"Big brother, I think ......"

"Don't ......"

One of the guests at the table next to Wuwei Daoist was about to stand up suddenly, but was pulled by a bearded man next to him, and whispered as if nothing had happened while drinking wine.

"Big brother, we haven't seen Zhang for a long time, I don't know how to do it recently, the luck of the brothers is relatively back, and the things that go along are even less than our own, how do you say to live this day. This meal is all remembered by me to the store, you see that even the money for the restaurant is not enough. I think this guy is a Nanchu master who came to Khitan to do business, and we either stole his wallet, or directly tied him up and blackmailed him for a large sum of money. Big brother, look, what to do. The man who had been pulled back whispered next to the bearded sweater.

The other two emaciated men who were drinking together at the table also nodded in agreement, "Big brother, I think what the fourth brother said, this can be done!" ”

"Now is not the time, wait until this man gets a little more drunk before you start! You forgot that the third child was in a hurry to steal last time, and he didn't grasp the balance for a while, and he was caught by others, and now he is still in prison, do you think we should still take this risk? The bearded man said calmly.

"Isn't that because our brothers are not there, the third child goes out by himself to wander around, and his itchy hands will be exposed? But it's good that no one can answer him and he was put in, but it doesn't matter, anyway, the last time I went to see him, the third child was very comfortable in it, eating and drinking, and the people in the prison were all people who spoke well and could do things, and he didn't want to come out happily, but he was more chic than us. ”

"Yes, the second brother is right, and in two days, the third brother will be released, and when the time comes, our brothers will not be able to continue to play happily when they work together. Big brother, you're really worried. Lao Wu, who was about to go up and steal the wallet on the waist of the Wuwei Daoist, said casually.

"Big brother, the fifth brother is right." The fourth child also nodded in agreement.

The four brothers chatting with this are the five strange thieves in the Khitan Imperial City, who have been very rampant recently, specializing in stealing in broad daylight, and because the methods are very clever, it is generally difficult to be caught, even if they are caught, they can escape with the cooperation of several brothers, except for the third of them, who was caught carelessly when he was careless when he was alone last time he was arrested to the government. Fortunately, the Khitans did not punish the crime of stealing very severely.

On the 16th day of the first month of the Khitan month, it is the night of theft with the acquiescence of the official, which is to "let the thief", if ordinary people do not pay attention, then clothes, utensils, saddle horses, chariots and other things are justifiably stolen, and after some time, the owner knows where it is, and redeems it with wine, food, money. What's more, ordinary women go out with their families to play in the wild, or their families live in remote places, young women will be abducted by men, after a while, these women will quietly go home, and inform their parents, and men will marry their daughters with financial gifts, this may be the earliest "cheating" and "trial marriage" of the Khitan and Jurchen version, in the eyes of the Southern Chu people, this is really a big rebellion and intolerable obscenity.

These brothers are all Khitans, so the people in the government don't really care about how much they stole from others, and when they were caught, they said that the stolen money was spent, and they were released again after a day or two of going in and continued to steal, so they were very arrogant.

Recently, after Xiang Yu and the Khitan Emperor negotiated, an inn was allowed to open in the Khitan territory, so that people who came to the Khitan from Southern Chu to do business could settle down and rest here. These five brothers relied on the fact that they were all Khitans, and the Southern Chu people often came here to drink and make trouble when they didn't dare to provoke them, sometimes they simply didn't pay back the accounts on credit, and sometimes they stole the guests' wallets and even went up to rob them openly, which made everyone very angry. But they dared not speak out in anger, and when they saw them coming in, they hid far away. This time, as soon as Wuwei Daoist came in, he sat at a table next to the four brothers, and the shopkeeper didn't dare to tell the deeds of the four people. But intentionally or unintentionally, he looked at the Wuwei Taoist with his eyes, and gave him a look to pay attention to the few people behind him, but the Wuwei Taoist was eating so much, and the shopkeeper could only shake his head and retreat, he could only help this guest officer get here, I hope those people don't attack him!

The bearded man at the head saw that the brothers were all trying to get a vote, and there was really no "business" coming to the door recently, and he was shy in his pocket, and he was looking for some silver to spend, so he said in a heart: "Okay, but, wait a while, I see that this person doesn't know the depths, he has drunk so much milk wine, and he will definitely get drunk later, so we will steal his money bag while he is drunk, and we don't have to cause too much trouble, just take it and leave, don't let that person find out." ”

"Well, the eldest brother is reasonable, we all listen to the eldest brother." All the brothers nodded in unison.

Who knows that this Wuwei Taoist is also a wine barrel, a thousand cups are not drunk, and after drinking more than a dozen plates of boiled meat slices, seven or eight large bowls of milk wine still do not have the slightest drunkenness.

The four brothers next to him looked anxious, why wasn't this brother drunk yet, "Otherwise, the eldest brother will go directly, I see that he is drunk, how do you know that we are doing things next to him." With only half a cup of tea, we can take his bulging money bag and leave, how about it? As long as the eldest brother says a word, I will be on it. "The fifth brother really can't hold back and wants to do it.

The other two emaciated brothers also looked at the eldest brother with expectant eyes, and the bearded man was afraid that he would not show some courage again, and he was afraid that he would be laughed at by the brothers, so he slapped his thigh and secretly shouted: "Up!" ”

When the fifth child received the order, he smiled, and it was finally time for him to show his skills.

"Fifth brother, I'll cover for you."

"It's hard work, second brother."

"Ouch, isn't this Lao Wang? Why did you come here to drink alone, why didn't you call our brothers! The second child turned around and patted Wuwei Daoist on the shoulder, almost so frightened that the wine glass in Wuwei Daoist's hand fell.

"Who are you? Do we know each other? ”

"How could we not know each other? I'm your brother, Wang. ”

"I'm not Lao Wang, am I?" Wuwei Taoist wanted to stand up and explain, but the second child pressed his shoulder with his hand and sat back.

I saw that Lao Wu took the opportunity to pretend to be idle at this time and squatted behind Wuwei Daoist, seemingly tidying up his shoes and socks, but in fact, he had slowly put his index finger and middle finger into the rope tied to the money bag around Wuwei Daoist's waist.

Directly he untied the rope tied to it with three strokes and five divisions of two, showed a smug smile, and gently touched the second brother, the second brother who was talking to Wuwei Daoist got the letter, and immediately changed his tone and said to Wuwei Daoist with a smile: "Oh, I'm sorry, big brother, I recognized the wrong person, you are not my friend, my friend has a beard, you didn't keep it." I'm sorry to disturb you eating, you can continue and our brother will leave first if he has something to do. ”