Chapter 5 Chapter 4 Talking Starlings

Gu Jiufei looked directly at the starling, as if he was staring at some kind of monster - but in the cage, it was actually a starling. What Gu Jiufei thought was that monsters are good at all kinds of changes, so naturally they can Turned into a starling, so he couldn't help asking: "Are you—" The starling flapped its wings: "Gu Weng, take it back and tell you about it." Gu Jiufei was even more surprised, in front of so many people, he didn't know what to do, if there was no one around, then he encountered such a strange thing, either stealing or robbing, no matter what he said, he would get the starling of.

At this time, he didn't know what to do, and after thinking for a while, he asked, "Who raised this... starling?" Right next to him, a loud and strong voice sounded: "I raised it." Gu Jiufei saw that he was a very stout man with a dark complexion, but he looked very kind. Gu Jiufei hurriedly said: "This is... a strange bird." The man nodded: "No, it's amazing!" Gu Jiufei swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "Are you... willing to sell?" The man shook his head with a resolute expression on his face. Gu Jiufei was stunned for a while, but before he could speak again, the man said: "However, you can take it back. It seems that it has a lot to say when you say it." .”

Gu Jiufei didn't understand what it meant for a while, and the man added: "After you listen to it, return it to me, it is my good friend──" Don't look at the guy who is black and rough, he also has a sense of humor in his speech, and added: "Friends can't be betrayed, can they?" Gu Jiufei was extremely puzzled, he looked at the starling and then at the man, not knowing what to say, but the man lifted the starling cage from the tree branch and handed it to Gu Jiufei: "You take Go back, and when it finishes speaking, I will come to you myself." All the people around were amazed. Gu Jiufei traveled all his life, rolling in the rivers and lakes. He had never seen such a strange thing, but it was also unheard of for a starling to be so psychic.

He lifted the birdcage, and walked out under the envious eyes of everyone. At this time, the starling didn't speak, but let out a very startling and loud cry from time to time. A lot of people followed Gu Jiufei, discussing a lot, a few people approached Gu Jiufei to strike up a conversation, naturally they also met in the bird breeding, one said: "Gu Weng, when you didn't come, this starling looked after Mr. Lin From his complexion, he could tell at a glance that Mr. Lin had just passed away as his wife." Gu Jiufei was taken aback, Mr. Lin died of his wife, they all knew about it, but how could a starling know?

Not only was Gu Jiufei startled at the time, but I also jumped up when I heard what Gu Jiufei said. I was not out of fear, but because I felt extremely ridiculous. I waved my hand and called, "Wait a minute!" , People say that a starling is good at looking at the complexion, and can talk bluntly?" Gu Jiufei looked at me, it seemed that he didn't mean to be joking at all, so he nodded vigorously. I snorted: "What did it say later?" Before Gu Jiufei could answer, Bai Su said, "Of course I said a lot, as long as you have enough patience, you will know."

I sat down again, but Gu Jiufei was a little embarrassed: "I said before, what happened to me... It's weird, starlings can talk, but they shouldn't be able to talk like that, and, it really I can know the past and the future, I... oh..." As he spoke, his face turned pale probably due to nervousness, and he took two quick sips of wine before he recovered his breath. Bai Su's voice was very calm: "You should explain in detail." Gu Jiufei smiled wryly: "At that time, I only thought that starling was weird and inexplicable. What I thought was, what kind of elf it is, or what kind of elf it is...or the soul attached to it, the situation is the same as that of a person with a ghost upper body. "

I said "hmm": "Anyway, it's a strange thing. Anything is possible. In the middle, there is a story about someone's soul coming out of his body and turning into a bird." Gu Jiu hesitated to speak, it was obviously that kind of assumption, which was overturned later, and I hurriedly made a gesture to signal him to continue talking. Gu Jiufei was startled, and stared at the starling in the cage, who also looked sideways at him.Gu Jiufei discovered that Brother Ren's eyes were of different colors. He had been raising birds for many years, and he had never heard of starlings having "yin and yang eyes".

At this time, there were many people around him, but when he stood on tiptoe and tried to look for the big man again, he had disappeared. Until he got home, mynah didn't say anything, he just barked, and was very restless, fluttering around in the cage, losing a lot of feathers. In order to calm the starling, Gu Jiufei used a black cloth cover to cover the cage, and the starling really calmed down. As soon as Gu Jiufei turned around, he heard a long sigh from inside the cage. Gu Jiufei hurriedly turned around, trying to remove the cloth cover, when he heard that high-pitched voice (mynah's voice) saying: "The following words are a big leak, don't let me see."

