Zhuoying

The thief was coming out of the pawn shop, but the jade pendant Zhong Xie gave could not be exchanged for silver.Because the shopkeeper said that the jade pendant had a family crest engraved on it, and he didn't know which family it was, so he didn't dare to accept it rashly.

The little thief stood at the door and put his hand into his pocket. The broken silver was exchanged for copper coins, but there was not much left.With these copper plates alone, it is impossible to survive the winter.

He saw white smoke curling up from the steamer not far away in the cold, white and fat meat buns crowded inside, and he could tell that the steamer was stuffed with cabbage and meat just by moving the tip of his nose.

My stomach doesn't growl, I just feel hungry.

The thief lowered his eyes and stared at the rag shoes on his feet, the front and back were leaking, and the black toes were filled with mud.

After watching for a while, the hunger for eating buns disappeared.

He copied the broken pocket, held the jade pendant in the pocket, and swayed into the crowd.From the long street to the east, squeeze into a narrow alley.The alley was full of filth, and there were a few sour and smelly beggars crowded into the innermost part.They leaned against the wall and picked their teeth with withered grass. When they saw him coming, they all put their legs back and stared at him.

He just looked down at the road and didn't look at anyone else.In the end, a low wall was turned over, and a few steps away was a dilapidated earth temple.

This is his home.

The place where the old land was originally used was swept out and an old memorial tablet was placed, with the words "Old Bandit of Changhe Town" neatly engraved on it.The little thief stood in front of the altar and said, "I'm back."

Then he turned his head and lifted the tattered cloth and went to the side hall, stuffed withered grass into the broken stove, lit the fire, poured the remaining half handful of rice into the pot, and added water to boil.

When the water was boiling, the thief heard someone calling him outside.As soon as he heard the voice, he knew it was those bastards from yesterday, so he ignored it and concentrated on cooking his rice soup.

Unexpectedly, the person who only yelled in the past would come to his door today, poking his head and yelling: "Beggar! You have a kind of outsider!"

The thief took the broken bowl and filled it with soup.There were only a few grains of rice, and he counted silently while drinking, and it turned out to be 67, the same as what he counted last night.

The man poked his head again, threw a stone into it, and cursed, "What are you doing pretending to be dead!"

After the thief finished drinking the soup, he heard a few people shouting insults outside, and someone said: "You thief! In the past, everyone who stole people's money bags would let you go, but who knows you dare to steal people's jade pendants! What kind of jade? Then But a family heirloom! If you don't return it today, I will never forgive you!"

Hearing several people shouting "Young Master", he put the bowl away, lifted the curtain and walked to the threshold.

In addition to the few yesterday, today there is an extra person sitting on the wall with bent legs.The little thief had never seen this person before, but seeing the domineering look on that person's face, he thought it was not a good thing.

"Stealer!" Several people jumped out and shouted: "What about the jade pendant? Will you give it today!"

The thief stepped on the threshold, "I am your grandfather." He lifted the small rusty ax by the door, and said, "I have never stolen a jade pendant."

"Bah!" Someone caught him spitting and shouted, "Do you dare to take that jade out? You didn't steal it, so maybe it's still yours?"

"It's mine." The little thief stepped out and said coldly, "That's mine."

There was booing outside, and someone said: "We can't let him go today! Are you still calling yourself an overlord here? How dare you say that! Do you know that there is only one overlord in this town! Today, Mr. Pu You can just sit here!"

A group of them talked to themselves, and the little thief stood alone at the door with an ax in hand.A group of young people chattered a lot, wishing to say that he stole the emperor's diapers, and pushed all the things they had never seen before on him, as if they did all kinds of evil and stole everything.The more they talked, the more excited they became, not only their voices became louder, but they also included more words.I don't know who picked the head first, and shouted: "Let him kneel down! You have to kneel down and kowtow to finish!"

Watchers from the wall smashed a few stones over, and they also picked up stones and sundries, cursing and throwing them over here.The little thief raised his hand to block it a few times, and someone took the opportunity to rush over, grab him severely, and drag him out.

He lifted his feet and kicked in the crowd, they tore his clothes and hair, and someone kicked him from behind.A group of people surrounded him, sneered and asked him to take out the jade pendant.The little thief was kicked to the ground, and the small ax was stepped on by the soles of his shoes in the chaos. He stared at these faces from the gap with his head in his arms, without uttering a sound of pain.

