The thief's stockade is not far from the mountain col, originally the last time there was a big flood, they should have been here to do something, but let the woods outside the col save their lives, so that the waterway was forcibly rerouted.

So what does this story tell us? Snack less and grow more trees!

The village is not big, there are only about seven or eight households, and all of them have closed doors, which seems quite bleak. I happened to see one or two windows open, and the people inside saw the Thai family and their party, and they only spat and closed the windows tightly.

Taijia estimated that this was a den of thieves, except for thieves, everyone in it was also a thief!

But this is just speculation, until the thief Tongtian led the Thai armor into his room that the Thai family looked strange, is this guy really a thief? Why is the house so broken?

The thief's home is about 20 square meters, with a bedroom and a main hall; The main hall is the same place as the kitchen and dining room, so how can it be so common as a rich family? There is nothing in it, only a little tattered pottery and bronze, and most of the dust has accumulated in the corners.

"Your daughter said that you are a thief, and now it seems ......" Taijia shook his head involuntarily, "It doesn't seem to be very good!" ”

The thief Tongtian looked at the kid with contempt on his face, but mocked: "Turtle turtle, you kid seems to be very sophisticated, I guess you must be from the big tribe!" Hehe, the tribesmen are good, all the taxes are paid by the patriarch, and there are not many, how can they be like us in the poor village? ”

Firefly took the thief's hand and fiddled with the emerald that the latter had just given him; This thing looks very valuable, and just now my father said that it was the tears of the gulls and herons. She doesn't know what gulls and herons are, but she must raise a lot of gulls and herons in the future!

How do you know that Taijia didn't give the thief a look at all, and took advantage of the topic to play: "That's really embarrassing, I've already paid taxes for our family for more than half a year, and the tax collector doesn't know anything, but he will change the law to pit me!" I've paid a full 20% of the tax, don't look down on people! ”

Although the thief Tongtian was very surprised why this kid had such ability, he felt an inexplicable unhappiness when he saw him, so he didn't invite him to sit down, and sat straight on the ground and said, "I thought you were so powerful?" Do you know how much tax we have to pay every month? ”

"How many can there be? The law of the country stipulates that the tax is five percent, and two percent is the limit, how much more can you have? ”

The thief sneered: "Twenty? That's for the dog king, our monthly tax payment is fifty percent, fifty percent! This is equivalent to half a month of working for nothing, and we will be hungry for ten more years! Enlightened kings? Fart! The Enlightened State is not enlightened at all! ”

"It can't be!" Taijia didn't believe it at all, "It must be your village owner who deceived you, how can there be a fifty percent tax?" ”

The thief smiled and ignored the Thai armor, and after a while, Yingyue said weakly: "That, my father is the owner of the village......

"Okay, it's the thief!"

"My father, he's not a thief!" Hotaru exclaimed dissatisfied, "He, he's a ...... Hunter! Every time he gets something back from the outside, it's an animal becomes! My bow is an eagle owl, and this gem ...... It becomes the gulls and herons tears! My father can catch stars, why should he be a thief? ”

The Thai armor is inexplicable, you say that you believe that these stolen things are made by animals, and you say that your father can pick stars...... Ghost letter!

Hearing his daughter's defense, the thief's face soothed; He looked at the unworldly Taijia, sighed, and said to Yingyue: "Daughter, are you tired after running for a day?" Sleep for a while, and Father will talk to this big brother. ”

Hotaru nodded with a smile, still playing with the emerald in her hand, but looked at the Thai armor with a proud face, as if to say: Look at it, see how my dad cleans you up!

But she didn't go in for a long time, and her eyes looked at Wangcai; Taijia smiled bitterly and whistled, and Wangcai jumped into the house, and then ran over under the surprised gaze of Firefly Moon.

"I'll let it sleep with you, okay?"

Hotaru nodded in surprise.

Taijia smiled knowingly.

"Stinky boy, don't hit my daughter!" As soon as Hotaru Yue entered the inner room, the thief Tongtian instantly changed his face and whispered, "I thank you for bringing my daughter back today; But if you have any bad thoughts about her...... Hmph, Lao Tzu thief can steal even your heart! ”

It sounds as vicious as trying to pull out the heart of the Thai armor, but why...... Sounds so awkward?

Thaika shrugged his shoulders noncommittally, but the topic suddenly changed and asked softly, "Where did you steal that emerald?" ”

"What stolen?" The thief frowned, "I said, it's the tears of the gulls and herons......"

"I'm not the one who grew up listening to your stories!" The Thai armor shows maturity at different ages, "I know very well whether it was stolen or not; You said that your village has to pay fifty percent of the tax, I believe it! But if you don't steal, what do you rely on to feed the people of this stockade? ”

The thief couldn't speak for a long time, because he knew that he could only deceive his own daughter, and it would definitely not work to deceive others, so he could only sigh: "This is what I stole from my adoptive family a few days ago...... His house is full of gems, and I just took a small piece from the warehouse, and I don't think he will find it. ”

"It's good to be able to steal something from Yang Yuan...... Taijia muttered for a moment, "I want to entrust you to steal something for me, okay?" If it succeeds, I will be very grateful! ”

This time, it was the thief who pretended to be his grandfather, and when he saw that Taijia had a request for him, he naturally refused to let go of the opportunity to ridicule him like this, and mocked: "Who is still as bullish as a saint?" Why, didn't you ask me to be a thief in the end? ”

Taijia really looks down on thieves, but now that he has a request for others, he has to put on a respectful appearance. What's more, the thief Tongtian only embarked on the road of stealing in order to cope with the excesses and miscellaneous taxes, if this is the case, he can still accept it.

