Chapter 3 Chapter Two Fengtian Little Thief

Holding a cup of tea, I sat on a rattan chair and listened engrossed.Sitting in front of me was an octogenarian old man, sitting on a recliner, half leaning and half sitting, with a hanging bottle in his hand.Even so, the old man was still full of air and very clear when he spoke. His accent made it clear that he should be from the north. The room I was in, no matter the furniture, walls, or floors, was very old, but it was clean and tidy, with a faint smell of vanilla.The old man was sitting facing the window. There were several pots of flowers on the window eaves, and the flowers on them were also in full bloom.I have never seen that flower before, I just feel that the flower has an extremely coquettish aura, so I can't help but look at it a few more times.

The old man stretched out his hand to pick up the teacup on the low table beside the chair, and took a sip slowly. I couldn't help it a long time ago, and asked cautiously: "Old man, what is the tripod of the Supreme Saint King of the Five Elements? How can it be said that those who win the tripod win the world, and those who lose the tripod lose the world? Is there any magic weapon in this tripod to rule the world?" Is it?" My mind is full of images like Aladdin's lamp, when the lid is lifted, laser bombs or invulnerable weapons will fly out. The old man chuckled and said: "There is no magic weapon! This is just a token of inheritance."

I said, "A token? I still don't quite understand... Isn't this useless?" The old man said: "You are a person in the new society, and you don't know much about China and the emperor's point of view. The emperor, the most, believes that there must be God's will in the dark, and there must be signs when the dynasty changes! The Five Elements Supreme Saint Wang Ding is the representative of God's will. This tripod has existed since Qin Shihuang became the first emperor. It is said that when the first emperor was enshrining Zen on the top of Mount Tai, a strange stone with colorful colors fell from the sky, and this tripod was made. Later dynasties Replacement, there is always a struggle around this tripod. Regardless of the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties in the future, they all won the tripod from the hands of the previous dynasties to secure the country. This tripod has no ability at all, but how dare the emperors of all dynasties make mistakes? The reason why the Yuan Dynasty was so powerful was because the tripod could not be found, but within a few decades, the world was lost. There is also a legend that King Li Chuang invaded Beijing at the end of the Ming Dynasty. It was stolen and passed into the hands of the Manchus. The Manchus had no chance of taking over the world, but after getting the tripod, it seemed as God intended, and there was a love affair between Wu Sangui and Chen Yuanyuan for no reason. Wu Sangui led the Qing soldiers into the pass. Since then, the three hundred years of the Qing Dynasty have been achieved."

I seemed to understand a little bit, but I still had countless questions to ask, so I picked one and asked, "Old man, who is the Five Elements Family?" The old man smiled and said, "The Five Elements family are all thieves." "Thief?" I was taken aback. The old man said: "The theory of the Five Elements family originated in the Han Dynasty. It is said that the emperor of the Han Dynasty was afraid that someone would steal the tripod, so he searched all over the world for masters who were good at stealing and preventing theft. , metal, wood, water, fire, and earth can mutually generate and restrain each other. As long as the five elements of theft masters jointly deduce the method of preventing theft, no one will steal the tripod again! Therefore, the Emperor Han and the top thief in the five elements The masters signed a contract, sealing them as the Five Elements Family, and guarding the tripod exclusively for the royal family, so that they will not worry about food and clothing for generations to come. The name of the Five Elements Family is passed down to the folks, which is another way of saying that they are called the Five Great Thief Kings."

"The king of thieves?" I was shocked! The old man nodded and continued: "It's not easy to be a thief king! This thief has been forced to make a living or enjoy himself since ancient times, so he entered this way of thieves! Opportunities, tricks, thieves, good at calculations, etc. Nothing is not a good thing for a thief, so naturally they are narrow-minded, and they are not as bold and righteous as those green forest heroes. Therefore, these five families not only intrigue each other, but also guard against other thieves who covet the title of thief king day and night As the saying goes, the more troubled the world is, the more prosperous the thieves are, and the good times are rampant. How can the many villains in the world allow the peaceful and prosperous world to last for a long time? Even the family members of the five great families feel that guarding this The holy king tripod is too boring. Coincidentally, when the first emperor built the tripod, he drew five brilliance from the strange stones from the sky to separate them, and used the dragon beak lamp to show people. Take out the beads, even if they are separated by hundreds of thousands of miles, there will be no hindrance at all. The five aristocratic families made an agreement with the royal family that if the lamp representing their gold, wood, water, fire, and earth goes out, they don't need to guard the tripod and take the pearl from the dragon's mouth. The bead will go away, and the royal family will not be able to stop it, if the dragon mouth lamp lights up again, the bead they took away will also light up, and they will come back again, but they don't care who the tripod falls into at this time."

I asked: "What if the beads are lost?" The old man laughed and said: "Lost it? If anyone can steal this bead from the thief king, then he will be the new thief king! The five-element family is not the gathering of father and son brothers, it is equivalent to every family is a Guilds also have graded masters." I groaned, and for some reason, I suddenly asked: "Old man, you have said that thieves are all bad, but I think there are righteous thieves among thieves. Xiangshuai Chu Liuxiang, aren't they all good people who rob the rich and give to the poor?" The old man looked at me, and suddenly burst out laughing. He laughed happily, leaned forward and backward, and said, "Well said! Well said! Righteous thief! Good boy! I really have you!"

