Chapter 1: The Ningfu Thief
There are 6 continents in the world, and the most powerful country among them is the Chinese country in Asia. Russia in Europe. South Africa in Africa. Brazil in South America, the United States in North America, Australia in Oceania, and other countries on the six continents can live in peace except for Africa, which is often turbulent. Every year, various countries have trade exchanges, which promote the development of various countries in terms of economy, science and technology.
People in Europe and the Americas are almost all Caucasian, with tall bodies and blond hair and blue eyes, while Asians are all yellow with black hair and black eyes. Today, Africa and North America are more diverse in terms of race, from white and yellow to robust black people, and many large wild animals live in those lands. In terms of overall strength, among the six countries, the United States, Russia, and China are the most powerful, while the other three large countries and other small countries are very different in terms of economy and military.
In the ancient Huaxia Kingdom in the East, in addition to ordinary people, there are also some rare and mysterious strange people, such as Taoist priests who slay demons and eliminate demons, witch poisoners who are difficult to distinguish between good and evil, and the few immortals who can ask the gods to exorcise ghosts and the spirits and monsters that only live in the mountains and forests, as well as the most mysterious monastic sects and legendary hidden sects. These outliers, who are few in number compared to ordinary people, are scattered among countries, and for thousands of years, many have lived ordinary lives like ordinary people. However, due to the different living habits and responsibilities, many people generally walk in sparsely populated valleys or forests or in the shadows of cities, and few ordinary people can find them or come into contact with their world.
Although the mysterious strange people occupy only a small area in the upper part of the country, in the hearts of most people, Taoism and Buddhism have many believers and worshippers. With the exception of a very small number of atheists, there are many sincere followers of Buddhism and Taoism. Taoist priests and monks are the most respected professions, and in Taoism and Buddhism, the highest authority is the head and the abbot, under them, there is a prison to assist the abbot in presiding over daily affairs, they are also called the two masters. Under the prison yard, there are "three capitals, five masters, and eighteen heads", namely: all the heads, all speaks, all the kitchens, the quiet master, the hall master, the hall master, the scripture master, the transformation master, the village head, the warehouse head, the hall head, the clock head, the drum head, the door head, the tea head, the water head, the fire head, the rice head, the vegetable head, the warehouse head, the grinding head, the grinding head, the garden head, the round head, the trough head, the net head.
When more than half of the people think that the presiding officer or abbot has made any major mistakes, the presiding officer or abbot can be impeached, but because the abbot and the presiding officer are promoted very strictly, since the birth of Buddhism and Taoism, it seems that there are few cases of impeachment of the master (folk name).
There are two Buddhist and Taoist families, and there are ten directions of the jungle" Twenty-four archdeacons, the ten directions of the jungle, there are also other important deacons:
Prime Minister: Assist the Supervisory Court and the Metropolitan Administration in managing internal and external affairs.
Zhike: Responsible for picking up and dropping off guests and visiting Taoists.
Patrol: Oversee everything in and around the jungle.
Patrol: In charge of jungle personnel arrangements.
Coast Guard: Responsible for Charlie's business and dispute mediation.
Supervision: Responsible for the maintenance of the temple and the management of the farmer.
Official duties: management of real estate, Yamada, and loan repayment.
Welcome: also known as the "No. Room". Responsible for questioning and registering the maker of the Taoist.
Lord: Responsible for writing manuscripts, drawings, etc.
Secretary: Responsible for writing forms and letters.
Dianzao: also known as "Dianzuo" or "Dianzao". Responsible for fasting and eating.
In the jungle, the high merit, the tike and the confession, together with the capital management, the capital speak, the capital cook, the quiet master, the hall master, the hall master, the scripture master, the transformation master, the treasury head, the prime minister, the knowledge guest, the patrol, the patrol, the sea patrol, the supervision, the official business, the welcome, the lord, the secretary, the pawn, the bookkeeper, etc
Ledger: Manage accounts. Also known as the Twenty-Four Archdeacons.
Some sects of Taoism do not taboo marriage, but for example, the Quanzhen Sect does not allow disciples to marry and have children.
Buddhism is different from Taoism, focusing on taking refuge in our Buddha, but Hongchen does not allow Buddhist disciples to marry and marry.