"Search him! Search him!" Someone tugged at the back of his collar, "Maybe he is hiding next to him!"

The little thief's back was kicked hard, and he rolled into the ground. When someone came to pull his collar, he suddenly yelled: "Do you dare to touch it?!" The ax got up and slashed violently a few times, hissing: "Fuck you! I didn't steal it!"

I don't know which little bastard I cut, I just heard someone howl.The ax was so rusted that it hurt to hit someone's body, but no blood could be seen unless it was hit on the head.

Someone hugged his shoulders and said in a mournful voice: "Killer! This thief is going to kill someone!"

A group of cowards immediately dispersed, took a few steps away from him, and surrounded him to insult him.The thief held the ax and was covered in dust. He shouted to the surroundings, "Go away! I didn't steal!"

But the voice was buried in the noise, and no one could hear it.The little thief gritted his teeth, and was pushed violently from behind, causing him to stagger.The person behind jumped on him, knocked him directly to the ground, kicked the ax flying, pressed the back of his head, and said: "Take out the things, I will take people away."

He was pressed to the ground, his face was wiped on the ground, and he tried to get up with his hands on the ground. He struggled and shouted, "I'll take your ancestor!"

The teenagers around were like jackals with red eyes, calling out to the young and old one after another.Pu Cheng pulled his hair, said: "My brother said you stole the jade pendant."

The thief immediately spit on him, then grabbed his wrist, turned over and pulled Pu Cheng's skirt, kicked Pu Cheng's lower abdomen with his feet, causing Pu Cheng to bend over with a muffled pain.The thief grabbed Pu Cheng's lapel, and punched the bully on the cheek.

Pu Cheng's collar was strangled, he yanked the thief's arm violently, turned his hand and punched him back.The two entangled and fought fiercely on the ground, causing dust to fly everywhere.

Surrounded by shouts, a group of people were excited.Pu Cheng turned over and pressed down the little thief, raised his fist and gave him a slap in the face, which cracked the corner of the little thief's mouth. This blow was not enough, and Pu Cheng followed up with crazy smashes.The little thief fumbled on the ground with his hands, the ax was on the ground, his mouth was soaked in blood, and his feet were kicked hard.

The fingertip reached the handle of the axe, and the thief was able to hold it. He suddenly raised the axe, and wanted to hit Pu Cheng in front of him!

"What are you doing!"

Someone broke through the crowd and rushed in, pushed Pu Cheng away, and said loudly, "Don't smash it!"

Pu Cheng was pushed to sit on the ground, he tilted his head and gave a sharp mouthful, wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, and saw that the person who jumped out was none other than the little blind man he had just seen this morning.

"Rong half-blind!" Someone pushed the little blind man, "You want to protect this thief? Your father can't beat you to death!"

"He won't steal anymore!" Rong Yang couldn't see the faces of the people around him clearly, only blurred shadows.He groped for the little thief's face, and said anxiously, "Can't you hear?" When he touched the blood on the face, he immediately turned pale, "Bleeding? Where is it broken?"

Rong Yang could only look closely to see the slit at the corner of the thief's lips.

The little thief stood up supported by him, wiped the blood, and said: "It's okay." His hands were shaking a little, his whole body hurt, but he still insisted: "I'm okay."

Pu Cheng also got up and kicked the ax hard, "Don't pretend to be a master, you will have to crawl when you turn around."

"Young Master!" the previous few shouted, "He hasn't handed it over yet!"

"A gentleman loves money and gets it in a proper way." Rong Yang supported the little thief, "That's not your jade, why are you so aggressive?"

"No?" Pu Cheng frowned, he turned his eyes to those people, and saw them shrinking their heads.He was furious, and kicked people over when he went up, holding his collar and cursing: "You fucking dare to use me as a gun!"

"Brother, young master!" The man raised his hand to guard, and said anxiously: "It's not ours, it's someone else's too! He stole it after all!"

Pu Cheng was furious, and Rong Yang immediately said: "He didn't steal it. He doesn't steal anything now, it was given by the yamen. Why are you spitting blood?"