I rubbed my head, wondering why he was smiling so happily. In January 1926, Guo Songling was executed due to the Japanese army’s entry into Manchuria to aid Fengtian (Note 1). The Japanese army was everywhere in Fengtian City, and plaster flags of Japanese devils were planted everywhere.From time to time, Japanese military vehicles rammed and sped past on the streets of Fengtian City. Everyone hurriedly evaded and panicked. As soon as the Japanese military vehicles drove past, everyone tightened their collars and fled in a hurry. In a sheltered place on a street corner, three thirteen and fourteen-year-old half-children in rags huddled together and squatted in the corner.Fengtian is very cold this season, the three boys are dressed thinly, even though they are huddled together, they are still grinning from the cold.

A little fat man wearing a dog fur hat in the middle said, "Mom, why hasn't eldest brother come back yet?" A skinny kid next to him let out a sigh of relief, and said, "Brother, nothing will happen, it's such a mess outside." The other looked at the youngest and said with certainty: "Brother will be fine." The fat man yelled at the skinny boy: "Old Guan, you crow's mouth, can you say something nice!" He slapped the skinny boy with his hand. The skinny kid was nicknamed Lao Guanqiang, the fat guy in the middle was nicknamed Lang Deben, and the youngest was nicknamed Crappy Monkey. These three boys were all vagrants in Fengtian City.

Lao Guanqiang let Lang Deben slap him in pain, touched the back of his head and cursed: "Lang Deben, don't hit people, can't you? It hurts like hell!" Lang De Ben scolded: "You crow's mouth, you deserve a beating!" Lao Guan was so angry that he didn't dare to talk back, so he shrank his neck, and the three of them continued to huddle together. The three of them squatted for a while, looking at the intersection constantly, Lang Deben seemed a little impatient, and muttered: "Brother has been gone for so long, why don't we go and have a look too."

The shriveled monkey shouted: "No, no, no! Big brother told us to wait here and don't go anywhere." Lao Guanqiang agreed with Lang Deben's opinion, and said: "Baohou, if something happens to the eldest brother, we will hide here, it's not that we have lost all morale! Lao Lang, let's go and see. " Lang Deben adjusted his hat, sniffled his nose fiercely, and shouted: "Go!" After saying that, he had already stood up. Lao Guanqiang also stood up, but the shriveled monkey still couldn't get up, and was pulled up by Lao Guanqiang, cursing: "You are a bitch! You are the least courageous."

The three of them cheered up, and one after the other, they got out of the street corner and walked onto the street. They had just walked two steps along the street when a group of Japanese soldiers rushed out from the corner and ran forward in formation.The three of them quickly shrank to the side of the road, watching the Japanese soldiers running past, Lang De ran at the back of the Japanese soldiers and scolded: "Little Japan! I'm proud of your mother's cunt!" The flat monkey pulled Lang Deben's clothes and said, "Lao Lang, go, go!" The three trembled forward again, turned a corner, got into an alley, squatted down by the wall again, all looked nervously, looking around.Lang Deben looked up, and they were leaning against a very high wall.Lang Deben said: "The flat monkey, step on my shoulder and go to the fence to have a look." Now the shriveled monkey got a little more courageous, and when he heard Lang Deben's greeting, he stood up and stepped on Lang Deben's shoulders to climb up.As soon as the flat monkey stood still, he heard a commotion inside the fence, and people inside shouted, "Stop the thief! Stop the thief! Over there! Over there! Catch him! Kill him!" The shriveled monkey trembled in fright, he didn't step on his feet, and fell directly from Langdeben's shoulder, Lao Guanqiang stepped forward to support him, but was still surrounded by the shriveled monkey's body, and the three of them fell into a ball. The three fell to the ground, only to see a figure on the top of the wall flashing, a person had already jumped from the top of the wall, and landed right at their feet.The person who jumped down was fifteen or sixteen years old, and he was also wearing a tattered dog fur hat. His eyes were small but very energetic, and his face was dirty, but there was still a bloodstain.The young man fell into Langde's footsteps, fixed his eyes on them, and couldn't help cursing: "Why are you here?" The three of Lang Deben shouted in unison: "Brother!" The boy scolded: "Why are you disobedient! Run!" As soon as the words were finished, people rushed in at the intersection of the street, they were dressed as five or six guys, each of them held a fire stick in their hands, pointed at the four of them and shouted: "The little thief is here! Here! "As he spoke, he rushed towards them. The young man pulled up the flat monkey, and the four of them ran forward