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Chapter Fourteen: Thief of Thieves

On the night when He Nan left Shanhe Mansion, he did not leave the city immediately, but returned to his residence first.

He lived in the deepest part of an alley some distance away from Shanhe Prefecture. This alley was inhabited by low-level officials like him who were from other places and came to Beijing to work.

As soon as he pushed open the courtyard door, he looked up and saw a man standing in the shadows with a lantern waiting for him in front of the door of his hut.

When He Nan saw this person, he suddenly stood still, raised his right hand in a gesture similar to stopping, and whispered: "It's okay, I'm one of my own." After about a few breaths, he seemed to be talking to himself again.

Said: "Okay."

The people standing under the shadow of the eaves couldn't help but laugh out loud and asked: "What are you mumbling to yourself over there? Are you possessed? Where is the master of dancing?" The voice of this person was a crisp male voice, which was probably the same as He Nan.

At the same age, he is a boy of about seventeen or eighteen years old.

He Nan looked at the young man in the shadow and said angrily: "If I hadn't performed the great dance just now, your head would have been gone."

The young man snorted disdainfully and said, "Is there anyone in Bai Yujing who can take away my head?"

He Nan closed his eyes and said a little speechlessly: "I remember when we first met, you were chased for several streets by a group of restaurant waiters and beaten... and you still had to say shamelessly that no one could take it away.

Your head?”

When the young man holding the lantern heard what He Nan said, his face turned red under the weak candlelight of the lantern, and he coughed twice in embarrassment: "That was all a matter of old sesame and millet rotting so many years ago. Now,

Just don’t mention it…”

He Nan joked: "Thankfully you are known as a master thief, but you are chased like a street rat by the common people... But you were a thief before, so it is not an exaggeration to say that you are a street rat, right? You rat."

The boy's name is Ni Tu. He used to be a thief, known as the "thief among thieves". Some people were disgusted with his behavior and called him "Ni Tu". This thief among thieves did not steal from the poor or from the rich.

He engages in shady business - such as strange thieves, habitual thieves, illegal shops, etc., and every time he makes a move, he is always successful. He can be called a fellow killer. In his own words, "Robbing from the rich and giving to the poor, there is a way to steal."

It has nothing to do with me. I'm not a hero, I'm just a thief... I was born to eat this kind of food. How can the most powerful thief steal from ordinary people? Only those who can pry the goods out of the pockets of their peers can win the prize.

The thief who steals the money is the most powerful thief, and he deserves to be called the 'Master Thief'."

Nitu curled his lips and said: "What a common man, he is obviously a thug in a black shop... Okay, I won't quarrel with you, I can't fight you anyway."

"It's good to know." He Nan showed a triumphant smile, "By the way, how did you do what I asked you to do?"

Mi Tu fiddled with it in his arms for a while, then took out a bunch of crumpled banknotes and handed them to He Nan. There were some odd and whole banknotes in this stack of banknotes, and the denominations ranged from one tael to fifty taels, but overall,

There are more small denominations.

One tael of silver is equivalent to about one thousand copper coins, which can buy about two stones, which is about four hundred kilograms of rice or nearly fifty kilograms of pork. The purchasing power can be said to be considerable. However, metal is relatively heavy and difficult to carry, so the imperial court established

Some banks came to print and issue banknotes and undertake exchange business. The business of Shengguo was very developed. So far, a total of seven banknotes of different denominations have been issued, namely one, three, five, ten, fifty, one hundred taels and

One thousand taels, the quantity printed is inversely proportional to the face value of the banknote. Among them, one thousand taels of banknotes are very rare. Only royal nobles and wealthy merchants have the opportunity to see and use them - of course, not very often.

frequently.

As for silver notes... ordinary people have little chance to use them. Let's take He Nan as an example - He Nan is the prime minister of Shanhe Mansion, with an eighth-grade rank - and the eighth-grade official's annual salary is four

About ten taels, and these forty taels are about eight times the annual income of ordinary farmers and twice that of ordinary craftsmen. Farmers, craftsmen and low-level officials obviously have little spare time to exchange their money into silver notes.

What's more, the money in their hands is only a very small amount of scattered silver, most of the copper coins, and general equivalents such as grain.

The only groups that have the opportunity to use banknotes are nobles and wealthy businessmen, as well as some practitioners in the criminal industry - after all, the most profitable methods in the world have been written into the "National Law" of the Sheng Kingdom.

Of course, the banknotes in He Nan's hands were not saved by himself - he was from an ordinary background and had only been the Prime Minister for more than half a year. He could never have saved such a huge sum of money. Instead, he had spent the past few days just to win over He Nan.

