"Master, we are in trouble. Today we met a master..."
Just when Yu Honghu was sitting on the curb, thinking hard, four or five people gathered around him. They were not very tall, and they were the kind of characters that you can't find in the crowd.
These people are the orphans that Yu Honghu adopted in his early years. In the circle of thieves, adopted orphans are usually not called masters, but godfathers. However, Yu Honghu, who became a disciple halfway, addressed Miao Liuzhi as master.
Compared with some pickpocketing groups who control beatings and scolding to force orphans to steal, Yu Honghu is undoubtedly more humane. He rarely abuses these orphans, so after more than ten years, the orphans have regarded him as their elder from the bottom of their hearts.
It's just that when Yu Honghu adopted orphans, he mostly picked short children.
These children have good professional skills, but when they grow up, they all look weak. Their force value is too low. When it comes to territorial grabs, they are obviously unable to compete with the gang of dragons from the Northeast.
So Yu Honghu also explained the matter clearly to them. Those who are willing to leave can go to other cities anonymously, get married and have children in a stable manner. If they are not willing to leave, he will not force him, but he will not hit him again in the future.
The flag is up.
The five people in front of them all want to follow Yu Honghu and withdraw from the world. This visit to Panjiayuan can be regarded as the last act of madness, but now the five people's faces are ugly, and they stand in front of Yu Honghu with their heads lowered.
"San'er, I don't blame you for this. The godfather himself... also suffered."
Yu Honghu's voice was a little bitter. He had been stealing for more than thirty years. In the thief industry, he was considered an ancestor-level figure. But what happened today made him understand what it means to have people outside the world and mountains beyond the mountains.
"What? Godfather, you...are you in trouble too?"
After hearing Yu Honghu's words, these thin young men suddenly showed expressions of disbelief on their faces.
You must know that in the Thieves King Conference of the Six Provinces, Ganye's methods were superb. From a professional point of view, he was definitely at the expert level. There were not many thief kings in other provinces who were better than him.
"My whole body was completely molded, and I was not even left with my ingot..."
A wry smile appeared on Yu Honghu's face. These boys were his closest people, and since he was about to withdraw from the world again, Yu Honghu no longer needed to maintain his majesty and authority as a godfather in front of them.
The Yuanbao Yu Honghu mentioned was what he usually used for practicing. It was not the ancient Yuanbao, but the Guangxu Yuanbao. Like Yuan Datou, it was made of silver and was slightly larger than the steel ingot.
As for the method of exercise, it is to hold the silver dollar in your hand and play with it, using your fingers and muscles to control its rolling. Veteran thieves generally like to use this method to maintain their condition.
It was just that the silver dollar that Yu Honghu had carried with him for many years was touched by the other party in his pocket. This was the real thief, and not a single item was left to Yu Honghu.
"Godfather, the same is true for us. Even the blades were touched away." After hearing Godfather's words, the young men also had wry smiles on their faces.
Their blades are usually held between their fingers, and there is a spare one at the collar. However, not only was the blade at the collar taken away, but the one between their fingers was also missing. At that time, they were so frightened that they thought it was day time.
Damn it.
Yu Honghu pondered for a moment and then asked: "San'er, Wu'er, you two have been with me the longest, have you ever discovered any dazzling people?"
"Master, you haven't even noticed, how can we two be so capable?"
The two young men who were asked by Yu Honghu shook their heads repeatedly and hesitated for a moment. San'er said: "Master, could it be those Northeastern people who did it? Want to force us to leave early?"
"Shit, just them? I can steal it alone and they can't find it!"
Yu Honghu shook his head with disdain. When he was about to say a few more words, he suddenly thought that people like himself had been stolen and all they had left was their skin. Thinking of this, Yu Honghu suddenly became mute.
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"Let's go and find my master..."
Yu Honghu spat on the ground, stood up, and said: "Anyone who can do this job cannot do it without decades of experience. Maybe Master can see something."
At this time, Yu Honghu was at his wits' end and could only seek advice from Miao Liuzhi. He was a well-known thief king before liberation. His wide network of contacts and rich experience were far beyond what Yu Honghu could compare to.
In Beijing in 1998, the real estate industry had just emerged, and courtyard houses could still be seen everywhere in the old city. Miao Liuzhi lived in a place where courtyard houses gathered near Jingshan Park.
However, this is not the inner city of the past. Most of the people who live here are miserable. The courtyards are not well built. There is sewage flowing everywhere and there is noisy people.
After turning left and right in the alley for a while, Yu Honghu and the others stopped in front of a house. This gate was not as grand as the mansion gate shown on TV. Except for the stone strips on both sides, it was the same size as that of an ordinary family.
The doors are no different.
There was no doorbell beside the door, just a rope hanging on it. After Yu Honghu pulled on the rope twice, he waited quietly outside. After about a minute, the sound of opening the door sounded inside.