There is another reason why Taoism and Buddhism are respected, that is, because they are both responsible for helping the world and killing demons. If you want to be an official and a half-time position in the sect, you need Taoist priests and monks to have a certain level of merit and their own cultivation to reach a certain height, and there are only a handful of people who can meet these two things on their own. There was a legend that once the Taoist "two masters" destroyed the "Yinshan Ancestor" and the forces where they were located, and their Taoist cultivation was so deep that it could be equivalent to the height of the ceiling among the various forces today.
The candidates for the Taoist presiding officer are generally selected by Luo Tian Dajiao, and need to go through an extremely strict procedure, after the new presiding officer is elected, the old presiding officer will hold a inheritance ceremony, and pass on the supreme special ability of the sect to the next presiding officer. No one has ever seen what kind of strength the host has, because, in the past thousand years, there has never been a situation where the "master" has been needed. The sect is generally supervised by the "principal" in dealing with external affairs, and the head of each church has the same rights as the prison in handling the affairs of his own hall, and the sect disciples under the head of the sect are also called inner disciples or outer disciples, lay disciples, they are the foundation of the sect, and there are always only four words in dealing with problems - above board. Unlike orthodox Taoist priests, all members of the prison have no worries and are completely managed by the prison head, who is directly responsible to the presiding officer.
Each country has its own common language, and in some large cities and high-class people in each country, most of them are trying to get in touch with the mysterious lone wanderer who walks in the shadows of the city.
Our story begins with the great city of "Ningfu" (Harbin) in Heilongjiang Province, the northernmost part of the vast land of China.
Ningfu, located in the northernmost and wintermost city of Heilongjiang Province in Huaxia Province, belongs to the extreme north of the entire Huaxia country, there is not much difference between day and night, and the four seasons change in a year like the reincarnation of heaven is different. Most of the people here make a living by farming grain and buying and selling goods in the countryside around the city. In the late spring, early summer, and late autumn in the Songhua River, there are pleasure boats floating for playing across the river, and the river fish and dried vegetables that are abundant there are deeply loved by the people.
The clouds in the sky floated slowly, as if it would bring another snowstorm. In a dark old alley in Ningfu, several people in torn cotton clothes gathered together. One of them, a middle-aged man with a black birthmark on his head, was glaring at a little girl with black hair and black eyes, only twelve or thirteen years old, and thinly dressed. The little girl was very thin, her face was sallow, her half-length hair curtain covered the part above her nose, she couldn't see her face clearly, her whole body trembled, and a pair of bright big eyes looked at the middle-aged man with fear through the black hair.
"Smack-" The middle-aged man knocked the little girl to the ground with a big mouth, and scolded angrily: "You are a dead girl, you are stupid, you can't complete such a simple task, if it weren't for Hong Bing to pull you back, wouldn't you still accompany the old lady, I was really blind at the beginning, how could I take you in this waste, I know how to eat all day long, and I won't do anything." A boy who was a little taller than the girl next to the middle-aged man stepped forward to help the little girl's trembling body up, carefully wiped the blood from the corners of her mouth for her, and said timidly to the middle-aged man: "Hei Ye, you can forgive the girl again, I, I'll go and bring a few fat sheep back later." ”
Hei Ye snorted, looked at the boy who was also sloppy and uneasy, his voice softened a little, and said: "Hong Bing, every time you intercede for her, just bring back those sheep, can everyone eat?" In my place, no one can get something for nothing, girl, for Hong Bing's sake today, I will let you go again, and then there will be another time, don't blame Uncle for being black. Let's go. As he spoke, he walked out with a few other young children, and before he reached the mouth of the old alley, Hei Ye turned around again, and said to Chong Hongbing with a gentle expression: "Don't forget what you just said, it's best to lead a few fat sheep with hair, you know?" Hong Bing nodded silently, and Hei Ye left satisfied.