Pu Cheng felt that he was an idiot today, and he wanted to find a way to entertain himself but was taken out as an idiot.He kicked the man a few more times, pointed at the man and said: "This matter is not over. If you see me in Changhe Town, get out, or I will kill you one day!"

After finishing speaking, he pushed the person away and stared at everyone around him fiercely.With his staring, who else would dare to fight with the little thief?Besides, Pu Cheng has been offended now, not to mention whether the jade can be taken, I am afraid that if they stay, Pu Cheng will take them first.

"Fuck!" Pu Cheng took off his coat and threw it on the ground, then glanced at the little thief, "Is your mouth full of anger? Why don't you say it!"

The thief sneered, leaned over to pick up the axe, and said, "Get lost."

"I'm standing in your place?" Pu Chengben retracted the foot that stepped out, and turned back, "Clean up your mouth, or I will make you cry on your knees tonight!"

"Did you get pinched when you went out?" The thief dragged Rong Yang into the temple, "There is something wrong."

As soon as the broken door was closed, there was a bang sound inside, and something was pushed against it.Pu Cheng stood at the door, raised his foot and kicked.

The pot inside was cold, the little thief cleaned up the pots and bowls, and said, "What are you doing here?"

Rong Yang said worriedly: "Let's go to the medical center to have a look."

The little thief didn't reply, his lower back hurt badly, but he only had a little money left in his pocket, he just said: "It's all right." Then he said: "Are you here to give away old books?"

"No." Rong Yang looked at the shadow of him wiping his face with water, and said from the side: "I...I just want to ask you if you want to go to school together next spring."

"No." The thief wiped the blood from his face and said expressionlessly, "I have to find a job."

"If you don't go." Rong Yang was a little anxious, "That's a pity! You won't be a thief anymore, you can't always work hard. Now you have paid off the debt of the gambling hall for your master, I heard that Mr. Good man, you go to the academy to study for a few years, and you can also take on some reading and writing jobs in the future, wouldn't it be better?"

The cold water made his fingers numb, the thief waited until he finished speaking before saying, "Rong Yang."

Rong Yang squinted and leaned over.

"Thank you." The little thief wiped his face indiscriminately, then turned to him and said, "Since there are no books today, you should go back earlier."

"Shaozhen." Rong Yang called him by name, and said seriously: "I know what you are worried about. I came to ask you to study together, not on a whim. My waiter will return to his hometown in a few days, and the waiter's seat is vacant. I can't find anyone for a while. The salary is not much, and there are two meals a day. If you don't mind it, you can move from here to live in the store. I discussed with my father that I will pay you monthly without deposit. You Listen to me, after winter, we can go to the academy together, if you think it's good, go there together. If you don't think it's good, then come back and continue working in the store. Okay?"

Shaozhen held the handkerchief in a daze, and after a while, he said, "Why do you think I can go on the right path?" He squeezed the handkerchief tightly, "I can only steal things."

Someone gave him a pear that day and said he was "smart".He shouldn't remember it, but he couldn't forget such a clean green shirt and such aura.

That's what a scholar looks like.

Rong Yang paused, and said: "Although my eyesight is bad, I am not blind."

Now that you understand it in your heart, your subordinates must also understand it.Shaozhen wanted to say that he understood, but from the day he could remember, his master, the old thief, had only taught him to steal.The characters he can recognize now are all taught in old books given by Rong Yang.

But even if he is a thief, he also has the appearance of delusions.

"Thank you." Shaozhen put on the handkerchief and said in a low voice, "Rongyang, thank you."

Rong Yang quickly waved his hands and said: "Yesterday you helped me out." Then he said: "But do you recognize the person who made the move today?"

The corner of Shaozhen's mouth twitched, and he said, "I haven't seen it."

Rong Yang patted his palm lightly, hesitantly said: "I didn't see the face clearly, I always feel that this sound is familiar, I just heard it...but I can't remember it, it must not be an acquaintance."

"Never mind him." Shaozhen took out the jade pendant and turned it over in his hands, "...don't let me see that official again. The pawnshop shopkeeper is right, this jade pendant is hot, so it's not a good thing."

Zhong Xie, who had just been promoted far away in Qingping Mansion, suddenly sneezed sullenly. He tightened his clothes, thinking that it was going to snow this day, and it was so cold that everyone was suffering from the cold.