The thief is very depressed tonight, and it is not the first time he has gone to the Guogong Mansion, even if he occasionally suffers a small loss, he will not be as embarrassed as tonight.

The people of the Guogong Mansion are like having a dog's nose tonight, no matter how they hide, they can be found.

went around the city for most of the time, not only did he not get rid of those people, but he was almost caught up by a few good men in the pursuers.

If it weren't for his own light skills, and his martial arts were not bad, I'm afraid he would have confessed a long time ago.

"Over there, he's over there!"

The leader of the pursuit took the scarecrow sense, pointed in the direction of the thief and said, he didn't look at the other forks in the road, and a group of people came straight from the right path.

Seeing this, the thief had a toothache, what happened to this group of guys? Why is it so easy to lock down your position?

The thief had no choice but to climb the city wall and go out of the city.

The city wall of Shoushui is high and the city is deep, and it stands to reason that if you want to go out, it is simply a fool's dream, but stealing a saint is stealing a saint, not comparable to ordinary people.

Taking advantage of the night, the thief used a homemade simple hook to grab the wall, and quickly went up on the slope of the wall, all the way up to the head of the city.

Generally speaking, even if you go to the city, you will be discovered by the soldiers at the city.

But at this time, the loose vigilance of Shoushui City was reflected.

At night, only a team of soldiers is responsible for patrolling the city, and the key is that this team of people are also drowsy, and it is estimated that if the weather is not too cold, these people can fall asleep directly at the head of the city.

The shivering soldiers did not notice that the thief had gone up to the city, and there he was still waiting for the dawn with his hands in his crotch to keep warm.

The thief took the opportunity to find a blind spot, turned over and used the hook claw to go down the city wall, and went out of the city so smoothly.

After leaving the city, the thief saint breathed a sigh of relief.

I'm out of town, and it's impossible for these dogs to find themselves again, right?

Just as the thief was taking it for granted, there was a sudden shout from behind, followed by the sound of the city gate opening.

The people of the Guogong Mansion chased it out!

The thief was shocked, but he didn't expect this to be found.

The key is that the guards of the Guogong Mansion who went out of the city are still riding horses, and no matter how good he is, he can't compare to a four-legged horse.

In desperation, the thieves had no choice but to flee to the east outside the city, where there was a forest where horses were not allowed to enter.

......

Ma Zhen was digging a pit with a shovel in the woods east of the city at this time.

Before, Yeming said that he would let him go to the rotten thatched house in the east of the city to have a look, and he really went, but found a pot of jewelry hidden by someone in the rotten thatched house, which was worth a fortune.

Seeing this, Ma Zhen threw himself on the five bodies that Yeming admired, dug up all those jewels, and took them outside the city, intending to bury them in this place where no one would come.

As soon as the soil was filled, before Ma Zhen could make a mark, he heard the sound of horses' hooves outside the woods, and at the same time a man in black rushed into the woods.

This made Ma Zhen nervous, and he didn't know where the man in black came from.

The thief didn't expect that there were other people in this remote woods, and the person who could appear here at night was definitely not ordinary, but now that he was being hunted down, he didn't have time to do more, and it was important to run for his life.

After Ma Zhen realized that the pursuer was from the Guogong Mansion, his face changed.

There are not a few people in the Guogong Mansion who know themselves, and if they see it, it will be completely inexplicable.

Immediately covered his face with a rag, turned around and fled.

The thief saint was very happy to see that this person was also a thief, and it would be great to have one more person to share the pressure at this time.

So, the thief took the initiative to approach Ma Zhen.

Seeing this, Ma Zhen scolded this person shamelessly in his heart, and sped up his feet.

The rear pursuers reached the woods, and found that there was one more person beside the thief, although it was too dark to see the figure clearly, but there was no doubt that it was an accomplice of the thief, and someone suddenly shouted:

"When the thief and his accomplices were discovered, everyone dismounted and pursued."