Gu Jiufei broke out in a cold sweat from fright, and said involuntarily, "I'm not talented, how can I participate in the secrets of heaven?" (He really didn’t have a word at the time. Although I couldn’t help laughing when I heard him repeat it, don’t forget that he is a quack, and a seasoned quack, who suddenly appeared like a dialogue on the stage. It’s not surprising.) The starling sighed again, at this moment, Gu Jiufei stretched out his hand to remove the cloth cover, trembling involuntarily, of course he didn’t dare to take off the cloth cover again, but And I don't know where to put it--this kind of situation will only happen when people are very nervous.

After sighing, the starling said again: "You are up to the destiny, you are not an idle person." Gu Jiufei couldn't help but puffed out his chest. Even if he was a small person, he often "did not dare to underestimate himself". It is human nature to be arrogant, not to mention that Gu Jiufei was the king of pickpockets, so naturally he didn't want to underestimate himself. At this time After hearing such words, it was in perfect harmony with his usual mentality, so it was easy to accept. He promised a few times, and the starling said again: "Follow the destiny and do good deeds, this is the way to accumulate virtue."

Gu Jiufei is seventy years old, and there is nothing more important than "health and longevity" in the hearts of people who have passed seventy years old. When he heard this, he said repeatedly: "Yes, yes, I don't know..." He didn't know why to call that starling, he hesitated for a while, and unexpectedly came up with a very respectful title for him: "Shangxian." He said: "I don't know what the Shangxian ordered? I... don't know anything, I can only pick... I can only be a pickpocket." Mynah admires pickpocketing very much: "If you take something without knowing it, there will be something unpredictable." Gu Jiufei was also very satisfied, with a sense of knowledge, and said repeatedly: "Shangxian is too praised Yes, that's too much of a compliment." Readers, you must have noticed that I lack respect for the dialogue between Gu Jiufei and mynah.Yes, because when he talked about this, I have already discovered a very important key problem, so I am sure that Gu Jiufei has fallen into a well-designed trap, so Gu Jiufei has a respectful demeanor , the fussing attitude has become very funny. And finally, after he said "Shangxian is too praised", I couldn't bear it anymore, and burst out laughing suddenly, I stood up and sat down laughing, holding my stomach in my hands. Gu Jiufei just looked at me in bewilderment at first, but then I laughed too much, he couldn't help being a little annoyed, and looked at Bai Su, although Bai Su didn't laugh out loud, but he was smiling all over his face. Gu Jiufei was even more annoyed: "It turns out...you don't believe...everything I said." I finally stopped laughing, but I had to inhale again and again to replenish the oxygen lost from laughing just now, so I couldn't answer. Gu Jiufei's words, Bai Su said very politely: "Uncle Gu, it's not that I don't believe your words." Gu Jiufei pointed at me with a questioning expression, Bai Su and I said in unison: "You have been fooled." Gu Jiufei pursed his lips, with a dissatisfied expression: "After all, you still don't believe me." I breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly felt that if someone deliberately tricked Gu Jiufei into a trap, there would be no other purpose besides using his superb pickpocketing skills. I asked directly: "What do you need to do to conform to the way of accumulating goodness and accumulating longevity?" Gu Jiufei stared: "I want me to pick something from a certain person at a certain time and place, and then throw the thing I picked into the sea." I snorted: "When and where, what kind of things are picked on people?" Gu Jiufei was stunned for a while, then slowly shook his head: "This is a secret, I can't reveal it." I couldn't help but get angry: "Then why did you come to me?" Gu Jiufei shook his hands wildly: "Except for that point, I can say anything, but I really can't say it, because the thing is very strange, there seems to be a later story, and there is a definite plan in the dark, so I came to you... and You add up." I raised my head and remained silent, expressing my dislike of dealing with people who were slow to speak. Bai Su smiled: "Uncle Gu, how long have you and Myna been talking?" Gu Jiufei thought for a while: "About ten minutes." Bai Su asked again: "Wearing a cloth cover all the time?" Gu Jiufei nodded. When I laughed out loud and Bai Su didn't stop her, and she also smiled, I already knew that she had also thought of that crucial question, so I didn't find it strange that she asked like this at this time. She continued: "Uncle Gu, you've been fooled. It's not the starling who is talking, but the birdcage, which has a radio and broadcasting device. Someone within a certain distance can answer you." Gu Jiufei categorically refused to accept Bai Su's analysis: "No, there are at least a hundred people who have seen or heard mynah speak." Bai Su patiently analyzed: "When there are many people, use preconceived ideas, one or two simple sentences, from a certain part of the cage, and the starling's mouth opens and closes again. No one will pursue the 'mouth shape', which will easily cause It’s really an illusion that mynah is talking.” Gu