Beijing, since the Yongle Emperor Zhu Di moved the capital, gradually became the political, economic, cultural center of the Ming Dynasty, first built the inner city, due to the increase in population, and built the outer city, the population continues to grow, the economy continues to develop, when the governance is good, its prosperity can be compared with Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, and the population once reached millions of huge.

A large city of hundreds of thousands of people can be said to have gathered all kinds of people, in terms of occupations, there are emperors, ministers, soldiers, catchers, dancing girls, doctors, butchers, etc., of course, there are also some shady professions, such as hooligans, thugs, thieves.

Nicknamed "Three Hands", Qi Xiaoyu's profession is a thief.

Speaking of thieves, this is an ancient industry, and in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were predecessors of "chicken and dog thieves", and Qi Xiaoyu lived by this craft.

Xiaoyu is not Qi Xiaoyu's name, but a nickname, because his hands are fast and accurate, as flexible as a fish in the water, insiders call him Xiaoyu, and laymen call him "three hands", there are many thieves in the capital, but there are few names than Qi Xiaoyu.

The reason is very simple, one is that he has high technology, his hands are like slippery fish, and the other is that he has a wide range of contacts, and there is a deputy commander of the Five Cities Terracotta Division who is Qi Xiaoyu's cousin, and he can help exonerate him if he has something, so Qi Xiaoyu has never missed a hand.

Of course, Qi Xiaoyu didn't forget to give a copy to his good cousin, so that the relationship was even stronger.

The Wucheng Terracotta Division is just a six-grade yamen, the conductor is only a six-rank official, and the deputy commander is only a seven-rank sesame official, with a low salary and a low salary, and Beijing is a rich place, with high prices, and it is not bad to have a little more gray income, so the cooperation between the two has always been very pleasant.

The Ming Dynasty has been established for more than 100 years, but the Yu Lu set at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty has not risen, so that corruption has become common in the court, big officials are greedy to get rich, and small officials are corrupt to get rid of poverty, and Zhao Lei, the cousin of Qi Xiaoyu, in order to make money, can be said to be unscrupulous, dare to collect any money, and deal with the people with black hands, the people secretly call him Zhao Laohu.

Zhao Laohu is the deputy commander of the Right City Terracotta Division, and the scope under the jurisdiction of the Right City Terracotta Division is the scope of Qi Xiaoyu's activities.

As a professional thief, Qi Xiaoyu does not wander around, he likes to pass the time by drinking tea in a restaurant called Deqing Building on Changning Street, while drinking tea while looking at the railing, his eyes are like eagle eyes in the sky, constantly looking for targets.

The main thing is to look for people who have a lot of money and are stupid and have poor vigilance.

Today is the first day of the fourth month, Qi Xiaoyu feels that today is not a good day, the pot of Biluochun has been added with water three times, and the tea bowl can't drink the taste of tea, but he hasn't found a target yet.

It's my cousin's birthday in two days, and I originally wanted to get a sum of money to congratulate and consolidate the relationship, but I didn't expect to find a partner now, and if I don't get it, it is estimated that the tea money will be lost.

Just when Qi Xiaoyu was a little disheartened, his eyes suddenly lit up, his breathing was obviously a little heavier, and he couldn't help but stick out his tongue and lick his lips.

That's right, Qi Xiaoyu found a person who has a lot of money and is stupid and has a very low vigilance.

In the crowd, I saw a gorgeously dressed son, who was looking around curiously, as if everything was new and interesting, this kind of person Qi Xiaoyu saw a lot, many outsiders came to Beijing for the first time are this virtue, thinking that everything in the capital is good, everything is superior, and the person is gorgeously dressed son, and there is a heavy money bag around his waist.

Qi Xiaoyu saw with his own eyes that when the rich boy bought a meat skewer, he opened the money bag and took out the silver, and every bag was full of silver, not to mention dozens of taels, which was a huge amount of money, Qi Xiaoyu's eyes lit up as soon as he saw it.

It should be a rich kid with little life experience, and he doesn't understand the truth that wealth can't be exposed, and he still hangs on his waist, which is simply dull.

Money is stupid, and it is a scare outsider, where to find such a person? As long as you do this ticket, after giving the gift, you can eat and drink spicy food this month.

Let's go!