In an instant, the flatness on Taijia's face turned into a smile: "Actually, I see that you are so good to your daughter, I know that you are not a bad person, at least your daughter did not steal with you, and you also made up stories to hide it...... You don't want your daughter to follow your path, do you? ”

The ridicule on the thief's face gradually subsided, and he actually showed an expression of pain and helplessness, as if it was the first time he had met such a bosom friend.

After a long time, he spoke: "The people in the village know that I am stealing, even if it is to pay taxes, but they do not want to see me, and even say that my daughter will be a thief in the future!" Hotaru was still young, but she was insulted by them as a thief, but she could only run to me for comfort and ask me...... Is it a thief or not? ”

Taijia knew that in order to hide this matter, the thief told a lot of lies, and his daughter suffered a lot of grievances, no wonder Hotaru only showed joy when she talked about her father.

However, Taijia didn't have the slightest affection for these fools, and scolded at the time: "You shouldn't pay taxes for them, let them pay the fifty percent of the taxes themselves, so that these hypocrites who stand and talk without backache also know how difficult it should be to be a man!" ”

"You're the first person to say this to me......" the thief smiled wryly, "If it weren't for your young age, we might still be able to talk about it." ”

"Do you have wine?" Taijia said happily, since the last time he drank that old wine, he could never forget the pleasure of irritating his throat.

"For the sake of my daughter, quit early!" Ignoring Taijia's disappointed eyes, the thief shook his head and asked, "Anyway, what do you want me to steal for you, as long as I can do it, I will help you!" ”

As an old thief, every time he went to a nobleman's house to steal something, he only stole the inconspicuous but extremely valuable ones, and stealing was already commonplace for him; Now that he meets a Thai armor who understands him, he doesn't mind helping him.

"That's ......"

It took Taijia half an hour to break his arm in the execution ground, until a few days ago he explained the matter of applying the secret medicine to Yiyue, which was as wonderful as a storytelling. The thief became more and more upset the more he listened to it, but after hearing that Yiyue died of illness and went crazy, he became depressed.

"What's wrong?"

The thief shook his head: "You make me ...... I think of my sister-in-law. Three years ago, he went to buy something, but he happened to encounter a big flood, and his whereabouts are still unknown...... In order to raise my daughter alone, I quit drinking and stealing......"

It turns out that he is also a lover of personality.

In this way, there is no longer any estrangement between the two, and the thief Tongtian is very sympathetic to Taijia, but he is more sympathetic to Geng Wu as a father. Regardless of whether he is really crazy or falsely crazy, he is definitely unwilling to accept the fact that his wife has died, which is exactly the same as the thief Tongtian three years ago.

The difference is that the thief Tongtian immediately cheered up and shouldered the heavy responsibility of raising his daughter; But Geng Wu gave up on himself, but wanted his son to think of a way to raise him.

"So you want me to steal your mother's body?" After listening to the story of Taijia, the thief also guessed most of it.

Taijia said gloomily: "The deceased will eventually have a place to go, my aunt has been delayed for too long......"

"It's just that if your father loses your mother, he may be even more crazy, and no one knows what will happen at that time!"

"He's gone mad, you understand that feeling, even if you leave my grandmother's body there, waiting for her to stink and rot, what's the point of defiling the dead?"

The thief nodded approvingly, this young man is really mature, he can come out of his mother's grief, he also knows how to make trade-offs, and he understands what he should do...... He has not served anyone since the day he became a thief, but today he is convinced of a little child!

"Well, I'll help you with this!" The thief Tongtian smiled, "If my sister-in-law is still here, she will definitely approve of my approach!" ”

"Thank you!" Thai Armor sincerely thanked.

"Then you go back first, I'll go tomorrow...... Wait, it seems like ...... tomorrow."

Before the thief Tongtian could say the following words, Taijia preemptively asked: "Wait a minute, I have a question!" ”

"Uh...... Where did you think of it? What's the problem? ”

Taijia seemed ashamed to speak, but he couldn't help but be curious: "Firefly Moon said that you can pick stars, this is ...... Is it true or false? ”

The thief was dumbfounded, but he smiled slyly: "What do you think? ”

"I think...... Yes, probably ...... It's a story, right? ”

But the thief said, "I can really pick the stars." ”

"Impossible!" Taijia was terrified, which completely subverted his cognition, "Impossible, unless you are an immortal!" ”

"Then do you want to leave a seal?" The thief walked to the door and looked at the sun, "Night, it's coming......"