Jiufei's eyes widened, but he still didn't believe it. On the contrary, I felt that he was very pitiful: "You were only used once, so there is no loss, just forget it." Bai Su hurriedly said: "No, didn't you just say that there is more to come?" Gu Jiufei rubbed his hands: "I finished talking with Myna...the big man suddenly appeared at the door, and took the bird and cage back together...Do you really think that God's will is not giving me instructions through Myna?" I was a little taken aback: "God, what the hell did you do?" Gu Jiufei suddenly became happy again: "No, no, if someone takes advantage of me, they will definitely ask me to hand over the things they picked up. Why would they ask me to hire a boat to go out to sea and throw them into the sea?" Gu Jiufei is the number one pickpocket in the world, but he is so stupid that he might be the number one in the world. I am really too lazy to talk about it—this is the best way to deal with stupid people. But Bai Su was patient: "It's too easy to send someone to fish for things in the sea. Your actions must be under the supervision of others." Gu Jiufei let out an "um" and swallowed a mouthful of saliva. I said: "Now we can talk about what kind of things were picked up on who and when and where." Gu Jiufei was still hesitating, but he finally let out a sigh under the urging of my eyes. The time was a few months ago (no particular meaning), and the location was the lobby of a neighboring capital, used to entertain state guests. The lobby is full of people of all colors, naturally they are all big shots, otherwise, how can they be state guests?But today, this hall is the day when the head of state of that country entertains the state guests. Even Gu Jiufei can't recognize the clothes and temples clearly. Among so many decent people, who is the state guest, who is the accompanying guest, and who is the host.He only remembered what the mynah said. Mynah said: "You go to the capital of that country a few days earlier. At the beginning, you don't have to do anything. It's best not to let people know your whereabouts, so as not to miss important events and delay the secret." (Repeatedly using "heavenly secrets" to warn Gu Jiufei, but everyone who uses Gu Jiufei has done some research on him. Apart from raising birds, Gu Jiufei is also very keen on metaphysics, fortune-telling and queuing numbers , Looking at Feng Shui and surveying the sky is extremely fascinating, so "Mynah's words" are exactly what he likes, and it is especially easy for him to believe and act accordingly.) Gu Jiufei's actions were very secretive. When he arrived there, it can be said that no one knew his whereabouts. Naturally, the people who used him were watching him all the time, because the starling said: "When the day comes, there will naturally be someone Come to you. The person who comes to you, like you, is also ordered by the sky, you just follow his orders, and the code for communication between you is: talking starling." (When Gu Jiufei said this, I couldn't help but frowned. I deeply felt that the person who used him must be extremely good at psychology. To deal with old-fashioned people like Gu Jiufei, I had to use old-fashioned methods, "Contact Secret code" and so on, it's so earthy, it's almost not calling itself "Yangtze River No. 1".) In order not to attract attention, Gu Jiufei stayed in a mid-level hotel for two days. At noon the next day, someone knocked on the door, and he asked through the door, "Who?" The answer he got was: "Talking starling." Gu Jiufei opened the door, and a middle-aged man with a gloomy face came in, closed the door, took a look at Gu Jiufei, and quickly explained the task: "You first memorize this person's appearance." The man took out a photo. Gu Jiufei was taken aback when he saw it. Why should he "remember" the appearance of this person? There are always newspapers. He is a big shot, world-class, and one of the top leaders of a big country. , and holds real power, is visiting this country. At that moment, Gu Jiufei also felt that the matter was quite serious, but after thinking about it, since it was related to the secrets, it must happen to extraordinary people, and it was not ordinary to be able to participate in the secrets.In this way, instead of being vigilant, he was a little smug. The man said again: "Tomorrow morning, this man will appear at the feast of the state guests. You have to get something from him." Gu Jiufei took a breath: "What is it, what does it look like?" The man twitched his nose a few times: "I don't know." Gu Jiufei was stunned for a while, if it was someone else, he would definitely think that person was playing tricks on him, but Gu Jiufei is a first-class pickpocket, he immediately understood: "That is to say, no matter what is on him, it is all in the same place. Pick it up." The man grinned and patted Gu Jiufei's shoulder vigorously: "As long as you can do it, do it." Gu Jiufei thought for a while: "Generally speaking, there won't be too many things on a big man, so that's not a problem. It's just that such a big man is hard to get close to. How can I—" The man said: "There is a way. When you arrive, there will naturally be arrangements." That person seemed to be blown away by a gust of wind. Gu Jiufei had the experience of stealing things from important people. He didn't expect that after seventy, he could be reused by "God" like that. He was very excited