Ma Zhen, who was fleeing in front, also heard the shouting, and looked at the people around him with some surprise, but he didn't expect that this was actually the rumored thief saint.

Seeing him look at him, the thief smiled a little embarrassedly.

"Brother, I'm sorry, I'm free, I'm going to invite you to drink."

In his opinion, this person should also be a thief who can't see the light, and he naturally goes all the way with himself, but he feels more stable in his heart.

Ma Zhen had a bitter expression, this time it was really yellow mud and fell into his pants, it was not but was, and he couldn't tell it clearly.

The advantage of being small was vividly reflected in the woods, and the two quickly distanced themselves from the people behind them.

Seeing this, the rear team leader took the scarecrow and tried his best to chase after it, but because he cared too much about his own speed and neglected the protection of the scarecrow in his opponent, a branch crossed and directly cut off the head of the scarecrow.

By the time the leader reacted, it was too late, and the scarecrow had almost fallen apart.

The team leader was shocked, and then used the scarecrow to feel the location of the thief, but there was no response.

Even if you pick up the head of the scarecrow, it's useless.

"How's that okay?"

Seeing that the target was lost, and the treasure given by the master was damaged, a group of pursuers panicked.

After chasing for a distance, I found that the two people were completely missing, and a group of people were suddenly silent like frosted eggplants.

The team leader was a bit responsible, and decided to take everyone back to ask Grandpa Guo for guilt.

Because of the absent-mindedness of going back, one person accidentally stepped on his feet and tripped over something.

When I got up and looked at the thing, it was a shovel.

Looking at the soil at the shovel, it was very fresh, and there was no snow.

This immediately attracted everyone's attention, and several people worked together to help and easily dug out the contents inside.

It turned out to be a pot of jewelry, which looked like it was newly buried in the ground.

"This ...... It's the thief, it must be the jewel hidden here by us! ”

One of them suddenly shouted excitedly.

When others heard this, they also reacted.

Although I lost the thief saint, but I found the burial place of the thief saint, how can it be regarded as a credit, so it is not difficult to offset the merits and demerits.

After thinking about this, everyone was overjoyed, and they dug around for a long time, and only after finding nothing else did they go back.

......

On the other side, the thief saint and Ma Zhen escaped from the grove, and they were both relieved to find that they had successfully escaped the pursuers.

"I'm sorry for today's events, brother."

The thief sage gasped and apologized to Ma Zhen.

But Ma Zhen suddenly made a move and grabbed one of the arms of the thief saint.

The thief was startled and immediately fought back.

But it's a pity, the thief is a must, although the martial arts are not bad, but it is far from being the opponent of the veteran Ma Zhen, after being restrained by the first hand with an arm, he is no longer Ma Zhen's opponent, and he was buckled by Ma Zhen's joints and pressed to the ground.

The thief, who has never been caught since his debut, is planted in the hands of a veteran today.

"So skilled? Which hero are you on the rivers and lakes? ”

The thief saint was surprised by Ma Zhen's ability and asked.

"It's not a hero, it's just a veteran."

Ma Zhen said, already untying his belt.

Seeing this, the thief sage tightened the chrysanthemum:

"Brother, don't, I'm not good at that!"

"Don't get me wrong, I just wanted to tie you up."

"What are you doing with me?"

"Naturally, it's an official."

"Send me to see an official, what good do you have? You don't really think you're going to get a bounty, do you? ”

"I'm not short of money now, I will send you to see an official, just to eliminate harm for the people."

"Who have I harmed, and who are the people? Since I started my debut, I have never harmed the poor, and I have been attacking those high-ranking officials and dignitaries, when have I harmed the people?

What really harms the people, which big men! ”

Hearing what the thief saint said, Ma Zhen paused, thought about it, and let go of the thief saint.

"Forget it, let's go."

The thief regained his freedom, moved his body, and looked at Ma Zhendao:

"Brother, are you a soldier? Have you had a bad time, and you were drunk with the blood of the soldiers? ”

"It's none of your business."

