The second time the thief
This simple sentence immediately attracted everyone's attention. The crowd followed the prestige and focused their eyes on a man sitting in a corner.
This man was a young man in his twenties, of medium height, of ordinary appearance, of the kind that was not at all conspicuous in the crowd. If you want to find something special about him, it is probably only those eyes, his eyes are extremely agile and flashing with cunning. This is a pair of eyes similar to a fox, and the person who can have these eyes, no matter how ordinary he looks, cannot be an ordinary person.
"Your Excellency?" Wang Wei narrowed his eyes slightly and asked vigilantly.
The young man ignored Wang Wei, but reached into his arms, took out a money bag, and made it look like he was going to pay. This money bag is quite exquisite, black all over, embroidered with gold filigree patterns, obviously not ordinary, but certainly worth a lot of money.
When Wang Wei saw this money bag, his eyebrows immediately raised, because this was the money bag he had lost!
"Hehe, there's really a lot of money here, it seems that the commander of the Jinyi Guard is a fat guy." The young man laughed strangely, and took out several silver tickets from his money bag, all of which were around fifty taels or one hundred taels.
"What kind of friend is Your Excellency, and why are you playing tricks on the two of us?" Wang Wei's eyes were slightly condensed, and he asked in a deep voice, his tone was quite unkind, and his expression was also very vigilant.
As for Zhao Zheng on the side, he was even more cautious, with one hand on the hilt of the sword on the side of his waist, and the other hand behind his back, ready to touch the Heavenly Machine Box at any time. He could see that the seemingly ordinary young man was definitely not ordinary, but he failed to recognize the identity of the other party. It stands to reason that even if he knows enough martial arts masters, he can basically recognize anyone who is a little famous. But he couldn't recognize who the person in front of him was, could it be that he had met a martial arts master he hadn't encountered in his previous life?
"Why do you use the word tease, it's a little too ugly, I didn't tease you two." The young man played with the money bag and laughed.
"Your Excellency stole my money bag, and now you are pretending to come out to pay the bill for me, isn't this a trick?" Wang Wei asked angrily, anyone who encounters this kind of thing will be angry.
"That's not true, I didn't steal this money bag, I picked it up. You say I stole your money bag, but I wronged a good man. The young man grimaced, and said with a serious face.
Anyone could see that the young man was hypocritical, but there was nothing he could do about him, because no one could prove that he had stolen the money.
This heel, even Wang Wei has to admit it.
The corners of Wang Wei's eyes twitched, and finally he said helplessly: "Okay, since the money bag was picked up by Your Excellency, then I thank you here, and please return the money bag and my waist card to me." ”
"Hehe, I'm afraid this matter is not so easy, the value of this money bag and waist card is quite expensive, you can't say that it will be given to you, how can there be such a cheap thing in the world." The young man played with the money bag, and when a small money bag fell into his hand, it seemed to become a living thing, flying up and down, scurrying back and forth, dazzling people.
"I don't want the money bag, it's just the tuition fee for the long lesson, but you have to return the waist card to me, it's very important to me." Wang Wei said in a deep voice.
"The more you say this thing is important, the more I don't want to give it to you, what do you say this should be?" The young man looked at Wang Wei with a smile, deliberately provoking the other party's anger. With a flip of his palm, the money bag disappeared, and a golden commander made the waist card appear in his hand.
"You don't want to give it to me, it's very simple, I'll grab it." Wang Wei's eyes lit up, he took off the golden dragon lock hanging from his waist, jumped away, jumped towards the young man, and then shook the chain suddenly, rolling it towards the waist card in the young man's hand. While he threw out the chains, his other hand was not idle, it was shrunk into a claw, hanging at his waist, ready for later use.
Since this is a restaurant, there are still guests around, so Wang Wei didn't use all his strength in this move, but only a little internal force shone on the edge of the chain. With his ten-fold heavenly cultivation, if he attacked with all his might, he was afraid that he would smash this small restaurant with just one move.
"Hehe, if you don't come back, you want to grab it, you Jinyi Guard Commander is so unreasonable." The young man laughed, and flashed Wang Wei's offensive with ease, showing quite good light skills.
The person who can steal the money bag and waist card from Wang Wei naturally cannot be weak in martial arts, at least he must be a martial artist who is also a tenfold heaven.