desperately, followed closely by everyone behind. The boy ran at the front, and Lao Guanqiang followed closely behind. Although Lang Deben was fat, he gritted his teeth to keep up, and only the shriveled monkey fell behind.The boy at the front yelled: "Run separately! Quick! See you at the old place!" Seeing that there was a fork in the road ahead. But at this moment, the shriveled monkey yelled, its feet became unsteady, and it rolled to the ground.The young man, Lao Guan Gun, and Lang Deben were all taken aback. They had already run seven or eight steps, but when they turned around and saw the monkey fell, they all turned around and came back, and they all went forward to pull the monkey up. He scolded furiously: "Monkey! You trash! Grandpas are going to die here!" The three of them just pulled up the flat monkey, but the flat monkey's legs took a lot of effort, and it couldn't move at all.Seeing this, the young man sighed and cursed: "I told you not to come!" After the boy sighed, the group of guys behind him had already caught up, grabbed a few of them and beat them with sticks.The four of them hugged each other, covered their heads with their hands, and yelled loudly: "You've been killed! You've been killed!" The group of guys beat up for a while before they stopped, kicking and kicking again and again, forcing the four people to the corner. The young man yelled: "I didn't steal anything precious from you, I just give it back to you! Don't beat people to death! If you beat us to death, ghosts will haunt you!" A man with a stick scolded: "Little bastard! You still talk back! Dare to steal things from Mr. Zhang Si's house! It's useless to kill you!" The boy shouted: "Don't hit, don't hit, I'll pay you back." He took out a cloth bag from his arms and threw it at the feet of these guys. A middle-aged man who looked like a housekeeper came panting from behind the clerk. He ran in a hurry, holding his hat with his hand, staring at him, unable to speak.The buddy reported to the man who looked like a butler: "Butler Liu! These are the thieves! We caught them! There are quite a few of them!" Steward Liu finally caught his breath, pointing at the four teenagers and cursing, "Little bastards! You're torturing me to death! You, who is the leader?" The young man was also tough, and Wei Wei got up from the ground, and replied: "I am!" Steward Liu looked the boy up and down, and scolded, "You're so courageous! Who ordered you to come to Mr. Zhang's house to steal things?" The young man said: "Master, I have my own idea! The head of the house just stole some of your snacks! As for making such a fuss?" Butler Liu scolded: "What a fuss? Fourth master Zhang's house allows you to come in and out? Some snacks? Even if you take out a needle, your legs will be broken! Come on, keep beating me! Take these four Give me a discount on the legs of the little bastard! Let them dare to steal things from the fourth master's house!" A few guys responded, and were about to rush forward with their sticks in hand. The young man scolded: "Wait! Wait! Haven't you seen the young master? His name is Napoleon! If you make me anxious! You will not be able to please anyone! Everything will be returned. You guys, if you fight again, don't even think about messing around in Fengtian City!" The young man spoke with confidence and without fear, and the guys had already swung up their clubs. Hearing his yelling, they were a little hesitant, and they all looked at Steward Liu. Butler Liu was furious: "What Napoleon! Take the god of his ancestors! Hit me!" Seeing the support of Butler Liu, the guys swung their sticks and wanted to hit him down. The young man said sadly in his heart: "It's over, I didn't lie to them, I guess the rest of us are going to see Lao Tzu Hades today!" The boy closed his eyes and covered his head with his hands, waiting to be beaten with a stick.The boy closed his eyes for a long time, but he didn't see the stick fall, so he slightly opened his eyes and looked.The guys put down their sticks, and a handsome girl dressed as a maid said something in Butler Liu's ear. Steward Liu nodded repeatedly, pointing at the young man and scolding them: "It's cheap for you today! Fourth master Zhang is having a great day, and I don't want to see blood! Get the hell out of here, see you again, beat me every time I see you! I'll let you have a longer memory! Bah! " Butler Liu spat, waved his hand, and followed the little maid who had just arrived, and hurried back with a group of assistants. The young man cursed at their backs in a low voice: "You son of a bitch, when your grandfather and I become rich, all the women will be sold to brothels, and all the men will be used as cannon fodder!" The young man also spat on the ground after speaking!The boy's eyes lit up, the cloth bag he threw out of his arms was still lying on the street, he couldn't help feeling happy, and stepped forward to pick it up. Lang Deben moaned and yelled: "Brother, what a beating! I