The thief who pries the door is called "draining the stolen goods", among them, the activity before dawn is called "stepping on the early green", the action in the daytime is called "daytime breaking" and "daytime ghost", and the unexpected theft at dusk is called "running lights"; The thief who specializes in taking advantage of the owner's lock door to go out and pick the lock to enter the house to steal is called "Eat Chazi".

In the name of begging, they first go to the door to observe the terrain and the location of their belongings, and then look for opportunities to steal, called "iron abacus".

The thief who specializes in taking advantage of people's unpreparedness and stealing other people's clothes to dry is called "Collecting Sunshine".

Those who specialize in stealing chickens are called "picking up tents".

Those who specialize in stealing cattle are called "nose pullers".

Those who steal from the cabin are called "drill bottoms", and "bottoms" refer to ships.

Those who use long rods and other tools to "fish" for property are called "digging kidneys".

The thief who steals in the crowd is called "meddling", among them, the thief who steals with his bare hands is called "clear insertion", and the thief who steals with the help of scissors and blades is called "muddy insertion", and there are also "cut locks" and "small profits" in "muddy insertion". "Lock" Chang'an people wear a kind of silk combination of bags, tied to clothes, inside will be belongings.

Thieves are also classified by the area where they steal, thieves outside the city are called "grass thieves", and thieves in the city are called "city thieves". The "city thief" is cunning and skilled. Even in heavily defended places, some "city thieves" can come and go freely, and their methods of stealing are clever, and people call these "city thieves" who cannot be prevented "empty-handed."

Depending on the skill mastered, there are many types of thieves, ranging from snitches who specialize in burglary, to pickpockets who cut through other people's clothes with sharp knives and steal personal belongings.

Some pickpockets work together with multiple people and then wait for an opportunity to use their empty hands. Once. A man waited for a friend in a teahouse in the capital, and put the 2,000 coins he carried with him on the table in front of him. Three well-dressed pickpockets entered, one of whom pretended to be familiar with the others. As soon as they meet, they bow down. Those who waited for others didn't know what to do, and they also got up to salute in return. As soon as he bowed down, the pickpocket next to him stole the two thousand coins on the table and hung them on his shoulder. After the ceremony, the pickpocket pretended to recognize the wrong person and immediately apologized. The waiter returned to his seat in amazement, found that the money had been stolen, and hurriedly asked the shopkeeper, and at this time. The pickpocket who stole the money also pretended to be kind, counting that he should not take it lightly, put the money on the table, and should hang the money on his shoulders like himself. With no evidence, the others could only watch as the pickpockets took their money.

There are also pickpockets who use tricks to steal other people's money. A young man was bargaining with someone about a gold object in the market for copper coins, when an old man struck him down from behind. He also scolded in his mouth: "The father is so poor, but the son secretly takes silver in exchange for money, how can he be so unfilial?" "Onlookers thought it was a father-son rivalry, so they didn't want to meddle in things. A stunned teenager. After a long while, he sat up and told everyone that the old man was not his father. At this time, the old pickpocket was gone.

And go it alone. Pickpockets who engage in pickpocketing are the most common. Someone went to the tavern for dinner one day. Found a bunch of key-like things under the table, and I don't know what they were. Then he received his bag. After that, he went about playing about it, and when he returned late in the evening, he saw three or four young men waiting for him by the roadside, and he was very respectful, and he had to invite him to drink. During the feast, the young men returned to him what looked like a key, and worshipped him as a teacher. He was ignorant, he didn't know what to say, and he said that he also got it occasionally, and he didn't know what these things were for. All the young people refused to believe it, and they begged for a long time to no avail. He questioned one of the teenagers, only to know that these keys were special tools for opening boxes and locks, and these teenagers were pickpockets, and they had stolen his bags without knowing it, and when they saw these things inside, they mistakenly thought that he was a master thief, so they wanted to worship him as a teacher. Later, this person was afraid of getting into trouble, so he quickly destroyed the key and threw it away, and did not dare to go to the market to play for a long time.

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Li Tao couldn't help but admire when he heard this: "I really can't see that Ma Zhutou is so familiar with these people!" ”

Ma Ming was ashamed and said: "Actually, I have arrested a lot of thieves and used heavy punishments, but I always treat the symptoms but not the root cause, and this theft is repeatedly prohibited!" ”

Li Tao pondered for a moment, then smiled at Ma Ming: "I have a method, maybe it will work!" ”

Ma Ming was overjoyed: "Really? Lantian King, come and hear ......"

At this moment, Zhang Wei walked in, and he arched his hand towards Li Taoyi and said, "King Lantian, I'm back, fortunately, I don't disgrace my mission!" ”

Li Tao was taken aback when he saw that Zhang Wei was covered in blood, and hurriedly asked, "Are you here?" Hurt? ”

Zhang Wei shook his head and said, "It's really hard to say!" ”

Chen Shi on the side told Zhang Wei the cause and effect of Zheng Pingding's killing in front of Princess Taiping.

Li Tao couldn't cry or laugh when he heard this, originally to make the play realistic, Li Tao didn't tell Zhang Wei that he had passed the anger with Princess Taiping, but he didn't expect this Zhang Wei fake play to really do it, and he actually made such a play. But that's okay, the effect of Zhang Wei's move is even better than he imagined. Jing Zhaoyin is not even afraid of Princess Taiping, and other wealthy families are not allowed to weigh it?

Chen Shi said with palpitations: "Princess Taiping will definitely go to Your Majesty for help, King Lantian, we ......"

Li Tao saw the two of them with a sad face, and wanted to tell them the truth, but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed them back. In the future, we will have to use Princess Taiping to fight against Wei, and if Queen Wei knows about her relationship with Princess Taiping, it will be very unfavorable to herself.

Thinking of this, Li Tao said to the two: "Are you afraid? Even if there is something, I will carry it, and it will not be your turn! ”

Zhang Wei was about to speak, but Li Tao waved his hand and said: "This matter is over, I will set up a banquet for you tonight, and we will rest as soon as we get drunk!" ”

On the second day, Zhang Wei and Chen Shi went to the mansion of Liu Jing, the Duke of Song Guogong, to arrest the murderer Liu Yu.

Although Liu Jing's identity is not as prominent as Princess Taiping, he is quite a powerful figure in the imperial court......

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In the first year of Emperor Zetian's revelation, the Turkic Ashina mud betrayed the Tang Dynasty and instigated the Xi and Khitan to rebel, and Zhou Daowu, the governor of Yingzhou, sent Liu Jing to fight. Liu Jing broke the Turks in Duhu Mountain, and was promoted to Fengzhou Sima for his merits.

In the second year of Yongchun, the Turks besieged Fengzhou and killed the governor Cui Zhibian. The imperial court was shaken, and most of the ministers advocated abandoning Fengzhou and moving the people to the Lingzhou and Xiazhou areas. Liu Jingshang said: "Fengzhou has been an important national town since the Qin and Han dynasties, and the land is fertile and suitable for agricultural and animal husbandry production. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the local people were moved to Ningqing Prefecture, causing Hu Kou to go deep into Lingxia Prefecture as the border; In the last years of Zhenguan, the imperial court immigrants enriched Fengzhou, and the northwest was peaceful. If Fengzhou is abandoned today, the land along the Yellow River will once again be owned by Hu Kou, and the people of Lingxia and other prefectures will not be able to live and work in peace and contentment, which is very unfavorable to the country. The court took his advice. (To be continued......)