Wang Wei stared at the young man's every move, and the golden dragon lock in his hand was like a living thing, pounced on the waist card in the young man's hand again and again, looking like he would not give up. Since the contradictions between the two sides have not yet intensified to the point of not dying, he did not make a killer, and every move and style was aimed at snatching the waist card, rather than defeating the enemy.
That young man is also really capable, in the face of such a fierce and difficult attack, he did not fall behind at all, and flipped and moved within the enveloping range of the golden dragon lock, and he was stunned not to let the golden dragon lock get touched at all. The golden dragon lock turned into a ball of brilliant golden light, like a golden cover, enveloping the young man. And the young man himself turned into an afterimage, flashing frequently in multiple positions, dazzling to see.
The lobby, which was fine just now, has now become a fierce battlefield, and the guests who reacted quickly were all so frightened that they shrank into the corners, for fear of being implicated, and even Zhao Zheng had to pull Bao's furry paws and take a few steps back.
The martial artists of the Ten Heavens Realm are not a joke, once they are scraped to the edge by the golden dragon lock, they will either die or be injured.
In the blink of an eye, Wang Wei and the young man fought in the restaurant for more than ten moves, on the surface Wang Wei's offensive was more aggressive, occupying the upper hand, but in fact, no matter how fierce Wang Wei's offensive was, the young man was always unscathed, did not suffer the slightest injury, and did not let the waist card be taken away.
Seeing that he couldn't take the young man, Wang Wei added strength to his hand, making the offensive even more urgent. A strong wind swept away, blowing the people around them on their backs, and many tables, chairs and benches were blown over. The golden light became even more dazzling, like a scorching sun.
The offensive was strong enough, but it still couldn't stump the young man, and if it continued like this, it would have to hurt the innocent.
"Your Excellency, you have a good job." Wang Wei suddenly praised the young man, jumped out of the circle with a false move, landed in the middle of the lobby, and held the golden dragon lock in his hand. After he accepted the recruitment, the sound of the wind breaking around him stopped abruptly, and the golden light disappeared immediately.
"Hehe, why didn't you rob it?" The young man asked with a smile as he shook the waist tag in his hand.
"This is not a place for fighting, and if we continue to fight, I am afraid that innocent people will be harmed. As the commander of the Jinyi Guard, my duty is to catch thieves and thieves, not to indiscriminately hurt innocents, so this one can't be taken down. If you still want to fight, we can go to a place where no one is there and continue to fight, if you have to mess around here, then I can only admit it, and I will not snatch it from you again. Wang Wei replied calmly, and then looked at the innocent guests around him, "The land of right and wrong is not suitable for a long time, you should retreat quickly." ”
When the guests heard this, they were like they had been pardoned, and hurriedly ran out of the inn by sticking to the wall.
Zhao Zheng saw that Wang Wei chose to stop, and couldn't help but nod secretly in his heart, quite agreeing with Wang Wei's approach.
This may seem like a normal move, but it's not. Wang Wei lost his waist card, and there will inevitably be some blame on it, and it will provoke the ridicule of some people in the rivers and lakes, which is not a small loss. If it is replaced by those warriors who want to save face, they have to snatch the waist card back if they are desperate, so that they will not care about those passers-by A and passer-by B next to them. But Wang Wei was willing to admit this planting for the sake of these people who had never known each other, and swallowed this dumb man alive.
Often the more a martial artist cultivates to a high realm, the more he loves face, and he values face more than anything else, and it is rare for Wang Wei to be able to do this.
Wang Wei's actions taught Zhao Zheng a lesson, and he secretly decided that he must consider the surrounding environment carefully when he starts in the future to avoid hurting the innocent.
"You didn't grab this waist card?" The young man asked, shaking the waist card in his hand.
"At least you can't rob it here." Wang Wei replied.
"Well, if you don't rob it, it won't be interesting. Don't play, don't play, this broken waist card will be returned to you. When the young man said this, he suddenly changed to a different accent and changed to a female voice. As he spoke, he threw the waist card over.
Wang Wei shook the golden dragon lock, rolled up the waist card, took it to the front, checked it, and confirmed that it was correct, and then took it in his hand. He looked at the "young man" in disbelief and frowned, "You are not a man. ”
"What's so good about men, they are always played around by women, so I don't want to be it." The man dressed as a man said with a smile, and his voice was unexpectedly beautiful. She reached out and touched her cheek, and with a gentle tug, she ripped off a vivid human skin mask, revealing the beautiful face of a mature woman.