This group of people is a thief living in the market in Ningfu, they can't be called thieves, because they can only rely on some petty theft to make a living, the so-called sheep is stealing things, and Hei Ye is the head of this group. He had a dozen children under him, only the girl was a girl, all of whom he had picked up as an orphan from the street. Among these children, this boy named Hong Bing is the most capable. At the beginning, Hei Ye fell in love with Hong Bing had a pair of dexterous little hands to take him in, this child has always been a withdrawn and introverted character, sometimes he can't hold back a fart for a long time when he speaks, ask him and say that his name is Hong Bing, but he doesn't know what his surname is, and he learns the way to steal things very slowly, and his brain doesn't seem to be very bright, so everyone calls him Hong Bing. However, although Hong Bing is silent, but very persistent, after a few months of hands-on teaching and his own hard practice, he finally learned the trick of holding the sheep by hand, and has played this trick to the point of perfection, in order to practice the speed of the hand, he even poked the snowflakes on the ground with his fingers on the cold street, the less the snowflakes stained, the better his eyesight, although the method is stupid, but the effect is remarkable, months of hard practice, and finally let Hong Bing master the way to steal skills. What makes Hei Ye happiest is Hong Bing's submissive character, he doesn't know what it means to be afraid, and he doesn't understand that stealing things is a bad thing, as long as he stutters, he will do things according to his instructions.
Walking on Qinjiagang Street (now Nangang District), no one will pay attention to a child who is "in tattered clothes, buried and not outstanding, and his eyes are still very wooden, but often as soon as he wipes his body, their wallets have already reached the hands of Hong Bing." When Hei Ye first saw the thick wallets in Hong Bing's hands, he opened his mouth wide in surprise, and since then, Hong Bing has also become the most "cared for" among this group of children, he can at least eat one or two cold and hard nests every day, which makes other partners envious. Although Xiao Hongbing is a little wooden, he is very kind, he often gives part of what he eats to others when he can't eat enough, but those companions are not grateful for his kindness, but often bully him, and even rob him of his rations.
The little girl, who was collected from the countryside a year ago, listened to the girl herself, since she can remember, she has been living with her grandfather, although life is hard, but she is also well fed and warm. More than a year ago, her grandfather fell ill and died, and the girl had no source of livelihood, so she had to rely on begging to make ends meet. The reason why Hei Ye accepted the little girl was because he fell in love with the little girl, no, he fell in love with the dilapidated house left to the little girl after her grandfather's death, in the Ning Mansion in the depths of winter, what is better than a house that shelters from the wind and snow? The little girl is just the opposite of Xiao Hongbing, she learns everything very quickly, and all the "skills" of Hei Ye have been mastered by her in less than a month.
However, the little girl is also the only child who has never led a sheep so far. It's not because she can't be skilled, the most important thing is because her heart is too kind. She had already succeeded a few times, but when she saw the anxious look of the lost owner, she couldn't help but send it back. For this reason, she didn't know how many beatings she had suffered, and every time, Hong Bing carried it down for her, and the two children of this smart Yimu Ne naturally became good friends, they were very conspicuous in this group of thieves, because the pupils of the two of them were different from ordinary people, the little girl had a pair of blue pupils, but Xiao Hongbing's left eye was a red pupil, which may be because of this reason, so that Xiao Hongbing and the little girl had a deep friendship with each other.
Today, because the little girl returned the stolen things to the anxious woman, she was violently beaten by the black master.
Hei Ye's figure finally disappeared at the end of the alley, and the little girl threw herself into Xiao Hongbing's arms and cried bitterly. Hong Bing looked at the skinny body in his arms, sucked the runny nose, gently patted the little girl's shoulder and said, "Girl, don't, don't cry." It hurts, doesn't it? After a while, the little girl's crying slowed down slightly, raised her red face, looked at the boy in front of her, and said with hazy tears: "Brother Hongbing, it's really painful to live!" ”
Xiao Hongbing's eyes inadvertently showed a trace of unbearability, but he quickly covered it up, and then showed a stupid expression as if he didn't understand what the girl meant, took out half of the already hard stone-like nest head from his arms and handed it over, and said in a flurry voice: "Girl, give it to you, you won't be in pain when you're full." ”
The girl looked at the stupid and sincere boy in front of her, took the nest head, sobbed a few times, and said, "Brother Hong Bing, why are you so good to me?" ”
Xiao Hongbing pulled the little girl to sit in the corner of the alley, took off the torn cotton jacket on his body, draped it on the shoulders of the two, snuggled up with the little girl, and muttered: "Have I been good to you?" Eat Wotou, you won't be cold if you eat Wotou. I'm going to lead the sheep later. As he spoke, he swallowed and looked at the half of the cold stone-like nest in the girl's hand.
The little girl looked at Xiao Hongbing's dirty face, and couldn't help but be a little stupid, and with both hands, she divided the half of the nest into two and handed it to Xiao Hongbing.