"There is no way out of being a soldier these days, I see that you are not bad, are you interested in doing chivalrous deeds with me?"

"I have my own business to do, you can go, don't force me to change my mind."

"If you let me go, don't try to catch me a second time, this is my dignity as a thief."

While the thief saint spoke, Ma Zhen suddenly looked back and grabbed it, and the thief saint shook lightly and dodged Ma Zhen's grasp.

Seeing this, Ma Zhen continued to shoot, but he failed to catch the thief.

"Look, I said it, you can't catch me."

The thief said with a smile.

Seeing that he really couldn't catch the thief, Ma Zhen didn't say much, just walked into the woods.

It was exposed tonight, and it wasn't very safe, and he decided to move the jewels somewhere else.

looked back and saw that the thief saint did not follow, so he was relieved.

But when he got to the place where the jewelry was buried, Ma Zhen was a little dumbfounded.

By...... Scooped up!

Ma Zhen then remembered that in a hurry, he didn't have time to do a good job of shielding, and even the shovel was left here......

Suddenly, I regretted letting go of the thief saint, and took it to receive the reward, no matter how I could get a dozen or twenty taels of silver.

......

"Master, that's the way it is, I'm not doing it well, please punish you."

The leader knelt in front of Shou Guogong, with a broken scarecrow and a pot of jewelry in front of him.

Shou Guogong looked at these and said:

"This time the merits and demerits are offset, forget it, go down."

The leader of the team hurried down as if he had been granted amnesty.

Shou Guogong knew that Yeming was still in the house, so he sent someone to invite him to the meeting room and asked Yeming if there was still a way to catch the thief.

Yeming said that he could only wait for the thief to come back next time in order to get a trace of qi from his body, so that he could be locked again.

When Shou Guogong heard this, he knew that there was no other way for the time being, so he stayed in the house for a while.

Yeming happily agreed, and went to communicate with the old monk Puzhai again.

When the housekeeper saw Yeming leaving, he stepped forward and whispered to Shou Guogong:

"Master, the book is passed on in the capital."

When Shou Guogong heard this, he frowned and asked:

"What did you say again?"

"Over there in the capital, I want to cut military spending."

"Minus again!? How many times has this been said this this year?

What do these people in the court think, don't they know that once the civil strife in the Liangren is over, the first one will take us under the knife?

also cut military spending, without military spending, who will fight, who will serve the imperial court? ”

Shou Guogong scolded for a while.

The housekeeper said: "But the imperial court has already made a decision, and from next month, the military budget will be halved." ”

When Shou Guogong heard this, he was furious and scolded that the court was not a thing.

"Master, the military budget has been greatly reduced, and the life in the house is probably going to be tight......"

"No, don't you see I'm hungry and thin? The days couldn't be tighter anymore. ”

Shou Guogong rubbed his big belly and said,

"Forget it, no matter how hard you are, you can't be bitter about yourself, it's good to suffer the stinky hills in those barracks first.

From next month, no, from this day onwards, the battalions will only take care of their meals, and will not be paid. ”

"Ah, if they make a fuss......"

"Trouble, trouble, they dare!"

"These stinky hills are in a hurry, there's really nothing to dare ......"

When Shou Guogong heard this, he was a little embarrassed, and thought about it:

"Then let's do it, let the battalions cut off five more horses and let them fend for themselves, in this way, they don't have the strength to make trouble even if they want to."

"Re-cut...... Master, we have eaten most of the empty salaries now, and the actual number of people in each battalion is not very large, so if we cut it again, ......"

"Cut and cut, what are you panicking about, we are not the front line here.

Isn't there General Dong on the front line? What are we worried about? ”

Shou Guogong didn't care, now there is no Liang people to make trouble, his small life is quite comfortable, and he is not worried about those bad things.

At this moment, a herald shouted outside the door:

"Report, a letter from General Dong."

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