thought I was going to die!" Old Guan Gun also got up, rubbed his shoulders, touched his face, and said, "One-on-one if you have the ability! A group of people beat people with big sticks, it's a dick!" The shriveled monkey also stood up a little scared, and said: " Brother, Lao Lang, Lao Guan, blame me for wrestling, blame me!" The young man took a step forward, patted the flat monkey on the shoulder vigorously, and said with a smile, "What are you talking about! We share the blessings, and share the difficulties!" Lang Deben also squeezed over, and said to the flat monkey with a playful smile: "Haha, Their sticks should all be massaged by the grandpas!" The young man slapped Lang Deben on the head and cursed: "Lang Deben, did you tell everyone to come to me again? Didn't you say so! Don't come to me!" Lang Deben grinned his teeth, touched his head, and said, "Brother's fist is still powerful! It hurts so much! Cough! I'm also afraid that something will happen to my brother." Lao Guan gun also squeezed over and said to the boy: "Brother, you Forgive us." The young man laughed, picked up the bag, and said, "It's a bit miserable today! It's a waste of time! But brother, I promise to steal the good snacks for you, and you can finally enjoy it!" Lang Deben, Lao Guan Gun, and Mu Hou stared at the bag in the boy's hand, all gulping down their saliva and cheering, "Big Brother Hero! Big Brother Hero!" This young man is the leader of these four vagrants. He has no name and no surname. He has been in Fengtian for a long time, but he also has a nickname. It was originally an extremely indecent name "Huo Xiaoxie". This young man changed his nickname every day. , called Huo Xiaoxie. These four waifs are often bullied, and it has long been commonplace to be beaten twice in three days. They all have the ability to resist beatings and know how to protect their vitals. It doesn't hurt, there is no acid everywhere, and the lack is only a skin trauma, which is not a serious problem.The few of them squeezed and kneaded each other, kicked their legs and pulled their hands, even if there was no serious problem, they supported each other and left here as soon as possible. The four of them figured out the direction, picked up the path by the side of the ditch, and walked quickly in a place to avoid people. It was not until it was dark that they walked to a few dilapidated thatched cottages in the wasteland of the northern city. They looked around and no one was there. Just got in.They were already hungry at this time, and their stomachs were rumbling with hunger. The three of them, Lang Deben, Lao Guan Gun, and Shu Hou, all looked at the bag in Huo Xiaoxie's hand and swallowed.They also know the rules, if the elder brother Huo Xiaoxie doesn't speak, no one will eat him. This is the rule of thieves in Fengtian City in the northeast. If you steal a lot of delicious and useful money from other places, you can't share it or reveal it on the way. You must avoid people and return to your lair quickly before you can divide it.There is a saying in the way of thieves that as soon as you get stolen things, you miss the old owner and try to escape in different ways. If you don't find a safe place to suppress them, there may be troubles. Even if the thieves in the Northeast stole anything, they would always pack it tightly and run away with all their strength, and they would never dare to show it off halfway. Huo Xiaoxie and the others have been stealing since they were young in order to survive, so they naturally understand these rules.They were beaten up as soon as they came out, and they didn't dare to make a mistake along the way. Although they swallowed their saliva greedily, they all returned to their residences, so they thought about how to enjoy it. Huo Xiaoxie looked at Lang Deben, Lao Guan Gun, and Kuai Hou, and she understood in her heart that she asked them to retreat to the thatched kang in the corner of the house, and then went to light the oil lamp, and then came back and huddled with them.Huo Xiaoxie threw the bag of snacks in the middle, lowered her head and muttered: "It's not that I stole you, but we are destined. Since you have come, please rest assured, I will treat you well." Huo Xiaoxie's self-talk is also a rule in the way of thieves, that is, all stolen things are full of resentment, and the person who steals the things must be appeased before they can enjoy them, otherwise the stolen things will be full of resentment, Still bring disaster.Those who steal money generally have to "beat the money". It is said that money is the most powerful, and good words are not listened to, so you have to "beat", bite with your teeth, pat with the soles of your shoes, expose to the sun, bake on fire, Flooding, just in time.If you steal food and clothing, you should persuade them well, so that you will not hurt yourself if you eat them, and you will not be caught if you wear them. So Huo Xiaoxie and his crew were like coaxing a picked puppy. After