Then exhale and lift the chest, releasing the shrunken chest, giving the chest two more attractive arcs. In addition to her breasts, there are also many subtle changes in other parts of her body, which quickly shrinks the skeleton of the original man and turns into a slender image of a woman.
It turns out that this woman is not only proficient in the art of disguise, but also proficient in ventriloquism and jiu-jitsu, and is extremely good at disguise, no wonder she can hide from the world and deceive Wang Wei's eyes.
Because the woman had changed her appearance, Zhao Zheng couldn't recognize her identity. Now that she has revealed her true face, Zhao Zheng finally recognized it, and suddenly realized in his heart.
"Qin Xiaoying! It turned out to be you! Wang Wei also recognized the identity of the woman, and said angrily.
"Hehe, that's right, it's Aunt Ben." Qin Xiaoying covered her mouth and snickered, her voice was like a silver bell, and her body trembled, "How about being played around by Aunt Ben?" ”
"It doesn't taste good." Wang Wei smiled bitterly and shook his head, a little depressed and a little helpless.
"Hmph, today Aunt Ben finally avenged the revenge she was arrested back then, and she feels much more comfortable." Qin Xiaoying said.
From the conversation between the two, it can be heard that the two used to have a story, and this is indeed the case.
Wang Wei's family has been loyal and good for generations, and all generations have been people who have been in and out of the prime minister, and they have been loyal to the country from generation to generation. With such a family background, under the influence of his ears and eyes, after Wang Wei learned martial arts, he joined Jinyiwei early, began to catch thieves and thieves, worked hard for the court, and worked for the people.
Counting, Wang Wei is a typical soldier.
And Qin Xiaoying is just the opposite, she is a typical thief, she likes to steal things, and the level of stealing is extremely high, and she is nicknamed the thief. In terms of stealing, she can be said to be a top-notch existence, and there is no one in this industry who can surpass her existence, because she is the only ten-heaven thief in the rivers and lakes!
The Sword Master is the top figure in the field of using swords, and even the head of Jintai has to bow down, while Qin Xiaoying is the top figure in the field of stealing. The nicknames of these two people, one with a holy word and the other with a divine word, are well deserved, worthy of the nicknames on the top of their heads.
People are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong, sometimes it is not a good thing to be too famous, and notoriety is even more so.
Because Qin Xiaoying's ability to steal things is too high, no matter what treasures are lost on the rivers and lakes, they have to rely on her head, as long as she loses something, no matter what the underworld or the white way, she will run to chase and kill her. This caused her to live a life escape for many years, if it weren't for her strong martial arts and enough skills, she would have been caught and dismantled.
Once Qin Xiaoying took a fancy to a treasure in the palace, ran to steal it with itchy hands, but touched the mechanism and was trapped inside. It happened that Wang Wei was also in the palace at that time, and led people to the place of the incident and arrested Qin Xiaoying. It can be said that this is the first time and the last time Qin Xiaoying has been planted since she stole it.
If the judgment is carried out in accordance with the criminal law of the Great Yan Kingdom, Qin Xiaoying's theft in the palace is the crime of the nine clans, which makes Qin Xiaoying panic and plead with the emperor in person, hoping to make up for the mistake and exchange it for a small life. The emperor loved talents, agreed to Qin Xiaoying's request, exempted all sins, and gave Qin Xiaoying the corresponding official position. In this way, Qin Xiaoying was not only exempted, but also became an official, and her identity took a 180-degree turn.
In fact, this kind of example is not uncommon, chivalry is forbidden with martial arts, and those martial arts masters are a great threat to the imperial court. In order to consolidate its rule, the imperial court was very willing to recruit masters into the court, and every three years it would hold an examination for martial champions, and even if it was a little ranked, it would be awarded an official position and given preferential treatment.
It is an open secret that many people who get into trouble on the rivers and lakes and can't get along will choose to take refuge in the imperial court in exchange for a chance to save their lives. The imperial court also deliberately organized this group of people into a team to form a powerful Praetorian Guard, which was specifically responsible for protecting the safety of the palace. Outsiders don't know who is in this Praetorian Guard, only that the strength of this Praetorian Guard is ridiculously strong, and everyone is a figure with one enemy and a thousand.
With Qin Xiaoying's rebellious surname, she was naturally unwilling to be restrained by the imperial court, and most of the reason why she made this choice was to be quiet, so as not to be hunted down by the people in the rivers and lakes again. Her thoughts are similar to those of most people who have taken refuge in the imperial court.