It was difficult, so I gave him this meeting gift - a full three hundred taels of official silver. Three hundred taels is enough for a small family to live a life of adequate food and clothing for several lifetimes, but it is just a single sum for a relatively ordinary person.

It's just a casual reward for someone who is willing to win over someone.

He Nan had long wanted to leave. These three hundred taels of silver were a bargain that fell from the sky. If you don't take it, you can't take it. But three hundred taels of silver is not a small amount. If you go to the bank to exchange it for a banknote, you will definitely leave it in the registration, not to mention these three hundred taels.

A hundred taels of silver are all silver ingots stamped with the royal seal. The only people in Bai Yujing who dared to convert them into silver notes were all government banks. Who can guarantee that there are no spies in Qi Shan? And ordinary pawnshops are also good businesses.

Well, he would never dare to accept the official money. In desperation, he found his friend who was a thief but acted with integrity.

Since he is a thief, he must have a place to sell the stolen goods. A top thief like Ni Tu is even more cunning. He Nan gave him the three hundred taels of silver because he wanted him to go to a more reliable place to sell the stolen goods.

The banknotes were exchanged in the black market. Of course, there are no traces of the money flowing out of the black market, otherwise the government would have taken advantage of it - in a sense, this money is the "cleanest".

He Nan carefully counted the amount of the banknote, but then asked doubtfully: "Why is there only more than two hundred taels? Where did the rest of the money go?"

"When I went to sell the stolen goods, I fell in love with a treasure and bought it with the remaining money." Mi Tu touched in his arms again, and finally took out a long black object and handed it to He

Difficult, "Here, this is for you."

He Nan curled his lips and said, "It's really yours... spend my money to buy something as a gift to me." However, curiosity drove his eyes to look at the weird-shaped item.

This is a brand-new cigarette rod about one foot long, carved into the shape of a giant black python winding around. The tail of the python is a straight cigarette holder about three inches long, and its body is coiled to form the main body of the cigarette rod.

, at the end is a huge snake head with red eyes and golden eyes. There are slightly raised edges on both sides of the snake head, and it is opening its bloody mouth diagonally toward the sky - the huge mouth of the python is a pipe for holding tobacco.

The entire tobacco rod seems to be made of jade, which is very luxurious and weighty. The snake's two eyes are made of red agate with tiny gold beads inlaid in them. They look like living creatures under the candlelight, lifelike; and the fine black scales are clearly visible at a glance.

It is made by a famous craftsman and feels like snake skin, making people feel numb all over.

"Did you really buy this thing for less than a hundred taels?" He Nan looked at Mi Tu questioningly, "No matter how it seems, you can't buy it for a hundred taels... If you ask me, ten taels

More than twice as much.”

Ni Tu said with a proud look on his face: "I thought you had the ability to recognize people, but I didn't expect that you also have some eyesight in recognizing objects. This gadget was made by the famous jade carving master 'Gubieshan' and is made of rare

Made of ink-colored jade, 'smoky jade'. What's the market price? It's okay to say it's priceless, after all, it's a treasure intended for dignitaries."

Hearing this, He Nan was really frightened, and his eyes almost burst out of his eyes. "How did this thing get into your hands?!"

"I have traveled around the world for so many years, what kind of treasure have I not seen?" Mi Tu's tone was very disdainful, as if he was dissatisfied with He Nan's look of surprise. But he added, "But this treasure is indeed

One of the most amazing things I have ever seen... You know, in our line of work, you must be very sensitive to valuable things. I feel like I have telepathy with these things... I guess this is a talent.

Bar."

Ni Tu is indeed He Nan's best friend, and even his boastful and boastful expression and tone are almost exactly the same. He looked at He Nan and seemed to be a little impatient with his verbose words, so he got to the point, "I'll exchange the money for you.

Of course, you have to go to the safest place to get the tickets. Of course, there are a lot of good things in that kind of place. I happened to hear the owner of the black market pawn shop and a 'pocket' bragging about a priceless treasure in their hands. This

This thing was probably an unexpected acquisition by a snitch. After a few hands, it was sold to the pawn shop. After I cashed the banknote and went out, I entered his warehouse that night and fell in love with it at a glance.

You must know that I have also done some research on gold and jade jewelry. How good is this thing? How can I be wrong? In addition, the boss said during the day that Master Gu, smoked jade, 99% of the time it is this one.

It’s a small thing. Anyway, it fell into the hands of a thief. It’s better to take advantage of others than to take advantage of me, so I took advantage of it and led it out.”

Mi Tulu talked about this long paragraph with his eyebrows dancing and saliva flying. Unexpectedly, He Nan's focus was not here. Instead, he asked: "Pocket? What did the boss say to the pocket?"