spending a long time on the bag of snacks, Huo Xiaoxie shouted: "Okay! Let's eat!" Everyone else cheered .Huo Xiaoxie opened the bag and handed a piece to everyone. The fourth master Zhang is one of the most wealthy families in Fengtian City. It is said that he has a deep relationship with Zhang Zuolin, the leader of the Northeast Warlord.Although the snacks were bagged and messy, it didn't stop them from munching.The waves were so anxious to eat that they choked and rolled their eyes, still shouting: "It's delicious! It's so fucking delicious!" Lao Guanqiang started to cry while eating, Huo Xiaoxie slapped him, and scolded: "Eat as soon as you eat, why are you crying?" Lao Guanqiang wiped his tears and said, "Brother, I eat so much Delicious food, I can't help but think of my parents, I'm afraid they have never eaten such delicious food in their life." The shriveled monkey was young, and hearing what Lao Guanqiang said, tears rolled down his cheeks, two lines of tears Rolled into the mouth, and the flat monkey didn't stop, still chewing hard, swallowing together with tears, and didn't speak. Lang Deben regained his breath and scolded: "Old Guan! You two are so frustrated! Eat something good and that's it! It's really useless!" Lang Deben turned his head to look at Huo Xiaoxie, and said: " Brother, do you think..." Lang Deben saw that Huo Xiaoxie also looked sad, so he didn't dare to speak again.Lang Deben has been an orphan since he was a child, and he doesn't know what his parents are like, so he naturally can't understand the feelings of Lao Guan Gun, Shu Hou and Huo Xiaoxie. The four teenagers were silent for a moment, Huo Xiaoxie put away the depressed expression on his face, changed to a determined face, and said with a smile: "I will definitely let everyone live a good life in the future! There is wine and meat every day, Take a foreign car when you go out! What do you think!" Lao Guan Gun, Pi Hou, and Lang Deben all shouted in unison: "Okay! Okay! Listen to Big Brother! Listen to Big Brother!" At this point, they all lifted their spirits again. Dream of getting rich and getting ahead. Lao Guanqiang said: "When I get rich, I will eat big fat meat every day, the kind that will melt in my mouth when stewed with vermicelli!" Lang De Ben scolded: "You are so promising? If it were me, I would find Xiao De Zhang, the most popular in Fengtian City, and the others to sing Errenzhuan every day. Can’t do it again! Flat monkey! What about you!” The shriveled monkey thought for a while, and said, "If I want to be prosperous, I will build a big house, so that people like us in Fengtian City can live there, so that we won't be hungry or cold, and we won't have to steal from others and get beaten." Lang Deben pushed the shriveled monkey: "Hey, you are so righteous!" Lao Guan gun also rushed over to squash the shriveled monkey, shouting: "You boy still has such a good heart! Let me see if you are It's not that he looks like a Buddha!" ​​The three of them immediately made a fuss. Lang Deben shrunk his neck and quit the battle group with a smile. Seeing Huo Xiaoxie thinking, he couldn't help asking: "Brother, what are you thinking about?" Huo Xiaoxie said, "I didn't think about anything." Lao Guanqiang and the flat monkey stopped fighting and looked at Huo Xiaoxie. Lao Guanqiang said, "Brother, tell me, if you become prosperous, what would you like to do the most?" Huo Xiaoxie said, "I really don't know what I want to do." The flat monkey took a step forward and said, "Brother, just tell me, you must have thought about it a long time ago." "That's right, that's right!" Lang Deben shouted. Huo Xiaoxie glanced at everyone, scratched his head, laughed foolishly, and said: "Actually, I told you, don't laugh." "Let's talk, let's make sure we don't laugh!" Everyone yelled. Huo Xiaoxie said slowly: "If I get rich, I, I really want to find..." As soon as he said this, the broken door of this room was kicked open. I saw a man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, wearing a dog fur jacket, came in, followed by two men who didn't look good at all.The man kicked the door in, immediately frightened Huo Xiaoxie and the others, and when they saw who was coming, the four of them all had expressions of fear on their faces. The man scolded: "You bastards, you hide here, thinking that I can't find you?" Huo Xiaoxie hurriedly replied: "Boss Qi, we plan to go back right away!" This guy is the real boss of Huo Xiaoxie and his four, named Qi Jianer. Huo Xiaoxie and the others were recruited by Qi Jianer a few years ago, and they have been instigating them to do some sneaky and bad things in the past few years.Qi Jianer is a gambler by nature, and his luck is extremely bad. Recently, he has lost a lot, so he urges his vagrants to steal money every day to honor him.In recent days, because of Guo Songling's rebellion against Zhang Zuolin, a large number of Japanese troops poured into Fengtian City, and the fighting was urgent. Almost