Back then, it was Wang Wei who caught Qin Xiaoying, but today Qin Xiaoying played Wang Wei a trick, but she got back to the field of the year.
"Qin Xiaoying, you're not on an errand in the palace, what are you doing here?" After Wang Wei came back to his senses, he pointed at the other party and asked with a face.
"And what are you doing here?" Qin Xiaoying snorted and asked rhetorically.
"I'm here because I have something important to do, and I'm here to handle cases on an errand and errand."
"Aunt Ben also came here because she had important matters and was also to handle cases on errands, otherwise, with my identity, could I leave the palace casually."
"What are you going to do?"
"What are you doing again?"
Wang Wei rolled his eyes, the aunt opposite was really difficult, whatever he asked, the other party asked back. The purpose of his coming here is not clear in a few words, but he can't finish it without bothering his lips, since this is the case, it is better to sit down and talk about it. He beckoned to Qin Xiaoying and motioned for the other party to come over and find a table to sit down. Both of them work for the imperial court, and they are both people who eat imperial food, and after figuring out their identities, the contradictions just now will naturally dissipate.
Qin Xiaoying didn't shirk, she walked over generously, reached into her arms, took out two money bags, and threw them to Wang Wei and the others at will, and returned them to their original owners.
Wang Wei summoned the shopkeeper who was apprehensive, appeased him, and promised to compensate for the loss, and paid fifty taels of silver in advance.
When the shopkeeper saw Wang Wei's move just now, his courage was almost broken, how dare he ask for money, and he refused again and again. Wang Wei had no choice but to tighten his face and shoehorn the silver ticket through. The shopkeeper accepted the money, bowed down, and began to give Wang Wei and a few people Zhang Luo tea and snacks.
"It turns out that this person is so terrible to fight, it's like a heavenly soldier descending to earth, just now I treated him like that, he didn't kill me, this is really picking up a life and coming back." After the shopkeeper retreated, he wiped his sweat and said secretly in his heart.
After sending away the shopkeeper, Wang Wei patted Zhao Zheng on the shoulder and introduced: "This little brother's name is Zhao Zheng, he is a disciple of the Taishan faction, and he is nicknamed Xu Chusheng, but he is a great rookie in the rivers and lakes......"
"Okay, okay, I don't need to introduce him any further, I know who he is." Qin Xiaoying interrupted impatiently.
"Oh? Do seniors recognize me? Zhao Zheng said unexpectedly.
"I don't recognize you, I recognize the saber at your waist." Qin Xiaoying snorted at the Zichu Sword hanging from Zhao Zheng's waist, "Isn't this the Zichu Sword, but it's worth a lot of money, I asked someone else for a picture of this sword." ”
"I see." Zhao Zheng suddenly realized that the other party was a thief, and it was normal for him to like to inquire about such things.
Wang Wei was like a middleman, after introducing Zhao Zheng to Qin Xiaoying, he began to introduce Qin Xiaoying to Zhao Zheng.
"I have heard the name of Qin's predecessors for a long time, and now I see it, and I am fortunate to have three lives." Zhao Zheng hugged his fist at Qin Xiaoying and said politely. The other party only steals things, does not kill people indiscriminately, and has washed his hands in a golden basin and works exclusively for the imperial court, so he is not a bad person, so his attitude is quite polite.
"Don't talk about a senior, you call Aunt Ben an old-fashioned grandmother. I'm not much older than you, and I'm so well maintained, you just call me Sister Qin. Qin Xiaoying said dissatisfied.
"Okay. Sister Qin. Zhao Zheng had to change his name.
Qin Xiaoying didn't have much interest in Zhao Zheng, and after chatting for a few words, she resumed the preface and asked about the purpose of Wang Wei's trip. The latter replied simply, talking about the disappearance of many women in Nangan Province. There are a lot of murders and deaths on the rivers and lakes, and old rivers and lakes like Qin Xiaoying have long been surprised by this, and after listening to the relevant cases, they didn't show much interest.
After Wang Wei finished talking about the purpose of this trip, it was Qin Xiaoying's turn to say next.
"Aunt Ben has a lot of errands than you, and it scares you to say it." Qin Xiaoying threw a piece of pastry into her mouth, ate it cleanly, and then changed to a voice transmission, looking mysterious, "I came out with Princess Zhaoli!" ”