Chapter 9 [Thieves and Thieves (5)]
"Brother, do you know what month and day is today?"
Mo Weiqi suddenly heard the voice in his ears, and couldn't help but shudder, and hurriedly pulled out the hand that had reached into the baggage.
He turned his head to look at the white-clothed man beside him, and saw that he was only half a step away from him, but he didn't notice it at all, and he was immediately surprised.
And the boy in white was having a playful smile on his face, staring at him and asking again:
"Brother, do you know what month and day is today?"
Mo Weiqi thought that the other party suddenly accosted him, and he probably broke his stealing move. Although he was conceited, he was a good worker, and even if he was caught red-handed, he could escape unscathed. But after all, more things are better than less things, and besides, there are many officers and soldiers surrounding them at this time, so if they can not be discovered, they will naturally have a lot less trouble.
But the other party's words made him misty, and he didn't know what to say, and a little curiosity suddenly arose in his heart, so he replied:
"On the third day of the eighth month, is there anything wrong with you?"
After hearing this, the man in white frowned, showing a puzzled look:
"It's the third day of the eighth month, and it's not the fifteenth day of the first month, it's really strange......"
Mo Weiqi laughed out loud after hearing what he said, and said:
"I see how good you look, but I don't want to be a fool. It's autumn now, where did the New Year come from, laughing to death......"
Hui'er has also come over at this moment, she looked at the smiling son, and saw that his face was as white as jade, and his face was greasy, although he was shorter, but he was also a handsome son. Later, he looked around his waist and saw a black fractured fan pinned to his belt. The fan bone is shining with a metallic luster, and the bone surface is engraved with a delicate hollow pattern. Just by this fan, you can see that the son's family background in front of him must be very prominent.
"So, isn't it a stealing festival today?"
The "Stealing Festival" is also known as the "Vegetable Stealing Day" in some places. It was originally a festival that originated in the two countries of Jin and Liao, and then arose in the Central Plains.
The festival is held on the fifteenth day of the first month of each year, that is, the day of the Lantern Festival. On this day, stealing things will not be punished by the government. And men, women and children usually do two things on the day of the stealing festival, one is to "steal green" and the other is to "steal lamps".
The so-called stealing green is to go to other people's vegetable gardens to throw vegetables. And stealing lamps is something that married women do a lot. They would steal lanterns from other people's homes, and according to legend, they would conceive children sooner.
Hearing what he said, Mo Weiqi realized that he had just seen himself stealing, but he was pretending to be crazy and stupid here, and he was ashamed and annoyed at the moment, glanced at him, and sneered:
"Ordinary people can only steal openly on the day of the Stealing Festival, but those corrupt officials and profiteers are stealing people's fat and ointment every day of the year, 365 days a year. If it weren't for the great heroes and true gentlemen like the Fuji Thieves, who else would care about the lives and deaths of the people?"
"Not bad, yes, it makes sense......"
The man in white made a look of sudden realization.
"It's really a big hero, a true gentleman, not bad. ”
Mo Weiqi was a little proud, sniffed, and was about to speak, but when he heard the tone of the man in white, he smiled:
"But it's just a hero over the wall and a gentleman on the beam, hahaha. ”
Mo Weiqi disagreed, snorted and said: "Cut, a saint has the way of a saint, and a thief also has the way of a thief." It's up to you whether you see it or not, as long as you don't hurt my business, I won't embarrass you. And if you dare to trouble me, I will teach you to walk around without eating!"
At some point, he took out a narrow silver diamond-shaped dart with a strange totem engraved on the body. He threw the dart at the boy in white, only to hear the whistling sound of "whoosh", and the dart swept across the cheek of the boy in white and nailed it to a painting hanging behind him.
The rest of the hall was still watching the fat and thin master and servant who were fighting, and they didn't notice what was going on here.
And even Hui'er, who was close to her, didn't immediately react to this sudden dart. It wasn't until the dart hit the painting that he realized that his son had almost lost his life in the hands of this short man, and he was so frightened that he covered his mouth with his hands and his shoulders twitched.
Seeing Hui'er's frightened appearance, Mo Weiqi proudly pointed to the dart he threw just now, and said to Hui'er:
"You, go see the dart. ”
Hui'er subconsciously whispered "oh", then slowly turned around, looked timidly at the dart for a while, turned around and said:
"Darts, stuck in the wall......"
"You stupid girl, I didn't let you see this, you should come closer and take a closer look!"
Mo Weiqi stomped his feet on the spot and said angrily.
After hearing this, Hui'er hurriedly turned around again, took small steps to the wall, and stood still and carefully examined the dart.
After a moment, she suddenly let out an "ah", took a sharp step back, and said tremblingly:
"Childe, hair...... A hair ......"