every house in Fengtian City was closed, and people who came and went to do business also avoided the war and did not dare to enter the city. So Huo Xiaoxie and the others hadn't gained anything for many days. The four Huo Xiaoxie can be regarded as Qi Jianer's most proud "disciples", especially Huo Xiaoxie as the leader, who has almost obtained Qi Jianer's "true biography". The ability to pick out people's pockets, I am afraid that Huo Xiaoxie is already one of the best among the vagrants in Fengtian City. Originally, Huo Xiaoxie and others had to go back to Qi Jianer's "mouse building" to report the number every day, but they hadn't gained anything recently, and Qi Jianer's slaps were often slapped. Defy Qi Jianer.The thieves in Fengtian City know each other well, and they are ranked according to their seniority. Qi Jianer, who leads a group of children to steal, is called "Shang Wuling", and Huo Xiaoxie and the others call it "Xia Wuling." "If Xia Wuling is not under the cover of the boss, let alone stealing in Fengtian City, even if he corrects his evil ways and does some serious things, he will be mobilized and attacked.As the saying goes: It is easy to get on a thief ship, but difficult to get off a thief ship. This is the truth. In the chaotic times of the Republic of China, wars were relentless everywhere, and the heroes were separated from each other. All walks of life paid attention to teamwork, and thieves were no exception.Moreover, the more despicable you are, such as thieves, beggars, robbing houses, gangsters, bandits and thieves, the more you pay attention to teamwork, stay in the rivers and lakes, never leave, and die together, unless you are the master Only those who can put incense in their ranks, such as senior shopkeepers, masters, and masters, can say "I wash my hands in the golden basin" and quit in a decent manner. Huo Xiaoxie also thought about running away with Lang Debun and escaped from Qi Jianer's control, but Fengtian City is still in a state of chaos, so it can be regarded as a place to stay, where to go? run?Other places might be more dangerous than Fengtian City.Thieves, also known as Rongxing, are most afraid of strangers joining the gang. They are afraid of catching one, confessing a bunch, and running to other places. If you are still a thief, if you want to gain a foothold, unless you have the ability to Otherwise, you can only join the gang, and you must be able to endure the punishment of "wearing three knives". To put it bluntly, it means three knives.This is how to make everyone believe that you are a loyal person. There are quite a lot of rules for being a thief, let's list them for the time being, and talk about them later. When Qi Jianer saw that Huo Xiaoxie hadn't returned to the Mouse Tower to report the number, Qi Jian was very angry, so he took two people to find him.This place in Fengtian City where the four of Huo Xiaoxie can hide, Qi Jianer is better than Huo Xiaoxie. Seeing the faint light in these dilapidated houses from a distance, he tiptoed over and heard Huo Xiaoxie Xie and the others were talking inside, so they naturally kicked the door open and came in to arrest people. Hearing that Huo Xiaoxie dared to talk back, Qi Jianer took a step forward and slapped Huo Xiaoxie's ear with a "slap", and cursed: "I don't care what's going on! How dare you talk back!" Huo Xiaoxie was caught The slap made him dizzy, and he fell to the ground, so he rushed to help him.Everyone looked fearful and did not dare to resist at all, they huddled together and looked at Qi Jianer. Huo Xiaoxie got slapped in the face, she felt resentment in her heart, and she didn't dare to show it on her face, she just cursed in her heart: "Qi Mouse! Hit your grandpa and me, and I will definitely repay you twice in the future! Sigh! Why did Qi Mouse find us so quickly! " Qi Jianer rubbed his hands, his nose suddenly twitched, he looked around, and said, "Why does it smell like oil?" Qi Jianer sniffed here and there, and soon his eyes fell on the four people's mouths .Huo Xiaoxie and the others ate happily, and the corners of their mouths were full of crumbs.Qi Jianer snorted: "You little bastards! Don't come back to report the number! Hiding here to eat?" Qi Jianer's seniority in "Shang Wuling" is not a false name, the thief is the most sharp-eyed, and when he said this, he took a step forward and pulled out the snack bag hidden at the four people's feet, glaring at the four people, Open the bag, reach in and grab a piece of dim sum, put it near your nose and smell it, and mutter to yourself: "This dim sum oil is heavy, it's not an ordinary dim sum!" Saying this, he brought the dim sum to his mouth and bit it Take a bite, chew it, chew it and swallow it. Qi Jianer's face sank, he threw the dim sum in his hand back into the bag, grabbed the bag, pointed at Huo Xiaoxie and the others, and cursed: "Speak! Who did you steal the dim sum from? If you tell half a lie, you will be interrupted." Your four legs!" Lang