Chapter 57: The Thief
Feng Yao explained a few words to Yuan Ping, and just went out, just happened to bump into Chen Dao. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"Third brother, I was saying that I was going to look for you, and you came!"
"Big brother, Zhou Zheng sent a letter saying that Xizhai is very busy these days, and he has no time to come back, let me go to his house to have a look, and pass on a message, so as not to worry his wife! I also just finished going and happened to be free, so I wanted to come to my eldest brother to go down to the blacksmith shop to see if there were any better weapons! ā
"It's okay, I want to go out anyway, let's go." Feng Yao said.
Just after walking a few steps, Feng Yao suddenly found that among the people queuing up to buy steamed buns outside the inn window, there was a man in his twenties with a strange expression, looking left and right from time to time, and in front of him was a middle-aged man dressed as a low-level civil official, with a small bag of copper coins hanging from the man's waist, and at this time, the man behind him had already begun to steal the money bag with both hands.
There were thieves! And it happened on his own territory, Feng Yao couldn't ignore it!
"Third brother, wait a minute!" Feng Yao pulled Chen Dao, Chen Zhi stopped according to his words, and as Feng Yao's gaze also found the thief.
Feng Yao's face was cold, and when he was about to drink it, his heart moved, and he felt that this seemed to be a little inappropriate, it was easy to cause a riot, and it would not have a good impact on the inn's business, so he changed his mind and wanted to wait for the thief to subdue him when he made a move, so that he could get dirty and dirty, and he was not afraid that the thief would deny it afterwards.
At this time, the thief had already begun to untie the money bag of the person in front of him, Feng Yao quickly wanted to go over to catch the thief, at this time, someone gently pulled Feng Yao from behind, turned his head and looked, it turned out to be a middle-aged woman about three years old, seeing that her dress might be a servant girl of a certain family, she looked at Feng Yao cautiously shook her head, and persuaded Feng Yao not to meddle in things, if he was injured by the thief, he would be the one who suffered.
Feng Yao looked at the others suspiciously, only to find that many people had already discovered the thief's movements, but most of them pretended not to see it, only occasionally sneaking to glance at the thief if he had succeeded, and one was even nervous to cover his mouth, as if he was afraid that he would accidentally make some noise that would anger the thief.
"This is my territory, isn't it obvious that stealing here will not give me face?" Feng Yao walked behind the man who was stealing with a determined expression.
The thief gently untied the rope on the money bag, his face rose with an excited expression, and he was about to turn around and leave, when suddenly a hand stretched out and grabbed his arm holding the money bag tightly, and the thief looked in a panic, only to see a person more than eight feet tall, with a tiger's back and an ape waist, and a decent robe, although he still looked like a teenager, but his eyes were very powerful.
Feng Yao twisted the thief's hand to steal the money with one hand, and shouted softly: "Give him back the money!" He pointed to the civil official man in front of him.
The thief was startled, but soon his face was full of anger and he scolded: "Where is the child, dare to meddle with your uncle's business!" As he spoke, he struggled with both hands, trying to break free from Feng Yao's shackles, Feng Yao had hundreds of catties of strength in both hands, how could he break free so easily, the thief couldn't break free, and suddenly became evil to the guts, and suddenly took out a hidden dagger from his arms, and with a turn of the tip of the knife, he stabbed ...... Feng Yao's waist.
"Ahh ......" Several civilians who watched the excitement couldn't help but exclaim, including the scribe man who had stolen the money, the scribe man was startled by the movement behind him, and retreated two or three steps in a row, seeing that the money bag in the thief's hand was very familiar, and then saw that the money bag on his waist was gone, how could he not understand what was happening, but when the scribe man was about to help Feng Yao subdue the thief, he was frightened by the dagger in the thief's hand and took a few steps back, and almost hit several people behind him in the process of retreating.
After a fuss, dozens of customers who had been queuing up and passers-by quickly retreated, and instead of buying steamed buns, they watched. These things are a long story, in fact, they are just a few breaths, Feng Yao was a little stunned when he saw this dramatic scene, he didn't expect that catching a thief would trigger such a chain reaction, and the reaction of this passer-by was too fast, right?
Feng Yao had very little time to hesitate, and with one palm, he knocked off the dagger in the thief's hand, stretched out his foot and fell, knocking the thief to the ground and cutting his arm behind him.
The people watching the excitement exclaimed, at first they thought that Feng Yao was going to be injured, but they didn't know that the result was reversed in the blink of an eye, but the thief was subdued to the ground by a move, and he was stunned and looked at Feng Yao in surprise.
I don't know who was the first to react, and applauded, and everyone came to their senses, applause, and cheers.
"Good! Attaboy! Dare to steal in our Puyang City, this is the end! ā
"Send him to the official! Make him a pariah! ā
"That's right, send the officer! Let's see if he dares to steal in the future! ā
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The onlookers seemed to be even more excited than Feng Yao, shouting out all kinds of different punishment opinions.
At this time, the thief who was pressed to the ground by Feng Yao suddenly cried and begged for mercy loudly, "Please let me go, I don't dare anymore!" I, I am a refugee from other places, and there is still an old mother in the family who is sick and needs money for treatment! ā
Feng Yao's heart moved, and he felt some sympathy for this thief, if what he said was true, he was about to ask the thief for details, when an old man came over and reminded: "Childe, don't be fooled, this kind of person is generally caught and uses this kind of words to deceive people into sympathy!" ā
"That is, if you have hands and feet, and your body is good, why don't you go find an errand to do? At first glance, it is delicious and lazy to make! ā
"It's okay if you don't go to the army, aren't we recruiting troops in Puyang City now?"
The old man's words immediately got the support of many passers-by.
There was even a seventeen or eighteen-year-old gangster who looked like a young man, as soon as he heard that the thief was from out of town, he immediately became angry, and he was about to kick the thief in the face when he came up, but fortunately Feng Yao blocked it with his hand, or he would definitely be injured if he stepped down.
The gangster scolded: "A homeless person from other places, and he doesn't inquire about what kind of place Puyang City is!" This is not a small county town, it is a county government, understand no! Let me see you again, I don't have to send you to the official, I will directly cripple you!! Hum! ā
The thief turned pale with fright, trembled in his voice, and cried and begged: "Ladies and gentlemen, the small sentence is true, if there is a deceitful sentence, the little one will not die well!" I just ask you and this prince to let go of the little one this time, and the little one will never forget this kindness! ā
Perhaps it was the thief's words that played a little role, and a few of the older passers-by who couldn't bear to look at it anymore sighed and left, and there was a lot less shouting and scolding around.
The stolen scribe man, who had been standing by and watching, also came over at this time and said to Feng Yaoyi: "Thank you young man for your help!" ā
Feng Yao couldn't return the courtesy according to the thief's words, so he could only nod and said, "It's a trivial matter, don't be too polite!" As he spoke, he took the money bag from the thief's hand and handed it to the scribe man, "Look, there's nothing missing, right?" ā
The scribe man took the money bag, didn't look at it much, put it directly into his arms, and bowed his hand to Feng Yao, and said: "Shaoxia, since my money bag has been recovered, let's forget about this matter, listening to this thief's words, it is indeed pitiful, if he really committed theft for his mother's illness, then his filial piety is commendable, once he is sent to the official, not only will his future be ruined, but his old mother will also have nothing to rely on!" ā