After Qi Xiaoyu checked out and went downstairs, he took advantage of the crowd to quietly approach the children of the rich family, and then when someone rode by, everyone retreated to the side and crowded, at that moment, the "three hands" took a knife as thin as a cicada's wings and cut it, and copied it with their right hand.

The money bag was in hand, and as soon as he turned around, he quickly disappeared into the flow of people.

However, the rich kid who was cut off from his money bag was still unaware.

"Auntie, how do you sell this vase?" Yu Jin was the "rich kid" who was targeted, and picked up a delicate vase from a porcelain stall on the street and asked for directions.

At this moment, Yu Jin was "unaware" that he had been cut off his money bag.

"Childe, eighty dollars." The old woman said immediately.

Yu Jin nodded and said: "Eighty Wen is reasonable, it's not expensive, wrap it up, my son wants it." ”

"Gongzi Xie." There was a business deal, and the lady was very happy and immediately bandaged Yu Jin.

"Ah, where's my purse, who, who's doing the good deeds?" Suddenly, Yu Jin suddenly roared loudly.

I just wanted to take the money bag with silver, but I didn't expect to touch it empty, and only got a small piece of money bag, and the bottom was empty, where was half a cent of silver.

The old woman looked at it and said with a sympathetic face: "Son, you are too careless, your wealth cannot be exposed, why did you hang it on your waist, nine times out of ten, it was taken away." ”

"No, at the foot of the Imperial City, there are still people doing such things in broad daylight? This, this is too lawless. Yu Jin still said with an unconfident face.

The people around him suddenly started talking:

"These outsiders are really naïve, what's wrong with the Imperial City, the pickpockets in the Imperial City don't have to eat?"

"That is, there are bad people at the feet of the Son of Heaven."

"It's really pitiful, it looks like the loss is not light."

"Hehe, it is estimated that it was dried by three hands Qi Xiaoyu, I just saw him leave here, and his waist is bulging."

"Shhh, looking for death, if you offend Zhao Laohu, do you want to die?"

Everyone is discussing what you say and I are discussing, and some people persuade Yu Jin to forget it, just treat it as a financial and disaster prevention, as long as people are fine, some people even hinted that this matter is not simple, be careful that the money is not recovered, and you have trapped yourself.

Yu Jin has a lot of money, but people are never stupid, this time the money bag was cut, it was he who carefully designed it.

Deliberately exposing your name, attracting the attention of people with a heart, deliberately provoking some incidents, being wronged, and then asking Zhao Jin for help or borrowing money, then everything becomes very simple.

The Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division is responsible for the security of the capital, and Jinyiwei and the Metropolitan Procuratorate also inserted a copy, he is a person of Jinyiwei, and his good fellow villager Zhao Jin is the boss of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and it will be a "coincidence" at that time.

In the face of everyone's advice, Yu Jin pretended to be angry and said: "No, no, these thieves are too rampant, my son reported to the official, I must arrest these people and let them know what happens to being a thief." ”

"Young man, think again." The old lady was still a little worried, and continued to persuade.

Yu Jin could listen to it, and asked people that this place belonged to the Right City Soldiers and Horses, and immediately ran to report to the official.

The Five Cities Terracotta Division, equivalent to the Gong Security Bureau in later generations, lost the money and silver, and naturally went to the local Terracotta Division to handle it, Yu Jin inquired while walking, and finally came to the Right City Terracotta Division.

"Stop, what are you doing?" Before he could enter the Right City Division, Yu Jin was stopped by two guards.

Yu Jin said anxiously: "Two official brothers, my money bag was cut by pickpockets, and dozens of taels of silver were lost, I want to report the case now." ”

The two gatekeepers didn't know Yu Jin, and when they heard that Yu Jin had lost dozens of taels, they stared ambiguously at a richly dressed person inside, and this person was Zhao Hu, the deputy commander of the right city.

Today he is on duty.

Needless to say, nine out of ten of the theft cases here are related to the relatives of the deputy commander, everyone has been figured out for so long, and there are dozens of taels missing, so Zhao Lei, who is sitting here, can divide half of it to say the least, it is simply cool.

Zhao Hu came out when he heard this, saw the unlucky guy standing at the door, and asked with a calm face: "What is the noise, what happened?" ”

Although it is the masterpiece of his relatives nine times out of ten, no matter what, he still has to pretend to be and do superficial work.