"Pocket does not mean a real pocket, but a slang term for the pawn trade. It refers to laymen who are rich but do not know the goods and are easily deceived." Ni Tu answered He Nan's questions.

"Then you won't keep such a valuable treasure for yourself? Are you going to give it to me?" He Nan squinted at Mi Tu, looking a bit incredulous.

"I don't smoke dry cigarettes, so what's the use of this thing? You love cigarettes so much, but it's worth every penny in your hands." You Tu didn't take this to heart and said nonchalantly, "If I want it,

What kind of treasure can't be stolen? To be honest, I'm not very interested in gold and silver treasures. I just simply think that stealing - especially thieves like stealing is very interesting. In other words, I may be a thief just for the sake of one thing.

Le'er. But I don't want to accept your little one hundred taels. Just think of it as a farewell gift you left for me before you left."

He Nan didn't tell Mi Tu that he was leaving, but he wasn't surprised that Mi Tu could guess this. After all, no one would exchange money for banknotes when they have nothing to do. Only those who want to travel far away would.

Acting like this, he was quite touched at this time - his brother thief had specially stolen a very good treasure for himself before he left - although it was stolen from the black market, he didn't feel guilty, but

Theft is still not recommended.

"Speaking of farewell gifts, not only do you give them to me, I also want to give you another one-" He Nan also took out a small gadget from his arms at this time, which was a wooden sign with the word "大" engraved on it. "I

After you leave, you will be the new leader of a big gang."

No matter how rebellious and mature He Nan is, in the final analysis he is just a boy of eighteen years old. Naturally, he yearns for the loyalty of the thousands of gangster brothers. He always likes to make friends.

, all the three religions and nine schools are familiar with each other, and I have met many good friends since I came to Baiyujing. Among these people there are many young men who are like chickens, dogs, and thieves, but all of them are heroic, courageous, and outstanding people. Even Zhu Zhaoer often comes here.

Join in the fun with them.

He Nan was the first person to put forward his opinions. Several close friends immediately hit it off and established the "One Big" gang. Yes, the name of their gang is "One Big". A big gang started out as just teenagers.

Their high-spiritedness makes little fuss, but as time goes by, there are more and more "gangmen" of a big gang, and they are all young and energetic young people in their teens. The youthful spirit can be seen at a glance.

A heart-to-heart, a smile can cost your life - a few people headed by He Nan have established some decent gang systems, most of which are related to brotherly loyalty - such as sharing blessings and sharing hardships and other oaths. And He Nan

As the founder of a large gang, Nan was naturally the first "leader", and he also made a wooden token with large characters engraved on it.

There are only a few dozen people in a big gang so far, and there is nothing to be proud of in the position of "leader". But in the eyes of this group of teenagers, it is the greatest sentiment and commemoration, and its meaning is extraordinary. At this time, He Nan and you

The handover of the "leader" position in the picture also symbolizes the separation of brothers. Both of them couldn't help but have red eyes, and a few lines of tears quietly flowed down the corners of their eyes.

Just as the two brothers were saying goodbye, an inhuman voice came from the air. The clear female voice broke the sad atmosphere between the two: "It's getting late, we should hurry up.

Set off."

Hearing this female voice, Ni Tu suddenly approached He Nan and whispered: "The voice of the girl urging you to leave is nice, but is it my brother or sister?" Mi Tu was several months younger than He Nan. At this time, he was obviously in trouble.

Taking advantage of He Nan in his words.

He Nan casually wiped the wet tears on his face and raised his voice: "You come in first, we will leave immediately." As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a man dressed in red floating in quietly from outside the courtyard door.

When you saw Hongyu's appearance, you couldn't help but praise her, and said jokingly: "I thought I was a younger brother and sister who had a bad image and dared not see anyone. It turns out that it is a fairy who has fallen from the mortal world."

He Nan smiled. Of course he did his best to take advantage, but he took advantage of two people at once: "I'm afraid you, the fairy sister-in-law, don't care about recognizing such a cheap husband."

Hong Yu had known for a long time that He Nan would show such a dishonest look, but at this moment He Nan was holding the black arrow that Li Yushi had given him to dispatch the hidden arrows. He didn't want to get angry, so he turned his head and pretended not to hear.

He said coldly: "I don't know the same as you, but if we don't leave the city and wait for dawn, it will be difficult to leave."

Seeing Hong Yu's warning, He Nan knew it was time to leave, so he leaned over and whispered a few words to Ni Tu, patted his shoulder and left on horseback with Hong Yu.

He has been living in this small and old courtyard for four or five years. A group of half-grown men have been living here for four or five years. Heiran Dameng has also lived here for four or five years. But now there is only a young man standing at the gate with a lamp.

In front of me, I couldn't leave for a long time, as if I was waiting for something to come back.


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