It is said that officials and bandits are different. In fact, in many cases, officials are bandits and bandits are officials. Otherwise, there will be many robbers until the saint dies. A place cannot survive without officials or without bandits.
Cheng Dalei can be considered a big thief. There are three other big thieves like him in Chang'an City. Without exception, he was wanted and the reward was as high as one thousand taels of silver.
Of course, the police officers are all brothers, and officers and soldiers often drink, but they still have to do face-saving work. If any new police officer with a blind eye rushes to catch Cheng Dalei, it will be troublesome if he is really caught.
So every time before going out, Cheng Dalei had to make some disguises. His eyebrows were long, his mouth was covered with a beard, and his green shirt was changed into a black robe. In the blink of an eye, Cheng Dalei changed from a pale-skinned vampire to a long-bearded and drooping-breasted vampire.
Big man.
The four of them walked out of the underground city. The sun was shining brightly outside, and the four of them walked struttingly down the street.
"What are your plans for the future? Should you continue to stay in Chang'an, or recruit the number one man to dominate the mountain and regain your former brothers?" Xu Shenji.
"Although Chang'an is nice, there are many rules. It's as fun as occupying a mountain and becoming king." Cheng Dalei sighed: "It's just that I still have something to do in Chang'an."
Xu Shenji and the other two nodded, understanding the meaning of Cheng Dalei's words.
Cheng Dalei looks cool now, but in fact he is just an enforcer of certain rules. He wants to give face to the Jianghu, and he wants to give face to the government. He has to take care of both families. Of course, Cheng Dalei does a good job, but he is also very tired.
Cheng Dalei fell into Chang'an, and the whereabouts of his brothers in the village are unknown. All of this was thanks to one person.
When Cheng Dalei stays in Chang'an, what he has to do is not things, but people.
Now that the martial arts examination is coming, Chang'an City is overcrowded, and the streets are full of martial arts practitioners with weapons. It is normal for martial arts practitioners to have a hot temper, and they can start fighting if they disagree with each other.
"Duel, hurry up, there's a duel ahead."
Someone shouted, and the people on the street shouted and pushed past. Cheng Dalei and others also followed suit and squeezed past.
I saw two people standing opposite each other on the street ahead. One was wearing a purple robe with a long sword on his waist, and the other was wearing a coarse short coat and carrying a hatchet in his hand.
"Are you here?" The man in purple robe.
"I came before you." The man with the short knife.
"You shouldn't have come."
"But I'm already here."
"If you knew my name, you probably wouldn't come."
"I know you are Yi Jian Xifeng Zhong Xifeng, I'm here too."
"I also know that you are Zhou, a woodcutter from Shanbei, who chops firewood. But can the knife in your hand cut firewood and kill people as well?"
"Chopping firewood is an amateur, but killing someone is an expert."
"Kill, kill who?"
"you."
The sound fell to the ground, like a flash of lightning, and there was a whistling sound in the air, and the long knife was slashed out. There was a clang, which should be the sound of weapons colliding. The two men moved very fast, dazzling, and everyone onlookers couldn't see clearly.
When he came back to his senses, he saw the two of them hugging each other, grabbing their hair and using all their strength. One grabbed the hair of the other, and the other stuck the neck of the other.
"Let go!"
"Let go first!"
"If you let me go, I'll let you go."
"If you don't let me go, I won't let you go either."
"If you don't let me go, I won't let you go either."
"Shh!"
The crowd of onlookers booed and dispersed as they thought it was boring.
"What are you doing, what are you doing..." At this moment, a group of guards patrolling the city arrived and arrested the two people: "Private fights with weapons are not allowed in Chang'an City. If you look at them as outsiders, arrest them, arrest them."
stand up."
The security in Chang'an City is stricter than in other parts of the empire, and because a large number of martial arts practitioners have recently poured into the city, the patrolling guards have a heavier task. As for the martial arts practitioners, they can stab them secretly if they don't like them.
Well, if it really got to the point of a duel in the street, it would be either a person with a unclear mind or a master with a unclear mind. Judging from the situation of the two of them, it is probably the former.
The captain of the guard saw Cheng Dalei and recognized him: "Are these two your friends?"
They knew each other, so if Cheng Dalei nodded, the guards would let the two men go.
"I don't know." Cheng Dalei waved his hand.
One or two such things happen every day, and many people are accustomed to it. Judging from the appearance of Xu Shenji and the others, it must be their first time encountering them. They stood there with big eyes and small eyes.
Cheng Dalei turned around and smiled awkwardly: "Chang'an is different from other places."
At this moment, someone suddenly patted Cheng Dalei behind him. Cheng Dalei's eyes immediately turned cold. His hand was already on the hilt of the sword. He turned around sharply and was about to unsheath the sword on the spot.
After seeing the person behind him clearly, Cheng Dalei reluctantly let go of the hilt of his sword and said, "What are you doing? You can scare people to death, don't you know?"
The man behind Cheng Dalei was stunned: "You, what are you doing? Your eyes were so scary just now. Didn't I just say hello to you? Hey, why are you dressed like this every time? Can't you change your outfit?
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The eyes of Xu Shenji and the others fell on this person. He was wearing a blue robe and had two beards on his lips, but one look at his appearance showed that he was a woman in disguise.
"Master, who is this?"
"Oh, my boss." Cheng Dalei said casually.
"You have a boss above you?"
The three of them were stunned, and then they recognized who this woman was. It was Li Waner who had been detained in Toad Village. However, after not seeing her for a long time, she looked even more beautiful, like a flower in full bloom.
"Of course I have a boss, otherwise who will protect me?" Cheng Dalei waved his hand and said, "Let me take a step to speak."
The four thieves in Chang'an City each have their own territory, and they each have someone to cover their heads. Otherwise, many things will not work at all, or the officials and bandits will collude. And the person who is covering Cheng Dalei, whose surname is Li Wan'er, is that
Imperial Princess Mingyu.
Cheng Dalei was imprisoned in Chang'an and accidentally met Li Waner. They were old acquaintances and got along well. So Li Waner became Cheng Dalei's supporter.
Several people came to a tea house and found a private room to sit down.
Cheng Dalei looked at Li Waner, who was disguised as a woman, and was speechless, and said: "Why did you run out of the palace again? Old Zhou knew about it, and he has been fighting with me again."
Lao Zhou was the eunuch who brought up Li Waner, and he also knew Cheng Dalei.
"Cheng Dalei, how long have you said you haven't seen me?"
"Your Highness, I'm very busy, okay? You, the chairman, don't do anything. I, the general manager, do all the work." Cheng Dalei poured himself a cup of tea: "Why are you looking for me this time?"
"Cheng Dalei, can you take me to elope?"
puff!
Cheng Dalei spat out the tea he just drank. Xu Shenji and the other three were also stunned. They looked at Cheng Dalei and then at Li Waner. There was one sentence written in their eyes:
"Something weird!"
Li Waner sighed: "If you don't elope with me, my father will marry me off."