Deben, Lao Guan Gun, and Pi Hou couldn't help looking at Huo Xiaoxie. Huo Xiaoxie knew that there was no point in hiding it, so he swallowed, and said, "It's Zhang, Zhang Siye's dessert." "Fourth Master Zhang? Can you steal the snacks from Fourth Master Zhang's house? Do you dare to steal from Fourth Master Zhang's house?" Qi Jian was in disbelief. "Yes, it belongs to Mr. Zhang's family." Huo Xiaoxie replied listlessly. "Damn it! Can you come back alive? Tell me! How did you steal it!" Qi Jianer seemed very interested in the things that could be stolen from Zhang Siye's house. "Beside the wall of Master Zhang's house, there is a tree with a crooked neck. From the side of the tree, it can swing to the bottom of a roof. Under that roof, a person can climb over. One or two feet away, there is a person who escapes the corridor. The board was loose, and I was able to get into the beam, and then from the beam, follow the fragrance to find a Buddhist hall, where there were many people, and they hurriedly walked in and out of the inner room, and waited for an hour. I used a rope to make a loop, and I hung it down to pull the dim sum up." Huo Xiaoxie said vaguely, seemingly relaxed and ordinary, but in fact, Huo Xiaoxie's trip was really amazing. If Huo Xiaoxie hadn't risked his life to swing from the edge of the tree branch to the eaves, it would have been difficult to do.The twists and turns of this trip were by no means what Huo Xiaoxie could describe in just a few words. As Huo Xiaoxie spoke like this, Qi Jianer listened very carefully. Huo Xiaoxie said: "That's it. When I came out, I was careless. When I came down from the eaves and climbed the tree, they found out. They chased me to the outside of the courtyard and beat the four of us with sticks. Fortunately, a little servant girl came and told us that Fourth Master Zhang was so happy that he spared our lives, and he didn't take back the snacks." Huo Xiaoxie looked up at Qi Jianer, Qi Jianer was thinking about something, Huo Xiaoxie called out: "Boss Qi, I'm done." Only then did Qi Jianer regain his senses, his face turned weird, and he said, "Xiao Xie, what you said is true?" Huo Xiaoxie said: "Boss Qi, if I tell a lie, I will be hacked into pieces." Lang Deben, Lao Guanqiang, and Biaohou also nodded repeatedly.Lang Deben said: "Boss Qi, they hit us hard, they almost killed us." Lao Guan Gun also said: "Yes, yes, Boss Qi, look at my face, this half is still swollen. " Qi Jianer groaned, and said: "Today, I will spare you first! Get out of here, and follow me!" Huo Xiaoxie and the others didn't expect Qi Jianer to take advantage of them so much, they were overjoyed, no matter what kind of tricks Qi Jianer was playing, they quickly stood up and followed Qi Jianer. Qi Jianer walked fast, Huo Xiaoxie and the others were suffering from pain and followed behind, Huo Xiaoxie looked along the road and saw that it was not in the direction of Qi Jianer's residence "Mouse Building", so he couldn't help but took a step forward and asked : "Boss Qi, don't you want to go back to the Mouse Tower?" Qi Jianer scolded: "Stop talking nonsense! Follow along!" Huo Xiaoxie didn't dare to ask more questions, thinking about Qi Jianer's sneaky appearance, he probably didn't have anything good to do.Ever since Huo Xiaoxie followed Qi Jianer, he never encountered any good things, so he didn't even think about where Qi Jianer would take them. The group of them hurried for an hour before they came to a house at the gate of the eastern suburb of Fengtiancheng, let the two people who followed him spread out to watch the wind, and brought Huo Xiaoxie four to the door of the house.Huo Xiaoxie looked at it, and suddenly remembered that he had been to this place before, and it was the residence of Liu Fengbao, the "great master" of Fengtian's "Rongxing" (the elegant name for the profession of thief).Liu Fengbao is also known as "Three-fingered Liu" in Fengtian Thief Taoism. He suffered from some kind of disease in his left and right hands since he was a child, and only his thumb, index finger, and middle finger were left. And the three fingers are shrunk down into a cone shape only the thickness of the wrist, and the fingertips are even thinner and longer, like a three-clawed cone that goes with you as you wish, arbitrarily grabbing small and precious objects on people. You must know that these thieves who steal money from passers-by are not very difficult to steal things of average size, but the most difficult thing is to steal small things. According to the saying of thieves: a tiny bit, the risk is 50%; stealing the tip of a needle is called holy!In other words, if the thing to be stolen is a little small, if you want to avoid being discovered by others, and you can get it quickly, it is 50% more dangerous than stealing something larger. If you can steal something the size of a needlepoint from a person, That is the master!Everyone thinks that even if something the size of a pinpoint is placed on