Cross Rose Requiem

"It will be a disgrace to you if you want to go back to the poorhouse when you come of age!"

This sentence was said by the head of the poorhouse to every orphan. After the 11th confiscation of bread and milk, the 106-year-old Ram finally escaped from the poorhouse and fell to the streets of London.

Then, he met his first thief friend - 13-year-old Bernie.

Following this London thief, Ram has also become an out-and-out thief who makes Londoners feel disgusted.After his sixth year as a thief, the collaboration between 17-year-old Rahm and 20-year-old Bernie has reached the point of seamlessness.

Ram guessed: If the old woman in the poorhouse knew that she had become a thief, she would definitely argue to the nobles who donated to the poorhouse that she was not from the poorhouse.

He hated the director of the poorhouse so much, but enjoyed the joy of freedom, Ram never thought of going back.

This year's winter is very cold, the whole of London is burning coal, it emits a breathless fog, even if it snows, the snow in London is black.

Sitting on the bank of the Thames, Bernie and Ram watched the black water flow by, and the river smelled disgusting in summer.Ram bet the river smelled like the vomit of a drunk on the street!

This summer, when he was sleeping on the street with a newspaper, men who went to East London looking for sex-seeking pleasure leaned against the wall and vomited in his face.

In the end, it was he and Bernie who ransacked the Mr. Drunk.

This evening, brown-haired Bernie and Rahm took aim at a British aristocrat visiting the theater, the Duke of Victor Montrose.

Regarding this duke, Bernie said that he not only has his own manor, but is also a great nobleman respected by everyone in the British high society!He comes to the theater to watch a play every two months, and then gives a sum of money to the theater.If it weren't for him, this theater would have gone bankrupt long ago!

Tonight, their goal is the money in the duke's pocket.

After talking about the nobleman's deeds, Bernie and Ram talked about their dreams.

"My dream is to be a lamplighter," Bernie told Ram.

Ram sarcastically said: "Bernie, you can be an 'insect freak' someday, but you'll never be a lamplighter."

"But Ram who wants to become a London policeman, isn't this dream more distant? You are like me, and now you are a London thief being chased by the police." After speaking, Bernie laughed loudly facing the Thames.

Ram's dream is even more absurd and illusory than his dream.

Yes, the two of them will never be able to achieve their dreams.

There are endless stories about London lamplighters. They are passed down from generation to generation, and they will only pass on their craft to their children. Outsiders who want to become lamplighters have no chance at all.

However, if you become an "insect freak" by taking a ladder to catch insects on kerosene lamps, or picking up insects buried in the oil of kerosene lamps, you can also sell these bugs to insect lovers for pennies.

"Bernie, will you be a thief all your life?" Ram asked.

"Maybe I'll marry a nice wife and be a scavenger or leech collector," Bernie replied.

"God will not forgive you if you compete with the elderly and children for the job of scavenger." Ram laughed.

Those noble ladies in exquisite skirts are always afraid that the garbage and horse manure on the streets of London will stain their skirts, so every time they go out, there will always be old people and children with brooms waiting for them to give tips, and then put Clean up the dirty things on the way ladies go out.

"I actually hate leeches," Bernie said.He'd seen leech collectors stand in ponds, and the leeches swarmed up their feet.Back then, just looking at Bernie felt like I was covered in leeches.

The legs of these leech collectors who use their own bodies to collect leeches and sell them to doctors are covered with dense scars.

This disgusted Bernie, and he asked Ram: "Will Ram be a thief all his life?"

Ram's green eyes looked up at the sky, and his legs dangled on the banks of the Thames: "I don't know." Except for the London police, the 17-year-old Ram has no thoughts about the future.

"No woman likes a thief, except, of course, whores. If Ram can steal a million pounds, the most famous lady in London is willing to lick your shoes." Bernie laughed.

"We can rob the Duke of Montrose tonight, and then use the money to open a bakery." Ram said.

"But we can't make bread," Bernie said.

"We can go peek at the bakery and bake bread," Ram said.

"You can also propose to the lady in the bakery." Bernie said.

After finishing speaking, the two couldn't help laughing "haha".

"Let's go, Bernie. For our wife and bread!" Ram got up from the shore, and he straightened the hat that slipped off the head of some noble young master last night.

"And for the fragrant wine!" Bernie stood up.

So, the two went from the bank of the Thames to the small theater that depended on the Duke of Montrose.

Traveling through the streets of London on a winter night, the shops on the street are filled with candlelight waiting for customers to come.Beggars and wild dogs huddled and shivered by the side of the road, and single men who came out to enjoy themselves walked with women holding parasols on their arms.Even the cold in winter can't stop them from going out to have fun.After a while, Bernie and Ram came to the small theater to "visit" the coming Duke of Montrose.

Hiding near the theater, they saw that in front of the theater, the owner of the theater, who was waiting for the distinguished guests like them, had tidied up his beard and puffed out his chest to make himself look dignified.

After passing three carriages, Bernie pointed to the fourth carriage and said softly to Ram: "Ram, the distinguished guest is here!"

The fourth carriage stopped in front of the theater, and the owner of the theater greeted the distinguished guests who came tonight with a decent smile on his face.

"Ram, our chance has come!"

"The beautiful lady and the bread are in sight."