"Honghu, why are you bringing all the cubs here?" As the door opened, the figure of an old man with white beard and hair was revealed. It was Miao Liuzhi, the mentor of the King of Thieves back then.
Miao Liuzhi is not tall, about 1.7 meters tall. Perhaps because of his age, his figure is a little stooped, but his spirit is very strong. His eyes are particularly bright, and he seems to be able to see through people's hearts.
"Master, I'm embarrassing you." The five or six people standing outside the door, led by Yu Honghu, were all as dejected as a defeated rooster. This is indeed embarrassing to say.
Being forced to leave Panjiayuan by those Northeasterners is like a scholar meeting a soldier. The two sides are not in the same system and there is no price reduction. But today, in this matter, I was slapped hard in the professional field.
"Come in and talk, mistress, close the door." Miao Liuzhi glanced at a few people, turned around and walked into the yard.
This is a very small courtyard house, with a total of three wing rooms in total. The yard is only about ten square meters in size. When six or seven people poured in, the place suddenly seemed a little small.
This courtyard house was originally occupied by two families. However, after Yu Honghu was imprisoned again in the 1990s, Miao Liuzhi moved out of Yu Honghu's residence. With the filial piety money paid by thieves from all over the country over the years, the family bought this house worth ten thousand.
A yard was bought.
Because Yu Honghu's thief king conference was too ostentatious, the public security agencies followed suit and almost wiped out all the thief kings from all over the north and south.
Without the younger disciples who came to make pilgrimages, Miao Liuzhi's life became increasingly low-key. No one knew about his current residence except for Yu Honghu and a few other people.
"Honghu, look at your gloomy face, what happened?" When he came to the middle of the yard, Miao Liuzhi pointed a golden sword and sat on the stone bench, while Yu Honghu's master and disciples stood respectfully.
in front of him.
"Master, you also know that the Northeastern people forced me to withdraw from the capital."
Yu Honghu said with a look of shame: "Originally, I wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the weekend market to make another fortune, and take Master with me to fly far away and find a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters to live out my life, but... But today it turned out to be a mistake.
It’s a big fall.”
"Did someone take advantage of you? Did the other party use it to rob you?" Miao Liuzhi looked at Yu Honghu and the others and said, "You have all been searched. Could it be that you have a gun pointed at your head?"
Being able to roam Shanghai before the liberation and having a reputation that spread throughout the country, Miao Liuzhi was by no means a person who gained fame in vain. A quick look at these disciples and grandchildren revealed that all of them were penniless.
Before liberation, including earlier years, when people went out, they would carry either copper coins or ocean gold bars with them. Old thieves could tell the clues from the depth of footprints and the degree of sagging of clothes.
But nowadays, all people carry with them are banknotes. If you want to see how much money you carry with you, your eyesight is not something that ordinary people can achieve. To this day, those who can have the eyesight of Miao Liuzhi are probably not available in today's world.
Definitely no more than three people.
"It's not a robbery, Master, the other party used it for craftsmanship!" Yu Honghu's head hung lower. He was also a well-known thief king in the country.
In the early 1990s, Yu Honghu once competed with the kings of thieves from all over the country. He stole twenty-eight wallets at the Beijing Railway Station in one day, which made him famous for a while and established his reputation as the king of thieves in Beijing.
But this time, Yu Honghu almost had his pants taken off by others, and he didn't know anything about it. He was extremely embarrassed.
"What? Use craft work?"
Hearing Yu Honghu's words, Miao Liuzhi raised his eyelids and asked: "How many people are there on the other side? Is it a group or a lone group?"
Theft has been around for thousands of years. Just the word "stealing" involves a variety of methods. Some thieves work together in groups, using some tricks to attract the attention of the owner, and then let their companions steal.
There are also some people who are highly skilled lone thieves. They don't need anyone else to cover them at all. They create the conditions themselves. No matter how deep their money is, they can't escape their fingers.
"Master, it should be a lone gang, and... and it seems that it was done by one person. All the backhand I left was taken away by that person, and even... even the Guangxu Yuanbao you always gave me is gone.
"
"What? The back hand on the waist was also touched?"
Miao Liuzhi, who was originally as steady as a rock, finally changed color this time.
The one pointed at the back is the waist bag. This is used by old thieves to escape. They usually keep it close to their body. They can detect it with a slight movement. Even if Miao Liu points his hand, he may not be able to give it to Honghu when he is completely unconscious.
Stolen.
Yu Honghu smiled bitterly and said: "Master, not only the backhand, but also the blades caught between their fingers have been taken away..."
The Flying Eagle blade is broken into two halves and is just caught between the fingers. It can be taken away by someone in this situation. The technique is simply amazing. At least Honghu has never heard of it. (To be continued. Please search Piao Piao. Astronomy, novels are better and updated faster!)
