The three boys who escaped on the cross street made their way through the side streets, through the sloping alleys, and jumped into a thatched hut on the bank of Luoshui.

Luoshui flowed quietly in the distance, and a chill was heard.

The thatched hut is dilapidated, with a few wooden sticks in the middle, covered by dry reeds on all sides, and is ventilated on all sides, making it look extremely barren all around.

"Clever Tiger, we're rich, we're rich. The thin boy pulled away a handful of gold leaves and gold cakes one by one, placed them on a broken wooden table, and shouted: "Xizi is all yellow goods, these sheep are really fat, what is your Shun Xizi?"

The big-eyed boy took out a satin bag from his bosom and poured it on the broken table.

"Bang, bang," a few sounds.

A few gold cakes and a few gold leaves popped out of the satin bag, and finally a folding fan and a jade pendant were revealed.

"This fat sheep in white is worth a pig, but I am afraid that there is some origin in the family. The Clever Tiger looked at the items on the case, pursed his lips and said, "Will they cause us trouble?"

"It's ours when it comes to us, what do you do with so much. The thin boy looked indifferent, and asked the fat boy next to him: "Fathead fish, what is your Shun Xizi?"

"Mountain monkey, I don't have a good thing. The fathead fish looked embarrassed and reached out for a handful of broken silver.

"Fathead is fine. The clever tiger comforted the fat-headed fish, and then said: "The old rule, the broken silver is handed over to the seventh master, and the rest is hidden." ”

"Okay. The mountain monkey threw the golden cake in his hand and said, "With this batch of yellow goods, we can marry a bunch of mothers-in-law when we grow up." ”

The fat-headed fish smiled and said: "Mother-in-law, mother-in-law, the mountain monkey goes to the haystack, and you marry seven or eight of them, and you think about your mother-in-law every day." ”

"You two don't make a fuss just yet. The clever tiger said: "Today, my heart is very panicked, I always feel that there is a danger approaching, will the seventh master find out that we are hiding private goods?"

"No, the seventh master doesn't have good ears, he won't know. The mountain monkey affirmed.

"You two remember, if the Seventh Master hears the wind and asks about this, we can't admit it. The clever tiger said solemnly: "The previous third senior brother and the fourth senior brother also hid their private money, but they couldn't stand the scare of the seventh master, so they handed over the silver, and in the end they were all thrown into Luoshui by the seventh master and drowned." ”

Su Ziang listened quietly not far from the thatched hut, and saw that the three children and adults were generally making an offensive and defensive alliance, and he felt sad, his waist collapsed, and he sneaked away all the way.

When Yan Qianhu taught his skills, he had passed on several commonly used stealth postures in the thief sect, such as cat walking, snake walking, monkey walking, etc., and now he used the cultivation of Ning Yuan Realm to perform, and his footsteps were silent.

Chu Tian saw Su Ziang's figure appear, and immediately greeted him.

"What did you find?"

"I found three thieves who don't steal, and their names are also interesting, the eldest is called Clever Tiger, the second is called Mountain Monkey, and the third is called Fathead Fish. ”

"What are the three don't steal?" Chu Tian asked with a smile.

"There is an old rule of thieves, don't steal life-saving money, don't steal money from orphans and widows, and don't steal money from beheading. ”

"Didn't you catch them?"

"Seeing these three thieves, I suddenly had a bold idea, Senior Brother Su thinks it's okay?" Su Ziang's eyes flickered, and he said: "Jin Zhenren once said that the power of a gang is always better than the power of one person, and the four of us went to Luodu to find Maitreya Buddha, and we lack a large number of people on the streets to help." ”

"Of course, there are three gangs of a good man, and everyone gathers firewood and the flame is high, but these three gangs refer to gentlemen, you don't plan to let three street thieves come to help, right?" Chu Tian said his opinion.

"The friendship of a gentleman is as light as water, and it takes a lot of time to make friends with a gentleman, and looking for Maitreya Buddha can't wait. Su Ziang expressed his opinion: "And when a person with a humble status is in trouble, even if you give him a warm word, he will remember it for life, such as Wu Liuqi gave me three bowls of clear soup noodles." ”

"You want to give these three thieves a favor and then win them over?"

"Yes. ”

"If you feel like it's okay, let's try. Chu Tian thought for a moment and said, "Do you want to report this matter to Mu Zhen and Huo Zhenren?" ”

"Now I haven't skimmed the eight characters yet, let's talk about it when I have a little eyebrows. Su Ziang paused and said, "Don't talk about anything that doesn't have a score, I'm scared when I see Huo Zhenren." ”

"I was also panicked when I saw the bluebeard on Uncle Huo's face. Chu Tian smiled: "Then wait." ”

"You have been patrolling the streets for the past few days, and I will keep an eye on these three thieves to see if I can find an opportunity.

"Done. Chu Tian responded.

Su Ziang fled from Peach Blossom Town, and went to Taihua Mountain to learn art, he has always been ignorant in his heart, and everything goes with the flow, going with the flow, but Yu Wan's unexpected death made him seem to be enlightened in a few months, and he began to think about how to take the initiative to find Maitreya Buddha and Shi Jingui.

A few hours later, the twilight was low, the cooking smoke was everywhere, and it was in a remote old house on the left bank of Luoshui.

Zheng Qizhi, the owner of the house, is famous among the thieves in Luodu, he is half-hidden in the shadows, and his jackal-like eyes are fiercely staring at Diao Lezi and Hua Peony, a group of scoundrels.

"Diao Lezi, we are all shaving rice on the cross street, and the well water never interferes with the river water, why do we have to find Lao Tzu today?"