and did as he said. In the morning, he went outside the banquet hall and met the man with him, who seemed to be working in the lobby, led him to a row of rooms behind, changed into the uniform of a waiter, and told him: "Once you get it, use the fastest Method, give Dongyou to me." Gu Jiufei said "hmm": "I know, change the column as soon as possible." The man didn't know much about Gu Jiufei's jargon, so he just snorted. Gu Jiufei also knew the identity of the man, and only saw that the man was wearing clothes similar to his own. After waiting for about an hour, he and dozens of other people were summoned to the lobby. At that time, the state banquet had not yet started. The team TV camera team is being arranged. Gu Jiu is not accustomed to the world, and he believes that he is "ordered by heaven", so he is not nervous at all. After the host enters the lobby, a large number of security guards are also scattered throughout the lobby. VIPs arrive one after another. They are all here, there are at least three hundred people in the lobby, Gu Jiufei, like the other waiters, was carrying trays, serving wine and water to the guests, he saw a spectacle that he could never imagine in his dreams, it almost made him forget I didn't know what I was going to do, but screamed. He forcefully suppressed his screams, but his eyes still couldn't help but widen. He is an expert in pickpockets. After a pickpocket succeeds, in order to prevent the stolen goods from being left on his body, he will be stolen by others on the spot. Therefore, he must use the fastest method to transfer the stolen goods to his fellow party members. This is the so-called " Change column".That would have been just the act of a pickpocket. At this time, Gu Jiufei took a casual look, and with a glance at the corner of his eyes, he saw at least three cases, the techniques were extremely clumsy, so clumsy that it was difficult to walk in the rivers and lakes. A general who looked very mighty took a small lump from the hands of a woman. The woman's eyes rolled around, she deliberately didn't look at the general, and even covered it with a handkerchief clumsily. The two middle-aged men in brilliant suits shook hands and exchanged things in their hands. Gu Jiufei is a great expert in this field, even if the technique of "changing the pillars" is clever, he can see it at once, not to mention that the people who hand things over here are not clever at all. He never imagined that there would be so many such behaviors on such a noble occasion—it seems that the people who performed this kind of behavior thought that their movements were very clever, and no one knew about them at all. Others really don't know, but under Gu Jiu's eyes, there is nothing to hide. (The situation that Gu Jiufei saw was actually because he was rare and strange, and secondly, he could see through every action, which is naturally surprising.) (In many cases, secret agents from various countries exchanged, sold, and bought information on large-scale social occasions. On this occasion, a diplomatic counselor from East Germany shook hands with the third secretary of the Israeli embassy. , who will pay attention? But if these two people with special identities agree to meet in some secret place, no matter how confidential the arrangement is, there will always be a chance of being discovered.) After the host and the guest of honor delivered their speeches respectively, Gu Jiufei brought the wine up on the plate, and with his skill, he turned around a little beside the guest of honor, so that he had picked up five or six things in his hand. At this moment, A person came up and shook hands with the guest of honor. Gu Jiufei saw at a glance that the guest of honor actually changed something that was already in his hand. The wine was overturned.He made two more moves to remove all the odds and ends of the guest of honor, and when he went to beat the person who could deal with the guest of honor in the crowd, he couldn't find them. At this time, Gu Jiufei murmured a little in his heart, he was thinking: Could it be that the main thing has been transferred?It's better to find that person as much as possible and get the things back. Since the guest of honor handed things over very quickly, he was the neatest in the audience. Mix a bite to eat.So Gu Jiufei didn't see what it was, only knew that it could be held by an adult's hand. But he searched for 20 minutes, and apart from seeing a lot of "pillar changing" behaviors (it seems that the whole state banquet is like a secret trade fair), he couldn't find that person.And he also put the things he picked off from the guest into the "Qian Kun" bag. The so-called Qiankun bag is specially used for pickpockets. It is a kind of elastic bag made of special materials. After sealing, it can be waterproof and fireproof, so that in an emergency, the stolen goods can be discarded. So that the stolen goods will not be lost. The person who connected with him came to his side at this time, Gu Jiufei nodded, the person took him to change clothes, left, and asked him to throw things into the sea. Gu Jiufei did what he said, and when he returned home, he felt very at ease. Although he didn't know the truth at all, he thought he had done a great good deed, "God's destiny". This is the greatest thing an old man can do. One more thing. The next day, he wanted to look for the starling again, but the man didn't show up.