the table, you have to be extremely careful and concentrate on picking it up with tweezers, let alone on a person, buried in clothes? Although Three Fingers Liu is not yet capable of stealing the tip of a needle, it is said that he was able to remove the inlaid jade and agate from the women's earrings without sensuality, which made Huo Xiaoxie sigh inconceivable! Huo Xiaoxie is the "Pin 2" in "Xia Wuling", that is, the second generation in "Xia Wuling". How dare Xiaoxie not remember this place? Qi Jianer walked to the door, looked left and right for no one, stepped forward and knocked on the two short and two long "mountain worship buttons", turned his head to stare at Huo Xiaoxie and the others, and cursed in a low voice: "No one is allowed to mess around!" Talk!" Huo Xiaoxie and the others nodded quickly, and everyone understood that Qi Jianer came to see an extremely important person. After Qi Jianer finished cursing, he only heard the sound of footsteps coming from the courtyard. He walked to the door without opening it, and an old woman's voice read: "It's so dark, why are you here at this time? You're asleep!" Qi Jianer hurriedly clasped his fists, and said respectfully: "The wind is high and the moon is round, Qi Er Roller from the north of the city is here to light the wax for the old man." The old lady at the door let out an ooh and asked, "Didn't you bring any sweet fruit?" Qi Jianer said: "It hasn't been planted yet! It doesn't have the power of pastries." The two people's words sounded inexplicable, but they were actually slang words in Fengtian Rongxing, and they were actually speaking like this when they were turned into vernacular words. 齐建二：“我是城北的齐二滚子，有老爷子想知道的事情，不敢耽搁，赶快来向老爷子禀告。” 老妇：“你要是身边有麻烦事情就不要进来了。” 齐建二：“绝对没有！我用脑袋发誓！” 话说成这样，老妇便开了房门，一行人低着头快步走进院中。 老妇将门关上，打量了火小邪等人一番，目光锐利，看的火小邪心中一阵发毛。火小邪他们知道自己辈份地位，都赶忙垂着头，身子微鞠，双手手指绷直，紧紧贴着裤线，仅用小腿微微迈动着行走。这种姿势也是规矩，做贼的人，行事之前都要四下打望，挺身仰头，寻个好时机，那手臂手指也要抬起、蓄势，摆好方位，待时机出现，便要用最短的距离伸出手去，以求快准稳。所以，火小邪他们这个姿势，便是摆明自己身份低微，绝对不敢造次的尊敬之意。 老妇人引了他们进来，在前带路，穿过一间黑漆漆的前厅，直至后院一厅房中。厅房不大，点着香烛，倒也古色古香。老妇人说道：“齐二滚子，在此等着！” 齐建二连声称是，也不敢坐下，将火小邪他们一拉，让他们站在自己身后，自己则笔直的站在厅中，头也不敢乱转，只有眼珠子还四下转动打量。 过不了片刻，内屋传来咳嗽声，慢慢走出一五十多岁的老者，拄着一根红木拐杖，那握着拐杖的手，只有三指，形状如锥，说是手吧，还不如说是用黑铁打成的一件爪形器械。来人正是刘逢宝！ 齐建二见到，赶忙将双手先前亮出，让三指刘能看到自己的手掌，随即两个大拇指勾在一起，握住拳头，整个人也向下深深一鞠躬，说道：“刘大爷爷。” 三指刘倒也不似个阴沉之人，面色平易的笑了笑，沙哑的说道：“哦！是齐二滚子啊！坐吧！坐吧！” 齐建二说道：“不敢不敢，我站着说就好了。” 三指刘也不再客气，走到厅中主座坐下，咳嗽一声，说道：“齐二滚子，你很久没来看望过我了，今天给我带什么好消息来了啊？”三指刘说着，目光也向火小邪他们四个看去，接着说道：“想必是这几个小子知道了什么吧？” 齐建二说道：“刘大爷爷，正是这几个小子知道了些您让小辈们打听的事情。” 三指刘说道：“哦？齐二滚子，你还让下五铃的小子们去打听？不妥啊！” 齐建二赶忙说道：“刘大爷爷，我哪敢啊，是这几个小子不知怎么机缘巧合，进到张四爷他们家的佛堂去了！” 三指刘一把抓紧拐杖，眼中精光乱闪，说话声音竟也不沙哑起来，喝道：“齐二滚子！说话当真！” 齐建二吓的一愣：“当真当真，他们绝不敢骗我，我把他们都带来了，让他们亲口讲给您听！” 三指刘一跺拐杖，震的地面咚的一响，喝道：“讲！” 齐建二一把将火小邪抓到身边，急切的叮嘱道：“祸小鞋！把你怎么进到张四爷家佛堂上面的事情，原原本本的和刘大爷爷讲讲！” 火小邪本来一路上颇为紧张，听他们两人大惊小怪的，反而不在意起来，心想：“不就是偷点心那点事吗？讲就讲啦。” 火小邪懂得规矩，小心翼翼的道了声：“刘大爷爷，给您请安，我叫火小邪……” 火小邪低着头，摇头晃脑的把怎么去张四爷家里佛堂上面偷到点心的事情慢慢道来，和与齐建二说的，并无二致。 那三指刘仔细听完，半晌无语，顿了顿拐杖，叹道：“没想到你这个小娃娃，还有这个能耐！” 火小邪听到三指刘夸奖，不知道该如何是好，向齐建二张望，齐建二已经面露喜色，只顾着观察三指刘的神色，齐建二心想：“估摸着这次三指刘一定重重有赏！这么多天了，也没有人知道张四爷家佛堂里到底摆设了什么，竟然让我下面的小铃铛看到了！哈哈！” 三指刘闭目沉思，却听内堂中传来哈哈哈连声大笑，一人又快步走了出来。 齐建二抬头一看，顿时吓的膝盖一软，差点跪倒在地。 只见来人是个黑脸大汉，一般高矮，精瘦的很，留着山羊胡，梳着个板寸头，左脸齐眉处有道刀疤直劈到耳际，身穿一黄棕色大衣，敞开着衣服，腰间系了一粗大黑色的牛皮皮带，皮带上挂着一圈暗青色的蛇皮马鞭。 这大汉边走边笑，直勾勾的看着火小邪等人。 这人乃是当时东北著名的四大盗之一，江湖人称黑三鞭，一张黑脸，一道刀疤，一圈蛇鞭，乃是东北下八行里无人不知无人不晓的人物！黑三鞭本是习武出身，不知何故进了贼道，曾经一夜之间连盗奉天城九家大户人家，每家都丢了张画着黑蛇的图片，从此逃出奉天城，仅有江湖传说黑三鞭的种种轶事！ 据说黑三鞭不仅偷盗，而且杀人如麻，你若是阻了他偷东西，他发起飙来，全家无论男女老少，统统宰掉。有人说曾经震动东北的宫小川全家十六口人一夜被杀的宫家堡案，就是黑三鞭所为。 所以这个黑三鞭猛然出现在三指刘家里，还冲着他们哈哈大笑，自然让刘建二吓的腿脚发软。 刘建二心想：“怎么黑三鞭回奉天了？难道三指刘让我们去打探张四爷家的情况，和黑三鞭有关？” 火小邪见到黑三鞭，想起江湖中传说的“黑脸刀疤蛇鞭”，又看到刘建二吓到身子微晃，也多少猜到来人是谁了。 火小邪心中不安，寻思着：“难道这黑三鞭不相信我说的？若是他问起来张四爷佛堂里的事情，我到底说还是不说，说了他又能相信吗？”原来火小邪在张四爷家佛堂上方，的确看到一件他前所未见、闻所未闻的怪事，只是过于怪异，火小邪心想说出来也是没人相信，便就将这段略去不说。 黑三鞭走到三指刘跟前，止住笑声，冲三指刘抱了抱拳，说道：“刘大哥请勿见怪，我在里面听他们说的有趣，就忍不住出来来。” 三指刘也十分客气，点头道：“黑兄弟见外了，我也正想着叫你出来呢。” 黑三鞭道：“我可否问这个娃娃几句？” 三指刘道：“请问便是，都是些下五铃的小崽子，不用客气。” 黑三鞭转过身来，一双细长的眼睛牢牢盯着火小邪，背着手向前走了两步，问道：“你这娃娃，我问你，张四爷家佛堂中供的什么佛，烧的什么香？” 火小邪心想：“果然要问佛堂里的事情。” 火小邪也不敢怠慢，回答道：“回爷的话，供的是地藏菩萨，烧的是九支三尺高香。” 黑三鞭一笑，哼道：“佛前摆了什么？” 火小邪暗骂：“真狠！他怎么知道！”原来这佛堂的佛前摆的东西，就是火小邪倍觉古怪的事物。 火小邪略有犹豫，嗯了片刻，抬眼看了看黑三鞭。 黑三鞭哼道：“你若去了，这些东西还看不到吗？” 火小邪连忙低头，说道：“回爷的话，我怕我说了爷不相信。” 黑三鞭说道：“只管说便是！你黑爷爷走南闯北，见的事情多了。” 火小邪说道：“那佛堂的佛前地上，摆了一个半裸身子的女子……” 众人听了，连本来安坐着的三指刘也是大为震惊，一双小眼瞪的溜圆。 刘建二骂道：“祸小邪！瞎说什么！住嘴！” 黑三鞭黑脸泛红，沉声道：“让他说！”刘建二赶忙吓的闭嘴，屁也不敢放一个。 火小邪倒不惊慌，眼前似乎又回到佛堂上方的景象，火小邪理了理思路，慢慢说道：“我先开始也是吓了一跳，还以为是个活人，可仔细看了看，丝毫不象有人气的。这女子尽管穿的少，但从头饰打扮可以看出来，不是大清朝的人，应该更是前朝的。” 黑三鞭问道：“这女子什么姿势？” 火小邪说道：“平躺着，仰面朝天，双手交叉放在小腹上。对了，对了，那女子额头上似乎画了一道朱红色的符。” 黑三鞭哼了一声，刷的从怀中变出一张纸来，抖开了亮在火小邪面前，说道：“是不是这个符！” 火小邪一看，只见纸上赫然画着一个如同三个螺旋拼在一起的图案，正和佛堂女子头上的符一模一样。 火小邪连连点头，说道：“就是啦，就是这个！” 黑三鞭手一晃，又将纸收入怀中，一张黑脸涨的黑里透红，说道：“你个娃娃，算你运气，竟能见到这等宝贝！” 三指刘站起身来，走到黑三鞭跟前，说道：“黑兄弟，你说的莫非是女身玉？” 黑三鞭笑道：“正是此物！我此行来奉天，就是来偷这个女身玉的！嘿嘿，果然落在这个张四爷家里了！来！娃娃，这次你对黑爷我有大大的功劳，这是赏你的！”黑三鞭说道，从怀中摸出几片金叶子，刷的丢在火小邪跟前。 火小邪这辈子都没有见过这么多钱摆在眼前，想也不想，就要蹲下去捡。刘建二见了金叶子，早就把畏惧黑三鞭的心思丢到九霄云外去了，眼睛一亮，动作麻利的如同黄鼠狼子偷鸡的最后一招，一个躬身冲去，将火小邪撞开，眨眼就将几片金叶子捡起来，连声道谢：“谢谢黑爷，谢谢黑爷！”谢完还不忘侧头瞪了眼火小邪，嘴中骂骂咧咧：“回去再收拾你！” 三指刘说道：“你们几个就回去吧！嘴巴上清净点！若再让人知道，你们知道下场！” 刘建二应道：“是，是，刘大爷爷，您放心，您放心！” 刘建二拉着火小邪等人就要离开，几个刚走了几步，只听黑三鞭叫道：“且慢！”