The uncle borrowed some merits, and the princess drew the talisman fiercely

Lu Zhaoling probably guessed the truth about the engagement.

"He accidentally entered a maze and it was hard to get out. He happened to meet you, and you said you would take him out, but not for free. You wanted him to pay you. Maybe the money you wanted was too much and beyond his ability to bear, so you said you would leave a token for him so that he could come back to you when he had money. Right?"

Liao Xiaoru was angry, "Of course not! I said he took the initiative to give me the jade pendant and the amulet, otherwise how would I know where he is from?"

"If you had led him out of the maze and found a way for him, he wouldn't have refused to tell you his name. As for the token, you must have asked for it. What difficulties did he encounter at that time?"

Lu Zhaoling said, "If he hadn't encountered any difficulties, it wouldn't be difficult for him to give you a few taels of silver. Why would he leave the jade pendant and the amulet as collateral?"

Qing Bao couldn't help but speak up when he heard this, "Especially the amulet. He can give you the jade pendant, but he definitely won't give you the amulet on his own initiative."

They know Lu Anfan a little bit.

Lu Anfan is very kind to the young lady and values ​​the talisman given by the young lady very much. How could he just give the talisman given by the young lady to someone else?

"Isn't it just a amulet? It only costs ten copper coins to get one at a Taoist temple!" Liao Xiaoru was a little angry and embarrassed by what they said.

"Ten coppers? Then forget it."

Lu Zhaoling moved his fingers slightly, and a wisp of black air penetrated into the amulet on Liao Xiaoru's body.

The amulet suddenly became hot.

Liao Xiaoru was scalded and she screamed, pulling the small sachet out of her clothes and quickly threw it away.

Qingbao picked it up and it was indeed Lu Anfan's.

The talisman inside has turned to ashes.

"This is not yours, so I can't keep you safe."

Lu Zhaoling would not allow the talisman she drew to be stolen and used, so she destroyed the talisman with her own hands.

Although Liao Xiaoru was very angry, she was angry because Lu Zhaoling destroyed her things, not because of the value of the amulet.

In her eyes, this amulet was really only worth ten cents, but ten cents was still money, and she got it from Lu Anfan.

It was ruined by Lu Zhaoling.

"How can you be so overbearing? This is my thing, why do you destroy it? You have to compensate me!"

"Xiao Ru, forget it." Liao Shan quickly grabbed her.

He also heard that Xiaoru's marriage was very strange. He knew his daughter well and thought that she must have forced the young man.

"What do you mean forget it? She destroyed my things!" Liao Xiaoru was so angry, "Give me back the jade pendant. I won't give it to you anymore!"

She extended her hand toward Lu Zhaoling.

Lu Zhaoling laughed suddenly.

"This is to pay for my talisman. Have you forgotten? Do you have the money to pay me back now?"

Just pay it back as you say?

Is she just wasting time here?

Liao Xiaoru paused.

"Isn't it okay for me to owe you money? I'll go to the capital to pay you back when the time comes!"

"We know each other well? We are just strangers, why should you owe me anything? I'm already giving you a bargain."

Lu Zhaoling moved his fingers and another wisp of talisman energy was drawn over.

She was too lazy to talk nonsense with Liao Xiaoru and just asked her to tell the truth.

Now Liao Xiaoru still owes her money, so if she leads Liao Xiaoru to tell the truth, it can't be considered as controlling her for no reason.

She refused to accept Liao Xiaoru's money and used the truth to pay it back.

"Tell me, what's going on with the engagement with Lu Fan?"

Liao Xiaoru didn't want to say it at first, but for some reason, she couldn't help but say it.

"He was just staying at my house. He said he wanted to take a detour to the north. I don't know why he came here if he wanted to go north, but it is indeed possible to go through the maze. I said I would lead him the way for one tael of silver, but he said he had already asked other villagers and knew the way, so he didn't need to bother me."

"How can that be possible? How can I earn money if he doesn't let me lead the way? So I asked my brothers and sisters to come to him and pester him, crying and making a scene, letting him know how difficult it was for me to support such a family. He softened his heart and agreed to let me lead the way for him, and he would give me one or two taels of silver."

"In addition to one tael of silver, he also bought the rice crackers that were not sold out that day. The next day I took him with me. Along the way I asked him a lot of questions. I felt that he did not come from a poor family. He had also been to a college and had many skills, such as riding a horse, archery, reading, and swordsmanship."

"This is the richest man I have ever met. I thought at the time that it would be great if I could marry him so that he could help me support my family. But he refused. He said he was still young and was going to serve in the border town. He didn't know how long it would take him to come back, so it was absolutely impossible for him to marry a wife here."

Liao Shan looked at his daughter in shock.

Didn't you want to say it? Why are you saying it so clearly now?

He moved his mouth, not knowing whether he should interrupt Xiao Ru to continue. Lu Zhaoling glanced at him, and he didn't dare to have any thoughts.

There's nothing wrong with Xiaoru telling the truth no matter what it is.

He was afraid that Xiaoru would be so bold as to do something reckless and cause big trouble, thus offending some important person.

"He didn't want to, so I took him into the maze. He wandered in the maze for too long, and miasma arose there. He felt dizzy at the time. I might have been to the maze often before and had eaten fruits there that could prevent miasma, so he was fine."

Qingbao couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard this.

It's still like this?

Liao Xiaoru struggled for a while and then said, "I saw that he was in great pain and was afraid that something might happen to him, so I carried him on my back, found that kind of fruit and fed him, and then carried him for another half an hour and got him out of the maze."

"After he woke up, he thought I had saved him. He also saw that I was so tired from carrying him for so long that I couldn't even raise my hands, so he took the initiative to give me the jade pendant and the amulet. He asked me to keep these two things well, and he would come to the village to find me when he came back, and then he would repay me."

"What about engagement?" Lu Zhaoling asked.

"We didn't talk about the engagement at that time, and he didn't agree. But I thought, after a few months, I will find the capital by myself, take the jade pendant and blackmail the Lu family, saying that we are already engaged. I must live in their house and confirm this identity first, and I don't think they can do anything about it."

"When Lu Fan comes back, everyone will have already confirmed my relationship with him. For the sake of my innocent reputation, will he really dare to force me to die?"

When Liao Xiaoru said this, her eyes turned red and tears welled up in her eyes.

"What can I do? My father couldn't be saved at that time, and my grandfather is old. If I don't think of a way, how can our family survive? I'm not a bad person. After marrying him, I will definitely take good care of my husband and children and respect my parents-in-law. I can also do all the work of the Lu family."