letting them go, he had to beat them up, threaten them, and then give them something that would make them so painful that they would doubt their lives...
Gu Shichu beat the man to the ground and then turned back to the yard, pretending to pick a leaf from the corner of the wall - in fact, she picked it from the space.
The leaves she picked were from a tree called the golden-leaf tree. They were heart-shaped and covered with tiny thorns. If they touched human skin, the pain would be so severe that it would be worse than death.
Even though Gu Shichu is skilled and brave, he still has to wear gloves and be careful when picking it.
Gu Shichu walked up to Li Ergou and Cui Pangzi holding the golden leaf and said, "Next, I will let you touch this leaf. It will cause allergies and pain, but it will not be life-threatening. Once you get through this pain, my grudge against you will be written off. How about that? If you disagree, I will beat you up every time I see you."
"I agree! Just touch the leaves!" Li Ergou and Fatty Cui said in unison, both choosing to touch the leaves that would cause allergies. How powerful did they think the leaves could be? They would only hurt them for a while, and that would be enough. They were very tolerant of pain!
However, they were still too naive. As soon as Gu Shichu put the leaves in their hands, they felt as if they were burned by fire and felt severe pain as if three or four bumblebees stung that place at the same time, or as if they were soaked in concentrated sulfuric acid. The pain was so severe that they rolled over.
If Gu Shichu’s house was not at the end of the village but in the center, the whole village would have been awakened by their screams.
"By the way, the pain may last for days, weeks, months or even years, depending on your physical condition. You'd better pray for good luck." Gu Shichu said in a cold tone. If you dare to have bad thoughts about her, you must be prepared to atone for your sins.
Gu Shichu let them wail. She found a corner, dug a hole almost one meter deep, and buried the leaves of the golden-leaved tree. Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief. She didn't dare to deal with the leaves casually. What if she forgot where she put them and accidentally touched them later? That would be terrible. She couldn't take that risk.
She only planted one of these golden-skinned trees in her companion space, and it was planted in the most remote corner. She would never go to that corner unless she had no choice. She would stay far away from it for fear of accidentally touching the tree. You can imagine how destructive it is.
Although this tree is terrifying, Gu Shichu still kept one as a trump card. This tree can make people suffer excruciating pain but will not kill people. If used in the right place, it is more effective than poison.