After speaking, Bernie took the lead and walked out of the dark, and Ram lowered his hat and followed closely behind.After Bernie walked past the Duke of Montrose, Ram brushed past the London nobles who had just got off the carriage.

Lahm, who has been in tacit understanding with Bernie for many years, wants to transfer the pound to Bernie who is one step ahead of him after taking the pound from Montrose.But - Ram's hand holding the money bag was caught!

He maintained the throwing posture.Ram's green eyes collided with his captors.The pupils of this nobleman are like dark blue gemstones.

And the owner of these eyes was looking at him indifferently.

The owner of the theater saw the London thief caught by the Duke of Mundros, and he cried out, "Police! Police!"

The Duke of Montrose looked at the thief who was caught by him, and the thief's eyes were a little panicked.

Bernie sees Ram being caught, and he scurries into the darkness, leaving Ram alone.Seeing Bernie's disappearing back, Ram exclaimed: "Bernie!" Then he drew out the knife he was carrying and swiped it across Duke Montrose's eyes!

The Duke leaned back to avoid the knife in front of Ram. He folded the hand holding Ram, and the other hand grabbed the knife in his hand and remained on the ground. Ram screamed in pain on his angry face: "let me go!"

The London police will be here soon.The moment Ram saw the police, his face was flustered, and he changed his face instantly and made a begging voice: "Duke Montrose, please forgive me for being unreasonable, please let me go! I'm just too hungry, I just want to get A loaf of bread made a big mistake!"

"The thief must not be let go! They are underground rats in London, and they are ready to attack a big man like you!" said the theater owner angrily.

What a damned thief, who almost hurt the most prestigious nobleman.

The police are coming soon.

Seeing the police, Ram's eyes were full of unwillingness and despair.

It never occurred to him that he would be caught by the police and put in a squalid cell.

Two policemen arrived, and when they saw Duke Victor Montrose, they took off their hats and bowed, and then said: "Please hand over this criminal to us, and tomorrow the Duke can ask the butler to go to the criminal court to charge him charges."

When the police took Ram away, Duke Victor Montrose said, "Mr. Police, I will personally punish the thief."

"Of course, you have the right," said the policeman, after which they saluted, put on their hats and left.

The theater owner showed an incredulous expression.

The nobleman did not hand himself over to the police, and when Ram continued to pretend to be pitiful and begged the other party to let him go, the Duke said to the driver behind the carriage: "Mr. Anthony, tie him up for me." Put it in the carriage."

"Yes, sir." The 30-year-old man wearing a gentleman's top hat, a black short cloak and a black suit dress came down neatly and took the thief from the Duke's hand.

"Please spare me once!" Ram struggled and begged.

"Be quiet, or I'll stuff a stinky sock into your mouth!" Anthony tied Ram tightly and stuffed it into the carriage.Outside the carriage, Duke Victor Montrose finished talking with the owner of the theater, then handed him a bag of shillings and got into the carriage.

Anthony set up the carriage, and the theater owner turned around and entered the theater after watching the great nobleman leave.

Bernie came out of the darkness, and he watched as Ram was taken away.Bernie grabbed his curly hair with both hands regretfully: "Ram..."

What a coward he is!

Tied up and sitting in Duke Victor Montrose's carriage, Ram dared not make a sound.

Where did the duke take himself?Lock yourself up for punishment?Or take him up as a slave?He had heard that there are aristocrats in London who like to gamble with slaves as pawns!If you lose, the slaves' lives are lost in the game.

Thinking of this, this disguised thief was a little scared.

He wanted to open his mouth to pray to the great nobleman, but seeing his stern profile, he dared not say a word.

The carriage of the Duke of Victor Montrose was heading out of London, and Ram, who was tied up, greeted the next punishment with a feeling of panic and uneasiness...

In 1890, London at the end of the nineteenth century was an absurd place.Beneath the brilliance, although it always tries to weave a sophisticated and luxurious mainstream society, there are all kinds of prejudice, all kinds of chaos, all kinds of injustice and crime lurking in the depths.

So, in this daunting city, there are all kinds of people parasitic.

The author has something to say:

Happy writing.

The main attack is text, Ram attacks, and Duke Victor accepts.

Stop asking.

After finishing this article, I wrote "Demon Book Qizhai", the brief introduction of the work:

After the Opium War, Hankou opened up to trade, and ordinary people who bought hot weapons from foreigners gained the power to kill and the desire to make money.

Ordinary people with hot weapons in their hands, in order to sell monsters and goblins to benefit foreign merchants in the concessions of the six countries, completely reduced Hankou into a huge hunting ground.In this way, in the era of hot weapon innovation, people who practice Taoism and Buddhism are no longer independent from the world.Hankou, also accompanied by hatred and bloody killings in the Three Realms and Six Paths continued.The Yin-Yang Zhai, which is sandwiched between the hunter and the prey, has become a contradictory existence between the two worlds.

In [-], the Manchu Qing Dynasty fell and entered the period of the Republic of China.

Under the turbulent changes, in the fourth year of the Republic of China (1915), the Hubei Military Administration finally organized a 20-member military and police team to secretly intervene in the illegal hunting and trading of ghosts and ghosts in the Hankou Concession.

So far, in the complex and ever-changing Hankou, how will the conflicting military and police forces and Yinyangzhai join hands to end the killing and hatred between the greedy foreign businessmen and the two Taoists!