"If there is nothing important, we don't dare to go to the door of Zheng Qiye's mansion. Diao Lezi did not show weakness, and said: "It's just that your junior brother has followed Tian Gongzi's yellow goods, do you know who Tian Gongzi is? ”

He finished ripping off a large number of official names, and then yelled: "You are causing trouble." ”

Zheng Qizhi only loves the thief profession all his life, in order to practice the three words of fast, accurate and ruthless when he was a teenager, he chopped off three fingers with a ruthless heart, and seven or eight years ago he was slashed in the face of fighting with people, and his face was hideous and inconvenient to steal during the day, so he forced the street children on the cross street to be thieves to make a living, and later became a steward of the Tianxing Gang.

"Diao Lezi, don't talk about Lord Tian to scare me, why do you say that my subordinates did it?" Although Zheng Qizhi didn't know a few big characters, he never admitted it, and shouted: "There are no less than dozens of people who have made a fortune on the cross street, why do you say that it is my subordinate, what is the name of that boy?"

"Someone Shun Xizi also took the initiative to report his name?" Diao Lezi relied on playing tricks to eat, his voice was louder than Zheng Qizhi, and shouted: "Zheng Qiye, don't tell lies in front of our real people, in this area of Cross Street, will you let others make a fortune?"

"Diao leper, arrest people and take dirty, catch traitors and take doubles, you only say that my people are obedient to Tian Gongzi's happy son, what is the evidence?" Zheng Qizhi said that the crooked reasoning is also a set, and shouted: "You can't even understand the appearance of the three children, let me find someone from there?"

"Tian Gongzi's folding fan and jade pendant let the boy go away on your territory, if you can't find the things, I won't leave today. Diao Lezi saw that it was useless to talk for a long time, so he simply broke his face and used his housekeeping skills to cheat.

"Diao Lezi. Zheng Qizhi suddenly jumped over, Scar's face twisted viciously, only the left palm of three fingers was flipped over, and the blade between the two fingers flashed, and roared: "Playing tricks in my house, do you want to die?"

"I'm scared of someone, you stab a few times first. Diao Lezi put on a hob meat face and threatened: "I'll go to Jingzhao Mansion with blood to ask for an explanation, and I don't know if Lord Tian will seek justice for me." ”

"If you don't leave, you'll live here. ”

"Zheng Qiye has to take care of food and housing. ”

"It's a little cold, Zheng Qiye is looking for a quilt. A bunch of scoundrels spoke out in response.

Zheng Qizhi and Diao Lezi roared at each other like two wild dogs, and finally they were not afraid to wear shoes with bare shoes, Zheng Qizhi couldn't tell whether what Diao Lezi and the others said was true or false, so he stomped his feet angrily and shouted outside the courtyard: "Invite the smartest Master Qi in this hall." ”

"Hey. Someone in the courtyard answered, and a sound of footsteps went away.

Su Ziang hung incognito on a sandwich wall in the courtyard, and smiled secretly in his heart, this thief in Luodu is really exquisite, not to mention his own house, he even has a smart master to take care of things, these things are very different from the fun that Yan Qianhu said.

After half a cup of tea, there was a sound of footsteps.

Four figures hurried in, one of whom was dressed in black with a long cloak, covering his face and not being able to see his face.

Su Ziang, who was lying in the dark, moved in his heart, and three of the four had heavy footsteps, only the man in black fell silently, and he should be a Ning Yuan Realm monk.

"The monk of Ning Yuan Realm made a little master for the thief leader Zheng Qizhi, this matter is a bit strange. Su Ziang Deng remembered that Yan Qianhu had said that thieves only seek wealth and do not want face, it is best to be obscure, and fighting with a knife is a bandit, not a thief.

"Master Qi, Diao Lezi brought someone to play a scoundrel, what do you say?" Zheng Qizhi quickly said about Diao Lezi's arrival.

"Haha......" Master Qi laughed a few times, his voice was like a young male duck, and said: "Diao Leper, Zheng Qiye, let's tell a story first." ”

"Say, let's talk, anyway, Diao Ye is going to live here for a long time, and I'm worried that no one will talk to relieve my boredom. Diao Lezi looked like a scoundrel.

"In the past, the two asked for food, while basking in the sun, they gossiped, they both said that they had married a daughter-in-law in a dream, and they both argued about the daughter-in-law they married, and they quarreled and fought, one died and one was injured, and the injured made the county magistrate sentenced to death. Master Qi asked: "Because I married a daughter-in-law in my dream, and in the end I died, are the two of them stupider than pigs?"

This story told by Master Qi is common in Taoist books, and is used as a metaphor for the difference between "being" and "nothing".

Taihua Jingyuan is from Xuanzong Daomen, Su Ziang heard Chang Zida and Jin Yihui say similar analogies when practicing Taihua's five techniques, and now Master Qi is using it to compare Diao Lezi and Zheng Qizhi's dispute, which is appropriate.

"Master Qi is smart, what do you say about this?" Diao Lezi rolled his eyes and added a few more words: "I can understand the story you said, Diao Lezi and Seventh Master have no enmity in the past, but Tian Gongzi's jade pendant and folding fan must be found, otherwise Lord Jingzhao Yin Tian will launch a threat, and we will want to eat on the cross street in the future." ”

"Give the seventh master three days, and after three days, let's meet here to discuss. Master Qi stretched out three fingers.

Diao Lezi stretched out two fingers and bargained: "Two days, two days at most, if you can't hand over the jade pendant and folding fan, this matter is not over." ”

"Deal, meet here at this hour in two days. Master Qi agreed.

"Okay, then there will be more trouble for Seventh Master Lao. Diao Lezi got up and hugged his fists, got up and left the house with a group of scoundrels with Hua Peony.